Once I enter the pass, great Confucian scholars will surely debate the classics for me.

What is love?

This question stumped Zhou Qingfeng, and it also stumped everyone present. Yan Bipo and the others were all puzzled, pondering how to answer.

What is love? Some people think love is romance, that the object of love is special and has a unique attraction, and that they desire an intimate relationship with them. Some people think love is unconditional, that they will support each other through difficult times. Some people think love is mutual respect, understanding, support, and trust.

Some believe love is freedom, others believe it's a meeting of minds, and still others believe it's companionship...

A thousand people will have a thousand different understandings, and some even believe that love doesn't exist at all.

But throughout history, countless people and events have shown the world that love has always existed.

Bai He asked with a smile, "Can't answer?"

Zhou Qingfeng remained silent, genuinely unsure how to respond, because he had never experienced love and had never loved a girl, so he had no idea what love felt like.

Since the age of 18, he has spent his days pursuing power and strength, and the beauties he keeps in his mansion are just for his leisure time.

Love? Zhou Qingfeng doesn't need it at all. He believes that love will only become a stumbling block to climbing to the top.

“I believe love is an extremely dangerous and untouchable taboo.” Zhou Qingfeng said calmly and indifferently, “Once I have love, I will become dependent on it and try to control it. It will make me blind and impulsive, distract me, make me vulnerable and out of control, gradually lose myself, and affect my decision-making.”

Those present stared at Zhou Qingfeng in astonishment upon hearing this, none of them expecting him to utter such shocking and mind-blowing words.

However, upon closer examination, these words reveal an impeccable logical loop.

Even though I wanted to question whether he was talking nonsense, I didn't know how to refute him.

In reality, Zhou Qingfeng has reversed cause and effect. Because he saw the tragic ending of those who touched love, he deduced that love is a dangerous taboo. He reversed cause and effect, making his logic self-consistent. It is impossible to prove that his view is wrong, incorrect, absurd, or extreme.

However, it is often these extreme individuals who are able to achieve great things.

Because their will is unbreakable, unshakable, logically perfect, and extremely stubborn.

The white crane and the black crane exchanged a glance and then fell silent.

Zhou Qingfeng said, "Can you two seniors please make way now? I have already answered all three questions."

Bai He looked at Zhou Qingfeng with complicated eyes and slowly said, "Fellow Daoist Tian is very much like an old friend of mine. He, like you, reversed cause and effect, was stubborn and unrepentant, and ultimately harmed himself and others, falling into demonic ways. I hope you will wake up soon and not go astray and bring chaos to the world. Otherwise, I will regret the decision I made today."

After saying this, the white crane and the black crane turned around, transformed into cranes, and flew away, making way for each other.

Yan Bipo walked quickly up the mountain with his hands behind his back. As he passed Zhou Qingfeng, he coldly tossed out a sentence: "Nonsense, trying to be different, sensationalism, utter nonsense."

Zhao Ying caught up with Yan Bipo with small steps: "Chief Yan, that kid is quite interesting, he's really to my liking."

Yan Bipo snorted coldly: "This is nonsense. People like him are just sour grapes. They can't have love, so they slander love. They keep saying how terrible and dangerous love is, without mentioning the beauty and happiness of love. You can tell he's a pathetic wretch who can't be loved by any woman. What woman would want someone like him?"

Zhao Ying clicked her tongue: "No, Chief Yan, I just think he's unique and quite charming, I really like him."

Yan Bipo glanced at him sideways: "Which side are you on?"

Zhao Ying: "..." No, do I have to choose sides for this too?

Zhou Qingfeng remained calm in the face of Yan Bipo's slander, not taking it to heart at all. He called Jin Wei and continued up the mountain. For him, this was his view on love. Unless someone could break his logical loop, he would believe that love was an extremely dangerous and untouchable taboo.

The group continued their ascent, time slipping away unnoticed. They walked along the winding mountain road, spiraling back and forth as they climbed. Halfway up, the path to the summit suddenly ended, and before them lay a stretch of scorching lava. The ground was cracked with spiderweb-like fissures, and flowing lava flowed through the cracks.

Directly ahead, a large amount of orange-blue magma gushed out from the fractured rock wall, flowing onto the ground like a waterfall and converging into a pool of magma. From time to time, the magma pool would burst out with the evil-level Earth Core Azure Lotus Flame. If Zhou Qingfeng and his companions, who were at the Eating Evil Realm, were to accidentally fall into it, they would probably be melted in no time.

A swordsman in light armor knelt on a rock protruding from the lava pool, his head bowed and knees pressed together.

The swordsman's cheeks were sunken, his blood and qi were failing, and he had become skin and bones. His cultivation level had fallen to the Devouring Fiend Realm in countless time loops. When the thin swordsman saw Zhou Qingfeng and his group enter this place, he slowly raised his head. His eyes were empty and posed no threat whatsoever.

Yan Bipo stepped forward, bowed, and clasped his hands in greeting: "May I ask who you are, senior, and if you could tell me where the path to the summit is?"

The blind swordsman said calmly, "I am just a remnant of the old era; I have almost forgotten my own name."

"The entrance to the summit is behind the lava waterfall. You can't get there. The Sky-Piercing Ruler must not be taken away. That's why I'm guarding this place. If you know what's good for you, then leave. Even though my strength is now less than one ten-millionth of what it was at its peak, it wouldn't be difficult for me to draw my sword and kill a few of you juniors."

Yan Bipo frowned slightly upon hearing this: "What will it take for you to let us pass?"

The blind swordsman calmly said, "Defeat me and I'll let you pass. Whether you come one by one or all at once, I'm fine with it."

Upon hearing this, Yan Bipo turned to Zhou Qingfeng and said, "Fellow Daoist Tian, ​​go for it, it's up to you now."

Zhou Qingfeng responded calmly: "If I hadn't intervened in the last round, how could we have passed so easily? There's no reason for us to intervene in this round as well."

Yan Bipo's eyes gleamed with ill intent: "You handle this challenge, we'll take care of the next one. After all, we can't always be the ones doing the fighting."

Zhou Qingfeng scoffed, "Hmph, I don't care how much you care. If you don't want to fight, we don't want to break through twice in a row either."

Yan Bipo frowned slightly. He wanted to use the blind swordsman to test Zhou Qingfeng and Jin Wei's limits, while he would observe their tactics from the sidelines. Perhaps he could force them to reveal their trump cards, which would greatly benefit Yan Bipo. Moreover, Yan Bipo also wanted to preserve his own strength and hide his trump cards to prevent Zhou Qingfeng and Jin Wei from finding out and countering them. Otherwise, he would lose the ability to surprise and win when they turned against each other.

Therefore, he will not personally take action until the moment of vying for the Heavenly Ruler.

Since Zhou Qingfeng disagreed, Yan Bipo backed down and forced the other person to take action to see how strong they were. He figured he could still gain something from the experience: "How about this, we each send one person to fight. It's fair, and you won't lose out."

Zhou Qingfeng pondered for a moment, then nodded slightly: "Alright, Jiang Yunjian, let's go, and finish this quickly."

Upon hearing this, Jin Wei pressed down on his sword with one hand and stepped forward: "Greetings, senior. I am Jiang Yunjian, here to break through your barrier!"