Seeking the Tao in the Mortal World

After entering the cave house, Liu Su came out of the mace and floated in front of Qin Yi.

Qin Yi continued to walk forward, and the little figure floated backward, refusing to get out of the way and staring at him.

Qin Yi tried to reach out and push the little figure aside, but his hand went through it.

He had no choice but to stop. "What are you doing..."

The little figure said, "Lecherous pig."

"..."

"Scumbag."

"..."

"Didn't you say you shouldn't pick on other girls?"

Liu Su became interested, "What did you dream about?"

"It's nothing. It's just an accident that coincides with the story I know. In the story, the male protagonist is polite to the heroine, but the heroine ends up with someone else..."

Liu Su commented, "Dumbass."

Qin Yi snappishly said, "If you don't know the details, don't talk nonsense. By the way, where do you get the nerve to say that?"

Liu Su sneered, "Whether I know the details or not, you are a dumbass. Otherwise, why did you touch her"

Qin Yi was startled. "How did you know I was touching her?"

Liu Su looked at him like an idiot for a while before saying, "Ju Yunxiu knows, and Qing Cha too."

As she spoke, she patted his head with her little hand. "It turns out that you are the only idiot who doesn't know that you actually did that with your Senior Ju."

Qin Yi was stunned.

Now I know why Senior Ju ran back to her room...

Liu Su still looked at him sideways with contempt.

Qin Yi said helplessly, "Why are you looking at me like that... Okay, fine, it's exactly what you said. I don't want to regret it until I lose her. I should grab her when she is in front of me. If I dare not take the initiative, am I really going to wait for her to make the first move? Or should I regret until she be with someone else?"

Liu Su touched her chin and didn't answer. She watched the changes in Qin Yi. The more experiences he had, the more his ideas had changed. More importantly, he was more proactive and aggressive.

If he wanted something, he couldn't passively wait for it to happen naturally.

He once went to the Rift Valley to look for something, but it was for others. Now he was doing it for himself.

She deliberately asked, "Have you ever thought when you are filled with desires, will that contradict your intention to cultivate?"

Qin Yi thought for a while, then shook his head slightly, "Stick Stick, the starting point of my cultivation is not immortality... The impact that Brother Qinglin gave me will never be forgotten when it comes to immortality."

Liu Su looked at him quietly. She never thought that Li Qinglin would influence Qin Yi so much. The fire in South Li Kingdom was the most critical node that determined the path of Qin Yi's cultivation.

So everything originated from the South Li Kingdom. Whether it was her encounter with Qin Yi, Qin Yi's first woman, or the first node on his cultivation path.

Then Qin Yi continued, "I don't care if you say that he is naive. What he meant was that there are many things in the world that are more important than immortality. As for me, I cultivate to become stronger and be able to grasp my destiny and not for immortality. If I have to be indifferent to everything else to gain immortality, that is not my way."

Liu Su didn't comment, and she just smiled and said, "Evil way."

Qin Yi pointed at her and smiled. "Evil stick."

Liu Su looked up to the sky and laughed, "Then what are you going to do with your Senior Ju?"

Qin Yi said, "We cultured people have our means of course."

"What means?"

"Write a book."

…

He was about to go out on a mission, and he still had free time to write a book... because he and Ju Yunxiu knew that the mission was just an excuse.

In fact, Ju Yunxiu didn't take Kingdom Qian's 'envoy for help' to heart, otherwise she wouldn't have waited until Qin Yi came out and had a drink with her. Ju Yunxie's intention was to send Qin Yi out for a while so that she could calm herself. As for Qin Yi, he was more interested in the painting than the protection mission.

Then there was nothing to rush. He could make full preparations before departing. For example, break through the martial arts cultivation to Muscle Alteration Stage level 6 or maybe even the later stage of level 6. The more strength he had, the safer he was out there.

Another example was that he had to write 'The Legend of the Condor Heroes' before going out.

Giving this book to Ju Yunxiu was an unsubtle offense from the perspectives of cultured people. It clearly expressed the love between master and disciple.

It just so happened that he could leave without facing Ju Yunxiu's explosive reaction after reading the book. She would calm down when he returned later.

More importantly, if others read this book, their acceptance of the master-disciple relationship would increase by several levels. No matter who criticized, there would be voices of opposition, which relieved her worries.

It killed two birds with one stone.

This time Qin Yi did not use his spiritual thoughts to 'write' the book into the jade slip directly. Although it saved time, it would modify many details.

