I Can Read Books

In the dead of night, Qin Yi and his wife were doing what they loved most.

From a physiological perspective, after the heat and passion of a great battle, there will be residual hormones, so after doing something very exciting, this is often the only eternal theme left.

Qin Yi and Li Qingjun were no exception.

In fact, this battle was quite special for Qin Yi because he was relatively mild-mannered, had little violent temper, and rarely engaged in such extreme killing.

But the intention to kill the chicken to scare the monkey, the protective instinct towards his young apprentice after being subjected to Mental Spell, and a mentality of conquering and attacking foreign races all combined to create this massacre. With two kicks, he may have killed hundreds or even thousands of people at once, the number was impossible to count.

A true force to be reckoned with on the grasslands.

Bystanders have reason to believe that the ordinary people of the grasslands who witnessed that moment from afar will never again be able to muster the will to resist China. The humanitarian war is already half lost without even having to be fought.

Correspondingly, this matter also marks a milestone in Qin Yi and Li Qingjun's own cultivation.

It originated in the Southern Li and came to fruition in the land of China.

The moment he intimidated all enemies, it meant that Li Wuxian's rule over the land had essentially eliminated the drawbacks of the Immortal Dao' interference and was moving towards the normal path of a human emperor.

Thus, all the turmoil returned to the mundane world, and a past that was very important to both Qin Yi and Li Qingjun came to an end. The passing of the veteran Xie Yuan with a smile further pushed this meaning to the extreme.

This is something that even highly accomplished cultivators strive for but find difficult to achieve perfectly; life is full of disappointments.

When the conditions are right, that is spiritual practice, and a very important kind of spiritual practice in life, which is crucial to the perfection of one's State of Mind.

Whether Martial Cultivation or Daoism, it's the same.

Life is a series of circles spiraling forward, eventually forming a chain.

It is the lock of human existence, and also the chain of the way of Heavenly Dao.

But to break free is to achieve true freedom.

That night, neither Qin Yi nor Li Qingjun used any Cultivation Method; they simply did what they loved. Both of them could faintly sense signs that their cultivation was breaking through.

Previously, I gave up on breaking through to the third level and exited the seclusion early on the second level, but now I am about to break through.

Indeed, engaging with the world is better than secluded meditation, at least in terms of the nature of Qin Yi's cultivation.

There was no one serving them around their bedchamber; it was quiet outside. Taotie had been driven out and was squatting at the door, listlessly watching the moon.

Even if there's no one around, please don't be so loud...

Taotie yawned.

Asexual creatures cannot fit into human preferences and needs in this regard. It feels like fighting. Are you all combat maniacs who fight each other when there are no outsiders to fight?

There seems to be some movement to the side... Someone's coming.

Taotie's spirits lifted.

Soon, a little girl in Dragon Robe poked her head out of the grass and shushed it.

"Tch." Taotie lay back down, transmitting its Divine Sense: "What are you doing sneaking in here?"

Li Wuxian also tried to transmit her voice. "Let's see what Master and Aunt are doing."

"What's so interesting? They're fighting."

"Huh? How is that possible?"

"They're really fighting. Your master is riding on your aunt's back while they're fighting. You can hear your aunt yelling..."

Li Wuxian stared wide-eyed.

Really, Auntie cried out so pitifully.

How could this be?

The little girl had read countless books, but they were all broad and general, and she had never read this kind of "boring frivolous book." But after being bothered by the "TV series" in Ba Dan a few days ago, she actually became curious about this matter.

Seeing her master and aunt acting mysteriously only fueled her curiosity. But she was too embarrassed to ask the eunuchs and maids, so she suddenly had the idea to eavesdrop.

How could it be a fight? In the illusion, weren't they blushing and hugging and kissing?

It's so strange, but when I listened to my aunt's voice, I blushed and felt flustered.

It felt like something was scratching me.

That wasn't a sound of pain at all, was it?

How could something so sweet and hopeful in a hallucination possibly lead to a painful outcome?

"Dead ball, you lied to me!"

"What did I lie to you about?"

"Aunt's voice certainly doesn't sound like she's in pain. Do you think I'm a child who doesn't understand anything?"

"Tch, aren't you a child?" Taotie scoffed. "I spent a few days with you, and I saw who was secretly eating osmanthus cake there, even sending the palace maids away beforehand. They were drooling in their sleep in the middle of the night, their pillowcases were all wet. And you call yourself an emperor? How ridiculous."

"What kind of child are you! You're much gluttonous than me!"

"I'm just a child," Taotie said lazily. "I have endless life ahead of me. Compared to that, these past 100,000 years are nothing more than childhood."

"This works?" Li Wuxian was both amused and exasperated.

Taotie added, "Besides, by mortal standards, those who aren't married are all children, aren't they?"

Li Wuxian was speechless.

"The sign of getting married is finding a partner of the opposite sex, right?" Taotie stretched out its short upper limbs and stroked its round chin. "Someone like you would probably need to find an Imperial Husband to marry into the family?"

"I! Don't! Want! It!"

"Why are you so agitated?" Taotie said, "If you don't want it, you don't want it. If you want to know what's going on inside, just find a eunuch to try it out yourself."

Li Wuxian was speechless. "Try finding a eunuch? Are you kidding me? Would he even be considered a member of the opposite sex?"

But the girl did indeed express a hint of sorrow through the Taotie.

Yes, I want to get married.

Even a vast empire needs succession; this is no joke, it's a matter of Foundation of the Nation. I'm still young and fortunate now, but I'm afraid that in just a few months, related memorials will flood in like snowflakes.

Seeing Li Wuxian start to space out, Taotie said impatiently, "Alright, alright, stop staying here. If they find you hiding outside when they're done, you'll get a beating."

Li Wuxian quietly retreated, staring at the tightly closed palace doors, her eyes darting around nervously.

At least I can read the book first.

Back in his palace, Li Wuxian instructed his attendants, "I'd like to read some leisure books. Any recommendations?"

"Uh..." The eunuchs and maids on either side looked at each other, wondering what kind of frivolous book His Majesty wanted to read.

For a ruler of a country, medicine, divination, and astrology are all forms of leisure reading, as are folk tales, poetry, and songs.

"I want to see some stories, folk tales."

"Folk legends?" No one thought His Majesty wanted to read romance novels.

One of the more astute individuals suddenly had a flash of inspiration and clapped his hands, exclaiming, "I know! There's a peerless divine book that His Majesty will surely love!"

"Oh?" Li Wuxian's interest was piqued. "What book dares to claim that I will definitely like it?"

"It is said to have been written by the National Teacher himself ten years ago. It has been circulating in the Great Qian for many years, but it was not valued before. Recently, people have learned that it was written by the National Teacher, so everyone is copying it."

"It's actually a book written by Master?" Li Wuxian exclaimed with delight. "I want to read it! What's it called again?"

"It seems to be called..." The eunuch thought for a long time, then clapped his hands. "The Return of the Condor Heroes!"