Chapter 186 Farewell

After the ordination ceremony, Qi Xuansu was about to pack his luggage and prepare to leave Shanggong. Fortunately, he had the Sumeru item, so it was not a difficult task.

Before that, he also made a special trip to visit old acquaintances such as Sun Hewu, Ning Lingyun, and Ning Yuqing, as a farewell.

Ning Yuqing felt a little regretful, but not regretful. To keep such a talented person in Quanzhen Dao, it was not necessarily her, Yao Pei was also possible.

It was no wonder that Ning Yuqing thought too much. In the past three months, anyone could see that Yao Pei, who was usually rude to others, treated Qi Xuansu very differently. They could often be seen together in the gardens of Shanggong, and even performed meritorious deeds together, so many rumors spread.

Many people were surprised that Qi Xuansu was indeed a character. In terms of talent, he deserved to be called a "young talent", but he was not as amazing as Li Changge, let alone the six generations of the headmaster, Donghuang and others. In terms of appearance, he is indeed good-looking, but he is not as good-looking as a handsome young man. How can he hook up with Zhang Yuelu and Yao Pei, two of the most outstanding women of the younger generation?

These two women are not ordinary people, not the kind of girls who can be coaxed into their hands with a few words. There is no need to say much about Zhang Yuelu. Many people think that she is an iron lady, tough and domineering, and difficult to get along with. Yao Pei is not a good person either. Before the second Jiangnan case, whether in terms of reputation or other aspects, she was slightly better than Zhang Yuelu, second only to Li Changge. The incident in the Wanxiang Dao Palace this time also shows that Yao Pei is a man with a great reputation.

For many big men who aspire to the top, the so-called love is just some embellishment. It is best to have it, but it doesn't affect anything if there is no love. These two women have shown their lofty ambitions early on, and they don't look like fools.

It is precisely because they can't figure it out that many people are curious and even admire her.

As for envy and jealousy, the former is okay, but the latter is not. Taoism is a monogamous system without concubines. A man can only be with one woman as a Taoist partner, even if he is a great master. Two women, who to marry? Even if it is the monogamous system of the court, who is the wife? Who is the concubine? It is a dilemma. Wouldn't it be earth-shattering if two women fight? If they are really angry, I am afraid that even Li Changge will not be able to control it and will get burned.

However, Qi Xuansu himself knows that these rumors are nonsense.

The reason why he mixed with Yao Pei was not only because of Qi Niang, but also because the two were accomplices, purely for the sake of interests. He really likes only Zhang Yuelu, because in a sense, Yao Pei is a bit like him, or Yao Pei has some shadows of Qi Niang, which may be the tradition of the old Yao family. Furthermore, even if Qi Xuansu understood that it was best for a couple to complement each other, it would be boring if they were too similar. Qi Xuansu had no attachment to his mother. He had a Qi Niang, which was enough for him. If the person around him was also a little Qi Niang, he would not even dare to think about it. How could he live like that?

But no matter what, they were classmates and barely worked together, so Qi Xuansu still had to say goodbye to Yao Pei. To put it more utilitarian, this was his future network of contacts. If he wanted to make a difference in the Taoist sect, he had to learn to build his own network of relationships.

When Qi Xuansu arrived at Yao Pei's residence, he found that the gate was open without any restrictions. Yao Pei had packed his luggage and was standing by the small pond in the courtyard in a daze.

Qi Xuansu reached out and knocked on the open courtyard door a few times. Yao Pei turned around, looked at Qi Xuansu, and said straight to the point: "Are you here to say goodbye?"

Qi Xuansu nodded: "I'm going back to Yujing."

Yao Pei said "um": "I will go to Wanshou Chongyang Palace first, and will not go to Yujing until the end of the year."

Qi Xuansu said: "By the end of the year, I will probably not be in Yujing. I heard that the higher-ups are going to second me to the Imperial Capital Daofu."

Yao Pei was not surprised. He raised the "First True Scripture" in his hand and asked: "I don't have many friends. Do you want to leave a contact number?"

Qi Xuansu hesitated for a moment, shook his head and refused: "Sorry, my First True Scripture has other uses. Let's use the mother-child talisman."

Yao Pei's face showed no disappointment, let alone embarrassment, only a calmness that was almost dead: "Okay."

