Chapter 758: Saving the Soldier

The illusory and hazy image disappeared. Meng Zhen was in seclusion to heal her wounds, and the portrait left her side.

Xue Mu withdrew his hand from the portrait and was silent.

Xue Qingqiu and Yin Ye were still staring at him, as if they had seen a ghost. They looked at Xue Mu and then at the portrait.

“Dad…” Yiyi swallowed and said, ”Don’t tell me that you went all night to… hook up with our ancestor…”

Xue Mu pursed his lips and did not answer this question. After a long pause, he said, “If I had done nothing, then things would have been like this. She fought Ji Hao to the death, shattering a pattern on the Qiankun Cauldron… Then I came here, and she died… Although Ji Hao obtained the Qiankun Cauldron and established the Great Zhou, he was also seriously injured and died not long after. He could not unify the eight sects of the righteous, and could only compromise, and eventually became the world we are familiar with.”

Xue Qingqiu sighed and said, “All the written history doesn’t go into such detail. Even our sect’s scriptures don’t say it so completely. They just say that the ancestors were dissatisfied with Ji Hao’s selfishness, so they fought.”

Xue Mu said, “This is normal. Later generations will always bring their own understanding to the records. In addition, some things that they don’t think are important are not detailed, such as the matter of moving the stars and changing the constellations. The two predecessors would not have recorded the words of the Lord of the Stars and Moon, would they?”

Xue Qingqiu said, “Well, it just says that it might be a sign of the Ji family’s downfall, a sign of the universe being overturned. Why, are you going to be the Lord of the Stars and Moon? Isn’t that what you are now…”

Xue Mu whispered, “I just… can’t bear to… I feel sad when I think of her dying helplessly from her injuries… Even though I know that this happened a thousand years ago, a fact that has long passed… I feel so sad… Will you laugh at me for being so obsessed with something that should have been a dream?”

Xue Qingqiu and Yin Ye looked at him from left to right, their expressions very strange.

How can I put it… This guy actually has a relationship with the ancestor… From the ancestor’s attitude, it seems that the ancestor has been completely defeated. Is this enough to call him dad? Do we have to call you ancestor?

But then again, it is precisely because of his kind-heartedness that we are able to come together and rally around him, even though death is a fact that happened thousands of years ago and he still does not want to give up his irreplaceable nature.

“As long as you don’t think it’s a dream, it can’t be a dream.” Xue Qingqiu said softly, ”Since you’ve been back, there must be a way to go back. Let’s find it together.”

Xue Mu held her hand and whispered, “Thank you, it’s you who has been generous…”

Whether or not he can be saved is still uncertain. But one thing is certain: if Meng Zhen is really saved, Xue Qingqiu’s position will be challenged. She may no longer be the best in the world, and even her position in the sect will become very embarrassing. But Xue Qingqiu doesn’t seem to care at all.

Xue Qingqiu smiled and said, “What are you talking about? That’s my own ancestor. Do you think I’m someone who would betray my ancestors?”

Xue Mu’s meaning seemed to have been digested by the other side only at night, and suddenly she became excited: “Saving the ancestor! No one has ever thought of such a great thing. Just thinking about it makes people’s blood boil. I must find a way!”

Xue Mu said, “Is Yuan Zhong’s counter-karma move effective against this?”

Xue Qingqiu thought for a moment and shook his head uncertainly: “I don’t think it’s going to work. It’s a way to influence the relationship between cause and effect, but the ancestor has already passed away… It doesn’t seem to be the influence of a cause and effect relationship, otherwise his trick would have turned into a way to bring the dead back to life, which is too exaggerated.”

Yin Ye also said, “For example, it was only after the death of the ancestor that we wanted to save him. If the cause and effect were reversed, it would become that because we wanted to save him, the ancestor died. That would be terrible…”

Xue Mu broke into a cold sweat. It seemed that way. Reversing the cause and effect was no fun… If it really turned out that way, he estimated that he would have to live with self-blame for the rest of his life.

