101: Chapter 96: Would You Be Willing to Become a God?

101: Chapter 96: Would You Be Willing to Become a God?

He remembered…

his eldest brother was a very honest person…

His father had realized this quite early, so when he named him Chen Ye, it was with the intention of having his eldest brother take care of and maintain the family business.

Even though their household was relatively well-off at the time, it wasn’t possible to send two children to school.

Thus, according to the old family rules, one child would stay to work, and the other would study.

So from a very young age, his older brother was destined to sacrifice himself for the sake of his younger sibling.

Over the years, his elder brother had never expressed any grievances; even after they lost their farmland and he became a dock laborer without a foundation of his own in Lyuzhou, he never complained.

Every time Chen Qing returned home, his brother would look at him with a simple, honest smile: “You’re back, little brother?

Why have you lost weight again?”

He was very fond of his elder brother, because compared to their father who had passed away early, his brother was more like the face of their home.

With that man, taller even than the door, guarding the house, Chen Qing always felt so at ease.

But that pillar of their home, that stalwart individual, was now lying so coldly there…

Chen Qing felt icy all over, the world before his eyes seemed to turn gray and white, and it was as if something in his chest wanted to jump out and destroy everything here!

At that moment, he suddenly felt he could do anything, absolutely anything.

Yes, this world…

was of his own making!

He himself…

naturally could do anything!!

“Chen, Chen!!”

A familiar voice came through the gray and white scene, with a significant delay, but he could barely make it out.

It made Chen Qing, whose face had already turned blank, stir slightly.

Then, he heard more voices.

“Big brother…

big brother?”

Finally, the scene turned from gray and white to color, and Chen Qing came back to his senses.

He then saw the girl, who resembled him somewhat, clutching him, both frightened and unwilling to let go.

“Chen?

Wake up!!”

Chen Qing was startled, and the gray scene shattered, his body regaining sensation instantaneously.

What had happened…

to him just now?

“Chen!”

Chen Qing took out the Mirror Demon, and the girl beside him was also startled.

She had also been wondering who was calling out to her big brother; could it actually be a mirror?

“Chen, your brother is still breathing!”

“Still breathing?” Chen Qing’s spirits lifted at these words, and he pushed aside the girl in his arms, tumbling and scrambling to Chen Ye’s side.

He listened carefully to the man’s chest, his heart pounding!

He was still breathing…

It was faint…

but there was still breath!

“Chen Ying, Chen Ying!!”

Chen Qing shouted like a madman.

The next instant, a streak of blue light flashed by, and Chen Ying appeared by his side, looking at Chen Qing anxiously.

She had a feeling that the indescribable terror in the cellar just now must have been emitted from Chen Qing.

At that moment, the man on the ground quickly came to his senses; this must be the elder brother mentioned by Chen Qing, right?

“Quick!” Chen Qing said urgently, “Take us back to Lyuzhou City!”

“My lord…” Chen Ying looked at Chen Qing’s excited demeanor and hesitated slightly.

She understood why he was so agitated; as soon as she entered, she could feel that the tall man still had a faint breath.

But…

She also had medical training; the man’s skull was fractured at the back of his head, and his breath was so faint it was almost negligible.

Even if they returned to Lyuzhou City now, not even the Great Sorcerers from the Capital City could save him…

“Did you hear me?” Chen Qing looked coldly at Chen Ying.

“Yes…” Chen Ying quickly lowered her head, the look in Chen Qing’s eyes right now was frightening.

“Gu Bei!” Chen Qing shouted outside the cellar.

“My lord, I am here!” Gu Bei came forward with a few brothers and responded immediately.

“I have urgent business and must return to Lyuzhou at once.

You take the remaining brothers and stay in Pan Family Stockade for the night.

As planned, sweep through the villages around Luling County tomorrow, and try to bring any survivors back to Lyuzhou!”

“Yes, my lord!” Seeing that Chen Qing had returned to normal, Gu Bei breathed a sigh of relief.

Chen Qing had just been…

a bit too terrifying.

“And…” Just as Chen Qing was about to ask Chen Ying to take them away, he seemed to remember something and turned to look at the Chen and Pan family members still kneeling on the ground, shivering.

“Every last one of them, the old, the weak, women, and children, escort them all back to Lyuzhou.

Kill anyone who dares to run away on the way!”

Gu Bei swallowed hard, bowed deeply, and accepted the order: “Yes!”

“Let’s go…” Chen Qing looked at Chen Ying.

Chen Ying nodded, carefully supporting the barely breathing Chen Ye with wind power, and then, carrying Chen Qing and the little girl who had been hiding behind him, they took off and flew directly towards Lyuzhou City.

“Chen family lad…” The Mirror Demon’s voice weakly reached Chen Qing’s ears, “How do you plan to save your elder brother?”

“Big brother…

in fact, there’s no saving him.”

“Oh?

