Unlimited priesthood

Chapter 23 Fruit
after many years.

In a city full of steel, a bus stopped by the roadside.

"Classmates, today we are going to visit the Tokyo Museum. This is the largest national museum in our Wu Kingdom. It houses a large number of historical relics..."

"Now is free time. Students can explore on their own. We will gather here at 12 o'clock sharp. Please pay attention to the time and don't get lost."

The beautiful teacher in black professional attire smiled slightly and gave freedom to these young and restless students.

"yeah!"

Everyone dispersed, and Xiao Nan came to his best friend Xue Xi. "Huh, I can finally get some fresh air. I'm really fed up with the daily routine of going back and forth between school and home."

Xue Xi glanced at him and said, "If you don't suffer a little more now, you will really suffer in the future."

"That's it!"

As soon as the words fell, someone joined in. It was a young and beautiful girl.

The girl stood beside Xue Xi and rolled her eyes at Xiao Nan. "You're in your third year of high school now, so it's normal to feel a little stressed. If you can't handle it now and can't get into a good university, you'll be even less able to handle it when you enter society. That's when you'll really have to endure it."

"Why are you everywhere?"

After being hit hard by these two, Xiao Nan felt a little depressed. "I just wanted to come out and relax, but you guys are saying it's like I'm giving up on life. Don't worry, I will definitely be admitted to university, and it will be the top-ranked University of Tokyo."

"You, and the University of Tokyo?"

The girl rolled her eyes at him and said, "With your skinny arms and legs, how can you possibly get 300 points on the martial arts exam and apply to the University of Tokyo?"

"You'll understand then!"

Xiao Nan snorted and didn't say anything more to her.

Seeing the two bickering again, Xue Xi was helpless and could only step in to be a peacemaker: "Okay, why do you quarrel as soon as you meet? You have to write a speech for this visit, which can add points to your cultural course. If you two still want to quarrel, I will go on the tour alone."

"Stop arguing, stop arguing, let's go!"

Hearing the word "extra points", Xiao Nan no longer bothered to argue with the girl and followed Xue Xi to tour the museum.

Soon, everyone came to an exhibition room where a large number of cold weapons were displayed.

"This knife..."

Xiao Nan stopped and was attracted by a big knife in the display cabinet.

This is a broadsword with a huge blade, a broad blade and a curved hook. It looks similar to the ghost-head swords used by ancient executioners, but the guard is not in the shape of a ghost head, but a dragon head. The blade is black gold in color and is embellished with scarlet gems. It is ferocious in its luxury. It seems that it is not just a sword, but a dormant mad dragon.

"What kind of knife is this?"

Seeing Xiao Nan standing still, Xue Xi and Xue Ling also came over and looked at the dragon sword in the display case: "It looks very valuable!"

"Why isn't there even a sign?"

Xue Xi looked down and was surprised to find that there was no relevant sign on the display cabinet to introduce the items.

"Someone accidentally knocked the sign off this morning."

Just as the three were surprised, a whisper came from behind.

The three of them looked back and saw an old man with gray hair, but still looking energetic, standing behind them.

"Old man, you are...?"

"I'm the caretaker of this place."

The old man smiled slightly, walked forward, and looked at the dragon sword on display, a hint of reminiscence in his eyes: "This sword is called Slashing Karma!"

"Karma-severing?"

The three of them were stunned and looked at each other in confusion.

The old man smiled as usual. "One hundred and fifty years ago, our Wu Kingdom changed its era name and established its system, setting a precedent unprecedented in history. In front of all the people of the world, we executed the two emperors, the Song Lord and the Wei Emperor, with this precious sword."

"Lord Song?"

"The Second Emperor Weiqin?"

The three of them were startled, then woke up in shock. Xiao Nan even spoke directly: "Are they the two bastards who were ordered to be beheaded by the Martial Ancestor?"

"Not bad!"

The old man nodded. "Our Wu Kingdom has changed its era name and system, setting a precedent that has never been seen before. We have completely abolished the position of the Son of Heaven and the distinction between the scholar, farmer, merchant, and other classes. We now have the Cabinet to lead the country and promote the rule of law!"

"This is something unprecedented and unacceptable, so it encountered many obstacles at the beginning of its implementation, and even faced counterattacks from various forces."

"Some members of the royal family, whose true identity is unknown, as well as former gentry and dignitaries, and all kinds of monsters and demons have all jumped out and are causing trouble everywhere..."

The old man smiled faintly as he recounted the past and present. Although he was not passionate, he was able to describe that turbulent and magnificent era to some extent.

Xiao Nan's eyes tightened: "And then?"

"Then?"

The old man chuckled and said, "That's all."

"what?"

Xiao Nan was stunned: "Why is it gone?"

"Of course not!"

Xue Xi glanced at him speechlessly. "Back then, the Martial Ancestor was invincible. Less than a year after taking control of Tokyo, he dispatched troops to all directions to quell rebellious kings. He then marched out of the country to conquer the various eastern states. Finally, he sailed westwards. In less than a hundred years, he unified the Five Oceans and Seven Continents..."

"Oh!"

Xiao Nan nodded, not quite understanding, and asked again: "So?"

“So it’s gone!”

Xue Xi looked at him speechlessly: "So many countries have been destroyed, how can those small fish and shrimps make waves? Not to mention that the criminal law in the early days of the Wu Dynasty was extremely severe. There were more than a dozen major cases, and the bloodshed was like a river..."

