The improved female villains regained their memories.

Yang Pingsheng said, "Yes, if you want it, just go and get it."

"Then why did you offer me this drink?"

"The Qin King's Palace only has spirit wine, and this kind of wine is the best. If you use spiritual energy to dissipate it, you won't get drunk."

Why not get drunk?

"Ye Buxin is dead. There are still many things to do. We must not get drunk."

"Can't get drunk, or don't want to get drunk?"

"......"

The bitter wine goes down my throat, and time slips away.

Those days can never be relived.

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One bowl after another.

Before he could finish speaking, ten empty bowls had already appeared.

Lin Feng looked at the pale moonlight shining on the bamboo forest and stopped Yang Pingsheng from pouring more wine: "Drinking so fast, you've lost your leisure time."

Yang Pingsheng calmly replied, "I never drank for the sake of refined enjoyment."

"Look, we've become a little different again."

"We are different."

Lin Feng released his grip, and Yang Pingsheng drank another whole bowl.

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Feeling the rising intoxication within him, Yang Pingsheng used his spiritual energy to suppress it.

He finally revealed the purpose of the drinking session: "What are you planning to do next?"

Lin Feng looked up at the man in front of him—he suppressed all his emotions again, making way for something in his heart.

"Live as you will live in the future." This was exactly what Lin Feng hated about him, so he said mercilessly, "I said before that if you won, I would drink with you, and if you lost, I would collect your corpse. Now that you've won, after this drink, we have nothing more to do with each other."

Yang Pingsheng remained silent for a long time before saying, "I intend to rebuild the Ghost Valley Sect, and then gather wisdom from all sides. The future of the human race should be in the hands of the human race itself."

"Well said, what does this have to do with me?"

"You have many disciples, Lin Feng, you understand."

A mist rose, blurring Yang Pingsheng's figure.

"For me, this is also a very powerful force."

He seemed to have reverted to being that cold-hearted man.

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After an unknown amount of time, Lin Feng finally spoke.

"My life."

"I'm listening."

"You're quite contradictory."

"..."

"On the one hand, you crave affection more than anyone else, but because you have never experienced affection, you end up either resisting it all or accepting it all, thus sliding to extremes; on the other hand, you suppress your desire for affection. There is something else you want to do. I don't know what it is, but I can feel that it is more important than the affection you crave."

Lin Feng poured a bowl of wine, but didn't drink it. He handed it to Yang Pingsheng and said, "That's why you made the mistake of Ye Buxin. You crave that kind of extreme emotion, and you also want the person who holds that emotion to help you accomplish what you want in your heart. Only in this way can you coexist. Am I right?"

Yang Pingsheng took it, but didn't drink it. He nodded and said, "You're right."

Lin Feng looked at the bowl of wine that Yang Pingsheng insisted on refusing to drink and finally understood.

"As expected, I knew it. The person who saved me wasn't you."

"...I don't understand what you're saying."

Lin Feng chuckled and looked at Yang Pingsheng, saying, "Yang Pingsheng, how can someone like you deserve love?"

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Those eyes, like abysses, pierced through the mist and stared straight at me.

It seems that Ye Buxin's death made him completely abandon that side and devote himself wholeheartedly to the other side.

He was clearly so pitiful, yet his words were so hateful: "Lin Feng, I'm willing to give up my own life."

That same phrase again.

Before, it was for Ye Buxin; now it's for that matter.

Lin Feng understood that Yang Pingsheng was still the same, even after what happened with Ye Buxin.

He slammed down the wine bowl and angrily rebuked Yang Pingsheng: "If you don't even care about your own life, how can you be sure you care about other people's lives?"

"Yang Pingsheng, how can you, with such self-deprecation, be worthy of bearing the weight of this world?"

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Because of the fog, Lin Feng couldn't see Yang Pingsheng's expression.

He could only sense that the other party's determination was unwavering.

He was furious and questioned Yang Pingsheng about what exactly he wanted.

