There was immense weight behind the golden city god's words.1

In fact, it was often the case that even virtuous scholars and noble scholars bestowed these titles by Confucian schools and academies wouldn't dare to refer to themselves as "one with virtue". There were three ways to immortality for scholars — to become a paragon of virtue, a paragon of achievement, or a paragon of words. 3

To become a paragon of virtue was the highest goal, and this was naturally the most difficult to achieve as well. The large majority of scholars could never achieve this, and they could only settle for the lower goal of becoming a paragon of achievements. In fact, many would have to settle for even less.0

However, Chen Ping'an had only read a few books, so he was still lacking in knowledge regarding these things. As such, he was unable to understand the deeper meaning behind these words spoken by Shen Wen. Moreover, Shen Wen had spoken these words as a scholar from Colorful Garment Nation and not as the city god of the prefectural city.0

Chen Ping'an naturally liked the azure wooden box, something that could calm his mind whenever he touched it. Now that he knew its contents, a seal personally engraved by some Heavenly Master from Mount Longhu's Heavenly Master Residence, he naturally liked it even more. Who in the world wouldn't like such a treasure? Chen Ping'an liked it very much!0

However, liking it was one matter, and this didn't mean that he could snatch it away from someone else. This had nothing to do with how fast he could throw punches, how high his martial arts cultivation base was, and how many flying swords he had. In fact, this adhered to the Confucian principle of self-restraint and following etiquette. However, Chen Ping'an was simply unaware of this reasoning and principle right now.0

Shen Wen smiled and said, "You can keep the seal."1

City God Shen Wen became even happier upon seeing the slight puzzlement of the young immortal. Having enjoyed incense offerings for hundreds of years,...0