Chapter 14 Felt deep malice from the goddess of fate
Right, now that they were reminded, they had just remembered something important. When they were training before, they had learned what a lifeform degradation levels meant and its implication.
And after interacting and working with various races, they had noticed that these races, most of its people, their lifeform degradation levels were rather low.
However, for those living in the bronze age, these levels were acceptable.
The reason this age is considered bronze age, it was because the last Pathfinder ceremony had only received Bronze Level Jurisdiction.
This jurisdiction was also an indicator. Before the ceremony starts, the various palaces would evaluate the whole star regions.
One of the most important factors for evaluation was the level of lifeform degradation of the whole star region at that moment in time.
So, when the last ceremony was held, the evaluation at that time was merely Bronze level. Thus, this age was called Bronze age.
And the Pathfinder ceremony was originally a system that was used to help improve all creature within the star region, through the inheritance of the various palaces.
If the above really wants to conduct Gold level ceremony, this meant that they want to forcefully improve the level into Gold level from Bronze. The imbalance that would ensue, the struggle for the sudden rich resources, meant they may soon enter chaotic age.
"It's alright. I'm sure things will work it out. We still have time. And even if all of that happened, it's not like it is the end of the day. The council won't let things get out of hand," the mother tried to diffuse the tense atmosphere.
"Right. Listen to what your mother said, it is indeed not the end of the day. So just focus to give your best of effort to secure the supplies of Clear Fire Lotus," the father also echoed what his wife said. He doesn't want to put too much pressure of them.
And yes, albeit how short of time were left to them, they still have time.
"So mother, did little brother just left? Why did you guys have a that weird face before?" the sister then asked the initial question she was planning to ask.
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'Dear someone...'
'My surname is Lin. Lin Ren is the name. It was the hope of my parents that I would grow to become a benevolent person under the asylum of the Lin Family's tree.'
'The reason sounds so cheesy that I couldn't believe them.'
'And today I solemnly declare.'
'That my family is indeed a pit of a family. Moreover, my intuition also told me, and I'm certain of it, that there's someone with a crow mouth in my family who had set up a death flag for me.'
'Why? Because I'm now in a beast den! Surrounded by gigantic beast eggs, tall and large, enough to fit any adult standing inside.'
'Yup. That's 6-feet tall in diameter.'
'That's not the worse part of it.'
'The worse part of it, was that when I got transmitted, there's a big heavy stupid horse being sent over too. And when we appear, we were 9-feet above the air.
'Yes, you guessed it. We smashed one of the giant eggs to smithereens.'
Looking around the at the smashed egg, at the slimy gooey...urgh.
'What had I ever done in my previous life to deserve this?'
At this moment, when he though back on what had happened just now, he seriously suspected it was all carefully prepared pit by his grandfather.
Because in the beginning everything was progressing so smoothly, now that he thought about it, he felt it was too easy to obtain the miracle fruit.
With his grandfather's personality, it would be weird that he could sneak into the family's most sacred place, and successfully steal the miracle fruit without any obstacles and hindrances.
He should have noticed it since beginning! Thinking back…
At that time the surrounding was too quiet.
And at that time, then situation, he did not sneak into the garden, climb onto the tree and steal the fruit...
...but he was the one led into the garden, went up to the platform and tree actually lower its own branch and gave him the miracle fruit!
And that final moment when he saw the old man...
...smiling while pretending to wipe his tears (from his perspective)
...and every change of expressions on his grandfather's face as if gloating (at that time his grandfather had suddenly remembered his past deed and became angry for a while but tried hard to smile)
...to finally his parents' sudden appearance, as if they were already there since earlier.
He was sure of it. Grandfather planned it all. The greatest pit of all and he happily jump into it!
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The teenager Lin Ren was hurt all over the body.
When he saw his surrounding, he was dumbfounded. This place is not some inhabited city nor some valley. From as far the eye can see he was halfway up a mountain that reaches to the sky.
And it appears to be that the place he landed in was some ruins left in disrepair. The buildings itself seems quite old. From the traces left behind on the buildings of the ruin as if it had survived from ancient time.
However, the traces of destruction of the ruins seems new.
This place should be the site of some kind organization or ancient sect but were just destroyed recently.
'Was it an attack?'
Looking at the ruins he was even more sure.
Actually...
During the moment when he was transmitted, he has already partly understood his situation. He is a smart kid with flexible brain. So, he almost immediately figured it.
Each child who underwent coming-of-age ceremony would experience the same as him.
They would receive their own ring and miracle fruit. Later they were transmitted to some foreign land to train.
Yes, as clever as he is, after reading various novel troupe, he is quite familiar with this repertoire. The weird sick horse, secret place, controllable weather, mysterious tree, miracle fruit, and finally the transmission formation!
If he couldn't figure it out, he is a failure as cultivation novel otaku! He had read enough of xianxia and wuxia novel to understand some of the thing happening.
Thinking to here, he was for a moment excited. After all he now knows his family is cultivators and if they are cultivators, they should be able to fly.
And since they can, then he will also become one.
His eldest sister didn't lie to him!
But...
then he saw the smashed egg, the large oversize egg, the ancient buildings, and the destruction trace.
He became helpless and felt the deep malice from the world.
He felt his life is without love and abandoned.
Because he was even more sure. He indeed was pitted miserably now, even pitted by fate and the world itself.
He was okay with it when he knows the family send him away. After all he has been fantasizing and dreaming for it.
Cultivators. Magicians. Knights. Assassins.
Adventuring into the unknowns. Venturing into dungeons and dragons' den. Riding dragon becoming dragon knights.
So, when he figured it his situation out, he was expecting he was going to be sent into some cities or wilderness or at least beginner's village. Even the worse it should be near the jungle where he can immediately escape. But…
'Why on earth (cough, well here is not earth), was I sent to hell level area from the start?'
'Even if I was trained in the military, that after all is just mortal world common societies' legion.'
'So how could I possibly prepared myself to fight such huge beast that even its egg is already larger than myself?'
Someone, there's a little kitten here that needs comfort. I'm waiting online, feeling very, very, very anxious!
Feeling like an injured cat being abandoned, he felt deep grievance.