Chapter 54
The Ming Palace was quiet.
The tragically dead white fox was right in front of Gu Luoyan.
The memory was so clear, but she was like a passer-by, as if she had not participated in it.
Gu Luoyan couldn't quite understand what that feeling was like. She watched everything unfold, calmly observing the crowd. When she regained consciousness, she realized her hands were stained with blood. She hesitated, confused, terrified, and completely at a loss.
The body in that state didn't seem to be Gu Luoyan's own.
She stood up, steadying herself. With heavy steps, she turned and walked away. Her whole body was shaking. She wanted to breathe, to close her eyes, but her voice was choked in her throat, becoming a low whimper.
Gu Luoyan walked forward, tears falling and hitting her feet.
The suppressed crying was very soft. The blood and energy around him were still very heavy.
She walked forward, almost looking straight ahead, not daring to look left or right for a moment.
Dead bodies and blood were everywhere. The abrupt end of the sacrifice had almost taken away all life in the Ming Palace.
Even the flowers and plants withered.
But Gu Luoyan was still alive. She walked forward and saw that the palace lanterns were always lit and the sky was dead silent.
Confused and unable to find her direction, she asked herself at this moment:
Did I do something wrong?
Countless lives were wiped out in one night. In that moment, Gu Luoyan walked in blood, as if she had returned to the Hong Kong Coliseum.
Once again, her self-righteousness became the knife that killed people, and she could do nothing about it.
What did those innocent people do wrong?
They may still be looking forward to tomorrow, but they don't know that after tonight, they may never see the dawn again.
The sobbing grew louder.
Gu Luoyan supported herself and continued to walk forward. Suddenly, she was tripped by a raised brick.
Her arm was scraped and her head hit the stone slab.
The regret that was worth a thousand gold was finally released.
Gu Luoyan burst into tears and slapped the ground with both hands.
A long-lost discomfort swept over her.
Gu Luoyan is too self-righteous, too ignorant of his own abilities, and too arrogant.
She should know that she is just a small girl, and there are many things she can't do.
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The night has not yet begun.
Everything around me has settled down.
Hongli stared at the fox's dead body without stopping, and began to make hand gestures with her fingertips.
Golden fish emerged from her feet, and red carp fell down in a line. Golden arcs of light drew circles under her feet, and she fell into the circle.
The surrounding scene changed in an instant, and when he regained his footing, the red carp had appeared in front of a waterfall somewhere.
She stood on the rocks below the waterfall, and the water vapor soaked her whole body.
The red carp looked directly at the waterfall and bowed, "The dragon fish has come to pay its respects to the fairy."
"Everything has been completed. I wonder if the dragon fish can obtain the qualifications?"
What responded to her was the sound of a rushing waterfall, which washed away everything below. The red carp waited, not daring to make a sound.
He waited until dawn. The rosy glow of the sunset poured down, coating the waterfall in a gilded hue. Then, finally, Hongli heard a strange sound.
The rosy clouds in the sky enveloped this place, and the waterfall in front of it split into two streams. Hongli lowered his head and no longer dared to look directly at it.
She knelt down and saw a fairy-like girl appear in the water curtain.
The girl has white hair and white eyes. She walks on the wind and auspicious clouds as she comes from a height.
She finally leaned over to look at Hongli. A childish voice passed through Hongli's ears on every gust of wind.
"Longyu, you have done a great service in helping the Immortal Master overcome the tribulation this time."
"I am hereby ordered by the Dragon Lord to grant you permission to leap over the Dragon Gate."
After hearing this, Hongli closed her eyes and smiled. She bowed to the girl and said, "Thank you for your grace, Fairy."
The little girl stood in mid-air, looking at her, and suddenly put on a playful smile: "I only open the dragon gate for you. Whether you can succeed or not depends on yourself."
"Yes." Hongli replied respectfully.
"Okay, I wish you get what you want." After saying that, the girl stretched out her finger and pointed towards the waterfall.
