The Word of Heaven

Chapter 212 The Second Disciple

Chu Jun was silent for a moment, then shook his head and said, "I haven't thought about this question."

How can you really not want to?

Whenever her mind was free and far away, her thoughts would always drift to this question. She would ponder who this person was who still refused to show his true face to her.

The names that flashed through her mind... were less than five in number, and they were people from ancient times to the present.

Because she really couldn't think of anyone in the Taoist sect in the world today who could be more remarkable than the master of the temple - maybe there was, but weren't they all dead?

"And you once said something to me before."

Thinking this way, she said to Gu Zhuo, "I don't need to know who you are."

Gu Zhuo thought for a while and said, "It seems that I have said such a sentence."

As he spoke, he submerged himself in the hot spring water again. Feeling that the light from the sky was a little dazzling, he let the San Sheng Pagoda come to his head to cast shade and bring warmth.

It couldn't be more comfortable.

Chu Jun's voice sounded again.

"I'm not used to lying."

She said seriously, "So you can rest assured that even if I return to the temple, I will still have the same answer to this question."

Gu Zhuo asked: "Do you think all this depends on you?"

There is something else in his words.

Chu Jun was silent for a while, then suddenly changed the subject and said, "How long are you going to take to wash? I've been waiting outside for almost half an hour, and you're still not clean?"

Gu Zhuo wondered if he was in a hurry.
"Now."

He spoke lazily, stood up slowly, letting the scalding water flow down his scarred body, and stepped onto the ground barefoot.

He took out the clothes left in the Sansheng Tower and put them on carefully, as well as his shoes and socks. Finally, he put on a black robe again, and that was it.

After walking out of the thick fog, Chu Jun stood at the foot of a small hill outside the hot spring, looking up at the sky today.

When she heard the sound of snow being trampled, she withdrew her gaze and said, "Let's keep going."

Gu Zhuo looked at her.

At this time, the sky was dim, but it was not dark deep in the mountains, so the picture was clear.

The girl still looked the same as when she was digging the hole. She was covered in dust and dirt, with sand and gravel in her hair. She looked very rough, like a girl who had been farming in a remote mountainous area all year round.

Gu Zhuo said, "Do you want to wash?"

Chu Jun thought for a moment and asked, "Do we need to dig another hole?"

Gu Zhuo said frankly: "Of course we need it."

Chu Jun was a little speechless, looked at him and asked: "Then what's the difference between me washing and not washing?"

Gu Zhuo thought that it made sense and said, "You can strive to not let any dust get on your body when digging a hole."

Chu Jun said calmly: "I don't have Bai Yi Ruxue's obsession and hobbies."

"Who has it?"

"It's not you anyway."

"why?"

"You are wearing a black robe now."

Gu Zhuo had nothing to say.

Chu Jun looked at him and suddenly said, "You need to work harder and teach me more selflessly next time."

Gu Zhuo hummed in a nasal tone, expressing his curiosity.

Chu Jun said seriously: "Because I don't want to know who you are, and I don't want my teacher to know who you are, and now you are the only one who can do this."

Gu Zhuo appreciated this matter-of-fact attitude and said seriously, "Okay."

The two of them did not stop there, and continued forward, guided by the light from the sky.

Chu Jun looked back and still found it magical that there was a hot spring in such a desolate place.

Is this also considered a great fortune?

Walking in the cold wind, she thought about these meaningless things, and suddenly realized that she had not experienced a battle for a long time.

"The road ahead is still long, and there will always be that moment."

Gu Zhuo said: "But not now."

Chu Jun nodded slightly, glanced at the Sansheng Tower, and asked, "How long can you hold on?"

She could guess many things without having to ask.

For example, the Sansheng Tower could not conceal the aura without any cost, allowing the two to leave the mountains and step out of the wilderness without being noticed.

For example, the old sword on Gu Zhuo's waist clearly means "wait a minute". The moment the sword meets the world, time stops.

