Very quickly, they chose ten elite warriors to accompany them into the village.
Without any suspense or thrill, their efforts naturally yielded nothing in this quaint little village.
The reason is because Du Wei already hid the two monsters inside his storage ring. Despite the extensive search made by the shamans, they simply couldnât find any traces of their target. In their endeavor, the two even brought out something that drew great interest from Du Wei.
It is a a tortoise shell. Like a divination, they threw several irregularly shaped bones inside and chanted a few words he couldnât understand.
At the time Du Wei was quite nervous, but from their disappointed eyes, it would seem the divination failed.
Like this, the disgruntled party and the 3,000 horsemen withdrew from the village. In addition, Du Wei also instructed Longbottom to send out 100 men to âescortâ these barbarians out of his territory. Naturally, the escort party kept a hundred meters in distance from their guests.
Regarding this move, the prairie wolves were very upset, but under the direct order of their shamans, they had no choice but to swallow this indignation.
After leaving Cow Tongue Village, the two shamans were riding steadily on their mounts when they halted their group. Turning back to peer over at the distant village, one of the guy said to his partner: âWhat do you think of this Duke Tulip?â
âHumph, just a child.â The ill-tempered Shaman said this with disdain in his voice.
âThatâs right.â The calm Shaman smiles: âIndeed, while the rumors are strong, heâs really not much after meeting him todayâŚ..â He then paused before sighing: âBut that aid of hisâŚ. Strong willed and thorough, quite an outstanding guy!â
Watching these prairie wolves leave, Du Weiâs face showed no signs of easing down. Instead, his expression became even gloomier as he ordered: âWeâre going back to Loulan City!â
Aside from hiding the two monsters inside his storage ring, he also thoroughly taught the brat a good lesson. Right now, Muse can only stand from afar, too afraid to say a single word.
Once they were on the road, Du Wei gestured for Muse to come next to him: âCome here!â
The kid seems to be afraid of him from the careful manner he moved: âYouâŚ.. What do you want?â
âHumph! Did you forget my words? You should be calling me âLordâ!â Du Wei lightly spoke: âWhile youâre here, you are no longer the young master of the Lister Household! You are merely one of my subjects! If you canât remember this, you can expect more suffering in the future.â
With his face flustered, Muse grits his teeth to squeeze out these words, âYesâŚâŚ Lord!â
âBetter.â Du Wei lets out a deep breath: âMount your horse, weâre going back.â
At this moment, Du Weiâs face was suddenly full of fatigue.
Watching Du Weiâs expression, Muse couldnât help but wonder: is there anything else that could possibly annoy this wicked person? A evil guy like himâŚâŚ
Without words, Du Wei mounted his horse and kept his head down like he was lost in thought.
Though Muse hated the guts out of him, he simply found himself unable to resist peeking at Du Weiâs back.
After a long time like this, about 10 miles of travel, Du Wei suddenly turned to glance at Muse: âYouâve been watching me?â
Caught off guard, Muse quickly shook in his in a startled manner.
Seeing this, Du Wei lets out a slight smirk: âDonât deny it; I can already guess you were secretly cursing me. You must have thought: âIf I could grab a dagger and stab him in the back while heâs not paying attentionâ, right?â
Muse went completely white on his face because he really did have such thoughts a while back. However, that crazy idea was quickly dismissed by him after getting his head together.
This guyâŚâŚ Is certainly a devil! Otherwise, how could he have read my mind?
Du Wei gently smiles, his face with a hint of calm: âMuses, do you hate me because I gave you a beating earlier? But then, do you know why I beat you?â
Muse kept his mouth shut and didnât reply.
âBecause youâre stupid.â Du Wei held nothing back in his words: âBecause of your foolish behavior. If you were to come into harm while under my care, not only will your family be faced with tones of trouble, there will also be lots of people dying because of you. So then, are you not stupid or what?â
Muse once again blushed but didnât speak.
âYou can hate or do whatever you like.â Du Wei sneers: âItâs just that I donât understand why you hate me so much? It seems from the beginning when we first met, you were already very unfriendly towards me.â
While Muse shrinks his head down in shame, Du Wei paused for a while before speaking up again: âis it because of your sisters?â
Muse answers in a low resenting voice. ââŚâŚ Yes, thatâs right.â
After a while, he suddenly looked up at Du Wei: âI hate you because I know big sis wants you to marry Angel! I hate aristocrats like you. In the past, big sis was forced to marry that old geezer for the sake of the family, but I know she was never happy at all! Luckily the bastard died early! But now youâve shown upâŚ. I think you are also a jerk! I donât want Angel to follow in my sisterâs footstep and marry a hypocritical noble like you! You bastards only know how to covet my familyâs wealth and use us for you own gains!â
âBut you are also using me.â Du Wei slowly speaks: âDoesnât your sister also want to use my position?â
ââŚâŚâ Muse grits his teeth.
âSo like I said, you are very stupid.â Du Wei lightly spoke: âFortunately youâre still young, even god will sometimes forgive the misgivings of a young person.â
âGod?â Muse was startled.
Du Wei realized he made a mistake so he quickly covered it up: âOh, heâs just an old bastard, donât think too much of it.â
(The human of this world only believes in the goddess of light, so what Du Wei just said here is like calling out Jesus in front of someone thatâs never heard of it.)
