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Chapter 430 So you really are as radiant as the sun and moon?
"What is all this?!" Looking at the pile of classical Chinese characters written in small seal script in front of her, Feng Xue was completely dumbfounded. These elementary school students, do they really have such good writing skills? Are they trying to make me do reading comprehension exercises with this?

However, there was nothing that could be done about it. After all, Feng Xue had underestimated how much people in this era valued paper. If he had just let Mo Ying put a bunch of bamboo slips there, these kids wouldn't have been so meticulous with every word.

But even with all the cutting-edge technology in the world, blank paper is still a luxury item that requires a lot of time and processes to produce.

It's not that no one improved the technology, but even with improved technology, a lot of time and manpower were required. In this era that had just emerged from war, granaries in various places had long been depleted. Although the population had recovered somewhat, it was still insufficient. People all over the country wished they could devote all their manpower to agriculture in the hope of storing enough food to avoid possible natural disasters and man-made calamities.

Ultimately, even the agricultural officials couldn't guarantee a year of favorable weather and no disease or disaster. In addition, the remnants of the six former states, who were never-ending in their killings, would always cause trouble. Even with the technology, there simply weren't enough workers to do the work.

Fortunately, Feng Xue had Xiao Lingdang by her side. She had Huiye continue to monitor the children who had been tormented by Mo Ying to see if they would ask their parents for help after they woke up. Meanwhile, she dumped all the test papers on Xiao Lingdang for translation and comparison.

Various classical Chinese texts were translated into vernacular Chinese, then compared and summarized. Soon, a paper that was still a bit difficult to read, but at least Feng Xue could understand it according to his reading habits, appeared before his eyes.

"So, is cultivation in this world more of a spiritual approach? It feels a bit like Confucianism and Taoism, but without any literary talent or other such settings. It feels like, 'I think I'm going to stick to this path for the rest of my life,' and then I'll succeed? There aren't any special techniques or anything like that?"

Feng Xue read the paper and felt that something was wrong, or rather, it was counterintuitive. Although the cultivation in the folk world was also quite idealistic, at least there were processes of transportation, breathing rhythms, and even visualization. But these children's answers were basically about doing what the sages had done, and then finding what they wanted to do from those things. Then they could light that so-called heart candle, as if they would automatically level up when their experience points were full. They didn't even know where the hell the heart candle was!

"How am I supposed to practice this?" Feng Xue pounded his head, looking distressed. But just as he was having a headache, Liu Yunxi, who had been quiet lately, suddenly spoke up:
"that……"

"What's wrong?" Feng Xue immediately put down the nano-units that made up the test paper and turned to look at Liu Yunxi when she heard Liu Yunxi speak.

I don’t know if I should call it being pretentious. He used to completely disregard Liu Yunxi, but ever since the debt-to-equity swap, he has subconsciously started to respect her more. You see, he doesn’t even turn his head when he talks to that bitch, but as soon as Liu Yunxi opens her mouth, he immediately turns to look at her. Although it’s just a subconscious action, it does show the change in his mindset.

Liu Yunxi seemed oblivious to this change; she even appeared somewhat flustered and awkward, which piqued Feng Xue's curiosity, prompting her to press for an answer:

"What happened?"

"Um... well, how should I put it... I think I've lit a candle in my heart."

"Ok?"

"Eh?"

"what?"

Feng Xue uttered three interjections in a single instant, revealing three emotional shifts in that instant.

He suddenly stood up, ignoring the throbbing and itching pain that clung to his body, and walked straight to Liu Yunxi, saying:

"Are you sure? How did you light it? When did you light it?"

"I don't know. It feels like I haven't been in this world long. I thought it was a newly awakened innate divine ability!" Liu Yunxi gave a slightly bewildered look and said innocently.

"Suddenly, I felt a fire light up in my mind, quite bright, like looking at the moon. And now that my cultivation is about eight or nine hundred years old, I thought it was because I had absorbed the moonlight to a critical point and was about to form a demon core! But when I saw these exam papers just now, I realized that it might be the so-called Heart Candle..." (Note ①)

"So why?" Feng Xue scratched his head vigorously, finding it hard to understand what had happened, but then, a thought flashed through his mind, and he asked nervously:
"Then what about that so-called 'authenticity'? Have you settled on your 'authenticity'?"

"Okay, it seems like it exists, but it doesn't have a physical form. However, I can definitely feel that it's there. It's hard to describe..."

At this point, Liu Yunxi's face suddenly turned red, which made Feng Xue even more concerned—

"What have you discovered this time?"

"No... um, okay... well, let's talk about this privately!"

Upon hearing Liu Yunxi's words, Fina immediately bristled:
"What do you mean? I've already traveled to this other world with you guys, and you're still wary of me, huh?"

"No, it's just, well, but..." Liu Yunxi was at a loss with Fina and stammered for a moment. Feng Xue, who had never seen Liu Yunxi like this before, wanted to enjoy the moment a little longer, but he knew this wasn't the time for flirting. So he reached out and patted Fina's head, whispering through the nanodevice:
"Give in to her for now, and I'll tell you in secret later!"

"Hmph! I'll give you face!" Fina instantly switched from bipolar disorder to compulsive dependence, grabbed the dog, and ran to the next room (a suite with multiple bedrooms and a living room). Liu Yunxi breathed a sigh of relief only after Fina had gone far away, and whispered:

"Hey, don't laugh at me!"

"Why would I laugh at you? I've been researching for ages and still haven't found anything. You're such a ready-made frame of reference; I'm practically worshipping you!"

Feng Xue reached out and pulled Liu Yunxi to the bedside, sitting down side by side. Liu Yunxi rolled her eyes.

"Who asked you to worship me!"

After saying that, she hesitated again, and after a long while, she finally said:
"My true nature seems to be to be your wife..."

"What?" Feng Xue's shout even came out like a dragon's roar (Ghidorah), almost shattering the glass. He couldn't understand how this thing could ignite the Heart Candle.

"I don't know either, but that's how it is!" Liu Yunxi helplessly shrugged, picked up the terminal that Feng Xue had placed on the table, which displayed the paper summarized by Xiao Lingdang, and said word by word:

"According to this proposition, my school of thought is the 'silent school,' and the 'heart candle' represents repaying kindness. I learned from my predecessors' methods of repaying kindness, and after repeatedly questioning my own conscience, I chose to dedicate myself to it, thus settling down my true self. All the efforts I've made on this path, and the many achievements I've gained, will strengthen my true self, and my dedication to this matter will make the flame of my heart candle burn ever brighter..."

Liu Yunxi's voice grew softer and softer as she spoke, but Feng Xue laughed and put her arm around her slender waist, saying:
"What is this result of strengthening your true nature that you're talking about?"

(End of this chapter)