The Spirit World

Chapter 544 People Like This

Do you have any regrets during this life?

I have no regrets.

I think that once a person dies, he is dead and there is no way to come back to life. All the grudges and hatreds will be buried in the earth with death.

So, I don’t want to be reborn.

I don't want to live any more of my life.

My life should have ended long ago. Perhaps, for those who are reincarnated, death is the final destination.

I also found my home.

lied to you.

My destination is definitely not death.

So where is my destination?
I don’t know either, but it’s not death. 】

[Principality, March 2021, 3]

【East Gate of Wenti County】

Jack Nieman was five and a half years old, and Chang Yufeng was already unknown in age. Walking beside the newly built inscription in Wenti County, looking at the square copybook, Longxu Gong's handwriting was vigorous and powerful, exhausting the blue clouds.

His sister Erica was five years old. He watched Erica gently touching the stone tablet. There seemed to be some tenderness in her eyes, and tears welled up in the corners of her eyes.

"What's so good about this? Isn't it just a mourning inscription? Just a few people died." Chang Yufeng put his umbrella on his waist and looked at his sister with his arms crossed.

"You're crying?" He looked down at Erica in confusion, looking at the tears in her blue eyes: "Are you really crying?"

"No." Erica wiped her tears, patted her coarse cloth skirt, shook her head, and looked at Chang Yufeng with wide eyes and said: "There is sand in my eyes."

"Go back quickly, I'm hungry." Chang Yufeng stretched and said, "You force me to practice swordsmanship every day just for the Dragon Expedition Conference that hasn't started yet. It's too early. I have an excellent talent in swordsmanship. If I just practice for a few days, it won't be easy to defeat those people, right?"

"Even if you have great talent, you still need to practice hard. There are many people with greater talent than you. You can't underestimate him, especially Hall from the Theatus family. He will also participate. You can't take it lightly."

"Ah? So what? I can kill the little beast with my lotus umbrella as a sword, so if I use a real sword, I will be invincible." Chang Yufeng walked behind Erica. Erica shook her head and sighed. Seeing Chang Yufeng so leisurely and looking down on his opponent, she could only sigh: "It's just a young beast, just like playing house, nothing great. Hall is very talented and has a huge drug to enhance his strength. It's easy for him to deal with you now."

"I don't believe it. You can only know after fighting." Chang Yufeng held the back of his head with both hands, twisted his neck twice, and snorted: "If I also have a treasure to improve my strength, wouldn't it be the same?"

"But you didn't." Erica rolled her eyes, opened the lotus leaf with her magic wand, pulled up her skirt and gently sat on it, then moved her legs and put them on.

“Erica, why are you destroying your own prestige and boosting others’ ambitions? I’m a very strong brother, okay?” Chang Yufeng jumped onto the lotus leaf, swaying like a green bed breaking through the waves, making the lotus umbrella sway. Erica was swayed and patted his calf backwards: “Sit tight! You’ll fall down if you’re not going to!”

"Don't worry, I won't fall. I want to prove to my sister! I'm strong!" Chang Yufeng refused to sit, but he stopped shaking. He shouted and looked at the carriage leaving the city.

Passersby looked at the two children sideways, especially at their loud shouting.

"Sit down!" Erica patted the seat next to her again, and looked back angrily, only to see Chang Yufeng snorting coldly, crossing his legs, crossing his arms, and sitting down next to her.

"I asked you to practice swordsmanship well, but you were lazy and didn't listen. I asked you to be good and not cause trouble, but you didn't listen. I asked you to sit still, but you made me angry. You really make me worried." Erica lit the magic wand, and the lotus umbrella floated, rose quickly, and flew.

"Erica, why are you nagging like your mom? Really, you won't die if you slack off." Chang Yufeng got angry and looked at Erica's back. Her hair was messy and she didn't look like a city girl at all.

"What if you can't go to Fran? If you can't beat Hall, you can't get a better swordsmanship education. Without a better swordsmanship education, you will be a sloppy and lousy swordsman all your life. How can you protect yourself? How can you protect your family?" Erica's voice was childish and stern like a little tiger that had just been weaned.

