Counterattack System appeared when I'm already At The Mahayana Realm-Chapter 750 - 749: Similar to Jiuzhou 500 Years Ago
Chapter 750 -749: Similar to Jiuzhou 500 Years Ago
The mansion of the Lord of Wolong City.
The Lord of Wolong City was trembling with fear as he looked at the man sitting in the main seat, afraid that he might be killed.
He stuttered a warning to the man: “I was appointed by the Great Yong, you cannot kill me…”
When the City Lord heard of someone causing trouble and provoking the Meng Family in the city, his original intention was to lead his troops to suppress it. However, before he could step out of the doorway, a man approached him with a smile, asking for the books that recorded all the major and minor events of Wolong City over the years.
Even against his own will, the City Lord obediently handed the man the documents like a servant.
Jiang Li casually flipped through the records of Wolong City and the records of cases handled, ignoring whatever the City Lord was saying.
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Over the years, the Meng Family indeed did not kill anyone.”
Jiang Li knew that although slothful people might neglect their duties, they still had a line that they would not cross. They would not let their subordinates kill wantonly, as such behaviour belonged to the demonic path.
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Meng Yu also knew this was a line that she should not cross, so she never did.
Jiang Li felt that this idle person probably didn’t know about the affairs of the Meng Family. After all, who would care about the family of a maid?
“But, what’s the difference between the actual deeds of the Meng Family and murder?”
“Seizing farmland, opening brothels, monopolizing products in collusion with other families, controlling the production of elixirs and artifact refining, buying at low prices and selling at high prices, charging an additional 20% protection fee from foreign businessmen who want to set up shops in Wolong City…”
“And you, our esteemed City Lord, in order to please the Meng family, impose private arbitrary taxation and heavy levies.”
Jiang Li patted the City Lord’s shoulder with a smile, “Don’t worry, I believe that you are not the only one responsible.”
“So…” The City Lord’s eyes filled with hope.
“The supervisors and the emperors above you are also problematic. You won’t be lonely on your way to the Underworld.”
Jiang Li did not kill the City Lord right away. From a macro perspective, the entire environment of Jiuzhou was not much better. Killing one Meng Family or one City Lord would not bring about much change.
In other places, there were no idle people or Meng Family, but there were other powerful families controlling and exploiting commoners. The rule of ‘survival of the fittest’ was evidently manifested in Jiuzhou.
“It’s similar to Jiuzhou five hundred years ago.”
“Those in power don’t seek governance.”
Jiang Li couldn’t help but sigh, reminding him of Jiuzhou five hundred years ago. At first, when he was in Zhou Dynasty, he didn’t feel much and thought that Jiuzhou was quite peaceful. But after visiting Tianyuan and the Great Wei, his perspective broadened and he realized that Zhou was the exception – acts of injustice were happening everywhere in Jiuzhou.
Of course, the overall situation was much better than what it was like nine thousand years ago, which was the result of the hard work of generations of Human Emperors.
“Hm? Has Yu Yin arrived?” Jiang Li had been keeping an eye on the situation with Chu Emperor, worrying that he might kill everyone by accident.
Jiang Li appeared behind Yu Yin when he heard her pleading for Meng Yu. His grin gradually disappeared, and he found the woman in front of him quite unfamiliar.
“Yu Yin, I’m very disappointed in you.”
“Who are you?” Yu Yin turned around to meet Jiang Li’s gaze and her eyebrows furrowed.
He didn’t hide his disappointment, as if she had done something terribly wrong.
This upset Yu Yin.
“We’ve met before, in a dream.”
Yu Yin’s eyes widened as she remembered something from ten years ago, “You’re the one who looks exactly like Jiang Li!”
Yu Yin remembered that ten years ago, Jiang Li, the idle man, fought against him and returned in defeat. When she asked Jiang Li who the other person was, Jiang Li didn’t say anything.
“It seems the idle one didn’t tell you anything.”
“This isn’t a place for conversation. Come, let’s go to your Tianyuan Emperor’s Palace. Chu Emperor, you come as well.”