The 'Golden Lotus' that he wrote before was unmodified. He didn't care whether Ju Yunxiu could understand the allusions in it because he intended to brush her off.

Surprisingly, Ju Yunxiu might have read too many books, so she could understand through other analogies. 

She didn't ask where this allusion came from, otherwise it would be difficult to explain.

Now that he wanted to copy a book as a clarion call to get her, of course he couldn't be so casual. He have to think it through from beginning to end without leaving any loopholes.

For a cultivator at the Piano Heart Stage, divine thought had been developed, and his memory had become much better. Things hidden deep in his memory that he thought he had forgotten could be recalled in more detail, so he was able to produce 'The Golden Lotus' before. Even though he missed out on many details, those weren't important. Now that his cultivation level was deeper, he could almost replicate the original version of 'The Legend of the Condor Heroes'.

Then he discovered that real copywriting was not something normal people could do...

Any sentence would be incomprehensible to people from other worlds. In the end, the amount of work to revise would be greater.

However, the part of martial arts didn't need to be changed much. The martial arts were generally same as the martial arts practiced by the mortals in this world, and people had long been accustomed to the fictional backgrounds.

Qin Yi summarized the first part in the prologue. Then he revised again and again for a few days until he completed the book. Spiritual input was naturally tens of thousands of times faster than handwriting, but compared to the feat of copying the 'The Golden Lotus' in seconds, it was already a torture.

The white mini figure that Liu Su transformed into stood on his shoulder and read the manuscript with great interest.

"Hey, what kind of eagle is that?"

"Sand eagle (dumbass in Chinese))."

"Why make it into a sand eagle? Isn't mace better?"

Qin Yi, "???"

Liu Su said confidently, "That eagle has been with Yang Guo for sixteen years, which is much longer than Yang Guo and Xiao Longnu have been together. Isn't it the same as us?"

Qin Yi was stunned for a long time. "You are really a sand eagle."

-

Putting aside Liu Su, who had no 'literary appreciation', this ‘The Legend of the Condor Heroes' had totally been changed.

In fact, the eagle and the mace were the same thing to Qin Yi.

The most typical change was that the plot of Xiao Longnu being raped. Because If Ju Yunxiu were to see herself portrayed in such a storyline, he would have died miserably. 

So no matter what the initial intention the original work had, it had to be changed. As for the literary nature, he could only say sorry. Girlfriend was much more important than literature.

Qin Yi also spent a lot of time on this change. He originally wanted to change the protagonist to come back in time, but found that the subsequent plot would become impossible to continue. Even if he wanted to change the villain having an erectile dysfunction, it wouldn't work either.

In the end, he changed the plot into the passed ancestor appeared temporarily and enchanted the enemy with a spell. The spell also affected Xiao Longnu, making her mistakenly believe that she was already humiliated... It was a lame plot, but it flowed with the whole story.

Fortunately, in this immortal world, this kind of 'manifestation' and 'enchantment' were easier for the indigenous people to accept. It didn't have to be all about martial arts.

In short, this damn change was probably Qin Yi's first "creation" in his life. It was an incredibly frustrating experience.

Theoretically, according to the reading sect's cultivation model, if one truly created masterpieces, his cultivation level could be improved. It's a pity that Qin Yi didn't even make any progress in his spiritual force whether he copied books or poems. After all, he was copying, but this time he modified the original work, which improved his cultivation a little. He was really dumbfounded.

Anyway, this cultivation model didn't suit him.

In any case, the book was finally written. The first thing Qin Yi did was to make a few copies and go out for a visit.

"Hey, Brother Gongshu, why are you doing a turtle?"

Gongshu Lu put down the mechanical turtle in his hand and stared at him, "What are you talking about..."

"My bad, my bad, what is this turtle for?"

"It's nothing special. Why does the inspector come to our craftsman sect? Could it be that you want to exercise your supervisory duties?"

"What's so fun about that duty? Why can't I just visit?"

Gongshu Lu looked him over, then he finally put away his slightly wary look and smiled, "You, Qin Yi, are not just someone who visits around. Do you want to come and explore the way of craftsmanship?"

"To be honest, I’m really interested in the way of craftsmanship… but after learning more about it, I found that I can't learn from you..."

Qin Yi wasn't making polite remarks. He was really interested, and he even thought about the consequences of making a nuclear bomb in the immortal world... But after seeing Mo Wuzi fighting in the Geo Secret Realm, he found that they already could create energy cannon and gundam. Maybe the high level seniors are studying battleships... Maybe they already had something similar to nuclear bombs.

