Meng Shu's Half-Life of Wandering, Regretting Not Meeting a Wise Lord, Today

As Lin Feng's voice echoed, Dragon Duke Meng Shu immediately knelt on the ground without any hesitation.

"I, Meng Shu, have drifted through life, only regretting not meeting a wise lord. If you, my lord, do not disdain me today, I am willing to serve you with all my might!"

"Me too," the Snake Dowager chimed in.

Lin Feng: "..."

Seeing the Dragon Duke and Snake Dowager kneel one after another, appearing as if they wanted to pledge allegiance to him, Lin Feng's mind went blank. He didn't understand what was happening.

This wasn't entirely Lin Feng's fault. He was born on the relatively peaceful Blue Star in his previous life, and the timeline he was in after transmigrating to the Douluo world was after Dou San.

In the timeline after Dou San, regardless of what was happening behind the scenes, the surface remained relatively peaceful, and people rarely killed each other over minor disagreements.

But this was Dou Yi, a time when Soul Masters were still in a state of wild growth, and the two great empires were still in a weak position!

In the Dou Yi timeline, especially when Spirit Hall hadn't yet made its powerful move, the entire Soul World openly embraced the law of the jungle. Soul Sages like Zhao Wuji and Flander had long since taken countless lives. Shrek Academy's teaching even involved letting students experience the feeling of killing.

On the Dragon Duke and Snake Dowager's side, their first thought upon seeing a genius was to recruit them. If recruitment failed, they would resort to killing. It could be said that the entire Dou Yi period was a completely chaotic world governed by the law of the jungle.

And in a chaotic world, if one accidentally offended a powerful individual, the consequences would be predictable.

Even a verbal offense, in this era with almost no legal constraints, or rather, when laws couldn't restrain powerful Soul Masters, left only two choices: die or become a dog begging for forgiveness. There was no third option.

If it were the Dou Er period, the situation wouldn't be like this. Because by then, the various empires had Titled Douluo. Except for Shrek, which possessed sufficient power, no one could completely disregard the law.

But unfortunately, this was Dou Yi. Even though the Dragon Duke and Snake Dowager could contend with Titled Douluo-level combat power, when facing someone they couldn't defeat, they could only surrender quickly. They had no powerful nation backing them, and they themselves didn't hold royalty in high regard.

It couldn't be helped, as the two great empires in the Dou Yi period had no Titled Douluo.

The weakness of the nations inevitably led to the powerlessness of the laws. If they were killed today, they would be killed, and the matter would be over. Some might even praise Lin Feng, because in Dou Yi, Titled Douluo represented justice.

As someone born after Dou San, even though Lin Feng knew about the law of the jungle, he had never truly been prey in this era where he had few opponents. Therefore, he found it difficult to understand why the Dragon Duke and Snake Dowager knelt so quickly.

However, Lin Feng's incomprehension was viewed differently by the Dragon Duke and Snake Dowager.

They didn't know that Lin Feng wasn't from this era. So, steeling their hearts, they directly pulled Meng Yiran forward.

"My lord, this is my granddaughter, Meng Yiran. We beg you to let her serve you as proof of our loyalty!"

Dragon Duke Meng Shu said with tears in his eyes. He doted on his granddaughter the most, but when faced with absolute power that could determine the survival of their family, he couldn't even consider her.

They didn't dare to resist! They would never dare to resist in this lifetime!

He and the Snake Dowager's Spirit, Dragon Record, could at most fight against a Titled Douluo of level ninety-one or ninety-two, and they still couldn't win.

But the Tang Hao from before, and the Titan Giant Ape that had just fled, weren't both beings whose strength surpassed that of an average level ninety-five Titled Douluo? Yet, they ran faster than rabbits. Those who knew would think Lin Feng had fought the Clear Sky Douluo and the King of the Forest, but those who didn't would think he had kicked away two stray dogs.

Lin Feng had suppressed them the entire time, and even the Haotian Hammer couldn't harm his body. If they had truly fought, they wouldn't have been able to escape, like stray dogs by the roadside.

"This servant, Meng Yiran, is willing to be your lord's dog and horse, serving at your command." Seeing her grandfather hand her over, Meng Yiran wasn't surprised. As someone from a prominent family, she naturally knew how to protect herself and her family when facing an invincible force.

"There's no need for such formality. What happened before was not a big deal," Lin Feng waved his hand, signaling them to rise.

Sensing no sarcasm or hidden meaning in Lin Feng's voice, the three finally breathed a sigh of relief. However, their relief wasn't complete, as they were facing someone who could kill them with a single palm strike without taking any damage. After a moment of thought, the Dragon Duke stepped forward.

"My lord, if you don't find it distasteful, please allow Yiran to be your concubine." Lin Feng said he didn't mind, but Meng Shu dared not believe Lin Feng truly didn't mind. This was a principle he had adhered to from childhood to old age.

Lin Feng looked at Meng Yiran, noting her good looks and figure, and nodded. "Very well."

Lin Feng did not refuse Meng Shu's proposal. The reason was simple: Lin Feng wasn't controlled by his lower half, but that didn't mean he didn't have one.

No matter what, Lin Feng was in a world that couldn't be considered absolutely safe. In such a world, unless one had a perfectly fixed script, who could guarantee they wouldn't die from some accident?

One day was spent cultivating, and after finally becoming strong, to suddenly be killed by an even stronger individual, or to die from an accident, would make one's life seem too tragic in retrospect.

Therefore, good food, beautiful women, and all beautiful things were what Lin Feng pursued. Since the ending wasn't fixed, experiencing the best possible scenery along the way was one of Lin Feng's pursuits.

Studying or cultivating was for a better life, not for endless study and cultivation.

As for dedicating oneself solely to cultivation and ignoring everything else, Lin Feng could only scoff. That kind of talk only fooled idiots; it wouldn't fool him. As an adult soul, Lin Feng always had his own judgment.

Just like in his previous life, some idiots would fantasize and praise the wealthy for their sophistication and detachment from vulgarity, as if they had evolved into saintly beings.

In reality, as long as one was human, they liked the same things, whether it was beautiful women, good food, or a better house.

Some scoundrels might have even played with 'beauty paper' in private, then wiped their mouths and bragged to hungry men that those things were nothing special and that reading was better for self-cultivation.

After satisfying themselves, they would then try to fool poor wretches who hadn't even touched a goddess's high heels, and surprisingly, a bunch of idiots would believe them.

Did those people ever consider that emperors like Qin Shi Huang, Han Wu Di, or Emperor Taizong of Tang, which of them were celibate and focused solely on their endeavors?

Even Liu Bang, who established the Han dynasty for four hundred years single-handedly, only knew not to be misled by beauty. After pacifying the world, he took multiple wives and concubines as he pleased. He had his imperial harem of seventy-two consorts.

If Liu Bang had been younger, he wouldn't have had so few children.

Lin Feng didn't believe he was more formidable than Liu Bang. Therefore, the realm of an "Immortal Venerable who sees beauties as mere bones" was something Lin Feng directly dismissed. He would cultivate when he should, and enjoy himself when he should. If he endured all the hardships to cultivate to a certain realm only to be casually killed by a stronger individual, then Lin Feng would have preferred not to have transmigrated at all.

PS: Writing this way will likely lead to comments about the protagonist being controlled by his lower half or becoming Meng Yiran's dog. But there's no helping it. As I said, the protagonist doesn't believe he's more formidable than Liu Bang. Therefore, the protagonist isn't hindered by his lower half and doesn't refuse when beauties actively offer themselves, because to me, that's a normal person.