The Word of Heaven

Chapter 227: Let's Share the Eternal Sorrow

Gu Zhuo thought that your innocent look was a little too fake.

Yu Sheng didn't feel guilty about this, so he smiled and said, "Let's get ready first."

Gu Zhuo glanced at her, but ultimately said nothing.

The gravekeeper saw this scene, but his expression did not change at all. No one knew if it was because he didn't care or for some other reason, he looked as cold and indifferent as a dead person.

Gu Zhuo said politely, "Sorry for the trouble."

Hearing these three words, the gravekeeper nodded slightly, stood up and walked out from the snow pavilion beside the grave.

With his departure, the originally dirty ground under the snow pavilion became clean in an instant, as if winter snow met the spring sun, without a trace of dirt.

Intricate array patterns are engraved on the empty ground. The dim light of the setting sun shines on it, filling in the thin and shallow lines like flowing water, exuding a warm and decadent atmosphere, which easily reminds people of the old times.

The design of this formation is not complicated, and its use is also very simple. It is just as the gravekeeper mentioned before - to evoke the moments that the practitioners in the formation are most reluctant to recall, and to face the past.

The grave keeper leaves the pavilion in order to judge success or failure, but also to avoid stepping into the memory of the person being tested and causing a gap in his heart.

With the last rays of sunset, Gu Zhuo quietly observed the formation for half a minute, then walked down to the pavilion.

At the same time, Yu Sheng looked at the gravekeeper.

The gravekeeper did not shake his head.

The next moment, Yu Sheng followed behind Gu Zhuo and stepped into the formation almost at the same time.

The two stepped into the formation, and the light bursting out from the lines on the ground suddenly became brighter and quite dazzling.

The gravekeeper frowned, vaguely feeling that the formation had changed. However, when his spiritual sense fell on it, he could not find any difference. So he did not do anything more and just waited quietly.

According to past experience, it would take about half an hour.

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The sound of the waves comes in waves, soothing and melodious, like a melody.

The wind that never stops brings the fishy smell of dead fish mixed with a slightly salty taste into one's nose, making it impossible for one to feel refreshed. The occasional broken wood that is carried to the beach by the waves makes one feel even more desolate.

What is most unbearable is that from time to time there are flocks of birds flying by, bringing a stinking rain here.

A young man wearing an old Taoist robe stood on the beach.

That was the Taoist master when he was young.

He bent down and carefully picked up a shell from the mud with two fingers. He looked at it very carefully for a long time and then came to a general conclusion.

"You can't eat this even if you wash it, right?"

"Today is not about treating everyone to a meal."

A cold and slightly hoarse voice sounded indifferently, and it was hard to tell that it came from the mouth of a girl who had just run away from home.

She slowly approached the young Taoist priest squatting on the beach and said calmly, "My name is Bai Nanming."

The Taoist master also said his name, and then asked curiously: "Why did you choose such a place?"

“Because you’re actually a nice person.”

Bai Nanming stood with his hands behind his back, with the bearing of a master, and said condescendingly: "I admire you very much, so I don't think it's necessary to let the world know about this battle. The victory or defeat is just between you and me."

The implication is very clear.

——You will be defeated by me.

The Taoist Master raised his head and looked at the girl's ordinary face, which he had never seen before. He suddenly realized and said, "Then thank you first."

At this point, the waves inexplicably remained still in mid-air, like something in a painting.

Far away from this young couple, stood another couple. From the outside, the latter two looked no different from the former two and were obviously of the same age. However, if you looked deeper into their eyes, you would know that this was just an illusion.

Standing in the distance are naturally Gu Zhuo and Yu Sheng.

"Don't you think it's a bit childish?"

Yu Sheng said expressionlessly, "They tampered with the formation temporarily just to bring up this old story."

Gu Zhuo smiled and said, "Isn't this formation for reminiscing about the past?"

After a moment of silence, Yu Sheng said softly, "Okay."

Gu Zhuo turned his head and glanced at her profile, then asked curiously, "What do you think your master was thinking at that time?"

Yu Sheng really didn't want to talk.

Just thinking that this couldn't solve the problem, she didn't remain silent after all. She smiled and said, "I think your sister is a very proud and generous person."

