Shi Tie Zhu's blunt, piercing words left Shi Tiexin in a long daze and deep contemplation.
Indeed, Big Brother was worthy of being Big Brother. His eye for problems was truly precise.
Shi Tiexin sat upright within the Martial Heart Zen Lotus, conducting a special closed-door meditation in its completely sealed environment. Come to think of it, the Martial Heart Zen Lotus truly was the best place for self-reflection. Under heaven, there was nowhere more intimate with one's heart.
He raised his head and saw Iron Pillar. He lowered his head and reflected upon himself.
In the rippling waters beneath the Zen Lotus floated countless thoughts, rising and sinking. He dissected every thought and confusion within himself one by one, then slowly sorted them out.
Shi Tie Zhu had his own ideas.
But now, Shi Tiexin understood. What he needed was not to copy Shi Tie Zhu's ideas wholesale, but to use him as a reference, reflect on him, compare himself against him, and then forge a set of principles of his own.
That set of principles might differ from Shi Tie Zhu's as greatly as heaven and earth, or it might be exactly the same as his. But whichever it was, there was no need to force agreement, nor any need to deliberately be different.
He did not need to wrestle with any outsider.
He only needed to clear the blockage in his own heart.
Shi Tie Zhu did not directly instill anything into Shi Tiexin either. He had positioned himself as someone who would provide Shi Tiexin with a reference and set an example through genuine action.
Since he had been confined and could not run around everywhere, Shi Tie Zhu might as well eat and drink as he pleased, then eagerly explore greater power.
Ever since he