The improved female villains regained their memories.

He wasn't like this, at least not before he used the Taixu Soil.

Fusu still remembers that when he was a child, the man took him to see the peach blossoms in spring. He saw that the peach blossoms he wanted were on high branches and he couldn't reach them no matter how hard he tried. So he acted spoiled and tugged at his father's clothes, saying in a flattering tone, "Father, please pick them for me."

The man said sternly, "If you want something, you can take it yourself."

"No, no," Fusu whined. "What I want is what Father wants, because Father loves me the most and will definitely pick it for me."

The mother covered her mouth and chuckled, while the man laughed and said, "Good lad, you clearly wanted it yourself, but because of my favor towards you, you've become what I want."

He said that, but he still picked up Fusu and said, "I won't pick them, but I will pick them for you."

He lifted him high so that he could touch the peach blossoms painted by spring.

As he picked the peach blossom branch, he heard his father sing:

"There are lush hibiscus trees on the mountain and beautiful lotus flowers in the pond. I didn't see the handsome Zidu, but I ran into you, you little madman."

Yes, what kind of madman would get this ambitious man to help him pick peach blossoms?

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But later, everything changed.

The silence of the Taixu Earth spread throughout the Qin King's palace. The merciless swords slashed down, and blood flowed like rivers.

He was the king of Qin and the father of Fusu.

But Fusu couldn't understand why his father would turn on his mother with swords.

He knelt there, kowtowing again and again, repeatedly proclaiming his mother's innocence, but his father acted as if he hadn't heard him and insisted on killing his mother.

"Father!" Fusu cried out angrily, his eyes red, "Mother is innocent! Why kill her?!"

"Innocent? She's guilty beyond redemption!"

Since using the Taixu soil, the man rarely showed his emotions. Today, for some reason, upon hearing Fusu's words, he unusually lost his temper.

"The marriage alliance between Qin and Chu was one of mutual interdependence, and this was true for both Qin and the other six states."

"They hinder each other, they create blood relatives among themselves, and the whole family follows the same family. All the wise rulers of my Qin state throughout the ages have been ruined by this one family!"

"We're all one family, so when will I be able to conquer the six kingdoms and unify the world?!"

The man roared like a madman. Fusu couldn't understand what the man was saying and assumed that the man was being controlled by Taixu.

He cried and said, "Father, although the Taixu Soil is a rare treasure, it has never appeared before. Now it seems that the Taixu Soil is eroding people's emotions and controlling their feelings. You must not let it control you!"

"You teach me how to do things?"

"Father, Mother..."

"Shut up! Don't mention your mother to me. Let me tell you, Qin's unification of the six states is inevitable, and I will not allow anyone, anything, or any excuse to hinder this!"

"Father!"

"Get out!"

Tears streamed down his face as he looked up at the man, but the man had already been swallowed by darkness, and the light in Fusu's eyes could not penetrate such a deep darkness.

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From then on, Fusu also changed.

He became a disciple of the Guigu School, learning immortal techniques, cultivating his character, and studying various Taoist arts.

He read books from various schools of thought, especially the "Lüshi Chunqiu," which encompassed many schools of thought such as Taoism, Confucianism, Legalism, Military Science, Mohism, Agriculture, Yin and Yang, and was compiled and edited by Lü Buwei and his retainers.

Before giving him a private lesson, his master asked him the same question: "Fusu, what path do you think the world should follow?"

After a long silence, Fusu replied, "I don't know."

Unlike Yang Pingsheng and Ye Buxin, he genuinely didn't know.

In his view, since the incident of Prince Chao fleeing to Chu, the true order has collapsed, and each school of thought only controls one of the complete paths of cultivation. Even the doctrines that explain the Way of Heaven are not necessarily complete.

He is a prince of Qin, and knows more than other ordinary people. Bai Ze of the Guardian Sect knows everything, so if we consult him, perhaps the human race can get the answer.

Unfortunately, it only recognizes the rules, not the human race.

The Guardian Heaven Sect is currently occupied by a divine beast. It's already quite remarkable that they didn't take advantage of the internal strife among humans during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods. Fusu wouldn't expect the Guardian Heaven Sect to provide any answers. The path the world should take is an answer that the human race must find for themselves.

But how do we find it?

At the banquet, Fusu, emboldened by his drunkenness, asked the same question again.

This is a question for you all, and also for myself.

After drinking three cups of wine, he seemed to collapse into Meng Ying's arms. The hall remained the same, with music, dancing, and whispers from the crowd.

He looked at Meng Ying's face and moved his lips: "Meng Ying, what path should the world take?"

Meng Ying's heroic air rarely faded, and a hint of tenderness appeared in her eyes.

"Brother Fusu, with you, the world is governed by the Way."

Chapter 599 Living for You

After the banquet, Fusu was so drunk that he didn't even have the strength to see the guests off.

He was helped back by his servants, and Zhou Jinyu and the steward of the mansion saw him off.