Suddenly, a violent wind blew up from heaven and earth, one hurricane upwards, another hurricane downwards, and it actually lifted the waterfall up and sent it straight up into the blue sky.
Lightning flashed faintly in the clouds, and the lightning took the shape of a pillar in the sky. Looking above the water, one could see countless palaces hidden in the clouds.
The girl was wrapped in clouds and mist and went to the top of the waterfall. Her voice echoed through the sky and earth, with an unmistakable echo:
"Whether you succeed and ascend to immortality, or fail and turn into ashes, it is all your fate."
The child's voice, full of teasing and anticipation, finally reached Hongli's ears:
"The Dragon Gate has opened."
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Three days is a blink of an eye.
The army led by Duke Zhenbei marched north and arrived outside Mingjing City a day ago, putting pressure on the Ming Palace.
The people in Beijing closed their doors and the whole city fell into silence.
The city gates were eventually opened by the Northern Border Army, and the Duke of Zhenbei personally visited the Ming Palace and forced the emperor to abdicate.
During the day, someone was finally able to see the scene inside the Ming Palace clearly.
There must have been a bloodbath there, a horrific baptism. The Ming Palace was a scene of death. Except for a small number of palace servants who managed to survive, it was already a dead city.
When the Duke of Zhenbei entered the emperor's palace, he saw the young emperor. A woman was beside the emperor, playing with a tiger bell. Seeing him come in, she looked over, and finally a tired smile appeared on her face.
The sound of the bell in Gu Luoyan's hand stopped. She touched the emperor's head, then stood up and said to the general who came in:
"Xuan Bo, you are here."
"The disaster in the Ming Palace has been eliminated, Your Highness, please rest assured."
Dong Xuan looked at Gu Luoyan and wanted to go forward to support her.
But he was stopped by Gu Luoyan.
"Xuan Bo, I probably won't be able to see His Highness ascend the throne in the future. I hope you can tell me something."
Dong Xuan was silent, and then he heard Gu Luoyan say, "Luoyan has three requests. I implore the new emperor to implement them."
"First, abolish all dance halls and prostitute houses within the country, so that women will no longer be sold at a low price and children will no longer be forced into slavery."
"Second, establish schools and private academies. Promise women the same access to school and officialdom as men."
"Third, those who buy and sell human beings shall be put to death, and those who buy and sell human beings shall be equally guilty. Regardless of the purpose, all people shall coexist equally."
After Gu Luoyan finished speaking, she picked up the young emperor and walked towards Zhenbei Palace.
She smiled at him in front of the Duke of Zhenbei: "Xuan Bo, please go and see the prosperous times ahead on Luo Yan's behalf."
Gu Luoyan handed the emperor to Dongxuan. Dongxuan took the child with trembling hands, and heard the child in his arms suddenly crying.
He couldn't bear to ask Gu Luoyan, "Child, where are you going? Why don't you want to see it with your own eyes?"
The wind blew over, lifting Gu Luoyan's hair.
Some light from outside the door that was not blocked by Duke Zhenbei shone in and reflected on half of Gu Luoyan's face.
Duke Zhenbei heard Gu Luoyan say, "Xuanbo, I'm so tired. I'm tired all my life. I can't hold on any longer. I want to rest."
"Then...stay in the capital."
"Haha..." Gu Luoyan walked towards the door. Her laughter was very light, but it made Duke Zhenbei feel heartbroken.
Amidst the child's cries, he heard her say, "No, Xuanbo. Luo Yan wants to find a quiet place by herself."
"Luo Yan has achieved what she wished for and has no regrets."
Gu Luoyan left. Dong Xuan turned around and wanted to call her, but he couldn't open his mouth.
A long sigh was drowned out by the crying of the child in her arms. Dust particles danced in the light, forming the final shadow of Gu Luoyan's departure.
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Three days later, under the sound of water on the other side.
Hongli was meditating under the waterfall, and she took a long time to adjust herself.
