Tao and Heaven

Chapter 242 She Cheated
There was total silence in the cave.

Xuan Yue's breath turned into sparks and floated out, like a veil brushing across the medicinal fields and flowers, falling into the Milky Way formed by the liquefied spiritual energy, and then turned into maple leaves drifting with the flow.

It was originally real fire, shaped like wind, and also like leaves, and then melted into water.

The manifestation of becoming an immortal is to transcend nature’s lifespan. In one’s own existence, the words life and death are no longer involved, only the Tao disappears.

The way of the immortals can make all means no longer bound by form. Fire can become water, water can become fire, turn your hand to make clouds, turn your hand to make rain, and use the laws of heaven and earth to do what you want.

Therefore, mortals cannot go against immortals, because Taoism is like mud in the eyes of immortals.

"You can see that this thing that can knead and shape things at will is so majestic and powerful. It is what we monks desire."

Xuan Yue looked intoxicated. He did not show any killing intent. Instead, he restrained his expression and said kindly, "I am willing to repay the grudges of the past. What do you want?"

"puff"

Akabane smiled softly, then slowly turned around.

She knew that becoming an immortal was already an outstanding person among outstanding people, standing at the top of all spirits in the world, but for some reason, she found it extremely funny to see Xuan Yue showing off his immortal strength in front of Gu Wen.

From his peerless power when they first met, to his ugly appearance when he was about to die of old age, to his calmness now after becoming an immortal.

Everything seems so natural and so funny that people can't help laughing.

When a person is weak enough, any action will become good.

Xuan Yue asked in confusion: "What are you laughing at?"

"I see you look very kind."

Akabane answered sincerely. Xuan Yue didn't understand why, but didn't care.

He looked at Gu Wen, his calm image covering up the fierce old man's appearance in the past.

"Qingcang and I have no grudge, and there is no deep hatred between you and me. How do you think this should end?"

Gu Wen's attention was not on him. Instead, he looked down at the white flowers growing randomly like weeds and asked, "Did you plant these white flowers?"

Compared with grudges and karma, he now cares more about these flowers.

"It was planted by a young member of the Ninghua Sect. Three hundred years ago, a young member came here to seek refuge, saying that he was the leader of the Ninghua Sect and asked me to protect him."

Xuan Yue pointed to a small mound of earth not far away, which was already covered with weeds and flowers.

"He stayed for a few years, and then someone came in and killed him."

Akabane asked, "Who is it?"

Xuan Yue said: "It looks like he is from the Yin-Yang Dao, and he specializes in Hehuan. At first, I saw him helping me prune the spiritual field and wanted to keep him, but then he offered to support me for a hundred years to make pills, and then I turned a blind eye."

"Then you are really a beast." Akabane said bluntly, "You people keep saying that you want to cultivate the great way and seek immortality, but in the end you can't even cultivate your moral character."

"The word 'virtue' was said by Qingcang. Whether before or after Jianmu, there is no virtue in heaven and earth."

Xuan Yue was not embarrassed and said calmly: "If you can't live forever, everything is false. No matter the deeds you praise or the so-called heroes, everything will disappear after a thousand years."

"For example, Gu Wen, a peerless genius, disappeared for hundreds of years, and only you few who have reached the top of the world remember him. Was it Gu Wen who made you remember him? No, it was your cultivation that made you remember him."

Akabane frowned and wanted to refute, but she was not good at words.

She has always used her fists, but now she can't beat the other party.

"I won't argue with you, old man. Did the Yin-Yang He Huan Sect kill the last generation of the Ning Hua Sect's leader?"

"should be."

"Do you know that you are now the leader of the evil?"

"I don't know, but I can guess the reason. I often sell some elixirs to them in exchange for medicinal materials and spiritual objects. And hundreds of years ago, I was wanted by Qing Cang, so naturally I was inevitably framed by someone."

Akabane was furious and asked, "Nourishing evil, how is this different from doing it yourself?"

"Your good and evil are not my good and evil." Xuan Yue smiled and shook her head, "If we follow the rules outside, then since you have offended me like this, wouldn't I be able to kill you?"

"Can you kill me?" Akabane sneered, then frowned and muttered to herself: Wait, am I taking advantage of the power of others now?
The reason why she could be so calm and composed was because Gu Wen was by her side, but how could she hide behind this guy and be happy about it?

Thinking back to the time when he was hiding behind me, Yu Hua also asked me to take good care of him.

"No, I will not be angry because I do not need to use strength to maintain my position."

Xuan Yue continued speaking, and then her gaze returned to Gu Wen, seeing that he was staring at Qinghua closely.

With a suspicious look on his face, he asked, "Are you trapped in a love affair?"

Hearing this, Gu Wen raised his head and looked at Xuan Yue for the first time, as if he had found someone to comfort him.

