Chapter 298 Jinjiang (1)
Before Li Chengyun jumped into Baizhi Lake, he had many guesses about the secrets hidden at the bottom of the lake.
Especially when Zheng Shumu told him about the past in tears, talking about how sad he was when he watched his mother sink into the lake with her sister in her arms, and how his mother's body floated up with her eyes open, Li Chengyun realized that the bottom of Baizhi Lake might be the hiding place of the old Fengdu.
That's also where the ghost baby's power comes from.
After determining his target, Li Chengyun immediately began to make plans.
He let his old friend stay in the abandoned temple on the back hill of the deserted village. He took advantage of the fact that the ghost baby destroyed the temple because it hated the gods and refused to approach it, allowing his old friend to escape the ghost baby's detection of its control over the village, and thus concealed the old friend's existence.
Li Chengyun instructed his old friend to set up a formation in the temple in advance, so that as soon as he found the talisman, he could immediately place it in the formation to suppress the ghost baby.
Then, Li Chengyun came to Master Bai's house again and took the initiative to ask Master Bai to watch shadow play.
Although Master Bai did not understand Li Chengyun's words at first, he soon realized what Li Chengyun really meant.
——Li Chengyun has discovered that Master Bai used shadow puppetry to help the ghost baby deceive the world.
After Master Bai realized what was happening, he broke out in a cold sweat.
He slumped his shoulders and lowered his head to Li Chengyun, ready to be killed as an evil spirit.
After all, the story passed down by Master Bai's ancestors was about ghost plays. He also knew a lot about the actions of ghost exorcists and ghost messengers, and knew that for ghost exorcists, what he did could be considered a sin.
But Li Chengyun did not attack him as Master Bai expected.
The monk in white sat down calmly under the shadow puppet stage and told Master Bai with a smile that what he wanted to watch was a new play.
It tells the story of a conversation between a layman and a carpenter, and no one can discover them.
Li Chengyun chuckled and asked Master Bai, "Can you act?"
Master Bai's originally depressed face gradually became rosy again. He looked at Li Chengyun in confusion. He didn't expect that as a ghost exorcist, the other party would easily let go of him who assisted the evil spirit and had no intention of killing him.
After thinking about what Li Chengyun said, Master Bai sensed something was wrong.
He looked at Li Chengyun in astonishment, but Li Chengyun just smiled, closed his eyes and nodded slightly to him.
A sense of tacit understanding of "you know and I know".
Master Bai didn't expect that Li Chengyun was not angry because of his past help to the ghost baby. Instead, he wanted to use his shadow puppet show to ask him for help.
He could see that when Li Chengyun looked at him quietly, the look in his eyes clearly showed his understanding of him.
——Li Chengyun knew all his guilt and regret, and knew that his sense of indebtedness to Carpenter Zheng's family was enough to drive him to do anything for Carpenter Zheng's family.
Even if those things are against the will of heaven.
Since the day Carpenter Zheng and his wife died, no one had understood and tolerated him like Li Chengyun. Master Bai's eyes were wet with tears and he nodded repeatedly to Li Chengyun.
He knew that Li Chengyun's willingness to take the initiative to participate in his shadow puppet show was a sign of trust in him.
Otherwise, how could an exorcist whose mission is to exorcise evil spirits and catch ghosts hand over all the power to an accomplice who helps evil spirits?
For the sake of this trust, Master Bai is even willing to risk his life to ensure Li Chengyun's safety.
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In Master Bai's shadow play, Li Chengyun was able to completely bypass the ghost baby's detection and have a long conversation with Zheng Shumu.
Carpenter Zheng and his wife died early. They left Zheng Shumu when he was still a young teenager. They also made him witness such a shocking scene when they died, which left Zheng Shumu with a deep psychological trauma.
When he escaped from Bai's village, he only wanted revenge and had no other thoughts. So even though he had been helped by many people, they were just chance encounters and did not really touch Zheng Shumu's heart.
