The Word of Heaven

Chapter 215 True Mercy

There was silence at the top of the mountain.

The night is scattered with red clouds, and the clouds are dyed red, the picture is extremely magnificent.

The expression of the Chiyin Sect Leader became more and more indifferent, and against the backdrop of the magnificent sunset glow, he looked slightly pale.

She put her hands behind her back and looked at Gu Zhuo. Her eyes slowly narrowed until they became a very thin line.

To anyone who saw it, it looked as if she was ready to kill someone the next moment.

After an unknown amount of time, the leader of the Chi Yin sect chuckled, as if he had suddenly come to his senses, and asked softly, "I was just thinking about something, I don't think I scared you, did I?"

Gu Zhuo said: "It's hard to find anything in this world that can scare me."

The leader of the Chiyin sect was very moved and said, "After all, you saw with your own eyes how he died."

Gu Zhuo did not deny it, because the him in the words was Yingxu.

The leader of the Chiyin sect looked at him and asked, "This is the real purpose of your trip, right?"

Gu Zhuo said calmly, "Yes."

He had rarely done things like lying in his previous two lives, so it was unfamiliar to him.

I didn’t do much in the beginning of my life, but now I am slowly becoming familiar with it and there is no longer any risk of being easily seen through.

The leader of the Chiyin sect was silent for a long time, and then he said slowly, "Why should I answer your question?"

Gu Zhuo didn't even think about it and said directly: "Because I want to repeat what he did."

As he said this, he looked at the other person calmly, not wanting to miss even the slightest change.

The leader of the Chiyin Sect looked like he had seen a madman, and his expression changed significantly.

Just as Taoist Zizai had said to Chu Jun, Yingxu had only had that one chance encounter with the leader of the Chiyin Sect in this life, because the former was really disgusted by the latter's omnipresent influence after he went crazy.

However, what Yingxu seeks in this life is extremely secret and should not be known to others, at least not to those below the level of Yuhua. She was just an innocent person before this breakthrough, so how could she know the truth?
These were just her guesses and inferences without evidence.

Ignorance requires knowledge, so she has to show that she knows everything at this time.

This is the fundamental reason why she is willing to keep these two people.

At this moment, Gu Zhuo's voice rang out.

"I was very curious about something before, or I didn't understand it."

He stated in an objective tone: "Why are you still alive today?"

The leader of the Chiyin sect was silent.

Gu Zhuo said: "I probably know Yingxu's character well. You and the entire Chiyin Sect have enough reasons to die at his hands, but you have survived to this day."

The leader of the Chiyin sect asked slowly, "What exactly do you want to say?"

Gu Zhuo said to himself: "The only possibility is that you and the Chiyin Sect have value to Yingxu. To put it simply, you are just a chess piece he casually arranged."

The Chi Yin Sect Leader fell silent again.

Gu Zhuo looked at her and said, "But you must be unwilling to be a pawn, because you have never truly liked Yingxu. Otherwise, as my disciple said, you should have died with him the day Yingxu died."

In the wilderness, an unexpected encounter that might not have been destined led to a chance meeting between him and a member of the Chiyin Sect.

No matter whether it was He Tinghe’s self-narration or the scripture given by the nun in the wedding dress, the most important thing was always those two words - rebirth.

Why would a sect that is dedicated to the seven emotions and six desires, love, hate, and separation, be willing to take such huge risks in order to nurture its soul and give birth to a new and real self?
This is undoubtedly a move far away from what is near.

The most reasonable explanation is that the Chiyin Cult had to do this because this was the only reason for its existence in the world.

Coincidentally, the reason why the feathered being created by the wild man Yu Yang, who did not hesitate to kill his own people, was fake was that it lacked true intelligence.

The two of them live deep in the mountains, how come they are so destined to be together?
How can this be God’s will?

This is clearly man-made.

An invisible cage trapped the Chiyin Sect in the wilderness and mountains, preventing them from moving far.

This cage is most likely that martial art.

A long silence.

Standing in front of the stone tower, the leader of the Chiyin Sect smiled.

Whether it's the sad side or the happy side.

