Chapter 1217 - Chapter 1217: Meeting The End of All Things Again (2)
Chapter 1217: Meeting The End of All Things Again (2)
Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Jiang Hao saw a pastry shop and decided to buy some.
However, just as he arrived, a young man appeared as well.
He stood in front of the pastry shop with him.
Jiang Hao looked at him and felt uneasy.
This was a man in his early thirties. He had some stubble and did not have any cultivation aura.
Yet, there was an inexplicable sense of danger.
Jiang Hao felt something familiar.
“You like pastries too? This pastry shop is not bad,” said the man with a smile.
Then, the two of them bought some pastries.
“What’s your name?” asked the young man.
“Senior, you can call me whatever you want.” Jiang Hao put away the pastries.
“Should I call you Fellow Disciple San Sheng?” the man asked with a smile.
Jiang Hao was surprised, but he did not show it. He just nodded. “What about you, Senior?”
“You can call me The End of All Things,” the man said.
“Of course, Senior,” Jiang Hao said respectfully.
“Shall we talk?” The man who called himself The End of All Things walked forward.
Jiang Hao followed.
“Aren’t you curious?” asked the man.
“Senior, what do you mean?” Jiang Hao was puzzled.
“I found you. You have hidden yourself well with many talismans and techniques. You even integrated yourself into the ordinary world of the mortals. It was not easy to find you,” said the man.
“But you still did, right, Senior?” Jiang Hao chuckled.
“Maybe it was a coincidence…” The man smiled. “I actually have something to ask you.”
The man walked from the bustling street into a quiet alleyway.
They walked aimlessly.
“Senior, what do you want to ask me?” Jiang Hao asked.
It was indeed a little unexpected that he had been found.
But this man did not seem to have any ill intentions, at least for the moment.
“I heard that you’re also a member of The End of All Things?” asked the man.
“Yes, I am.” Jiang Hao nodded.
“Why did you join The End of All Things?” asked the man.
“No reason, really,” Jiang Hao said after some thought. “I just want to join.”
“Not to bring eternal peace to the world?” the man asked.
“I don’t have such lofty dreams,” Jiang Hao said.
“Lofty dreams? It’s extreme, to say the least. Shouldn’t that fit right in with you?” The man chuckled.
Jiang Hao was silent.
He just walked ahead quietly in the alley.
Children were playing in the empty alley.
There was also an old woman walking slowly with a basket in her hands.
The man said softly, “The End of All Things is not something one seeks to understand, nor can one attempt to do it. For those who are happy in the world, we are the most abominable organization. They see us as someone who doesn’t want to live anymore, so we are trying to drag everybody down with us. Isn’t that right? What’s the use in understanding their ideals anyway? People who live miserably don’t understand how other people can live so happily.”
“And happy people don’t really explain to others what’s there to be happy about in the world,” said Jiang Hao.
He looked at the people walking in and out of the alley and lowered his head in thought.
Sometimes, a wall could separate two completely different sets of people.
Some people were wealthy, while some were destitute.
The difference might not be because of who works harder, but because of their choice in life or where they are born.
That led to different paths in their lives.
Why was that?
Jiang Hao did not understand why it had to be that way.
Was it because of fate, or was it because of karma?
Was it because of the blessing they got from the heavens, or was it because the poor ones did not work hard enough?
“Stinky old granny, you’re so smelly. Did you pee here again?” shouted some children in the alley.
They covered their noses and threw things at the old woman.
At that moment, the old woman who was leaning against the corner lowered her head and walked away.
“You stink!”
Someone threw a stone, and it hit the old woman on the head.
She cried out in pain and the basket in her hand dropped to the ground.
The basket rolled on the ground, and the clothes inside fell out.
“Those clothes are so dirty! Let’s go!”
The children shouted and ran away.
The old woman lowered her head and squatted down to pick up her basket. She tidied the clothes, folded them, and put them inside the basket again.
A man squatted down beside her and helped her.