It was not until Li Chengyun saw Zheng Shuli in a deserted village that he realized that Zheng Shuli was fundamentally different from the ghost baby. He had felt the warmth of the human world, and therefore had a nostalgia for all living beings in the world that he was unwilling to admit.
So Li Chengyun knew that if he wanted to keep Baizhi Lake peaceful, Zheng Shumu would be the most important breakthrough.
The ghost baby has no weaknesses, but Master Bai and Zheng Shuli, who help her, facilitate her revenge but also become her weaknesses.
Attacking from the outside will never be as effective as destroying from within.
Li Chengyun spoke in a gentle and calm tone as he told Zheng Shumu part of what he had seen in the future.
He told Zheng Shumu that if the ghost baby was allowed to continue to act willfully without being stopped, the end result would be that all lives in the entire southwest would be affected and suffer.
Including those who saved Zheng Shumu when he was dying, and everyone who helped him, will die indirectly because of him.
Li Chengyun's eyes were calm and he asked Zheng Shumu lightly, "Is this what you want?"
For revenge, all innocent lives are involved... Is this what your tragically dead parents wanted? If that day really comes, what is the difference between Zheng Shuli's actions and dragging his parents' souls into hell?
"What you wanted in the beginning was obviously just to be together as a family and live a happy and peaceful life."
Li Chengyun asked him softly: "Isn't it?"
Zheng Shumu was deeply saddened.
This man, who gritted his teeth and blazed a trail of revenge, can overcome all difficulties and obstacles, and can laugh out loud even when attacked by all the villagers.
But just because of Li Chengyun's few casual words, her shoulders gradually slumped in front of him, covering her eyes and crying.
Li Chengyun knew that Zheng Shumu would never betray the ghost baby easily because of his guilt. He also did not want to do it overnight, so he just asked Zheng Shumu to turn a blind eye.
He would not harm the ghost baby, but only let the ghost baby be trapped in Baizhi Lake, unable to walk out of here. He did not want the ghost baby to affect the southwest, and under this premise, he preserved the life of the ghost baby and Zheng Shumu.
Zheng Shumu will turn a blind eye to all of Li Chengyun's movements and will not stop Li Chengyun.
It's a win-win situation.
Zheng Shumu agreed to Li Chengyun.
However, he hesitated and asked Li Chengyun if it was possible to find his father's soul and send his father to reincarnate.
Li Chengyun shook his head apologetically and said that the dangers of the Old Fengdu he was going to were unknown. He might die in the Old Fengdu and would no longer be able to help Zheng Shuli.
"But I have a disciple who is the best kid I have ever seen in my life."
When mentioning Yan Shixun, Li Chengyun's calm brows softened.
He chuckled and said, "In a few years, he will follow my footsteps and find this place to continue what I have not finished. By then, Brother Shuli can ask him to find your father's soul for you. He will definitely not let you down."
"Brother Shu Mu, if you ever meet my Xiao Xun, please trust him as much as you trust me."
"And please tell him for me that I'm sorry I broke my promise and was unable to spend this year's Lantern Festival with him."
After Li Chengyun got up and left, Zheng Shumu sat there, unable to come back to his senses for a long time.
He was shocked by Li Chengyun. He had never thought that there would be such a person who lived towards death and was willing to die for thousands of lives.
In the midst of his shock, Zheng Shumu suddenly felt ashamed.
When a person stays in a dark room for a long time, he cannot be aware of the darkness around him. It is not until the light comes in that he suddenly realizes that he has been in the darkness for so long that he has even forgotten what he looked like in the beginning.
At that moment, Zheng Shumu felt that even if he succeeded in his revenge, he would still be as small as an ant. For his own happiness, he would even kill all those who had helped him, and even the entire southwest.
But he persisted to the end, and happiness still did not come.
He and his sister are still living in hell.
When Zheng Shumu left shadow puppetry, he changed.
The first person to discover this was Master Bai.
Zheng Shumu, who always felt resentment and hatred towards him, actually gave him a complex and even understanding look, and would casually remind him to remember to see a doctor and take medicine.