Their thinking patterns weren't much different than the scientific thinking in his previous world. If a scientist really came here, he would be able to give various explanations, but with Qin Yi's shallow knowledge, he really couldn't show off in front of them.

Having said that, if there were sufficient resources, the craftsman sect would have countless nuclear bombs, it would be terrifying. Because it often takes hundreds or even thousands of years for others to achieve this power, but it did not take that long for the craftsman sect to produce these weapons. It only needed the corresponding resources to produce them endlessly. This was a terrible advantage. But now, due to limited resources, they had not really shown their advantages. There were probably not many people in the world who could realize this.

Just for this reason, Qin Yi is also very willing to establish a good relationship with the people of the craftsman sect. Maybe one day they would surprise many cultivators.

Of course, the world may not have much understanding of the piano, chess, calligraphy, and painting sects. Ju Yunxiu had only revealed the tip of the iceberg. Qin Yi didn't dare to imagine the power after cultivating to the extreme.

"Actually, there's nothing you can't learn, it just depends on whether you have the will or not." Gongshu Lu said with a smile, "But human energy is limited after all. You are practicing martial arts, traditional immortal way, and 'piano, chess, calligraphy, and painting', so it is really difficult to learn other things. In fact, from our point of view, our eccentric skills are all about the same thing. To be honest, we have about eight different skills to learn. Why not come to our sect? It’s more focused and it’s easier to achieve something.”

"I'm not learning all of piano, chess, calligraphy, and painting. My chess fanatic Master's Junior only specilizes in chess. It all depends on my interests." Qin Yi said with a smile, "You guys really don’t let go of any opportunity to poach people. Until now, you still can’t notice the intention of the scheming sect? Are you still helping the evildoers?”

Gongshu Lu smiled and said, "Not only can we notice what the scheming sect is planning, but we can also see what you are thinking."

"Huh? What am I thinking?"

"You're sticking around the the piano, chess, calligraphy, and painting sect. Maybe one-third of you like the vibe tune, but seven-thirds of it is for Ju Yunxiu."

Qin Yi said with a straight face, "Don't tell me you guys are also talking behind us that we are having master-disicple relationship. She and I are just junior and senior!"

"Ha..." Gongshu Lu said, "Perhaps we did talk about that before, but after your performance in Geo Secret Realm, everyone thinks that you are a trustworthy person, so no one will talk behind your back. But... even if we don't, the others will do it, so you have to be prepared.”

"I know your sect is full of honest men." Qin Yi leaned a little closer and asked, "Have you been studying recently?"

Gongshu Lu was startled, then he laughed and said, "I'm uncultured. Can't get into it."

Qin Yi took out a book and put it into his hand, "This is a good story. You should read it more and develop your interest in reading."

Gongshu Lu smiled and said, "Are you poaching me back?"

Qin Yi said seriously, "I'm just reciprocating. Who told you to poach me as soon as you see me?"

"Okay, fine. I'll definitely read it."

"Well, I'll go first." Qin Yi said goodbye as if he was really just here to visit.

Watching Qin Yi leave, Gongshu Lu's scanned the book with divine thought. He wasn't a book nerd who wanted to read the book word for word. He could just scan it and understand the story.

In less than a moment, Gongshu Lu's expression became even more dumbfounded.

"Senior Goingshu, why are you giggling all alone?" Mo Wuzi, who went into the Geo Secret Realm with Qin Yi, walked out of the house.

Gongshu Lu handed the book over directly, "Would you like to read this masterpiece written by Inspector Qin?"

"Junior Qin's masterpiece, of course I have to read it." Mo Wuzi took the book, and his expression gradually became weird.

They looked at each other and burst into laughter, "Junior Qin is truly a wonderful person."

"In that case, let's help him by printing thousands of copies of this book and spreading it to the eating, drinking, whoring, and gambling sect. People there are very interested in these."

"By the way, why didn't he visit Yin Yigu?"

"We are of course more reliable than the drunkard Yin Yigu."

While they were bragging, Qin Yi was already saying goodbye to Yin Yigu. Yin Yigu held the book dumbfounded and didn't know what to say. He said after a long while, "What a wonderful person. I wonder what is Ju Yunxiu’s reaction when she reads this book.”

Ju Yunxiu didn't respond because she hadn't read the book yet.

Qin Yi didn't have to hand the book to her. As long as she read it from any channel, she would naturally know that Qin Yi was launching an offence to her.

At this time, Qin Yi had already fled back to the cave house and began to make the final martial arts breakthrough for the mission.

