Chapter 2688: 2688
The smoke and the fog were as heavy as rain . There was a garden that housed a lake, and Li Keer and Exquisite were sitting at a stone table nearby . They appeared to be in a state of confusion .
“Have you thought about Under the Sky’s flaws?” Exquisite asked, glancing at Li Keer .
Li Keer shook her head . “What about you?”
Exquisite shook her head as well . She frowned and said, “For us, silkworms are a way of gaining new understanding . However, they aren’t merely tools for learning . Our situation now is both good and bad . On the positive side, we’re learning a lot from Han Sen, and he’s allowed us to feel what having a truly powerful will is like . He will help us accelerate our growth . But if we keep learning and following him, we will simply be copying his progress . We will be aping him, so to speak . And no matter how closely we try to replicate what he has done, we will never achieve what the true Han Sen can accomplish . The path we tread must be one that leads to glory greater than our silkworm’s . We need to trailblaze a path of our own . But with the way things are now, that might be a very difficult prospect . ”
Li Keer cut in quickly . “Perhaps, but Han Sen’s will is too strong . At our level, we won’t be able to pinpoint his flaws for our own betterment . ”
“The fact that we can confess something like that is terrible, without a doubt . He is supposed to be our silkworm . We are not supposed to be his . If Han Sen leaves the impression that we cannot exceed his talents, then we are already limited by him,” Exquisite said with a look of seriousness .
“In that case, what do you propose we do about it?” Li Keer couldn’t think of a way around this problem .
If Han Sen left an indelible impression of invincibility on their peers, then their achievements would be forever overshadowed by his own . That wasn’t the sort of silkworm they were looking for .
“Han Sen needs to lose once . A loss is the only way that impression of him can be erased from our hearts,” Exquisite said .
“Even Shale lost to him . I highly doubt that any other silkworm will come close to rivaling him in the near future . ” Li Keer looked at Exquisite with confusion . She wasn’t entirely sure what her Third Sister was implying .
“Why do you suggest it has to be a silkworm? Now that Han Sen has achieved first place, he should be able to go to Jail Demon Hall . He can start practicing there . First, it will be a great help for his own abilities . Secondly, he will probably get crushed . Once that happens, he will lose his confidence and cockiness . Thirdly, it will break the image we have of him . We’ll have a hard time viewing him as being so incredible if he gets defeated . That sounds like three birds with one stone, if you ask me,” Exquisite said coldly .
“This is a brilliant idea . Now, let us go and register his application to enter Jail Demon Hall . Open Sky Elder earned a lot from Han Sen, so I doubt he will refuse his request to go there,” Li Keer replied merrily .
Han Sen and Bao’er were still fishing at Underworld Lake . Li Keer gave an Underworld Silk to Bao’er, so Han Sen no longer had to share his own . But Han Sen was still feeling quite depressed . After he fished up the Xuan Yellow Sutra, the only things he had pulled from the lake were utter trash . Rusted armor and broken weapons were a frequent sight . He had even collected bits of broken statues and the like .
One time had been particularly bad . While he was fishing, he latched onto something super heavy . He had instantly assumed, based on the weight, that he had snagged something amazing . He spent half the day reeling it in . When he finally pulled it free of the lake, it was just a three-meter-tall statue with shoulders and legs missing . Han Sen’s lungs almost exploded .
Bao’er was sometimes able to fish up pieces of jewelry . Han Sen didn’t know what they were for .
And also, the entire time, the 16 pigs continued to follow Bao’er around . They frequently munched on Bao’er’s snacks, but they didn’t grow at all . They each remained the size of a fist . They looked small and cute, but as far as Han Sen could tell, they were completely useless . If they were not spending their days eating and sleeping, they were sleeping and eating . It was either that or following Bao’er’s *ss and running around everywhere .
“Dad, come here! There is something coming . It is so heavy…” Bao’er suddenly exclaimed .
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Han Sen quickly approached her, and he started tugging the string . It really did feel like something absurdly heavy . It was like the other end of the string was attached to a small mountain .
Han Sen and Bao’er used all their strength as they tried to reel in the Underworld Silk from the lake . After pulling it for a while, they finally saw something coming up from below the swirling clouds . They could see its corner as it rose from the mist .
“What is this thing?” Han Sen looked shocked when he saw the item .
Based on what he could see, Han Sen could tell that the item was built from bronze . It had an opening that was one meter wide at the top and narrowed as it went farther down .
As the bronze item was slowly pulled up, more and more of it appeared above the fog . Han Sen could soon see that this bronze item’s opening was one meter in size . It was a statue of a sheep’s head .
No, not a single sheep’s head . Each of the object’s four corners held a sheep’s head .
“This thing… It looks like a Four Sheep Cube,” Han Sen thought to himself when the bronze item finally slid into full view .
Pang!
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It sounded as if something had broken . Although the bronze item had almost completely been removed from the lake, its ascension came to a halt . The Underworld Silk holding the statue had snapped .
Han Sen watched the Four Sheep Cube sink back into the mist of the lake . He didn’t know if it was an illusion or not, but Han Sen could see the four sheep heads seemed to smile strangely at him as the object disappeared .
Han Sen stared at the lake in confusion . The Underworld Silk had broken with ease, which was a first . Han Sen and Bao’er had spent a long time fishing with Underworld Silks, and never before had this happened . Now, the Underworld Silk had simply snapped without them understanding why .
He wanted to ask Li Keer and Exquisite, but they weren’t present . Han Sen had nothing else to do except continue his mellow fishing experience .
“It has been a few days . Mister White should have some news for me . I should ask Li Keer to take me to the desert again,” Han Sen said to himself as he continued fishing . He had a simmering sense of excitement regarding the Xuan Yellow Sutra .
Han Sen wouldn’t even have to practice the strange geno art . He only had to reverse his Blood-Pulse Sutra to make use of it . How lucky was he to stumble on such an easy new geno art?
“I hope the Xuan Yellow Sutra is useful,” Han Sen thought to himself . But then he suddenly heard Bao’er shouting, “Dad, something is coming . Come and help me!”
Han Sen saw Bao’er’s small hand clutching the Underworld Silk . She seemed to be struggling . The Underworld Silk had latched onto something heavy that kept the line taut, just like earlier .
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Han Sen raced over to her and grabbed hold of Bao’er’s Underworld Silk to pull the next item up . Whatever he was bringing up now was heavier than the Four Sheep Cube .
Han Sen and Bao’er fought against that immense weight . There was a power that was pulling downward, struggling against them . They were on the verge of losing the Underworld Silk or getting pulled into the lake themselves .
The sixteen little piggies came over, too . They all stood in a line to bite the Underworld Silk . Then they leaned back, pulling it like a big game of tug o’ war .
“Put your back into it, comrades… One, two, one, two…” Two people and sixteen small piglets were pulling the silk . They all shouted . After half a day, they finally saw something emerge from the lake .
When they finally saw it, Han Sen couldn’t help but shout, “It is the Four Sheep Cube again!”
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