Song Ruyu wasn’t sensitive to matters between men and women, and Tawanna’s bold words left her even more baffled, seeing Ye Chen unwilling to explain, she didn’t press further, instead reflecting seriously and saying, “Mr Ye, just now, as you instructed, I didn’t interfere with the alcohol’s effects, and it really seemed to take me into a deeper state of introspection, now my perception feels even sharper than before.”
Ye Chen asked, “Have you found your sea of consciousness?”
“Not yet,” Song Ruyu shook her head, saying, “The Heroic Lord once had the Grand Governor pass on a message, urging me to find a way to open my sea of consciousness, but I’ve never found the method to access it.”
Everyone has their own sea of consciousness, like a vast ocean within the divine consciousness, only by opening it can one unlock their infinite potential.
Some people attain enlightenment first, then open their sea of consciousness, while some geniuses, like Nanaiko, open their sea of consciousness first and then attain enlightenment from it.
However, attaining enlightenment doesn’t guarantee the opportunity to open the sea of consciousness.
Every step after enlightenment is like a threshold, filtering out the majority, leaving only a select few.
Most who attain enlightenment linger at its entryway for life, unable to open their sea of consciousness.
And most who can open their sea of consciousness don’t know how to unlock the Niwan Palace.
Ye Chen still didn’t know how to open the Niwan Palace, but he was certain that doing so would mean entering a new realm, with cultivation and strength greatly enhanced.
Sighing, he said to Song Ruyu, “Your sea of consciousness is within your brain, so to find it, you must seek a breakthrough in introspection, and the deeper your introspection, the more effective it is for cultivation, you should try more.”
With that, Ye Chen poured her another glass of liquor, saying, “If one path works, try it more, let the alcohol’s power guide your consciousness deeper, sometimes cultivation isn’t without shortcuts, but the shortcuts are all hidden randomly like a game of hide-and-seek, requiring you to discover them, sometimes relying on fortunate coincidences, in my view, the strange poison in your body will likely need such a coincidence to be dispelled.”
Then, Ye Chen reassured her, “But rest assured, whether it’s you or Yun Ruge, I’ll do everything I can to help you both.”
Song Ruyu sighed, “In the past, cultivation was all about fumbling on my own, though the Heroic Lord occasionally granted some pills or fragments of techniques, he never personally taught, nor guided as patiently as you, Mr Ye, whether the strange poison in my body can be dispelled, I no longer dwell on, I only hope that one day you can eradicate the poisonous tumour that is the Po Qing Society, saving the innocent from suffering.”
Ye Chen asked, “If the Po Qing Society is gone one day, what will become of the Song family?”
“That…” Song Ruyu hesitated for a long time, then shook her head, saying, “I don’t know, the Song family, though enslaved and driven by the Po Qing Society all these years, has, to be honest, done many wrong and bad things, if the Po Qing Society is gone, I hope the Song family can walk the right path and live ordinary lives.”
Ye Chen nodded, saying earnestly, “So you must live, live to see the Po Qing Society uprooted, then return to lead the Song family onto the right path, and you must always uphold your principles, never leading the entire Song family astray like Wu Feiyan did with the Wu family.”
Moved, Song Ruyu nodded, saying, “If I truly live to see that day, I will strictly follow your teachings, Mr Ye, and lead the Song family to do good, if I ever stray, I’m willing to die by your sword!”
Ye Chen nodded with satisfaction, saying, “Come, let me lend you a hand and help you find your sea of consciousness!”
