Red Heart Patrols the Sky Chapter 561 - 561 10 Human Affairs1

Novel: Red Heart Patrols the Sky Author: Deep Feelings Updated: Jun 03, 2026

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Now reading: Chapter 561 - 561 10 Human Affairs1 from Red Heart Patrols the Sky, a Eastern novel by Deep Feelings.

561: Chapter 10 Human Affairs_1 561: Chapter 10 Human Affairs_1 In the second year of Dading.

Since Emperor Zhuang ascended to Dongzhen, Zhuang Country had greatly changed.

Within the borders, the nation was prosperous, and the people lived in peace.

Opening up waterways, they gained full support from the Qing River’s Water Race.

Major roads were reconstructed, seamlessly connecting every major city.

Those evil cultivators wandering around rarely chose Zhuang Country as their stomping ground anymore.

Abroad, ten cities were forcefully taken from Mo Country, almost adding another county’s worth of territory to Zhuang Country.

Yet, Emperor Zhuang did not establish a fourth county on this montum.

It is said that when court officials proposed this matter, Zhuang Gaoxian countered in court, “Do a re ten cities qualify as a county?”

His ambition was clear for all to see.

Mo Country, in a flurry, sent over large amounts of resources, bribing Qin Country.

Only after securing the support of powerful Qin did they manage to pacify the border.

More and more citizens of Zhuang Country gradually realized that the days when the once-weak Zhuang Country could be trampled by everyone were gone forever!

Nowadays, saying that the entire nation of Zhuang Country was thriving was no exaggeration.

Of the three counties in Zhuang Country, Hualin County was the capital city’s location, while Mount Dai County, taking advantage of the situation, incorporated the newly acquired ten cities and in one fell swoop, beca the largest county in Zhuang Country.

Only Qinghe County seed to remain unchanged.

The most mysterious and coveted place in the entire Qinghe County must be the Qing River’s Water Race abode.

In Zhuang Country, the Human Race and the Water Race had sworn alliances for hundreds of years and coexisted harmoniously.

There were so minor frictions, of course, but they didn’t affect the overall situation.

Or rather, the situation was firmly controlled by those in high places.

According to legend, the Qing River’s Water Race abode was built with white jade steps, golden bricks, embellished with bright pearls, and filled with rare treasures, naturally drawing the covetous gazes of ordinary folks.

But the place that truly made people desperately vie for entry, dreaming of it all their lives, had to be Qinghe County’s Dao Academy.

Because that place represented the hierarchy of cultivation, status, and the future.

However, the Dao Academy in the county had an extrely limited number of spots available every year, and among the many cultivators in the thirteen cities of Qinghe County, who wouldn’t beat their brains out trying to get into the academy?

Ultimately, only a few could be proud.

Because Fenglin City had fallen, Qinghe County now had only twelve cities left, but the standards of the Dao Academy had not been reduced.

Instead, the number of spots was correspondingly fewer.

With such strict requirents, it was not unusual to find disheartened individuals lingering outside the Dao Academy.

To second-year student Liu Yao of the county academy, the young man standing in front of the archway and gazing into the Dao Academy must be one of them.

But he was different.

Liu Yao admitted his features were quite handso, but what attracted her attention was not his face.

It was his eyes—gentle and calm, yet profound and mysterious.

When he looked at the Dao Academy, there was a subtle stirring of emotion.

Liu Yao couldn’t distinguish whether that emotion was regret or lancholy.

But it made him very charming.

This person had appeared outside the Dao Academy for the third consecutive day, each ti in the afternoon, standing in the sa spot, looking in the sa direction.

What was he looking at?

Liu Yao didn’t know.

But she suddenly really wanted to step forward and ask.

She shouldn’t.

For Liu Yao, this was very out of character.

Last year, she had squeezed into the Dao Academy by a hair, taking one of the last few available spots.

The academy eliminated a group of people every year, and she worked very hard to keep her current place, not becoming one of those eliminated.

Back in the city academy, she was among the top, quite exceptional.

But in the county academy, where the talents from various cities competed together, she could easily blend into the crowd in a mont of distraction.

So she never wasted ti.

She was so scrupulous that she had carefully planned which route to take every day and how long it would take to travel it.

Yet she found herself stopping for the third day in a row, all because of a stranger.

Seekers ought to be true to their own hearts.

The dean seed to have said this at so point.

When Liu Yao recalled this phrase, she breathed a sigh of relief.

She had found a reason for herself.

So she changed direction and walked out, approaching the quietly gazing young man.

“Hello,” Liu Yao greeted.

The young man withdrew his gaze and looked at her, saying nothing, only questioning with his eyes.

As an official student of the county Dao Academy, Liu Yao was accustod to flattery and sycophancy.

At first, she worried this young man might be no different from those vulgar people who curried favor through insincerity.

But seeing his indifferent attitude now, she couldn’t help feeling sowhat disappointed.

This kind of anxious experience, she had never had.

“Uh…”

Liu Yao opened her mouth, wanting to ask sothing, but suddenly stopped herself.

The words were on her lips, but she forgot what she wanted to ask.

She realized that she didn’t actually have any question.

She just wanted to find a topic.

“Is there sothing you need?” the young man asked proactively.

It was as if the Seal Technique had completed its last gesture and the Dao Technique naturally flowed forth.

Liu Yao’s thoughts suddenly beca clear.

She said, “Standing here every day watching is aningless.

There will be no sympathy, no favor.

Qinghe County’s Dao Academy won’t admit disciples for any reason other than strength.”

“I’ve been there before,” she advised.

“A montary setback doesn’t count for much.

The Dao Academy has spots every year.

You should seize the ti to cultivate diligently.

Every inch forward is another inch of certainty.”

She hesitated for a mont but still spoke out, “I’m a second-year student at the County Academy.

If you have any questions about your cultivation, you can ask .”

This statent was so obvious in its intent that it almost made her blush with embarrassnt, but she managed to control her heart’s violent pounding by forcibly using Path Origin to calm down.

The young man quietly listened to her until she finished, and then he replied, “It’s okay.”

His voice was gentle, carrying a steadiness, an indifferent calmness, and tenderness.

“I’m just looking,” he said.

There was no dissatisfaction with her presumption, nor any closeness due to her goodwill.

As before, so now.

He seed as if he would not change for anyone or anything.

“Oh,” Liu Yao was stunned for a mont, “Oh, okay then.”

But what exactly was ‘okay’, she didn’t know.

The young man seed intent on continuing his gaze, but she was still standing there.

So he paused for a mont and looked at her once more.

That look seed to ask — do you need anything else?

Liu Yao felt as if she had just awoken from a big dream and suddenly realized.

“Ah, I, I’ll leave first.”

“Goodbye,” the young man nodded politely.

Liu Yao walked away in a fluster towards the Dao Academy, but after a couple of steps, she bit her lip and turned back, “Oh right, I still don’t know, what’s your na?”

To show her sincerity, she introduced herself first, “My na is Liu Yao.

‘Yao’ as in the peach pit and the beautiful jade ‘Yao’.”

At that mont, the young man’s gaze was already cast off into the distance.

In the setting sun, from this angle, he had an indescribable air of detachnt.

At that mont, Liu Yao felt vaguely that he was unrelated to the whole world.

Such a person shouldn’t care too much about the gains and losses at the County Dao Academy.

So, what exactly was he watching?

Ti seed to slow down.

Thoughts rose and fell in Liu Yao’s mind, rapidly coming and going.

For a few monts, she thought she would never get her answer.

But, at last, she endured the short yet unbearably long silence.

She got an answer from the young man.