Chapter 167: The Pure Knight, The Converted People
In the vast Sea of Stars, a spaceship and the Stellar Train encountered each other.
Suddenly, the spaceship began approaching the Stellar Train and continuously emitted signals.
“Looking at the emblem on the spaceship, it seems to be the Pure Beauty Knights. So urgent, did they run into trouble?” Himeko said in surprise.
“Pure Beauty Knights?”
Meng Huaifeng silently stood at the position closest to the train door.
Unexpectedly, even without going to the car wash star, they still encountered Silver Wolf.
Come on, he was already prepared to be praised; let the praise come even more fiercely.
The spaceship docked with the train, the hatch opened, and the one appearing before Meng Huaifeng was not the praise knight Silver Wolf.
Instead, it was a Company employee, bearded and somewhat haggard, who rushed into the train.
“Stellar Train, you are Nameless, right? That’s great! Please save him! You are knights-errant shuttling through the Galaxy; you can definitely rescue him! Please!” The Company employee knelt on the ground and pleaded urgently.
“Get up first; no need to kneel.” Meng Huaifeng hurriedly helped the employee up.
“You said to save him—who? Please explain clearly so we can help.” Welt asked.
“Yes, yes, my name is Verity. The one to save is a knight of the Pure Beauty Knights named Silver Wolf. He’s a bit strange, but he really is a good person.”
“We just met by chance. I accidentally fell into a rock cave, he found me, I asked him to pull me out, but he insisted I swear that the Pure Beauty Goddess Idrila’s beauty is unparalleled in the world before he would save me.”
“Swear and be done with it. I’m just a small Company employee; I don’t care about that. But he had to make me swear first before pulling me out, otherwise not. Isn’t that person strange?” Though saying he was strange, Verity’s voice choked up a bit.
“Pretty strange.” March 7th nodded in agreement.
“So I swore, he saved me, and promised to take me to a safe place. I thought I was saved, out of danger, and could soon return to the Company for a dull but safe and normal life.”
“But who knew that not long after, the spaceship flew into a dark red area and got stuck there. I’m just an ordinary employee, know nothing, and only heard him say we accidentally entered the body of a giant monster.”
“Then… then, he actually gave the spaceship to me. He went out to attack the monster’s insides, trying to make the monster’s stomach spasm and spit out the spaceship. He told me to drive the spaceship away immediately once successful, without stopping.”
“I… I was too scared. As soon as the spaceship was spit out, I immediately drove it far away as he said. I didn’t dare stop. When I calmed down, I realized what a despicable thing I did—I abandoned the benefactor who saved me twice and fled alone. I’m not human; I deserve to die!” Verity slapped himself twice.
“You’re just an ordinary person; even if you stayed, you couldn’t help.” The Train Crew did not blame this Company employee and comforted him.
Looking at the bruises on his face, clearly he hadn’t held back on slapping himself on the spaceship either.
“Woo woo, I’m just an ordinary Company employee, and have no relation to him. Why was he willing to sacrifice himself to save someone like me? For someone like him, do I deserve it? I don’t! Woo woo.” Verity cried bitterly.
“Indeed a righteous man. When did this happen? Do you remember where you encountered the monster? We can go take a look.” Himeko said.
“Four days ago! He’s so strong; even in the monster’s belly, four days should be fine, right? Of course I remember the place. After calming down, I went back a bit, but that monster seems able to go invisible. I couldn’t see it and didn’t dare get too close.”
“I wandered for a day, had no way, saw the spaceship’s voyage log target was Penacony, so I thought to go to Penacony and wait. Maybe he was spit out too and found his own way to Penacony?”
“I have to return the spaceship to him, even if the chance is small. Worst case, Penacony is holding a celebration, bound to have many big shots. Maybe I can find one willing to save him. Looks like my idea wasn’t wrong; here I encountered you Train Crew.” Verity explained his thoughts, gazing intently at the Train Crew.
“For you to have such thoughts proves he didn’t save the wrong person.” Meng Huaifeng said happily for Silver Wolf.
In the original plot, Silver Wolf saved the Train Crew and him with a mindset of sacrifice, so the impact might not be great, as he was just incidental.
