When you wake up, all the apprentices are betrayed and leave the teacher's door

The Great Dao has no form, but it gives birth to heaven and earth; the Great Dao is ruthless, it moves the sun and the moon; [1]

The Dao is ruthless, do not distinguish between good and evil according to one's own preferences, good people may live a short life, but bad people can live a long life, this is not the injustice of heaven, intentional favoritism and fraud, but what is lost is bound to be gained, and the good results in this life may be repaid in the next life .The Buddha said that there are seven sufferings in life, birth, old age, sickness, death, love and parting, resentment and hatred, and not getting what you want.It can be seen that incompleteness is the way of life.

The big whale falls on the bottom of the sea, and its body nourishes all things; the water vapor rises and turns into rain and returns to the lake.One profit and one loss, one minus and one gain, is the normal way.Personally speaking, it may be that two pigs died in the family, or the plowing field did not have a good harvest this year, but for Tiandao, everything in the world follows this rule.

Lost and found, cycle forward.

The way of heaven is ruthless, and love here is personal love, and it is even more partial; but the way of heaven has love, the sun, moon, stars, joy, anger, sorrow, and joy, all things arise because of him.The Dao is "independent without changing, traveling around without perishing" [2], which embraces all things, but treats them equally.

Therefore, when all things are out of balance and someone secretly manipulates them, the Dao of Heaven cannot intervene directly, so it brings together ruthless and sentient beings to give birth to a new law.This law is a sharp and powerful sword, enough to pierce mountains and rivers, you can't think about everything, and you can't do anything.

Xian Yu accuses Dao of injustice, but in fact it is not——

He is the 'Gong', he is the law of nature, the rules of all things.

Only now, this law has an affair.

In the Great Hall of Sen Luo, ghost fires were gloomy, King Qin Guang's giant eyes looked at him neither sad nor happy: "You are not in the book of life and death, how can you spy on life and death?"

He is the "book of life and death" of all things.

Xian Yu loosened his clenched hands slightly, and suddenly learned of such a hidden situation, even if he didn't get over it for a while.Gu Rongjing stood by the master's side, gently holding his shoulders, his palms were warm, it was the only body temperature Xian Yu could get in this gloomy world of ghosts.

"Master..."

He called softly.

Xian Yu was stunned for a long while, but was brought back to his senses by this sentence, and couldn't help asking in a low voice: "What about you?"

In fact, Qin Guangwang didn't need to explain, they already understood.

Xianyu is the sword of a gentleman, and also the sword of justice, born impartial; Gu Rongjing is the machete specially forged to compete with him.

One of them is a law enforcement officer, the other is an executioner.

It's no wonder that Meng Po saw them and opened her mouth to say that heaven and earth were created. At first, Gu Rongjing was secretly happy for a while, but now she realized that it was indeed "made by heaven" and "created by earth".

One is naturally conceived by the way of heaven, born with blessings and luck; the other is born with evil spirits, and is manipulated life after life.They were supposed to be incompatible with each other, but they became biased by accident.

King Qin Guang said: "Don't be discouraged."

Ok?

What does this mean?

"Jin Fan Shenjun is kind and open-minded. If he hadn't made some mistakes, he would have already been in the rank of immortals. The Jade Blood Knife was forged by him, with half his life's hard work. This knife was originally a benevolent knife, but due to mistakes, it was tainted with demonic energy. .”

Speaking of this, King Qin Guang rolled his eyes and slowly looked at Gu Rongjing.

"Between heaven and earth, there is only this magic knife that can cut everything."

The Jade Blood Knife has been soaked in the evil energy for thousands of years under the dead wood cliff, and it has been nourished by the Yin barrier. With this knife in hand, it can be said that it is invincible in the world.But unfortunately, 500 years ago, he met Xian Yu.

It is the only law in the world that cannot be cut and destroyed.

Xian Yu suddenly had a bad feeling.

"The human world and the fairy world are not connected, but in fact, there is a channel to communicate with each other."

"This road is in the middle of heaven and earth. It has no shape in ordinary times. It can only appear when you become an immortal. This road is called the Stairway to Heaven."

No.

"There are 440 million steps on the Stairway to Heaven. This is not the road to the heavens from the human world to the fairy world, but the road to extinction. Anyone who steps into this ladder will face difficulties and obstacles on the road, and will not succeed in the end. One lifetime of cultivation, all scattered .When all things dissipate, the aura returns to heaven and earth, and it can be enjoyed by the fairy world."

No, no.

