Chapter 998.2: 300 Years Too Late - Part 2
At this moment, Lu Ji finally regarded himself as part of Great Liang. This Tea Sage who had lived through multiple dynasties was filled with joy. Even if he were to die on the Northern Frontier in the next moment, he would feel it was nothing.
There was a saying his old friend had once spoken, now widely circulated, though he had always dismissed it before.
That saying was: a scholar dies for one who understands him.
He, Lu Ji, had never thought of following anyone, not in the past, nor now. But at this moment, he was willing to give his life for such a world.
Without resentment, without regret.
Just as Lu Ji was lost in thought, a figure suddenly gathered beside him. It was his old friend, now going by the alias Cao Chong.
Cao Chong looked at Lu Ji and teased, “What’s this? Lord Tea Sage, getting old and suddenly feeling your blood run hot?”
Lu Ji was not annoyed. Instead, he said sincerely, “What do you think? Is the world today better than the one when you served as an official? Is it better than any era in the past?”
It was rare to see his old friend so serious, so Cao Chong naturally dropped his flippant tone and smiled. “In just over two hundred years, to shape the world with a backbone like this, I truly find it astonishing. These few emperors of Great Liang are no ordinary people.”