He soon realized that he had ventured into a dead end and instinctively wanted to back out of it.
Yet instinctively, he felt that if he backed out of this dead end just because it was difficult, then the dead end would always remain in his heart and in his martial path. No matter what martial skills he practiced thereafter, this question would linger in his mind... Where am I?
This perhaps was the very embodiment of 'ignorance is bliss'—knowing too much could indeed be troubling...
Realizing that he had fallen into an important impasse, Yang Ge steadied his "exploring the true essence of martial arts is also cultivation" optimistic attitude, slowed the circulation of his True Qi, and pondered over the issue without rush.
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While Yang Ge was in his room exploring the truths of martial arts, it was almost chaos outside.
