Chapter 86: The Meteor of the Past (Part 2)

But that’s the way fate works. Sometimes you think, “Is this a coincidence?” But in fact, isn’t every life made up of countless coincidences?

Coincidentally, you were born, you coincidentally met someone, a friend? A lover? … Coincidentally, you moved into a house… Because there is a sense of disbelief in the middle of it, why is it this person, this place?

This is often the case in life. If you say it is a coincidence, it is better to say that it is a series of countless causes and effects…

I, Chen Chengyi, am devoted to the meaning of the Dao… but I don’t want to know if the last life was in the unknown or perhaps in the celestial realm? In one of the Daoist temples, the boy who sat down was named Chengdao.

Two names, one meaning, shared by two lives, what does this mean? Was the previous life not resolved?

My thoughts do not affect the thoughts of that me. At this moment, I already stood up lightly and walked towards Wei Chaoyu… Wei Chaoyu, this woman I only saw a few times in my hallucinations. This time, when I saw her again, I felt incredibly familiar.

Her beautiful face, her smiling eyes, her narrowed eyes like a crescent moon… all her emotions were revealed without any pretense… standing there, I could feel her simple and straightforward nature… it felt natural to understand her, and it felt natural to think that this was Wei Chaoyu.

“Chengdao is your nickname, not your real name. Hey, Stone, don’t you have a real name? You…” Wei Chaoyu had already chattered a lot when I approached.

I frowned slightly and felt a slight annoyance in my heart. It seemed that I was a bit annoyed by her chatter, so I interrupted her directly and said, “You are a cultivator, and you know that the path of cultivation is long and winding.

“Do you have something to say?” Wei Chaoyu seemed to be uninterested in these words, and she was already distracted, interrupting what I really wanted to say seriously.

“Nothing, I just want to say that you and I can jointly verify some principles. This is a great opportunity, and we should be grateful for it. We shouldn’t waste any time.” This is also my true thought.

With each encounter, I became more and more familiar with Wei Chaoyu… She was generous and warm, at least not annoying. In my heart, which was devoted to the Dao, I suddenly had a bold idea: why not jointly verify some rules?

I vaguely knew that Cixin Zhai was a sect of female cultivators, and it was quite famous for certain magical rules. Even the Taoist priest Tian Yizi at my Taoist temple had praised it… What if we could mutually verify some rules?

With this in mind, I took the risk and tried a few times, but I didn’t expect Wei Chaoyu to be so defenseless and agree to it.

Thus, there were many such ‘encounters’, and each time was limited in time. For me, it was natural to seize the time to verify some rules. I must admit that in the process of mutual verification with Wei Chaoyu, some doubts in my heart were unexpectedly resolved in a different way, and I felt a sense of sudden enlightenment.

So, whether it is anticipation or joy, I think it is just some emotions that have arisen from my own progress on the road of “seeking the Dao.”

After all, it is inevitable that the heart of the way will be unstable if it moves too quickly. Just pay attention in the future.

“You always do this every time… You’re so active when you do things that violate the rules of the sect!” Wei Chaoyu’s tone was a bit dissatisfied. She was always like this, too. She would show her emotions as soon as they appeared. I don’t know if she was too lazy to hide them or if she just couldn’t.

As for what she said about violating the rules of the sect, it is true that the disciples of each sect are not allowed to communicate with each other about what they have learned in the sect… As for the senior members of the sect, they can have some exchanges and confirmations with each other.

But why? I don’t bother to think about it. I just think that it is inevitable for the disciples to leak some secrets of the sect.

But I don’t feel any guilt at all. After all, what is needed on the path of seeking the Dao is a firm determination to seek the Dao. As long as you don’t do anything that violates the laws of the Dao, what else do you need to care about? Moreover, I firmly believe that in such mutual verification, Wei Chaoyu should also have gained something like me.

So, why should I feel guilty? I don’t feel anything wrong.

So, I just ignored Wei Chaoyu’s complaints and said lightly, “Then let’s get started. The road to enlightenment is a race against time.”

“Why do I have to come to see you every time?” Wei Chaoyu said helplessly, but at that moment he had already started to move his hands in a certain way, ready to prove some rules with me.

I ignored Wei Chaoyu’s useless emotions. These words were completely incomprehensible to me. Why? Do I need to ask? In my heart, this sentence was quickly ignored. While Wei Chaoyu was making hand gestures, I had already begun to watch intently…

The next part was a time of mutual confirmation of the rules… On the lonely cliffs and mountains in the wind, under the bright starlight… Who would have thought that the two people who had a “private meeting” were only talking about this?

