Extra: Yan Qing: After all, I am just an ordinary scholar

Yan Qing's handwriting: [Year of Guimao, Month of Jiayin, Day of Guisi]

At the beginning of spring, Zhongzhou held a grand election. In line with my parents' earnest expectations, I repeatedly read the "Zhongzhou Sect Apprenticeship Handbook" written by my father. My father hoped that I could fill in the blank in the "Zhongzhou Sect Apprenticeship Handbook" regarding the quick guide to accepting disciples for the Supreme Sect.

It was determined that he had golden spiritual roots, which was excellent, and he was able to enter the Supreme Sect. He lived up to his father's expectations and inquired about the situations of his sons in detail.

There are three candidates in one group. One is extremely gifted but born with deficiencies. He is poor and seems to make a living by begging. One is blessed with dragon energy and does not seem to be a descendant of the spirit world. The last one is said to have a peculiar fate and seems to be born in an ordinary town. I am the only one who is from a small family this time. It can be seen that the Supreme Sect does not consider identity when accepting disciples, but only talent. However, although this person has talent, he will not live long. How strange.

Then he wrote to his father, "The Supreme Sect accepts disciples based on fate. Don't force it. If you have to make preparations, it's better to have your fate told."

My father was not happy and advised me to strictly follow my duty as a disciple, work hard to be the best, and to win over other disciples and elders so that I could attend the elders' meetings in the future, have status and be respected, and always put courtesy first when meeting people and handling matters.

When I entered the Supreme Sect, I saw the headmaster personally cooking. He cooked Shuyan in an iron pot. Although it was simple, it was very delicious, full of charm and tasted good. The headmaster did not seem to like complicated etiquette.

I became a disciple of Elder Cangli. I did not undergo any entrance tests as in other sects, nor was I interrogated about my state of mind. The Supreme Sect did not even have a distinction between inner and outer sects. The disciples who entered the sect were directly accepted as his personal disciples. It was amazing.

In addition, Lin Du is indeed extremely gifted. He advanced after the meal and became a god. He was accepted as a disciple by Yanye Xianzun, the leader of the formation, and became my uncle. He entered the forbidden area, and I was very envious of him. I should work hard.

[Kui Mao Year Ding Si Month Bing Zi Day]

I have been in the sect for more than two months. Junior Sister Jinxuan is very strong and can lift huge rocks. I am no match for her, so Senior Uncle Juyuan accepted her as his disciple. This is how we met.

The eldest senior brother Mo Lin is calm and kind. He doesn't like etiquette and is very friendly.

It's strange that I walk around the sect every day without any formalities or greetings. Even my master is very relaxed and doesn't like my rigidity. He seems to like Yuan Ye more.

Yuan Ye is my direct disciple and fellow student, and he is very lazy!

The master has a quirk and doesn't like odd numbers. Yuanye and I must do the same thing at the same time, without any difference.

In the Wushang Sect, from the masters to the disciples, all have to work in the fields, feed pigs, cook, and do farm work all the time. I have never heard of other sects teaching their disciples to do such chores. The sect leader taught that this is to follow the natural way.

Junior Master Uncle Le, this method is down-to-earth.

Junior Master is indeed very intelligent!

Shocked! Junior Master Uncle spent two months to build the foundation, I feel so ashamed. Yuan Ye did not find it strange, but said, "What's wrong with this? People are different from each other, we should let nature take its course."

I thought Yuanye didn't want to increase the training time.

[Gui Mao Year, Ji Wei Month, Ding Chou Day]

I have established my foundation! Yuan Ye established his foundation a few days before me. He has the help of dragon energy and is much better than me in cultivation. However, he is always lazy. If the master had not forced him to do the same thing as me, he would never have been able to establish his foundation so quickly.

I wrote a letter to my father, who asked me about the sect's apprenticeship procedure and wanted to complete the "Zhongzhou Sect Apprenticeship Handbook - Supreme Sect". He also asked me about the sect's situation. I told him my daily schedule, but my father didn't believe me. He said that I had not practiced hard in the Supreme Sect these days and that my writing style had even regressed.

