Chapter 510 The Ways of the World Are the Catalysts for the Ways of the People (2/2)

Emperor Xia became strong, but he also let his weaknesses slip.

If Shen Lian was in the position of the emperor, perhaps early on Shen Lian would already pay no mind to his position, and would freely go to heaven and earth by himself. ”Then again, the reasons for pursuing differs from person to person,” Shen Lian thought to himself.

Regardless of what others do, Shen Lian went about his own business in his own pace, just as before. His body and flesh properly placed inside the temple suddenly stiffened with both eyes tightly shut. With this, a faint and untraceable green ray thus departed from Zhiwei temple.

From that day onwards, Lei Jing was locked inside the Manor of the Prefect Grand Usher, unable to go outside.

This was her mother's orders. Lei Jing cried and made a fuss out of things. Yet, she still was not allowed to leave.

She tried a myriad of escape plans, but none succeeded.

It was late in the night. Lei Jing did not want to sleep. Tomorrow and today were no different anyway. Her heart was full of resentment. She did not blame her parents, but instead blamed her sir.

Why would he not come find her, since she could not leave the place?

It did not matter that he was the national advisor, or that he was the young king of Xi Liang Nation, or even if he was the enemy of Da Xia. For Lei Jing, he will always be her sir, the person she admired the most.

”The ways of the world are the catalysts for the ways of the people, a person lives not only for himself and so cannot pursue only his own comfort…” Lei Jing leaned in front of the window and softly sang the song, as if she was a nightingale paying tribute to one of the small countries of Xirong, sweet and melodious, poignant and touching.

She did not like the song. She only like the verse, 'A person lives not only for himself and so cannot pursue only his own comfort'.

Whenever this verse popped in her head, her first thought was her sir.

Her sir lived quite comfortably himself, so what kind of woman could be a match for him?

”Such a beautiful song. If I did not come, Qing Er, I would not know how beautiful it is when you sing,” those unhurried words unexpectedly sounded just beside her ears.

At first, Lei Jing was shocked, but that quickly turned to joy. From her window, she saw lots of starlight leaking in from the outside, and with a gust, they morphed into the shape of Shen Lian.

”Sir! You finally came to see me!” Her voice held resentment, but she was happy nonetheless.

Shen Lian told her, ”I never said I would not come to see you. Moreover, I have yet to finish teaching you. Leaving this uncultivated, your mood would keep fluctuating.”

Lei Jing's face reddened, ”It is alright. I can quickly pick them up.”

Shen Lian laughed, ”I would not force you to cultivate. But I have said before that you are comparable to Wu Ding. When the time comes and you lose, it is me that you will disgrace.”

Lei Jing turned her pretty face, ”Sir, can't you see that I am locked in this house? Why not bring me out of here? And by the time I could give Wu Ding a beating so good that he ends up picking his teeth from the ground.” She raised her soft look for Shen Lian to see, and her craftiness flashed across her expression.

Shen Lian replied, ”If you follow my advice, you will be out of here in no time.”

He quietly looked at Lei Jing. Her quality as a disciple might even be slightly better than that of Chen Jinchan. As for her feelings towards him, Shen Lian did not think much of it. Love and hate are part of human nature. Such issues should not be blindly prohibited, but rather should be guided with good tendencies in mind. No matter how indifferent he was, he still bore the appropriate feelings. The only difference was that those feelings were weaker than normal people, and thus lacked the intensity.