Chapter 173
Chapter 173
A beautiful and delicate fox demon easily stole his heart.
The sensible Rujing, like her, began to constantly contradict Master Di Ling and rejected his earnest advice.
Under the flowers and the moon, Rujing, who sneaked down the mountain, couldn't help but feel emotional.
When he was being affectionate with her, the fox demon changed from her previous weak self and intended to kill him when he was off guard so as to absorb all of Rujing's essence for cultivation.
That day, under the watchful eyes of Master Di Ling who was present at the scene, Ru Jing had to break the fox demon's neck with his own hands.
His inner demon quietly grew on the day the fox demon died.
He didn't want to let down Master Di Ling's many years of training, so he closed his eyes immediately.
After coming out of seclusion again, he personally told Master Di Ling that he had successfully gotten rid of his inner demons.
But all this is an unconscious self-deception.
The inner demon would always invite him to indulge in love and pleasure in the lonely late night.
After so many days of repression, he indulged himself in one day, and the consequences were unacceptable to him.
Rujing, who had woken up from dreams again and again, could not believe that he had fallen to this point and his cultivation had regressed greatly.
In a state of madness, he actually broke into the forbidden area of the Lake of Inquiry without telling anyone.
He wanted to ask himself, he wanted to make sure whether he was still the carefree and proud child of destiny.
However, the last image that emerged in Bi Ruyue's mind was the scene of Rujing's handsome face slowly sinking into the Lake of Questioning Heart...
Bi Ruyue's consciousness gradually became blurred amid Rujing's wild laughter. The demon in her heart was bound in her body and was unable to break free.
at this time!
A dazzling white light flashed, and the powerful spiritual energy split the evil spirit like a sharp axe.
Then a warm hand tightly grabbed Bi Ruyue's falling body and pulled her back from Rujing's arms.
Bi Ruyue woke up instantly and turned back suddenly!
I found myself no longer at the bottom of the dark lake, but on the top of Qingyun Mountain where snow was falling and the sun was shining brightly.
"What... is going on?" She sniffed hard and looked around blankly.
The air was filled with the faint, cold fragrance that was unique to that person all year round.
The scene around her was like a dream, giving her a strong sense of unreality.
In front of her, Master Di Ling was sitting quietly in the pavilion with his back to her.
“Master, I…” She hesitated, not knowing what to say, and her feet seemed to be rooted and unable to move.
Master Di Ling did not move, but stared intently at the snow-capped mountains ahead.
The jet-black hair formed a graceful arc in the wind, and the jade hairpin on the bun sparkled with a moist glow under the sunlight.
He sat there quietly, as if blending into this white world.
There is no him in the world, everything is him.
"Ruyue..." Master Di Ling suddenly spoke, breaking the suffocating and cold atmosphere.
"What do you think of this experience?"
Bi Ruyue's steps forward suddenly stopped. There was a moment of doubt in her eyes, but it was quickly dispelled by the vastness of the world in front of her.
"Love and affection are one, yin and yang coexist. If the heart is not clear, evil will not stop. The great way is to be ruthless. Ruyue, you have gone through this catastrophe, do you understand now?"
Bi Ruyue thought of many people, and their figures flashed through her mind one by one.
Even Baili Shun, whom she refused to let go, melted away in an instant like the ice and snow.
Although a slight chill was left in her heart, this warmth will soon disappear with the passage of time!
Ridiculous.
It turns out that letting go is so simple.
“Master…” She stepped forward, the obsession in her eyes gone, “If your heart is as clear as ice, the sky and the earth will be bright, all phenomena will return to one, and all thoughts of killing will be empty.”
"Disciple, I understand."
Bi Ruyue brushed her sleeves, knelt down solemnly, and kowtowed to Master Di Ling again.
At this moment, her mind was clear, just like the day when she became a disciple.
She bent down, knelt, and stood up again. Behind her, the black fog dissipated, and the unwilling screams also disappeared with the wind.
From then on, there was no more Bi Ruyue controlled by the inner demon in the world, only her who practiced the way of ruthlessness.
When Bi Ruyue woke up from the illusion, she was already lying in the pavilion beside Wenxin Lake. Beside her was Feng Yu, who had been there for who knows how long and had a cold expression on his face.
Seeing the person wake up, Feng Yu snorted and laughed, making sarcastic remarks without any hesitation.
"Look, who is this?"
"I'm lucky. There's nothing I can do about it. No matter what big mistake I make, there will always be someone to plead for me and take care of the aftermath."
Although the incident that Lin Ruojin caused before she left could not kill her, Master Di Ling had to work hard to silence the gossips and help Bi Ruyue ascend to the position of the head of the sect.
God knows how much he wanted to rush out and scold them both to death when Master Di Ling carried the people out of the Lake of Questioning the Heart and learned the truth.
