210: Humility and restraint

Spu.

This was the name of the white man whose body Xu Le had taken through Possession.

To call it Possession was somewhat inaccurate.

Spu's soul was intact, but he had been purified into an idiot by Chris. Xu Le was now using a portion of his consciousness to take over this body.

Aside from the name, the only thing remaining in the body's residual memories was a single location.

Following the body's instincts, Xu Le walked toward the place in those memories.

As a priority, he needed to know the territory controlled by the Angels and then escape.

It was too dangerous here!

Along the way, there were green mountains and clear waters, with gurgling streams and air filled with magic elements, which was rare on Blue Star.

He also saw vast stretches of farmland where the wheat was already knee-high, though it looked a bit thin, suggesting the future yield would be mediocre.

"Is there no Farmer class here?"

"Or are they just growing it for show?"

On Blue Star, a Farmer could open up spatial farmland after level thirty. Farming there was controlled by spirit, making it simple and fast. Combined with planting Skills, most crops could mature in three days, with yields three to five times that of traditional farming, and much better nutrition and taste.

After entering the village, he saw many small animals: barking dogs, chickens foraging everywhere, and a few cows grazing... all of which felt quite novel to Xu Le.

However, the people here looked at him with strange expressions.

Xu Le kept walking until he finally arrived back at "his" home.

From the outside, the house was quite spacious. It wasn't luxurious, but in this countryside, it could be considered a well-off household.

Just as he pushed open the door, he saw a fat woman in her forties blocking his path with a face full of rage.

"Is this Spu's mother? Calling her that is impossible, but after all, I'm occupying someone else's shell, so I can't be too hard on her. She's a bit Life Qi; should I explain a few things..."

As Xu Le's thoughts raced, the woman opposite him already started ranting.

"You finally decided to come back?"

"Walking around with a long face all day, not even greeting people. I've raised you for nothing. You don't do anything productive all day. Go out and bring back two baskets of grass; Lucy has been hungry for half the day."

After a barrage of scolding, Xu Le was left dazed, and his body instinctively went to grab the sickle and basket nearby.

The fat woman continued to nag: "You haven't done any work these past few days, so according to the rules, there's no food. Bring back more grass. If you don't feed Lucy enough, don't even think about eating breakfast tomorrow."

???

Xu Le stopped and looked at the fat woman with some confusion.

"Is this really Spu's mother? Is this something a human would do?"

He had been gone for at least four days, yet she didn't care or ask anything, only cursed at him and denied him food!

More importantly, in the body's instinctive emotions, he didn't feel a shred of love or dependence, but rather a thick sense of fear.

Seeing Xu Le not moving and even staring at her, the fat woman's anger flared, and she began pointing her index finger all over the place.

"What are you looking at?"

"Not satisfied, are you?"

"If I hadn't raised you since you were a baby, you would have starved to death long ago!"

"You useless waste. Good for nothing, but always enough for eating..."

With the demonic voice piercing his ears, Xu Le wished he could slap her across the face.

He wanted to ask if Spu was really her son; if not, he would definitely slap her to death.

It was so damn infuriating!

But he couldn't speak.

After becoming a god, he could understand the language here, but that didn't mean he could speak it; he still needed time to accumulate linguistic material.

At that moment, a Little Fatty of sixteen or seventeen walked over holding a chicken leg, chewing loudly.

"Spu, it's not that I want to criticize you, but don't you want to be a Priest?"

"Humility, do you understand? When my mother scolds you, you should lower your head, look at your toes, earnestly accept her reprimand, and seriously correct your mistakes;"

"Restraint, do you understand? Even the scent of a chicken leg can make you lose your Heart-Nature and forget your place. How could the church ever accept you?"

"Don't walk around with a long face every day. You should smile. A boy who smiles won't have bad luck; only then will you gain the favor of the god of light."

"Come on, give us a smile!"

"If I'm satisfied, I can decide to marry Lucy to you."

Lucy was the cow in the barn.

"Hahaha..." Both mother and son burst into laughter, amused by the sudden humor.

Xu Le's whole body trembled.

Anger!

An unbearable rage!

This wasn't his anger, but a rage instinctively remembered by the body after long-term exposure to similar experiences.

Xu Le grabbed the Little Fatty's collar, pulled him over, and then grabbed his right hand holding the chicken leg, shoving it hard into his mouth.

This person should be of the same generation.

If he chirps too much, then shut his mouth!

The fat woman screamed in terror. Xu Le's gaze just now was too terrifying, as if he wanted to devour someone.

"Ah—"

"Murder!"

"The little beast is rebelling!"

"John, Old John, quickly get your shotgun and kill this little beast."

A moment later.

A balding old man rushed out with an old shotgun. He didn't aim it at Xu Le but angrily pulled the two apart.

Xu Le didn't know their relationship to the original body, so it was hard for him to take action.

More importantly, he did not Life Qi; all of this belonged to the owner of this body, and he only needed to gather information.

Pushing the Little Fatty aside, Xu Le followed the body's memory and returned to "his" room.

It was cramped and tiny. In a room less than two square meters, there was an old cabinet, and the bed was barely 40cm wide.

The bed wasn't long enough either, requiring him to curl his legs. The room was filled with a rotting smell.

Xu Le opened the wardrobe; it was full of old clothes, including even a few pieces of baby clothing.

The previous owner was a "hoarder"!

Xu Le could hardly believe this was Spu's room, but the body seemed to exceptionally enjoy this shabby little bed.

"The bedboard is a bit uneven."

Xu Le lifted the quilt and then the bare bedboard, only then discovering a very hidden notebook underneath.

He flipped through a few pages but had no clue, as he didn't recognize the writing of this world.

He casually stuffed the notebook back into its original place, figuring it couldn't be any kind of treasure.

"First, set a small goal: temporarily blend in here!"

...Late at night.

Xu Le was enjoying his sleep when he suddenly heard the name "Spu."

He listened intently and found that the speaker was the fat woman in the next room, complaining to her husband about what happened during the day.

With a lot of exaggeration and fabrication, Spu was turned into a beast-hearted nephew.

"Nephew?"

"So these are the uncle and aunt, and the Little Fatty is the little cousin."

The bald man scolded his wife, and she wept in a low voice. Xu Le heard more and more.

It turned out that when Spu was eight, his parents suddenly disappeared. With no other relatives, Uncle Old John took over guardianship under the guise of caring for him.

Then it was a case of the dove taking over the magpie's nest; this place became the home of Old John's family of three.

Only Old John had a tiny bit of conscience left; otherwise, Spu certainly wouldn't have lived to this age.