Why do you always want to be my Taoist partner?

"Do you think I did something wrong?" Mu Xuezhi's eyes remained indifferent.

"Personally weaving a lie for your daughter and arranging her life for her, in my eyes, this is not a qualified mother. She is more like a puppet in your hands."

This seemed a bit offensive, but Jiang Li said it anyway.

In fact, he was not a man who spoke his mind, but he didn't know why he finally said it at this moment. He always felt that something bad was going to happen. This old woman who had lived for a thousand years was stubborn and arrogant, and she might get angry and scold him.

But unexpectedly, Mu Xuezhi just walked to the tea table and said something quietly.

"sit."

Jiang Li was stunned and raised his head to look into her eyes.

Mu Xuezhi's eyes were not gentle, or rather, Jiang Li had never seen any gentle emotion in her eyes. But at this moment, there was no arrogance in her eyes, she was just indifferent as usual.

"I...will not sit down."

Mu Xuezhi's eyes became sharp, and in those eyes like the edge of a sword, Jiang Li still sat down with his head held high. Mu Xuezhi raised her hand, and a set of tea set appeared on the table.

Jiang Li wondered if she would make him a cup of tea herself. This was something he could brag about for a long time, but Mu Xuezhi just glanced at him and said, "You can make tea, right?"

Jiang Li had no choice but to silently make tea for her.

The tea is from Mu Xuezhi, it is gardenia tea. I don’t know where the gardenias come from, but it is particularly fragrant and leaves a lingering taste on the lips and teeth.

"Since you have studied my sword moves, you should also understand a little bit about what it means to cut off thoughts."

Jiang Li hesitated for a moment, "I have only learned the form of the sect master, but not the true essence. For me, cutting off emotions and thoughts is a terrifying and impossible thing to do."

"It's really impossible." Mu Xuezhi did not refute Jiang Li, but picked up the teacup and took a sip.

Jiang Li felt very strange in his heart.

Why did this woman want to explain to him? Obviously, she didn't need to explain anything at all. She just needed to give the order and let him complete it.

Jiang Li even felt a little flattered.

"I founded the Zhan Mind School myself, and this is also my unique sword art." Mu Xuezhi put down the teacup, "Since you want to Zhan Mind, you must always have obsession in your heart."

"But I don't understand the meaning of it." Jiang Li really didn't understand. He always thought that the sword art of the Zhan Nian School was a bunch of ()

"Practice is an illusory thing. You will encounter many things and many people during the practice. There will be your friends and your Taoist companions. Sooner or later, you will inevitably fight with others and discuss Taoism with others. Practitioners are also human beings. They are greedy, angry, and ignorant. They still have seven emotions and six desires. The only difference between us and humans is that we can attract spiritual energy into our bodies."

"But it is precisely because you have too many concerns and too many trivial matters to care about that you can no longer concentrate on your practice. Cutting off these mundane thoughts is the meaning of the Zhan Nian School's sword art."

"But what happens after you get rid of these thoughts? The purpose of getting rid of these thoughts is to become stronger, but isn't becoming stronger also a desire itself?"

Jiang Li felt that Mu Xuezhi's words were ridiculous.

"If the sect master cultivates to the point of being invincible, but by then has given up all desires, how lonely would that be?"

“What is loneliness?”

"It's lonely to be alone by the window at night and watch the moon."

"I have been lonely for the past hundred years, but I am not tired, nor am I afraid." Mu Xuezhi replied calmly.

"If the sect leader won't be afraid, does that guarantee that Mu Bingning won't be afraid?" Jiang Li looked directly at Mu Xuezhi in front of him. He wanted to hear an answer from Mu Xuezhi.

"She will understand sooner or later that loneliness is inevitable. People living in this world will be lonely."

"So you want me to cheat on her?"

There was no change in Mu Xuezhi's eyes.

"Have you ever truly fallen in love with someone?" She suddenly asked Jiang Li this question.

Jiang Li thought about it seriously for a long time, then nodded, "Yeah."

"Since it really happened, then what were you hesitating about just now?"

"I……"

"Let me ask you, if the person you love wants to kill you one day, will you still love her?"

"Since she wants to kill me, it proves that she doesn't love me, so why should I still love her?"

After Jiang Li finished speaking, he was suddenly stunned.

He smiled self-deprecatingly and waited quietly for Mu Xuezhi to continue.

"So, you need her to love you all the time before you can love her?"

"Do not……"

"If Bing Ning really falls in love with you, but you don't love her at all, then is it good or bad for her to give up her obsession with loving you?"

