Ex-Wife is a Big Villainess
Chapter 607 - 303: You’re in Trouble

Chapter 607: Chapter 303: You’re in Trouble

What is desire?

In the Buddhist text "Samyukta Agama," it is said: Those with greed are like a person drinking salt water, the more one drinks, the thirstier one becomes.

Desire is the path.

Freedom from desire is the path.

At seven, she studied the Dao; at twelve, she knew the Dao; at sixteen, she forgot the Dao; at twenty-two, she sought the Dao; at twenty-six, she established her Dao; by thirty, she defended the Dao... This was Dugu Luoxue’s path to seeking enlightenment.

She knew desire, feared desire, and loathed desire... and ultimately, she made "abstinence" her Dao.

There are many types of desires.

Yet, she chose the desire of love.

Beautiful skulls, cold fragrance of gorgeous bones, the world intoxicates itself with the joy of the flesh, forgetting that the body will eventually return to dust.

People are lost in superficial appearances, unaware that form is emptiness, and emptiness is form, clinging to vanity, forgetting the truth.

Through her "Dao," she hoped to awaken the world, to rescue those who were degenerate and lost in the sea of desires, and to redefine a new life for them.

Through her "Dao," she sought a true self for herself.

Over the years, she had diligently adhered to her inner self, used Confucian rites and morality as a ruler, relied on natural spontaneity of Taoism as sustenance, and the spirit of Buddhist asceticism as sharpening... attempting to defend her lineage of Dao.

Regrettably, her two debates with Jiang Shouzhong had damaged her Dao Heart.

However, it was also for this reason that she realized the Dao she prided herself on was actually flimsy.

She wished to recast her own Dao.

Thus, she took on Jiang Shouzhong as a disciple, staying close to learn and refine herself.

So far, it had not been very effective.

This made her involuntarily recall what Jiang Shouzhong once said:

If one wishes to abstain, would it not be better to first completely indulge oneself? Without entering Hell, how can one aspire to be a Bodhisattva who ferry others across?

"Indulgence..."

Gazing at the dissolute scene in the room, Dugu Luoxue’s pure and flawless face showed a trace of confusion.

She had originally come to find Ran Qingchen.

After parting in Qingzhou, she had temporarily returned to the Wanshou Mountains and Rivers. Later, upon hearing rumors of a wedding mishap at the Ran Family house in the Capital, she felt uneasy about her disciple and had rushed over.

Upon reaching the Capital, she learned from Jiang Yi that Jiang Shouzhong was currently at Huoyun Mountain.

The reason for coming to the Ran Family house was simply to discuss some matters with Ran Qingchen, but she did not expect that the other party had already left the Capital.

Nor did she expect to accidentally witness this scene.

Of course, such a scene didn’t cause much of a stir in the heart of the female master. It was just that she had been contemplating "indulgence and abstinence" these days and inexplicably had some insights.

Does Zuo Su count as indulgence?

Does Zuo Su count as abstinence?

Just now, when she was striking the wooden fish and chanting Buddhist scriptures... Dugu Luoxue could clearly sense that Zuo Su was in a state of spirit devoid of desire or thoughts, like a stagnant pool.

But at this moment, the naked Zuo Su lying on the ground was emitting intense waves of lustful desires, like a fiery phoenix attempting to immolate itself.

All things are impermanent; this is the law of birth and death. When birth and death cease, nirvana is bliss.

Which one is the real Zuo Su?

Dugu Luoxue watched quietly.

It was only after Zuo Su redressed and returned to her usual dignified and conservative appearance that she quietly left.

Dugu Luoxue, with her indifferent and introverted nature, had no interest in the internal and external conflicts of the Ran Family or the Jianghu, the grievances and resentments, nor in the changes of dynasties. Therefore, she had no intention of killing Zuo Su.

Now, she only cared about her disciple.

No matter whether her approach to Jiang Shouzhong was purposeful or for gain, with her personality, since she had acknowledged Jiang Shouzhong as her disciple, she would truly cherish him.

Of course, if she could successfully guide her disciple to abstinence, that would be even better.

Then, she would feel that her teaching had been passed on to someone.

...

After leaving the Ran Family house and coming to the attic where Jiang Yi stayed at Silver Moon Tower, Dugu Luoxue just happened to see Jinxiu wiping away tears as she walked out of the door, with Chun Yu comforting her at the side.

After the two women had walked away, Dugu Luoxue entered the house.

The house was devoid of Li Guanshi, with only Jiang Yi wrapped in a fox fur coat, sitting idly by the window.

"As a female master from Wanshou Mountains and Rivers, you should at least know the proper etiquette of knocking," Jiang Yi said, pulling her clothes tighter and sitting up a bit straighter.

The woman’s pair of creamy jade feet emerged from her coat, tiny and lustrous like jade beads, adorned with crimson nail polish that added a touch of innocent girlish charm alongside mature allure.

The unconscious seductiveness of the other party made Dugu Luoxue involuntarily think of the recently witnessed Zuo Su.

In comparison, both women were very flirtatious.

However, Zuo Su’s flirtatiousness was an extreme madness, a decadent abandonment, as if she wanted to crush her own body to pieces.

Jiang Yi’s flirtatiousness was a proud coquettishness with subtlety.

She was like a thorny rose, beautiful, dignified, and enchanting, but once touched, it is particularly sharp.

"Old Madam Ran might not make it," Dugu Luoxue said quietly.

Jiang Yi rested her cheek in her hand, adopting a habitually lazy posture, and let out a cold laugh, "That old woman, she should have been in her coffin long ago."

"But you’re very upset," Dugu Luoxue observed, looking at Jiang Yi, whose words didn’t match her feelings.

Jiang Yi twitched the corner of her mouth, as if wanting to retort, but in the end, didn’t speak any harsh words. Her slender fingers casually combed through her hair, her gaze distant and hazy.

After a long while, Jiang Yi said softly:

"When my sister married into the Ran Family, Old Madam Ran always disliked her. The old lady, being the only female Commandery Princess of non-imperial blood in our dynasty, was brought up in a wealthy family. She was well-educated, which also led to her very traditional and rigid character.

She liked a daughter-in-law from a reputable official’s family, dignified and virtuous, skilled in needlework, with proper conduct, stable temperament, and good at managing a household and raising children.

Originally, her eldest son, Ran Jinyi, fell in love with a woman warrior from the Jianghu during his studies, but the old lady opposed the match, forcibly had him marry the daughter of a great Confucian scholar, Zuo Su."

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