Of course, she was extremely curious about these two things, but she was also aware of the fact that the price she would have to pay to use them was definitely not something she could afford at the moment.

It was not because she saw with her own eyes the blood all over Gu Zhuo after he drew his sword, but because she had personally experienced the "coming" of the master of the temple.

"An hour."

Gu Zhuo said: "Find a suitable place along the way and continue digging the hole."

Chu Jun was very puzzled and asked, "Won't the high priest find out?"

Gu Zhuo said: "Maybe he is an idiot, but the God he believes in is obviously not an idiot, so of course he will find out."

Hearing this, Chu Jun couldn't help but look at him and said, "You talk more."

"Because I'm in a good mood."

Gu Zhuo's voice was somewhat brisk: "The reason is that I don't think I will die..."

The words stopped abruptly.

Chu Jun asked with a strange look on his face: "Are you avoiding this?"

Gu Zhuo nodded, thought for a while, and said, "Let's not dig a hole for now."

Chu Jun was slightly stunned, thinking, could this be something that could be done on a whim?

For some reason, she suddenly felt a sense of loss.

Maybe it was because she had been thinking about how to dig holes faster and more effectively, but now she suddenly realized that all her thoughts were in vain?

"Then what are we going to do?"

"Visit the Demon Sect here."

"what?"

Chu Jun was stunned.

Gu Zhuo smiled and said, "Have you forgotten who I am?"

Chu Jun then recalled that he was also the leader of the Tianming Sect and stopped talking.

Gu Zhuo said: "Although the demon sects seldom interact with each other, I am still the leader of the first sect of the demon sect. I should be able to get some due respect, right?"

Chu Jun thought that there was no friendship between evil demons, so he asked uncertainly, "Maybe?"

After saying this, she suddenly stopped and said seriously: "If you decide to do this, then I need to go back and take a bath and do my job well."

Gu Zhuo waved his hand, motioning her to go.

Not long after, he heard the faint sound of water in the hot mist in the distance, and suddenly recalled the Cangshan Mountain that was eternally shrouded in wind and snow. He wondered if Yu Sheng had also had such a moment?
Then he put aside his extra thoughts and began to speak.

The words describe a technique.

——The technique of disguise and concealing one's aura that he had temporarily created with great effort when he stepped into the wilderness.

In the hot spring, Chu Jun sighed inaudibly, thinking that he really had no leisure time at all on this journey.

Well, there shouldn't be any leisure time on the run.

Thinking of this, she forced herself to concentrate and began to study this technique.

Half an hour later, the matter came to a temporary end.

Chu Jun returned to Gu Zhuo and let the latter look at him.

Her face was still beautiful, but there was a sense of unreality. Every glance was like seeing a new person. It was very strange and terrifying.

"amazing."

Gu Zhuo was deeply moved and clapped his hands sincerely, praising him and saying, "The disciple is better than the master. Why didn't I think that this technique could be used to scare people?"

Chu Jun paused and said, "I just haven't practiced well yet. I didn't practice like this on purpose."

Gu Zhuo was a little curious and asked, "Do you think I'm being weird?"

Chu Jun didn't want to talk anymore.

Gu Zhuo said, "Give it a name. It will be my gift to you."

Chu Jun thought that this gift came a little too late.

Then, her eyes drifted to the place where the clouds and mist were reluctant to disperse, and she said thoughtfully: "The clouds are without heart and come out of the cave. This skill is called Wuxin Xianghe."

Gu Zhuo was very satisfied with this name, because naming was what he was worst at.

Chu Jun looked at him and bowed very seriously.

Gu Zhuo deserves it.

……

……

The road ahead was not smooth, of course, because the San Sheng Tower could not be sustained.

That situation of drifting away from the whole world has come again.

What was different from before was that Chu Jun sensed all this more realistically, or in other words, he could see clearly those wild people who always appeared before his eyes.

the reason is simple.

