From Under One Person: Sincere Journey Through the Heavens

Fortunately, his master discovered this in advance, slapped the Grand Gu Master, and explained the situation, which made the Grand Gu Master abandon his plans for revenge. However, he did not destroy the method for refining the Thousand-Day Red...

The Grand Gu Master's original purpose in giving Jiang Liu, Lu Jin, and Li Muxuan three letters of introduction was not to introduce them to a place for refining magical artifacts, but to use them to speak his mind to Elder Zhao.

But Mr. Zhao passed away ten years ago.

The reason, in fact, stems from a past incident that left him with a deep-seated emotional burden.

"...That's roughly how it is."

Zhao Tianhai closed the letter and sighed, "Grandpa told my brother and me about this before he passed away. It was only ten years ago that we understood why Grandpa was so respectful to Grandma, which was not like the mutual support that an old married couple should have."

"At that time, Grandpa took out a letter from under the bedside table, hoping we would deliver it to Qinghe Village in western Hunan. But we felt that Grandpa had wronged Grandma, so after leaving the room, we opened the letter and saw that it was full of heartfelt words, so we tore it up..."

Zhao Pingshan took the letter, read it through, closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and said, "I never imagined that the great Gu master of Xiangxi would never have married in his life!"

Looking back on what my older brother and I did, we were utterly inhuman!

"What is love in this world that makes people willing to die for it?"

Liu Wei, who had been watching the drama unfold, sighed deeply. "Brothers who opened up the mountains and filled the sea, don't blame yourselves. The elders back then were much more stubborn than our generation... and you two were also considering your grandmother's feelings... You were both right. The only mistake was that you could only—"

"A problem of our times."

Jiang Liu continued.

# Chapter 1081 A single thought of sincerity, sincerity arising from a single thought

era--

This topic was somewhat heavy, so Jiang Liu changed the subject again and said, "But then again, which era is without problems?"

Problems will always keep coming.

Going with the flow and blending in with the world is to cultivate one's own virtue; extinguishing the mind and demons, and spending one's days with a solitary lamp, is too idealistic.

Those who only seek to cultivate themselves are ordinary people, and those who adhere to idealism are delusional. We who are practitioners are neither immortals, nor Buddhas, nor saints. We should grow, cultivate, and attain enlightenment while engaging with the world.

Just as I established the opera troupe only to make money, and organized and founded the Confucian Society only to save the world; are making money and saving the world in conflict?

It's all just a fleeting thought.

Those major sects all say that sincerity is essential for spiritual practice.

This is true, but it's too vague. What is it sincere about?

I've been thinking about this question for a long time.

Is it really just about being sincere in spiritual practice and in being a good person?

But who defines the standards for being a person and for spiritual practice?

Faced with these questions, Liu Wei was stunned, Zhao Tianhai remained silent, while Zhao Pingshan, who had traveled beyond China and had a broad perspective, seemed thoughtful.

Jiang Liu continued, "Now I have the answer, not because I am sincere about the path I have followed."

But:

A single thought of sincerity.

Sincere thought.

Humans have endless thoughts. If there are no thoughts, one is a dead thing. The ultimate goal of cultivation is to cultivate oneself into an unyielding stone. Then why did the immortal stone in "Journey to the West" nurture an immortal embryo since the beginning of time?

It's just for experiencing the world.

At this point, Jiang Liu took back the contract from Zhao Pingshan's hand and said to the two brothers, "Because I showed you the letter of introduction from the Great Gu Master, you were moved and cannot be put down by a mere word of persuasion."

Now you two have two paths before you.

The first clause: Take this contract from me once more, and let time bury the guilt that arose in my heart. Perhaps in less than two days, this guilt will dissipate.

silence!

A long silence!

Ten minutes later, Zhao Pingshan looked up and asked, "May I ask, Jiang Sheng, what about the second route?"

Jiang Liu smiled slightly, raised his hand and made a grasping motion, and a yellowed envelope with many creases appeared out of thin air at his fingertips.

It wasn't taken out of the storage ring, but created out of thin air!

Upon seeing the familiar envelope, Zhao Pingshan and Zhao Tianhai were both horrified. They tremblingly took the wrinkled envelope and carefully opened it. The letter inside was yellowed, just like the letter left by their grandfather in their memories!

Let's look at the text again—

They were exactly the same, even down to the misspelled words and the traces of corrections.

"This is...this is Grandpa's letter!"

Zhao Pingshan trembled all over, tears welling in his eyes.

"How...how did you do that?"