But everyone in the sect speaks vernacular, and they are not used to my flowery language. It has been a long time since we have been polite, and I feel quite comfortable.

Yuan Ye said something very right. Being comfortable is also important. It would be tiring if we always had to consider the way people get along with each other. Although I think this is the way the world is, after watching the Supreme Sect, I feel that it doesn't matter if we put these abilities aside for the time being.

After all, my father told me to build good relationships with my classmates. If I want to fit in, I have to speak the language!

[Gengshen month Renxu day Guimao year]

The treatment in the Wushang Sect is really good! As long as the foundation is established, the sect's treasure house will be opened. Other sects, even the Guiyuan Sect, require disciples to make great contributions or win first place in the sect competition before they can get it.

It seems like I don’t have to worry about anything in the Supreme Sect, but I still feel a lot of pressure because everyone is a genius and I can’t fall behind.

After entering the treasure house, I was actually chosen by a heavy iron sword. Although it was an extraordinary spiritual treasure, my father would be very happy if he knew it, but I am a scholar! I was shocked. Why didn’t those books and pens choose me? Instead, it was a sword!

I want to be a sword practitioner in the future.

Thinking of Yuan Ye, I felt more balanced. He wanted to saw wood no matter what, but he insisted on chatting with me on the Xiqin. How disrespectful!

The master said that I have a gold spiritual root and can learn to refine weapons from him.

The Zhongzhou sect's apprenticeship manual says that one needs to please the master, perform well in every competition, and be careful to show respect, only then will one have a chance to win the master's favor in exchange for a little bit of true teachings. This is not only the case in the sect, it is also the same in the academy in Sifang City. Why is it that the Supreme Sect is different at all?

The headmaster also said that there will be a secret realm at the end of the year. There are few people in the Supreme Sect, and any disciple who meets the requirements can go. As far as I know, other sects are already holding trials for new disciples, and only the top few will have a spot. Is this the number one sect in Zhongzhou?

It's great. Life in the Supreme Sect is so easy. Even my junior uncle is in the bookstore all day. She is the most talented but still works so hard. I have to work harder! How can she read so fast?

[Gui Mao Year, Jia Zi Month, Gui Chou Day]

There was a big crisis in the secret realm. The junior master was very smart and actually discovered an ancient city.

When the four of us fought side by side, even though the energy was fading, I felt my blood boiling. This is what it feels like to be with a team!

[Gui Mao Year, Yi Chou Month, Gui Wei Day]

This was the first time I went with my senior brother and second senior sister to help the villages in the Supreme Sect.

I found that my junior uncle always said a lot of strange things and lied to outsiders.

Although I didn't understand it, I had a feeling that we seemed to have stepped into a conspiracy, and it turned out to be true.

Little Master is so sharp! But I envy her fan the most.

Why is my magic weapon a knife, not a fan? I am the real scholar!

My senior brother seems to have been poisoned. I am very worried. Second senior sister is usually cold and seldom speaks. I have been in the sect for almost a year and have not spoken to her. But today I felt that senior sister is a person who is cold on the outside but warm on the inside. She diagnosed my pulse carefully and gave me elixirs. It’s not that she is difficult to get along with. She just seems like she doesn’t like talking to outsiders.

It seems that some interactions do not require deliberate flattery. We seem to have a natural sense of fellow-school feeling. Why did my father never tell me this?

[Jiachen year, Bingyin month, Jiayin day]

After more than a year in the sect, my relationship with Yuan Ye has become better, and I have told him many things about the spiritual world.

Yuan Ye asked me, since I thought the Supreme Sect was strange, why didn’t I go and ask my master?

I said that I was respecting my teachers and should not question them casually.

But it is still strange, why is the Supreme Sect not afraid at all of those who are chosen to join with bad characters, or those who are born rebellious and unwilling to persist in practicing Taoism?

It's a bit mysterious to say that it all depends on fate.

Although Yuan Ye was born into a royal family, he was a fierce man.

He looked like he didn't care about anything. Coming from the mortal world, he didn't understand what the Supreme Sect meant in the spiritual world. He turned around and asked his master, "Master, Yan Qing asked why we don't need to take any tests before and after entering the sect?"

