I'm accumulating points in the cultivation world.

"Does anyone have any further questions?" Bai Feiyu asked, a hint of fatigue showing on his face.

"Master, since the Path of Ruthlessness is not the right path, does that mean that people shouldn't suppress their true nature and should bravely pursue what they like?" Tang Doudou asked with a smile.

“Things in this world are never that simple.” Bai Feiyu sighed softly, his gaze becoming distant. “Human emotions are complex and ever-changing. If one recklessly pursues things based solely on personal preferences, one often loses oneself.”

Tang Doudou tilted her head and asked, puzzled, "But if you're always suppressing your feelings, wouldn't living be very painful?"

Bai Feiyu smiled slightly, “Sometimes restraint is also a form of cultivation. But what you said is not entirely unreasonable. It’s just that before pursuing something, one must understand one’s own mind and nature, know what one is seeking, and consider whether one can bear the consequences.”

“If you consider this and that before you do something, then this path will definitely not be smooth at all,” Tang Doudou argued.

"I'm tired. We can discuss this later." With that, Bai Feiyu got up and returned to his cave.

Tang Doudou picked up a chair and followed her master into the cave.

Upon entering the cave, they saw their master leaning against the table, spitting out another mouthful of blood.

"Master, your blood seems worthless. A single drop of other people's blood can enlighten and awaken the wisdom of flowers and plants. You've vomited so much blood..." Tang Doudou complained.

"Shut up!" Bai Feiyu felt a metallic taste in his throat.

"Okay, I won't say anything more." Tang Doudou put the chair away, then turned and left.

Bai Feiyu sat in the chair, his mind filled with Tang Doudou's words, "Master, if you consider this and that, then this path will not be smooth at all!"

"Master? People shouldn't suppress their true nature; they should pursue what they like!"

"Master, what is the Great Way?"

"Master, what is your Dao?"

As Bai Feiyu pondered, he became somewhat bewildered, a strange red light flickering in his eyes. A voice in his mind said, "Go, bravely pursue the one you love!"

Bai Feiyu coughed up blood and collapsed to the ground, Tang Doudou's words still echoing in his mind, "Master, your blood is worthless!"

Tang Doudou hadn't gone far when she felt a sharp pain in her heart. The image of her master flashed through her mind, and she quickly returned to her master's cave. Sure enough, her master was vomiting blood again.

Tang Doudou carried her master to the bed and carefully wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth. Then, a hand tightly grasped hers. "Gently, don't leave me, okay?"

"I'm not Qingqing, I'm Tang Doudou," Tang Doudou said, but Bai Feiyu still held her tightly, refusing to let go.

Tang Doudou sighed. The substitute literature has appeared again! You are his substitute, and he is her substitute. It's just as melodramatic as you love me, I love him, he loves her, but she loves you.

I just felt a strange mix of sadness and bitterness in my heart.

"So be it, a stand-in it is!" Tang Doudou sighed. "If you cough up less blood and live a little longer, I'll be satisfied."

Tang Doudou gently withdrew her hand, then wiped the bloodstains off the floor. She was about to leave when she was captivated by a small object on the table.

Tang Doudou picked it up and looked at it. It was a portrait of a woman, but the woman looked somewhat like herself.

“There are so many people in this world who look alike. You could easily find dozens. What am I compared to them?” Tang Doudou said, putting down the portrait and then leaving the cave.

Bai Feiyu, who was lying in bed, had actually been awake for a while and had heard Tang Doudou's words.

He struggled to his feet, sat down at the table, and touched the portrait in his hand, which he had carved out piece by piece with a knife.

If this portrait only resembles Qingqing by one point, then Tang Doudou resembles her by nine points!

And she's a living, breathing person!

After leaving the cave, Tang Doudou found Shen Feilong and Gu Lingxiao and asked, "Would you like to come with me to the Southern Frontier?"

"Don't you know where Southern Xinjiang is?" Gu Lingxiao asked in confusion.

“I know now,” Tang Doudou said. “Keep going south until you reach the end, and you’ll reach the Southern Frontier!”

"Go this way, walk to the end, isn't that Mount Penglai?" Gu Lingxiao was even more puzzled.

"What did you say?" Tang Doudou stood there, stunned. "What Penglai Mountain?"

“I said, if you keep going south from here, you will reach Mount Penglai!”