Distant Mountain Battle Song

Chapter 202 How could an immortal have such good fortune?
"Don't ask questions you don't understand; those things have nothing to do with you."

"I remember learning that before."

“That’s not learning; you’re just being dragged by the teacher to show off to the real students.”

"What are you looking at?"

"Look at the difference between humans and monkeys."

"Am I a monkey?"

"Very good, you have a good understanding of your own limitations."

Yun Ce's head was stiff, and he turned over and fell asleep. Seeing Yun Ce lying naked on the ground looking pitiful, the chestnut horse carried a blanket and covered him with it.

Even after a person falls asleep, their internal energy flows like a spring within their body. Damaged cells, blocked meridians, and disrupted structures immediately radiate vitality after being nourished by this internal energy.

Yun Ce was awakened from his sleep by a murmur. After opening his eyes, the murmur disappeared. He got up and walked out of the cave. A full moon was shining brightly in the sky above him.

The blood moon is in the south, the crescent moon is in the north, and the full moon is high in the sky.

Yun Ce listened intently and realized that the murmur was the sound of grass rubbing against each other, interspersed with the chirping of insects, giving the murmur a rhythmic quality.

The moon is too bright to see the stars.

Yun Ce sat on the grass with his knees drawn up to his chest, letting his mind wander and immersing himself in the heavenly music. He felt a breeze blowing through his ribs and was as if he were floating on air.

The persistent soreness, numbness, and swelling in my left arm have completely disappeared, as has the feeling that my left arm might leave me at any moment. Just like a long time ago, my left arm and body are now one.

"Walking your bird at midnight is not a good habit. You should at least put on some clothes."

Yun Ce shook his head and said, "You are just an artificial intelligence, not advanced enough to enjoy the tranquility of this moment. This is a happiness that only humans can enjoy."

"Someone who can't even learn calculus?"

Yun Ce paused for a moment and said, "You haven't forgotten that I studied history, which means I'm a liberal arts student."

"Hey liberal arts students, come on over. You seem to have had some kind of epiphany just now. Give me a seven-character quatrain to broaden my mind."

"I studied history, not poetry."

"Alright, alright, if you're a history student, then give me an explanation of 'whose history is history,' and prove to me the relationship between 'the directionality of history' and necessity and chance."

"I haven't studied it that deeply, and I haven't researched it that thoroughly."

"So what exactly do you want to do now?"

"I have gained immense freedom and want to run wildly under the moonlight and on the green grass."

"Walking your bird and streaking?"

"What you said was too harsh. Never mind, I'm going back to get dressed."

"Are you dressed?"

"go home."

"That's great. I like Eji, and I also like Zhang Min..."

The chestnut horse was still skinny, with its ribs showing under its skin. However, it had a lot of power. When it took a leap, there was no more bumps under its feet, and the dull feeling that required muscles to release the force was gone. Step by step, it was as smooth as a metal machine with a lot of lubricant.

The earth kept rushing backward, and with each thud of the chestnut horse, Yun Ce felt his mind and spirit closely connected to the earth. This feeling was wonderful, but the fledgling eagle refused to fly, preventing Yun Ce from experiencing the vastness of the sky.

"Are you going to be so eager to reproduce after you get back?" the dog asked with ill intent.

"It's not as urgent as you think. Besides, why are you, an artificial intelligence, always so interested in other people's married life?"

"I didn't mean anything by it, I just don't want you to keep daydreaming. If you keep daydreaming, I think you'll lose interest in life."

"We are not uninterested."

"If that's the case, why do you focus your attention on the earth below, watching the insects mating underground?"

"I didn't watch the insects mating, I was just curious."

"Stop being curious. People only have so many thoughts. If you spend too much energy on other things, you'll inevitably neglect other areas. Yun Ce, you should be able to tell what's important."

Furthermore, even if I were an artificial intelligence, based on the information I've found, becoming an immortal is a dead end that no one has ever traversed.

"We aspire to become immortals."

"No, what you just did proves that you are cultivating immortality. Many materials explain it very clearly: you can see the light in the darkness by calming your mind down to a depth that your five senses cannot reach. I think this is not advisable."

Yun Ce was startled. Although he had been denying it, the freedom of his mind made him feel quite lightheaded. Compared to exploring the mysteries of the world, farming, building cities, and married life all seemed rather dull.

Seeing that Yun Ce had reflected on his actions, Gouzi continued, "This is actually a knowledge barrier. What people with low moral character regard as life itself is discarded like worn-out shoes by people with high moral character. Spiritual sublimation is never a good thing."

When you can no longer connect with the emotions of most people, right and wrong become less clear. Even if you are doing evil, you won't realize that you are doing evil. After all, your spirit has been elevated, and your perception is different from that of the vast majority of people.

Furthermore, your spiritual elevation isn't about taking each step personally; it's a false sense of vastness created after being burned by the folk performance. Go back and talk more with your wife and concubines, and you'll recover.