So you knew that…”

“Of course, I knew,” Chen Qing said somberly as he looked at the ghastly blood hole in his brother’s head.

“But there is one method that can preserve Big Brother!”

“Is that so?”

The Mirror Demon did not ask further this time; it did not know what method Chen Qing would use, but as long as it didn’t involve that thing inside his body, it would be fine.

That thing…

wasn’t it defeated by the King of Qin?

How did it end up in this kid?

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Inside Lyuzhou City, Wei Gongcheng was training the new recruits, taking the chance to observe the soldiers who had been blessed by the Gate Deity, growing increasingly astonished.

Most of the recruits were from farming households, moonlighting as dock laborers, one could say they had no combat experience.

According to his experience, these greenhorns would take over half a year to train simply to imbue courage or to practice the movements of using weapons, not to mention the daily need for basic physical training.

To train an elite force, it usually takes a minimum of three years.

Indeed, as he expected, these farmers were incredibly stiff when they began training, only using brute force; he would have to correct even a simple straight stabbing motion more than a dozen times a day.

But once they received the so-called blessing from the Gate Deity, everything changed drastically.

Not only did their strength and speed improve in every aspect, but their minds became sharper than before.

They could learn many things in one go, and the smarter ones could even infer other concepts from one example, making them seem more teachable than the naturally talented personal soldiers from the Wei Family.

Not to mention, after receiving the blessings, everyone possessed supernatural abilities akin to blood powers, and they mastered them quickly.

Usually, houses with bloodlines had to train from a young age to master their own abilities, with the slower ones needing at least ten years.

Yet, the soldiers blessed by the Gate Deity could achieve great effects in just one afternoon.

This made Wei Gongcheng even more envious.

His bloodline was not of high purity, and even with his high martial talent, his achievements were very limited.

No matter how hard he worked, he could never reach the heights of Weichi Peng and others; as he aged and his vigor waned, he would even be surpassed by the young prodigals of high bloodline purity in his own family.

Long ago, he had accepted his fate and actively transformed himself into an excellent lieutenant, spending a lot of time on military strategy and paperwork.

It’s not that he didn’t want to become the commander of an army, but some things are determined by nature and cannot be changed by human effort!

But now, he saw a glimmer of hope.

If ordinary people could improve so much with the so-called blessing of the Gate Deity, then what if he wasn’t crippled?

Could he also advance further with the help of the miraculous gods in Chen Qing’s hands?

Perhaps he still couldn’t reach the level of General Weichi Peng, but at least…

he could keep up with those prodigals from the main Wei Family lineage…

As he was contemplating, he saw a flash of green light across the sky and in the next instant, the person he wanted to see had already appeared before him.

Appearing with him were Chen Ying and two other people he did not recognize, one of whom was seriously injured…

no, it was more accurate to say he was practically dead already.

The moment Chen Qing landed, he quickly checked his brother’s pulse, and upon confirming that he was still breathing, he let out a slight sigh of relief.

He turned to Chen Ying and asked, “You said you’ve learned medicine before, do you know the Golden Needle Life Extension Technique?”

“I do know it…” Chen Ying hesitated as she looked at the state of the big man on the ground, but then honestly said, “But, my lord, in your brother’s condition, even if we use the Golden Needle Technique, it will only last at most half an hour, and if he wishes to remain conscious, he will die even faster.”

“He doesn’t need to be conscious, just drag out the time as much as possible…” After instructing Chen Ying, Chen Qing looked at Wei Gongcheng and immediately pushed him to the eaves of a distant building.

Wei Gongcheng, puzzled as he was pushed by Chen Qing all the way under the eaves, could clearly feel that the latter was anxious about the dying man, but what did he want to tell him at a time like this?

He wasn’t a physician…

“Has Lord Wei considered the matter after being here for so long?”

Caught in his perplexion, Chen Qing suddenly spoke directly.

Wei Gongcheng was taken aback, was this the showdown?

“Does Lord Chen wish for Wei to pledge allegiance to you?” Wei Gongcheng eventually did not dodge the question but asked straightforwardly.

“Yes!”

“What can Lord Chen offer me?”

“I can heal your legs.”

“And?” Wei Gongcheng’s heart raced with excitement, but he still did not plan to submit to Chen Qing just because he could heal his legs.

“A new path to promotion!”

“A new path to promotion?” Wei Gongcheng was startled, then pointed at the soldiers near the city gate, “Like them?”

“Somewhat similar, but not quite the same,” Chen Qing shook his head.

“General Wei’s talents are not only suitable for being a Gate General but becoming a Gate Deity would be an understatement.”

Wei Gongcheng’s eyes widened in shock as he looked at Chen Qing.

He wasn’t concerned with the flattery about his talents; what caught his attention was what Chen Qing said last.

Becoming a Gate Deity?

Were humans capable of that?

“General Wei is indeed a clever man,” Chen Qing said earnestly, “So I’ll speak frankly.

General Wei…

would you be willing to become a deity of your own right?”