After being reborn, he accidentally discovered the secret of "The Goose Shadow in the Clouds", and a flaw made the people in the game wake up completely. Thinking back to the past, Gu Pinglin felt cold all over.
Duan Qingming was a renowned swordsmanship genius, how could he have left a big flaw in his important killing move? Why, apart from himself, had no one from the North and South Realms escaped unscathed from the "Yun Zhong Yan Ying"
As for Mingfeng, the Mingfeng Sword was originally in Shengong Valley. Who pulled it out in his previous life? Why did it happen to be delivered to him by coincidence
I have been defeated by that man many times, so why can I always escape unscathed
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Gu Pinglin didn't dare to think about it anymore.
One sword move certainly can't prove who is better, but what about the others? There's not even an excuse of "coincidence".
After fighting for a lifetime in his previous life, Gu Pinglin realized in the end that the other party did not even consider him as an opponent. He felt infinitely ironic and could not suppress his anger.
It was obviously him who provoked me first.
Maybe he had been training chess pieces from the beginning to relieve his loneliness; or maybe it was just a joke when he was bored, but he didn't expect to take it seriously, which made him interested.
If this was a game, what was my miserable life like? My master suffered, my lineage was abolished, my notoriety spread far and wide, I hid from place to place, and finally ended up self-destructing. I had been scheming for half my life, but in that person's eyes, I was just a prey that could be played with repeatedly. It was ridiculous that I was blinded by a single leaf and didn't see the truth clearly.
Gu Pinglin sat alone in the room for ten days, feeling somewhat disheartened. Looking back at everything he had done since his rebirth, he felt nothing but boredom.
What’s more serious is that something went wrong with the cultivation.
Gu Pinglin's words appear to be sharp and aggressive, but he is actually not someone who is easily affected by emotions, otherwise the Lingxin Sect would not have prospered under his hands in his previous life. It's just that whenever he encounters Duan Qingming's matter, Gu Pinglin becomes inexplicably irritable, and now it is getting worse. In the past ten days, Gu Pinglin has tried to put aside the past and practice meditation, but the bottleneck is stuck, and even the Creation Sutra is of no help. Gu Pinglin knows that after this experience, his obsession is probably even deeper.
Obsession has its reasons, and it is helpless for a cultivator to be trapped by obsession. However, Gu Pinglin was not a person who was willing to accept his fate in his previous life, so this instead aroused his temper.
What if I have an obsession? If I can't solve it, then I won't solve it! In my previous life, my Dao veins were completely destroyed, but I never gave up. Now that my heart is set on the Dao, how can a mere obsession hold me back!
Gu Pinglin sneered and finally stood up.
During these ten days, he only said that he was in meditation and contemplation. Besides, outsiders did not know the inside story, so even Nanzhu and Bu Shuihan did not notice anything unusual. Only Gan Li always followed the etiquette of a disciple, and insisted on coming to greet him outside the door every morning before leaving. Although Gu Pinglin did not answer, he saw it all and knew that he was sincere and determined, so he went to find him as soon as he went out.
Gan Li was alone in the room. When he saw Gu Pinglin, he immediately stood up and saluted.
Gu Pinglin checked his progress in cultivation and found that everything was going well for him. He was fully confident of breaking through to the fifth level of Na Yuan. He nodded secretly. The Na Yuan level was related to the future of a cultivator. Being able to enter the fifth level was considered a good talent. Fortunately, he happened to encounter it in this life, otherwise he would have been buried like in his previous life.
Gu Pinglin gave him some pointers and asked casually, "Where's Xin Ji?"
Gan Li replied, "Senior Xin often goes to Uncle Duan's place, so he probably has something to do."
Xin Ji's soul stone was still in Duan Qingming's hands, so he naturally had to flatter Duan Qingming. Gu Pinglin nodded without explaining.
Gan Li said implicitly: "I think Senior Xin... seems to have other ideas?"
Gu Pinglin laughed when he heard this. He arranged the two together, not only to let Xin Ji protect him, but also to let him monitor Xin Ji. He was smart to understand this. However, for Xin Ji, the pupil painting in his hand was far less fatal than the soul stone in Duan Qingming's hand. If he really wanted to take advantage of Duan Qingming... it would be exciting.
