Professionals of the Starry Skies - Chapter 530

[Chapter 530: The Driver]

“Here it comes, a classic scene… Most likely it’s a useless heart. What kind of rotten wood-level heart? Sparrow? Chopsticks? Gravel?”

“But… what I need is a world that is beneficial to my cultivation, especially a world with the law of destruction… What’s the point of coming to a world of beast control?”

With a little doubt, Fang Xing entered the hexagram formation.

There was a bit of childish confusion on his face.

It’s not anxiety or fear, it’s just a feeling of loss of power.

After taking these few steps, Fang Xing has confirmed that he just has the body of a child and does not have any extraordinary powers.

What’s even more terrifying is… just like in that Tantric world, he can no longer sense the laws.

‘Is this world special? There are no laws of fluctuation?’

“Sure enough, the Dharma Master realm is still too low. If you change to another world, you may be severely restricted… If you are a Taoist master, it will be completely different…”

“It’s terrible to feel powerless…”

If he could still feel the power of the law, Fang Xing would have nothing to fear even if he was just an ordinary child now.

But at this time, let’s just play the role of a child.

The next moment, a ray of light enveloped Fang Xing.

He felt an inexplicable desire churning deep in his heart.

Longing to kill, longing to destroy…

“I didn’t know my heart was so dark…”

Fang Xing complained in his heart, but did not restrict it. Instead, he let the dark side surge out.

“ah!”

Cries of surprise emerged one after another, even from Dugu Fang.

In
his hand, the bronze “Heart Sutra” flipped to a certain page without any wind.

“Fang Xing, heart form ‘Black Fire Dog’, bronze quality…”

The surprise on Dugu Fang’s face disappeared, and a hint of joy appeared on his face: “Congratulations, you have the potential to become an excellent ‘Driver’.”

Fang Xing thanked him politely, then walked down the hexagram formation. He was immediately hugged by a woman in her thirties: “Ah Xing, you did a great job.”

Fang Xing came back to his senses. This was his mother in this life, Gong Lanxiang, and the middle-aged man next to her was his father, Fang Lianshan.

Although the Fang family is not considered a big family in Lusen City, they are a local tyrant in “Sanshan Township” and there are several “drivers” in the family.

Including his mother, Gong Lanxiang, whose natal animal is green silkworm, and the clothes he wears are all woven from green silkworms.

“Not bad… Bronze quality. Your achievements in the future will definitely surpass mine.”

Fang Lianshan also smiled.

“What is Bronze Level?”

Fang Xing looked puzzled.

“Before you awakened your mind, your mother and I were worried that you would awaken a useless mind and would not be able to grow. The more you understand, the more painful it would be, so we didn’t tell you much… In fact, you will learn all this knowledge when you enter Green Forest Academy in the future.”

Fang Lianshan said: “The heart needs to be cultivated and summoned constantly, and finally condensed into a natal heart beast… and the heart beast has different growth potentials, soldiers, generals, lords, kings, emperors, legends… The quality of the heart at the beginning determines the limit of its potential in the future. The natal heart beast of rotten wood quality can’t even reach the soldier level… It is a standard waste heart. The black iron level is qualified to enter the Green Forest Academy and can become a true “driver” in the future, but without a great opportunity, you will be at the soldier level all your life… You have a bronze heart. If you practice well in the future, you can definitely become a general level. Maybe, there is even a chance to become a lord level…”

“I see……”

Fang Xing summoned his own ‘heart image’, which looked like a black puppy whose eyes had not yet opened, with wisps of black flames on its body.

However, when he touched it, he found that the puppy was actually an illusion.

Obviously, now he has only awakened his mind and has not yet truly condensed into his ‘natal mind beast’.

“Okay, aren’t we leaving?”

Fang Xing looked towards Gong Lanxiang, only to find a hint of anger on Fang Lianshan’s face: “Why are you leaving? Your brother hasn’t been tested yet!”

“Brother? Fang Leng…Oh!”

Fang Xing recalled that he did have a younger brother, but that brother was born to a concubine and had been bullied by him since childhood…

“Wait… that concubine seems to have died of illness in her early years… Before awakening the mind, my body’s mother, Gong Lanxiang, seemed to have snatched away the inheritance left to him by Fang Leng’s mother, sold it and bought a bottle of ‘essence liquid’ that is said to strengthen the body and awaken a better quality mind, and gave it to me to drink…”

“Fuck… am I a typical villain?”

“If my ‘little brother’ Fang Leng awakens another useless mind, it will be even more similar…”

Fang Xing was just thinking about it when he heard Dugu Fang say, “Next one, Fang Leng!”

A child who looked a year or two younger than him and was wearing linen clothes walked into the hexagram.

His little face was full of determination, and his fists were clenched secretly in his sleeves.

A ray of light flashed, and then, wisps of thin mist appeared on his body.

“Fang Leng, heart state ‘gray fog’, rotten wood quality!”

Dugu Fang said expressionlessly.

“No……”

Fang Leng’s eyes suddenly turned red.