Jiang Li called out to Chu Emperor.
When they got back to the Tianyuan Emperor’s Palace, Jiang Li and Chu Emperor revealed their true selves. Yu Yin was shocked, she didn’t expect the two to look exactly alike.
“Should I put the Ruyi Gourd out?” Yu Yin pointed to the Ruyi gourd on her waist. The Ruyi Gourd was intelligent, but it was mysteriously afraid of the Chu Emperor and didn’t dare to speak.
Jiang Li waved his hand, “No need, it’s not a secret.”
“I am Jiang Li, and so is he. You can also refer to him as Chu Emperor. We come from a parallel world where you, Bai Hongtu, Chief Liu, and Elder of Longevity also exist.”
“As expected.” Yu Yin wasn’t surprised by this answer as she had heard about the hypothesis of parallel worlds from Old Buddha Sumeru.
“You seemed…disappointed in me earlier?” Yu Yin asked uncertainly.
Jiang Li sighed, “The Yu Yin in my world would never plead for Meng Yu. Especially if Meng Yu is my servant, she would be punished even more severely.”
“How did you meet the idle one and what is your impression of him?”
“I met the idle one while exploring a secret realm. At that time, I had the backing of the Tianyuan Royal Family, while the idle one was of ordinary origin and his cultivation level was lower than mine. We weren’t supposed to have any interaction. However, I encountered an enemy in the secret realm. The idle one and I fought and killed the enemy together. Unexpectedly, the enemy was still barely alive at the end and released a Love-Elation poison on me. If I didn’t detoxify the poison, my body would explode and die. To save me, the idle one detoxified the poison with his body.”
Jiang Li recalled that he and Yu Yin had met in that secret realm as well, where they encountered an enemy sent by the younger brother of the Tianyuan Crown Prince.
Jiang Li and Yu Yin collaborated to kill him, not giving the enemy the chance to release the Love-Elation poison.
Chu Emperor seemed to be deep in thought as he had a similar experience as Jiang Li.
“Afterwards, I was worried that the Tianyuan Crown Prince would know about this and take it out on the idle one, so I buried this matter in my heart and never spoke about it to anyone.”
“I also wanted to distance myself from the idle one and never see him again.”
“Sadly, things never turned out as I wished, as if the heavens were playing tricks on us. The idle one and I kept bumping into each other. As our interactions increased, I gradually became attracted to him.”
As Jiang Li listened to Yu Yin talking about the places where she met the idle one, he gently shook his head. He hadn’t been to any of those places.
He didn’t need to ask to know that it was the system’s tasks that caused it.
“During the human emperor’s candidacy test, the old man noticed that I was letting my personal feelings interfere with my cultivation and would find it difficult to achieve greatness. He suggested, albeit indirectly, that I either sever my ties with the idle one or withdraw from the candidacy for the human emperor.”
“I was torn between the two options and was leaning towards severing my ties with the idle one. However, during a life-threatening situation, the idle one was on the verge of death for trying to save me. From that moment on, I fell deeply in love with him and chose to withdraw from the candidacy for the human emperor.”
Jiang Li remembered that event. At that time, Yu Yin was in mortal danger, but she overcame it on her own and achieved a deeper understanding of her cultivation technique through her near-death experience. She seized that opportunity to break through to the Body Integration Realm from the Divinity Transformation Stage.
She was the first among the three of them to achieve the Body Integration Realm, while Jiang Li and Bai Hong were a step behind.
That was why Yu Yin said, “There is great terror in life and death, but also great opportunities,” and sought a breakthrough to the Transcendence Tribulation Stage through a life-and-death ordeal.
Yu Yin deliberately provoked the rebels of the Tianyuan Emperor Dynasty, went through a battle of life and death, and advanced to the Transcendence Tribulation Stage.
In the idle one’s world, Yu Yin didn’t have this realization, so she didn’t deliberately pursue a life-and-death ordeal.
The Yu Yin in front of Jiang Li was merely at the peak of the Body Integration Realm.
