Having just parted with her younger sister not long ago, here she is, secretly meeting a beauty on the lake, Ji Xueruo couldn't help but feel a bit resentful. Although she was also sharing a boat with Yu Mingzhen here, she was firstly single, and secondly, it was all show, so she felt justified in secretly criticizing You Su.
You Su, however, was candid and sighed:
"Indeed, there are thousands of paths in this world, yet only in the path of literature can a mere mortal surpass an Immortal."
Regardless of whether one is immortal or mortal, the number of characters they recognize is the same, and the kind of poetry they can create has nothing at all to do with being mortal or immortal.
"Well said. Though Immortals may be arrogant in the world, they never consider how many can truly embody the phrase 'emerge unstained from the mud, pure and untainted'?"