"Bi Ruyue, you really should thank your master. After all..."
He has taken the consequences of three lives for you.
First, he set up the "digging out the heart and severing the emotions" to make the inner demon gain the upper hand, and deliberately went to the Heart Lake many times, using public opinion to force the inner demon to attack him.
He personally sacrificed the lives of two of his disciples to "build her heart", and waited in secret for Bi Ruyue to step by step towards death.
Then, with the help of Lin Ruojin and a booklet recording Rujing's life that he deliberately left behind, Bi Ruyue was able to break free from the shackles and regain consciousness.
Finally, he used the evil spirits and magic of Wenxin Lake to help Bi Ruyue realize the way of ruthlessness and completely get rid of her inner demons.
And he was willing to bear the consequences of three lives and become Bi Ruyue's stepping stone.
Master Di Ling really knows how to have fun!
In the main hall.
Sikong Lie sat on the chair and looked at the two people in front of him, then took out the letter sent by Ji Yun and asked.
"You two, is this the letter from the head of Qingyun Sect inviting Baili Shun, the owner of Tianshui Tower?"
The two looked at each other in confusion, and Tu Hong took the letter and looked at it. It was indeed the handwriting of Master Di Ling.
However, the content of the letter was so outrageous that it frightened him.
"You two, can you see it clearly?" Sikong Lie asked with a gloomy face.
Tu Hong nodded, "It is indeed the handwriting of the head brother, but we two don't know whether Baili Shun was invited here to discuss such matters."
Yunyan then said: "But Brother is good at divination. Since you have written this letter, then..."
Needless to say, Sikong Lie also knew what was going to happen next.
"Master Qingyun is now..."
Before he could finish his words, someone slowly walked in from outside the door.
The visitor had a calm gait and an extraordinary temperament.
Seeing his appearance, the pressure that Yunyan and Tu Hong had been feeling for the past few days finally disappeared.
Sikong Lie stood up and bowed, "Could this be the head of Qingyun Sect?"
"Master Qingyun, Master Di Ling, I am honored."
Master Di Ling looked at the man in front of him with a meaningful smile on his face.
At this moment, there is only one day left before Baili Shun is executed in the downtown area.
When Lin Ruojin arrived in Qifeng City, the streets were very busy. The snow on the ground was thick, and passers-by were stepping out a wide path with one foot deep and one foot shallow.
"Ouch!"
Someone screamed and fell in front of Lin Ruojin.
The man in cotton-padded jacket rubbed his waist and looked down at the soles of his shoes. It turned out that the culprit that caused him to fall was several pieces of ghost paper stuck together.
"What damn bad luck!" he cursed angrily and threw the paper right in front of Lin Ruojin.
"Hey? Sorry..." Seeing this, the other party looked embarrassed and wanted to apologize to Lin Ruojin who had "suffered bad luck".
Just after he said two words, the man's eyes suddenly moved slightly, and he quickly reached out and pulled Lin Ruojin aside.
"Little girl, come here!
"Be careful of bad luck!"
Lin Ruojin looked back in confusion, and saw that the people on the road were avoiding a funeral procession approaching from afar.
There were banging and hammering sounds and sad music everywhere.
The ghost paper scattered in the air and fell to the ground, blending into the snow. The person leading the group was a young child, who was holding the spirit tablet and crying bitterly.
It says Wen Liandu’s spirit tablet on it.
Everyone tried their best to make way for those people as if they were avoiding evil spirits.
The man next to Lin Ruojin shook his head repeatedly, and when he looked at the team, he showed contempt, "I don't know what strange disease the master of the Wen family has contracted. He takes medicine every day, and although he has recovered for a while..."
"But within a few days, he died with pus all over his body! I heard from his servants that when he died, his limbs melted into paste and he could barely wear mourning clothes!"
Someone nearby picked up the conversation, "Isn't it? I heard that he did something treacherous when he was a poor scholar, and now he is suffering retribution!"
"As soon as the door of their house is opened, it stinks like a cesspool. It makes me want to vomit!"
"One dies today, and another will die tomorrow!" The man looked at the funeral procession going away with a smile, and said to Lin Ruojin: "Little girl, remember to come to the vegetable market at noon tomorrow, there will be excitement to watch!"
The people around him laughed and scolded him, "Lingchi beheading, how scary, don't scare the little girl."
Lin Ruojin's eyes were deep and she said nothing.
These people clearly have no connection with Baili Shun, and their social status and life trajectories have nothing in common with Baili Shun.
But they were full of curiosity and anticipation about the fall of this favored child of heaven, as if they could gain some satisfaction and happiness from his failure.
It was not yet night time, but the Mirror Flower Water Moon Pavilion was as bustling and bustling as ever.
Behind the crowd scrambling to squeeze into the building, Wen Qi sat quietly in front of the wonton stall in the corner.
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