"Opening the path of reincarnation, sealing the seven souls, and passing down the bloodline …"
After a pause, the old monk's voice slowly continued, "Perhaps it is as you have guessed. She is probably doing this for karma."
"What do you mean?" Gu Qingfeng was puzzled. "If she is looking for karma, isn't the price too high? Unless she wants to sever karma or mend karma? Or perhaps change karma? However, isn't karma something that can't be severed, mended, or changed? "
The old monk did not answer this time.
However, his silence made Gu Qingfeng laugh involuntarily. He asked, "Old monk, tell me honestly. Can karma really be severed? Mended? Changed? "
"I don't know …"
"Do you not know or do you not want to say?"
"I don't know."
"Haha …" Gu Qing Feng faintly smiled and didn't ask any more questions. After a while, he said, "Originally, I also thought that karma could not be severed, repaired, or changed. As for whether or not that woman has done any of this, I don't know, but one thing is certain, she must have touched karma."
"Why do you say that, Ancient Monk?"
Gu Qingfeng thought of the fat monk who was eating delicious food in the cave. He smiled and said, "You may not know. Not long ago, I met a person who received a Buddhist edict."
The old monk said, "Now that the origin is repeating itself and everything is renewed, Buddha is no exception. It's not strange for him to send down a Buddhist edict. The Buddhist edict may be for enlightenment, for salvation, or for disaster …"
"Indeed, there's nothing strange about it. Perhaps he came because of the difficulty of the tribulation. But why did he appear in that woman's cave? Moreover …" As he spoke, Gu Qingfeng thought of Wei Qing and said, "Moreover, I'm basically certain that the reason that woman dared to play with something as unpredictable as a bloodline inheritance was because firstly, she was confident, and secondly, she must have made all the preparations. Perhaps everything that happened after that was within her calculations, including me?"
"Perhaps it is just a coincidence."
"I remember you said something. You said to never treat coincidences as fate, and never treat coincidences as karma."
"Since Ancient Hermit knows, why do you need to …"
Before the old monk could finish his words, Gu Qingfeng interrupted him and said, "Do you know why I have to check my karma?"
"This old monk still remembers that Ancient Hermit said that he didn't want to miss such an excellent opportunity." The old monk sighed and said, "Based on my understanding of Layman Gu, this might be your reason, but it's definitely not the entire reason. If I'm not wrong, Layman Gu is searching for the cause and effect of your past life."
"Ha."
Gu Qingfeng was dumbfounded. He laughed and said, "Why else would people always call you monks bald donkeys? You obviously know it in your heart, but you always pretend to be ignorant."
"Hermit Gu, you …" Perhaps because Gu Qingfeng's words were not pleasant, the old monk wanted to say something, but in the end, he did not. He sighed and said, "It seems that Hermit Gu still has a lot of misunderstandings about us Buddhists …"
"Misunderstanding? Haha! "
Gu Qingfeng laughed, but it was a strange laugh. He said, "I haven't been cheated many times in my life. I can count them on one hand. But even so, one-third of the times I've been cheated have something to do with you monks."
After a pause, he continued, "You keep saying that the world can't tolerate you Buddhists. If you ask me, everyone doesn't like you, but you asked for it. You don't recite the scriptures all day long, and only do shady business. How can people like you? In the name of delivering all living things from torment, you go around deceiving people. It's fine if you deceive me, but I heard that you also deceived Chiyou, Xingtian, and the others? I heard that even God was deceived by you once? "
"Ancient Hermit, please don't listen to rumors, my Buddha …"
Seeing that the old monk still wanted to say something, Gu Qingfeng was too lazy to listen anymore. He waved his hand and said, "Enough, I'm tired of your excuses. It's nothing more than you being merciful and delivering all living things from torment. If you don't go to hell, who will?"
The old monk sighed again.
After a long time, he opened his mouth and said, "Ancient Hermit, it seems that you still have a grudge against your previous life."
"Nonsense, how can I not have a grudge?"
Gu Qingfeng closed his eyes, as if he was recalling everything that had happened in the past five hundred years. He said faintly, "Originally, I had no interest in my previous life, not even a little bit. Since it's my previous life, then it's the past. Since it's the past, then let it be …"
"I don't know who I was in my previous life, and I don't know what kind of person I was in my previous life, so I have no interest. But … I don't know if it's because I haven't settled the matters of my previous life, but in the past five hundred years of my current life, I've met several strange people."
Recalling the bits and pieces of the past five hundred years, Gu Qingfeng said, "The one that left the deepest impression on me was a woman. I don't know who that woman was, and I don't know what she was. I've never seen her before, and I don't even know what she looked like. I only know that every time my life was in danger, she would appear."
"The first time I became a demon, it was for a brother. His blood dyed the Desolate Region, and he slaughtered too many lives. The killing intent backfired, and I was forced to become a demon."
"The second time I became a demon, it was for a woman. I cut open the sky. The immortals wanted to kill me, and the heavens wanted to destroy me. I had no choice but to become a demon."
