"This ti, did you touch the threshold for breakthroughs?" Qing Jun asked.
Li Zhibai gently shook her head.
She felt that if nothing major happened in Qing Province, she might always remain in this ambiguous place.
"No need to rush, we can take it slow." Qing Jun said.
"...Mm."
Although Qing Jun’s tone was unhurried, and her expression as usual was minimal, Li Zhibai could feel the gentle care in the sect leader’s voice.
She thought that indeed, the sect leader had changed quite a bit.
Hesitating slightly, her concern for the student took precedence.
"Sect Leader, do you... know what has actually happened to Chang’an?"
Li Zhibai was destined to be disappointed, as Qing Jun also shook her head.
She didn’t know what kind of person or existence Xu Chang’an was, and perhaps it was this very reason that gave Xu Chang’an a special place in her heart.
However, compared to Li Zhibai’s immature approach to knowing white and guarding black, Qing Jun, who was closer to the Heavenly Dao, could always sense more things.
"Dao Rhy." Qing Jun said, "Around him, it becos unstable."
Qing Jun discovered on more than one occasion that when Dao Rhy appeared by Xu Chang’an’s side, it lost its eternally stable nature, becoming more solid, or, perhaps... dissipating.
"..." Li Zhibai was taken aback upon hearing this.
What is Dao Rhy?
In essence, Dao Rhy is part of the supre principle of heaven and earth, impermanence dao, which won’t change even if all cultivators like them die, or even if the sky and earth change drastically...
But according to the sect leader, its nature could change in front of Chang’an.
She suddenly understood why the sect leader would give up collecting Dao Rhy; if she saw the supre principle of heaven and earth disintegrating beside that simple-minded boy, she too would question whether collecting such things was truly aningful.
But the sect leader would never be one to doubt herself, so she asked, "Did you change the array map because Dao Rhy was unstable and aningless?"
"No." Qing Jun gently shook her head, simply saying, "In matters of cultivation, it’s best to go with the flow."
Her tone unusually carried a hint of admonition.
"Go with the flow?" Li Zhibai responded with a smile.
She was always doing such things.
"So, could it be that Dao Rhy is the most dangerous thing for a cultivator?" Li Zhibai said sothing that Qing Jun hadn’t expected.
Qing Jun shook her head.
Dangerous, naturally not dangerous.
Once, in search of a hint of upward path, Qing Jun after discovering the Qiankun Realm was likely a dead end, and the three thousand Great Dao were each a face of deathly silence, indeed collected Dao Rhy, never without a glimpse into the supre principle of heaven and earth.
Whether this is the right thing to do is hard to say, but there is evidence that transforming into the Dao can lead to loss of feelings... whether the path she walks is indeed another dead end, she needs to reflect properly.
Looking at Li Zhibai’s puzzled look, Qing Jun switched to a more comprehensible explanation.
"In essence, probing into impermanence dao is to find the upward path, but now that there’s a better option, well... best not to do things that lose one’s true essence." Qing Jun said.
Although collecting Dao Rhy could make her stagnant cultivation in the Qiankun Realm rise slowly, it’s ultimately at the cost of losing oneself.
If it were before, for a glimr of transcendence, becoming Dao Rhy wouldn’t matter.
Nowadays.
Qing Jun glanced at the table prepared by Zhu Pingniang for Li Zhibai from afar and took a sip of her drink.
Under the heavens, people always subconsciously seek sothing better.
"Sothing better..." Li Zhibai upon hearing this felt her brows slightly twitch.
She instantly understood the sect leader’s aning, in her heart... she didn’t know what to feel.
So Chang’an is the better one.
What does this count as?
A human-shaped Dao Rhy?
But Li Zhibai is different from Qing Jun; she can still sowhat see the roads contained in Dao Rhy, but Xu Chang’an?
Sorry.
As a teacher, aside from thinking Xu Chang’an is studious, gentle, and enough to spoil his partner, she couldn’t really see any path from him.
