Chapter 63: Long Shiyan"s Influence
Today"s battle was enough for Long Shiyan to rest for a long time. Not only was her battered body exhausted, but her spirit had also taken a toll. Too much of her Douqi was consumed and her body only had enough energy to maintain its normal operations.
However, in terms of personality, she couldn"t talk to Zi Linglong and the rest about her problems. Furthermore, she would try to bear with everything by herself. Of course, this was also a no-brainer.
When it came to Long Shiyan, she was just an ordinary person in her previous life. She grew up in an orphanage without parents. This also crafted her reclusive disposition.
After she crossed over into this world, she learned the feelings of familial affection and slowly gained a more optimistic mindset.
She learned to smile and love; she learned to tease and act cute.
However, the joyful times did not last long. While her family was returning home to celebrate her grandfather"s birthday, they were surrounded by bandits. Her parents were cornered and attacked by the bandits to save her.
She almost fell apart when she witnessed this scene.
Then, she fell into the “spiritual fragrant floral water” and received the inheritance of the Flower G.o.d. Once she obtained the system, she learned that it was not an angel.
Before, she used to reject the system, but then she began to slowly accept it. Afterward, she gradually destroyed Long Aotian"s plan to capture beauties, obtained Zi Linglong, and attended the Holy Spirit Magic School with her.
Here, she and Zi Linglong had many wonderful experiences together.
No one would understand her feelings toward this school.
Her time here was a memory, sustenance, and hope.
However, the leaders of the school tried to kill her, and all her efforts had been in vain. The whole world was against her. Magical beasts, the school, Long Aotian, and even the will of the world were out to get her.
She was tired, and all she wanted to do was sleep.
However, from the beginning to the finish, she had been unable to stop giving all her efforts to fulfill her goals and was frequently persuaded by the system Qian Qian. The system gave her a chance to resurrect again and used the bloodline of the seven-tailed beast cat to alter her body.
The seven-tailed beast cat race was a part of the beastmen race. The seven-tailed beast cats had once competed with the behemoth race to become the strongest, but now they became extinct. The seven-tailed beast cats were powerful existences on the same as dragons and behemoths. The moment one was born, it would have the same strength as a ninth-level fighter.
Therefore, Long Shiyan"s level had rapidly soared.
After she was resurrected, she became different from before as if she had lost sight of the world. There was only sadness and sorrow underneath her cold exterior as she rejected people from approaching her.
Anyway, the world"s will did the contrary to what she wanted by sending her enemies. She honestly didn"t want to deal with them. What she wanted was to help those who offered her warmth within the Holy Spirit Magic School.
She abhorred bandits and continued to ransack bandits on the road during her journey back to the school. On the way, she perfected her skills in using her new abilities.
When she returned to the Holy Spirit Magic School again, Long Shiyan became merciless. As long as she could protect those plot"s main characters and prevent them from being captured, she would be satisfied.
She did not reveal her ident.i.ty to the Student Holy Spirit Group and hid beside Long Aotian, eliminating the capture targets near him.
All of humanity, no! At first, she despaired at the thought of how all of the living beings in this world were her enemies.
But soon, she changed her mind.
One day, she was taking a stroll to find the changes that had taken place in the school during the time she left.
A little boy injured his leg while secretly training in the back mountain. While a boar was staring him down at a close range, Long Shiyan saved him at the most critical juncture.
Long Shiyan indifferently carried him toward a safe area. On the way, she asked the boy, "It"s so dangerous in the mountain, why would you secretly sneak over here?"
The boy said to her, “I want to grow up and become like the head of the group. To that, I must become brave. I want to be strong, and then protect my brother and sister, along with the students of this school. And then, I will become a hero in the future.”
“Head of the group?” Long Shiyan remembered that she replied as such on that day.
“Right!” the boy said in excitement, “the head of the group is great! To protect our school from the onslaught of magical beasts, she took on the magical beast wave and sacrificed herself.”
Long Shiyan recalled that she was puzzled back then. “Who told you that?” she asked.
“Huh, you don"t know who she is?! Everyone knows who she is! Isn"t it harder to not know when everyone keeps talking about her? She"s so strong and great!” Then he said to her, “My brother told that the head of the group is the kindest and most beautiful girl of all, just like the G.o.ddess Okasola. She prevented my elder sister from being bullied by her roommates and taught her how to become powerful. She is not only strong but also wise. Although she sacrificed herself, her spirit will always be in this school.”
“She is dead, shouldn"t you be sad?” she asked at that time.
“Not sad at all!” His answer was unexpected. “My elder sister told me that the head of the group did not die. She might be living somewhere out there in this world. I chose to believe my sister.”
His conviction was not broken!
At that time, Long Shiyan"s mood was extremely complicated. Later, the information she gathered from several other students was similar, and the school kept the spirit of Okasola that she deliberately left behind.
In modern terms, Okasola was like the Virgin Mary but different. Okasola was a G.o.ddess who would help others at the most crucial moment, and the most important teachings of Okasola included hard work and self-improvement.
