I will explore this world.
I want to see it not through others' stories, but through my own footsteps. I want to feel it, not from the shadows of books, but from the air, from the earth, from the sky I witness with open eyes.
One unforgettable day was when I found an old library on the eastern side of the academy—hidden, nearly neglected, silent, as if waiting for someone who sought more than just physical training.
There I found one book that was different from the rest. Its cover was worn, unnamed. But when I opened it, the first page echoed in my chest:
"If you do not find what you seek in books… go out. This world is vast. This world is boundless."
As if the book spoke directly to me.
What my teacher once said was true—the thoughts of those who came before were not merely written to be read. They were written so we would walk.
Because some things cannot be taught through words.
Some can only be understood through experience.
There is understanding that is born only when our feet touch unfamiliar ground, when our eyes gaze at skies we've never seen, when our soul merges with the journey.
I do not want to just sit and think about the world.
I want to live it.
Books do open the way. But not to stay there. They are doors.
And the world is a limitless room waiting to be entered.
When I closed that book, I knew… my time at the academy was nearly over.
Not because I was strong enough. But because I knew—true strength would emerge beyond these walls. On the journey.
I want to know what lies beyond the mountains I see from the highest tower of the academy.
I want to see and feel rain in places that have no names in my mind yet.
I want to meet people who don't know who I am, and learn from them… as I learned from Father, from my teacher, from Li Mu Yi and Fan Tu.
Not to become someone.
But so I can become myself.
And if one day I return to Ziran Village, I want to return as someone who has seen the world, understood himself, and still smiles… just like I did when I first left.
My steps are not yet perfect. But I know where I'm heading.
Toward a world vast and boundless.