Her voice was full of self-mockery, but no longer heavy, as she said, "Who wants to be a chess piece, let alone an idle one?"

At this point, she suddenly changed the subject, staring into Gu Zhuo's eyes and asking in a deep voice: "Who are you? Why do you know so many things? How many of your words are true?!"

Gu Zhuo shook his head and said in a gentle voice: "Let's go back to the question just now. What is the God that the barbarians believe in?"

After a moment of silence, the leader of the Chiyin Sect said, "What can you give me?"

Gu Zhuo said: "So that you are no longer a chess piece."

The leader of the Chi Yin sect mocked and said, "Based on your current realm?"

After entering the realm of enlightenment, she has undoubtedly become one of the strongest people in the wilderness. How could she not see Gu Zhuo's current strength?

It was because she felt that she had the overall situation in her hands that she didn't mind letting Gu Zhuo and Chu Jun stay in the Chiyin Sect.

Gu Zhuo casually said: "No matter how low my realm is, you just can't get out of this cage that Yingxu left for you. Or are you confident that you can break through and enter Yuhua someday?"

"But is it that easy to achieve immortality? The reason you are praying to the Buddha here, making yourself neither human nor ghost, neither monk nor nun, isn't it because you don't believe you can make it to that point?"

"The person who tied the bell must be the one who can untie it. Now that Yingxu is dead, I am the only one left in the world who can untie it, right?"

His tone became more and more nonchalant: "Or do you want to continue to fail?"

Only the truth can hurt people the most.

The Chi Yin Sect Leader's eyes became increasingly cold.

Gu Zhuo sighed and said, "This is not something I did. Why are you looking at me like that? I'm not a monk. Do you expect me to have sympathy?"

The leader of the Chiyin sect paused, sneered and said, "The monk is not necessarily merciful."

This sentence undoubtedly confirmed that Gu Zhuo's previous inference was true.

“Although I don’t like monks…”

He was speechless and asked seriously, "But no matter what, you are a great devil who deserves death. Isn't it a mercy that you were not killed on the spot? Or do you really think you are pure and innocent?"

The leader of the Chiyin Sect was stunned and speechless.

"Tsk."

Gu Zhuo seemed to sigh and said, "It's really not easy to be a good person."

The leader of the Chiyin sect looked at him and suddenly asked, "Do you want to die?"

Gu Zhuo raised his eyebrows and said, "You want to use my life to exchange for your own freedom?"

The leader of the Chiyin Sect said indifferently: "How?"

Gu Zhuo said: "Not much."

"This is not the Destiny Church."

The leader of the Chiyin Sect said expressionlessly: "You are followed by a little girl in the Cave Realm. I am now curious about where your confidence comes from."

Gu Zhuo smiled slightly and said, "Guess?"

Seeing his smile, the leader of the Chi Yin sect also smiled and said sarcastically, "Why don't you guess how I will make you live a life worse than death?"

After saying this, the red clouds that dyed the night sky red were silent and magnificent, as if the morning sun rose ahead of time.

With the peak as the center, the vital energy of heaven and earth within a radius of more than ten miles was fluctuating like boiling water - this was undoubtedly the sound of the Chiyin Sect's mountain gate formation being activated.

The mountains were filled with noise, the silence shrouded by the night was instantly broken, and the whole world suddenly became lively.

Immediately afterwards, there were continuous voices breaking through the air and falling into the ears of the two people standing in front of the stone tower. They were all the elders of the Chiyin Sect asking anxiously, wanting to know what kind of drastic changes had taken place in the sect and why the formation was activated so abruptly.

You know, even when they were fighting the barbarians a few days ago, the Chiyin Sect's mountain gate formation did not show such a strong posture.

The leader of the Chiyin Sect turned a deaf ear to it and regarded it as all noise.

Gu Zhuo's expression remained the same as before.

The current situation did not exceed his expectations.

To be precise, the moment he decided to meet the leader of the Chiyin Sect again, he was already prepared for this change.

Otherwise, why would he let Zhe Xue be held in Chu Jun's arms?
The leader of the Chiyin sect put his hands together, half of his face showing the expression of a compassionate monk, and said slowly: "Buddha has mercy on me."