"What is a love calamity? Is it a calamity to be moved by love? But all living things have feelings, even innate divine beasts are like this. Feelings are the original desire, so how can it be called a calamity?"

"Anyone who hinders longevity is doomed to disaster."

"It seems that you and I have the same idea. Immortals will eventually be ruthless."

Xuan Yue's smile grew wider, and Gu Wen also forced a smile upon hearing that.

He laughs at the transcendence of immortality, and he ridicules the final destination of the immortals.

The words are different, but the meaning is the same. He has already lived forever, and is even half a step away from being immortal. If this love continues to linger, wouldn't it be a disaster?

"Since you know, why don't you let it go?"

"If you can let go, it's not a disaster."

"How foolish." Xuan Yue showed disdain on his face, and then seemed to lose interest in them. He waved his hand and said, "Let's get back to the point. What compensation do you want, kid? As long as you can say hello to Qingcang for me, I will owe you a favor."

Although he has become an immortal, he still has to think twice when facing Qingcang. Those demon ancestors of Jianmu are lessons for him.

He and the demon ancestor had the same goal, but they were not like Qingcang who used strength to prove the truth. They relied on the laws of Jianmu, while he relied on the heaven in the past.

Maybe Tianting is stronger, but in any case he can never compare to Qingcang.

"Can you make Qinghua Cake?"

"That young man did it for me. It's not difficult to replicate it, but is that all you want?"

"Go make me one. If it's as wonderful as she says, then our karma will be settled."

Gu Wen's voice was calm, just like his ordinariness, without any hint of emotion.

But Xuan Yue sensed something unusual. He frowned slightly, feeling inexplicably unhappy with this kind of calmness.

An extremely obscure and natural condescending attitude.

It looks very much like Jianmu and also like Qingcang.

Xuan Yue thought he was above others, so he grinned and said, "I refuse. Please change me until I am satisfied."

When the sound stopped, silent silence spread.

Gu Wen took Akabane's right hand. The latter didn't understand why, but didn't resist at all.

She was pulled behind him and could only see Gu Wen's back. Even if she stood on tiptoe, she might not be able to touch the top of his head.

Then, an extremely indifferent voice, as if speaking the truth from heaven, reached his ears.

"Then kneel down."

Bang!
The ground shook, and Xuan Yue in front knelt down on his knees. The ground began to crack with him as the center, and began to spread continuously. In an instant, the hundred-acre hole was full of cracks.

A ray of indifferent eyes fell, as if an ancient sacred mountain was pressing on his shoulders.

Xuan Yue's eyes were bloodshot, and her face, which should have been calm, was filled with disbelief.

He has become an immortal, he has transcended, how could he be so unbearable, how could he be so unbearable!

Get up! Get up! Get up!
The alchemy furnace on his chest burst into rolling flames, and the immortal's Taoism squeezed his spirit. Xuan Yue slowly stood up half a foot, squatted on one foot, and was about to stand up. Snap!

The calf bone was broken, piercing directly through the flesh, revealing a pale color.

At this moment, Xuan Yue was already sweating profusely, his clothes were completely wet, and his eyes were wide open with a dull look.

He slowly raised his head and saw no longer Gu Wen, no longer a person, but
Tao! Tao! Tao!
Everything I have seen before is an illusion, the residual warmth of a certain person who could have been immortal but is still lingering in the world.

"what!!!!!"

The shrill screams echoed throughout the earth, and Xuan Yue kept kowtowing as if he had gone mad.

Akabane could not sense anything unusual, but was frightened by the scene in front of her. She clenched her large palms and asked anxiously, "Gu Wen, what happened?"

The next moment, Xuan Yue stopped kowtowing and self-mutilating, with blood at the corner of his mouth, and lay on the ground gasping like a dead dog.

Gu Wen turned around and said with a soothing smile: "It's nothing, just teach him a lesson, let this old man know what it means that a little saint is also a saint."

"But this is too creepy. Try a more normal approach next time."

Akabane looked at Xuan Yue on the ground with some disdain.

The filter in my heart about immortals was shattered once again. It turns out that immortals are just like mortals.

"This guy was just boasting, but it seems he is a fool."

Gu Wen responded: "I will pay attention next time."

Xuan Yue behind him watched this scene out of the corner of his eye, the extreme fear in his eyes was fixed, because he could understand Gu Wen's existence.

Understand that he held the hand of his senior sister's younger sister, understand the other party's attitude due to the closeness of the relationship, and understand his concession.

So you won’t feel too scared.

At this moment, Gu Wen looked back again, his expression calm.

"Qinghua Cake, can you make it?"

"Of course I will."

