The Word of Heaven

Chapter 214 Many Years Later
“I’m ugly now…”

The leader of the Chiyin sect raised his hand and gently stroked his cheek, his eyes drooping slightly, and murmured, "Isn't that what I should do?"

Gu Zhuo thought for a moment, looked at her and said, "In order to avoid being remembered by others?"

The leader of the Chiyin Sect smiled, a very sad smile, and sang softly.

"I intend to marry you and spend my whole life with you... Even if you abandon me mercilessly, I will not be ashamed."

She looked into Gu Zhuo's eyes, her face full of tenderness, and said slowly: "For a widow like me who is not even a widow, if I don't want to be targeted by the vicious lunatics in the neighborhood, can't I just protect myself by defilement?"

Gu Zhuo said with emotion: "This sentence really makes sense."

Chu Jun had already come to her senses. She felt very complicated when watching the two people talking. She wondered if this world was so absurd, or was she the abnormal one?
If it were her, she would have had enough reason to be angry when she was insulted as ugly in front of her at that moment.

Why do you feel so self-pity and sad?

Then she thought about the realm of the Chi Yin Sect Leader and his words about protecting herself by defilement, and finally she was sure that she was not the one with the problem.

Chu Jun looked at Gu Zhuo.

Gu Zhuo said: "You want to talk?"

Chu Jun hummed.

Gu Zhuo has no objection.

"First of all, I don't mean to offend you, I'm just really curious about something."

Chu Jun looked at the leader of the Chi Yin Sect and asked seriously, "Why don't you die?"

The smile on the Chiyin Sect Leader's face gradually disappeared.

Chu Jun looked at her and continued, "Since you like him so much, why don't you die with him?"

The leader of the Chi Yin sect asked, "Why?"

Chu Jun said without hesitation: "Isn't this a very simple fact? He is no longer in the world, and you love him so much, and now you have disfigured yourself. Why don't you just commit suicide and go find him?"

Gu Zhuo was a little surprised, thinking that I just wanted to knock a crack in the other party's heart and make him so sad that he couldn't control himself.

You actually want others to die directly?

For a moment, his mood became a little complicated, not knowing whether this was considered as the disciple surpassing the master or something else.

Chu Jun didn't even look at him, his eyes were always on the two faces, and he said seriously: "Please don't misunderstand, I don't want you to die, I just want to clarify one thing."

The leader of the Chiyin sect asked, "What's the matter?"

Chu Jun said seriously: "What exactly do you like? Are you using this kind of liking as a part of your practice..."

I couldn't finish my words.

The leader of the Chi Yin sect suddenly smiled, his face showing both sadness and joy, and asked curiously, "Are you trying to destroy my Dao heart?"

Chu Jun shook his head very honestly and said, "I don't even know what kind of Dao heart you have, how can I talk about destroying it? Moreover, is there any Dao heart in this world as fragile as glass?"

At this moment, an extremely anxious cry for a meeting came from behind.

Gu Zhuo was very familiar with this, because it was clearly the voice of the female cultivator in the wedding dress, and the words she shouted out at this moment were very direct and reckless.

"Master! There is something seriously wrong with this man. Don't agree to even a word he says! Don't do that!"

Gu Zhuo's expression remained as calm as before, as if he had heard nothing.

The summit is no longer quiet.

Even more dead silence.

The leader of the Chiyin Sect listened to the sound coming from the wind and waved his sleeves lightly.

The shouting suddenly stopped.

Then she sat down in front of the stone tower again.

The difference from before was that this time she no longer had her back to the two of them.

The red clouds rose up from behind her like a waterfall, making the day seem like dawn or dusk, competing with the autumn sun.

She still has the same face, a mixture of sadness and joy, changing in a myriad of ways, and full of compassion.

After a moment of silence, Chu Jun looked at Gu Zhuo and said, "I don't think I said anything wrong."

Gu Zhuo said with a strange look on his face: "I don't think you said anything wrong."

The voice of the Chiyin Sect Leader followed.