"The third time I became a demon, it was because I glanced at her. Just a glance, and I didn't see clearly. I just touched her eyes, and then I became a demon for no reason …"
"This is only one of the strange things. Other than that, there are many other things. If it's not because of the entanglement of my previous life, I really can't think of any other reason."
"So, Ancient Hermit, you want to take this opportunity to use karma to investigate your previous life?"
"You can say that."
"Alas!"
The old monk sighed again and said, "Ancient Hermit, I know that I can't persuade you, but I have a question."
"What question?"
"Some karma might not be the karma you want, and some previous lives might not be the ones you want. Not knowing or not knowing might not be a bad thing, but knowing might not be a good thing."
Gu Qingfeng nodded in agreement. Indeed, some things were better left unknown. Not knowing might make one feel more at ease. Once one knew, not only would one not feel at ease, but it would also be more painful.
However, wasn't life just this trivial matter?
It was nothing more than happiness, anger, sorrow, and joy.
So what if one was happy?
So what if one was angry?
So what if one was sad?
So what if one was happy?
At this moment, the old monk's sigh sounded, "Alas … Great Freedom is unmoved, alas …"
"Why are you sighing?"
"I've always been suspicious. Ancient Hermit, you cultivate Great Freedom without being moved. Are you seeking Great Freedom? Or are you following your heart's desires? "
Gu Qingfeng smiled but did not say anything. He replied, "Alright, take a rest. Let's chat another day if you're interested."
After his consciousness left the Bone Jade of Nirvana, Gu Qingfeng did not continue thinking. Instead, he drank the wine in his cup and fell asleep.
When cultivators reached a certain level of cultivation, they rarely slept. Most people would choose to meditate. Meditating was much more effective than sleeping. Firstly, they could cultivate. Secondly, they could comprehend. Thirdly, they could recover. After meditating, both their physical body and spirit would be refreshed.
However, Gu Qingfeng rarely meditated. In his 500 years of cultivation, he rarely meditated. In the past, when he was cultivating in this world, he was either killing people or being hunted down. After he ascended to the Heaven Realm, he was also either killing people or being hunted down. At the same time, he was also hiding from the heavens.
Even if he was free, he would not meditate. He would either sleep or bask in the sun.
Sleeping made him feel like a human, and basking in the sun made him feel comfortable.
It was that simple.
When he woke up, it seemed to be noon. Gu Qingfeng took a hot bath and basked in the sun in the courtyard. At the same time, he asked about what had happened in the past two days.
Féquy had been guarding the door and had never left. After pouring a cup of wine for Gu Qingfeng, he began to speak carefully.
"Young Master, it's very chaotic outside now. Rumors are abuzz that you … killed Mu Yulong and Gu Xin of the Lingdu Sect. Qin Wanli of the Bingxuan Sect was also crippled by you … Some people also said that Lord Murong Fei of the Jiuhua Alliance was also …"
At this point, Féquy stole a glance at Gu Qingfeng. Seeing that there was no strange expression on his face, he dared to continue, "These two days, the Lingdu Sect, the Bingxuan Sect, and the Jiuhua Alliance have all been looking for you …"
Gu Qingfeng was not surprised and did not care about these trivial matters. He casually asked, "Is everything alright at Yunxia School?"
"Old Master has already closed the doors of Yunxia School. For the time being, there is no problem. They have all gone to look for Yunxia School, but there is nothing they can do. Now, they are leading people to look for you in the surrounding areas."
"Is that so …"
Gu Qingfeng held the wine cup and took a sip. He looked around and asked, "They didn't find this place?"
"Not yet, but …" After a pause, Féquy replied, "Even if they found this place, I don't think they would dare to act recklessly."
"Oh?" Gu Qingfeng raised his eyebrows and asked, "What's wrong? What is it? "
"Young Master, this is the Red Void Villa."
"Red Void Villa?" Gu Qingfeng shook his head. He did not have any impression of this name. He asked again, "Is the Villa Lord very influential?"
"Not only is the Villa Lord influential, but the Villa's background is even more influential. This is the Red Void Villa. Even the Jiuhua Alliance would not dare to act recklessly here, let alone the Xuan Ice Sect and the Lingdu Sect."
"Red Void Villa?" Gu Qingfeng was a little puzzled and asked, "What do you mean?"
Féquy did not expect that Gu Qingfeng did not even know about the Red Void Villa. He carefully asked, "Young Master, you don't know?"
Gu Qingfeng looked at Féquy's expression and smiled. "Look at how surprised you are. Why? Is this Red Void Villa very famous? "
"Young Master, the Red Void Villa is the name of the King."
Red Void Villa?
The King?
Could it be …
Gu Qingfeng did not remember having any Red Void Villa. He wanted to confirm and asked, "Who is this Red Void Villa King that you are talking about?"
Féquy did not know if Gu Qingfeng really did not know or was pretending. He did not dare to ask and could only helplessly reply.
"Young Master, this lowly one is talking about the all-powerful Crimson Firmament Sovereign King from ancient times. In our world, only he is worthy of the title of Sovereign King."
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