Before even reaching the age of sixteen years old, he had already managed toenter the upper level of Ethereal Opening, thus setting a record together withXu Yourong. In this generation, Chen Changsheng was undoubtedly a genius. Evenwhen compared to those peerless experts throughout history in their similarperiods of youth, he was not one bit inferior. However, he was still merely ayouth. The distance between him and Su Li was incomparably far, like a vast ocean. Ifone were to take Wang Po of Tianliang, Painted Armor Xiao Zhang, LiangWangsun—the experts on the Proclamation of Liberation—and throw them into thisocean, they still would fail to bridge the gap. In the world of cultivation, SuLi was a god, and he was but a mere mortal before a god. To be lectured on high from such a godlike senior, any other young juniorwould have long ago bowed down and admitted their wrongs, or perhaps dared notspeak out of anxiety. At this time, Chen Changsheng was also very nervous andhis body was slightly shaking, but his voice was calm and firm. "I don\'tunderstand Senior\'s meaning." He treasured his life and his time and felt that speaking lies was anexceedingly uneconomical means of communication, so he had always desired tospeak to the truth. The words that he spoke were true. He did not know what"chance" Su Li was speaking of. That sword technique that he had been preparingto pass down to him? Or the chance to leave here alive? Su Li looked at him and impassively asked, "Who am I?" This time, Chen Changsheng had learned his lesson, so he naturally would notmake the same mistake he had at the start. However, his mood was currently nottoo good, so he obstinately kept his mouth shut, unwilling to answer. Su Li had clearly encountered this situation many times before. Without a hintof awkwardness on his face, he very naturally pointed at his own face andanswered his own question, "I am Mount Li\'s Su Li." His voice suddenly got louder and grew incredibly harsh and cold. "I only needa glance to see through Black Robe\'s methods, so how can I not see that you areChen Changsheng! It\'s because I saw that you were Chen Changsheng that I didnot want you to say that you were Chen Changsheng. I let you try again, so whydid you insist on saying it! Just what is your meaning!" In the face of this explosive shout that was like a sword, Chen Changshengfelt his entire body turn cold.Senior, just what exactly do you mean? Su Li\'s eyes slightly squinted as he looked at him. "If you were not ChenChangsheng of the Orthodox Academy, or if you did not say that you were ChenChangsheng of the Orthodox Academy, then I could pretend that you were not ChenChangsheng of the Orthodox Academy. Then for the act of delivering me thisumbrella, I could pass down a sword technique to you without worry.Regretfully, you\'ve missed this opportunity." Only after hearing these repetitious words did Chen Changsheng finallyunderstand what this senior was thinking about. After a moment of silence, hereplied, "I am Orthodox Academy\'s Chen Changsheng. Why can\'t I admit that I amOrthodox Academy\'s Chen Changsheng? This is more important than thatopportunity Senior is talking about." "Impossible!" Su Li swept his sleeves in rage. It was just that his sleeveswere already in tatters, and moreover soaked by the waters of the hot spring,so they moved in a manner that was not at all free and easy, and actuallyseemed very pathetic. But Su Li cared not. He locked his eyes on ChenChangsheng and said, "To be personally instructed in a sword technique by SuLi, no matter what school\'s student, which sect\'s disciple, they would all beboth surprised and elated, moved to tears, and bowing at my reverence! Whowould be willing to pass on such a chance? That would be to spurn the starrysky itself!" Chen Changsheng was truly without words. He thought to himself that thisperson\'s ego was such that even if Tang Thirty-Six were to live another fivehundred years, he still would not be able to catch up. Abruptly, Su Li calmed down, and his expression gradually grew icy. Gazing atChen Changsheng expressionlessly, he said, "I get it." Chen Changsheng continued to be speechless. I don\'t even get it myself, sowhat are you getting? Su Li said to him scornfully, "Everyone says that amongst the presentgeneration of juniors, your talent is exemplary and your experience is vast.How could you not know how difficult it is to have the chance to learn thesword with me? You purposefully admitted your identity so as to make it so Icould not teach you my sword technique, thus… making me owe you a favor?" Chen Changsheng thought to himself, and just what does that mean? This seniorreally does like to monologue too much. In addition, he\'s far toonarcissistic—could it be that his one favor is so important? "It\'s well known that Qiushan is my most favored junior. For