Master Bai was stunned for a long time, and then burst into tears.
When Zheng Shuli returned home, he kept his sister in his workshop under the pretext of carving a new wood carving, and would not let her go out, let alone leave the village.
Therefore, Li Chengyun was able to sneak into Baizhi Lake successfully.
He allowed the countless rotting corpses at the bottom of the lake to drag him to the deeper bottom of the lake. He silently endured the pain of the sharp teeth tearing his flesh, and waited quietly for the opportunity to come.
Just when his Yang Qi dropped to the critical value and the ghost energy of Baizhi Lake wrapped around his body, he finally moved.
Li Chengyun used the rotten corpse as a shield to confuse the old Fengdu's judgment of him, and then rushed into the city in one go.
From the evil ghosts in the old Fengdu, Li Chengyun learned that a ghost messenger went upstream and returned here when all the ghost messengers fled from the old Fengdu.
He immediately realized that the ghost catcher the evil ghost was referring to was the ghost catcher who was rescued by the Bai ancestor a thousand years ago and who taught the Bai ancestor ghost tricks.
Li Chengyun did not rush to find the ghost catcher, but spent some time wandering around the old Fengdu. After a few encounters, he became friends with a large number of evil ghosts.
The evil ghosts cried out their misery and injustice, and Li Chengyun acted as the best listener. Then he calmly pieced together a complete story from their narration.
——About the battle of Fengdu a thousand years ago.
The old Fengdu is still lingering on, but still wants to wait for an opportunity to revive.
Even the intelligence born in the old Fengdu city could never have imagined that it wanted to lure the soul who dared to explore the old Fengdu into the city and kill him, then close the door and beat the dog.
But Li Chengyun discovered all the truth.
Allowing Li Chengyun, a person who is accustomed to interacting with all kinds of people and has friends all over the world, to come into contact with the countless ghosts in Old Fengdu was the worst decision Old Fengdu had ever made.
As long as Li Chengyun hears a few words related to the truth, he can unravel the mystery and deduce the whole truth.
Just like now.
Before Jiufeng noticed, Li Chengyun had already found out where the ghost was and went there.
Li Chengyun had a "friendly" conversation with the ghost, and before the ghost himself realized it, he had already learned about the existence of the ebony statue from the ghost.
The wooden sculpture, which bears the image of the ghost god who is the lord of the new Fengdu at his last moment as a mortal, possesses the limits of power that a mortal can possess, as well as an obsessive will that can overturn the world.
The most important thing is that the ebony statue has the old Fengdu’s deep fear and hatred for it.
If one wants to suppress the ghost baby controlled by the old Fengdu, the ebony statue is undoubtedly the best talisman.
But the only problem is that after the ebony statue transformed into a warrior a thousand years ago and wiped out all the fleeing ghost officials, the surviving ghost official treasured the ebony statue and hid it in a place where even the old Fengdu could not find it.
Li Chengyun had to stay at the ghost catcher's house for a few more days and was "warmly" received by the ghost catcher.
No matter how angry and how loudly the ghost messenger screamed, the Buddhist in white would roll up his sleeves and look at him with a smile.
It's like watching an ignorant kid rolling on the ground in a tantrum.
For Li Chengyun, the time he spent leisurely teasing the ghost messenger could be considered a relaxing and happy experience. But obviously, for the ghost messenger, it was not that happy.
There is no rotation of the sun and the moon in hell, no distinction between day and night, and one cannot perceive the passage of time.
For ghosts, this is also a form of torture, punishing them for the sins they committed in their lifetime.
The ghost officer was originally in charge of guarding the ghosts in hell, so he was used to it. He thought that this white-robed layman from outside would soon be unable to bear it and leave.
Unexpectedly, Li Chengyun not only adapted well, but also enthusiastically began his treasure hunt in the ghost catcher's house, often laughing with surprise when he found some fragments of scriptures that had long been lost.
