Chapter 433: Fang Zhengzhi coming to save the day (1/2)
Chapter 433: Fang Zhengzhi coming to save the day
Translator: Sparrow TranslationsEditor: Sparrow Translations
A wrinkled face could be seen under the black cloak. He raised his head and looked at the sky.
The sun lit the sky up a calming red color. When it shone on this face, it gave it an inexplicable glow.
Sunset.
Arguably one of the most beautiful times of the day.
Sunset also represented the last portion of a person's journey, the time before the curtain falls.
Canyang.
It was a strange name, and a name that had bad connotations. Savagery, death, hurt, incompleteness, viciousness, ferocity...
There were many meanings, and most of them were unflattering.
Can was not his surname.
Canyang was his name.
He had been given this name since he was born. Canyang rarely told his surname to others, so few knew his surname.
Of course, few bothered to ask why his name was Canyang.
The answer was much too obvious.
The sun began to set below the horizon and the sky began to darken ever so slightly. The red light continued to cause his face to glow.
At the same time, they illuminated his eyes.
His eyes embodied the meaning of his name - a lack of hope and light.
He was a demon who had never seen light since birth. He had been abandoned and mocked for his lack of abilities.
Unlike most abandoned demons...
Canyang never blamed the world for being unfair. He never had his eyes set on revenge. He took it all in his stride.
After being abandoned, he learnt to be independent. He learnt to ignore the mockery. He just led his own simple life.
Day after day, year after year.
Eventually, everyone forgot Canyang's surname.
Those who knew Canyang's surname had passed away. They didn't pass away by his hand, but died of natural causes.
No one knew how old Canyang was, but it was certain that he was almost as old as the history of the demons.
He was like an ancient tree.
He was there for the glory days of the demons, and he survived through the worst.
All these while, Canyang never joined the military and never contributed to the demon's development. All he did was wake up to watch the sunrise and watch the stars before he slept.
Some may find this life boring.
However, Canyang had no intention to change. In fact, he had firmly believed that this was the way life should be.
All that changed one day...
That was the day a five-year-old girl appeared in front of him.
That was the day that this girl told Canyang that she was the daughter of the Demon Lord but she had been exiled to this land.
Canyang smiled but never said anything after hearing her story.
The girl did not ask for anything either. Before she left, she passed him a set of books. There were more than 100 books, each one containing a powerful set of demon techniques.
Can Yang could still remember what the girl had said to him.
”Uncle, these are for you to read!”
Read?
How was he going to read when he couldn't see?
Canyang did not answer her and did not ask her why she left the books to a blind man. He simply placed them in a corner.
A year later...
The name of the young girl surfaced once again.
That year, there were more than 1000 demons following her. She had also built the village into an orderly society.
Canyang smiled when he heard this.
He went back to his room and picked up the books in the corner. He recalled what the girl had said to him when she left.
”Uncle, these are for you to read!”
Read?
How was a blind man going to read?
Canyang chuckled to himself, but he felt no regret.
He was numb to it all. He had been able to see through many things others couldn't. He knew how ruthless the world was, and he also knew what warmth was.
”Young lady... you're still young and naive...” Canyang had no idea why he flipped open the books in his hand.
Maybe he really wanted to 'read', or maybe he wanted to confirm the girl's 'naivety'.
However...
When he opened the book in his hand...
His smile froze.
He could tell from his keen sense of touch that these books were different. These were books that he could 'read' using a sense of touch. Every word, every picture... was so clear.
Canyang kept feeling the books, understanding everything that was written inside. Then, he picked up the second book, then a third...
He only stopped after he 'read' every single book.
Then...
Canyang did something that no demon ever thought of. He walked out of his house and went to the little girl's house.
There were more than 1000 demons there.
”Will you be willing to be my disciple?” Canyang's voice reverberated throughout the girl's residence. It was soft and calm, almost like water.
This elicited much laughter from the demons around him.
All of the demons could not believe what they had just heard. This skinny, disable demon wanted to be the girl's master?
”Canyang, do you know who is in front of you?”
”Canyang, are you crazy?!”
”...”
Countless voices berated him constantly, but Canyang just stood quietly in front of the girl, 'looking' at her.
He continued staring at her until she fell to her knees and kowtowed to him.
”Master!”