CHAPTER 257: 0171 LIVING IS REALLY DIFFICULT (TWO-IN-ONE)_2

"Qin...girl?" Xu Chang’an blinked more frequently.

"Qinling, you don’t recognize her?" Li Zhibai shook her head, "Impossible, you were sent here by Miss Zhu."

She knew everything without needing to investigate.

"I recognize her, I recognize her." Xu Chang’an nodded.

The teacher indeed thought of everything thoroughly.

Indeed, Junior Master Qin obviously admired Senior Zhu, and he had received a lot of help from her. Helping deliver things this time could repay part of the favor.

Actually, what he wanted to say was...

Qinling at first glance looked like a middle-aged woman to him.

Such a Qinling was seen as a "girl" in the teacher’s eyes?

Just how old was the teacher?

And she still called his own Miss Yun sister.

"Hmm?" Li Zhibai felt Xu Chang’an’s gaze and suddenly felt a bit uncomfortable.

Xu Chang’an tensed up and quickly said, "Teacher, will it be troublesome for me to get involved in the matter between Junior Master Qin and Senior Zhu?"

"Junior Master? Senior? What kind of seniority is that?" Li Zhibai gave Xu Chang’an a strange look.

Xu Chang’an: "..."

The teacher was not supposed to talk about seniority like that.

"Forget it." Li Zhibai said casually, "Trouble? I wouldn’t send you if it was trouble... Or do you also think Qin girl shouldn’t like her?"

Xu Chang’an didn’t answer directly but asked in return, "Isn’t it said that... Yin Yang Dual Cultivation, the rotation of Yang and Yin is the Supreme Principle of Heaven and Earth?"

"The feelings between men and women don’t quite count as Yin and Yang." Li Zhibai thought of Qinling, this child, and said helplessly, "If she likes it, then she likes it, being natural is better than anything."

She knew that Xu Chang’an wouldn’t look down on someone like Qinling, after all, she was his student.

"You seem to like Junior Master Qin very much, teacher." Xu Chang’an was quite surprised.

"I haven’t spoken much with her, just heard about her from Miss Zhu." Li Zhibai coughed.

She seemed unwilling to use the familiar term "Tong Jun" in front of Xu Chang’an to refer to Zhu Pingniang, and since discovering Zhu Pingniang’s "fall," she was even less willing to.

It was almost like she was eager to distance herself from it.

"I like children who know what they want and pursue it steadfastly." Li Zhibai said seriously, "Qin girl is like that, and so are you."

"Teacher is indeed a teacher." Xu Chang’an smiled, then said, "Is it because of this quality in my wife that you like her too?"

"Ms. Yun?" Li Zhibai was taken aback and said thoughtfully, "Ms. Yun is different, but she likes you very much, and I like her."

Yun Qian had something about her... a presence that always made her pay attention.

Li Zhibai wanted to say that perhaps it was the aura of the "Dao," but saying something like that was somewhat mindless.

"She is indeed different." Xu Chang’an agreed.

His respected teacher found Yun Qian unique, and for Xu Chang’an, that was undoubtedly a great compliment.

"Go now." Li Zhibai waved her hand.

"Alright."

This time, Xu Chang’an crossed the threshold, took a few steps, and stopped to make sure the teacher didn’t call him back before he sighed in relief and hurried out the door.

——

Upstairs.

Li Zhibai watched Xu Chang’an walk into the rain with a black and white umbrella.

Immortal reincarnation?

There are too many secrets in this world, and she’s not that interested in them.

If it weren’t for these secrets being attached to her juniors, someone like her who avoids trouble would definitely stay far away.

Immortal, Enlightened.

"Dao..."

What is it?

If you asked Yun Qian, she would say it’s something beneath her feet.

But the path is meant to be beneath one’s feet.

The black and white merging of the umbrella surface, Yin and Yang uniting, knowing white and guarding black, that is the appearance of the Dao.

But...

Li Zhibai recalled what the Dao Ancestor said in the Dao Scripture: "The most perplexing and unnamable returns to nothingness, it is the invisible shape, the intangible image."

Cultivators fortunate enough to witness immortals in the Immortal Records wrote: "Their clothing has elegance, yet is not ornate; its brilliance dazzles, indescribable."

