Chapter 256: The Other Shore
Gu Xiu bit her lip and decided to say it, "It's just... this kind of happiness is too illusory."
Xu Ruoguang was silent for a while before asking softly: "Where do you think is illusory?"
"Since we were born, everything was too beautiful, so beautiful that there was no shortage of family, love, friendship, we were not short of any of them, qualifications, insights, opportunities, and these were difficult for others, and even hard to exchange for one of them with our lives.
Along the way, we have not encountered a slight danger, and we have reached a height that others cannot reach. In a few years, we can even go through tribulation and ascension. According to our luck, it should not be difficult for us to go through tribulation and ascension, but... Senior brother, do you think this is normal?"
Xu Ruoguang chuckled, "Just because of this? Are you blamed me for being busy with the sect these days and not having time to accompany you. Why don't we go to the mortal world to visit?"
His words and expressions clearly meant that she was too idle, so she thought about these irrelevant things.
"No!" Gu Xiu shook her head, and she looked serious. "No, the cultivation in my memory is not like this. Even if the genius is unique, even if he is the darling of the way of heaven, the hardships he should have still need to go through, and the dangers he should have to go through. Unlike us, the smooth wind is like... like a dream that is so beautiful that it is illusory."
Xu Ruoguang frowned, "Dream? A dream for three consecutive lifetimes?"
Gu Xiu nodded firmly, "Yes, the dream of three consecutive lives. In the first life, I doubted that as Mrs. Xu, I was not my real self, but I was very happy and happy with you. That trace of doubt was gradually thrown behind me. Before I died, I was still thinking in my heart that maybe by death, I could return to my original world and restore my original me..."
"But it's not." Xu Ruoguang's voice was light and slow, but his eyes looked at her extremely gentle, as if he was begging her not to say anything, and not to doubt their love anymore. All this is true. As long as she believes forever, all this will exist forever.
Gu Xiu felt soft-hearted for a moment. Maybe if she didn't say it, it was real, but... she didn't dare, she didn't say it, and wouldn't expose this illusion that was so perfect that there was no trace of flaws. She didn't know what was waiting for her in the end?
"Indeed, in the first life, after Mrs. Xu's death, she did not return to her original me, but as you said, I was waiting for you by the Three Life Stone at the Naihe Bridge, and I finally waited for you. We lived in the Underworld in the second life, and that life was the most peaceful and quiet. You were working outside and I was doing housework at home.
At this point, I almost believed that all this was true, and the past in my memory gradually became blurred, and it was more like an interesting story I read in a legendary storybook, which impressed me.
Therefore, I always remember that little bit, or like a dream that is deeply entangled in my dreams. Even if I die, I cannot forget it. But it is this life..."
Gu Xiu looked at Xu Ruoguang deeply, "This life is a world of cultivating immortals, with spiritual energy, spiritual roots, monks, and gods and ghosts in my memory. So, I gradually realized that the long-lasting memory may not be a legendary story in the script, nor a dream that deeply penetrates the dream, but perhaps the real world."
"The world in your memory is real, then this world is illusory?" Xu Ruoguang asked softly, his eyes sad.
Gu Xiu did not avoid his gaze. She said firmly: "All this is illusory, all three lives are illusory, and you, of course, are illusory!"
"Why? Just because it's too perfect?" Xu Ruoguang's voice became lighter and his eyes became more and more sad. The sadness seemed to be able to overflow from his eyes and spread to her.
Gu Xiu felt his heart tightening and thrusting, and his sadness instantly filled his whole body.
She could hardly make a statement, but the remaining reason told her that this was the last step. After this step, she would return to her true self. Otherwise, perhaps she would be annihilated at the same time as the illusion, or perhaps she would be desolate in this beautiful illusion forever. Even though she knew it was illusion, she still had to deal with it in reality. She couldn't say whether it was pain or happiness, but she didn't want it. She would rather suffer real than be illusionately happy.
Those who cultivate the spirit will seek truth and enlightenment, which is like this!
She said gently with difficulty: "It is one of the things that are too perfect. Secondly, although I have only seen you a few times, the Xu Ruoguang I know is not as gentle or as gentle as me, and he is not so considerate and considerate to me. He is as tender as water. He is powerful and arrogant, sometimes as passionate as the light of the red sun, sometimes as lazy and pleasant as the autumn water and winter sun. He is changeable, but more real."
"Then which one do you prefer?" Xu Ruoguang asked softly, his eyes full of hope.
Gu Xiu wanted to say that neither of them liked each other, one was fake, and the other was as proud as a phoenix with only spreading its wings. She also dragged her life to Jiuyun Mountain again and again, but she didn't like it.
Because of this conversation, her memory became clearer and clearer. At this moment, she was already sure that this was a grand and romantic illusion. I don’t know who did it, she was so capable.
Thinking of this in my heart, the question still needs to be answered. Reason told her that she could not choose the answer she thought in her heart. She said firmly and affirmatively: "I naturally like the real him, and you are fake. No matter how beautiful you are, it is the flower in the mirror and the moon in the water. It will disappear when it should disappear!"
As soon as Gu Xiu finished speaking, the scenery in front of him began to fade, and Xu Ruoguang in front of him also began to blur. He stretched out his hand, and his gradually transformed transparent hand gently stroked Gu Xiu's head, like a breeze blowing by, his lips curled slightly, revealing a very beautiful smile, "Okay, go back, reality... Maybe it will be better than here, the calmness is not as good as the waves..."
The voice gradually became lighter and the person became transparent.
"Junior Sister Gu?" I saw a dark look in front of me, and a familiar voice came from my ears, which made Gu Xiu suddenly become clear.
She looked up and Peng Changzheng was squatting beside her, holding her with one hand.
"Senior Brother Peng, are we... still in the underworld?" Those long-standing memories suddenly rushed straight to her forehead like a flood with a gate open.
"Well, of course, it's still in the Netherworld. We were in the Forget River before. Do Junior Sister Gu still remember?" Peng Changzheng reminded.
"By the way, Wangchuan," Gu Xiu couldn't help but stretch out his hand and pulled it twice. There was hard land under him, not the Wangchuan River. "Have we got ashore?"
"After the test of the Three Lives Stone, you will step onto the other side." Peng Chang argued.
Chapter completed!