Gu Zhuo looked over there.

The sea breeze was biting, and the thin purple dress clung to the girl's body, outlining her graceful and beautiful seductive curves, which contrasted beautifully with the bright spring sun.

If you look up from the young Taoist's position, what you will see is a noble and awe-inspiring purple that covers the sky and blocks out the sun.

How can this not be generous and proud?
"Does it look good?"

Yu Sheng's voice was as indifferent as water.

Gu Zhuo said honestly: "I actually thought it was very beautiful back then, but I didn't dare to say it out loud."

Yu Sheng took a deep breath, forced himself to calm down, and said with a half-smile: "How dare you say it now?"

Gu Zhuo thought about it and said more honestly: "The main thing is that now you can see clearly that it was your master who walked over by himself. This matter cannot be blamed on me at all. The truth is definitely on my side."

Yu Sheng was speechless.

"There is one thing I still can't figure out."

"What's the matter?"

"Why on earth would you choose a place like this where birds poop to have a fight?"

"...At that time, someone told you, Senior Sister, how can there be few people in a place where birds don't shit? If you want quietness, you have to find a place where birds love to shit."

"This...she believed it?"

"You have to admit that this logic sounds reasonable. It makes no sense for ordinary people to go to such a place."

"So she believed it?"

"So what if I believed it?"

"Nothing, I'm just curious about how long it took your master to find this place."

"Probably... seven or eight days."

Gu Zhuo stopped talking.

He was afraid that if he said any more, he would burst out laughing.

Yu Sheng didn't even look at him.

After a moment, the wind picked up again.

It was on this beach that the young Taoist master and the future Martial God faced the first truly difficult battle in each other's lives.

The two began to evaluate each other.

"Uncle Master, why do I feel that this move doesn't seem like a Taoist move?"

"Nephew, why did your master insist on rolling up that piece of yellow sand? Didn't she see that the bird shit was still fresh?"

"It's fine if you just throw away your gun and punch someone, but why do you have to hit someone in the face?"

"Maybe it's because he's so handsome?"

"Your master does look ordinary at this time."

"So that's why Bai Yun San Shou went to that place?"

Gu Zhuo and Yu Sheng's voices were very calm, as they did not want to reveal any unnecessary emotions, so they sounded neutral, objective and rational.

At some point, the boy and girl on the beach were fighting above the waves, and they were having a great time.

If nothing unexpected happens, the young Taoist master and the future human martial god will decide the outcome in the next move, but at this moment the picture in the memory stops again and stagnates.

It’s not that Gu Zhuo and Yu Sheng have no interest in winning or losing, but they know what will happen next.

The three assassins from Wuyou Mountain attacked at the same time, breaking through the sand and water from the shallows hidden by the waves, directly interrupting and stopping the fight, and almost killing two people on the spot.

"I still think Master will win."

Yu Sheng said.

Gu Zhuo smiled and said, "Then I have only one answer."

Yu Sheng thought for a moment and asked, "If there hadn't been this assassination, would there have been what happened later?"

Gu Zhuo's smile gradually faded. He thought seriously for a while, shook his head and said, "It's difficult."

Yu Sheng thought that seemed to be the case.

After the assassination, Bai Nanming felt very guilty, thinking that it was his responsibility to choose such a battlefield.

However, the Taoist master felt that Wuyoushan was coming for him, because before this duel, he had offended a thousand-year-old family at a grand event, which could be said to be a blood feud, and the other party had sufficient reasons to attack him.

No one spoke their true feelings to each other, and everyone was silently blaming themselves.

Looking back at the past, it seems a bit childish and unfinished now.

Yu Sheng waved his sleeves gently and bid farewell to the sky of the past.

Gu Zhuo did not stop it, allowing the world in front of him to fall apart, leaving behind darkness.

The formation rotated once again, and new light from the sky fell, reflecting into the eyes of the two.

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As the night deepens, the sound of rain fills the lake.

More than a hundred years ago, the State of Qi was located in a remote place. Due to its weak national strength, it enjoyed peace for a long time, and over time, the people became docile.

Therefore, there are many places for fireworks in the capital, the most famous of which is the pleasure boat on Yuedao Lake.

After the young Taoist master and Bai Nanming survived the three assassins, they were seriously injured and were being chased by someone.

