247: "A Story of a Loving Father and a Filial Son"! People from the Kimchi Country?

He walked into the City Lord’s Mansion, unimpeded, and arrived at Laji’s ‘City Lord’s Office’.

Laji was still as listless as ever, slumped in his chair, almost sliding to the floor.

Seeing Chen Beixuan enter, he only shifted his butt up slightly.

“Have you found a way to enter the God Realm?”

Chen Beixuan sat down casually and went straight to the point.

Laji nodded, sighing, “I found it, but the entrance opening time changes with the sun, so you have to pick the right time to enter.”

“Oh?”

Chen Beixuan was a little surprised, then asked, “When is the soonest?”

“Hmm…” Laji calculated and came to a conclusion.

“The soonest time… is two hours before and after sunrise tomorrow.”

“Tomorrow…”

Chen Beixuan nodded upon hearing this; tomorrow’s online launch was just right, the timing was perfect.

But then a question arose in his mind.

“Do the people from the God Realm also need to consider the time to come out?”

“Uh, divine race members can enter and exit freely; the time limit is set for other races.”

Laji sighed and continued,

“The divine race has a long lifespan and great power, considering themselves the head of the Six Realms, looking down on everything. Setting restrictions is also to demonstrate the divine race’s privilege and to treat others differently.”

“In the eyes of the divine race, other races are lowly (lowly), unworthy of being like them; they are just a bunch of arrogant, conceited bastards.”

He snorted, slamming his fist on the table.

Chen Beixuan raised an eyebrow and teased, “Hey, you’re also of the divine race. Aren’t you cursing yourself along with them by saying that?”

“I… my views are different from theirs, we’re not on the same path. I haven’t considered myself divine for a long time…”

Laji’s eyes dimmed, and he looked a bit downcast. He picked up the wine pot on the table and gulped down two mouthfuls.

Chen Beixuan remembered the SSS grade quest and thought to himself.

“It feels like there’s a story behind this. How about… you tell me?”

“You have to speak out about troubling things; only then will your heart feel relieved.”

Perhaps it was due to the alcohol, or perhaps it had been cooped up for too long, but Laji actually nodded in agreement.

“You’re right, if I don’t say it, my heart really feels stifled.”

But then he changed the subject,

“However, if I tell you, you must not tell anyone else, lest it bring disaster to others.”

Upon hearing this, Chen Beixuan immediately became displeased.

He stared at him with narrowed eyes and said, “So it’s okay if it brings disaster to me?”

“Hey, didn’t you ask for it? Besides… would you be afraid of disaster?”

Laji glanced at him, his expression as if to say, ‘Why are you pretending to be an ordinary person?’

“Heh heh… that’s true.”

Chen Beixuan gave two dry laughs, motioned for him to continue, and reached for the wine pot to pour himself a glass.

While drinking, Laji began to narrate.

“Where should I start? Let’s start with my divine lord father…”

“Pfft—”

Chen Beixuan couldn’t help but spray it out.

Laji wiped his face with a resentful expression, “What are you doing? Is it that funny?”

“Cough cough… It’s nothing, you continue.”

Chen Beixuan stifled his laughter and waved his hand.

However, the little person in his heart couldn’t stop complaining.

Has he transmigrated into a large-scale family drama!?

What a joke!

First it was “Lu Ziming’s Fight for Freedom”, then “Old Pope Saves Daughter Lydia”, and now “Laji and His Divine Lord Father”.

Alright, alright!

He’s mediating for others every day, but his own home is a mess.

Might as well change the name to “The Legend of Filial Piety”!

Laji didn’t know that his words had already caused Old Man Chen to complain wildly; he was still recounting his story to himself.

“I grew up in the Light Church. My father hasn’t cared for me since I can remember, and he hasn’t visited me for decades. I just considered myself without a father.”

“During these decades in the Church, I witnessed too many partings of life and death, the wickedness of human nature, and also many happy and fulfilling moments, the goodness of human nature.”

“At the same time, I also witnessed the arrogance and selfishness of the divine race, who believe they are always superior.”

“I tried to return to the God Realm to change all of this, but because of my father’s neglect, everyone in the divine race looked down on me and didn’t take me seriously at all.”

“I… failed…”

Chen Beixuan remained silent.

It’s not that easy to change the entire race’s ideology with one person’s strength; failure is normal.

However, in his opinion, there might be another way to achieve it.

But that would require a lot of bloodshed, almost equivalent to extermination.

Given Laji’s personality, it would be tough.

“After that, I felt that life was meaningless; I lost interest in everything and gradually became what I am now, living a muddled existence.”

“Chen… Laotou, do you also think I’m very pathetic…?”

Laji leaned on the table, hiccuping and asking absently.

Chen Beixuan stroked the beard on his chin and chuckled softly.

“Life is often unsatisfactory. Haven’t you saved many, many people? For that alone, I’m willing to toast you.”

He poured a glass of wine, raised it, and continued,

“As for being pathetic or looking down on you, that’s never been the case!”

“If you truly want to change all of this, you must rouse your spirits, and… I am willing to face it with you!”

Laji trembled all over, slowly turned his head, and stared at him with complex eyes.

Finally, as if having made up his mind, he poured a glass of wine and raised it as well.

He revealed a heartfelt smile, “Thank you, drink!”

The two drained their glasses and exchanged smiles.

Everything was unsaid.

“You’re smiling quite well today, last time your smile was uglier than crying, tsk tsk tsk…”

“Don’t make fun of me…”

“Hahahahaha.”

“……”

After a few drinks, Chen Beixuan bid farewell to Laji.

They agreed that he would take him to the God Realm entrance tomorrow.

The final match of the National League was also about to begin.

But just then, Night Owl found him and brought explosive news.

“Old Chen, your opponent in the finals is from United States. He specifically came to Longguo to participate in the national server solo competition, vowing to defeat you. You must really put him in his place!”

“United States?”

“This kind of operation is allowed?”

Chen Beixuan was stunned; he knew the internal workings of the Myriad Realms, and there was almost no manual intervention.

It seemed that server affiliation was only related to region, not to country.

If he had logged into the game in United States initially, he would have been playing on the United States server.

It should be determined by the location where one first logged into the Myriad Realms.

This indicated that this United States visitor had made plans from the beginning, specifically coming to Longguo to log into the game.

“No exaggeration, in terms of gaming esports, United States indeed has its strengths, otherwise, they wouldn’t have made it all the way to the finals.”

Night Owl sighed slightly, but he wasn’t discouraged.

After all, with Old Chen as a safeguard, most people weren’t worried about the champion’s Attribution (ownership); they just wanted to know how Old Man Chen would choose to defeat his opponent.

It would be best if he could both deflate the opponent’s arrogance and maintain the demeanor of a great nation.

The influence of the Myriad Realms was simply too great; if not handled well, it could trigger diplomatic incidents, which was what Night Owl was worried about.

Chen Beixuan understood what Night Owl wanted to express and patted his shoulder.

“Don’t worry, I know what to do.”

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