Why it never ends

Chapter 1056: 1

Looking at the mercury needles that seemed to be frightened, the woman's smile became more proud. She no longer tried to search for specific regulations on the wall, but told several people more seriously about her experience of understanding Buddhism in actual combat.

As the fire in the kitchen was lit and more and more people came in to work, the woman returned to the front yard with the mercury needles to talk. Whenever someone looked at Victoria and Zoe with hostility, the woman would immediately turn around and shout at them in the local dialect.

So people all showed surprised expressions and had to hide their original disgust.

After repeating this over and over again, Victoria finally couldn't help asking, "What did you just say to them? Why do they seem to be more polite to us after you finish talking?"

"They don't know who you are," the woman said, "so I told them not to be rude. These people are Kasyapa, our precious guests."

"It seems that Kasyapa...is a very noble person?"

"Of course," the woman's voice was full of irrefutable affirmation, "If you didn't accumulate enough virtue in your previous life, how could you be reborn as Kasyapa in this life? This is a blessing that you can't ask for. In addition, you all came from the land of ignorance, unlike us, who have someone to lead us in our practice. It is even more difficult for you to be reborn as Kasyapa. How much suffering must you have endured..."

Hesta and the other two looked at the woman in confusion.

"But you don't have to worry, because becoming Kasyapa means you are about to be perfect," the woman's eyes were filled with compassion, "There is only one last step left. The fact that you can come here shows that you all have this destiny."

Victoria nodded as if she suddenly understood something. Zoe glanced at her and whispered in Victoria's ear, "She seems to want to preach to us..."

Before Zoe finished speaking, Victoria had already stepped forward and sat next to the woman: "Sister, what's your name?"

"Me? My name is Manna."

"Can you tell me," Victoria looked into Manna's eyes, "how do you practice? How do Kasyapas practice?"

Just as Manna was about to speak, he suddenly heard the voice of Versin from a distance - she had returned from school with Boheng and was calling Hesta's name from a distance.

"You guys chat first." Hesta stood up, "I'll be back in a bit."

……

"I have to leave first. The mission I came here for has been completed. It would be a waste of time to stay any longer." Versin and Hesta walked to a deserted path. She looked at Hesta and said, "Don't worry. I said I am willing to talk to you, and I won't go back on my word. When you return to Emanlia, I will come to find you."

"…It sounds like you are not afraid of being hunted down at all."

"Who is hunting us?" Welsing said with a smile, "You have already promised to negotiate with me peacefully, so who else in Emanlia can pose a threat to us?"

Hesta looked ahead, "…Why would Deep Anchor be interested in the revolutionaries in the south?"

"You want to know? What a coincidence, I was just about to tell you," Weiersin said, "I can't say much, but I can give you some data. You are a smart person, and after listening to it, you will understand what Boheng and his gang are doing..."

"Hmm." Hesta also turned around, "Tell me, let me hear how you plan to sow discord among them?"

"Provoking? If stating facts is considered provoking, then you are only that broad-minded," Welsing said with a smile. "What I'm worried about is that once I reveal this data, you won't be able to continue your drama here."

The smile on Verxin's face slowly faded: "Do you know what the ratio of Mercury Needle births is in this area?"

Just as Hesta was about to guess, Welsing interrupted her. "Don't guess, you can't guess," Welsing said, "It's 22:1 - can you imagine this number? Here, one out of every 22 newborns is a Mercury Needle user."

"……where do you come from--"

"Don't ask me about the source of the information. If you want to verify it, search for it yourself." Weiersin said, "Just consider this as my first thank you gift. Thank you for letting Sahame come back—"

"I didn't let you go," Hesta said coldly, "Stop spitting blood on me here."

Versin shrugged lightly: "Then this news is given out of kindness."

"you--"

"That's it." Welsin took two steps forward, and the edges of his eyes instantly lit up with silver. "Goodbye."

Hesta looked at Velsin's back and suddenly turned around, leaping abruptly in the deep and shallow green forests, going down the mountain swiftly and steadily along the cliff not far away, and soon disappeared into the jungle.

……

Hesta soon returned to Victoria and Zoe.

Manna was still telling her personal history of practice. Victoria's eyes almost lit up while Zoe was trying hard to suppress her yawn. Just then, Hesta came back and she took the opportunity to turn her head and greet Hesta.

The moment their eyes met, Zoe vaguely sensed the doubt in Hesta's eyes.

"……What's wrong?"

Hesta said nothing, but just sat down quietly on the other side of Victoria.

More laughter came from afar, and some women appeared from the other side of the intersection holding wooden basins filled with wet clothes twisted into twists. They set up wooden racks on the open ground and pulled out long and smooth horizontal bars from the storage compartment on the side of the wooden house... Wet clothes were unfolded and hung up one by one, and the midday sun shone down from above people's heads, illuminating the young smiling faces of the women.

Suddenly, they let out a scream of joy, and several of them gathered around a young girl and joked. The girl was holding a few white shirts in her arms - the white was different from any of the linen white shirts in the wooden basin. It was clean, pure, and carried a certain civilized meaning that did not belong to the jungle or the earth.

The girl held the clothes tightly in her arms and refused to let her companions take them away. All the onlookers, including Manna, were laughing.

They spoke in their native dialect, and the outsiders could not understand a word of it, but they could see that the girl's whole head was blushing from her ears to her neck. With a sweet smile, she loudly scolded her companions who were making fun of her.

"What are they doing?" Victoria asked with interest.

"They are fighting over Teacher Boheng's clothes," Manna said with a smile, "They all want to hang his clothes for him personally!"

"…Is this a game?" Zoe asked in confusion, "What kind of reward will I get if I win?"

Zoe's words caused everyone to laugh even louder, and Manna laughed so hard that he couldn't straighten his back.

"Yes, yes, yes...reward," she slapped her thigh, "getting the clothes itself is the reward!"