Chapter 127: Thoughts in the Day

Thoughts in the Day

"Senior Brother Li, I am leaving now. Cultivate well in the sect. After forming the Core, when you have free time, you can come to the Shangqing Sect as a guest. If there is anything you lack, just send someone to tell me."

Outside the mountain gate of the Jin Bo Sect, Ruan Ci stood on the clouds and chatted with Li Pingyan. She was surrounded by maids and servants, as if a fairy was on an inspection tour, with an indescribable wealth and style. In contrast, Li Pingyan stood alone on the other side, which inevitably looked a bit shabby. But neither of them cared. Li Pingyan smiled, "I know, Junior Sister Ci, you must also take care. If my Master returns to the mountain, I will inevitably come to pay a visit."

In fact, these were just a few polite words in front of others, which showed the importance the Zixu Heaven lineage placed on Li Pingyan. After the Guanfeng Assembly, the Jin Bo Sect cultivated Li Pingyan with all their strength, and the Sect Master even sent three kinds of top-grade external medicines. Even if Li Pingyan could not use them for forming the Core, with the quality of these external medicines, he could try to exchange them for top-grade precious medicines for his own use.

The external medicine for forming the Core had been obtained, so Li Pingyan could just cultivate in seclusion at the mountain gate from now on. The most dangerous journey for medicine seeking for Foundation Establishment cultivators was no longer necessary. It was conceivable that during the Core Formation stage, the Jin Bo Sect would not treat him badly. A disciple who was treated differently like this was like walking on a different path from others. Some cultivators were trapped in Core Formation for a lifetime, but Li Pingyan might only need a few hundred years to finish the cultivation of the Core Formation stage. Of course, this also required him to be competitive enough. The observation of Upper Realm cultivators was never sweet soup fed to the mouth. Even the support Li Pingyan received today was killed by Ruan Ci one by one with a sword at the Guanfeng Assembly.

If Li Pingyan's Master returned safely, clung to the Zixu Heaven, or if Li Pingyan's luck and temperament were sufficient, and he finally became a Nascent Soul cultivator, then the Zixu Heaven's piece in the Jin Bo Sect could be considered truly placed, and even if he could achieve Grotto-Heaven in the future and become the next Great Elder of the Jin Bo Sect, the Zixu Heaven could be considered to have completely surpassed the Yanzheng Heaven and the Yushou Heaven, ending this game of chess. This would certainly take hundreds or thousands of years, or even ten thousand years of waiting, but for a Grotto-Heaven chess game, this was the usual time for a game. A Grotto-Heaven chess game, even counted in ten thousand years, a piece in a thousand years, what was worth mentioning?

However, these were all games at the Grotto-Heaven level. As far as Ruan Ci was concerned, she had come here originally just to gather with Li Pingyan for a few days and entrust him to send Monk Xiu back to the sect, and even to seek time spirit objects for herself. Unexpectedly, she had caused such a big stir for a black and white flying bear. Even though she had gained many benefits because of this, she was always a bit unhappy. Ruan Ci and Li Pingyan talked and parted, and when she stepped onto the jade boat, she still had some indescribable depression in her heart. Standing at the bow of the boat, watching Li Pingyan's figure gradually become smaller and disappear, she could not help but let out a long sigh and said to Wang Panpan, "The tree wants to be quiet, but the wind does not stop. I originally had no intention of causing trouble, but in the eyes of others, I am afraid I have become the person who causes the most trouble in the world."

Wang Panpan was used to such things. She licked her paws and said coldly, "Killing a few Foundation Establishment cultivators, is that causing trouble? When can you, a Foundation Establishment cultivator, kill True Person Fu, then people in the world will look at you with high regard. Now, it's still too early. The rise and fall of factions within the sect, the great cultivators have seen too much. Such dramas are staged every day in the Central Continent. You are at most the disciple who causes the most trouble in the Shangqing Sect in this century. To say the world, that is really overestimating yourself."

She had always been like this when talking to Ruan Ci, with thorns in her words. Ruan Ci was used to it. After being scolded by her a few times, she felt better in her heart and smiled, "Yes, I know Panpan is a great monster who has seen the world, the number one person in the North Youzhou, how can I compare?"

