Chapter 167 Introspection
Lin Jingle locked himself up in the Cliff of Repentance, but he would still come out for half a day every day, reportedly to go down the mountain to handle some business. After finishing his business, he would come back on time and put himself in solitary confinement.

Pan Yun had seen this kind of person on TV and in books in her previous life, but never in real life, so it was quite novel to her.

She was very curious and observed him for several days.

Probably because of the busy affairs and the non-stop work, he couldn't practice in the Cliff of Repentance and use spiritual energy to replenish it. Lin Jingle's complexion became worse day by day.

In contrast, after Pan Yun opened her Ren and Du meridians, she ate rice and steamed buns alternately as vegetables and meals every day. If she hadn't practiced boxing and martial arts and studied books every day, she would have been the same as Miaohe.

“It’s so bitter~~”

It was probably because Lin Jingle set a great example by himself. Five days after he entered the Cliff of Repentance, deans such as Xue Taixu came to the Cliff to reflect on their mistakes one after another.

Cheng Lingzi accepted everyone and treated them equally. He threw them all into the Cliff of Repentance and let them out of the cave and go down the mountain to handle business at a certain time. If they did not come up at the designated time, Cheng Lingzi would stand in the air and shout to the people below, ordering the people from the Criminal Law Hall to bring the people up.

In a word, you can do whatever you want when you come up, but once you come in you have to listen to her.

It’s really nice to see the directors go into the cliff with gloomy faces every day, and then come back to reflect on their mistakes after finishing their official business.

It's a pity that no one shares this kind of fun with her.

Ever since Lin Jingle came in, Zhou Wangdao no longer showed up at the cave entrance.

Every day when Pan Yun fetched water in the morning, he silently helped her.

Pan Yun gave him food, but he refused it. He didn't even dare to take water.

So pitiful~~
Finally, Pan Yun was the only one on the whole cliff who felt like she was on vacation. She even said, "Life is hard enough, why make it harder? Eating won't interfere with my reflection."

In the whole mountain, besides Black Cat, only Cheng Lingzi could hear her words, so Cheng Lingzi asked her, "You have been here for such a long time, have you ever reflected on yourself?"

Pan Yun nodded, "I have reflected on it."

"What did you reflect on?"

Pan Jun opened her mouth to talk about her achievements, but Cheng Lingzi reached out to stop her and said, "You don't have to tell me. This is the Cliff of Repentance. You know in your heart whether you have made mistakes or not. You also know in your heart whether you have reflected on your mistakes or not."

"I know that you have gained a lot from this Cliff of Repentance. You have gained secrets, formations, and even friendship. However, if you ask me, what you have gained is not as much as Zhou Wangdao, who is suffering and bored, because he asked himself, and his trip to the Cliff of Repentance was not in vain. What about you?"

"Siguo Cliff, Siguo Cliff, its greatest function is to reflect on your mistakes. You are only focused on studying its formations and only focus on the surface. Isn't that putting the cart before the horse?"

Pan Yun was silent.

Cheng Lingzi stood up and said, "Zhou Wangdao's ban is lifted today, and you still have sixteen days."

Cheng Lingzi's words made Pan Jun silent. She no longer had the heart to eat or ponder the lines of the formation in the black hole. She began to think seriously, was she really putting the cart before the horse?

Was it really wrong for her to come here?

In her heart, Pan Jun still didn't think she had done anything wrong. The first thing she felt as she entered the academy was malice. How could she overcome the malice and treat the academy as her home?

She's not a masochist.

However, next time she encounters such a thing, she can treat herself like a family member. No matter what she thinks in her heart, she must not make any mistakes in the overall situation.

Seeing her in deep thought, Cheng Lingzi thought she had reflected on herself and left contentedly. Little did he know that she was planning to cheat.

But Siguo Cliff is indeed a rare and quiet place where people can get to know themselves better.

Anyway, after thinking about it, Pan Yun was sure that she was not a good person. "I am not a gentleman. I am selfish and vengeful. I am not tolerant and I am not loving. I have thought about it seriously and I realize my mistakes and shortcomings, but I don't want to change."

Pan Xiaohei, a listener: …

It stood up and tried to walk away, but Pan Jun grabbed its hind legs and lifted it upside down. He held it in his arms, raised its head, and continued to talk to it face to face: "When I was very young, I only loved myself and wanted to practice cultivation, become an immortal, or return to my previous life or go to a higher dimension. But my parents loved me too much, and my two silly brothers were too good to me, so I loved them too."

"As for the other members of the Pan family, I just think it's immoral to implicate them. They have done enough for me and my father and brother. We are all adults and should shoulder our own responsibilities. So I'm leaving and I don't want to drag them down."

It is impossible to say that Pan Yun loves her grandmother and second uncle's family more. She treats them better than her neighbors, simply because she doesn't want to implicate anyone.

"Sanqing Mountain..." Pan Yun was silent for a moment and then sighed, "They are also very good, just like my parents. No, they are even better than my parents and brothers. They love me, to a certain extent, because of blood relationship, because they gave birth to me, so they love me."

"But they are not. I still don't quite understand why they take care of me so much. I don't want to love them, but they are so good to me."

