Chapter 133: Past and Present Lives

In fact, throughout the whole incident, I have always had a question, and that is about my fate. Why is this god so persistent?

Before this, I had also encountered things that were inexplicably obsessed with me. That was when I met the witch in the Black Rock Miao Village who insisted on taking my blood to feed the demon worm. But this is understandable, after all, I have a strong spiritual sense, and on the other hand, the spiritual energy contained in the blood is also full.

However, my life is destined to be full of twists and turns, with three robberies and a bumpy love life. I could even die at any time if I’m not careful. Why does the god want my life?

Unexpectedly, my master gave me such an answer… The god wants the boy, the “Daotongzi” in my life.

I was in a daze, and I remembered the moment when the film broke, when I saw the misty place where I couldn’t see clearly, and I remembered the mystery, the sacredness and solemnity that belonged to the Taoist temple… Could it be that that was the place where I had lived in my past life?

But this idea is too ridiculous. I am stubborn to the core. Even though I know that this world is full of strange things, I have not personally witnessed anything from my past life or this life. How can I prove it? Moreover, I am already in this life, so how can I talk about my past life? But what about the sudden powerful spiritual awareness? What about the exquisite understanding of Taoism?

When I was distracted, all kinds of powers were slowly recovering. What surprised me was the disappearance of that feeling of exhaustion. Logically, after fighting so many battles, I should have been exhausted, but why did the feeling of exhaustion disappear after sitting in meditation for such a short time?

“Chengyi, have you figured it out?” The Master’s concerned words echoed in my ears, and I suddenly snapped back to reality, seeing the Master’s calm and gentle gaze.

This gaze gave me a little peace of mind, but I still shook my head. I couldn’t figure out the so-called barrier to reincarnation.

“Actually, this is not difficult to understand. The barrier to reincarnation is especially thin in children, especially after years of…” The master paused for a moment, as if he was thinking of the right words to explain this to me, and then said, “What I mean is that if a person has done the same thing in several reincarnations, and the barrier to reincarnation is thin, then when he is born in a new life, he will be particularly talented at that thing. This talent is especially evident in artistic accomplishments. Hmm, and why art? Because calligraphy, poetry, music, painting, and other things are all things that easily move people’s hearts and leave a deep mark on the soul.

I still looked at the master blankly. I could understand it, but not deeply. What does it have to do with me? Is Taoist child prodigy also a kind of art?

Seeing that I didn’t quite understand, the master became impatient and couldn’t help but say, “There are many things that are worth doubting. Do you know Mozart? The genius who could compose music at the age of four… There are also all kinds of strange young geniuses! From the perspective of Taoist understanding, these are all things at the soul level. They don’t insist that their brains are different, just like you, who have had a strong soul since childhood. This is also a kind of genius…”

“Master, please be more direct.” It wasn’t that I didn’t have the patience to hear the master finish what he had to say, but the river of fate that had been roaring across the entire platform had suddenly calmed down, and the gods had also calmed down, allowing me to sensitively perceive that there wasn’t much time left for us.

Although the Master was unaware of this, I was certain that a huge storm was brewing.

At this time, Grandma Ling Qing finally came over and sat down next to Master. She happened to hear part of our conversation, so she simply took Master’s hand and took over Master’s words, saying to me gently, “Chengyi, don’t you understand? A true child of the gods, in fact, the barriers to reincarnation are weak, so from an early age, they behave differently, and this is obvious in their personality, whether they are solitary, arrogant, or childlike, or have strong emotions, because they are destined to go through the trials of the mortal world… And you, in this special place, under great pressure, the barriers to reincarnation have been broken, and if given time…”

