A few minutes later, above a wilderness in the Southern Region.
"So..."
Fang Mo stood with his hands behind his back atop the gray greatsword, turning to look at Mint Fairy, who was likewise speeding through the air beside him. "Why did you come along too?"
"Because I have become curious about this matter as well."
Mint Fairy flew through the air, the broad Taoist robe wrapped around her petite body snapping loudly in the wind.
"You?"
Fang Mo was somewhat surprised when he heard that, so he simply mocked her. "Cultivators of Supreme Forgetfulness can feel curiosity too? Don't you usually advocate severing all emotions and desires?"
"What you said is indeed correct."
Mint said calmly, "Those of us who cultivate the Path of Ruthlessness do need to constantly prove that we are without emotion or desire in order to comprehend the Heavenly Dao and grasp the principles governing all things between heaven and earth. However, according to my master, the desire for knowledge is the sole exception, because it is not merely a desire..."
"Oh?"
This was the first time Fang Mo had heard such a claim, and he was rather surprised.
"My master told me that the desire for knowledge does not arise from emotional curiosity, but from a rational need to comprehend and analyze the laws of the Heavenly Dao."
Mint Fairy seemed to have seen through Fang Mo's thoughts and continued explaining. "Ordinary cultivators seek knowledge out of interest or curiosity. At its core, it is because they themselves want to know something. Cultivators of the Path of Ruthlessness are different. Our pursuit of knowledge carries a sense of necessity."
"If such knowledge benefits our comprehension of the Heavenly Dao, then we will actively seek it out..."
"Is that so?"
Fang Mo rubbed his chin