RPAGF Chapter 143 Leaving
Chapter 143 Leaving
"call……"
Lu Zhaozhao exhaled and slowly opened his eyes.
The middle stage of the Spirit Transformation Realm was the realm she had reached after trying her best to suppress it, but it still surprised her.
This time she encountered danger and her cultivation was completely lost. She almost thought that she was at the end of the road. Even recovering her cultivation became a pipe dream. How could she have thought that she could make further progress?
She blinked, came out of the lake with surprise, and ran towards Master Jingwen.
This scene coincides with the first time Lu Zhaozhao broke through his Qi training as a child in the original book. When people are happiest, they will subconsciously run towards the person they trust the most.
"Master! I have reached the Spiritual Transformation Realm!"
Lu Zhaozhao acted coquettishly with a smile in her eyes, and Master Jingwen touched her head lovingly, with a look of pride and joy on her face.
Everyone was having such a good time, but Lu Zhaozhao suddenly realized something was wrong.
She looked at the nun who had become transparent and couldn't help frowning.
"Master, this is..."
"I've been discovered." She sighed softly, feeling a little sad, and said, "My destiny is to wait for someone to come. Now that you've come, it's time for me to leave."
"What do you mean? I don't understand what you are saying..."
The last part of Lu Zhaozhao's voice was tinged with tears. She tightly grasped Master Jingwen's wrist, and the light there began to flicker.
"I once thought that as Nüba, I could no longer approach the prosperous world, but Huizhen brought me in. Later, he died, and I died too. I thought that my attachment to this life was gone, but I survived in this way. After a thousand years of loneliness, when I no longer had any attachment to this world, you appeared.
Even with all these terrible symptoms God has bestowed upon me, I still refuse to give up! But now, it seems like it’s time to accept my fate.”
"Guannan, you must, must, live your own life."
Most of Master Jingwen's body became transparent. She frowned, suppressed her discomfort, tried to slow down her voice, and spoke her last words word by word.
Lu Zhaozhao was in tears. She shook her head, unwilling to accept such a separation. She clenched her teeth and couldn't speak.
Master Jingwen smiled softly. She hugged Lu Zhaozhao for the last time, and her voice rang softly in her ears.
"I converted to Zen Buddhism. Buddhism teaches about reincarnation. So, Guannan, don't be sad. One day we will meet again."
As soon as she finished speaking, her body became completely transparent and disappeared between heaven and earth.
"do not want!"
Lu Zhaozhao screamed and rushed forward, trying to grab something, but just like quicksand passing through the palm of her hand, she caught nothing.
The ancients have gone, and the years have passed in vain.
In this vast world, there is no longer a warm embrace.
At this moment, the sky is bright with the dawn and the sun is rising. The sky and the earth have changed color. It is a new beginning and a farewell to the old.
Lu Zhaozhao knelt there for a long time. When she stood up again, her face was covered with tear marks, but there were no more tears in her eyes.
She looked into the distance.
Old friends will eventually meet again, but she still has her own way to go. After completing this journey, she can go look for old friends.
Returning along the same route, Lu Zhaozhao passed by the temple where he woke up.
Puyuan took Shikong to sweep the snow outside the door. Shikong saw her from afar, waved excitedly and greeted her.
Lu Zhaozhao smiled and waved.
As she passed by the two of them, she stopped and bowed to Pu Yuan.
"Thank you for the journey, Master."
Pu Yuan clasped his hands together in greeting, saying, "Thank you for your kindness, benefactor. It seems you have had quite an adventure this time."
"A fortuitous encounter? I suppose you could say that."
She was a little dazed, as if lost in a memory, but she quickly recovered.
She looked at the calm monk with some curiosity. It seemed as if she had never seen through this man.
Cultivation, state of mind, no matter which one it is.
Her gaze turned to Shikong next to her, the reincarnation of Master Huizhen. It was rumored that this young monk was extremely talented and would once again lead Zen Buddhism out of the snowy region. At this time, he was also observing Lu Zhaozhao curiously.
"Are you leaving?"
he asks.
"Yeah, I'm leaving."
Lu Zhaozhao answered.
"Can we meet again?"
Shi Kong felt a little reluctant. Unlike other people in the Snow Region, his emotions were always particularly abundant.
"Maybe."
Lu Zhaozhao knew that he would go out in the future, but she couldn't guarantee whether the two would meet, so she could only give this ambiguous answer.
But Shikong showed an exceptionally bright smile and said, "It's agreed that we will meet again!"