Finally opening his eyes, Hongli stood up and looked straight at the waterfall.
The golden color began to gather, and Hongli looked at the distant sky, which made her feel dazed for a moment.
The waterfall extended all the way to the ceiling, which was the dragon gate she was about to rush up.
Leap over and turn into a dragon to become an immortal.
Unable to jump, its body fell into the Dragon Gate, its soul was shattered, and there would be no more red carp in the world forever.
The koi that has practiced for thousands of years has turned into a dragon fish.
She had been waiting for this moment for thousands of years.
The golden goddess appeared again, and the red carp's body changed into a koi covered with dragon scales.
The fish's tail swung, shaking her body several feet off the stone. The goddess image in front of the fish in mid-air shattered, and the golden little fish created waves, pushing the koi to a higher place again.
The wind was howling, threatening to overturn the koi fish; thunder and lightning crisscrossed the water, forming a natural chasm.
The fish tail swayed again, and the dragon's eyes looked at the waterfall, so the waterfall was pierced, and she went upstream, even higher, and reached the sky.
Stars are spread on both sides of the Milky Way, like the eyes of gods watching over it.
Hongli thought, she succeeded.
The goddess phase reappeared, from being broken to becoming a whole.
The dragon fish looks forward to its body burning and ascending to become an immortal.
The water beneath the scales gradually slowed, the water droplets transformed into clouds, then into starlight. Hongli saw a palace appear in the clouds not far away.
She swam towards that place with all her might.
Her five senses were disappearing, her memory seemed to be washed away, and her soul was about to break through her body.
The next moment, the waterfall under the fish fin suddenly disappeared.
The pillar of heaven composed of thunder and lightning was dissipating.
The gantry suddenly closed.
The fairy with white hair and white eyes stood at the end of the Milky Way, gazing at the koi from afar.
She made a face and watched the dragon fish plummet to the mortal world.
The pressure from the Ninth Heaven almost tore the koi to pieces.
The fish's body couldn't even escape the last layer of sea of clouds.
It broke.
It shattered into countless crystal beads and shattered into a nameless person whose soul was completely destroyed.
When the sky and the earth return to normal.
The red carp is no longer there.
She was banished from the world forever.
There are no more red carp that have practiced for thousands of years in the world.
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When the wheels rolled to a stop.
Gu Luoyan also got off the carriage.
This was the scene from the south. A majestic voice came from nearby, and Gu Luoyan looked over.
My heart also became a little brighter.
The endless blue appeared beneath the road.
The waves dance, rising and falling, becoming the breath that resonates with the heartbeat.
Gu Luoyan walked down the road and onto the soft sand.
ocean.
The calm yet vast sea appeared before Gu Luoyan's eyes from her heart.
Step after step.
Footprints were left in the sand.
She walked towards the sea.
The sea breeze was rough, blowing her hair in a messy manner.
A faint salty smell drifted into Gu Luoyan's nostrils, and she seemed to see Yan Nanzhi again.
The water kissed her ankles.
Gently, it receded in an instant.
She walked towards the water, the confusion in her mind gradually disappearing.
The sea water embraced her, and she cried, tears of happiness.
A warm current engulfed her, much like the southern branch of a wild goose.
At this moment, I was thinking about something random, and I thought of someone.
The man had fluffy ears and a tail, and was always chattering around her.
She spoke of love easily, describing how fascinated she was by her.
However, I can no longer talk about the many debts I owe.
Gu Luoyan felt peaceful.
Finally, her footsteps were lifted up by the sea water and she could no longer touch the sand beneath her feet.
Gu Luoyan sank into the sea. The water swallowed her.
She closed her eyes peacefully.
For the last time, she saw the sea with her sister.
In the illusion, they embraced each other, Yan Nanzhi's head resting against hers, gently caressing her back.
That was the scene of Yannanzhi’s hometown.
Gu Luoyan saw it and screamed with excitement in her illusion.
Gu Luoyan's breathing stopped.
She sank to the bottom of the sea.
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