Chapter 136: Daoist heart? Why? Unstable?

She? What a simple word, rolling around in my throat, lingering on the tip of my tongue, as if it brought out countless past events.

My she, the Taoist monk’s she… I never thought they would all be in the body of one woman, and that woman was Ru Xue, who was turning around after the space.

The shackles loosened, and I sensed the Daoist boy’s thoughts at some point… What’s more, under the shock of the spirit, the Daoist boy was not at all guarded… I immediately captured the Daoist boy’s thoughts. On the body of Ruoxue, the Daoist boy sensed the soul of a woman, and this soul was wrapped around the Daoist boy… even if it was not liberated in this life or the next.

This woman is called Wei Chaoyu.

“What a curse.” The Grandmaster’s will also let out a sigh… At this time, the two wills of the Taoist and I were suppressed lightly, taking control of my body and beginning to pinch the hand gestures.

At this time, I realized… that in the remains of the dragon, there were still some soul power and soul fragments belonging to the dragon… Grandmaster now opened this space to forcibly collect this soul power and integrate it into the remaining soul of the true dragon in this cave, making it more complete.

I don’t know what the reason is… I only know that when Ruoxue turned around and saw me, her expression was calm, but a tear slipped down her cheek without her knowing when.

I have a thousand words to say, and Daotongzi also has a thousand words to say… But even if the master didn’t come out to suppress our will at this time, we couldn’t say anything.

Because it was coming… The pain that would come whenever I thought of Ru Xue had come again… This time it was even more intense than before, like the most intense flame of a fire, engulfing me and Dao Tongzi in an instant.

The pain, indescribable pain… the pain of being burned by a thousand fires, but having to stay awake… made me and Dao Tongzi cry out to the sky in this space of thought filled with flames.

The only person unaffected by this pain was the Grandmaster, who didn’t even change the rhythm of his hand movements.

“Foolish child, there is no pain greater than the pain of refining the heart in the mortal world… I have already been tempered a thousand times, and I have seen through that pain is not pain if it is just ordinary… a heart that has been tempered should be like this.” In the face of the pain that Tao Tongzi and I were feeling at the moment, the master only left such a profound and unfathomable sentence.

This was already difficult to understand, and in the midst of extreme pain, neither I nor Tao Tongzi could hear it… Every second was an ordeal, and all I and Tao Tongzi could hope for was to pass out at that moment and lose our consciousness.

I don’t know how long it took, but when the familiar darkness surrounded me again… I finally let out a long sigh of relief.

When I woke up again… I knew I would be immersed in Daotongzi’s memories, and for the first time… I saw the room that belonged to Daotongzi… in a quiet courtyard, this slightly cold room, because in addition to useful things, there was no extra decoration.

Tidy, clean, and desolate… just like the owner of the room.

At the moment, I was standing by the window of this room, lost in thought, or perhaps I was watching myself standing by the window, lost in thought… It was no different from the past. It was as if I were in the scene, but I was detached from it.

The only difference is that every time I recall the memory, it is calm and composed, almost expressionless. The Daotongzi at this moment has a serious look on his face, his brows slightly furrowed, but his heart is melancholy and confused… Why is this so? I, who am one with the Daotongzi, soon got the answer.

It was because after the morning class, the Master, who had always been secluded in meditation and was often not seen, suddenly appeared in the room of the Taoist monk. When the Taoist monk pushed open the door and entered the room, he saw the Master’s slightly disappointed face, a cup of tea quietly exuding steam next to him, and the Master looked deeply at the Taoist monk, leaving only the words “Why is the Taoist heart unstable?” and then floated away from the Taoist monk’s room.

What is the heart of the Dao? Why is it unstable? These six simple words were followed by three question marks drawn by the Daoist. What is the heart of the Dao? What is instability? Why is it so? These three questions, which should have been simple, made the Daoist stand in the room and ponder for an unknown length of time. When he suddenly came to his senses… the cup of hot tea, which had been steaming with light smoke, had already become cold.

Was the master disappointed in himself? The Taoist boy moved to the window and couldn’t help but feel a sense of melancholy and confusion. Outside the window, spring was in full bloom, with green shoots sprouting and a different kind of vitality.

“Stone… this stream is so sweet. Do you want to drink some? Look, over there… the flowers have bloomed. The flowers have bloomed… Master said that a beginning is just a beginning, and that the beginning is in another distant place called spring.” For some reason, looking at the small ice-blue flowers by the wall, Daotongzi thought of what Wei Chaoyu had said to him the last time.

