Chapter 863 - 865 A Significant Change
He thought his life studying abroad would be like that as well. Although he would face setbacks, he believed he would have an extremely lively time, but he had not expected that endless solitude awaited him.
People online say that listening to Xu Wei’s songs is very healing, more effective than drinking several bowls of soul chicken soup. Xiao Yifei also deeply agrees; nowadays, he appreciates another song by Xu Wei, "Orchid in the Empty Valley," more. "Even with a hundred lifetimes and a thousand tribulations of beauty, it is hard to extinguish the eternal sorrow of the heart, standing on the peak outside the mountains, the twilight quietly illuminates.
Sleepless starry nights, like an illusion of a fleeting glimpse of the vast world, when the song ends, bittersweet emotions mix, between the sunset and the sky beyond the sky, the plum blossoms stand independently in the spring chill, your supreme serenity in the mundane world, the silent light quietly illuminates the world, moving like the wind as you ride away swiftly, who listens to the timeless echo in the empty valley, a pure heart sprouts flowers everywhere in the world, every time you reach the peak, the path turns again, just with pure faith, find ease in the universe, as if awakened from a dream, the homeward journey is before your eyes.
Traveling the ends of the earth in silence and still among the mountains and waters, listening to the evening breeze brushing the willow and the lingering flute, crushing straw sandals in the misty rain, living freely, with firm wisdom and courage reaching the eternal extremes."
This song and "Blue Lotus" express completely different meanings. A few years ago, Xu Wei sang "Nothing can stop my yearning for freedom." A few years later, he sang "Traveling the ends of the earth in silence and still among the mountains and waters." It entirely feels like a wanderer returning home, beginning a peaceful life, which is somewhat similar to Lin Mu’s mindset in recent years.
The lyrics of the song are full of the styled flavor of classical poetry, with a hint of Zen, giving a transcendent sense outside the worldly concerns.
There is the serene, indifferent peace of Wang Wei, the Poet Buddha, "No one at the mountain stream door, flowers bloom alone and fall," "When reaching the end of the water, sit and watch the clouds rise."
Probably after turning twenty-five, Xiao Yifei suddenly saw everything in a detached light. He didn’t realize this change himself until a friend once heard "Orchid in the Empty Valley" on his headphones and looked at him in astonishment: "Xiao Yifei, how come you’ve started listening to this kind of song, are you thinking you’re already fifty, and that ’traveling the ends of the earth in silence and still among the mountains and waters.’ Thinking of leading a bland life so early?"