It was no longer Gu Zhuo who committed the murder, but she, just like she had done before when she hid underground and dug a hole.

Even though it was completely unreasonable, Chu Jun's injuries were in fact almost healed. He was no longer in the dire situation where he could die at any time, and he no longer had any reason not to draw his sword.

What's more, she wanted to see the results of her practice.

Gu Zhuo enjoyed his leisure time.

Fighting to support fighting has no meaning for his practice.

He walked lazily behind, watching Chu Jun fighting with the barbarians with Zhexue in his hand, feeling quite bored.

Then he thought of Pei Jinge, and thought, it must have been the same when you were walking in Chaozhou City?
This feels good.

It would be better if Pei Jinge could appear beside him now and protect him from leaving the wasteland.

pity.

They are all extravagant thoughts.

At a certain moment, Chu Jun swung his sword and cut off the head of the last wild man, and his breath became unstable.

She took a deep breath, sniffing the bloody smell in the air, and felt more and more familiar with the sword in her hand, but it was not any sword she had seen before.

"Is that where the Chiyin Sect's mountain gate is?"

Chu Jun asked, looking up at somewhere in the mountains.

Gu Zhuo put his hands behind his back and said, "Yes."

Chu Jun thought about the secrets of the Chi Yin Sect that Taoist Zizai had told him, and still felt that it was too disgusting. He frowned and asked, "Can't we visit another sect?"

"I won't change it."

Gu Zhuo's explanation was very direct: "The decision to visit the Demon Sect was a sudden impulse on my part, and the Chiyin Sect happened to be the nearest Demon Sect, so this might be God's will."

Chu Jun couldn't help but say, "But God wants you to die now."

Gu Zhuo said: "Destroy and then rebuild, survive from death... Well, the current situation is not so bad that I need to do this. My idea is actually very simple, that is, give it a try. I can't hide forever, so when should I hide and then go out?"

Chu Jun looked at him and asked, "By the way, find out how the so-called God wants you to die?" Gu Zhuo sighed and said, "In fact, it has been asking me to die, but I haven't died yet."

"How?"

"Old and dead."

Chu Jun didn't want to talk anymore.

She couldn't help but start thinking about that question again - who is Gu Zhuo?

She couldn't imagine the temperament of the Taoist ancestor... To put it nicely, he was unrestrained, but to put it bluntly, he was frivolous and always destroyed the image of the senior master that he had established with his own hands.

Gu Zhuo's voice floated lazily: "I'm serious."

Chu Jun hummed.

Gu Zhuo said, "Let's go."

Chu Jun turned around, clenched the snow in his hand, and cleared the way ahead.

The two still had something to chat about.

"It's a pity that this is deep in the wilderness, otherwise I would have asked you to find me a white horse to ride."

"Why a white horse?"

"There's a fascinating story here, and I'd love to share it with you, but I've forgotten most of it."

"So that's why you suddenly remembered this story?"

"It comes from the feeling that if I am eaten, I can gain immortality."

"...Aren't you afraid that I might fall in love with you?"

"Although I don't admit it at the moment and you don't want to, the fact is that you are my second apprentice, so I have never thought about this aspect, but... this may be a bit humiliating for you."

“I don’t understand anything.”

"That's the best. If you understand what I'm saying, I'll be uneasy."

"why?"

"Do you know what people like and hate the most?"

"Then do you know who I hate the most now?"

“I’m quite curious.”

"People like you who refuse to speak directly and insist on hiding things and leaving half of the truth behind."

"You have a reason to hate me, just like the person I like and hate the most is myself. It's the same reason. I find it hard to accept that there is a leaf in the world that has the same experience as me."

"…I suddenly have a feeling now."

"please say."

"You may be the most narcissistic person I have ever met."

"It's okay. I don't ask for much. There's just no one like me in the world."

Gu Zhuo and Chu Jun chatted briefly and did not fall silent because of the sudden change in temperature after they stepped out of the hot spring area, because the latter needed this to relieve his mental fatigue, while the former wanted to chat.

