I Am Loaded with Passive Skills - Chapter 3773: 1825: Borrowing

Chapter 3773: Chapter 1825: Borrowing

All Time Forgotten Sorrow Pavilion is very tranquil.

Bazhun’an dipped his fingertip into the tea and sketched a portrait on the table.

It was a middle-aged man with thick eyebrows, large eyes, lush hair draped over his back, and a widow’s peak.

Xu Xiaoshou stared at that widow’s peak for a long time without speaking.

On the tea table, aside from a cup of tea in front of each of the four people, there were no extra items, except three he had just pushed out, which Kong Yuhen did not accept:

Apricot Realm jade talisman, hand token, Time Ancestor Shadow Staff.

Mei Siren’s fan was swinging more urgently.

When the whooshing sound of the wind grew piercing, he suddenly stopped, his actions became relaxed again and returned to an unhurried pace.

In the silent air, an aura of anxiety permeated.

Bazhun’an wiped his palm over the table, spreading the faint tea marks, which quickly evaporated naturally.

Xu Xiaoshou smiled, looking again at Kong Yuhen:

“Brother Yu Hen, do you have many faces?”

Kong Yuhen, of course, noticed Bazhun’an’s minor movements and understood the implications of Xu Xiaoshou’s words, calmly replied:

“People have many faces, I may not be my self.”

I may not be my self… The last time I heard this was from Ghost Ancestor, is it a coincidence?

Xu Xiaoshou felt as if a listening device had been installed on him, maybe the problem was with the Time Ancestor Shadow Staff?

He didn’t think further, continuing the previous question:

“Even if people have many faces, generally only one can be shown at the same time.”

“The last time I saw you, this time, even one breath before seeing you, and one breath after seeing you again… it seems always different?”

He looked at Bazhun’an, not hiding their earlier subtle actions, actively said:

“I detected something amiss, having Bazhun’an draw his perception of you, indeed differs greatly from what I see.”

“Among these many yous, which one is truly you?”

Xu Xiaoshou slightly smiled, while flashing in his mind was still the cold gaze of Kong Yuhen seen in the Dead Sea.

At that time, he thought their friendly relationship was to end there.

Unexpectedly, this meeting, Kong Yuhen seemed to have forgotten what happened before, behaving as warmly as during their meeting on Abyss Island.

——Is it the same person?

Kong Yuhen looked at the drawing on the table in front of Xu Xiaoshou, yet to be erased, a stubbled man, a pale youth without a beard, and a handsome scholar’s face, lightly laughed:

“Does it matter?”

“It does matter.” Xu Xiaoshou resolutely replied.

Kong Yuhen then shook his head: “Then my answer is, I also don’t know why, perhaps the state of extreme despair differs, thus the view of me is not.”

“Not?”

“Yes, not.” Kong Yuhen pondered, “People fear, then see everything below as wolves and tigers; enjoy something, then all is friendly; doubt, then is yin and gentle.”

Xu Xiaoshou squinted listening, unconsciously leaning back.

The small wooden stool had no backrest, he then crossed his arms, eyes slightly narrowed, posture defensive, as if sitting on pins and needles.

At this time, he realized Kong Yuhen indeed changed from memory — only after his Will Dao Disc reached Super Taoization did he notice each time seeing Kong Yuhen always resulted in slight or significant changes in appearance and stature.

This time, Kong Yuhen grew from a gentle man with pale skin and no beard to a deep-visioned, high-nosed personage.

He appeared profound and enigmatic, like the twin brother of Dao Qiongcang, unrelated by blood — not similar in looks, but akin in feeling.

Kong Yuhen sipped his tea, two fingers against his left cheek, turned his head with a smile:

“The thousand faces of myself, depend on how you perceive me.”

This statement is indeed thought-provoking!

Mei Siren paused for a moment, yet hadn’t realized he grabbed the wrong paper fan, rapidly waving his “Powder and Ink Appearance,” while slowly speaking in a deep tone:

“I once heard…”

Xu Xiaoshou inhaled sharply, feeling a headache: “Teacher, there’s no need to be so pedantic at All Time Forgotten Sorrow Pavilion.”

Uh?

Mei Siren choked, turned back to glare at this Reverse disciple.

Wasn’t it said that the All Time Forgotten Sorrow Pavilion was the Time Ancestor Divine Court? This Kong Yuhen is so mysterious, it doesn’t seem easy to deal with.

First-time here, lacking experience, but he still changed his tone:

“I’ve heard the legend of the Bodhi Ancient Wood of Ancestral Trees, ‘A thousand faces under the Bodhi Tree, the Dao Fruit proven through nine reincarnations.’

“The saying ‘People have a thousand faces,’ in the realm of Spiritual Cultivators is not necessarily a good thing, achieving Dao by observing a thousand faces to cultivate the self, failing to prove the Dao…”

He hesitated for a moment, facing the attention of the three especially Kong Yuhen, calmed his mind, and returned to his scholarly self, earnestly speaking:

“Your path may be confused, leading to a self-disvariance?”

Xu Xiaoshou showed a look of astonishment.

He thought Master Siren was allowed into All Time Forgotten Sorrow Pavilion because of himself and Bazhun’an, since earlier he couldn’t enter.

But obviously, he and Xu Ba lacked such prestige.

Kong Yuhen pulled them in because Master Siren reached this point, Kong Yuhen needed something?

Sure enough, as Mei Siren’s words fell.

Before the tea platform, the handsome scholar Kong Yuhen nodded his chin, glanced over, then politely spoke:

“The old gentleman has profound knowledge, may I ask the deep meaning of these words?”

If these words came from Xu Xiaoshou, Mei Siren’s first response would be this kid was praising openly but belittling secretly, criticising himself in a changed way!

But at this moment, he truly saw inquiry, quest for knowledge, earnestness in Kong Yuhen’s gaze.

He looked towards Xu Xiaoshou.

Xu Xiaoshou’s eyes were filled with encouragement.

What is all this, why are you encouraging me, I am your teacher… Mei Siren’s inner voice muted, wanting to remain silent, but after taking a deep breath, still chose to clarify for Kong Yuhen:

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