Piaomiao rolled her eyes, while San Niang and Huangfu Qing both drank speechlessly.
Why is it that the younger ones around him act so freely, yet the older ones always end up swallowing a dumb loss in the na of maintaining poise?
Cui Yuanyang opened her mouth: "I want a drink."
Zhao Changhe raised his cup to her lips, chuckling: "I thought you really changed your ways... co, co, let reward you for your hard work."
Cui Yuanyang lowered her head to drink, smiling blissfully: "In your position, you have to do your job, finish your responsibilities, and then sneak off to et your lover... Besides, Brother Zhao has so many beautiful young ladies around him, both old and young. Even if I co back after finishing my work, you're still not done here. There's still ti..."
Zhao Changhe cleared his throat, indeed not done: "So you're finished with your work? So quickly?"
Cui Yuanyang giggled: "I've handed it off to Ruoyu. I told Chichi a while ago that the next head of the Demon Suppression Departnt would be Ruoyu..."
Zhao Changhe laughed: "You just want to shirk responsibility."
Cui Yuanyang responded reasonably: "You just realized? Who wouldn't want to retire after all these years, I've been scouting for a successor for a while now. Just because I look young doesn't an you can exploit , I'm already an auntie, sob sob sob."
"So you're bullying Ruoyu?"
"How is that bullying?" Cui Yuanyang retorted: "Does that an when you originally put in this position, you were bullying ?"
"Wasn't it because you wanted the job back then?"
"How do you know Ruoyu doesn't want it?"
"Because she has other things to do..." Zhao Changhe sighed: "If she were just Ruoyu, she might be quite suitable, but she's also Star River. Find soone else..."
Cui Yuanyang pouted, apparently considering other candidates, and after a mont said: "You guys were talking about matters beyond the border earlier? You should ask about that, these aunties have long beco reclusive masters, not bothering with worldly affairs..."
San Niang: "..."
Huangfu Qing: "..."
The feeling they had earlier was right; next ti they see young ones around him, definitely just toss them into the river.
But Cui Yuanyang's words are undeniable. Over the years, both Venerables have hardly concerned themselves with worldly matters; only Piaomiao can chat with Cui Yuanyang about such matters, and Piaomiao wouldn't undermine Yangyang.
Cui Yuanyang glanced at the weary Four Symbols group, feeling satisfied: "Actually, over these years, the Imperial has been building cities and migrating people beyond the border, and the level of sinicization in the Southern Desert has greatly increased, making the situation different from before. Nowadays, the wars to be fought are more about politics, culture, and economy. His Ma... Chichi is very shrewd in these things, accomplishing feats that the previous emperor couldn't in his lifeti."
Zhao Changhe: "..."
Being outdone in this kind of war by the native daughter is truly shaful... Oh, but I'm a transmigrator too, so no worries.
Cui Yuanyang said: "However, hard battles might still be unavoidable in the future... but likely not in the coming years. Of course, if Brother Zhao decisively re-enters worldly matters, then conflicts might never arise."
Zhao Changhe sipped his drink and pondered.
Huangfu Qing finally said: "We cannot establish eternal rules; matters of this world will ultimately be left to future generations unless you wish to hold the mountains and rivers forever. Do you... want that?"
"Even those who don't care about these things are so carefree. Why should I trouble myself?" Zhao Changhe gazed into the river with a faraway look: "This revival, the biggest thing I felt is the change of Canghai into fields, whether people or matters... So do the Demon Gods, shining under the leisurely moon, never feel a ripple over such things?"
Piaomiao, who had been silent, finally spoke: "Yes. When you've seen the rise and fall of countless nations, the extinction of countless civilizations, the opening of epochs, and changing worlds... it's a different experience from your re three years of cultivation. Do you feel a change in your cultivation now?"
Zhao Changhe nodded: "Mm... I couldn't find what lies beyond the Imperial Realm Third Layer before, but now, even before fully reaching the Third Layer, I have a vague sense of it."
When it ca to cultivation, the usually talkative Cui Yuanyang beca silent, while the elderly won around him suddenly showed interest. San Niang wondered: "We've all felt insights, but can't see the next step's door. How did you manage it?"
"Because besides 'ti', there's also 'space'. Ye Wuming brought here mainly to gain insight not limited by this world's setting, and it's also fundantal to impact the original Heavenly Dao." Zhao Changhe said: "If everyone wants to ascend further, I believe we just need to step out of this world and look at the broader Stars and Sea. I said long ago, we need to forget about the Four Symbols... This is especially crucial for you. As long as you're confined within the frawork of Vermilion Bird and Xuanwu, you'll never break free."
Huangfu Qing was invigorated: "How do we get out?"
Zhao Changhe's Divine Thought fell on another boat. Ling Ruoyu was interrogating a mber of the Demon Path, the girl carrying her Galaxy Sword, full of energy.
"Currently uncertain... but if there's a path, it will fall on Ruoyu's shoulders."
The imagined journey involving forced tributes, ultimately heading north amidst idle chat, never beca reality. Even when night fell and they retired to their cabin, they naturally slept in the sa bed, talking through the night.
Thirty years of feelings, simply endless to recount.
It wasn't until early the next morning, when Ling Ruoyu eagerly ca to greet her master, that she saw one man and four won erging from the cabin together, leaving her dumbfounded.
"Ma, master... good morning... head, headmaster... good morning..."
Zhao Changhe grinned: "Ruoyu... "
"Huh?" Ling Ruoyu cautiously stepped back half a step.
"Morning exercise is a rule of this school, you know that right... Your master happens to be free, let's practice a set of swordsmanship skills."
Ling Ruoyu thought this guy wasn't really trying to teach an apprentice, but rather bullying a kid.
"Then... Master, please guide . I haven't fully grasped this new technique my teacher just taught."
"Swish, swish, swish," sword light flickered at the bow of the ship, a group of elderly won from the Imperial Realm curiously munching on lon seeds, observing.
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