Xue Qingqiu said thoughtfully, “But Yuan Zhong’s technique seems to have some kind of time-related ability, so we should still be able to use it as a basis… We need to think about it.”

Xue Mu said, “My power of the universe has the power of space, and Yuan Zhong has a sense of time. As long as we can combine them, there should still be a way.”

Suddenly, Qin Wuye’s voice came from behind the door: “You’re discussing something big, and you’re afraid to let me listen?”

Yin Ye said, “This is a family matter of the Xingyue Sect…”

Qin Wuye said, “The story of the Xingyue Sect, from the ancestors to the present, being wiped out in one fell swoop?”

Xue Qingqiu: “…”

Xue Mu: “…”

“So where is there any more family business, isn’t it all this man’s family business? Even the patriarch is involved. He really deserves to be the man I like… I have a patriarch in my family too. Do you want to try?”

Xue Mu wiped the cold sweat off his face: “Are you here to stir up trouble?”

Qin Wuye rolled his eyes: “I learned a little bit of the sea’s grain from the Haitian Pavilion, and I also have the ability to warp time and space. If you don’t like it, I can leave.”

Yin Ye rushed over at once: “Don’t go! You might be the mediator that combines Xue Mu and Yuan Zhong’s abilities…”

Yuan Zhong was almost carried to the ancestral hall. Looking at the senior members of Xingyue and Qin Wuye standing in front of the ancestral statue of Xingyue, Yuan Zhong’s first reaction was that the Xingyue Sect was going to unify the world and take his old bald head as a flag.

Xue Mu’s first words were: “Can the master sense the spirit in this painting?”

Yuan Zhong was stunned for a moment, released his spiritual power, and carefully felt it. He exclaimed, “The spirit of a thousand years contains the myriad ways of the Dao, condensed without dispersing… This is the way of the immortals, and I’m afraid even Master Xue can’t do it… Your sect’s ancestors really have some skills…”

Although he praised it, he was even more puzzled in his heart. What was the Xingyue Sect doing, trying to get the old monk to switch to their sect?

“I know that your technique of reversing the cause and effect involves a little bit of the rules of the origin of time. When I asked Xue Mu to reverse the cause and effect, I was referring to the approximate time when the nine cauldrons split apart a thousand years ago.” Xue Qingqiu said, ”So can you find the corresponding moment through this true spirit?”

Yuan Zhong touched his bald head: “I can go back to a general time point. What cause and effect do you want me to reverse? Without a beginning and an end, I can’t grasp this thread of fate, so I can’t use my skills and I can’t find a result.”

Xue Mu said, “Master, you’ve misunderstood. We don’t need to find any cause and effect. In other words, the master’s technique only needs to be used half way. By locating the relevant approximate time through this true spirit, I can use the power of the universe and the power of distortion at night, and perhaps there is a possibility of connecting with the time and space to which the true spirit belongs.

Yuan Zhong shook his head: “I think I know what you mean… Do you want to spy on the secret words left by your ancestor? This is impossible, unless there was also a violent spatial chaos at that moment a thousand years ago, otherwise there is no cause and no effect, it is impossible to break the barrier of space and time.”

Xue Mu said with certainty, “I know that there was a violent spatial disturbance at that time, and there has never been a moment as violent as that in history… Master, this involves your time-causal law. Whether or not this matter is successful, this experiment will be very beneficial to the Master’s way…”

Yuan Zhong’s heart stirred, and he was tempted to try it.

Not to mention how much the Buddhist school of practice does not want to mess with things. The whimsical ideas of the Xingyue Sect really involve the cause and effect of time and space, and they are really attractive to those who ask questions in this direction. Maybe through this move, Yuan Zhong really has the potential to analyze the rules of time and break through the barrier of the Dao.

He hesitantly asked, “Have you thought it through? Established things cannot be changed lightly, otherwise it will cause an unbearable change in the world, and you and I may disappear.”

“No change.” Xue Mu saw that the old monk was tempted and assured him with a pat on the chest: ”I am more afraid of change than you are. If I know for sure that something cannot be done, I won’t force it.”

“Then…” Yuan Zhong hesitated: ”Try?”