Chapter 139: Yet Another Day
Once more, dusk had fallen in the realm of Qingming. At this moment, the human cultivators had only managed to sweep a small portion of the battlefield. They were currently going to and fro the battlefield and dragging the Shamans’ corpses to the designated locations. In the western regions, it was common knowledge that their corpses made good fertilizer for the realm.
Wei Yuan felt that the western regions were very strange. Shamans used humans to perform Sacrifice to Heaven rituals, whereas humans used Shamans to nourish the land. Both sides were the predator and prey. It was an indescribable cycle.
Inside the stone house, Xu Wenwu was writing furiously; the fingers of his right hand had already gone numb. He couldn’t remember exactly how long he’d been writing, but he’d been at it the whole time.
At first, he wrote what technically counted as what he saw and heard, but were really highlights of his life. For example, he mentioned the time he scored 99 points out of 100 during second grade. He also mentioned how he had ranked in the top 30 during an exam in seventh grade, and then cracked the top 50 again in an exam during ninth grade.
Unfortunately, his glorious achievements came to an end before he had a chance to write much about them. So, he allowed his imagination to run wild and wrote whatever came to his mind. He wrote about the dormitories, cafeterias, internet cafes, and late-night food stalls outside the campus gates. Before he knew it, he had covered most of the campus facilities. He was going to write about the library until he realized upon lifting his brush that he had no idea what it looked like on the inside at all. It was because he hadn’t set foot in it even once during his four years in college[1].
As he wrote, the jade paper suddenly emitted a soft glow. He realized a moment later that he had finally written thirty thousand words.
A door appeared on the stone house, and Bao Yun stepped inside. She picked up the jade paper and said, “You can rest now.”
It was music to the ears. A pair of warm tears rolled down Xu Wenwu’s cheeks as he struggled to his feet and stepped out of the stone house. His reaction was so exaggerated that Bao Yun could not help but feel a tad amused.
Bao Yun noticed that Xu Wenwu was heading toward the main chamber. So, she called out, “That’s the wrong way. The mess hall is located past the central peak to the right.”