I have a headache.

The master didn't care. He plucked the strings of his zither lazily and said, "We Taoists follow destiny. Whatever is destined to happen to you, whether it's a rebellious disciple or a good disciple, they are all disciples. You just happen to want to become my disciples, and I just happen to want to accept two disciples. This is a predestined fate. If my teachings can't make you good disciples, it's my fault."

"We prefer to follow nature when it comes to taking in disciples. Besides, a person has two eyes, so I can still tolerate having two disciples."

I couldn't help but ask, "What if there are disciples who are truly incorrigible, or even do something heretical?"

The master started to speak, "Then I will personally eliminate the evil for the people and put an end to this cause and effect."

The sound of the guqin is low, like the wind swirling in the bottom of the yellow sand valley, sweeping through my heart.

I understand some of it, but also some of it I don’t understand.

I find that the people of the Supreme Sect seem to have a natural pride that is closer to the Tao. Being too casual is actually a pursuit of the Tao itself.

I feel that I am one of the few normal people in this sect. After all, among the new disciples, there is a genius with an unconventional sword, a rookie with infinite strength, and a prince who has no aspirations or rules.

There's a quiet madness to everything they do, and it scares me.

I was pretty much the only normal person there.

Yuan Ye retorted, saying that I was as scary as a giant when I dressed like a scholar and wielded an iron hammer. I also practiced martial arts very hard. My master asked me to practice a hundred times, but I practiced two hundred times, so he was forced to keep up.

We all have a disease, so no one should criticize anyone else.

But I don’t think there is anything wrong with me, he really thinks he is an ordinary person, it’s just that the perfect educational environment allows him to respect his teachers, work hard, and practice well, this is the most normal ordinary person in the world of cultivation!

Jinxuan patted my shoulder, making me grimace in pain, but she still smiled and said, "Admit it, there is no normal person among those who have entered our Supreme Sect."

I don't want to admit it, but to be honest it's pretty good to be with this group of genius freaks.

It was completely different from going to the academy with the disciples of aristocratic families in Sifang City before. In the academy, everything was compared, including food, clothing, and daily expenses, how well one studied, test scores, family background, parents, everything. One had to think twice before speaking, always keeping in mind the ways of dealing with people, and think about the future results before taking a step, to see if it would really make one move forward.

During the days in the Supreme Sect, instead of thinking about how to take each step, it is better to think about what to do in the dining hall that day, how many acres of land to cultivate, whether it is your turn to feed the pigs and geese, and who should wash the dishes at noon and who should wash the dishes at night between you and Yuan Ye.

I think that in the section of my father's book about survival precautions for the major sects, the column about the Supreme Sect will probably be left blank.

The students of Sifangcheng Academy will not understand my experience in the Supreme Sect. They will just think it is a joke. How could there be a sect where one does not have to work very hard or figure out how to behave in society, and can be taught meticulously by the master, and fellow disciples never compete with each other for resources?

[Year of Wushen, Month of Bingchen, Day of Yihai]

Yuan Ye has already decided to choose the free and easy path. My master said that I am not suitable for the free and easy path, and I think so too.

At first I was worried that my master would be displeased with me because of this, but I didn't expect that my master would pass on his own unique weapon refining technique to me today, and personally selected a good technique that best suits me in the library.

I realized that this sect does not need the things and rules that my father taught me by example. I just need to keep my original heart and put my back on my fellow disciples. If we are scattered, we can be a starry sky, and if we are together, we can form a professional team and work together to support the future of the Supreme Sect.

I don't need to compete for the first place, I just need to be here, there will always be a place for me here.

The stable job that my father had always dreamed of, and what my junior uncle jokingly called the iron rice bowl, actually existed since the beginning when I entered the Supreme Sect. I never had to work hard. I only had to follow my own heart, practice, and become a disciple of the Supreme Sect.

It is better to be stable within yourself than to seek stability for yourself.

No matter what lies ahead, whether it is the devil's lord and his demonic tide, or the decline of Heaven's Way, we, the Supreme Sect, will definitely continue on this path and follow Junior-Master. We are the Supreme Sect, we are the number one sect in Zhongzhou, and together we have won the first place in the team.

