The Word of Heaven

Chapter 298 Goodbye
Pei Jinge was silent for a while, then smiled and asked, "Shall I leave alone?"

"Ah."

Gu Zhuo looked at her and added, "This is not a joke. You can leave now."

Hearing the calmness and seriousness revealed in the words, Pei Jinge's smile faded, his brows furrowed, and his eyes were full of doubt.

"Can you give me a reason?" she asked
"I feel bad."

Gu Zhuo no longer looked at Pei Jinge, but looked at all things under the scorching sun, and that strong feeling of uneasiness arose in his heart again.

Now that almost all the immortals in the world are dead, who has the right to treat him as a formidable enemy to this extent?

There is only one answer.

At this moment, Pei Jinge's voice sounded from behind him.

"It was Her Royal Highness the Princess who was coming, and you thought that the fact that you and I were living under the same roof was inappropriate and would likely destroy the relationship between you and Her Royal Highness, so you felt uneasy and decided to let me leave."

Her voice was very clear, her tone was particularly determined, and every word was pronounced exceptionally neatly, like pearls falling on a jade plate. Besides being crisp and pleasant to the ear, it also carried a hint of the coolness of spring water.

Gu Zhuo was silent.

After a moment, he turned around and looked at Pei Jinge, who had a smile in his eyes. He thought that this sentence was ridiculous and naturally wanted to refute it. However, the moment he opened his mouth, he suddenly found that this seemingly ridiculous inference seemed to have some truth in it.

A long silence.

Pei Jinge was not in a hurry at all. He looked at Gu Zhuo with interest, and the smile in his eyes became even brighter.

Although she didn't say anything, Gu Zhuo saw eight words in those eyes.

——It’s nothing more than this, why hide it?

"You think too much."

Gu Zhuo shook his head and said seriously, "I asked you to leave because I thought the person who came was your Emperor."

Pei Jinge was slightly startled, and also subconsciously felt that this sentence was ridiculous. He thought that His Majesty the Emperor had been sitting in a trance for decades.

If Your Majesty left Jinghai, the whole world should know about it. How could it be so peaceful like it is now?
But when she was about to open her mouth to refute Gu Zhuo, she suddenly realized that there was indeed a lot of truth in it.

His Majesty the Emperor should not be the kind of person who is bound by so-called rules. If he can really kill the Taoist master, what's wrong with coming here incognito?
It's all worth it.

Pei Jinge looked into Gu Zhuo's eyes and asked seriously, "What are you going to do?"

Gu Zhuo said: "No matter what we do, it should not have anything to do with you."

Pei Jinge was quiet for a while, then said, "But your survival is inseparable from me."

Gu Zhuo thought for a moment and said seriously, "Although he and I have countless reasons to fight to the death, I believe he is willing to give me some face."

Pei Jinge had no way to refute it.

"Just like you said just now, if it weren't for you, I could still kill Si Zhu in Cangzhou, but I wouldn't necessarily be able to survive after that, and it would be even harder for me to live with hope like I do now."

In the sunshine, Gu Zhuo's voice and smile were very warm, yet they carried the nostalgic and tender feeling unique to the dusk.

He said: "I like what happened this spring. The food has improved. It is no longer just boiled vegetables without any taste. Occasionally, I can sit with you and chat. I don't really need to care about anything. I just need to think about those mysterious questions that are hard to explain. This is a rare happiness."

It's all true, sincere words.

Pei Jinge listened quietly, her expression remained calm as before, because she didn't want any changes.

She was silent for a moment, then said expressionlessly, "This spring is pretty good."

Gu Zhuo laughed and said, "Then this is something worth being happy about."

Pei Jinge has never been a pretentious person, otherwise she would have been exhausted by her own attitude in the past dozens of spring nights.

After she was sure that she had no reason to stay, she calmly and silently began to pack her luggage, erasing all traces of her past life.

Finally, she picked up a tattered box and stood in front of the stone house, in front of Gu Zhuo.

"It seems like we are saying goodbye."

"Yes."

“I hope I can still say goodbye.”

"It's difficult."

"Well, it's probably wishful thinking, but when you died in Xuandu that year, I never thought I would see you again."

“Is this a blessing?”

Gu Zhuo asked with a smile.

Pei Jinge was silent for a moment, then shook his head and said, "No, it's a request."

Gu Zhuo was a little curious and asked, "What's the request?"

