Reverend Insanity Chapter 2 – Going back in time with 500 years of knowledge
Reverend
Insanity Chapter 2 – Going back in time with 500 years of knowledge
It is said
in legend that a river of time exists in this world. It supports the world’s
time ow and circulation. And by using the Spring
Autumn
Cicada’s power, one can travel back upstream and return to the past.
There is
much conicting opinion on this mythical tale. Many do not believe in it, and
some are skeptical to the truth.
Few people
actually dare to believe it.
Because
every time one uses the Spring Autumn Cicada one must pay with his life,
letting his entire body and cultivation be the
driving
force to use its power.
Such a
price is just too expensive, and the thing that people just cannot accept is
the fact that after paying with your life, you don’t
even know
what the outcome is.
So even if
someone has the Spring Autumn Cicada, they would not dare use it so
indiscriminately. What if the rumors were fake, and
it was just
a scam?
If Fang
Yuan were not cornered into such a state, he would also not use it so
hurriedly. But now, Fang Yuan is thoroughly convinced.
Because the
reality of the truth has been laid before his eyes and there was no denying it.
He has really been reborn!
“It’s just
a pity… From the start I had wasted an absurd amount of effort, killing
hundreds of thousands of people, making even the
heavens
furious and inciting people’s vengeance, went through suffering and multiple
hardships to nally attain and rene this good
Gu…” Fang
Yuan thought with a sigh. Even though he had been reborn, the Spring Autumn
Cicada did not come with him.
Humans are
the greatest among thousands of creatures, Gu are the essence of heaven and
earth.
Gu comes in
thousands of shapes and sizes of strange and mysterious variety – there are too
many to count. Some Gu after being
used once
or even twice or thrice will completely dissipate. And some Gu can be reused
again and again as long as it is not used over
its limits.
That said,
it is probable that the Spring Autumn Cicada is one of those types that can
only be used once before disappearing for good.
“But even
if its gone, I can still rene another. I have done it in my previous life, why
can’t I do it in this life?” After the thoughts of pity
were put
aside, Fang Yuan’s heart burst forth ambitious and determined feelings.
To be able
to be reborn, this fact made the loss of the Spring Autumn Cicada entirely
acceptable.
Not to
mention he had something precious with him, so its not like he lost everything.
This
precious treasure was his 500 years worth of memories and experience.
In his
memories are a multitude of all kinds of treasures and precious items that no
one has opened yet in this time. All the big events
and
incidents he can easily grasp by the veins of history. There are a countless
number of gures: some are predecessors of hidden
levels;
some are geniuses, some people not even born yet. Also in these 500 years of
life are memories of painstaking cultivation and
rich combat
experience.
With all
these memories and experiences, he had undeniably grasped the overall situation
and upcoming opportunities. With good
planning
and execution, he could empower the situation with great erceness and elegance.
It was not a problem now that he could
take a step
ahead of others, breaking the higher boundaries!
“So how do
I go about this hmmm…” Fang Yuan was incredibly sensible. He collected himself
together and faced the night rain
outside the
window, pondering. With this thought, things started to feel complicated. After
thinking for a moment, his brows wrinkled
deeper.
500 years
of time was a rather long period. Don’t mention those long muddled memories
that cannot be recalled, even remembering
the hidden
locations of treasures or special encounters of people were a lot, but the main
issue was that the locations were separated
among a
long distance and had to be accessed or visited at certain periods of time.
“The most
important thing is cultivation. The me right now has not even opened my
Primeval Sea, hasn’t stepped on the path to be a
Gu Master.
I’m just a mortal! I have to hurry and cultivate, catching up to history and
seize the opportunities with the best advantage.”
Not to
forget, many of these hidden locations of treasures were useless without proper
foundation. Instead it would just be walking
into a
wolf’s den, looking for death.
The problem
in front of Fang Yuan right now was cultivation.
He had to
increase the level of his foundation as fast as possible. If he were slow like
his previous life, he would just be too late.
“To
cultivate as fast as possible, I would have to borrow the resources from the
clan. With the state I am right now, I have no power or
ability to
travel back and forth across the dangerous mountains. Even an ordinary mountain
boar can take my life. If I can reach the
cultivation
of a Third level Gu Master, I’d have the means to protect myself and leave the
mountain.”
Through the
eyes of a 500 year old person who has cultivated in the Demonic Way, Qing Mao
Mountain was just way too small, Gu
Yue Village
even feels like a cage.
But while
the cage restricted freedom, the sturdy bars of the cage also brought about a
certain kind of safety.
“Hmm, in
this short period of time I’ll just stay in this cage. As long as I can reach
Third level Gu Master, I can leave this poor
mountain.
Luckily tomorrow is the Awakening Ceremony, I’ll be able to start training as a
Gu Master soon after.”
When he
thought about the Awakening Ceremony, old memories that had long been buried
away in his heart resurfaced themselves.
“Talent
huh…” He sneered, his gaze focused out the window.
At this
moment, the door to his room was lightly pushed open and a young teenager
walked in.