We, the disciples of this generation, move forward side by side, brave the storms and are in the same boat.

…

Qiu Si finished reading Yan Qing's first diary. From the calm words, he seemed to see the shocking life that his senior brothers and sisters had experienced with his junior uncle in the past few decades.

"Brother Yan Qing, you always say that you are the most ordinary one, but haven't you realized that you are the most special one in the sect?" Qiu Si said.

Yan Qing came out of his memories and looked at his junior sister who was much younger than him, "Ah?"

Ren Zhen also nodded, "Yeah!"

Yan Qing held his forehead and said, "It's not what I meant..."

"I understand, I understand. My master told me that although my three senior brothers and sisters are very noisy, you are the one who likes to be humble. You can't trust everything you say. He told me not to believe everything I hear."

Ren Zhen spoke very seriously, and Yan Qing listened in silence.

"Your master Hou Cang is the most unreliable person in the sect!" he said loudly.

Qiu Si and Ren Zhen looked at each other and felt that the Third Senior Brother was not as well-behaved as he said. He had been assimilated by the Supreme Sect without knowing it. He had lost all respect for elders and was only harmonious.

To be able to speak of an uncle like this, even if it was just a joke, was really a surprise for someone with Yan Qing's background.

But Yan Qing acted very naturally and was not afraid that other children would tell his master and cause jealousy.

After Yan Qing finished speaking, he looked at the smiling eyes of his two junior sisters Ren Zhen and Qiu Si, and suddenly felt a little dazed.

It turned out that he had long forgotten the rules and regulations that he had been taught since childhood. He had been assimilated into the Supreme Sect and no longer worried about being retaliated against for playing a joke on his elders, which would block his path to advancement.

"Okay, okay, it's time to rest. Keep reciting! I memorized this scripture when I was seven years old. How old are you now?" Yan Qing frowned and raised the ruler.

The two sisters quickly shrank back.

No wonder Senior Brother Yuan Ye said that he made people feel uncomfortable! This is really uncomfortable!

Before the class was over, a talisman floated in front of Yan Qing.

He poured in his spiritual energy, and a pleasant female voice came out, "Daoyou Yanqing, I will go to Dingjiu City to buy medicinal herbs soon, and then I will come to Junding Mansion to tell you."

Ren Zhen's eyes widened, his neck stretched again, and he nudged Qiu Si with his elbow, "Hey, Senior Brother, there's a Taoist friend you want to meet. Who do you think it is?"

Qiu Si made a reasonable guess, "Buying herbs means he is probably a medical practitioner or a medicine practitioner. Our Supreme Sect's spiritual fields are among the best in the North. Aren't those thousand-year-old ginseng and dried nuts used to make fasting pills all produced by us?"

"Could it be Jesejong?"

Ren Zhen nodded, "Senior Sister Qiu Si's analysis makes sense, hehehe."

Qiu Si suddenly lowered his head and recited a sutra, "Save the world and save people..."

"You're holding the book upside down." A faint voice came from above.

Qiu Si quickly turned it over and took a closer look. He found that the font was wrong and he had been cheated. The next moment he quickly raised his hands to cover his head, trying to evade punishment.

But how can someone whose cultivation level is only at the Qinxin realm be faster than his senior brother who is at the Huiyang realm and has treasures on him?

Qiu Si and Ren Zhen were hit on the top of their heads. They held their heads, shrunk their necks, and grimaced, like gophers that had been knocked back into their holes.

"Your concentration is so easily distracted, why don't you go find Second Senior Sister and ask her to prescribe a dose of medicine to help you concentrate." Yan Qing's face was still dignified, very gentlemanly, but also very intimidating.

The voices of the two people chanting became louder at the same time.

Yan Qing folded his arms, sneered, and turned to start planning his meeting with Du Shao.

Du Shao is a direct disciple and also has a divine medical destiny, so he is destined to go far in the medical field. That is why he is now helping Su Mu manage some matters under King Sejong of Ji.