"How can I not be able to beat her? I don't even know who Hall is. If I meet him, I will beat you to show you! That girl named Hall sees you praising him for being so powerful all day long. You might as well become her sister! Humph!" Chang Yufeng turned his face away, closed his eyes, breathed out of his nose, and snorted.

"I won't argue with you." Erica looked at the road ahead. The lotus leaves carried the two of them towards Mousse Village. She was silent, and neither of them spoke for a long time.

Chang Yufeng opened his eyes and looked at Erica's back. This sister who was not related to him by blood wore a coarse cloth skirt that was even rougher than his own. She urged him to practice swordsmanship all day long, just so that he could defeat all the opponents in the swordsman group at the Dragon Conference half a month ago and get the sole qualification to study at the Flandre Royal Academy.

He was very unwilling to accept why his sister always talked about how strong Hall from Theyatus was, and never boasted about her own progress. She always said, it was not enough, not enough, not enough.

Why? Whose sister is she? Hall's sister or my sister?
"Are you angry?" Chang Yufeng pushed Erica with his hand, and Erica's small body moved a little.

"No." Erica straightened up and sighed, "You are only a beginner swordsman at best, and you only know a few swordsmanship moves. You don't have your own moves and scrolls. Hall is at least at the peak of a beginner swordsman, and he also has the unique transmogrification scrolls of the Theatus family to assist him. If you don't take it seriously, you will never win."

"Oh, it's Hall again!" Chang Yufeng looked at Erica's back. The skirt was rough but neat, which was inconsistent with her unkempt hair.

"Let's not talk about that. You also have to learn some sword techniques. There are still three months left. As long as you practice hard, you should be able to fight." Erica looked at the rugged mountain road and the chirping of birds around, which was quite lively.

The sound of wind and birds surrounded them.

"Erica, do you have a scroll of swordsmanship?" Chang Chang Yu Feng looked at Erica in surprise: "Why didn't you take it out earlier? If I had practiced earlier, I would have learned it earlier."

"You don't have a good foundation, so how can you practice well? You are impatient and lazy, so how can you learn well? I don't let you learn because you can't learn it." Erica became interested and smiled softly, looking up: "You are extremely talented and arrogant, so you will definitely learn it, right?"

"Of course. You didn't teach me." Chang Yufeng twisted his neck and touched the lotus umbrella sword in his hand. "If I had a real sword, I would definitely beat Hall to a pulp."

Erica stopped talking. Facing this impatient brother, he could only shake his head and sigh.

After passing the mountain road, they soon arrived at Mousse Village. Erica put away her wand and put it in her sleeve. Before Chang Yufeng came down, the lotus umbrella lost the support of the wind, and Chang Yufeng fell down. He supported himself with his hands and stood up.

He looked at Erica in annoyance. Just as he was about to speak, a tall boy rushed out from the pile of rocks. Without saying a word, he grabbed Chang Yufeng's ear and scolded him: "You are the one who stole my brother's glass beads? Give it back to Henry!"

Chang Yufeng reacted and blocked with his umbrella sword, but the lotus pole hit the boy's thick arm. He jumped away, looked at the tall man with disdain and said with a smile: "Your brother lost to me, so I have to admit defeat. I can't beat him! How can you cheat? Right, Henry?"

Chang Yufeng tilted his head and winked at the little boy who was shivering in the pile of stones.

Erica slowly stood aside and looked at Chang Yufeng standing with a sword in his hand. His small body was so energetic. She squatted down, propped up her little head and watched the feud between the little boys quietly.

"Then let's have a fight. If you lose, you have to return the umbrella and the glass beads to Henry! Do you dare to fight? Let's clash?" The tall boy showed off his arm muscles under his dark skin: "Don't tell mom and dad, or I'll beat you so hard that you can't get up."

"Just you? Do you need to tell my parents?" Chang Yufeng put away the blade of the umbrella and threw it to Erica. Erica caught it and turned to the tall man and said teasingly: "Cousin Henry, you lost? You can't let my brother beat you up for nothing, right?"

