People Part and Reunite; the Moon Wanes and Waxs

Inside the Mountain God Temple.

No one would have imagined that this was such a story.

Everyone fell silent.

They were moved by the White Fox's unwavering devotion to love until death.

They lamented the Scholar's unfortunate life.

They also hated the princess and the Green Fox's selfishness.

The Scholar was bent over, in so much pain he couldn't breathe.

Tears streamed down his face, blurring his vision. Water droplets filled the air, and the Scholar finally broke down in tears.

His cries were like a child's; over the years, he had been filled with self-blame and remorse.

That line, "Since ancient times, Scholar have been the most unfaithful," deeply pierced his heart.

He wanted to tell the White Fox that he had not let her down, not from beginning to end.

Little did they know, the White Fox knew all of this.

On the contrary, the Scholar cried even more bitterly; he would rather the White Fox hate him than see this happen.

A campfire is burning.

The Green Fox wept tears like rain, and she laughed, a very tragic laugh, the campfire illuminating her face.

She laughed and cried at the same time, looking at Lu Changsheng. She wanted to deny it all, but the moment she saw the letter...

She knew that no matter how she explained, no one would believe her.

Kneeling helplessly on the ground, Green Fox was heartbroken and muttered to herself.

"Why! Why! My sister White Fox and I are demons. Demons and humans cannot be together. Why is she so foolish? Why is she so persistent? Why did she fall in love with you!"

"Although I killed the White Fox with my own hands, she died because of you! Ning Shu, don't try to get rid of everything. The White Fox still died because of you."

The Green Fox wept bitterly, still blaming the Scholar, believing Scholar to be the culprit.

However, the old monk sighed.

He shook his head and said, "Demons arise from obsession. Benefactor, the sea of suffering is boundless, but there is Wu Ya a shore to turn back to!"

He shook his head and tried to dissuade him.

The Bearded Man sighed and said, "Heaven and earth possess righteous energy. A demon is a demon, and evil is evil. You harmed such a person because of your own selfish desires. Is it the wickedness of the human heart, or the terrifying nature of demons? Don't you know the answer in your heart?"

They spoke, accusing the Green Fox.

However, Lu Changsheng shook his head and said.

"Confusion, confusion, persistence, persistence. All things in heaven and earth, all those with wisdom, are born because of persistence, and they also perish because of persistence. What we cannot let go of is our obsession, what we let go of is our persistence."

"Inner demons, inner demons, sea of suffering, sea of suffering. All things in the mortal world, everything in the world, are in the sea of suffering. What is the sea of suffering? The heart is the sea of suffering. What you cannot cross is the sea of suffering, and what you can cross is still the sea of suffering."

"Understand, understand, know, know that everything has a cause and an effect. The arising and ceasing of conditions, the coming and going of conditions, the blooming and withering of flowers, everything is predestined. It is painful not to wake up, but it is even more painful not to wake up."

"Put it down, put it down, pick it up, pick it up. If you can't put it down, you can't pick it up, you can't let it go, you can't get it. Your heart is like a clear mirror, reflecting everything. Right and wrong, merit and demerit, can be clearly explained, yet they can't be clearly explained either."

"You and the White Fox, your fate began; the White Fox and him, your fate ended!"

"In your confusion, you develop an obsession that leads you to stop at nothing to break the two of you apart."

"The White Fox and the Scholar fell in love, and you were born with a demon in your heart, falling into a sea of suffering."

"The White Fox died because of you. You understand everything and know all the details. The Scholar cannot wake up and suffers in body and mind, but you do not want to wake up and suffer even more."

"You can't let go of all your sins, Scholar can't bear all the cause and effect. You hate the Scholar for ruining everything, Scholar blames himself for the past."

"You can't explain it, and neither can he."

"You are wrong, the Scholar is wrong, and the White Fox is wrong too."

"But everything has two sides. The White Fox was not wrong, the Scholar was not wrong, and you were not wrong either. You all lost everything because of your obsession. You loved each other but could not love each other, and you liked each other but could not like each other."

"Green Fox, do you know why you were able to kill the White Fox?"

Lu Changsheng holds the Heavenly Dao Mark, and he knows the cause and effect of everything.

