The Road of Bugui

"What are you going to do? You're still so young. Children shouldn't go up there. Sacrifice is an adult's responsibility."

"Your Majesty, when a forest is caught in a wildfire, neither towering trees nor shrubs can escape... Master said that cultivators should act as they please, and clinging to life isn't shameful.

"But if one can sacrifice oneself for all living beings, the merit is immeasurable..."

"..."

When the little Daoist plunged into the Spirit Locking Array with red eyes, the corners of his mouth were still pitch-black, stained with the soot left behind from eating roasted taro.

He was a gluttonous little Daoist.

Potato smacked his lips.

The charred taro hadn't been peeled, and the inside was already soft. It was fragrant and starchy, with a faintly burnt, bitter taste.

"Didn't I say so? The best thing in this world is sugar. Everything else tastes awful! This taro is especially terrible. It isn't sweet at all!"

He watched as the little Daoist, like a tiny matchstick, quickly burned away his last glow amid the blazing fire.

He was as calm as if he were watching a fire in a stove.

"They should die. They all deserve to die. After a wildfire, new life will grow from the ashes in the wasteland..."

"This is my empire..."

"Your Majesty, please restrain your grief..."

Mao Jgong dipped his own roasted taro in white sugar and gave it to Potato.

With the sweetness, Potato instantly understood the wonder of roasted taro.

He stopped crying.

He simply ate the sugar-coated taro in huge mouthfuls, his eyes red.

His mouth was covered in sugar frosting.

This wasn't granulated sugar, but sugar powder extracted from a mutated tuber plant. It was just as delicious as soft white sugar.

When Wu Weizi found the Human Emperor, he