"Oh, I lost, I will lose? Let's talk about it after I fight!" Cousin Henry rushed straight towards Chang Yufeng again. Chang Yufeng sneered and hit him with the umbrella handle. This straightforward attack was really ridiculous.

The umbrella handle was about to hit the kid's waist and abdomen. This blow would definitely make him pee and shit, right?
Unexpectedly, this person didn't feel any pain. He grabbed the handle of the umbrella and pulled it directly, pulling Chang Yufeng straight over.

"Ha, I was wondering how powerful you are? Watch my fist!" Cousin Henry looked at Chang Yufeng who was unable to pull the umbrella. He suddenly looked panicked. He looked at the umbrella handle and then at himself, and soon he laughed.

"what!"

Chang Yufeng was punched in the face and was so hurt that he let go. After the force was gone, he leaned backwards and moved away from the umbrella in two steps.

Erica sighed again: "Brother, where are the things you learned? How come you forgot everything?"

However, she also felt that this was the right thing to do. Chang Yufeng had obviously underestimated his opponent. Cousin Hall was only eleven or twelve years old, so it would be easy for him to beat a five-year-old child.

The fist hit Chang Yufeng's eyes, and he saw stars for a moment, but fortunately he could withstand the punch of a child of eleven or twelve years old, and he took two steps back and stood still.

"How come you are so strong?" Chang Yufeng looked at the lotus umbrella in cousin Henry's hand and touched his eyes in disbelief.

"Who do you think you can really bully? You can only bully weaklings like my cousin. When you meet a strong opponent, you are as weak as a seedling!" Cousin Henry threw the umbrella aside and wanted to grab Chang Yufeng's collar. Chang Yufeng quickly stepped back, then suddenly stepped forward and kicked Cousin Henry's leg hard with his right foot. Cousin Henry grabbed Chang Yufeng's collar with a smile, and Chang Yufeng kicked Cousin Henry's stomach with his feet, but it was of no avail. It did not hurt Cousin Henry at all. Instead, Cousin Henry threw Chang Yufeng to the ground with force. With a plop, dust was raised, and Erica next to him rubbed her nose helplessly.

"What a loser. Henry, hold on to your umbrella, let's go! The glass ball is for this loser!" Henry's cousin patted his belly happily and walked past Erica with a swagger: "Your brother is only good at talking."

"You are bullying the weak and you are not a good person either." Erica stared at cousin Henry with disdainful eyes, which coincided with Chang Yufeng's disdainful look just now.

"I don't hit girls, so don't force me to hit you!" Cousin Henry stopped and stared fiercely at Erica who was squatting. Erica looked at him and did not avoid his gaze.

As their eyes met, Henry's cousin suddenly squatted down and grabbed Erica's collar: "What are you looking at? Be careful or I will really beat you up. Today is just a warning. If you want to go after Henry again next time, it won't be just two punches!"

"Let her go! I'm not down yet!" Chang Yufeng loosened his hand from his swollen right eye, shook it vigorously, and clenched his fist. The dust all over his body made him look like a stray dog. "Jack! I tell you, you can't beat me! With your limited strength, I can beat ten of you! No, a hundred!" Cousin Henry stared at Erica fiercely, and Erica also stared at her straightly. When she looked at Chang Yufeng again, she had already rushed straight over.

Just like cousin Henry just now.

However, Cousin Henry's legs were half as long as his, and he kicked Chang Yufeng in the stomach, knocking him out again, and Chang Yufeng rolled in the dust.

I was actually a little overwhelmed.

"I'm standing up for my brother today. If you ask me for glass balls again tomorrow, I'll want double the amount! Do you hear me?!" Henry's cousin angrily pinned Erica to the ground and asked her to stand still. Henry looked at Erica timidly and nodded to her.

Chang Yufeng rolled in the slowly dissipating smoke and dust, howling in pain from his stomach.

Until the two brothers left, Chang Yufeng did not stand up from the pain.

"It seems that I need to train my ability to withstand blows." Erica slowly squatted down and looked at Chang Yufeng, who was sweating and had a stomachache. She watched him silently without going up to support him.