Jiang Li couldn't answer.

He felt that Mu Xuezhi was just making excuses, but he was at a loss for words.

"Love is a woven lie." Mu Xuezhi said calmly.

"lie?"

"People need to find a reason for their desires, so this reason is called **. It is just a way for you to feel happy, but you never really need it. There are many kinds of desires in this world, but if you can become stronger, those desires will be satisfied naturally even if you don't pursue them."

"So it's no big deal to cut off love for this."

"I only asked you to deceive Mu Bingning and make her fall in love with someone who doesn't love her. Whether she is disappointed or miserable in the future, she deserves it because she believed your lies. This is all her own fault."

"What if she falls in love with someone who truly loves her in the future?"

"Then let her go."

"She is my only daughter. If I need her to bring me any benefits, I can just betroth her to Jiang Huanyang or Ye Guixu. I believe the leaders of the two major sects will also be happy to accept this marriage."

"But I would never do that."

"I just gave her one more choice, which is the path I have walked. She can choose not to walk that path. She can choose to fall in love with another person after being hurt all over this time. I will not stop her at that time because that is her own choice."

"At that time, she will understand the meaning of love itself, but she still stubbornly wants to pursue love, which proves that love will definitely make her happy. So why should I restrict her?"

"In that case, why don't you just tell her your reasoning?"

"Reasoning is useless. Only when you really feel pain will you remember it clearly."

Jiang Li was in a very delicate mood. He looked at Mu Xuezhi in front of him and hesitated for a moment, "Can I... take the liberty of asking the Sect Master a question?"

Mu Xuezhi glanced at him calmly and said, "I have never been hurt by a man."

...You can read minds?!

"How did the Sect Master know I was going to ask this?"

There was a hint of contempt in Mu Xuezhi's eyes, a true contempt from above, and she was even too lazy to explain to him.

Jiang Li always felt that he had no way to hide in front of Mu Xuezhi at this moment.

Haha, it was said that the thousand-year-old women in the stories were all naive and naive, the kind that would be fooled easily?

Jiang Li decided to read fewer stupid play scripts in the future!

"I understand what the sect leader means." Jiang Li nodded seriously.

Mu Xuezhi didn't want Mu Bingning to give up all her feelings and completely practice the same swordsmanship as her. She just gave Mu Bingning a choice. She chose the current swordsmanship back then, but she didn't feel pain because of it. She did become the leader of the three major sects in Zhongzhou and the number one female swordsman in Zhongzhou.

For her, this path was the right one, so she naturally had a clear conscience. She also promised in person that if Mu Bingning still chose a path that was contrary to hers at that time, she would let her do so.

"I apologize to the sect master." Jiang Li lowered his head slightly.

"Who taught you to bow your head when you apologize?" Mu Xuezhi asked indifferently.

Jiang Li raised his head and looked at Mu Xuezhi in front of him, but he was stunned for a moment.

If he saw it correctly, there was a hint of ridicule on Mu Xuezhi's face just now. It was playful, condescending and contemptuous. This smile made his whole body itch.

Jiang Li took a deep breath, but still looked directly into the other person's eyes and said seriously, "I was wrong."

The corners of Mu Xuezhi's lips curled up slightly.

This was the first time Jiang Li saw her smile.

It was a bright spring day with bright sunshine. Jiang Li was in a trance for a moment, then began to draw circles in his heart and curse this arrogant woman.

Chapter 102: Chapter It's a pity

Jiang Li hated this kind of contempt from above.

He has never been a person who likes to argue about right and wrong. Right and wrong are often just a matter of stance. He no longer refutes Mu Xuezhi because he actually thinks that in some aspects, what Mu Xuezhi said makes sense.

Love is a lie, a lie used to deceive you, me and him.

This is the most interesting secret of mankind since ancient times, but once it is brought to the table, it becomes a very boring thing to rationally analyze whether it is right or wrong. When faced with unnecessary arguments, Jiang Li will choose to give up most of the time.

Because if he only relies on talking, he will definitely not be able to convince Mu Xuezhi. Most of the time, he prefers to do it. He wants to see Mu Xuezhi personally admit the necessary meaning of the lie of love, but... it seems that this is a difficult thing to do.

There is nothing difficult in the world, just give up.

So Jiang Li also smiled at Mu Xuezhi, and this smile looked very humble.

Mu Xuezhi's status, cultivation, and experience are far superior to his. She is the banished immortal standing on the clouds. Because she has no need for love, it is very difficult to make her change her mind.