“I also like what this little girl said.”

Hearing this, Chu Jun looked back and forth between the two of them, and then said sincerely: "Thank you first, thank you again, there is no order of thanks, don't mind it."

After two thanks, the atmosphere at the top of the mountain became more subtle.

The leader of the Chiyin sect looked at Chu Jun, with the bearing of an elder, and said calmly: "To answer your previous question, the reason why I don't want to die with him is because I have a more important responsibility in my life."

Without the need for the two to ask, she continued talking on her own, with sincerity and heartfelt feelings.

"Tens of thousands of years ago, a great Buddhist made a great vow, vowing not to attain Buddhahood until hell was empty."

"Of course I am not as good as that Bodhisattva, and I dare not ask for such extravagant wishes. All I want is for all lovers in the world to finally get married."

"After me, there will be no more unrequited love in this world, and no more hatred due to resentment and separation."

"This is why I survived, how about it?"

The leader of the Chiyin Sect looked at Chu Jun. There was no smile on his lips, but he seemed to be smiling, with his fingertips slightly scattered as if picking flowers.

She finally said: "I choose the latter path, which is the most wise and courageous. I will choose the latter path, which is the most wise and courageous. "

Chu Jun had nothing to say.

Compared with the reason given by the other party at this moment, the focus she gave seemed to be much narrower, incomparable, and the difference was obvious.

Logically, she should bow respectfully and sincerely say that she is learning from this, but she really doesn't want to.

The silence was not long.

"It seems that this is the key to senior's breakthrough."

Gu Zhuo's tone was very brisk: "It is not easy to have a great understanding between life and death."

The leader of the Chiyin Sect smiled bitterly and was unwilling to say more.

Gu Zhuo changed the subject naturally and said, "Reminiscing about the past is the main thing, but it is not the only thing. I have two more things to do on this trip."

The leader of the Chiyin sect said, "Otherwise you wouldn't have risked such a huge risk to come here."

Gu Zhuo said: "One of the things is a private matter. I didn't intend to tell you. However, after listening to what you said before, I wanted to hear your opinion."

The Chi Yin Sect Leader's eyes changed slightly, and he asked, "Love affair?"

Gu Zhuo nodded.

Chu Jun thought to himself, you are starting to make up stories again.

Gu Zhuo didn't want to be without a roof over his head and be hit by the wind and snow.

He found a rain corridor and sat down, sitting on equal footing with the leader of the Chi Yin Sect several feet apart. He asked, "If a girl and I fall in love with each other, but are unable to stand side by side due to our opposing positions, and even come to a point of blood feud, what should we do?"

The leader of the Chiyin sect looked at him and said, "Since you are lovers, why don't you give up all worldly affairs and live together as a couple?"

Gu Zhuo asked: "The girl I like can't let go of worldly things. To her, they are not baggage or feelings, but the meaning of life. If she really lets go, is she still the one I like?"

There is a deeper meaning behind these words.

Deep in someone who is already dead.

Chu Jun couldn't help but glance at Gu Zhuo, thinking, are you deliberately making things difficult for others?

The leader of the Chi Yin sect was silent for a moment, then shook his head and said, "This has always been a difficult matter."

Gu Zhuo felt a little sad and sighed, "Who can I tell this to?"

After saying this, he stood up, brushed the dust off his clothes, and walked out.

Chu Jun was slightly startled and hurried to follow.

The leader of the Chiyin Sect looked at Gu Zhuo's back without saying anything.

At some point, Gu Zhuo stopped.

"Senior, I hope that people will live long, and I believe in your sincerity, so I reveal my past. But now it seems... it is difficult to have complete happiness in the world."

He laughed softly and said with a sigh, "No wonder all the saints and sages in ancient times were lonely." The leader of the Chiyin Sect said to him, "Stay here for a few days. I want to think about your problem."

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On the way leaving the top of Chiyin Peak, Chu Jun couldn't help but ask.

"Is everything you said before true?"

"Who knows?"

