Chapter 118: Supreme heartlessness is not heartless, supreme desirelessness is not desireless

Seven days before the battle of the river.

"Qing Jingyuan, the battle of discussing the Dao is coming soon. Are we still not going down the mountain?"

"Don't panic."

Four days before the battle of the river.

"My Mistress Qing, are you still not panicking now?"

"Don't rush."

Two days before the battle of the river.

"Qing Jingyuan, are you going to Dongting Lake or not? With our footwork, it's still in time to go now."

"Stay calm."

August 15th, at sunset.

Rain Appreciation Pavilion, Zhuang Buran and Shi Qingxuan sat opposite each other at the table.

"Qingxuan admires you. You waited until now just to wait for the peaches in this season of the peach forest to ripen, and then use them to brew wine."

Shi Qingxuan sighed while holding her forehead:

"If we talk about the art of brewing wine, I think it is an extraordinary existence, just like your martial arts cultivation."

"If others use peaches to brew wine, the wine brewed is usually mellow and the peach fragrance is charming."

"And you have been brewing peach blossom wine for ten or twenty years, but the taste is more bitter and astringent year by year."

"After brewing, you don't drink it, but bury it under the peach forest, saying that after a few decades, it will become a rare wine with mellow, delicate, and long-lasting aftertaste."

"I have to say that being able to turn the fragrance of peach blossoms and the sweetness of honey peaches into bitter and astringent wine, your art of brewing wine can be said to be unique."

The blue-shirted youth heard this and poured two glasses of wine unhurriedly:

"New wine cannot compare to the thickness of aged wine, but it wins in being clear and mellow. This time, for the sake of getting along for more than ten years, it is a farewell wine. Please."

"Since the Mistress has said so, how dare Qingxuan not give face."

Shi Qingxuan picked up the wine glass and smiled brightly:

"Please."

Zhuang Buran also raised his wine to signal, and the two drank it in one gulp.

Suddenly, Shi Qingxuan's face was stunned, and then she blurted out:

"Your art of brewing wine has reached perfection?"

"Since it is a farewell, how can I brew bitter wine again." The blue-shirted youth laughed.

Shi Qingxuan poured another glass for herself without hesitation, first smelling the wine fragrance:

"I thought this time your wine fragrance would be the same as before, although there is a soft and sweet peach fragrance that makes people feel like they are in a spring peach forest, but it is just gold and jade on the outside, and rotten on the inside."

When she said this, she took a sip of peach blossom wine and continued:

"I didn't expect this entrance to be different from the bitterness of the past. Instead, it is clear, sweet, and mellow, with rich layers. The initial light sweetness is similar to the sweetness of honey, but not overly sweet, but just the right natural sweetness."

"Then there are the three flavors of fragrance, sweetness, and mellow strength. After the wine enters the throat, there is still a faint floral and wine fragrance, which makes people have a long aftertaste, and it is slightly warm with a hint of intoxication."

Shi Qingxuan added another sentence at the end:

"This wine of yours is delicious, but it is still a bit strong, suitable for slow tasting."

Zhuang Buran also poured himself a glass of wine and said meaningfully:

"Then I hope you remember the taste of this beautiful wine with lingering floral fragrance and sweet mellow wine, and don't cry loudly tonight."

Shi Qingxuan said elegantly and quietly:

"Qingxuan doesn't believe that with my current martial arts cultivation of the Heavenly Human realm perfection and a full state of mind, I can still be beaten to tears by you."

"Good, wait and see." The blue-shirted youth raised his glass and smiled.

In a flash, nearly two hours passed, the bright moon was in the sky, and the clear brilliance was scattered.

I saw the sky like ink, a full moon hanging high, like a jade plate, flawless, and the bright silver light poured down, covering the earth with a hazy light veil.

"Qing Jingyuan, it is probably Xu time now, there are still two hours before Zi time, which is the time for discussing the Dao of shattering."

Shi Qingxuan's cheeks were a bit rosy, and she looked at the blue-shirted youth with drunken eyes, suddenly realizing:

"I suddenly remembered that the world says the Seven Killings Mistress has the ability to fly to the sky and escape the earth. You wouldn't want to step on the clouds and fly to Dongting Lake, would you?"

"It seems that the drunken musician Shi is actually more sensitive."

Zhuang Buran stood up, looked up at the full moon in the sky, and chanted:

"My heart has a bright moon, and the reunion through the ages will never be lacking."

"I can't tell, the Master has quite a poetic talent." Shi Qingxuan stood up and walked to the blue-shirted youth's side.

