Dan Feng went on, "You once said we were very much alike."
"But we're different."
When you're the "Xianzhou Marshal"...
What have you ever wanted to do, from the bottom of your heart, of your own will as "Xianyu"?
Almost nothing.
You devoted what little selfishness you had to Jingliu, to us, and to your subordinates.
You treated your subordinates, the Current Marshal, and the Xianzhou natives, none of whom shared your blood, as your children, and poured all your energy into them.
Even now, you have no children of your own blood.
Is it because you can no longer spare even a little energy for your own children?
Or because you don't want them to follow in your footsteps?
Or... because you want Jing Yuan to take over smoothly as Xianzhou Marshal?
Dan Feng didn't know.
Rather than any of those possibilities, he would have preferred that Xianyu simply didn't like children.
He would have preferred that this was a decision Xianyu had made of his own free will, rather than a sacrifice and compromise he had finally made after the Xianzhou drained him of all his energy.
Dan Feng raised his eyes and gazed at Xianyu.
You're human.
Not a god seated alone on high, for others to kneel before and worship.
Every human has their imperfections.
You're allowed to feel joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness. You're allowed to make mistakes, to hesitate...
From now on, live for yourself.
After a moment, Dan Feng smiled and said,
"Give him... a name."
They both knew that the "him" Dan Feng spoke of was his reincarnation.
Xianyu sounded hesitant.
"...Are you sure?"
Dan Feng's expression froze.
Xianyu and Jingliu had no children, but they had raised many animals together.
The health management team the Current Marshal had hired for them