This time, he definitely didn't just come here to buy medicinal herbs... he must also be here to buy the new farming tools that he and Yuan Ye had developed!

We must make a good pit...cooperate.

The burden of the sect has long been on this group of people.

The junior uncle started to practice in seclusion for a long time like his master. The eldest senior brother is now half the leader, jumping around in the entire territory of the Supreme Sect and being busy all the time. The second senior sister doesn't like to communicate with people, but still deals with half-dead people. No one knows what she is busy with. Anyway, the pigs behind the sect are growing well.

Yuan Ye... Yuan Ye was also sawing wood. The one-stop funeral service was still very popular.

This family still can't do without him.

Even Junior Uncle Master said that among all the hundred generations of disciples, he was the one she trusted the most!

Yan Qing felt that he had a great responsibility as he was in charge of the communication between the Supreme Sect and all the outside world.

In Junding Mansion, Du Shao looked at the samples in front of her and took out her purchase order.

Yan Qing was showing her a new type of automatic timed irrigation device for spiritual medicine. "This formation was produced by our junior master's uncle. It was passed down by the master. Yuan Ye and I built it ourselves. What do you think? Do you want to go and see it in person?"

Du Shao looked at the sample carefully. She felt that the Supreme Sect's spiritual weapon would always be used for some strange things. She nodded and said, "Okay."

Yan Qing took Du Shao into the Supreme Sect's spiritual field. His spiritual consciousness detected two sneaky heads and they stood beside Du Shao without making a sound.

Du Shao looked at him puzzledly, "What's wrong?"

Yan Qing remained calm and composed, "Master's uncle's pet has been released. It's too wild and I'm afraid it might bite people."

Du Shao said "oh" and didn't pursue the matter any further. She looked at the magic tools in the spiritual field that began to spray and irrigate on a regular basis, and nodded as she listened to Yan Qing talk about how to operate it.

The two men looked at the fields and began to discuss the price and purchase quantity.

Ren Zhen pulled Qiu Si and said, "Why are you all talking about business? Senior brother, why don't you talk about something else?"

Qiu Si was puzzled, "Why did you have to drag me to see you?"

Ren Zhen shook his head, "Last time I heard Senior Brother Yan Qing and Senior Brother Yuan Ye complaining that there was a letter from home, intending to introduce a girl from a certain cultivation family. Senior Brother Yan Qing was dealing with a bunch of old-timers in Zhongzhou all day long, and he was most annoyed by being urged to get married. When he heard that there was a girl inviting him, he said something like, "I'm busy in the sect, it's disrespectful," and ran away."

"But this one is different! This is the first sister that Senior Brother took the initiative to bring into the sect's back mountain. Senior Brother hasn't laughed so happily in a long time!"

"And it is said that they are old acquaintances. And, look at him. It is written in the storybook. The usually serious man's lips inadvertently curved up, and his eyes followed the figure of the woman, never falling..."

Qiu Si felt something was wrong, "But I think... this smile looks familiar."

Looks very familiar.

Last time, the impoverished senior brother from Guiyuan Sect came to the sect to repay his debts. Senior Brother Yan Qing had a stern face, took the money, turned around, and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"Let's go! Let's go and listen to what Senior Brother is talking about!"

Just as the two were about to catch up, they crashed into an invisible wind wall.

The next moment, the familiar voice of the senior brother rang in their ears, "You two, you are spying on the distinguished guest, which is disrespectful. Have you read etiquette into your dog's stomach? Catch all the insects in this field, and you are not allowed to use any medicine or tools!"

Ren Zhen's face fell in an instant. This job was tiring and exhausting, and it was designed to punish them!

Qiu Si sighed, "Look, my father has already said that the tricks we are using now are all left over from the tricks played by the senior brothers and sisters above. Even my junior uncle was punished by the headmaster to copy the Heart Sutra to temper his temper."

Ren Zhen's handwriting was the worst. He lowered his head quickly when he heard that. "Then I'll just catch bugs."

Catching bugs is good, at least it’s not copying books.

Her handwriting is not even as beautiful as that of a bug.

After signing the contract in the palace, Yan Qingchun was very proud. This time he had reached a long-term business agreement with King Sejong, and his life would be much better every year from now on.

