Dragon Tamer - Chapter 614

Chapter 614: Chapter 616: Distinct Day and Night
 

Back inside the Bone Temple.

Zhu Minglang noticed everyone was looking at him differently.

The bearded old brother was particularly conflicted; he was annoyed that he hadn’t stepped forward earlier, and what was even harder for him to believe was that the young brother he had been talking with for quite some time was actually a God Chosen, one who might become an existence like the stars in the sky. Even just this simple connection could, in the future, grant him protection under the other’s starlight…

Suddenly, the crowd flocked around Zhu Minglang.

“Don’t come too close to me; I find you disgusting,” Zhu Minglang didn’t mince his words with these people, telling them bluntly to get lost.

They had been very eager to coax him away earlier, but now they were scurrying to bask in his divine air, didn’t they feel like dogs?

“Shang Zhuang was shortsighted and failed to recognize your divine destiny; for that, I truly apologize,” Shang Zhuang came over, bowing to Zhu Minglang with reluctant respect.

“I was shortsighted as well,” Zhu Minglang replied with a smile, not waiting for the tension on the other’s face to ease, he added dismissively, “It turns out you’re not much to look at; I had to get a closer look to see it.”

Shang Zhuang’s face turned from pale to black, and then from black to a red hue of embarrassment and anger!

Shang Zhuang glared at Zhu Minglang, not daring to erupt until he had completely left.

“Humph, what’s so great about divine air? Once we find the entrance to the Lower Realm and obtain the scattered blessings there, I, Shang Zhuang, will also be a God Chosen. There will surely be a place for me in the Sky Dome, while you will still be just a lowly commoner rolling in the mortal mud!” Shang Zhuang forcefully swallowed his anger.

…

Zhu Minglang found a quiet place.

The frightened young boy was still following Zhu Minglang.

By the flickering firelight, Zhu Minglang examined the boy carefully and finally realized the boy’s strangeness.

No wonder the Night Demoness was so furious, claiming she had been deceived; it turned out the boy was actually a girl with neat and pretty short hair, wearing a short cap. She probably dressed deliberately like a boy, which is why she was mistaken for a handsome young man.

It was a girl.

No wonder there didn’t seem to be anyone more handsome than himself in this world; it was a false alarm.

“Why didn’t you say you were a girl?” Zhu Minglang asked with a smile.

“Explaining at that time wouldn’t have made them believe me, I couldn’t… I couldn’t…” The girl spoke timidly, but her eyes were bright, lively, and spirited.

Zhu Minglang nodded in agreement upon hearing this.

Indeed, one couldn’t just let someone strip off their clothes to prove their identity, right?

In front of one or two thousand people, for some, committing such a social suicide would be worse than being eaten by the Night Demoness.

Besides, the Night Demoness didn’t eat girls.

Perhaps because she felt that Zhu Minglang had protected her in front of the Night Demoness, the girl now placed her trust solely in him. Plus, Zhu Minglang had been affirmed as a God Chosen, which made her feel safe with him.

Zhu Minglang was in need of someone to talk to, and conversing with the bearded man always required beating around the bush and a bit of probing. With this girl, that shouldn’t be necessary.

“Actually, I’ve been in seclusion for a long time and have hardly had any contact with the outside world. This time, I wanted to travel around the territory to gain some experience. I have many questions and just need someone to answer them,” Zhu Minglang said to the girl.

The girl looked about eighteen or nineteen years old, dressed as a boy, so she looked much like a fifteen or sixteen-year-old youth.

Having a trustworthy person by her side, the girl didn’t bother with further disguise, removed her hat, wiped the meaningless dirt off her cheeks, and revealed a somewhat delicate and pretty face.

The girl’s name was Mi Rong. She had gotten separated from her companions and thus, ended up at the Bone Temple.

Her cultivation base was not very high, only at Monarch Level. It was actually quite easy for her to be bullied in the desolate Bone Temple, so she deliberately obscured her appearance to hide the distinctive features of a female and transformed herself into a fair-skinned and red-lipped young man.

Unfortunately, this disguise attracted trouble instead, pushing her to be presented as a handsome man and almost costing her life.

Mi Rong harbored no suspicion regarding the words Zhu Minglang had spoken.

A God Chosen man, why would he deceive her, especially since he had stepped forward to save her without knowing her true gender? Such an upright and kind person, even if some basic knowledge was off, was understandable.

“So, the true purpose of everyone gathering here is for grace?” Zhu Minglang asked.

“Yes, those who receive grace are eligible to enter the World Dragon Gate, and those who receive a True God’s grace are indeed the God Chosen. They might become gods in the future, and even though the path to godhood is fraught with hardships, it is still a hundred, a thousand times better than those Cultivators struggling in the mire,” said the girl, Mi Rong.

World Dragon Gate…

So there was also a World Dragon Gate in God Territory.

“But as the Upper Realm, God Territory should have more grace and more opportunities to become God Chosen. Why scramble for it in a Lower Realm?” Zhu Minglang continued to ask.

“The grace of ascension to godhood is scattered across the Sky Dome without a pattern. This time, it seems that the amount of grace available in our God Territory is very limited, so people are convinced that a large number of lost graces will appear in other Star Continents. Those people might not even know what grace is,” Mi Rong explained.

“Can’t the thirty-three True Gods of God Territory grant everyone enough grace?” Zhu Minglang asked, puzzled.

“Each True God can only grant very limited grace. There are so many God’s Descendants, so many God’s people; even if these individuals have no hope of attaining godhood, just having the status of a God Chosen person brings peace to a territory. Don’t you know this, being a God Chosen yourself?” Eventually, Mi Rong posed her first question.

“I once suffered a severe head injury, and my memory was affected—I tend to forget things after seven steps. Recently, my memory has been recovering, but I can’t recall anything from the past at all, sigh…” Zhu Minglang showed a melancholic expression as his gaze involuntarily lifted to the night sky.

“Oh, oh, if there’s anything you don’t understand, just ask me. I know a lot,” Mi Rong said with a smile.

So he’s a God-selected Big Brother with amnesia.

To remain kind and loving without memories, such people are hard to find in these times.

“Then, as a God Chosen person, is it possible to walk in the darkness of night?” Zhu Minglang asked.

“Yes, as long as you don’t encounter Yin Officials, Yama Dragons, Night Empress, and the likes, most nocturnal creatures will not bother a God Chosen person, unless his cultivation base is low,” Mi Rong nodded in affirmation.

The night here is ruled by a different group of shadowy entities.

Day and night distinct, the peoples of the two realms are just as distinct.