I, the mortal, come from the great world of Xuanhuang

"Well, I really admire your apprentice. I truly admire him. If I didn't admire him so much, I wouldn't have bothered with you all at all. But he's so brainless! He's already done things perfectly, yet he insists on thinking he's so clever. Isn't that stupid? I think he is. The entire family was harmed like that, and he's so generous as to forgive him. He doesn't even ask if the family members are willing to forgive him. If the family members aren't forgiving him, what's the point of his forgiveness? It's an utterly ridiculous answer, utterly ridiculous. I don't even know how to describe this laughable conflict." I had to speak up, because if I didn't, I would be letting him down and so many other people. So I felt I had to say it. If I didn't, I felt stifled, uncomfortable, and uneasy. In this situation, I had to make myself feel better; I couldn't afford to feel uncomfortable. Naturally, I needed to make myself feel at ease. If I couldn't feel at ease, then what I did next would be troublesome. I didn't want so much trouble along the way; so much trouble would be hurtful and agonizing for me.

"If I can't resolve all these issues at once, it will be a real blow to me, a huge blow. But I have no choice but to do it. It's really a headache, a real headache. If there were any other solution, I wouldn't have ended up on this path. I hope you can advise your apprentice to stop being so clever and careless. That's the truth, that's the reality, and that's what I admire about him. But this kind of thing really shouldn't exist. This kind of thing should never exist."

"Because if such a thing exists, then death is not far off. Such people generally don't live long, especially if they can't be broad-minded. Otherwise, they won't even know how they died. I'm not joking; I'm stating a fact, a pure, unbiased truth. Whether you believe it or not is your business. Just don't cause me any trouble, that's enough. As long as you don't cause me any trouble, you can do whatever you want. Don't think you're so smart; that's just being self-righteous. You must learn to be humble, you absolutely must. You can't be arrogant at all, otherwise you won't even know how you died. We must be careful and never offend too many people. If we offend too many people, then death is not far off. It really is not far off. This is the truth, and I hope you can understand this. If you don't understand this, then death is not far off either."

"You must be extra careful. This is a reminder, a warning. Whether you believe it or not is your business, and it has nothing to do with me. I won't care. After all, we are related, so I have to give you this much face and this reminder. Otherwise, wouldn't that make me seem too cold-blooded? I don't want to have that kind of reputation, that cold-blooded reputation."

"I don't want this kind of reputation, nor do I want to end up with it. So, let everything take its course. What's due to you, I will certainly not shortchange you, and I will deliver what's rightfully yours. I won't let your efforts be in vain, nor will I let you waste any effort."

"Why do you think I'm giving this to you? It's because you're useful to me. If it weren't for that reason, I definitely wouldn't be telling you all this here. It's mainly because I've realized that you're useful to me."

"If it weren't for this reason, I definitely wouldn't be so easy to talk to. I would never be this easy to talk to. If I were this easy to talk to, I would be close to death."

"Being easy to talk to will make you more popular, but it will also make you die much faster. You should know this, you must understand this, otherwise you won't even know how you died. This is a fact. If you don't understand, then think about it slowly. You must understand it clearly. You can't be confused at all. If you are confused at all, then you won't be far from death."

"It's true, it's the real truth, it's the absolute truth, something that can't be found in any place that's deceitful. You must understand this clearly, you must realize that I won't deceive you in this matter, or play any tricks on you. I can't do such a thing, and you should know that I can't do it, and I'm incapable of doing it. Whether you want to believe it or not, it doesn't really matter. What matters is that you must believe in yourselves. If you don't believe, then you're not far from death. This is the truth, absolutely no falsehood whatsoever. If you want to die, you can pretend I didn't say anything, but I believe you definitely don't want to die. If you wanted to die, you would have died long ago, you wouldn't be alive now. You definitely don't want to die and don't want to die, I know this very well, and I understand it very well. You want to live, and I want to live too, more than anyone else. I understand this better than anyone else. Don't do anything foolish or stupid."

"Making a mistake once can lead to total failure. Don't think you're so great, so smart, or so capable."

"But what is it really like? It's not far from death, it's really not far from death, it's as dead as it can be, there's nothing that can be done, there's absolutely no way. If there were even the slightest way, things wouldn't be like this."
"You must be extra careful and not be careless in any way. If you are careless, you will be doomed."

I can tell you clearly and accurately that this is the truth, the fact. Whether you believe it or not is up to you; it has nothing to do with me. You must understand this, you absolutely must understand this. You cannot be negligent or careless in any way, otherwise, you will truly be dead without a burial place. I really will be dead without a burial place. I'm not joking; I'm stating a fact, a pure fact, without the slightest falsehood. If there were even the slightest falsehood, I'm afraid I would already be dead without a burial place. I hope you can understand this.

