Good and Evil
The small glass of wine seemed to give Xiao Ya courage. She put down the glass and looked at Xu Shulou without hesitation: "Third Brother said that he saw two masters."
Xu Shulou didn't expect this conversation to start like this: "Two Wei Xuandao?"
"That's right," Xiao Ya nodded. "I didn't take it too seriously at first. After all, in the world of cultivation, there are all kinds of mysterious magic. For example, in battle, you can cast a shadow of yourself to confuse the enemy. It's not surprising if Master knows some of them."
Xu Shulou nodded to show that he was listening.
"But Third Senior Brother said he heard two masters talking," Xiao Ya frowned slightly, "Although I have never practiced illusion, at least I have heard that the phantoms created by illusion cannot speak. I asked him what the two masters said, but he shook his head and said nothing."
“…”
"It's nothing here. I think maybe Master needs to deal with something in private, so he asked his subordinates to use disguise to impersonate him for a while," Xiao Ya said, "After all, who doesn't have some privacy? I won't pry into Master's affairs, and I also told Third Senior Brother not to interfere."
“…”
"But, I gradually discovered that Master's attitude towards Third Brother was a little wrong," Xiao Ya bit her lip. "Of course, there was nothing wrong with his actions, but from time to time, he would look at Third Brother, as if he was thinking about something. Others didn't notice it, but you know, after all, I was born in the palace and grew up with my mother, so I have some ability to read people's expressions."
“…”
"One day, Senior Brother San came to see me with a serious look on his face. He said that I should just pretend that he had never told me about this matter. If Master asked me about it, I would insist that I had never heard of it."
"Then what?"
Xiao Ya looked at her with a dark look in her eyes: "Then, the demon appeared in Yuzhou, and Master took Third Senior Brother to slay the demon."
Xu Shulou immediately understood what she meant: "You are worried that Wei Xuandao wants to silence you."
"Of course not," Xiao Ya lowered her eyes, "Although Master has always been cold and heartless, he is actually quite good to us disciples. I certainly won't make such assumptions about Master just because of such a small and unfounded thing. I just..."
"Then you wouldn't be in such a hurry to find me," Xu Shulou laughed. "Xiao Ya, Xiao Ya, you see that I'm very accurate, and you should be able to see other people the same way. Wei Xuandao is your master, and you always respected him in the past, so you naturally wouldn't speculate about him. But now that you have become suspicious, I don't believe you don't suspect that he wants to silence you."
“…”
As the two looked at each other, Xu Shulou had already read what she wanted from Xiao Ya's eyes. She drank the wine in the pot and stood up.
"Where are you going?"
"Of course, I'm going to Yuzhou."
...It was so swift and decisive. Xiao Ya was still thinking about how to gain the other party's trust based on her unfounded guess, but Xu Shulou had already planned to set off.
"Wait," Xiao Ya stopped her, "I came to you to ask you to help ask the head of Wuchen Island to come forward like last time, not to let you go alone in danger."
"The old man has been busy recently," Xu Shulou sighed, "Don't worry, I'm sure it will work."
"Then I'll go with you!"
"No need," Xu Shulou refused. "I'm not being polite. When I say no need, I mean no need. But I guess since you are suspicious, you should be prepared."
Xiao Ya nodded: "Before Third Senior Brother left, I gave him a love knot and asked him to wear it all the time. He was quite happy and thought I was hinting at a love relationship with him, but in fact... it's because this magic weapon has a tracking effect."
She took out an exquisite love knot made of red silk thread and handed it to Xu Shulou: "With this, you can track the trace of the other love knot."
Xu Shulou took it, turned around and was about to leave, but was stopped by Xiao Ya.
The princess of Xiao State bowed and said, "Thank you very much."
"Don't be so quick to thank me. The truth is still unknown."
Xiao Ya closed her eyes slightly: "No matter what the result is, I appreciate your willingness to take the risk today without hesitation."
“…”
"What plans do you have in mind?"
"I don't have any good ideas," Xu Shulou thought for a while, "Maybe... if I meet Wei Xuandao, I will try to chop him once first. If I meet two Wei Xuandao, I will chop them one by one."
