Chapter 75: The Cause of the Past

In the face of my nervousness, Ru Xue’s face showed a confused look, as if she was trying to remember something, but she couldn’t. After a long time, she said to me, “Chengyi, I don’t know what the specific person who stopped it looked like or how he stopped it. I don’t remember anything specific about this part of the memory. I’m sorry, I actually know that you’re thinking of your master, but I can’t think of it at all.”

I let out a long breath. It would be a lie to say I wasn’t disappointed, but how could I blame her when she was about to become my ex-lover? I shook my head and said, “It’s okay.”

“Chengyi, all I can remember is that Renhua completely repented after her failure and only then did she understand these bugs…” Ruoxue continued to tell me.

And I also learned from Ru Xue’s mouth the later experience of a genius woman who had awakened from her crazy obsession.

To say that it was a later experience, it was actually only a two-year experience, because at that time, the life span of the genius Renhua was only two years left.

Perhaps this was Renhua’s fate. According to her cultivation, her life expectancy was far more than this, but she cultivated the insect that defied the heavens with all her strength, and her mind and spirit were exhausted.

At that time, she let go of her obsession with entering the Dragon’s Tomb, and she was able to face her remaining two years of life with a carefree attitude. After all, she was a talented cultivator who had experienced so much, and she could see through it.

The only thing she couldn’t let go of was the bugs she had cultivated in her madness. Because Renhua had already foreseen that if she died, these bugs would be a huge disaster.

Even the person who stopped her could not prevent this disaster. He told Renhua, “The Wugudao is profound and profound in every vein. Just as your witchcraft and bewitchment cannot break my Taoist formation, you can only choose an extreme way. My Taoist method is also inadequate for your bewitchment. You must You must find a way to eliminate this disaster yourself. I think you, a genius in your lifetime, must have experienced the same situation as me in your early years, and you must understand the laws of heaven and earth better than ordinary cultivators. If the karma created by one person is not cleared by heaven and earth, it will definitely affect future generations, even your clan. You must pay it back. Find a way to stop it.”

In fact, when I heard Ruoxue talk about this, I didn’t feel strange. Many people think that one person should take responsibility for their own actions, so why should their family suffer? This is a symbol of the cruelty of heaven and earth, treating all things as sacrificial dogs. But the truth is not like this at all. This is instead an absolute manifestation of fairness. If a sinner kills ten people, he dies alone, but can his life be compared to the lives of ten people? And how innocent are those ten people?

This is not something that one person can repay!

At that time, whether it was future generations or family members, they were all connected by fate with that person. Since they were able to enjoy the “good” fate, they were also bound to be involved in the “bad” fate. Thus, this kind of involvement was equivalent to the nine people’s lives being used to pay for the crime, and they were all affected by various things to pay off this sin.

In the end, this is absolute fairness, without favoring any one side.

It is also a warning not to commit evil deeds, which will harm innocent family members and descendants. It is also an incentive for the innocent people who have committed original sin to do more good deeds to resolve the sins of those who are involved in fate. This is what Master Hui said to me. At the time, I had some doubts about the law of “even sin.” My master then took me to Master Hui and said, “I cultivate my body in Taoism and cultivate my mind in Buddhism. This old bald monk is better than I am at talking nonsense. Listen to him and you will understand.”

So, when I heard that the person who stopped Renhua told her that her actions would bring disaster to her family, I wasn’t surprised. This is really the truth!

“Renhua was remorseful at the time, but unfortunately the bugs were already beyond her ability to stop. She could only try to suppress them.” Ruoxue said softly.

“Why can’t you stop it? Is it just the bugs? Just burn them, stamp on them, and they’ll be gone.” I said angrily. Although I can understand this law of heaven, how can I remain calm when it involves Ru Xue?

Perhaps this is a flaw in my character, and also a flaw in human nature itself. I am still a long way from being able to look at everything in an absolutely fair way, to rid myself of selfishness, and to ascend to a realm of spiritual enlightenment.

“Chengyi, you’re acting like a child again. You know these bugs are incredibly hard. Even if you set them on fire, it would take at least ten minutes to completely burn one of them, not to mention stomping on them. You haven’t seen them in action, and their movements are so quick. Even if you stomp on them with all your might, you might not be able to kill them. What about facing this sea of bugs? Chengyi, the bugs that were cultivated with Kunlun’s materials are not that simple. They also have a tenacious vitality.” Ru Xue explained to me.

“What exactly is the Kunlun thing?” I asked.

“I haven’t seen it before, I’m not sure, but I think it’s the same thing as the purple plant in the incident with the old village chief you experienced in your early years,” said Ru Xue.

“Ah? That’s it!” I exclaimed. If it was that, I really had nothing to say. The image of the powerful old village chief and the monster created by Yang Sheng appeared in my mind! Such a bug, let alone a sea of bugs, even if there were only a hundred or two, would be a great disaster. But I said reluctantly, “What should I do? Renhua cultivated this kind of bug. Didn’t she ever think of a way to control it?”

“She can control these bugs herself, and she didn’t think about killing them at the time. In addition to the unexpected ability of these bugs, that is, their greatly enhanced reproductive ability, these bugs have also given birth to a variable that Renhua did not expect at all.” Ru Xue explained to me.

“What kind of variable?” I asked, because even though it was impossible for me and Ru Xue to be together, I didn’t want Ru Xue to spend her life here, as a woman who was a companion to the goblins. As long as there was even the slightest possibility, I wanted to fight for Ru Xue with my life.

“That is, these insects have developed a little bit of wisdom under the cultivation of Kunlun’s things, or they have already developed a little thinking ability for certain instincts, that is, the instinct of survival. As long as they are threatened, they will become manic and out of control, especially the insect king that Renhua deliberately cultivated, so even at that time, it was impossible for Renhua to completely eradicate them on a large scale.” Ru Xue sighed.

“So we just sit here and wait to die?” I said, my face changing.

“Of course not. Renhua was a genius, and the people who stopped Renhua didn’t completely ignore the matter. When Renhua’s life was about to end, they finally came up with a solution based on the characteristics of the insects.” Ru Xue said to me.

“So they sealed the bugs inside the demon?” I’m not stupid, and I thought of this when I recalled what I had seen along the way.

“Yes, those bugs have a characteristic. They devour everything in order to obtain…” At this point, Ru Xue tilted her head as if she was thinking of an adjective, and then said, “in order to obtain a powerful spiritual power? Or a breath? I don’t know, but that should be it! They devour and need to digest, and the way they digest is to sleep. You can see that they release a lot of black gas… In the end, the solution that Renhua and that person came up with was to deceive.”

Deceive? I was stunned, and almost subconsciously blurted out, “Deceive the bugs?”

“Yes, the deceiving bugs! Because they have studied, there are only two ways to let the bugs die without resistance. The second way is to let the bugs starve to death.” When Ru Xue said this, she probably thought it was funny, and she actually had a faint smile on her face.

“Swelling to death, starving to death? Obviously, the first method is not feasible at all. With so many bugs, they will swallow everything, and if they are allowed to swell to death, the old forest will have to go through a disaster of enormous proportions. I couldn’t laugh, because whether it was swelling to death or starving to death, I was afraid that Ruoxue’s years had already been ‘buried’ here. How could I laugh?

“Yes, the first one is not feasible, so use the second one. Do you know that Renhua used the worms to kill three demons in order to open the tomb?” Ruoxue suddenly said.

“Three?” Wasn’t it four? I suddenly felt stupid.