My Wife Is The Final Boss-Chapter 910 - 504: There Should Be a Saint in This World (Double-Length) (Part 2)

Chapter 910: Chapter 504: There Should Be a Saint in This World (Double-Length) (Part 2)

Even if she could intervene, just thinking about the fact that the emperor of the Demon Sect once spared Zhu Pingniang, she wouldn’t interfere.

Thus, the existence of the Mountain Protection Array allows the younger generation to feel at ease.

"Ease of mind..." Shi Qingjun raised her head and softly said, "Zhibai, what people seek these days, is it perhaps just peace of mind?"

The humble courtesans of the brothel seek tranquility.

The noble teachers of the Immortal Sect seek the tranquility of arrays.

"Long-lasting peace and stability? Is that it..." Li Zhibai didn’t quite understand the Sect Leader’s intent.

Shi Qingjun nodded; she felt that indeed the world had changed.

In her distant past, during her time, what cultivators sought was not a Peaceful World, but longevity.

A single word makes a world of difference.

Longevity stands high above, while a Peaceful World... is but a humble longing for a better life in this dusty world, so what unenlightened people sought was nothing but those two words, Peaceful World...

Yet, with the arrival of Xu Chang’an, he endowed those two words, Peaceful World, with a meaning even Shi Qingjun couldn’t ignore.

Shi Qingjun thought Zhu Tongjun was indeed a young woman with great imagination, being able to embody such an outlandish wish in a name, truly unafraid of encountering a Heart Demon when breaking through the Qiankun Realm in the future.

It was as if no one in the world had ever attained longevity.

Has the world ever truly been peaceful?

But with the thought of Xu Chang’an’s existence, Shi Qingjun gently shook her head.

The world has changed indeed.

Compared to longevity, it seems a Peaceful World is more worth pursuing, and the appearance of Xu Chang’an is the greatest proof of that.

That’s why ’Pingniang’ is such a good name.

Both ancient and modern, peace and a Peaceful World?

Hmm, this is where Li Zhibai got it completely wrong. Shi Qingjun wouldn’t concern herself with such trivial matters; she simply thought Zhu Pingniang’s way of naming herself after such a grand wish suited Xu Chang’an’s name quite well.

So, fate made its presence known.

Shi Qingjun suddenly said, "Xu Chang’an, was sent to Muyu Peak by Tong Jun... so the first one to make contact with Xu Chang’an on the mountain, was her?"

"Yes." Li Zhibai responded.

This was common knowledge.

Xu Chang’an was just an ordinary boy to begin with; it was Zhu Pingniang’s affectionate gaze that gave him this opportunity.

Li Zhibai was a bit puzzled about the Sect Leader’s implication, but seeing the increasingly earnest look in Shi Qingjun’s eyes, Li Zhibai thought her assumption was indeed correct.

When it comes to matters involving Chang’an, even as the Sect Leader, one could not help but take it seriously.

She looked at the Sect Leader gently furrow her brow, smiled slightly, remained quiet, and left Shi Qingjun to her thoughts.

——

Shi Qingjun was indeed thinking.

She pondered the significance of the appearance of someone like Xu Chang’an.

Everything under the heavens has its significance, from flowers to trees, how much more so for a being so extraordinary that his brilliance cannot be concealed?

Surely there must be the most crucial secrets upon him.

However, no matter how much Shi Qingjun thought, she found it difficult to comprehend what Xu Chang’an intended to accomplish from his actions.

Nonetheless, now, she seemed to have some threads of understanding.

Throughout everything, after leaving the island, Zhu Pingniang was the first in the world to ’have foresight’, the first to extend goodwill towards him.

If this isn’t fate, then what is?

Shi Qingjun didn’t believe in fate, but at this moment, whether it’s the origin of the bond between Zhu Pingniang and Xu Chang’an or the meaning behind Xu Chang’an’s name ’Slowly Plan Chang’an’, even the Thunder Tribulation which makes the whole world peaceful, all these indicate to Shi Qingjun——

In this era, {Chang’an} is the main theme of the age of great contention; it’s the main melody of this age, the {Dao} everyone needs to pursue in this era.

This understanding dawned on Shi Qingjun during her poker games with the girls.

Peace is indeed the grand trend of the universe.

Yet, if the {Dao} pursued by people of this era is {Peaceful World}, then both she and the empress of the Demon Sect have been abandoned by the Heavenly Dao——because what they seek is ’longevity’, not {Peaceful World}.

