Journey of the Fate Destroying Emperor novel Chapter 1316

Chapter 1316 Wake Up

The young Kong Meng bowed to an altar representing Heaven and Earth before bowing to his teacher, Master Shang. He did serve the latter tea, concluding the master-disciple relationship. Master Sheng nodded in satisfaction, while Kong Meng had a wide grin.

"So, master, what are you going to teach me?"

Master Shang did not mean the latter's slightly impetuous actions. On the contrary, he had always admired the boy's desire to pursue knowledge. 'I must ensure he's not led astray by the cultivation world and starts to pursue power instead of knowledge,' Master Shang reminded himself.

"Let's start with a brief history of our school," Master Shang uttered. "My master was a young scholar named Cang Yu. He was an upright and righteous man, loved by the people and the king. Unfortunately, officialdom is cruel; no one could not tolerate my master's 'rigid' views and conduct. So, countless ministers worked together to frame him.'

Kong Meng had a look of indignation. How could these people do such a thing to a righteous scholar? Is the world so cruel? No, Kong Meng had seen the world's cruelty, but he thought this resulted from poverty in this small town. He thought a place like the dynasty's capital would be a bright place full of sages and men worthy of respect.

Master Shang noticed his apprentice's emotional fluctuations. Truthfully, he told him their school's origin to eliminate this young boy's naivety. He even plans to take him around the world to truly experience the darkness of the world. Of course, he'll also show him the light.

"As I said, the king loved my master," Master Shang continued. "So, he secretly let him escape. The master was blessed by fate and soon had a fortunate encounter and started his cultivation journey. He retreated for decades, hoping to return to the dynasty with newfound strength and rectify his name."

"As he should, Kong Meng nodded with a clenched fist.

"Unfortunately, by the time he returned, the king had fallen, and the dynasty had already collapsed with countless warlords fighting for powers. The master wanted to support the remains of the royal family to re-establish the dynasty, but another competing group had already massacred them."

Master Shang sipped his tea, taking this moment to allow his young apprentice to digest his words.

"The master felt lost, so he returned to the cultivation world. However, that side was also not peaceful. The human race and the Myriad Emperor World as a whole had suffered tremendously at the hands of the Devil Race, leaving the Cultivation World full of hatred, resentment, and cruelty.

"The master grew ambitious, wishing to use the Literary Way's ideas of rule, etiquette, righteousness, and respect to establish peace throughout the world." Master Shang secretly shook his head. His master's ambitions were too grand. In fact, he was extremely conservative with his words. His master directly wanted the Literary Way to dominate the world, even overwhelming Taoism, the Sword Path, and many other schools of thought.

"Sadly, his talent could not bear his ambitions. He died during his Supreme Realm Tribulation."

"Master, don't worry. I promise to fulfill the grand teacher's ambitions," Kong Meng promised.

"No need for that," Master Shang said. He knew that even if his apprentice could become an Eternal Emperor, he could not make the Literary Way the dominant school of thought in the world. Such a goal requires countless generations of success; even then, the chances of success were not high.

"You can form your own path, goal, and ambition," Master Shang said. "As for how far you can go? That'll depend on you and fate."

"I understand," Kong Meng nodded.

Master Shang waved his hand to summon three things: two books and a bamboo bookbag.

"These two techniques will be the foundation of your cultivation journey," Master Shang said. "The first is called [Measuring the World With Your Feet]. It's a body-refining technique that can draw Earth Energy from the ground and temper your body; you only need to walk. The more you walk, the more energy you can gather, and the more powerful your body will become. Sadly, it's incomplete, but maybe you can finish it."

"I'll try my best," Kong Meng nodded.

"The second one is related to this bamboo bag," Master Shang continued. "This technique is called [The Weight of Knowledge]. It's a unique technique of our Literary School that combines cultivation with weapon refining."

Master Shang pointed at the bookbag. "The technique will allow you to fuse condensed Righteous Qi and fuse it with your Origin Qi. Additionally, it will also convert the power of [Knowledge] into a tangible force to nourish the bookbag. The more you know, the more powerful of a weapon the bag will become, and one day, you may use it as a Proving Dao Artifact or a Luck Condensing Artifact."