Chapter 2250: How Much Joy Can Life Hold?

Life has many moments when we need to endure.

Endurance is like a knife pointing at your head, a pain pressing against your heart.

From ancient times, enduring and yielding has been heartbreaking!

But how often can life go as one wishes?

Even someone as strong as Jiang Wang, who claims he wants to seek a life that goes as he wishes, is still called greedy by the Qi Emperor.

Even the foremost heavenly talent in the current world took nearly six years to return to Maple Forest City.

In the vast sea of humanity, who isn't subject to the same tides?

Bai Yu Xia can be considered a person of outstanding talent and intelligence, but he would admit that in terms of talent and intelligence, he is not at the absolute peak. In strategy, he is not like Zhong Xuan Sheng, who can plan victory a thousand miles away; in cultivation, he cannot cover the same generation like Jiang Wang.

At that time, his father passed away, the Bai Clan was without a master, and the Ge Clan was coveting their position.

That Ge Fei progressed rapidly, was a heavenly talent who could withstand Zhang Lin Chuan's Divine Arrival, and was a disciple of the Hidden Chancellor Gao Zheng. He held the position of Right Censor-in-Chief, received the support of the country's lord, and was praised by both the court and the common people.

And at that time, he was not yet in Divine Arrival, so he didn't even have the qualification to stand out and play an opposing role to Ge Fei, to be a pawn for the monarch to balance the court situation.

In that kind of hopeless situation for him, he could only leave in silence, resigning from his mother and abandoning his country.

He couldn't even take his whole family with him.

He could completely imagine the embarrassing situation the Bai Clan would fall into after he left.

But if he didn't leave, allowing the Bai Clan to still pose a certain threat, then perhaps the Bai Clan might not even exist.

Today, as he walked on the long mountain path of Hidden Chancellor Peak, he thought of a very small moment when his father brought him here — the Hidden Chancellor Gao Zheng, hailed as the backbone of Yue Country, had loosened his stance and wanted to accept a disciple. Which family in the entire Yue Country with a child of suitable age wasn't moved?

If the age limit were lifted, even Gong Zhi Liang would be willing to come and pay respects to this master!

But by the time his father had prepared the tuition fees, prepared the gifts to move Gao Zheng, and brought him over, it was already one step too late; Ge Fei had already been accepted by Gao Zheng at his door.

Gao Zheng only accepted one disciple.

Later, Bai Yu Xia would sometimes wonder if things would have been different if he had been one step ahead at that time.

With Gao Zheng's influence in Yue Country, the identity of "Hidden Chancellor's disciple" often had the effect of a final decision.

The gap between him and Ge Fei widened after Ge Fei returned from the Mountain Sea Realm. Before that, he was absolutely not inferior to Ge Fei in any way.

He also very much wanted to know what Ge Fei had experienced inside the Mountain Sea Realm.

But now, perhaps none of this will ever have an answer.

How could the lonely peak, where few people ventured, not also be Gao Zheng's silent endurance?

Bai Yu Xia finally saw that nameless academy, the place where Gao Zheng retreated, imprisoned himself, and closed his door to read books.

How many years of Yue Country's culture flowed within this academy. How many years passed before one Gao Zheng emerged, winning unprecedented fame in the history of Yue Country —

And he also said he would die, and then he died.

Bai Yu Xia stopped at the courtyard door. In front of him was a half-closed door.

He knew that the mad Ge Fei was just locked in the middle of the courtyard, and Yue Country would acquiesce to whatever he did.

He knew that it was initially under Ge Fei's deliberate indulgence that Zhang Lin Chuan rushed into the clan land and killed his own father.

He once had a chest full of hatred, accumulated in his heart, impossible to be dissolved by time, but at the front of this large, rust-covered copper nail door, he just stood quietly.

Born as a noble young master like flawless beautiful jade, these years he followed Jiang Wang, rushing east and west, crossing the *Mijie* and fighting in the demon realm, managing a family tavern in Star Moon Plain. After several years, much of his noble aura had worn away. He had more worldly experience and a hint of peace after weathering the storm.

Fine, cattle-hair-like rain floated in the sky, and humid air flowed in the mountain wind.

Bai Yu Xia quietly looked at this lonely door, for a long time without moving, letting the fine rain wet his shoulders.

Separated by just this one door, in the middle of the courtyard, under the *Huai* tree, the neatly combed Ge Fei was quietly leaning against the tree. His mouth was open, saliva flowing, and those muddy eyes were also facing the courtyard door.

