Man covers the sky and conquers all worlds

Chapter 212 Wei Yuan's Choice (Part 2)

The wide cobblestone street was bustling with people.

Two handsome young men, dressed in tattered robes, stood in front of the Shangguan family's gate.

The young man at the head of the group paused slightly, looking up at the majestic stone lion with a hint of hesitation on his face.

He was a child prodigy, but after experiencing a huge change in his family, he was forced to grow up under pressure.

He was well aware that once he pushed open that door, it meant that he would be living under someone else's roof for a very long time.

The current situation is different from the original timeline.

According to the general trend of the world, his younger brother should have perished in that calamity.

With no relatives or friends and a burning desire for revenge against the Wu clan, he had no choice but to seek refuge with the Shangguan family.

Now, based on his observations over the past few days, his younger brother, the "Human Emperor," who has made rapid progress in martial arts and has long since forgotten himself, should not be deceiving him.

This person... is most likely the so-called Human Emperor!

Even if he wasn't the Human Emperor, he was still a supreme being whose achievements rivaled those of creation, capable of retaining his memories even after reincarnation.

With this person personally guiding him, his hope for revenge seemed far from insignificant.

Therefore, he always harbored a sense of pride and never wanted to live under someone else's roof.

just,

"If I don't go... will I regret it for the rest of my life?"

Young Wei Yuan looked up, gazing at his "younger brother" who was a head taller than him, trying to discern something from his eyes.

But Li Ming's eyes were deep and vast, like a still, deep pool or a vast, turbulent sea.

In just a moment of eye contact, he felt as if his mental energy and gaze were being drawn into it.

He quickly averted his gaze.
"If that's the case, then so be it!"

During the time that both sides revealed their identities, he thought a lot.

But he believed that even the supreme being who could manipulate clouds and rain, would ultimately have some desire, or more precisely, some scheme, if it acted on a whim.

It seemed that he possessed nothing that could entice this person to plot against him.

And throughout the entire process, this person never showed any intention to use him or harm him.

While maintaining a sliver of moral compass, young Wei Yuan reassured himself and decided to trust Li Ming.

Boom!

As Wei Yuan pondered this, he raised his hand and knocked on the black lacquered nanmu wood door.

Crunch!

With a long, drawn-out sound like a dragon's roar, a doorman dressed neatly and simply walked out, his gaze falling on the two people who looked like they were fleeing a disaster.

His face twitched slightly, thinking that a few more beggars had arrived, and he frowned slightly, saying...
"You two are so ill-mannered. You should be begging at the back door, not doing this in front of the main gate."

Before Wei Yuan could explain, he took out a millet cake from his pocket and sighed softly.
"Thanks to your good fortune, I'm on duty today. Take the cakes and disperse quickly."

As soon as he took it out, he felt a little regretful.

This is the food he will use for his night watch.

If he gives the money to these two little beggars, he'll probably go hungry that night.

But... he was once a beggar, and was fortunate enough to be taken in by the Shangguan family.

In these turbulent times, it is said that the Witch God Cult has invaded several prefectures.

Countless refugees fled in all directions for their lives.

If I can help even one person, then I'll consider it a life help.

Standing at the door, Wei Yuan looked at the half-torn pancake. Although he didn't need it, he was still grateful and felt a bit more favorably disposed towards the doorman.

So he respectfully replied,
"I am Wei Yuan, the eldest son of Wei Changfeng, the prefect of Yuzhou. After the fall of Yuzhou, my father died in battle before the city walls. I have no choice but to come and visit Uncle Shangguan!"

"The Prefect of Yuzhou..."

The doorman looked at the two of them with a suspicious expression.

As far as he knew, Yuzhou was one of the states most severely affected by the recent cult of witchcraft.

Even the fifth-rank military officers stationed in Yuzhou City were not spared.

Are these two imposters?

But then I thought about it again, and realized that the prefect of Yuzhou was my master's classmate and old friend.

The two families also had frequent exchanges during the holidays.

The master must know the identity of this eldest son of the Wei family.

However... if I just let them in like this, and they have bad intentions, I'll probably get a beating myself, or even worse...

After all, although this kind of thing did not happen to him, he had seen it with his own eyes.

Meanwhile, Shangguan Jiamenzi's conversation with the two beggars also attracted a crowd of onlookers.

Thinking of this, the somewhat hesitant doorman glanced at Wei Yuan, slowly pulled back the flatbread, and asked tentatively,

"Do you have a token?"

