The Word of Heaven

Chapter 326: Asking Sword Cihang
The rain has not stopped, people have died, and the night is cold.

The silver moonlight was still burning on the edge of the dark clouds, but it was gradually weakening, so the dry mountain was no longer so deeply immersed in the light.

A thin mist arises from the rain and disappears with the wind in the blink of an eye, like a dream.

The eunuch leader struggled to raise his head, his sight passing through the rain and white mist and falling on Gu Zhuo's back.

His dull eyes were no longer able to emit the will-o'-the-wisp light, and the confusion in them became more profound, eventually turning into an intense helplessness, and he tried to make a sound hoarsely.

Gu Zhuo stopped and said, "This is actually a very fair thing."

The eunuch leader was stunned.

He didn't look back and continued, "In my previous life, I worked so hard for so many years and finally became invincible. In this life, I am just walking the old path again. If I can't be as strong as this, then what is the meaning of the past?"

The eunuch leader suddenly raised his head and shouted: "Practice is a unique thing in the world, how can it be generalized in the past and present lives?!"

“Everyone’s life is unique.”

Gu Zhuo said calmly: "Even the leaves you pick at will will not have a second one the same in this world. Is cultivation really as special as you think?"

The eunuch leader instinctively felt that this statement was wrong, but he didn't know how to refute it.

Then he asked seriously: "Why are you telling me these things? Just because I didn't kill Chu Jun and Xie Yinglian the first time?"

As early as when the sword pierced his heart, his death had already become a foregone conclusion. The wind and rain that were suppressed by the sword at that moment were all hidden in his body, ready to burst out at any time and tear him into pieces of flesh and blood.

"Ah."

Gu Zhuo admitted it directly and said, "I don't care why you did this. The fact is that you never tortured them for a moment. So what if I let you die with satisfaction?"

The eunuch leader suddenly laughed. His laughter was very unpleasant, like the sound of sand and stones rubbing against each other. It was painful but pleasant to Gu Zhuo's ears.

"Then I shall die."

"Goodbye"

Gu Zhuo said goodbye and watched him go.

The eunuch leader stared at him with a smile, then closed his eyes unwillingly.

The sturdy body like a mountain was shattered into pieces, and countless clear lights burst out from the gaps between blood and flesh, illuminating the returning darkness, dissolving the Taoist body into nothingness, and then... it disappeared in a flash, leaving only a faint glow like a firefly.

This is just like the traces left by the eunuch leader in this world, who possessed power second only to one man and ten thousand others but never used it, who had the ability to transcend all enemies but was willing to be covered in dust, and all this was just to wait in the long loneliness for the moment when he would shine brightly.

Gu Zhuo had no opinion on this.

But he was sure that even if he repeated it three thousand times, the old eunuch would still stand in front of him, regardless of life or death.

Why do this?
Perhaps the eunuch leader was sure that all the conspiracies and tricks in the world were no longer meaningful to Gu Zhuo, and the only method left was destruction brought about by pure force.

No matter whether the person who died in the end was Gu Zhuo or himself, it was an acceptable ending.

Gu Zhuo understood and respected this.

Isn’t the purpose of spiritual practice to achieve this extremely unwise freedom?

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The bonfire on the island in the middle of the lake kept swaying in the night wind, stretching the shadows of the two girls extremely long.

Chu Jun and Xie Yinglian sat side by side, but not really close enough to take advantage of each other's body temperature. It was just that it was more convenient for them to talk without having to waste energy fighting against the wind and conserve their strength.

He was seriously injured, his true essence was dried up, and his clothes had not yet been dried by the flames... The coldness brought by all these made the hunger in his stomach become more and more obvious and unbearable.

"Will she have anyone over?"

Xie Yinglian's voice was very weak, holding on to a glimmer of hope: "You can't just watch me and you die like this."

Chu Jun was silent for a moment and said, "I don't think she will care about us anymore."

"Why?" Xie Yinglian endured the pain, turned his head with difficulty to look at his companion, and said angrily: "Can't you think better?"

Chu Jun thought, if it was Pei Jinge who rescued the people, then since she hesitated until the last moment, it meant that she was actually unwilling to save people, and what she did was just to give an explanation to her master.

The arrangements have already been made, so why bother about the aftermath?

Chu Jun did not say these words, because Xie Yinglian must understand, but just didn't want to understand.

"It should be sunny tomorrow. Once we wait until the temperature rises, we have to leave the lake."

"It doesn't look like there is a village nearby, and I can't trust anyone. I'll find a cave or something to hide and recover from my injuries."

"Very good, the problem now is that I can't swim. Please think of a solution for me."

