Only at the Mahayana Stage Does the Reversal System Appear - Chapter 693

Chapter 691 Hurting Each Other

. Jiang Li’s expression flashed with sudden realization, and he let out a long, drawn-out “Ah, so that’s your goal. It’s okay, I won’t take it to heart.”

Upon hearing this, Bai Hongtu immediately realized the problem: “You’re a vengeful person. It’s impossible not to take this to heart. You haven’t been influenced by this world! How can you lie!”

Yu Yin also realized that Jiang Li was lying.

Bai Hongtu had once said that Jiang Li’s singing was terrible, saying only pigs would listen to him.

Then Jiang Li insisted on singing by Bai Hongtu’s bed every morning to wake him up. Others who heard him thought Bai Hongtu had died and Jiang Li was mourning.

From then on, Bai Hongtu completely gave up his habit of sleeping in and diligently cultivated, determined to defeat Jiang Li.

Bai Hongtu’s ambitions were lofty, setting an unattainable goal that was only fading further and further away.

“Discovered so soon?” Jiang Li raised an eyebrow, thinking his concealment skills needed improvement.

“That’s unfair!” Bai Hongtu protested vehemently on behalf of the Dao Sect leader.

Yu Yin also glared at Jiang Li, demanding an explanation.

Jiang Li had no choice but to say, “Okay, okay, okay, then I swear that everything I say in the world of truth is true. If there is even a trace of falsehood, I will be punished by not being able to eat candied haws for the rest of my life.”

Bai Hongtu gasped, not expecting Jiang Li to make such a vicious oath.

He had thought Jiang Li would say that if he told a lie, he would be punished with the tribulation of becoming an immortal.

Jiang Li always liked to use the tribulation

of becoming an immortal when making oaths. Bai Hongtu was worried that Jiang Li would even give up eating candied haws to lie, so he tentatively asked, “What is the most shameful thing you have ever done?”

Jiang Li’s smile froze. He had not expected Bai Hongtu to come up with such a cruel oath right from the start.

He wavered between lying and never being able to eat candied haws again. Finally, he glared at Bai Hongtu and said through gritted teeth,

“I wrote a short story in which I imagined myself as the king of all the heavens and worlds, saying, ‘How dare you, traitors, disobey me?’ ‘Giving you death is my last mercy,’ ‘For you, what harm would I do if I became the enemy of the world,’ ‘How dare the world become my enemy?'”

As Jiang Li finished speaking, the atmosphere grew cold.

Jiang Li’s cheeks flushed, feeling that coming to this world was his biggest mistake.

Bai Hongtu broke out in a cold sweat, worried that he had learned a terrible secret and that Jiang Li would kill him to silence him and then disguise it as suicide.

He even had the headline for the Tianji Newspaper ready: Former Dao Sect leader Bai Hongtu died in Dao Sect, with a halberd wound on his back as the direct cause of death. According to the personal investigation by Human Emperor Jiang Li, assisted by Empress Zhou Jizhi, Bai Hongtu was determined to have committed suicide. The Human Emperor Palace expressed deep sorrow over Bai Hongtu’s unfortunate passing. This was a loss for Dao Zong, and even more so for Jiuzhou.

Yu Yin blinked, thinking Jiang Li’s words were quite powerful. Perhaps she could learn that way of speaking?

The Ruyi Gourd tried to pretend it was just an ordinary gourd, unable to hear or know anything.

Jiang Li felt he couldn’t be the only one to suffer embarrassment, so he casually asked, “Yu Yin, at first you said you couldn’t come to the True Word World, so why did you come?”

Yu Yin tried to keep silent, but couldn’t resist the inexplicable power of the True Word World. She said, “I was worried that if I came to the True Word World, I would spill my guts, which would be too embarrassing. Then Bai Hongtu tried to goad me. I knew it was a trick, so I came here to prove I wasn’t afraid.”

Yu Yin quickly covered her mouth, pretending she hadn’t said it herself.

She even felt like killing someone.

Why had she come here in the first place in such a rush of impulse?

Was the problem Jiang Li? No, it was Bai Hongtu. The root of everything was Bai Hongtu. If Bai Hongtu hadn’t provoked her, she wouldn’t have come.

Yu Yin slowly lowered her gaze to Bai Hongtu, causing him to shudder.

Bai Hongtu felt that if the three of them continued like this, they would all perish together. So he raised his hand and proposed, “I suggest that we keep in mind everything that happened in the True Word World and not tell anyone.”

Jiang Li and Yu Yin agreed.

“It’s rare for Old Bai to act like a human being,” Jiang Li said honestly.

“Indeed, it wasn’t easy,” Yu Yin also said honestly.

Seeing Bai Hongtu about to continue his questioning, Jiang Li quickly changed the subject: “Alright, let’s learn the language of this world.”

The three of them paused in their mutual harm and released their spiritual sense, covering the surrounding area. From the conversations of the people, they summarized the language patterns of the True Word World and learned it.

They also witnessed some conversations that were characteristic of the True Word World.

At university, they used their spiritual sense to “see” their teacher preparing for the final exam.

“Students, the final exam will cover topics beyond what I’ve covered. It won’t cover anything I’ve taught, so please feel free to take the exam.”

“Even if you fail, that’s perfectly normal. After all, I never intended for you to fail.”

“I know some of you are using memory chips to cope with the exam. The purpose of my questions is to show you that some questions can’t be answered with just memory chips.”

Hospital.

“Doctor, what exactly is my illness?”

“Yours is very complicated. I have two plans. One involves using nanorobots to repair your body functions in twenty stages. The other involves replacing your diseased organs with electronic ones.”

“I recommend the first plan, because I’ll get 20% of the first, and only 50% of the second.”

Company.

The boss is giving employees onboarding training.

“The company encourages everyone to work overtime on a voluntary basis so that you can create more profits for the company.”

“It’s not a bad thing for young people to work overtime. If you don’t work overtime when you are in good health, it will be difficult to work overtime when your health breaks down.”

“Your current ‘personal value’ is only 100. If you want to improve your ‘personal value’, you must work hard. After all, the channels for upward mobility in society are narrow, and you have no other choice.”

The court.

“The defendant committed intentional homicide and should be charged with murder. His ‘personal value’ will be deducted. If it is zero, the death penalty will be imposed.”

“The defendant is an entrepreneur who has created nearly a thousand jobs and is a local star entrepreneur, making significant contributions to the local economy. Calculations show that his ‘personal value’ is 630.” “

The deceased was a company employee, and his ‘personal value’ is 101.”

“Subtracting the two, the defendant’s ‘personal value’ is 529, not zero. The defendant will be released after serving his sentence.”

…

“Personal value?” All three noted the court’s verdict.

“It seems that in the world of truth, personal value is very important.”

(End of chapter)