Every time the ghost catcher got so angry that he blew his beard and glared, he felt like he was about to die from anger.
But it was also during that time that the ghost discovered that Li Chengyun had browsed through all the books he had collected, and immediately realized what it was from the comments and sketches he wrote.
Without the ghost's explanation, Li Chengyun had already guessed the history of Fengdu's changes from clues, and knew the origin and identity of the new master of Fengdu.
"The ghost mentioned in my Xiaoxun's horoscope is probably this person."
Li Chengyun smiled and said to the ghost: "Since the Lord of Fengdu let you live, it means that your karma has already been offset and you have no sins. If that's the case, why do you want to stay in the old Fengdu that is about to sink and refuse to leave?"
"I believe that with your strength, as long as you go to the human world, you will become a guest of honor in all sects. Whether you want fame and status, or merit and jewels, it is easy to get them. No matter what you choose, it is better than you slowly dying here, and no one knows what you have done."
The ghost officer curled his lips and disdained Li Chengyun's words: "I thought you were different from those ghost exorcists in the human world, but it seems that there is no difference. What you said is no different from dung."
"Mortals spend their lives pursuing fame, wealth, and fortune, but can they bring even a fraction of that to Fengdu?"
The ghost laughed sarcastically and pointed at the mass grave and said to Li Chengyun: "You are still judging people based on their merits and sins? The guilty will go to hell and their souls will be exposed here until they are reduced to ashes."
Li Chengyun listened quietly to the ghost's ridicule, but he did not feel angry at all. He even nodded in agreement, as if he could not tell that the object of the ghost's ridicule was his just words.
When the ghost catcher was so angry that his mouth was dry and he had to stop to look for water, Li Chengyun dragged the ghost catcher and brought him to the edge of the mass grave to show him how many ghosts and rotten corpses had accumulated over thousands of years.
"Some souls are guilty, so they go to hell and suffer torture. But tell me, what is wrong with ordinary people who live peacefully?"
Li Chengyun calmly asked the ghost: "Why should they die because of other people's hatred when they did nothing wrong?"
The ghost was surprised: "Are you crazy? What are you talking about..."
“I saw the future.”
Li Chengyun lowered his eyes slightly, his noble and calm face was calm, but the words he said shook the world: "I have glimpsed the great way."
The ghost was dumbfounded and stared at Li Chengyun in a daze. It took him a long time to find where his tongue was.
"Peek... Are you crazy??? I have lived for thousands of years, and I have never seen any ghost or god dare to spy on the Great Dao, let alone a mere layman like you. A living soul, are you tired of living?"
The ghost was so angry that he was spinning around on the ground, almost pulling out his own hair: "Next time I see you, are you really dead? Get out of here! Go and see who can save you!"
Li Chengyun just smiled, not caring about his own life and death: "If I can't attain the Great Dao, what's the difference between life and death?"
"What's more, you know - the ghost will be born in the world, the world will be in chaos, evil ghosts will invade the world, and the living will never have peace."
Li Chengyun asked the ghost calmly, "If it were you, after you sensed that such a disaster would happen, would you give up the opportunity to see the avenue and the future?"
"Will you watch the opportunity to save lives slip away from you?"
Li Chengyun smiled and gave his answer in a sonorous and powerful voice: "I can't stand it. I have the opportunity to prevent the disaster from happening, but I do nothing."
"If I did that, that would be my hell."
The ghost was shocked by Li Chengyun's resounding answer. He stared at the white-robed Buddhist in front of him in a daze, feeling curious and amazed as if he was seeing a stranger for the first time.
Li Chengyun overturned his understanding of the human world.
And from Li Chengyun, the ghost learned about the future he had seen.
The most important point is the ghost path - born in the old Fengdu.
Old Fengdu has never given up struggling since the birth of its consciousness. On the one hand, it has sunk itself to the bottom of Baizhi Lake to escape the detection of heaven and earth and survive, and on the other hand, it has attracted ghosts from the southwest who have lived for thousands of years, wanting to gather all its strength to create a trump card that is enough to fight against the Great Dao.