"This is a gift from my uncle to my father. You can simply show it to your uncle."

Wei Yuan sighed and took out the blood-stained ring from his pocket.

"hiss!"

The doorman, being a worldly man, realized the truth of the matter the moment he saw the material of the thumb ring.

He hurriedly and respectfully invited the two into the house, and after settling them in, he rushed to deliver the ring to Shangguan Pei through a series of intermediaries.

After all, they were servants trained by a wealthy and powerful family.

Everything proceeded smoothly and in an orderly manner.

There was no situation like in the vernacular novels, where servants deceived their superiors and tried to extort benefits, only to be humiliated in the end, with many twists and turns.

After a short wait, a middle-aged man in a brocade robe, with an extraordinary air about him, slowly approached, a hint of pity in his eyes.
"Yuan'er! Your father..."

As the young Wei Yuan looked at the middle-aged man's face, the image of his own father couldn't help but appear in his mind.

Overwhelmed with emotion, recalling her once happy family and the hardships she had endured along the way, she could no longer hold back the tears welling up in her eyes.

No matter how precocious and intelligent he is, he is still just a boy in his early teens.

Li Ming stood calmly in place.

Under his mental illumination, he could naturally perceive that the expression on his nominal uncle's face was genuine and truly heartfelt.

As for why, more than a decade later, in order to satisfy his ambition of having great power, he not only pushed his own daughter into a pit of fire, but also persecuted Wei Yuan for the rest of his life...

Perhaps after struggling in officialdom for half his life, he ultimately could not escape the taint of power and desire.

Li Ming's face was indifferent, and his heart was equally silent.

Having traveled through three different worlds, he was no longer surprised by these things.

That night, Shangguan Pei hosted a banquet especially for the two of them.

At the banquet, amidst the clinking of glasses and the exchange of toasts, Wei Yuan sat behind a table, watching everything unfold, a faint sense of melancholy in his heart.

There was a time when his family was just as harmonious.

But all of this was ultimately destroyed in the massacre launched by the Witch God Cult.

Li Ming, on the other hand, was taciturn, his eyes slightly lowered, slowly turning the pages of a book.

The guests present, seeing this, were not surprised and went about their own business. "Cultivate oneself, govern the state, and bring harmony to the world!"

As dawn slowly turned the pages of the book, he pondered these words, which were one of the descriptions of the Confucian and Taoist systems found within the book.

This was the first time he had come into contact with a system other than martial arts and secret realm cultivation methods since he had traversed several worlds.

Furthermore... it is an extraordinary system with top-quality sources!

Although we still know very little about the essence of the many systems in this world.

But Li Ming guessed that the existence of the Super Grade level should be at least equivalent to the level of the Shrouding Heaven Immortal Platform.

Therefore, he was extremely interested in a system that directly pointed to the Sendai level.

And such systems are as numerous as a handful in this world!
It can be described as a true contest of a hundred schools of thought, a clash of various ideas.

Among them, the Confucian and Taoist system emerged late and depended on the fortunes of the dynasty.

However, its power and mystery are in no way inferior to other systems, and in some aspects, it even surpasses them!
The creator of the Confucian and Taoist system, the legendary Confucian sage, was an unparalleled being who had reached the super-grade level!
At the same time, the Confucian and Taoist systems are the only ones that are utterly unreasonable in terms of promotion.

For example, a pedantic scholar who has been studying poetry and books for many years may one day suddenly understand the principles of the sages and leap several ranks in one leap!
Become a powerful and influential figure!

Moreover... this path also intersects in many ways with the path of humanity that Dawn has always walked.

This is one of the reasons why Dawn was extremely interested in it.

"The mind and will...and the principles of heaven and earth..."

Dawn's eyes were deep.

Even after reciting the so-called teachings of the sages of this generation, he could still feel immense benefits.

It's really quite good!

He made the right choice in this generation!

"But... whether it's Buddhism in the Western Regions, the Three Paths of Heaven, Earth, and Man, or the Witch Clan and the Gu Clan... in essence, they all seem to be human!"

Dawn's eyes began to lighten slightly.

Although the origins of these major systems are all legendary super-grade products.

But... does this mean that the principles they practice are also part of humanity?

As the saying goes: "The ocean is vast because it embraces all rivers."

Li Ming is determined to suppress all paths with one Dao and become the first emperor-level figure in all ages, so he naturally needs the nourishment of these Daoist methods.

Nurturing the hundred scriptures in the furnace is the beginning of suppressing all paths with the fist!
Tread!

