Chen Chang Sheng knew that he would die at the next moment.
The moment he pushed the door, he prepared many plans. Even if he really met the old guest who was at saint stage, he did not think he would definitely die because he believed that as long as he could communicate, then he could change his fate.
But behind the door was a black dragon.
In legends, the dragon was noble, strong but never kind.
Dragon wouldn’t communicate with humans. They disdained to communicate with humans or at least they felt that it was shameful to communicate with a common human like him.
To this, he didn’t have any preparation.
He had prepared for death for many years but when death truly came, he realized that he wasn’t prepared well enough for it.
He realized that death was something that one couldn’t prepare for.
The underground dimension was deadly silent. The lights of the Nightly Pearls, like snow, fell on his body.
He felt a bit cold and suddenly, he felt very tired. He knew whatever he was going to do was simply a waste of time, so he stopped trying to stand up, and even stopped thinking what would happen next. He raised his head, looked at the terrifying mountain-like dragon’s head with a calm and relieved composure.
“It seems that my master is right, I am truly unfortunate.”
He did not know if this black dragon could understand the human language or not but he thought, such a noble creature, even if it could understand, it would feel shameful to listen. Because of this, Chen Chang Sheng spoke the words that he never told anyone before to the black dragon.
“I have an incurable disease.”
“I can’t live past twenty.”
“Master is the best doctor in the continent and my medical skill is not bad but, we both can’t cure it.”
“This disease is more fatal than any fatal disease. It’s not a disease, but fate.”
“I am unfortunate.”
“After arriving at the capital, I spent a lot of effort. I finally got into the Tradition Academy, acquired the right to participate in the Great Trial and although I am still very far away from Ling Yan Pavilion, after taking the first step towards it and encountering Luo Luo, I thought my fortune was gradually getting better.”
“Surprisingly, I encounter you tonight.”
“My fortune is actually still so bad.”
Chen Chang Sheng’s face was a little pale not because of fear but because of the frost and snow.
Now that he was fearless, he could face a legendary brutal black dragon.
He no longer cared if this black dragon could understand him or not, or if it wanted to hear his words or not.
He knew that he would die soon, so if he didn’t speak these words now, he won’t have any chance to say them.
“Everyone says that life is fated and that no matter how terrible it is, it’s unchangeable. However, I don’t want to give up.”
A power came from nowhere and supported him to stand up. He raised his head and looked at the beautiful Nightly Pearls on the roof. He narrowed his eyes a bit, like a pitiful joey looking at the first sunshine in the morning, he was happy and hopeful.
“I want to stay alive. I want to live past twenty, then one hundred, even five hundred, eight hundred. I want to live longer and longer. The best would be if I could live forever and never die….but first, I must live past twenty, so I live very carefully.”
“Everyday I sleep early and wake up early. Everyday I exercise. I was never picky and never overate. It’s not my personality, so I only can have a healthy diet. According to the medical books, I use a little balance to measure meats and veggies to eat and even so, I never felt tired of it. Until after twelve, I turned all of these into instincts.”
“I care about time. I use all my time to study xiuxing, I want to interact with all of these fantastic knowledges before twenty and even more, I want to change my fate through xiuxing. This way, I can have the opportunity to see more beautiful landscapes after twenty.”
He looked at black dragon said, “Yes, all I did, all of the rules I set for myself are for staying alive. The most important thing in life is to stay alive. For this, I am willing to pay any price. I am trying my best to stay alive.”
The black dragon’s look at the youngster was still cold and brutal — probably because it didn’t understand the human language or more likely because it didn’t care. It was like an ant sadly waving its foreleg towards a tree branch and the child observing it only finding it interesting or funny.