Inside and outside the courtyard, it was a different late spring, but both were in the fine, silk-like spring rain.

They looked at each other across the door, neither could see the other, but both knew the other's existence.

The muddiness in Ge Fei's eyes slowly scattered, turning into chaos, and from within the chaos, a wisp of fierce light slowly emerged.

Withered grass lay low, moss grew on barren stones, on this lonely peak's high cliff, the former residence of the Hidden Chancellor, which could only be vainly recalled, had a spring scene that withered in the micro wind, and carried killing intent.

And space rippled at this moment. A tall figure in a green shirt with a sword pressed to his side suddenly appeared outside the courtyard door, just standing beside Bai Yu Xia.

"What happened?" Jiang Wang, who had just come out of the demon realm and received the message, immediately used *Taixu Wuji* to rush over. He looked at Bai Yu Xia and said, "Why did you suddenly come back to Yue Country?"

"Someone hoped I would come back and see," Bai Yu Xia said, reaching out to push open the courtyard door.

With a dark, dull creak, the large door slowly pushed open.

In front of the huge *Huai* tree, Ge Fei, whose clothes were still relatively neat, lay leaning against the wide tree trunk, his breathing even. He was already asleep. The fine rain on his face didn't make him feel cold.

Coming to Hidden Chancellor Peak again, Jiang Wang's heart was also quite emotional.

In the past, he had come here to seek Gao Zheng to discuss a way out for Bai Yu Xia, standing out for him. Gao Zheng did indeed forbid voices from the court and the common people, not allowing certain people to use means to force Bai Yu Xia back to the country.

At that time, he watched Gao Zheng play a game of chess, and then left without leaving any opinions.

Now, coming again, things are different and people are different.

Who could have imagined that Gao Zheng, who was vaguely the foremost true person in the South Domain and enjoyed the highest reputation in the land of Yue, would die so suddenly?

The official message stated that Three Points Fragrance Building colluded with South Dipper Hall, bringing disaster to the state and people of Chu Country. Chu Country openly exterminated South Dipper, and Yue Country also provided support in the process to strangle the remaining forces of Three Points Fragrance Building in the South Domain. The master of Three Points Fragrance Building, Luo Sha Ming Yue Jing, then personally killed Gao Zheng, to show the revenge of Three Points Fragrance Building.

In the eyes of many people, this was Three Points Fragrance Building's response to Chu Country. It was a gift personally given by Luo Sha Ming Yue Jing to win Chu Country's tacit agreement to turn a blind eye. South Dipper Hall also said it would be exterminated, and it was exterminated. Even if Three Points Fragrance Building was scattered throughout the world, it was absolutely impossible for it to confront Chu Country. Of course, the exact truth is only known to Luo Sha Ming Yue Jing.

It was said that a great scholar from Book Mountain came down, just to search the world for Luo Sha Ming Yue Jing, wanting to ask for an answer for Gao Zheng's death, but until now there has been no result.

The courtyard was not big, and there were no notable arrangements. In the spring, the leaves of the *Huai* tree were bright green like emeralds.

Bai Yu Xia walked straight, stopping when he reached Ge Fei.

From Jiang Wang's perspective, these two people were truly opposite.

Bai Yu Xia was standing, Ge Fei was lying down.

Bai Yu Xia was awake, Ge Fei was asleep.

Bai Yu Xia's clothes were fine and beautiful and fit well, while Ge Fei's clothes could only be said to be barely worn.

Bai Yu Xia's appearance was handsome, and Ge Fei also had five features — and whether these five features were separate or together, they were all very ugly.

But the micro wind and fine rain, the entire spring, treated them the same.

Bai Yu Xia kicked Ge Fei's calf with his boot: "Get up."

"He can't hear," Jiang Wang said. "At the beginning, True Person Gao told me that his consciousness was torn into two parts, one part trapped in an ignorant fog, and one part sinking to the bottom of the Five Mansions Sea."

Bai Yu Xia kicked again, this time adding more force. Ge Fei grunted and opened his eyes.

"Isn't this hearing?" Bai Yu Xia said.

Jiang Wang shrugged his shoulders: "I mean clear consciousness."

Ge Fei's muddy eyes opened, and he grinned foolishly.

"Hey," Bai Yu Xia asked, "Is your consciousness clear?"

