“Zhige, let’s not interfere with each other, okay?” Zhige’s face was cold.
“Now that there’s a problem with your training ground, are you really going to make trouble?”
Mr. Qi chuckled, “Zhige, have you ever thought that although you are blessed by heaven and born with the right timing, do you really think I don’t have the means to suppress you?”
“Or do you think that thousands of years ago, when four saints, whose whereabouts were unknown, came together to this place and personally established rules, they only said it verbally, without leaving any back-up plan?”
“In the end, you are just looking at the sky from the bottom of a well. The heavens are high, the earth is vast, far beyond the sight you have from the well.”
The girl frowned, “Mr. Qi, don’t try to scare me with words. I am not my master, Song Ji Xin. I am not interested in your pompous rhetoric, and I have never believed it.”
“Mr. Qi, why don’t you just speak plainly? Whether it’s a fight to the death, or a peaceful parting, I’m ready.”
Mr. Qi turned around, looked at the girl, and then slowly said, “I advise you, after you leave this cage, don’t be greedy and exhaust the resources. It won’t benefit anyone.”
“Especially after you and he step on the path of cultivation, whether you become Dao companions or not, you should restrain your arrogance and not be overbearing and domineering.”
“This is not a threat, but my sincere words of advice on the occasion of parting.”
Hearing this, the girl’s aura slowly rose, even surpassing Mr. Qi’s by half a head. Her tone was full of sarcasm, “Sincere?”
“Hehe, for thousands of years, you extraordinary cultivators have stood high above the rest, drawing lines in the sand, using this place as a patch of farmland, harvesting one crop this year and pulling out a bundle next year. Year after year, for a thousand years, unchanging.”
“Why only now, do you remember to be kind to me, the Nie Zhang?”
“I’ve heard my master say a phrase that many of you consider a guiding principle: “Those who are not of our kind, their hearts must be different”, right? So, it’s no wonder, Mr. Qi, after all…”
Mr. Qi continued to move forward, taking a step forward, with a faint smile, “Oh?”
After one step.
The maid Zhige’s expression changed slightly.
They were standing in a place, where everything was pitch black, and only the top of the head, far above, had countless rays of light falling down, carrying a sacred aura.
They were like being at the bottom of a bottomless well, and the golden sunlight was slowly falling from the mouth of the well.
It turned out that Zhige was the reincarnation of the true dragon from three thousand years ago, and she had been locked in the Well of Dragon Suppression for three thousand years.
At this moment, they were at the bottom of the Well of Dragon Suppression, which was located in the town.
The middle-aged Confucian scholar was wearing a blue gown, with shimmering lights flowing endlessly on his clothes.
A righteous aura, upright and just.
The girl’s face was initially contorted, but soon returned to a pale, numb expression.
“Mr. Qi, how do you teach me how to be kind? If I remember correctly, your Confucian sage and one of the Taoist ancestors, both proposed the concept of “having teachings for all, regardless of their background”?”
Mr. Qi shook his head, “Even if I tell you ten thousand sentences of sage teachings, it won’t be of any use.”
“I know you have endless anger, resentment, and killing intent. I do not discriminate against those who are different, but you must know that acting on compassion at will and practicing compassion indiscriminately is never the true teaching of the three schools.”
The girl twitched her lips, narrowing her eerie golden pupils, “It seems Mr. Qi is truly reaching the end of his life, making you more difficult to deal with than before.”
Mr. Qi just smiled, “If reason doesn’t work, then as long as I, Qi Jing Chun, am alive for a day, and still have the right to be stationed here, you, the ungrateful Nie Zhang, can’t act recklessly!”
“Ungrateful?”
Qi Jing Chun said angrily, “When you were at your weakest, you had to bow your head and voluntarily make a contract with someone. Who saved you in the snow of Ni Ping Alley?! And who, for all these years, has slowly eaten away at his remaining life force?!”
“When you’re hungry, you need to find something to eat and fill your stomach. Isn’t this a natural thing to do?!”
The girl said matter-of-factly, “Besides, he didn’t have much good fortune in the first place. It’s better to die sooner than later. Maybe he’ll have a glimmer of hope in his next life!”
“Shut up!”
Qi Jing Chun roared angrily, “The profoundness of the Dao, the laws of heaven, how can you make judgments with a single word?! Each person has their own destiny and karma. How dare you make choices on behalf of others?!”
Above the girl’s head, a radiant golden hand appeared out of thin air, pressing down on her head, forcing her to kneel down instantly, her forehead hitting the ground heavily.
The sound of the head knocking, was loud and clear.
“You can force me to bow, but I will never admit I am wrong!”
The powerful golden hand grabbed the girl’s head, lifted it up and pressed it down, another head knock.
Qi Jing Chun said in a deep voice, “Don’t forget! This chance of life was given to you by the saints, not earned by you! Otherwise, it wouldn’t be difficult to suppress you for three thousand years, let alone thirty thousand years!”
The girl, whose head had been held down all along, said in a hoarse voice, “Your damn Dao, I refuse to walk it!”
The Confucian scholar raised his arm high, and slammed it down on the void in front of him, “Audacious! Be subdued!”
A huge seal appeared instantly, smashing down on the girl’s back, who was already kneeling on the ground.
The girl’s whole body seemed to be broken by the heavy weight, and she collapsed on the ground like a pile of mud, pathetic.
Even so, one of the girl’s hands, with fingers like hooks, used all her strength, her five fingernails seemed to carve words into the ground.
“Three head knocks, are for you to pay respects to Heaven! To the people! To the Dao!”
The girl didn’t respond.
Qi Jing Chun finally dissipated his majestic aura, “I, Qi Jing Chun, am just a Confucian scholar from the Saint’s school, and I can make you bow three times. After you go out, if you act recklessly, are you not afraid of encountering someone more unreasonable than you, who can crush you with a single finger?”
“You are indeed being suppressed and detained here, without freedom. But have you ever thought, where in the world is there absolute freedom? Our Confucian sage established all kinds of etiquette, isn’t it also to seek another kind of freedom for all living beings?”
“As long as you don’t exceed the limits, don’t violate the rules, just abide by the etiquette. One day, the world will be vast, where can’t you go?”
The girl stood up unsteadily, her smile pale, revealing slightly sharp teeth, “Today’s lesson, slave girl has taken note.”
Qi Jing Chun turned to leave.
The girl, however, suddenly spoke, “Even if I am ungrateful to Chen Ping An, why would you, Mr. Qi, who are an outstanding disciple of the Saint, stand by and watch? Why do you only have a special regard for your disciple Zhao Yao and my master, while you are indifferent to Chen Ping An, who comes from an ordinary background?”
“Isn’t this the same as doing business with merchants? If you have valuable goods, you cultivate them carefully. If the goods are inferior, you just deal with them perfunctorily. Whether you can sell a good price, you don’t care, right?”
Qi Jing Chun smiled, like a spring breeze.
“The heavens are strong and unyielding, the gentleman strives for self-improvement without ceasing.”
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When Qi Jing Chun said those words on the screen, Chen Ping An suddenly felt a surge of energy.
Li Bao Ping: “Little Uncle, it seems Mr. Qi has high expectations for you!”
Chen Ping An: “I wonder if my actions have met Mr. Qi’s satisfaction?”
Qi Jing Chun: “Chen Ping An, you are doing well, you have been doing well all along!”
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