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“The original road, the road he had firmly committed to memory—was no more.
Surrounded by mushrooms and dead trees, he looked at the sky in despair. He didn't know. He didn't know that things would be so—so merciless.
Lu Feng was right. He had no idea how big the world was.
He couldn't possibly find it, unless his life was as long as eternity itself. But he was a mushroom, his existence ephemeral.
He was destined to die while searching for that cave.
Nothing in the world lasted forever.
Not even the very first promise.”
― Shisi, Little Mushroom: Revelations

“It was as if they two followed each other’s footsteps in a circle until they reunited, only to see how familiar those scars and dust engraved on each other’s bodies looked.”
― Priest, 残次品 [Can Ci Pin]

“They said’---who are ‘they’?” Lin Jingheng responded in a rather calm voice. Before Lu Bixing could answer, though, he gestured to interrupt those words and said, “Listen carefully here, this goddamn piece of shit of a world did not ‘return me to you,’ I’m the one that came back to find you on my own. This ‘fate’ thing has never given me a good attitude for as long as I’ve lived; I was the one that broke out of the galactic prison, grappled my way out from the abyss, and ran back to you even if I had to crawl on all fours, do you hear me? There’s no bullshit ‘blessing’ here, what the fuck were you thinking!? I don’t even feel guilty -- who’s telling you to feel bad for something you never did? And who taught you to speak like a whiny bum begging for your next meal?”
― Priest, 残次品 [Can Ci Pin]

“The heavy mech shook violently while the unstable energy sources within the wormhole clashed into each other, creating countless bright lights in the distance. The mech almost felt as if it was going to be swallowed up by the wormhole.
But who cared?
If he were to die in this distortion of spacetime, then his life would end with this kiss of a lifetime’s reunion.

My life couldn’t have ended in a more perfect circle , he thought.”
― Priest, 残次品 [Can Ci Pin]

“Lu Bixing’s vision blurred as he thought: This must be an illusion from spacetime distortion, right?
Otherwise, why couldn’t he feel that man’s heartbeat?
After what felt like a lifetime’s worth of wait, a slow beat finally came from that person’s chest.
Lu Bixing suddenly realized something. Whether it was burning hysteria or fervent joy, the number 6 relaxant was powerful enough to suppress everything, because all of these superficial emotions were simply no match for the thrill and impact of this belated sound of that heartbeat--
It shattered the starry heavens built upon millenniums of time, and shattered the individual soul named Lu Bixing.”
― Priest, 残次品 [Can Ci Pin]

“Lin Jingheng looked at him and strangely remembered the Starry Sea Academy on planet Beijing-β, that con artist of a headmaster that kept pouring out chicken soup to his poor students, then suddenly felt something grow inside his heart--

He had left the noble utopian land of Wolto for the cold Silver Fortress, then fell into the Heart of the Rose and wandered into the faraway Eighth Galaxy; now, he returned to where it all began on a completely different path
.
Lu Bixing had walked from beneath the starry dome of the ceremonial hall into the Milky Way City Command Post, and now seemed to have returned back under the same starry sky…but the sky above him was now much broader and eternal; it also didn’t cost six billion to build.

Both man and history trudged down the path of time across countless turbulences on this journey, numerous deaths and rebirths…only to return back to where everything all began.”
― Priest, 残次品 [Can Ci Pin]

“Lu Bixing: “They interrupted my life’s biggest event; I was upset so I told them.”

Lin Jingheng asked in utter confusion: “Told them what?”

“I said that everything of mine, from heart to soul, every cell in my body belongs to you.”
― Priest, 残次品 [Can Ci Pin]

“Now, the turbulent stars had finally returned back on a peaceful track.
Mankind is born from faith, and will die for their faith.
Mankind will be reborn from the fallen ashes of faith.
—END-”
― Priest, 残次品 [Can Ci Pin]

“But my dearest first patron, I waited a whole day underground after you told me to wait two hours for you that day.
What about you? You said it yourself, that you would take me to Wolto when I'm fifty to see the Commander's mansion, didn't you?
You really think you can just go back on your own words like that because I love you?”
― Priest, 残次品 [Can Ci Pin]

“As for Lin Jingheng.... he looked at that pair of eyes that could reflect the glows of starlight with a serene heart. That was the result of his careful and hard work he had spent half of his life on— healing his loved one.”
― Priest, 残次品 [Can Ci Pin]

“Lu Bixing pulled him in closer as Lin Jingheng fell gently into his embrace while floating in mid-air. The force was so light it almost felt like two wisps of feathers gently brushing against each other in this distorted place while they were falling to the ground. But Lu Bixing felt as if the steel armor in his chest had finally cracked open after years of unshakable protection; the single crack quickly spread through the rest of his body like an expanding web, exposing the unsightly flesh within.”
― Priest, 残次品 [Can Ci Pin]

“Remember that from now on, knowledge is more valuable than money, boundless curiosity is more precious than knowledge, and what’s more valuable than curiosity is the starry sky above our heads.”
― Priest, 残次品 [Can Ci Pin]

“If we had any free will left, why would we believe in this nonsense?” she continued.
“If we had any free will left, how could we forget that anger, anxiety, pain, and foolishness were not defections of the human genes that we have to overcome, that they are the original faces of the human soul.
These ugly, spiteful, awful things inside your hearts that you would rather throw away are all part of mankind’s free will itself!”
― Priest, 残次品 [Can Ci Pin]

