Iron Snow Clouds

Chapter 1553 (One Thousand Five Hundred and Fifty Three) Weeds

Chen Wenyuan said: "Dreams... even if they are rooted deep in the heart, what does it matter? This world cannot accommodate them, they are just growing in the heart. Besides, that was my dream in the past. I was young at that time. My childhood playmates also had dreams. Many people had dreams when they were young. Later... when you find out one day that even human life is as worthless as grass in the real world, what does dream mean..."

Shan Xia Jing said: "How do you know that this world cannot accommodate dreams? Even human life is treated as worthless. This is not how the world should be. Some people's dream is to change the status quo."

Chen Wenyuan said: "Humans are too insignificant, powerless... powerless! Change is too difficult, as difficult as ascending to heaven! The most frightening thing is that people are full of ambition to change this world where human life is worthless, but in the end, even they themselves are trampled upon as worthless, with maggots crawling all over their bodies."

Shan Xiajing knew that Chen Wenyuan had been hit hard and understood his feelings. She just said, "In fact, every little change, even if it is just a change in yourself, has an impact on the world when you look at it from a farther distance. Just like my brother, he became an alchemist to save people. He also lamented that his power was too small, but saving one person is one thing, and he has saved many people."

Chen Wenyuan asked in surprise: "Is your brother also an alchemist?"

"Yes." Shan Xiajing said, "I don't think I told you that my brother is a Taoist priest. I only told you that his name is Shan Chunjing."

Chen Wenyuan said: "You told me that your brother's name is Shan Chunjing. I thought at the time that your brother's name and your name are both very nice, Chunjing, Xiajing. I was deeply impressed by your brother's name. But I really didn't expect that he would also be an alchemist!"

Shan Xiajing said: "My brother once told me with a smile that he never thought he would become a Taoist priest. He also said that he really lacked the talent to learn magic."

Chen Wenyuan said: "Your brother is just being modest or joking."

"My brother also told me that his master said that he actually doesn't have a high talent for learning magic." Shan Xia Jing said.

"Ah? That's even more surprising." Chen Wenyuan asked, "His master? He didn't save his master's life like you did, did he? Even if he didn't save his life, he did something very special in front of his master, right?"

Shan Xiajing said: "No."

"This sounds very unusual! The alchemists I met would not accept people whose parents were blue-armored people." Chen Wenyuan said, "Just now I was thinking that maybe your brother is very talented, so an alchemist made an exception and accepted him as an apprentice. You also said that his master said he lacked the talent to learn magic, so I thought that your brother must have done something extraordinary in front of that person, so that person accepted your brother as an apprentice."

Shan Xiajing said, "No. My brother has never done anything. He wanted to become a disciple and learn magic, so he was accepted. It was easy for him to become a disciple, as his parents are both from Tiecang."

"Isn't he your biological brother?" Chen Wenyuan asked.

"No." Shan Xiajing said, "My brother was adopted by my parents before I was born. But my parents really raised him as their own child. My brother told me that when he became their apprentice, the Taoist priest used a magic weapon called Liufangyan and a special magic that very few people can practice. He immediately saw that my brother's parents were from Tiecang, so he didn't even ask about his family and took him in."

(End of this chapter)