Zhao Tianhai was certain that he and Zhao Pingshan had torn up and burned the letter, and that no outsider would know about it. Even if Jiang Liu could read minds, they had long forgotten the words on the envelope.

It was this letter that reminded them of things they had long forgotten.

Jiang Liu did not answer, but simply picked up his teacup, took a small sip, and the surrounding environment subtly changed.

The warm spring is over.

It has turned into late autumn!

They were in a pavilion in a courtyard. The grass was withered and yellow, koi swam in the pond, and a dozen or so red and shriveled persimmons hung on two persimmon trees in the corner.

Looking at the familiar scene, Zhao Pingshan and Zhao Tianhai unconsciously got up, left the pavilion, squatted down, touched the withered grass, and scooped up a handful of water from the pond.

The roughness of the grass and the clarity of the pond water both told them that this was not an illusion!

Everything is true and true!

Slightly——

Just then, the door of the house directly opposite the pavilion opened, and a pair of teenagers walked out. Judging from their appearance, they were Zhao Pingshan and Zhao Tianhai... the younger versions of them.

Among them, the young man Zhao Pingshan held a letter in his hand, frowned as he looked at the words on it, and then tore it up.

"Grandpa went too far!"

The young Zhao Tianhai snatched the shredded paper, took out two flints from his pocket, and gently touched them together, causing sparks to fly and burning the shredded paper.

"and many more!"

In his excitement, Zhao Tianhai stepped forward and slapped his younger self.

"Snapped!"

The crisp sound echoed throughout the courtyard.

Zhao Tianhai was stunned.

The young man Zhao Tianhai was also stunned. He exchanged a glance with the young man Zhao Pingshan before noticing that there were other people in the courtyard. They all looked fearful and shouted, "Someone... an outsider has broken into Tiangong Hall!"

Before long, everyone from Tiangongtang arrived and surrounded Jiang Liu, Liu Wei, Zhao Pingshan, and Zhao Tianhai, who were sitting in the courtyard, all holding weapons and demanding, "Who are you? How dare you trespass into Tiangongtang?"

"No!"

"no!"

"We...we are..."

Zhao Pingshan and Zhao Tianhai wanted to explain, but the surrounding scene quietly disappeared, the late autumn faded away, and warm spring returned. The pavilion was nowhere to be seen, and they returned to the original courtyard of the opera troupe.

Everything that just happened was recreated by Jiang Liu using his ability to transform his realm. The past scenery, the people, and the time and space were all perfectly replicated one-to-one!

Was everything just an illusion?

"Have we gone back to the past?"

Zhao Pingshan murmured, but then noticed that his hands and sleeves, which had scooped up water from the pool, were still wet.

Zhao Tianhai squatted down, looking at the small pile of letters that had turned to ash. On one of the ash sheets, the words were still relatively clear.

"That's how I got it."

Jiang Liu pointed to the letter in Zhao Pingshan's hand and explained the doubts in the two brothers' hearts: "By observing the past and recreating past scenes, we can bring things from the past into the present."

However, it's best not to interact with people from the past who reappear, since they are real beings who can be influenced by you and even brought into our present reality.

Similarly, if you immerse yourselves in it, you will become part of the past scene, and eventually, part of my memory.

In an instant.

Zhao Pingshan, Zhao Tianhai, and Liu Wei were all trembling.

What exactly is this ability?

Human magnetism?

Qi transformation?

Or is it a skill similar to Buddhist meditation?

Jiang Liu ignored this and simply said, "So, the second way is to take the letter and go to western Hunan first, so that the slight guilt you feel can be completely resolved."

After all, guilt is also a fleeting thought.

Only when this thought truly settles can it be considered complete, and then another thought can arise, and so on, until it is finished.

As for that great Gu Master, delivering this letter to her finally put an end to her resolve... Whether she ultimately finds complete peace and chooses to continue her path as a Gu Master, or follows your Elder Zhao in death, is entirely her own choice and has nothing to do with you.

That being said, Jiang Liu was certain that, given the nature of a Grand Gu Master, after waiting for decades, he had finally received the result and would be completely at peace with it.

As for whether Jiang Liu's involvement in their karma would only cause him more trouble... the causes and effects of the world are interconnected and intertwined. Before attaining the ultimate state, one cannot escape the cycle of cause and effect—

No matter how wonderful the method one cultivates, it is all in vain.

Only death can bring both physical and psychological peace.

Therefore.

It is better to actively participate in cause and effect and straighten out cause and effect.

That's it.