What would be the consequence of being abandoned by the Heavenly Dao?

Shi Qingjun didn’t know the specifics.

But she could roughly imagine, if there truly were cultivators who, after gaining an abundant amount of resources from the Heavenly Dao, did not follow the correct path... perhaps they would be encaged by a Dao Rhyme Cage, directly obliterated and then absorbed back into the universe, leaving the resources to new ’favored ones from above’?

Zhu Pingniang, perhaps, is precisely such a chosen one of Heaven.

But if that’s the case, what role does Xu Chang’an play in all this?

Shi Qingjun now refused to believe he was anything like an Immortal Reincarnation, because according to the books, immortals, after all, are just mortals who have ascended, how could they possibly be related to Dao Rhyme.

So, is that young man actually a guide, causing cultivators to understand the grand trend of the universe?

Could it be so?

Shi Qingjun gently shook her head, after all... she couldn’t figure it out.

Because the existence of Xu Chang’an was already too special, no matter how much she delved into memories and ancient texts, never could she find a second existence so indefinable by logic.

Even though she didn’t quite understand, Shi Qingjun at least confirmed that ’long-lasting peace and stability;’ and "peace" were extremely important... So, as a cultivator from an old era which pursued longevity, she realized she needed to change her mindset.

Understanding this point was precisely why Shi Qingjun started to care about the younger generation and considered sitting down with the empress from the Demon Sect for a good talk.

It seems, abandoning the quest for Dao Rhyme and longevity, first accomplishing ’long-lasting peace and stability’ in Qing Province, resolving external threats from the Demon Race... might indeed be the right thing to do.

"Zhibai." Shi Qingjun suddenly called.

"Sect Leader." Li Zhibai responded, a serious look on her face.

She truly didn’t know what the Sect Leader was thinking, but seeing Shi Qingjun’s frowning countenance, she felt tense as well.

"In the Immortal Chronicles, it speaks of the Light Purple Saint, Beichen Purple Palace, wearing the crown in the middle, often blessed by heaven, all things dwell in the Spirit Realm, where sages from all heavens gather, the source of the Dao never halts. Saints roam frequently in the world, and can also manifest as saints of the heavens." Shi Qingjun spoke softly.

Li Zhibai was slightly taken aback.

She had mentioned similar words to the Sect Leader before.

"In your thirty years of cultivation, how do you view saints?" Shi Qingjun asked.

"How can there be any saints under the heavens?" Li Zhibai reiterated what she had previously said.

"Indeed, there are no saints under the heaven." Shi Qingjun said to Li Zhibai, "But if there truly were saints, then... what do you suppose they would desire?"

"I don’t know." Li Zhibai lowered her head slightly, gazing at the distant serene lights, then smiled softly.

Maybe...

It would be long-lasting peace and stability.

"Do you still think there are no saints under the heavens?" Shi Qingjun questioned.

"At least for now, there aren’t any..." Li Zhibai seemed to understand Shi Qingjun’s implication, shaking her head: "But whether it’s the Purple-White Jade Heaven-Reaching Tribulation or the later Void Sun Soaring, it now seems, perhaps they are omens of the emergence of saints."

"When saints emerge, the world is at peace?" Shi Qingjun stated.

"Yes." Li Zhibai nodded.

It’s precisely because there are no saints under the heaven that there will be saints emerging, isn’t it?

Thus, Shi Qingjun said nothing further.

Li Zhibai also fell silent.

Behind the seemingly calm conversations, ripples stirred in her heart.

The Sect Leader’s intent was indeed clear, but Li Zhibai... wasn’t sure what to feel.

Chang’an...

Could it be a saint?

It sounded like quite a peculiar notion.

After all, in her heart, this student was a useless, clumsy child.

But, Li Zhibai felt that even though the Chang’an in her heart was useless, this ’uselessness’ was relative; if...

Li Zhibai lowered her gaze.

She was saying if.

If her student could again summon such Heaven-Reaching White Jade Thunder Tribulation.

Then cultivation would lose significance in this world.

In the face of such a seal, regardless of whether it’s a Body Cultivator or Sword Cultivator, all would become the most ordinary people... by then, the world would change.

Once Tribulation Thunder becomes a constant, every conflict in this world would revert back to the human tactics, to the battles of men against men, tools against tools.

Without the menacing presence of extremes like the Sect Leader...

In those times, ordinary soldiers would become the defining, contending force of existence.

Is this Chang’an, or the harbinger of disaster?