Chapter 8

"Yunqi." Stepping on the white clouds, Meixue happily traversed the forest and returned to her home under the night sky to start packing her luggage.

Since she had already decided to participate in the entrance examination of the Azure Dragon Academy, she naturally had to bid farewell to the small courtyard where she had lived for several years.

Although it was just a simple courtyard, people are not plants; looking at the herbs she had cultivated with her own hands, and the potted oleanders she had planted, Meixue couldn't help but recall the scene when she first came here.

Back then, she could only make some low-grade potions, barely qualifying as an apprentice alchemist, and the money she had was only enough to buy a small courtyard here.

Now, she had achieved her studies, but she had to leave this small courtyard, and the peaceful life she once thought would last forever was gone.

Standing in the courtyard, the past scenes floated in Meixue's mind, the footprints of her gradual growth from a once-weak self. This not-so-big courtyard had once held her boundless aspirations for the future.

The large blue stone was one she had paid to have moved here; the grapevines on the other side had produced delicious grapes in the summer, which she had given to her last lover; the morning glories on the other side had once been sealed in amber and given to a girl she had fallen in love with at first sight.

Although it wasn't that long ago, now it felt like a different world, and she could no longer recall the faces and voices of those girls. It was as if a sword had severed everything, sweeping away the dust, leaving only a faint trace of nostalgia.

That feeling was like reading a story from millions of years ago in an ancient book. The yellowed pages left only a faint trace of nostalgia, but there was no longer any sadness, like a reflection in water that no longer affected the world.

At that moment, Meixue seemed to understand the true power of the Great Freedom Wisdom Sword.

This sword was not for cutting people, so it didn't need a blade or weight. It was a bodhi sword, a sword of great wisdom.

This sword was used to cut through the confusion in the heart and sweep away the dust in the heart. So, with just one stroke, he had severed the 999 emotional ties that had entangled him, thus freeing himself from 999 heartbreaks.

"Is that so? Thank you." Understanding the true power of the Great Freedom Wisdom Sword, Meixue sincerely thanked the sword for helping him let go of the emotional ties he had always been unable to forget.

In the past, he had suffered too much, endured too much, and been too heartbroken, precisely because he could never forget or let go.

The Wisdom Sword severed those emotional ties, cutting all the invisible threads of emotion from him, and he was completely freed, no longer troubled or obsessed.

Perhaps, this was also the reason why the *Classic of Mountains and Seas* had given him the Great Freedom Wisdom Sword, to free him and give him a new life.

The moment that sword was swung, he was no longer the Meixue of the past.

Master Huiguo might not have been wrong; the Wisdom Sword came from the *Classic of Mountains and Seas*, and he, who had a connection with the Wisdom Sword, also had a connection with the Buddha.

However, he would not become a disciple of the Buddhist sect, for he had already become the author of the *Classic of Mountains and Seas*, a traveler who would traverse the ends of the earth.

Understanding this, Meixue looked up and found that it was already dawn.

Picking up the Wisdom Sword, packing his luggage, and leaving a letter by the bed, Meixue set out on his journey, bidding farewell to his past and heading towards a brand new future.

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At the seaside of Tiantai Mountain, Meixue bought a ticket to the Eastern Sea and began waiting for the Floating Mountain, which would arrive at noon.

"Ha ha ha, we are truly fated, Love Saint, you're also going to the Eastern Sea?" A familiar voice sounded in Meixue's ear. Meixue turned his head and saw a chubby boy surrounded by a group of graduating students.

Huang Fei looked at the white-robed youth in front of him with interest. He still remembered the small amount of money he had won by betting that this guy would definitely break up. Although the money was insignificant to him, winning was winning, and he had been very happy for several days after that.

"Hey, it's been a while, this scene looks like our Love Saint is really going on a long journey."

"Is this the place where the Floating Mountain to the Eastern Sea docks? Love Saint, are you also going with us to visit the entrance examination of the Azure Dragon Academy?"

"Visit?" Meixue was taken aback. Could it be that these fellow students were spending a lot of money to take the Floating Mountain to the Eastern Sea just to visit the entrance examination of the Azure Dragon Academy?

He had almost sold half of his possessions to gather the travel expenses to go there. Where did these fellow students get so much money to go together?

"Exactly, what can we low-level alchemists with no talent and no money do besides visit? In our class, only Young Master Huang has a chance to get in, and we are all accompanying him."

"We are Young Master Huang's support team!"

"Young Master Huang, you are our hope, cheer up, let's have a student from Tiantai Academy enter one of the four major academies!"

It turned out that these fellow students were all Young Master Huang's paid entourage.

"How about it, Love Saint, join us? All expenses are covered, I'll pay for everyone." Huang Fei puffed out his small belly, exuding a bit of arrogance.

Although Huang Fei had once bet on Meixue's breakup, Meixue knew that the chubby boy wasn't a bad person. Some of the poor students in his group of friends were even supported by him.

