Chapter 270 Six Dusts Return to the True Self (Two in One)
Gu Fangchen's gaze fell on the can of Coke in his hand.
That new world is where he came from.
Gu Fangchen raised his head:
"I have a question."
"How long have you been planning this?"
Xiao Zhenwu pondered for a while and said:
"In fact, even I can't remember it clearly..."
"This period of history has served as the eternal and unchanging sky of the present world. If we were to count, it might have been millions of years."
"The rise and fall of dynasties, their success and failure, are always the same. Sometimes I get tired of it."
This is similar to what Gu Fangchen guessed.
Since the "Honglu Great Era" was cut off, the dynasty must have cycled more than once, otherwise it would be impossible for only one first-rank dynasty to remain so quickly.
He asked again:
"So you were so bored that you created the Great Wei?"
Xiao Zhenwu shook his head and laughed:
"You are still too young to understand how terrible the ravages of time can be on a person. Even the strongest of wills can be driven mad by the torture. You need something to do to pass the time."
So he didn't know how many experiments he had conducted and how many reincarnations he had consumed before he could get a Wei Dynasty that was almost identical to the ancient dynasty.
Gu Fangchen was speechless.
Not to mention that he is too young, even if all the first-grade masters were added together, they would not be as old as Xiao Zhenwu.
To him, controlling the change of dynasties is probably just like playing "Civilization", just a game...
Gu Fangchen asked again:
"You can only see that world through me, which means you can't control what this new world will become?"
Xiao Zhenwu looked at him, was silent for a while, and said:
"My influence on you is limited. I can only guarantee that this world was not formed under the influence of any polluted 'Tao'. That is enough."
“This is the world we need.”
"When you stood in front of Xiao Ding, I knew that this plan was half successful."
"But before you grow up enough to pass through that false sky and truly stand before me, I cannot let those eyes notice your existence and your uniqueness."
"Therefore, I can only use the causal magic to give you the deduced causal lines and remind you what to do. As for what the future will look like in your eyes, I am also very curious."
Gu Fangchen was a little dazed.
In this way, the entire game of "Mirror in the Dust" is the future deduced from those causal lines.
Every ending is a real "Tao" that needs to be avoided.
The reason why "Honglu" Company is called "Honglu" Company is because this information comes from the "Honglu World".
Gu Fangchen spread his hands and said:
"It was a game, but according to the original plot, I wasn't the protagonist. I was just a cannon fodder who died before the plot even began. I wasn't even a supporting role."
He smacked his lips, still feeling a little regretful:
"I had already finished the final ending and was about to upload the video to make my mark in gaming history."
"Then a truck came and hit me here..."
"truck?"
"The truck is..."
Gu Fangchen explained to Xiao Zhenwu the nouns from another world, and one noun led to another.
Before it could end, Gu Fangchen quickly stopped, drank a sip of Coke, and waved his hand:
"Forget it. Since you're entering this new world anyway, you'll see the real thing sooner or later. Then you'll understand."
Xiao Zhenwu roughly understood it and said:
"A monk once said, 'One flower, one world; one leaf, one bodhi tree.' Seeing the subtle, one can understand the profound. That's about it."
"However, this world does sound great. Even without the 'Tao', it is still an extremely wonderful place."
Gu Fangchen asked again:
"So...how can I make the new world replace this one?"
Xiao Zhenwu looked at him steadily and said:
"Have you ever been back?"
Gu Fangchen nodded:
"I once truly died. At that time, my consciousness returned to another world, but that world is now in a stagnant state."
Xiao Zhenwu said:
"Remember what I just told you?"
“Where you stand is where the truth lies.”
"But fundamentally speaking, this world is real. After your soul has reintegrated and returned to this body, you are now a complete you. Your karma has settled here, and that world has become a dream of yours, standing in the void."
"As long as the karma of this body is not severed, you can't truly go back."
“When you abandon everything in this world and return to nothingness with your consciousness, you will be able to return to your dreams.”
"When the time comes, dreams will be reversed, true and false. If you wish, you can take this world with you and return to that new world."
…
That night.
Gu Fangchen sat casually on the roof of the imperial palace, looking up at the vast sky, wondering what he was thinking.
Those in the palace were horrified when they saw this scene, and were so frightened that they could hardly stand.
Who dares to sit on the roof of this palace?
Although the Human Emperor has a kind and benevolent temperament, he is only so towards his subjects. Two hundred years ago, Xiao Zhenwu also had to fight his way out step by step to unify the world. His power is still there, and all the court officials are trembling with fear.
One person dominates the world, even the now popular "Military Genius" Li Kan dare not act rashly.
This is the value of the only true immortal.
