Chapter 452 Regret
Meng Shian didn't understand: "Then why not cut off the country's destiny after a hundred years of prosperity?"
Jiang Ci said, "Timing."
"ah?"
"After a prosperous period, there will inevitably be decline. The only way to prevent this is to sever the country's fortune before it reaches its peak."
Meng Shian suddenly realized: "What happens after the national destiny is cut off?"
Jiang Ci looked calmly at the afterglow of the setting sun, "After the fall of the ancient country, it is natural for the old to be replaced by the new."
Meng Shian frowned, "I have a question. Even if the old country is replaced by the new one, will there be no war in the new one? According to my understanding of history, there have been wars in every dynasty, right?"
Jiang Ci: "Yes, many dynasties emerged later, and wars of all sizes occurred."
"So why did the Heavenly Master who protects the country want to cut off the destiny of the ancient country?"
"She deduced that in the future of the ancient country, evil spirits would be everywhere, and all the ghosts would eat people. There would be fewer and fewer people alive until they were completely extinct."
Meng Shian's face changed, "I see, then I can understand this Heavenly Master."
"Whether to maintain temporary prosperity or the future of mankind, she chose the future."
"And then, what happened to this Heavenly Master?"
Jiang Ci continued, "The ancient country was destroyed, and she caused the young prince, who was supposed to be a wise ruler, to lose his country and his family, and his whereabouts are unknown... Because she cut off the country's destiny, she incurred the wrath of heaven and the resentment of the people. In the end, she died in a heavenly calamity, and was struck by thunder and no bones were left."
She paused and muttered, "It's not like her body was completely destroyed. Her disciples at the time found a few bones for her."
Meng Shian frowned when he heard this. "If someone was struck to death by lightning, then he should have been reduced to ashes."
“No, she was already in the underworld when she opened her eyes. Because of her serious sins, she was thrown into the endless hell, and she will never be reborn.” Jiang Ci said this very calmly, as if he was telling someone else’s story.
Meng Shian took a deep breath and said, "The hell of endless suffering, with no chance of reincarnation, sounds miserable."
Jiang Ci smiled, "Being in hell is nothing. The most painful thing is that for thousands of years, she has traveled back and forth between the Yin and Yang worlds countless times to collect merits and repair her fortune."
Meng Shian's face suddenly changed, and he looked at her in disbelief, "Uh... this, this Heavenly Master who was sent to hell to protect the country is you?"
Jiang Ci nodded.
Meng Shian's eyes widened in disbelief, "Is it really you?"
"You've lived for thousands of years?!"
"I don't think so." Jiang Ci said calmly, "After I died, every time I returned to the world of the living, I could only use a corpse to revive."
"No wonder I said you are so young, how could you be older than my grandfather? It turns out the truth is like this."
Meng Shian was a little embarrassed, "Master Jiang, is it okay for you to tell me your secret?"
"I tell you because I trust you." Jiang Ci smiled and winked at him.
Meng Shian was shocked by the light in her eyes, and his ears turned slightly red. "Ahem, Master Jiang, don't worry, I won't tell your secret to anyone, not even my grandfather!"
"Xiao An, you see I have told you my origins, do you want to too?" Jiang Ci raised his eyebrows and smiled.
Meng Shian reacted quickly, "Master Jiang wants to know what, I'll tell you."
Jiang Ci curled his lips slightly, smiling like a cunning fox, "You have inherited the power of Wangchao, and you will return to the fairyland one day."
Meng Shian's expression froze for a moment, "Immortal Land?"
"I, I haven't thought about it. If I really want to return to the fairyland, does that mean I have to give up everything in the mortal world?"
"Yes." Jiang Ci nodded, "And one day in the immortal world is one year in the mortal world."
Meng Shian's expression turned ugly, "Can I not leave?"
Jiang Ci looked behind him, "It doesn't seem possible."
Meng Shian noticed something and looked back, only to see Qingfeng standing behind him without him noticing.
He was so frightened that he jumped up from the stone bench.
"Great God Qingfeng, when did you come?"
Qingfeng smiled warmly: "Just arrived, why, don't you want to ascend to the immortal land one day?"
Meng Shian shook his head like pounding garlic, "No, not at all."
Jiang Ci's fingers tapped the table slowly and calmly. "So I tried to persuade you at that time, but you, such a troublesome child, just wouldn't listen to me."
“Whether you are cultivating the Tao or becoming an immortal, as long as your abilities are too great, your responsibilities will be greater. Moreover, your relatives and friends are all mortals, and you have inherited the power of a demon immortal. You can only watch them gradually grow old and die.”
"The life span of an immortal is very long. You will be alone in the endless years ahead."
Meng Shian's face turned ugly pale.
He didn't care about the consequences at the time. He just wanted to inherit the power of the demon fairy according to the task assigned by his father, open the fairy prison, and send Master Jiang out safely.
As for the future.
He even thought naively that at most he was just an ordinary person with a few extra super powers, there was no difference.
But Master Jiang’s words just now woke me up.
This made his heart beat like a drum and he felt a little scared.
"It's not easy to practice Taoism and become an immortal." Jiang Ci said lightly.
Meng Shian was frozen there, unable to speak.
He doesn't seem to know the seriousness of the matter yet...
Jiang Ci glanced at Qing Feng and said, "Aren't you going to unlock other prisons? Why are you here?"
Qing Feng smiled and said, "Looking for you two."
Meng Shian came back to his senses, with a vigilant look on his face, "I have completed the task, why are you looking for me?"
Qingfeng's eyes turned colder. "You have Wangchao's demon pill in your possession. How dare you run away before your grand plan is completed?"
Meng Shian came up to him, patted his chest and said, "Take it away. I don't care about the magic pills or immortal power at all. Take them all! I don't want them!"
Qing Feng curled his lips, "You can take it, but you will die too, are you sure?"
"Ah? I'm going to die..." Meng Shian took two steps back and sat silently in front of Jiang Ci, with his head lowered, not knowing what he was thinking.
Qingfeng's mouth twitched slightly, "You are so cowardly. You are really far inferior to Wangchao."
"You don't understand. I have people I care about and I don't want to die." Meng Shian said weakly.
"Wangchao also has a family, but he is very calm in the face of death. But since you don't want to die, then come with me." Qingfeng looked at Jiang Ci again, "And you, maybe it would be better to take you with me."
Jiang Ci refused: "No, get out."
"Don't be so heartless. You are the noble man who saved us. You have good luck. I like it." Qingfeng smiled and said, "You can set any conditions as long as you agree to go with us."
"Besides, you don't need to exert any strength. You just need to stay by my side like a mascot."
Jiang Ci narrowed his eyes slightly, "What the hell?"
"mascot?"
Qing Feng nodded and said as a matter of course: "Yes, although you are a Taoist master, you are still far inferior to an immortal. Being a mascot is pretty good. It's a compliment to you."
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