Pan Xiaohei, who was filled with the truth, said: …

It couldn't help but ask, "Has anyone in your past life ever mentioned that you have mental defects?"

Pan Jun glanced down at it and said, "You say I'm mentally ill? You're the one who's mentally ill. I'm perfectly normal. Many people praised me in my previous life. I love my country, the Party, and my people, and I'm smart."

Pan Xiaohei suddenly asked: "What's the name of your best friend?"

Pan Yun frowned.

Pan Xiaohei: "No? Then who do you love the most?" Pan Jun frowned even more tightly.

"No," Pan Xiaohei asked, "Have you ever thought about starting a family and having a baby in the future?"

Pan Yun: "Is it because the formation is hard to learn, or because I don't have enough knowledge, or because the practice is not good enough? Why do I have to make friends and love someone?"

Pan Xiaohei: "You are like a robot trained by the state. You have been studying and practicing since childhood. You have lived for twenty years and don't even have a best friend. You are not like a human, but you are a human. If you are not mentally ill, what is it?"

Pan Jun gradually tightened the grip on it and his eyes narrowed dangerously.

Pan Xiaohei screamed, "You still have violent tendencies and want to murder your friends!"

Pan Jun just snorted, threw it aside and said nothing.

After a while, Pan Yun said, "I was very smart and talented since I was a child. Before I was five years old, I went to school with my brothers and sisters in the orphanage. After that, I went to another school alone and received special training from the country with the people there."

"The people around us change every year. Later, the replacement time became maybe once every two or three years. Learning is so interesting, and everyone is busy studying and practicing. Who has time to make friends?"

Pan Yun said: "So no one has good friends. You said I have a problem, but do they all have problems too?"

Pan Xiaohei: “Theoretically, yes.”

"Humph, you are not a human, you have no emotions, you are equivalent to AI. Can AI diagnose mental illness in people?"

Pan Jun stood up confidently, looked down at it and said, "I'm different. I'm a psychologist. Pan Xiaohei, if you want to become a true god, you can't just look at what the book says, you also have to look at this mortal world."

She shook her head and said, "It is better to have no books than to believe in them completely."

Pan Xiaohei looked at her blankly, and after a moment he said, "You talk a lot, I believe you."

Pan Yun's lips curled up slightly.

Cheng Lingzi came down to give her the medicine. "This is the last trip. The person who just delivered the medicine asked me to tell you that the medicine your senior brother left behind is gone. I asked you to go down the mountain and make money quickly so that you can buy medicine for your own body building."

Cheng Lingzi said: "You Sanqingshan people are really stingy. Why don't you betray your master and come to Longhushan? We have a lot of good things for our disciples. At least you won't have to worry about taking a bath."

Pan Jun: "Am I not in Longhu Mountain now?"

"I'm not talking about being a disciple of the academy, I'm talking about being a direct disciple of Mount Longhu."

Pan Yun: "Don't all the direct disciples of Mount Longhu have the surname Zhang? And they have to be male disciples, Senior Brother Cheng Lingzi, you want me to change my surname and gender."

Cheng Lingzi was silent for a moment, then said, "Except for the heir, the requirements for direct disciples of Longhu Mountain are not so strict now. Women and people with other surnames are also accepted."

Pan Jun looked unconvinced, "If that's the case, why would my Senior Sister Xuanmiao come to my Sanqing Mountain?"

Cheng Lingzi fell silent again.

Pan Yun took the medicine and started to boil water for a bath.

Cheng Lingzi stood there for a while, and finally asked: "Did Xuanmiao tell you these things?"

"I guessed it myself."

Cheng Lingzi curled his lips and said, "Then your guess is quite accurate."

Pan Jun raised his chin and said, "That's because I'm smart. I asked around as soon as I entered Longhu Mountain. There isn't a single Kun Daoist among Longhu Mountain's direct disciples, and even fewer female nuns with the last name Zhang in the academy. How can I not think too much?"

Cheng Lingzi curled his lips and said, "You have good observation skills, but there were still a few female disciples of the Zhang family who studied in the academy and the Tianshi Mansion."

"How many are there? Can they learn whatever they want, just like their brothers?"

Cheng Lingzi left in embarrassment, "You should study hard in the academy."

Pan Jun raised his head and said, "Of course. There are no such restrictions and rules in Sanqing Mountain. I want to learn everything taught in the academy."

Pan Yun was ambitious and turned to take a medicinal bath.

In five days, she will be able to leave the mountain.

A medicinal bath every three days must have cost a lot of money. The money I gave must have been spent, and I don’t know how much the senior brother added.

Alas, I don’t know if Miaozhen and Miaohe have enough resources for cultivation. My nephew should have gone to Guangxin Prefecture for reference now, right?
I hope there is still money for travel.

Wang Cong still had some money for the trip. After all, the financial power of Sanqing Temple was in his hands. Even after deducting the expenses of the Taoist temple for the next six months and some cultivation resources that could not be saved, there would not be much left.

Wang Cong prepared a lot of things when he went to take the exam.

There were medicinal herbs produced in Sanqing Mountain, various porcelains taken from Wang Xiaojing, new wheat just harvested from the foot of the mountain, etc. He loaded five carts with the intention of selling them in Guangxin Prefecture, hoping to make some money.

(End of this chapter)