But they had never seen this person before. He was first invited by Li Kan to a banquet, but ended up canceling Li Kan's invitation and was instead invited by His Majesty the Human Emperor.
Of course, during this period of time, they also learned about Mr. Gu's deeds.
It is indeed very powerful for one person to obtain three Dao seeds.
But he is only powerful enough to reasonably explain why this person was invited by Li Kan, and why the Human Emperor came to snatch him away.
But it cannot explain why he could be so bold as to sit directly on the roof of the palace!
Sitting on the top of this palace is equivalent to riding directly on the head of the Human Emperor, right?
The Emperor of Humanity had no reaction at all, which was equivalent to acquiescence.
So they knew that the fate of this dynasty seemed to be changing...
In fact, Gu Fangchen was sitting here purely because the roof of this hall was the tallest building in the entire imperial city.
The layout of this imperial city is almost exactly the same as that of Huangtian City.
If the "Canliao Pillar" was still there, then it would be the tallest building in the imperial city, but the Imperial Master is not here now.
The tallest building, of course, can only be the main hall in the center of the imperial city.
Only by sitting here can Gu Fangchen be closest to the sky.
He looked up and counted the stars above.
He finally knew who he really was.
He is the descendant of Xiao Zhenwu who should not exist according to cause and effect, and is the infinite void.
He is also the container of the two paths of "truth" and "falsehood", the "Mirror in the Dust" that only exists in the title of the game.
Only he can create a barrier for the new world, pack up everything here and take it away, protecting it from the pollution of "Tao".
Now, in a moment, he can return to the modern era.
According to Xiao Zhenwu, Ning Caiyong has turned into the sky at this moment, using this stagnant history to suppress his own "Tao", and thus cannot show up.
Only when Gu Fangchen cuts off the cause and effect and enters another world can she be freed from the sea of suffering.
But Gu Fangchen always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't tell what was wrong.
This feeling was probably similar to when he reached the sixth ending... It always made him feel vaguely uneasy.
The last time he forced himself to ignore this uneasy feeling, he was hit by a semi-trailer and brought here.
This forced him to think again.
Gu Fangchen looked at the sky, counting from east to west, and from north to south.
Suddenly, the stars in the sky twinkled, and then suddenly slid down and turned into a shooting star... followed by the second and the third.
Countless stars fell and turned into an extremely beautiful meteor shower, as if the sky was shedding tears.
Gu Fangchen was stunned for a moment, then stood up suddenly.
The positions of those stars seemed to be random, as if they just fell from an area.
But Gu Fangchen recognized it.
Ning Caiyong once embroidered a peace amulet for him with his own hands. In addition to the word "dust", it also had the astronomical phenomena on Ning Caiyong's birthday.
In the past, Ning Caiyong would also embroider amulets for Gu Fangchen, one a year, and give them to him on his birthday.
At that time, she was embroidering the celestial phenomena on Gu Fangchen's birthday.
But later, after knowing that Gu Fangchen was not her biological child, she changed to embroidering her own.
Just that time, just that one.
This amulet has not yet been handed over to Gu Fangchen, but that day, Gu Fangchen had just broken through to the Divine Wandering Realm and saw the almost finished amulet in his hand.
At this time, the stars falling from the sky formed the celestial phenomenon embroidered on the amulet.
Amulet...to keep you safe.
Gu Fangchen heard the exclamations of the palace servants around him and his expression softened.
…
the next day.
Gu Fangchen left the palace and went to Li Kan's house.
When he was talking with Xiao Zhenwu yesterday, Li Kan sent someone to invite him again, expressing his sincerity and hoping that Gu Fangchen could do him the honor of attending the banquet.
Gu Fangchen directly told Xiao Zhenwu that he was here to kill Li Kan.
Xiao Zhenwu just smiled and said that it didn't matter. According to the original history, even if Gu Fangchen didn't kill him, he would still kill Li Kan.
Li Kan was a tyrannical and unruly person who had committed too many murders. If he was not killed, the Shi Gu Dynasty could not be truly stabilized.
When Gu Fangchen arrived at Li Kan's mansion, he found that the location of the mansion was almost the same as the later Zhenbei Palace.
Later, Gu Yuye discovered the [Mound of the Soldier Immortal Wu] and was targeted by Li Kan to become his target. He then climbed up step by step to become the King of Zhenbei and built the Zhenbei Palace.
It seems... it is completely under Xiao Zhenwu's control.
Li Kan was very enthusiastic about Gu Fangchen's arrival and did not seem angry at all about Gu Fangchen's previous remarks.
And Gu Fangchen finally saw Li Kan's true face.
Before this, he had either possessed Gu Yuye or been chopped to pieces by Ning Caiyong. This was the first time that Gu Fangchen knew what he looked like.