Such a smile was rare in this snowy land, and she couldn't bear to correct the inaccuracies in her words.
Before leaving, she gave him the hairpin.
"It was supposed to be yours. I'm sorry I broke it."
"what?"
Shi Kong looked at Lu Zhaozhao stupidly, with a puzzled look on his face.
He looked at Pu Yuan, who sighed and nodded.
Shi Kong said "thank you" blankly and put the hairpin away, although he didn't know why he should hold this thing when he had no hair, and it was even broken.
Lu Zhaozhao smiled, turned around and left. She stretched out her hand, waved at them with her back to them, and walked out in the morning sunshine.
"Master, what's out there?"
Shi Kong looked into the distance, his eyes full of anticipation.
"The world outside is full of different people. Different people have different feelings. You can't generalize."
"Ah, what's the difference between you saying this and not saying anything?"
Shikong complained in dissatisfaction, but was slapped hard on the head by Puyuan.
"Ah! It hurts!" He covered his head with his hands, tears coming out of his eyes due to the pain.
"Sweep the snow well. You have morning classes later, and after that you still have to practice. Otherwise, you'll never have the chance to go out again!"
Pu Yuan threatened, but Shi Kong had heard these words countless times since he was a child and no longer took them to heart.
"I know, I know. I will try my best."
His voice stretched out, echoing across the snowy plains.
Days like this happen every day in the snowy land.
But outside the snowy area, every day is different. It may be calm one moment and war may break out the next.
When Lu Zhaozhao came out, there was a fierce gunfight. A broken blade just brushed past her cheek, but she dodged it.
"Devil, you are despicable!"
A familiar voice was accusing, but the target of the accusation said nonchalantly: "You already called me a devil, so what's the point of being despicable or not?"
"Hehe, prepare to die!"
The sickle was raised and was about to fall, and the next moment, Lu Zhaozhao appeared in front of him.
"Qiang!"
The sickle stopped in mid-air.
"Huh?" The demon was a little surprised. He looked down and saw that a female cultivator had suddenly appeared. He snorted coldly: "You're looking for death!"
Lu Zhaozhao immediately released his aura, and his divine cultivation immediately exerted pressure.
The attack was paused, and the demon that was so aggressive at the beginning immediately retreated. The next moment, he disappeared, fearing that he would be one step too late.
"Junior Sister Lu! Is that you?"
The person behind him spoke half in surprise and half hesitantly.
Lu Zhaozhao turned around. She took action just because she heard the familiar voice, but she didn't remember who it was.
When I looked at it up close, I found that they had quite a connection.
Jin Ke, I just met him at the Golden Palace Banquet and we fought against each other.
"It's really you!" He was so surprised that he seemed to have forgotten that he almost lost his life just now, and stood up immediately.
"Junior sister, you are still alive. I knew that those rumors outside must be rumors and cannot be trusted!"
"What rumor?"
Lu Zhaozhao was a little curious.
At this point, Jin Ke seemed somewhat indignant. He said angrily, "What other rumors could it be? Someone actually said that you, Junior Sister, are dead! This is nonsense. Emperor Huizong of the Qing Dynasty searched for the body for so many years and couldn't find it. It's obvious that she's not dead. Yet, one of Wenyuan's disciples insisted that he saw it with his own eyes, and he even said it with such certainty!"
Lu Zhaozhao remembered that before she was poisoned, there seemed to be a young Taoist priest present whose life or death was unknown. In fact, what he said was right. Lu Zhaozhao could be considered dead before.
She laughed dryly twice.
Jin Ke continued, "Where have you been, Junior Sister? Things have turned upside down outside."
"What do you mean?" Lu Zhaozhao raised her eyebrows. She was really curious about what had happened in the past two years. The changes outside seemed to be really big.
"Alas, Junior Sister, you know that at the Golden Palace Banquet, demons actually infiltrated the scene, and that battle resulted in heavy casualties. If the elders hadn't happened to be present and intervened in time to bring those demons to a draw, I'm afraid there would have been another bloody storm. Afterwards, the Western Territory officially declared war, and the conflict between humans and demons began again. This is only the testing phase for both sides, but the roads are no longer safe. Look at me today, I almost got killed just for going out for a walk."
He fell into depression again. Lu Zhaozhao lowered his eyes and whispered, "What is the situation of Emperor Huizong of Qing? Can you tell me, Senior Brother?"
When asked this, Jin Ke couldn't help but pause, with a confused look on his face.