Chapter 20: Fellow Travelers (2)
Xia Feng said: "Fourteen years old like you, don't doubt it." But not many people know about it, and you are the first one outside of the witnesses. β
"Witnesses?"
"Someone I knew while traveling. β
"Oh, you go on. β
"It's a good thing to travel all over the continent, and it's natural to lose your faith...... I'm just used to seeing hypocrisy and darkness......" Xia Feng knew when she saw Mu Li's numb face, even this simple statement she still didn't understand, so she had to continue, "What I want to say is...... This world is not as beautiful as people describe, there are too many people, living in injustice and poverty, and the so-called guardian gods and demons and their followers are just exploiters standing on people's heads, people shout long live the gods and demons, but ignore what they get in reality. The Holy See collects the accumulated money from the citizens of various countries every year, which is more than half of the national tax revenue, and as the ruler and administrator of the country, the emperor is also subject to the Holy See everywhere, the most hateful thing is the collusion between the nobles and the Holy See, the life of the common people can only be more miserable, hundreds of millions of commoners use their shoulders to hold up the nobility and glory of the nobles and gods and demons......"
Xia Feng sighed lightly, turned his head and saw Mu Li's frowning appearance, and smiled: "You just left Dragon Island, and you don't know about this, but I have lived here since I was a child, but I can see clearly those sins hidden under the light, whether the gods and demons instructed all this, I don't know, but I know that in today's darkness, the attitude of gods and demons has always been to turn a blind eye to indulgence." I once read some forbidden books by some chance, and found that this world was not like this thousands of years ago, but very harmonious- Maybe the world has its own reason for existence, at least until now, people still worship gods and demons, resistance is not nothing, but it can't be done, I think no matter what those people think, but I hope that the world I live in, people in this world can have a minimum of freedom and equality, people can see smiles in their lives, at least no one will starve to death on the streets, at least every child has a home, at least in the face of disasters are no longer at a loss, at least there is a place to complain about injustice......"
"Hmm......" Mu Li had to admit that he really didn't have any real feelings about Xia Feng's words, because ......
"Gods and demons are all bad guys, isn't that obvious?"
Xia Feng couldn't help but laugh and said, "Yes, you hit the nail on the head." β
Mu Li shook his little head proudly, his eyes full of pride.
β...... This world does not belong to a certain person, nor does it belong to a certain group of people, it belongs to every life that lives here, not only human beings, not only intelligent creatures, why should we be respectful to the gods and demons? Why should slaves be slaughtered and live in humiliation...... So I was determined to change it, to create my ideal world, to pull the gods and demons out of their positions, to give the nobility and commoners equal rights...... It doesn't matter if I'm naΓ―ve or ridiculous, I'm willing to give everything for this, sacrifice all the happiness of my childhood, and let people call me incompetent, just to ...... Fully prepared for my plan ......"
"Wow...... Mu Li couldn't help but nod and asked, "That's your dream, isn't it?"
"Hmm...... Dream too far...... That's right, it's a dream!"
"No!" Mu Li stood up suddenly, hurriedly walked in front of Xia Feng, stared at him with a pair of beautiful big eyes, and stared straight at him.
"What do you mean?" Xia Feng frowned slightly, he didn't think she would object.
"Divide your dreams in half with me, or you won't work!" Mu Li shouted almost as if he was cheating, and it was still an invisible and untouchable existence like a dream.
Xia Feng was stunned for a moment before she realized what she had just said, and couldn't help but smile with great satisfaction: "I thought I was going to invite you to join." β
"So you're agreeing!"
Xia Feng nodded vigorously, for the first time in so long, he who had been pressed and almost breathless, felt a sense of relief.
Mu Li took a step forward, stretched out her arms and hugged Xia Feng tightly, this is what she has always wanted to do, she no longer wants him to fall into loneliness alone, and she no longer wants him to bear it all alone.
Xia Feng was startled by her abrupt move, and his body stiffened, but he quickly returned to normal, and also stretched out his hands to wrap around her waist.
"Thank you, Xia Feng!" was supposed to be what she was supposed to do.
"That's what I have to say, thank you!"
Hugging each other gently, they looked up at the starry sky together, and their hearts felt peaceful.
"Hey!" Mu Li suddenly laughed, ruining the original emotional atmosphere, and said in Xia Feng's ear, "I like your eyes, they are as beautiful as the starry sky!"
Xia Feng is super adaptable, there is no accident at all, let go of her, but she is a little dissatisfied.
"It's not appropriate to describe a boy as 'beautiful', right?" As the words fell, the lightly raised right hand bloomed into a golden streamer, and then turned into a little starlight around the two of them.
"Wow!" Mu Li shouted in surprise and plunged headlong into the golden starlight.