Gu Pinglin said: "Just watch, no need to take it too seriously."
"I see," Gan Li understood, and after thinking for a moment he asked again, "I heard that you, Master, are not going with us?"
Gu Pinglin said "hmm".
The undersea passage is so secret, it must be very important to Penglai. When Nanzhu invited him, he knew it was inappropriate, so Jun Muzhi's calculations were not surprising. Duan Qingming in this life is not much different from his previous life. Just looking at the way he used the disciples of Xuanming Sect and Zhang Lian, you can see that this person is still dangerous and should be kept away. Moreover, even if the things in the previous life have nothing to do with him, it does not change the fact that he is Duan Qingming. How can he let go of his obsession when facing the same face? If he continues to be involved, I am afraid he will never get rid of his obsession. It is better to avoid him temporarily.
After leaving Gan Li, Gu Pinglin went to find Bu Shuihan, but was told by a Qi cultivator that Bu Shuihan had gone out with Duan Qingming.
Gu Pinglin was not too worried and went back to his room.
After all, it was he who caused Bu Shuihan's death in his previous life. Now that he had withdrawn from the gambling game, Duan Qingming would not be interested in someone like Bu Shuihan who could be seen through at a glance, so there was no need for him to take action against him.
Gu Pinglin was more concerned about another thing.
The gambling game was cancelled, but the secret of Haijing had to be investigated. The reason was that when he saw Qu Lin that day, Gu Pinglin suddenly remembered an important event in his previous life.
In the previous life, when the Yinhuang Cave was discovered, the scene was similar to the current one. Countless cultivators rushed to the Sea Realm, including many outstanding disciples and inner alchemy cultivators from major sects. However, the result of the trip to the Sea Realm was the accidental death of countless cultivators and backbone forces of the sects. Because of Bu Shuihan's death, Gu Pinglin, who was the head of the sect at the time, led the disciples of the Lingxin Sect to turn back halfway and luckily escaped the disaster.
Gu Pinglin clearly remembered that the incident caused many sects to suffer heavy losses, but the Xuanming Sect only lost a few marginal figures, and its strength jumped to the top of the eight major sects. This kind of luck was really suspicious. However, everything that happened afterwards was Gu Pinglin's nightmare. The Dao vein was destroyed, the Lingxin Sect fell, and he went astray and was hunted down... He hid everywhere like a stray dog, and had no intention of pursuing the matter until he saw Qu Lin appear in Yongbi Bay with his own eyes the day before yesterday. Gu Pinglin connected the matter.
Is Qu Lin's appearance a coincidence? Is Master Wei Feng's letter to the Xuanming Sect
Gu Pinglin looked at the letter and frowned.
The absolute ban on the letter is to prevent the contents from being leaked. No one can read it except the recipient himself. Xuanming Sect is a well-known large sect. Even if it is really colluding with the Demon Realm, it is difficult to gain people's trust without any evidence. The only thing to do this time is to be careful and protect the people of Lingxin Sect.
Gu Pinglin was still planning his trip to Haijing. Nanzhu found out that he had gone out and quickly came to find him. The two discussed and decided to set off in six days. Everyone else was fine after receiving the news, but Qi Wan'er was the happiest. He had wanted to leave Penglai Island for a long time.
Gu Pinglin felt vaguely uneasy.
Duan Qingming has been too quiet recently. He seems not to care about Jun Muzhi's plan. He jokes with everyone as usual and goes out to play with Bu Shuihan. This is really abnormal.
What is he planning
Gu Pinglin paced and pondered, and suddenly came to his senses, staring at the coral tree outside the window in a daze. In his two lives, he thought most about Duan Qingming. Now that he had put aside the past, he suddenly no longer needed to pay attention to this person, but he was not used to it.
The knock on the door interrupted his thoughts and Gu Pinglin came back to his senses: "Come in."
Jiang Ruoxu walked in: "Brother Ren's letter has arrived. It's for you."
Just let the letter come? Gu Pinglin's heart skipped a beat for no apparent reason. He took the letter, opened it, and read it for a few seconds. Suddenly, a surge of anger rose from his heart.
"Duan Qingming!" His fist slammed heavily on the table.