“…”
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On a sunny afternoon, Xu Shulou carefully planned an unexpected encounter with Wei Xuandao.
In other words, she was actually deliberately preparing to follow Wei Xuandao.
However, plans were not as fast as changes. As soon as Xu Shulou arrived in Yuzhou, he hid his tracks and followed the guidance of the heart-shaped knot to land in a deserted mountain. After climbing over several hills, he found a very remote cave and felt the force of the exquisite heart-shaped knot in his palm pointing straight to the ground.
She took a deep breath. From the time Xiao Ya delivered the letter to her departure, it was only two days. Wei Xuandao was too quick and decisive. Had he even buried the person?
Xu Shulou took out a shovel from the Qiankun bracelet, ready to do his best and try to dig a little.
But before he could make a move, the divine sense that was spread out in the surroundings sensed that a cultivator was coming towards this direction. Xu Shulou frowned slightly, thinking that these two auras seemed a little strange, as if they were emitted from the same person...
She put away the shovel, concealed all her breath and hid deep in the cave.
Soon, two footsteps entered the cave, and Wei Xuandao's slightly dissatisfied voice sounded: "You just hid the person here? You didn't even put down a ban?"
It was indeed Wei Xuandao. Fortunately, she had just reached a higher level in seclusion, otherwise this spell to conceal her aura might not be able to be hidden from him.
Xu Shulou's plan of following had to turn into waiting.
Then another voice of Wei Xuandao sounded: "Isn't this hidden enough? Who would come to a place like this? If it were me, I would just kill him directly. But you are too fussy and indecisive, which is not like me at all."
Xu Shulou was stunned for a moment, and looked over quietly. The two people standing at the entrance of the cave looked exactly like Wei Xuandao, with the exception of one wearing a white shirt and the other wearing a black robe.
"After all, I am the disciple who brought him up," the white-clothed guard Xuan Daozheng sighed, "How could I bear to take his life?"
The other Wei Xuandao laughed sarcastically: "Weren't you the one who asked me to take action? Weren't you the one who said that I would take the opportunity to kidnap you secretly when you show up in public, so that no one would suspect you?"
"Who told him to overhear our conversation? I'm not sure how much he heard," Bai Yi ignored the other party's sarcasm, "Put Ruzhuo in an ice coffin and hide it underground. When I ascend to heaven in the future, I will leave a note and have someone wake him up. This will complete our relationship as master and disciple."
"Do you really think you can ascend?"
"Of course I can," the white-clothed guard Xuandao glanced at the other party, "After paying so much, I must be able to do it."
The black-robed Wei Xuandao sneered: "Pay? I'm the one who pays, and you're the one who ascends!"
"You and I are originally one, why should we be so separate?"
"Then why don't you go and take action against Xiao Ruzhuo yourself?"
"You know very well that I can't do anything evil now! Otherwise, all my efforts will be in vain!"
"Hmph," the black-robed man snorted, "I help you do this and that, but when you ascend, what good will it do me?"
"Didn't I tell you?" Bai Yi sighed, "After I overcome the tribulation, I will definitely find an opportunity to activate the secret method, so that you can become a part of me again, and then ascend again. If you and I are separated, it will also hurt my strength. How could I abandon you?"
"Ascending to heaven, that sounds good, but who knows if your method can hide from the heavenly tribulation."
The white-clothed guard Xuandao smiled somewhat complacently and said, "I have temporarily put away the evil thoughts. I am now a pure and kind person. There is no reason for the heavenly tribulation not to let me go."
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"Okay, let's stop talking about this. Have you practiced that technique diligently?"
The man in black robe drew out his voice and answered in a very rogue manner: "No."
Bai Yi's voice changed its tone: "Why not?!"
"Your crappy technique killed Zhang Baihe, and you still want me to practice it. Are you crazy?"
"Didn't I analyze it with you?" Bai Yi said angrily, "I didn't mean to harm Junior Brother Zhang. You and I were still one at that time. You clearly know it! I really thought that a kind person could successfully practice the technique and improve his skills without falling into evil. That's why I wanted to let him try. Otherwise, why would I want to harm him? Who would have thought that this technique was the opposite, and he didn't succeed but Fan Zhi did?"
