The Looming Crisis
Chapter 65

Heaven and Earth Are Benevolent, Yet the Human Heart Knows No Contentment

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Moonlight flowed like water, quietly passing through the dense forest and scattering in threads over Luo Bei and Xiao Cha.

The small valley deep within Tiancang Peak where the two stood was blanketed by thick woods above, invisible from outside. Yet within, all manner of strange flowers bloomed everywhere, including the two kinds of flowers Luo Bei had seen before that glowed in the night.

Though he had long known that the demons spoken of by the world existed, Xiao Cha was like a great door to Luo Bei. Once it opened, he saw this world more clearly than ever before.

Among all living things, humans were merely one kind.

The notions of honor and lowliness arose only from the heart.

Humans regarded themselves as supreme, but in the eyes of Heaven and Earth, perhaps all were treated equally, with no distinction.

Deep within this valley, surrounded by strange plants he had never seen before, Luo Bei marveled at the wonders of Heaven and Earth's creation, and such thoughts arose within him.

The moment that thought surfaced, Luo Bei felt as if the distance between himself and Heaven and Earth had suddenly narrowed. He vaguely felt himself merging into the forests, mountains, and world around him.

"It seems that so long as I follow the techniques and principles my master taught me, one day, I too will reach my master's realm."

An exceptionally steadfast light shone from Luo Bei's eyes.

"Act... act without chasing profit or desire. Do nothing that goes against your true heart." Xiao Cha quietly watched Luo Bei beneath the moonlight, savoring the reason he had given her.

Those two sentences sounded very simple, yet beneath the heavens, how many people could truly accomplish them?

But someone who could casually hand over the medicinal liquid of the

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