Pei Jinge didn't look at him. Instead, he looked at the setting sun and said nonchalantly, "Next time you see me, don't take a detour, and don't hide who you are from me."

Gu Zhuo wondered, will there really be a next time?
If there is no next time, then what is the reason to refuse?

"Okay, I promise you."

"I'm leaving."

Having said that, Pei Jinge didn't know why he didn't take a step forward.

She still stared at the sun that was beginning to turn yellow, not knowing whether she was waiting for dusk to come or something else.

Gu Zhuo was a little confused and wanted to ask, but in the end he didn't open his mouth.

Pei Jinge lowered his head, looked at his own shadow, and suddenly asked: "When your Majesty comes, what will you do?"

Gu Zhuo thought this was a sign of concern, so he said, "Let's talk. If we can't continue, there's only one way left."

Pei Jinge asked: "Let the bell ring again."

"Ah."

There was no trace of sadness in Gu Zhuo's voice: "And then everything turned into nothing."

Pei Jinge said softly: "It will be reduced to ashes."

Gu Zhuo said: "This is why you left."

After hearing this, Pei Jinge said without hesitation: "I think I need to emphasize one more fact."

"What facts?" Gu Zhuo asked.

As soon as he finished speaking, Pei Jinge put down the old suitcase, turned around naturally and faced him.

At the same time, there was a sudden gust of wind between heaven and earth.

When the wind blows, tens of thousands of hectares of forest on Baidi Mountain move with it, like waves in the East China Sea, making a rumbling sound.

Gu Zhuo wondered why the wind was so noisy.

Pei Jinge's skirt and hair were lifted by the evening breeze.

She ignored the torrent-like wind that was rushing past her, calmly opened her arms, gently hugged Gu Zhuo, and then said the next sentence.

"The fact is that I still don't like you, let alone love you. The reason I hugged you is very simple, because you are my friend and you are about to die, that's all."

Gu Zhuo's body was a little stiff, thinking that your previous silence was all due to hesitation.

After a moment, he seriously accepted this fact and opened his arms to hug Pei Jinge.

In the midsummer, neither of them wanted to leave any warmth, so the warmth they felt from each other was more real.

At some point, the evening breeze faded away silently.

There was complete silence between heaven and earth.

Pei Jinge let go of his hand, looked into his eyes quietly, and asked, "Did you remember everything I said?"

Gu Zhuo said: "It's hard to forget."

Pei Jinge was very satisfied when she heard this, but then she became a little dissatisfied. However, no matter what emotion it was, she never showed it on her face.

She was calm, almost calm, and said, "That's good."

Gu Zhuo prepared to say goodbye.

Before he could say anything, he felt a soft, wet feeling on his cheek.

Pei Jinge kissed him lightly and separated in an instant.

"Don't get me wrong." Her tone was still calm, without even a trace of emotion in it, but she turned around very quickly, picked up the old suitcase, and walked away.

It was not until this time that Gu Zhuo came to his senses.

He sighed in his heart, then thought about it seriously and confirmed that this should be just a token of his feelings and had no further meaning.

Suddenly, he felt a chill in his heart.

The sun hasn't set yet and it's midsummer, why is it like this?

Then he realized that there was no sound of footsteps.

What is the reason for this?
Although his current realm is no longer the same, his perception is still retained, otherwise his heart would not have produced such strange feelings.

Besides, why would Pei Jinge need to make the sound of his footsteps disappear?
This doesn't make sense.

The only explanation is that she stopped.

Gu Zhuo sighed, turned around and looked at Pei Jinge's back, and said, "If you want to stay any longer, I can't think of how to avoid misunderstanding..."

The words stopped abruptly.

Yes, Pei Jinge stood several feet away just as he expected, and did not take another step forward.

The setting sun cast a dazzling golden edge on the black dress, and the skirt dancing in the evening breeze looked like a burning flame.

This looks like a kind of reluctance.

However, Gu Zhuo knew that it was not reluctance.

Further away, there stood a girl in a green dress.

She looked at Gu Zhuo and Pei Jinge with a gentle smile. The emotion in her eyes was so soft that there was no trace of the coldness hidden in the wind and snow on the Cangshan Mountain.

Pei Jinge remained silent.

Gu Zhuo also remained silent.

Neither she nor he knew when Yu Sheng arrived, and how much of the previous scenes he had seen.

It was quiet in front of the stone house.