Yang Pingsheng remained silent for a long time before finally speaking:

"Lin Feng, you're right. Everyone has their own path to walk, but that depends on the existence of this world."

"My mission is to let everyone feel at ease to walk the path they want to walk."

"I would give my life to bring peace to the world and reassure all people. I think it's worth it."

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Lin Feng couldn't understand that at all.

He simply felt that Yang Pingsheng was belittling his own life.

But his next words left him speechless, only stunned: "Lin Feng, I can't tell you about the past. You just need to know that what happened in the past and what the human ancestors did, including the actions of the Guardian Heaven Sect and Bai Ze, were all to prepare for the future merger of Taixu with the main world. At some point in the future, Taixu will merge with the world, the Heavenly Dao will be destroyed, and all things will cease to exist."

"Because the Great Void is not subject to the control of time, no matter how the main world is reset or how it flows backward, the Great Void will gradually approach it. When it is completely close, that will be the time when the Heavenly Dao is destroyed and the world is destroyed."

"Don't underestimate our human civilization just because it's only been around for a short time. In fact, our ancestors, including my master Guiguzi, have reincarnated many times before finally finding a path that can withstand the Great Ruins."

"And I am the one who can solve this problem."

“Lin Feng, I have not belittled my life. I just feel that it is worth it to exchange my life for the peace of the world.”

Lin Feng stared blankly at Yang Pingsheng's blurry figure.

Oh, I see. That makes it quite complicated.

But does the problem have to be solved this way?

"I don't understand. What you're saying is too complicated and has nothing to do with me." Lin Feng clenched his fist and asked, "I just want to ask you, Yang Pingsheng, what will those who care about you think when you risk your life like this?"

Yang Pingsheng laughed, and even though the fog obscured the view, Lin Feng could definitely feel that Yang Pingsheng was laughing.

He says--

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"No one cares about me anymore."

"Eldest brother, second brother, senior sister, they are all dead. Now, even my last confidant is dead. Perhaps the only person who cares about me, Yang Pingsheng, is you, Brother Lin Feng."

"But thankfully, you are free-spirited and won't risk your life for me."

"That's enough, Lin Feng."

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Those were truly cold and sorrowful words.

Lin Feng then realized that Yang Pingsheng was just like him.

He didn't speak, and Yang Pingsheng, not receiving a reply, continued:

"Let's make one last deal, Brother Lin Feng. For the sake of your disciples or the path you're on, help me one last time. Help me find that solution, and then I'll arrange for your disciples to live a life of comfort and security within the Ghost Valley Sect."

"Of course, I will also protect you, and let the Ghost Valley Sect protect you. From now on, you can live a carefree life without anyone interfering."

It's the same thing they said back then.

Lin Feng smiled helplessly. Even at this moment, Yang Pingsheng was unwilling to ask him for a favor as a friend, and instead still insisted on a transactional approach.

Was he afraid of hurting himself, or did he simply not want to build any more connections with himself? After all, he had already decided to die.

What else could Lin Feng say? He couldn't say anything.

He could only reply, "I understand."

Chapter 692 Key Node

After returning from Tianren Mountain, Yang Pingsheng, knowing he couldn't stop Wen Shihan, stopped mentioning the matter.

He is now focused entirely on Luo Yi, trying to solve the puzzle that his past self left for his present self.

Looking at the bewildered and ignorant children, Yang Pingsheng kept thinking.

He now understands that what needs to be changed is not the past him, but the present him, but the question is, how to change him?

Is it about making him understand something, or about showing him something?

On the snow-covered ground, the boy stood there, breathing out cold air, constantly gathering his spiritual energy into himself to resist the chill formed by nature.

His talent wasn't great, but Wen Shihan stood beside him, using the array forged by Song Panning to constantly influence the boy's talent.

Watching the boy make progress little by little, Yang Pingsheng felt extremely complicated.

That time will eventually come, and the boy will grow up and become who he is now.

What will he, with his greater strength, choose? What will be the ultimate outcome of this journey?