But now Silver Wolf clearly saved him alone, which must have had a huge impact on him.
“Since you remember, send us the route; talk about the rest on the way.” Himeko said.
“Yes, yes, I prepared it long ago.” Verity hurriedly took out his mobile phone and shared the route with Himeko.
The Stellar Train changed direction and sailed toward the monster’s location.
Verity was anxious, pacing back and forth in the train car.
“No need to worry. Someone daring to voyage alone in the universe is no simpleton; he should be fine. Have some water.” Meng Huaifeng comforted.
Silver Wolf’s strength was enough to survive in vacuum; no resistance in vacuum means much faster speed, no less than a normal spaceship, so even giving the spaceship to Verity, he should be fine.
“Thank you.”
“By the way, the second time he saved you, did he make you swear that the Pure Beauty Goddess Idrila’s beauty is unparalleled in the world?” Meng Huaifeng asked curiously.
“Of course. When he decided to go attack the monster’s insides, he wasn’t scared, didn’t entrust me with any last words, but instead made me say it again: that I acknowledge the Pure Beauty Goddess Idrila’s beauty is unparalleled in the world.”
“So I say he’s strange. I can’t understand his pursuit of Pure Beauty, nor do I know much about the Pure Beauty Destiny.”
“But if he really met misfortune… I won’t let his sacrifice be in vain. I’ll help propagate the Pure Beauty path. Though I lack his strength, his spirit, even his looks, I’ll do my utmost.”
“Oh, right, and his set of praising words—even a potted plant he could praise into bloom. I can’t match that. Like this potted plant: if it were him, how would he praise it? Let me try.”
Verity stood before the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid, somewhat awkwardly placing his fist to his chest and bowing, intoning praise like an aria.
“Ah! Eight-Petal holy messenger, your dewdrop posture is the undried cosmic tears from before the Amber Era, your unfolding leaf veins… like… as if… uh, no more, I can’t make it up. Indeed, I’m a loser; I can’t compare in anything, but I won’t give up.”
March 7th rubbed her arms goosebumped, but seeing Verity immersed in his own world, didn’t interrupt, whispering to Meng Huaifeng: “Are Pure Beauty Knights really this cheesy?”
“Maybe. Though cheesy, if praising you, wouldn’t you be happy?” Meng Huaifeng asked.
“I… I don’t know.” March 7th shook her head.
“How about I try praising you in a similar style?” Meng Huaifeng raised an eyebrow.
“Drop dead.” March 7th lightly elbowed Meng Huaifeng, face slightly red.
Seemed like it would be happy, but also awkwardly deadly.
“You know, he’s very handsome and has great presence. I even thought of tricking him into debuting as an idol to propagate Pure Beauty more easily…” Verity chattered on about his short days with Silver Wolf.
Meng Huaifeng suddenly widened his eyes slightly—Verity was emitting faint peculiar fluctuations!
“He’s…” March 7th noticed too, about to ask, when Meng Huaifeng covered her mouth.
Welt made a silencing gesture to the other Train Crew members; they quietly became listeners, occasionally playing along.
“He’s always pursued Pure Beauty, but to me, he embodies Pure Beauty.” Verity said firmly, eyes with a hint of longing.
“Sorry, I usually talk a lot; got carried away with emotion.” Verity suddenly realized and apologized.
These were Train Crew big shots, and he had ignored them!
“No problem. Congratulations.” Welt said.
“If the Silver Wolf you want to save knew, he’d be thrilled.” Meng Huaifeng said.
“Is this the process of stepping onto a Destiny?” Zhu Zhuqing said somewhat enviously. She felt the Hunt Destiny suited her, but whether she suited it wasn’t up to her.
After escaping her awful original family and joining the Train Crew, Zhu Zhuqing truly couldn’t find the feel of the Hunt Will.
This couldn’t be faked.
“Pure Beauty Destiny? First time seeing a Pure Beauty Pathfinder, and witnessing him step onto it—too wondrous!” March 7th said excitedly.
“Gotta show off to A Xing?” Meng Huaifeng extracted the process of Verity stepping onto Pure Beauty Destiny into a video in his mind.
