After an unknown period of time.
The woman who seemed to be in a deep sleep finally woke up.
It was still like a dream.
Illusory. Even though he was close by and felt like he was there, Gu Qingfeng still could not see the woman's face clearly.
However.
He could clearly feel that the woman had woken up and seemed to be staring at him.
"Should I call you Feng Zhuyue, Mantu Fan, or Empress Wu You?"
Finally.
Gu Qingfeng opened his mouth to ask.
The woman was silent for a long time before replying with two words. Up to you.
Her voice was like her, as if it came from a dream, illusory yet real.
"Alright."
Originally, Gu Qingfeng had a lot to say in his heart, but when he saw Feng Zhuyue, he did not know why he did not know what to say.
Perhaps he knew that the woman in front of him was not just Feng Zhuyue.
Or perhaps he really did not know what to say in front of Feng Zhuyue.
Taking a deep breath, Gu Qingfeng shook his head slightly and said, "In the past …"
Just as he opened his mouth, he was interrupted by the woman in front of him, "Since the past is in the past, let's not talk about it anymore."
Gu Qingfeng said, "In the past does not mean that it did not happen."
The woman stared at Gu Qingfeng for a moment before saying, "What do you want to say?"
"What I want to say is … in the past, there were some things that I did that were a little too much … I always wanted to apologize to you in person, but unfortunately, I never had the chance."
"You do not owe me anything."
"Indeed, I do not owe you anything, but I owe Feng Zhuyue an apology. Even though … you are Feng Zhuyue, but you are not the Feng Zhuyue of the past. At least, you are not the Feng Zhuyue that I remember. In this lifetime, I am afraid that I will never have the chance to see the Feng Zhuyue of the past again, so … I can only apologize to you."
Inexplicable.
Like the sun, like the moon, like a dream, like an illusion, like reality, like an illusion. The woman looked at Gu Qingfeng and suddenly smiled.
This smile made Gu Qingfeng feel very confused. He asked, "What are you smiling about?"
"Compared to the past, you are much more mature and steady … Of course, you have also become more cunning. Looks like you have experienced many things in these years."
Gu Qingfeng didn't quite understand and continued to ask, "What do you mean?"
"Why ask when you already know the answer?"
"What do you mean by asking the obvious? I really don't know. "
"Let me ask you, is your apology to Feng Zhuyue sincere?"
"Of course!"
"Let me ask you one more time, is your apology to Feng Zhuyue sincere?"
"Of course!"
The woman asked three times in a row, but Gu Qingfeng answered without hesitation, without blushing or panting.
However …
After asking three times in a row, the woman's smile seemed to become even wider. She said, "Are you sincere?"
"Why wouldn't I be sincere?"
"If you had apologized to Feng Zhuyue before this, perhaps it would have been more sincere. But you chose to apologize to Feng Zhuyue now."
"What do you mean? Is it wrong to apologize to Feng Zhuyue now? "
The woman said, "You are a sentimental person and also a person who follows your heart. You are also a person who believes in feelings. You apologized because you feel guilty. Unfortunately, guilt doesn't represent sincerity. You apologized because of guilt because you want to be relieved. Only when your heart is relieved can you be free."
"So, to you, it doesn't matter whether I am the previous Feng Zhuyue or not. What's important is that I can represent Feng Zhuyue. That is enough. Moreover … when you found out that my existence isn't just Feng Zhuyue, your guilt towards Feng Zhuyue also disappeared. Especially when you found out that my existence isn't just Feng Zhuyue or Mantu Fan … You no longer have any guilt in your heart, not even a trace of it …"
The woman's voice was heard. Gu Qingfeng was instantly speechless.
He didn't expect the woman to be able to see through his inner thoughts, and even more so, he didn't expect her to be able to see through his thoughts.
Indeed.
The woman's words were completely correct.
He did feel guilty towards Feng Zhuyue.
He did want to apologize to Feng Zhuyue. As for whether it was to eliminate the guilt in his heart or if it was sincere, he didn't know. He was a person who followed his heart and did as he pleased. As for whether the woman before him was the previous Feng Zhuyue, to be honest, Gu Qingfeng didn't really care.
Not only did he not care, but when he found out that the woman before him wasn't just Feng Zhuyue, he was shocked. However, as the woman had said, his guilt towards Feng Zhuyue had also disappeared.
The reason was simple.
Ever since he found out that Feng Zhuyue had turned into a demon because of him, his heart had always been filled with guilt. Although the guilt towards Feng Zhuyue was sealed in the deepest part of his heart, it was only sealed. He had never forgotten about it.
Moreover, as his understanding of the dao deepened, he also felt that there was something like a fetter that had been troubling him, preventing him from transcending.
And this kind of bond was none other than the word 'emotion'.
Among emotions, guilt was the most severe.
This thing was like a heart demon that haunted him. Sometimes, it would cause him so much pain that he wished he was dead.
If possible, Gu Qingfeng naturally wanted to eliminate the fetter in his heart. After all, he couldn't feel happy carrying this thing.
To be honest.
If the person who appeared this time was the previous Feng Zhuyue, Gu Qingfeng would be in a difficult situation. Not only would he not be able to eliminate the guilt in his heart, it would even worsen it.
What he didn't expect was that the Feng Zhuyue who appeared today was no longer the previous Feng Zhuyue. Not only was there an additional Mantu Fan, there was also an additional Empress Wu You.
If the addition of Mantu Fan had made Gu Qingfeng feel a little guilty, then with the addition of Empress Wu You, the guilt in his heart disappeared completely, just as the woman had said.
This generation's Feng Zhuyue, this generation's Mantu Fan, and this generation's Empress Wu You.
The three of them had met Gu Qingfeng in the Great Northwest. Even if this was karma, even if this was fate, someone had purposely grafted the karma. Someone had purposely arranged this fate.
Since that was the case.
The so-called guilt would no longer exist.
As a person who had been deceived, if he felt guilty towards a liar, then this person would be too stupid.
Moreover, this wasn't the first time Gu Qingfeng had been deceived.
As for how many times he had been deceived, he couldn't even remember clearly.
After living until now and experiencing so many things, he felt more and more that he had fallen into someone else's trap from the start.
First, it was Hong Xiu in this lifetime, Ouyang Ye in this lifetime, Yun Nichang in this lifetime, and now it was Feng Zhuyue in this lifetime, Mantu Fan in this lifetime, Empress Wu You in this lifetime … and then there was Jun Xuanji who he didn't know how many lifetimes.
In retrospect, there were pits, traps, and conspiracies everywhere.
Except …
Gu Qingfeng didn't know if this conspiracy was set up by Yun Nichang, Empress Wu You, and Jun Xuanji, or if they were all pawns in this game of chess like him!
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