Chapter 13: Heaven Rewards the Virtuous

Waking up int he morning, Zhi Rui immediately wore a robe and directly went to the library of the manor.

Reading the enormous encyclopedia book, she understood that is not that uncommon to have a different color of refined energy. later in cultivation, it takes the color of the path you choose basically. But it only happens after the fifth rank, where you have five innate abilities, and can Refinefive cores. Zhi Rui still ranks one, it shouldn't be possible.

In the library, Zhi Rui sat on the ground; cultivation related books all around her in piles.

After hours of skimming through Zhi Rui didn't find anything relevant. It was almost noon

She could hear her belly grumble, Zhi Rui didn't stop she put all the books back, started to take new ones.

walking through the stands Zhi Rui stopped she took an old dusted book from the shelf looking at it closely its and old folklore 'The war of calamities.' Zhi Rui opened to cover.

By the time the book was closed again, it was already afternoon. She thirsty and hunger assaulted her, but what she read remained as a priority.

It was almost a fairy tale, a legend from the past, the kind of thing the people tell children. But Zhi Rui couldn't just let it go.

The book talked about the war between demons and saints. At some time in the past, seven supreme demons and seven supreme saints resided in this realm. The demons were the embodiment of the seven capital sins, while the saints were the seven virtues themselves.

They divided the realm in half and every single one of them had their own kingdoms, they fought tirelessly for an uncountable amount of years. But they never defeated the other.

Until a hero succeeded in break their equilibrium. With time and sacrifice, all seven demons were defeated.

The hero then warned the realm. "Before their demise, Each of the demons put a curse on the realm, 'Every thousand of years someone worthy of their burden will receive their blessing.'

From then on, the last two supreme saints that survived rebuilt the world and the teachings. Every person who showed the trait of one of the capital sin were condemned. But even like this, strong people kept appearing through the times and every single one stood in defiance.

Even though it's obvious propaganda it still listed the characters powers. and for some coincidence; 'it's too similar.' Thinking about the semblance the demon of lust has with herself. they all have one common characteristic, the dense raw power of their abilities. Red refined energy And they all have a kind of obsession

In the book, of all seven sins, those blessed by lust died first, due to the blessing's, to not deny one's own desire. They needed to live in lust to remain strong otherwise they would weaken, so they were discovered due to their wild and unrestrained nature.

'But that's confusing I have the density power, but I still act with restraint, I still put on the righteous hat. So why am I becoming strong?'

She remembered the encyclopedia, there's a specific righteous cultivator that lived as a wanderer for all of his life, it is said that he spread joy wherever he walked. He was killed when three sect leaders of the demonic path caught him.

In the fight, he took two of the demons lives and injured heavily the survivor before dying.

'Now, Zhi Rui doesn't believe in selfless deeds. Everything is conditional.

Why would a wondering poor righteous path master be so relentlessly pursued and killed by three old demonic monsters? People with the heart of a demon do not love things above their own life, they do not seek death.

Something he did or have, caused a deep fear of death or greed in those old demons. And where a wonderer poor master can have such strength to face three demons of a level above his own, and still kill two before his death?

'Every place he goes he spreads joy' this phrase kept repeating on Zhi Rui head. Images kept passing through her head. General Cheng's excitement about his daughter's true face, Zheng Li entering the mansion holding his lips where she kissed him, Hilda's blushing appearance because of her kiss, Zhun Xuying in ecstasy for forming a core and receiving the opportunity to have her revenge.'

So it's like that?' even though nothing was certain Zhi Rui had this hint, and it made her smile.

Zhi Rui breathed in deeply, she slowly sat cross-legged on the floor, her mind went to inside her inner core. What was a light red refined energy turned into blood red denser energy 'So the rule is to satiate lust no matter whose? I have to test it'

Seated cross-legged in the ground of the library between a stand of books, Zhi Rui's shoulder's were trembling, she undid her stance leaned her body backward and laughed out loud! "HEAVENS REALLY REWARD THE VIRTUOUS! HAHAHAHAHAH!"

The maids passing outside the library had chills on their backs

the sardonic laugh spread through the manor, everyone near the library were scared away. Soon the whole area around gone silent.

Zhi Rui calmed herself down, 'that righteous wonderer certainly had the blessing of lust, but he must have more understanding about it Thus roaming free and unrestrained for hundreds of years accumulating wealth an increasing his strength. by feeding his and other people's desire

"What is Lust?" Zhi Rui asked herself. As she knows it for working in the brothel as a child

people use lust in reference to sex, but the essence is in forgoing conscience and consequences for the sake of pleasure, Lust is not gluttony, you don't want to consume, you want to taste, neither it is greed, owning or obtaining isn't important, the important is to enjoy. lust is the sin that wants pleasure above anything else, regardless of consequence.

The people who came to the brothel committing adultery knowing it'll break another's person's heart, that's lust

the person who rather drink than spend sober time with anything else.

That's lust

The person who puts it's own desires above other people's misery

That's lust

The desire for the unnatural, obsession with pleasure. To pursue a desire even if it's unlawful or wrong, regardless of consequence–That's lust

Above morality, above the right and wrong Lust is the embodiment of the act of indulging in the pleasure of meeting one own wishes regardless of consequence or damage.

Lust is a person that will not deny or abstain from its heart's desire.