"What is what?"
Watching the boy, who didn't know the meaning of fear, Qi Shan suppressed the strange feeling in his heart. "Pacify the whole world? You really dare to dream. When poor, one should tend to oneself alone; when prosperous, one should help all under heaven. You can barely keep yourself fed and clothed, yet you want to help all under heaven and bring wisdom to the people?"
"Why can't I?"
At first, Shen Tang had only been joking around with Zhai Le, but Qi Shan's question had instead provoked her rebellious streak. She might lose the fight, but she wouldn't lose the argument! She spoke with righteous conviction, her words ringing with certainty.
"Even a common man can harbor lofty ambitions! As long as the blood in my chest still runs hot, I could never be unmoved by the suffering of these people."
So even bragging in this world came with a tax?
If you didn't even dare to dream, then you were truly done for.
"I'm young and strong, and I can even create things with Word Spirits. Why can't I dream? Du Shaoling wandered through Shu, down on his luck and destitute, with only his hungry children and old wife by his side, yet he could still cry out, 'If only there were a vast mansion...'"
A sudden change struck!
Shen Tang had only uttered four characters when, in an instant, the literary energy filling her Dantian was drained away, not a trace left!
An intense weakness spread through her limbs, darkening her vision and making her legs buckle. She pitched forward.
If Zhai Le hadn't been quick enough to catch her by the shoulder, her pretty face would have had an intimate encounter with the ground.
"Brother Shen! Brother Shen, what's wrong?"
The sudden turn