"That's great. This is something I rarely understand. It looks like we can be trapped in this crappy place forever."

Xie Yinglian's mockery became weak and feeble: "I am a noble lady from an aristocratic family, so it is reasonable that I don't know how to swim. How can you, a country girl, not know how to swim?"

Chu Jun was too lazy to argue.

Just at this moment, a voice came into the ears of the two.

"Why is she a mountain dweller?"

The sound should have originally come from the other side of the lake. It passed over the lake full of floating light at a very fast speed, and it was as warm as a campfire when it fell into the ears of Chu Jun and Xie Yinglian.

Before the two of them could come to their senses, a strong fragrance wafted into their noses, arousing the body's strongest needs and reactions.

"I'm going to bring you some food. It's a little late."

Gu Zhuo did not sit down by the campfire. He put down the chicken that had just been baked and opened it for the two of them.

He didn't even glance at the two girls, his voice was calm and gentle: "I have other things to do, you guys take care of yourselves."

As they spoke, the aura of Tiandiheng enveloped Chu Jun and Xie Yinglian, preventing their injuries from getting worse and slowly starting to improve.

This is not Taoism, nor is it Buddhism.

Chu Jun sensed very clearly that Gu Zhuo was only sorting out the breath in her body, making the wounds left by the eunuch leader become rootless duckweed.

This is probably what is meant by returning to basics.

"There's one more thing I need you to do for me."

Gu Zhuo said to Chu Jun: "Say thank you to Master Pei and me."

Xie Yinglian raised an eyebrow and asked curiously, "Master Pei?"

Chu Jun couldn't help but look at her, thinking that you are really mentally ill.

Do you dare to repeat these three words "Master Pei"?

Do you want to die?
Fortunately, Gu Zhuo did not react to this at all and completely ignored it.

"Take the sword and don't let anything happen to you again. You won't be so lucky next time."

Chu Jun was slightly startled, and subconsciously asked: "What happened to the old eunuch?"

"Of course I'll kill him."

Gu Zhuo said: "Otherwise, how could I be injured?"

Upon hearing this, Xie Yinglian looked back and forth at him several times, his eyes becoming more and more confused.

"Injured?" Chu Jun's voice was full of hesitation.

Gu Zhuo hummed, confirming the meaning, and said: "Although he is not as good as Pei Jinge before he broke through, he is still a Taoist master after all, so the gap is not big. How can you not get hurt if you kill such a person?"

Xie Yinglian couldn't help but said, "But I really can't tell where you're injured."

Chu Jun expressed his full agreement with silence.

Gu Zhuo was quiet for a moment and said, "Sorry."

"Why are you apologizing?"

Chu Jun's eyes were full of confusion. Even Xie Yinglian didn't understand.

Gu Zhuo looked at the two of them, unwrapped the last lotus leaf that was wrapped around the chicken, and explained, "Because the people I've been with recently have all reached higher realms, I didn't notice that both of you have relatively ordinary realms. I shouldn't have said something so difficult to understand to you."

It was quiet around the campfire.

There was a constant crackling sound in the firewood pile, and the atmosphere was obviously awkward.

"I have to go now."

Gu Zhuo stood up and walked towards the lake.

Chu Jun looked up at the thin figure, but still couldn't tell where he was injured, and his expression was very complicated.

But she knew that the master could not lie about this matter, so she asked loudly: "What are you going to do next?"

"Go to the mountain."

Gu Zhuo said: "Cihang Temple."

Chu Jun came to his senses and shouted, "Monk Kuzhou asked me to give you a piece of the Fate-Mieting Mirror!"

Halfway through her words, she took out the fragment and threw it forward.

Gu Zhuo took it casually, without saying anything, and gave a reminder.

"Stop doing stupid things."

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As the night deepens, the starlight fades until it seems non-existent.

The firelight from the chariot brought a warm yellow glow to the earth, but it only made the people who were traveling with it feel tired.

Pei Jinge didn't say anything, so the convoy had no reason to stop and could only move forward.

Sitting in the luxurious sedan chair, she still had her chin supported by one hand, like an eternal stone statue.

Only by looking deep into her eyes can you see the irritability hidden behind the indifference.

The chief eunuch is the only close minister to the Emperor. He has been by his side since his youth and has been loyal for decades. He has never relied on the power that comes with it to interfere in state affairs. Although he is not well-known, he undoubtedly stands at the center of power in the Qin Dynasty and is even an extremely important one, because he has one thing that no one else can match - he can make the White Emperor change his mind.

Now that the eunuch leader is dead... no matter why he died or whether he died for a living, the White Emperor will certainly be moved by it, and this is probably the result he wants.

