Why do people feel sad?
Sad is sad.
The spring breeze is sad White City, the hero is sad for the beauty.
Relationships are sad, life and death are even sadder.
Jing Jiu's sadness is naturally not because of cowardice, nor is it because of meeting that person and thinking of many past events, at least not entirely.
That person was indeed special to him, but after all, it was that person himself. If he could Sword Kill, he would naturally kill him.
"We will eventually lose all contact with the world and be left with only loneliness itself."
Jing Jiu touched the cat in his arms, looked at the stars in Night Sky, felt the coldness of Universe Edge, and said to Zhao Layue.
Zhao Layue didn't speak, because she was very sad at this time, just like when she was Plum Gathering, she always felt that he was slowly leaving this world.
Living in the world, you will always encounter various changes, changes of heart, and finally death that cannot be escaped.
Even Daoist cultivator, Longevity, or even eternal life cannot change it. It will only make them see all the separation more clearly.
Great Dao Must be ruthless, otherwise everyone will eventually go crazy.
Even if Jing Jiu has already crossed this hurdle, loneliness will still pop up from time to time in the process of pursuing Great Dao.
All sadness, sadness, weakness and anger originate from this.
This is not a bad thing.
Just like the wax spilled from the bark of a cut tree turns into the most precious gem, loneliness can help Daoist cultivator find peace again and Dao Heart regain tranquility.
Many Daoist cultivator will deliberately seek such experiences in order to gain insights. Treading the Mortal World Heir of Fruitful Accomplishment Temple means this.
Of course, this requires you to be able to overcome it and absorb it, which often requires a lot of pain and a long time.
"That's it."
Jing Jiu said.
The sky is still full of stars.
Heaven and earth remain the same.
He still is.
After decades of being back, tonight he showed some normal emotions for the first time, and that was the end of it.
Zhao Layue looked at him, his eyes full of admiration.
Big One looked at him, his eyes full of awe.
He was able to give up in such a short period of time because he had a higher goal.
He knew very well that loneliness was the price he had to bear.
It doesn't matter whether it's your thoughts or luggage, whether you have weight or not, Jing Jiu says letting go means truly letting go.
He no longer thought about the word loneliness, was no longer sad, no longer angry, and calmly began to make calculations.
--As Big One said, he was not such a person before, so why has he been so persistent in these years, going to so many places and thinking of so many ways to find Taiping? This may be influenced by the trace of Divine Sense left by Heaven Near Person, but in fact there is a simpler reason, that is, he needs an answer.
In the late spring and early summer of last year, I read so many books on Shiyue Peak and Mirror Sect, and came to the conclusion that there was something wrong with Smoke and Clouds Disperse Formation from the beginning, which means that the person did not want him Ascension from the beginning.
So he needed the answer even more.
In the Fruitful Accomplishment Temple incident more than three hundred years ago, Previous Divine Emperor was seriously injured by True Person Taiping and died after only living a few years. The senior monk Cultivation Realm in the temple died on the spot and was forced to be reincarnated as the son of Mountain Demon.
Then he took Liu Ci and Yuan Qijing to launch the rebellion.
If it was after that, the person had a very good reason to harm him, but why did he do it before?
And if that person wants to rule Chaotian Continent again and implement that crazy and evil idea, wouldn't it be the best thing for him to Ascension leave?
Yes, the question Jing Jiu wants to ask is that simple.
Why are you doing this?
This question sounds really like a common question in third-rate novels, just like another classic question, why don't you love me anymore?
Of course it's not because you have become ugly, it's just that I'm tired of you, so you are getting uglier in my eyes.
But all things have their own rules for how they operate. It is not as unreasonable as the love between a man and a woman. If there is an effect, there must be a cause. There must be a reason for everything.
This question is also suitable for the Bairen ancestors of the Zhongzhou Sect. No matter what ambitions Zhongzhou Sect has, Jingyang Ascension leaving should be the thing they are most willing to see. Why did Bairen sneak attack on him, thus bringing so many variables?
This problem has been bothering Jing Jiu. It wasn't until I heard Monk Huiyuan's three last words in Pinggu Temple that I vaguely understood something.
Now that person has started Feathering, or died, or turned into another existence. It is difficult for him to ask the answer again, so he can only find it by himself.
How can he find the answer? He needs a stone from another mountain or a mirror in which he can see himself.
Ascension succeeded, but was thrown into the dust. Such an experience is extremely rare in the history of Cultivation World.
There are indeed many Banished Immortals in the legends of the Chaotian Continent, but most of them are just rumors, and only one of them may be true.
