The No.1 Undercover in the Immortal World-Chapter 424 - 414: Don’t Become a Blossom on the Tree
Zhen Li felt that Yuxuan wasn’t hiding anything at all, which was a disrespect to her intelligence.
"Master, do you not want me to stay on the mountain?"
Having been seen through by his disciple, Yuxuan didn’t lose the demeanor of a sage and indifferently said, "You simply have things that you need to do."
Hurry up and get away from Lin Yun, quickly walking farther away.
With an air of Daoist immortality, naturally no one would know what he was truly thinking.
Seeing Yuxuan’s insistence, Zhen Li could only say, "Then, can I go after two days?"
"No, during the time of the Tournament for the Pillar of Heaven, the Grassland People might take the opportunity to invade. You must deliver the letter within this timeframe, by then, you can naturally avoid a battle."
Hearing the Master speak so earnestly, Zhen Li, who still had some doubts, couldn’t help but secretly think she might be overly suspicious. Anyway, this was something she could not refuse.
"Disciple obeys."
Yuxuan then took out a brocade pouch and handed it to Zhen Li, mysteriously saying, "Once you reach the Mountain and Sea Pass, open this brocade pouch, and you will know what to do."
Zhen Li: "..."
When will Master stop being so cryptic!
I’ll just tear open the pouch as soon as I turn around; I don’t want to be kept in suspense!
As Zhen Li was silently calculating this, she heard Yuxuan say, "I’ve cast a Spirit Spell on the pouch, which will only be lifted after two days. If you try to open it beforehand, you will be struck blind and mute."
Zhen Li: "..."
The Master is still the Master, having foreseen this.
Zhen Li’s face fell, full of the dejection of a person whose little schemes have been exposed, while Yuxuan laughed heartily, saying, "Set off early tomorrow morning and ride my donkey."
"I’d rather not, that donkey is too lazy. Riding it, who knows how long it would take to get there!"
Yuxuan had a donkey, which of course was no ordinary animal, having lingered around Yuxuan. When one ascends to heaven, even chickens and dogs follow; the donkey was no exception.
It was a donkey with the power comparable to that of the Celestial Knowing Realm, intended to be Zhen Li’s bodyguard.
Zhen Li was quite familiar with the donkey, sometimes even feeding it herself. Precisely because of this, she knew it was a lazy donkey.
Where else would you find a donkey that rested like the one her Master had raised, one that simply ate upon waking up, and slept after eating, so fat it barely resembled a donkey, akin to a castrated horse.
"Rest assured, it won’t slow you down this time. If it dares to, I’ll come back and beat it up for you."
"That’s more like it."
With Yuxuan’s assurance, Zhen Li finally felt at ease.
Suddenly, Yuxuan asked, "How well have you mastered the Astrology Art?"
Zhen Li was somewhat flustered as she answered, "I’ve made slight progress."
Yuxuan had never really tested her on her Cultivation Level, so in her cultivation journey, Zhen Li tended to go with the flow, cultivating when she felt like it.
She would complete her daily tasks but wouldn’t be as diligent and hardworking as the other disciples.
She preferred wandering around, and since she hadn’t reached the Cultivation Level that allowed her to walk down the mountain, it was forbidden for her to leave the Taiqing Daoist Temple. The last time she managed to go out was by seeking permission, accompanied by a Zhenren, and only then was she allowed to roam around.
Obviously, she couldn’t cultivate well during her wanderings, and thus, she was somewhat ashamed to speak of her Cultivation Level.
Yuxuan wasn’t angry; he simply asked calmly, "Why do we cultivators cultivate?"
This was a question Yuxuan had never discussed with Zhen Li before, and this time, he intended to properly teach Zhen Li this final lesson.
"Uh... probably to..."
Zhen Li realized she couldn’t come up with an answer. The reason she cultivated in the past was that everyone else was doing it and her Master had told her to, but she had never thought about the purpose of cultivation.
Now that she had thought it over carefully, Zhen Li suddenly came up with an answer, recalling her previous conversation with Lin Yun. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞
"The purpose of our cultivation is to make this world a better place, to maintain the order and stability of this world, and also, to protect the people we care about."
The last point was something she had learned from Lin Yun.
Yuxuan listened, but shook his head helplessly.
Actually, there was no standard answer to this question, but Zhen Li’s response still made him want to point out where it was wrong.
"Cultivation won’t make this world better; it will only make it worse," he said.
Yuxuan had expressed a view completely opposite to Zhen Li’s, and confused, she asked, "Why would it become worse?"
Yuxuan did not answer directly, but said instead, "If everyone were mere mortals and there were only ordinary beasts, tell me, as a person, how would you survive in the hands of ferocious beasts?"
Zhen Li was perplexed. This seemed to justify the importance of cultivation. For a person who had cultivated, killing ordinary beasts was quite easy.
But considering Yuxuan’s premise, Zhen Li continued to think and replied, "We would have to use weapons, and if weapons were not enough, then we would have to unite with others."
"You are quite right. Unity is the strongest weapon of mankind. It is a choice made out of necessity because the strength of an individual cannot match a powerful enemy. It is also an instinct engraved in our blood. However, once a person attains a certain level of cultivation, they no longer need to rely on others, and that person begins to feel they are different from the rest," he said.
Zhen Li: "..."
She seemed to understand something.
What Yuxuan referred to was the line between cultivators and mortals. Both were human, yet they were no longer the same kind of people.
"When more and more people like this appear, individuals capable of breaking the balance emerge, they command those who are less powerful than themselves. The lives of others hinge upon their thoughts," he continued.
By this point, Zhen Li had also understood why Yuxuan said cultivation would only make the world worse.
But she did not agree with this notion.
"There are many good people among cultivators, who, after gaining power, will guard those who are powerless..."
"You are wrong. No one will guard those without power," Yuxuan said emphatically, his words not just idle talk; this had been proven in several meetings at the Peach Blossom Conferences.
"I will!" Zhen Li said even more resolutely.
Yuxuan looked at Zhen Li with a gratified smile.
"I don’t know if one day you will regret what you’re saying today, but I hope you will continue on the path you’ve chosen," he said.
Yuxuan was still gazing at the sky at a forty-five-degree angle, and in that moment, Zhen Li suddenly felt a pang in her nose.
For some reason, she felt a tightness in her heart, as if something bad was going to happen.
Could it be that her master...?
"You should stay away from Lin Yun when you see him in the future. That lad is quite handsome, but with too much romance around him, you better not become just one flower on a peach tree," he advised.
"Master, we are just friends!" Zhen Li said shyly, the sour feeling in her heart suddenly much dissipated.
Yuxuan: "..."
This disciple was too heavy; he could hardly lift her spirits.
Little did he know, Zhen Li was grumbling about him in her heart.
"Lin Yun may have many confidantes, but to say I’d be just one flower on a peach tree is really an exaggeration!"
A peach tree, after all, has thousands and thousands of blossoms!