At this time, the two were still walking in the ravine, moving forward at a moderate pace, approaching the mountain where the gate of the Chiyin Sect was located.

The road was still not peaceful, but the pressure on Chu Jun's shoulders was less. She only needed to rely on what she learned from Gu Zhuo and avoid the fights between the barbarians and the Chiyin Sect disciples as much as possible, and she would be able to have a safe journey.

The battle between the two sides was extremely brutal. The snow was almost covered in blood, and broken limbs and debris were flying everywhere. From time to time, you could step on arms and the like in the snow.

Chu Jun became more and more numb, and his expression became more and more indifferent.

She suddenly asked, "What kind of person is the senior brother you are talking about?"

Gu Zhuo's eyes changed slightly, like clouds in the sky, and he said with emotion: "A person with extremely strong obsession."

Chu Jun thought for a moment and said, "I don't think I have any obsessions, including reviving Taoism."

Gu Zhuo said: "This is also one of the important reasons why I am willing to teach you."

"is it?"

Chu Jun looked back at him and said suspiciously, "Why do I always feel like you are trying to trick me?"

Gu Zhuo smiled, his smile full of self-mockery, and said, "What I am worst at is making up for it afterwards."

Otherwise, I wouldn't have ended up like this.

He did not say this out loud, because the past was too dirty to be told to human beings.

Chu Jun stopped.

Not far away, more than a hundred barbarian people gathered together, seemingly preparing to set foot on the gate of the Chiyin Sect.

She asked, "For someone as amazing as you, why has no one come to help you until now?"

“Because I’m really amazing.”

Gu Zhuo said honestly: "Those who really know me and have some guesses about my identity will conclude from the bottom of their hearts that I will never die in the wilderness. As for those who don't know me completely, it's even simpler. They don't have the ability to come here and rescue me."

Chu Jun disagreed with this statement, because the master of the temple had never erased her memory, so she knew that the supreme elder of Yishui had appeared before and came for Gu Zhuo.

If this peerless warrior with his sword in his hand takes action, what can he do even if there are ten more high priests?
Gu Zhuo guessed what she was thinking and said, "Of course I can leave the wilderness by doing this, but I will really die."

Chu Jun couldn't understand it, so he didn't think about it too much.

Gu Zhuo thought that by now the Divine Capital must have received the news about the incident in the wilderness.

Then Bai Nanming would definitely react. Judging from her current temperament, she should be in a state of doubt.

As long as he doesn't do everything too much and leaves a thin veil to cover it up, there is still room for recovery.

"Then why does it have to be a first time?" Chu Jun asked, "Let that person draw his sword."

"What's so great about asking such a simple question?"

Gu Zhuo rolled his eyes and said, "No matter the past, present or future, there is no one in this world who knows everything, so I really didn't expect a fake Yuhua to appear before my eyes."

Chu Jun seemed to be thinking about something, and said, "Has it been since the moment you set foot on the wasteland that you were being watched by the God mentioned by the high priest?"

Gu Zhuo was silent.

After a while, he said, "Maybe."

Chu Jun looked into his eyes and said word by word: "Then you are really amazing."

Gu Zhuo smiled and said, "Because I have been treated so well by God?"

"Yes."

Chu Jun said sincerely: "Who can deny that this is amazing?"

Gu Zhuo said: "That makes sense. We should always be optimistic when we are alive."

Chu Jun thought to himself, I probably know who you are.

……

……

I don’t know how much time had passed, but the barbarians who were waiting in front of the mountain road suddenly left, as if they had received an order to be transferred.

Gu Zhuo watched the wild man leave, and the wind brought him the sounds of all things.

——Yu Yang was caught in a siege.

He could probably guess why the other party had fallen into this situation, but he was unmoved.

Along the way, he was not only chatting with Chu Jun, but also having long conversations with all things here.

