Transcending the Nine Heavens

CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-NINE: I Have Confidence in Him

“Foolish girl.” Feng Yuru lightly chided, then seemed to ponder for a moment before saying, “In that case... it's good. Having someone in your heart, and a love that is unwavering... This obsession can actually be a good thing for your cultivation... This infatuation can guide you, step by step, into the way of heaven’s love…”

“Heaven’s love?” Wu Qianqian’s beautiful eyes lit up.

“Heaven’s way is sentient!” Feng Yuru looked at Wu Qianqian with a hint of affection and said, “People often say that heaven’s way is ruthless! This saying does have some truth; the vicissitudes of life, birth, aging, illness, and death, all occur so naturally. Even if millions of people suffer at the same time, the heavens won’t open their eyes to intervene. They remain indifferent, emotionless, operating the laws of heaven and earth... Even if your filial piety moves the heavens, even if you are a hero of unparalleled talent... in the eyes of heaven’s way, you are but a grain of dust.”

“Thus, the way of heaven is ruthless! Although there is reason in this saying, those who say heaven’s way is merciless share a common trait: they are selfish! They regard themselves too highly, and life too seriously. They always think: If heaven has eyes, why don’t they care when I suffer so much? If heaven has eyes, why don’t they eliminate all the bad people? In other words, these people take themselves too seriously; one must know that what happens to one person may not even matter to another, like a pig or dog, how can one expect their experiences to be noticed, cared for, or helped by heaven?”

“Heaven’s way is sentient and cares about the reproduction of all beings, the changes of the entire world... rather than any one person or thing. What it focuses on is the balance of the human world…”

Feng Yuru said, “Do you understand?”

Wu Qianqian shook her head in confusion, “Disciple is dull and only understands half of Master’s words.”

“Understanding half is good enough.” Feng Yuru replied, “So what do you understand?”

Wu Qianqian said, “The disciple only understands that the heavens, like me, have feelings and attachments.”

“Ah!” Feng Yuru was somewhat taken aback.

Wu Qianqian’s words sounded a bit childish, as if she had casually said something silly, but to Feng Yuru’s ears, it rang like a revelation.

Just that one sentence from Wu Qianqian seemed to illuminate a path that connected her to the heavens, bringing a distant light to the martial path she thought she had reached the end of. Though it was far away, it was clearly existent!

The heavens are like me!

The heavens are like me!

I am heaven!

Heaven is me!

Feng Yuru’s heart trembled, suppressing her shock, she took a breath and said, “You, are very good! Remember what you said today.”

Wu Qianqian, confused and unaware of what had happened, simply replied, “Yes.”

Feng Yuru continued walking, saying lightly, “Qianqian, if one day you reach a deeper level, but find that time is ruthless, and the person in your heart has become a frail old man or has turned into a lonely grave in the wilderness... what will you do?”

Wu Qianqian showed a sweet trust on her face and confidently said, “That won’t happen, Master. He will only go further and higher than me! He will never be left behind. I have to work a million times harder just to barely keep from falling too far behind and not see his back. I won’t let the distance between us grow larger.”

Feng Yuru smiled gently, noncommittally saying, “Your confidence in him is quite strong.”

Wu Qianqian lowered her gaze, smiling, “He... cannot help but inspire confidence in others!”

Feng Yuru chuckled.

In her view, with herself and Yue Lingxue carefully teaching their disciple, along with countless heavenly materials and earthly treasures assisting them, the disciple they produced would certainly not be inferior to anyone!

Or perhaps in the entire Nine Heavens, only that disciple claimed by those two old monsters could compare, but... given Wu Qianqian’s astonishing talent, those two old monsters’ disciples probably wouldn’t be that strong either...