In the past, Wang Panpan had always been secretive about the North Youzhou, and this continent was also quite mysterious, with very little record in "Heavenly Boat Crossing". Ruan Ci had been curious for a long time. Now that the skin had been pierced, she wanted Wang Panpan to tell some novel things about her hometown. Wang Panpan, however, still dodged and dodged, and only after being asked too much did she tell the truth, "I don't remember very clearly. I only remember that I left the North Youzhou when I was very young and followed Xie Xie Yan Huan. For the first few years, I played in her inner landscape. As for the scenery of my hometown, I really don't remember much. But it is true that there are not many monsters in the North Youzhou. With my current cultivation, I am worthy of the title of the most powerful great monster in the North Youzhou."

As she spoke, she puffed out her chest again, looking proud and looking around. Ruan Ci laughed when she saw it. Sitting at the bow of the boat, looking at the picturesque landscape ahead, she could not help but sigh lightly again. Wang Panpan sat beside her, glanced at her, and said, "Hmph, I guess you have a full belly of worries and words again, wanting to tell your Master."

Ruan Ci smiled, "Friends are not by my side, Fengyu is also in seclusion, Tianlu is a fool, if I don't tell Master, should I tell you? But you will only laugh at me."

Wang Panpan's tail flicked and flicked. She glanced at Ruan Ci and turned her head away, "Since you know I will laugh at you without opening your mouth, then it can be seen that you also know in your heart that what you want to say is actually very stupid—I know what you want to say. Are you regretting that you went too far in the Green Jade Bright Hall, and then became more and more radical step by step, so that you were riding a tiger and could not get off, and killed those disciples who were implicated in the arena?"

Ruan Ci was indeed uncomfortable in her heart, but she had never regretted it. She shook her head, "Killing them, I have no reluctance. No matter what others say about me, as long as I have a clear conscience, that's fine. But, but I just don't like such rules... just like what Chen Anlu said, compared to the Hengze Heaven, the rules of our Central Continent are really too cruel."

The cruelty of the rules she was talking about did not refer to the Jin Bo Sect, but the atmosphere of the entire continent and even the entire Zhou Tian. The actions of the Jin Bo Sect, whether it was True Person Pang, the Sect Master, or True Person Fu, did not exceed a certain limit in everyone's heart. In Ruan Ci's view, this limit was what made her uncomfortable. Although she also acted according to this limit, and was a leader among them, and was better at using such limits to seek benefits for herself, she still did not like such rules in her heart.

She didn't need to say this too clearly, and Wang Panpan could naturally understand it. Her round cat head nodded and said, "Not bad. If I were you, I would think the same. Lower-realm cultivators sometimes really cannot help themselves. Even you, aren't you also a chess piece in the game of the great powers."

"But everything must have a reason. Just like the rule of the Hengze Heaven that does not stain cause and effect, it is to avoid the entanglement of cultivators' grievances, which will become more and more intense. One day, perhaps you will also understand why this rule of the Langhuan Zhou Tian came into being."

Her cat eyes were shining, round and big, looking at Ruan Ci seriously in the shadows, both serious and cute, "By that time, perhaps you will hope that you know less—however, you don't know anything now, so just listen to me: cultivators take the essence of heaven and earth for their own use. Every day of cultivation is a day stolen from outside the fate. Before opening the meridians, one must know that one's life fate is no longer under one's own control. If you encounter anything, you cannot blame others. Some sects even break down the disadvantages of Dao cultivation before opening the meridians and say it clearly. Therefore, the death of those cultivators, you can say it is a pity, or you can say it is nothing. Like them, they have already used the opportunity to open the meridians, but have no greater opportunity and luck. Falling is not a bad thing. It just happens to let those who have qualifications but no opportunity to try, let them try to see how far they can go on this Dao path."

