After Xiao Mo returned to White Deer Academy, three more years passed.
After Ink Lake was built, although the dean of White Deer Academy was very generous and gave Xiao Mo and Bai Ruxue ownership of the barren mountain, they did not treat it as their private territory.
If the disciples of White Deer Academy wanted to visit Ink Lake, they were entirely free to do so.
As for the Literary Fortune gathered by Ink Lake, they naturally could not take it away. The moment the water left Ink Lake, it became ordinary lake water.
But because Ink Lake existed, the Literary Fortune of the barren mountain grew ever richer, even rivaling that of some of White Deer Academy's Main Peaks.
The mountain also acquired a name: Bai Mo Peak.
Every spring, or whenever heavy snow fell, students from White Deer Academy would visit Ink Lake, either to enjoy the spring scenery or admire the snow. It was a scene with a charm all its own.
Over these three years, Xiao Mo continued to attend lessons at Mr. Qi's courtyard from time to time, just as he had before.
But most of the time, Xiao Mo still sat staring into space in the Bamboo Forest.
Xiao Mo wanted to establish Mr. Yangming's Heart Learning in this world.
But he had discovered that knowing something did not mean he could understand it.
What was more, back on Blue Sea Star, his understanding of Yangming's Heart Learning had been one-sided.
So Xiao Mo decided to retrace Mr. Yangming's path.
He would begin with investigating bamboo.
But Xiao Mo's investigation of bamboo was not simply "investigating bamboo."
With the knowledge accumulated over two lifetimes, Xiao Mo had a deep foundation in Confucianism.
Although it looked as if he spent every day gazing at