Eternal Life through Drawing Lots

Chapter 326: Chapter 318: Decay, Darkness, Despair

"Year! From now on, you have to live well on your own. Live well..."

The last rays of the setting sun fell upon the carved beams of the grand hall.

A beautiful woman, her eyes red from crying, was forcibly dragged away by two old men.

The rest of the crowd surged forward, rushing into the grand hall.

"You wretched slut! So what if your aptitude is superior and your talent is outstanding?"

"You were just told to serve Young Master Hu in his bed, and you actually dared to resist?"

"Hmph, don’t you know that Young Master Hu is a chosen prodigy of the Murong family, one of the Golden Clans? Countless others would kill for the fortune of being Young Master Hu’s cauldron!"

"Hilarious. Did you really think that just because you became the number one talent, you could restore your former glory?"

"Wait, there’s still a kid in the palace!"

"Who cares about him? He’s just a little idiot who can’t even speak properly. Hurry up and start grabbing these treasures before there’s nothing left for us."

"You little fool. Without your sister to protect you, you dare stand in my way? I’ve been wanting to teach you a lesson for a long time. Take a kick from me!"

"KYEHEHEHE..."

A young Canglan Year was kicked into a corner, blood trickling from his mouth.

He didn’t understand. ’Why? Why is the world like this?’

’Didn’t these people just give him radiant smiles yesterday?’

’And why did his sister cry while telling him to live a good life?’

’What in the world is a cauldron?’

"Fools really do have dumb luck. To think he’s the first one in our group to master a technique."

"Damn it. In this competition, that fatherless, motherless bastard ranked first again."

"Hmph. In our academy, I won’t allow anyone to be more badass than me."

"Everyone, get him! Snatch his Nourishing Essence Pills!"

"Second Brother is already going in. Let’s not be polite. Beat him up."

"Get him!"

A slightly older Canglan Year was still just as confused.

’Why hasn’t Sister come back yet?’

’Why was that Young Master Hu able to reappear and continue lording it over everyone, even after being punished by the City Lord?’

Fists rained down on him like a violent storm, dense and inescapable.

He protected his head, gritting his teeth in silence, desperately holding on by a thread.

Because those were his sister’s last words to him: *Live well.*

"I’m warning you, if you dare tell the academy elders that we beat you, you’ll be sorry!"

"Let me tell you something. A guy like you will never get justice."

"What you call justice is nothing more than a few strokes of my grandfather’s brush."

"The law enforcement elders are lenient with the academy elders’ children. The academy elders give special treatment to the pharmacy elders’ children. The pharmacy elders focus on cultivating the Clan Leader’s children..."

"This world has been like this since the dawn of time."

"Ptooey!"

"Why waste more words on him? Watch me treat him to a swig of Thousand Gold Insomnia Wine."

"You’re shameless. Just say you’re taking a piss. What’s this ’Thousand Gold Insomnia Wine’ crap..."

’Why? Why has it always been this way?’

’Just because it’s always been this way, does that make it right?’

’Justice... why can’t I have it?’

With his hair in disarray, Canglan Year’s heart was filled with confusion.

"Canglan Year, you!"

"Murder! It’s murder! Canglan Year killed someone!"

"He’s trying to escape!"

"After him! Quick, don’t let him get away!"

"It’s over. We’re so screwed. The people he killed... one was the academy elder’s own grandson, another was the law enforcement elder’s precious granddaughter..."

Canglan Year was in a daze, yet his cultivation had progressed significantly.

During a trial, having been suppressed to his absolute limit, he suddenly erupted. With just a few punches, he beat a group of arrogant young masters who had been bullying him to death.

The outburst was so sudden, no one had expected it.

"There’s something strange about this kid’s apertures."

"Hiss... He’s actually a B-grade Spirit Body, a Blood Scorpion Spirit Body!"

"Not good, he’s about to jump into the great river! The river is treacherous; it’s certain death."

"Damn it, we can’t let him escape. Even if he dies, we have to drag his body back, or we’re done for!"

He lived.

’I actually lived. Again.’

Canglan Year, on the verge of death, was dragged ashore by a boatwoman.

"He’s still alive. It’s unbelievable."

"After him!"

"Don’t let him get any further..."

In the small river, a towering blaze erupted, and a small boat was gradually reduced to ashes.

Tears streamed down Canglan Year’s face, but he continued running toward the great river.

"Hmph, trying to escape?"

"No... It’s only been a month, how has your cultivation level surged to this degree?"

"Damn you, Canglan Year! Let go of Brother Jun..."

Tired.

’I’m so tired.’

Canglan Year felt exhausted, wanting only to close his eyes.