He then looks at the muse to speak in a stern voice: âYour stupidity lies in your action. Despite the fact that your little stunts canât make a single difference, you kept going at it and caused things to worsenâŚ.. Tell me; is this not stupidity or what? A smart person will think of ways to send the matter down a direction they want. Yet youâŚ.. Haha.â
Muse grunted: âWhat about you? Why did you refuse Angel? Did you really set your eyes on my big sis?â
âHA HA HA HA ⌠âŚâ Du Wei laughs out at the sky. Only after a good while did he stop to face Muse: âPitiful boy, you really are pitiful. Do you really think I am like everyone else that can only eye your familyâs wealth? In fact, do you think everyone is like you imaginedâ
Muse seems to have been holding his thoughts in, but now, he finally couldnât keep a lid on it: âYouâŚ. What do you want? You refused Angel, but then at the party you invited my big sis! My big sisâŚ. What do you want with her, you devil!!â
Du Weiâs eyes turned cold again: âYou probably forgot my orders again, right?â
Muse seems to be afraid of Du Weiâs eyes. Shrinking his body, his head bowed down again.
Instead of getting angry, Du Wei lets out a small breath: âYesâŚ. What is it that I really want?â
When he first crossed over to this world, his mind was still confused.
Regarding this kind of confusion, one couldnât relate to it unless they experienced it themselves.
Before he came into this world, he did have some idea of these matters from the novels he read.
However, experiencing it and reading about it is completely different.
The third-rate novels would always write how the MC would accept reality after a brief period and how beautiful their life would becomeâŚ..
What Bullshit!
An adultâŚâŚ No, even if itâs just a person who just turned 18, that person would still have many ties left in that world like: careers, lifeâs goal, or love relationships!
Ok, even if they donât have a lover, then thereâs still their parents. Mother and father, the important people that cared and raised them from infancy!
What does crossing over represents? It stands for a hand that wiped away all that youâve earned without a chance for you to resist!
All that you have struggled for, all the sweat and tears you gave, everything that you earned from the grounds up is taken from you. What kind of sick jokes is that!
The emotions you once held is nothing but an illusion, an empty casket if you will!
Those shitty third rate novels, the moment the MC crossed over, they will cling to their parents and completely forget their formerâŚâŚâŚ
To say it bluntly⌠⌠Bull shit! They have no conscious and are heartless fucks!
What is it that Du Wei wants?
Truthfully speaking: If! If he can! If the heavens suddenly said you can go back, he will without hesitation give up everything in this world and go back! Screw the bullshit prophecy!
And if he canât go back?
Then Du Weiâs can only take his second option: He wants to live a life in comfort where he can be free to do what he liked.
Thinking of this, Du Wei suddenly began to laugh.
The smile on his face was truly sincere when he uttered this single word:
âFreedom.â
âWhat?â Muse seems to have trouble hearing Du Weiâs word.
âItâs freedom.â Du Weiâs voice is very calm: âWhat I want is freedom. I want to live a peaceful life of freedom where there isnât too much stress.â
ââŚâŚ So ⌠⌠Simple?â Muse shocking watched this highly favored Duke of the empire. Even an idiot knows the future of this guy is limitlessâŚ. Yet, he only wants freedom?
âAre you still not free enough?â Muse mockingly asks.
âYou donât understand. â Du Wei shakes his head.
Free? Can this world really let him be free?
The reason he played the fool back then is because he didnât want to bare the family burdens. (In Du Weiâs view, what does the family burden have to do with him?) Hence the reason why he would rather be sent to the Rowling Plains.
In the capital, he would rather offend Prince Son in order to save Raymondâs life. He could have chosen to sit idly by to gain more benefits, but that isnât what his heart wanted! He only wants to do things he likedâŚâŚ Itâs that simple.
And now, he also rejected the marriage proposal of the Lister household.
âIt seems to me my definition of freedom is: allowing me to dominate my decisions in life.â
Muse couldnât say anything. Perhaps because of his age, he is still too young to understand the meanings behind his word.
âBut this goal really is hard to reach.â Du Wei sighs wryly: âThis world is like this. Once you are a part of a circle, you will involuntarily be pushed into things you didnât intend forâŚâŚâ
âAs you are now with your status, is there anyone that could possibly force you into things you didnât wish for?â Muse puzzlingly asked.
âIs it?â Du Wei smiles: âHere in the Northwest⌠⌠How many people are watching my every move? That governor Bohan couldnât wait to see me kicked out of the Northwest. Then thereâs the prairie wolves! While in this place, I canât do anything according to my will! My first priority is survival, then I can think of others.â
If I had the strength, would Bohan pick my pocket the moment I arrive?
If I had the strength, would the Northwest army dare come again and again for money? Also, would they have secretly let the prairie wolves into my land?
If I had enough strength, then today I wouldnât have been bullied right at my doorstep! I would have already gathered my troops and knocked the socks off their asses!!!!
Inwardly, he felt a sense of sadness and mockery at himself. The reason is because his yearning for freedom and his goals had caused a seed of âambitionâ to bud inside his heart!
Donât you think this is a hilarious joke?
In this life, anyone that attempts to block my path will hence forth be my enemy!!
Perhaps the prairie natives should regret now because their actions today had just woken up a confused young man.
Du Wei suddenly came down with interest. Straightening his back, he held his horse whip up and pointed it out into the distant wilderness: âMuse, what do you see?â
Muses paused for a second as he looked at the far off distance: âWasteland? Mount Kilimanjaro? Roads? Woods ⌠⌠What the hell is it?â
Du Wei suddenly smiled as he gently dropped a word before whipping his horse to fly off into the horizon.