Xuan Yue nodded repeatedly, and Chi Yuzi sneered mercilessly: "If you had done this earlier, you wouldn't have to suffer, but you still have to act like this. A fellow without moral integrity like you should be severely punished."

Hearing the ridicule, Xuan Yue felt the fear in his heart reduced by half.

With a thought, his bones and flesh reconnected in an instant and he stood up again.

Akabane was astonished. Gu Wen seldom showed his skills in front of her. Even if he did, she couldn't understand him and only knew that he was being fooled.

She could barely understand Xuan Yue's methods. She could revive at such a fast speed without taking any elixirs.

Even if you take the elixir, it would probably be difficult to achieve this effect.

Xuan Yue glanced at Gu Wen cautiously. At this moment, he picked a flower and sniffed it. The indescribable scent completely disappeared.

Facing the girl behind him and Qinghua, he was still a human being.

He said, "I need half a day to prepare."

"can."

With Gu Wen's nod of approval, Xuan Yue mixed spiritual stones with soil to make utensils, and picked spiritual grains and flowers locally to make flour and extract essence.

From nothing to something, it comes easily.

Back then he just took a look, took a bite, and then remembered it for three hundred years.

It’s not that Qinghua Cake is so magical, it’s just that it’s very simple when a powerful person thinks of something.

On the other side, Akabane dug up the pile of earth, leaving not even a bone fragment.

She could only give up and said, "There is not even any physical evidence, so we can only use human witnesses. Letting a half-immortal testify should be convincing, but I don't know if he is willing to cooperate."

Gu Wen said: "He seems to be a very enthusiastic person, he will agree to your request."

Four hours later, Xuan Yue built a stove, prepared flour and flowers, and then steamed them in a cage woven with spiritual grass leaves.

He can produce it without sticking to these forms, but Xuan Yue cannot guarantee that this is what Gu Wen wants.

It can only be restored exactly.

Two more hours passed

Xuan Yue brought the emerald green steamer to Gu Wen, opened the lid and a ray of brilliant light appeared. Inside, the snow-white pastry was steaming and decorated with a petal.

In an instant, the rich fragrance spread everywhere.

Gu Wen picked up one of the pieces and put it in his mouth, feeling the fragrance exploding on the tip of his tongue, as if an illusory figure was leaning over and pecking him lightly.

The Qinghua cake is very fragrant, but not even one ten-millionth as good as hers.

Akabane asked with concern: "How is it, have you realized the way of sentient beings?"

Gu Wen stroked his lips lightly with his index finger, smiling as brightly as the morning sun.

"She fooled me again."
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The house was covered with new straw, and the sunlight could no longer take shortcuts and could only enter through the doors and windows.

The woman in Taoist robes sat on the chair, not letting him practice, nor talking to him, just watching him quietly.

The two looked at each other for a long time without saying anything, and she suddenly spoke:

"you've changed."

The Taoist looked puzzled, and then the Taoist robed woman reached out and pinched his face, pulling it a little harder, and said:

"You've become even more shameless than before. Back then at Dragon Bridge, you didn't even dare to look me in the eye. Even when we were in the same room, you always looked at me with a bit of caution."

"At that time, we had known each other for less than a year. I didn't know your name, and you didn't know my intentions. Now, sixty years have passed, and our relationship is naturally different from before."

"If you care, you will be cautious. If you let it go, you will be calm. Do you think this is a change?"

The Taoist looked thoughtful, then nodded calmly.

"Everything is changing, and I can't remain unchanged. But this doesn't mean that I don't care about your existence, it's just that the form has changed."

"You still don't understand. It's good that you can look me in the face, but you no longer take me seriously."

The Taoist robe woman shook her head and said bluntly: "You have become less of a human being. There is no lust in your eyes anymore."

“This is the ruthlessness of time.”

The Taoist closed his eyes, but the woman in Taoist robes was not angry as he expected. Instead, she stood up and took two steps closer, and a light and elegant fragrance came from her.

He had long been accustomed to this smell, which was like air to him.

It is both extremely important and ordinary.

"You talk about ruthlessness, then I will talk about affection. Huajianzhou has Qinghua Cake. If two people eat a piece together, the goddess of the morning will bless the lovers to finally get married."

"You've already said it. The same words and the same moves are useless to me. If this thing really has such miraculous effects, why didn't you bring it with you?"

The Taoist closed his eyes and then his lips were slightly pressed down, feeling a cool touch and a familiar fragrance.

He opened his eyes and saw the beautiful face close to him, and the smile in those beautiful eyes.

Just press your lips with your slender fingers.

The Taoist robe woman took two steps back, gently pressed her finger against her red lips, and said with a smile: "Because I want to go and see it with you."

"..."

The Taoist closed his eyes again, and then she used the same trick again, but he would not be fooled again.

(End of this chapter)