Pure Beauty Knight Silver Wolf proclaiming Pure Beauty across the universe, and someone was truly inspired to step onto Pure Beauty Destiny—yet he didn’t see it himself; must be regrettable.
Once they met, send him the video; make him use his lifetime skill to praise himself properly.
“Yeah, let me!” March 7th took out her mobile phone to show off to A Xing.
“Congratulate me on what?” Verity was still dazed, asking puzzled.
“Of course, congratulating you on stepping onto Pure Beauty Destiny, not letting down the righteous man who saved you.” Welt said.
“Pure Beauty Destiny? Me? I… I… deserve it?” Verity looked incredulous.
“Believe in yourself. You stepped onto a Destiny, so at least in this moment, your Will matches. Just hope you hold to your original heart and not let it gather dust again.” Welt admonished.
In the universe, many Pathfinders gradually betray their original intent, chasing pleasure, their Destiny advancing no further.
“…I understand. Thank you, Mister Welt, for your guidance. If not truly ordinary and mediocre, powerless—who wants a lifetime of mediocrity? Now with this opportunity, I’ll grasp it firmly!” Verity said excitedly.
“Abandon that thinking. What to remember isn’t seizing this opportunity to become extraordinary, but the Will in your heart just now.” Welt corrected.
Verity suddenly had a realization.
『March 7th: A Xing, A Xing, we met a Pure Beauty Pathfinder! And watched him become one!』
『A Xing: I’ve seen several geniuses too; did I show off?』
A Xing was a bit envious and annoyed at missing it, but definitely couldn’t show it.
Pure Beauty Pathfinder—must be very good-looking, right?
……
The Stellar Train’s speed was much faster than the spaceship; in over ten system hours, they arrived at the starry position marked on the route.
“This is the place? Nothing here.” Himeko said.
“Those few planets over there look familiar; it’s around here, no mistake. I observed when I was spit out—just couldn’t see it; only inside its belly does the surroundings turn dark red.” Verity confirmed.
Meng Huaifeng used the copied Art of Heavenly Inquiry to access information in this part of the universe; Yan also activated the Eye of Insight.
“Such a big bug!” Yan said in surprise.
“It’s a Giant True Stingworm.” Meng Huaifeng said.
Himeko also released perception; after a while, she said: “The largest Giant True Stingworm is comparable to a satellite, probably at least equivalent to a top-tier Pathfinder. The swarm can stealth and create illusions; unexpectedly, it should also be mixed with Illusionary Mothworms.”
“Illusionary Mothworm is the wisest among bug types. This swarm so quiet, able to control propagation instinct—the swarm’s leader must be an Illusionary Mothworm.”
“A Giant True Stingworm comparable to a top-tier Pathfinder isn’t the leader; won’t the leader be even more terrifying?” March 7th said somewhat surprised.
“Swarm strength doesn’t mean the leader’s; like ants, the queen isn’t the strongest ant.” Himeko gave an example.
With the Illusionary Mothworm leader’s certain wisdom, countless swarm, and emergency propagation of clones, even several top-tier Pathfinders together might not eliminate this swarm.
“I detected that shortly after the spaceship was spit out, the Giant True Stingworm continued thrashing; soon spit out a red-haired man in red armor, in the opposite direction from the spaceship.” Meng Huaifeng said.
“That’s him! He’s fine—too good! Which direction did he go?” Verity was overjoyed.
“Not advising you to chase; it’s been four days, he could change direction anytime in the Sea of Stars. Since he set Penacony as the voyage target on the spaceship, maybe he’ll find a way there. Suggest you go to Penacony and wait.” Meng Huaifeng said.
“Yes, yes, I’ll head out now. Many thanks; didn’t expect he escaped himself, making you come for nothing—sorry. This spaceship isn’t mine, can’t give as reward. I have over a million credits; all to you, my entire fortune. Hope you don’t mind it’s little.” Verity took out his mobile phone to transfer to the Train Crew.
“No need. We’ve long heard of the Pure Beauty Knights’ fame; helping is only right, no need for reward.” Welt refused.
Believing the Pure Beauty Knights would also lend aid without regard for reward or danger if the Train was in trouble.
Verity thanked them profusely again.