Yun Ce laughed loudly: "So, I just contracted a condition called 'elegance allergy,' and I need to use worldly affairs to correct it?"

The dog laughed loudly, "You just need to understand that the foundation of Shehuo is the lights of thousands of homes, it is protection and shelter, not standing on a high place and issuing orders. Even such a proud being can grant any request. What are you?"

Sure enough, the dog was right. As the chestnut horse crossed a vast wasteland, Yun Ce saw a ferocious beast that ran away at the sight of him, and his elation immediately vanished.

When the ferocious beast realized it couldn't outrun the chestnut horse, it simply lay on its back, pretending to be dead.

Yun Ce did not harm the poor beast. He urged his chestnut horse to hurry home. At this moment, he really missed Eji.

Many people were searching for food in the wasteland. Some of them raised their hands and cheered when they saw Yun Ce and his chestnut horse. Yun Ce waved back to them, just as friendly as ever.

The chestnut horse galloped into the Yun Clan Manor, leaving Yun Ce behind, and then left on its own. When Eji saw Yun Ce, she didn't rush up to hug him for the first time. Instead, she stared at him intently with her reddened eyes for a long time before stepping forward and taking his hand, saying, "Weren't you supposed to be in seclusion? Why did you come out without saying a word?"

Yun Ce stepped forward and hugged E Ji, clearly feeling that the flesh under her robe had thinned considerably. Just as he was about to speak, he saw Feng An and Liang Kun, who were equally thin, also come out of the house next door. They didn't say anything either, but with red eyes, they bowed deeply to Yun Ce and went back inside.

After entering the house with Eji, she closed the door. After Anji chased away all the irrelevant people, she buried her head in Yun Ce's arms, opened her mouth wide, and cried silently.

“You didn’t come home last night, and you didn’t send any message back, so I knew something had happened to you…”

"You still haven't returned by the second day, and your chestnut horse is gone too. Feng An and Liang Kun sent many people to search for you in the wasteland. They were afraid of finding you, but also worried that they wouldn't be able to find you..."

"On the third day after you left, many people asked me where you went. I didn't dare to say. Feng An said you were in seclusion practicing martial arts. Zhang Min went to the wasteland to look for you and also went to find Cao Kun. It was from Cao Kun that I learned that you were being chased by a powerful enemy and had fled all the way to avoid affecting us."

"After receiving confirmation from Cao Kun, Zhang Min returned and moved to Jingkou Pass. She said that if you can't beat an enemy, she certainly can't either, and she doesn't even have the right to die."

She also said that she would protect your hard work and not let it go to waste.

“There’s nothing I can do to help you… I just lock up your training room, stand guard outside, tell everyone you’re practicing martial arts, and pretend to bring you food and a change of clothes every day… Angie and the others figured it out and started crying…”

“I’ll beat them, I won’t let them cry, and I have to go out with a smile every day. If they can’t smile, I’ll just go out with my rice bowl as usual, smiling as I listen to their gossip, smiling as I watch them do needlework… Waaah, Anji said I’m heartless, that my husband is being chased by enemies, and I can still smile so happily…”

Eji cried very miserably. Yun Ce felt a coolness on his face, touched it and found it was tears. He immediately felt that Gouzi's worry that he would cultivate immortality was pure nonsense.

He was still the same Yun Ce who craved warmth, unchanged from beginning to end. At most, his five senses had become more acute, his strength had increased, he could run faster, and he could kill a thousand generals with one punch.

Eji cried herself to sleep, and with her husband back, her tense mind and body relaxed after many days. Overwhelmed by exhaustion, she nestled in Yun Ce's arms and drifted off to sleep.

Before going to sleep, he forced himself to ask, "Where is that enemy?"

Yun Ce tucked the ends of her hair behind her ear and whispered, "I killed her."

Eji mumbled, "It's good that you're dead, it's good that you're dead..."

After placing Eji on the bed and covering her with a blanket, he turned around and frowned at Zhang Min, who had been standing at the door for a long time, saying, "Knowing that I am good at escaping, why are you so nervous?"

Zhang Min slowly walked over, raised her hand and touched Yun Ce's cheek. After touching it for a while, she lifted Yun Ce's arm and bit down on it.

While biting, it made a whimpering sound, the kind of sound a dog makes when it's chewing something.

Yun Ce's body was already as strong as an elephant or a boar, so Zhang Min biting him was no different than biting a rubber tire, not to mention that she bit his left arm.

Just as Yun Ce was worried that Zhang Min would bite her teeth, Zhang Min raised her head and said with tears in her eyes, "Next time you encounter a strong enemy, remember to take me with you. I can harass the enemy for you."

Yun Ce kissed the corner of her lips and said, "Your husband is very powerful now. If we encounter an enemy again, he will kill him with a single slap."

(End of this chapter)