A moment later, Xu Chen seemed to remember something. He took out a jade bracelet from his pocket, looked at it with a gentle expression, took Wang Li's hand, and put it on her wrist. This was a keepsake left to him by a female elder in the sect. Back then, this female elder treated him like a grandson and would often call him over to answer his questions about cultivation. When her lifespan was about to end, the elder gave Xu Chen this jade bracelet. Inside, there were small arrays for purifying the mind and connecting with the spirit. When Xu Chen was in the Golden Core stage, he often wore this bracelet while cultivating. Later, he learned that the female elder had been his master's confidante. Due to some misunderstandings, although they were in the same sect, they had not seen each other for a thousand years.
Wang Li felt the warmth of the jade bracelet, her beautiful eyes filled with emotion as she looked at Xu Chen. She stood up and embraced him. Xu Chen patted her back and said softly, "This jade bracelet was a gift from an elder. You must take good care of it." Wang Li nodded vigorously. "Okay, little Xu, I... I will wear it forever." The two expressed their love for each other, making everyone else in the coffee shop feel incredibly satisfied. Xu Chen's feelings for Wang Li were those of an ordinary man for his first love. He didn't have any intention of belittling Wang Li or rejecting her love because he was a cultivator. Everything would take its natural course. Perhaps a hundred years later, when Wang Li reached the limit of a mortal's lifespan and gradually aged, Xu Chen would grow old with her. At least until Wang Li closed her eyes, he would give her a healthy, happy, and fulfilling life.
The next day, the final exams arrived. Xu Chen took a walk from home in the morning, slowly heading towards school. Along the way, many students carried their backpacks, breakfast stalls lined the streets, and the traffic gradually increased. Xu Chen absorbed everything around him: fallen leaves, the cold wind, the bustling city, the rising sun peeking out from the horizon. His spiritual energy automatically began to circulate, then subsided. He felt a greater harmony between himself and the rules of heaven and earth. "Is this what it means to become mortal? I remember Master saying that some people have attained enlightenment through swordsmanship, some through the cycle of life and death, and some through ruthlessness." Xu Chen recalled the tender moments he shared with Wang Li the previous night. "Could it be that I attained enlightenment through emotion?" Xu Chen didn't quite understand. "Oh well, oh well, let nature take its course."
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