Twenty years ago, a traitor appeared in the Celestial Masters Sect, leading some disciples to practice evil arts in an attempt to split the Celestial Masters Sect and bring disaster to the world.
At that time, Yu Hengzi, who was still the leader of the Celestial Masters Sect, led his disciples in a bloody battle for three days before finally eliminating these evil cultivators.
But the leader of the evil cultivators, Bai Lang, escaped.
Yu Hengzi searched in vain and thought he would disappear without a trace, but unexpectedly he was lying in the shadows and caused an even bigger commotion.
Bolang's ancestors were from a branch of the Celestial Masters Sect. His grandfather was expelled from the Celestial Masters Sect for practicing evil arts.
After his grandfather passed away, his body was not destroyed, but buried in a mountain.
To preserve their physical bodies, the remaining evil cultivators of the Bai family used forbidden techniques, defying the laws of nature, to bind a green dragon in the mountains, forming a dragon vein that preserved their evil aura for hundreds of years.
Upon hearing this, Lu Qing exclaimed in surprise:
"The dragon you're talking about is Uncle Dragon, the father of Sister Rain God!"
Qin Yuebai nodded slightly: "That's right, it's him."
After his defeat, Bai Lang fled into the mountains and studied the forbidden technique to revive him from the things left behind by his grandfather.
After years of lying low, Bai Lang finally collected the necessary items for the forbidden technique, including a little girl with great fortune.
Lu Qingwei was startled: "This little girl...is me?"
"Indeed! The cycle of Heaven is endless, and the stars shift and the world changes. In each of our lifetimes, we will receive different fortunes based on the good and evil we do. And a person with great fortune only appears once every ten thousand years."
“You are the woman of great destiny who has appeared in the last ten thousand years. Only by extracting your destiny can Bailang successfully resurrect his grandfather.”
"And coincidentally, Wang Ma is the nanny who takes care of your mother, Han Ziyuan."
Lu Qing: "Is Wang Ma a member of the Bai family?"
Qin Yuebai: "To be precise, she is Bai Lang's biological mother."
"After learning that you were the woman of great destiny, she staged a play at your birth and took you away."
"Then who is the fake Wang Ma? She looks exactly like the real Wang Ma. I've seen her, and her face is real," Lu Qing asked.
Qin Yuebai: "The fake Wang Ma's face is of course real; it's the real Wang Ma who stole her face."
"The real Wang Ma's face was ruined long ago. She could only use a human skin Gu to imitate other people's faces and then transplant them onto her own face."
"After she took you away, perhaps worried that her disappearance would arouse suspicion, she used hypnosis to make the fake Wang Ma turn into her and stay with your mother."
"What happened after I was taken away? How did Master save me?" Lu Qing asked.
At this point, Qin Yuebai sighed softly.
"When Master realized this, it was already very late. Bai Lang had already tied your fate to his grandfather's."
"Forcibly severing it will damage your destiny, and in severe cases, it may even endanger your life. The best solution is to find someone to replace you."
Lu Qing's eyes narrowed, and her heart suddenly pounded:
"So, who did Master choose to be my scapegoat?"
Qin Yuebai lowered her eyes slightly:
"I don't know her, and neither does my master. She's a baby girl who was abandoned in a nearby village."
"Her appearance there is your destiny, but it is your master's curse!"
“Master traded her life for yours. The forbidden technique failed, and you were saved, but Master paid the price for it.”
"What...what price?" Lu Qing asked hurriedly, her voice choked with emotion.
"Desire." Qin Yuebai slowly uttered these two words.
“Those who cultivate the Tao should be pure of heart and have few desires. Although the Celestial Masters Sect does not prohibit marriage and having children, people generally do not have strong desires.”
"Having cultivated to the level of my master, he would naturally be even less bound by lust, but the punishment of Heaven makes him constantly entangled by the desires of his body."
Upon hearing this, Lu Qing understood.
It turns out that Master had been watching videos of beautiful women all the time, and even when his wife scolded him, he didn't change. This wasn't his intention, but rather a punishment from Heaven.
Thinking of this, Lu Qing's eyes welled up with tears.
My original master must have been immaculate, like a celestial being banished from the world!
But because of her, he was driven by desire and became a lecher.
"Why? Why did Master save me? My life is precious, but other people's lives are precious too!" Lu Qing choked out.
Qin Yuebai's brows furrowed slightly:
"Because your fortune is too strong, if you die, the world will change and there will be disaster in the human world."
"Furthermore, if Bai Lang were to resurrect his grandfather, the world would inevitably be plunged into another bloodbath."
"That baby girl was going to die anyway, so we sacrificed her..."
Lu Qing: "If it can save everyone, then it's worth it, isn't it?"
Lu Qing clenched her fists tightly, lowered her head, and tears fell drop by drop.
"Senior brother, I... I killed that innocent girl and also harmed Master!"
"No! It wasn't you who caused this!"
Qin Yuebai gently wiped away Lu Qing's tears and comforted her:
“This is not your fault. In that situation, it was the best choice your master could make.”
Lu Qing continued to sob uncontrollably, and Qin Yuebai could only sigh helplessly.
"Calm down yourself!"
He turned and left, leaving Lu Qing alone.
Gu Xicheng was still waiting downstairs in the library.
Seeing Qin Yuebai come down, he hurriedly ran over: "Senior Brother, where is Qingqing?"
Qin Yuebai: "She's still up there. There are some things she needs to think through herself. Go find her again in a little while."
After speaking, Qin Yuebai walked towards Wang Yanjun, who was still unconscious:
“He was poisoned by a ghoul, and there are still some residual poisons. I’ll take him to get rid of them first.”
Gu Xicheng nodded slightly: "Thank you, senior brother!"
Qin Yuebai grabbed Wang Yanjun by the collar, took two steps, then stopped and said:
"If my junior sister needs someone to talk to, you can listen, but you must never tell anyone, or I will kill you with my own hands!"
Although Qin Yuebai's voice was soft, it was not hard to hear his seriousness.
"I understand, don't worry, senior brother!" Gu Xicheng said.
After Qin Yuebai left, Gu Xicheng went to the rooftop and only went over to Lu Qing when he heard her crying gradually subside, handing her a bottle of water.
"You've been crying for so long, you need to drink some water, otherwise you won't have any tears left to cry."
Lu Qing kept her head down and did not take the water.
Gu Xicheng sat down next to her and gently patted her shoulder with one arm.
He didn't ask anything, he just sat quietly with Lu Qingjing.
After a long silence, Lu Qing finally spoke, breaking the stillness:
Aren't you curious about what exactly happened?
"My senior brother just said that if you need someone to talk to, you can tell me, and I promise not to tell anyone. But if you don't want to talk about it, I don't have to be curious," Gu Xicheng said with a smile.
Lu Qing lowered his eyes and remained silent for a while before speaking:
“Gu Xicheng, my life was bought with the lives of others. My master paid the price for it, but I am living a good and carefree life.”
Lu Qing still chose to tell Gu Xicheng.
After hearing the whole story, Gu Xicheng hugged Lu Qing and gently patted her back to comfort her.
"Qingqing, I know that words of comfort are useless now, but I hope you live well and don't let down that girl and your master's sacrifice."
"Think about the people you've saved, the things you've done—that's the meaning of your life!"
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