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Chapter 26 - It's not worth it for me to give in.

Lan Zhi was astonished and said, "It's so amazing. I'll take a couple more looks to broaden my horizons." She really did look at it a couple more times and then continued walking forward. Xing Zhi was a bit surprised and asked, "Aren't you going to pick it up?" Lan Zhi glanced at him and said, "Such precious things obviously aren't something ordinary people can possess. If I picked it up, I might even lose my life." Xing Zhi fell silent. Thinking like this did make some sense. After a while, he couldn't help asking, "Would you pick up ordinary things?" Lan Zhi shrugged her shoulders and said, "Probably not. Things that are too ordinary aren't worth my while." Xing Zhi raised his eyebrows and asked, "So, you won't be tempted by anything you see on the ground?" "Not exactly..." Lan Zhi thought for a moment and said earnestly, "When I was traveling once, something happened. The tour guide took our group of individual travelers to a rip-off place in the mountains to swindle money. Later, someone found out they'd been cheated and had an argument with the guide. The guide was so distracted that he forgot to collect the guide fees from everyone. Everyone decided to keep quiet and just leave. I didn't want to skip out on paying, but I was afraid that if I took the initiative to pay and made the guide remember this, everyone would blame me. After hesitating for a long time, I still didn't say anything and just left with them. Guess what happened later?" Xing Zhi knew at once that she was talking about something that had happened to her on other continents. He had always been curious about how she had saved those continents. But if he wanted to know, he either had to ask her directly or let his divine sense enter her sea of consciousness. The former would expose his identity, and the latter would damage her sea of consciousness. He could only give up. Since she was willing to take the initiative to talk about it, Xing Zhi immediately became interested and asked, "What happened later?" Lan Zhi said, "When I was taking a bus home, my wallet was stolen. The money that I had originally prepared to pay the guide fee was gone, and the rest of the money was gone too. I'm not afraid of you laughing at me. After I got home, I took out double the amount of money and donated it to the disaster-stricken area. I also went to the temple and donated money for incense. In the end, because of this little thing, I spent four times the money." She spread her hands and said, "Since then, I've felt that there's no need to be greedy for things that don't belong to me. Even if I'm greedy and take them, I won't be able to keep them, and it will also affect my state of mind. As the saying goes, 'There are gods three feet above your head. Fear not what others know but what you know yourself.' I think it's more important to have a peaceful state of mind." Xing Zhi was really a bit surprised. Among the people who went to other continents to do missions, there were those with high cultivation and combat abilities, those with extremely flexible minds and lots of clever ideas, those with strong survival and money-making abilities, and even those who were extremely crazy in what they did. But they all failed. Instead, it was the most ordinary Lan Zhi who completed the mission. He had originally thought that she was able to endure hardships. Now, hearing her say the phrase "There are gods three feet above your head. Fear not what others know but what you know yourself," he suddenly realized that perhaps the reason she could complete the mission wasn't that her abilities were stronger than others', but that she was very sober-minded. —She clearly understood what she could take and what she couldn't. Lan Zhi was talking as she walked. After taking a few steps, she found that Xing Zhi hadn't caught up. She looked back and saw him standing there, lost in thought. She paused for a moment and then realized, "Do you want to pick up that Six Mustard Lucky Bag Space Bracelet?" Xing Zhi denied it and said, "No." Lan Zhi waved her hand and said, "It doesn't matter. Everyone has different ideas. I don't want to pick it up, and I won't force you not to pick it up either." Xing Zhi took a step forward and caught up with her and said, "I don't need to pick it up." Lan Zhi slapped her forehead and said, "I almost forgot. You're a reclusive master and look down on these worldly things." Xing Zhi raised his eyebrows and asked, "Who said I'm a reclusive master?" Lan Zhi was surprised and asked, "Aren't you?" Xing Zhi didn't say anything but just gave her a look, leaving her to figure it out on her own.