Helia was sitting by the pond, staring at the small waves spreading about on the water surface.
“Water and life… What a strange connection they have. No matter how much one fills or purifies, the other still thirsts and pollutes. It’s almost as if living itself is a curse.”
At the moment, she could see the glittering reflection of the sun, the fish swimming about, the plants growing underwater, and also the groundwater slowly rising up into the pond. It looked peaceful on the surface, but if one looked closely, there was one type of fish busy eating snails, and another type fighting for territory. There were also those aggressive fish that naturally disrupted the peace in the pond. The proceedings of the pond reminded her of human society in general. People mainly competed or fought for resources. Even if they had resources, they would
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WHIT 121 - SETTLING THE SCORE
In the Great Joint.Fabby was standing outside a room. A beautiful pink-haired girl who lost one of her legs was standing next to her, wearing a sad and angry face.“This is their room, right?” asked Fabby.“Yes, sister. They attacked me out of nowhere and not only stole my evergreat coins but also fed my leg to beasts,” she frustratingly said. She had a mole on her forehead. “I come from a poor family. With the state I’m in, I can’t earn enough to pay a great healer who can make my leg grow. My whole future has been spoiled by these two. Even if I go to the discipline hall, they won’t act. So I’ve come to you. Since you already have bad blood with them, even if you were to hurt them, the discipline hall won’t act. Please bring justice. I beg of you.”
WHIT 122 - THE WORLD WE LIVE IN
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WHIT 123 - RESCUE OPERATION
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WHIT 124 - JUST A BYPRODUCT
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WHIT 125 - WITHIN THE WINTER
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WHIT 126 - THE MAN IN THE GRAY MASK
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WHIT 127 - SUCCESS
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WHIT 128 - THE COIN I
The Great Wash was the testing ground for foot disciples, where they could be promoted to outer disciples, given they passed the required number of tests. It took Bontu hours to get to the testing grounds, as a lot of challenges kept popping in his way. For instance, there were some children who were begging for money. These were born inside the sect, and so they were also foot disciples like him, and though there were missions made especially for those around the level of the kids, they were mostly taken away by other outer disciples, leaving these kids with nothing but tougher missions that they couldn’t hope to finish. As a result, most of the children served other adult foot disciples, whereas a few resorted to begging in secret. Even though the children looked weak, Bontu didn’t give them any money or the evergreat coins. He just gave them some food.