The Word of Heaven

Chapter 302 Asking the Sword
"What a coincidence?"

Pei Jinge glanced at Gu Zhuo and said expressionlessly, "Not too early or too late, just tonight."

Gu Zhuo heard the slight dissatisfaction and sarcasm in the words, and roughly understood why it was so, so there was no reason for him to be angry. He shook his head and said, "It's not an answer, it's just an idea."

Yu Sheng thought it would be better not to say this.

She picked up the soup spoon, scooped some soup for herself, took a sip, and after making sure the taste was ok, she filled Gu Zhuo's bowl.

The whole process was so calm and composed that it seemed as if he hadn't heard the extremely important words that were spoken earlier.

The soup was fish soup, and the fish came from the lake on Baidi Mountain that the three of them had long since grown tired of seeing.

——It seems that Yu Sheng had his fish snatched away by a seagull here in the past.

Gu Zhuo thought about this past event, took a sip of the thick white soup, and began to explain his thoughts.

After the Qin court decided to hold this sacrifice with the highest standard of etiquette, unless the White Emperor withdrew his order, it became impossible to stop the construction of the formation.

If the facts cannot be changed, there is no need to force them to change. Going with the flow may be a better option.

"So?" Pei Jinge asked in confusion, thinking, isn't this all correct nonsense?

Yu Sheng thought of a possibility and couldn't help but feel it was a bit ridiculous.

The next moment, the absurdity became reality.

"The reason why I stayed on Baidi Mountain and have not left until today is because of this formation."

"Whether this is a coincidence or God's will, anyway, this has become my obsession, and I need to solve it."

"Since the last gap in this formation is right here in the quiet cultivation area under our feet, why don't I fill this gap, let the formation take shape in advance, and make things clear."

Gu Zhuo said: "This is what I think. Perhaps the answer I want is behind the formation."

The stone house was quiet.

Yu Sheng thought to himself that this was indeed the case.

Pei Jinge looked at Gu Zhuo with extremely complicated eyes. He subconsciously wanted to say a lot of things, but in the end, he was left with silent silence.

If anyone else in the world said this, she would think that the idea was so unrealistic that it was not even worthy of being laughed at, and would not bother to pay attention to it.

"Shall we begin?" she asked.

Gu Zhuo shook his head and said, "Later."

Yu Sheng glanced at him.

Pei Jinge was very puzzled by this and asked, "Is there anything else you haven't done?"

Gu Zhuo was also puzzled. He looked at the table full of sumptuous dishes and said, "Let's eat."

Pei Jinge was silent.

Yu Sheng thought that was indeed the case.

Gu Zhuo looked at Pei Jinge and said, "I am just an ordinary person now, and she is not the same as she was back then. I have to rely on you to do a lot of things, and this process is extremely troublesome and tiring, so I think it is necessary to eat a full meal first."

Pei Jinge rolled his eyes, showing his disdain without disguising it, and said unhappily: "Listen carefully to how pretentious you are."

Yu Sheng said beside him: "He likes it this way."

Hearing this, Gu Zhuo wanted to refute, but it was too late.

Pei Jinge's voice sounded again.

"Also, why didn't you include me in this matter without asking for my consent first?"

She looked into Gu Zhuo's eyes and said seriously, "Why are you so sure that I will help you?"

Yu Sheng looked at Gu Zhuo.

Gu Zhuo hesitated for a moment, thought for a moment, and said, "Because I have great trust in you, I never thought you would refuse, so after making this decision, I directly included you in it."

Pei Jinge chuckled.

Gu Zhuo asked: "Isn't this reason inappropriate?"

Pei Jinge's smile suddenly disappeared, and he said in a cold voice: "If I didn't hear that you were fooling me, then of course this is appropriate."

Gu Zhuo sighed in his heart.

Pei Jinge frowned and asked, "What's the reason?"

Gu Zhuo looked into her eyes and said honestly, "Given your personality, I can't imagine that you would refuse me after I asked you. On the contrary, if I don't respect you, you might just walk away in dissatisfaction."

Hearing this, Pei Jinge was speechless and laughed out loud, and asked: "Am I such a naive person in your eyes?"

“It has nothing to do with being childish.”

Gu Zhuo looked at the table full of food and said seriously, "It has nothing to do with your pride. It has to do with you treating me as an important friend. And the most important thing between friends is always respect."

Pei Jinge said: "This sentence is correct."

"but……"

She looked at Gu Zhuo and said sarcastically, "You are so respectful even to the so-called disrespect, how can I make up my mind to reject you?"