Gu Zhuo answered briskly, his voice as bright as a spring day, without a trace of sadness.

Chu Jun looked at him, eyes full of suspicion, and said, "Is it a lie?"

Gu Zhuo said: "This is the least important thing."

Chu Jun frowned slightly and said, "Then what is important?"

Gu Zhuo glanced at her and said in a gentle voice: "Never, ever, ever, ever give others the opportunity to set up a trap to test your Dao heart, because there must be a dead end in this world that cannot be perfectly resolved. This is the most important thing for us as practitioners."

Chu Jun didn't know what to say.

Gu Zhuo didn't care about her silence and said casually: "The Dao Heart is certainly not Liuli, let alone Caiyun, but it is something that cannot stand the test after all, just like the trust between people."

Chu Jun said seriously: "I understand."

Having said this, Gu Zhuo stopped and looked sideways toward the outside of the mountain path.

The scattered light of the red clouds illuminated the world, and the sky was full of snowflakes like flying maple leaves. He said, "In short, the purpose of you and I coming to the Chiyin Sect has been achieved. What's next is just waiting."

Chu Jun looked at his profile, his eyes became complicated, and said, "Yeah."

Gu Zhuo thought for a moment and reminded, "I don't know how long we can get along with each other. Maybe it will be this fall, so if you have anything to ask me, please ask me now."

After a moment of silence, Chu Jun smiled and said, "Don't worry."

Gu Zhuo said: "There is one more thing."

Chu Jun asked: "You say."

Gu Zhuo warned, "If you get into trouble in the future, just don't tell your master about it."

As soon as he finished speaking, he seemed to recall something interesting and laughed out loud quite suddenly.

Chu Jun rolled his eyes and said, "You are not my master."

Hearing this, Gu Zhuo's smile never faded, and he said earnestly: "You are afraid because I am not your master. If I were your master, what would I be afraid of?"

Chu Jun suddenly asked: "So what do you think our relationship is now?"

Gu Zhuo shrugged and said, "This is a meaningless question. If you insist on me giving an answer, then I think this is a relationship that has never really existed."

Chu Jun just felt confused and said unhappily, "That sounds really scumbag."

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One day a long time later, when Chu Jun was standing alone under the eaves looking at the snow falling from the sky, he once again couldn't help but recall the long autumn when he and Gu Zhuo walked through the wilderness and mountains.

She had seen countless snows in her life, but none of them was as meaningful as that autumn snow, which made her remember it for the rest of her life.

She was still very young at that time. Although she knew that she had a heavy responsibility on her shoulders, she still had unrealistic ideas, such as each generation must be stronger than the previous one, and she must be stronger than Gu Zhuo.

Perhaps that is the edge that has not been smoothed out by time.

She always remembered what she did at that time. After saying "what a scumbag", she let Gu Zhuo stay alone in the guest house of the Chiyin Sect to rest, and she concentrated on practicing alone in the wind and snow to relieve the anxiety in her heart.

What’s interesting is that the days she spent in the Chiyin Sect were probably the most peaceful and happy time in her life, with no one and no thing to disturb her.

When she was tired, she would swallow the wind and drink the snow to fill her stomach like a fairy; when she was confused, she could turn around and face Gu Zhuo through the wall of the guest house to ask for advice and get the most accurate explanation at the first time; when she was sleepy, she could even unreasonably hold the sword in her arms like a pillow and simply fall into a sweet dream.

Looking back now, the sky might have been collapsing at that time.

It’s just that the person standing next to her happened to be the tall man who could withstand the collapse of the sky.

She had many regrets in her life, but the one that haunted her the most and made her unable to look forward for a long time and always couldn't help but look back was ultimately that one thing.

——Why couldn’t the young girl be a little more curious that night?
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It was a bright night sky.

The red clouds rise from the peak, illuminating everything day and night.

Gu Zhuo opened his eyes and woke up from his meditation.

The injuries he suffered from the high priest had not yet healed, and it was as if he had been stabbed by a sword, and time passed extremely slowly.

