novelzi Chapter 14: The Sacrificial Offerings: Our Mothers
Chapter 14: The Sacrificial Offerings: Our Mothers
Chapter 14: The Sacrificial Offerings: Our Mothers
The first youth with his bloodline awakened and successfully transformed was named Daqiang. Tang San shared a room with Woodie, and Daqiang's roommate was Floofy.
Wang Yanfeng assigned them straightforward names akin to Tang San's. The youths were given new names: Wang Da, Wang Er, and Wang San[1]. Wang Yanfeng also explained that once they became genuine vassals, they could choose new names. Official names were only granted to those who achieved vassal status. Wearing the vassal's name badge would distinguish them from slaves, preventing them from being killed by accident.
After dinner, Wang Yanfeng instructed them to go back to their assigned rooms. He would start their education the following day.
As he returned to his room, the day's ordeal, the warmth of this place, and the changes that had occurred quickly lulled Wang Er into a deep sleep.
Seeing that Wang Er was sound asleep, Tang San discreetly slipped out of his bed. The hallway was shrouded in darkness. He tiptoed through the corridor and reached the door of another room on the opposite side of the ground floor. Ling Muxue occupied this room, with the two spaces for the boys on either side of the hallway.
The door swung open, revealing Ling Muxue's face. Upon seeing Tang San, her already swollen eyes became damp once more. He swiftly entered and closed the door.
"What's the matter?" Tang San whispered.
He genuinely cared about this girl who had offered him a rare source of warmth in this nightmarish world for humans. In response to his query, Ling Muxue broke into tears.
"Mom, Mom..."
Tang San was taken aback, and all he could do was offer his shoulder to support her. A sudden sense of foreboding gripped him, and he felt his throat constricting.
"What happened to your mother?" he asked urgently, but Ling Muxue could only sob, unable to speak.
Tang San furrowed his brows, guiding her to sit on the edge of the bed. He gently placed his right hand on her back, using his Mysterious Heaven Technique to slowly pacify her emotions.
As Tang San directed the energy of his Mysterious Heaven Technique into Ling Muxue's body, he instantly detected a faint green energy within her. It appeared as if this green energy wanted to connect with him. Tang San promptly withdrew, concerned about accidentally extracting the Wind Wolf bloodline power from Ling Muxue's body. What if Ling Muxue couldn’t restore her bloodline energy? Tang San would be putting her in danger.
Nevertheless, even with just that infusion of the Mysterious Heaven Technique, Ling Muxue felt a comforting warmth, and her emotions slightly steadied. She gazed at Tang San with tear-filled eyes.
Tang San's anger gradually turned into icy resolve. He looked at Wang Yanfeng. His gaze was calm, but chilling. "So...are you planning to hand us over?"
Wang Yanfeng suddenly felt a shiver run down his spine, startled by the unsettling intensity of Tang San's stare. Despite being just a child, he appeared far from weak in Wang Yanfeng's eyes.
He couldn't help but smile bitterly. "If I were to hand you over, would I have stood in your way earlier during the ceremony? Child, don't try anything, don't go anywhere. You will not see your mother's body again; they've already dealt with it. If you have the heart, live well and strive to become stronger."
The icy coldness in Tang San's eyes gradually faded, and his clenched fists slowly relaxed.
If he were to unleash even a fraction of his divine consciousness, he had an eighty percent chance of obliterating everything here. However, his chances of achieving godhood under this world's suppression would become exceedingly slim. The rules on this planet were overwhelmingly powerful.
In this world, on this vast continent of demons and nymphs, were these human tragedies limited to just Wind Wolf Town? No, they occurred in every corner of this world. Even if he were to wipe out Wind Wolf Town entirely, it wouldn't solve the fundamental problem for humanity.
What Wang Yanfeng had said was correct. Only by becoming stronger, by becoming truly powerful, could everything be resolved.
At that moment, a warm hand clasped Tang San's.
Tang San turned to look and saw the tear-filled, misty eyes of Qiu Jing.
"Child, we have no other choice. Please do what you can to live well; that would be the best comfort you can bring your mother. I had a child too, but he failed his awakening assessment. I would have gladly accepted it if he had succeeded, even if it meant my death." As she spoke, Qiu Jing pulled Tang San into her embrace, holding both him and Ling Muxue, tears streaming down her face.
Qiu Jing's embrace was warm; it warmed Tang San's heart that was filled with killing intent.
Ling Muxue cried herself to sleep in that warm embrace, while Wang Yanfeng escorted Tang San back to his room.
"Get a good night's sleep," Wang Yanfeng said as he gently patted Tang San’s head.
1. This is a common historical way of naming the boys in household: Da (big) or Yi (one) is the eldest, Er (two) is the second, San (three) is the third, etc. The MC’s name, Tang San, also means “third son of the Tang house,” and the author’s pen name is also somewhere along those lines. ☜