He closed the cave door and ignored everything, but even he, the instigator, did not expect that this modified version of 'The Legend of the Condor Heroes' would actually create an unexpected trend.

-

In fact, the literature in this world was thriving. There were a lot of leisure reading and miscellaneous books among them. There might be deviant themes among them. It was possible that Ju Yunxiu had read works with themes similar to 'The Legend of the Condor Heroes'.

But just because she had read them, it didn't mean that other cultivators had read them.

Because everyone had different interests, almost 99% of immortal cultivators had no interest in this kind of leisure book. Even if they read books, they read books that could enlighten them, not novels. Over at the eating, drinking, whoring, and gambling sect of Myriad Tao Immortal Palace, which leaned more toward mundane, some people still appreciated storytelling and variety performances. But they were only for entertainment and weren't widely engaged.

In other words, such a leisure book was actually quite new to most immortal cultivators.

They usually weren't interested in reading, but this time it was different. The craftsmen sect had copied a lot of them.Yin Yigu added fuel to the flames, implying that this was written by Inspector Qin who was a famous figure recently. People would naturally be a little interested to see what Qin Yi wrote.

After reading it, many people became interested in it.

First, the story was novel and interesting to this group of 'uncultured people'. Second, it was emotionally moving.

The obsessed cultivators in Myriad Tao Immortal Palace, strictly speaking, were all people of deep emotions. Their obsessions came from profound feelings, though not necessarily directed toward romantic love. However, it didn't prevent them from understanding the kind of love without resentment. The deep and unwavering love, that persisted through hardships, really touched many people.

From another perspective, except for those who deliberately criticized behind their backs, the people of the Immortal Palace were actually not old-fashioned. The real most old-fashioned ones were piano, chess, calligraphy, and painting sect. How old-fashioned could the other sects be? There were far more unconventional and rebellious individuals among them.

In other words, they were all the supporters of Huang Yaoshi (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huang_Yaoshi). Huang Yaoshi admired Yang Guo, and of course the people in Myriad Tao Immortal Palace also appreciated him.

Most people fully identify with Yang Guo, the protagonist in the book, who was quite 'evil' but was actually a gentleman. On the contrary, they looked down on Quanzhen Sect and Guo Jing. Coupled with the protagonist's influence, people's thoughts were following Yang Guo, feeling unjust for his grievances, applauding his rise, and feeling sad for the sixteen years of waiting.

Of course, most people understood Qin Yi's goal in writing this book, but not many people laughed at it. Instead, more people gave him a thumbs-up.

"Qin Yi is quite smart. Using this book to clarify his relationship with Ju Yunxiu… Is this a form of self-defense?"

"I have to say that he is quite successful in his self-defense. Just like I thought it was a bit inappropriate before, but after reading this book, it was nothing for me... and they are just senior and junior, so it doesn't matter anymore. Those who insist that they are master and disciple are just stubborn.”

"Not necessarily stubborn. Some people just have malicious intentions."

"It is no wonder. Ju Yunxiu is so beautiful. People who are jealous of Qin Yi are everywhere."

Similar discussions were everywhere. A trend was formed unknowingly. Anyone who criticized this master-disciple relationship was either stubborn or had malicious intentions.

As a result, even people who really thought this was inappropriate were afraid to voice up for a while. Anyone who went against the trend would be criticized.

Not to mention that mediocre people were the majority. Ordinary disciples had no idea what it meant. They just read it as a storybook written by their fellow apprentice. Everyone discussed the connection between the plot and Qin Yi much more than discussing ethics.

"Speaking of which, 'an unpolished heavy sword with no edge'. This concept is indeed the work of Qin Yi. Just look at his mace..."

"Haha, I wonder if those ingenious cultivators will challenge Qin Yi to prove it."

"That I'm not sure, but the villain is a monk..."

"Is it an allusion to Temple Great Joy?"

Many people were disdainful. "How dare the Temple Great Joy of the evil way plot against our core disciple. They are simply digging their own graves."

"Yeah, I heard later that the reason for the grudge was that Master's Junior Qin burned down one of their outer door's obscene temples... The outer door is not a big deal. It's not like he killed their core members. It is really unwise to provoke our Immortal Palace for this trivial."

This was the advantage of having a backstage and an organization. In fact, Qin Yi had wondered before if anyone would be dissatisfied that he brought enemies to the Immortal Palace. Facts have proved that no one thought so. There was still a certain sense of superiority among the Immortal Palace. Even the scheming sect didn't treat this as Qin Yi's mistake. If the Immortal Palace couldn't even protect Qin Yi from the evil way, what was its use?