"Please, sir, answer my question."

The Green Fox was crying her heart out. She didn't actually want to kill the White Fox; it was all out of hatred. She regretted it and was tormented every moment.

The Scholar couldn't wake up; he was in agony.

She didn't want to wake up, which made her even more miserable.

"Because on that day, the White Fox knew everything about you. She could tell that you were the Green Fox. She did not hide and was willing to die under your sword, hoping that you could let go of everything."

Lu Changsheng said this.

In an instant, the monk clasped his hands together and muttered to himself.

"White Fox Benefactor, you have selflessly helped others. Well done, well done, Amitabha, Amitabha."

The Bearded Man also said, "Amitabha."

Upon hearing these words, the Green Fox was struck dumb.

She sat on the ground, almost completely powerless, in excruciating pain.

"Scholar, do you know how the White Fox can see through the Green Fox?"

Lu Changsheng asked again.

The Scholar's eyes were almost blind from crying. He was puzzled and confused, and shook his head, utterly bewildered.

"Because she knows you won't forget her, and she doesn't see the brilliance that belongs to you in Green Fox's eyes."

"For a woman who truly loves you, no matter what you become, she can tell with just one look whether it is you or not."

Lu Changsheng said this.

At this moment, the Scholar's heart broke even more.

Unfortunately, the dust has already settled.

The White Fox is dead.

All that was left were two pitiful people.

However, at this very moment...

The Scholar knelt before Lu Changsheng and kowtowed forcefully, making loud thuds.

"I beg the immortal to save the White Fox's life. If the immortal can save the White Fox, I am willing to sacrifice my life."

The Scholar spoke earnestly, his forehead already cracked and bleeding profusely.

"I beg the immortal to save my sister's life. I, Green Fox, am willing to give my life in exchange for hers and come to settle this karmic debt."

Green Fox also knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Lu Changsheng.

However, Lu Changsheng stood up and calmly shook his head.

"The past is gone with the wind; what's missed is missed, and there's no going back in this world."

Lu Changsheng said this.

But the Green Fox and the Scholar remained kneeling on the ground, pleading and kowtowing repeatedly.

It was at this moment.

The merchants and others also knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Lu Changsheng.

"Please, immortals, lend a helping hand and save us!"

They kowtowed, moved by this love story.

The next moment.

The old monk also knelt on the ground.

"I implore you, benefactor, to intervene and allow them to rekindle their romance."

The old monk bowed deeply in prayer, offering sincere blessings to them.

The Bearded Man took a deep breath, knelt on the ground, looked at Lu Changsheng, and kowtowed.

"The immortal is infinitely compassionate!"

He spoke up.

Even the Bearded Man hated evil as if it were his enemy, was moved.

Lu Changsheng simply shook his head again.

The rain Mountain God Temple had long since stopped.

The Jin Yang hung high in the sky, and rays of sunlight shone on the Mountain God Temple.

The rain has stopped.

Lu Changsheng slowly left.

They were always just passersby.

There is so much beauty in this world.

People experience sorrow and joy, separation and reunion; just as the moon waxes and wanes.

He left.

They arrived in a hurry.

They left in a hurry again.

I heard a story.

There's another story to tell.

"Amitabha, my two benefactors, only by letting go of everything can you cross the sea of suffering."

The old monk stood up, clasped his hands together, and left.

The Bearded Man stood up, also intending to leave.

But in the end, he turned around as if to say something, but then left without saying anything.

The merchants also left.

In an instant.

Mountain God Temple, only one human and one demon remained.

"Just kill me."

Green Fox sat on the ground, her face expressionless, her eyes filled with despair, having lost the will to live.

However, the Scholar shook his head.

He smiled wryly.

"Although you killed the White Fox, it all started because of me. Kill me now, I don't want to live anymore."

The Scholar smiled wryly.

But at this very moment...

The morning dew had turned to frost, and a ray of setting sun shone into the Mountain God Temple.

Wash everything away.

As the saying goes, life is full of joys and sorrows, separations and reunions.

The moon has its phases of waxing and waning.

It came with the wind.

Let things take their course.

That's enough.

It's already dawn!

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