Soon the two were laughing and playing together, and the joyful atmosphere infected everything around them, and even the little Yama who had been sleeping in Xia Feng's body was woken up, and he was so angry that he complained that he didn't sleep well.
Tired of playing, the two of them relaxed and lay on the ground.
Reaching out to catch a starlight that fell on his fingertips and holding it in his palm, Mu Li smiled and asked, "What should we do next?"
"Study!" Xia Feng replied dryly.
"What?" Mu Li turned over, looked at Xia Feng, his little hand climbed up his forehead, Xia Feng pulled down her hand, and said with a smile,
"I don't have a fever!" she added for fear of disbelief, "very seriously!"
"Why?" said Mu Li's idiotic expression.
"Do you know this continent? Do you know the gods and demons? Do you know why the Holy See is so bad, but it still can't shake its position?" Mu Li shook his head as expected, and Xia Feng continued, "Learning is just to make you have excellent skills in order to ......"
"What's the use?" Mu Li interjected.
"Shut up and listen to me!" Xia Feng glared at her, she had to train her to use her brain well in the future, "There are too many people in this world who believe in gods and demons, and they don't even have the ability to think independently, and an important reason for the arrogance of the Holy See is that they are the spokesmen of gods and demons, and they ......"
"I understand!" Mu Li interrupted Xia Feng again, and loudly announced his conclusion before he got angry, "This is a spiritual belief, and in tens of millions of years, it has become an inevitable inertia, if you want to shake the foundation of this belief-gods and demons, you must first make people lose trust in gods and demons, right?"
"You're not stupid, are you?"
"Of course I'm not stupid, I just don't have time to think about it. β
"Got it!" Xia Feng nodded and told Mu Li, in fact, he was really suspicious, such an action was really an insult, Mu Li raised his hand and was about to beat him, but he grabbed his wrist first and couldn't move again. Automatically ignoring her annoyed look, Xia Feng said, "So we have to overthrow the gods and demons from the foundation, so that they have no believers, and at that time, they will not be the target of the public." β
"I understand!" Mu Li called impatiently, "It's just to win people's hearts, I know that 'the power of the masses is great', and I don't look down on people!"
"So what are we going to do?" Xia Feng asked.
"Hmm...... Under the unanimous rule, change people's worship of gods and demons little by little......" Mu Li replied as he thought.
"What a bold idea!" the smiling tone did not mean surprise at all.
Of course, Mu Li knew that his plan was originally like this, and he didn't care so much, he raised his hands and shouted: "I want to lead the troops, I want to lead the troops, I want to go to the battlefield, fight, fight, fight, fight......"
"That's not for fun!" Xia Feng couldn't stand holding her down, this guy is crazy, do you need to be so excited? What's even more weird is that the originally serious and heavy topic, how can it be easy to joke when it comes to this girl? There must be something wrong.
"Xia Feng, let me fight, okay!"
"Why do you want to fight? Reunification doesn't have to use the means of war, right?" Xia Feng grabbed her hands and smiled incredibly, "I believe I have the ability to use diplomatic means to achieve my goals!"
"I don't doubt it either!" Mu Li lay on the ground and looked at Xia Feng above his head, "But my intuition tells me that you won't do that, at least not the main method." β
Xia Feng was stunned, and his gaze staring at her became extremely deep for a moment.
"Summer ...... Xia Feng?" Mu Li was frightened, carefully shrunk his neck, why did he suddenly show that strange expression, as if he didn't know her, full of doubts, did she say the wrong thing, or was he angry? Wouldn't it? Xia Feng is not that kind of person......
"Wow!"
Screaming, because Xia Feng suddenly leaned over and hugged herself, hugging gently, but it was so warm that she could suffocate, and she could feel his trembling.
"Summer Breeze?"
"Do you know, Long'er, since you appeared in the palace and stood in front of me again that day, I have been thanking God for sending you to me, and now, this gratitude is beyond measure!"
Mu Li blinked his big eyes, hugged his little hand and pulled his clothes, and said: "No, it's not what you said, I didn't send it from the blue sky, I came to you by myself, it's me! Don't thank him, hum, I'll thank myself for being so smart and going the wrong way that day, let me meet you again, hey, I'm so great, I found you, right?"
"You guyβ" Xia Feng's dissatisfied tone was full of happiness, "Thank you for coming to me, Long'er!"
"Hey!" Mu Li suddenly withdrew his hand against his chest, widening the inseparable distance between the two, "It's not fair!"
"What?" this time Xia Feng was stupid.
"It's not fair, you can call me 'Long'er', what do I call you?"
"Gah?"
"Only I can call it, think about it, think about it......" Mu Li thought very seriously.
Xia Feng #-.-, is starting to get dizzy again, this girl's brain circuit is really not ordinary.