At the same time, the other half of the face glared at him angrily and shouted, "It's never too late to turn back!"

Two completely different voices echoed in the courtyard at the top of the mountain, like devilish sounds or Buddhist chants.

The flying snow in the sky suddenly disappeared and was instantly crushed into the finest powder, leaving no trace in this world.

Instead, there was a rich, fiery glow, with the Chiyin Sect Leader as the center. It was like clear water that instantly submerged the entire peak, forming a space that was almost indistinguishable from a Taoist temple.

The picture is beautiful and even more weird.

When you are in it, the first thing you feel is the heat burning your body, followed by the bone-chilling coldness that penetrates your soul.

The two do not need to alternate repeatedly, but exist at the same time, bringing an extremely strong feeling, which is more painful than lingchi, enough to make people live a life worse than death.

The leader of the Chiyin sect looked at Gu Zhuo and said indifferently: "No one can help you."

Gu Zhuo smiled and said, "Just like back then, no one helped you?"

The leader of the Chiyin sect frowned, his expression became even colder, and he said, "What's the point of being good at talking?"

Gu Zhuo said: "It's mainly because I thought that Yingxu probably didn't even talk to you at that time, so I felt that I needed to say a few more words for him to make up for it."

When he said this, his tone was extremely sincere, and his expression even contained a hint of apology.

When the Chi Yin Sect Leader saw him like this, his indifference instantly turned into anger, and he scolded in a cold voice: "I won't kill you, but do you think I can't torture you?"

"Yeah~"

Gu Zhuo was very relaxed and said, "I just don't think you can torture me."

As soon as the words fell, the expression of the leader of the Chiyin Sect suddenly changed, and he subconsciously asked: "How do you know the true teachings of our sect?!"

There is almost no difference between it and a dojo, but there is still a difference after all, as it is not a world that completely belongs to oneself.

Then, as long as Gu Zhuo can sort out the rules of this world in detail and make his aura perfectly adapt to this world without being rejected, it will be no different from being in an ordinary place.

The premise of all this is accurate cognition.

"Why do you know?"

Gu Zhuo thought for a moment and said to the Chi Yin Sect Leader, "Maybe it's because I have a good character?"

"Character?"

The leader of the Chiyin Sect said in a cold voice: "This is not the human world, this is a wasteland, strength is everything."

Gu Zhuo said: "Then why don't you just threaten me with my life?"

The voice of the Chi Yin Sect Leader became increasingly cold.

"I said I would let you have a taste of what it's like to be worse off than dead."

"You are indeed special, but where is your apprentice?"

……

……

Guesthouse at the Chiyin Mountain Gate.

The moment the formation was activated, Chu Jun had already woken up and was no longer sleepy. She looked up at the fiery glow that was scattered from the ceiling, and turned to step into the guest house but did not see Gu Zhuo, and immediately realized what had happened.

There were voices coming from outside the courtyard gate, they were the concerns and inquiries of the Chiyin Sect disciples.

Chu Jun listened very carefully, and forced himself to remain calm so as not to let his mind be disturbed.

She thought for a moment and finally opened the gate.

There were several Chi Yin Sect disciples standing outside the door, but they couldn't find any trace of the elder. It looked like they were just conveying a message in a normal way, without any unnecessary details.

What I told her was very simple, which was to ask her not to move around aimlessly to avoid causing misunderstandings during this extraordinary period.

This request could not be more reasonable.

Chu Jun nodded slightly, indicating that he understood and had no objection.

Then she smiled even more sweetly.

No matter how you look at it, she was relaxed and careless at this time.

So, when the red line came silently under the rosy clouds, it was undoubtedly an almost flawless sneak attack.

Why just close?

Because of failure.

clang!
At some point, Chu Jun had already held his sword in front of him.

The red line collided head-on with the sword, making a shocking sound like the collision of metal and stone.

Chu Jun retreated at an extremely fast speed, using the methods he had learned from Gu Zhuo in recent days to forcibly transfer most of the force that was hitting his body to the ground.

With a loud bang, the ground shook and trembled, and a lot of smoke and dust rose!