Whether it is the Great Dao or the new Fengdu, the old Fengdu is deeply resentful.
It wants to overturn the world, let the old Fengdu reappear on earth, stand above all living things, and regain its transcendent status.
Even if the price is chaos in the entire world and the tragic deaths of countless lives.
"Do you want to see that happen?"
Li Chengyun's handsome and calm eyes were filled with a gentle smile, but his gaze was firm and sharp: "You and I have seen the future in advance, and we have the ability to change the future - even so, don't you want to do something to avoid such a future?"
"Turning a blind eye, watching from the sidelines."
Li Chengyun smiled: "This will become your sin, ghost messenger. When you fall into the hell of regret and suffer torture day and night, you must remember that it is your inaction that caused the death of thousands of lives."
"And they should have lived happily until they died of natural causes."
"Instead of dying because of ghosts."
The ghost was so angry that his nose was crooked. He had never thought that anyone could laugh so hatefully. He pointed at Li Chengyun and cursed until smoke came out of his throat and it seemed like he was on fire. He was so hoarse that only his breath could be heard.
Li Chengyun just looked at him with a smile.
Ghost Messenger: "...You are the evil ghost, right?"
He looked at Li Chengyun with complicated eyes, and understood the path that this lay Buddhist adhered to and the heavy burden on his shoulders.
The ghost's psychological defenses collapsed completely, and finally, in the midst of severe shaking, he fell to Li Chengyun without any suspense.
"I will help you."
The ghost sighed: "What you want is the ebony statue, right?"
"Even if you get the statue, your actions will inevitably be discovered by the Great Dao, and you will die under the cause and effect of the Great Dao's investigation, you, you don't regret your decision now?"
Li Chengyun lowered his eyes and smiled softly: "I couldn't ask for more."
As soon as he finished speaking, the ghost stomped his feet heavily.
Suddenly, the ground broke apart, and all the corpses in the mass grave were blown into the sky by the strong wind.
Blood flowed back, and dark clouds swirled and roared.
The huge number of corpses accumulated over thousands of years is enough to completely cover the entire vast land.
But now, all the corpses have left the ground under the action of the ghost, and at the same time, the things buried by the corpses have been revealed.
Li Chengyun subconsciously looked at the ground and then held his breath.
——Buried beneath those corpses was clearly an ebony statue.
There is no altar, no shrine, and no incense offerings.
However, the ebony statue does not need any external decorations, and it is enough for everyone who sees it to recognize at the first sight that it is undoubtedly a statue of God.
The statue was completely black, and any light that fell on it was swallowed up.
It is not like the other gods with kind eyes and compassion for all living beings. Instead, it glares at the world, questions the heaven and earth, and is so sharp that it seems that one can be cut just by looking at it.
The majesty of ghosts and gods swept across the entire mass grave.
Li Chengyun clasped his hands and bowed to the statue.
Then he stepped forward, braving the resistance of the strong wind, and walked slowly towards the statue.
The white shirt was lifted by the strong wind, fluttering behind Li Chengyun, like a cloud crane spreading its wings ready to fly. The hair messed up his eyes, but he always had a smile on his lips, and he was not afraid of the statue's warning to others to get close.
In the strong wind, Li Chengyun asked softly: "The white paper is causing trouble, Fengdu is causing trouble, will you suppress it or not?"
The words fell.
Time seemed to stand still for a moment, and the entire mass grave was dead silent.
Li Chengyun just stared at the ebony statue quietly, waiting for an answer.
Then, the strong wind disappeared, and there was no more resistance stopping Li Chengyun from moving forward towards the ebony statue.
The statue stood in its original place, watching Li Chengyun walk towards it step by step with a steady gaze, as if answering Li Chengyun with its actions.
——All the evil spirits in the world can be suppressed.
Sweep away all the evil spirits, suppress the evil in the world, and bring peace to all living beings.