The two thought again and again for safety, and finally came to a conclusion that they had to go to an unusual place so as to avoid being seen.

To be precise, it is a place that does not match their identity.

The place they finally chose was the brothel.

In the eyes of the two at that time, no matter how experienced the assassins from Wuyou Mountain were, they would never have thought of such a possibility.

Although it was called a brothel, how could Taoist Master and Bai Nanming really go to such a place where people were too naked? Having no financial worries, they naturally headed to the most elegant place in the city.

Then, problems arose.

The girl in charge of welcoming guests looked at the two of them with a smile and spoke softly.

——The meaning is probably that tonight is an elegant banquet, and all the guests sitting here are talented and famous men of talent. Do you two gentlemen have any knowledge?
Gu Zhuo stood in the distance, watching this scene, his expression gradually becoming ugly.

Because his memory was not bad enough, he could still remember what kind of story was going to happen tonight.

Yu Sheng looked at him and said, "I have a lot of academic questions that I would like to ask you, uncle."

Gu Zhuo had a bad feeling and asked tentatively, "What do you want to ask?"

Yu Sheng smiled and said, "It's mainly poetry."

After a moment of silence, Gu Zhuo said sincerely, "Poetry is just a side issue. Cultivation is the main path to heaven. I don't think you need to focus on this."

"is it?"

Yu Sheng smiled and said, "But I think that the only appearance of the young man who made a stunning appearance a hundred years ago, left behind countless quatrains in a short night, was fascinated by the world at that time, and was called the Immortal Poet by later generations of literati, this is really not something we should miss, right?"

Gu Zhuo didn't want to talk.

This is one of the most unrequited memories in someone's life... or perhaps it's the beginning of everything.

But now the decision-making power is no longer in that person's hands.

Yu Sheng was smiling.

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Faced with the receptionist's request, Bai Nanming remained silent for a long time.

Then she asked, "Isn't the knowledge of cultivation also considered as learning?"

The receptionist smiled without saying anything, and her meaning was very clear.

Bai Nanming was a little embarrassed and annoyed, thinking why can't this be let go? !

At this moment, the young Taoist master took a step forward and handed over three gold leaves unnoticed.

It was dark on a rainy night and no one could see.

The receptionist's eyes brightened instantly, and she praised: "This young man is truly extraordinary!"

Bai Nanming was shocked and thought, is this even possible?

The young Taoist master guessed what she was thinking and said casually, "There is beauty in books."

As soon as the words fell, the receptionist girl who was about to take the two people onto the pleasure boat was slightly startled, wondering why she had never heard of this sentence before?
Then she was very glad that she had not heard this before, otherwise there would be no reason to charge the money.

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There was no noise in the pleasure boat, and the sounds of stringed instruments were pleasant.

Layers of gauze curtains were hanging in the venue, blocking everyone's gazes looking forward, and the sounds of piano and flute came from among them.

Not only that, there are also women with graceful figures dancing in the scene. Their dancing postures are not enchanting, but rather eye-catching in their looming appearance.

After a while, a noise broke the quietness - the receptionist was found to have accepted bribes by the guests, and the blame was finally directed at the young Taoist master and Bai Nanming. Seeing that many guests were dissatisfied, the host had no choice but to ask the two to get up and leave.

Bai Nanming was not angry at first, because it was indeed they who broke the rules here.

But when she listened to the contemptuous and mocking voices that came into her ears, her expression could not help but be cold, because she was actually the one who first suggested going to the brothel, and it was two people who were humiliated.

——Of course, it was not until later that she found out that the person next to her was also interested in this, and the decision was made immediately.

In short.

At that time, the young man sitting next to Bai Nanming stood up and held up the sky for her.

"At that time, I was young and thin, riding a horse and leaning against a sloping bridge, with red sleeves waving all over the building... This sentence is really well written."

Yu Sheng softly recited the words spoken by the young Taoist master, turned his head to look at Gu Zhuo, and said, "So Master was very curious later, but she just couldn't bring herself to ask you if you had such a romantic experience."

Gu Zhuo looked extremely serious and said earnestly, "Of course there isn't one."

Yu Sheng smiled and said, "Master thought so too, so she was very curious about how this poem was written."