They cultivated not to be a turtle. So what if the evil way outer door temple was burned down? If this was a taboo, how could the Immortal Palace's disciple hold their ground in the world? The sensible thing would be to resolve the conflict peacefully and talk it out. If they kept sending people to seek revenge, the Immortal Palace wouldn't be easy on them.

The scheming sect might have colluded with the Temple Great Joy, but no one in the Immortal Palace took it seriously. Instead, they despised the 'villain' Temple Great Joy.

"Actually, Master's Junior Qin is quite shameless..."

"Why?"

"He described himself as very handsome, and all the girls admired him. In the end, he didn't want anyone but Ju… Well, Xiao Longnu."

"Pff… this is intentional. Otherwise, how can he highlight the infatuation?"

"Although I know it's intentional, I personally don't like the protagonist."

"Why so?"

"Why do you flirt if you don't want to marry? He talks sweetly and intimately touches the girls. He made Miss Cheng and Miss Lu never marry, and made Guo Xiang look for him all her life. In the end, He lived happily with his loved one in the ancient tomb... "

"Yeah, what a scumbag."

"Also, he kissed this girl on the forehead, then he just watched her marry a loser. Isn't it a pity for her? I feel so bad for the girl."

"Have you ever thought that this may be a hint to Ju Yunxiu to accept his future girlfriends?"

"Hiss... This is quite possible. Qin Yi is truly unfathomable!"

"Of course, how can Qin Yi's little thought hide it from the planning sect?"

"I admire you."

With the whole Immortal Palace talking about 'The Legend of the Condor Heroes', Ju Yunxiu stood on the edge of the cliff, suppressing her blush and listening to the voices everywhere. The copy of 'The Legend of the Condor Heroes' in her hand was almost crushed into pieces.

"Master." Qing Cha said from behind, "They are so hateful!"

"Huh? What's wrong?"

"I went to the internal affairs hall to pick up things, and they laughed and said 'Hi, Grandma Sun.' Qing Cha said angrily, "Do I look like a grandma?"

Ju Yunxiu, who was full of grievances, was amused by these words. "It's just a bunch of people, who have never read a book happened to read a new story, blindly making connection. How could Qin Yi have thought so much in his mind? I'm afraid Qin Yi won't know what they are talking about after listening to their analysis."

Qing Cha's mood was lifted a bit. "That's why I'm not a grandma. Master's Junior Qin won't be that bad."

Ju Yunxiu laughed dumbly.

Qing Cha added, "Since Master's Junior Qin didn't think so much, why is Master in a bad mood?"

Ju Yunxiu shook her head. While the other elements weren't aligned, the core theme was undeniably related.

No matter interpreting the book from what angle, Ju Yunxiu only understood it as Qin Yi's pursuit of her.

He wanted to be a heroic couple with her.

In the past, they didn't avoid this topic. Now everything was made clear, there must be an answer.

Ju Yunxiu was so distraught that she didn't want an answer at all. This feeling of being the focus of discussions would only make her feel ashamed.

But Ju Yunxiu also knew why Qin Yi spread this, it was just to make people accept their relationship. From this point of view, Qin Yi was very successful.

She sighed softly and turned to ask Qing Cha, "Is your Master's Junior still in retreat?"

"The attendants at his door said that he went out early this morning. He left a message, saying that he is afraid of being beaten and will apologize to Senior Ju when he comes back."

"Hah..." Ju Yunxiu said nothing and looked in the direction of Mount Passerby again.

We are all passersby when we come to this world, who is not?

No one is.

We come like a spring dream and go like a morning cloud, but we always leave some marks behind. It is not easy to erase them. Just like the word 'passerby' on Mount Passerby, it already declares that this place is no longer the same.

I sent him to Kingdom Qian so that I could have some quiet space after he left. But after knowing that he had left, something in my heart is missing. My mind is already thinking about the reunion with him.

Will I beat him up?

Or will I calmly say, "Welcome back."

But no matter what, the premise is that he must be safe and not fall into the hands of any enemy. f he needs to be taught a lesson, that’s a matter between senior and junior. The outsiders shouldn't intervene.

Ju Yunxiu took out a book, summoned the spirit in the book, and instructed, "Go to Temple Great Joy and tell them that the disciples' matters will be resolved by the disciples. If anyone dares to bully my junior, then I will kill every single lewd monk of the Temple Great Joy.”

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