Chapter 48 - Patriotism

Li Rui laughed when he realized that his merciless style of killing may have scared Wang Lei.

From his point of view, he didn't really have a strong urge for killing. He didn't mind handing them over to the law enforcers and having them decide what to do with the criminals.

But the main thing here was the gold coins!

One penny could have cost a hero's life. Since these criminals were scumbags, they might as well contribute something while dying in his arms.

"Brother Lei, being lenient to evil means being cruel to kindness. Since you are bound by the rules and couldn't get them, just leave them to me! To the field of justice!

Li Rui punched his chest with his firm eyes. He was entirely covered with a pure and holy light.

Wang Lei stared at him for a short while. He confirmed that there was no sense of evil madness on Li Rui and finally showed a happy smile.

"You little fellow!"

He violently rubbed his head and placed an arm over his shoulder while walking into an alley.

"Brother Lei, where are we going?"

"The Land of Inheritance!"

Li Rui's eyes widened!

But, The Land of Inheritance was not as magnificent as he had imagined.

As the slowly walked through the winding paths, it became more and more desolate. Want Lei pushed away some of the dense bushes and it revealed a rusty iron gate.

Yi~

Along with the sharp, piercing sound, a bottomless tunnel appeared in front of the two of them.

"Let's go!"

As Wang Lei was leading the way with an industrial torch, Li Rui looked around him curiously.

It was like an air raid shelter which had been abandoned for a very long time. There was a stale, moist, and musty smell.

But just as they went into the deepest end of the tunnel, it overturned all of Li Rui's assumptions.

It was a huge space that was shaped like a sphere. Its ceiling was about a dozen meters tall. It was so wide that it could fit an aircraft carrier.

Li Rui would have never thought that a place that was this close to the city would have such a huge military building.

By calculating the distance that they walked before this, this place should be in the middle of the mountain… Was this an air-raid shelter? Or a refuge?

Just when Li Rui's head was filled with all sorts of questions, Wang Lei stopped.

"Alright, we're here."

They were standing in the middle of the sphere and Li Rui did not find anything that was related to inheritance. There was only one solitary flagpole that stood here. The bright national flag was moving with the wind.

Wait, where did the wind come from?

Li Rui's pupils shrunk.

There was no hole that was near the top of the flagpole and there were no rapid currents that were moving in the sphere. How was the flag moving?

"Li Rui swear to the flag that you will use the cultivation technique that I have passed down to you to protect the people and the country. To protect… China!"

Wang Lei put away his usual relaxed expression and was standing straight like a mountain in front of him with a solemn look which gave out an endless oppressive force.

"I swear that I will use this to protect the people and the country. I will protect…"

He repeated the oath word by word. Suddenly, Li Rui could hear countless voices whispering in his ears.

The voices started from being obscure and slowly became clear and audible. Li Rui's mind seemed to have entered into a large ocean with countless people resonating with his oath.

The voices echoed in the huge and empty space and the voices overlapped each other as if there were hundreds of millions of soldiers who were at a battle in the darkness where the light did not shine on.

"I, as the first emperor of China, will pass this down to the next generation and the next and the next, and to the millions of generations after that." 

"Are the powerful and noble people born with their standings?!" 

"This is how a man should be… but I can replace him!" 

"The one who offended the mighty Han Empire, they shall be eliminated regardless of the distance!" 

"The wolf of the mountain, the Huns have fled and there is no more king in Monan!" 

"The Han Dynasty has already fallen. It's time for the Huang's era!" 

"Huang Sha has fought through thousands of battles with this armor and we shall not return if the armor doesn't break." 

"I am ashamed that it has not snowed. I hate it as I do not know when it will end. I will drive through the long journey and break through the Helan Mountain." 

"Every inch of ground that the sun and moon shine on belongs to the Hans, and everything from the river belongs to the Han officials." 

"The reforms of various countries have cost thousands of lives. For those who have not bled, those countries would never be prosperous. So please, start with your own heirs!"

…

There were countless voices echoing in Li Rui's ears. In the end, all of them merged together with his own voice and were repeating the oath with him. The souls were trembling uncontrollably, and the entire place was shaking with him.

System: [Warning! Warning! A True Divine Grade Contract is being generated and cannot be tampered with! Warning! Warning!]

The last two words were stuck in his throat. Li Rui closed his eyes and his facial expressions were constantly changing.

After a long while, he opened his eyes and it was entirely filled with determination.

"Protect… China!"

He had no problem with the oath and it definitely wasn't against his principles. Plus, he believed that Wang Lei would not harm him.

Boom!

Just as he said the last words, an invisible yet alarmingly pure energy flowed from the flag straight to his heart.

He didn't even have the time to react. The energy traveled like light into his body and after one round, it disappeared.

What was that… just now?

If it wasn't because the system had recorded the change in his body, he even thought that it was an illusion!

[Achieved the seed of True Divine Grade Energy]

True Divine Grade?

There are rankings that are even higher than those show-offs?

**The show-off mentioned here are those who play like shit and blame others for it. Plus, these are people who love to shit talk.

"Brother Lei, what was that just now?"

Looking at the flag that was hanging down from the pole like a dead body, Li Rui was so curious that it felt like a cat scratching his heart.

"Don't ask. If you ask, that means that you don't know about it yet. Once you reach a higher level, these secrets will be revealed to you."

Wang Lei slowly lowered the flag, folded it carefully, and placed it in a bag.

"Is this what they call a sealed item?"

Li Rui looked at the flag curiously.

"Who told you that this is a sealed item? This is just a normal flag. I borrowed it from the school next door. I still have to return it back to them."

Wang Lei rolled his eyes and walked towards the exit.

"Brother Lei waits up. Where's the inheritance that you mentioned? This is it?"

Li Rui followed directly behind him.

"I have already sent it to your terminal. Just go ahead and start."

"Huh? How can it be this casual? What if the smartphone is taken by someone else?"

"They would never break through it. Even if they break through, it would still be useless. They don't have the seed…"

Wang Lei froze for a moment when he noticed that he said something wrong and tried to forcefully change the topic.

However, when he heard the word 'seed', the cat that was scratching Li Rui's heart became even more restless.

'That sounds so cool!'

'This world is even deeper than the Mariana Trench!'

He walked out of the place with Wang Lei with a head full of questions. The bright sun shining outside that was piercing to the eyes made it feel like they were in another world.

Wang Lei went to the school next door to return the flag and abandoned Li Rui by the roadside.

After hailing a taxi, he went home with an uneasy feeling. Li Wei was still writing her homework and he quickly locked himself in his bedroom.

After unlocking his smart terminal, Li Rui immediately realized that he had a new authorization.