Chapter 103: Master, I have come to seek you

It is so

Apprentice

Mo Ran had never imagined that the monk in front of her would be Chu Wanning's mentor, and was speechless.

On the contrary, Shi Mei was quick to react and immediately made a solemn salute, saying solemnly, "I had no idea that Master had such a connection with my late master. I have met Master Huai Zui."

Master Huai Zui, however, said, "There is no need to call him Master, Chu Wanning has long since been expelled from the monastery."

"Ah" Shi Mei's eyes widened slightly, even more surprised, "this", he was by nature cautious, although he was surprised, but when he saw that Master Huai Zui looked thinly disappointed, he knew that he did not want to talk about it, so he did not ask any further.

But Mo Ran's mind was not here, his heart was on fire and he said urgently, "Master, you said you came for the Master, so do you have a way to bring the Master back to his soul?"

" Mo Ran "

"Do you have a way to bring him back? Don't deceive me.

Master Huai Zui sighed: "It is important for Master Mo to take care of himself, yes, that is why the old monk has come."

Mo Ran's face, already as pale as paper, suddenly flushed with blood as he looked straight at Master Huai Zui, his lips turning blue and white for a moment before he said, "Are you sure?"

"The old monk's late night visit is not always to catch the two masters."

Mo Ran wanted to say something else, but the knot in his throat was only a hoarse choke.

After a long silence, Master Huai Zui said, "The art of rebirth is extremely difficult to change one's destiny against the heavens, and if I had not owed Master Chu so much, I would not have done it. It is only after much thought that I have made the choice to visit the summit of death and life."

"Against all odds" Mo Ran murmured, chewing the four words between his lips and teeth before saying tragically, "Against all odds an evil man like me has the chance to change his fate, how can a good man like him not"

Fortunately, his words were so vague that no one could hear that he meant to say "he was also reborn".

Shi Mei said, "Master, since this is a reversal of fate, and the art of rebirth is forbidden, it must be very difficult to perform and may not be successful, right?"

"Good." Huai Zui said, "In this technique, the people involved are not only the practitioner and the deceased, but also someone who must go and find the whole soul of the deceased. There are difficulties everywhere on the way to rebirth, and if one is not careful, one's soul will be destroyed and scattered."

Shi Mei :""

"If you are not willing to risk your lives for him, then even if I open the door to rebirth, Chu Wanning will not be able to return."

In fact, before Huai Zui even said this, Mo Ran already had a good guess.

The reason why the three forbidden arts are forbidden is that they always require sacrificing something that is not needed for ordinary spells and taking risks that are not needed for ordinary spells.

In his previous life, he would have given up his life for Shi Mei, and in this life, he will not hesitate to repay Chu Wanning's kindness.

Mo Ran has a heart, but in his last life, he never gave it to Chu Wanning.

In the candlelight, he looked at Master Huai Zui's face and said, "Master, there is no need to ask Xue Meng any more, for I am the reason why my master died.

" Mo Ran " Shi Mei murmured, before turning her head to ask Huai Zui, "Master's words are important, I wonder what the so-called calamity will be like"

Huai Zui said, "Although Shih-Lord Mo is willing to undertake it all, but the more people are willing to offer themselves as the first step of this technique, the easier it will be to succeed. It would be better to wait for Master Xue to come, and then the old monk will tell you all about it; the old monk had already asked someone to invite him when he was on his way up the mountain."

He paused and smiled at Shi Mei again.

"Also, remember not to call the old monk Master anymore. As I said earlier, the old monk no longer holds the position of Master Chu."

Mo Ran finally calmed down a little and asked, "Why did you expel my master?"

Shi Mei said breathlessly, " Mo Ran "

"No matter, it is not something unspeakable." Huai Zui sighed, "When I was a young monk, I was once taken care of by a benefactor. However, his life was short and his soul was scattered to protect the lives of others during a great calamity. A hundred years have passed, but I still feel anxious when I think about it. For this reason, my disciples have a set of precepts. One of the most important rules is that disciples must concentrate on their training, and before attaining the right results, they must not get involved in mundane matters, lest they endanger their own lives."

Mo Ran pondered half-heartedly and said, "The Master can't do it."

