Dugu Luoxue was defeated.
This ti, she still lost to her proud and arrogant self.
In fact, she could have used her Daoist School, in the usual way of doctrinal debate, to gradually purify and baptize Jiang Shouzhong’s inner desires.
But instead, to save face from her previous humiliating defeat, she attempted to use Buddha Mother’s extre delights of desire to hypnotize and brainwash Jiang Shouzhong.
She planned to radically implant the idea of "desireless white bones" in his mind.
This thod was effective.
Because this was her Daoist School, her inner world.
In her world, she could do whatever she wanted, and others were rely at her disposal.
But there was one condition—it had to be a living person.
Only living people have thoughts, only they have brains that could be brainwashed and hypnotized.
However, due to the aura of death Jiang Shouzhong carried, the Daoist School didn’t affect him, treating him as a dead person.
This was completely unexpected by Dugu Luoxue.
At the Famous Sword Villa, those sword corpses did not attack him because, in their eyes, Jiang Shouzhong was just like them—a corpse.
So from the beginning, Jiang Shouzhong was unaffected by the Daoist School.
He was acting.
Pretending to be hypnotized by Dugu Luoxue.
As for why he finally kissed her, it was purely out of frustration, seeking to retaliate.
Since you have no desires anyway, a kiss shouldn’t matter, right?
But Jiang Shouzhong did not know that this act had caused great "trauma" to the female master.
Because the Daoist School was her inner heart, when Jiang Shouzhong left a trace of desire there, implanting a thought, it was like leaving a mark uniquely his on an impeccably clean sheet of paper.
To put it simply, it was as if he had stamped "Jiang was here" on a mysterious part of the female master.
Trying to erase it was extrely difficult.
After all, this Daoist School was a path Dugu Luoxue had relentlessly forged inside her heart since she began practicing.
A damaged Dao Heart ant there was an issue with the "Dao" she adhered to.
This was very serious.
It was even severe enough that she might experience spiritual deviation, completely betraying the "Dao" she had firmly committed to.
In the end, she could fall into the realm of desires she once despised.
——
When she returned to reality, Dugu Luoxue still knelt on the ditation cushion, her expression seemingly undisturbed, as pure as a white lotus.
anwhile, the others inside the Buddha Hall had not noticed anything unusual about her.
They only saw the Buddha Mother rise sorrowfully, and they understood that Dugu Luoxue had won the debate again.
This left the crowd sowhat disappointed.
Although the content of the debate had enlightened them, the lack of heated argunt made it sowhat flavorless.
But where there was doctrinal debate, there would be soone causing trouble.
Sure enough, just as the crowd thought the debate had concluded with the Buddha Mother’s concession, a light voice suddenly spoke.
"I thought Master Dugu’s debate was formidable, but it seems it is nothing special."
Silence struck the hall instantly at these words.
All eyes turned to the speaker.
It was a young boy of about fifteen or sixteen, sitting lazily in the crowd with a mocking expression.
The boy, dressed in a dark red silk shirt with wheat-colored skin, wore a gold earring the size of half a palm on his earlobe; his attire and manner clearly marked him as a non-Central Plains person.
Now he reclined in his chair, an air of malevolence faintly visible in his eyes as he sneered:
"Master Dugu, I’d like to debate with you. Let’s forget about the Abstinence Doctrine, I can’t win over you there, how about we discuss another topic?"
The onlookers wore intrigued expressions.
No one expected a provocateur to erge from nowhere.
However, the youth looked too naïve, and his sudden challenge to Dugu Luoxue was probably just youthful bravado, trying to attract attention.
Zhang Fuwang laughed and scolded, "Where did this little punk co from? Can’t even grow a proper beard and he dares make a ruckus. Where are his guardians? Quickly take him away so he doesn’t embarrass himself. It’s fortunate he’s not my son; otherwise, I’d throw him out on the streets."
The boy ignored him, focusing on Dugu Luoxue with a smile, "Master Dugu, do you dare?"
At this mont, Dugu Luoxue, because of Jiang Shouzhong, was already extrely agitated.
She clutched her skirt tightly, her palms sweaty enough to nearly soak the fabric she gripped, as she struggled to keep her emotions stable, saying lightly:
"I’m sorry, Luoxue is unwell today and will not engage in doctrinal debates. If the young master wishes to engage in debate, Luoxue will arrange another ti. Alternatively, the young master can visit Wanshou Mountains and Rivers to find soone else."
"Are you scared?"
The boy arched an eyebrow.
Dugu Luoxue, expressionless, prepared to rise and leave.
The boy stretched his legs, crossed his feet, and lounged back extrely casually, loudly proclaiming, "The topic I want to discuss is—whether human nature is fundantally evil or good."
Dugu Luoxue froze.
The debate over whether human nature was inherently good or evil had long been argued by the world’s major scholarly factions.
As followers of Confucianism, their traditional view was that "human nature is fundantally good". However, the appearance of one individual had disrupted this norm.
That was Dugu Luoxue’s master, Wen Shengxi.
Originating as a potential leader for Wanshou Mountains and Rivers, Wen Shengxi had suddenly realized one day, proposing the "human nature is fundantally evil" viewpoint, which directly contradicted Confucianism’s core doctrine of "innate goodness".
Once this viewpoint was released, it shocked the public, facing countless ridicules and interrogations.
Because of it, Wen Shengxi ultimately lost the qualification to beco a master.
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