Chapter 81 What is the cause and what is the effect?

Release Date: 2024-07-14 19:30:46
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Obviously, Ji Qing’s sudden meowing made my heart tighten.

What’s worse, he obviously couldn’t control his body in the water anymore, and began to curl up, making a gesture similar to a cat.

Since he was already in the water, this was not at all convenient for me to swim him out of the water. If this continued, not only would we not be able to escape the Gray-Eyed Man’s pursuit, but we might even sink together.

I didn’t know what to do. Maybe in this situation, I shouldn’t have saved him at all. Others might not understand my actions either.

But I can’t forget what my master once said about the teachings of the founder of our school. If I put it in layman’s terms, it is that a person must first be himself before he can be the person others see him as. No matter what the future holds, no matter what burdens he carries, no matter what a thousand great reasons there are, they are not reasons that he can use to go against himself.

This is a true style, true temperament, and true following one’s heart and going with the flow.

Chen Chengyi is not a hero who wants to dominate the world. Chen Chengyi does not need to be a hero in the eyes of others. Chen Chengyi is not the protagonist in a novel who keeps getting stronger and stronger, and who is calm and rational and never loses. Chen Chengyi is often just an ordinary person who insists on being himself.

The answer is this.

If today, I don’t save Ji Qing and watch him die, I will really be ashamed of what my master told me, that in this world, I must always adhere to a little bit of truth and goodness in my heart, and on this basis, talk about whether my own behavior is that of a magnanimous gentleman.

So, when Ji Qing became like this, I still had my own persistence. Just like an explosion, I forcibly put my arm around Ji Qing’s chest, forcing him to stop struggling, and then dragged him forward, swimming faster and faster.

This is the power of persistence.

The water splashed on my face, and the opposite bank was getting closer and closer… Because I discovered a fact: most of the gray-eyed people were chasing after the other fleeing cultivators. As for me in the water, although I was also unwilling, I yelled several times to get out, but I didn’t know what I was afraid of, and I never got into the water. As long as I swam to the opposite bank, I should be safe.

At the same time, at this moment, Ji Qing also became a little quieter.

Could it be that there is a way out of every situation?

But things were far from simple. Just a minute or so later, when I was still dozens of meters away from the opposite bank, Ji Qing, who had been quiet, suddenly struggled with unusual excitement. I thought he was having another attack, and the symptoms just reminded me of the cat spirit in the Miao village of Heiyan.

I quickly felt the difference and couldn’t help but turn around and yell, “Don’t move if you don’t want to die.”

But I couldn’t help but notice that Ji Qing’s eyes, which had been rolling back in his head, had suddenly returned to normal, and his eyes were clearer than ever.

At this point, our positions were one facing the opposite shore and swimming forward, while the other was on my chest, facing away from me…

“Chen Chengyi, I don’t want to die. I still have a lot of things to do,” Ji Qing said in this situation.

I didn’t have the energy to talk to him, even though I didn’t understand what he meant by saying that all of a sudden at this time.

“Chen Chengyi, in fact, I know myself better than anyone else. I’m not proud at all. I’m very self-conscious! Because, since I was a child, many people around me have laughed at me. Isn’t it supposed to be a high-level person who takes you as a disciple? It turns out that you don’t want to be ashamed of your fantasies and other unpleasant things…” I don’t know why Ji Qing became extremely sober at this time, and even the logic of his speech became extremely clear. He even began to recall the past at this critical time.

Although the current situation is not good at all, I somehow feel touched by his words. I don’t know when I had such a thought, that the cause planted by my master should be repaid by me, his disciple.

I didn’t know that Ji Qing had grown up with such a past, and because of this past, he became too self-protective, so that such inferiority became a superficial expression of extreme pride.

Everyone has obsessions, and obsessions are often things that go against reason… Just like my obsession with finding my master, my master’s obsession is to follow in his grandfather’s footsteps, even if the hope is slim, even if it seems like we’re doing something stupid… Just like Ji Qing, his obsession is with me, the shadow that has always been over his head, and he is willing to prove it even if it means giving up his life.

I really want to say that I understand him.

But before I could say anything, Ji Qing said to himself, “But, Chen Chengyi, no matter how much I am inferior and how I pretend to be proud, do you know that the thing I don’t want to owe in this world is your favor? Because you are a shadow that I have always wanted to surpass. My childhood memories have also grown up with you, a person I have never met. Do you know how heavy it has been for so many years?”

What does he mean? I couldn’t help but glance at Ji Qing.

However, Ji Qing suddenly looked at me and smiled very openly. I have not had much interaction with him, so I have never seen him smile like this before, and I have no way of guessing if he has ever smiled like this before. At that moment, I was even a little dazed, unable to understand why Ji Qing was smiling like this. On the surface of the river, which was shrouded in mist, his smile was like a ray of sunlight suddenly shining on him.

“Chen Chengyi, I’ll repay you for your kindness right now…” After saying this, Ji Qing suddenly burst out, his hands became extremely strong, and in a sudden jerk, he pushed away my hand on his chest, and before I could react, he turned around and pushed me again.

I was already going with the flow, and I was going forward, but I was pushed over like this… I walked forward a few meters involuntarily.

Then I heard a loud splash, and in my pupils I saw a picture of Ji Qing, who had involuntarily swum backwards due to the reaction force, with a broad smile on his face. In the midst of the splashing water, a huge head appeared, even more monstrous than the monster that had protected the boat just now. the monster that protected the boat was even more monstrous and ferocious, like a head that combined a snake and a dinosaur… It had already opened its huge mouth, and in the clear blue sky, the teeth in its mouth looked ferocious but also incredibly sharp…

Ji Qing’s entire body seemed so small compared to it, but at that moment it was infinitely magnified in my pupils…

His smile disappeared, his eyes began to roll back, and he seemed to have convulsions again. But I still heard him say to me, “I’m returning the favor. If you’re a man, don’t look back…”

No turning back? No turning back! My face was covered in water from the river, so I didn’t know what the hot stuff was. At that moment, it was like all the blood had drained back, and my heart burst open! I turned my head sharply and began to swim desperately, as if to vent my anger. Where would I dare to turn back? I simply couldn’t turn back… If I did, it would be a complete betrayal, a true betrayal…

I never knew that I could do this, crying out in pain and crying loudly while desperately swimming in the water?

What is the cause and what is the effect? At this moment, I suddenly became extremely confused. The cause of my master’s betrayal led me to bear the fruit of saving him. The fruit of saving him became another cause, and he gave me the fruit of having a chance to live… What other entanglements of cause and effect are there?

He is still a stranger to me. I have never done this for a stranger, nor have I ever thought about it. A thought has led to such an ending. Is this a good reward? Perhaps, sometimes a good reward is also bitter. All I can say is that the reason for not giving up what you hold on to is all the reason.

It became quiet behind me. What happened to the giant monster and Ji Qing? I didn’t dare to look… It was as if it had never existed. The monster’s voice had also disappeared.

I was already close to the riverbank. My body was afraid of the shallow water. I was wet and disheveled, and my limbs were uncoordinated as I crawled to the shore. I cried while I crawled. I didn’t know what I should think at the moment. Maybe it would be better if I didn’t owe him a favor?

This is what people do sometimes. They do things that are not rational or absolute, and there is no reason for others to understand them, but this is also the truly endearing part of being human. That Ji Qing, that open and honest smile.

I climbed into the dense forest, lying on my stomach hugging a tree in front of me, letting my tears mix with the mud and crying loudly.

I didn’t notice at all that a person had walked out of the forest and stood ten meters away from me, quietly watching me, watching…

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