Chapter 624 Dengtian Building (1/2)
After he finished his words, he turned and took one big step forward. Even though he told Fan Yanying not to sink into despair, as long as she saw the back of uncle-master, she would still feel somewhat desolate.
She knew and understood that Shen Lian not only felt grief for Chen Jianmei, but also for Gu Caiwei. After all, aunt-master had told Fan Yanying countless times that it was Gu Caiwei herself that personally passed down the Taixu Strategy to uncle-master. During the time of his youth at Qing Xuan, uncle-master and Gu Caiwei were very much close.
But uncle-master was too far ahead. Gu Caiwei wanted to catch up, but never could.
Chen Jinchan and Fan Yanying were following Shen Lian close behind. Suddenly a divine thought was transmitted, ”Why did headmaster not ask about Junior Apprentice-Sister Ruoxi?”
Fan Yanying replied to the divine thought, ”With uncle-master's ability, what more can be concealed from him, be it in or out of Qing Xuan? He may have already sensed the current condition of Junior Apprentice-Sister Ruoxi, but was not willing to share it with us.”
Chen Jinchan was silent.
He could not ensure that Gu Caiwei endured until the headmaster came back. In addition, he could not stop Junior Apprentice-Sister Ruoxi from choosing to be in seclusion. He was truly ashamed to face the headmaster.
On Shen Ruoxi's choosing to be in seclusion, Fan Yanying had no opinions regarding it. After all, what uncle-master said was true – transforming the impossible into something possible was inherent in cultivation. Since Junior Apprentice-Sister Ruoxi was determined to do it, it was her own choice. As outsiders, who were we to interfere?
Perhaps she knew more than Chen Jinchan. Ever since Junior Apprentice-Sister could demonstrate Daoist immortality, she frequently acted in an odd manner. There was even a time before she decided to commit to seclusion where she went out and came back with an abnormal divine Qi. Chen Jinchan may have only thought that Dream Heart Sutra was acting up in a bizarre manner, but only Fan Yanying with her brilliant heart of sword felt that something was fishy.
Before Ruoxi's seclusion, she asked that question in her heart. Ruoxi did not conceal anything from Fan Yanying. The former told the latter that she, Ruoxi, was Tai Su's reincarnation of Yuan Jun at trial. For this reason, Fairy Tianmeng planted the Synchronized Heart Mantra of Taisu in her heart, even though she could dispel it later. All along a gap was planted in her heart of Dao. Even if she borrowed the peculiar qualities of the Dream Heart Sutra to forcibly break away from the whims, it would, in fact, be incomplete.
The day that she went out was coincidentally the day where she battled mana with Fairy Tianmeng. In the end, she disposed of the great danger. However, at death's door, Fairy Tianmeng launched a counterattack, finally inducing the arrival of Tai Su Yuan Jun's consciousness, which fought with Ruoxi over the control of her own body.
If not for the Dream Heart Mantra being incomparably astonishing, and more so as there were no heart and soul techniques higher than it, none of the miraculous effects would have been cast on these kinds of matters. Ruoxi would have become the incarnation of Tai Su Yuan Jun from the very beginning.
Although she and Tai Su Yuan Jun were now one and the same in body, at the bottom of it all she has yet to assimilate with Tai Su Yuan Jun. Therefore, it could still be seen that there were two bodies. It can be said that Ruoxi did not concede to become Tai Su Yuan Jun.
In the end, she relied on her own natural talents and finally figured out a way to maintain her self – seclusion. By this she turned her primordial spirit into emptiness, the existence of her body became a dream. In the dream, she fought with the consciousness of Tai Su Yuan Jun.
Because dreams had endless possibilities, this was the only way for her to contend against the consciousness of Tai Su Yuan Jun. If by luck she could achieve victory, she could once again awaken. If not, she would be trapped in the dream forever.
In this matter, there was no one else that could help her but herself.
Fan Yanying's guess was right on the mark. Shen Lian's divine thoughts were spread all throughout Qing Xuan, and he had long sensed that Ruoxi had been in seclusion. Furthermore, he was the one person who knew clearly the situation Ruoxi was in, and he also deeply understood the Dream Heart Mantra. Therefore the reasons for Ruoxi's decision were not at all concealed from him. But this was personal. It was a family business. There was no need to nag on the disciples and Niece-Master.