……

……

With the last sentence, there was no more extra words in the stone house. The three of them ate the sumptuous dinner simply but not briefly. After cleaning the table, they started this grand event.

The idea of ​​filling the last gap in the new formation on Baidi Mountain not only sounds fantastic, but is also extremely difficult.

The premise for a bystander to see clearly is to have a panoramic view of the overall situation. Although Gu Zhuo and Pei Jinge lived on Baidi Mountain for a spring and witnessed this formation being built from scratch with their own eyes, what they saw was ultimately just the external shell.

The process of establishing an array formation starts from the initial array diagram design, to the specific changes made according to the local earth veins, to the subtle differences between people in the array construction process, and what kind of rare materials are used in the array... This is an extremely complicated matter.

The prerequisite for filling the gap is to break the formation.

Only by deducing and calculating what kind of formation it is can we fill the final gap.

In less than two quarters of an hour, a thick stack of papers piled up on the table at a speed visible to the naked eye. It was a clear sign that Gu Zhuo, relying on his own attainments in Taoism, which was the best in the past thousand years, had forcibly calculated the basics of the formation.

If it were him in the past, there would be no need to put his thoughts on paper.

However, he is no longer an ordinary person. He cannot use his true energy as ink to leave words in the void, so he has to use this ancient method.

Then, Yu Sheng silently sorted out the formation drawings that Gu Zhuo had deduced, and handed them to Pei Jinge, asking her to go to the site for comparison and verification to determine the errors and omissions, and then send this information back to the stone house for Gu Zhuo to make corrections.

From the moment the sun sets until the night darkens and drowns out the starlight and moonlight... there is still no pause.

For three whole hours, Gu Zhuo's posture did not change at all. His entire mind was immersed in the formation that was slowly taking shape in his sea of ​​consciousness. His face became paler as his energy was depleted, and even his eyes were no longer bright.

No matter how dim the lights were, they couldn't hide his fatigue.

Pei Jinge was naturally tired too.

However, when she saw with her own eyes that the lines drawn on the white paper with ordinary ink became clearer and clearer, and more and more like the original appearance of the formation, it didn't matter anymore.

When it was very dark at night, Gu Zhuo put down the pen in his hand.

He took the hot tea handed to him by Yu Sheng, took a sip slowly, and said wearily, "That's it."

Pei Jinge looked at the final formation diagram and said, "How different is it from the real formation diagram?"

Gu Zhuo said, "Less than 10%." Pei Jinge said with some regret, "After all, there is still too little time."

In less than four hours, he calculated the entirety of such a complex formation with pen and ink instead of Taoist deductions. This is enough to become a legend in the history of cultivation.

The problem is that formations and spiritual practice have one thing in common, which is that a slight mistake can lead to a huge error.

No one can guarantee what consequences this seemingly minor error will ultimately lead to.

Gu Zhuo looked at Yu Sheng.

Yu Sheng said: "That's enough."

When she said this, her tone was very calm, without any other meaning.

"Then let's get started."

Gu Zhuo put down the cup of hot tea, handed the formation diagram drawn by Mo Jicai to Pei Jinge, and said, "I still have to trouble you."

Pei Jinge took the formation diagram, stood up and walked out.

Halfway through the walk, she suddenly stopped and asked, "No matter how you look at it, this is a very disrespectful act. What good will it do me?"

Gu Zhuo said seriously: "Anything."

This is undoubtedly the most solemn promise he can make.

Pei Jinge didn't hesitate any longer and went out.

Gu Zhuo watched her leave, turned to look at Yu Sheng, and said, "Sorry."

Yu Sheng said calmly: "These are my own choices. They have nothing to do with you."

Gu Zhuo thought about it, hugged her gently, and said, "It's still hard work."

"Alive."

Yu Sheng said softly: "How can it be easy to live happily without any pain? I have never forgotten this fact since the day I separated from you a hundred years ago."

After saying this, the two of them stood up side by side and walked into the thick night.

Before the morning light arrives, fill the last gap in the formation and let the truth and the morning sun come to this world together.

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……

The same night, Wangjing.

Unlike in the past, this former capital is no longer cold and dark tonight, but is inexplicably as bright as day.

This should have been an extremely lively scene, but instead there was only loneliness and coldness.

People standing on both sides of the road maintained the same silence with different expressions, looking at the torches that brought light and gazing at the chilling confrontation in front of Changzhou Academy.

"All of you present here were my former colleagues, and you should know that I have deep feelings for Cheung Chau Academy. Even today, after leaving for several years, I still always remember the good times I spent here."

"I don't want all that beauty to be ruined tonight, so please cooperate and stop blocking the way here."

