Chapter 80 Desires Were Like the Ocean, Hard to Tame (2/2)

Desires were like the ocean, the smallest breeze could bring waves. Even if one had a trick or two to tame it down, it was only temporary.

Shen Lian took a look at Lu Shouyi. His hair messy, face dirty and his energy was thoroughly drained. Maybe he had underestimated him. Competition and rankings only make up a small part of the world.

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Everyone had their own strength and weaknesses.

Shen Lian was not able to make his point through Lu Shouyi but conversely felt that things were going too smoothly for him. He felt agitated by that thought.

As soon as he came to that conclusion, he gave a slight salute to Lu Shouyi.

A confused Lu Shouyi asked, ”Brother Shen, what were you doing?”

”When you point a finger at someone, there are three more pointing back at you. I was being foolish earlier on. Thank you for making me realize it,” Shen Lian said cooly. When he felt appropriate to say thanks, he would not hesitate to pay gratitude.

Lu Shouyi sighed, ”I really admire you, Brother Shen. You are so cool and you have your ideals.”

Shen Lian shook his head. ”I'm tired, I'll see you tomorrow.”

He felt that there was no point in elaborating further and thus made a move to return to the academy to take a break.

Lu Shouyi too felt exhausted. After the incident earlier on, he did not have the mood to continue his training. He too returned to the quiet room.

Shen Lian meditated on the bamboo shed. He felt a strong sense of air around him as he visualizes the innate god with a hand-held Ruyi. His vision this time was clearer than usual.

However if he were to take a closer look, his vision was still fluttering and it was difficult to have a view of the original scene.

After some guidance from Zhang Ruoxu, Shen Lian felt that the Visualization Technique was amazing. His vision had improved and things felt more practical now. His spirits no longer felt ethereal or hollow.

He took a good look at the innate god and felt that it shared some similarities as the talisman. Both of them were constantly changing and no matter how strong his mind is, he could not seem to replicate the same innate god to squelch the bier in his head.

He looked back at his memories but he could not recall how did the previous Shen Lian visualize the innate god. It felt like it was not part of his memory as if someone from outside programmed it into the bier.

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Inside the Qing Xuan hall, Tiandi Jian was high up in the air. It reflected the earlier scene of Lu Shouyi and Shen Lian.

Chen Jianmei too was in the hall. He stood casually in front of Zhang Ruoxu and said, ”You accepted him as your direct disciple and you gave him the fundamentals without explaining. I thought you didn't care about Lu Shouyi at all.”

”Shen Lian had a happy and carefree personality and that was in line with Qing Xuan's ideology. You could try to refine his heart and it won't have much effect on him. What he needs the most is to expand his horizons to make sense of things by analogy and to find his own style. It may take him a while to cultivate but in the future, he would be quicker than anyone to master the recovery method and breakthrough.

Lu Shouyi on the other hand, studied well when he was younger and had great potential in him. However, he had wasted too much effort on unnecessary matters and he did not have the right attitude towards practice and cultivation. He only did it for the sake of doing it. If we do not push him, Huandan is only paper talk and there was no room to even think about immortality,” Zhang Ruoxu leisurely talked about the two boys' temperament.