Does it an if she is studious and gets married, she can transcend the current realm?
Li Zhibai couldn’t understand at all.
Seeming to understand Li Zhibai’s confusion, Qing Jun looked at her and shook her head.
"Zhibai, ti is long."
Don’t rush.
"Ti is long... indeed." Li Zhibai nodded gently.
She still has enough ti to observe, what else Xu Chang’an might have.
But if Dao Rhy becos insignificant, and furthermore affects one’s mind, Li Zhibai suddenly thought of sothing else.
Well then, what about that Demon Sect Lady?
The fewer Dao Rhy the sect leader has, the more that lady possesses.
Compared to Xu Chang’an, whose use apart from being eye-pleasing is unknown, Dao Rhy truly aids in the enhancent of the Qiankun Realm.
The lady, though secretive, is not hard to predict from the Demon Sect’s layout; they have intentions of taking over Qing Province, and losing emotion in the Qiankun Realm, even Li Zhibai couldn’t imagine the disaster it might bring.
"You an... her?" Qing Jun suddenly asked.
Li Zhibai answered, feeling her thoughts had been guessed, which was expected.
"She is indeed a trouble."
Qing Jun’s beautiful brows furrowed; evidently... the Demon Sect Lady is a formidable issue in her heart, especially considering her cultivation can’t be hidden forever.
If possible, she hoped to sit down and talk to her properly.
Yet their relationship is such that the term "utterly incompatible" is hardly an exaggeration.
In the journey of Dao, previously each would strive to seize Dao Rhy, essentially blocking each other’s path to attainnt, it could even be seen as a relentless struggle.
Now to have them sit and discuss the future... how difficult.
Especially, from the very beginning, Qing Jun didn’t understand why, once the other entered the Qiankun Realm, she harbored no favorable attitude towards her.
Regarding the rise of the Demon Sect Lady, Ah Qing had no impression, she only realized the lady’s existence after she attained Qiankun...
In the past, Qing Jun was solely focused on cultivation and didn’t know where the enmity began, let alone understand how to resolve it.
She knew that back then the lady hadn’t collected Dao Rhy, and there was no conflict.
Qing Jun’s thinking was once simple, her character was set, and if the other didn’t wish to engage with her, she never minded, simply continued her cultivation.
It’s only after regaining emotions now, looking back, did she find things peculiar.
But Qing Jun has changed; she considers the other’s existence aningful, because their enmity wasn’t terribly significant.
Let’s not speak of a divide between right and evil.
Actually, not to ntion the Demon Sect Lady, even Qing Jun from before never really thought of Chaoyun Sect as sothing significant, otherwise, she wouldn’t have remained detached from power, high above in Frosty Heaven.
Previously, in mutual competition for Dao, when given the chance one would certainly crush the other rcilessly, with no opportunity for reprieve.
Now... it’s no longer aningful.
Thus, Qing Jun harbors thoughts of reconciliation, with the Demon race circling, should a calamity arise, her assistance might be necessary.
Qing Jun frowned under Li Zhibai’s gaze.
Now, rarely, she feels so dissatisfaction with her past self, because she disregarded everything but cultivation, she doesn’t even know when the enmity was ford, let alone how to resolve it?
"Did I once... know her?" Qing Jun asked Li Zhibai.
"...?"
In Qing Jun’s calm inquiry, Li Zhibai blinked, montarily unable to understand what the sect leader was saying?
Though she could guess from the topic, she couldn’t quite grasp it.
What is the sect leader talking about?
Asking her... if she knows the Demon Sect Lady?
Even Li Zhibai felt a bit confused by this.
Qing Jun quickly realized asking Li Zhibai was unavailing; this girl also has limited understanding of the Cultivation Realm’s situation, after all, she is like her in preferring seclusion and not caring about external affairs.
Perhaps Tong Jun, who likes causing trouble, knows more.
"Never mind, concerning her... I’ll think so more."
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