"Or do you actually want to stand by that devil's side?"

The night wind blew away Liu Hongxuan's voice, allowing the compassionate words of this former teacher of Changzhou Academy to fall into the ears of everyone present.

The teachers and students standing behind the gate of Changzhou Academy listened to these words, and their faces suddenly turned ugly after hearing the last sentence which seemed to be understated but was actually as heavy as thunder, and a slight commotion broke out.

"Liu Hongxuan, where on earth do you have the nerve to say such things?!"

One student's face turned red as he shouted angrily, "Your deep affection for the academy means you want to burn the entire academy down! You are clearly holding a grudge because you were kicked out like a dog, and you are taking this opportunity to take revenge!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the silence of a moment ago was instantly broken, and angry voices continued to ring out.

Liu Hongxuan rode on his horse, looking down at those young faces filled with anger, and felt it was ridiculous.

"You really think too much. This has nothing to do with revenge. This is just a helpless choice."

He laughed sarcastically in his heart and sighed in front of people's eyes. He swept his eyes around the place and said with a pained face, "I believe that no one in Wangjing City wants things to come to this point today, but... everyone knows that the Demon Lord once lived in Changzhou Academy for a long time. No one knows what he left here. For the safety of Wangjing people, Changzhou Academy can only be burned to ashes."

An elderly professor stood up, looked up at Liu Hongxuan, and pleaded, "But in recent days, the academy has been inspected by the adults seventeen times. Isn't that enough?"

Liu Hongxuan shook his head and said, "Not being able to find any problems is the biggest problem, isn't it? The problem is so big, isn't it the only way to do it now?"

Hearing this, the already angry students became even more furious.

If the teachers of the academy had not tried their best to stop them, some students would have rushed out and attacked Liu Hongxuan regardless of the consequences.

"Don't look at me like that."

Liu Hongxuan felt those gazes and suddenly recalled the day when he was kicked out of Changzhou Academy. He said expressionlessly, "This matter has nothing to do with me. If you must find someone to blame, then blame your senior brother."

He looked grimly at this academy, which he hated so much, and raised his right hand, swinging it down with force.

The next moment, more than a hundred soldiers standing behind him picked up the kerosene that had been prepared long ago and walked towards Changzhou Academy.

In just a moment, the kerosene will be poured onto the ancient walls and eaves, and then the practitioners will use Taoism to summon flames, causing the Changzhou Academy, which has been passed down for thousands of years, to be engulfed in a sea of ​​fire.

Then everything in the past turned to ashes.

Those onlookers standing outside the academy could even imagine that this news would be sent to the capital as quickly as possible and be known to Ye Yilan just before the summer festival began.

There was commotion at Cheung Chau Academy.

The older professors clenched their fists several times in front of the armored soldiers, but ultimately they were powerless to loosen them.

"I understand."

The old man in the lead said in a trembling voice, forcibly suppressing the countless emotions in his heart, and lowered his head towards Liu Hongxuan: "Master Liu, can you leave some time for the students to pack their luggage?"

Liu Hongxuan seemed to be in a dilemma. After a moment's silence, he said, "Can you guarantee that no one will take away the trick left by the Demon Lord?"

After the words fell, the old professor was stunned and asked subconsciously: "Hasn't the court already checked it? There is no such thing as the devil's back-up plan. What kind of guarantee do you need?"

Liu Hongxuan sighed: "This means that there is no guarantee."

"Feel sorry."

He looked at the old professor who had once stood on Gu Zhuo's side, and said with regret: "I can't agree to your request. I don't think anyone can agree to your request."

As the words fell, the soldiers continued to move forward. The orderly footsteps were like a hammer, constantly hitting the chests of the teachers and students of Changzhou Academy, bringing real pain.

The people of Wangjing looked at this scene, looked at the kerosene that was about to be spilled, and knew that Changzhou Academy was about to become the dust of history in a raging fire.

Who can change this fact?
Many people couldn't help but think about this question and came up with a clear answer in a very short time - those who have the ability to change this result are destined not to stand in front of the gate of Cheung Chau Academy.

Therefore, when the voice came from the other side of the street, almost everyone thought it was an illusion and was not real.

"is it?"

Lin Wanyi walked calmly in the night wind.

The crowd took the initiative to open up a path for her.

Amidst countless gazes, she came to the gate of the courtyard that she was so familiar with and looked at it quietly for a moment.

"I'm sorry too. I have a different opinion from you. I think Changzhou Academy needs to stay. If you don't agree with me..."

Then she turned to look at Liu Hongxuan and said calmly to the officials and soldiers: "Then ask about my sword first."

(End of this chapter)