Immortal Father
Chapter 131 - 131 56 Discussing Emptiness Beside the Ears of the Fortune Immortal

131: Chapter 56: Discussing Emptiness Beside the Ears of the Fortune Immortal 131: Chapter 56: Discussing Emptiness Beside the Ears of the Fortune Immortal “Senior Brother Ping’an!”

Gu Qingcheng laughed awkwardly,

“You should handle it, I can’t defeat them.”

Li Ping’an handed the wine cup to Gu Qingcheng, speaking slowly, “What you see and hear are but disturbances from external things, do not let them affect your Dao-heart.”

“Ah,” Gu Qingcheng took the wine cup and drank it all in one gulp, the slight knot in his Dao-heart quietly dissolving.

Li Ping’an looked towards the four people in front of him, his gaze sweeping over the loose cultivators floating outside the top floor, sighing softly in his heart.

This is probably the downside of making friends.

The more I talked with Gu Qingcheng, the more affection I developed, I simply couldn’t watch his Dao-heart be affected.

That Sea Watch Sect disciple, Dugu Mei, again loudly said,

“Fellow Daoist, please take your seat!”

Li Ping’an made a welcoming gesture, leading Gu Qingcheng and Yu Yingshu forward without a word and sat directly opposite the four men.

That Dugu Mei seemed to find it quite interesting and asked the same question once more,

“Fellow Daoist did not respond, why do you take a seat?”

“I have responded in my heart, it is just that fellow Daoist did not hear it.”

Li Ping’an placed the wine pot in front of him, laughing,

“The matter of cultivation is about cultivating the heart, the deeds, and the self.

If my heart has responded, then it has responded.

If fellow Daoist’s ears did not hear, how can it not be that fellow Daoist’s ears are not working well?”

The four Sea Watch Sect disciples simultaneously opened their eyes, a faint smile appearing on their lips, looking at Li Ping’an with great interest.

That Dugu Mei asked with a laugh, “What is Fellow Daoist’s name?”

Li Ping’an said, “A name is but an external thing.

A name that shocks others will not achieve the Dao, and with an ordinary name, one might still attain Dao Fruit and wander the world freely.

It would be better for fellow Daoist to invent a name for me in your own heart, just as in my heart, fellow Daoist’s name is Dog Egg, and as long as I do not say it out loud, it has no effect on fellow Daoist.”

“Heh,” Dugu Mei narrowed his eyes slightly, but was not angry, and turned the topic directly, “Today, you and I discuss the Dao here.

Which aspect of the Dao is fellow Daoist skilled in?”

Li Ping’an shook his head slightly, speaking quickly,

“I have no Dao in which I am particularly skilled, what I have learned is merely what my master taught me, what I have heard is just from scriptures and classics, I cannot compare to a disciple of the Sea Watch Sect, one of the ten great immortal gates of the East Continent.

“My three fellow disciples and I have won the training competition among the six sects of the East Sea, and we came here to celebrate.

Yet the Sea Watch Sect followed us all the way here, sending a few overbearing disciples and inviting dozens of unusual friends, claiming to discuss the Dao, when in reality, it is about the thickness of one’s face.

“If I am not wrong, the Dao that the Sea Watch Sect teaches you must be the unyielding Dao—preferring to break others’ Dao-heart rather than bend one’s own pride.

“Truly worthy of a gate with strict rules, constantly eliminating disciples from the ten great immortal sects.

“The four of you were selected to sit here today, presumably you have survived countless hardships and eliminated many fellow disciples and friends?

Truly admirable.”

The loose cultivators gathered here, half of them weren’t looking too pleased.

Overbearing disciples, unusual friends…

This disciple of the Wanyun Sect had just insulted all of them.

The last two sentences from Li Ping’an, however, brought a few more glimmers of annoyance into the eyes of the four Sea Watch Sect disciples.

The elimination system for the inner and outer disciples of the Sea Watch Sect, although continuously producing top-quality Immortal Sprouts, has also destroyed many young people who should have had a promising future, and thus has always been criticized by other sects.

Li Ping’an’s statement was a direct stab at the sore spot of the Sea Watch Sect.

—He was deliberately provoking these four people.

Gu Qingcheng and Yu Yingshu by his side wanted to laugh, but also tried to maintain a composed demeanor, their Dao-hearts feeling unquestionably refreshed.

Dugu Mei suddenly laughed, speaking slowly, “Fellow Daoist, could it be that you are afraid?

Spewing crude language elegantly, pressing step by step, are you trying to make me lose my composure?”

Whoever responded now would be at a disadvantage.

Li Ping’an directly said, “If we want to discuss the Dao, it would be better to choose a topic.”

“Good,” Dugu Mei said, “then fellow Daoist, pick a topic!”

“Fellow Daoist should choose the topic,” Li Ping’an’s eyes shone slightly, “If I were to choose the topic, fellow Daoist probably wouldn’t be able to answer a single word.”

Dugu Mei suddenly raised his voice a few notches, “Void, what is your interpretation?”

Li Ping’an waved his hand grandly: “Please, enlighten us!”

Please!

Gu Qingcheng and Yu Yingshu’s Primordial Souls were shaken violently, staring at the team leader beside them.

Dugu Mei frowned tightly, staring into Li Ping’an’s eyes, speaking quickly, “Fellow Daoist asked me to come up with a topic, and I have posed one.

Shouldn’t it be your turn to answer?”

Li Ping’an laughed, “So this is the rule of discussing the Dao in the Sea Watch Sect.”

“Discussing the Dao in the East Continent has always been like this!”

“If it’s just about posing questions and answering them, why even call it discussing the Dao?

It’s clearly just about making it difficult for the other party, asking a few principles that one doesn’t even know how to solve themselves.

Isn’t that an easy way to claim victory?”

Dugu Mei’s face gradually grew colder, “I would like to hear your noble view!”

“I dare not claim my views to be noble, they are just some principles that even children know.”

Li Ping’an said indifferently,

“What is called discussing the Dao naturally involves fellow Daoist posing the topic, fellow Daoist discussing first, then I will discuss after, and by comparing both views, won’t we know whose Dao is more profound, and whose Dao is more subtle?

“Fellow Daoist, please, do not delay any longer, there are seniors waiting for me to dine.

“Presumably, the fellow Daoists gathered here are also curious as to how you will interpret this ‘Void’ character.”

“Good!”

Dugu Mei closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

He clearly understood that this Wanyun Sect disciple, who was only at the Void Refinement Realm, had been using verbal tactics to disrupt him all along.

So, he would lose straightforwardly, making this person submit willingly!

Dugu Mei closed his eyes to focus, a faint light emanating from him, his brow gradually relaxing, as if he was about to ascend to immortality on the spot.

The other three from ‘Mei Youdui Xiang’, were already showing faint smiles…

If it were any other topic, Dugu Mei’s comprehension might only be at the peak of Heaven and Earth Bridge, but with this ‘Void’ character, the three of them together couldn’t discuss it better than Dugu Mei.