The improved female villains regained their memories.

She thought to herself, a sickly smile on her face that she herself couldn't understand.

"So you're just like me, living for others."

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People should live for themselves.

But often, people place all their hopes on others and live for others.

Or they might claim to live for themselves, but in the end, they can never escape the shadow of that person.

The one who truly resembles Ye Buxin should never be the one.

It was her, Zhou Jinyu.

She and he were both people who lived for others, so why couldn't they live for each other?

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That night, Yang Pingsheng did not reply.

His last words to her were: "We should go back now, senior sister."

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Zhou Jinyu took a deep breath.

Yang Pingsheng's words annoyed her, but she had learned to remain calm.

She put down her teacup and said, "Junior brother, I have helped you a lot since I left the mountain."

Yang Pingsheng nodded; that was the truth.

"As you can see from the current situation, the Qin state has conquered the world, and Senior Brother is deeply loved by the King of Qin. He is exceptionally talented and will surely achieve great things in the future."

"I am now in the young master's residence, highly valued by my eldest brother, and have become his right-hand man."

“Junior brother, I know your talent,” Zhou Jinyu said. “Moreover, senior brother also likes you very much. With my help, you will also be able to stand on the biggest stage in the future competition.”

She sighed and said, "You've learned the art of concealment, and so has she. One person who knows the art of concealment is enough, junior brother, do you understand?"

Yang Pingsheng shook his head: "Senior sister, I'll say it again: if your condition for helping me is that I separate from Ye Buxin, then please allow me to refuse."

"Junior brother, why do you insist on having her?"

"Because she understands me."

"Is that why you live for her?"

"If you insist on understanding it this way, senior sister, there's nothing I can do about it."

"Then I'll take that as my choice."

"If you think it is, then it is."

"But I live for you!"

The cup trembled, and the tea inside rippled again.

In the end, Zhou Jinyu still couldn't learn to be calm.

Chapter 600 Ye Buxin's Ambition

"Don't say such stupid things as living for you."

Ye Buxin's changing spiritual energy drifted outside, monitoring everything in the room.

She had been listening to their conversation the whole time, and hadn't shown any emotion until Zhou Jinyu said those words, which caused her to become emotional.

One more person was unable to remain calm.

Zhou Jinyu's words were like a spark, igniting what should have been a peaceful relationship between her and Yang Pingsheng, turning it into a raging inferno.

"What's wrong with Zhou Jinyu, that idiot? Who in this world lives for others?"

Ye Buxin couldn't understand what Zhou Jinyu was saying, just as she couldn't understand love.

The spiritual energy transformed into a human form, standing on the rooftop. Ye Buxin's true form was revealed, and she looked down at the two through the house.

The rooftop's obstruction was meaningless to her; with a clever use, she could monitor Yang Pingsheng more easily than anyone else in the mansion.

"Living for others..."

There couldn't be anything more stupid.

Zhou Jinyu actually thought Yang Pingsheng was that kind of person; it has to be said, she really misjudges people.

Ye Buxin knew that she and Yang Pingsheng were kindred spirits, and that they were similar people who would never easily give up their lives for the sake of their ideals.

Therefore, they had an agreement that if one of them fell into a danger that neither of them could resolve, the survivor must not come to rescue that person.

"With this kind of understanding, you dare to steal a confidante?" Ye Buxin sneered. Nothing in this room was pleasant to hear anymore. She couldn't stand such stupid words, and she believed that Yang Pingsheng couldn't stand them either.

"I was so blinded by greed to think this woman was plotting against us, ha..."

She transformed into spirit energy and returned to her room.

There's nothing good to hear anymore.

She knew exactly how Yang Pingsheng would respond in this situation; all she had to do was hand it over to him.

After all, they are the true confidants.

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The next morning, Fusu finally had time to convene an internal meeting of the Guigu School.

"I was a bit out of line yesterday, please forgive me, junior brothers and sisters."

He sat in the main seat, smiling broadly, showing no sign of regret for his blunder yesterday.

He first offered a few words of comfort to Ye Buxin, then praised Zhou Jinyu's performance yesterday, interacted with Li Zhujun for a while, and finally looked at Yang Pingsheng.

“Pingsheng, you and your junior sister don’t need to be shy at my residence,” he said with a smile. “I know your abilities, so don’t worry, I will definitely let you show your skills.”

Yang Pingsheng bowed and thanked him, but his eyes remained fixed on the shadows behind Fusu, where Meng Ying was hiding.

It seems that the senior brother trusts Meng Ying even more than he imagined, even bringing Meng Ying along to internal meetings of the Ghost Valley Sect disciples.

Yang Pingsheng glanced at Ye Buxin subtly, and Ye Buxin winked at him, clearly having seen through his cleverness.

