Before the End of the World: I Became a Loophole in Heaven

After putting the last batch of fish into the canal, Ji Li repeatedly warned the animals in the space, "Don't eat them."

Zhu Yan: Don’t worry, we are not greedy.

Ji Li: The one I’m most worried about is you.

Zhu Yan: Your Excellency’s words are truly chilling.

Ji Li: ...

Why does Zhu Yan have such a personality?

Thinking of this, Ji Li suddenly remembered his teacher Taotie Tao, whom he had just met once, and moved closer, "I say, Taotie is also a creature that exists in this world, right? Today I met a tutor in the archaeology department named Taotie. Hey, could he be a descendant of Taotie? But Taotie is not a human either..."

"He is not a descendant of Taotie, but a descendant of that branch." Xue Yu's beautiful face opened her mouth and spit out a snake tongue.

"If you ask Zhu Yan, he won't know. He is imprisoned in the Chaos Forest and doesn't know any of this." Xue Yu said.

"Then you know?"

"Yes, I know." Xue Yu swung her tail, a little complacently, and raised her chin. As the closest pet to Lady Ji, Xue Yu's knowledge of the origin of the surname "Taotie" was obviously beyond Zhu Yan's brain capacity.

Ji Li also stared at Xue Yu with great interest, his eyes full of expectation, and rubbed his hands, "I know that Taotie is one of the four fierce beasts, but I just learned about this surname today. Are there many people with this surname, Xue Yu?"

"Not much..." Xue Yu paused, "After the battle with Chao Ge, Zhou Chaoji was made the emperor. To show that there would be no more wars in the world, he melted iron into a tripod. On the tripod was a Taotie with a head but no body. It ate people but did not swallow them, and harmed itself. He also gave him the surname Taotie." Xue Yu said, twisting his body. The memory was too old, and it was before he was sealed into the Rain Serpent God. He also had to think about it carefully. "Who was this name given to? I only remember that it was a king, a prince, a general, or a minister... At that time, the world was unified, and the adults gave many names, and Taotie was just one of them."

"It's good to know the origin of this name. If you can't remember it, don't think about it." Ji Li saw Xue Yu's eyebrows raised because she was thinking about something, so he said quickly. "In this case, the people who can continue this surname to this day are all descendants of the kings and princes at that time..."

"No, everyone here is a descendant of a prince." Ji Li shook his head and said with a smile. "We Chinese believe that there is no such thing as a king or a general. Almost every family has produced a great emperor. It is no longer the case of the Zhou Dynasty when they obeyed the will of heaven. Even when they started an uprising later, they would still use the will of heaven as a gimmick to recruit talents. In fact, they don't have much reverence for the gods in their hearts."

Otherwise...the person who started the uprising would not have failed, after all, he was the emperor who created momentum.

"...Does the Lord think so too?" Xue Yu asked Ji Li.

"What do you think? How else can you think? It's destiny? If I am following destiny, how come there is a loophole in heaven's will?" Ji Li scooped up a handful of canal water and drank it. With Xue Yu here, the water here will not be afraid of drying up.

"I don't know when this place will be filled up. I should go out and continue purchasing. I need to quickly turn all the cash into supplies." After Ji Li finished speaking, he got up from the lawn and prepared to leave Lingtai.

As soon as Ji Li left, Zhu Yan and Xue Yu looked at each other. Was there a change in their thinking? The Son of Heaven no longer believed what the Emperor said.