Ge Fei looked at him blankly, his grin widened, and he laughed foolishly: "Hehehe... Aba Aba Aba."

*Comet Tail* suddenly unsheathed, brushed past Ge Fei's neck, and nailed directly into the trunk of the *Huai* tree.

Ge Fei was startled, and this time he only felt that kind of sharpness and killing intent. He suddenly shrunk his head, curled his body backward in fear, pulling the iron chain that locked his body, making a clattering sound.

"Stand up! Take your sword!" Bai Yu Xia drank in a low voice.

Ge Fei retreated continuously in fear, crying and shouting chaotically, his eyes turbid, his saliva flying chaotically.

Looking at his pitiful and detestable appearance, the cold light in Bai Yu Xia's eyes could not be restrained.

"I want to kill him," Bai Yu Xia said. "When Zhang Lin Chuan killed my father, he just indulged and watched!"

Jiang Wang did not speak.

His standing here indicated that he supported all of Bai Yu Xia's decisions.

Bai Yu Xia tightly closed his eyes, took a deep breath, then opened them again, his intent very desolate: "But facing a fool, I cannot draw my sword."

He is the heavenly talent who displayed the pride of the Yue people on the View River Platform, he is that Bai Yu Xia who gave up his recommendation and wanted to win the official competition quota fairly.

Many years have passed, many things have changed, but there are still many things that have not changed.

Ge Fei's hair was already disheveled, his body covered in mud, and he had shrunk back very far behind the *Huai* tree, almost close to the steps. The huge chain, which had already rusted, was pulled to its limit, like the tail of this pitiful monster.

His turbid eyes were full of tears of fear, and he was crying and shouting non-stop.

This body had completely lost clear divine intelligence, of course, even more so there was no so-called dignity and pride, only residual survival instinct.

Bai Yu Xia reached out and took *Comet Tail* back, returned it to its sheath, and turned straight around: "Let's go!"

Jiang Wang accompanied him out of the courtyard, and with a casual move, brought the door shut.

The sky wind and floating rain were between the mountains.

The two walked side by side down the mountain path.

"The Ge Clan has a very ancient history, with generations inheriting the art of controlling insects. They were the most glorious famous clan in Yue Country. My Bai Clan was far from them, but after my father took over as clan master, the gap between the two families narrowed rapidly," Bai Yu Xia said. "My father was not considered top-notch in cultivation, but he was very capable in management. The reason Lang Ya City is more famous than Yue Capital can be said to be entirely due to his management."

"But the fundamental reason why the Ge Clan was pushed to the brink was still the decline of the Ge Clan itself. The ancient art of controlling insects could not keep up with the era, and they were eager to break through the bottleneck, seeking 'Fei' for many years, unable to obtain it, instead suffering heavy losses. The Ge Clan master who died in Dao Calendar 3795 was the only true person of the Ge Clan at that time, and also a pillar of the country. Since then, the Ge Clan has not produced another true person."

The sound of boots stepping on stone stairs gradually quieted, Bai Yu Xia gazed down the mountain: "Ge Fei was originally very soon going to succeed and support the Ge Clan gate again."

Jiang Wang said: "In fact, it's much slower than I expected — since he was able to withstand Zhang Lin Chuan back then and not die, he should have been not far from Cave True."

If he had known that Ge Fei had fought Zhang Lin Chuan to a standstill at the beginning, he would have certainly had a more radical judgment. But Zhang Lin Chuan is already dead, and the unified statement in Yue Country is that Ge Fei fought to the death to block Zhang Lin Chuan for several moves, and Zhang Lin Chuan didn't dare to make a big deal and escaped.

Bai Yu Xia continued: "But he hasn't become one until now, to the extent that there was an accident in Immortal Falling Forest."

Wu Ling left no bones, and Ge Fei returned mad. The combination that once roamed the Mountain Sea Realm exited in this way, leaving a gamble of life, which can't help but make people sigh.

"Perhaps he wasn't seeking a small true," Jiang Wang analyzed. "He had a longer-term prospect for the future. Or maybe True Person Gao had more arrangements for him — or perhaps it was to guard against Chu Country?"

"Dividing private interests based on national affairs, borrowing foreign thieves to kill countrymen, framing the same country's great clans. The Ge Clan is already beyond saving, and the court that indulged the Ge Clan is also the same." Bai Yu Xia shook his head, and then said melancholically: "But the Ge Fei I knew from a young age was not this kind of person. Perhaps he hid too well before."