"Like me, I don't think it's a pity that they died. If I were you, I wouldn't even push the waves and help, making Chen Anlu and others have a chance to escape. These people have weak minds and can abandon everything at the moment of life and death, and have no special talents. Such cultivators have no benefit to the Langhuan Zhou Tian at all. Killing them casually might allow some qualified cultivators to share more resources, thus standing out."

"This is the look I have when looking at them. Therefore, if you are a Foundation Establishment cultivator, you can only see the people and things around you, so you will naturally feel that the rules of the Langhuan Zhou Tian are quite cruel. But if you are a Grotto-Heaven cultivator, if you are the Lord of the Zhou Tian? There are so many talented people in the world who can practice, but how many people have actually opened their meridians? If only a few people can open their meridians and practice, and from then on gain supreme power and play with mortals at will, then how unfair is it to mortals? Even if it is the infinite reincarnation like the Hengze Heaven, if you think about it carefully, isn't it even greater unfairness to mortals? Sometimes you feel cruel, perhaps because you don't look high enough or far enough. The Great Dao is ruthless, and heaven and earth are not benevolent. Perhaps in the face of the number of living beings like the Ganges sand, only being not benevolent is the greatest benevolence."

She had also taught Ruan Ci many rules and anecdotes of the cultivation world before, and what she said was also very fair, so Ruan Ci was willing to listen to her words. Even if this statement sounded absurd at first, she endured her temper and savored it carefully. After a long while, she sighed, "Yes, if you look down with the eyes of the Lord of the Zhou Tian or the Dao Ancestor, how can you care about the differences in each nature? For the Dao Ancestor, if you cannot join the Dao, you will eventually be nothingness. Since you don't have this opportunity, then falling early and returning the opportunity to others doesn't seem to be inappropriate. After all, no matter when, there are always the most mortals in the Zhou Tian who cannot practice, and I don't know how many people are waiting for this opportunity."

She paused and said softly, "But I am not the Dao Ancestor, I am just a small Foundation Establishment cultivator, so... I don't like this rule very much."

Wang Panpan smiled, "Then why did you kill so many people in the Green Jade Bright Hall?"

Ruan Ci scolded, "I just don't like this rule, I'm not stupid. Everyone does this, if I am the only one who is soft-hearted, do you think they will look at me with high regard?"

Wang Panpan meowed and smiled, "That's right, that's exactly the words. Not only will they not look at you with high regard, they will also rush to kill you. Therefore, this is a meaningless question. You are still far from the cultivation level where you can not like this rule. Perhaps one day when you reach this cultivation level, you will no longer be disgusted by this rule."

Ruan Ci wanted to refute, but held back. She lowered her head, thoughtfully scribbling the appearance of the black and white flying bear on the jade. After a while, she said, "Panpan, if you don't say more, I will still ask Master when I go back."

How could Wang Panpan not know what she meant? She shouted angrily, "Do you really think I said so much just to compete for favor with your Master? Even if you go to ask the Zhenren, he won't tell you more. I can only tell you that the Langhuan Zhou Tian's implementation of this harsh rule does have a reason, but you are not yet qualified to hear it."

Ruan Ci saw that this sowing of discord had failed, so she curled her lips, "Then do you have the qualifications? You are also only at the Jin Dan cultivation level, right?"

Wang Panpan said proudly, "I naturally have the qualifications—I am the most powerful great monster in the North Youzhou!"

Ruan Ci took out a few spirit coins from her bosom and was about to hit her. Wang Panpan pounced on the air, making the spirit coins roll all over the deck. She chased after the spirit coins and ran around. The man and the cat made a fuss for a long time, and Ruan Ci also eased her depression a little. She talked to Wang Panpan about the trivial matters of the Jin Bo Sect and said, "Panpan, do you guess True Person Fu can successfully go to the Outer Continent?"

After the Guanfeng Assembly, True Person Fu's lineage had lost all hearts, and had already lost the support of the Jin Bo Sect. They were destined to become abandoned sons and had to face the pursuit of the Young Master of the Xuanpo Sect. Everyone naturally flew away when disaster was imminent, leaving the sect to gain experience, or giving up the Dao and transferring to the outer sect. True Person Fu did not stop for a moment and was going to travel to the Outer Continent. Ruan Ci was also indifferent to this. Since she had entrusted it to Qu Qu Tan Yue, it was Qu Qu Tan Yue's problem. If Qu Qu Tan Yue did not kill True Person Fu within ten years, then she... well, she would have gained many magic tools for nothing, which was not a loss.

