At times like this, Wen Xu felt cut off from the entire world. Even after passing the Provincial Graduate examination, even while standing at the center of the crowd's envy and praise, he still felt no sense of belonging.
Yet in the Cultivation Realm, when his eyes had seen nothing but darkness, his heart had been at peace. He had known that somewhere in that darkness, his sect, his teachers, and his friends stood beside him. He had not been alone.
Jun Zhaoying had been surprised too many times today. Whether a blind cat had stumbled upon a dead mouse or Cheng Wei truly had a gift for teaching, she could no longer say. She only felt that... this world really was beyond reason.
"No wonder your master said you were very brave." Jun Zhaoying's voice held a trace of self-mockery. "To tell you the truth, I'm not as honest as you are."
Wen Xu sat up straight. The real meat of the conversation had finally arrived.
"Your master must have told you that we share a friend who cultivated the Emotionless Dao?" Only after Little A-Xu nodded did she continue. "The Emotionless Dao is the Supreme Forgetting Emotions Dao, one of the mightiest Daos between heaven and earth. Those who cultivate it must sever their worldly thoughts and return to a state beyond emotion. When we first met, he was a cheerful, warmhearted young man. But as he lay dying, he did not even know what to say as his last words. He had lost everything, including himself."
"Yet his death fell with the weight of a blizzard. Without his sacrifice, the Cultivation Realm would not be so peaceful today. Your master and I might have returned to dust long ago. How well do you think he cultivated the