This time, there was no kind boatwoman, no innocent herb-gathering girl, and certainly no radiant, great Courtesan to save him.

’Maybe I’m really going to die this time.’

That’s what Canglan Year thought, but he still survived in the end.

He used his teeth to tear off and swallow the flesh of his enemies, bite by bite, as the phantom of a blood scorpion glowed brightly.

This feels good. So damn good.

’Why didn’t I start eating people sooner?’

’Why?’

’Because I was stupid. So stupid. I am a fool.’

’This world was always meant for devouring others. Always! WAAHAHAHA!’

Canglan Year sobbed and choked, but no more tears fell from his eyes. Instead, two streams of blood already stained his face.

"So you’re that man-eating scorpion who betrayed the Canglan Race?"

"Come. As long as you obey me, be my dog, I can let you return to the Canglan Race to flaunt your power and get your revenge."

"The Canglan Race is full of spineless cowards who sell their daughters for glory. They don’t have a shred of integrity."

"Kneel! And crawl between my legs!"

"AHHH—"

"Kill him! Kill him!"

As time went on, Canglan Year stopped asking why.

He threw himself completely into the Demon Dao, actively seeking to kill.

He bullied the weak, fawned over the powerful, and resorted to any means necessary.

The only thing that never changed was his determination to ’live well’.

"Yunniang, there’s nothing we can do."

"That’s right. If we had a choice, we wouldn’t want you to become Young Master Duan’s cauldron either."

"Sigh... Young Master Duan is from the Minghai Race, one of the legendary Golden Clans. We can’t afford to offend them!"

"Then what about me? You think I can afford to offend them? Huh?!"

Canglan Year, who was lying low in a certain Silver Tribe, soon heard of the situation.

Gazing at Yunniang from afar, he was reminded of his sister.

And so, he acted decisively, killing the so-called Young Master Duan.

"*Sob sob sob...*"

"Oh, Yunniang, Yunniang, you’ve doomed us all."

"Pah! Damn you, Golden Clan! You pack of fucking bastards!"

"O, legendary Dream Emperor, please show your divine power! Kill every living thing in this world, destroy everything! *Waaaah...*"

The flames blotted out the sky.

Before the Minghai Race had even said a word, the other Silver Tribes had already united to avenge "Young Master Duan."

In that moment, Canglan Year brought annihilation upon Yunniang’s Silver Tribe.

But he didn’t care. He did it simply because he wanted to.

"The Dream Emperor’s arrival?" Canglan Year sneered in disdain.

Decades of experience had taught him long ago just how dark this world was.

Under the joint rule of the numerous venerated orthodoxies, this world had long since decayed and fallen into ruin.

Before the experts of those venerated orthodoxies, the so-called masses were nothing more than beings who could be extinguished with a single thought.

Even if the Dream Emperor were to appear, he would only be immediately obliterated by those same orthodoxies.

These venerated orthodoxies would absolutely never allow anyone to stand above them!

"Kill him! Kill him!"

"Alas! It is I, Canglan Longque, who has failed our ancestors!"

"Canglan Year, you are also a member of our Canglan Race. Must you really wipe us all out?"

"No..."

Canglan Year was silent as his butcher’s blade fell again and again, completing his revenge upon the Canglan Race.

He grew stronger and stronger.

But he never felt any joy or happiness in his heart.

This wasn’t what he truly wanted to do.

He only knew how to slaughter.

Finally, he gradually turned his butcher’s blade toward the people of the Golden Clan.

All of this, *all of it*, was because of the Golden Clan!!!

...

"BOOM!"

On the top floor of Sincerity Restaurant.

Canglan Year dropped his disguise and erupted completely.

A fierce wind suddenly rose, howling and roaring.

Layers of blood-red mist spread out, gradually obscuring the sky.

A colossal, blood-colored venomous scorpion descended, its demonic flames surging to the heavens.

Now a Blood Heart Soul Demon, Canglan Year’s aura swelled and his power skyrocketed, causing Second Uncle Fang’s expression to shift slightly.

"Die with me!"

The Blood Heart Soul Demon revealed a savage grin and lunged straight for Fang Yang.

Behind him, the giant blood scorpion raised its tail stinger, dark and profound.

CRACK—

The next moment, a bolt of divine lightning descended from the heavens.

The divine lightning shattered the Blood Heart Soul Demon into pieces and blasted the giant blood scorpion into white smoke.

In his final moments, the Blood Heart Soul Demon’s expression was serene. It was as if he could see his sister.

"Sister, I heard a cluster of Dream Worlds has appeared in the Celestial Domain. Heh, if the Dream Emperor really does appear... that would be nice..."

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