“Heh heh heh… If given time, he will remember all the past lives of the Taoist boy! And his past life was strong, so his will from his past life will override his will in this life… Originally, the soul is a blank object, tempered through many lifetimes. What is the point of this? You can only ask the heavens… But in a way, why is reincarnation so painful? It is because in every lifetime, you return to a blank state, and all the experiences you have had are gone. The only thing a cultivator seeks in life is to escape reincarnation. The Tao does not like perfection, just as it does not like extinction. Everything is left with a thread… All soul imprints are actually sealed by the barriers of reincarnation, or at a certain point, all barriers will be broken, forming a truly complete true self. Chen Chengyi, you are really pitiful… As a cultivator, you should know that the core of the soul is the individual will, right? You are far from being able to reach the realm of the true self. It is just that the will of one life is covered by the will of the previous life, which means that you are even more completely lost than the soul is scattered. Hahaha…” The god was not unhearable in our conversation. He suddenly interrupted and said something that made my heart cold.

In fact, I am not afraid of death, because I have known it since I was a child, and I have no regrets. The history I have gone through will not be erased. The important thing is the tempering of the heart and the sublimation of the soul…

However, I cannot accept that from now on, my experiences and the will that belongs to Chen Cheng will be completely covered. This kind of thing is even crueler than death.

The more I thought about it, the more my body could not help but tremble. I felt that my soul had been truly buried by a bomb this time, and I would even rather be scattered to the four winds…

But at this moment, my hands were held by two hands, one on the left and one on the right, and Grandma Ling Qing also got up and sat down next to me.

“What kind of thing are you? How can you talk about understanding the heavens and souls? You should know that you shouldn’t scare people in front of your elders. If you had parents, I wouldn’t have bullied you in front of them when you were little.” In the face of this, my master chose not to comfort me, but to “yell at the gods.”

As for Ling Qing, she said to me, “Chengyi, don’t be afraid… In this special place, the barrier to reincarnation is not recognized by the Tao. Things are not without a chance. Your master and I have discussed this matter before. You must trust us.”

As she spoke, Master and Grandma Lingqing squeezed my hands again, as if to pass on their strength to me. Master then added, “Even the heavens cannot erase time. Just as the long river of fate flows on, so it is! Chengyi, don’t forget what Master once told me: a life without regrets is the highest state of mind… This world is vast, and the traces of Lao Tzu’s presence here cannot be erased. If you walk upright and do what is right, you will have no fear in your heart. What are you afraid of?”

“Haha…” Yes, the world is vast and cannot erase the traces of Lao Tzu’s past. And being upright also makes the heart fearless. Whether it is ghosts and spirits or past lives, if a person is fearless in their heart, then what is there to be afraid of? Master’s words made me suddenly feel enlightened, and I couldn’t help but laugh out loud. The fear that I wanted to completely erase had actually disappeared.

“What a bunch of guys who give themselves a sedative. I…” The imprisoned god wanted to say something else.

But the master glared at him and shouted, “Are you being a pain in the ass or what? I’ve told you before, you shouldn’t threaten the younger generation in front of the elders, or else…”

“What else?” At this moment, the eyes of the god suddenly darkened, and in his eyes, I seemed to see the volcano come to life again.

“Otherwise, you’ll get beaten up.” The master seemed to sense something at this moment, and suddenly stood up. At this moment, I also felt a certain energy gathering rapidly, and a huge sense of crisis suddenly exploded in my heart, causing me to stand up as well.

Perhaps the real, final battle was about to begin.

This thought made me feel a moment of trance, and then I suddenly saw that under the calm surface of the river of fate, there were many huge clogged whirlpools. These whirlpools were closely connected to the gods, like a terrifying giant mouth.

Facing the Master’s strength, the God glanced at the Master and then said, “Jiang Lixun, you may not be so old and foolish that you don’t know one thing, right? That is, the River of Destiny will never dry up, and I will never be obliterated. And the deeper reason for choosing to stay here, what do you think it is?”

“Nothing lasts forever.” In the face of the god’s provocation, the master was unusually calm.

“Huh… but you’re going to hit me now!” Suddenly, Shen shouted, and the inexplicable thing that blocked the whirlpool under the river of fate suddenly opened…

At that moment, a roar of thunderous waves suddenly sounded, and this was really the final duel!