When Gu Zhuo has not yet returned to the top, give Emperor Bai a reason to kill the former number one in the world, so that he no longer has to close his eyes for Bai Nanming.

Yes, it's that simple.

If the eunuch leader managed to kill Gu Zhuo tonight, he would not let himself survive and would commit suicide to prevent the brother and sister from becoming enemies.

Knowing that death is ahead, he remains generous and calm.

Pei Jinge is not Gu Zhuo, so she would not have any admiration for this, but only feel disgust.

Just as the world was about to usher in the long-lost peace, the spring breeze of the first year of Tianqi had already blown into the last year of Zhengsheng, and all things were about to revive, but such a misfortune happened.

Of course, people can ignore the flood after they die.

However, she is a living person, how can she stay out of it?
Pei Jinge was in a very bad mood.

"It's so annoying."

She said this expressionlessly, confirming once again that she should not have gone to Wangjing and stood on the city wall to take a look.

This was indeed the biggest mistake in her life.

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The morning light is coming.

It has been more than a year since Daoxiu's death, and Cihang Temple no longer has its former glory, but Zen Buddhism is still a giant that has lingered in the southeast for thousands of years.

The news of the eunuch leader's death reached the monks' ears the next moment, and the important figures in the temple held an emergency morning meeting, hoping to find out as soon as possible what had happened last night.

However, the barren mountain had long been blocked by the Qin imperial court, and the only people on the scene were the army and practitioners from the Sky Patrol Department.

It is said that even Master Pei changed his itinerary temporarily and went to the place where the eunuch leader died, personally presided over related matters and launched an investigation.

People living in towns and villages within a radius of nearly 100 miles felt the extremely oppressive air under the bright sunshine, as if they had returned to the severe winter world of previous years. The yellow dogs on the street tucked their tails between their legs, hiding in their holes and not daring to come out to beg for food.

In the vast southeast, everyone from sect elders to ordinary people knew that a storm was coming.

The morning meeting at Cihang Temple did not last long.

The monks have made their judgment.

The temple has nothing to do with this matter!
Shortly after they came to this conclusion, a disciple brought them the latest news on the case - there was the aura left by the Yuanmie Mirror in the Dry Mountain, and officials from the Sky Patrol Division might have come to inquire about related matters.

The atmosphere was extremely quiet.

A certain senior monk waved his hand and asked the disciple who reported the news to leave. He looked at the monk Kuzhou sitting in the wheelchair, his eyes full of cold anger.

"Is this what you want to do, brother?"

None of the monks present were idiots. The moment they heard the news that Yuanmiejing had left his breath on Kushan Mountain, they had roughly completed the details of the dramatic changes last night.

——The eunuch leader tried to kill the Demon Lord’s direct disciple, but was killed in return. This was due to the contribution of Yuanmie Jing.

The monk Kuzhou raised his head, faced those angry eyes, and said, "At least this proves that the temple's chips were not wasted."

"The Sky Patrol knows the truth about the Fate-Mieting Mirror fragments."

He said: "The primary problem facing Daqin now is the Demon Lord, which is the Dao Sect, not the Zen Sect."

As the words fell, the monks' expressions relaxed slightly and they were no longer so angry.

Monk Kuzhou continued, "And since this matter is related to Yuanmiejing, our temple can naturally intervene in this case and repair relations with the Great Qin court. This can be a good opportunity."

There is truth in what he said, and no one can deny it.

Besides, the incident has already happened. While accountability is important, how to solve the problem is equally important.

The worst-case scenario would be for Kuzhou Seng to push him out, since he happened to be in a wheelchair anyway.

In a very short time, the bigwigs of Cihang Temple exchanged views with their eyes and reached a consensus.

Monk Kuzhou knew very well what these old monks were doing. He couldn't help but recall the fact that Daoxiu had always been alone and disdained to share with others during his lifetime, and he sighed in his heart.

The Taoist sect for thousands of years is full of good-for-nothings.

Thousands of generations of Zen Buddhism are nothing more than walking corpses.

Today I have to kneel down.

The bitter boat monk smiled, his smile was warm and Zen-like, and said, "I will take care of this matter..."

The words stopped abruptly.

With a bang, the disciple who had come to deliver the message not long ago came back crawling, broke the wooden door of the Zen room, and fell on the shiny wooden floor.

The head of the Discipline Hall frowned and shouted, "Calm down!"

The sound was like spring thunder, shocking the heart and soul.

The disciple's face was filled with fear, he didn't take the shouting seriously at all, his voice was shaking like a stutter.

"Something big has happened, Elder!"

"Demon Lord, Demon Lord..."

"He is standing in front of the temple now, saying he wants to come and pay respect to the mountain!"

(End of this chapter)