“Spring? What is that?” he couldn’t help but mutter to himself.

I, who was in the middle of it, couldn’t help but freeze for a moment when I heard this sentence, and then I felt an inexplicable shock in my heart… It turned out that this really wasn’t my world… There wasn’t even a concept of spring here? Then where was this place?

I have always had a hunch about this… but I can’t help but wonder if this is ancient China. If that’s the case, I’ll be able to accept it a little better… But the truth is that this is not the case. Even if I had a hunch, I couldn’t help but be shocked, and then I smiled wryly.

My thoughts played no part in this memory. While I was in shock, the Taoist monk was lost in some kind of memory.

“The flowers are so beautiful, you stupid rock… Do you want to pick some for me?”

“It’s there, why pick it? It’s not bothering anyone.”

“But… can’t you just pick some for me? I’ll put it in a vase by my window and think of a way to keep it from wilting… and then when I see it I’ll think of you.”

“What will you think of me?”

“What do you care what I think of you? Do you want to pick some for me?”

“If you pick some, will you start practicing with me?”

“Yes…” The eyes smiled again like a crescent moon.

“Okay, I’ll pick some.”

Wei Chaoyu, holding the flowers, seemed to be smiling a little too. Thinking about this, Daotongzi couldn’t help but smile at the corner of his mouth. However, he didn’t realize it himself, but instead fell into more memories. Since that night on the cliff, she had proven her martial arts for herself, even at the expense of injuring herself, which had affected Daotongzi’s emotions. After snuggling together for the night, it seemed that everything had changed.

At least every time they met, it was no longer a completely boring demonstration of magic… She would always find a way to say something, do something else… Just like the latest news in the sect, she would tell him, and as she talked, she couldn’t help but hold his arm and cheer happily.

For example, she would tell him that certain wild fruits were edible. When he bit into one, the sweet and slightly sour taste would make him feel better. Then she would drag him along to pick some wild fruits to eat before she was willing to practice the magic with him.

Strangely enough, the Taoist boy did everything she asked.

And last time, Wei Chaoyu told Daotongzi that there was a flower with a juice in its stem that was sweeter than the sweetest honey in the world, and that they had to find it… So, almost the entire time they met, they were looking for the flower Wei Chaoyu described, because it was very rare.

Finally, they found the flower on the side of a cliff. When Wei Chaoyu was cheering, Dao Tongzi was even happier than Wei Chaoyu… and climbed up without hesitation to pick the flower for her.

That time, her eyes did not smile like a crescent moon as before… but instead, she had tears in her eyes, and then gently bit the flower stalk and swallowed the juice that was said to be sweeter than honey.

“I really want you to try it,” she said.

“There is only one flower, so you can eat it.” The Taoist monk didn’t care whether he tasted the juice that was sweeter than honey.

“I…” Wei Chaoyu looked at the Taoist boy, and there was a strange luster on the corners of her pretty lips. It was the look of the sap after it had soaked through. She looked at the Taoist boy like this.

The next moment, she suddenly took a step toward the Taoist boy. Before he could react, she gently held his head in her hands, with a shy, yet unhesitating and firm strength, and broke off his head. Then her lips lightly touched his lips.

It was a strange feeling that he couldn’t describe, and in that moment, it suddenly surrounded the Taoist boy… He couldn’t tell what it was, but he felt his heart beating faster and faster, his breathing becoming heavy, and his face inexplicably hot.

But then, the next moment, she left his mouth… her eyes narrowed into a crescent moon, and she smiled at him.

“Lick your lips and see what it tastes like. I’m sharing it with you.” She was laughing so happily.

He couldn’t help but lick the corner of his mouth, and a sweet, sticky aroma instantly filled his mouth… and the dizzying heat… For a moment, Daotongzi was a little stunned, but she ran away… The crisp sound entered Daotongzi’s ears like the beautiful sound of birdsong: “Stupid stone, I’m leaving first. It’s almost time to come out this time… I’ll prove the magic with you next time.”

“Next time.” Standing by the window, Daotongzi couldn’t help but smile again, and his fingers couldn’t help but lightly touch his lips… But the next moment, Daotongzi suddenly frowned, and all that came to mind was the Master’s words.

“Why is your mind unstable?”