Wang Panpan smiled, "If your cheap husband wants to avoid the situation of wind and clouds in these few hundred years and no longer contribute to you, he will deliberately let him run to the Outer Continent and then pursue and kill him. But in this way, the benefits he can get from you will only be the three heads you promised him. So I guess he is unlikely to let people go to sea. This matter has not yet cooled down, and that Fu surnamed person will die unexpectedly. Congratulations, Miss Ci, from now on in the Shangqing Sect, there will not be many people who dare to make a move against you."

Ruan Ci thought for a while and also smiled, "This trip out, although my mood was ruined, it was finally complete. The only regret is that I don't know what magic tools True Person Xu and True Person Li gave those disciples. I was killing with such excitement that I didn't wait for them to sacrifice their magic tools before I killed them all."

This act of gaining an advantage and still acting like a spoiled brat naturally aroused Wang Panpan's tut-tutting, and she was very disgusted, saying, "You want time spirit objects, and you go out for a trip, and someone comes to offer treasures. With such luck, you still complain it's not enough? It can be seen that human hearts are never satisfied..."

When Ruan Ci heard her say this, she could not help but smile slightly, and thought to herself, "Is this luck? Maybe Master is pushing the waves behind the scenes. I, this chess piece, fell into the game and moved because of the opportunity. Anyone can come and flick it."

She did not explicitly state it, but Wang Panpan seemed to have noticed it, and said as if to comfort her, "Then, I will give you some more benefits."

As she spoke, she spat out a Qiankun bag from her mouth and threw it to Ruan Ci, smiling, "Just take it as your hard-earned money. With this unexpected wealth, are you satisfied?"

Ruan Ci's divine sense swept over, stunned, "60,000 spirit jades? How did you earn it?"

After asking in detail, she learned that Wang Panpan had been itching to lure the pot and had also made a lot of money, and even implicated the Tiger Servant to lose 3,000 spirit jades. At the moment, she was both curious and funny. She hurriedly ordered Wang Panpan to take care of the flying bear for her, found the Tiger Servant, handed the Qiankun bag to him as it was, and apologized, "Panpan is too mischievous, even implicating Uncle Tiger. This is the dividend that Uncle Tiger deserves from the spirit jades she earned."

Although a few thousand spirit jades were not a large number for a Jin Dan cultivator, the situation of cultivator spirit pets was different. Some free and loose ones like Wang Panpan, she didn't know where she got the 300,000 spirit jades she bet, and Ruan Ci never restrained her anyway. But the Zixu Heaven's rules were strict, and she didn't know if the Tiger Servant only relied on True Person Wang's rewards to live. Therefore, Ruan Ci spoke politely, but the Tiger Servant was generous, accepted the Qiankun bag, and smiled, "That cat is not so kind. I only thank Miss Ci for the reward."

Ruan Ci was True Person Wang's beloved disciple, and rewarding servants was also a matter of course. However, her cultivation was low, and she had always been tight-handed, never having done such a thing as rewarding Jin Dan servants. Hearing what the Tiger Servant said, she felt quite fresh and was overjoyed, "That's fine, just thank me—but Panpan has always been naughty, please don't hold it against her, Uncle Tiger."

How could the Tiger Servant say anything bad about Wang Panpan? Naturally, he was busy with a series of polite refusals, and then said as if unintentionally, "Speaking of which, does Miss Ci know which cultivation method Miss Panpan practices?"

He said, "Most monster cultivators only transform and open their wisdom when they reach Jin Dan. In the world, humans are the spirit of all things and are naturally the most suitable for cultivation. After being able to transform into human form, we rarely change back to our original form. And Jin Dan monster cultivators are mostly as ignorant as Tianlu, and even those Mermaid Concubines have simple minds, and talking to them often makes people laugh. The reason why this old servant still has some city government is because my original body is a fierce tiger, and the tiger nature is the most cunning and suspicious. I have been delayed in the Jin Dan stage for many years, so I have some foresight."

