Chapter 29 Chapter 29
As the car drove along, Zong Fei and Xie Qiao compared their dreams with each other and found that Zong Fei's first dream was very similar to Xie Qiao's dream.
According to the two's guess, this world is a novel, Zong Fei is the male protagonist in the novel world, Xie Qiao is the villain, and their high school classmate Qi Jinzhao is the female protagonist of the novel. In the future, the two will stage a famous scene of two men competing for one woman.
In this book, Song Lingxi is just a character who died early and existed only in the memories. He died before the plot began.
If Zong Fei's second dream is the original presentation of a novel, then his first dream, which is similar to Xie Qiao's, is the reality substitution of this novel.
Since there are some differences between the two versions of the dream, it shows that the plot of the novel is not unchangeable.
The car drove all the way to the foot of Yunshan Mountain. There is a temple on the top of the mountain called Ci'an Temple. In recent years, everyone has begun to believe in metaphysics. Young people pray for wealth, the elderly pray for health, and families with children come to pray for their children's studies and marriage. Therefore, Ci'an Temple is quite popular.
It took the group more than an hour to reach the top of the mountain. It was the weekend, and although it was winter, the weather was good, and many people went up the mountain to burn incense.
Zong Xuecheng, Zong Fei, and Xie Qiao all had good looks and good figures. Coincidentally, all three were dressed in black. Zong Xuecheng wore a black suit with a cloak on the outside. He was tall and had a stern look. The younger Zong Fei and Xie Qiao were handsome. Therefore, many people stopped on the road to watch the group. Some people even took out their mobile phones to take pictures, but the bodyguards outside asked them to delete the pictures one by one.
When they arrived at the temple, a young monk led the way and led them to the backyard of the temple.
The old monk was standing in the yard, looking like he had been waiting for a long time.
Zong Xuecheng bowed to the old monk, and Zong Fei whispered in Xie Qiao's ear, "I seem to have seen this master before. In my dream."
Xie Qiao raised his eyebrows but said nothing.
"Three donors, please follow me." The old monk led Zong Xuecheng and the other two into the house, and the bodyguards were left outside.
As soon as he entered the room, Zong Xuecheng immediately said, "Master Wisdom, you should know why I am here. May I ask if what I want to do can be realized?"
All of a sudden, everyone in the room held their breath and waited for the old monk's answer.
The old monk sighed, shook his head and nodded.
When the old monk shook his head, Zong Xuecheng's face suddenly turned pale. When he nodded again, he finally realized what was going on and asked hurriedly, "What does this mean?"
"Donor, please be patient," the old monk said in a gentle voice, with a calming feeling, "Donor, if you want to change a person's fate, there is no hope before the moment of enlightenment. Now the moment of enlightenment has arrived."
If they were still skeptical about this wise master when they entered the room just now, then after he said this, the three of them understood that the old monk was indeed powerful, and he pointed out the purpose of their visit in one sentence.
"Does that mean there is hope now?" Xie Qiao, who was standing behind Zong Xuecheng, couldn't help but ask.
The old monk was not offended by Xie Qiao's interruption, but nodded in understanding, "Young donor, you are right."
Zong Fei asked: "Then can the master do it?"
The old monk looked straight at Zong Fei, his eyes were all-encompassing and piercing. The moment Zong Fei looked at him, he felt as if he was seen through. It was a bad feeling, but it didn't cause any real harm, so he just looked back.
"The young donor is a person of pure mind," the old monk said with a smile, "The key to changing the fate of the female donor is precisely the young donor."
"Me?" Zong Fei was stunned.
Zong Xuecheng and Xie Qiao also looked at him, both of them seemed to be thinking about something.
The old monk nodded, "Fate is a matter of destiny and change. The donor is a variable, so change is the norm. Moreover, your career has benefited the people and changed the fate of a country. You are a person of great merit and virtue, and you are blessed with great fortune."
"However, this heavenly way was seized and locked by an alien world, and people with fixed numbers were not allowed to have variables. He tried his best to suppress the variable of the female donor, and he almost succeeded."
