The scholar's openness and honesty to Li Chen, at least on the surface, made Li Chen decide to help him.

Before leaving, the scholar told Li Chen, "For so many years, I have known my flaws since the first day of my birth, but I have always refused to admit it.

He looked at Li Chen, and suddenly smiled bitterly, he said: "Just now, you said that you may not be you in the previous life, and asked me if I have carefully asked about the life experience of each life, at that moment, in fact, I suffered no less impact than you, I always thought that I had my own life, even if my friends for so many years are always repeating the same trajectory, at least they are my own old friends, not inheriting his trajectory, but in the end, everything is my wishful thinking, just a mirror."

Since that day, Li Chen has often pondered, "I have been thinking in the past, people live in the world, all kinds of ties are always inevitable, no matter what kind of emotional maintenance, in the end, it has to return to itself.

What does this idea mean? That is, we are born as independent individuals after all, and we have to get used to the fact that the continuation of any relationship has an end.

It's just that sometimes it is inevitable that self-doubt arises, and a person lives in a world of bonds and relationships, and always emphasizes his own independence and freedom, is it too indifferent?"

Li Chen didn't say these words to anyone, he suddenly missed the days when he was with Yushan and many remnant souls, no matter what he was thinking or saying at that time, there seemed to be someone who responded at any time, whether he agreed or disagreed.

Now, he seems to have returned to his childhood, alone in the holy pilgrimage Kyoto.

The very little child, in silence in the desolate courtyard, squatted under a tree and drew a mess of patterns with branches, looking abstract up close, lonely from afar.

At that time, he didn't fully trust Xiao Qi, and even thought that he was also from other ethnic groups.

In a trance, hazy, and blink of an eye, for countless years, the child has walked through thousands of mountains and rivers, and I don't know which road it is, or which night, and suddenly he grows up.

It's just that now, especially today, after listening to the scholar's words and practices, Li Chen suddenly felt even more confused.

It wasn't until Hongxue discovered his abnormality and asked about this matter that Li Chen was not a person who would be hypocritical in this regard, so he expressed his great confusion.

When Wang Tingtai heard this, he said, "Of course, we are born independent and free, so why should we doubt this matter ourselves? Those fetters that are imposed on us, whether they are bondage or pressure, or even in the name of love, as you said, are of course selfish, but this selfishness should be understood by the world.

It's like I like watermelon because I want to eat it, because I like its taste, and no one is forced to say, if you like it, how can you eat it? Not only should you not eat it, but you should also protect it from being eaten by others. This is people's selfishness for fruits, for objects, and the basis of this selfishness must be the value of the fruit itself." Wang Tingtai stared at Li Chen, "Do you think that people's feelings for people are really detached from the basics of feelings for objects?"

Li Chen already vaguely understood what Wang Ting Taiyi was going to say later.

Wang Tingtaiyi told Li Chen, "There is a saying in the world that everything in the world has a law of mutual attraction, but this law is related to the quality of each object itself, and the same is true for people.

And a person's happiness through external feedback is always limited, because people's desires will lead to the increase of the threshold of their own needs, and as the threshold is raised, we finally find that no matter how much attention we attract by these external objects, it seems that they can no longer bring us happiness, and at this time, what we need most and can rely on is only our own independence and freedom."

Hongxue was also fascinated by what she was listening to, and she didn't know what to think, "So, if a person is not independent and free enough, is he not qualified for this?"

Wang Tingtaiyi said, "The causal relationship is wrong, because your independence and freedom as yourself are never for the sake of getting these, but for yourself. Unless, you were born to tell yourself that you don't expect anything from yourself, and everything depends on outsiders, then at this time, you must first ask yourself how you got this, and the second thing you need to understand is that you should bear this matter of fear.

Or to go back to what we said a long time ago, whatever you want to do, or what you want to indulge, you have to be prepared to suffer the consequences."

"Isn't there any consequence, then, for independence and freedom?"

"Of course you do, suffering the consequences is a cause and effect relationship that we are born with and must know, if you are independent and free enough, loneliness is the first thing to face, but compared to the other consequence, you at least take all the initiative in your own hands." Wang Ting Taiyi told Hongxue, "Moreover, independent and free people are invulnerable."