Just as he was deep in thought, a series of rhythmic, orderly footsteps suddenly rang out at the banquet.

With a calm expression, Li Ming continued to sit behind the table, deducing the various Daoist methods of this world.

But the young Wei Yuan was interrupted from his thoughts and couldn't help but look up.

At the edge of his vision, a delicate, pure white bloomed slowly...

In that instant, even his heavy heart couldn't help but waver slightly.

But only a moment later, he silently warned himself.
"Wei Yuan, Wei Yuan! You are nothing but a young man living in someone else's home, burdened with a blood feud, and penniless. How could you..."

“My dear nephew! Now that you have entered my home, I cannot fail Brother Changfeng’s trust. Starting tomorrow, you will study with Xixue!”

Shangguan Pei's gentle voice suddenly interrupted Wei Yuan's thoughts.

"Her name is... Xixue."

Wei Yuan looked up in a daze, his cool gaze meeting the girl's eyes.

Li Ming finally raised his eyelids, observing the scene with great interest, a strange smile appearing on his lips.

……

Another year has passed, and Wei Yuan, relying on the fist techniques passed down by Li Ming, has actually broken through to the level of a sixth-rank martial artist!
One day, Wei Yuan, who was only a little over ten years old but looked and acted like a young man, pushed open Li Ming's door, his face showing a hint of struggle.
"Ah Yue, my uncle... he discovered that I'm practicing martial arts!"

"Did he stop you?"

Li Ming slightly raised his eyelids, his gaze falling on Wei Yuan.

Wei Yuan's face showed a hint of pain.
“My uncle… is a disciple of a sage, so naturally he doesn’t want me to waste my time and talent on things other than studying. He also doesn’t want me to try to do too much at once.”

Since arriving in the royal city and coming into contact with others, he has discovered that his talent in martial arts is so powerful that even he himself finds it hard to believe.

Even...it surpassed his progress in Confucianism and Taoism.

However, Confucianism and Taoism are lineages that have produced beings of a higher level!
At the peak of his super-grade sainthood, that person could overturn mountains and seas in the blink of an eye.

It even suppressed several super-grade beings, delaying the true calamity of this world for countless years.

The so-called martial arts, though it has spread far and wide, has never been able to reach the highest level through this path since ancient times.

Aside from sectarian bias, Shangguan Pei probably also didn't want to go astray.

A strange smile played on Dawn's lips.
"So... you agreed? If you refuse your uncle and offend him, how will you face Shangguan Xixue?"

“Young man, you… don’t talk nonsense! I haven’t avenged my great grudge, and I’m all alone. How could I be worthy of her…”

The usually composed Wei Yuan suddenly became somewhat incoherent after hearing the name Shangguan Xixue.

At this moment, he was not the same person who had gone through hardships.

Although precocious and mature beyond his years, he was still just a boy.

His embarrassment was revealed in just a few words from Li Ming.

"so what?"

Li Ming looked at him with a smile.

"so……"

Wei Yuan gazed into Li Ming's pupils, and through Li Ming's unfathomable eyes, he seemed to see his own face clearly. His Adam's apple bobbed slightly.
"So... I've decided to learn martial arts!"

"Oh? Why?"

Li Ming raised an eyebrow, revealing a hint of surprise.

He still vaguely remembered that if things had progressed according to the normal timeline, Wei Yuan and Shangguan Xixue would have developed feelings for each other over time, and he would have even been willing to put aside his past hatred and elope with her.

Only after he achieved mastery of martial arts and, after enduring countless hardships, comprehended the way of the sage, did he finally let go of this relationship.

This shows how important Shangguan Xixue was to him.

Wei Yuan's eyelids drooped slightly, then his gaze suddenly intensified.
"I... prefer martial arts! Even if it means saying goodbye to my uncle, I wouldn't hesitate!"

Yes!

I just love it!

That kind of liking that comes from the heart.

Of course, there was another reason, which he never said.

That is... he wants to stand upright beside Shangguan Xixue with his own strength!
Instead of relying on the power and resources of the Shangguan family to enter Yunlu Academy and eventually obtain official rank!

Once he owes the Shangguan family, even if he stands beside Shangguan Xixue, he will always feel a sense of indebtedness in his heart.

Of course, most importantly, he never forgot the revenge for his parents' deaths.

He has even greater talent in martial arts, so let him carry it through to the end!

"good!"

Dawn clapped his hands and sighed.

……

(End of this chapter)