you to make meowe you a favor today, when you and Qiushan kick up a fuss over that girlYourong in the future, you want to use this favor to make me not say anything,or at least not take action?" Su Li smiled at him, "A youth like you… is veryprecocious, and very treacherous!" It was a very cold smile, derisive and arrogant, as if it understoodeverything. Chen Changsheng was silent and felt rather uncomfortable. He knew that hecould not continue his speechless ways and explained, "Senior is overthinkingit." "Am I? So, you gave your name because you\'re noble and virtuous, not wantingto take advantage of my Mount Li? Or is it that you value your honor far morehighly than learning a few sword techniques from me? If it really is this way,then there is nothing between us, so why are you still standing there?"  Su Li looked at Chen Changsheng with a false smile and an indescribable senseof ridicule. "You snatched away the first rank on the first banner from myMount Li disciples, and then you want to snatch away my family\'s Qiushan\'swife? If you don\'t want a favor from the act of delivering the sword, then whatare you still waiting for? Are you waiting for my mood to turn sour so that Imight behead you with one blow?" These words were so harsh, so cold. Su Li\'s behavior, while it could not be said to be like a dog that bites thehand of the man that feeds it, was still extremely overbearing and rude. ChenChangsheng\'s breathing grew a little rougher as he thought to suppress hisanger. He wanted to say a few more words of explanation, but in the end saidnothing more. After thinking in silence for a few moments, he wrapped his metalneedles back around his fingers and turned and began walking away. The snowstorm gradually stirred to life, in not much time obscuring hissolitary figure. "Yeah, beat it! If you manage to leave the demon territory alive, your luckisn\'t too bad." Su Li looked in the direction that he disappeared and said mockingly, "Actingso lofty and stubborn, who is it for?" For some reason, after saying these words, he suddenly grew quiet. He turnednorth and sighed into the snowy sky. When that boy left the Garden of Zhou, he also did not mention if he made anyinquiries about how that girl was doing. She was probably dead. He took off his tattered clothes, leaving him with only a pair of underpants.He entered into the hot spring. He slowly sat down, then reclined his body. Whether removing his clothes, walking, or even lying down, his actions wereall very slow, as if even moving a fingertip was an arduous endeavor. He leaned against the white rocks on the side of the hot spring. He extendedhis hand and plucked a sprig of jasmine that was growing out of a crack in therocks, then brought it to his nose and gently sniffed it. Who could have known that in this world ravaged by the wind and snow, therewould actually grow a fresh flower? Even if this was a hot spring, just why wasit precisely a jasmine flower? He was a bit tired and could not be bothered to think about this question.Placing the Yellow Paper Umbrella on the side, he proceeded to close his eyes. At this very moment, the tens of thousands of soldiers of the demon army, aswell as those terrifying experts, were searching everywhere for his tracks. Yet he was like a tourist on holiday, peacefully sleeping in the hot spring. …… Crunch crunch. That was the sound of shoes stepping on the snow. Su Li opened his eyes. From the time Chen Changsheng had left and he had reclined in the hot spring,not much time had passed. Chen Changsheng had returned. Su Li turned his head and said emotionlessly, "Got scared?" Chen Changsheng did not answer. He walked to his side and squatted, once againtaking the metal needles from his fingers. Su Li said derisively, "And what of your loftiness and stubbornness? How couldthe junior most admired by old man Yin suddenly become so spineless? The windgusts and the snow is cold, the forward path is hard to walk; now do you knowthe meaning of fear? You\'d go so far as to ignore the distinction between northand south and request that my Mount Li Sword Sect take you under its arm, andonly then continue forward?" Chen Changsheng continued to pay him no mind. He pinched the needles and stuckthem once more into Su Li\'s neck. The first time he had used needles on Su Li, he had sensed that it had beenvery easy to stick the needles into the neck. He had not encountered a singleobstruction. However, this time, he did not control his needlework, so naturally, Su Lifelt some pain. In pain, Su Li indignantly bellowed, "Just what is a bastard like you up to?!" Chen Changsheng continued to ignore him. He took out a few medicinal herbs hehad dug out from the mountain ridge and ground them into a powder. He spreadthe powder over the wound, then looked around. Picking up the long gown that SuLi had taken