Chapter 414: Learn the truth, meet Xiaoqing
The white clouds were floating. Su Yu rarely used the cloud-flying technique. He had always been speed-oriented. Now it had a different charm. At least he could quietly enjoy the beautiful scenery.
Looking at Bai Suzhen, who was full of expectation, Su Yu smiled slightly.
"Why do you seek the Tao?"
Bai Suzhen was stunned when she heard this, and quickly answered.
"To be in the immortal class." After saying this, she looked at Su Yu with some confusion, not understanding why he asked her such a simple question. Isn't the purpose of practicing Taoism to become an immortal?
Su Yu shook her head, a little disappointed.
Seeing Su Yu's expression, Bai Suzhen's heart trembled, and then she lowered her head, knowing that the other party was not satisfied with her answer, but this was her only answer at the moment.
"Becoming an immortal and living forever is the initial wish of every cultivator. You are right."
"But it's too simple."
"Simple?"
"Well, practicing Taoism is a boring thing. You should have a deep understanding of it."
Bai Suzhen nodded. After practicing in the mountains for thousands of years, she naturally knew the taste of loneliness.
"In my opinion, cultivation is not for becoming an immortal, but for breaking free from bondage, for freedom, and for breaking free from the shackles of fate."
"Boundaries, shackles..." Bai Suzhen murmured.
"You know, your fate has been determined by someone before you were born." Su Yu continued.
Bai Suzhen raised her head and looked at Su Yu in disbelief.
She couldn't understand why she was just a snake demon.
At this moment, Su Yu stopped the clouds and casually added a barrier around her.
Bai Suzhen looked at Su Yu with some doubts.
"Don't be nervous." Su Yu said.
Then he stretched out his hand and gently touched Bai Suzhen's forehead.
Bai Suzhen suddenly felt a surge of energy entering her body, and then everything in her body seemed to be broken, and a magical energy surged out of her body.
"This..." Daji on the side looked at Bai Suzhen with a little surprise. At this time, Bai Suzhen was shrouded in golden light, and a golden rune appeared on her forehead, which looked sacred and noble.
"Golden light of merit." Daji blurted out.
If it weren't for the barrier's protection, this golden light of merit would have soared into the sky.
Bai Suzhen looked at the changes in her body in horror. At this moment, she found that her strength was growing rapidly, more than ten times stronger than when she just came out of retreat.
"This, this..." She was a little at a loss, staring at Su Yu in a daze.
Su Yu tapped her forehead again, and the golden light of merit returned to her body, and Bai Suzhen's body returned to its original state.
"Senior, senior, what was this just now?" Bai Suzhen's beautiful eyes showed a trace of confusion.
"Da Ji has already said, the golden light of merit." Su Yu replied.
"I know, but, but why?" Bai Suzhen said hurriedly. She naturally knew that it was the golden light of merit, but how could this thing appear on her body? You must know that only those who have made great contributions to the world can have this kind of thing. She has always practiced in the mountains. Although she has never done anything evil and occasionally rescues some small animals, it is not to this extent.
"Alas, do you know your life experience?" Su Yu sighed.
Bai Suzhen shook her head. Wasn't she just a little white snake?
"Have you heard the story of Nuwa mending the sky?"
"Yes, Nuwa made stones to mend the sky to save the people, and finally sacrificed herself. She is the ancient god that Suzhen admires the most." Bai Suzhen nodded. When she followed the old mother of Mount Li in her childhood, she naturally learned a lot.
"Yes, but you know that when mending the sky, in addition to Nuwa, there were other creatures involved, and they also sacrificed themselves to help Nuwa at the critical moment, so that the sky was perfectly repaired." Su Yu said.
"This..." Bai Suzhen shook her head. This was the first time she heard of it.
"Bai Yan, Teng Snake, these are their names."
"Buzz..."
After hearing these two names, Bai Suzhen's head buzzed, and something in her blood seemed to be activated.
"It hurts..." Bai Suzhen covered her head in pain.
Daji hurriedly supported her.
At this time, Bai Suzhen's head hurt a lot, as if she was stabbed by a needle, but then she saw some scattered pictures.
In the endless sky, a huge hole appeared, and the water of the Tianhe River kept flowing out of the hole. The whole world was a vast ocean, and the creatures struggled to survive in the water.
Then the picture turned, and a woman with a sacred light lifted a colorful stone and flew to the hole in the sky. Behind her, there were two snake-like beasts, one black and one white, holding the colorful divine stone in their mouths and following the woman to fly to the huge hole.
Then the hole in the picture was filled for more than half, and the water of the Tianhe River became much smaller. At this time, the three figures looked at Bai Suzhen together, or at the eggs on a cliff.
"Live, my child." The voices of the two black and white beasts came into Bai Suzhen's ears.
At this moment, Bai Suzhen woke up suddenly. Sweat oozed from her forehead.