In front of the window, Duan Qingming and Bu Shuihan were sitting and talking, Bu Shuihan was laughing. Duan Qingming was still wearing a white robe, his black hair was loosely arched in front of his forehead, parted on both sides, and then gathered at the back of his head, tied with a light purple silk ribbon, which made his smiling eyes look even warmer.
Seeing Gu Pinglin, he showed no surprise at all. He sat on the chair and said with a smile, "Junior Brother Gu, how come you have time to come here? Please take a seat."
Bu Shuihan remembered something and asked Gu Pinglin, "You are traveling with Young Master Nan and the others, do you have any way to deal with the Night Crying Monster?"
"O," Duan Qingming said, "Junior Brother Gu is so smart, he must have a good idea, you don't have to worry."
Gu Pinglin ignored his words and said to Bu Shuihan, "I just heard from Gan Li that Brother Yao seems to be looking for you."
When Bu Shuihan heard that Yao Feng was looking for him, he quickly got up and left.
There were only two people left in the room.
Duan Qingming calmly pushed away Bu Shuihan's cup of leftover tea, took another empty cup, picked up the teapot and poured a new cup of tea: "Penglai's tea is still drinkable, please forgive me for borrowing flowers to offer to Buddha, please."
"I'm not interested in having tea with you, and I'm not in the mood," Gu Pinglin turned sideways, "What on earth do you want to do!"
Duan Qingming heard this and said, "If you have something to say, why not sit down and talk slowly? Why get angry?"
Gu Pinglin suppressed his anger and said, "You are in the mood to act pretentiously, but I don't have the patience!"
Duan Qingming put down the teapot: "I didn't do anything, but you came to my house to accuse me. Did you misunderstand something?"
"Misunderstanding?" Gu Pinglin threw the letter on the table. "This is your handwriting!"
Duan Qingming glanced at them and said with a smile, "You are wrong. This is obviously your work. If you hadn't revealed the secret of my ninth level of Na Yuan, why would those elders insist on letting me go back? If I don't plan to go back, they will of course put pressure on Ling Xin Sect."
Gu Pinglin sneered: "If you don't reply, they won't be angry with Lingxin Sect. Do you dare to say that you didn't do anything?"
"Indeed not," Duan Qingming paused, "I just told them that the Lingxin Sect's skills have been improved and are no worse than the Duan Sect's."
Gu Pinglin choked: "You!"
The cultivation method was improved, and Lingxin Sect should quietly develop and grow. He spread the news of the cultivation method. When they learned that Lingxin Sect had a first-class cultivation method, how could those big sects not suppress it? This sentence brought countless troubles to Lingxin Sect, and comparing Lingxin Sect with the first-class family Duan was even more intended to anger Duan.
Gu Pinglin closed his eyes and tried to remain calm: "The Lingxin Sect is in danger, what should we do now?"
Duan Qingming asked curiously, "Isn't this something you should handle? The headmaster is your master, how could you bear to make him suffer?"
Gu Pinglin suppressed his anger and said, "Master has treated you well. You are so heartless and ungrateful for doing this!"
"You insist on forcing me to go back. I have no other choice but to resort to this desperate measure. I also don't want to implicate the Lingxin Sect and its leader."
If he really cared about the sect, would there be no other way? Gu Pinglin certainly didn't believe it, but since the incident was caused by him, Gu Pinglin had to swallow his anger and said after a while: "Well, I won't pursue the previous matter. I hope it ends here..."
Before he could finish his words, the ground suddenly shook!
Gu Pinglin was stunned for a moment, then quickly walked to the window and looked out through the Biyou Palace barrier.
The calm inland sea was stirred up by huge waves, which contained terrifying power. The center of the Biyou Palace was most affected. The raging waves continued, and the ground inside the Biyou Palace continued to shake. After a moment, the noise of the guards came from outside.
Many densely packed black spots appeared in the sky. They were countless strange birds with black and white feathers. They flapped their wings and approached the main island, but ultimately did not dare to enter the inland sea, as if they were hesitating about something.
Eye-eating gull!
The eye-eating gull was clearly in the turbulent waters, so why did it come here
Gu Pinglin suddenly turned his head and glared at the people around him: "Duan Qingming, what else did you do!"
Duan Qingming was sitting on a chair drinking tea. Hearing this, he said, "See, I knew you were going to blame me again."