Gu Zhuo thought that he was a man after all, and there was no reason for him to remain silent at a time like this, so he prepared to speak.

"I also want to know..."

Yu Sheng smiled slightly, looked at Gu Zhuo and Pei Jinge standing in front of the stone house, and asked with emotion: "How can I avoid misunderstanding you?"

……

……

Pei Jinge could no longer maintain his composure after hearing this voice and turned around to look behind him.

The black hair brushed across her face, becoming messy due to the wind and sticking to her lips.

She stared at Gu Zhuo intently and bit her lower lip hard. How could she see the calmness she had not long ago?

Her eyes expressed a clear and angry meaning.

——Where is the Emperor you said you would come to? !
……

……

Gu Zhuo was a little at a loss.

Neither in his previous life nor in the life before that, he had ever encountered such a predicament as the one he was facing now.

Then there is no experience to rely on, only instinct.

So the first two words came out of his mouth.

"Hello."

Gu Zhuo said to Yu Sheng.

As soon as he finished speaking, he realized something was wrong and felt particularly stupid.

As expected, Yu Sheng said: "Thank you, but I'm not feeling well now."

As she said this, she stopped staying where she was and started moving forward.

Pei Jinge made way without saying a word.

What remains unchanged is that the look in her eyes when she looks at Gu Zhuo is still full of undisguised murderous intent.

Gu Zhuo could only pretend that he saw nothing.

He said to Yu Sheng seriously: "I can explain."

Pei Jinge wondered if he should speak up and agree with her at this time.

Yu Sheng's lips curled up slightly, her smile full of emotion, and she said, "Even the first sentence she said to me was exactly the same, no different from those stories."

After hesitating for a moment, Gu Zhuo said, "This should be the second sentence, right?"

Hearing this, Pei Jinge was speechless, and even the murderous intent in his eyes faded.

Even she knew that dwelling on such details at this time would only make others angrier and would serve no purpose.

Yu Sheng is not an ordinary person, but she is still a human being.

Not to mention that this kind of thing was happening right in front of her.

Therefore, Pei Jinge's judgment was very accurate.

Her smile froze slightly, and her eyes revealed an obvious coldness, clearly anger.

However, in the next moment, she forced herself to calm down with unimaginable rationality and said in a gentle voice: "Then explain it."

Gu Zhuo breathed a sigh of relief, but when he was about to speak, he found that this matter was not so easy to explain.

Suddenly a breeze came, bringing some coolness and calming the mind.

He felt the heat caused by embarrassment gradually fading away, and recalled the previous scene, and began to think about something.

Just before Pei Jinge hugged him, a strong wind suddenly blew up between heaven and earth for no apparent reason, and its sound was like thunder.

Looking back now, does this mean that the universe is still watching over him, doing everything it can to prevent him from being in such danger?
Gu Zhuo thought that this might be the truth.

Unfortunately to no avail.

……

……

The place for the conversation was not in the stone house, but on the cliff.

This was Yu Sheng's idea. Both Gu Zhuo and Pei Jinge felt uneasy about it, but they had no reason to refuse.

There was silence at first, because what happened today was something none of them had ever experienced before; it was truly the first time.

"First of all, we need to remain calm and rational on this matter."

Gu Zhuo said seriously: "I thought this was the premise of the conversation..."

"Stop talking about this meaningless nonsense."

Yu Sheng interrupted him directly and said with a smile: "If I wasn't so calm and rational to an absurd degree, I would be digging a grave for you right now."

After hearing this, Pei Jinge no longer had the heart to speak.

After a moment's silence, Gu Zhuo began to explain truthfully.

It started from the very beginning when his heart was disturbed, talked about the possible appearance of the White Emperor, and then the two said goodbye to each other.

That is indeed what happened.

Yu Sheng listened quietly without saying a word during the process. He just glanced at Pei Jinge from time to time, but he would often quickly look away and only stay for a moment.

I don’t know how much time had passed, but Gu Zhuo’s voice disappeared in the wind like the twilight, ushering in the faint night.

During this process, Pei Jinge remained silent and didn't say a single word.

Gu Zhuo was quite puzzled by this, wondering if this was a way to prove his innocence in silence, or was it just embarrassment?
After listening to this, Yu Sheng was silent for a long time, then looked at Gu Zhuo and asked, "Then why didn't you refuse?"

(End of this chapter)