Chapter 96 Who is Gu Zhuo’s master?
Chapter 96 Who is Gu Zhuo’s master?
Unlike the peaceful sunrise over Cangshan Mountain, the bustle of Shendu under the cover of night is even more intense.
Yes, the summer festival has officially ended, but for the major sects in the world, this is just the beginning.
Next comes the real stage for the representatives of the sects. They will compete for the candidates with outstanding rankings in the summer festival and try their best to persuade the young people to join their own sects by offering various conditions for this purpose.
In this process, Daqin is both the notarial party standing at the highest point and the party that can take the lead at any time.
After all, the rules of the summer festival were set by the imperial court.
However, all this did not happen immediately, and had nothing to do with the mutual selection process that took place at a night banquet three days later, because the major sects would have private contact with the candidates in advance to confirm the other party's intentions.
The real reason is that Gu Zhuo is missing.
"I just do not understand."
Elder He Sanwang of Chaotian Sword Palace stared at an official from the Patrol Department and asked with a sneer, "The summer festival is over, why hasn't Gu Zhuo come back yet? Are you going to tell me that he went straight to see the emperor?"
As soon as he finished speaking, representatives from other major sword sects followed closely behind. There was no trace of the usual rivalry between them at all. It was extremely rare that they were united in spirit and put pressure on the Sky Patrol Division together.
"I'm also curious about where Gu Zhuo went."
"No one would be so excited as to negotiate privately in advance, trying to reach a consensus with Gu Zhuo and get him to agree to become his apprentice, thus directly breaking the rules of the summer festival, right?"
"How dare you! Your Majesty is a living saint and a wise king. How could you tolerate such a thing?"
"I'm just worried that someone might interfere."
"Well, actually I can accept Gu Zhuo going anywhere. The only thing I can't tolerate is that a genius in swordsmanship like him is wasted. I don't know what kind of messed up master he has."
"It's hard to say. After all, there are too many mediocre people in this world who don't know who they are."
These big shots who usually hold high status in the cultivation world, at this moment, had no trace of their usual elegance and manners. They simply surrounded the officials from the Sky Patrol Division and questioned them repeatedly in a sarcastic tone.
Even Pei Jinge was left here.
Only at this time will the major sword sects stand on the same front.
The representatives of various sects who are qualified to be sent to the Divine Capital to participate in the Summer Festival, whether they are elders or anyone else, may have certain problems with their work style, but there will definitely be no problems with their IQ.
After everyone discovered that Gu Zhuo did not come back immediately, they did not hesitate to ask the Sky Patrol for an explanation to prevent anyone from breaking the rules.
There were no rules before because everyone was willing to do so. Now we suddenly have to follow the rules because no one can follow the rules.
More importantly, no one present was an idiot or blind. Yu Sheng was clearly the last disciple that Her Royal Highness the Princess had painstakingly searched for for many years. Otherwise, how could he be so strong?
Having Yu Sheng in the court this year is enough, how can we have another Gu Zhuo?
Pei Jinge listened to the chaotic noises and looked at the angry sect representatives, thinking that he really had a very good vision.
As early as the early spring in the old imperial palace in Wangjing, she had already fallen in love with Gu Zhuo and extended an olive branch to him, but unfortunately it did not come to fruition in the end.
At this moment, a stream of light came from the depths of the imperial city and hovered in front of her.
The place soon fell silent, because everyone present recognized that this was a fragment of spiritual consciousness from a great cultivator close to the state of Nirvana. They thought it should be the eunuch leader who was delivering the message for the Emperor.
Pei Jinge stretched out his hand, picked up the stream of light, and sensed the information contained in it for a moment.
Then she turned around and looked at the people behind her, and said calmly: "Gu Zhuo is no longer in Cangshan, but in Shendu."
Obviously, there is more information contained in that stream of light, but for now this answer is satisfactory enough.
The representatives of various sects looked at each other in silence, decided to calm down temporarily, and quickly turned around and left.
Not long after, the gods suddenly leaped into the sky with bright sword light, like a retrograde meteor sinking into the sky, and rushed to various places in the world.
It was certainly not a shooting star.
It's a flying sword.
The flying sword was unsheathed not to kill the enemy, but to bring new news to the sect. The news might be different, but there must be two words in it.
——Gu Zhuo.
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"Within one night, his fame spread all over the world."
His Majesty's eyes revealed extremely complex emotions for the first time in a long time.
It was interest, emotion, melancholy, sigh, relief and a very slight sadness, all of which were finally transformed into a sentence reminiscing about the past.
"I remember that he never had such an experience back then?"
The queen remained silent.
It was not because she was still immersed in what she had said and the embarrassment that followed, but because of the news that came a moment ago.
That is a very simple sentence.
——Gu Zhuo is his reincarnated descendant.
The "he" in the words seemed to be unclear, but both His Majesty the Emperor and the Empress knew very well that the "he" was referring to the Taoist Master, the number one person in the world who sat on Xuandu a hundred years ago.
The Queen suddenly said, "Even if Gu Zhuo is the reincarnation of the Taoist master, what happened in this summer festival can still be described as bizarre."
His Majesty the Emperor smiled and said, "Let's just wait and see for now."
