Chapter 481: Silent Cause and Effect (1)
The residence prepared by Tiandao Sect for Tao Zi and his sister was a small courtyard. Although it was called a small courtyard, there was a small bridge and flowing water, and even a bamboo forest.
The little ghost appeared and said sarcastically, "You call this a small courtyard?"
Mo Yu smiled and said, "It's just a polite remark. I've already said hello. From now on, this yard will be your permanent residence. You can stay here once you come."
Cheng Wuchou was already used to this kind of treatment and thanked him calmly.
Mo Yu exchanged a few polite words with him before returning to the main topic: "Tao Zi, I have something to tell you."
"when?"
"Tonight, in the bamboo forest."
Tao Zi nodded in agreement: "Okay."
After Mo Yu left, the little ghost asked in confusion, "Where did Xi Jing go?"
She looked into the bamboo forest, and the little ghost followed her and found a sword lying on the bamboo leaves.
Cheng Wuchou added a touch of genuine gentleness to his fake gentle smile and said, "She still remembers sticking to you."
Tao Zi's expression had just softened a bit, but then she thought of Wu Yan and her face immediately darkened.
Cheng Wuchou knew what she was thinking at a glance and asked in a low voice, "So is Mo Yu Wuyan's clone or his junior brother?"
Her face darkened slightly as she replied, "The Speechless Realm is the Nascent Soul, and I can't send out a clone while in seclusion, but I always feel that it is a clone."
He thought for a moment and said, "The Tiandao Sect has countless methods that cannot be explained by common sense. That must be a clone. When he comes tonight, we can test him a little."
Tao Zi nodded in agreement.
It was three o'clock in the morning when Mo Yu came to find them with some wine.
The three of them sat on a stone bench in the bamboo forest, with a stone table in the middle.
Mo Yu poured the wine into the three cups and said with a smile, "This wine is made from the thousand-year-old drunken vine. Please try it."
Cheng Wuchou took a sip of wine and began to praise him.
Tao Zi turned the wine glass around but didn't drink it.
He added, "I came to you today just to discuss two things: cause and effect."
Tao Zi raised her eyebrows and said, "What's there to talk about cause and effect?"
"The Tiandao Sect has always advocated the concept of cause and effect, but it also emphasizes fate. You should know this."
Cheng Wuchou sneered faintly and said, "Of course I know. Your Tiandao Sect is famous for obeying the will of Heaven."
Mo Yu also laughed and said, "When your struggles are futile, you will naturally obey."
Tao Zi and his sister both sensed something was wrong with this statement. They exchanged a glance, and Cheng Wuchou was the first to ask, "Is silence useless?"
When he heard this, his expression was filled with rare sarcasm: "If he were useful, he wouldn't have given birth to me."
She glanced at her brother and already had the answer in her mind.
But in a moment, Mo Yu collected his composure and said with a smile, "We'll talk about these things later. Let's not get off topic now."
Tao Zi asked appropriately, "What's the topic?"
"It's naturally cause and effect." Mo Yu took a sip of wine and continued, "Do you know Wu Yan's origin?"
Cheng Wuchou said without hesitation, "Wuyan was born in the great river, and drifted downstream in a wooden basin. Wherever he passed, the river water became clear, the sky was filled with rosy clouds, and hundreds of birds sang. That entire year, the entire continent enjoyed good weather and the mortals' grain harvest reached its peak. This was a well-known event in the world of immortal cultivation."
The smile on Mo Yu's face became more complicated, even a little weird.
Tao Zi asked, "Is there any problem with this?"
He shook his head and said, "That's not the origin I was referring to."
Cheng Wuchou asked, "What is that?"
"Who are Wuyan's parents, and who were they in their previous life?"
Tao Zi wanted to say something like, "Most immortal cultivators have cut off all kinship," but then she felt something was wrong. She sat up straight and asked, "Are you trying to say Wuyan has no parents?"
Cheng Wuchou had also come back to his senses, and the wine in the glass seemed to have lost its flavor. He raised a smile, looked at Wen Ya with a warning, and slowly said: "Friend Mo, you are talking nonsense."
He didn't care where Wuyan came from, but he absolutely didn't want to put A Zi in danger for a secret whose truth he didn't know.
Mo Yu smiled and said, "Are you worried that what I said might implicate Fellow Daoist Tao?"
"This is the Tiandao Sect. What kind of place is the Tiandao Sect? Don't you know it, Fellow Daoist Mo?"
Facing Cheng Wuchou's question, he put away his smile and said, "Of course I know. The Tiandao Sect is the sect closest to the Heavenly Dao in the entire continent."
This also means that the Tiandao Sect is less likely to have secrets than any other sect - in front of the Tiandao.
Cheng Wuchou said word by word, "Azi has enough going on already. I don't want her to suffer any more pressure or even death because of knowing an insignificant secret."
Mo Yu looked at him and suddenly burst into laughter, saying, "Brother-sister relationship... Wu Yan didn't care about it before, until he discovered that he had no blood relationship at all. Then he became curious. But this curiosity wasn't about the imaginary blood relationship, but about his unwillingness to be controlled by the heavens his entire life."
He looked at Mo Yu who was stubbornly going his own way and shouted, "Mo Yu!"
Every living thing in the world has its creator; even a blade of grass has its origin, unless it is a living thing born from the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and regards heaven and earth as its parents.
If this were true, the Tiandao Sect shouldn't be so nervous about concealing it. It was obvious that there was a secret involved. He didn't want to cause trouble to A Zi because of such an insignificant person's matter.
Facing Cheng Wuchou's anger, Mo Yu didn't take it seriously and said, "Brother Tao has enough problems. It won't hurt to add one more. What do you think?"
He finally turned and looked at Tao Zi.
Tao Zi poured wine for her brother, signaling him to calm down, and then asked, "Is that all you wanted to talk about?"
"Of course not. You'll find out if you keep listening."
Mo Yu talked about the past as if he was telling a story.
Two hundred and thirty-seven years ago, the Tiandao Sect's sphere of influence faced a severe drought. At that time, Wuyan was only three years old.
Looking at the people who died from the drought, Wuyan said childishly, "Why doesn't it rain? Rain would be so much better."
The next day, an incredibly heavy rain hit.
This heavy rain shocked the Tiandao Sect because the hexagram showed that the drought was supposed to last a whole year, and if they forced rain, they would suffer backlash.
Hearing this, Cheng Wuchou's expression changed: "I've heard about that severe drought and heavy rain."
Tao Zi looked over there in confusion.
He had been paying attention to his sister's expression, and seeing this, he explained, "That heavy rain brought the plague."
Mo Yu took a sip of wine and smiled, "Exactly, this is cause and effect."
Tao Zi and his sister looked at him together.
"The drought was the cause, the silent words the effect, the effect the cause, the rain arrived. However, everything has its destiny. The rain saved the people who would have died, but another group of people had to pay the price. The plague came, this is another cause and effect."
She understood, and the bamboo forest fell silent.
How could Wu Yan influence the way of heaven with a careless word?
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