Revealing Heaven's Secrets
Gu Huaiwei blinked slowly, feeling as if she were lost in old memories.
Looking at the long-bearded old man in front of him, he suddenly remembered the man's identity— Elder Buyun Yun of the Heavenly Mystery Palace the Cloud Mulberry Realm.
Just like its name suggests, the disciples of the Heavenly Mystery Palace cultivate a technique that allows them to see through the Cultivation Method of heaven and calculate the past and present lives of cultivators.
Gu Huaiwei had given his all to finally become the Sword Master of the Flowing Light Sword Sect, and at that time he was undoubtedly the Twin Orchid Realm.
Therefore, Gu Huaiwei barely had the opportunity to ask Elder Buyun to predict the secrets of heaven for her.
Elder Buyun was the most capable diviner in the Heavenly Mystery Palace, which is why he received the title "Buyun". Gu Huaiwei had visited him several times before, but was always refused. However, this time, he finally became Elder Buyun's guest.
"What would you like to know, my friend?" the white-bearded old man asked slowly, maintaining an air of otherworldly grace.
Gu Huaiwei, a hint of trepidation in her heart. "I have an old friend who is said to have attained perfect Merit and can be reincarnated. I want to know, how can I find her?"
"What's so difficult about that?" The old man raised his hand and plucked a beam of starlight, scattering it onto his astrolabe.
The chessboard on the astrolabe, resembling stars in the night sky, immediately changed, and those strange changes caused the old man's originally relaxed expression to gradually turn serious.
Seeing Gu Huaiwei couldn't help but feel nervous.
He dared not ask, for fear of interrupting the other party's divination.
Fortunately, the horoscope dimmed again soon afterward, and the old man stroked his beard, seemingly having grasped the situation.
"Well, has that person been found?" Gu Huaiwei asked hurriedly.
Upon hearing this, the old man smiled and looked at him, "Your friend doesn't seem to have been human originally."
Gu Huaiwei paused, but had to admit, "That's right, she's just a sword spirit." And now, she's become a sword spirit without a master.
Seeing his straightforward answer, the old man decided not to keep him in suspense any longer and said directly, "You're right, the other person did indeed obtain fortuitous opportunity to be reincarnated as a human. Moreover, you two had a strong connection before, and you even received a lot of protection from her. So, the cycle of Heavenly Dao has given you the chance to meet again."
Hearing this, Gu Huaiwei couldn't help but feel delighted.
For the first time, that usually indifferent face revealed such obvious emotion.
"Ten years from now, go to the Fantou Mountain in the Twin Orchid Realm. The first girl you meet there will be the one you are looking for."
Perhaps worried that Gu Huaiwei seriously enough, the old man unusually gave him some advice. "You must remember, after you meet that girl, you must take her back and make her your apprentice, and take good care of her. The only person in this world you cannot mistreat is her!"
Gu Huaiwei immediately agreed. He would certainly not treat that person unfairly, after all, his achievements and swordsmanship were all thanks to that person.
He had no chance to repay her before, but now that he had the opportunity, how could Gu Huaiwei be harsh to her?
"I'm not afraid to tell you, that person possesses extraordinary fortune. If you can mentor and guide him to success, you will surely reap great rewards in the future. Even ascending to immortality will be within your reach!"
After the old man uttered the last word, the astrolabe in front of him used for divination dimmed even further.
The old man knew this was the price he paid for revealing heavenly secrets.
Gu Huaiwei, sitting opposite the old man, was already startled by the old man's words. He hadn't expected that the reincarnated man would actually shoulder such great fortune.
However, this only strengthened his resolve to teach the other person well and protect them.
After receiving the results, Gu Huaiwei quickly left Heavenly Mystery Palace.
Unbeknownst to him, immediately after he left, the Elder Buyun summoned all his disciples and informed them that the Lower Realm would soon experience a significant upheaval.
At that time, a person burdened with destiny will be born to face the calamity, and that person will be born in the Twin Orchid Realm.
"Remember, thirty years from now, you will leave Cloud Mulberry and go to the Twin Orchid Realm to find her. Find the one who bears the destiny of heaven and assist her! When the day is accomplished, it will be the day when our Heavenly Mystery Palace receives the protection of the Heavenly Dao once again!"
Elder Buyun, panting heavily, uttered his last words. He tightly grasped the hand of his most beloved youngest disciple, his eyes filled with nothing but expectation and resentment.
No sooner had he finished speaking than this cultivator, who had originally had a long life ahead of him, immediately passed away.
The sudden death of Elder Buyun was an unexpected and enormous blow to the entire Heavenly Mystery Palace, and they dared not publicize the matter.
To prevent the sect's status from declining, the then-palace master of the Heavenly Mystery Palace imprisoned all of Elder Buyun's disciples and decided to conceal Elder Buyun's death.
However, secrets never stay hidden forever. Three years later, Elder Buyun's youngest apprentice caused turmoil in the Heavenly Mystery Palace and took the opportunity to let his senior brothers escape.
From then on, news of Elder Buyun's death spread. The Heavenly Mystery Palace lost that elder who possessed the ability to see through the secrets of heaven, and instantly fell from grace, its status no longer what it once was.
When Gu Huaiwei, far away in the Twin Orchid Realm, learned of this matter, he did not care. He regarded it as the result of internal strife within the Heavenly Mystery Palace and wholeheartedly waited for his future disciple.
Finally, seven years later, he found the girl at Fantou Mountain. The innocent and lovely girl told him that her name was Su Fuyun!
Thus, Immortal Venerable Yanchen had his first disciple.
Having found the person he had been longing for, Gu Huaiwei should have been happy, but he soon discovered that this person's reincarnation seemed quite different from the one before.
Although this apprentice was someone he had been hoping for, Gu Huaiwei had to admit that as they spent more time together, the other person had begun to feel both unfamiliar and frightening.
Even so, Gu Huaiwei never gave up on the other person, after all, that person had helped him before, and that person was burdened with destiny.
Therefore, for Su Fuyun's sake, he could disregard Sang Ying and trample on Sang Ying. He firmly chose to stand on Su Fuyun's side, and has remained so ever since...
In a daze, Gu Huaiwei seemed to become much more awake. He felt a bone-chilling coldness enveloping his Dantian. It was as if two people were carrying him, and he didn't know where they were taking him.
They carried themselves for a long time before finally stopping.
"Is this the place? Can we just throw him into the pool?" a gruff voice asked.
Another high-pitched voice quickly replied, "That's right, the Demon Lord said to just throw this person in, and not worry about anything else!"
"But this man was once the leader of the righteous path. If we just throw him in like this, what if the Flowing Light Sword Sect comes knocking on our door demanding his return?" The gruff-voiced man said with some concern.
The high-pitched voice spat, "You said it was in the past. The current number one righteous person is clearly Sang Zheng of the Flowing Light Sword Sect! Apart from that missing Sang Ying, who else with their Dantian destroyed has recovered?"
"Besides, he's just a cripple. Even his apprentices don't want him and dumped him in the Devil Realm. You actually expect Sang Zheng to save someone who harmed his own daughter?!"
After his companions' repeated persuasion, the man with the gruff voice calmed down considerably.
After listening to everything, Gu Huaiwei struggled to speak, but the next second he felt his body lift off the ground for a moment, and then he plunged into the dark pool.
Before losing consciousness again, only one sentence kept echoing in Gu Huaiwei's mind. "Just a cripple, even his disciple doesn't want him anymore..."
So, did Su Fuyun abandon him?
Unfortunately, Gu Huaiwei would never receive an answer.