Seeking the Tao in the Mortal World

As they were talking, a true spirit returned to Ju Yunxiu's palm. Qin Yi looked carefully and saw a mini faceless figure with only two cute eyes.

Before Qin Yi could see clearly, the mini figure disappeared. Ju Yunxiu looked thoughtful.

Qin Yi asked, "Did you find anything?"

"Yes." Ju Yunxiu said, "There are so many enchantments in the medical, divination, scheming, and planning sect, so it is difficult to avoid Tian Jizi's detection. I can only scout outside the sect, but I got something from the eating, drinking, whoring, and gambling sect.”

Qin Yi immediately understood. "An outsider must have gone to Virtuous Garden."

"That's right, how could the lewd monk of Temple Great Joy resist the temptation of this placeJu Yunxiu sneered. "I'm afraid he went there secretly without telling the scheming sect. With Zheng Yunyi's schme, he wouldn't let go of such a chance. It’s a pity that Zheng Yunyi couldn't detain the guest.”

"Why Zheng Yunyi instead of Tian Jizi?"

"This will only be a matter at the disciple level. Once Tian Jizi colludes with Temple Great Joy, this matter will be serious. Why would he use the elixir at the tao conference? Even if he succeeded, it would only make us vigilant of his following plan. So Tian Jizi wouldn't have done this. It can only be Zheng Yunyi at most. Maybe it’s just Xi Xiangzi's own decision.”

Qin Yi looked at her in surprise.

"Who would've thought you actually have some intelligence..."

Ju Yunxiu's expression became dangerous. "So you thought I was easy to deceive?"

"No no..."

Ju Yunxiu sighed and said, "Qin Yi, so far, I haven't found anything that you have lied to me about. Even your intention to leave and you have a lover is clearly stated in the mountain name. Although it is human nature to have some secrets, I just hope that I will not find out that you lied to me one day..."

Qin Yi could understand that she was worried about gains and losses, not purely thinking about the intimate relationship. But she finally had a tao friend who could be trusted and help her. She had even planned to teach the profound technique of the sect, so she was afraid that this person actually had evil intentions.

She said so because there was a hint of emotional entanglement between Qin Yi and her. Otherwise, as a Radiant Yang Stage sect master, she would only observe him secretly. Even a hundred years of observation might not be enough.

Thinking of this, he sighed and replied seriously, "Don't worry."

He wasn't brushing her off. If he talked big, that would be empty talking. Ju Yunxiu looked into his eyes, and Qin Yi's eyes were clear and determined as usual. She finally smiled and turned her head. "It's getting dark. Don't tell me you are staying here."

Qin Yi couldn't help but laugh and said, "I don't know why you are so obsessed with sleeping. I haven't slept much ever since I gained cultivation."

Ju Yunxiu said, "So is it good or bad not sleeping?"

"Huh?"

"When I was a child, I was obsessed with music, calligraphy, and painting, and I was beaten by my family very late at night. At that time, I thought it would be great if people didn't need to sleep. I could have more time to do as many things as I like. How happy that would be." Ju Yunxiu yawned and said, "Later I thought that if people can sleep when they want, that would be happiness."

After saying that, she went back to the house without asking Qin Yi if he would stay overnight.

Qin Yi watched her as she entered the house, feeling quite touched. Ju Yunxiu rarely talked about her 'tao' or 'philosophy of life'. Today he had seen the tip of the iceberg.

Piano, chess, calligraphy, and painting were just ways. As the stick mentioned, the essence of cultivating to be an immortal was... to question one's own heart.

People who could cultivate to the Radiant Yang Stage might be pure, but they would never be stupid.

Why was she alone? Because she had actually seen too many people with ulterior motives. It would be a mistake to think that she would just sleep, play music, and paint.

Qin Yi looked around. It was indeed completely dark and the mountain was completely silent. He didn't go back to his cave house, but he walked to the guest room where he had lived before and went to bed. He really found that he had not enjoyed the basic happiness of sleeping for a long, long time.

Why didn't he go back to his cave house? Because there wasn't even a bed there.

He fell asleep very quickly. A fuzzy thought flashed through his mind: Liu Su must be feeling great to be sleeping for several days...

"Master, Master, my homework."

Ju Yunxiu leaned on the bedside and took Qing Cha's painting.

The painting showed a clear pond at dusk. A man and a woman stood side by side on the rainbow bridge. Their faces were blurred, but they were very close to each other, whispering intimately.

Anyone who saw this painting would think that this was a destined couple.

Ju Yunxiu's face turned red again. She shook the scroll and asked, "When were we so close to each other?"

Qing Cha said confidently, "This is how it looks from my perspective!"

"You did it on purpose!"

"I don't!"

"In other words, your homework is actually eavesdropping on my conversation with your Master's Junior?"

Qing Cha couldn't refute it. She said apologetically, "At least I didn't delay my homework..."

"You are distracted while painting. How is that a homework? You should be punished." Ju Yunxiu picked up Qing Cha and threw it into the teapot.

Qing Cha screamed. "Master, you are deliberately taking revenge..."

'Bang', the girl turned into a piece of tea leaf and fell into the teapot.

Ju Yunxiu looked at the painting scroll again. Looking at the intimate posture of herself and Qin Yi, she pursed her lips and put the painting into the ring.

She was in a trance for a moment. Qin Yi was in the guest house a few rooms away... very close. If she wanted, she could watch him sleep the whole time.

He used to be my guest, but I didn’t have any feelings for him. But why do I feel that this is too ambiguous today? Should I be more careful and not have guests in the future?

She sighed. Is that necessary?

…

Early the next morning, Qin Yi came to the main room refreshed and planned to ask Ju Yunxiu to attend the tao conference together. This was the last and decisive day.

When I entered the room, I saw Ju Yunxiu looking at paintings by the window, and Qing Cha standing by the side, muttering, "This painting was painted in the early morning. I put in all my efforts to paint it."

Ju Yunxiu looked at the sunrise over the distant mountains in the painting and sighed indifferently, "Okay, fine."

"So Master actually likes the one last night better, right?"

"Nonsense."

"Just admit it."

"Do you want another punishment?"

Qin Yi watched the master and disciple quarreling, surprisingly feeling warm in his heart. He picked up the teapot on the table and poured a cup. While drinking tea, he watched the master and disciple quarrel.

As a result, the master and disciple stopped arguing and looked over with strange gazes.

Qin Yi drank half of the cup and asked curiously, "Why are you two looking at me like that?"

Qing Cha blushed, "That, that's overnight tea."

"Oh, it's fine." Qin Yi drank it all. "It still tastes good. It's even better than the immortal tea before. It has a fresh fragrance and is refreshing."

Ju Yunxiu and Qing Cha said in unison, "Pervert."

Qin Yi, "?"

Before Qin Yi could figure it out, Ju Yunxiu changed the topic and said, "This tao conference lacks fighting competition, which makes it look like a piece of cake. So if no one challenges you today, you may not be able to win directly. You are likely to be required to participate in some kind of fighting."

Qin Yi was distracted and asked curiously, "What is some kind of fighting?"

"That is to say, it is not about winning in the arena, but a venue may be chosen so that you can each use your sect's strengths. The one who completes a certain goal first wins."

Qin Yi immediately thought of something. "In other words, this is the time if they want to set me up?"

Ju Yunxiu said faintly, "Now that we know it, we will have the upper hand."