1771: Chapter 1791: The Long Life Without a Future_1 1771: Chapter 1791: The Long Life Without a Future_1 “Have you never left the Soul Separation Sect?”
Lin Chen circled about, holding a Magical Treasure, casually inspecting it while chatting with the shop’s waiter.
“Yes, I was chosen when I was eight years old by an Elder Uncle of the Soul Separation Sect in the village, who then gave a large sum of money to my parents and took to the Soul Separation Sect.
I haven’t left since then.”
Lin Chen said with a laugh, “So, you’ve been here for quite a while, haven’t you?”
The waiter’s eyes filled with misery and helplessness, “More than two hundred years.”
Lin Chen looked up, his eyes showing a hint of sympathy, “How does it feel?”
The waiter laughed, “Everyday is the sa, what more could there be?”
Restraint and evident reluctance dwelled within the waiter’s smile.
Apparently, he was far from satisfied with his present life.
Lin Chen asked, “Don’t a lot of people here have wives and children?”
The waiter shook his head, “The Soul Separation Sect has far fewer female disciples than male ones.
If they were to marry, they would choose disciples proven to be more capable, promising, or have greater possibilities of leaving here.
Who would marry soone like who has no future?”
“After cultivating for more than two hundred years, I’ve barely reached the peak of Foundation Building.
With my talent, I am nothing more than the lowest-ranking mber here, a tad bit higher than the slaves who have no freedom.
Everyday, I can only comfort myself by thinking that it’s like living in a small village.
There are many people who spend their entire life in a small village, I’m just one of them…”
Lin Chen asked, “Do all of you want to leave?”
“Who doesn’t want to go out?”
The waiter’s eyes sparkled, his face revealed an expectant look.
“Apart from the core disciples and sect’s high-ranking mbers who have the privilege of going out, we are not qualified to leave.
We have to spend our entire lives here.”
“Although I ca here when I was eight and don’t have many mories of the outside world, I know that the world outside is not like this.
Everything here may seem no different from the outside, but they’re all fake.”
“People like are likely to spend their entire lives here and then die here without anyone knowing or caring about …”
Lin Chen looked a bit surprised.
He had no special relationship with this waiter and had only interacted with him two or three tis.
When the waiter learned that he was an envoy from the Immortal Palace and ca from the outside, the waiter’s eyes lit up.
It seed that he had been suppressing his feelings for a long ti.
People like him probably had no chance to get in touch with people and things from the outside world.
“Aren’t you afraid that others will discover what you’ve said?”
The waiter laughed, “Who here doesn’t want to leave?
What I said, everyone is the sa.
Who would care?
Even if it’s the sect’s high-ranking mbers, they won’t care.”
With a smirk, the waiter murmured, “Would a soaring hawk care about the complaints of ants on the ground?”
Lin Chen confird, “Most of the people here think that way?”
The waiter nodded, “Look at how many people in this underground city are like .
Most of them have so talent, but their talent is not enough.
If they can’t develop well, they’ll be eliminated and can only survive underground, unable to leave.”
“We even worry whether one day when we beco a burden because there are too many of us, we might be dealt with directly or turned into slaves, and eventually die in the Array Formation…”
Lin Chen nodded, gaining so understanding of the current state of the Soul Separation Sect.
However, while he felt sympathetic, he had no right to interfere in the internal affairs of the Soul Separation Sect.
Since the Soul Separation Sect was so secretive about their sect’s location, it was obvious they would not allow these people to leave.
What if they revealed the sect’s location?
While they were chatting, a disciple from the Soul Separation Sect entered, and reverently said, “Special Envoy Lin, the Sect Master summons you.”
Lin Chen put down the Magical Treasure in his hands, nodded to the waiter, “Live well, there’s always a chance.”
The waiter glanced at the disciple of the Soul Separation Sect nearby, hesitated to speak, and simply nodded.
Lin Chen followed the disciple of the Soul Separation Sect towards the Main Hall, casually asked, “What does the Sect Master want from ?”
The disciple shook his head, “I’m not sure.
I was just ordered to co and invite Special Envoy Lin.”
Lin Chen nodded, not saying anything more.
As he followed the disciple of the Soul Separation Sect into the Main Hall, he saw Gao Chen and others waiting there.
Compared to the last ti, there was a new unfamiliar man.
This must be the important person Gao Chen ntioned.
On seeing Lin Chen enter, Gao Chen smiled, “Special Envoy Lin, have you gotten used to living here these past few days?”
Lin Chen smiled, “The Underground City is definitely a new and good experience.
The Grand Master Gao is truly thoughtful.”
After a pause, his gaze fell on the unfamiliar man, “I haven’t t this one before…”
Gao Chen smiled, “He is the high-ranking mber of the sect that I ntioned before, Mr.
Mo.”
Mr.
Mo?
Not an elder or a Hall Master, but addressed as Mr.?
Lin Chen was slightly surprised.
He masked his surprise and smiled, “Mr.
Mo, nice to et you.
I wonder what’s the outco of your discussions?
I should be able to get a definite answer now, right?”
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