Chapter 1302: Blade Intent Like a Galaxy, Hanging Upside-Down From the Nine Heavens (1)

Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Jiang Hao did not understand that Elder. However, after seeing many love stories, he guessed there were personal interests involved.

Of course, some people simply got tired and wanted to change partners.

Feelings and interests are inherently two different things. To put them together was to put a price on the relationship.

What kind of relationship was priceless?

Everything depended on the whim of the strong.

Jiang Hao did not dare to think about what would happen to the weak.

Since they are weak, there would always be someone powerful who would measure their worth in terms of money, power, or life and death.

Someone would always put a price on them because everything was in the hands of the strong.

He was not the Elder of Azure Mountain, and he did not want to be him.

Hong Yuye looked at Jiang Hao and thought for a moment. “If you had a Dao partner, in what circumstances would you make the same choice?”

“If I had a Dao partner?” Jiang Hao asked in return.

“Yes.” Hong Yuye nodded slowly.

Jiang Hao thought for a long time.

Hong Yuye wasn’t in a hurry for an answer and just drank her tea quietly. She sat under the now-barren peach tree, with some leaves slowly falling around her. Their striking blackness swaying gently in the wind.

The moonlight shone down and created a serene atmosphere.

“No.” Jiang Hao’s voice suddenly broke the silence.

“No?” Hong Yuye put down her teacup.

Jiang Hao nodded. “I have never thought of finding a Dao partner, but if I ever did, I would be well-prepared.”

“If you make ample preparation, would that mean you’ve become strong enough for such a commitment?” Hong Yuye looked at Jiang Hao.

He nodded.

Hong Yuye’s gaze was calm. After a pause, she asked, “Then on your path to becoming stronger, as a cultivator with some talent, wouldn’t it be inevitable for you to fall in love with someone?”

Jiang Hao was stunned.

He had never thought about it. Was it inevitable to fall in love with someone?

Humans were not saints.

He could not answer her question.

He hoped that it would not happen, but sometimes, hope alone was not enough.

After a long hesitation, Jiang Hao lowered his head without answering.

Hong Yuye did not press further. Jiang Hao continued to make tea and sat quietly.

Under the moonlight, they sat facing each other. They sipped the tea and enjoyed the moonlight.

One looked serene and reflective, while the other was aloof and inscrutable.

When the breeze blew again, Hong Yuye asked, “You are still very weak, aren’t you?”

“Yes.” Jiang Hao nodded.

Although his cultivation was decent, in the face of the coming Great Era, he was indeed rather ordinary

It would be a challenge even to survive.

“Since you are so weak, many things will be out of your control. If one day, because of a strong person, you had to become someone’s partner without any emotional foundation, how far would your relationship go?” Hong Yuye asked.

Once again, Jiang Hao fell silent.

As a weak person, he indeed found it hard to oppose the decision of the strong.

If he encountered such an unavoidable situation, what would happen?

He did not want to think about it. For him, just surviving would be enough.

But sometimes, it was not about what he wanted, but what others wanted for him.

Feelings were hard to explain.

He had seen heartless people, but he had seen people in love as well.

What kind of person was he? How would he handle such feelings?

He could not even explain it to himself.

His only belief was to become stronger and get out of such predicaments so that others could not get to decide his fate.

Thus, he would not face such situations.

He did not want to test his humanity.

One slip, and he could become the kind of person he once despised.

“You don’t know?” Hong Yuye asked.

“A relationship involves two people. I can’t predict what would happen,” Jiang Hao said and lowered his head.

A relationship with a Dao partner was not something he could decide alone.

Hong Yuye nodded. She thought for a moment and asked, “What kind of person do you think you are?”

This question stumped Jiang Hao again.

What kind of person was he?

Someone who just wanted to survive?

Someone who did not want to face extreme situations?

A cautious person who always felt others were dangerous?

A turtle who did not dare to leave his sect?

Jiang Hao lowered his head. “An ordinary person with no grand ambition…” he said with a melancholic face.

He had no lofty goals, no courage to save the world, and would not become famous like others.

Everything was so ordinary for him.

Even with good luck, he still lived cautiously.

He would lose to the strong, get hurt, and worry.

Hong Yuye smiled. “You are quite self-aware.”

Jiang Hao did not say anything.

“You actually lack nothing,” Hong Yuye said calmly. She put down her teacup and stood up slowly. “A seventy-year-old late-stage Primordial Spirit Realm cultivator isn’t weak at all. The reason you lose and aren’t a match for others is mostly because you are too young.”

Before Jiang Hao could say anything, Hong Yuye walked to the Heavenly Fragrance Dao Flower.

“When the Great Era arrives, the Heavenly Fragrance Dao Flower will emit a Dao fragrance,” she said softly. “In addition, the Longevity Fruit will definitely evolve a Dao Charm. As long as you have enough treasures, they will resonate with the Dao.”

Jiang Hao was surprised. This was a good thing but also very dangerous.

At that time, many strong people would surely be drawn to it.

He had to be cautious and alert.

After that, Jiang Hao mentioned some other things from the gathering. Hong Yuye seemed indifferent to it all.

She only asked about Disciple Shang An.