"Yes." Huai Zui smiled bitterly, "My young disciple is the same as my benefactor. He grew up in the monastery until he was a young man, so young and gifted that he could have cultivated safely until he ascended. But when he was a young man, he went down the mountain to collect ore and happened to run into a displaced person who had taken refuge."

Shi Mei sighed and said, "If that were the case, the Master would not have stood by and watched."

Huai Zui nodded, "Not only did he not stand by, but after settling the stragglers, he left the mountain without permission and went to Lower Fairy World to check it out."

""

At that time, when the Peak of the Dead had only just opened and Lower Fairy World was far more chaotic, Chu Wanning needed no introduction to what he could see.

"When he returned, he told me that he wanted to end his purification for the time being and go to the red earth to help the wounded and save the dead."

Shi Mei asks, "And did you say yes?"

"No."

""

"He was only fifteen years old, pure in nature and strong in temperament, and very easy to be deceived. I would never have allowed him to leave the mountain without permission. The world is full of dangers and masters, and as his master, I am really worried."

Mo Ran said, "But he didn't listen to you in the end."

"Not bad, he had a big fight with me after hearing that. He said that the hardships of the mortal world were right before his eyes, so why did the Master spend his days sitting high and closing his eyes and ascending to heaven."

"Ah," Shi Mei said with a start.

This would have been an extremely harsh thing for anyone to say to Huai Zui, not to mention the fact that Chu Wanning was his protégé in the first place.

Huai Zui's expression was light, but there was something sad between his eyebrows, "The poor monk's state of mind was not empty or quiet, so in a fit of anger, he said to his young disciple, "If you can't yet help yourself, how can you help others?"

"And what did the Master say about it?" Shi Mei asked.

"If you don't know how to measure people, how can you measure yourself."

At these words, the hall fell silent.

These eight words did not come from Huai Zui's mouth, but from Mo Ran's voice. Hearing him suddenly say what Chu Wanning had said back then, Master Huai Zui's gaze burned as he looked at the young man before him in silence for a long time before he let out a long sigh.

"He still teaches you all so he alas, he really is unchanged in the slightest, nine deaths."

While Huai Zui's heart is complicated, Mo Ran is no less serene.

He had always scorned these eight words of Chu Wanning, thinking them to be false morals and empty words. But when he said them now, he felt his heart was on fire and he was in agony.

It is only after a long time that Huai Zui's hollow voice resounds inside the Loyalty Palace.

"I am ashamed to say that on that day, I was so angry that I told him that if he stubbornly insisted on stepping out of the temple, I would be done with him as master and disciple and sever my enmity." He paused, seemingly stuck in his throat by that past, wanting to go into detail, but not wanting to, and after a few hesitations, he shook his head.

"As you know now, Chu Wanning finally left his teacher. Many years have passed, and though I have different plans from him, we have never seen each other again, though we share the same place in the world."

Shi Mei said, "Neither is the division this is not the fault of the Master either."

Huai Zui said, "It is not easy to understand what is right and what is wrong, what is right and what is wrong. But Chu Wanning was my master and disciple, and when I heard that he died on the eve of the bloody battle, I could not sleep day and night when I remembered what happened. That is why I wanted to come here to try my luck and see if I could save his life."

"Bam."

The vermilion lacquered carved door was thrown open with great force.

Xue Meng stood outside, not knowing when he had arrived, but apparently he had heard the most important words thoroughly. He had only heard that Master Huai Zui had come, but did not know what the old monk was up to, so he only walked over slowly, holding a jar of Chinese medicine while drinking.

At that moment, he heard Huai Zui's words, and the vessel he held in his hands was smashed to pieces, spilling hot soup all over his body.

The Phoenix child, however, did not feel hot, lost her voice and said, "Save back save back the master can still still come back"

He stumbled into the house and grabbed Huai Zui by the hand.

"What are you saying, baldy? You're joking."

Shi Mei said: " young master, he is"

"No it's me who has lost my temper, it's me who has lost my temper." Although Xue Meng did not know that the person in front of him was Chu Wanning's benefactor, he thought that he had come to save his master's life and let go of his hand in a panic, "Master, as long as you can bring him back. If you can bring him back, Xue Meng will go through fire and water if you need him. I only beg you not to deceive me."

