Chapter 45: Like This Star Not Last Night
Xue Qingqiu, however, showed her true colors as a demoness, regardless of the strange gazes of others, she sat there as if nothing had happened, her expression unchanged. After a long time, Xue Mu said, “Forget about the priest, I can be an advisor.”
Xiahou Di froze: “What do you mean by counselor?”
“Gu and ask.” Xue Mu continued to write, “Just come and ask me if there is something, why take up a position? I don’t have an inch of merit, and if I suddenly take up a high position, Department Six’s brothers will have a problem with it.”
Where is Department Six brothers have a problem, it is you who are afraid that your sister will have a problem. The court trio looked at each other, their hearts are spitting, but they also don’t want to annoy Xue Qingqiu, Xiahou Di pondered for a moment, or handed Xue Mu a waist plate: “It is the consultant, also counted in Department Six, this piece of gold medal you receive, has its own convenience.”
Xue Mu took a look, the front of the gold medal is a tripod pattern, the back has actually engraved the word “Xue Mu”, as well as his portrait, exquisite. He raised his head to look at Xiahou Di, it seems that this is prepared, but I do not know why the last to take out, perhaps also before hesitation?
In any case, Xiahou Di wasn’t wrong, this gold medal was very convenient, she knew that Xue Mu was a smart person and wouldn’t refuse.
With this medal tied to him, Xue Mu would at least consider a few points for Department Six, right? With this karmic law in place, in the future, there might be a chance to completely pull him in.
Indeed, Xue Mu didn’t refuse anymore and put away the gold medal, slightly arching his hand, “Many thanks to Chief Constable for his appreciation.”
“It’s just a matter of each taking what he needs.” Xiahou Di sighed and gave Xue Qingqiu another sidelong glance, “Having this kind of sister, it’s hard for you too.”
Xue Mu replied softly, “No, having this sister is my good fortune.”
Coming back from Department Six, the two of them had a silent atmosphere all the way, not speaking.
It seemed like a windowpaper that could be pierced at any time, but both of them seemed to have no thoughts of piercing it, and they didn’t know what was missing.
Traveled to halfway, Xue Mu only low sigh: “Sister this time lost count, if I really can do their priest, this publication will be able to legitimately interfere, borrowing the influence of the publication to achieve a lot of purposes. Nowadays, there is always a layer of separation, and there are many more inconveniences ……”
“Xue Mu ……”
“Hm?”
“Xiahou Di is not wrong, you are more suitable for the court. Once you become a priest, you are a member of the court …… Sooner or later, one day, it no longer belongs to my Star Moon Sect. I would rather meddle less in this publication than see that day.” Xue Qingqiu faintly said, “This is me being selfish and blocking your future, you can blame me.”
“It won’t ……”
“Won’t what?”
“After becoming the Sacrificial Sake, I won’t not belong to the Star Moon Sect. I won’t blame you if I don’t become the Sacrificial Sake.”
Xue Qingqiu shook her head, “When you become the Sacrificial Sake, your back is against Xiahou Di, and you are friendly with Xuan Zhe, with such advantages, with your ability, you can easily make a name for yourself in the imperial court, and advancing to become a prince or a marquis is not even a dream. How can you be sure that you still belong to the Star Moon Sect?”
Xue Mu replied bluntly, “Because Star Moon Sect has you and Xiaochan.”
Xue Qingqiu lost her smile, “Then let’s say I’ve lost my reckoning and didn’t recognize a genuine person?”
Xue Mu said, “You are nervous about losing me, I should be happy.”
With these words, Xue Qingqiu’s footsteps paused for a moment, and then quickly walked as usual: “How presumptuous, without your advice, I, Xue Qingqiu, am still not the same overpowering the world.”
Xue Mu laughed, “That’s not the same.”
“What’s different? You can definitely develop better with you?”
“Why do you always pull real profit …… Without me, Xue Mu, that Xue Qingqiu will always be just a ferocious and flaming devil, and there will be no one to appreciate your overwhelming beauty anymore, what a pity.”
“Tsk ……” Xue Qingqiu seems to be somewhat amused, “There are countless jungles in the Jianghu, really not many of them have you who can talk. No wonder Xiaochan ……”
Said here suddenly cut off, and then both fell into silence at the same time.
After a long time, Xue Qingqiu faintly said, “Martial breakthroughs, pay attention to the water to the channel, all the forced are missing flavor, often a lifetime shall not inch.”
Xue Mu easily understood the pun and returned another, “Then when will sister teach me dual cultivation?”
Xue Qingqiu finally laughed out loud and gave him a cross look, with some flirtatiousness in her eyes, “Haven’t I already practiced dual cultivation with you?”
Xue Mu was stunned, “Where?”
“In the secret room, skin touching skin, true qi mixing, out of my hand, into your body, back and forth, no distinction, this is not double cultivation is what?”
Xue Mu almost didn’t plant himself on the ground, “My sister, this is called double cultivation?”
Xue Qingqiu’s eyes flickered with a narrowing meaning, “In matters of martial arts, how many people in the world can argue with me? Naturally I say yes.”
Xue Mu couldn’t help but cry and laugh, “Yes, yes, yes, true authority.”
The atmosphere was comfortable, with a bit of the leisurely meaning of shopping at night. Xue Mu raised his head to look at the stars in the sky, stretched his hands, and let out a long breath, “You know what? The last time I accompanied you to see Xiahou Di, I still felt that you were illusory around me, I couldn’t even be sure if that was a real person or not, it was obvious that the two of them were side by side, but I felt that I was traveling alone.”