A green shadow crashed into the wall of the guest house, creating a gully several feet long on the ground, and broken bricks and gravel splashed in all directions like a rainstorm.

The Chiyin Sect disciples standing outside the courtyard gate really knew nothing. Their eyes were filled with astonishment. They subconsciously wanted to do something, but then they found that the one who made the move was actually their own elder.

The person who could have carried out such a sinister and deadly sneak attack without hesitation could only have been the female cultivator in the wedding dress. Only she could have harbored such strong hatred.

"Die!"

The female cultivator in the wedding dress yelled angrily, and the devilish sound created a gust of air that blew away the sea of ​​dust in an instant!

The picture suddenly became clear.

Chu Jun lowered his head, slightly bent his waist, and used the snow as a stick to insert into the ground, forcing himself to stop.

Her face turned slightly pale, and her tied-up black hair was disheveled, hiding her features. It was obvious that she was injured by this extremely powerful blow, but no matter how you looked at it, her injury was not serious.

The gusts of wind brought gravel and hit her body, making her blue shirt rustle.

At the same time, someone else came to Chu Jun quietly and swung a knife.

This knife is just as insidious, and is also borne out of hatred.

The chill brought by the blade was like a cold wind, penetrating through Chu Jun's black hair, into the gaps in her clothes, and onto her skin.

However, before that, there was a sword.

That sword is Zhexue.

Zhexue is not the Yishui sword. It moves according to one's heart and it never matters whether it is in one's hand or not.

When her black hair was scattered, Chu Jun had already loosened his hands that were holding the sword and let Zhe Xue leave.

No matter how fast the knife came, no matter how perfect the timing was, no matter how chilling the chill it brought, it was not a flying knife after all, and there was an objective distance between it and Chu Jun's neck.

Unfortunately, Zhexue can be a flying sword.

wipe!
A cold light flashed by.

He Tinghe's left arm holding the knife was cut off on the spot, and blood spurted into the sky like splashed ink.

Chu Jun didn't even look at it and turned back to his sword.

Then she stood up and looked forward.

The nun in wedding dress was standing outside the gate.

He Tinghe was kneeling on the ground, wailing to the sky, and holding the wound tightly with his remaining hand.

The scene was extremely tragic.

The noise here had already spread to other places, attracting countless gazes and a large number of Chiyin Sect disciples who flocked to the place.

Chu Jun held the sword and looked at the increasing number of people, his face as gloomy as water.

She thought to herself, where have you been?

She thought again, she would try to kill a few more and then die.

……

……

The top of Chiyin Peak.

In front of the stone pagoda.

The leader of the Chiyin Sect remained silent.

Gu Zhuo looked at her and said, "I'm sorry, my apprentice is really amazing."

The leader of the Chi Yin Sect said: "As I said before, this is not the Tian Ming Sect, but the Chi Yin Sect."

Gu Zhuo said: "Yes~"

The leader of the Chiyin Sect suddenly had a bad feeling.

She found that she had missed a very important question - why did Gu Zhuo go to the mountain of tigers even though he knew there was a tiger there?
This is definitely not what a smart person would do.

When she realized this, change...came.

boom!
It was like a bolt of lightning exploding at the top of the mountain.

The entire Chiyin Sect's mountain gate began to tremble, the buildings on the mountain were shaking, countless cracks appeared on the walls, and dust fell from them like rain.

What’s even more terrifying is that even the red light rising from the top of the peak was flickering!

I don’t know how many disciples of the Chiyin Sect were injured in the aftermath of this attack, vomiting blood and kneeling on the ground.

The leader of the Chiyin Sect suddenly turned around and looked back.

There was a giant insect standing on a mountain peak hundreds of feet away, twisting its huge body under the rosy glow, casting a shadow on the entire Chiyin Mountain Gate.

She had been in the wilderness for decades, and had personally made the Chiyin Sect stand out among the mountains and gain a great reputation. How could she not recognize the true identity of this giant insect?

"Yu Yang?"

The leader of the Chi Yin sect shouted angrily: "Don't you want to die?"

The process of the barbarians turning into monsters is irreversible, and their sanity is doomed to decline with the passage of time.

