He gave him a look, hinting that he should find a quiet place.
Meng Zihao, who understood the signal, nodded slightly and, using his spatial teleportation power, took Tang Yu to the top of a mountain.
After using the energy of his sword as a barrier to prevent others from spying on the place, Meng Zihao sat on the ground with a long sigh.
"Dear brother, my heart is bitter."
"Fang Meiyun went off with that Xiao Junle guy? Shouldn't you be happy then?"
Tang Yu asked with a smile.
"She did leave, but the problem is she came to tell me that from now on we would only be like siblings…"
As he spoke, Meng Zihao began to cry and blow his nose: "Was being her older brother what I, Meng, was after?"
"That really went too far, that woman is far too greedy."
Tang Yu clicked his tongue to the side. Even at her age, that air of coquettishness was still quite strong.
"When I heard her say that, I felt there is no greater sorrow than a dead heart. It's truly as they say: love arises unknowingly, is given without measure, then fades and finally runs out…"
Meng Zihao blew his nose and said: "But sometimes I ask myself a question."
"What question?"
"Do I really like Meiyun, or do I like more the version of myself that deeply loves her and cannot have her?"
Tang Yu pondered for a moment and then said seriously: "Brother Meng, it seems you still haven't understood what your true path is."
"My true path?"
That question made Meng Zihao's face turn more serious. He wiped his nose with his hand and rubbed it on his robe, saying:
"I beg you, brother, enlighten me."
"From what I've observed of you, brother Meng, as such an advanced cultivator, your actions can be considered extreme. Every time you humble and humiliate yourself with Fang Meiyun, you feel satisfied."
"Is that a perversion? I don't think so. I believe it's a behavior that sincerely comes from your heart."
"You're already on the path, but you haven't realized what your true path is."
"You use humiliation as sword practice. Humiliation is your sword. With a heart clear in its humiliation, your swordsmanship naturally becomes divine."
"When your art of humiliation reaches the heavens, so will your swordsmanship. You won't even need to cling to Fang Meiyun anymore. Anyone can be your target of humiliation, and then how could you not one day be invincible with the sword?"
After this profound and shameless lecture, Tang Yu smiled and said: "My humble self congratulates Brother Meng for entering the Great Path. May your art of humiliation be invincible in the future."
Upon hearing Tang Yu's words,
Meng Zihao felt as if a thunderclap had exploded in his ears.
In that instant, countless thoughts surged in his mind.
Years of cultivation passed before his eyes like vivid scenes.
Especially those hundreds of years licking Fang Meiyun's boots day after day.
Countless fragmented details connected with one another.
The world before his eyes was no longer the same. A path never seen before appeared at his feet.
As long as he didn't stop, that Great Path would keep extending.
At that moment, although he had only just recently reached the PEAK of the Divine Transformation realm, Meng Zihao felt that he was on the verge of stepping into the Integration realm.
But he was in no hurry to break through at that moment.
Momentarily suppressing that sensation of advancement, he bowed deeply to Tang Yu, with tears in his eyes, and said with gratitude:
"Brother, you have given me the opportunity to find the Great Path. This debt is everlasting. If you ever need anything from this foolish brother, just say the word."
"We're brothers, there's no need to be so formal."
Tang Yu smiled, waving his claw with satisfaction. He had been observing Meng Zihao for a long time.
Such a highly skilled and talented expert, willing to act like a deviated eccentric.
That behavior had to have a deeper meaning.
"With this enlightenment, I feel as if the clouds have parted and the moon is shining. I've let go of my obsession with Meiyun. From now on, everyone can be Meiyun. Carrying my sword, I shall walk the Great Path and look down from above."
Meng Zihao laughed heartily and clasped his fists: "Brother, this fool is going into seclusion. When I emerge, I'll come visit you at the Hehuan Sect."
"Safe travels."
Tang Yu nodded with a smile. With this, his Hehuan Sect gained a new powerful ally.
After bidding farewell to Meng Zihao, Tang Yu descended the mountain alone.
And in less than half a day, Fang Meiyun announced her departure from the Maiden Sect.
After this news spread, the entire sect was in shock.
After all, no one expected that Fang Meiyun, right after resigning from the position of leader, would also leave the sect.
Along with her, several elder women and more than twenty disciples left.
Regarding the collective departure of that group.
The Patriarch showed no reaction.
Nor did the senior members of the Hehuan Sect, who had never gotten along with Fang Meiyun, and let them leave.
The continued presence of Ning Qingyan, however, came as a surprise.
One week after Fang Meiyun's departure.
Ning Qingyan, who had been cultivating in her cave, suddenly broke through and reached the peak of the Nascent Soul realm.
She was just half a step away from the Divine Transformation realm.
As a representative of the current disciples of the Maiden Sect, her breakthrough slightly lifted the sect's depressing atmosphere.
After all, the emergence of each genius meant another possibility for the sect.
Ning Qingyan's cave.
Chunhua came running in with several disciples to celebrate with Ning Qingyan.
"Senior Sister Ning, congratulations on your breakthrough! Ah, by the way, have you seen my cat? He hasn't been home lately, I don't know where he's gone."
After congratulating her on the breakthrough, Chunhua asked about Tang Yu.
She had noticed that lately that guy really enjoyed wandering around.
He had even gotten picky with food. Last time she gave him a live fish and he flat out refused to eat it; even when she put it in his mouth, he spit it out, which made her pretty angry.
"He came to play in my cave today, stayed a while and left again, maybe he went to the hot springs?"
When mentioned, Ning Qingyan feigned ignorance, but a shadow of shyness passed through her gaze.
During this time, that guy had come to see her every day to cultivate together…
"Sigh, they say cats become calm after being neutered, but this one doesn't have a shred of calm. Well, I'm off to look for him."
Chunhua sighed and flew off like a worried mother to look for her cat.
Once everyone had left, Tang Yu dared to crawl out from under the blankets and smiled.
"How do you feel after the breakthrough?"
"So-so, I'm still way below you. Aren't you about to reach the Divine Transformation realm as soon as you return?"
Ning Qingyan really envied that guy's talent.
Especially since he had already begun to comprehend the Dao.
How many old monsters in the Divine Transformation realm had never managed that?
With such an outrageous cultivation speed, it was as if Heaven itself were feeding him.
"More or less, I've learned quite a bit during this cultivation time."
Tang Yu laughed, chatted a bit with Ning Qingyan, and then jumped out of bed saying:
"Well then, I'm off, okay?"
"You're going back to the Hehuan Sect? You're not staying a few more days…?"
Ning Qingyan asked in a low voice.
"Stay a few more days? Didn't we say that once I helped you break through, I'd leave? Don't tell me you don't want me to go?"
Tang Yu asked with a smile.
"Who doesn't want you to go? I'm just worried that Chunhua and the others will get sad if they suddenly don't see you anymore. You'd better leave quickly, the sooner the better, if you stay longer it'll be worse for them."
Ning Qingyan huffed, turned her head and didn't forget to warn:
"And when you come back, don't sell those paintings of our Maiden Sect."
"I know, I'll only sell the ones of Fang Meiyun."
Tang Yu promised without hesitation, and after bidding farewell to Ning Qingyan, headed to Chunhua's cave.
When he arrived, Chunhua still hadn't returned.
Thinking about how that silly girl had been so attentive to him lately, taking him to the hot springs every three days and so on.
In Tang Yu's heart there were only two words:
Gratitude.
So he took out a storage ring, placed five hundred high-quality spirit stones inside, took a piece of paper and wrote on it:
The words "repay kindness," and stamped a seal on the paper with his little paw pad, then, hiding his merits and name, he left the Maiden Sect.
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