Li Chengyun's eyes were moved. After a long time, he smiled and respectfully picked up the ebony statue.
The ghost stood in place, staring at Li Chengyun's back with complicated eyes.
After a long while, he finally let out a long sigh.
There is the Lord of Fengdu in front and the white-robed monk in the back. There are always righteous people in the world who see the disasters far better than ordinary people, and move forward firmly on their behalf, keeping all disasters out of their peaceful lives.
I am willing to sacrifice my life for the cause.
When the ghost was bidding farewell to Li Chengyun, he already had a very clear idea of Li Chengyun's fate in his mind.
The warrior from a thousand years ago was the only one in thousands of years of history who, as a mortal, rebelled against the heaven and earth and even killed the emperor of ghosts and gods.
How is the ebony statue different from the real body of the general?
Once the Ebony Statue reappears, it is impossible for the Great Dao to fail to discover the Ebony Statue, and therefore it will also see Li Chengyun who holds the statue.
By then, the Great Dao will surely settle all the causes and effects of Li Chengyun.
Including... peeking into the heavy cause and effect of the Great Dao.
That is a cause and effect that no mortal being can bear, and the only result can only be death.
In other words, as long as Li Chengyun leaves the old Fengdu with the ebony statue in his hand and returns to the human world, he will immediately die under the avenue.
But on the contrary, if Li Chengyun was willing to stay in the old Fengdu, or give up the ebony statue, the ending would be very different.
The ghost wanted to persuade Li Chengyun to stay, but when he saw Li Chengyun's gentle yet determined smile, all the words he wanted to say disappeared in his throat.
For a steadfast ascetic, asking him to give up the path he upholds is tantamount to humiliating him.
Li Chengyun saw what the ghost was thinking, but he didn't mention it. He just smiled and said, "It seems that my journey will soon end. I can only leave the rest to you."
"Please, ghost brother."
The ghost blinked frantically to push back the tears, and raised his hand with a muttered voice: "Get lost now."
With the help of the ghost, Li Chengyun was able to leave the old Fengdu through a secret road and return to the human world.
From the moment Li Chengyun reappeared in the world, the cause and effect of Peeping Avenue began to take effect.
Every step he took felt as painful as walking on the edge of a knife. He could smell the strong smell of blood with every breath, and even the air around him was rejecting his presence.
The world was vast, but it refused to give him another chance to live.
Severe pain quickly spread throughout the body along the meridians. Every muscle was trembling, almost unable to support the normal functioning of the body.
But Li Chengyun did not show his difficulty at all. He still smiled calmly, and there was no sign of abnormality on his body hidden under the white shirt.
Only his clenched teeth revealed the painful truth.
Li Chengyun could feel that his life was slipping away rapidly, but he still gritted his teeth and held on with his willpower.
He held the ebony idol high in his hand and took one step at a time.
Walk towards the long-abandoned temple.
There, his old friend had been waiting there for a long time, just waiting for the ebony statue to appear, the formation to take effect, and to suppress the evil spirits in White Paper Lake.
When the exorcist saw Li Chengyun, his anxious heart finally settled down. He let out a long sigh and walked towards him, wanting to ask Li Chengyun if he was injured during the dangerous journey.
But when he approached Li Chengyun, he suddenly noticed that Li Chengyun's face was quickly turning pale.
So the initial joy of seeing the ebony statue turned into horror and astonishment.
"Brother Chengyun, you..."
Li Chengyun just chuckled and placed the statue in the center of the formation himself.
As the spells were cast, a wind suddenly blew up in the temple, gently lifting the hem of Li Chengyun's clothes.
The formation takes effect.
Li Chengyun's obsession finally dissipated.
The strong will that had persisted in gritting teeth and refusing to give up slowly turned into a breath and was exhaled.
Li Chengyun was smiling, even his eyebrows and eyes softened, his eyes were as bright as water, and his smile spread, it was beautiful beyond words.
"I am about to die. The rest of the work can only be left to you to complete."
