Chapter 268: One plant, two beauties, twin flowers (14)
“…Master?!”
Faced with the sudden appearance of Jade Ding Zhenren, Taoist Xuanqing was completely stunned.
Jade Ding Zhenren had long hair as white as snow, wore green clothes, and carried his precious "Sword of Immortal Slaying" on his back. He slowly walked in front of Taoist Xuanqing.
"What's wrong? It's been so long since I last saw my master that I've forgotten how to greet you?"
Jade Ding Zhenren, with white hair and a youthful face, stroked his long beard and began to scold his disciple mercilessly as soon as they met.
Taoist Xuanqing finally reacted and knelt on his knees in front of Jade Ding Zhenren, performing the proper ceremony of paying respects to his master.
But although his movements were standard, his face was full of hesitation.
Jade Ding Zhenren naturally saw it as well.
He flicked his sleeves and put his hands behind his back. "It seems you've been tossing and turning in vain for the past 36 lives. It's a shame that your master has given you this opportunity to reform."
Taoist Xuanqing bowed his head and said, "The sorrow of separation has returned and spring has come, but the longing for love is hard to express again... I understand Master's painstaking efforts, but I will consider it as a failure of your teaching. My aptitude is limited and I cannot meet your requirements."
What he meant was that he couldn't cut off his feelings for Huai Qian, and he would rather give up his immortal status and "sink" for her.
The reason why Taoist Xuanqing accepted the "108 reincarnations" arranged by Jade Ding Zhenren was that his purpose from the very beginning was to regain his cultivation so that he could find Huai Qian more easily, not to return to the fairyland.
Now that we have found the Buddhist beads that sealed her, there is no need to continue acting.
Jade Ding Zhenren is one of the "Twelve Golden Immortals" and a fellow disciple of Jiang Ziya. He has a noble status and great magical powers. How could he not know what good deeds his disciple has done in the past 36 lives?
He wasn't angry or anxious. He simply turned slightly to the side and squinted at Taoist Xuanqing: "Since the Buddhist beads have been able to see the light of day again, I guess you must have met Shi Sui, right?"
"Master? How do you know..."
"You so easily teamed up with Shi Sui to find Huai Qian's whereabouts. Did you never doubt her purpose and identity?"
"Yes, there is... but Shi Sui has a strong aura of the underworld, and I have also heard Huai Qian mention what happened between them in the underworld, so..."
"Shi Sui and Huai Qian don't belong to any of the paths of humans, immortals, ghosts, or demons. It's just that their true forms are red spider lilies, so they are closer to the Ghost Emperor Yama."
"So what? They're not under the control of the Six Paths, but they've never hurt anyone either!"
"Haha! Did you know that Shi Sui was here to kill Huai Qian?"
Jade Ding Zhenren suddenly said something cruel that made Taoist Xuanqing shudder.
Taoist Xuanqing stood up from the ground in shock.
"No... no, Huai Qian told me herself that when her soul was about to die, it was Shi Sui who infused most of her spiritual power into her, and that's how she survived!"
"You're too naive!" Jade Ding pointed at Taoist Xuanqing's head and scolded, "Do you know what twin flowers are?! Flowers bloom with two different faces, and life is between Buddha and devil. Twin flowers are extremely rare, and they are born destined to kill each other. Unless one of them kills the other with their own hands, neither of them can truly achieve enlightenment. Shi Sui is a living example!"
The heavenly thunder that struck Shi Sui was precisely sent down by Jade Ding Zhenren from the fairyland.
The power of the heavenly thunder was extraordinary. He exerted 70% of his strength. Even if Taoist Xuanqing in his prime was in a defensive state and took this move, he would be basically useless.
But Shi Sui took the thunder head-on without any preparation, and only suffered some damage to her spiritual power. She was able to move freely afterwards and easily broke the Taoist seal he had added to the Buddhist beads.
It can be seen that Shi Sui has been wandering in the human world for thousands of years, and his cultivation has reached a very terrifying level.
"But even so, Shi Sui can't use the art of transformation and can only rely on mortals. Do you know why?" Jade Ding Zhenren said sternly, "It's because she didn't kill Huai Qian and absorbed her as a part of herself, so she is incomplete! Now that Shi Sui has entered the Buddhist beads, she will be the only one who can come out alive!"
Jade Ding Zhenren's words made Taoist Xuanqing break out in cold sweat.
His magic power dissipated and the rain from the sky became lighter and lighter.
He stared at the small Buddhist beads that were connected to the stone statue of Guanyin Bodhisattva, his mind full of random thoughts.
He couldn't believe this was true.
Could it be that after 36 years of searching, I have finally found myself working for someone else?!
"...That's not right." Taoist Xuanqing suddenly looked up at Jade Ding Zhenren in confusion. "Master, you've long known about the relationship between Huai Qian and Shi Sui, and you also hate Huai Qian. Then why didn't you kill Huai Qian yourself to prevent future trouble? Instead, you sealed her in the Buddhist beads, giving Shi Sui a chance to find her?!"
Jade Ding Zhenren did not reply.
He stroked his long beard and glared at his apprentice fiercely with a sharp look.
…
Inside the Buddhist beads.
Huai Qian begged Shi Sui with resentment to let her die... just like she had begged him to spare her life.
If Shi Sui didn't take action, Shi Qian would have to wait for death in pain inside these Buddhist beads.
Tokiho felt a mixture of emotions.
She had never been so conflicted before.
If she had not shown mercy thousands of years ago... thousands of years ago, Huai Qian might not have had to endure so much loneliness and pain.
"But where is Taoist Xuanqing? He's still waiting to see you outside..."
Shi Sui had no intention of persuading Huai Qian, but at least she felt it necessary to let Huai Qian know the facts before her.
Huai Qian trembled weakly.
"Master Xuanqing? When I met him in the human world, he didn't have that name... But it doesn't matter. He doesn't really like me."
“????”
Shisui's mind was full of questions.
She has experienced countless joys and sorrows, and she almost never makes mistakes when judging people.
Taoist Priest Xuanqing was very taciturn most of the time, and he didn't say "I love Huaiqian" every day, but whenever he mentioned her, the deep affection hidden in his eyes was not fake.
Huai Qian said awkwardly, "Master Xuanqing was poisoned by a love poison... His master, Jade Ding Zhenren, personally gave him this poison to train him and improve his cultivation. I was kept in the dark until Jade Ding Zhenren brought me back to heaven, where I learned the truth. So after I die, he'll be able to break the poison and won't harbor any thoughts about me anymore..."
Even the feelings are fake...
Shi Sui once again felt the same way about Huai Qian's despair.
"……etc."
There seemed to be no flaws in the series of explanations, but Shisui always felt that something was wrong.
Shi Sui has never been supervised by anyone. She had heard that only one of the twin flowers could survive, but she never knew that the reason she couldn't transform into a physical form was because she didn't kill Huai Qian herself...
Although Shisui had never seen the old man in person, she always felt that he was plotting something from various clues.
The reason why she was able to meet Huai Qian was probably planned by him.
Shi Sui asked Huai Qian: "Did Jade Ding Zhenren say anything else to you?"
"He said... the Buddhist beads that sealed me are the sacred objects of the ancient Buddha Dipankara. This void exists with me as its center. If I don't die, no one who was sucked in will be able to escape... As long as I'm gone, the Buddhist beads will disappear with me..."
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