"But Miss Panpan, as a cat monster, loves gambling. Occasionally, when she is itching, she tries her hand and sets up a trap to lure the pot. Her familiarity is as if she has a sensing cultivation method that can open wisdom and help thinking. Such a cultivation method is rarely involved by us monster cultivators, and is unique to human cultivators. Miss Panpan must have extraordinary talent to be able to dabble in it. This old servant is quite impressed in his heart..."

After all, he was a monster cultivator. Although his tone was tactful, his meaning was direct. Ruan Ci was stunned for a long while before smiling, "I understand, thank you for the reminder, Uncle Tiger."

She guessed that the Tiger Servant knew Wang Panpan's origin. This remark was nothing more than reminding herself not to trust Wang Panpan too much, and it was speaking on behalf of True Person Wang. But as far as Ruan Ci was concerned, there were mysteries everywhere around Xie Xie Yan Huan, and now there was an extra Wang Panpan, which was not surprising. After hearing this, she just kept it in her heart, did not reveal any flaws on her face, and was even more lazy to test Wang Panpan. In her spare time, she just played with Tianlu and the little bear. She played outside for nearly a month, took Tianlu to see all the scenery near the Shangqing Sect, and then settled her heart to return to the mountain.

Returning to the mountain this time, True Person Wang did not see her, but only sent a message to encourage her to cultivate well. Ruan Ci also knew that this time she had indeed shown off, but the trip to the Cold Rain Marsh in thirteen years would also become more dangerous because of this. After returning to the mountain, she walked around various places, gave Lin Xianen a few magic tools to strengthen her momentum, and then set up a formation within the Zixu Heaven, preparing to go into seclusion.

She originally had two pills in her hand, which could forge two layers of Dao foundation, so no matter what, the trip to the Cold Rain Marsh could be caught up with. But now that she had time spirit objects, she could try intention cultivation first—even though Qingjun had warned that this matter was very dangerous, Ruan Ci already knew that she was deeply trapped in the game and could never follow the steps to slowly improve her cultivation. There would always be various changes, making her have to use all means to try to improve quickly. This might also be the trend of the great trend in the dark.

She was also used to taking risks and did not take her own safety into account. Even if she knew that she might be lost in the imaginary numbers, she could not talk about cutting off the fear in her heart—because she had never been afraid at all. Knowing that this matter had to be done, she did not have a single thought, poured the "Full Bed of Clear Dreams" on the bed, and immediately saw a piece of fluorescent light floating, as if the moonlight was flowing, all turned into these fluorescent lights, overflowing between the bed, truly the sky and water were the same color, and the dream pressed the stars and rivers.

Ruan Ci played for a while, and unconsciously, as if she had drunk a lot of fine wine and sweet dew, her eyelids felt heavy, and she fell into a deep sleep on the pillow. When she opened her eyes in a trance, she heard a few calls, "Senior Brother, Senior Brother."

"It's time to get up for morning class. Why are you being lazy again today?"

As soon as she opened her eyes, the memory flowed in like water. Ruan Ci was slightly surprised in her heart and thought to herself: "Isn't this 'thoughts in the day, dreams in the night'?"

"This dream, actually sensed the North Youzhou..."

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Updated. Sorry for the long wait, everyone. Speaking of which, I saw readers in the comments calling for great powers to organize relationship tables and sect tables. I also want one, hahaha. I opened a mind map myself to remember the settings, otherwise I really can't remember the names and sects. Currently, the mind map already has more than 300 nodes. I feel that by the time it ends, it might break a thousand. If the computer performance is a little worse, it won't be able to carry it.

By the way, let me explain, the manuscript is currently four chapters, still a little bit, and I am trying to write more. Alas, but the collection is almost 20,000...

This trip is to the North Youzhou!

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Thank you all very much for your support, I will continue to work hard! ===== CHAPTER 128 =====