There is a distance from Zizhulin to Shangyang Peak Cave.
Xu Jing asked, "Don't lie to me. How could you have the time to go to the consulate to receive the mission after coming back from outside? What good will it do you to delay for three days? You might as well agree now. At least if you lose, no one will see you. You have to know that with Xiao Chen's temper, he will definitely make it known to everyone in the family within three days."
Pei Jingke was not so low as to be afraid of a little disciple: "Let him pass on the teachings. If he wants to recognize his father in a grand manner, I will follow his lead."
Xu Jing's eyes twitched: "Okay, I'll wait."
The self-confidence of Zhang Yiming is what he has always been confused about but also yearns for.
This young man has always been the most outstanding figure in Yinghui Peak.
Compared to Chu Junyu's aloofness and indifference, the impression he left on everyone was more vivid and more real. Like a ray of light. An omnipotent light, accustomed to everyone's expectations and attention.
Xu Jing has always been curious: "Your name is Zhang Yiming, but why didn't I say there is a cultivation family with the surname Zhang in Cang Ze Continent?"
Pei Jing said casually: "Well, this is a small family, a small family, it's normal that you haven't heard of it."
Cang Ze Pei family is a small family. Probably the people of the whole continent will be silent.
Xu Jing: “Is that so?” He was half-believing and half-doubting.
Pei Jing changed the subject, looked at the purple bamboo shoot he had been holding all the way in his arms, and said with a smile: "Don't talk about me, look at you - is this all you can do? Xiao Chen is so arrogant that he openly looks down on you, don't you want to work hard on your cultivation and teach him a lesson?"
Xu Jing held an armful of purple bamboo shoots, touched his nose, and smiled shyly but with a different kind of refreshingness: "Why teach him a lesson?"
"They have opportunities, they can't compare."
When he said this, he frowned and began to sigh deeply and lightly.
"During my time at Shangyang Peak, I actually learned a lot. For example, for many things, you still have to make your own decisions. I have seen too many people in Shangyang Peak who have spent their entire lives unable to build a foundation and are stuck at a stage until they die of old age. Immortality is too far away, and forming a pill is out of reach for us. Since we are all going to die, life is short, so we might as well enjoy ourselves while we can."
Pei Jing asked back: "Did you go to the sky to have fun?"
Xu Jing opened his eyes wide, looked at him slowly, and then slowly said: "No, in fact, I was forced."
Pei Jing raised his eyebrows.
"My family is a not-too-small cultivation family with strict rules. The strong are respected and the weak are slaves. If I want my mother to live a good life in the family, I must come to Yunxiao."
Xu Jing's expression showed a trace of nostalgia and depression: "At that time, I thought that if I became Yunxiao's disciple, there would be no cunning and evil servants in the family who would bully her."
The floating clouds gradually covered the sun, the road twisted and turned, and the grass and trees separated it.
The light fell on the boy's face, making him look somewhat lonely.
"You can't do this."
Pei Jing shook his head.
Xu Jing had never thought that he would talk about this with Zhang Yiming one day. He just stared blankly at the elegant and noble young man next to him, who was counseling him word by word.
"After drawing the Qi into the body, the cultivator will have an extra 200 years of lifespan, a thousand years to build the foundation, and ten thousand years to form the elixir. Compared to the immortals, mortals are like mosquito larvae that are born in the morning and die in the evening, with yellow dust and white bones. You are in the sky, so it is better to forget about worldly affairs as soon as possible, otherwise you will end up asking for trouble."
There was a long silence.
Xu Jing's eyes were filled with shock: "You really didn't memorize these words from some immortal's notes?"
Pei Jing: “I said it myself.”
Xu Jing smiled with his eyes curved: "Don't mention it, I was almost fooled by you."
His fingers moved slightly, his voice was smiling, and his words had a kind of insight that penetrated many things.
"However, it is not so easy to let go. I did not join the Immortal Sect voluntarily, and immortality was not my original intention. All along, I just wanted to save face for my mother."
Pei Jing: "Why don't you continue to fight for your success?"
Xu Jing chuckled: "She sent me a letter a few days ago."
Pei Jing: “Hmm?”
Xu Jing's voice was very light: "She said that she is living a very good life now. The family is proud of me, and she has benefited from it, enjoying all the glory and wealth. Now that she is old, she has more to worry about. She told me that if I really can't endure hardship, I should stop trying to show off, and just live happily."
He snapped his fingers.
“I think that’s the truth.”
He tilted his head in amusement: "Isn't it incredible that there is someone like me in Yunxiao who doesn't seek to make progress?"
Pei Jing was slightly stunned, then tilted his head and looked at Xu Jing seriously, then nodded.
The little boy who had been chased by a snake in the Yunlan Secret Realm was now smiling like a lazy cat. Holding the food he had dug, he felt a different kind of satisfaction.