After that, she took out a mother-child talisman from the Xumi object, separated it, gave Qi Xuansu a son talisman, and kept a mother talisman.

Qi Xuansu also took out a mother-child talisman, left a mother talisman, and gave the child talisman to Yao Pei.

This is the normal exchange process.

Yao Pei put away the mother-child talisman and suddenly asked: "The so-called forgetting love, then what is love?"

Qi Xuansu was stunned and couldn't answer for a while.

Yao Pei said to himself: "There are two kinds of love."

"One is to have your own world, independent and autonomous. No matter how deep the feelings are, you are you and I am me, and the distinction is clear. Most strong people are like this."

"There is another kind, which is somewhat like a group warmth. Whether it is friends, family, or Taoist partners, people cannot be separated. When the love is deep, the other person is each other's world. You lose yourself and can do anything for the other person, even at the cost of your life. Most weak people are like this."

"There is a saying in the poem "I love you and I love you, so much love. Love is hot like fire. Take a piece of mud, pinch you, mold me, break us both together, mix with water, pinch you again, and mold me again. You are in my mud, and I am in your mud. I live in the same quilt with you and die in the same coffin with you. This is the love that people in the world yearn for."

"I really want to know, are you and fellow Taoist Qingxiao the former? Or the latter?"

Qi Xuansu thought that Yao Pei would say such words, and for a moment he couldn't answer.

Yao Pei said lightly: "Fellow Daoist Qingxiao is a person with a strong heart. She owns her own world and is unwilling to become anyone's vassal, nor to change easily. Indeed, it can be seen from Yue Liuli's incident that Qingxiao Fellow Taoist has indeed made some changes and compromises for you, but these are only very subtle changes and are far from shaking the foundation of the entire world, which shows that she is still holding on to her own world. "

"What about you? Do you have your own world? Do you want to become her vassal? Lose yourself? Or do you think you can break the two of you together, mix it with water, squeeze you again, and mold her again, truly So that you can have her in the mud, and she can have you in the mud?"

Qi Xuansu couldn't answer.

Just as Zhang Yuelu deliberately deceives himself and others, Qi Xuansu has been avoiding thinking in this regard.

Will he become Zhang Yuelu's vassal?

Regard Zhang Yuelu's ideal as your own ideal, and regard Zhang Yuelu's pursuit as your own pursuit. Completely losing myself.

What is he afraid of?

Why are you afraid that Zhang Yuelu will know his identity? But aren't you afraid that Yao Pei will know his identity?

To put it bluntly, he and Yao Pei Jingwei were already inseparable, and it didn't matter whether he was afraid or not. But he didn't want to be separated from Zhang Yuelu, but he didn't have the confidence to change Zhang Yuelu's world, and he didn't have the confidence to let the two of them say that you are in the mud, and I am in the mud.

Qi Xuansu couldn't understand his family's affairs, so he simply stopped thinking about them and pretended they didn't exist.

At this point, Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu are surprisingly similar.

But I didn't expect that Yao Pei would see through it at a glance and tell the truth. But if you think about it carefully, this is also reasonable. If you don’t know what love is, how can you talk about forgetting love.

Yao Pei Tuqiong saw this and said in his heart: "Cousin, for the sake of the Yao family, if you are kicked by fellow Taoist Qingxiao one day, come to me and I will introduce you to a good match. Fellow Daoist Qingxiao is like a stone, it is easy to break it, but it takes a lot of effort to carve it, but our noble ladies from Quanzhen Taoism are like mud, they can be rounded or flattened no matter how hard they want to be. "

Qi Xuansu's face darkened: "You should keep such a famous lady for yourself."

Yao Pei was noncommittal and asked instead: "Fellow Daoist Qi, is there anything else you can do?"

Qi Xuansu said: "No more."

Yao Pei turned around, ignored Qi Xuansu, and continued to stare at the pool in a daze.

In fact, Yao Pei was not in a daze, but was running "heavenly calculations", but she looked like a daze. Yao Pei was in this state when Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu first met her.

A person who practices the "Tai Shang Forgetting Love Sutra" is like this. Many times he is like a trap person. In previous fierce battles or in the face of other special situations, Yao Pei could still feel some of Yao Pei's mood swings, but at this time, there was no mood swing at all. Compared to his brief awakening, he was already sleeping deeply.

Qi Xuansu lost interest in talking and turned to leave.