Seized by the System

Although Fang Ning did not care about this vitality crisis, it still found its way to him.

On this day, when Vigilante A was in the capital of a small country, clearing out a few monsters who had lost control and started rampaging inside the city, a group of civilians quickly gathered around him.

They were young and old people with different skin tones, and expressions of pleading were shown all over their faces.

“Mr. Pharos of the East, you mustn’t stand aside and watch as the higher-ups privately own the vitality that belongs to everyone…”

“Indeed, vitality is given to everyone by the heavens, just like air, how can it be sold?”

“We can’t let those people monopolize it, everyone must share it.”

Many similar statements were heard one after another. They all wore expectant looks on their faces, and they were all speaking in the Chinese language. They had evidently done quite a lot of homework.

In their view, if there was a person who could change the current situation, it would be the high and invincible Pharos of the East.

“Richie, what should we do now? These people seem to be depending on me.” Sir System asked gloomily.

“What can we do? This matter won’t lower your Chivalry Points even if you ignore it. This belongs to the distribution of interests within the human race and doesn’t involve chivalry. It’s neither murder nor arson, and caring too much would only make a fool of yourself.” Fang Ning replied casually.

“You have a point. Since I don’t get experience from handling this, I might as well send them away.” Sir System made a decision.

At that moment, the crowd heard the Pharos of the East answer lightly, “This matter is none of my business.”

The crowd was stunned and watched as he left without giving any other explanation.

Anyone who tried to bind the System with morals was fated to never succeed, as the only thing that could bind it would be the System Maxim.

Sir System itself was not the Hero, but only acted accordingly to a Hero’s principles.

“As expected, there’s never been a savior!” Someone suddenly shouted.

“Then are we relying on ourselves now?”

“Exactly, we can only rely on ourselves now, we have to resist…” Someone shouted loudly.

However, many people looked at each other and then sneaked away.

Now was not like the past, where signs of danger were everywhere and being alive was a type of good fortune. A lot of people had already lost that kind of restless spirit.

And after the past two years, they had long understood that without the support of a mighty being, an ordinary person could only dream of lifting the winds and waves again.

Even through demonstrations, with just one large area hypnotic spell by the opposing party, most of the people would have then forgotten about it. What else would there be to demonstrate?

Now the few mighty beings were not showing up, and the Pharos of the East did not care, so who else could they turn to?

They could only endure.

The crowd looked at each other, sighed one by one, and then slowly dispersed.

They were only holding a sliver of hope, as they all understood that the Pharos of the East only cared about matters regarding the violation of the law. He had always ignored these conflicts of interest.

For example, unless innocent people were involved in a domestic power struggle, he would not even bother to look at it.

Now, it was a competition between the elites and ordinary people, he would not care about it too.

…

Northern Mount Indigo Monastery in China.

Old Master Ma was respectfully accompanying a woman in white.

“You’ve done a good job these days and contributed a lot. This is the complete ‘Great Thunder Secret Arts’, take it and learn it carefully,” the woman said gently.

As she finished speaking, a green jade scroll with purple lightning lingering around it suddenly appeared in the air.

Old Master Ma’s eyes sparkled as he saw this. He used to think that he would only be confined to Lake-level, but now, perhaps he might be able to go one step further.

He held it carefully in both hands and thought to himself, ‘Disregarding everything else, this immortal distinguishes reward and punishment well. Not bad.

‘At least, she knows the principle of an Emperor not making hungry soldiers do battle. She didn’t make empty promises and let me run errands for free.

‘If she really made me work without payment, I might be fine with it once or twice, but after a long time, even if I don’t complain, others will find it unfair.’

“I thank the immortal for this award.” Old Master Ma did not argue either and directly accepted it.

After all, this was exactly what he had always wanted. A complete hereditary technique. It might not seem valuable to the people of the Upper Realm, but in his eyes, it was a treasure worthy to be passed down.

Besides, the things that he did before were not contrary to natural justice, so it was natural for him to receive such remuneration.

As for the protest by the populace, there was nothing he could do about it either. Nothing in the world was able to satisfy everyone anyways.

As for whether she was hiding malicious intent as stated by the Internet, he did not care much, and he would never refuse her requests either.

Even if he were to decline, it would just be slightly troublesome for her at most, and she could just look for another errand runner. There would undoubtedly be a lot of people who were willing to fight for this position.

“Alright, you can go down now. If anything happens, I’ll come here to find you.”

“Yes, yes, please take care.”

As the woman finished, her figure disappeared into thin air.

Before long, a young Daoist priest appeared inside the temple. He looked at her silhouette as she left, his eyes brimming with adoration.

“What are you looking at?” Old Master Ma stretched out his hand and slapped him, “I asked you to serve the immortal well, yet you still dare to have wicked thoughts towards her, you really have a death wish!”

“Well, as the saying goes, ‘A fair lady is a gentleman’s desire’. I’m acting pretty normally…” Ma Ping muttered.

“You’re too impudent. She’s a fairy from the Upper Realm, but what are you? You’re just a small little Pond-level insect, and you still dare to covet her?” Old Master Ma snapped angrily.

“In that case, I want to become an immortal as well. Would I be able to woo that fairy then?” Ma Ping said shamelessly.

This was the first time in his life that he admired someone from the opposite sex this much. Although their time in contact was not long, he had become completely besotted with her dignity and the aura in her bones.

Not even the celebrities in movies and TV dramas could hold a candle to her.

“You, you’re really bold…” Old Master Ma turned his eyes and said,” I’d like to see if you can become an immortal. You should know that you can’t just be one by saying it. It’s an actual result you have to achieve. If it weren’t for this world’s Heavenly Axiom’s restrictions, the people of this planet won’t even be able to handle seeing that fairy’s strength.”

“Hiss…” Ma Ping finally realized the distance between them. Although he read a lot of novels, those were all fantasy after all. After hearing his own father speak, he finally understood what a heavy load and long road meant.

“Now that you understand, keep away those thoughts and cultivate properly. Worry about going into deviatory psychosis instead.” Old Master Ma reprimanded.

“Ah, alright, father.” Ma Ping said resentfully.

“Wait, keep this jade scroll well. Read it carefully.” Old Master Ma handed over the green jade scroll he just received.

“Hm, why aren’t you reading it first? Are you planning on using me as a guinea pig?” Ma Ping accepted the scroll and grinned mischievously.

“You rascal. I’m just worried that the jade scroll has a restriction that only allows it to be passed on to one person.” Old Master Ma said angrily.

“Oh, sorry, Father. I knew you treat me the best.” Ma Ping hurriedly took it.