I am an insider, but I am also just a bystander… When I see some scenes, my heart naturally flows with many “memories,” just like the entire process of getting to know Wei Chaoyu and then having a secret meeting… But because I am just a bystander, I clearly know that Wei Chaoyu should have a different kind of affection for me.

After all, her emotions are not at all able to hide, coming too directly and passionately, like the most transparent sunlight, even if you can’t see it, you can still feel its temperature.

Knowing this, I couldn’t help but sigh in my heart, because I am ‘me,’ and I know my thoughts too well. I have no thoughts at all about these beautiful friendships, not even a little bit of speculation… So, this doomed, empty affection, which can foresee the tragedy of ‘foolishness,’ what can I do except sigh?

Their mutual confirmation is too profound for me, so in the silent flow of time, I can only watch silently… Such a beautiful scene makes me sigh when I look at the so-called myself and Wei Chaoyu.

Why is there always a sense of helplessness in the face of such a beautiful scene?

As time passed by in this kind of “indulgent” proof, I thought that this night would pass by like this… but I didn’t expect Wei Chaoyu to suddenly exclaim, and the hand seal that had just been pinched suddenly “broke” open, and then the whole person suddenly fell backwards. If I hadn’t held him back in time, he would have almost rolled off the cliff.

“What’s going on?” I frowned slightly. Today, Wei Chaoyu suddenly used a deeper technique than usual to prove it to me. I was immersed in it, but it was interrupted, and I felt a vague sense of irritation.

Wei Chaoyu was pulled back by me, her expression a little stunned, but her face was pale. She wanted to say something, but she let go of my hand in a panic. I didn’t feel anything at all, but I looked at her with some confusion. Could it be that there was something wrong with her magic? How could there be a situation where the hand signs could not be continued?

Thinking about this, I quickly fell into the deduction of the magic. If there is a problem, I must find it out, otherwise the impact on the future will be great. As for Wei Chaoyu suddenly breaking free of my hand, I completely did not notice this detail?

As I was deep in thought, Wei Chaoyu stood quietly by with a pale face… But this spell has only just begun to be verified, and I can’t find any flaws in it no matter how I deduce it. I couldn’t help but get a little impatient, and finally remembered to ask Wei Chaoyu, “What’s wrong? You suddenly interrupted the incantation, so you must know better than I do. Tell me, maybe we can figure out the problem?”

I didn’t notice at all that I had forgotten the time as soon as I got caught up in the deduction. Wei Chaoyu might have been standing silently on the cliff for half an hour.

Seeing me ask, Wei Chaoyu looked at me and wanted to speak, but hesitated a little.

I couldn’t help but urge him, “What do you have to say?”

‘Po’, Wei Chaoyu finally spoke, but he didn’t say a word. He first vomited a mouthful of blood, and only then did his breath become smooth. Those present, including me as a bystander, could see that this was clearly a collision of breaths, and the blood rushed up, vomiting this mouthful of blood, and only then could the breath become smooth. But Wei Chaoyu had stood there for so long, not saying a word, just to hold back this mouthful of blood?

“Why didn’t you spit out this blood? You’re holding it in so hard that it’s not good for your breath to continue to collide. What do you mean?” I can see it, and I can see it naturally, but I’m also puzzled by Wei Chaoyu’s behavior, full of doubts, and I can’t help but remind him.

“Are you concerned about me?” Wei Chaoyu wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth with his hand, his eyes narrowed into crescent moons, and he looked very happy. Then he said, “I see that you are working out a plan, and I don’t want to spit blood next to you… and if I spit blood like this, I’m sure I’ll be exposed.”

“What’s exposed? What’s exposed?” I was puzzled.

“Because this magic is something that the master taught us, and I haven’t practiced it for many days, so I can’t master it at all. These days, I’ve been practicing with you, and I feel like I’m about to be overwhelmed. I know that I’m limited, so today I couldn’t help but bring this magic out… but I didn’t expect…” Wei Chaoyu said this and then stuck out her tongue. Then, because she had been holding it in for too long, the impact of her breath caused a slightly more serious consequence. When she spoke, her body leaned forward, but she supported herself.

As a bystander, I immediately understood her thoughts, and my sighs in my heart became heavier… If this friendship, this is still so cold? Then what is his so-called heart of the Dao?