Chapter 940 - Chapter 940: Doing Something Bad Out of Goodwill (2)
Chapter 940: Doing Something Bad Out of Goodwill (2)
Editor: Henyee Translations
As the pupil gradually turned fiery, images of the young man’s experiences over the next three days flashed like a tidal wave.
Cao Yu, a one-star Luminarist, who liked married women. On the surface, he looked elegant, liked to read, and was full of righteousness and morality. He looked like he was full of experience, but in fact, he often hooked up with other people’s wives and daughters. Relying on the fact that he was a Luminarist, he had already harmed more than twenty ordinary women.
Some were willing, while others could only silently endure it. Some were unwilling, so they commit suicide in humiliation, but most of them swallowed their anger because suicide was useless. Instead, it would implicate their families.
Most of the experiences in the past three days were the same as before. Every night, he would go to meet his lover or go to the target’s house.
As the saying goes, the more evil you do, the more you will die. However, it had no effect on Cao Yu. No one dared to provoke the noble Luminarist, especially in this small county. Luminarists had a higher status than the County Lord of the Imperial Court. Other than other Luminarists, no one could kill them.
That’s why he can do whatever he wants.
Shen Ping silently observed for half a month. The other party’s habits were very regular. Other than this hobby, there were no other major evils. Therefore, compared to some Luminarists, Cao Yu could be considered to be the kind of person who was less dangerous.
Based on his experience of observing the fates of many people over the years, he could roughly deduce that if there were not many changes to Cao Yu’s fate in the future, he would always live in Lv County and eventually become a three-star Luminarist.
Thus, he took action.
On the night of the Spirit Cleansing Festival, he cut off the other party’s sins. The lantern appreciation party is the day that this fellow searches for a large number of targets. Eliminating his sins in advance would still be able to make him feel pain.
When he heard his scream, Shen Ping continued to use the Pupil of Flame Beast to observe the other party’s experiences in the past three days. When he finished watching it, he frowned.
Unexpectedly, after losing his greatest pleasure, Cao Yu actually became evil. Not only did he not stop, but he also deepened his preferences and began to abuse those targets. He even crippled them to death.
This was completely different from what he had seen before. It was equivalent to him indirectly harming a portion of the women and imperceptibly magnifying the evil in Cao Yu’s heart. It’s a classic case of good intentions turning into bad.
He thought about it, and did not continue to interfere. Instead, he allowed the matter to develop. When Cao Yu tied the three women together, he informed a rather upright Luminarist in the county in advance. As expected, the other party stopped Cao Yu and even strictly watched him.
At this point, Shen Ping was very curious about Cao Yu and this upright luminarist’s fate in the future. However, because the Spirit Cleansing Festival was coming, he suppressed the thought of continuing to follow and observe and returned to Lingzhou.
Two days later, the entire state capital was brightly lit. Every street had lanterns of various colors hanging on it. The streets and alleys were extremely lively, especially the street of the temple fair. It was even more crowded.
Yang Yimo pulled Shen Ping through the crowd. He accompanied her for three consecutive days, yet she was still unsatisfied. After the Spirit Cleansing Festival ended, she even wanted to pull Shen Ping out for an outing.
Although the two of them had been very close for the past three days, Shen Ping still rejected the proposal. It was already very rare for him to take three days off.
“Brother Shen, what do you usually do? I looked for you a few days ago, but I couldn’t find you.”
“I’m naturally improving myself, unlike you. We’ve known each other for so long, but you’re still only a four-star Luminarist,” Shen Ping said casually.
Actually, a four-star Luminarist was considered very fast. At least at her age, she was considered outstanding. However, compared to Shen Ping, compared to those Luminarists in the capital, she was completely insufficient.
Yang Yimo stuck out her tongue. “I understand, Brother Shen. I’ll work hard.”
Looking at her obedient expression, Shen Ping’s eyes gradually burned with flames as he checked Yang Yimo’s experience in the next three days. He had seen it in the past, but Yang Yimo spent most of its time in the residence. It was either out on an outing or playing with other women.
She was very relaxed every day. Life was basically uneventful. So he didn’t watch it much. This was just a sudden impulse to activate the Strange Beast Talent.
On the first day, Yang Yimo went out to play with two other women who were also Luminarists. However, on the second day, something unexpected happened. On the way back, they encountered a few Luminarists. Then, these Luminarists were members of the underground dark forces. Without any unnecessary words, the two sides directly fought.
Yang Yimo, who had been enjoying herself all year round, was naturally not a match for the dark forces members who often licked blood. Not long after, she was captured and used to threaten the Yang family, forcing them to help their dark forces move around in the state capital.
Of course, the Yang family would not agree. This was because once they did, the prestige and reputation of a large family like theirs would be completely ruined. That was why they secretly sent a few Luminarists to save her.
Seeing this, Shen Ping changed his mind. “I’ll accompany you for two or three more days at most.”
“Thank you, Brother Shen,” she said excitedly. She leaned over and kissed Shen Ping’s cheek.
And when he turned around, Shen Ping used the Pupil of Flame Beast to observe again. As expected, the other party’s experience in the past three days had changed. Although they still encountered members of the dark forces, after those people sensed the aura of their six-star Luminarist, they disguised their identities and did not rashly attack.
“With a single thought, I can change the fate of Yang Yimo. This is the power of fate. The stronger the living being, the more part of fate they are. They can lead and change the fate of others.”
He was deep in thought. Fate was unfathomable, intangible, and unimaginable. It was a Great Dao that surpassed the top Heaven and Earth Great Dao. It had many forms. Only by comprehending every form could one gather more and more of the power of fate.
Three days later, it was confirmed that the fate of Yang Yimo had returned to normal.
Shen Ping teleported to Lv County again. After the Spirit Cleansing Festival, the righteous Luminarist gave Cao Yu psychological counseling every day in an attempt to let him return to the right path. After all, although he had lost the greatest joy in his life, the Luminarist still had a way to recover. Although the possibility of recovery was extremely low, there was still hope.
Cao Yu agreed on the surface, but he had a grudge against this upright Luminarist in his heart. After just two months, he accidentally contacted the Dark Luminarist faction and became a Dark Luminarist lurking in the government office.
Actually, there were quite a number of Luminarists who lurked like this in various prefectures.
Shen Ping did not expect his interference to force Cao Yu to the side of the dark forces. He did not continue to interfere. Instead, he recorded it in his small notebook and came over from time to time to take a look. At the same time, he continued to interfere with the other Luminarists.
Time passed little by little. In the blink of an eye, two years passed.
He was still more than two years away from lighting the seventh life lamp. Once he became a seven-star Luminarist, he would stand at the top of the state capital. Although he could not compare to an eight-star life luminarist in the capital, he could still be incomparably carefree.
“My Longevity Lamp hasn’t made any progress over the years. How should I upgrade it?”
Over the years, he had read many ancient books and even asked the higher-ups of the Yang family. Unfortunately, he found nothing. This was because those with the talent of the Longevity Lamp were too rare. There might not be many in a thousand years. Occasionally, there were very few records of the Longevity Lamp.
He shook his head, and suppressed his thoughts. His gaze fell on the experiences of more than ten Luminarists recorded in the past two years. Among them, the one he paid the most attention to was Cao Yu. Ever since he became a spy of the dark forces, he had not done much. Instead, his strength had increased very quickly. Through Cao Yu, he could more or less understand the members of the dark forces.
Except for Cao Yu, there were also a few that he paid attention to.