Xue Qingqiu smiled faintly, “What about today?”
“Today it feels like you’re by my side, the fragrance is fresh, and I can even feel the warmth coming from it.”
“Actually, with your cultivation, to perceive my words, it would still be an illusion.”
“Then why ……”
“At that time, you were merely thinking about how to utilize this opportunity, I am not a real person, just an opportunity.” Xue Qingqiu said softly, “At this moment in your heart this person is real, your feelings are also real.”
Xue Mu froze for a while, “It feels like your way of cultivating oneself is like materialism, but this is said like materialism.”
This time it was Xue Qingqiu’s turn to be puzzled: “What is materialism and mindfulness?”
“Well ……,” Xue Mu thought for a moment and pointed to a small flower in the corner of the street, “When I did not look at this flower, this flower and I returned to the same silence; since I looked at this flower, the color of this flower was understood for a moment.”
Xue Qingqiu savored it for a while and laughed softly, “This is something that needs to be comprehended in the realm of Canyon’s Child, close to asking questions, it’s really strange that you would have this kind of experience after practicing a bit of half-assed Poison Skill.”
Xue Mu wondered, “You’re not afraid that I’ll talk nonsense and contradict your Dao?”
“If you elaborate on this sentence, it might be a system, but if it’s just one sentence, then many paths have similar views.” Xue Qingqiu lost her smile and said, “Actually, this sentence can be seen as the origin of the Contending Dao, everyone thinks that it is only right when they see it, and based on their own perceptions, wouldn’t this be the Flower Not Outside the Heart.”
Xue Mu nodded, suddenly finding this quite interesting, and deliberately said, “But regardless of people’s perceptions, it always exists objectively, and does not change based on people’s perceptions.”
“That’s right.” Xue Qingqiu smiled rather approvingly, “The ‘Dao’ is constant. When people argue about it, they will eventually realize that it is nothing more than a different title, or a different angle of seeing, or a different path of pursuing. Then people begin to search for the essence, wanting to know what ‘it’ really is. If existence does not change with consciousness, then what is consciousness? What is the essence of ‘existence’? Is ‘nothingness’ the opposite of ‘existence’, or is ‘nothingness’ inherently a kind of ‘existence’? Do you know?”
Xue Mu’s jaw dropped, he didn’t know a thing, this is already philosophy, okay? He had already returned the horse philosophy and gross concepts he learned to his teacher, so how could he know? What’s more, this world is unscientific, a lot of knowledge can’t be blindly set, for example, what’s the case of the Curry Night Halo, even a firm materialist may not be able to explain it.
“You don’t know, but you want to know, how do you do it? Cultivate and practice until you can see through every grain of dust, until you can soar above the nine heavens, until you can hold the sun, moon, and stars in your hands, and you’ll know.” Xue Qingqiu smiled and slowly said, “This is asking.”
In other words, it wasn’t that their martial path was a philosophy, their martial was just a way to ask.
To enter the Dao was to touch, to penetrate was to see through, and to merge with the Dao was to master.
Xue Mu truly didn’t dare to underestimate the people of this world anymore, especially people like Xue Qingqiu who stood on top of the world. Some insights are not as good as yours, some insights can crush you out of the sky, even if you wear to the modern world may be the opening of a school of philosophical theories of the masters, not light can play so simple.
And she this heart and vision is really open very, Xue Mu is also very admired: “I thought that the one way patriarch should be very persistent kind, I did not expect that in fact, very enlightened, and do not alert me to signs of other thinking …… This is the patriarch temperament?”
“I’ve told you before, the caveman, inspects as well.” Xue Qingqiu leisurely said: “Not to mention a hundred competing roads, each different, you have insight, naturally will find that blind rejection is not conducive to the road, the stone of the other mountain can attack jade, each other to prove that there is more to gain, perhaps the same way, it is not known. The way to fight for the Tao, do you think that the fight is really the Tao?”
Xue Mu’s heart stirred, “Then what is the competition for?”
“A thousand years ago, when the Hundred Schools fought for the tripod, we lost. That’s why the various sects of the Righteous Dao were divided into places, each with their own princes and lords, while we hid for a thousand years, not seeing the light of day. Although the dispute started because the Dao is different, it can be extended …… “Xue Qingqiu suddenly stood still and turned her head to stare at him, “What do you say the dispute is about?”
Xue Mu narrowed his eyes, and only after a long time did he say, “That the current emperor is quite bold, actually cooperating with you guys.” After a pause, he lost his smile again and said, “You really trust me now.”
“You are my younger brother, who do I trust if not you.” Xue Qingqiu paused here, then shook her head and laughed, “Jianghu is nothing more than a corner of the river and mountain, what an interesting sentence. From time to time, I feel that you are not like the people of the world, but rather, you are observing the world from a very distant place, very often out of place, but a thousand threads will be like observing patterns on the palm of your hand.”
What a terrifying intuition. Xue Mu was not able to answer for a moment, and was about to change the topic, when suddenly there was a familiar scent in the air ……
The scent of kebabs.
Xue Mu was stunned, Nima this world street actually also sell barbecue in the middle of the night? How is this possible? Is there cumin, chili peppers, or anything else these days? Or is there another unscientific and metaphysical way?