From the end of the world

Chapter 292: Silver Moon 2
The Buddhist scriptures say that Buddha has three bodies: Dharmakaya, Sambhogakaya, and Nirmanakaya.

Let's not talk about what the Dharmakaya is. The Sambhogakaya refers to the body obtained through practice. Gu Yueshen uses the Sambhogakaya to refer to the traces of thoughts left by the deceased in people's hearts. If a person has some insights while living in the world, if he can record these insights and pass them down from generation to generation, leaving traces of his thoughts in the world, it is equivalent to leaving behind a Sambhogakaya.

Mathematicians, physicists, and other ancestors in the past passed down their theories to future generations, which can be said to be their own retribution bodies. The so-called "living in the hearts of the world" is nothing more than this.

The so-called response body is the incarnation of gods and Buddhas that appear in the world due to chance. In myths around the world, gods do not always have only one face. Sometimes they are incarnated as old men, sometimes as animals, and sometimes as natural phenomena. Even Bodhisattvas have peaceful and wrathful faces. For example, Guanyin Bodhisattva has the wrathful face of Hayagriva. Like Sha Seng, he wears a skull necklace with murderous intent and holds a skull instrument, which is very different from the compassionate image in people's minds.

Different incarnations may symbolize different spirits and codes of conduct, and sometimes it may even feel like different incarnations of the same god are different individuals.

Although it is not quite appropriate, the Ancient Moon God may be similar to the existence of the retribution body to Yin Yue. This retribution body certainly does not meet Yin Yue's own wishes, but "living in the hearts of the world" may have this inconvenience. The self that others understand, expect, and believe in is different from the self in one's own eyes. It is also easy to have a huge discrepancy between the historical great men in the minds of later generations and the real great men.

Compared with the Yin Yue in her previous life, the "resurrected" Yin Yue is more like a response body, another self created based on the means and magic power set by Yin Yue in her previous life. I think Yin Yue may have buried spiritual materials such as her own memories in Chang'an's monster bloodline, and when Chang'an's innate wisdom awakened, this spiritual material forcibly took over Chang'an's body.

Chang'an also experienced the incident of monster bloodline getting out of control when he was a child, but at that time, perhaps because he was still a child, the monster bloodline had not been able to fully develop. Or perhaps it was because his young body and soul could not bear Yin Yue's hundreds of years of memory, so he went into a rampage.

It’s different now. Chang’an has grown up and has a strong body and mind, making him the best container for Yin Yue’s “resurrection”.

The above is just my speculation. Due to the lack of relevant evidence, I don’t know how accurate it is. At least I think most of the content is quite convincing.

To be honest, I was very reluctant to believe that I guessed the truth.

Because if this speculation is true, then it means that there is probably no "Chang'an waiting for me to save" and "Silver Moon holding Chang'an's soul hostage" at all. The only one there is Silver Moon who was resurrected with Chang'an as a living sacrifice.

No matter how you think about it, it can only be this way. This is not a problem that can be solved by killing the kidnapper. Chang'an may have been replaced long ago. The spiritual duel between Yin Yue and Chang'an, who is the winner and who is the loser, is clear at a glance. A huge amount of memories belonging to the Dacheng-level monster, at least a hundred years in units, suddenly emerged in Chang'an's consciousness; and Chang'an himself only has about twenty years of memories as an ordinary person.

In this memory, he was nothing more than a young master from a wealthy family, feeling sad about the passing of time, eating, drinking and having fun, occasionally doing evil things with his friends, and occasionally going on haunted house adventures in strange places with a weirdo like me...

And what if he lived a very meaningful life? For example, he was actually a hidden super soldier. Or even more ridiculously, what if he was a cultivator who traveled to the fairy world and then traveled back?

How could twenty years of memory defeat the god-like spirit of Silver Moon?

Even I can infer this link, and Gu Yueshen must have thought of it. The reason why she didn't say so is probably because she doesn't want me to have pessimistic and negative thoughts. Whether she is kind or malicious towards me, as long as she and Yin Yue are hostile, she will most likely expect me to be responsible for fighting the latter. If Chang'an cannot be saved, it is equivalent to me having no motivation to fight Yin Yue.

If I had to, I could still fight Yin Yue with the excuse of revenge. However, the one who is alive now is Chang An who possesses Yin Yue's memory in a sense. After all, the real Yin Yue probably has not been resurrected at all.