Huai Zui said, "There is no need for this, Master Xue, for the poor monk has come here late at night especially for your master."

He turned his face sideways and looked out of the window at the moonlight: "It is almost time. Since the three young masters have all come, let the poor monk explain to you in detail the method of rebirth and the difficulties of doing it."

Shi Mei said, "I implore you to explain."

Xue Meng, however, said urgently, "What else is there to say? Save the people first!"

Huai Zui said, "Master Xue is impatient, but you should know that if something goes wrong, not only will the master die, but Chu Wanning's soul will also be scattered, and then you will not be able to enter the six paths of reincarnation.

"I" Xue Meng suddenly turned red and squeezed his sleeve tightly, only to slowly release it after a long time, saying, "Okay, I'll listen to what the master says."

Huai Zui then took out three plain white silk lamps from his pouch, which were embroidered with golden threads and had a central pattern of thirteen coloured silk spells, deep and shallow, wrapped in three folds, like a spider's web, to catch the departing soul.

"This is a soul-attracting lamp." Master Huai Zui distributed the three silk bags to the three youths, "Take this and remember what the poor monk says next, all of you."

Mo Ran picked up the lantern and held it in her hand.

"A human being has three souls and seven bodies, the three souls are the earth soul, the knowledge soul and the human soul. After death, the three souls fall into the yellow spring, and each of them leaves its own part. You all know this well, but where each soul goes after death, I guess you don't know."

Shi Mei said, "Please explain."

"The soul of the earth, the human soul, enters the hell, and the consciousness soul remains in the corpse. In fact, only the human soul can be reunited with the consciousness soul in the yang world. When the human soul returns, it often has an unfulfilled wish, and when its wish is fulfilled, it will merge with the consciousness soul remaining in the corpse and return to hell, where it will reunite with the soul and wait for reincarnation. Many people have a half-understanding and seek the method of rebirth, but what they end up invoking back is only a half-remnant soul, which naturally dissipates soon."

In a previous life, after Shi Mei's death, Mo Ran had tried to invoke her soul, but as Huai Zui said, only the thin shadow of the man in the shadow of the white streamer and the moon was transformed into a stream of fireflies in a few moments.

Mo Ran murmured, "After all"

Huai Zui said, "Chu Wanning's soul of knowledge is still in his corpse, so you do not need to concern yourselves with it. The important thing is to find his human soul, as well as his earth soul."

Xue Meng asked, "How do I find it?"

Huai Zui said, "Use this spirit-led lamp. This lamp can only be lit by spiritual energy. After you have filled it with your respective spiritual streams, take it and walk around the summit of death and life. If Chu Wanning does not resist the three masters, the light of the lamp will illuminate his human soul."

Mo Ran's heart went cold at his words, "Well, what if the Master doesn't want to see us?"

"This is the first difficulty, and why the more people are willing to seek him out, the easier it is to succeed. You need to know that if he has no desire to love the world and is determined to go," Huai Zui said. Huai Zui said, "Then the spirit-led lamp will not be able to illuminate him. Therefore, if the art of rebirth is to be performed, there must be a time, a place and a man. If those who go to him are not attached to the deceased and do not wish to return to the red world themselves, no one can force them to do so."

"" Mo Ran couldn't help but tighten his grip on the Soul Lamp in his hand.

Xue Meng said urgently, "Master is most concerned about us, so how could he not want to come back?" "After using this soul-guiding lamp to find Master's soul, how should we go about it?"

"Once you have found the human soul, you will need to go somewhere."

"Where," Xue Meng asked.

"The hell." Huai Zui replied.

None of the three had expected to actually go to hell, so they were all shocked.

Shi Mei let out a soft "ahh", slightly relaxed her eyes and asked in a low voice, "How can this living person go to hell?"

"I have my own way of doing this, there is no need to worry about it, Master."

Huai Zui glanced at him unhurriedly and continued, "But whichever of you three finds Chu Wanning's soul first, then you must earnestly hope that he will return to the world of the living, and be willing to seek his return to the Yellow Springs. If you do not have a firm intention, Chu Wanning's soul will scatter halfway and will never be gathered again."

Shi Mei: "This"

Xue Meng said, "My master has been so kind to me that even if I were to go to the infernal hell to find him, I would have nothing to say."

