bookpower Chapter 259: Heart Of Hope
Chapter 259: Heart Of Hope
Chapter 259: Heart Of Hope
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The heavenly empress sighed, "It seems we can't help. Whether we can cooperate or not will be something that only fate will decide. But we can at the very least work together to help them understand through Zero One that there might be perhaps another option.”
“I’m glad you think that way, master, thank you...” I sighed in relief. “But about the crystals... I wonder if that’s really it? Maybe we could try sneaking underwater to retrieve some?”
“I-Is that even possible...” asked Wai Tian.
“It should be possible...” I said. “Fang Shuan here doesn’t even need to breathe, right?”
“That’s right! I could certainly go underwater and mine for everyone, as long as I am given proper directions!” Fang Shuan was immediately up for the task.
“I could also help... If only I wasn’t so weakened yet,” sighed the Heavenly Empress. “But for now, don’t worry. I wouldn’t want you to endanger your life yet, Fang Shuan. Remain here and train. You’ve strengthened your soul to an incredible new level, but your mind is still too driven by emotions; negative energy is piling up inside; you need to do a proper Soul and Mind cleansing.”
“Eh? I... I see... I suppose that might have been one of the reasons I acted so recklessly,” sighed Fang Shuan. “I understand; I would gladly take upon your teachings, great venerable.”
He was totally different with the heavenly empress than with the heavenly demon!
Well, I can’t blame him; the old crow-faced man was way too much of a meanie most of the time.
Although he had his lucid and nice moments, he was still completely nuts.
“For now, don’t think about the impossible things you can’t do yet, and think about what you can do right now to improve yourself,” she said. “For now, all of you must rest. You’re too tired... Zero One, can you sleep?”
“I can, certainly,” she nodded. “I can enter an energy-saving mode; it is like sleeping! ...I think?”
“Well then, I will give you a room of your own then,” the heavenly empress said. “Now, now, everyone, to sleep. Take a bath beforehand, however. It is always important to have a warm bath to loosen your muscles from their tension and have a more relaxing rest.”
We did just as she said, as we moved to our respective rooms. Even Fang Shuan was giving one, even against his will as a guardian. I told him to relax and sleep; even with his body, his soul gets tired and needs to sleep.
After taking a warm bath, I went to the comfortable bed and fell immediately asleep after my three pets cuddled over me. I was very tired; too much happened today, and I honestly needed to have some good sleep.
However, as I slept, I couldn’t help but become tormented by a small mistake I committed.
Because of all the things I did with the Heavenly Demon, I had completely become distracted from the very purpose I went there.
To make the damn spatial portal!
I can’t believe from all things; I would forget to do this! Was I too distracted?! But I thought the Author gave me more memory?
I am so dumb...
Okay, I’ll try not to forget next time.
The portal is very important, so I can’t slack off on it.
Well, anyways, time to sleep.
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Knock, knock!
“I understand, sorry,” I sighed. “I was just very tired.”
“I can tell, for now, sit down and eat with your master,” she smiled. The servants quickly brought food as my friends greeted me.
“It is a beautiful morning today, Anna, don’t you think?” Wai Tian immediately sat to my left side. “Here, I’ve brought you some delicious soup dumplings. They have meat and veggie soup inside; take a bite; it's amazing.”
“Oh, thank you...” I yawned as I looked at the plate being filled with them.
“Lady Anna, please take these; they’re spring rolls I cooked myself... Once more, I am really sorry for not being able to go help you, but your master stopped me...” Ying Sheng apologized.
“No worries... Thank you,” I smiled as I started eating the snacks.
They were very tasty; the spring rolls had a lot of fried veggies inside, and the soup dumplings also had some meat and vegetables inside; each bite came with an explosion of soup inside; it was amazing how good it was.
“T-This is better than I imagined, wow...”
I continued eating, feeling more and more filled; all the exhaustion I still felt quickly disappeared. I drank a lot of tea too, some rice, and more soup.
“Phew... Thank you for the meal, master; it was delicious,” I sighed in relief.
“I’m glad you liked the food of my palace,” she smiled. “Rest for ten minutes and then meet me at the garden outside, all of you.”
She quickly stood up and walked away.
She was considerate enough to tell us to rest for ten minutes after eating; isn’t she way too nice?
“Hah, I wish I could eat something myself.” Fang Shuan sighed. “Oh well, seeing everyone enjoy the food is already good enough. I ate plenty of delicious things in my previous life anyway.”
“Previous life?” Wai Tian wondered. “Right, I never asked, what exactly are you, Fang Shuan?”
“Oh, well, it is a bit complicated, but...”
We explained to her what he was. Wai Tian was a bit surprised, if not slightly intimidated, to learn his origins. She waved her tail with a bit of concern but calmed down anyway.
“S-So he’s from another world like Anna, but he was a dungeon monster? What’s a dungeon?” she wondered.
Right, they had none of those things here, just a bunch of machines...
“Well...”
We spent those ten minutes talking a lot about various things, mostly explaining the various keywords of my world and everything else.
Once we were done and walked to the garden, Master was waiting for us while standing, glancing at her beautiful garden of colorful flowers.
“You’re back; was the food of your liking, my disciple?”
“Yes, it was good, master, thank you...” I nodded. “Now, will we begin? I was wondering though, how will Zero One learn anything? Do you think she could cultivate?”
“If she has a Mind and a Soul, then yes,” nodded the Heavenly Empress. “I have three major masteries in the field of Arts and Techniques in this world. The first one is Spiritual Art, the second are Meditation Techniques, and the third could be considered the pinnacle of my life, my own unique Martial Arts that combine everything I’ve learned with the power of the {Heart of Hope}, and I intend to inherit these legacies to all of you, or at least partially. However, only Anna shall learn the latter.”
{Heart of Hope}?
I bet it's totally different from the techniques of the old man, isn’t it?
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