The night was so quiet that the clamor of the day had left not a trace behind. The girls all slept in this room, and Huo Yuhao was no exception.
Huo Yuhao, however, sat on the bed meditating. When the other three girls saw that he planned to meditate through the night, they initially wanted to join him, but Xiao Wu gave up after a while and lay down to sleep. Ning Rongrong held out until midnight before giving up as well. In the end, only Zhu Zhuqing and Huo Yuhao remained in meditation.
In the Sea of Consciousness, Huo Yuhao asked Elder Yi, "Elder Yi, does a difference in sex affect the direction of one's thoughts?"
Elder Yi had seen everything that happened during the day, but knowingly asked, "Yuhao, why do you ask?"
"Because after my rebirth, although my body became a girl's, my memories remained, and I still control this body myself. But as I look at this world ten thousand years in the past, I've always felt a sense of 'estrangement.' And I seem to have become especially indecisive. In the past, I believed Shrek's saying, 'Those who dare not stir up trouble are mediocrities,' and I believed in the Tang Sect's doctrines... But now I'm starting to feel lost. Some things I used to think were right-when I face them again now, I can't believe in them and act on them without hesitation the way I once did. I've begun to question whether they were right..." Huo Yuhao voiced his doubts to Elder Yi.
After listening, Elder Yi merely said calmly, "Yuhao, when you feel lost or doubtful, it only means you've gained a new understanding of those things, that you've gained more insights and thoughts of your own. With many things, you can't tell