The Three-Life Stone

"Hahahaha, if you believe in rebirth, it doesn't matter whether you read these or not. But I have got them all, I can't take them for nothing." Qin Yunhuai said nonchalantly with his legs on the table.

"If I don't believe it, are you going to use this to convince me?"

"almost."

"You've gone to so much trouble to make me know this isn't so simple, is it?"

"You are a smart man, have you ever thought about who else is reborn?"

Bei Ming Mo frowned. Speaking of rebirth, the next person he could think of was Xia Jin. They lived in different eras. Could there be any connection between the two other than rebirth?

Qin Yunhuai looked at Bei Mingmo's expression and knew who he was thinking of. He continued, "Bei Mingmo, do you know the legend of the Three Lives Stone?"

Bei Mingmo couldn't figure out the connection, and knew that Qin Yunhuai would continue talking, so he simply stopped thinking about it and asked directly: "Is there any trick in this?"

Qin Yunhuai continued to keep the secret and asked, "Among the people who have been reborn, are you sure you are not one of them?"

Bei Mingmo's brows furrowed even deeper. What was going on? No matter how he looked at it, there was no sign of rebirth.

As for the legend of the Three Lives Stone, he had heard a little about it.

According to legend, after Nuwa repaired the sky, she began to create humans with mud. For each person she created, she took a grain of sand as a measure. Eventually, a huge stone was formed, which Nuwa placed on the bank of the Ling River in the West Heaven.

This stone originated from the beginning of the world, and absorbed the essence of the sun and the moon, and gradually became spiritual.

After an unknown number of years, there was a loud noise in the sky, and a stone pierced the sky and reached the top of the sky hole, as if it was about to break out of the sky. Nuwa looked around and was horrified. She saw that after absorbing the essence of the sun and the moon, the stone became top-heavy and light-footed, standing upright, big enough to support the sky. It had a fantastic appearance, and even gave birth to two divine patterns that separated the stone into three sections, as if it was about to swallow up the three realms of heaven, earth, and man.

Nuwa quickly used the Soul Spirit Talisman to seal the stone, thinking that since she created humans, the only thing missing was the divine position of marriage and reincarnation, so she named it the Three Life Stone, gave it the magic power of the Three Life Secret, named its three parts the previous life, this life, and the next life, and added a marriage line on it, which lasted from this life to the next life. In order to better restrain its evil nature, Nuwa thought again and again and finally placed it by the Forgetful River at the Gate of Hell, in charge of the three lives of marriage and reincarnation.

Bei Mingmo rarely saw Qin Yunhuai so serious, so he became serious and said, "Brother Qin, if you have anything to say, just say it."

"Let me mention one more thing. Whether Xia Jin changed her fate to be with you in her past life or this life, it was not just a rebirth for her. You two signed a contract with the Three Lives Stone. So, her success in returning here a thousand years later to rewrite the story between you was not only due to the rotation driven by the return of her spirit, but also the cause and effect of the Three Lives Stone. Your relationship is not over yet."

Qin Yunhuai looked up at the sky with indescribable melancholy as he spoke. "She and I were only husband and wife for a while. We both knew that we would be separated. This is our farewell."

Bei Mingmo's doubts seemed to be resolved and yet became even heavier after hearing what Qin Yunhuai said.

Qin Yunhuai stood up, patted Bei Mingmo on the shoulder and said, "The power of the Three Lives Stone is no less than that of a god. I will come back to you when you have figured this out."

After Qin Yunhuai finished speaking, he walked out first. Bei Mingmo understood Qin Yunhuai's hidden meaning and knew that he would not come to him again until he figured it out.

Bei Ming Mo closed his eyes, rubbed his brows, drank a sip of tea, and said to Nangong Yu: "Thank you for the hospitality, see you later."

Nangong Yu cupped his hands and said, “No thanks.”

Bei Ming Mo returned to the palace looking a little tired. After taking a bath and changing clothes, he went straight back to the bedroom and lay on the bed. When he was half asleep and half awake, he seemed to see Xia Jin's smile. When he opened his eyes, he saw that a seed in the corner that had never sprouted had bloomed.

It turned out to be the red spider lily.

The red spider lily blooms for a thousand years and falls for a thousand years, and the petals and leaves never meet. Love is not a cause and effect, but fate determines life and death.

According to legend, this flower only blooms in the underworld, and is generally believed to be a guiding flower that only blooms by the Three Paths River in the underworld and on the other side of the Forgotten River.

Lycoris radiata has flowers that are as bright red as blood, and has no leaves. Legend has it that the fragrance of the flower has magical powers that can evoke memories of the dead.

From a distance, the red spider lilies on the road to the underworld look like a carpet made of blood. When the soul crosses the River of Oblivion, it will forget everything in its life, and everything that once was left on the other side. The deceased will follow the guidance of these flowers to the underworld.

The mandragora is white, and the road to heaven is full of mandragora flowers. It is said that a flower will bloom with every step the dead soul takes until the gate of heaven. The golden gate is also surrounded by flowers. The white mandragora and the golden silk-framed door complement each other, which is extremely beautiful, showing a holy and solemn scene.

Whether it is red or white, there are different touching stories about the red spider lily, but this is a pink red spider lily.

The last flower to bloom in the flower season is the tea rose. When the tea rose blooms to its end, only the flowers blooming on the other side of the world who have forgotten their previous lives are left.

"Why did it bloom suddenly? Can the red spider lily bloom here?" Bei Ming Mo was a little curious as he admired the red spider lily. He remembered Xia Jin saying that she picked up a seed and felt it was destined, but she didn't know what it would grow into. She kept it with her thinking of finding a good place to plant it. She watered it every now and then and put it in the sun. A few years later, the seed sprouted and bloomed after Xia Jin left.

It's a bit of a coincidence.

But don’t let your love down, there are three lives to go by in the Peony Pavilion.

Combined with some of the things Qin Yunhuai said today, Bei Mingmo vaguely felt that this flower was related to Xia Jin, but he didn't want to delve into it any further.

For him, love is something he cherishes when he has it, and he can let it go when he doesn't have it. In this respect, he is very similar to Xia Jin, and they will not give up their pursuit because of one person.

When you first lose something, you feel a deep pain in your heart. When you recall it later, you will feel that something is missing. Some people always think that they have changed a lot because of it, but in fact they have just returned to the way they were before.

Everyone spends their life accepting different people coming into their lives, and then adapting to their departure. This cycle repeats over and over again. Many people pass by and leave footprints that are deep or shallow.

Different crossroads require different choices and different lives. What we need to know is not to lose ourselves in these difficulties.

Bei Ming Mo rubbed his head. He didn't know why he still felt a little dizzy. He felt as if there was a layer of thought in his brain that was blocked by paste.

Qin Yunhuai probably won't come to see me for a while. During this time, I have to settle some of the things mentioned in the memorials in recent days, otherwise some people will regard me as a tyrant who only cares about love.

He always turns a blind eye to some things because the time has not come yet, so that people will be caught off guard when the time comes.

Bei Mingmo and Qin Yunhuai's infatuation is different, and Xia Jin and Lu Xi's love is also different, so the drinking between Bei Mingmo and Qin Yunhuai is half to relieve the depression in their hearts, and half to make friends with heroes.

Bei Ming Mo was very sober from beginning to end.