This family still depends on him.

"Then I'll leave first. I'll buy you a drink later."

"No need to drink. You also said that alcohol is harmful to the body. Just introduce more business." Yan Qing saw the man out.

"Oh, by the way," Du Shao paused, "After this separation, I'm afraid we won't see each other again for a long time."

Yan Qing looked at her doubtfully. The woman had clear eyes and eyebrows, like the peony in front of the hall. She smiled slightly, "I told my master that I would put aside the sect affairs in the future. I still want to travel around Dongming Realm to cure diseases and save lives. This kind of procurement is a very lucrative job in the sect. Everyone is envious, but I..."

"You did a great job. Even I," Yan Qing blurted out, "almost paid the bottom price."

He was in charge of socializing with other sects and dealing with that group of old foxes, and today he almost couldn't stand the bargaining and calculations.

"That's not it. My mother always taught me how to be a good wife and how to manage household affairs, so I'm pretty good at it." Du Shao paused, "But that's not my ambition. I want to save people regardless of the cost. Senior Sister Xia told me that Lin Du will eventually save himself. I can't completely cure her heart disease, but there are so many difficult and complicated diseases in the world. If one person can't be cured, there are still many others."

Yan Qing understood what he said, "Saving people is your way, isn't that better?"

The world is big, and life does not need to be limited.

Du Shao smiled and nodded, "I thought so too, but for the business with the Supreme Sect, I have to come here in person and talk to you. Very good."

Yan Qing snorted, "Of course we in the Supreme Sect are very close to you guys!"

After all, Je Sejong wouldn't sit at the foot of the mountain every day to challenge others to fights, so the relationship between the two sects must be good.

She looked at Yan Qing, a handsome and gentle young man who looked like a steady and upright gentleman. "Didn't you notice that there is a trace of Lin Du in all of you?"

Du Shao had actually met Yan Qing a long time ago. He had the manners that a child of an aristocratic family had cultivated over the years, and was considerate in his dealings with others, like an upright tree. It was not until he was transplanted to the land of the Supreme Sect that he truly connected with the ground. He did not blindly cut off the branches that strayed from the tree in order to grow the main trunk, and thus became more lively.

Yan Qing felt that he was in need of a fan at the moment, and it would be even more like one if he opened the fan.

"But I don't have the ability of my junior uncle, so I can only take care of these trivial matters in the sect." He sighed. After all, he was the only normal person in the sect.

Du Shao didn't care what he was thinking, and just said, "Saving people is one way, and your talent in managing the world is also a way, isn't it? There is no distinction between high and low. Outsiders know the reputation of Master Yan Qing. Who among you from the Supreme Sect has not come down from the mountain to save the world? Those sensational feats back then have long been sung by the world."

Yan Qing just shook his head and smiled, "I'm just an ordinary person."

An ordinary person, the sensational story has come to an end, and the ordinary life is the truth.

"So, you have no other ambitions?" The two men walked to the sect gate.

Yan Qing thought about it and said, "Somewhat."

His previous ambitions were not the ones imposed on him by his parents, such as joining the Supreme Sect, cultivating the Great Dao, and becoming a rare and outstanding talent.

But in fact, at first, he wanted to be a spectator who wrote everything.

He is just an ordinary scholar.

The two said goodbye and Du Shao went down the mountain. Yan Qing suddenly called her.

Behind the rocks, Ren Zhen, who had been busy all day, quietly poked her head out. In front of her was her senior brother Yuan Ye, whom she had tried so hard to use as a shield.

"Brother, you said, since they talked about their life aspirations, they can be considered as close friends, right?"

Yuan Ye crossed his arms, feeling that what Yan Qing said at this moment would not satisfy Ren Zhen, a child who was poisoned by storytelling and operas, but it was lively, and who wouldn't like to watch it.

"Well, who will be the next contact for King Sejong? I won't give you this price anymore."

After all, Du Shao’s price was quite high, and he felt sorry for her.

Du Shao smiled and said, "Tell them to go to Junding Mansion to look for you. I won't say much."