It was not easy to do two things at the same time, focusing on chatting without missing a single word from beginning to end.

Just like he is still half disabled, yet he is walking on the road to the mountain gate of Chiyin Sect, with his hands behind his back, looking very calm.

Chu Jun was standing right beside him, half a step behind, holding an umbrella for him.

The two men were no different from ordinary climbers.

At times like this, this is what is most unusual.

As early as the first moment, the followers of the Chiyin Sect had noticed the appearance of the two people, but because of Gu Zhuo's extraordinary momentum and the difficulty of the current situation, they did not dare to take any action rashly and allowed them to climb the stairs until they reached the mountain gate.

Gu Zhuo stopped.

As Chu Jun raised her oil-paper umbrella, she thought about how a demon woman should behave, trying to be as perfect as possible.

The next moment, the corners of her lips curled up slightly in a smile, revealing a hint of arrogance and disdain, but her tone was gentle: "Please inform the head of your sect that my master and I are here to pay respect to the mountain."

The Chi Yin Sect disciple asked, "Who are you?"

Chu Jun said: "Tian Ming Religion."

The disciple's expression became serious and he asked, "Who is your master?"

Chu Jun said calmly: "Of course he is the current headmaster."

……

……

For the Chiyin Sect, the three words "Tianming Sect" have extraordinary significance.

The origin of the Chiyin Sect is a secret to outsiders, but it is obviously not a secret to the elders living here. Therefore, they are very clear that this sudden visit may very likely affect the leader's mind and make him crazy again, so they dare not neglect him even a little bit.

In this matter, this group of evil cultivators who were famous for their madness in the wilderness behaved surprisingly normally.

For this reason, an elder with great seniority in the religion came personally to greet them and asked them about their purpose of coming. As expected, he got the answer he least wanted.

——The new leader of Tianming Sect is very interested in the old days and hopes to have a casual chat with the leader in person.

The senior elder seriously refused, saying that the leader had fought a battle with a strong man from the wilderness and was currently in seclusion healing his wounds, so he could not come out to meet the two men for the time being.

Gu Zhuo understood very well and decided to stay.

Meanwhile, he completely ignored the elder's rare lucid and pleading look, and thought that the best way to stop a madman from going crazy was to bring out someone crazier than him.

That night, the entire Chiyin Sect had learned of the visit of the Tianming Sect's leader.

the reason is simple.

Chu Jun asked someone to accompany her and took a simple walk around the gate of the Chiyin Sect, so that everyone could see her unreal beauty with their own eyes.

When she returned to her guest house, she looked at Gu Zhuo with complicated eyes and asked seriously, "Does this count as selling my body?"

Gu Zhuo shook his head, and said in a serious and sincere tone: "I think you are just letting people see the beautiful side of the world."

Chu Jun looked at him and didn't want to talk.

A sigh sounded.

Gu Zhuo suddenly changed the subject and said sadly: "Don't learn from me."

Chu Jun was stunned and asked, "What did I learn from you?"

Gu Zhuo said: "I can't bear to lose face."

Chu Jun was silent for a long time, looked at him with complicated eyes, and said, "Why don't I feel that you are reluctant to lose face?"

"I mean I can't bear to part with my face."

Gu Zhuo's answer was still honest.

Chu Jun was speechless after hearing this.

She once again doubted her own judgement, thinking that if you were really the one who came back to life from the dead, how could you be so speechless?
Then it seemed quite reasonable to her.

If this is true, then the defeat of Taoism to the Qin Dynasty a hundred years ago...it all seems to make sense, right?

Thinking about these messy things, she said: "So why did you come to the Chiyin Sect?"

"Don't you understand yet?"

Gu Zhuo glanced at her and said, "If it's not diverting trouble to someone else, what else could it be?"

Chu Jun was stunned.

Gu Zhuo coughed, cleared his throat, and said seriously: "Of course, I prefer the four words 'acting justice on behalf of heaven'."

(End of this chapter)