"In the fairy world, it can be divided into true immortals, golden immortals, Daluo Jinxian, Daozu, Tianzun, and even more gods, but the higher the realm, the more spiritual power is required, and the harder it is to break through. No matter how long the fairyland is, there will be an end after all. , but they are already in the 99th heaven, how can they be willing to re-enter reincarnation?"

Gu Rongjing glanced at Xian Yu, and asked: "Then how should we deal with it? Do you want Master to ascend to immortality?"

King Qin Guang didn't nod or shake his head, but said, "The Stairway to Heaven was forged by all the people in the fairy world. 500 years ago, they tried to fight against the Dao of Heaven with the Jade Blood Sword, and they have already tasted the sweetness. Presumably there must be a fierce battle on this road to the sky... The gods only need to cut off this road, and the fairy world will be exhausted if there is no supply—"

"no!!"

Xian Yu shouted loudly, interrupting his words.

"Master..."

"No." He said decisively, "If I say no, I won't!"

When King Qin Guang said just now that the Jade Blood Knife could wipe out everything in the world, Xian Yu felt something was wrong.When the statement about Tongtian Ladder came out, what else did he not understand?

The Stairway to Heaven is the most effective means of controlling the human world in the fairy world, and the Jade Blood Knife is the only key to open this door.Xian Yu was still puzzled at first, even if Gu Rongjing is good-natured, but he has his own thoughts, he is no longer suitable to be this pawn, but why has the fairy world refused to let him go?

Now I finally know the answer.

But Qin Guangwang's intention was obviously to fuse Gu Rongjing with the Jade Blood Knife and repair the broken knife, otherwise how could he cut off the Tongtian Ladder?After that?He has been a person for 20 years, is he going to sleep in the knife again?

What's more, the Stairway to Heaven will only appear at the moment of ascension, and Wen Fei is a demon cultivator, so it is difficult to avoid the thunder tribulation alone.Isn't he himself who can ascend, or the only one who has the hope of ascending in the world today?

After the Tongtian Ladder was opened, even if he could cut it off, even if Gu Rongjing could come back again, but... But, once the three days of golden light pass, he will return to the fairy world, and he will have nothing to do with the human world for the rest of his life.

Xian Yu thought that maybe he could wait for Gu Rongjing to reincarnate before becoming a fairy, or reincarnate with him, but no matter which option is chosen, the preset time condition is not now.

"Absolutely not... I don't agree."

He clenched his fists tightly, his voice trembling slightly, but his tone was firm.

Gu Rongjing looked at him silently, Master rarely fluctuates in mood on weekdays, he thinks he has lived a long life, and he can ignore many things with his juniors, and after waking up, he got angry a few times, and the turmoil seemed to be related to him.

Po Meng was right, maybe they were really a match made in heaven.

Gu Rongjing suddenly asked: "I may not be able to stay awake after merging with the Jade Blood Knife. How can I ensure that I don't fall into their trap?"

After all, they are not the only ones who want to fuse Jade Blood Knife and Gu Rongjing.

"Rongjing!!"

Xian Yu frowned and said, "What nonsense are you talking about!"

Gu Rongjing didn't have time to answer, just listened to King Qin Guang said: "The Jade Blood Knife has been damaged for many years, you are the spirit, and he is the root. If you unite your body, mind and spirit, you can naturally restore the knife of benevolence and righteousness."

Unity of body, mind and spirit?

The expression on Xian Yu's face could no longer be described as ugly, and he wanted to stop him, but King Qin Guang let out a soft sigh, "Fengdu is full of evil spirits, ordinary people should not stay for too long, our fate is over, and this life may be difficult again." See you."

He raised his right hand, and a golden light suddenly shot out from his fingertips, which suddenly flew into the sky, embellished with a ray of stars.

Walking in the direction of the stars, they can return to the world.

In the end, he did not forget to warn: "The gods are originally heavenly beings, and their lifespan is endless. Why bother with these unnecessary troubles? The Dao is merciless, if you want to be merciful, what will happen in this world?"

He said these two sentences to Xian Yu alone. After the words fell, King Qin Guang closed his eyes and put his hands on both sides of the seat again. The king slowly turned into a colorful god statue.

The man with the cow, horse, and animal mask stepped into the hall with no expression on his face, and only made a gesture of invitation.

Not all of the ten kings of Hades are there every day in the underworld.According to common sense, there is only one King of Hades on duty in the underworld for a day, and he is the only one who can move freely on this day. The other Kings of Hades will turn into statues and stay in the palace to guard Fengdu during the rest period.Every ten days is a reincarnation.For example, King Qin Guang is not on duty today, so he can only use the body-sculpting statue to communicate with Xian Yu briefly.

