However, the waiter's expression softened considerably, and he smiled as he saw the two off.
After leaving Lingsu City, Xiao Yuhan followed behind Jun Tan. He found that this woman was indeed very strange. She seemed uninterested in anything, but she liked to stare blankly at a certain person or thing, and she wouldn't leave no matter how he called her.
Today, Jun Tan stared blankly at the fruit on a fruit tree. She seemed to recall when Bai Yao and her master were traveling in the martial world. Bai Yao liked to pick a couple of wild fruits she saw by the roadside, simply because of her habit of saving. But Jun Tan had no thoughts about it at the moment. She just thought about those times and didn't quite understand.
Xiao Yuhan thought she wanted to eat, so he picked some wild fruit and placed it in front of her. But Jun Tan shook her head, even a little angry, "Why did you pick the fruit?"
"Didn't you want to eat it?"
When did I ever say I wanted to eat it?
“But you kept staring at it, you clearly wanted to eat it,” Xiao Yuhan continued.
Unexpectedly, Jun Tan's face turned cold, and he frowned as he said, "Many things in this world cannot be obtained just because you want them. Besides, I didn't even want to eat them. Look how well those fruits are growing. This is nature, the rule of heaven and earth. If you wanted to eat them, that would be fine, but why pick them if you don't want to eat them?"
Xiao Yuhan said with a hint of helplessness, "I just think you want to eat it."
That's just your opinion.
Xiao Yuhan was increasingly helpless. "Fine! I want to eat it, I'll eat it myself, okay?"
Unexpectedly, Jun Tan snatched the fruit from Xiao Yuhan's hand again, "Fine, since you've already picked it, I'll reluctantly eat one."
Xiao Yuhan frowned as she watched the fruit in her hand being taken away, and immediately got up to pick another one.
"What are you doing?" Jun Tan called out to him.
"I'm picking fruit!"
"I don't want to eat it, don't pick it!"
"Do I want to eat it or not?" Xiao Yuhan said helplessly.
Jun Tan didn't say anything, but handed the fruit she had already taken a bite of to Xiao Yuhan, "Here, I'm not eating it anymore, you finish it, we can't waste it!"
Xiao Yuhan ignored her and walked straight towards the fruit tree.
"Hmph! Xiao Yuhan, this isn't the first time you've defied me!"
"Miss Juntan, aren't we friends? Why do you always act like you're superior to everyone else?"
Jun Tan continued, "Because I am inherently above all living beings!"
These past few days, Xiao Yuhan had gotten used to Jun Tan's behavior. After thinking for a moment, she ate the remaining half of the fruit and then followed behind her. "By the way, why are you always so out of place?"
I don't understand what you mean.
"In other words, I always feel that you shouldn't be like this. This world, these mountains and rivers, the grass and trees, the cattle and sheep, everything in front of us is within this world, so why do you feel that you are different from them?"
"Because I am different. I am the upholder of the laws and the supervisor of the Heavenly Way. I can act on behalf of the Heavenly Way."
"Did you do that? As far as I know, the demon race in Beiyuan has already established a kingdom. What if they, like Baiyu, hunt and kill humans?"
Upon hearing this, Jun Tan turned around and looked at Xiao Yuhan very seriously. "So, why do you think that the human race is superior? The human race can hunt and kill the demon race, so why can't the demon race? The idea that Heaven is ruthless is just something you humans say, but Heaven treats all living beings the same."
Xiao Yuhan nodded. "I admit that. The saying 'Heaven and Earth are ruthless, treating all things like straw dogs' means exactly that. It doesn't mean that Heaven doesn't care about life, but rather that all life is the same before Heaven and Earth, equally fragile, and equally destined to die."
"You're not wrong to interpret it that way, so you can't say I didn't do anything."
"Then what have you been doing? Since you claim to be the overseer of the Heavenly Dao, why are you idly strolling around here?"
"There's no need to do anything. You Taoists say that the way of nature is right. Actually, I don't need to do anything. This world is still the same world. The only things that have changed are the quality and quantity."
Xiao Yuhan stared at Jun Tan. This was the first time in a long time that he truly understood this woman. It turned out that she wasn't really that cold-hearted; she simply spoke the truth and acted according to her true nature.
"Under what circumstances would you take action?" Xiao Yuhan asked curiously.
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