It could be said that at this moment, Zhi Gui felt an unprecedented sense of security.
This sense of security, she had never possessed before.
Even her parents, who were powerful, had never given her this kind of security.
Because as far back as she could remember.
Those damned Dragon Slayers were slaying dragons across the land.
The dragons, they all fled, hiding.
They dared not face their sharpness.
Then, her parents perished, and along with her, the only True Dragon in the world, after growing to a certain level, was also killed.
It was truly ironic.
Dragons.
True Dragons…
They were clearly blessed by heaven.
Possessing power that other creatures couldn't even dream of.
They could rule over countless waters.
Yet in the current world, they were almost completely wiped out.
Even she, the only remaining True Dragon in the world, if it weren't for those damned Dragon Slayers, and those Saints, who had plans she was unaware of.
There was no chance of her being suppressed, and she would have been dead long ago.
Although in reality, when these True Dragons died.
There were still Dragon Serpents, and there were still snakes.
Snakes could transform into Dragon Serpents, and Dragon Serpents could evolve into True Dragons.
But that would never be the purest bloodline anymore.
“Mu Bai, I have overstepped my bounds this time.”
Under the watchful eyes of Chen Ping An and the others, Qi Jing Chun apologized with a bow to Li Mu Bai.
Although his visit this time wasn't truly about being a teacher.
It was purely out of a sense of exploration.
But regardless, this incident was indeed his fault.
A gentleman sees goodness and emulates it, and when he makes a mistake, he corrects it.
Since the situation was wrong, he wouldn't look for excuses to escape responsibility.
“Mr. Qi, you're being too polite. If you have nothing else to do, please return. We need to continue our exploration,”
Li Mu Bai replied calmly.
“Hmm.”
Qi Jing Chun responded.
Then he sighed and shook his head, his figure flickering as he vanished from his spot.
When he reappeared, he was back in the academy.
As he appeared, Qi Jing Chun opened his mouth and coughed up a mouthful of blood that he couldn't hold back.
And as this blood was coughed up, Qi Jing Chun's face turned pale.
“Just from this, it'll take years for my strength to recover to its peak.”
Qi Jing Chun wiped the blood from his lips with a wry smile.
“But, this exploration wasn't entirely a bad thing.”
“At least it's now confirmed that there is indeed an extraordinary existence behind Li Mu Bai.”
“I just don't know how powerful that existence is.”
“The other party could very well be a legendary existence beyond the sixteenth realm.”
“Because if it were just someone from the fifteenth realm, they wouldn't be able to cause me this much damage with just a casual sentence within this Li Zhu Cave Heaven.”
“Also, '祗不可见'.”
“This itself is the effect of a god on mortals.”
“It can make mortals not only unable to see the gods, but even if they see them, they can't see the god's specific features and appearance, they only feel that they are unfathomable and unattainable.”
“And today, I encountered the same thing with that sword.”
“It really opened my eyes.”
“I'm a fourteenth realm after all, a Saint of this Li Zhu Cave Heaven, and such a thing happened in my own domain, it's truly exaggerated and unbelievable.”
Speaking of this, Qi Jing Chun's expression was incredibly complex.
There was yearning for that kind of powerful strength.
And there was immense pressure.
This existence was in Li Zhu Cave Heaven.
If they don't cause any trouble, it's fine.
But once they do.
Li Zhu Cave Heaven wouldn't be able to withstand it.
With the current state of Li Zhu Cave Heaven, about to shatter at any moment, if something truly happens.
Everyone in Li Zhu Cave Heaven, over six thousand people, would die.
And these people, if they die before Li Zhu Cave Heaven is unsealed, they wouldn't even have an afterlife.
As a disciple of the Wen Sheng lineage, as someone who had great love for all beings, Qi Jing Chun truly could not bear to see such a thing happen.
“No matter what, I can't continue doing such stupid things like going to test them again.”
“Once was enough.”
“One and never again.”
Qi Jing Chun took a deep breath.
He then sat down on a chair and closed his eyes silently.
He began to mobilize his Righteous Qi, trying to repair his fractured Literary Dan.
At the same time, he was also reviewing his knowledge.
He was questioning his heart.
The Literary Dan is extremely important to a scholar.
The fracture of the Literary Dan can't simply be repaired with just strength.
It requires questioning one's heart.
If one's mind isn't pure, if there isn't a reason worthy of supporting the existence of the Literary Dan, it will completely shatter.
Like how Chen Ping An's golden Literary Dan shattered in the story.
It was because the principles and actions of the Literary Dan, after coalescing, conflicted, leading to its direct destruction.
At that time, Chen Ping An paid a heavy price for Gu Can, who was a murderer.
However, it was precisely because his Literary Dan shattered that Chen Ping An at that time truly let go of continuing on the path of the Moral Saint.
He was always just a mortal.
He couldn't achieve the selfless, fair, and justness of a saint.
He had selfish desires, and he didn't want to see Gu Can, whom he could be considered to have raised, die like that.