Chapter 140: Two Endings

The so-called tributary of fate is just a vague feeling of one’s own destiny in a large formation.

I really don’t know much about the two branches of fate, but even a fool can recognize the magic of this great formation. It’s like fortune-telling through the Zhouyi Bagua, and here it can be seen as a great and mysterious fortune-telling formation.

This is the best I can describe it… after all, there is a problem with crossing fields for Taoist priests.

And this great formation has a beautiful name… it’s called “Dream Return!” It’s like dreaming back to your own life, watching yourself make different choices, and what kind of life does it mean? The name is beautiful, and it gives people an indescribable feeling.

I also want to experience this array inexplicably… but in my world, no one has the ability to lay out such an array.

But the Taoist boy was not surprised. He must have known about the existence of this great formation. Standing at the entrance to the formation, his body trembled slightly.

“Any attempt to see one’s destiny clearly is a violation of the will of heaven… Even I have to pay a price. Offer me ten years of your life, and you may enter.” The Master’s voice was calm, as if ten years of life were the same as ten yuan, and he didn’t care.

But the Daotongzi, whose heart had already been numbed by grief, could not help but feel a surge of emotion. Looking at the Master, he called out softly, “Master.”

“I said that I have also become the cause of the wave, and whether I wake you up or not… I also have to bear the retribution. This is only the beginning of the retribution… to bear, to make a mistake, you always have to admit it, do you understand?” The master looked up, as if he did not want to look into the eyes of the Taoist boy.

The Taoist boy was exceptionally calm, and said, “The kindness of the Master will be repaid by me in all my future lives. I will go in.”

As he spoke, Daotongzi walked into the great formation called Menghui without hesitation, holding Wei Chaoyu in his arms. Sure enough, when Daotongzi walked into the center of the formation, the formation began to operate, and everything became blurred, as if in a dream.

Indeed, this formation should be called Dream Return…

Five years later, the relationship between Daotongzi and Wei Chaoyu became more and more passionate. Daotongzi, who had always been slow, finally realized that he was in love with Wei Chaoyu… The Dao is ruthless, how can it be sentimental? He wanted to end it… At the top of the lonely cliff, he said he wanted to fight with Wei Chaoyu.

Thirteen years later, Dao Tongzi realized that he had fallen in love with Wei Chaoyu, but instead of choosing to duel, he wanted to make things clear with Wei Chaoyu, but received a confession from Wei Chaoyu… In the midst of their emotional outburst, the two of them went down the mountain together, but seven years later, Dao Tongzi still could not let go of the Dao in his heart, and quietly left, and Wei Chaoyu waited in vain… He resolutely and resolutely chose to end his life…

Countless tributaries, seven years later… fifteen years later… even thirty years later… all of them were ways in which Dao Tongzi betrayed Wei Chaoyu, and because of the strong love in his heart and his gentle but strong character, none of the endings were not to use his life to protect this love.

This is the fate of Dao Tongzi… It is just like the story of the monk. If there is no change in the heart, then you will still love what you love… A person’s behavior pattern can only come from the heart of a person, just like others will say, this is something that XX would do.

The Taoist boy does not understand! He can only make such choices forever… because this is his heart… The Master’s hasty reminder did not make the Taoist boy understand how to face the love in the Dao in one fell swoop… he will not understand how to pick it up and do his part, and take responsibility for himself… only then will he be qualified to talk about letting go.

As for Wei Chaoyu, in a certain branch of fate, he said, “If you don’t love me, it’s fine, but if you do love me… you keep running away and forcefully trying to cut it off. Do you think that’s good enough?

When he came out of the great formation, the Taoist boy had tears on his face… The master was waiting at the mouth of the great formation… standing next to him was a middle-aged woman in unfamiliar dress, who was looking at the Taoist boy coldly and said, “You should give me back my disciple, Wei Chaoyu. I came to ask for your life…”

The Taoist boy glanced at the middle-aged woman, did not speak, but suddenly moved very quickly to wipe a drop of Wei Chaoyu’s blood that had not yet completely disappeared on the Taoist boy’s finger.

