The Word of Heaven

Chapter 264: Edict to Heaven
The snow in the sky is about to burn out, no longer having that heart-pounding beauty, and falling like rain.

Gu Zhuo's clothes were slightly wet.

The bell rang, and his steps were as firm as ever.

Everyone is looking at him.

Under the vermilion city wall, Pei Jinge and Renjian Jiaoyang, who had not left yet, were also looking at him, each with a complicated expression.

The former was a mixture of shock and astonishment, and then to sudden enlightenment. It was the countless fragments of past memories that emerged in this instant and flooded the sea of ​​consciousness, and finally intertwined to form what was indeed the case.

The complexity of the latter is much greater than the simplicity, it is a surprise and joy, a heartfelt satisfaction.

For him, the biggest regret in his monastic career has never been the state of enlightenment that he has not yet reached, because he knows that he will definitely enter enlightenment. What really makes him feel sorry is that the predecessors are about to pass away and the latter have not yet arrived.

Looking at the world today, the only people left are him and Pei Jinge.

Today I am fortunate enough to see the Taoist master return with my own eyes.

However, when he thought about what was bound to happen next, all that remained was silence.

Renjian Jiaoyang withdrew his gaze, turned around and walked towards the direction of the imperial city gate, and his intention of leaving was very clear.

No one cared about his decision because everyone's eyes were on Gu Zhuo.

Even the White Emperor is no exception.

When they were several dozen feet apart, Gu Zhuo stopped.

The clothes, wet by the drizzle, looked dirty due to the dust.

His eyebrows and eyes were still clear, but his expression was no longer gentle, revealing a kind of indifference that was detached from everything.

This kind of indifference was extremely condescending, as if the destruction of the entire human race before his eyes was still an insignificant matter.

"haven't seen you for a long time."

The White Emperor looked at him and said.

Gu Zhuo nodded.

The White Emperor looked at the face that was familiar yet not strange, and suddenly remembered something that happened not too long ago. He said, "Several years ago, I tried to take you in as my apprentice."

Of course Gu Zhuo did not forget, he just didn't understand why it was brought up.

"Looking back now, that summer festival was really quite interesting."

The White Emperor said, "Unlike today, the sun hasn't even set yet and I'm already tired and annoyed."

Gu Zhuo said nothing.

Yu Sheng had a calm expression, and no emotion could be found in his eyes.

Whether angry, sad, or excited.

The White Emperor suddenly asked, "What exactly are you here for this time?"

Everyone knows the answer to this question, but he still asks it.

All the questions asked knowingly are for the purpose of confirmation.

Gu Zhuo ignored him and looked up at the sky.

The rain stopped.

The world is no longer hazy.

There was no reason for Yu Sheng to turn a blind eye.

She lowered her head and looked at her green dress, but couldn't find any dirt on it.

She raised her head and looked at Gu Zhuo who was ten feet away, but did not see any unfamiliar side of him.

In fact, she wanted to close her eyes, as if she wanted to cover her eyes and the sky with a piece of red cloth, but her slightly drooping eyelids could not close after all, and the skylight and her figure always lingered there.

Well, here's the truth.

All the emotions from a moment ago have gone with the sudden rain, leaving nothing behind.

It was quiet in front of the Weiyang Palace.

Until Gu Zhuo's voice sounded for the first time.

He said four simple words to Yu Sheng.

That's why he came here.

"let's go."

……

……

There are many beautiful words in this world.

It was a false alarm, a reunion after a long separation, it was lost and found...it was also a matter of leaving at any time.

A hundred years ago, Yu Sheng was unable to say the last four words, so Gu Zhuo never said them to her.

She suddenly recalled the words she had heard from Gu Zhuo many years ago - people always say that the past can be buried, but this is actually wrong, because the past will always come up again. At that time, she just thought that he was just making up a new poem to express his sorrow, and later when she killed him with her own hands, she thought that this might be a curse, but after so many years, she found that this was happiness.

Thoughts are but a moment.

Yu Sheng was certain that a hundred years later, at this moment when life and death were at stake, she had indeed heard these four words from his mouth, and they were true, so she finally smiled.

This smile is warm, real and full of infinite beauty.

Like the first ray of sunshine in the early morning.

Or the afterglow of the setting sun before it is swallowed up by the mountains.

However, no matter what it is, Yu Sheng’s answer is definite.

She looked at Gu Zhuo and said, "Okay."

……

……

The Master looked towards the White Emperor.

The same is true for Daoxiu.

The same is true for the royal sacrifice.

The White Emperor turned a blind eye.

Everyone understood his idea.

At this moment, the White Emperor would do nothing because he was about to die.

Whether it is Gu Zhuo or Yu Sheng.

They all deserve his greatest respect and silence at this time.

……

……

A distance of dozens of feet is just a matter of a moment for Yu Sheng and Gu Zhuo on ordinary days.

However, today, when the bell sounds are echoing endlessly, it seems to take so long.