The Long Shiyan at that time was very surprised. She was originally doing things to raise her reputation, but she didn"t expect for her actions to be interpreted this way.
After her death, the school motto suddenly changed to “Vigorously carry forward the spirit of Okasola and learn to work hard, help others, and strive for self-improvement.”
Moreover, to become strong, everyone carried out the meanings of those words, which was from an excerpt from the book that the system wrote. The book explained the advantages of being a strong person, etc. It was the book that reformed others.
The meaning of becoming strong!
This book encouraged the minds of those who wanted to be strong and also completely revolutionized the world views of women. It was a book written by the system Qian Qian as it contained Long Shiyan"s world views.
Furthermore, the protagonist of this book was a girl.
What the system “wrote” was certainly not bad, but the meanings of Long Shiyan"s doctrine and propaganda were in there. In any case, it was just a book while the number of people who read it was few even though many people tried to promote it.
However, after she died, the book became widespread, which lead to the current situation.
The school was growing more and more as its advantages were likewise increasing. Once the two leaders of the school noticed Long Shiyan"s influence and the positive energy she brought, it was too late. They realized that their mistakes could not be redeemed.
They got rid of a girl with this much significance.
Then, they secretly promoted her Okasola spirit and then went into seclusion before completely disappearing once the ruins appeared.
No matter what kind of turmoil brewed within the school, the ordinary students wouldn"t be aware of it. Therefore, their mentality had remained unchanged, as if they were newborn chicks being protected by their mother bird.
Long Shiyan felt a bit awkward. She had to admit it that she originally did these things for prestige. While she had an ulterior motive, many students still followed and worshipped her.
She was mistaken as a woman who chased after perfection.
Then, her mindset began to change. Her thoughts of the world weren"t as ruined anymore. Many people could still love her without being affected by the will of the world. This was the greatest comfort to her, and she was inspired by the humans of this world.
No one could understand the feeling of being isolated from the world than she. No one knew how it felt to be the enemy of the world and become rejected by it!
At first, she felt that it was unacceptable for her efforts to be unrecognized. But when she returned to this school and discovered that her efforts were not in vain, she was elated.
Therefore, to make up for her guilt, she decided to protect the school to respond to the worship and beliefs of the students. However, did the number one school in the continent needed her protection?
Therefore, she thought that the only thing she could do was treat the students well.
But that was not the case! The enchantment disruption incident made her understand that the school wasn"t as strong as it seemed. In the end, she did not need to reveal her ident.i.ty and responded as she would when she was Long Shiyan to ensure that the school resumed order.
Her every movement was to protect the school, and for this reason, she would put her life on the line. During the fight from earlier, the ninth-level expert discovered her weakness and tried to kill ordinary students. However, Long Shiyan did not hesitate to endanger herself to protect them.
The battle scene was still very fresh in her mind.
On the contrary, against the bounty hunters of the a.s.sa.s.sins" union, she was decisive with killing them. She ma.s.sacred them mercilessly and ended up reeking with blood.
Her heart was changing yet again.
Additionally, she obtained the inheritance of a G.o.d and could be equivalent to a false G.o.d. As long as the strong Saints broke through to G.o.d-level, they could absorb the power of faith. But Long Shiyan was an exception since she could absorb the power of faith.
During her unconsciousness, she felt a unique sensation.
As for those who had the most contact with her, Zi Linglong came in first, and then there were the other students. Their faith in her was increasing.
Faith could be turned into divine power and once it turned into power, it could heal or resurrect others.
As long as there was enough faith, there would be no problem in resurrecting a person. Of course, this person must be her follower. After all, Long Shiyan was not a True G.o.d. Since she didn"t have a religion, her power of faith was very weak.
However, it was sufficient.
She could continue to fight and feel the tiny wishes hidden within these beliefs.
She was already a new G.o.d.
Although she was still human in strength, having an ident.i.ty as a G.o.d was enough.
Even if more people came over, even if outside forces invaded, even if she had to face a dragon or magical beast, even if she experienced something painful yet again, she would not fall. She must become the one who would laugh in the bitter end.
This was her will. Her commitment.
When she opened her eyes, the world re-appeared before her. No one was around aside from the system who floated in the air with a surprised expression.
“You…”
"Is it that miraculous?"
"No! It"s not that strange." System Qian Qian shook her head and said, "It"s easy to explain. Regardless of your reasons, you saved so many students and unlocked the inheritance of the G.o.ds. Then, your inheritance will automatically accept the power of faith.”
“However, your faith is not completely unadulterated because the students are only grateful at most. Only they could bring you faith. Students who truly believe in you are the ones who are obedient to you. They revere and love you.”
At this moment, Zi Linglong came in. When she saw Long Shiyan, she rushed towards her and embraced her within her arms. Tears suddenly invaded the pure white bedsheets.
(TLN: I decided not to take votes anymore. Also, I won"t be doing a ma.s.s release on Nov 1. But based on the number of voters (40 voters from here = 4 extra ch), I will be releasing the last 4 chapters at once so you guys don"t have to wait days in between the epilogue and after story. Note that villainess is ending soon in chapter 79. )