“Granny, are you alright?” asked the man.
“I’m fine, young man. You don’t need to…” The old woman looked at the man and took back the clothes from his hands.
“It’s no problem at all,” said the man. “I’ll help you put the clothes back.”
“It’s alright. There’s no need.” The old woman did not dare to get close to the man because she was worried that he might get offended by the smell.
“It’s fine. I’ll help you to your door,” said the man gently.
After that, the man helped carry her basket to the door before turning to leave.
Jiang Hao watched and followed.
When the man turned to leave, Jiang Hao realized that he was not helping the woman to show off. It was just instinct.
“Surprised?” asked the man.
“A bit.” Jiang Hao nodded.
From his understanding, The End of All Things was not supposed to be like this.
He thought the organization despised everyone and wanted everyone to perish.
“I do want the end of all things in the world, but that doesn’t mean I want to be evil,” said the man.
“Is there a difference?” Jiang Hao asked.
“There is,” said the man. “There are many kinds of people on this street alone. They live extremely different lives. Some inflict suffering, and others suffer because of it. What I want is to end their suffering. All living beings are equal, after all.”
Jiang Hao did not agree. “Do you really think that is achievable, Senior?”
“No. It’s too difficult. It’s almost impossible. I don’t think I can achieve that in my lifetime,” said the man.
“Then why do it, Senior?”
“Just because something is difficult to achieve, will you just give up? Why do people try so hard to become immortals knowing that it is too difficult to do so? The Human Emperor suppressed so many clans and gave humans a chance. There hasn’t been someone like that since that era, but do people give up? They still try. So, why should I give up?”
“What if someone like that appears?”
“That’s all the more reason not to give up. That would mean the Great Era War has arrived, and everything will become possible.”
Jiang Hao did not say anything else. He could not agree with what The End of All Things wanted to do. Ending everything might not really be a solution to anything.
They walked all the way out of the alley to a river.
The two of them stopped in a pavilion.
“I heard that you know something about the dragons?” asked the man.
“Senior, what do you want to ask?”
“The dragons in the Ancient Lands have begun to move. They intend to do something big. Also, the Black Dragons are awakening.”
The man sat down and made some tea. “They know about the Ancestral Dragon’s Heart, and they also know that you’ve come into contact with it in the Abyssal Sea. They’ll come looking for you.”
“Senior, are you here to warn me against them?” Jiang Hao asked.
“N., I want you to pass on a message for me,” said the man. “We may be in the same place, but we are unable to contact each other.”
“What can I get out of it?” Jiang Hao asked.
“You can get a lot of information from The End of All Things. If you want to be a good person, you can choose to spread that information to save lives. If you want to be a bad person, you can use that information to kill your way to power,” said the man and smiled.
“Aren’t you afraid that your plan will fail?” Jiang Hao asked curiously.
“Just a minor hitch,” said the man calmly.
Jiang Hao was silent for a moment. “That’s not convincing enough.”
“The Great Era War is about to begin. I have a method that can make you untraceable in the Great Era,” said the man. “Two benefits.”
“Alright.” Jiang Hao smiled. “What message do you want me to pass on, Senior?”
“Tell them that the Dragon Clan’s Heavenly Book Inheritance is with me,” said the man and smiled. “Have we met before?”
Jiang Hao smiled but did not say anything.
“Perhaps I’ll hear news about you soon enough.” The man smiled.
In the end, he disappeared from his spot.
After he left, Jiang Hao heaved a sigh of relief.
The person’s arrival had been a little strange.
Hong Yuye was also sitting on a chair. “Senior, do you know how the man from The End of All Things made it here?”
Hong Yuye did not respond.
Jiang Hao was not sure if she had not sensed his arrival, or if she had let him in.
It did not matter.
He would encounter many things on this path, so he had to be calm and composed at all times.
It would help him become more grounded. He had to cultivate the foundation for becoming an immortal, after all.
Maybe it would be boring, but it would still teach him something.