How can I, a person with super powers who only knows how to manipulate fire, solve this problem?

This is not self-destruction, I am now thinking about this issue very seriously. Although the truth has not yet appeared directly in front of me, I must first prepare a corresponding strategy based on this premise.

Moreover, now on Yin Yue's side, it seems that the shadow of Gua Tianshi is still ready to make a move... Not only are there problems that I can't solve technically, but there are also objects lurking that I can't deal with in terms of power. It gives me a splitting headache just thinking about it.

"How is it, Zhuang Cheng? How are you thinking?" Gu Yueshen looked at me. "Whatever you want to know, I will do my best to answer you. And if you have any difficulties, I can also help you.

"I am your loyal partner. As long as you are determined to fight Yin Yue to the end, I will help you until the last moment. If you want to save Zhu Changan's soul, I can also provide you with strength." But as you can see, I am still sealed. Not to mention providing you with strength, I can't even take you to Yin Yue.

“And to remove this troublesome seal, only one simple step is required, and that is to take me out of this fog.

"That's easy for you, isn't it?"

The beautiful and pure alien girl in white said this to me in a gentle and considerate voice. It was hard for me not to be moved when I heard this.

That's right, even if I can't find a way to save Chang'an, it doesn't matter. The Ancient Moon God in front of me has the same power as that Silver Moon, and may also have a mental manipulation level that can rival the Great Impermanence who was good at illusion in history. Even if she is not as strong as Silver Moon in her lifetime, her vision and skills should not be much worse.

And this direction is also very much to my taste. The incarnation of the kind villain is going to defect to this side, and the former enemies will become partners and join the team in this way, and will also bring a lot of valuable information, and even just help them overcome the difficulties that they could not overcome before. This can also be said to be a very kingly story development. I felt like I had strayed into the world of fictional stories, and the plots I had longed for in the past appeared in front of me like a dream.

It’s just… because this trend is so good, I have become extra cautious at this point.

Gu Yueshen undoubtedly has a certain degree of understanding of my temperament. Could this trend also be carefully planned by her? She said that she is Yin Yue's enemy and will stand firmly by my side, who is Yin Yue's enemy. Is this really the truth?
Could it be that she has been with Yin Yue from the beginning, and now wants to infiltrate me as an undercover agent? Or, although she is Yin Yue's enemy, she has no intention of becoming my partner, but wants to act as a third party to do things that harm others and benefit herself?
As if he could see through my thoughts, Gu Yue sighed with great regret, then said: "...It seems that I still haven't been able to gain your trust."

"Of course. You are so suspicious that I cannot trust you right away." I said, "Next, I will take Dong Che out of this fog, and then find Gua Tianshi to see if I can save Dong Che.

"At the same time, I will also test Gua Tianshi's attitude. If he really stands on Yin Yue's side, then no matter whether we join forces or not, we will not be able to win in the end."

She said reluctantly: "The flow of time inside the mist is chaotic. You should leave this time and come to see me next time. I might have been killed by Silver Moon who has recovered from his injuries."

"You also have a power similar to that of Silver Moon, so use your power to adjust the flow of time nearby and hold on until I come back," I said.

I thought she would try to persuade me to stay, or find other ways to explain the pros and cons to me, but she just sighed again and said, "I understand... I will try my best."

"Don't you have anything else to say?" I wondered.

"I told you from the beginning that I am a kind soul born from the sincere expectations of mankind. I have no ill will towards mankind, and I will not delay the life and death of others for my own selfish interests. Since you want to save that boy, then go ahead. I will try my best to wait for you to come back, take me to lift the seal, and then fight against Silver Moon together." she said.

"Okay, goodbye then."

After that, I pretended to leave. In fact, I was not acting. I really wanted to leave the fog for a while. Ma Zao was at the edge of the fog. I could contact her through the thermal energy mark and let her take me and Dong Che away.

Gu Yueshen really didn't stop me, she just watched my back quietly. Perhaps this choice of mine was also within her expectations. Since she knows me so well, she should have expected that with my cranky personality, I would not believe her immediately. If she really had a conspiracy, I'm afraid it would be based on this premise. Maybe I'm still in her control.

And in order to believe her, I had to find a method of verification that was credible enough.

Do I have this method?
It really does.

(End of this chapter)