Chapter 34: Destiny

Over the past thousand years, there is only one person in the entire world who is addressed as the Taoist Master by the cultivation community, without the need for any prefix.

The name of this Taoist master is also known to a certain extent, even among young people like Chen Chi who were born many years after his death - because many practitioners of the older generation will inevitably mention these two words when reminiscing about the past, which then arouses the young people's irresistible curiosity and shifts the topic to this Taoist master, tracing back to the past.

Chen Chi still remembered that every time at this time, the elders in the sect would always fall into a silence of varying lengths, and then give the younger generations a very simple reply.

——The best in the world, that’s all.

At that time, Chen Chi had many doubts and confusions about this. He thought, if it is the best in the world, why add the four words "that's all" at the end?
Later, when he grew up and became interested in the past of the human world, he truly understood the endless meaning of those eight words.

More than a hundred years ago, the world was not what it is today.

At that time, the Qin Dynasty had been weak for a long time. Several emperors died inexplicably in succession, and the government was in extreme chaos. The power of the sects in various places also rose accordingly, allowing many people to see the possibility of realizing that sentence.

——The sect and the imperial court share the world.

The leader of Taoism at that time, the Tiandao Sect located on Xuandu, relied on the Taoist master who was known as the best in the world, and began to put this sentence into practice, bringing unprecedented prosperity to the sects in the world.

Even today, a hundred years later, it is still the best era that many elders of the sect yearn for.

However, the good times did not last long.

The reason is very simple. The current Emperor has ascended to the throne.

The rest of the story is actually very simple - when the Qin Dynasty was about to lose its power, His Majesty the Emperor saved the situation and restored the prosperity of the Qin Dynasty to this day, so he is called a living saint.

During this process, the greatest danger encountered by His Majesty the Emperor was undoubtedly the decisive battle that took place under Xuandu.

As the number one person in the world, the Taoist master showed an incomparable powerful realm in this war, and performed the Taoist methods to the supreme realm. He fought against the four strongest people in the world who had already ascended to heaven with his own strength and did not lose at all...

But after all, he is only the best in the world, not invincible. His enemies are not only the countless powerful enemies in front of him, but also the clear destiny of His Majesty the Emperor.

After this battle, the overall situation on earth has been determined.

Therefore, when the elders of the sect who had participated in this war later recalled the word "Taoist Master", they always habitually added a sentence "that's all".

So what if you are the best in the world? Can you defeat the general trend of the world and the will of heaven?

……

Chen Chi suppressed his thoughts and was no longer immersed in the past events described by the old men.

He looked at Pei Jinge's face, and his expression suddenly became a little strange because he remembered something.

If he remembered correctly, his boss a hundred years ago... should have been very young. Even if he was not a little girl, he should be about the same age as Lin Wanyi.

No matter how talented Pei Jinge is, he is just like Gu Zhuo. And how can a cultivator who has just entered the cave take part in the war that took place under Xuandu and was known as the war that shook the sky?
What kind of old friend is this?
Chen Chi was puzzled and after hesitating for a moment, he still didn't dare to ask.

Just as he was about to say goodbye and leave, he suddenly heard a sentence.

"How have you investigated Gu Zhuo's background?"

Pei Jinge asked.

Chen Chi shook his head and replied, "There hasn't been much progress for now, but we did find out some interesting things about the dean of Changzhou Academy."

Pei Jinge said: "Hmm?"

Chen Chi said seriously: "The Tongsheng Pill of Changzhou Academy was specially left by the dean for himself, ready to be used to break through the Guiyi Realm at a critical moment. This is also the fundamental reason why Changzhou Academy is unwilling to give the Tongsheng Pill to Gu Zhuo."

……

When dusk fell, Gu Zhuo returned to the inn.

The road from the old palace to Baicao Garden was not long in the strict sense. According to the normal strength of a cultivator, even if he deliberately slowed down his pace, he should be able to reach the destination within an hour. The reason why this road became so long was, of course, because of Lin Wanyi... and himself.

For some reason, the two of them, who were obviously not good at chatting, suddenly had endless topics to talk about from the moment the girl seriously pointed out that he was pretending.

From interests to hobbies, from cultivation to techniques, from what I usually do to relieve boredom, to a certain scripture that prefers not to speak human language, so that the annotations in the book are ridiculously thick...

The two chatted about these trivial matters, subconsciously taking detours to keep the conversation going as long as possible.

If not for the fact that so many people on the street recognized Gu Zhuo and their conversation was often interrupted, perhaps the conversation would still be going on at this time, with the topic going off on a tangent.

"Before... you haven't been like this before?"

The evening breeze blew in through the window, brushing away the dust on Gu Zhuo's body, but it also brought some questions.

Not only the evening breeze, but even the twilight and the sunset, as well as the usually quiet and gentle moonlight, were curious about this matter, and even gave rise to different emotions.

They had never seen Gu Zhuo chatting with others for so long, and he showed no sign of boredom, nor did he pretend to listen quietly. He was always talking seriously.

Gu Zhuo sat on the chair, closed his eyes, and said, "Probably not."

"Then why can Lin Wanyi chat with you for so long?"

The dusk submerged his body like water, as if embracing him.

Gu Zhuo thought about it seriously and said, "Because no one has ever said this to me before, I meant that I was pretending, so I answered very seriously at first."

The sunset is not warm, so the sound is cold.

“But you were very serious in the conversation afterwards.”

Gu Zhuo was silent for a while, then said, "I think this is a matter of inertia...Okay, I'm going to take a shower."

……

At night, in the study deep inside the Changzhou Academy.

The elders, led by the vice president, gathered together again.

What was different from before was that they did not discuss Gu Zhuo's affairs this time, not only because there was no need to talk about it further, but also because they had other reasons for sitting here tonight.

Ten days ago, during a meeting that ended unpleasantly, the vice-president agreed to seek the opinion of the wandering dean on the matter of Tongshengdan.

The method of communication between the two parties is naturally not through ordinary letters, but through a special method to cross the objective spatial distance.

Logically speaking, the dean will give a reply tonight at the latest.

Time passes silently.

As the night deepened, the place became quieter, as quiet as a grave.

There was no light in the study. The sparse moonlight struggled to pass through the window and fell on the old people, making their faces look like corpses.

An old man propped up his eyelids and asked in a hoarse voice: "Has the time passed?"

After hearing this, everyone's expression suddenly changed. They thought of a possibility and looked at the vice-president who was sitting above.

The vice president frowned and shouted unhappily: "Don't look at me like that. I wouldn't lie here. I must have informed the president about the Tongshengdan matter..."

Halfway through his words, he finally reacted and thought of the possibility in everyone's mind, and his eyes suddenly widened.

——Something happened to the dean.

(End of this chapter)

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