"How is it? Are you feeling better?" she said, looking at her hair scattered on her shoulders. She grabbed a handful of hair and tried to smooth it out, but gave up because there were too many tangles.

"Ah... it hurts... I didn't expect he was so strong, otherwise I would definitely be able to beat him." Chang Yufeng hissed as he climbed up from the ground, then lay down again, raising a cloud of dust.

"He's older than you, and he does heavy farm work, so he doesn't have much strength, which is a problem." Erica used a fallen branch to slowly draw circles on the ground: "You can deceive yourself a hundred times and be lazy all your life, I don't care."

"I didn't slack off. I completed the movements you taught me very seriously! Really, I lost because I didn't expect him to be so strong. It's not because I was lazy in swordsmanship practice." Chang Yufeng covered his stomach, climbed up a little and looked at Erica. He couldn't see Erica's face, and then he lay down again: "Anyway, I lost. I admit it."

He looked at the sky, the rural countryside sky, clear and blue.

After a long time, he whispered again:
"Really, I can definitely beat him. Tomorrow, tomorrow I will beat him."

"Forget it, I believe you. Get up and go home." Erica threw away the branch and stood up.

"I'll just believe that you're not lazy, brother."

"Of course you have to believe me, I'm your brother." Chang Yufeng stood up slowly, still holding his stomach and hissing. He stood up with one hand and touched his calf, where he had kicked cousin Henry's calf.

He stood up and followed Erica: "Don't even mention Cousin Henry. I can beat that Hall you mentioned."

Hearing this, Erica suddenly stopped in front, breathing, making her small body rise and fall. She turned quickly, looked at Chang Yufeng with cold eyes, and pronounced every word: "Don't! Say! Anymore!"

Chang Yufeng was frightened by Erica and could only stare at his eyes blankly for a while. He did not have the slightest sense of shame, nor even the slightest improvement or reflection.

He was stunned for a second and closed his mouth.

Erica turned and walked towards Nieman Farm. There were few people on the streets of Mousse Village. What just happened happened at the entrance of the village and few people knew about it.

Chang Yufeng followed Erica like a tail.

The cows and sheep on the farm were calling. Erica opened the door, walked into the house, and shouted, "I'm back." Chang Yufeng also walked into the house and shouted in a low voice, "I'm back."

He still held his stomach.

He also hissed from time to time.

"You guys are back? Henry's mom complained that Jack stole Henry's glass ball." Aria was washing dishes, taking them out of the water one by one and arranging them: "Jack, if you want the glass ball, we can buy it for you. You can tell mom why you stole Henry's things. It's wrong for you to do this. Return the glass ball to Henry quickly. Do you understand?"

"Henry lost to me!" Chang Yufeng walked to the bathroom, gritted his teeth and took off his dusty clothes. He looked at the bruises on his stomach and turned on the faucet to take a shower: "He made a bet with me. If I beat him, he would take my umbrella. If I beat him, he would give me the glass ball."

"How can you take other people's things? Even if you win the fight, you shouldn't take other people's things. He is younger than you, understand? You should treat Henry like your younger brother, understand?" Aria washed the dishes, put them in the freezer and closed the door.

"I don't." Chang Yufeng looked at the shadow birthmark on his ring finger, rubbed his stomach hard with his hand, and let out a cry.

Erica sat on a chair and took out a book to read. When she heard the shout, she looked at the bathroom and turned a page as if nothing had happened. She read very quickly, and she just reviewed the knowledge in the book. She quickly finished the whole book and switched to another one to continue reading.

"Why not? Don't you listen to your mother?" Arya walked into the living room and saw Erica. She walked towards the bathroom in confusion and said to the bathroom door: "You'd better return the glass ball to Henry as soon as possible. I'll ask your dad to buy you one. Do you hear me? Can't you learn from Erica? Making trouble at home all day long? Do you know how uncomfortable it is for me to apologize to the neighbors every day? Can't you be the good child that your mother hopes for?"

"You're so annoying, mom. Really, that was something I won, and he also wanted my umbrella. If he had won, I would have given it to him without saying a word. Telling this to your mom is simply disgusting." Chang Yufeng washed his body and quickly began to put on his clothes.