“Melting your drop of essence blood, in the depths of my soul… If I have a reincarnation, you will have a reincarnation too… If we meet again, I will recognize you at first glance. Although to this day, I still don’t understand how to deal with myself, or how to face love. But I won’t do anything stupid again. I remember that I owe you.” As he spoke, the Taoist priest pressed his hands together and wiped the drop of blood on the back of his head…forming a small red mark, where the most important part of the human body is, and also the central position of life and action. This is a determination, a determination to remember life and death.

I looked at the small red mark in shock… I have had a red birthmark like an eye since I was born, and as I grew up, the birthmark gradually faded… in the end, there was only a red mole-like thing, the size of a drop of blood. This is what Brother Chengxin discovered and told me about by accident, and he showed it to me in the mirror… now it seems that it is exactly the same as the trace of Wei Chaoyu left on the back of the Taoist boy’s head!

The cycle of life… always leaves an indelible mark… all kinds of birthmarks, talents, personalities… brought from the womb, destiny, tempered through life after life, truly amazing.

At this time, Dao Tongzi had finished all this, and looked at Wei Chaoyu in his arms with some reluctance, and returned her body to her master… Then he respectfully knelt down and bowed three times to Wei Chaoyu’s master and to the master.

Finally, he knelt outside the Dream Return Array and said, “Master, I am ready. Go ahead.”

Yes, before entering the great formation, the master had already said that the Taoist boy had made a mistake… he always had to admit it… this admission was not about recognizing one’s own mistakes, but about paying the price early to avoid more severe retribution later.

This is a way that cultivators often choose to make amends after realizing the cause.

“My disciple is not only innocent, but also has a deep affection for you. You wanted to fight her in a magic duel and killed her by mistake… If it weren’t for your master (the monk) paying the price, you would have been beaten to death. Even if you pay the price, you can only solve my hatred. Now, since this is the case, let your master do it and make a clean break… At least my disciple has entered the cycle of reincarnation, and you can’t be alone.” The words of the middle-aged woman echoed in the Taoist monk’s ears.

Dao Tongzi closed his eyes and felt at peace. He had nothing to fear… He could also understand the anger of the middle-aged woman. The only thing that made him feel a little uneasy was that he had made the old man feel sorry for him… but now he was going to kill himself.

As he said, this kindness will be repaid in this life and the next, and he was at peace.

The next moment, a bolt of lightning flashed across the sky… and then everything shattered.

Tears rolled down my face… I couldn’t tell if it was Dao Tongzi crying or me… After all, when the end of a life is written, who wouldn’t be sad, me or Dao Tongzi?

“You know what? You’re wrong… you shouldn’t…” I subconsciously tried to communicate with Dao Tongzi, but found that there was silence in my body, and there was no sign of Dao Tongzi appearing… was he gone? I was a little confused, and my brain began to work quickly, trying to remember everything that had happened.

Soon, I couldn’t help but smile bitterly in my heart, because I remembered everything that had happened… My physical condition was more complicated than ever, with Daotongzi, the master, and… a companion spirit!

Are the four of them playing mahjong together? Anyway, Shitu has regained most of his mental faculties… I remember that after the ninth gate, we did something earth-shattering, breaking through space and trying to capture the dragon soul as a whole… Then I saw Ruoxue, and my consciousness and that of Daotongzi were pulled into the soul’s fire, falling into deep sorrow.

Ru Xue… Ru Xue… I kept repeating the name in my heart, thinking of Dao Tongzi and Wei Chaoyu, and suddenly my heart ached. The pain from my soul was gone, but I suddenly woke up… Am I still in the cave?

Then, I sensed that I had regained control of my body. I subconsciously opened my eyes… The first thing I saw was a bed covered with a quilt in the ancient style of the Tang and Song dynasties… Where am I?

I subconsciously let out a sound, then turned my head gently, and suddenly saw my respectful master in front of me, and my sister-in-law Jenny with tears streaming down her face… What the hell is going on?

“Master…”

“Master…”

Almost in unison, my master and I shouted out these words at the same time… Then I saw the fleeting disappointment in Jenny’s eyes, and then she wiped away the tears on her face with a forced smile, patted my master on the back, and said, “You’re silly. This is your precious disciple, not your dead master.”

“Chengyi…” Master looked at me, and the respect on his face turned into affection. He couldn’t help but gently touch my head.

I looked at my master… and then everything that happened in the cave, the memories came to me like a tide.