Except for the old monk, the other three people in the room felt the air was scorching. They even had difficulty breathing while the old monk was speaking.
But the old monk looked calm and continued, "Fortunately, everything is in the hands of man. Donor Zong used his life as a bait to give Donor Nin a glimmer of hope in this life."
"Life?" Xie Qiao looked at Zong Xuecheng in disbelief, while Zong Xuecheng and Zong Fei had calm expressions as if they had known about this.
Could it be that in a dream...
It seemed as if Xie Qiao had just met Zong Xuecheng today, a madman who hid his madness under a calm face.
He is the one who goes mad quietly, right?
No wonder he never saw Zong Xuecheng again after growing up in his own dreams.
However, on second thought, he gave up power and money that others would never have in their lifetime, and gave up his life, in exchange for a "glimmer of hope" whose authenticity he didn't know.
It can be seen how much Zong Xuecheng regretted in the dream.
The old monk continued, "But if we want to change the name of the female donor this time, not only does the young donor need to voluntarily use all of his luck to break through the stolen Heavenly Dao barrier, but the donor also needs to voluntarily give up ten years of his life as a gift."
After saying this, the old monk stood aside, waiting for the father and son to make a decision.
Ten years was nothing to Zong Xuecheng, and his attention turned to his son.
"I do!"
"What do you need me to do?"
Zong Fei and Xie Qiao spoke at the same time.
In Zong Fei's view, looking at everything that happened in the dream, the so-called protagonist's luck brought him far more disasters than luck. He almost lost all his relatives and friends, and only found a lover after being lonely for half his life.
But this love was fulfilled only after both parties lost all their loved ones. Zong Fei felt that it was too cruel for both him and the heroine of his dreams.
If he could exchange his so-called luck for the lives of all Aunt Songs and the freedom of all people, he would be willing to do so.
Moreover, Zong Fei was extremely proud deep down in his heart. He did not believe that with his family background and abilities, he could not succeed without the luck of a protagonist. Even if he wanted to compete with Xie Qiao in the future, he did not need to rely on luck to suppress Xie Qiao. He would rather not have an unfair victory!
"Amitābha," the old monk chanted, "Thank you, donor. You don't have to pay anything. You should have changed your fate along with the donor's, but you wasted decades in your previous life to escape your predetermined fate. Now, every mouthful and every drink you take is destiny."
It was not until the old monk said the word "previous life" that Zong Fei and Xie Qiao looked at each other and were able to confirm that the dream they had was indeed their previous life.
The three of them agreed, and Zong Xuecheng asked, "Master, what do you want?"
Changing someone's fate is not an easy task, not to mention that it sounds very dangerous when put into practice according to the wise master's words.
The old monk chanted Buddha's name again, "Old Ne has already gotten what he wanted by doing this. I have said before that the female donor changed the fate of a country and is a person of great merit. She died young in her previous life and this life is a compensation, but something went wrong in this world."
"I am just following the true way of heaven, which is beneficial to my practice."
Zong Xuecheng's expression changed when he heard this, but he still said, "Master, you are too polite. If my lover succeeds in changing his fate, I will rebuild a golden body for the Buddha and do good deeds in the future."
Zong Fei couldn't help but let out a hiss. The amount of information that the old monk said was too much.
He had wanted to ask this question before, but his father and Xie Qiao were too calm and he didn't want to show his weakness, so he didn't ask. What did Aunt Song do to deserve such praise from this old monk whose depth was hard to tell? Listen to the words he used - "benefit the people", "change the fortune of a country", "a person of great merit".
Is this an achievement that ordinary people can achieve? I'm afraid that even the protagonist himself is not qualified to be described with these words.
What else does it mean "I died young in this life and was compensated in this life, but something went wrong in this world"?
Are you talking about the past life in the dream or something else?
Now that the old monk has revealed the secret, why can't he just explain it more clearly?
...Why is Xiaoqiao so calm? ! ?