Fang Xing rubbed his cheek solemnly.

“Gray Mist… Alas, just like his mother, let’s go!”

Fang Lianshan shook his head, took Fang Xing and Fang Leng out of the Holy Temple of Heart, got on a carriage, and slowly drove towards Sanshan Township.

Fang Xing took the opportunity to look outside and found that Green Forest City was built quite well. The buildings on the street were spacious and tidy, and the streets were clean, enough to accommodate eight carriages running side by side.

“The productivity of this world…is not bad.”

He had an idea, and after he got out of the tall city wall, he saw stretches of farmland.

In the farmland, a man who looked like a farmer raised his hand, and a white cloud floated by, covering dozens of acres of land.

Then, a gust of wind blew, lightning and thunder roared, and a drizzle began to fall…

“Is this… ‘Farmer’s Driver’?”

Fang Xing grasped a wisp of memory and spoke.

“Well, there are many different types of controllers, including pottery controllers, medical controllers, food controllers, and weaving controllers. Your mother is a weaving controller. After choosing a profession, you have to subdue a specific heart beast. For example, if your brother’s heart is not a rotten wood-level gray object, but a black iron-level ‘gray cloud’, then after the gray cloud grows to the soldier level, he can try to subdue the wind heart beast, and then the rain and thunder, and become a ‘farmer controller’. This ‘farmer controller’ is very popular. A soldier-level farmer controller can easily cultivate hundreds or thousands of acres of land, and a general-level farmer controller can easily cultivate more than ten thousand acres. A lord-level farmer controller can easily influence the astronomical phenomena of an area and eliminate natural disasters, floods, locust plagues, etc. The lord of our Green Forest City is a ‘lord-level’ farmer controller!”

Fang Lianshan took out a pipe, took a puff, glanced at Fang Leng who was curled up in the corner, and spoke.

“Farmer’s Charioteer? Is it similar to the Druids from another world?”

“No, it’s equivalent to the agricultural technology and giant machinery of the modern world… The extraordinary professions in this world are closely integrated with life, and the productivity and living standards are quite high.”

“However, among these riders, the most powerful one is of course the ‘Fighting Rider’… but the casualties are also high. Your Black Fire Dog is closer to a war beast, and there is a high probability that you will go into battle in the future…”

Fang Lianshan said with some melancholy: “In fact, other professions are also very good. Oh, it would be great if your brother had the Black Iron Heart… He has the potential to become a farmer. In that case, we can let him farm the fields in Sanshan Township. How much manpower can be saved every year, and how much more food can be produced…”

“I…I will definitely become a driver.”

At this time, Fang Leng suddenly spoke.

“You are a useless person, what else do you have to say?”

Fang Lianshan’s hands trembled, and he wanted to hit his son, but when he thought about how disappointed he was, he forced himself to hold back: “Don’t think about it. Learn how to farm from the tenant farmers at home. When you come of age, I will give you a few acres of land, build you a house, and marry you a wife. That’s it for the rest of your life…”

Fang Leng lowered his head, but everyone could see that he was unwilling.

Seeing this, Gong Lanxiang’s mouth corners slightly curled up.

Fang Xing watched coldly, knowing that his mother, as the eldest wife, would instinctively want to suppress his father’s other children.

Did Fang Lianshan know?
He probably knew something, but Gong Lanxiang was his wife and the imperial concubine, and could bring a lot of benefits to the Fang family.

And he married a concubine just because he was attracted by her beauty, nothing more.

By now, the concubine had died. He had done his best to save Fang Leng’s life and let him become a self-employed farmer and build some business when he grew up.

As for the subtle suppression of the legal wife, I can only pretend not to see it.

After all, if he is not deaf or dumb, he can be a patriarch.

Fang Xing saw through it all, but it was difficult for him to say anything, because he was the ultimate beneficiary, and he had acted like a bad boy before.

No matter what you say now, Fang Leng probably won’t believe it and will even think that you are teasing him.

“However, if this is a normal novel, then Fang Leng will soon have an adventure, right?”

“Is it a legendary beast recognizing its master, or some system or portable grandfather?”

“During this period of time, I need to observe carefully…”

‘It’s a pity that I can’t sense the law of fate here, otherwise I could observe this little brother’s fate… or use the Heaven’s Eye technique in the world of immortal cultivation to check his luck?’

After half a day, the carriage arrived at a small mountain village.

When many farmers saw Fang Lianshan in the carriage, they put on a flattering smile on their faces and appeared very humble.

‘Compared to the real ancient times, the landlords, gentry, county tyrants, county nobles, and aristocratic families in this world have mastered the extraordinary power of ‘Driver’, which means they have mastered the greatest means of v*olence, making it increasingly difficult to overthrow them…’

“Even if these tenants don’t have many children and passively resist, it will be useless. At worst, we can send the Farmer’s Driver. One person can do the work of a thousand or ten thousand farmers…”

“In the space age, robots controlled by intelligent brains can do everything… for the lower class people, it is eternal despair.”

(End of this chapter)