After drinking a cup of hot tea, he pushed the door open and walked out. A half-asleep girl leaning against the eaves of the guest house caught his eye. Her unmade-up face was neither cute nor cool, but rather childish.

Gu Zhuo looked at Chu Jun who was sleeping and confirmed a fact again.

This is an extremely pure mentor-disciple relationship.

Then he thought of Lin Wanyi, Yu Sheng and even Pei Jinge, and found that there was always someone by his side in this life, which was very different from his previous life.

Now this relationship is pretty good.

Thinking of this, Gu Zhuo withdrew his gaze and walked out of the guest house.

Walking in the cold wind on a snowy night, his breath became increasingly faint, until it was indistinguishable from snowflakes.

The Three Lives Tower did not appear nearby. This was because his mind had recovered after resting for several days.

The Chiyin followers were guarding outside, ignoring Gu Zhuo's arrival. They were whispering about the obvious changes in the situation in the wilderness recently and were worried about the madness of the people in the wilderness. However, they finally came to the conclusion that they were relieved. The most crucial reason was of course the breakthrough of their leader.

Gu Zhuo listened quietly.

The leader of the Chiyin Sect gave him a very strange feeling, but he probably didn't have any murderous intention towards him, otherwise his attitude would not be that way.

What he found strange was that the other party's path of cultivation was not just superficial, but also revealed the true meaning of Zen Buddhism in depth.

Such a true meaning must have come from one of the few great Zen sects. Even if it is not the two major ancestral temples of Cihang Temple or Changle Temple, it should at least be the Yuangou Temple where the monk Wugou is.

Why does the Chiyin Sect have this inheritance, and why is it related to Yingxu back then?
He has repeatedly confirmed from various aspects that Yingxu and Sizhu are friends, and it is by no means false.

If that's the case, why did these two people go through thousands of miles through the end of the wilderness and mountains to enter the real snow country to fight such a battle? Couldn't they just choose a place closer?
He was still concerned about the word "God" that the high priest kept chanting.

Yingxu died too hastily after all.

Wang Ji really doesn't care about worldly affairs.

The temple master was too shrewd and scheming. He had been avoiding battle on purpose back then. He might not be full of lies, but he certainly was unwilling to tell the truth. Even what he said in the heart of that lonely mountain that he would bring the Taoist master back to life to lure the White Emperor into taking action was not necessarily true.

What's more, the existence of the fake immortal in Gushan is far-fetched in itself. No matter how powerful Yu Yang is in the Pure Land, even if he is on par with the high priest, how can he create something in the immortal realm?
The gap between innocence and enlightenment cannot be measured in miles.

The most reasonable explanation for this problem is that the fake Yuhua has a direct relationship with Yingxu and Sizhu, or at least it has passed through the hands of these two people.

As for why the barbarians knew nothing about this?
We are all lives below the stage of enlightenment, so what qualifications do we have to know so much?

Thinking about these messy things, Gu Zhuo climbed up the stairs and walked towards the top of Chiyin Peak.

In the wilderness, the sect that has the closest relationship with the Tianming Sect is the Chiyin Sect.

If the leader of the Chiyin Sect was truly devoted to Yingxu all his life, he should have known very well the footprints he left in the wilderness.

In other words, this person who is neither male nor female, neither a nun nor a monk is likely to know more secrets.

After an unknown amount of time, Gu Zhuo came to the stone tower again.

The leader of the Chiyin Sect was standing there.

She turned her back to Gu Zhuo, gently stroked the stone tower, and said without turning back: "It seems that you want to talk to me about that other thing."

Gu Zhuo said: "Yes."

The leader of the Chiyin Sect said: "What Yingxu wants to do in this life has never changed. From the beginning to the end, there is only one thing. You should know it."

Gu Zhuo said: "Yeah."

The leader of the Chiyin sect turned around and asked, "If that's the case, what other secrets do you want to know?"

Gu Zhuo said calmly: "What is this God that the high priest believes in?"

(End of this chapter)