"Are you okay?" Daji asked gently.
Bai Suzhen shook her head mechanically, her eyes were a little dull, and she obviously hadn't recovered from the scene she just saw.
At this time, Su Yu spoke.
"Did you see it?"
Bai Suzhen nodded slightly and said softly.
"Nuwa repaired the sky."
"What else?" Su Yu asked again.
"Also, there are...Bai Jin and Teng Snake." After saying these two names, Bai Suzhen felt a pain in her heart and tears flowed out uncontrollably.
"Senior, they, they are my parents." Bai Suzhen looked at Su Yu with tears in her eyes.
Su Yu nodded.
"The merits you have are passed down from your parents and Nuwa."
Bai Suzhen's heart was extremely complicated at this time. She originally thought that she was just a wild snake in the mountains without a father or mother. She was lucky enough to have opened up her spiritual intelligence, but she didn't expect that her true identity would be like this.
"Before you were born, someone was eyeing the power of your merits. Now you should understand why there are so many coincidences!"
"They want to know the merit in my body." Bai Suzhen nodded.
"Well, with your qualifications, your cultivation is actually more than that. The so-called Immortal Class is like picking up something from a bag for you, but when you were born, someone put a ban on you and sealed your bloodline, turning it into an ordinary Little snake.”
"Because only in this way will you follow the path laid out for you by others and ultimately achieve their ulterior motives."
"Senior, are they...are they Buddhists?" Bai Suzhen lowered her head and asked in a low voice.
"No, Buddhism and Taoism are joining forces." Su Yu said.
When Bai Suzhen heard this, she was stunned, with pain in her eyes.
"Master..." Bai Suzhen murmured. She didn't expect that even Mother Lishan had planned to accept her as her disciple.
Seeing Bai Suzhen in pain, Daji held her in her arms with some distress.
Feeling Daji's warm embrace, Bai Suzhen finally couldn't control herself and burst into tears.
"Alas..." Su Yu understood that this feeling of suddenly learning the truth must be difficult to accept.
Unconsciously, Bai Suzhen's crying voice gradually became quieter, and she also fell asleep in Daji's arms.
Su Yu found a place to lower the clouds. It was a small lake with pleasant scenery around it, and it was obvious that no human had ever set foot on it.
Su Yu's arrival suddenly disturbed the animals drinking water by the lake. However, these animals only glanced at a few people and then lowered their heads to drink water.
It was already getting late, so Su Yu lit a bonfire. They were naturally not afraid of the cold, but Su Yu was still used to lighting bonfires in the wild. He liked this atmosphere.
"Huh?" Daji, who was holding Bai Suzhen, sensed something and turned to look at the lake.
"Husband." Daji called out.
Su Yu shook her head and signaled Daji to be silent. And Su Yu also showed a smile.
"What a coincidence." Su Yu secretly said.
"Hey..."
Finally Bai Suzhen woke up, and then opened her eyes, just in time to look at Daji, and soon realized that she was lying in someone else's arms.
Bai Suzhen stood up in a hurry.
"Sorry, senior, I fell asleep." Bai Suzhen's face was slightly red, and her hands were holding her skirt in confusion, like a child who made a mistake.
"It's okay. I slept for a while. Are you feeling better now?" Daji asked.
"Well, thank you, senior."
"Come and sit." Su Yu said.
Bai Suzhen obediently sat next to the bonfire.
"Next, what are your plans? Do you continue to follow the path arranged by others step by step, or..." Su Yu said and suddenly turned around and looked at the lake.
"Eavesdropping is not a good habit, little one."
"Crash..." followed by the sound of water.
A huge figure emerged from the bottom of the lake, and the surrounding animals immediately ran away.
"Green Snake..." Bai Suzhen's eyes suddenly lit up.
The huge figure now revealed its true appearance under the firelight. It was a green snake more than twenty feet tall.
"Hmph...I didn't eavesdrop, you were in my territory." Green Snake spit out the letter and made a girlish voice.
"Who are you? Why are you here in my territory?" Qing Snake asked, putting his huge head in front of Su Yu.
"Don't be rude." Bai Suzhen didn't know why, but she was worried that the green snake in front of her would offend Su Yu, so she quickly stood up to stop it.
The green snake was indeed attracted to Bai Suzhen, and turned its head to look at Bai Suzhen.
"You..." Green Snake tilted her head and looked at Bai Suzhen, then moved closer to her.
"Are you a snake too?" Green Snake asked.
Bai Suzhen smiled slightly, and for some reason she suddenly felt that the green snake in front of her was very friendly. Then she glanced at Su Yu, and when she saw Su Yu nodded, she turned around and returned to her original shape.
Suddenly, a white snake several times larger than the green snake, with a body emitting a faint white light, appeared on the shore of the lake.
"Interesting." Looking at the big snakes, one big and one small, one white and one green, Su Yu couldn't help but laugh.