As night fell, all the hustle and bustle gradually subsided. Because Zhou Jinyu had seen the guests off, Yang Pingsheng was able to walk around the mansion with Ye Buxin, a rare opportunity.

The moonlight, like water, streamed through the carved window frames and spilled into the empty hall. The scene that had just been filled with clinking glasses and laughter was now reduced to a few flickering candlelight, illuminating the magnificent decorations and making the space seem exceptionally desolate.

The further they walked into the mansion, the quieter it became, and in this silence, neither of them spoke.

At the intersection, they said goodnight at the same time and parted ways without looking back to go back to their rooms.

Before an incense stick could burn, two sparrows fluttered their wings from the shadows and flew to the rooftop, watching the commotion not far away.

"Let's go somewhere else," one of the sparrows said.

They appeared out of thin air and disappeared out of thin air; their spiritual particles gathered and transformed into two human figures.

Ye Buxin raised her eyebrows: "The improvements are good, there's progress."

Yang Pingsheng smiled wryly: "I am, after all, born with the body of an immortal, and the wondrous methods are not very suitable for me."

Ye Buxin asked, "Is it a relapse?"

Yang Pingsheng shook his head: "It's still a long way off."

He is no longer the naive boy he once was; his powerful soul has materialized, firmly suppressing his frenzied body.

Ye Buxin was a little worried. A flash of green light appeared in his eyes, and he exclaimed in surprise, "You, Yang Pingsheng, actually managed to cultivate your soul through willpower!"

Yang Pingsheng smiled but didn't say anything, but Ye Buxin could still see his barely suppressed smugness.

'I can't let you be the only one smug.' she thought, squinting. 'Once I've finished researching those forbidden killing techniques, I'll make sure you're in for a surprise too.'

After exchanging a few sarcastic remarks, the two quickly shifted the topic to the dinner party that evening.

Yang Pingsheng said, "Those three people are indeed very strange."

There were three people. Two of them had immortal techniques that could distort their appearances, and one knew the Great Evolution Technique. The eldest brother, Fusu, clearly knew their origins, but he didn't bother to explain further.

Ye Bu thought to himself, "That woman named Nangong Qingyang is strange. When she talked about Confucianism, my ingenious method of investigation was distorted for a moment. Although it was very brief, I noticed it."

“I find that girl named Qi Pengju rather strange,” Yang Pingsheng frowned. “She seemed scared, but she wasn’t actually scared at all. Her right hand was always behind her back, I don’t know what she was holding.”

Ye Buxin clapped her hands and sneered, "Well, well, someone's been faking it right under our noses. What do you suggest we do about it?"

What to do? Of course, we should pull out the fox's tail.

Ye Buxin hated people who pretended to be stupid, and coincidentally, Yang Pingsheng was one of them.

Yang Pingsheng suddenly said, "Senior Sister is here again."

Yang Pingsheng entered cultivation as soon as his avatar returned to the room, but the reconnaissance-type killing moves laid out along the way were enough to alert him.

Ye Buxin frowned: "We haven't finished talking yet."

She wanted to confirm the plan with Yang Pingsheng against those three strange guys, but Zhou Jinyu interrupted her.

Why is this guy so persistent? If you're just seeing off guests on behalf of your master, why come back so quickly?

"Let's leave it at that for tonight." Yang Pingsheng's spiritual energy dissipated. "Anyway, we'll have plenty of opportunities."

Ye Buxin pouted, "That's for the best."

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Wang Tianya's confinement is not yet over.

But with Yang Pingsheng's help, the cave was no longer cold; outside, snow was falling heavily, but inside the cave it was warm and cozy.

Zhou Jinyu sat on the spirit bed wrapped in a quilt, with the spirit fire burning brightly, illuminating the inside.

Fearing that Zhou Jinyu would be bored, Yang Pingsheng even found many novels about spiritual energy for Zhou Jinyu to read.

The Dao is divided into a hundred schools, one of which is the novelist. Novelists are determined to write about the path of cultivation through stories. Zhou Jinyu didn't know where Yang Pingsheng got so many novels from. Anyway, during her confinement, she read these novels with great interest, neglecting her cultivation.

As soon as Yang Pingsheng entered the cave, he saw his senior sister wrapped up like a ball, reading a novel and grinning foolishly.

"Senior sister."

"Ah, junior brother, you've arrived."

She hurriedly put down the novel, her face still showing an expression she couldn't quite shake off from her overly cheerful smile.

"Ahem..." Zhou Jinyu lowered her head awkwardly, not daring to look at Yang Pingsheng.

"Senior sister, you've been in solitary confinement for so long, haven't you seen the dark clouds yet?" he suddenly said.

"Huh?" Zhou Jinyu looked up, somewhat stunned.

Yes, she'd forgotten all about the dark clouds.

"Shall we go take a look?" Yang Pingsheng asked.

"Go now? But I'm in solitary confinement." She asked, somewhat surprised.

Yang Pingsheng remained calm and composed, saying, "You've spoiled Wuyun. It won't eat the food I give it, and now it's hiding from me. I guess only you can get it to come out..."

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