Having said this, Xue Xi finally realized something was wrong and quickly stopped talking, looking at the old man with a little uneasiness.

Elders of this age mostly have great admiration for the Martial Ancestor. If he spoke like this, he would probably make the other party unhappy or even angry.

Seeing Xue Xi's slightly uneasy expression, the old man smiled slightly: "It seems that this young student has done in-depth research on the early Wu Dynasty."

"I wouldn't call it research!" Xue Xi quickly shook his head. "I just looked up some information online."

"is it?"

The old man continued to smile: "So, classmate, do you think these people should be killed or not?"

"He deserves to be killed!"

Seeing that the old man was not angry, Xue Xi also relaxed: "But killing cannot completely solve the problem, nor is it the ultimate goal. It is only an initial measure. Once stability is achieved, it will not be necessary. We can relax a little and give the people a rest. This is why the cabinet has repeatedly amended the law and changed the punishment."

"Ok!"

The old man smiled and said, "My little classmate's academic performance must be very good, right?"

Xue Xi also smiled back: "It's OK, thank you for your concern, old man."

Xiao Nan turned to look at Xue Ling who was standing beside him: "Your brother is getting better and better at pretending. Being the top student in the grade is not bad."

Xue Ling rolled her eyes at him and said nothing.

Looking at the old man again, he still chuckled: "Then do you think the Martial Ancestor is kind or unkind, good or bad?"

"He is of great benevolence, great kindness, great compassion, and great mercy!"

Xue Xi's expression remained unchanged, as if he had anticipated the question. He replied directly and frankly, "The land is filled with grief and blood, but I only wanted to save the people. Changes must be driven by force to cut through the Gordian knot and prevent further harm. Although it may seem like killing one person, it actually saves hundreds, even tens of millions of people. This is truly great compassion!"

"Hahaha, good boy!"

The old man laughed heartily: "No wonder he is the top student in the grade, he is a good candidate for the civil service exam!"

Xue Xi said modestly: "Thank you for the compliment, old sir."

"hehe!"

The old man laughed again, but with a somewhat baffling tone. He then glanced at the dragon sword in the cabinet: "This sword beheaded the last two emperors of the Song Dynasty, beheaded high-ranking officials, and also beheaded emperors of the world, gentlemen of all directions, as well as all sects and religions, false Buddhism and false Taoism. Although it has killed and brought death to millions of people, it has no sin of killing, only the merit of severing karma."

"It's a pity, it's a pity..."

At the end of the words, his tone suddenly darkened, and his eyes dimmed.

Xue Xi asked carefully, "What's a pity?"

"The country is easy to change, but the nature is hard to change."

The old man murmured, with an inexplicable sigh in his eyes: "Human heart!"

After saying that, he turned around and walked out without caring about the reactions of the three people.

"Old sir!"

Xue Xi saw this and called out quickly.

"Um!?"

The old man stopped and asked: "Anything else?"

Xue Xi said carefully, "May I ask the old gentleman's name?"

"My last name is Ge, you can call me Old Ge!"

The old man smiled, said these words, and then walked away.

"Mr. Ge?"

Xue Xi murmured, a look of doubt flashing in his eyes: "Not him?"

Xiao Nan and Xue Ling, who were standing nearby, were completely confused. "What do you mean it's not him?"

"No, it's nothing!"

Xue Xi finally came back to his senses and looked at the direction the old man had left, feeling a little lost.

On the other side, the old man walked out of the exhibition hall and got into a car, but he was reluctant to leave. He looked out the window at the people coming and going in the exhibition hall, muttering to himself: "Teacher..."

……

At the same time, on the coast of the East China Sea.

On a high cliff, a man sits alone.

He is a young man with black hair like ink and eyes as cold as the abyss. There is no trace of time on his face, yet he looks inexplicably vicissitudes of life.

He sat on a high cliff, his eyes closed, silent for a long time, as if he was wandering in his thoughts.

It's really a dream.

In the real world, in the hotel, Shen He opened his eyes in awe and looked at his career panel again.

沈河
Occupation: Time traveler.

Occupational level: Level 1, Level 2.

Professional talent: Zhuang Zhou's dream of a butterfly.

Professional skills: None.

Professional items: None.

General skills: Swallowing Yuan Gong, Xingyiquan.

"Traveler's occupation level has been raised to level two!"

"You can obtain a second career talent!"

"Please choose one of the following talents as your second talent for the Transmigrator class!"

"First: Anchor of the Heavens (consumes professional experience to anchor a world coordinate, allowing the traverser to traverse again)"

"Second: Gate of All Worlds (Traversers can use their professional experience to create a Gate of All Worlds just for themselves to traverse)"

"Third: The Fruit of Ten Thousand Paths (After traveling through time using "Zhuang Zhou's Dream Butterfly", the traveler can consume professional experience to condense the professional item, the Fruit of Ten Thousand Paths. The Fruit of Ten Thousand Paths can carry a professional system. After using it, the profession and path system within the fruit can be directly obtained)"

The latest update is a bit delayed. First, I am considering how to end the first world. I don't want to copy the old book completely, but I don't know how to write some routines if I don't write them. So I am stuck. Sorry, I won't do it next time. I will update once first, and then update three more times tonight, and then update twice a day steadily.
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