For the barbarians in the realm of purity, breaking through the realm is no different from suicide, both are a way of losing self-awareness.

This is exactly why the leader of the Chiyin Sect was angry.

The giant insect did not respond, but once again moved its body closer to the Chiyin Mountain Gate, encountering the glow head-on and colliding with it.

Thousands of legs are placed on the mountain, embedding into the rock like crushed tofu.

The red clouds flickered and there were sounds of mountains collapsing.

Amid the continuous thunder like a midsummer rainstorm, the screams and cries became inaudible, and the blood was buried by the dust before it could even color the soil.

The top of Chiyin Peak was also shaking.

Gu Zhuoyi was very calm.

He was too lazy to stand any longer, so he found a place to sit down and said, "It is because this is not the Tianming Sect that I came here."

At this time, the leader of the Chiyin Sect became calm and no longer furious.

"The reason why Huang Ren has been crazy recently is because of you?"

"Who knows?"

Gu Zhuo bent down, propped up his chin with one hand, and said lazily: "This is how things are now."

The leader of the Chiyin Sect said: "As long as I agree to your conditions, you can put this matter to rest."

Gu Zhuo said nothing.

Wait a minute, it's across his knees, he can pull it out at any time, letting the sword meet the sky and the earth.

The Sansheng Tower is nowhere to be seen.

The leader of the Chiyin Sect said, "Do you really think that Yu Yang alone can destroy our sect?"

Before he finished speaking, a ray of light rushed up into the sky like a countercurrent waterfall, covering the giant insect that was Yu Yang's incarnation.

In just a moment, thousands and tens of thousands of red lines appeared on the insect's body, leaving countless bloody wounds and penetrating deep into its flesh and bones.

After suffering such a severe blow, the giant insect could no longer maintain its previous posture. Its body stiffened for a moment and then shook to the point of almost falling over. It could no longer launch an attack in a short period of time.

"I'm curious."

The leader of the Chiyin sect looked at Gu Zhuo coldly and said, "Who else is going crazy with Yu Yang..."

The words stopped abruptly.

She looked away, her body staggering from what she had witnessed, and she nearly fell down on the spot.

In another direction where Yu Yang attacked the Chiyin Sect, the entire night sky was burned into a dark green by flames.

A huge wave of flames roared in, ruthlessly encroaching on every corner of the Chiyin Mountain Gate, becoming entangled with the red glow.

The aura of the mountain gate formation weakened rapidly, and the world on the top of Chiyin Peak, which was close to the Taoist temple, was about to fall apart. The most obvious sign was that the stone tower that served as the core of the formation was shaking constantly and could collapse at any time.

"And the high priest."

Gu Zhuo's voice sounded in time, and he answered kindly: "This charlatan doesn't hate me at all, but he just wants to kill me, otherwise I wouldn't have come to you, senior."

A mouthful of blood spurted out from the mouth of the Chiyin Sect Leader.

It was related to anger, but more importantly, as the main person in the formation, she was already injured when the formation suffered a strong impact.

Gu Zhuo sat still and said gently, "Do you want me to give you some advice?"

The Chi Yin Sect Leader was silent.

Gu Zhuo smiled sincerely and said, "Try to kill me now while you are not seriously injured and I am still trapped here."

"As long as I die here, everything will end."

He said, "How about the preservation of the hard work you have put into your business over the past few decades?"

The leader of the Chiyin sect remained silent.

This is of course the solution, how could he not know that the problem could be solved this way?

and then?
Kill Gu Zhuo, and let the cage left by Yingxu continue to trap her. Will she be trapped in this damn evil skill for the rest of her life, and let the love that should not exist at all torture her for the rest of her life?

If she hadn't known that Gu Zhuo might be able to regain his life for him, he would certainly have killed without hesitation at this moment, but the problem was... that ray of light had already entered her eyes, so how could she bear to let herself step into the darkness again?
At this moment, Gu Zhuo stood up.

He leisurely brushed off the dust on his clothes, grasped the old sword in his hand, sighed and said something.

"May the Buddha have mercy on me, but you really don't want to go back to shore, Senior."

(End of this chapter)