Dao should be invisible.

If it can be seen, can it still be called Dao?

Li Zhibai retracted her gaze from Xu Chang’an’s umbrella.

Unlike Shi Qingjun, Li Zhibai never considered finding an opportunity for breakthrough from others. Even if her Dao had no bright future, it was still a path she had to walk on her own.

So whether Xu Chang’an was an immortal reincarnated or an immortal in essence... she never sought anything from him. On the contrary, she would give Xu Chang’an more as his teacher.

"Mmm~" Li Zhibai clenched her fists and stretched her body, feeling both physically and mentally at ease.

Thinking from another perspective.

Being a teacher to such a person, what might happen in the future... indeed had a bit of anticipation.

He should have learned something from her, right?

"Hmm?"

Li Zhibai recalled the things she taught Xu Chang’an, and as she was stretching, her movements stiffened. She suddenly realized what she had done today.

First, she had bathed and changed into simple clothes before letting Xu Chang’an into her room... then she talked to him about the concept of Yin Yang Dual Cultivation.

Finally, she talked all the way from a woman’s menstrual cycle to the situation of fake phoenixes and false phoenixes on Muyu Peak.

Could an ordinary person do such things?

"???"

Li Zhibai’s mouth twitched. After watching Xu Chang’an’s figure disappear from view, she gently closed the window.

Tsk.

As expected, as Tong Jun said, she is not a normal woman, unable to grasp the emotions typical of ordinary women.

Although her emotions have been partly rekindled by Yun Qian, she still held onto her view.

Skipping the relationship of a Dao companion and directly having a child like Xu Chang’an, who brings warmth and satisfaction, was not bad.

It saved a lot of trouble.

——

——

After leaving Li Zhibai’s sight, Xu Chang’an’s pace slowly slowed until he finally stopped.

He held the umbrella, listening to the sound of the heavy rain hitting its surface. His expression, unlike the relaxed one in front of Li Zhibai, was extremely solemn.

Xu Chang’an slightly lifted the umbrella, looking at the pitch-black clouds, trying to see flashes of lightning within them, but found nothing.

He wasn’t stupid.

Be it rain or the Thunder Tribulation.

Since the teacher had asked him, it meant she truly harbored suspicions, and she laid those suspicions openly on the table.

The teacher’s transparency made Xu Chang’an feel trusted and at ease, but it also brought discomfort.

This unease wasn’t caused by Li Zhibai, but rather...

The System.

Xu Chang’an: "..."

As he got closer to Yun Qian’s courtyard, the Celestial Dao Points from the system began to flood in again.

Xu Chang’an remained silent, standing still.

Since using the Jade Splendor Primordial Qi brought significant changes, Xu Chang’an deliberately distanced himself from the system, no longer requesting it to issue tasks to him, nor did he ever think of using the previous rewards.

Now, with Yun Qian on the mountain, having a good teacher and sufficient talent was enough.

He knew that greed leads to ruin.

Because these points came too easily, to put it simply, they were rewards he "got for free"... the effect was astonishingly good, incredibly good.

If the effect wasn’t so remarkable, and it didn’t trigger alarms when approaching Yun Qian, perhaps he wouldn’t treat the system this way.

In short... only a brainless person could comfortably use the system.

Xu Chang’an slightly shifted the umbrella, feeling the raindrops falling heavily on him, he pondered deeply, saying in his heart: [System, was this rain your doing?]

[...]

As expected, the system remained silent as always to his question.

"Let me ask again." Xu Chang’an took a deep breath, seriously saying, "Does this rain have anything to do with you?"

[No.]

To Xu Chang’an’s surprise, the system answered him this time, still with that mechanical voice.

Although surprised, Xu Chang’an didn’t believe it and continued to speak.

"The rain has nothing to do with you, but what about the previous Celestial Tribulation... never mind, you don’t need to answer."

[...]

Since he already harbored doubts, no matter what it said, he wouldn’t believe it. Instead, the system responding honestly made him more wary.

Xu Chang’an looked in Yun Qian’s direction, muttering, "Just wanting to live well... why is it so difficult."

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