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"Thank you, brother. We have been traveling for a long time and are indeed hungry and thirsty. Since you said so, we will not be polite."

After hearing what Chen Ping'an said, the man saluted with gratitude, then took the water and dry food from Chen Ping'an's hand, and then distributed the dry food to the young people around him.

"Brother, thank you for your help today. Otherwise, we would have had a very painful night. I wonder what your name is in Xinglongtai so that we can repay you if we meet again in the future." The man looked at Chen Pingan solemnly, with a very sincere expression on his face.

"Chen Ping'an." Chen Ping'an said his name, and then took the initiative to say, "It's just a little help, no need to make such a big deal."

"It's really just a small favor, but you can think of it that way, but I can't think that what Brother Chen is doing now is still a timely help. A drop of water should be repaid with a spring. I have read so many books for so many years and I can still understand this principle."

"Besides, it's just a piece of cake for you, so you don't have to take it seriously. But I can't do that as the recipient of your kindness, because if I think so, I would be ungrateful."

"And I'm Zhang Wen."

Zhang Wen said this very respectfully and politely.

"Brother Zhang, what you said makes a lot of sense. You are indeed a scholar." After hearing what the other party had just said, Chen Pingan nodded, and an expression of appreciation appeared on his face. It was obvious that Chen Pingan admired the other party's actions and words and deeds very much, so his guard was reduced, and the expression on his face gradually became relaxed and kind.

"Brother Chen's words are serious. I am not a scholar at all. I am just a student who failed the entrance exam to the Confucian Academy several times." After hearing what Chen Ping'an said just now, Zhang Wen showed an expression of shame on his face.

"You don't necessarily have to join Confucianism and become a disciple of Confucianism to be considered a scholar. As long as you study hard, behave well, and put the principles in the books into practice, everyone can be a scholar. I think this is what Confucianism would most like to see." After noticing the shame on the other person's face, Chen Pingan spoke lightly to comfort him and expressed his truest thoughts from the bottom of his heart.

"Brother Chen, since you can express such ideals, you must be a scholar, right?" After hearing this, Zhang Wen first thought about it seriously, and then looked at Chen Pingan in surprise.

"There was someone who misunderstood me just like you, but I am not. As a scholar, all the truths I know are what I have seen and heard during my journey."

Chen Pingan responded with a smile. He never considered himself a scholar. He just experienced more things and understood more principles than others.

"This may be the so-called reading ten thousand books is not as good as traveling ten thousand miles." Zhang Wen nodded, and then said in agreement, "In Confucianism, all disciples who enter the academy to study for three years must go on a long journey. The reason why the teachers and masters in the academy made such a decision is that they also agree with this principle."

"It's just that there are very few people like Brother Chen who are so insightful, can apply what they have learned, and lead by example."

As the conversation between Chen Pingan and Zhang Wen became more in-depth, the two were surprised to find that many of the other's ideas and practices were in line with their own personalities, so their words gradually became more and more like a pleasant conversation.

"It's ridiculous that a down-and-out scholar who has never entered a Confucian academy and has been arrested several times, and a little-known casual cultivator who seems to have average strength, are pretending to be scholars and talking nonsense here."

Just as Chen Pingan and Zhang Wen were having a pleasant conversation, another group of people dressed in luxurious clothes and full of arrogance in their words and deeds could not help but sneer.

Obviously, the conversation between Chen Pingan and Zhang Wen at this moment made this man feel particularly ridiculous, because in his eyes, people like them were not qualified to discuss such topics, they were just pretending to be rich.