He was a bit vain and a bit of a gambler, and he would use money to solve problems whenever possible. Although he was a rich second generation, he didn't seem to be highly regarded at home, otherwise, he wouldn't be at a small, primary academy like Tiantai Mountain.

"No need, good luck." Meixue smiled and turned his gaze to the huge black shadow slowly approaching from the distance.

At first, only a sharp peak could be seen at the horizon, but as the sun moved, the peak gradually turned into a half-mountain, and finally, when the sun was high in the sky, a towering mountain appeared on the sea.

It was a mountain, a mountain that could float on the sea and move slowly, a transportation tool called a Floating Mountain.

This was the only transportation tool in the mountains and seas that could carry a large number of people. Since the sky did not belong to humans and the star rivers were already broken, humans could only survive in the infinite ocean, relying on the mountains. Whether the mountains that appeared on the sea or the crystal mountains under the sea, they were all the support for human survival.

These mountains, which originally drifted freely in the ocean, were eventually transformed by humans into convenient transportation tools, traveling along fixed routes in the mountains and seas, taking on the important task of commodity exchange and personnel transportation.

Among them, some sects that split from the mountains even lived on the Floating Mountains, drifting in the seas, becoming the free and easy Floating Mountain people.

Depending on the original form and the modifications made by the builders, the lowest-grade Floating Mountain could carry a thousand people, while the highest-grade Floating Mountain was said to be able to carry a million people.

Although they couldn't compare to the real mountains connected to the earth's veins, each Floating Mountain was a strategic resource, and the number of Floating Mountains owned was also a proof of the power of various forces. To compete for the ownership of newly discovered Floating Mountains, the mountain forces and the sea forces had fought many battles.

"Strange, this doesn't seem to be an ordinary Floating Mountain." Huang Fei only glanced at the Floating Mountain and immediately recognized the difference between this Floating Mountain and the ordinary ones that used to come to Tiantai Mountain.

The four azure jade pillars standing around the Floating Mountain indicated that this was a fourth-grade Floating Mountain, one grade higher than the third-grade Floating Mountain that used to come here. The force that used azure jade pillars to mark the Floating Mountain was from the south, wasn't it?

Meixue also noticed this, mainly because the four azure jade pillars were too imposing, directly supporting a green jade canopy that enveloped the entire Floating Mountain.

This was a function that should belong to a fifth-grade Floating Mountain. Considering this, it could be called a pseudo-fifth-grade Floating Mountain, and ordinary fourth-grade Floating Mountains didn't have such treatment.

"Hey! Come over quickly!" In the puzzled gazes of everyone, the green-robed girl, biting an apple, waved at the approaching fourth-grade jade Floating Mountain.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!" As if seeing the green-robed girl waving, the fourth-grade jade Floating Mountain suddenly accelerated, rushing towards the shore with a mountain-moving force.

The mountain hadn't even arrived, but the huge waves it raised made all the people waiting for the ship pale and run back in a panic.

What a joke, being hit by such a huge wave was no laughing matter; they might end up with the fish and shrimp.

"Ah oh oh oh oh!" Amidst the towering waves, the girl chirped happily, two fluffy tails emerging from the hem of her skirt, and a faint green aura surrounding her, splitting all the waves.

Meixue, who had also planned to retreat with Huang Fei and the others, suddenly felt a tremor in his heart, as if some nostalgic thoughts were surfacing from the depths of his heart. It seemed like he had seen such a scene somewhere, sometime.

Then, in the stunned gazes of Huang Fei and the others, Meixue took a few light steps, a layer of invisible clouds enveloping his feet, allowing him to easily step on the surging waves and walk to the green-robed girl with the swaying tails.

"Um... Have we met before?" Meixue gazed at the graceful, spirit-filled girl with a mischievous smile on her face.

"Who are you?" The green-robed girl rudely splashed water on Meixue's face, her fluffy tails trembling, but the blushing cheeks seemed to reveal something unusual.

"Um, maybe I mistook you for someone else." Meixue apologized awkwardly. He realized that he really didn't recognize the cute girl in front of him. If he had met such a beautiful and cute girl, he shouldn't have forgotten her.

"Crack!" The apple in the green-robed girl's hand suddenly shattered, and she glared at Meixue with a fierce look.

The ungrateful scoundrel, he had forgotten, forgotten completely! It had only been two years, and he had told her so earnestly that he would wait for her to grow up a bit and then come back, but he had forgotten him!

Shame, great shame, as a descendant of the proud golden-furred, jade-faced nine-tailed fox, this was the greatest humiliation she had ever faced.

"Yes, we don't know each other, of course, we don't. But I remember you now." The green-robed girl glared at the heartless man who had deceived her first love.

Why had she worked so hard to cultivate, finally stabilizing her human form, only for the heartless scoundrel to forget her completely.

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