“Big
brother, why are you standing in the rain by the window side ?”
The youth
was thin, slightly shorter than Fang Yuan. His face resembled Fang Yuan’s
features greatly. As Fang Yuan turned his head
to look at
this young man, a complicated look ickered across his face.
“It’s you
huh, my twin little brother.” He raised his eyebrows, his expression returning
to that of cold indifference. Fang Zheng lowered
his head
and looked at his own toes; this is his signature stance.
“I saw that
big brother’s window was not shut closed, so I thought I’d come in here and
close it. Tomorrow is the Awakening
Ceremony,
it’s so late and you haven’t gone to bed yet big brother. If Uncle and Aunty
knew, they would probably be worried.”
Fang Zheng
was not surprised at Fang Yuan’s coldness. Ever since he was a small child, his
older brother had always been like that.
Sometimes
he would wonder, maybe a genius is just like this, being rather different from
ordinary people. Even though he had the
same look
as his older brother, he felt that he was ordinary like an ant.
They were
born from the same womb at the same time, and yet why are the heavens so
unfair? His older brother had been endowed
with
gleaming talent, while he himself was as ordinary as a stone.
Everyone
around him would say, “This is Fang Yuan’s little brother-” when they mentioned
him. His aunt and uncle would constantly
tell him to
learn from his older brother. Even when he looked into the mirror sometimes, he
would feel disgusted as he saw his own
face!
These
thoughts had been ongoing for many years, accumulating day and night deeply
into his heart. Like a giant stone pressing
against his
heart, these few years Fang Zheng’s head lowered more and more, and he also
grew quieter.
“Worried…”
At the thought of his aunt and uncle, Fang Yuan laughed silently. He could
still remember clearly how the parents of this
world had
both lost their lives in one of the clan missions. When he was only 3 years
old, he and his little brother became orphans.
In the name
of upbringing, his aunt and uncle grabbed hold of the inheritance left behind
by his parents while inicting harsh
treatment
against his younger brother and himself.
He
originally planned to just be a normal person, even planning to conceal his
abilities and bide his time. However his life was
difcult,
making Fang Yuan have no choice but to choose to expose some of his talents.
The
so-called talent is merely but a mature and intellect soul that carried a few
of Earth’s popular ancient poems.
With this
he managed to startle people and capture attention. Because of pressure from
the outside world, the young Fang Yuan
made a
decision to keep a cold indifferent expression to protect himself, reducing the
possibility of revealing any secrets. Over time
the
coldness would become a habit that he was accustomed to expressing.
Thus his
aunt and uncle were no longer harsh on him and his younger brother. As the
years passed and they got older, the future
became more
optimistic and better treatment increased. This was not lover, but a type of
investment.
It’s
hilarious how his little brother never saw this truth,; not only was he
deceived by their aunt and uncle, he also started burying
resentments
inside. Although he looked like a good-natured and honest boy now, in Fang
Yuan’s memories when his brother was
found out
to be an A grade talent the clan spent much effort in raising him with all they
had. After that all the buried resentment and
jealous and
hate inside was released, and many a time Fang Zheng would target, suppress and
make life difcult for his own older
brother.
As for his
own grade, it was only C grade talent.
Fate loved
to play a joke.
A pair of
twins – The older one only had C grade talent, but had been known as a genius
for a dozen years. The younger one who was
always
overlooked was the one with A grade talent instead.
The results
of the Awakening Ceremony had left the clan shocked. The treatment of the two
brothers had suddenly reversed after
that.
The younger
brother was like a dragon rising up to the heavens; the older brother was like
a phoenix that fell down to the earth.
After that
came the many hardships and troubles from his own younger brother, the cold
eyes of his aunt and uncle, the contempt of
the clans
people.
Did he hate
it?
Fang Yuan
in his previous life hated it. He hated his own lack of talent, he hated how
heartless the clan was, hated how fate was so
unfair. But
now, with his 500 years of life experiences, using this to rethink this course
his heart was actually calm, not a shred of
hatred.
What was
there to be gain from resentment?
Thinking
about if from another point of view, he could understand his younger brother,
aunt and uncle, even those enemies from 500
years later
who attacked him.
The strong
eat the weak, survival of the ttest; these have always been the rules of this
world. Everyone has self-ambitions, always
struggling
to grasp the opportunities. Among all the war and killing what is there not to
be understood?
500 years
of life experience have long allowed him to understand all of this, with the
heart that wants to gain immortality.
If someone
tries to prevent this pursuit of his, no matter who it is he will kill and live
through it. The aspirations in his heart were too
big,
stepping onto this road was to be making the world your enemy, and it was
destined to be alone, destined to kill.
This was
the conclusion of 500 years of life.
“Revenge is
not my intention, the Demonic path does not compromise.” With that he couldn’t
help but laugh and gave his younger
brother a
faint glance. “You can leave.”
Fang
Zheng’s heart shook as he felt like his brother’s eyes were sharp like an ice
blade, seemingly penetrating the deepest parts of
his heart.
Under such
a gaze, he felt like he was naked in the snow, unable to hold any secrets
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