"This is a road doomed to failure."
"Because the gods have already fallen behind history. Chivalry often runs counter to the law."
"And law is the cornerstone of the state system. The state system is the governing order of the contemporary Human Race—the foundation of the age, the core of Humanity's Torrent."
"What appear to be two Heaven-Connecting roads, both firmly grounded, converging together are in truth neither of them stable."
"The farther one walks, the more one discovers there is no way forward."
"He bore the name of a hero for so long, defended the Way with lofty spirit, and saved All-Under-Heaven City in righteousness. His journey was magnificent and thunderous, but there was no road ahead of him at all!"
Within the clamorous restaurant, drinkers were holding forth in animated conversation. When their excitement rose, they could not help reddening in the face and spraying spittle everywhere.
The drinkers at this table were no ordinary lot either: scholars from Green Cliff Academy, Medical Cultivators from East King Valley, monks from Hanging Temple... a motley bunch gathered around one table.
Ever since the River-Subduing True Lord claimed his name with three bells, countless restaurants had sprung up across the land overnight—White King Capital, White Lord Capital, Hundred Jade Capital... all of them doing roaring business.
The White Jade Capital Restaurant on Star Moon Plain in particular saw a sea of customers every day, leaving Shopkeeper Bai beaming from morning till night.
Many people queued for days just to enter and sample its flavors, and all of Heaven Wind Valley had flourished tremendously as a result.
These days, common folk rarely traveled far; those who undertook arduous journeys were usually cultivators. And cultivators naturally discussed cultivation.
In such a vast White Jade Capital Restaurant, people debated the Dao every day.