When Gu Zhuo saw her smile, he knew there was trouble.

At this moment, the young Taoist master in the audience recited another poem to the surprise of everyone.

"The clouds resemble clothes, the flowers resemble face... If we had not met on the top of the Jade Mountain, we would have met under the moon on the Jade Terrace."

Before the poem fell, the oiran girl sitting in the center of the room could no longer maintain her calm and serenity.

She stood up subconsciously, completely ignoring the guqin falling to the ground, her eyes burning with almost madness.

If she could let herself be the one who wrote this poem, what regrets would she have in this life? !

However, before she could open her mouth, the young man in the room blurted out another quatrain.

"...I dare not speak loudly, for fear of disturbing the gods in heaven."

When he chanted to this point, the young Taoist priest stood up, raised the cup and poured the wine into his throat.

Amidst countless gazes and shock, he still refused to give up.

"The White Jade Palace in the sky, with twelve towers and five cities, the immortal touches my head, and I am blessed with eternal life..."

"... my hair is three thousand feet long, and my sorrow is as long as it... where can I find the autumn frost?"

"Raise a glass to the bright moon and make three people in the shadows."

The pleasure boat was dead silent.

Everyone was looking at the young man who was drinking, including Gu Zhuo and Yu Sheng who were standing in the corner.

In fact, Gu Zhuo didn't look at it.

From the moment the young Taoist master stood up, he had already lowered his head slightly, his eyes half closed, and he had a strong urge to kill.

He didn't want to hear any sound, but Yu Sheng was talking to him, and his voice was full of admiration.

“These sentences are really well written.”

"He is worthy of being praised by the world and is the immortal poet who surpasses all of Qin."

"Look, Master was completely stunned when she heard it."

Yu Sheng smiled slightly, his eyes fell on Gu Zhuo, his expression seemed surprised, and he asked in confusion: "Uncle Master, why do you look uncomfortable?"

After a moment of silence, Gu Zhuo forced a far-fetched smile on his face and said in a hoarse voice, "Actually, I'm fine."

Yu Sheng blinked, then naturally held his hand and squeezed it, saying, "But Uncle Master, why do you feel a little stiff?"

Gu Zhuo had no time to deny it.

I don’t know when, but the young Taoist master had already reached the center and let out a clear whistle.

"Here comes the wine!"

Then, he picked up the wine handed to him by others and drank it in one gulp.

The wine spilled everywhere and wet his clothes.

The mood is very calm and bold.

“There are no ancients before us, and no successors after us.”

"Thinking of the vastness of the universe, I shed tears alone!"

"That's why!"

"Don't you see the white hair in the mirror in the hall? It was black in the morning and turned into white in the evening... I must drink three hundred cups..."

"...Please listen carefully to me!"

"Since ancient times, all saints and wise men have been lonely, only drinkers have left their names..."

The whole room was silent.

The guests were all excited.

In that corner.

Yu Sheng was clapping his hands and exclaiming: "It's amazing~"

Gu Zhuo lowered his head and remained silent.

The young Taoist master standing in the middle put down the wine jug, poured himself a last glass of wine, turned to look at Bai Nanming amid countless gazes, smiled and softly recited the last line of poetry tonight.

"Let's share the eternal sorrow together."

then.

The young man drank the wine in the cup as a token of his respect.

Bai Nanming looked at his smile, stood up nervously, and drank the first glass of wine in his life seriously.

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"Uncle Master, what are you thinking about?"

"Thought nothing."

"is it?"

"Ah."

Yu Sheng sighed and said regretfully, "I thought that you, Master, should have felt a lot of emotion after witnessing this romantic event."

After a moment of silence, Gu Zhuo said, "If you must ask me what I think, there is only one."

Yu Sheng asked curiously, "What is it?"

Gu Zhuo was very honest. He looked at her and said, "I want to die."

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The space is not broken and the world is not flowing backwards.

Bai Nanming and the young Taoist master left the pleasure boat and walked side by side in the ancient alley in the rain, without saying a word to each other.

The latter is reminiscing about the past, while the former is thinking about a problem.

Seeing that the long journey was about to end, Bai Nanming lowered his head slightly and asked softly: "The line 'clouds think of clothes, flowers think of beauty'... did you write it for that courtesan?"

