Strange Tales: You're an Official, but you're raising a bunch of Demonessess? - Chapter 45

Chapter 45: Life is a Book

“You… youngsters! Just for that remark, I’ll give you eighty lashes!”

How can there be someone like this?

Looking at Bai Yu with a disdainful expression. Lan Su suddenly doubted his status as the Ninth Five Supreme.

Is it really so intolerable?

Who willn’t aspire to be an emperor?

This represents the pinnacle of worldly status!

No one would be disrespectful or unadmiring!

This person…

Bai Yu shrugged, “Your Majesty, is there a problem with what I said?”

Unnatural, what he said seems a bit unreasonable. Although I didn’t understand the meaning of ‘Nine-Nine Six,’ working late into the night seemed challenging.

Lan Su twitched his mouth, unsure of what to say.

“Don’t joke around!”

“Bai Yu, tell me seriously, why are you an officer? What are your goals?”

Lan Su thought for a while, then continued to ask Bai Yu. The tense atmosphere at the beginning disappeared in just a few sentences. The two didn’t know each other well but seemed like ordinary people chatting.

Bai Yu smiled, “Your Majesty, I’ve been clear! Being an officer is about power and wealth!”

Lan Su shook his head, not correcting Bai Yu’s straightforward views on greed for money and power.

Looking into Bai Yu’s eyes, he said firmly, “Not only that!”

He knew this young man’s thoughts were not so simple. The answer to this question was crucial.

This young man is extraordinary!

Indescribable, unimaginable, unpredictable. If used well, it’s a great achievement. If used poorly, it’s a disaster! He can’t afford to be careless!

“Tsk~.”

“Picture what?”

Bai Yu froze, facing the emperor’s gaze, gradually restraining his smile.

He pointed to a volume on the table, “Your Majesty, what do you think of this document?”

“Um?”

Lan Su raised his eyebrows. The booklet was just a court document.

Does Bai Yu have the sorcery of reading through books?

He didn’t understand Bai Yu’s words.

Bai Yu said softly, “Life is like this book! Some people have a thick book. Others have a shallow one.”

“Broadly speaking, a group of people is also a book. Heroes occupy more space, while the unknown occupy less.”

“More broadly, a kingdom, an era, is also a book! Spread the pages evenly, and it’s just a few strokes!”

Bai Yu talked eloquently, Lan Su listened but stared blankly at the book, immersed in his words.

“Your Majesty, as time extends infinitely backward, you, me, and everything in this world become symbols, recorded in this book.”

“Some may be a word, a line of characters, a page of paper, and some may disappear without a trace, not even a single ink drop.”

Lan Su froze, his eyes widened, and his mind raced.

Looking at the book, he was speechless. At this moment, he perhaps understood Bai Yu’s meaning.

“But!”

Bai Yu changed the topic, his voice rising, “Some people, even after a thousand years, can still become an entirely independent and thick book, occupying the largest space in this era! Become the brightest and most shining legend, passed on for generations!”

Bai Yu pointed to his chest. His meaning was clear.

He smiled, “Your Majesty, are you satisfied with Bai Yu’s answer?”

Lan Su: …

The old emperor was speechless, sitting in front of the case, staring at the magnificent young man listening to his extraordinary words. Perhaps, over the centuries, there would always be such a shocking genius. He lowered his eyes, his heart disturbed many times today. It began to beat violently again, becoming more and more surging.

Unrestrained passion emerged. But then, remembering something, he touched the white hair on his sideburns. Cold water poured down from the top of the head. The passionate heart gradually cooled, the smile faded, and despondency filled his face.

After all, he sighed softly, “I am old!”

Forty-five years old is considered advanced for an emperor.

Every day, he exhausted his mind.

He won’t live for a few years!

What a shame!

Why, at this age, did he get such a talented minister?

So unwilling!

He also wanted to make his name the most shining book recorded in the flow of time.

With this astonishing young man…