“If you don’t understand, then you can pretend I didn’t say anything. I’ll be fine, I won’t have any opinions, and I won’t care about these things. These things don’t affect me much.”

"What is the reason for all this talk? And why are you keeping stalling? You clearly shouldn't continue to stall, but you keep doing it anyway. What is your purpose? Or what do you want to do? To keep stalling to this extent is ridiculous. It makes me feel like you have ulterior motives. I always feel like you have other purposes and reasons, not just simply to stall for time. There must be other reasons, right?"

"And you're not trying to remind us, you're just trying to buy time to do what you need to do." The old man's words made Fang Yu laugh, and then he nodded.

"That's absolutely right, very right. As expected of the former number one alchemist, you are indeed very clever. You are right about this, and I didn't mean to lie to you. That's what I really think, and that's what I'm doing. I'm indeed doing something that I don't know if I can succeed, but if I succeed, the benefits will be enormous."

"Is this the answer you want? Is this the answer you want? If so, I can only say that you're being presumptuous. I've never even thought of it that way. I won't think of it that way. It won't do me any good, nor will it make any sense."

"For me, what needs to be done has already been done, and I don't even bother to do it. What you're saying now is completely meaningless and useless to me, absolutely nothing. If it had even the slightest meaning or use, things wouldn't have come to this point. That's a fact. If you don't understand that, then it proves that your brain has been squeezed by a door. Absolutely, it has been squeezed by a door. You can't even understand this much? How stupid do you have to be? You're so stupid that it's beyond words. It's truly speechless."

"There's one thing you should know, understand, and comprehend, but you just don't. How stupid can you be? How dumb can you be? But I don't think you should be that stupid or dumb. In fact, you're much dumber and dumber than I thought. It's really upsetting, utterly disappointing. Sigh, it's truly utterly disappointing. I thought you would be smart enough to understand everything I've done, but I didn't expect you to be completely clueless. You simply don't understand how I can tell you everything and entrust everything to you under these circumstances. Are you kidding me?"

"It's a complete joke, a total joke. There's not a single bit of truth in it, and it's not useful at all. Under these circumstances, how can I possibly tell you exactly what I'm going to do?"

"Unless my head got squeezed by a door, but actually, I shouldn't say my head got squeezed by a door. I'm very smart, extremely smart. Everything I do is reasonable and has a reason, but you don't understand at all, which is really giving me a headache. But no matter how much it hurts, I have to entrust this matter to you. If I don't entrust it to you, I really have no way, absolutely no way. If I had even the slightest way, I wouldn't be in this situation. I hope you can understand all of this, and I hope you can stay away from those bad things."

"Those bad things aren't good for you, and they won't be good for you. You need to understand that, be clear about it, and know it. There are many things you should do in Beijing. After all, you were once the number one alchemist, so it's your duty. After all, your family is so powerful, right? Don't ever say you're not a member of your family, that you don't want to go back. That's impossible. Do you want to go back? Do you think I don't know? You desperately want to go back, but you don't have the ability. You simply don't have that ability, you absolutely don't have that ability, there's no way you could possibly have that ability. In this situation, what do you think you can do? You have absolutely no way. If you had even the slightest idea, things wouldn't be like this. It only proves one thing: you're incredibly stupid. You're ridiculously stupid, utterly laughable. It's precisely because of your stupidity that this has happened. It's precisely because of your stupidity that this has occurred. All of this is due to your stupidity."

"If you were a little smarter, things wouldn't be like this. It's a pity you're not smart enough, really not smart enough. I wish you could be a little smarter, but you're just too stupid. So stupid that I don't know whether to be speechless or to beat you up. You really do deserve to be beaten up. I absolutely deserve to beat you up, I just want to beat you up."

"Don't say you can't, don't say you can't do it, it's impossible, it's absolutely impossible. Impossible means there's absolutely no possibility."

"Do you believe it or not? Whether you believe it or not, you should know and understand what the consequences will be. It's a real headache, yes, a real headache, a very real headache, it's just too much of a headache."

No matter what we say or do, there's nothing we can do. There's absolutely nothing we can do. I hope you understand that. I hope you understand that. Don't think about bad things. What's the point of thinking about bad things? They don't even exist.
"Whether you like it or not, that's the reality. Whether you want it or not, this is the outcome. Do whatever you want, whatever you want to do. Don't bother with those trivial things. Do you need to care about those trivial things? Absolutely not." (End of Chapter)