After Nan Qu was expelled from Green Mountain, it is said that he met Previous Generation Sword Immortal cave abode on an island in the sea, received the inheritance, and achieved the reputation of Mist Island Old Ancestor.
That sea is Western Sea, and interestingly, the island is called Fallen Immortal Island.
Five years ago, Liu Ci seriously injured Western Sea Sword God and killed Nan Qu with a sword.
Wherever Sword Light touched, Western Sea Sword Sect disciples suffered heavy casualties, and Sect-Guarding Divine Beast Flying Whale also turned into countless huge pieces of meat and sank to the deep seabed.
Flying Whale is so huge that even after such a long time, it has still not been eaten clean by the small fish on the seabed. The carrion exudes an unpleasant smell, and along with those tiny bubbles, it comes to the sea surface and fills the air.
Those smells were really pungent, even dazzling, and could not be completely dispelled by using Formation. The Jade Lake Peak disciples stationed at Western Sea Archipelago were miserable.
Jade Lake Peak Master Cheng Youtian participated in the Sect Master conference, as well as Battle of Cold Mountain last year, and now returns to the Western Sea. He knows very well that everyone Elder and his disciples feel that although the sea in front of them is magnificent, its taste is far worse than the lake at Jade Lake Peak. And although the Spirit Vein here is good, how can it compare to Green Mountain?
He sighed, wondering when the young Sect Master True Person would call people like him back?
Just when he was thinking about this matter, a bright red Sword Light suddenly appeared on the horizon. He was slightly startled and quickly led his disciples to meet it.
What he didn't expect was that young Sect Master True Person also came.
"Have Shiyue Peak come over and replace you in four years."
Without waiting for Cheng Youtian to speak, Jing Jiu said directly.
Four years is not too long for Daoist cultivator. Cheng Youtian can't ask for anything more.
According to Jing Jiu's request, Cheng Youtian left.
Zhao Layue glanced at him and asked, "Why four years?"
This number of years cannot be said casually by Jing Jiu, it must have a deep meaning.
Jing Jiu had no explanation and said to Big One, "Look for it."
Nan Qu was expelled from Green Mountain, and the Previous Generation Immortal Sword cave abode he met was said to be on this island.
Green Mountain Sect After getting Western Sea, I have searched carefully many times and found nothing.
The legendary Sword Immortal secret book should have been taken away by Western Sea Sword God, but why are there no other traces here?
Jing Jiu is not looking for the secret book, but something else.
Not long after, a ray of white light returned to the stone window like a giant painting.
Big One shook his head and found nothing.
There is not even any trace of Guardian from the Heaven-Connecting Realm. Is the legend just a legend and the story of Previous Generation Sword Immortal is false?
Zhao Layue said, "If you are looking for some ordinary traces, maybe they are in ordinary places."
They went to Shaoming Island.
The upper half of the island was cut off by Western Sea Sword God, and those tunnels and Formation Eye, as dense as spider webs, were exposed to people's sight like an irregular combination of points and lines.
Looking at the picture in front of him, Jing Jiu naturally thought of Heavenly Tribulation caused by Immortal Register, thought of Liu Ci, and after being silent for a while, he thought of Tong Yan.
Tong Yan and Netherworld haven't come back yet. I don't know what happened.
There was a Big Wind sound in the library, and all the books were suspended in the air, rustling in the wind, as if they were being turned by countless invisible hands.
Jing Jiu stood in this sea of books. After reading for a while, he reached out and took down a book.
That was a very ordinary Sword Immortal Record. It was all about ordinary people's imagination and yearning for Cultivation World. They were basically nonsense and not worth mentioning.
But on a certain page of that book, someone left a sentence.
"I am also both immortal and crazy."
From those sword-like strokes and Aura, Jing Jiu can be judged to be the handwriting of Nan Qu.
Zhao Layue glanced at him and said, "Are you looking for a book?"
Jing Jiu said, "Find all Haizhou City's old books."
Haizhou has been established for more than ten thousand years. Whether it is the state school or the houses of the Aristocratic Clan and wealthy merchants, there are a lot of books. Even the state annals alone do not know how many books there are.
It is impossible to collect all these books in a short period of time.
But Western Sea is already the territory of Green Mountain, and they cannot say the word impossible to Green Mountain Sect Master.
It only took three days for Cheng Youtian to bring Elder disciples of Jade Lake Peak and carry a whole Sword Boat book back to Shaoming Island, stopping on a smooth cross section.
