Chapter 129 3 Life Tower
Chapter 129: Sansheng Tower
I don’t know how long it took, but the ashes cleared away.
Gu Zhuo didn't feel too sad.
We only talked for a hundred words, meeting each other in the dim night lights, and in the blink of an eye we were separated in the morning breeze.
It is bound to be ridiculous to force yourself to be sad.
At this moment, he felt more unhappy, uncomfortable, and extremely sticky, as if countless lumps of debt were piled up in his chest.
This made him extremely unhappy.
There were footsteps coming from behind.
Taoist Chang Yu came to the terrace, looked at Gu Zhuo's back, and his voice was as dry as the rubbing of pebbles against each other.
"It's time for us to talk."
Gu Zhuo turned around, looked at him, nodded, and said, "What arrangements did he make?"
Taoist Chang Yu was silent for a moment, and did not answer the question. He asked, "Master, what realm are you in now?"
Gu Zhuo's expression remained unchanged, and he said, "Do you have any ideas?"
Taoist Chang Yu looked at him, with a barely perceptible pleading tone, and whispered, "I think the best approach right now is to temporarily leave the position of Sect Leader vacant, because you can't be in the Yuhua realm."
Gu Zhuo understood and said, "So I can't bear this responsibility."
"I know you don't like to hear these words, but..."
Taoist Chang Yu avoided Gu Zhuo's gaze and said, "This is also for your own good."
It was a very boring sentence, but it was his true thought.
Last night, the Tianming Sect suffered heavy losses due to a head-on conflict with the Qin border troops and the Patrol Sky Division. Taoist Yingxu even died at the hands of the White Emperor. It is a time when people's hearts are in turmoil. If an outsider with an ordinary realm tries to directly ascend to the position of the leader... the consequences will be disastrous.
The Tianming Sect may disappear in the long river of history.
In Taoist Changyu's opinion, the current Tianming Sect can no longer withstand the slightest storm and must be carefully protected and cared for, so that it will have a chance to rise again.
Then, stability has become the prerequisite for everything.
Gu Zhuo looked at him and said nothing.
"Please don't misunderstand me. I have never thought of using this as an excuse to deny the will of the leader."
Taoist Chang Yu's voice became deeper and firmer: "I am willing to sacrifice my life for that will and make you the next leader of the Tianming Sect, just like I have never regretted losing that arm last night."
He suddenly raised his head and looked at Gu Zhuo, and said almost hoarsely: "But I don't want my loyalty to be foolish, and I don't want to get a ridiculous result because of my stupidity!"
At the end of his words, Taoist Changyu opened his eyes wide, unable to conceal his emotions any more.
There are grief, anger, excitement, self-blame and fear.
Some mountain birds were startled and flew away upon hearing this.
The terrace behind the palace was dead silent.
Gu Zhuo thought that this should not be considered an internal conflict.
The word "die-for remonstrance" is more appropriate to describe it.
He turned around, walked to the railing, and sighed softly: "You are standing too low..."
Taoist Changyu was stunned.
Gu Zhuo continued, "...you're thinking too much."
Taoist Changyu was at a loss and didn't know what to say.
Gu Zhuo still didn't look at him, and said calmly: "I understand that you are uneasy at the moment, but I don't agree with your approach. When people leave, the tea gets cold, and when people die, the government ceases to exist. This is the natural law of the world. Since I have decided to sit in that position, now is the best time."
The little Taoist boy from that year has turned to ashes, but his ashes still remain in this world.
Taoist Changyu remained silent.
Gu Zhuo was very patient and asked in a gentle voice, "Any other questions?"
Taoist Chang Yu looked at him, holding on to his last hope, and asked sincerely: "How are you going to convince the people?"
This is the most critical issue.
"Back then, the leader killed a lot of people, almost half of the Tianming Sect died. Can you do the same now?"
"I don't think killing is something that needs to be done."
Gu Zhuo's tone was calm and composed.
He continued to instruct Taoist Chang Yu: "Since I have taken this position from Yingxu, it means that I can hold the position securely. What you need to do now is to implement what you heard before, that's all."
Taoist Changyu slowly closed his eyes, gathered up those meaningless emotions, and nodded in agreement.
Gu Zhuo didn't care about it.
Soon, Taoist Changyu told the old man all the arrangements truthfully without hiding anything.
Due to time constraints, Taoist Yingxu was unable to arrange everything properly, so he only focused on two aspects.
Inheritance and handover.
The former refers to the Yuanshi Taoist Canon in the old man's mouth and the Yuanshi Demonic Canon in Gu Zhuo's eyes.
And the treasure that enabled him to dominate the world for nearly a hundred years - the Sansheng Tower.
Just as Taoist Yingxu said to Gu Zhuo last night, he had already had a premonition about his future, and this premonition made him make some choices that others could not understand.
One of them was that he never kept the Sansheng Tower with him.
In retrospect, the old man's decision was undoubtedly correct - facing the attack that the White Emperor had been building up after years of meditation, even if he kept the Three Lives Tower by his side, it would be of no avail, and he could not change the fate of death that was bound to befall him after stepping into the Yunmeng Ancient Lake.
In fact, this was what he had intended to leave to Gu Zhuo from the very beginning.