"My master died because of me." Mo Ran lifted his eyes and said, "I owe him a great deal, and there is nothing more to be said."

Huai Zui said, "Good. Then remember clearly that after Chu Wanning's soul has been found by the first person, no one else will be able to see him again, even if they go there. And the one who finds him must make sure that the lamp is kept alive and shining on his soul until dawn."

Xue Meng said, "How hard can it be?"

"It's difficult." Huai Zui said, "When the three souls are separated, each soul tends to be missing a part of something. It may be hearing, it may be mind, it may be memory in any case if you are unlucky, the Master you meet will not listen to you so easily and you will have to think of ways to coax him."

Xue Meng :""

Mo Ran's heart tightened and she felt uneasy, "I have to coax him, but what if I say something wrong? It's hard to guess what he wants when he's human, let alone a ghost."

He was genuinely worried, but Xue Meng had been at odds with him for so long that he thought Mo Ran was mocking Chu Wanning, so he glared at him and then turned his head and said, "What's so hard about coaxing, just remember to keep your master from leaving the vicinity of the spirit-guiding lamp anyway."

Shi Mei asked, "What about after dawn?" "After dawn, Chu Wanning's soul will drift into the spirit-led lamp. At that time, I will prepare a bamboo raft and wait for you at the bridge. This is the entrance to the ghost world, and the flowing water under the Naihe Bridge connects to the Yellow Spring.

Xue Meng: "To the ghost world on a bamboo raft"

Shi Mei asks, "Can only one person go? No one else can help anymore."

"No, so whoever finds Chu Wanning's human soul will have to enter the ghost world alone to find his earthly soul. If that person stops halfway or backs out of the battle, Chu Wanning's human soul will be consumed by the Guiding Lamp and will never be able to reincarnate again."

Xue Meng was shocked and almost immediately turned to Mo Ran and said, "Don't go, I can't trust you."

Mo Ran was silent, just let him question and did not bother to argue.

Shi Mei saw the situation and went to advise, " young master, Mo Ran is not the kind of person to run away from a battle, you"

"So what if it isn't" Xue Meng said sternly, "He has already killed his master once, what makes me believe he won't kill him a second time he is a plague"

Shi Mei whispered, "How can you say that when the Master is still here."

"How can I not say that? How many times has the Master been hurt because of him? When Xue Meng said this, his eyes reddened again, his lips trembled and shivered, and he suddenly lost control of himself and reached out to yank the spirit-led lamp from Mo Ran's hand, "Give me the lamp, don't bring bad luck to the master again."

""

"Give me that."

For the first time in his life, he felt that Xue Meng was right when he scolded him and Mo Ran did not say anything back.

Whether it was in front of the Ghost Master or at the bottom of Jin Chengchi Lake, Chu Wanning was not injured because of him, and there are many scars on Chu Wanning's body because of him.

The Plague.

Meh

Yes, so true.

But even so, even though he knew he was ashamed of his master, even though he knew he was no longer worthy to beg him to return from the Yellow Spring, he was still unwilling to put down the spirit-led lantern in his hand, so stubbornly, clutching the pale lantern to death, letting Xue Meng scold him and tear himself apart. The back of his hand was scratched with blood, but he still kept his head down and did not move.

In the end, Xue Meng, breathing heavily, finally let go of him and said with red eyes, "Mo Weiyu, how long are you going to keep him alive?"

Mo Ran didn't bother to look at him, just kept her head down, looking at the empty lamp, in silence.

When there was so much silence that no one else thought he would reply, he suddenly whispered, "I want to take him home."

His voice was too low.

Weighed down so low and so humble by guilt and blushes.

So much so that Xue Meng didn't even hear him at first, and only after a while did he realise what Mo Ran had said. He laughed out loud and sneered.

"You take him home."

"" Mo Ran closes her eyes.

Xue Meng spat out, each word tearing between her teeth, "How do you have a face."

" young master "

"Don't pull me, let go" Xue Meng jerked his sleeve out of Shi Mei's hand, sadness and indignation shining in his eyes as he stared dead at Mo Ran and hissed, "How are you worthy."

Mo Ran's hand seemed to tremble slightly, and his curtain of lashes dropped even further.