He smiled, lowered his eyelashes, and bowed slightly to his old friend: "My journey is over. From now on, the stability of Baizhi Lake will be guarded by you."
The old friend was in great grief, he bit his lips until blood flowed, and he barely held back his tears. With tears in his eyes, he watched Master Chengyun, whom he regarded as his lifelong friend, turn around and leave the temple step by step, so as not to let the cause and effect of the great way affect the formation in the temple.
The white shirt fluttered violently, and the belt fluttered in the wind.
Li Chengyun could feel that the vitality in his body had dropped to a terrifying low point. Even his vision was getting dark and blurry, and he could hardly see this brilliant world clearly.
He raised his head with a sigh and looked at the high spring sky.
Then he closed his eyes and fell to the ground.
The sky is clear, the clouds are dark blue, and it is bright and brilliant without a trace of haze.
Li Chengyun's long eyelashes trembled, but he finally closed his eyes completely with a smile on his lips.
In his last consciousness before falling into darkness, apart from his concern for the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth, the face of Yan Shixun flashed through his mind.
Lantern Festival, snow falling on plum blossoms.
He promised the child that he would learn how to make Yuanxiao, and then they would spend a reunion Lantern Festival together.
Unfortunately, he couldn't do it.
He broke his promise, Xiaoxun...
Li Chengyun stopped breathing.
Crystal snowflakes fell on the tip of his nose and on the smile on his lips.
At that moment, the mountain flowers around Baizhi Lake were in full bloom, full of vitality.
It seems that Li Chengyun’s death saved countless lives, and the plants and trees have spirits, and the mountains and rivers mourned together.
The light pink and deep red petals are in full bloom, and the branches are slanted.
Then, all the petals withered in an instant, fell from the branches, and landed all over Li Chengyun.
The mountain flowers bloom and fade, fade and bloom again.
Repeat three times, the cycle of yin and yang life and death.
Only life remains.
The petals that fell on the white shirt were crystal clear and soft, but the brilliant and talented monk in white would never open his eyes to look again.
Zheng Shuli, who had sensed something and rushed over, only to see Li Chengyun sleeping peacefully under the flowers. At that moment, he was shocked and stared at Li Chengyun blankly, unable to come back to his senses for a long time.
In the southwest in spring, a heavy snow fell, covering all the roads leading to Li Chengyun.
He sacrificed his life for the cause, and heaven and earth were moved.
Lang Yan is unique, there is no other like him in the world.
In the end, heaven and earth did not have the heart to let Li Chengyun end up dead.
Li Chengyun fought for a glimmer of hope for the world, and the world also left him a glimmer of hope.
His teachings were inherited by later generations.
The remaining soul he left behind when he left the old Fengdu was able to open his eyes again and continue to protect his world.
Li Chengyun spent countless years in the dead silence and darkness of the lowest level of hell.
He quietly counted the days in his heart, remembering that it was the Lantern Festival year after year. He also wondered with a smile whether Xiaoxun had made many friends, whether there were people who loved him around him, and whether he felt lonely.
And during the Lantern Festival... there was someone to accompany Xiaoxun to eat a bowl of Yuanxiao.
Li Chengyun lowered his eyes gently. In the bottomless darkness, he still maintained his clarity of mind. He endured the darkness and silence that ordinary people could not endure, and waited quietly.
When a person has a willpower strong enough to resist the heavens and the earth, and has a future worth looking forward to in his heart, then even the most difficult times will seem to become easy.
Li Chengyun recited scriptures over and over again in the darkness, and knew by heart all the vast collection of books that he had collected in the study in the courtyard, so as to keep his mind clear and not confused.
Then, he was surprised to receive a visitor.
——The Lord of Fengdu, Yeli.
"Although my Xiaoxun doesn't say it, he is actually a child who is very afraid of loneliness. After all, when he was still young, his parents abandoned him at the market... He doesn't like being alone, but he doesn't want others to find out."