"Don't act like a good person in front of me. I know what you're thinking. You say it in a nice way, but you just want him to test it for you, don't you?" The man in black looked at him with a half-smile. "Zhang Baihe has been used by you. Do you dare to say that you were not jealous of his character when you gave him the Demon-Destroying Technique? Didn't you look for a secret method to deprive him of his character and use it on yourself? Later you found out that this secret method was just a scam, which is also ridiculous. After he died, you wanted me, your clone, to test the poison on your original body. Dream on!"
"Don't talk nonsense. I wanted to take his mind because I saw that he only had the state of mind but mediocre strength. I couldn't bear to see it go to waste. It's true that I asked him to help me with trial and error, but if it weren't hard to find cultivators with this kind of mind, I wouldn't have used my own junior brother to try," Bai Yi's tone softened. "You and I are originally one, how could I harm you? That technique was originally prepared for my split self, who knew that Fan Zhi would master it instead? Isn't it true that good people can't master it, but evil people can?"
"You have a good plan. If I succeed, I will merge with you again and greatly increase your strength," the black-robed man said sarcastically, "If I fail, you will abandon me, right? Wei Xuandao, oh Wei Xuandao, are you going to use even yourself?"
"What nonsense?"
The two of them started arguing, and the same voice quarreling with each other sounded a bit weird.
Xu Shulou listened in a daze, and pieced together a possibility from the conversation between Wei Xuandao and himself.
The man in black in front of him seemed to be Wei Xuandao's "evil thoughts".
She had heard before that Wei Xuandao knew that it would be difficult for him to survive the heavenly tribulation with his own mentality, so he had been suppressing his state of mind and sent his disciples everywhere to look for magic tools to improve their state of mind. It must be said that this guy was very self-aware.
It seems that he has finally given up the difficult cultivation of the mind and wants to take a shortcut. He has found some secret method to remove the evil thoughts from his body. He intends to use his pure body to survive the heavenly tribulation, and then find a way to integrate the evil thoughts back.
In a sense, Wei Xuandao is a genius to be able to come up with such an idea.
If he really succeeds, won't all the evil people in the world of cultivation have a way out?
Any spirit-calling banner, any sinister magic weapon, can be used at will, without worrying about the Dao heart and cause and effect. Even if one has done evil all his life, as long as he reveals his evil thoughts when he is about to pass the tribulation, he can successfully deceive the tribulation...
Xu Shulou felt that Wei Xuandao was a little fanciful.
As for Zhang Baihe, she just felt horrified for him. Because of his character, he was targeted again and again by his fellow disciples.
He was just a very innocent pawn who lost his life for inexplicable reasons.
Xu Shulou closed his eyes and sighed. Wei Xuandao obviously understood everything. He could distinguish good from evil. He knew that overcoming the heavenly tribulation depended on one's state of mind, but he just refused to be a good person.
He knew that he had a bad character, and he also understood that Zhang Baihe was good and Fan Zhi was evil, but he insisted on doing evil, so he deserved to die even more than the ignorant people.
She leaned over and looked over, only to find that the so-called good intentions in front of her didn't seem to be that good at all...
Hearing him make many excuses when mentioning Zhang Baihe, it seems that this "pure and kind person" is somewhat exaggerated.
What's more, can it be considered good just by keeping your hands clean and commanding others to do everything?
Xu Shulou didn't think he could survive the heavenly tribulation. Those who tried to take shortcuts on the road of cultivation never had a good ending.
Unfortunately, she didn't have the chance to verify it.
Since it is certain that he harmed Zhang Baihe for his own selfish reasons, there is no reason to let him live until the time when he can overcome the heavenly tribulation.
The white-robed guard Xuan Dao was arguing with the black-robed guard. Fortunately, he still remembered that this was a part of him. They were equally strong and it was unclear who would win if they drew their swords against each other, so there was no need to draw swords to fight.
They were arguing fiercely when suddenly a picture in the air came towards him, blocking his vision for a moment and all he could see was a pile of fresh cow dung.
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