Chapter 138: Drinking to Drown Sorrows, a Dead End Ahead

One step down.

Illusionary worlds arise.

The scenes that happened in the past reappeared before her eyes.

Her heart was analyzed thoroughly.

But this was nothing to Mu Qin. She had always been cold and indifferent, never flattering others. Although most of her actions on weekdays were not good, they were all done with a clear conscience.

So, she walked very fast in the first half.

It only took a few breaths.

But when she reached the second half.

Her steps suddenly stopped.

"Don't you really think that the road ahead is difficult, or even a dead end?"

The bridge of inquiry was rippling, and a voice suddenly appeared in her heart.

She swallowed a mouthful of saliva.

She wanted to refute, but she couldn't refute.

Because this was the most real voice in her heart.

She continued walking.

Things deeper in her heart were gradually excavated.

"Are you Zhao Qing or Mu Qin?"

"You claim to be heartless, but is it really so? Do you really have no emotional ups and downs in your heart? Apart from your disciple, is there no one else in your heart?"

"The road is very narrow. Every time you make a sacrifice, are you really as determined as you appear to be, and have never wavered at all?"

"Mu Qin is you, and Zhao Qing is also you? It's just an excuse. You have been just Zhao Qing from beginning to end, and Mu Qin is just a disguise."

"You have been living in disguise, and in the end you have forgotten your true self. Isn't the way you are doing false?"

"You are so good to Si Nian, isn't it because she is like both Mu Qin and Zhao Qing?"

"Don't you really feel guilty about your disciple?"

...

One voice after another echoed in my heart.

It was like the sharpest thorn in the world.

Mu Qin's real name was Zhao Qing, but the word "Zhao Qing" had been buried for a long time. Since she entered the shogunate and was given the name "Mu Qin", Zhao Qing had been dead.

With Mu Qin's body, she fought her way through the dangerous cultivation world and was called "Immortal" by others.

How tenacious her Tao heart is.

If the spiritual energy had not been exhausted.

She would have always been Mu Qin.

Or.

If she had not met someone, even if both of her lives died at the hands of the divine fortune teller, she would still be Mu Qin, just Mu Qin.

But unfortunately.

Someone said to her

"Forget the Tao"

Yes.

Only by forgetting the Tao can you be your true self, the twin of the Tao, how sad it is, she is destined to wander and struggle between not seeking, losing and regaining.

This Tao heart is almost flawless.

But it is difficult to cross this white jade bridge.

With a thud.

Her realm fell.

From the peak of the refining void to the late stage of the refining void, even at this moment, the spiritual energy is revived, she can hardly move forward half a step.

"Do you really have no guilt towards the people of Longcheng?"

Another question.

Mu Qin's back was already soaked with cold sweat.

The monstrous disaster appeared in front of her.

The rolling flood submerged Longcheng.

How many people died.

She had the ability to stop it. If time could go back, she might have chosen to enter the South China Sea to capture and kill the dragon and put an end to the flood.

But she didn't.

It only left the mother of the river with two lines of blood and tears.

The Hemu Temple was developed and flourished in Longcheng, and it was considered one of the starting points. The incense, daily prayers, and thoughts of the people were not something that could be repaid with two lines of blood and tears.

The road was very narrow. After all, the people of Longcheng were the sentient beings abandoned by her. In Muqin's view, this was understandable. The world was unkind and treated all things as straw dogs. She gave up, and Muqin's heart was as hard as stone.

But she was Zhao Qing after all. She didn't even know that she was Zhao Qing, so... she felt guilty, but she didn't know that she felt guilty.

Speaking of this matter.

It was the man in white who stopped the dragon from wreaking havoc.

Yes...

This bridge of inquiry should be easy for him, right?

Mu Qin thought of this.

She looked up at the dark passage ahead.

She could feel that someone was standing in the darkness, staring at her.

A few more steps.

"What were you thinking at that moment under the peach tree?"

"As a founder of the folk incense, you know that this road is not feasible, but you can no longer extricate yourself..."

"You know the horror of karma, you know that you will die, you will die, and even... you have noticed that a thin line has spread out of your abdomen... This is karma, a disease, a terminal illness!"

...

Step--

The last step.

Mu Qin was pale, and the moment she passed the Heart-Searching Bridge, she almost fainted.

This Heart-Searching Bridge dealt her a heavy blow.

