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"Master, you didn't put drugs in my tea, did you?"
Old Celestial Master: "(￢、￢)"
Zhang Lingyu: "(￢、￢)"
The moment those words were spoken, the atmosphere in the room instantly became awkwardly tense.
"What? You actually think that way about your teacher?"
Zhang Zhiwei looked betrayed, his face filled with fear, unease, doubt, and despair as he loudly questioned his beloved student in anguish.
"Lingyu, why are you doing this to me?"
Zhang Lingyu: "(ー_ー゛)"
Master, although I felt a little apologetic after I finished speaking, wasn't your acting a bit too much?
Watching Zhang Zhiwei's exaggerated acting, Zhang Lingyu suddenly felt that the rumor seemed, perhaps, not so false after all...
"Master, you wouldn't really be trying to drug me, would you?"
"How can it be……"
The old master felt inexplicably guilty and gently kicked the empty bottle he had left over from drugging Lu Xuan under the bed deeper into the room.
He had the air of a Taoist master, emphasizing "upholding righteousness," "being conscientious in his duties," and "having the world in his heart."
Zhang Lingyu suddenly felt that his obsession was loosening. With his master like this, he didn't need to have such high expectations of himself!
No! No! How could I think of my master like that?
Zhang Lingyu quickly banished these distracting thoughts from her mind.
But he couldn't suppress his confusion and asked.
"Master, are you really going to give up like this?"
Zhang Lingyu knew his master's unwavering belief; for someone as steadfast in his Daoist heart as the Celestial Master, nothing external could hinder him.
In other words, even if Zhang Chulan really didn't want to, the Celestial Master would still try, even if it meant drugging and kidnapping him.
Now that such a grand ceremony like the Luo Tian Grand Ritual has been arranged, is the Old Celestial Master really just going to let it go like this? Doesn't he plan to give it another try?
Something else must have happened in between that caused his master's attitude to change.
Looking at the old Celestial Master's still bruised and swollen face, Zhang Lingyu recalled his master's previous praise and rumors about someone, and asked a question as if possessed.
"Master, were you beaten up before?"
Old Master: "..."
Zhang Lingyu: "..."
Zhang Lingyu: “(?、?)”
Old Celestial Master: "(￢_￢)"
"Ahem! What do you mean by 'being hit'?"
The old celestial master coughed twice: "My century of cultivation has its own mysteries, and these injuries were just intentional."
"You're still young, you won't understand that level of understanding..."
The old master had a mysterious and unfathomable expression.
Zhang Lingyu looked incredulous.
At this moment, Zhang Lingyu's stubbornness and obsession with the Celestial Master had almost completely collapsed.
Under the watchful gaze of the honest Zhang Lingyu, the old Celestial Master Zhang Zhiwei uttered a soft remark.
"Actually... I only lost by one move."
Zhang Lingyu stared intently at the old Celestial Master, his mind flashing through the stubbornness of the older generation from various sects and schools.
I couldn't help but let out a soft "pfft!"
Then, he instantly switched to his perpetually icy expression and silently nodded.
"Disciple understands!"
Zhang Lingyu gave him an "I understand" look, then got up and left the room.
"I will definitely follow Master's teachings tomorrow. Lingyu will take her leave now."
Zhang Zhiwei behind him: "..."
Gradually, I started to understand...
No! Lingyu, what have you realized?
I really only lost by one move!
Zhang Lingyu walked out of the room and strolled on Longhu Mountain. Looking at the bright moon in the sky, he suddenly felt that his obsession had dissipated a lot.
His respect for the old Celestial Master remained undiminished; he simply realized that the Celestial Master was also a human being, capable of joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness, and not a perfectly rational machine.
Even your master loses and feels embarrassed, so why should you force yourself to be a "perfect" person?
Voiceover: [Old Master: I really only lost by one move!]
Looking up at the sky, the moon is so round tonight! Even the melon rind slapping itself with a shovel seems much softer...
Zhang Lingyu: "..."
Wait, where did this melon rind come from?
Chapter 104: The moonlight is beautiful tonight, how about a midnight race!
Zhang Lingyu looked up at the sky again: "(゜▽゜；)"
Under the moonlight, Bao'er swung her blood-stained shovel and cleaved it down with a powerful blow.
Zhang Lingyu: "!!!"
Isn't that the girl with the melon-like face next to Zhang Chulan? How did she get close so quietly?
"Thunder Magic - Palm Thunder!"
Knowing Bao'er's skills, Zhang Lingyu instinctively struck with a palm strike.
The Palm Thunder uses the Qi of the Heart Fire to lead the Qi of the Five Internal Organs to strike first, seeking that magnificent and upright spirit.
Zhang Lingyu practiced Yin Five Thunder, and when he forcibly used Palm Thunder, he only grasped its form but not its essence.
The result, naturally, was that they failed to grasp the essentials.
A blue-white arc of electricity flashed, but the lightning contained a trace of yin and turbid energy, striking Bao'er head-on.
The lightning flashed by and was easily split by Bao'er, but its momentum continued as it struck Zhang Lingyu's feet.
Zhang Lingyu, who promptly took a step back: "..."
Wow! This girl with the melon-like skin is really fierce!
Is my palm strike really that weak?
Zhang Lingyu looked at her palm, a hint of sadness flashing in her eyes.
So, I still can't face myself?
Just now he kept saying he had come to terms with it, but subconsciously he still used the palm thunder most suitable for Yang Wu Lei.
Zhang Lingyu! When will you finally let go and stop being so hypocritical?
Zhang Lingyu sighed, and black arcs of electricity, filthy, sinister, and seemingly carrying an ominous aura, flickered from his palm.
This is your true self, Zhang Lingyu, you should let go!
At this moment, Zhang Lingyu suddenly had a flash of insight. Sometimes, breakthroughs are not gradual but rather occur suddenly one day when the clouds part and the sun shines through.
At this moment, Zhang Lingyu finally understood.
Why be so hypocritical?
If you've let go, you've let go; if you haven't, you haven't. You may have gained some understanding, but you haven't truly achieved enlightenment. Why force yourself to appear carefree?
True self-acceptance is not about forcibly restraining oneself, nor is it about pretending to be carefree while being hypocritical.
Only by understanding one's own true nature and accepting the fact that while one has gained some understanding, one has not completely let go of one's obsessions can one break free from those obsessions.
So this is where my destiny was meant to be?
At this moment, Zhang Lingyu suddenly understood, and felt a refreshing sense of clarity and enlightenment, as if his mind had been enlightened and his senses had been pierced through.
With a carefree smile, Zhang Lingyu looked at Bao'er with an indifferent expression.
"Young lady, thank you for letting me..."
Before Zhang Lingyu could finish speaking, a shovel struck him in the face.
Zhang Lingyu fell backward and fainted.
Bao'er put the shovel on her shoulder and scratched her head in confusion.
This melon rind is so silly! Doesn't it know to dodge when it gets hit?
Seeing that Zhang Lingyu was suddenly attacked and did not run away, he actually stood there talking to himself.
Bao'er couldn't resist and slapped it with a shovel.
Looking at Zhang Lingyu lying on the ground.
Bao'er scratched her head, then suddenly nodded with a shrewd look on her face.
"This kid is too naive! Let's bury him a little shallower later!"
No sooner had he finished speaking than a bolt of lightning suddenly exploded in the distance.
"Zhang Zhiwei, you shameless old Taoist priest, stop right there."
"Why are you pushing me, senior brother?"
"Of course, Old Lu is chasing us closely!"
Bao'er scratched her head in confusion, watching the old master push Tian Jinzhong past at breakneck speed.