Everyone was looking at them, and no one stepped forward to stop them.

The two met in the winter wind after the drizzle had stopped.

Life and death are inseparable.

Yu Sheng looked at Gu Zhuo and said, "Promise me one thing."

Gu Zhuo said: "Okay."

Yu Sheng didn't ask why he agreed so readily, and said seriously: "I hope to be killed by you personally."

As the words fell, the people in front of the Weiyang Palace naturally recalled the scene that happened one hundred and forty-seven years ago.

The Taoist master's chest was pierced by an iron spear, and blood with a golden glow flowed out of it, and everything came to an end.

Will the old days return many years later?

"This is not a debt, repayment, or anything else."

Yu Sheng's tone was calm and serious: "I just think this way of dying is very interesting, that's all."

Gu Zhuo said: "Yeah."

Yu Sheng was silent for a while, then said softly: "I'm sorry, I'm such a selfish person."

Gu Zhuo said: "There's nothing wrong with it."

Yu Sheng thought for a moment and asked, "Do you hate me?"

"When I heard the bell, my first reaction was actually anger. It wasn't because you broke the agreement between you and me, but... this was really not good. But when I saw you appear in my eyes, I realized that my anger was fake. I had no way of being unhappy."

At this point, she couldn't help but laugh at herself and said, "I know this is quite cheesy. I originally thought that I didn't need to say anything, after all, it has already happened... But I still want you to know, so I want to say more to you."

Gu Zhuo listened quietly.

Yu Sheng didn't look at him. She looked up at the sky after the rain stopped and said softly, "From the time we separated at Baidi Mountain until the winter solstice, I have been reminiscing about my past. I thought that after today, I could talk to you side by side about the interesting things I encountered when you were not around. Although there are not many, it should be enough to talk about for several days."

Gu Zhuo said: "And then?"

Yu Sheng retracted her gaze, looked at him and said, "Then winter is over and spring will come, so I still want to revisit the old place with you. Even if the pleasure boat is definitely gone, the alley where we first met will not be demolished, right?"

Gu Zhuo said: "It doesn't matter if it's demolished."

“It’s like… yes, these are all small things that don’t matter, because we still have many places to go, and we still have many things to do.”

Yu Sheng smiled slightly and said, "What's important is never the scenery of the past, but the old times we had."

Gu Zhuo said: "There is something more important than this."

Yu Sheng was quiet for a while and finally said nothing.

She knew what it was like.

But what she thought of were four words.

——Why expect so much?

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……

At this point, the sound of the bell gradually faded.

Yu Sheng's aura reached its peak again, along with his realm.

But everyone knows that the tide will recede in the next moment.

Death is coming.

There was dead silence in front of the Weiyang Palace.

Everyone is waiting for that moment to come.

At this moment, the bell rang again, unwilling to grow old.

Yu Sheng is still alive.

She seemed to be tired, her eyes closed lazily and she leaned into the arms of the man in front of her.

Everyone's eyes were on Gu Zhuo at this moment.

The White Emperor's voice sounded slowly. He did not ask what the meaning of the coming of the bell again was. He just said three simple words.

"does it worth?"

"What's not worth it?"

Gu Zhuo embraced Yu Sheng in his arms and said calmly: "I am sure this is what I want to do. Even if it doesn't make any sense in the end, it is still worth it for me at this moment."

The White Emperor listened to the endless sound of the bells, which became increasingly heavy and hoarse, and shook his head and said, "Everything will eventually return to nothingness."

Gu Zhuo said: "I have never denied this fact."

The White Emperor said, "Even if nothingness is within reach?"

Gu Zhuo said: "I don't think so."

The White Emperor was silent for a moment, then said, "Time will not change because of human will."

No matter how the morning and evening bells turn the sky's light, it will eventually set.

That is the fundamental law that this world follows.

The so-called practice seems to be a fight against it, but in fact it is just an escape.

Countless powerful men throughout history have walked on this mountain path, climbing that extremely precipitous and stubborn peak.

Occasionally, someone could not help but look out of the cliff, and what they saw was an endless abyss with no way out.

Thousands of years later, this has become truth.

"I agree with what you said."

Gu Zhuo's tone was calm.

Just like his eyes, still indifferent.

The White Emperor looked toward the human world.

The clouds have dispersed and the sun is shining again.

There was no rain or snow, and the fire in Shendu had long been extinguished.

Under the power of time, everything seems like dust.

So people are still trembling, and the sound of crying is like a backflow of rain.

The White Emperor looked at Gu Zhuo and said, "So where does your persistence come from?"

The bells are still ringing.

This is also the truth that everyone wants to know.

Gu Zhuo was quiet for a long time.

Just when everyone thought he couldn't give an answer, he spoke.

The whole world heard this.

"One hundred and forty-seven years ago, I did something..."

Gu Zhuo looked at the world and said, "Speak to the heavens."

(End of this chapter)