Intelligent people are often confident people. But intelligent people like Bai Yu Xia would rather suspect that their previous understanding of Ge Fei was wrong than suspect Ge Fei's authenticity.

Because Ge Fei was Gao Zheng's disciple.

If Ge Fei had a problem, he absolutely couldn't hide it from Gao Zheng.

Gao Zheng in the hearts of the Yue people was an existence like truth. Even Bai Yu Xia found it very difficult to jump outside of that.

Jiang Wang said: "Or, people also change."

Bai Yu Xia exhaled lightly: "I never asked you, what did Ge Fei experience in the Mountain Sea Realm at the beginning. Do you know?"

Jiang Wang thought for a moment: "At that time, he and Wu Ling entered the game together. I eliminated Wu Ling and let him escape. Later, he was probably killed by a monster inside the Mountain Sea Realm, and his flesh body was possessed by the chaos inside the Mountain Sea Realm, which we jointly broke."

Bai Yu Xia said: "Since then, he suddenly progressed, making me despair for a while, not knowing how I could catch up."

It was precisely because of facing Ge Fei's terrifying progress and despair, and then being defeated in an unknown Forward move, that the Bai Yu Xia who had worked hard and followed the rules since he was young suddenly indulged himself, leaving without a word and following Forward to roam the sword world.

Jiang Wang said: "Perhaps it was the failure inside the Mountain Sea Realm that made him realize something, breaking and then standing up. Xiang Bei of Chu Country also changed greatly after the Mountain Sea Realm, and I see his Cave True just ahead."

Bai Yu Xia said sadly: "I've broken many times, when can I stand up?"

Jiang Wang patted his shoulder: "Actually, among these people in the tavern, I'm most optimistic about you."

"Zhu Wei can Cave True anytime —" Bai Yu Xia sighed: "You just don't create anxiety."

"Fast is not necessarily good, each person's 'true' is different. Yu Xia, you have to have patience," Jiang Wang advised. "Just like me, look — although I'm not yet thirty, I'm already one of the strongest true people in the world, countable on fingers."

Bai Yu Xia pressed the blue vein that was jumping on his forehead and changed the subject: "Go to my house for a meal?"

"Go! Why not go?"

"Then let's walk and talk about other things first."

"Then let's talk about my experience in the demon realm. Those true demons, they just hide when they see me, either hiding deep in the army, or hiding beside sky demons, or not showing their heads even when dead. There's simply no opportunity to act, so I can only go to the border wasteland to try my luck again... You really should learn from me. The goal of beheading eighteen true experts of foreign races is still far from complete, do you see me discouraged? Life is noble in perseverance!"

Bai Yu Xia's face was expressionless: "If there's really nothing to talk about, we can also not talk."

The two walked for a while longer on the mountain path, Jiang Wang bumped Bai Yu Xia with his elbow: "Hey, Shopkeeper Bai, give me some money."

"My salary is also very meager, and you haven't seen the account book either —" Bai Yu Xia looked at him vigilantly: "What do you need money for?"

Jiang Wang said with an obvious expression: "To buy some gifts for Aunt! You wouldn't think I'm such a rude person, would you? Besides, I'm not good at picking gifts, I don't know what Aunt likes, you go buy them first, buy good ones and bring them to me."

Jiang Wang and Bai Yu Xia had already left for a long time.

Ge Fei, who was locked in the courtyard with iron chains, was still crawling foolishly on the ground. Sometimes he would whimper and cry, sometimes he would shout meaninglessly.

Until a certain moment, Gong Zhi Liang, in casual clothes, came here.

He carried a food box in his hand, his face with a gentle expression, and slowly squatted in front of the *Huai* tree, placing the dishes and bowls one by one, saying: "Xiao Fei, eat."

Ge Fei, who was crawling on the ground like a dog, slowly raised his muddy eyes.

Suddenly he leaped up, easily dissolving Gong Zhi Liang's defense, and with lightning speed, he grabbed and pressed him to the ground, causing a loud 'bang', and firmly pinched his neck: "Why do you all want to lead him back?!"

Thanks to book friend "Magnetic Pole Turn Turn Turn" for becoming the alliance master of this book! This is for the 734th alliance of Red Heart Patrol Heaven!

Thanks to book friend "Person in Wutong Tree Under" for becoming the alliance master of this book! This is for the 735th alliance of Red Heart Patrol Heaven!