"I was wondering why you looked so familiar."
Taoist Master Plum Blossom smiled faintly and asked, "I heard that Emperor You likes wine. I happen to have a bottle of fine wine here. Would you be interested in drinking a few cups?"
"Sure."
"Please."
Taoist Master Plum Blossom gestured for Gu Qingfeng to sit on the stone bench. Taoist Master Plum Blossom raised his hand and took out a gourd. The gourd was a faint golden color and was covered with complicated and mysterious patterns. It was obviously an extraordinary item.
Then, Taoist Master Plum Blossom took out two cups. Rather than cups, they looked more like two thumb-sized gourds and looked rather exquisite. He poured the wine into two cups and handed them over.
Gu Qingfeng nodded and did not stand on ceremony. He raised his hand and drank the wine in one gulp.
It was good wine.
However …
Ren Tianxing had given him a lot of Hell's Impermanence wine some time ago. Hell's Impermanence wine was said to be the best of the best, and it was also known to be intoxicating. To Gu Qingfeng, who was used to drinking Hell's Impermanence wine, no other wine could catch his eye.
"I heard that you've been guarding Jun Xuanji here?"
"Indeed."
"How long have you been guarding her?"
"I don't know how long I've been guarding her. I only know that since the Primordial Age … I have been guarding her here."
"Since the Primordial Age … that's really a long time."
Before the Primordial Age was the Remote Antiquity Age, and before the Remote Antiquity Age was the Primordial Age. Gu Qingfeng really did not know how many years had passed since the Primordial Age. The only thing he knew was that if a person had lived from the Primordial Age to the present, his cultivation level would definitely be unimaginable.
A cultivation level that could withstand the passage of time and the test of time was not something that could be compared to those colorful and so-called fortunes. These people's understanding of the Great Dao was definitely unfathomable.
The Great Dao that these people pursued was not immortal, Buddha, or demon.
The so-called immortal, Buddha, demon, and demon might be a famous Great Dao in the eyes of mortals.
However, in the eyes of those old seniors who had experienced several eras, the so-called immortals, buddhas, demons, and devils were just a drop in the ocean of the Great Dao. Even nature and the Heavenly Dao that had been the overlord since ancient times were just a star in the vast galaxy of the Great Dao.
Even the Great Daos that Gu Qingfeng had transcended, such as the Absolute Dao, the Dao of Silence, the Dao of Slaughter, the Dao of Life, the Dao of Death, and so on, were the same.
How many Great Daos were there?
The answer was more than three thousand.
How many were there in three thousand?
The answer was endless.
What exactly was the Great Dao?
Perhaps no one could answer this question clearly. If Gu Qingfeng were to say it, then everything in the world was the Great Dao.
"Cultivation knows no time. Time knows no eternity. Life and death know no reincarnation. The Great Dao knows no limits …"
Plum Blossom shook his head and sighed softly.
This sigh.
He sighed because of his numbness to the passage of time, his helplessness towards the life of cultivation, and his confusion and hesitation towards the Great Dao.
Gu Qingfeng smiled. "Cultivation knows no time, but it carries the joy of life. Time knows no eternity, but it carries beautiful memories. Life and death know no reincarnation, but it carries the joys and sorrows of separation and reunion. The Great Dao knows no limits, but it carries the dreams of the other shore. Instead of wasting time pursuing the illusory Great Dao, it is better to squander and enjoy this life freely."
"Ha!"
Plum Blossom shook his head and smiled, as if he could not agree. He asked, "May I ask, Emperor You, are you free and happy in this life?"
"Me?"
Gu Qingfeng shrugged and said casually, "My life is neither free nor happy."
"Why?"
"Perhaps it is because I am young and frivolous. Perhaps it is because I have no choice. Perhaps it is karma, or perhaps it is fate. Who knows …"
"Since that is the case, why not settle down and pursue the Great Dao? Everything in this world is in the Great Dao. Karma is, so is fate. Everything is. If Emperor You can pursue the Great Dao, everything will be clear."
"I am a lazy person. I can't be bothered to pursue the Great Dao, and I have no interest in that."
"Therefore, Emperor You would rather live as he pleases than settle down and pursue the true meaning of the Great Dao."
"You can say that."
"Hahaha."
Gu Qingfeng didn't know why Plum Blossom Daoist was laughing, and he wasn't interested in finding out. Most importantly, he wasn't here to discuss Dao with Plum Blossom Daoist. He asked, "Senior, may I ask you a few questions?"
"What does Emperor You want to ask?"
"What is the relationship between the Ancestor realm and Jun Xuanji?" With that, Gu Qingfeng continued, "Of course, if Senior does not wish to say, I will not force you."
"No, even if Emperor You did not take the initiative to ask, I was prepared to tell you about the Ancestor realm."
Gu Qingfeng asked why, but Plum Blossom did not answer. He only said softly, "Her Majesty's natal soul is buried in the Ancestor realm."
"Natal soul?" Gu Qingfeng's expression was grave. He asked, "When did this happen?"
"At the beginning of the primordial era, after Her Majesty established the Lingluo Sky Domain, she buried her natal soul in the Ancestor realm."
"Why did she do that?"
"To sever karma and change fate, perhaps to escape her original sin."
"Then the Jun Xuanji I met in the Primordial Era was …"
"She was Her Majesty's reincarnation."
Burying one's natal soul and reincarnating. Gu Qingfeng had heard of such a method before. It was rumored that by burying one's natal soul and reincarnating, one could sever all karma with one's previous life and change fate.
This method was a legendary taboo method. Gu Qingfeng had only heard of it. He did not know how to reincarnate after burying one's natal soul. However, he wanted to know if Jun Xuanji had severed her karma after reincarnating. After asking, Plum Blossom sighed.
"If Her Majesty did not meet Emperor You after reincarnating, she might be able to sever the karma of her previous life."
"What has this got to do with me?" Gu Qingfeng asked. "Could it be that my previous life and Jun Xuanji's previous life have some karma?"
"I do not know if Emperor You and Her Majesty have any karma in their previous lives. I only know that Emperor You and Her Majesty are sinners. This is probably the so-called karma."
"Then why did Jun Xuanji get lost later on?"
"After Her Majesty met Emperor You, her memories of her previous life began to show signs of awakening."
"Didn't they say that Jun Xuanji buried her natal soul in the Ancestor realm? If even her natal soul was buried, how could her memories of her previous life be awakened? "
"That's why Her Majesty has become crazy and absent-minded."
"I see. If Jun Xuanji finds her natal soul, then her consciousness will return to normal."
"Yes."
"Why didn't she do that?"
Plum Blossom Elder stared at Gu Qingfeng for a long time before shaking his head. It was unknown whether he did not want to say or did not know.
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