Xu Jing said: "Although I don't seek advancement, it is human nature. The road is difficult. Look at how many Nascent Soul masters there are in this world. Looking at Yunxiao, including the head and a few inner peak elders, there are no more than ten people. Those who can make it to the end are either determined, talented, or have great luck. I don't need to think about the latter two, and as for the former... it's too difficult."
It's too difficult. One path leads to stumbling and falling, and bloodshed. Three to five years pass in the blink of an eye, a hundred years to a thousand years, and the world changes, and beauty withers. Why do so many people practice the ruthless way
Because the separation of life and death is too unpredictable.
"Don't you think it's scary? In the end, you're all alone in the world, without any family or friends. It's better to die at the happiest moment."
He finally cleaned a purple bamboo shoot, took a bite, and started eating it with a smacking sound.
Pei Jing thought for a long time, pursed his lips and said nothing.
Xu Jing is different from everyone he comes into contact with.
Since he was born, he has met the proud children of this world. For Xu Jing, the foundation building or Dan formation, which was out of reach, they had completed it at an incredible age.
Therefore, everyone is born with full of glory and is given corresponding responsibilities from an early age.
But now they are still young, they can stay and play in the human world.
Xu Jing may have said too much and felt a little sad. Even the sweetness of the purple bamboo shoots could not stop his mouth. He looked at the road ahead with a sense of loss and said, "Among all living beings, I am just one of them."
All living beings.
Seven emotions and six desires.
Pei Jing recalled the autumn of Jingtianyuan one year. The golden afternoon sun shone all over the ground.
It was during a break after the senior had explained enlightenment and the seven emotions and six desires.
They were in a corner of the academy, far away from the others. After all, they often had a fight whenever there was a slight disagreement, which made the academy a mess. The master had already turned it into a dangerous area.
Everyone is doing their own thing.
Feng Jin lay on the table and played with the bird, and the phoenix clan's sacred beast chirped non-stop.
Wusheng calmly read the scriptures blindly by feeling his way with his hands.
There was something sinister and mysterious going on, and no one knew what magic he was tinkering with.
Yu Qinglian stretched out her hand to the window, her fingertips brushing across the myriad of lights, and she caught a maple leaf falling from the sky. Facing the shiny surface of the bell, she carefully pinned it on her hair.
Bored and idle.
Pei Jing went to harass Chen Xu in front of him: "What do you think about this matter of breaking off relationships and love?"
Chen Xu turned around fiercely and glared at him: "Can you ask something serious?"
Pei Jing said: "Okay, be serious, what kind of person do you like?"
Chen Xu: “…”
After being furious, Chen Xu blushed strangely. It was a bit embarrassing to say this in front of so many people, but as a teenager at that time, he was really fooled by Pei Jing.
"I don't ask for much. Just be gentle, but not weak; be spoiled, but not irritable; your cultivation should be on the Heavenly Ranking, but not higher than mine; you should be tough, but also need me. And don't be too good-looking."
Pei Jing tilted his head: "Little Fatty, do you want to consider it?"
Yu Qinglian had a blank expression on her face. Crack, the maple leaf on her fingertips shattered above her head.
Pei Jing couldn't stop laughing: "You ask for too much."
Chen Xu was a little annoyed: "Why are you talking so loudly!"
Chirp.
The little red bird, teased by Feng Jin, made a cheerful sound. It looked at them with its round eyes and tapped the table with its wings, as if mocking them.
When Chen Xu heard this, he immediately turned his head and yelled at the bird: "If you laugh again, I will strip you of your feathers."
Little Phoenix: “Chi.” Tsk.
Feng Jin sneered and turned her head away: "What's the matter? I've already said it, why don't you let people hear it?"
Chen Xu: “Heh.”
Pei Jing would never let Chen Xu be bullied. He said to the little red bird, "What are you laughing at? I heard that your bird tribe has more males than females, and polyandry is common. Little bird, you should worry about whether anyone wants you first. My junior brother Chen Xu has 30,000 suitors in Yunxiao."
The beast's fur exploded: "Chichi!"
His Majesty, the highly respected divine beast in Fengqi Mountain, has become a punching bag since he followed his master to Jingtianyuan. He can't even resist.
Chen Xu whispered: "Where did the 30,000 come from?"
Pei Jing continued: "I'll give you half."
The little red bird looked at its owner pitifully.
The young new emperor of the Phoenix clan used his fingers to play with the bird's feathers and continued to sneer: "Him?"
Chen Xu was so angry that he almost stood up.
Pei Jing dragged him down, and of course he and his master were venting their anger together. He tilted his head and said, "Brother, don't speak so early. I remember what you said when you were drunk that time, marrying a phoenix queen, being loyal and unswerving, and being together for life - I want beauty instead of the kingdom."
"Your feminine view of love is still popular, so why can't Chen Xu have 30,000 suitors?"
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