At this moment, it was Tiandao's great connivance to his judge.

Xian Yu and Gu Rongjing went down the Ghost Sentence Mountain, and the golden star left by King Qin Guang was particularly obvious in the dark Fengdu. When passing by, many ghosts lingering in the underworld always raised their heads and looked longingly at the light.

There is no sun, moon and stars in Feng. Their days are called nights, and their nights are still nights.Many of the ghosts here have not seen the stars for hundreds of years.

The direction that this starlight is pointing to is a little-known clear lake—Lake of Desolation and Ecstasy.

Xian Yu stopped in her tracks.

There are no yellow spring flowers here, and there are no bone residues in the lake. It is crystal clear and the water is sweet.Every day at Wushi, when the sun is setting at dusk in the human world, dots of blue-purple starlight will light up above the water of the Ecstasy Lake, just like a dream.

"These are ghost lampworms." He raised his hand, and one of them slowly dropped to his fingertips holding the glowing belly of a ghost lamp, ""Ghost lampworms feed on sorrow and resentment, because their two eyes are like will-o'-the-wisps, so It got its name. "

The ghost lantern worms only appear in the Lake of Ecstasy, and they only stay for an hour.They are born on the banks of the river, and they live and die, bringing only a moment of joy.

"The water here can wash away the filth from ghosts, and the reflection of the lake can also reflect the happiest and most beautiful memories of ghosts during their lifetime."

"Since you can see the happiest memories," Gu Rongjing looked around, seeing that there was no one around, "then why don't everyone come here?"

"Because it's already lost, remembering it will only be painful and sentimental."

The ghost lantern worm was full of food, and flew away with its chubby ghost lantern belly.Xian Yu walked to the edge of the lake, the tide ebbed and flowed and wet his shoes.

"I heard that only you can see the memories in the lake." He squatted down, looking at the reflection of the waves on the lake, "What did you see?"

Hearing what he said, Gu Rongjing also walked over and squatted by the lake, looked at the reflection for a while, then looked at Xian Yu, and said: "Master."

He saw Master.

"Master, what do you see?"

Xian Yu paused, then turned to look at him, "I saw you."

Gu Rongjing smiled softly, but Xian Yu was even more sad.

"I don't want to ascend."

he said.

Gu Rongjing looked at the wet shoes and nodded. He pursed his lips and paused for a long time before asking, "Is it because of me? Is Master reluctant to bear me?"

The answer, they all know it well.

He took a breath, touched his nose, and thought about the reason for Xian Yu, "Actually, it will be a matter of time before Master ascends, but it's just earlier and later. Moreover, it would be good if I can fuse, and I can get back my belongings." own strength..."

"You're not taking back your power."

Xian Yu interrupted him calmly, "You just changed from a knife in their hands to a knife in my hands."

This is not rescue, this is not liberation, this is the real cage.In the thousands of years since his birth, he has only gained freedom for less than 20 years, but now because of him, because of this "prosperous age", he has to go back to be his trapped beast, the bloody executioner.

Gu Rongjing said: "I was originally a knife."

"But you are human."

As Xian Yu said, his nose was suddenly blocked, and he quickly turned his head away. Sure enough, tears rolled into his eyes uncontrollably.He turned his head away to prevent Gu Rongjing from seeing his expression, "...to me, you are human."

Probably hearing that his voice was wrong, Gu Rongjing paused, and his voice slowed down a bit, "People are born, old, sick and die, and it's only a few decades. Why should Master be bound by these? What's more..."

Gu Rongjing raised the corners of his mouth, there was no bitterness in his smile, only calmness, "It's the sword of a master."

He is willing.

Xian Yu turned her body away, unwilling to look at him no matter what.After waiting for a long time, he turned his face around, glared at him fiercely with a pair of red eyes, walked away without saying a word.

Gu Rongjing sat by the lake for a while, looked back at the reflection in the lake, then stood up again and chased after him.

At this time, they didn't know that the other party had lied.

This gloomy and ecstasy lake can only wash away the dirt on the ghosts, but cannot see the good memories.The reason why it is called Depressed Ecstasy is also because every ghost will remember his glamorous and beautiful appearance before he was alive after washing his body, and can't help crying bitterly at the lake.The lake is clean because it comes from their most sincere and regretful tears.

Gu Rongjing didn't see any memories at all, he just knew what kind of words he said would not make Xian Yu sad, so he deliberately lied to him.

This is true for reflection, just as it was said for fusion.

He knew very well that no matter which side he gave up, it would only leave pain and regret, so the final answer was difficult to choose.