HCB Chapter 218 You Can Be Different From Me
Chapter 218 You Can Be Different From Me
Chapter 218 You Can Be Different From Me
After a long silence, he asked again, "Heh, do you think that the reason I knew your habits and preferences in the first place was because your 'kind' had already died at my hands?"
Bai Li Ce's expression was indifferent, but his fingers involuntarily tightened.
"So what am I to you?"
"monster?"
"fraud?"
"A madman who only knows how to manipulate people's hearts?"
"Or maybe..."
He stood up calmly, bent down and hugged Baili Ce in the seat; he didn't want to argue with her anymore.
"I'm just a two-dimensional character."
......
With the help of Baili Ce's karmic entanglements with everyone here, and the fact that Baili Ming and Lu Jian both borrowed luck, the Star Gazing Taoist finally managed to deduce her approximate location.
He just didn't expect that Wang Qingyan's suppression of the Heavenly Dao was even more severe than before.
"How serious is it?" Lu Jian asked.
"The difference between the two is so subtle that it is almost imperceptible."
"In other words, Wang Qingyan will grow stronger and stronger, while the Heavenly Dao will slowly disappear and cease to exist, and this world will cease to exist."
"Alright, Taoist priest, just tell me how to find him and kill him." Lu Jian didn't want to hear any of his arguments that he would lose; he just wanted a definite conclusion.
The Taoist Guanxing didn't mince words either, saying, "If it were really that easy to solve, His Majesty wouldn't have been unable to get rid of him for so many years."
Given Lu Jian's composure, he certainly wouldn't break down because of a single sentence. "Then when can we make our move?"
"The time is not yet ripe, and the cause and effect have not yet been activated."
"What time?"
The Taoist priest glanced at the stars in the night sky and said, "Wait until the borrowing of fortune is successful."
Lu Jian asked, puzzled, "Wasn't it already lent out?"
"It also depends on whether the young lady herself can handle it."
How could an ordinary person possibly bear the weight of the fortunes of emperors and their tutors?
Even if the luck she had previously lent could protect Baili Ce to some extent, she herself would have to be willing to survive and take the initiative to break through this predicament.
Lu Jian took a deep breath, and a thought suddenly popped into his mind, "The Taoist priest wouldn't still want to enlighten him, would he?"
The way this is being dragged out feels like it's giving Wang Qingyan a chance to prepare.
"..." The Taoist priest was immediately speechless.
His attitude softened immediately, and he suddenly felt a strange sense of guilt.
"In the past, our sect was prosperous, and we tried our best but failed to change him in the slightest. How could you possibly have such ability?"
Seeing that the old Taoist priest was quite self-aware, Lu Jian didn't press the matter further. "So, what does the Taoist priest mean?"
"Although it is not something that I, an old Taoist, can change, today's disaster is indeed related to my sect."
"..." Lu Jian looked at the Star Gazing Taoist with a puzzled expression, feeling increasingly unable to understand.
But after a moment's thought, he quickly guessed the reason: "Legend has it that when the Zhaixing Temple was first established, a heretic appeared?"
Sensing the displeasure in Lu Jian's words, the Stargazing Taoist sighed deeply, feeling even more ashamed.
"According to seniority, that heretical Taoist is actually the old Taoist's grandmaster uncle."
"What did your grandmaster uncle do?"
“He once served as an envoy of Heaven on Earth, selecting many ‘sinners’ for Heaven, including Wang Qingyan.”
......
The imagined devastation and collapse did not occur.
After the truth was laid bare, Wang Qingyan became much more refined and did not erupt in anger or become hysterical as expected.
He didn't succumb to complete despair and recklessly retaliate against or torment her.
It was unbelievable that after just one afternoon, he was completely indifferent.
I don't know if I really don't care.
So she told him that the ancestral Gu was indeed something she had been raising all along, and that the antidote for using Gu to control Gu originated from her.
If it weren't for the fact that plans can't keep up with changes and the Ancestral Gu hadn't failed to fully integrate with the Heavenly Dao, he would have been forced to his death in the battle of Lincheng.
And she is not an embodiment of justice or divine retribution at all...
Unexpectedly, Wang Qingyan simply said, "I understand."
"Know?"