Li Chengyun smiled and said to Ye Li: "I wonder how good your cooking skills are? I promised Xiaoxun that I would make him a bowl of Yuanxiao, but unfortunately I haven't been able to do it for many years."
Ye Li, who had been listening attentively, stiffened slightly when Li Chengyun asked about his cooking skills. His tall body wrapped in a black robe stiffened and his eyes drifted for a rare moment.
He thought of Jing Xiaobao who used to cry and gasp every time he tasted food, and he felt a little guilty.
But under Li Chengyun's gaze, Ye Li still maintained his flawless perfect image, and nodded calmly without showing any guilt: "After being with Shi Xun, I have been actively learning cooking skills, and my progress is remarkable."
Li Chengyun looked at Ye Li and slowly felt that he looked familiar.
Talking about Yan Shixun's childhood at the market, his past memories came flooding back, and he suddenly felt that he had seen Ye Li at the market at that time.
"you."
Li Chengyun blinked, rubbed his chin and pondered for a moment, then said, "Were you also at the market back then?"
"I think I saw you once."
At that time, Li Chengyun went to the market to look for a chance to survive based on the hexagram, but unexpectedly discovered Yan Shixun, a man with an evil spirit in his bones.
He also naturally thought that Yan Shixun was the ray of hope shown in the hexagram.
However, at this time, Li Chengyun realized, more than ten years later, that perhaps the vitality shown in the hexagram was not just Yan Shixun.
But when Yan Shixun and Ye Li were together, there was hope.
Ye Li smiled and nodded in acknowledgement: "That year at the market, it was the first time I met Shi Xun. He gave me the most precious thing in the world, so I gave him a clear and bright country."
That candy apple is better than countless things in the world.
"This isn't the first time I've seen you."
Ye Li recalled what happened at that time, chuckled and shook his head: "At that time, I didn't expect to be married to Shi Xun. I just wanted to repay the karma and leave the world. So, I watched you take Shi Xun away."
At that time, he thought he had done the right thing by handing Xiaoyan Shixun over to someone reliable enough to raise him.
But he didn't expect that he would regret his choice at that time and was not able to witness Xiaoyan Shixun's growth over the past ten years.
Li Chengyun raised his eyebrows upon hearing this, and narrowed his eyes with a smile, but uttered a few stressed words: "You wish."
"Xiao Xun is my disciple. Once you make a choice, you cannot regret it, Lord of Fengdu."
Ye Li waved his hand gently: "Although I regret it, I don't mean to do that. I am very grateful to you. You gave Shi Xun a home, and you raised him... very well."
Li Chengyun was about to say something when he suddenly heard a slight tremor coming from the sky above hell.
Ye Li also felt that hell was shaking.
He immediately looked up, only to see that the dark red sky was shaking slightly at first, and soon the shaking became more and more violent. Even the ground under his feet was shaking violently, as if the sky would collapse and the earth would collapse in the next moment.
A huge rumbling sound came from a distance, accompanied by crisp cracking sounds, as if the layers of formations within the old Fengdu were quickly broken open by someone.
And that voice went straight to hell.
A smile appeared on Ye Li's lips, and he understood.
After the initial shock, Li Chengyun reacted immediately.
"It seems that Xiaoxun is here."
Li Chengyun stood with his hands behind his back, smiling, like a banished immortal returning home on the wind under the dark sky.
He glanced at Ye Li beside him, nodded slightly, and said softly: "Thank you for accompanying Xiao Xun."
The earth was shaking. Heavy blood-red clouds were spinning and roaring wildly. The clouds were quickly pressed down by the strong wind, and the formed tornado stretched from the low clouds to the earth.
The wind howled like ghosts crying.
But no matter whether it was Li Chengyun or Ye Li, none of them was frightened by the harsh and terrifying environment around them. Instead, they looked up at the sky, looking forward to the figure that was about to arrive.
finally--
“Boom boom!”
Lightning struck and thunder roared.
It was as if an invisible hand tore the sky apart, splitting even the dark clouds.
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