No matter how well-kept those old books were, they didn't smell very good. Mixed with the smell of rotting meat coming out of the sea, Big One sneezed several times in a row.
Jing Jiu didn't care about this. He reached out and picked up Clear Wind, turned the pages, and started reading tens of thousands of books at the same time.
It didn't take long for him to find the person he was looking for in the county chronicle of a certain Haizhou county and a miscellaneous examination.
Three Thousand Many years ago, a middle-aged madman suddenly appeared in that county.
The middle-aged lunatic would wake up every day and run to the beach, saying that his clothes didn't fit him well and that he needed to be thinner and stronger so that he wouldn't suffer any loss when he argued with others.
When he was out of breath and sweating profusely, he would go to a tavern on the edge of the county town to have a drink.
The middle-aged lunatic likes to eat tuna the most. He drinks Penglai Island and Rice Wine, but his alcohol tolerance is very poor. A few glasses will be too much.
Then he would keep repeating one sentence drunkenly.
"Don't go out."
"Don't go out!"
If that were the case, this middle-aged lunatic would definitely not be qualified to be recorded in the county annals.
The problem was that one day he drank too much and spoke a few too many words.
That day he grabbed the shopkeeper's hand, his eyes were red, and kept saying, "There's a fire outside, don't go out!"
The shopkeeper knew him well and said with a smile, "In that case, why don't you go out quickly and put out the fire?"
The middle-aged lunatic said seriously, "How can we extinguish the fire? We can stay alive if we stay here."
The shopkeeper said, "What if the fire burns down the house?"
The middle-aged lunatic glanced at the sky, with a thankful look in his eyes, and said, "Fortunately, the walls of our house are made of iron and are thick enough, so the fire can't get in."
The shopkeeper smiled and said, "Is there an iron wall in the sky?"
The middle-aged lunatic said seriously, "The sky is just an iron lid."
Hearing these words, the diners in the tavern laughed, and the air was filled with the smell of joy.
The middle-aged madman was silent for a long time, and suddenly said, "Since Heavenly Mechanism has been leaked, let's do something."
After saying this, he walked to the end of the long street in one step, and then jumped into the sky. From then on, he never appeared in this small county town again.
The people in the tavern saw this scene with their own eyes and were shocked beyond words.
That night, Haizhou City's largest practice, Sect, was destroyed.
No one died, but the cultivation of all the disciples of that Sect was abolished, and the cultivation of Cultivation Method was burned to nothing.
A few days later, a little Sect in the Western Sea suffered the same fate.
A few days later, Jiaoren Kingdom's national master who was most likely to spy on Way of the Heavenly Demon was suddenly found dead on a shoal.
Those diners in the tavern that day still remembered the scene of the middle-aged madman walking to the end of the long street and jumping into the sky, as well as the ridiculous words he said, and naturally connected these things with him.
The question is, how can anyone believe what these people say? It is just some gossip, leaving a small mark in the county annals.
"I have an impression of these things."
Big One walked slowly to Jing Jiu, jumped on his shoulder, looked at the county journal, and was silent for a while, "Western Sea was experiencing repeated tragedies at that time, Sect Master True Person was going to see where Evil Path was. Demonic Cultivator was so arrogant, but the man suddenly disappeared. Sect Master True Person thought it was an excuse for the North's strong Sect people to massacre the small sect, and did not go into details."
Now it seems that the middle-aged madman should be the rumored Previous Generation Sword Immortal. Somehow, Mortal World Game was in the dust. Suddenly he wanted to destroy Sect, but gave up inexplicably. He later lived in seclusion on Fallen Immortal Island and never appeared again. He only left behind a Sword Dao secret book, which created the fame of Nan Qu and Mist Island lineage.
Jing Jiu opened the book Sword Immortal Record again, and this time those seemingly absurd words had other meanings.
There are two sentences on the page where Nan Qu left his handwriting, which should be the self-evaluation of the middle-aged madman.
"I am lonely in heaven, I am only one person."
"I am alone in Mortal World."
(I only remembered after seeing Xiaoxiao's circle of friends that today, ten years ago, the story the Interloper appeared in this world. I thought it hadn't been long, but it turned out that it had already been ten years. Ten years of life and death were blurry. I didn't understand it before, but now I probably I understand. Looking back at the unbridled and youthful spirit of ten years ago, and then thinking about the chapter I stayed up late to write last night, I really have mixed feelings. You don't have to feel sorry for being a human being, but I am really sorry for many people, including myself. Everyone should live a better life in the future.)