"Now that I think about it, how could you be both my kind and the embodiment of the Heavenly Dao?"
"I was just too optimistic, which is why I was disappointed."
But now...
Wang Qingyan placed the woven flower wreath on her head and was very satisfied. "Indeed, a true beauty needs no adornment."
Touching the various flowers on the wreath, she felt a little strange, as it was the first time she had gone out with her hair down.
"They say that once you've accumulated enough disappointment, you'll leave. Aren't you planning to leave now?"
"You have nothing to hide from me anymore, so why should I be disappointed?"
Bai Lize's mind went blank for a moment, "I don't understand."
"We can finally be truly honest with each other, and I'm the only one in the world who knows all your secrets. Isn't that something to be happy about? Why be disappointed?"
"......" I can't understand Wang Qingyan's logic at all.
But complete honesty is impossible.
"Tap tap..."
"Tap tap..."
The sound of a stone mortar and pestle pounding came from the air. After listening silently for a while, Baili Ce asked, "What are you still insisting on?"
"What exactly are you insisting on?" he asked rhetorically.
But before Baili Ce could answer, he changed the subject, saying, "Actually, Chaosheng was originally something that Heaven used to punish 'evil'."
"Isn't there divine retribution?"
"He felt it wasn't enough."
“Divine retribution is not controlled by the Heavenly Way, and it doesn’t punish just anyone. Someone like me is extremely rare. The Heavenly Way will naturally try to reward good and punish evil according to its own will.”
I fear that rewarding the good is not certain, but punishing the evil is.
Apply the mashed flower paste to her nails, then tie them with leafy twine.
He used his own experience to tell Baili Ce how he became who he is today.
"If the Heavenly Way delves too much into the mortal realm, it will become deeply entangled in desires, deviate from the Great Way, and be unable to remain above all living beings; this is commonly known as falling into the mortal realm."
"So Heaven previously delegated these tasks to others?"
Seeing that she was listening attentively, Wang Qingyan smiled gently and continued to paint her nails.
"If one can rise above all living beings and control destiny, why would one be willing to step down from the altar?"
"Then who was punishing evil on His behalf in the first place?"
Wang Qingyan said nonchalantly, "It was a Taoist priest. I've forgotten his exact name, but I remember his surname was Jiang. He was quite talented and by the age of thirty, he had reached the point where he could communicate with the Heavenly Dao through incense."
"Compared to those witch doctors and sorcerers who only know how to deceive, they have indeed solved many natural disasters, man-made calamities, and difficult diseases."
The profession of "shaman" inherently combines healing and matters of spirits and deities. As a more well-rounded Taoist, it is not surprising that he can also heal.
"And this Taoist priest..."
"He did many so-called 'good deeds' in your eyes under the banner of acting on behalf of Heaven, and he also gathered many believers and taught people methods to strengthen their bodies."
"His fame was at its peak, and he was even more beloved than the emperor at the time."
"As one of his 'good deeds,' I was taken away from the Wang family and imprisoned in the Three Cities, the town where An Luo was, for seven years to 'reform'."
"and after?"
"And then? Ha..." Wang Qingyan gently placed her hand on the table.
It's really funny to think about it.
"Later, I killed all the other prisoners and all of Jiang Daoshi's disciples and escaped."
Just like that time when I played a game with Manager Li.
The difference is that he didn't grovel on the ground to fawn over others.
"What does this have to do with An Luoshi?"
"On the very first day I escaped, his family reported me and brought me back. Do you think that has anything to do with me?"
"..."
"Even a feud spanning ten generations can be avenged."
"It was An Jia who wronged me."
"What about the others? The An family's neighbors, the people of the whole town, what did they do wrong?"
"We didn't do anything wrong, it's just that killing only An Luoshi's family wasn't enough to vent our anger."
"..." Baili Ce was speechless.
"Do you think my cruelty has reached a new level?"
A gentle breeze ruffled her hair, and Wang Qingyan tucked it behind her ear. He no longer cared about being of the same kind or different kind.
Because he never liked Baili Ce because he thought she was one of his own kind.
Instead, he assumed that the person he liked at first sight happened to be his kind, which is why he kept emphasizing that they were the same.
but now--
"Baili Ce, you can be different from me now."
"But they can only be different from me."