The Sims: I Open the Immortal Path for All Beings

Chapter 1073: Chapters 1022-1023 Life Simulation — Shen Xiao Martial Arts Dojo Challenge Chapter 1073: Chapters 1022-1023 Life Simulation — Shen Xiao Martial Arts Dojo Challenge Both individuals took their seats, followed by Pei Xuanjing who said, “I have just arrived, a mere Independent Practitioner, and do not possess any precious teas. These are just some specialties from Nan State Island, and I hope Emperor Xuanzong doesn’t mind.”

“True Monarch, you are too courteous. The most important part of drinking tea is the state of mind, and who you drink it with,” Emperor Xuanzong laughed heartily.

For someone like him, there were no precious tea waters he hadn’t tasted, but the higher one rises, the lonelier it becomes. Standing at the heights, he often felt a measure of solitude; such people with whom he could sit and share tea were rare.

And like the True Monarch Shenxiao before him, aside from the recent verbal dispute, the two hadn’t had any conflicts of interest, and could quietly sit here to enjoy some tea.

“Hm?” As Emperor Xuanzong sipped his tea, a look of surprise appeared in his eyes.

The saying goes as such, but the tea transformed by a True Immortal, even the most ordinary one, benefits most cultivators and martial artists greatly.

This was certainly unexpected for him; he didn’t anticipate the tea to be remarkable, ranking among the top of all teas he had ever tried.

Pei Xuanjing smiled and shook his head, not uttering a word, while Emperor Xuanzong too remained silent, simply closing his eyes to sense the Taoist Skill within the tea.

Only after a moment did he open his eyes and voice his thanks.

“True Monarch has been in Da Xing City for over a month now; I wonder what your thoughts are?” Emperor Xuanzong finally addressed his own motives, probing.

Pei Xuanjing, with a smile lingering on his lips, looked directly at Emperor Xuanzong, recalling the whole situation of Da Xing City before replying, “Regarding the current state of Da Xing City, could it be that Emperor Xuanzong doesn’t have a clearer understanding than I?”

Emperor Xuanzong shook his head, “The saying goes, ‘the player is blind while the bystander sees clear.’ Since we have met by fate, I am quite curious about how a bystander like yourself views it.”

Upon hearing this, Pei Xuanjing looked deeply at the other party and coldly uttered a few words, “It appears thriving and prosperous, rising day by day, but in reality, it’s merely a dying flash.”

Silence!

The entire courtyard fell into stillness, as silent as the grave.

Even the sound of the wind ceased, the previous amiable atmosphere dissipating as a complex look flashed through Emperor Xuanzong’s eyes.

Facing such an assessment from Pei Xuanjing, he was not angered, merely chewing over the words before exhaling softly, “True Monarch indeed sees clearly!”

Rather than taking offense at Pei Xuanjing’s blunt critique, Emperor Xuanzong naturally accepted and acknowledged it.

As an emperor who had rejuvenated the dynasty, he might have shortcomings in other areas, but his perception of the situation was unfailingly accurate.

Even though the current Da Ye Dynasty was flourishing far beyond the past, even stronger than during Great Ancestor’s regime, facing today’s circumstances, Emperor Xuanzong still felt somewhat powerless.

It’s nothing else; the long-standing Religious Sects are too powerful, incomparable to Da Ye Dynasty.

Three hundred years of legacy accumulation, gathering countless Qi Luck and resources, could rival any singular sect or clan, yet they cannot contend with all Religious Sects combined.

Even those dynasties established by ancient Human Emperors were overturned, what more they?

From Emperor Xuanzong’s perspective, he had deduced countless possibilities, but none offered a glimpse of victory, all pointing towards one outcome, the dynasty’s demise.

It was despairing; sometimes seeing the outcome, no matter how hard he tried to change it, was an unimaginably terrifying process.

Hence, when True Monarch Shenxiao spoke thus, he couldn’t muster any rebuttal.

Sometimes he thought how fortunate it would be to live elsewhere as an Independent Practitioner.

Unfortunately, he was not master of his fate, and his situation left him no choice, with an abyss behind him, no place to retreat.

All he had relied on from the Da Ye Dynasty had deeply bound him with it, inseparable; the prosperity of Da Ye Dynasty was his strength, but its demise would bury him with it.

For ordinary citizens of Da Ye Dynasty, even some officials, a change of dynasty might mean enduring war, but also a chance for rise.

But for the entire imperial family of Da Ye Dynasty, a change of dynasty spelled a line between life and death. Never has a new dynasty arisen without eliminating the former royal family to avoid troubles.

“How unjust is the Blue Heaven!” Emperor Xuanzong sighed, looking up in lament, “Our Great Founder of Da Ye started from insignificance, founding the dynasty, receiving the trust of countless citizens, and establishing a stable realm, only for it to possibly perish due to these Religious Sects’ ambition.”

Though he governed with diligence and rejuvenated Da Ye, faced with such a situation now, he truly felt powerless to reverse the inevitable. How unjust fate was to him.

“Unjust?” Pei Xuanjing’s lips curled with a hint of coldness, “This world is inherently unjust; no dynasty between Heaven and Earth lasts forever. If fate were just, why did the previous Da Xu Dynasty eventually fall? Was it not due to the conspiracies of various sects and clans, and Great Ancestor raising an army to dispute the dragon?”

“Moreover, among the myriad creatures born into this world, all part of the human race, some can summon wind and rain, enjoy glory and wealth, wield authority, with lengthy lifespans. Yet, others suffer poverty and experience the full spectrum of human emotions, destitute their whole lives, with but a few decades to live. Is this fair?”

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