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"Haven't they had enough fun yet?" asked Zhang Ze.
"Haha, you can never have too much fun," Li Yueqi shook her head, "It's rare to fly, so how can one not fly to their heart's content."
After a moment of silence, Li Yueqi suddenly asked, "What do you think is the purpose of Immortal Cultivation?"
"Huh?" Zhang Ze had come here today just to chat casually with Female Hero Li, as he had nothing much to do at the Beast Taming Sect and it was time to leave.
But he didn't expect to be confronted with such a profound question.
Zhang Ze thought for a moment and then replied, "Whatever the heart desires."
"Shouldn't it be for immortality?" Li Yueqi asked.
Zhang Ze shook his head, "If the world is uninteresting, who would want to live forever?"
"A rock remains for ten thousand years without decay, would you want to be that rock? Remember Xiaoxuan? The first thing that Stone Girl did after coming out of the ground was to wander the world."
"True," Li Yueqi acknowledged.
This discussion reminded Zhang Ze of the Village.
With Village's ultimate resilience, if he let go of his evil thoughts, probably no one in this world could stop him.
But Village would likely not enjoy the emptiness and solitude of such a world.
That Ancestral Master from Dragon Tiger Mountain probably thought similarly at that time.
On reflection, though there are still evil-doers in the world, the relative peace we enjoy is indeed thanks to these great figures.
During the recent mountain-moving incident, the methods displayed by the Pavilion Master, if they truly regarded the mortal realm as mere ants and acted without hesitation, there might not be any living beings left in the world.
While pondering, Zhang Ze fell into silent contemplation and Li Yueqi did not say much more, speaking out of a feeling of stuffiness in her heart.
Her parents were often absent, her brother was not to be trusted easily, and now, upon meeting Zhang Ze, she voiced her thoughts.
Recently, she figured out the source of that occasional irritation she had been feeling for a long time.
She seemed to have nothing she wanted to do.
After Spirit Deer Valley became bustling, everyone seemed to have things to do and goals to achieve, but she did not.
However, a psychological issue as self-pitying as this was not something she could frankly tell Zhang Ze.
Although Zhang Ze's answer was somewhat ambiguous and did not entirely resolve Li Yueqi's doubts, she gained some clarity.
If there's no goal, then find it slowly.
She stood up and patted Zhang Ze's shoulder.
"Safe travels, no need to see you off."
He was deep in thought due to Li Yueqi's questions, expecting that in a typical storyline, he would have some epiphany or hear Female Hero Li recount some old tales.
Then, through repeated discussions, unravel a secret and finally achieve enlightenment, developing a strong Tao Heart and Shattering Void.
But such a hasty ending was clearly...clearly beyond Zhang Ze's expectations.
However, he was not petty about it, and stood up, saying, "Come visit the Thousand Mechanism Pavilion when you have time."
With that, he transformed into a beam of sword light and disappeared over the wall.
After Zhang Ze left, Li Jue, who had been hiding all along, emerged and slyly approached his sister, just about to speak, when Li Yueqi pinched his shoulder.
Li Yueqi wore an expression that said, "Ask one more thing and you're dead."
Li Jue immediately swallowed back the odd words that were about to leave his lips and said solemnly, "The old man has something to discuss with you, sister, please follow me."
"You go ahead, I'll be there shortly," Li Yueqi released her grip on Li Jue.
Once her brother fled in a panic, she muttered to herself, "Beating up my brother shouldn't be a long-term hobby..."
Over on Zhang Ze's side, he did not return to the Thousand Mechanism Pavilion.
Instead, he boarded a Flying Ship heading towards Jing State.
Going back to the Thousand Mechanism Pavilion would probably result in Lily dragging him to study that Immortal Cultivation version of a spatial bomb, so better head to Jing State to find Junior Sister.
He calculated the date, realizing that Junior Sister's birthday was soon, and Zhang Ze planned to sneak over to give her a surprise.
This trip must be kept secret, lest Old Ascender finds out.