Chapter 209 (2/2)
He paused for a moment and looked at the chaotic skies above the tangled branches of the yard walls. A benevolent smile lingered on his face as he continued, ”If everyone is certain of their own place and mission, things on earth would be much more simple. When I saw the darkness then, The Ruler should have been the one to cleanse it. However, since no one was willing to complete their own mission, I had to do something.”
He retracted his gaze from the skies and looked at Li Qingshan,”Darkness is always present no matter whether you see it or not. Since I've seen it, there is no way to pretend that I haven't.”
Li Qingshan shook his head. He said, ”If all things and laws are predetermined by Haotian, why do we need to pursue cultivation in order to get answers? Where darkness is, Haotian will cleanse. You just have to complete your own mission in your own place. Why do you have to do such things? If you are really clear on your place and mission, you should still be the Great Divine Priest of Light, adored by all. Why would you become someone everyone wants to kill?”
The Great Divine Priest of Light was silent.
Li Qingshan looked at his wizened face and thought of the benevolent old man who studied the cla.s.sics painstakingly all those years ago in the Divine Hall. A complicated emotion consisting of pity and hate emerged from his heart. He said with regret, ”All the previous Great Divine Priests of Light are learned and intelligent beyond measure. But they are always easily affected. The more exceptional they are, the easier they fall prey to the dark. It has been so since one entered the Wilderness to spread their teachings more than a thousand years ago. I have been so since one entered the Wildness to preach a thousand of years ago, and another one disappeared in the Southern Seas six hundred years ago. It is so for you as well. Why is this so? I always think, that is it because you are all intelligent and have great willpower and too much confidence that comes along with it. Is that why you all believe that what you see is the truth and the only truth? Is that why you drift further away from reality?”
There was a pregnant pause as Great Divine Priest of Light considered the sincerity behind those words. He seemed to feel a little moved by it. His expression gradually calmed and he said, ”If you see it, you see it. Everything that the eyes perceive exist objectively. Even irreality is real.”
Li Qingshan could not help but feel slightly angry when he heard that. He said in a low voice, ”Other than yourself, no one else behaved so! You pa.s.sed on a fake order from the hierarch fourteen years ago and made Li Peiyan and Xia Hou do that. His Majesty was furious and so was the hierarch. If you didn't want to go against the world, why would the world go against you? Why would His Majesty and the hierarch both want you dead? You were highly respected. Why were you locked up for so many years?”
The Great Divine Priest of Light said, ”I did not pa.s.s on a fake order from the chief monk.”
Li Qingshan's eyebrows twitched. He said,”Do you mean the hierarch framed you?”
The Great Divine Priest of Light said with a placid expression, ”Who would dare to do so?”
Li Qingshan paused before continuing, ”You were the one who did it.”
”That's right.”
”Have you never thought of what His Majesty and the hierarch thought?”
”What has their thoughts to do with me?”
The Great Divine Priest of Light's voice was calm. It was like the frozen surface of a lake in winter, smooth and free of blemish. He talked of the incident that shocked the entire Tang empire and the West-Hill Divine Palace as if it was a small matter.
Li Qingshan looked at him coldly. ”Have you not forgotten about the matter since you've come to Chang'an after freeing yourself?”
The Great Divine Priest of Light was silent.
Li Qingshan turned to look at the ruins of the General's Mansion and said with regret. ”So many innocent lives were killed in Chang'an because of your words. The General's Mansion has become so thanks to you. Are you still not satisfied?”
”I'm not,” said the Great Divine Priest of Light placidly.
Li Qingshan pointed at the mansion and said fiercely, ”Everyone in the General's Mansion is dead, what are you still dissatisfied with?”
The Great Divine Priest of Light shook his head and said, ”No, one remains alive.”
Li Qingshan's pupils dilated in shock.
”No matter the Divine Hall or your Prince from the Tang empire, they have both agreed with me then. That was because n.o.body wished for the Son of Yama to appear in this world. However, I do not know why everyone thought that what I had seen was fake. You Prince thought that he had been bewitched by me. Your Emperor was exceptionally angry. That is why n.o.body was willing to continue searching even though they knew that one remained in the world of the living. They even prohibited anyone from speaking about it.”
”Why would I be imprisoned for fourteen years? That is because I knew that the Son of Yama remains on earth and is becoming stronger. I will continue searching for him. For those who do not believe he is the Son of Yama will not believe in his existence. If I continue searching, both West-Hill and the Tang empire will encounter problems.”
”That is why they shut me up.”
There was a trace of sorrow in his voice as he continued, ”The Peach Mountain, the Tang empire, and the world have rotted.”
”I do not want to go against the world, but the world is shrouded in darkness and is against the light.”
”I'm the Great Divine Priest of Light.
”My name is Wei Guangming. I defend the light.”
”That is why, the world is my enemy.”
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