The Heavenly Dao System-Chapter 12: Immortal’s Way

Ye Ming was not the type to act like some loser or even a scaredy cat who would back down in every instance.

Since Qing Lan clearly had a knot that seemed to still linger after 20,000 years had passed, it was time for him to cut that knot.

"Young Master is naturally different than the scoundrel." Qing Lan smiled sweetly. "Although you are behaving quite lustful and even somewhat like a scoundrel, I know you are better than him by infinite times."

"Infinite times huh." Ye Ming chuckled and teased, "Do you know zero is sometimes referred to as infinity? Like those inequality graphs where it's zero to infinity."

Although unsure of what he meant, Qing Lan giggled in response. In the world of cultivation, where power reigned supreme. Who had the time to actually care about math, science, or even other types of subjects?

Educational school?

Sorry, but it's cultivation school, or sects, or anything related to cultivating!

"Alright, then shall I resume the story?" Qing Lan inquired. "But please be careful if I lose control."

"If you lose control, then these two meaty buns are going to be squeezed or your rosy lips are going to be occupied." Ye Ming simply grinned in response.

He anticipated his response would ensure she wouldn't lose control easily. However, he had severely underestimated Qing Lan—much less what she was capable of.

Unlike the boring cold, bashful, or even timid females one might see in dramas or novels, Qing Lan was the complete opposite.

"Young Master, please don't say that. If you do, I might just lose control in purpose to receive the punishment." Qing Lan said, her expression clearly showed that she seemed eager to be touched by him.

Stunned on the spot, Ye Ming's mouth was left agape.

'Thank the lord and whoever made me born here. I can't believe I would give up this heavenly scene for the garbage mortal life.' He exclaimed inwardly and purposely rubbed his head closer to her body.

Meanwhile, Qing Lan had resumed her story on where she was just a normal mortal with a beautiful appearance.

It was in the Lower World on a place called Great Zhou Kingdom. The Great Zhou Kingdom had an Emperor who was in the cultivation realm of Spirit Severing Realm.

"Wow, a Spirit Severing Realm is just the 5th cultivation rank in the Lower World. That kind of realm is enough to become an emperor?" Shocked, Ye Ming accidentally interrupted Qing Lan's storytelling.

Nodding in response, Qing Lan explained, "That kind of cultivation realm is considered an amazing feat in the Lower World. Of course, in our eyes, it's even worse than an ant. But to the people and mortals there, it's equivalent to Heaven."

"Hmm, so did this Emperor mess with you?" Ye Ming questioned, his eyes narrowing. Without a doubt, he was ready to make this so-called emperor suffer and learn who was the real daddy.

Alas, his goldfish memory was truly making a joke out of him.

"Young Master... it's been 20,000 years already. Even if the Great Zhou Kingdom continued to exist, it would be impossible for the Emperor to live that long unless he ascended or broke through."

"Oh, so the Great Zhou Kingdom ceased to exist. What a pity." Ye Ming wasn't ignorant enough to not understand the implication behind her words.

Without a doubt, this Great Zhou Kingdom must have met the same fate as most dynasties did.

Establishment of a dynasty, the prosperity of a dynasty, the corruption of a dynasty, and finally, the end of a dynasty through invasion or rebellion due to an incompetent ruler.

"Indeed, they ceased to exist by now and are under a new name." Qing Lan explained.

"Oh, so you still keep track of it?"

"..."

Almost immediately, Qing Lan was silent and realized her mistake.

"S-Sorry, Young Master." She apologized nervously. Her sudden apology startled Ye Ming.

He raised an eyebrow and asked, "Why are you sorry?"

"When we become maids to assist the Young Master or ascend to the higher worlds, we are supposed to let go of our lingering ties with the Lower World."

"Huh? What kind of piece of shit created that rule?" Alarmed, Ye Ming had to lift his head up from her lap. He never understood the part of severing ties in their past.

"Uhh.. It's the immortal's way?" Qing Lan was dumbfounded by the question. Even she didn't know who created the rule in the first place. But it became a common saying and the correct method.

Additionally, that was the supposed Dao.

"You know how I was talking about the Emperor being in the Spirit Severing Realm. The name itself in the realm meant severing all mortal ties." She explained.

"Hah, that's the most ridiculous thing I've heard." Ye Ming rolled his eyes. "If you must sever all mortal ties, then why are you addressing me as Young Master? According to your words, your moral fate was linked closely with me. So shouldn't you have severed ties with me in accordance?"

"Eh, Young Master remembered?"

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"Well, you took a long time to explain so I just browsed through my memories a bit."

The truth was that the story was quite cliche in a sense. 20,000 years ago when he was still the past self, he ventured into the mortal world to look around the situation. It was then he encountered a massacre and saw Qing Lan on a very pitiful sight.

She was on her knees, pleading for the mercy of her kin from being slaughtered by soldiers-like people. Initially, his past self chose to stay his hand and watched the scene unfold, given that mortal lives shouldn't be intervened casually.

However, his anger rose when he heard the reason for their slaughter was because Qing Lan refused to sleep with a 'Young Master'.

The commander soldier had the nerve to shout and declare that their Young Master was the future and dragon among men. It was to the point that serving him should be their greatest glory.

Such a ridiculous claim was a slap in the face to his past self who was the authentic Young Master!

How dare a mere mortal claim the title of Young Master and commit forceful and barbaric acts like this?

Only he was allowed to such privilege!

Thus, his past self acted and rescued the surviving Qing Lan out of impulse—inadvertently messing with her mortal fate.

"So your mortal fate was rescued by me, but by your theory, you should have severed ties with me. Isn't that the case?" Ye Ming pressed on, clearly trying to prove a point.