In that moment, there was a subtle illusion that Chu Wanning was still alive and that Chu Wanning would next say, "Xue Meng, stop messing around."

It turned out that he had been covering for himself all along.

It's the fact that you take it for granted and think you deserve it.

Mo Ran didn't know what to say, but held the spirit guide lamp like the last straw.

He bowed his head and repeated, "I want to take him home."

"Is that the only thing you can say you I see you"

"Well, Master Xue."

Master Huai Zui finally looked a little uncomfortable, sighed and said, "If Master Mo has a heart, you should let him do it. If he is really ill, it will not be too late to do the calculations again. Now everything is still uncertain, so why should Master Huai Zui be aggressive?"

Xue Meng sulked and wanted to say something, but finally held back for Huai Zui's sake.

After holding back for a moment, he dropped another sentence.

"If the Master is ill, I will kill you to sacrifice to him."

Huai Zui sighed, "The grudge of the two masters will be settled later.

Mo Ran said, "Please also ask the master to cast a spell."

"The spell on the spirit-led lamp has been cast." Huai Zui saw that Mo Ran was about to pour in the spirit stream to light up the soul lamp, and raised his hand to stop him, "Hold on, Master."

Xue Meng said urgently, "What else is going on?"

"The poor monk would like to repeat that if someone finds the human soul of Chu Wanning, that person will have no way out and will have to go to the hell. Although the monk will put a protective spell on the person, it is extremely dangerous for a living person to enter the land of the dead. If you are not careful, you may not survive." Master Huai Zui looked meaningfully at the three faces in turn.

"The so-called sinister is not just an empty phrase. It may not be difficult to find Chu Wanning's earth spirit in hell, but what is difficult is to travel alone to hell and face the unknown. If you are lucky, the earth soul will soon be found, if you are unlucky and have an accident, you will"

"It's going to kill me," Shi Mei asks.

"I am afraid that by then Chu Wanning and the Master will both have been destroyed and will have no chance of reincarnation."

Huai Zui said, "Therefore, if the three masters are hesitant, they should return this soul lamp to me. There is no one in this world for whom one must die, and there is no shame in savoring one's life. It is not too late to regret it."

"I don't regret it." Xue Meng, being the youngest and the most passionate, immediately said, "Whoever repents is the grandson." He said and glared at Mo Ran.

Perhaps because of the humiliation he had suffered as a child, Mo Ran's love and hate had been sharpened into sharp claws, and if someone hurt him, he would gut them.

Mo Ran glanced at Xue Meng and looked back at Huai Zui: "I don't regret it either."

Huai Zui nodded and continued: "Well then, when you arrive at the Ghost World, find the Earth Soul he left behind as soon as possible. When the human soul and the earth soul have become one in the lamp, the lamp will light up the path back to the sun. Then the next thing will be left to the old monk."

It seems easy enough for him to say, but anyone who listens knows that this chain of events is extremely volatile and dangerous, especially if the soul of Chu Wanning is not found in hell, or if the soul is lacking in mind or memory and refuses to melt into one, then I am afraid that anyone who goes down to look for him will lose his life.

Huai Zui therefore asked the three of them one last time in a quiet voice before they lit their spirit-led lamps.

"Once the light is on, there is no turning back. This is not a child's play, so I ask you once more, monks, do you have any remorse?"

All three replied, "No regrets."

"Good" Huai Zui slowly rubbed out a smile, half bitter, half relieved, " Chu Wanning, you ah, you are better than me as a master"

He recited the incantation and the spirit lamp suddenly flickered twice and lit up, only to see the lantern in Xue Meng Mo Ran's hand, and almost simultaneously two tongues of red flame sprang up, dipping the white silk lantern into red. A moment later, the lantern under Shi Mei's hand also glowed faintly, lit by a watery stream of spirits that was blue in colour.

"Go on."

Huai Zui Road.

"Success or failure, return or not, all will be seen tonight, if not tonight then alas"

When Mo Ran thought of all the good things Chu Wanning had done for him during his lifetime, he felt a vague pain in his heart and could not bear to listen to Huai Zui's words any longer.

As long as, he is still willing.

As long as he is still willing to come back with me.

Each of the three lights exited the Loyalty Palace and were soon swallowed up by the immense blackness of the night, disappearing.