Heroes of the Fantasy World

Chapter 599: The Lonely Person

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The room was filled with scriptures and books, all of which were preserved intact. The aroma of pulp filled the air, but it could not completely cover up the smell of rotten wood, and even so, it was difficult to find any dust on the bookshelves.

Ge Mao first went to light the candles, then brought three cushions and placed them on the ground one by one. He was still quite polite and full of kindness to Bai Feng, and was not at all angry with Bai Feng because of his master Ge Hu's defeat in the competition. His eyes were pure, and there was only endless expectation for unknown things.

"Please sit down, Mr. Bai." Ge Mao gestured to Bai Feng to sit on the newer mat, while he and Ge Hu sat on two torn mats that had several patches and were constantly leaking cotton wool.

"The Spirit Snake Temple has disappeared for twenty years, or perhaps even longer, because there is no point in calculating time in this place, so the old Taoist can't remember it." Ge Hu kept looking at the ground. In Bai Feng's eyes, he looked more like he was too tired to open his eyes, but he still forced himself to speak slowly: "After the Taoist temple disappeared, I obeyed my master's orders to guard this scripture cave. Until now, I am too old to walk, but I am still persisting, just to find someone who can inherit it. I think, maybe Mr. Bai is that person?"

"Me?!" Bai Feng asked, "Doesn't Taoist Ge Hu know how the Spirit Snake Temple disappeared? How can you leave it to me with peace of mind? What's more, I will never accept this."

Ge Mao, who was sitting behind Ge Hu, also echoed, "Master, how did the Spirit Snake Temple disappear? I want to know. I have never climbed to the top of the mountain, nor have I seen the outside world. I have only stayed in the Sutra Cave."

"This is the punishment we deserve." Ge Hu said, "In the past, Gao Zui... I'd better call you by your common name, he hated the Taoist name. When you first came, you were still a baby crying for food. I was eighteen years older than him at the time, and had long been regarded as the successor to the Spirit Snake Temple. However, Gao Zui's sudden arrival took away the position of successor. He had been regarded as the future headmaster since he was a child. I don't know if you are willing, but judging by the results, he hated this decision, and that's why he stole the Spirit Snake and caused the Taoist temple to disappear silently in the wind and snow. I don't hate him, really, I have never hated you, whether it was the position of successor that was taken away at the time, or the theft of the Spirit Snake later, I think this is what he should do."

Ge Hu's tone became more and more urgent, but his mentality was still relatively stable. After he entered the room and sat down, he looked at Bai Feng for the first time and said, "Gao Zhui, you don't belong to Kunlun Mountain."

"Isn't Master a traitor?" Bai Feng asked.

"Mr. Bai, have you ever heard of 'lonely star falling'?" Ge Hu said, "This is a phenomenon in numerology. If this phenomenon is observed when a person is born, it is usually a very bad sign. At that time, in the Gao family, my master used 'this' to successfully bring the eldest son of the Huaishuo Gao family back to the Taoist temple... At that time, in order to develop and grow, the Taoist temple had to rely on some connections and means, and my master had no choice but to resort to this last resort."

"According to you, the White Snake Immortal Gao Zui is not the 'lone star who died'?" Bai Feng was full of surprise, because he had never heard Gao Zui say anything related in person, and even the matter of the lonely star who died was just hearsay.

"The so-called numerology has always been determined by the interpreter of the scriptures." Ge Hu said: "Master told me the truth before he died. What he saw at the Gao family that day was not a star of fate, but a lucky star! When Master saw this, he immediately made up his mind to bring Gao Zui back to the Lingshe Temple so that the Lingshe Temple could continue. So he made up a false prophecy to deceive the Gao family... However, the opposite happened. After all, Junior Brother is a dragon that cannot be trapped, not a snake that can be tamed."

——All of us are inferior to him and will never be able to catch up with him.

"This..." Bai Feng was caught off guard by this. He hadn't figured out how to deal with it yet. At this time, Ge Hu said, "So I never hated my junior brother, because it was us who betrayed him and made him lose the most precious twenty years of his life."

Before he finished speaking, Ge Mao said in great pain: "We actually did this kind of thing... Master, we have read the classics and practiced facing the wall for more than ten years, just to do this kind of thing?"

"Of course not, perhaps, quite the opposite." Ge Hu replied nonchalantly: "I am not good at using lies to cover up my own intentions. If Mr. Bai is unwilling to inherit the remaining things of the Taoist temple, no one will stop him, because this is what you should do. The Lingshe Temple deserves to be destroyed. What I have been holding on to is just a little thought in my heart... Junior brother, now it is finally what you wished for." "Don't be ridiculous! Who cares what you think." Bai Feng stood up and shouted: "No matter what, I will save the Lingshe Temple in my own way."

"Mr. Bai." Ge Mao's eyes were filled with tears, ashamed and angry: "Whatever you want to do, I will do my best to help you!"

"Ge Mao!" Ge Hu's eyes suddenly widened with anger, but he did not look at Ge Mao. Instead, he stared straight ahead, his body straightened and trembling slightly like a person with convulsions all over his body: "Are you going to disobey the order of your master?"

"Master, I can inherit the Taoist temple! I will spend my whole life protecting all of this, just like you, Master!!!" Ge Mao knelt in front of Ge Hu. This was the first time that Bai Feng felt him so excited.

"Shut up! If you say another word, I will drive you down the mountain and let you fend for yourself!" Ge Hu said, and then said to Bai Feng: "Since Mr. Bai is unwilling to inherit the Taoist temple, I don't want to stay any longer, so please do as you please."

Bai Feng sneered and said, "I say, you Taoists, why do you retreat when things don't go as you wish? Where has your cultivation gone?"

"Ok?"

"The White Snake Immortal Gao Zui has been dead for several years."

"what?"

"Do you know what happened to Gao Zui after he came down the mountain?" Bai Feng said with a look of loss, "He lost everything, his hometown, family, friends, comrades-in-arms, everything, including Kunlun Mountain. Do you know what Master did? He began to travel, doing justice everywhere, and gradually recovered what he lost from his travels. Then, he gave all these things to me! Whether it was gains or regrets, I accepted them all. Now, I came here to make up for Master's regrets."

——If I can do this, I can walk ahead of my master.

Ge Hu and Ge Mao both stared at Bai Feng with a strange feeling.

"This time, I want to go further on behalf of my master." Bai Feng said, his eyes were greedy, but there was also some pity in them: "Old guys abandoned by the times, let me lead you for a while."

He had clearly just recovered from his injury, but no one could think of how to question his words.