off, he ripped off a piece and then seriously and carefully beganto bind Su Li\'s wounds. "Just what are you doing?" Su Li was very angry and raged, "Could it be that a little bastard like youbelieves that I\'ve suffered injury and can\'t walk and so need your care?" Chen Changsheng continued to take no notice of him, lowering his head anddoing his own things. Su Li felt this matter was far too absurd. In a wrathful mood, he laughed, "Doyou know who I am? And just who are you? I need the care of a cripple likeyou!?" Chen Changsheng said something, but it was not an answer. He gazed at thedreadful wounds on Su Li\'s body and wrinkled his brow. Somewhat annoyed, hesaid to himself, "If I had not lost so many things in the Garden of Zhou, yourinjuries would be much easier to treat." Su Li was truly impatient now. He was just about to launch into an abusiverant when Chen Changsheng directly stuffed a medicinal herb into his mouth,pushing those profane words back down. "Grrggaahh…ggrrrgh…" With great difficulty, Su Li managed to choke the herb down, then said in afury, "You! If this father could move, I would definitely cleave you down inone blow! Not even old man Yin would show me such disrespect! I can joketogether with Tianhai! And you dare act like this to me!?" Chen Changsheng was truly angry. "Senior, how can you not understand? I amtreating your wounds; can you please be quieter?" Thereby, Su Li grew quiet. He gazed at the snowflakes as they unhurriedly fell down to the ground. Aftera long period of silence, he suddenly asked, "My… was my acting no good?" Originally, everything before had been fake, an act. Su Li knew that he was so heavily injured that it would be hard for him towalk. With the demon army behind them in pursuit, he did not want to be aburden to Chen Changsheng. Thus, he had used these methods to purposelyinfuriate him so that Chen Changsheng would leave before him. Chen Changsheng\'s body somewhat stiffened. After a long pause, he finallyreplied, "…it was pretty good." Su Li laughed at himself, then said tiredly, "Then how did you see through it?" "I… in truth, I didn\'t see through it at all." After a moment\'s hesitation, Chen Changsheng sincerely said, "I don\'t likebeing wronged by others, so back then I was actually very angry. I felt thatSenior was too overbearing, too unreasonable, too…" Su Li coughed twice, then said with a chuckle, "Too lowly." Chen Changsheng did not dare to repeat that word, so he said in a low voice,"There was always a sense of… an elder having no self-respect." Su Li\'s smile gradually dissipated. He asked, "Then why did you come back?" Chen Changsheng replied, "Because, Senior, your injuries really are toosevere." He said these words in a very ordinary manner, because to him, this truly wasa rather ordinary situation. But to Su Li, it was extremely unordinary. "In other words, you found me very annoying, and with your pride hurt, youhurriedly took your leave, but because… you found even more annoying theseverity of my injuries, you… came back to treat me?" Chen Changsheng said nothing. At this moment, he already knew that Su Li\'s loathsome words and bearing wereon purpose, so he was naturally no longer angry. He was just moved. What was the mark of a worthy senior? It was not a transcendent character, nota hero without equal, nor was it someone who would battle the heavens andstruggle with the earth. This was the mark of a worthy senior. Even if he appeared to be so lowly. Chen Changsheng once again carried Su Li out of the hot spring. He put him onhis back, not forgetting to pick up the Yellow Paper Umbrella. On his back, Su Li sighed regretfully. "Ah, Chen Changsheng, if you continueto be so good, I don\'t know if that girl Yourong will find things difficult,but it will definitely be very difficult for me." Just as he had said before, it was well-known that Qiushan Jun was his mostcherished junior. Thus, those words indubitably indicated the admiration Su Li held for ChenChangsheng. Chen Changsheng felt somewhat embarrassed and felt the situation to be ratherawkward. He wanted to find some words to dispel some of this atmosphere whensuddenly he looked at the Yellow Paper Umbrella in his hand. He said, "Thereason I came back, besides the fact that Senior\'s wounds were too heavy, wasalso because I remembered that this umbrella was still here." Su Li was displeased. "This is my umbrella, so how could you forget about it?" Chen Changsheng earnestly replied, "Senior, this umbrella was gifted to me bythe Old Master of the Tang clan." Su Li was very angry now. "This is my umbrella!" Chen Changsheng chuckled but didn\'t continue to argue. "We\'ll talk about itafter we leave the demon’s territory." With these words, he carried Su Li out of the snowy mountain ridge. Not much later, the wind and the snow obscured their figures. ……