"Who are you calling disgusting? I want you to be a good child and at least not make your parents so worried." Alia approached the bathroom door and shouted loudly: "Go and return the glass ball to Henry now, do you understand? Otherwise, you won't be able to eat today!"

"If you don't want to eat it, then don't eat it! I won't give it back. I won it by fighting, unless Henry fights me himself!"

"You kid! Why are you so disobedient!" Aria became angrier and angrier as she spoke. She rushed upstairs and walked into Chang Yufeng's room. She took out the glass ball on the table and looked at the messy room. She scolded him loudly again: "I told you to tidy up your room, but you didn't listen. It's always so messy and you don't even tidy up your own things. Will you be so lazy in your life in the future? Can't you learn from your sister Erica? You have such a good role model by your side!"

She slammed the door.

Chang Yufeng also walked out of the bathroom, wearing clean clothes.

"I understand. I'll fix it!" Chang Yufeng walked towards the living room and lay down on the sofa, lying on his front with the bruised wound facing the ceiling.

"You think all day long, but never take action! If you continue to behave like this, your father will definitely teach you a lesson today. Go upstairs and tidy up the room. I'll return this thing to the owner!" Alia walked to the living room and shouted, her voice a little hoarse.

"I know, I know!" Chang Yufeng slowly stood up from the sofa and walked towards the stairs: "Really."

"Really? Cleaning and tidying up one's room is something every child needs to learn. Go and ask around to see if there's any child as lazy as you. I've told you so many times that you're careless and inattentive, but you still refuse to change!" Aileya stopped Chang Yufeng, grabbed the crystal ball with her right hand, and glared at Chang Yufeng with her hands on her hips: "If you do this again next time, you'll definitely be beaten by your dad!"

"Got it!" Chang Yufeng shrugged lazily. His indifferent look made Alia so angry that she slammed the door and walked out.

Erica watched their quarrel and turned the pages faster and faster, and soon finished another one.

"Tomorrow's sword training will be doubled."

As she spoke, she put down the book in her hand, turned back quietly, and looked at Chang Yufeng walking up the stairs.

"No, I don't want to practice anymore. I've practiced for so long, but I can't even beat my cousin Henry. What's the point of practicing?" Chang Yufeng hung his head and stomped on the stairs one by one, making a loud noise.

"You slack off every day, so of course you can't win the fight. Practice swordsmanship, no, the most important thing in doing anything is effective perseverance, not ineffective efforts to deceive yourself." Erica put the book on her lap and folded it up.

"Forget it. What's the point of me practicing swordsmanship? I'm just a farmer's son. I'll just farm and raise cattle in the future. I don't know magic. If I knew magic, I would definitely be better than now. I wouldn't have to practice swordsmanship." Chang Yufeng walked to the door and shrugged indifferently: "It's better to raise a cow than to practice those useless things."

"I'll teach you new sword techniques and advanced sword scrolls tomorrow. Don't you want to learn?" Erica came to the bottom of the stairs and looked at the small figure. She didn't move.

"I don't want to learn anymore. It's useless." Chang Yufeng opened the door and quickly closed it. He suddenly lay on the bed which was littered with all kinds of clothes and touched his belly with his hand.

He hissed at the pain.

"Ah, it hurts." He looked at the ceiling, his mind was empty. He was like a piece of wood, unable to think of anything.

"What's the use? It's ridiculous. And what about Hall...ha." He turned over and lay down again in pain.

The ceiling seemed to be in a mess as well, with all kinds of clothes and food leftovers in the room remaining on it. The little boy was not thinking about anything, or he couldn't think of anything, so he stared at the ceiling in a daze.

Dazed, but unable to sleep,

Staring blankly.

"It's been five years... I've been adopted by someone for five years... It's so... boring."

His self-destructive look lingered in the broken mirror.

Why should I choose this path?

That liar woman.

Now, what's the point? I came to this world to find my parents, not to practice swordsmanship!
Parents? That's ridiculous.

(End of this chapter)