"No."

The young Taoist master answered without hesitation.

Bai Nanming's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he looked up and asked, "Then... who are you writing to?"

The young Taoist master finally came to his senses and understood what the girl meant. He laughed and said, "Of course... it's not you either."

Bai Nanming was stunned.

The young Taoist master casually said, "Do you think it's possible for me to fall in love with you at first sight?"

Bai Nanming frowned slightly and asked, "Why not?"

The young Taoist thought for a while and said, "In the past, I also looked in the mirror from time to time."

Bai Nanming said in a slightly cold voice: "Be more direct."

The young Taoist master said honestly, "I can't imagine how I could fall in love at first sight with someone who doesn't look as good as me."

Bai Nanming stopped.

The young Taoist master thought that this was a bit too much and was ready to apologize.

At the same time, Bai Nanming raised his hand and pushed his hair behind his ears.

It was just a simple action, but the scene that appeared in front of the young Taoist master was completely different.

What’s different is Bai Nanming’s face.

If she is as beautiful as a painting, then this painting must be painted by heaven itself, and it is definitely not something that ordinary people can create.

There is nothing impeccable and nothing unrefined.

This is what perfection is all about.

Bai Nanming smiled sweetly through an oil-paper umbrella.

She said, "Tell me again, what do you mean by I am not as good-looking as you?"

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The end of the rainy alley.

Gu Zhuo's mood was even more complicated, and he sighed in his heart.

Yu Sheng looked at this scene with deep emotion and said, "It seems like it started from this night? Master no longer needs to use skills to cover up his appearance. This move by the Taoist master can be said to benefit future generations~"

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As time goes by, the two are always side by side.

After a legendary night on the painted boat in the capital of Southern Qi, Bai Nanming and the young Taoist continued to travel the world and head north.

In fact, the killer from Wuyou Mountain had already been abandoned by them, so there was really not much reason for them to go along with him, but he and she said nothing, as if they knew nothing about it.

In Yinping City of Changle County, the young Taoist master happened to meet an old friend - Wang Ji, who was sitting in a wheelchair.

This was also the first time Wang Ji met Bai Nanming.

When they met an old friend, of course he didn't have eyes for the beautiful girl, his eyes were all on his good friend.

The two of them had a great conversation and inadvertently ignored Bai Nanming. They chatted until late at night before saying goodbye and agreed to meet again the next day.

Offscreen.

Yu Sheng suddenly felt a little uneasy, and she subconsciously felt that she shouldn't watch any further.

Just as she was about to intervene in the formation, she couldn't move her sleeves because Gu Zhuo had already held her hand.

"...What's wrong?" Yu Sheng asked softly.

"nothing."

Gu Zhuo looked serious and said solemnly, "It's mainly because I think of how Wang Ji later slandered Senior Sister as a tigress. I'm quite curious as to why there is such a strange prejudice."

Yu Sheng finally remembered what happened at that time.

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That night.

Bai Nanming knocked on the door gently, waking up Wang Ji.

Without waiting for the other party to speak, she raised the corners of her lips slightly, her eyes were calm and gentle, and she asked softly: "How do you want to die?"

The next morning, the young Taoist master received a letter.

The letter was written by Wang Ji, and the general meaning was that he suddenly had something important to do and had to leave overnight.

At that time, Bai Nanming was standing next to the Taoist master.

The girl sighed softly and said comfortingly: "It's rare for old friends to meet again. This is indeed a pity."

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Gu Zhuo looked at Yu Sheng.

Yu Sheng said nothing, his face as gloomy as water.

"I wonder if you can trust it a little bit."

Gu Zhuo thought about it and said sincerely: "Actually... I really didn't know there was such a thing, because Wang Ji never told me anything."

This statement is very sincere.

then.

Yu Sheng shook his head and said, "You think too much. Of course I believe you."

Gu Zhuo breathed a sigh of relief.

The next moment, Yu Sheng's voice sounded again.

"It's just that Master is such a lowly person that she can even resort to such means. It's really shameful to associate with her."

She looked at Gu Zhuo and sighed, "Uncle Master, you must feel the same way, right?"

(End of this chapter)