Chapter 67: Everything is Done
Xu Chong stood silently.
All I could think about were Zhang Shunyi’s last few words.
From pretending to take a nap to give himself the opportunity to read books, to doing whatever it takes to become a real warrior.
Zhang Youde has changed so much that he is like a completely different person.
Zhang Shunyi said that this is losing one's original intention.
Can something as conceptual as one’s original mind also be lost?
Because of the education Xu Chong received, he didn't quite understand this sentence.
But assuming that what Zhang Shunyi said was correct, and Zhang Youde's character did change drastically because he lost his original heart, then is his own problem not at all about his state of mind, but rather that he has also lost his original heart?
If you have lost your original heart, how can you talk about the state of mind?
Considering that I still can’t figure out what my true heart is, I have to say, it’s very likely.
"If so, then when did I lose my original intention?"
Xu Chong moved his feet, walking aimlessly while reminiscing about the past.
Gradually, his brain began to empty and his thoughts wandered freely.
Soon, he recalled his experiences in his previous life.
In his previous life, Xu Chong was like most people, born into an ordinary family with a strict father and a nagging mother.
A top student in elementary school, an average student in middle school, and a last-place student in high school.
Later on, it was difficult to search for fake universities even if they were on their homepages.
After graduation, I plunged into the turbulent world, struggled for a few times, but finally gave in and started to go with the flow. Until my parents passed away, I had not been able to save enough money to buy a house to live in.
Ordinary life, ordinary people.
To sum it up in one sentence, we are passionate when we are young, conceited when we are young, and numb when we are middle-aged.
have nothing to say.
Then came the time travel.
Crossing...
Xu Chong looked at the scene in front of him in a daze.
In front of him was an old empty room.
There was a couch, a wooden table, two benches in the room, and an earthen stove and table near the window.
So simple, yet so familiar.
It turned out that he walked back to the old house in Poplar Lane while strolling unconsciously, and even took out the key to open the door.
——Plop!
A clear heartbeat was heard.
Immersed in memories, Xu Chong, at this coincidental moment, naturally put himself into the world he was in when he had just traveled through time.
Confused, afraid, and uneasy.
But, there is still a surprise!
Yes.
When he first realized the fact of time travel, he was surprised.
Confusion, fear, and anxiety all come from the unknown future.
The surprise was because he knew that he no longer had to worry about worldly views, work 996 hours a day for a house, or force himself to curry favor with others for fragile interpersonal relationships, and no longer felt redundant because he had no relatives...
And in the context of the time, all the reasons that gave rise to the surprise can be summed up in two words.
comfortable.
The initial yearning is freedom!
Xu Chong suddenly realized: "So that's it!"
During this half year of traveling through time.
First of all, his original personality put a limit on him, forcing him to bear the goodwill and expectations of the people.
Then, the existence of the obstruction of knowledge and perception was like a huge rock pressing on his heart, making him gradually feel that time travel was not something to be happy about.
Then, one life after another was taken away easily, and he was unable to stop it.
Fear, reluctance, and powerlessness.
His heart gradually began to feel numb.
Therefore, his problem was not his state of mind, but that he had lost his original heart.
I have lost the heart that yearns for freedom!
So, what is freedom?
Xu Chong slowly closed his eyes, his thoughts racing.
Freedom means having the people in mind and benefiting the world?
Does freedom mean being lawless and wanton?
No, neither.
I am not my original self, I am kind enough to sacrifice myself for the benefit of others.
I am not Qing Ting, who is so evil as to enslave all living beings.
The freedom I want has never been so extreme, so grand!
Immersed in thinking, Xu Chong's thoughts became purer and clearer.
Faces flashed through his mind.
Aunt Ma, Wang Bozi, Wu Wenjing, Zhou Ze, Fu Yuanlong, Liu Er, Lao Li...
After a moment, Xu Chong suddenly opened his eyes.
"Accept your goodness and control your evil."
“Have the courage to face your weakness and the determination to become a stronger self.”
"When faced with evil, I will not yield to the evil, and when faced with the weak, I will have unrivaled strength, but my words and deeds will not deceive me."
“This is my freedom!”
In an instant, the powerful energy dormant in the meridians and acupoints began to surge.
——Crash!
There are no techniques, no spiritual source, and no need for control.
The power of Baoyang Gong rushed to the hand Jueyin meridian autonomously, with unstoppable force all the way.
In just a moment, all the acupoints on the meridians were completely opened up.
The sixth level of Tongmai is done!
At the same time, whether it is good thoughts or bad thoughts, they are all stable and there is no sign of getting out of control.
Xu Chong was not surprised by this and accepted the change very happily.
"Now that everything is done, it's time to move on."
Xu Chong locked the wooden door of the old house and walked away .
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The next day, county school.
"If you come to ask me to go to the county government as a director, I advise you to go back directly."
Wang Hezhi spoke directly as soon as they met.
"I……"
"If you come to tell me about that brat Zhang Shunyi, then there's no need to mention it."
Wang Hezhi raised his hand again and interrupted Xu Chong directly.
"Well……"
Xu Chong really didn't expect this, "Master, do you know about Shunyi?"
"You haven't received a letter in several months. You didn't even come to see me after returning to the county. Do you think I'm the murderer of your father?"
Wang Hezhi sneered and said dissatisfiedly: "Humph, neither of you two makes me worry less."
Xu Chong touched his nose.
"Anyway, this is not something you should worry about. If there is nothing else, go back and take care of the government office so that I have less to do."
Wang Hezhi waved his hand as if to chase him away.
"I really have something to ask you."
Xu Chong didn't care and asked directly: "Student wants to ask about the promotion of officials."
"Promotion? What's so good about that?"
Wang Hezhi frowned, somewhat puzzled, "Just endure it."
"Hard to endure?"
Xu Chong raised his eyebrows.
"When you have reached a sufficient level of martial arts, and passed the ninth year's examination, and have achieved both, the Ministry of Personnel will add your name to the list of candidates for promotion."
Wang Hezhi stroked his white beard and said, "As long as you are not deposed by His Majesty, you will be promoted."
"There should be another way right?"
Xu Chong asked again, "Students remember that Fu Yuanlong was only a general flagman before, but he was able to skip the test of a hundred households and was promoted to a hundred households. It must not be a promotion through the general examination."
Waiting for nine years would be too long. According to the speed at which the county government generates spiritual sources, there would only be a little over two hundred in nine years. For the immortality that requires ten thousand spiritual sources to activate, it is completely a drop in the bucket.
"That was a simple decision made by the emperor, and cannot be judged by common sense."
Wang Hezhi glanced at Xu Chong and said, "Unless you also encounter a mission like the Cave Heaven Fragment and make a great contribution from it."
Xu Chong's mouth twitched, "Okay."
The emperor's decree for promotion is to bypass all rules and directly promote someone.
Unless Emperor Qing goes to Canglang in disguise and becomes close friends with Xu Chong, don't even think about it.