The meaning of the latter is also very clear - transfer of power.
Seven days later, the Tianming Sect will hold a meeting about the future, during which Taoist Changyu will publicly state the old man's will and nominate Gu Zhuo as the next leader of the Tianming Sect. As for the things that need to be done before that, such as conducting secret private communications with important figures in the Tianming Sect in advance, and using various methods left by the old man to ensure that things go smoothly... these trivial but necessary matters do not need to be handled by Gu Zhuo.
The only thing Gu Zhuo has to do is to convince the people after seven days.
The words "obey the people" certainly have nothing to do with the elderly.
Because he never doubted Gu Zhuo.
This is what Taoist Changyu couldn't help but emphasize again.
Gu Zhuo listened to these words quietly, nodded from time to time to show that he understood, but said nothing.
Only after his words faded away with the wind did he retract his gaze from the rainy autumn sky, turn around and leave the terrace behind the palace, saying, "It's time to go."
Taoist Chang Yu subconsciously asked, "Where are you going?"
Gu Zhuo said: "Take the Three Life Pagoda."
Taoist Changyu still didn't like this sentence, which made him feel very uncomfortable.
But he said nothing because it was the right choice.
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In Yangzhou city, the office of the Astronomical Survey Office.
Pei Jinge sat at the top, and next to him was Qing Xiaoyue, who insisted on attending despite being seriously injured. Below the two of them were officials and deacons from the local Sky Patrol Department.
Chen Chi and the other two were standing in the middle of the field, reporting one by one everything that had happened in the past few months.
Because he nearly died in Yunmengze that night, he did not give the Wan family even an ounce of face in his words. His remarks were full of criticism, and he even directly named several colleagues present.
The expressions of those people remained unchanged, they just lowered their heads. It was obvious that they had anticipated this and had received relevant promises from the Wan family.
After listening to what Chen Chi and the other two said, Pei Jinge turned his head to look at Qing Xiaoyue and asked, "Are you in a hurry to recover?"
Qing Xiaoyue understood what she meant, and a smile appeared on his pale face. He said, "Of course there is no rush."
As soon as the words fell, the faces of those who were calm a moment ago turned pale in an instant, their eyes were full of fear, their bodies trembled, and they wanted to stand up and defend themselves, but they did not dare to move a step.
With just six simple words, they imagined the endless misery that would soon come to them.
It is well known to the world that Qing Xiaoyue is best at extracting confessions through torture.
Chen Chi and the other two were even more delighted when they heard this.
"Thanks a lot."
Pei Jinge smiled and nodded, his eyes fell on the people, and the topic suddenly changed: "Taoist Yingxu is dead, and the Tianming Sect will be in chaos next. I hope this matter will not be out of the control of the Patrol Department. Is there a problem?"
When the people who worked for the Wan family heard these words, their originally dim eyes suddenly brightened, just like a person who fell into the water seeing a rope thrown not far in front of him and seeing the hope of life.
They stood up without hesitation, pretending to be serious but unable to hide the excitement in their eyes, and agreed to this matter in unison with great joy.
Chen Chi and the other two no longer looked happy.
Everyone present knew that although Pei Jinge's words seemed to be spoken to those people, they were actually giving the Wan family a chance to make amends.
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"I'm sorry for wronging you."
There was no apology in Pei Jinge's voice.
After the meeting, she asked Chen Chi and the other two to stay for a private conversation.
She was too lazy to make a false explanation and said straight to the point: "Priest Yingxu took Gu Zhuo away before he died, and the Patrol Department must find Gu Zhuo's whereabouts, regardless of life or death. This is the reason why you have suffered this injustice."
Chen Chi was stunned for a moment, then thought of a possibility and asked hesitantly: "What if the Wan family didn't handle this matter well?"
Pei Jinge said calmly: "Then Her Royal Highness the Princess will be angry about this."
What she didn't say in this sentence was that she would also be angry about it.
The words stop here.
Chen Chi and the other two did not ask any further questions because the answer was obvious.
That was anger that the Wan family could not bear.
The best outcome would be the destruction of the family.
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The Qin Dynasty was not the only country in the world. Although countries like Southern Qi were weak in front of the Qin Dynasty, they still existed and had their own monarchs and armies.
The Tianming Sect was not tolerated by the Qin Dynasty, so it had no choice but to reside in these small countries to avoid the suffering of displacement.
Because of Taoist Yingxu's strong obsession, Southern Qi, whose territory adjoins the ancient Yunmeng Lake, naturally established a close relationship with the Tianming Sect.
This relationship is quite deep, which is reflected in the reputation of Xiu Hu Zhenren and in and around a city called Chaozhou located on the shore of the South China Sea.
A horse-drawn carriage went through the drizzling autumn rain, crossed the mountains and arrived outside Chaozhou City. The wheels were covered with mountain mud and looked very tattered, so naturally it did not attract the attention of others.
Gu Zhuo was sitting in this carriage.
At some point, he lifted the curtain and looked outside, and saw the mountains outside Chaozhou City covered with red leaves under the autumn sun, which was very beautiful.
The Sansheng Pagoda is on this mountain.
This is the fourth day after the old man's death.
The whole world knows that he is dead.
There is one more chapter before twelve o'clock tonight
(End of this chapter)