The reason why this "Military Genius" is called "Military Genius" has something to do with his appearance.
He was thin, dressed in a scholar's gown, and his mustache made him look very elegant. He did not look like a murderous general, but rather like a scholar who copied books for others.
However, this is probably the last time we see each other.
"Mr. Gu just arrived, and last night it rained fire from the sky. I think it's an auspicious sign."
When Li Kan saw Gu Fangchen coming in, he immediately stood up to greet her with a smile:
"Mr. Gu seems to have misunderstood me before, but since you are willing to accept my invitation, I believe we can resolve the past misunderstanding..."
Gu Fangchen also stepped forward and smiled slightly:
"What misunderstanding? Li Kan, you seem to be mistaken. I have no misunderstanding of you, and you have no misunderstanding of me."
"Do you know how the man I killed four times died the last time?"
Li Kan's face twitched, as if he was suppressing his emotions, and said:
"How did he die?"
Gu Fangchen looked at him and said lightly:
"He was possessed by you and became your resurrected body."
"So the last time, the person who died was actually you."
Li Kan's face changed. Although he was not quite sure what Gu Fangchen was talking about, he knew that Gu Fangchen was here to kill him!
He just raised his hand, but found that there was silence all around him and he was standing on an unfamiliar street.
There are tall gray buildings on both sides.
Li Kan looked confused and found that he couldn't even mobilize his spiritual energy.
Gu Fangchen looked at him, raised his hand and snapped his fingers.
The dazzling light hit Li Kan, and he wanted to retreat in horror, but it was too late.
"Bang——"
A truck ran in front of Gu Fangchen, turning Li Kan into a speed bump.
…
Gu Fangchen left the general's mansion, ignoring the chaos behind him, flew up and stood in the air.
Xiao Zhenwu had been waiting for him in the sky long ago.
"Your abilities are growing stronger."
Xiao Zhenwu looked at him deeply and said:
"But the more you do this, the stronger your causal connection with this world will be."
Gu Fangchen shook his head:
"Anyway, don't we have to cut it off?"
"Too."
Gu Fangchen stood in mid-air, and with a thought, the image of the Dharma appeared behind him.
He released the Dharma image to its fullest and no longer suppressed it.
The Dharma image quickly became extremely huge, almost covering the sky and the sun.
The Dharma image condensed by the will of all living beings is his cultivation, and it is also one of the greatest causes and effects between him and the world.
Gu Fangchen separated it from himself and reached out to push the Dharma image away.
"boom--"
The Dharma image fell towards the human world, disintegrated in mid-air, and turned into three parts.
The part shaped by the Qingman belief turned into a giant, walking aimlessly on the vast grassland. After walking for an unknown amount of time, he fell down on a snowy mountain.
The part shaped by the Fatuma faith turned into a lotus, floating slowly and landing in the desert of the Western Regions, blooming into an oasis.
The part created by Tuoyin Sea Kingdom turned into a real dragon and threw itself into the sea. It soon ran out of strength and sank into the deep sea, where it was eaten by a group of sea beasts.
Countless lines of cause and effect appeared on Gu Fangchen's body. He flipped his right hand and took out the [White Horse] that could cut off everything.
As he looked at all these scenes, an idea suddenly came to his mind.
It seems... this kind of dust returning to dust, earth returning to earth can be called [the six dusts returning to the truth].
The so-called "six dusts" refer to form, sound, smell, taste, touch, and dharma. All objects of contact between the mind and body are collectively called "six dusts."
When everything fades away and returns to its original state, it is naturally the most appropriate "Six Dusts Return to the True Nature".
"This is a... fake ending."
Gu Fangchen suddenly stopped.
"Six Dusts...Return to the True Self."
"Dust...returns...to the truth..."
In Gu Fangchen's mind, those plot lines that had lingered in his heart and were intertwined like a tangled mess, even just now, were like an lingering dark cloud, hanging over his heart.
He seemed to have figured it out, but he always felt like something was missing.
Gu Fangchen died before the plot began, a small cannon fodder that no one cared about.
The player plays the role of a young man who suddenly has a fortuitous encounter one day and becomes a member of "Tan Yuan".
This isn't right... this isn't right at all!
If everything is as Xiao Zhenwu said, and he deduced the causal line in order to remind and warn Gu Fangchen, then why didn't he deduce it from Gu Fangchen's perspective?
In that infinite space, all visual pollution of the "Tao" has been isolated, so why should we still hide it?
The character played by the player is Xiao Zhenwu!
The players who returned from the underworld were no longer players, but just empty shells occupied by the "Tao"!
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P.S.: There is no modern chapter. This volume is the end. I will probably write some modern extra chapters later.
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