Wang Yanjun immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
"It's good that you're alright!"
"Old Gu, you and Qingqing be careful!"
"I know, you guys be careful too!" Gu Xicheng's voice came from inside the tree.
After the echo disappeared, there was no further movement inside.
At this moment, inside the tree trunk, in a strange and eerie space, Gu Xicheng and Lu Qing held each other's hands tightly.
"Gu Xicheng, I sensed the aura of the Li Clan. What about you?"
Gu Xicheng nodded slightly: "I can feel it too, it's quite strong."
Lu Qing suddenly realized something and exclaimed:
"Could we have stumbled upon the place where the Wrathful King's body is sealed by accident?!"
"That's possible, I'll ask you right now."
Gu Xicheng closed his eyes and awakened the divine within his sea of consciousness.
Before he could ask, the deity spoke:
"There's no need to ask anymore. This is indeed the place where the vessel sealing the Wrathful King is located, but you shouldn't have come here, at least she shouldn't have."
Gu Xicheng had a bad feeling.
"Why?"
The deity lowered his eyes, a hint of self-reproach flashing across them:
"The pain of sacrificing oneself, repairing the vessel, being burned by flames, and having one's flesh and bones crushed on that day cannot be completely erased even after several reincarnations."
Gu Xicheng was shocked and immediately withdrew from his sea of consciousness.
Looking at Lu Qing again, her face had turned as pale as paper.
Lu Qing saw it!
Not only did I see it, I also heard it!
This person only bears a slight resemblance to her.
She knew that this was her past life, Helian Qing.
Within the great formation, flames engulfed his body, his skin was burned to ashes inch by inch, and his flesh and bones were peeled off one by one, turning into materials that entered the container.
Heart-wrenching screams echoed throughout the room.
Before him, the person he once loved deeply was looking at him coldly.
The physical pain and the emotional pain combined to create a pain that penetrates to the bone.
Although Lu Qing was not Helian Qing, she could empathize with him.
"Why? Why did you lie to me?"
"Damn it! Why did you lie to me???"
Helian Qing's hoarse questioning echoed in my ears.
Lu Qing wanted to answer her: "He didn't lie to you. He really loves you. It's just that he's brain-dead. He's detached himself from his feelings and forgotten the affection between you."
But then I realized that the one who should answer her wasn't me, but Yan!
Lu Qing suddenly snapped back to reality, grabbed Gu Xicheng's clothes, and angrily said:
"Hey, you come out here! Come out here and explain yourself to her!"
Seeing this, Gu Xicheng closed his eyes and said to the creature in his sea of consciousness:
"I'll lend you my body, now get out!"
The god shook his head: "It's no use. Even if you explain, she won't hear you."
"Everything she saw was from ten thousand years ago. How could people from the past hear what people are saying now!"
Gu Xicheng: "Whether you can hear me or not, you at least have to pull Qingqing out of her pain first."
"It's you, not me, who can pull her out."
Gu Xicheng was startled, and after a moment of silence, he seemed to understand something. He opened his eyes and hugged Lu Qing into his arms.
"Qingqing, wake up!"
"You are not Helian Qing, don't dwell on her pain!"
Lu Qing gripped Gu Xicheng's clothes tightly, her eyes reddening and glistening with tears.
"Gu Xicheng, she's really in pain! She doesn't hate Gu, she just wants an explanation!"
"She was so kind, why didn't she have a happy ending?"
"Why should she be sacrificed without being told anything?"
Gu Xicheng gently patted her back, saying nothing, but chanting a calming mantra to help her calm down.
After a long while, Lu Qing finally calmed down.
She had been grieving for so long that she felt her heart was throbbing with pain.
"That damned god, why did he have to tear away my love ties for no reason!"
If it weren't for his idiotic actions, Helian Qing wouldn't have died so mysteriously!
Lu Qing took a deep breath, her heart throbbing with pain.
"Qingqing, are you feeling better?" Gu Xicheng asked worriedly.
Lu Qing: "I'm fine. Let's find a way out first!"
"Um!"
Gu Xicheng and Lu Qing looked around.
It was very dark here, with almost no light, but luckily the phone flashlight still worked.
After illuminating their surroundings, the two realized that they seemed to be trapped in a space that resembled a bottle.
"This looks like a bottle!"
Through Gu Xicheng's words, he explained:
"This is the Heavenly Heart Bottle, made from the Immortal Mud of Yaochi and forged by the Nine Nether Lotus Fire. It is engraved with eighty-one magic arrays to absorb the malevolent energy of the world."
Gu Xicheng: "This is the container that sealed the Wrathful King!"
Lu Qing: "So the King of Li is right here!"
Yan: "That's right! So you all need to be careful!"
Lu Qing suddenly had a bold idea:
"Since the King of Li is here, shouldn't we think of a way to deal with him?"
He looked at Lu Qing, seemingly speechless.
"The time is not right to kill him. Even if you could, are you planning to sacrifice yourself now?"
Lu Qing: "..." She politely declined! She'd rather live a little longer!
"Then how do we leave here?" Gu Xicheng asked.
"Find the bottle opening; there's an array I set up there. You can open the bottle opening with the Nine Nether Lotus Fire."
However, one thing to note is that your arrival here was not accidental, but rather a deliberate act by the King of Li. He may want to use you to escape from this place.
Once his body is freed from the container's suppression, no matter how many people are sacrificed, they will not be able to destroy him!
“We understand!” Lu Qing nodded.
"Furthermore, you are currently at the bottom of the bottle. There are eight layers above, each representing one of the eight blissful realms. You need to pass through these blissful realms to see the mouth of the bottle."
Lu Qing: "The Eight Bliss is the ultimate bliss that is the opposite of the Eight Sufferings!"
"That's right! The malevolent energy inside the bottle is too strong; only by forming an array with the emotion of extreme bliss can it be suppressed."
When ordinary people enter the Pure Land, they will inevitably experience illusions. Remember, no matter what you encounter, you must not stay there for more than an hour.
Otherwise, you will experience extreme joy that turns to sorrow, becoming so immersed in it that you can never escape.
Lu Qing and Gu Xicheng nodded, indicating that they understood.
The eight sufferings described in Buddhism are birth, old age, sickness, death, being with those you hate, being separated from those you love, not getting what you want, and the five aggregates (skandhas).
The corresponding eight kinds of bliss are the joy of life, the joy of strength, the joy of health, the joy of dying, the joy of love and companionship, harmony, obtaining what one seeks, and freedom from the five aggregates.
At the very bottom is the joy of life.
Gu Xicheng and Lu Qing had only taken a few steps forward when they saw the surrounding scenery spinning rapidly.
A cry rang in my ears.
The two felt dizzy for a moment, and when they regained consciousness, they found themselves in a hospital.
Lu Qing lay on the hospital bed, holding a small baby in her arms.
It's so cute, soft and fluffy!
In the ward, the Gu family and the Chu family were all there, not one missing, and everyone had a smile on their face.
"Oh! My dear granddaughter, let Grandma hold you!"
Nan Qian carefully took the baby from Lu Qing's arms, beaming with joy.
Gu Yan stood next to her, eager to hug the child as well.
"My dear granddaughter, it's me, Grandpa! Call me Grandpa!"
Nan Qian rolled her eyes at him: "The baby was just born and can't talk yet!"
The ward was filled with harmony, but Lu Qing remained bewildered for a long time.
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