Yan Qing was relieved, "Okay, I wish you a prosperous life and great glory in the world!"

Du Shao waved goodbye and said, "We'll meet again if we're lucky."

She is not the peony in front of other people’s halls, but the grass on the plains, the late spring peony. When spring fades, summer comes. Even if spring fades, she will lead you into the prosperous summer, so don’t be sad, don’t be afraid. [Note 1]

Ren Zhen was very disappointed. He was so disappointed. "Brother Yan Qing, are you just going to let him go like this?"

Yuan Ye crossed his arms and looked back at him, "What do you think?"

"I thought there would be a passionate confession! Reluctance to leave! A statement of feelings." Ren Zhen said seriously, "It's written in the storybook, 'It was not until the moment of parting that he realized his reluctance to leave her and called her back...'"

"Read less, your brain is damaged," Yuan Ye sealed her mouth with his spiritual power, "If you don't leave, you will be punished again."

"But, it seems that Senior Brother Yan Qing has missed another opportunity."

"There is no such thing as love on the road. We are on different paths, but our brief encounter has already established a bond between us. In this life, there is no place where you can't be free. Why should you get stuck on one person or one thing?" Yuan Ye patted Ren Zhen's shoulder, "Don't force me to make you cut bamboo."

Ren Zhen was dismayed. "My name is Senior Sister Jin Xuan! You make things for her every year! You only give us things to play with when they are bad. You talk big but in reality, aren't we still tied to one thing?"

Yuan Ye chuckled, raised his hand, and pointed to the bamboo forest behind the mountain. "I'll count to ten, and when you get there, you can cut a few thousand bamboos."

Ren Zhen screamed and ran out.

Liu Yuanye was left alone, folding his arms and smiling.

No matter how free a person is, there is always a fulcrum where he is willing to stay.

That's not called hardship, that's called home.

Yan Qing turned his head and locked onto where Yuan Ye was. "I knew you were up to no good with the kid again."

Yuan Ye walked out and spread his hands, "They all think that you and Du Shao have something to say. Even the head of the sect is a little suspicious."

Yan Qing shook his head, "What's the point of that? She has great ambitions."

"We need to teach this kid a lesson. It's not the case that a man and a woman can only develop into a couple if they have contact. The story written by the junior master hasn't alerted them yet. They are not smart. We need to change it. People are independent, and emotions are not necessary."

He muttered to himself that Hou Cang was really unreliable and didn't know how to teach children.

Yan Qing expressed his concern.

"What about you?" Yuan Ye stretched his arms idly.

"As for me, my ambition is to put pen and paper on the table." Yan Qing took out a notebook and said with great enthusiasm, "I have made up my mind. I want to write biographies for my junior master and all of you! Let your names go down in history, and I will be the writer of that history!"

When the sensational story ends and things return to peace, even the people in the story will feel lonely and lost.

When prosperity is gone, where is the way forward?

The road is under your feet, the ambition is in your heart, the paper and pen are limited, but the intention is boundless.

Yan Qing, who had been dealing with the affairs of Junding Mansion and the sect for a long time, finally had a complete breakthrough in his Taoism after meeting Du Shao today.

Who says that something magnificent cannot be created from the ordinary?

The fate between people, even if the meeting is brief, when they get along well, it makes this fate perfect.

Many years later, "The History of Dongming: The Supreme World-Saving Chapter" was circulated and was known as the greatest biographical history book in the Dongming world. It was shocking to find that Yan Qing, the seal calligrapher, was actually a master of both swords and weapons.

In his preface, Master Yan Qing said that he was just an ordinary scholar, but he became the most famous person in Dongming Realm for expressing his modesty.

When a monk wins a competition, he can't help but say, "Actually, I'm just an ordinary scholar."

A peaceful and tranquil sea and a name left in history are enough.

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Note: Peony is also known as Licao. It originally represented love and was also used as medicine. After the Tang Dynasty, it was named Licao and Jiangli, representing the reluctance and regret at parting. "Look at peonies in the three days after the beginning of summer." Peonies bloom in late spring, representing the departure of spring. But I chose this name for another reason, which is the coming of summer in the text.