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After a night of sound sleep, Du Chengfeng rubbed his head as he woke up.
His head still throbbed slightly, a hangover from drinking too much cheap wine. Even after washing his face, Du Chengfeng was still sowhat dazed, but after a bowl of porridge, he regained so energy and felt much more refreshed.
It had been a while since he felt this relaxed, or rather, he hadn’t felt this relaxed in a long ti.
The journey to pursue strength seed grand, but only Du Chengfeng understood how much hardship was involved—the so-called path to becoming stronger was never just about mastering so martial arts or defeating so powerful enemy. It was about countless days and nights of ntal tension, always in a state of battle readiness, even when lying down to sleep, he needed to leave part of his mind alert, ready to spring up and face any disturbance at any mont.
And now, he had finally had a restful sleep.
No longer did he need to keep his mind taut, nor did he need to be ready to act at any mont. He finally had the right to sleep peacefully and freely.
Perhaps this was the smallest unit of strength, like in the dangerous wilds of nature, only the apex predators of the food chain had the privilege to sleep wherever they chose. Being too strong, they had no natural enemies, and thus no danger; even if they lay there and lost consciousness for hours, they wouldn’t inexplicably lose their lives.
"Just wanted to sleep peacefully..."
Thinking of this, Du Chengfeng couldn’t help but shake his head with a bitter smile.
Clearly, when he was still an ordinary person, he could sleep soundly every night. But now, he had to be strong enough to be inhuman just to sleep peacefully. He wondered whether it was him who had gone mad or the world itself.
Perhaps the world was just crazy; otherwise, why would there be such a ridiculous thing as Evil Qi?
Of course, Evil Qi wasn’t entirely useless, as it allowed Du Chengfeng to levitate a head-sized stone with just a gesture of pointing his knife. The stone bounced and circled around him like a nimble cat or dog.
Practicing this new skill, Du Chengfeng sipped cheap tea, enjoying the sunrise he hadn’t seen in a long while.
There was no fighting, no bloodshed, no desperate struggles, only tranquility and peace that brought relaxation.
This was what living truly ant.
Yu Laoer woke up a bit later, his body much weaker compared to Du Chengfeng’s current state. Moreover, he drank quite a lot last night too, emptying almost all his hidden stash of liquor, leading to a hangover more severe than Du Chengfeng’s, causing him to walk unsteadily.
Yet, after waking up, Yu Laoer imdiately went to find Du Chengfeng.
"Where did we leave off yesterday? I rember it being about defeating a team of prairie n..."
"Oh, it was about that State Preceptor of the prairie, right."
Du Chengfeng vaguely rembered, yes, that was it.
Mainly, after drinking, there needed to be sothing to talk about. Yu Laoer had spent his entire life in Li Family Village and didn’t have much to say, so it was up to Du Chengfeng. As for the content, it was naturally about his adventures during this period—though he didn’t ntion they were his experiences, fearing he’d frighten the farmhand who couldn’t even stand the word ’kill.’
He claid to have heard these stories from others elsewhere, treating them as legendary tales, which delighted Yu Laoer.
"But could you stop talking about that big tree story? I’m sick of it."
That was Yu Laoer’s only complaint.
"Alright, I’ll tell sothing else then."
Du Chengfeng chuckled.
"If not the big tree, then about the spirit turtle. It’s said long, long ago, there were ancient turtles..."
"Stop, stop there, I’m done listening."
Yu Laoer imdiately shook his head, refusing to listen any further.
This made Du Chengfeng, who was hiding his mischievous intentions, burst into laughter as he had anticipated this outco.
But midway through his laughter, Du Chengfeng was suddenly lost.
When was the last ti he laughed so heartily?
It seed like it was again a long ti ago.
"It’s all in the past..."
After a long while, Du Chengfeng let out a deep sigh.
Only then did he realize that all those fights and life-and-death struggles were truly over. Now, he possessed the power needed to live a secure life and had indeed stepped into a new Chapter.
A life away from violence, filled with leisure and tranquility...
"Uh."
Looking at the stone floating in front of him, Du Chengfeng was montarily speechless.
Well, even possessing the power to sustain life, he still couldn’t remain idle.
Even though he wished to lead a life away from strife, he had to admit that the pursuit of power had etched deep marks within him, becoming part of his life—like when he stood before the ruins, he could ignore it, but he still wanted to challenge it and learn new techniques from it.
He still wanted to transform this knowledge into power.
"Let’s go!"
Du Chengfeng called out to Yu Laoer, ready to continue today’s work.
This ti, he planned to try replication. If one stone could fly, then ten stones should be able to fly as well, and there were plenty of stones in that ruin—Du Chengfeng even felt grateful to the gray pheasant; even though the chase led him who knows where, it unexpectedly opened up new possibilities for his growth.
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