The queen said no more, and turned to say: "If Gu Zhuo is really the reincarnation of the Taoist master, then he must be wary of the court, or hostile to it."
"From Wangjing to Shendu, his behavior is very different from that of an ordinary young boy. I think it's because he has too much to bear, so he matured too early."
She said calmly, "Gu Zhuo is tolerable, but we should be cautious." His Majesty the Emperor was silent for a while, then suddenly laughed and said jokingly, "Since you also think he is tolerable, then we can choose a suitable teacher for him, so that he can slowly let go of the past events of a hundred years ago and no longer have to live in fear all day long."
This sentence has another meaning.
How could the Qin Dynasty, which was at its peak as it entered its second millennium and whose emperor stood at the highest position on earth, not tolerate the reincarnation of a former enemy?
If he really didn't even have this kind of magnanimity, Taoism would have been completely overthrown a hundred years ago, and there would not be a single Taoist temple in the world.
"The descendants may be obsessed with the ideas of the predecessors, but they don't have to bear the grudges and hatreds of the predecessors. What's more, the predecessors are carrying the heavy weight of cause and effect, and even I am not sure I can take it on now. The best choice is to disappear into thin air."
His Majesty the Emperor said with emotion: "After all, Gu Zhuo is only his reincarnated heir, not him."
The queen saw that he had made up his mind and stopped trying to dissuade him.
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The night wind is as cool as water, and in the distance the brothel is brightly lit with endless singing and music.
Gu Zhuo sat in a carriage. He didn't look at the scenery outside the window. He closed his eyes and rested, his heart as calm as water.
But Lin Wanyi is not like that.
She looked at Yu Sheng who was sitting opposite her, speechless, and wondered how could you follow her?
After the summer festival ended, she immediately looked for Gu Zhuo, naturally to fulfill her promise made nine days ago and tell him her secret.
As a result, Gu Zhuo disappeared inexplicably. She finally found him with great difficulty and finally sat in the same carriage. Seeing that the sky in Shendu was as bright as day tonight, the atmosphere in the dim carriage was just right. Everything was so perfect, but another person came.
How can this not be annoying?
Yu Sheng saw her dissatisfaction and explained in a gentle voice: "Gu Zhuo thinks I should spend more time with younger... people of the same generation."
Lin Wanyi said seriously: "It's already very late today."
Yu Sheng said: "But aren't you going to have a midnight snack now?"
Lin Wanyi stopped talking.
But she did not look at Gu Zhuo to put pressure on him, because that was unreasonable.
Of course, what’s more important is that Yu Sheng is not the only one joining in the fun.
The other three people who had gathered at the White Horse Lake that day all came, as well as the young boys and girls from Changzhou Academy.
If someone hadn't stopped it in time, it is very likely that most of the candidates participating in this year's summer festival would have thought of coming to join in the fun.
Not long after, the carriage stopped in front of a restaurant.
The three of them got off the carriage, followed the receptionist who had been waiting for a long time, went upstairs and entered the box.
We are having hotpot again tonight, but not just hotpot, we are also having the best banquet in this restaurant.
It is said that the chef who was already resting, upon learning that the customer was Gu Zhuo, hurried over to cook.
The table was full of dishes, and the wine was the pot of pear blossom snow that Lin Wanyi had taken away.
——The girl went home that night and took two sips of wine. She was so drunk that she passed out. She didn’t wake up until the next morning. In the next few days, she was preparing for the summer festival, so she didn’t dare to drink anymore. That’s why she stayed here until today.
Since the monk Wujiu had wine but could not drink it, he naturally felt itchy and started talking a lot.
"You don't even know. The scene of the group of elders I know surrounding me and praising you just now was really exaggerated. Let me tell you this. If you had come over and told them that I was actually the reincarnation of Buddha, they might have believed it."
The little monk's eyes were particularly enthusiastic, and he praised sincerely: "So it is really a good thing for the whole world that you don't want to be a monk!"
"why?"
Yu Sheng felt a rare curiosity when he heard these words.
The Taoist goddess said, "Because if Gu Zhuo becomes a monk and really becomes the reincarnated Buddha that the little monk mentioned, then the generation of everyone in the world will be directly lowered by one level."
"Yes, that's the truth~"
The Immortal Monk looked at Gu Zhuo and said sincerely, "But I don't think you are the kind of old shameless person who likes to pretend to be young."
Gu Zhuo didn't want to answer.
Lin Wanyi looked at the little monk and sneered three times.
If Gu Zhuo is actually an old immortal pretending to be young, then what about her who is about to do that thing?
Of course she was not happy about this.
She didn't mind the blunt question and changed the subject directly: "Now that the summer festival is over, what are your plans next?"
This is a great topic for a nighttime conversation.
Every candidate participating in the summer festival will think seriously about this question tonight and make a decision for their future.
However, as soon as the words fell, the box suddenly became quiet.
Everyone's eyes were focused on Gu Zhuo, and their eyes were full of curiosity.
The young monk took the initiative to ask the question on behalf of everyone present.
"Which sect are you going to?"
I don't know when the next chapter will be, maybe see you tomorrow
(End of this chapter)