Although it cannot be said that all her cultivation was dissipated.

But she fell from the peak of the Void Refining to the late stage of the Void Refining. Even before she came down from the Heart-Searching Bridge, a voice sounded in her heart again, which almost made her cultivation in the late stage of the Void Refining lose its security.

Whether it was the main road or the new road, it was all over for her.

She stood up slowly.

Her lips were pale, her face was bloodless, and there were still some beads of sweat on her forehead.

She looked more morbidly beautiful.

There was an inexplicable complexity in her eyes.

The Eighteenth Hell was right in front of her, where the biggest secret of Jiuxiang Temple was.

But she didn't move forward.

She just stood there and looked inside.

There was pitch black in her vision.

She couldn't see clearly what was inside.

But she just looked at it quietly.

There was a layer of darkness between them.

The two looked at each other for a long time.

She couldn't see Li Changxiao clearly, but Li Changxiao could see her clearly.

One stood in the darkness, and the other stood in front of the Heart-Searching Bridge.

Neither of them knew what they were thinking.

I don’t know how long it took.

Mu Qin retracted her gaze, turned around, and crossed the Heart-Searching Bridge and left.

No one knew that the biggest secret of Jiuxiang Temple was right in front of her.

Why didn’t she go?

It was difficult to come to the Heart-Searching Bridge, but it was easy to return.

Mu Qin’s steps were weak and she walked very slowly. Her slightly thin back was slowly swallowed by the darkness.

Until she could no longer see it.

Li Changxiao stood in the darkness for a long time.

Unscrewed the wine cork, drank the wine, drank it up, changed another gourd, drank it all, drank it up.

…

Mu Qin met up with Si Nian and others. She told them that she met the Buddha of Incense on the seventeenth floor. The two fought. Although she won, her cultivation fell to the late stage of Refining Void.

Mu Qin was confused, so she didn’t explain much. She returned to the inn with the two of them, rested for a night, and then returned to Lingtianzhou.

Si Nian felt something was wrong and was worried, but he couldn't say anything. He could only keep an eye on it.

The group returned to the inn after a long absence. At this time, the turmoil in Buddha City had almost subsided. The thirteen major temples had undergone a major blood transfusion. New rulers took office and the old ones stepped down. Things in the world are just like this.

The group didn't care about these. After returning to the inn, Li Tianyu waved his hand and called the waiter, who was rich and powerful, and said to bring all the best food.

No matter how good the food in Buddha City is, it's just so-so. However, the inn often has jianghu guests staying overnight, and they secretly store a few jars of wine, which are ordinary strong liquors. The taste is not good, nor is it fragrant. It can't be compared with other places, but in Buddha City, it is like a contraband.

Seeing that the group was rich and arrogant, the waiter lowered his body and asked several guests in his ear if they wanted to drink. If they wanted to drink, they would go to the kitchen with him and drink secretly.

Li Tianyu was a prince, how could he do such a sneaky thing? He refused verbally on the spot. He didn't need a drink this time.

After a simple meal, the three of them returned to their rooms. They didn't bring too much luggage. After a simple rest for one night, they could leave the next day.

Si Nian returned to her room and couldn't fall asleep. She felt that her master was different, which made her feel uneasy. She simply got up from the bed, put on her clothes and shoes, and knocked on her master's room.

After several knocks, there was no response.

She gently pushed open the door, and her master had gone to nowhere.

She was looking for the inn and happened to meet the waiter of the store. She asked him if he had seen her master.

The waiter of the store smiled and said that he had really seen her. He said that the beauty took a few taels of silver and sold wine in the store when the store was closed. She sold three large jars at a time. Tsk tsk tsk, this wine is enough to knock down several adult men. I don't know what a little girl bought it for.

Si Nian asked where she was going again, but the waiter shook his head. She had no choice but to search blindly. Finally, as the night darkened, she had to return to the inn.

At this time.

A woman carrying three large jars of strong liquor walked alone to the deserted mountain.

There was silence all around, with only the sound of the woman's footsteps.

She climbed up the deserted mountain and finally sat down on a hilltop, unwrapping the wax cloth that sealed the wine.

She picked up the jar of wine and poured the wine into her mouth until the jar was finished, and a blush appeared on her face.

She opened another can, raised the jar of wine, shouted cheers, and drank it in big gulps.

Today.

Some people drink to relieve their sorrow.

But their sorrow becomes even greater.

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