But perhaps, we can approach it from another angle.

Jiang Li suddenly asked, "How far has the sect master's sword skills been cultivated?"

This question was asked so suddenly that Mu Xuezhi was stunned for a moment. She looked at Jiang Li calmly, "How should I describe it to you?"

Mu Xuezhi was unable to describe to Jiang Li how advanced her sword skills were at this moment, because she felt that Jiang Li could not even imagine it. Even if she just said it, it was definitely not a realm that Jiang Li could understand.

"There's no need to describe it. In the past, I used to aim for the sect master's sword power, but later I took a different approach and developed my own sword skills. So I want to know, if I hadn't taken a different approach, what level of cultivation would I have been able to achieve in the future?"

"You want to meet him?"

"I hope the Sect Master will help me."

Perhaps it was because Jiang Li's attitude was respectful, or perhaps it was because Mu Xuezhi wanted to prove something to Jiang Li, so she really raised her hand and pinched a sword of Qi.

Her spiritual vein also belongs to water, and the magic formula she practices is Bingling Jue, so the moment she grasped the sword, the world became extremely cold, not only in this courtyard, but also in the entire Hanyuan Mountain.

Jiang Li's body was held up by Mu Xuezhi's spiritual energy, and Mu Xuezhi and he were in the air together. Jiang Li lowered his head and overlooked the mountains below, and looked up to see the sky, as if he could touch the clouds with his hand.

He turned his head to look at Mu Xuezhi's profile. When she held the sword, Mu Xuezhi's eyes showed no sadness or joy, and were as calm as a sculpture. However, her pupils were particularly charming, with an indescribable noble elegance.

Mu Bingning no longer tried to restrain her sword power. She thought that Jiang Li beside her would be affected by her sword power and would be in great pain, but she never expected that his expression was just as calm, and there was a bit of expectation in his calmness.

Mu Xuezhi grasped the hilt of the sword, finally raised her hand, and slashed at the sky.

This sword caused the spiritual energy between heaven and earth to surge. The originally pure white clouds disappeared at this moment, and ripples appeared in the space. Jiang Li suddenly felt a biting cold. This was caused by Mu Xuezhi's spiritual energy. Jiang Li finally recognized the power of this sword.

This was not the severance of emotions as he had imagined, but a pure, especially pure sword, clean and neat, without any emotion mixed in. Jiang Li had to admit that this sword was indeed great.

The sword light flew very far away. Jiang Li saw the sky become dim, and clouds began to gather, gradually blocking the light. The sky was covered with dark clouds. Jiang Li heard thunder and saw lightning. He also saw the falling rain, which turned into goose feather-like snowflakes under the influence of the sword energy.

"Did you see clearly?"

"I see it clearly." Jiang Li nodded.

So Mu Xuezhi used her spiritual energy to carry Jiang Li back to the yard. Jiang Li looked up and saw heavy snow falling all over the sky. There was a bit of confusion in his eyes.

"What are you thinking about?" Mu Xuezhi couldn't help but ask.

Her voice still contained a bit of contempt, as if she was mocking Jiang Li for not firmly choosing her sword path. However, Jiang Li quickly came to his senses and smiled at Mu Xuezhi, "Swinging a sword can cause heavy snow. I should have learned this. It's very romantic."

"Romantic?" This word might be a little new to Mu Xuezhi.

"Master, you don't understand." Jiang Li smiled and shook his head. He stretched out his hand and a few snowflakes fell on his palm. He looked at the slowly melting ice and snow and said, "It's very lonely to watch the snow alone."

He smiled and continued, "But sometimes it can be romantic."

Jiang Li stood up and looked at Mu Xuezhi in front of him, "Thank you, Sect Master, for clearing up my confusion."

"That's not what you originally wanted to say, right?" Mu Xuezhi glanced at him sideways.

Jiang Li now suspected that this woman could really read minds. Did she guess this? But at this moment, he just smiled awkwardly, "Originally, it was not like that. I thought that I had some sword skills, so I could show off in front of the Sect Master. But after seeing the Sect Master's sword skills, I realized the gap between me and the Sect Master."

"I saw your sword skills last time. You have great talent."

"That's not all of me." Jiang Li shook his head.

"Oh?" Mu Xuezhi thought about it carefully, and it seemed to be the same. He just said that he was obsessed with her sword moves in the past, but later he took a different approach and had other insights. This aroused Mu Xuezhi's curiosity, "Let's take a look?"