"That brat Gu Changzhi had some conscience after all and left me a letter... But if he truly had a conscience, why did he leave me only one letter?"
When Old Master Gu said this back then, there had been a hint of self-mockery in his voice.
After accepting the letter, he opened it and read it once.
At first glance, it was merely greetings written by Gu Changzhi as a junior, with nothing unusual about it.
So after reading it, Old Master Gu put it away.
At first, he carried the letter with him and occasionally took it out to reread. He had never deliberately treated it as anything important.
But after what happened in Sang Continent Grotto—
Gu Qilin's mental state worsened, and his physical condition declined day by day as well.
The "calamities" and "misfortunes" accumulated on the battlefield in his younger years began to stir.
Every transcendent had a day when they would grow old. The stronger they were, the more karmic ties of fate they accumulated, and the more "calamities" built up within their bodies.
All this time, Gu Qilin had used his own Immeasurable Scale to suppress those dark afflictions.
But when he grew old—
The Immeasurable Scale's suppressive power was no longer enough.
He told no one about this and prepared to face it alone. After sending away the younger members of the Gu family, Gu Qilin found a Pure Land and prepared to suppress these "calamities" by himself.
When he had made all his preparations and was ready to open his heart lake for a desperate gamble, a streak of golden light suddenly swept out from the letter.
In a single instant, the golden light eradicated those misfortunes!
That streak of golden light had been hidden inside the envelope all along. Old