And so another secret was added between the two.

"Junior brothers and sisters, we are all disciples of the Ghost Valley Sect, and you are my important helpers. Therefore, I hope that what I am about to say is only known to our own people."

What Fusu was referring to was a new decree issued by the King of Qin.

The Qin state conquered the six other states, unified the world, and transformed from a state into a dynasty. The Zhou dynasty of the past became history, and now only the Qin dynasty stands on this land.

Of course, simply unifying the world is not enough to establish an empire. As a newly established dynasty, the Qin Dynasty still had much to do.

In the past, when Prince Chao fled to Chu, the Zhou Dynasty's classics were scattered throughout the land, and the paths to cultivation were fragmented, with everyone clinging to their own interpretations. How to cultivate immortality, or rather, how to cultivate immortality correctly, became a question. Now that the Qin Dynasty has unified the world and standardized the methods of cultivation, establishing a new path to immortality has become of paramount importance.

“The path to immortality is closely related to the country’s future political system,” Fusu said. “Yesterday, the envoy from the Heavenly Guardian Sect came to the palace and confirmed the new path to immortality with Father.”

"My father entrusted me with the path to immortality, asking me to determine whether it can be implemented. You can take a look."

Fusu waved his hand, and four spiritual talismans flew to Yang Pingsheng and the others, transforming into scrolls.

The scroll records a completely new path of cultivation, including cultivation methods, judgment criteria, and so on.

To summarize roughly:

First, one must attain an immortal body, then gather spiritual energy to nurture one's spiritual root, temper the body to remove impurities, and cultivate immortal killing techniques. Starting from learning immortal killing techniques, one progresses from a lowly Earth Immortal to a Celestial Immortal, then a True Immortal, and finally a Divine Immortal.

The Earth Immortal realm (soul origin) allows one to condense their own immortal artifact from their soul, and to use this to create their own immortal killing moves.

The Celestial Immortal Realm (the origin of spiritual energy) has perfected its immortal killing techniques, and can develop large-scale destructive killing techniques.

The True Immortal Realm (the origin of illusion and reality) condenses the truth and utilizes the traces of the Great Dao, making immortal killing moves more essential.

The realm of immortals (the origin of the Heavenly Dao) is one of selflessness and meritlessness, where one is one with the Heavenly Dao.

The above summarizes the path of spiritual practice.

Yang Pingsheng glanced at it briefly, then subconsciously looked at Ye Buxin. Sure enough, the latter was frowning and staring intently at the scroll, muttering to herself.

"Why does it operate this way? Why is the development of immortal artifacts used as the standard to separate immortals from mortals? Is the essence of the soul worth developing?"

He knew she would react this way; upon seeing these things, she reacted like a pervert encountering a beautiful woman taking a bath.

Seeing that her cleverness was about to crumble, Yang Pingsheng had no choice but to remind her telepathically: "Ye Buxin."

The muttering stopped, and Ye Buxin closed her eyes expressionlessly, her gaze flickering with a complex light, lost in thought.

Zhou Jinyu had no interest in the path of cultivation and closed the book after a short while. Li Zhujun, on the other hand, read it with great interest, though he wasn't as excited as Ye Buxin and calmly watched it from beginning to end.

After everyone had seen enough, Fusu clapped his hands and said with a smile, "My father entrusted this matter to me, but I really have no clue about the path of cultivation. Pingsheng, Buxin, may I entrust this matter to you?"

Yang Pingsheng narrowed his eyes slightly.

When Fusu met him that day, they didn't just talk about Meng Ying. Fusu told him a lot about the things the King of Qin wanted to do.

It wasn't just about cultivation paths, political structures, the integration of secret treasures, the control of noble migrations, or the creation of dragon veins... That restless King Qin wanted to do many things, and unifying the world was merely the foundation for doing all of them.

He and Ye Buxin had just left the mountain, so they could choose to get involved in some safe matters instead of directly rushing to the front line of confrontation with the Guardian Sect.

Just as he was about to say that he was powerless to do it, Ye Buxin spoke up before he could: "Senior Brother, leave this matter to me and Ping Sheng, it's no problem."

Yang Pingsheng fell silent.

He sensed his confidante's excitement, and at that moment, he couldn't dampen her spirits.

“That’s right.” He said, as calm as ever, “Ye Buxin and I can handle it.”

Fusu smiled, rose, and bowed:

"Then I'll leave it to you two."

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"Ping Sheng, are you going to blame me for being impulsive?"

After leaving Fusu, the two strolled out and walked to a tree in the courtyard. Yang Pingsheng erected a spiritual energy shield to ensure that no one was eavesdropping nearby.

He did not answer Ye Buxin's question directly, but instead said in a roundabout way, "You have your reasons."