Stop it, Taoist, Your Fight almost Ruins the DAO!-Chapter 808 - 461 Void Orifice, External Divine Spirit, Mirror Flower Water Moon·Eternal Tranquility of Celestial Being, Pure Yang Forbidden Fist!
808: Chapter 461 Void Orifice, External Divine Spirit, Mirror Flower Water Moon·Eternal Tranquility of Celestial Being, Pure Yang Forbidden Fist!
The Might of True Technique
808 -461 Void Orifice, External Divine Spirit, Mirror Flower Water Moon·Eternal Tranquility of Celestial Being, Pure Yang Forbidden Fist!
The Might of True Technique
Spring breeze along the Yangzhou road, rolling up the pearl curtains will never suffice.
Ten years later.
At night, wind and rain blending together, an inn.
With a creak, the door opened, and a burly Taoist squeezed his way in.
“Innkeeper, we are about to close.”
“About to close means you haven’t closed yet, right?
What, afraid the Taoist will shortchange you on silver coins?
Waiter, bring some wine.”
Late at night in the inn, under the dim lantern light, there were scholars, swordsmen and dogs, dancers, generals, and old men.
Everyone took their respective seats.
By now, they had all had several rounds of drinks and were telling their stories in a state that was both confused and clear.
Amid their muttered words, each word clearly reached the Taoist’s ears.
The scholar spoke of his vast knowledge, ten years of studying hard, but he lost to hereditary successors; he lamented his poor family background and despised his lowly status, yet laughed that a belly full of knowledge could not compete with fame and fortune.
The swordsman whispered about his early days in the martial world, ancient roads, lean horses, traveling the world with a sword, making a few good friends; twenty years had passed, half of his life wasted, some old friends now permanently separated by life and death, and others, rising meteorically, even harder to meet than the former.
The dancer spoke, claiming she was incomparably charming, unique in the world, just when her youthful heart began to stir, she met a noble young master, waiting in vain for him for ten years, unable to meet the man of her dreams.
The one-armed general murmured about his fiery blood, repeatedly making remarkable achievements, resisting invasions by alien races, the battlefield’s blades and spears didn’t bring him down, but he fell victim to courtly political conflicts; now, returning to civilian life, he found himself lonely.
With a body full of scars, he couldn’t even earn a word of praise from the emperor.
The old man drank one cup of cloudy wine after another, reminiscing about his diligent youth and impoverished old age; in his younger days, he experienced vibrant springs, spirited horses, and wine splashing fragrance; now, struck by the merciless reality, his heart became withered and old, his life poor and downcast, sadly unrecognized that he, too, once harbored great ambitions.
“Is this the nature of all beings?
Interesting, interesting.”
After everyone left and the waiter rested, the Taoist grinned and chuckled, casually picking up a piece of meat and tossing it to the dog at his feet, but he couldn’t help but bow his head and chant softly.
“Scholars have ambitions hard to fulfill, swordsmen waste their lives away in solitude.”
“Generals with great achievements remain unrecognized, dancers’ dreams shatter and souls depart.”
“Waiter greets guests from all directions with a smile, old men move from riches to the doors of poverty.”
“All are the lonely guests of this world, why bother to weigh their burdens?”
Outside the inn, the heavy rain continued, yet inside, the Taoist sipped and chanted, voicing his reflections.
Upon a whim, he took out writing brushes from his storage ring and began to write fervently.
“Enough, enough, enough, let fame and profit be damned.”
“Heroes, heroes, heroes, no heroes in the martial world, even a rusty sword can be heroic.”
“Wait, wait, wait, waiting in foolish passion is hard, waiting without love is harder.”
“Sigh, sigh, sigh, life is worth sighing over, and so is death.”
“Silent, silent, silent, glory is silent, destitution is silent.”
As the Taoist drank and wrote, the big yellow dog at his feet had already finished eating the piece of meat and barked out, eventually coming to sit politely by the corner of the Taoist’s table.
“Good!
Good!
Good!
And you too, Brother Dog!”
“Bark, bark, bark, forgetting joy and forgetting sorrow.”
After completing his travel journal, the Taoist spoke no more, pulled some snacks from his storage ring, and continued to drink lightly, occasionally giving a few pieces of meat to the dog.
Several hours passed, the dawn broke, and the clouds dispersed.
The lonely inn gradually became lively again, bustling with traffic and crowds.
The wine table was fully occupied, and the guests began to talk about various intriguing stories.
Just as the Taoist was about to leave his seat, the conversations of a few guests made him sit back down.
They were discussing the current top scholar of the imperial examination, earning acclaim for his family’s scholarly background and upright family values; he had now been appointed to a high-ranking position, skilled in both literary and military strategies, expert in all fields, and being someone many young women in the town admired,
Sadly, there was one arrogant scholar in the town who repeatedly failed the exams and still refused to work, pawning the last duck from his family, yet he was quite resentful and often slandered others.
As emotions ran high, everyone raised their glasses to toast the top scholar, congratulating him on his promotion.
A guest who had come from the border pass mentioned a general who defended against foreign humiliations and protected his country.
Due to corrupt officials in the court causing shortages of provisions and poor quality of armaments, when the alien race invaded, the general chose death over surrender, and his army, trapped in the isolated city for a year, eventually caused the enemy to suffer heavy casualties and retreat.
Unfortunately, only a tenth of the general’s forces survived.
Sadly, the general who had made significant achievements was dismissed as if he had lost the battle.
Remembering his past services, the emperor allowed him to resign honorably, whereas a female officer who panicked and fled during battle was heavily rewarded and promoted,
The unwavering general was dismissed, and the deserting officer was promoted, causing uproar among the troops, who openly questioned this decision.
Nonetheless, the female officer still boldly claimed, “Why can’t I lead the troops?
All the front-line soldiers need to do is fight bravely.
Those of us in logistics have much more to consider.”
Hearing of the general’s dismissal, everyone was filled with righteous indignation and stood up to toast the old general.
As for the deserter female officer, they mocked her—chao!
Later, another guest spoke up, mentioning a humorous incident from the town: one person, born into wealth, but lacking talent and despising the slow income from farming and collecting rents, had pawned thousands of acres of good land for several absurd business ventures, eventually squandering his family fortune,
His wife also suffered due to his actions, now working in accounting to get by, indulging in alcohol, and when drunk, would claim his ambitions once reached the sky, blaming his misfortune.