"I am a warlock who can calculate, so I can naturally steal the poems of later generations about the moon."

Shi Qingxuan was speechless and sighed:

"For a moment, Qingxuan doesn't know whether to say you are thick-skinned or say you have great divine powers."

"The autumn wind is clear, the autumn moon is bright, just right to take you to disperse the wine."

Zhuang Buran waved his sleeves, a vine wrapped around Shi Qingxuan's slender waist, and the two jumped up one after another, melting into the night.

A moment before Zi time.

Outside Dongting Lake, in addition to five thousand cavalry patrolling the surroundings, twenty thousand elite troops were stationed.

On the great lake, there is an island that stands tall and stands a hundred zhang high.

I saw warships gathered around the island, patrolling back and forth to prevent any accidents. In addition, there were more than ten giant ships, and all forces in the martial arts world were among them.

At this time, six small boats shot toward the lonely island like arrows breaking the waves.

As they approached, the people on the small boats jumped up, showing extremely high lightness skills, and landed on various parts of the peak after a few breaths.

Kou Zhong looked at the lake view and laughed heroically:

"Eight hundred miles of Dongting, the lake water and the long sky are the same color, the blue waves are rippling, the smoke is vast, as if only this vast water area is left between heaven and earth. Such beautiful scenery, no wonder Master chose this place as the place to discuss the Dao."

Ning Daoqi stroked his beard and said:

"Today I know that Dongting is vast and boundless, the water and sky are connected, and the weather is thousands of changes. This old Daoist regrets not having lived here for a few years."

Suddenly, a peaceful and slow voice seemed to come down from the bright moon in the sky:

"Daoist Ning, if you retreat this time, you can live in Dongting for a few years."

Not only did the six people on the peak see two figures falling from the sky.

The spectators outside the island also saw the same, and their faces instantly showed stunned expressions. Although most of them had heard of the deeds of the Seven Killings Mistress, they always felt it was unbelievable and hard to believe.

But this scene tonight made people have to believe it.

I saw a person with white hair flying, clouds swirling around his body, slowly landing on the peak like an immortal.

Another person, just looking from afar, seemed to be able to feel the pure and refined temperament, not eating the fireworks of the world, and vaguely saw a beautiful face that was indescribably beautiful.

"The disciple greets Master."

When Kou and Xu saw the person coming, they bowed involuntarily.

Especially Kou Zhong, who no longer had the majesty and dominance of a founding emperor, as if he had become a young man who had just entered the Jianghu.

"You have aged quite a bit."

"Master's cultivation is profound, how can the disciple compare." Xu Ziling said.

"Ziling, if you continue to hold this thought, the first person to die later will be you."

The blue-shirted youth looked at the lake surface like a mirror and said lightly:

"I have cultivated my body and nature for twenty years, so I will say one more nonsense."

"Discussing the Dao tonight, you all must either die or shatter the void. If you don't leave, it will be too late."

"I am happy to do so. Please Master, help Wanwan shatter!" Wanwan, who still looked like a young girl, giggled.

"The disciple has a sword, named 'Son of Heaven'. Please Master, take a look." Kou Zhong held the hilt of the sword.

Xu Ziling said sternly:

"The disciple also has a style, and wants to ask Master to take a look."

"Song has been sharpening his sword for decades. Please Mistress, don't hesitate to teach me." Song Que stood with his sword.

"Hearing the Dao in the morning, one can die in the evening. This old Daoist dies on the path of seeking the Heavenly Dao, no regrets!" Ning Daoqi said solemnly.

"Shi has cultivated hard for twenty years, just for today." Shi Zhixuan said expressionlessly.

The blue-shirted youth glanced sideways, looked at Shi Qingxuan, and said leisurely:

"Don't speak. If you speak again, I'm afraid the Evil King will not be able to hold back and will want to perish with me immediately."

Shi Qingxuan pursed her lips and smiled:

"Does the Mistress know why? Just because someone knows their own temperament well, when they see someone whose temperament is even more so than their own, it is difficult not to have ups and downs in their heart."

The people on the field heard this, and a strange look appeared in their eyes. The emotions in the eyes of Kou and Xu were the most inexplicable, as if they couldn't believe something.

"Supreme heartlessness is not heartless, supreme desirelessness is not desireless."

"I have love for all things, and I see all living beings with compassion."

The blue-shirted youth stood with his hands behind his back and said:

"Tonight, if you can enter my eyes, even if your strength is insufficient, I will send you to shatter and leave. Why don't you make a move yet!"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 119 =====