“Why is he holding back anyway?
He repeated this line in his mind numerous times. He suddenly leaned forward, captured Lu Bixing’s lips with his own and closed his eyes. It was like he lost his balance while walking on a wire across skyscrapers, he fell down and continued to descend uncontrollably until he passed through the core of the planet into the vast void of space.
His soul ascended weightlessly while a rush of colors poured violently into his monochrome world, dazzling before his eyes until he felt completely disoriented.”
― Priest, 残次品 [Can Ci Pin]

“The one standing in infinite glory is you; the one fallen from grace is also you. What matters is ‘you’ and not the state of you.”
― Mò Xiāng Tóngxiù, 天官赐福 [Tiān Guān Cì Fú]

“Only after having met you did I rediscover that it's such a simple thing to be happy.”
― Mò Xiāng Tóngxiù, 天官赐福 [Tiān Guān Cì Fú]

“Young man, there are two cringe-worthy phrases in one’s life that must be said, no matter what.”

“Which two?”

“‘Thank you’, and 'I’m sorry’.”

“What can anybody do to me if I don’t say them?”

“Someday, you’ll say those words in tears.”
― Mo Xiang Tong Xiu, 魔道祖师 [Mó Dào Zǔ Shī]

“I am forever your most devoted believer.”
― Mò Xiāng Tóngxiù, 天官赐福 [Tiān Guān Cì Fú]

“Hua Cheng said quietly, "Your Highness, I understand your everything.

"Your courage, your despair; your kindness, your pain; your resentment, your hate; your intelligence, your foolishness.

"If I could, I would have you use me as your stepping stone, the bridge you take apart after crossing, the corpse bones you need to trample to climb up, the sinner who deserved the butchering of a million knives. But, I know you wouldn't allow it."

(...)

However, Hua Cheng only replied, "To die in battle for you is my greatest honour."

Those words were like a fatal blow. The tears in Xie Lian's eyes could no longer be restrained, and they came pouring out.

Like he was hanging on the thread of his life, he pleaded, "You said you would never leave me."

However, Hua Cheng replied, "There is no banquet in this world that doesn't come to an end."

Xie Lian bowed his head and buried it deep into his chest, his heart and throat in constricted agony, unable to speak.

Yet soon after, he heard Hua Cheng say above him, "But, I will never leave you."

Hearing this, Xie Lian's head shot up.

Hua Cheng said to him, "I will come back. Your Highness, believe me.”
― Mò Xiāng Tóngxiù, 天官赐福 [Tiān Guān Cì Fú]

“Last time, they spent eight hundred years running towards each other. This time, it only took an instant to fall into each other's embrace.”
― Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

“Hua Cheng quietly sighed, extended his arms, and once again folded him into his embrace. "Your Highness, I've always watched you."

This was the second time he had said this, but his voice was softer than before. Xie Lian clutched the red robes at his chest, asking, his mind blank, "I know, I know. But... what should I do now?"

Hua Cheng's long and slender fingers gently combed through Xie Lian's mussed hair. "Then, Your Highness, do you know why I refuse to leave this world?"

Xie Lian couldn't understand why Hua Cheng could still be so calm at a time like this, he was panicking so hard he was trembling. But, while feeling lost, he still simple-mindedly asked, "Why?"

Hua Cheng replied quietly, "Because I have a beloved who is still in this world."

Hearing this, Xie Lian was slightly stunned. He seemed to have heard this somewhere before.

Hua Cheng continued, "My beloved is a brave, noble, and gracious special someone. He's saved my life; I've looked up to him ever since I was young. But, I wanted to catch up to him more, and become and even stronger person for him. Although he might not remember me well. We never really talked. I want to protect him."

He gazed at Xie Lian. "If your dream is to save the common people, then my dream is only you."

"..." Relying on his memory, Xie Lian asked with a trembling voice, "But... you won't... be able to rest in peace... like this...?"

Hua Cheng answered, "I pray to never rest in peace.”
― Mò Xiāng Tóngxiù, 天官赐福 [Tiān Guān Cì Fú]

“I used to think of you as my soulmate.”
“I still am.”
― Mò Xiāng Tóngxiù, 魔道祖师 [Mó Dào Zǔ Shī]

“Remember the things others do for you, not the things you do for others. Only when people don't hold so much in their hearts would they finally feel free.”
― Mo Xiang Tong Xiu, 魔道祖师 [Mó Dào Zǔ Shī]

“If you don't know how to live on anymore, then live for me.”
― Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

“I promise, you will not find another person who is more sincere than me in this world.”
― Mò Xiāng Tóngxiù, 天官赐福 [Tiān Guān Cì Fú]

“If the face says nothing, listen to the heartbeat.”
― Mò Xiāng Tóngxiù, 魔道祖师 [Mó Dào Zǔ Shī]

“Xie Lian didn't know whether to laugh or cry.”
― Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù, Heaven Official's Blessing: Tian Guan Ci Fu (Novel), Vol. 1

“If I like something,
then my heart will not have room for any other, and I'll always treasure it.
A thousand times, a million times, no matter how many years this will not change.”
― Mò Xiāng Tóngxiù, 天官赐福 [Tiān Guān Cì Fú]

“If your dream is to save the common people, the, my dream is only you.”
― Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

“I, DO NOT WORSHIP GODS.
I, AM GOD!”
― Mò Xiāng Tóngxiù, 天官赐福 [Tiān Guān Cì Fú]