Watching Ma Yuxuan's light, brisk steps, Xue Huan walked beside him and asked curiously.
"Why do you seem so carefree?"
"Why shouldn't I be carefree?"
"With so many matters and mysteries still unresolved, aren't you worried at all?"
Faced with Xue Huan's confusion, Ma Yuxuan said, "Mortals live no more than a hundred years. Cultivators may live much longer, but their lifespans are still limited."
"A day passes whether you're happy or miserable. Since I have a choice, naturally, I'd rather spend that day happy."
"Dejection, despair, whatever it is—there's nothing wrong with feeling those things briefly. There's no need to keep them clutched in your heart."
Hearing his answer, Xue Huan said softly, "You're quite the optimist, then."
"By the way, can I ask one more question?"
"Of course!"
"What exactly are you trying to do?"
"Help the Great Jing Dynasty recover its water supply. The Water Law has vanished from this place."
"If we don't recover the Water Law soon, this place will become a dead wasteland."
Hearing this, Xue Huan asked in surprise, "So you suspect someone in the Imperial Palace took the Water Law?"
"That was what I suspected before last night. But after what happened last night, I realized things were more complicated than I'd imagined."
"To get to the bottom of why the Water Law disappeared, I need to learn more about the Great Jing Dynasty."
"At the very least, I need to find out who in the Great Jing Dynasty has the ability to take the Water Law."
After hearing his answer, Xue Huan said, "If you want to know who has that ability, I can give you a few candidates."
"Who?"
"Wei Zhou of the Anomaly Suppression Bureau, Xu Nian of the Peace Bureau, Chang Gui, marshal of the three armies, and