Chapter 59 Eternal life
"Let's first explain the west side of the sea and the east side of the mountain."
The old man chose a relatively simple concept and explained it to Gu Yun: "You already know the present world of matter, the otherworld of underworld, the afterlife of hidden gods, the virtual world of ghost stories, the quagmire of evil gods, the sky of good gods, and the world of gods.
God’s place is higher than heaven.”
"Actually, there is another place that I have never told you, Xiao Guyun."
"Where?"
"Eternal life!"
The so-called eternal world is the 3.5th level above the quagmire of the evil gods and below the sky of the good gods.
The ordinary world is an extremely vast world, where humans, animals and plants also live, but everything operates not according to scientific laws, but through forces called the principles of heaven and earth.
"There is a special 'door' between the eternal world and the present world," Grandpa said, "This kind of door is called 'eclipse'."
Eclipse is a kind of space-time storm. Once it appears, it will cause huge disasters in this world, such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, typhoons and tsunamis, etc.
It is also through this that something called the 'egg fruit' from the eternal world will flow into the present world along with the wind of eclipse, and implant in a woman's body to form a fetal fruit, thus giving birth to a god-given son.
"The probability is very low, but not impossible."
"Forehead…"
Gu Yun was stunned for a while, and then asked: "In other words, I actually don't have a father?"
"Well, Xiao Guyun, you only have a mother and no father."
The normal union of an egg and a woman can be a small life that has already been fertilized, or it does not need this step.
There are many women in this world who have not been married to anyone, but just had a dream, such as a dragon entering their belly, an angel telling them, and they wake up to find that they are pregnant.
Among all births, there is nothing special about a child born from the union of his parents, nor can he be called a god-sent child.
And those who only have a mother body and no father are special existences.
Just like Sakura and Gu Yun, both of them have extraordinary powers and missions.
Such a person has a unique term in the spiritual world - living saint.
"Essentially, there are two types of egg fruits."
"One has parents, and the other has no parents."
Egg fruit is a way for ordinary people to conceive children, so an ordinary fetal fruit will have two sets of parents.
One pair in the eternal world, one pair in the present world.
In this kind of pairwise combination, only the children born from the eggs and fruits of the parents in the impermanent world, who have gone through eclipses to the present world and are united with unpregnant women, are living saints.
"Eggs also have parents? What do you mean?"
To be honest, Gu Yun still doesn't understand what an 'egg fruit' is. Is it a fruit or some kind of treasure?
Or maybe a woman in this world had a miscarriage after getting pregnant...
"The egg fruit is an outstanding fruit on the tree."
Grandpa said: "Eternal life is a legendary fairyland, just like the place where immortals live in Eastern mythology."
"There, women don't need to suffer the pain of pregnancy," Grandpa said. "If a man and a woman fall in love, they only need to come to a tree, tie a red string on a branch, and pray devoutly."
"Ten months later, the place where the red string is tied will produce an egg fruit. After cutting it open, you can get the child."
“…..”
Gu Yun was a little confused, what kind of inexplicable fairy tale was this.
It's really Momotaro, and the child was sent by a crane, or it could be Princess Kaguya in the Takenaka.
"More than that," Grandpa continued: "If you want plant seeds or animal cubs, you can also pray through Limu."
"There are also wild trees, the beasts and birds of the mountains, the grasses and the fruits of the trees, and the trees of the fish that live in the water."
It can be said that in the eternal world, all living things are born from the fruits produced on various trees.
"that…"
Gu Yun commented: "It's such a mythical world. Grandpa, have you ever been to the ordinary world?"
"Well, I went there when I was young."
Grandpa said: "At that time, I, Reiko, and Kishiro, under the leadership of Kogoro's spiritual vision, traveled through different time, space and dimensions."
Thinking of the years when he was young, grandpa showed a nostalgic look.
Although the spiritual vision technique has little combat effectiveness, it can travel through the world and reach different dimensions, dimensions and time and space. For this reason, it is a well-deserved legendary secret technique.
"So," Gu Yun said, "How to resolve the matter between Sakura and Nadeshiko?"
"The best thing to do about Nadeshiko's matter is not to do anything."
"ah?"
Gu Yun looked at his grandfather in confusion: "Why?"
"Xiao Guyun should know how long I can live, right?"
"sorry!"
Gu Yun's expression changed and he quickly bowed his head and apologized.
"Hahaha, that's not what I meant."
Grandpa quickly smiled and said: "Although I told you that you don't need to care about other people's moral kidnapping, how can I say..."
"As expected, I still can't help it."
The old man scratched his cheek and said, "I turn a blind eye to the people who need help. It's me who suffers."
But everyone's personality is different. Grandpa is the type of person with a kind heart.
But the old man didn't want Gu Yun to become like that.
Kindness is a very tragic character. People with this character will always care about others and ignore themselves.
They will live a very hard life, often blame themselves, feel heartache, and cannot eat or sleep well because of other people's sufferings.
Kindness is sometimes a curse.
It's just a kind-hearted person who enjoys it like a cake.
Of course, Grandpa also told Gu Yun that true kindness will not force or accuse others.
That kind of holy mother who harms others without benefiting herself is definitely the person that grandpa hates the most.
"I…"
Listening to his grandfather's explanation, Gu Yun felt a little ashamed of himself. He was a selfish person and really couldn't sacrifice himself for others.
"It doesn't matter, it really doesn't matter."
Grandpa gently stroked Gu Yun's hair: "You don't need to force yourself to do things you can't do."
"Heroes are great, but as for Gu Yun, it's better not to be a hero."
Maybe the world will praise Gu Yun for this, but Grandpa just wants his grandson to be happy.
"There's nothing wrong with being selfish."
Grandpa is also selfish when it comes to loving his grandson.
If it were a stranger and Gu Yun who were in danger, and Grandpa was asked to make a choice, he would save his grandson without hesitation, not the outsider.
"Xiao Guyun, just remember one thing," Grandpa said: "The most difficult thing for a person in this world is not to do something, but to restrain yourself from doing something."
"The more powerful people are, the greater their power is and what they can do is far more than ordinary people."
"Just like you Gu Yun," Grandpa said: "You are still young now, but in the future, you may have the power to destroy the world."
"Why?"
Gu Yun felt that what his grandfather said was a bit exaggerated: "This is unlikely, right?"
"Who knows..."
Grandpa joked: "Let's just assume that Xiao Guyun has such potential."
"So, if one day, Xiaoguyun, you have such power, can you restrain yourself and not do evil?"
"I…"
With Gu Yun's character, he didn't want to make such a guarantee.
However, facing the old man in front of him, Gu Yun did not want to disappoint him: "I can..."
"No need to answer."
Before Gu Yun could speak, the old man's hand fell down: "How you want to go in the future is up to your future self. If you make a decision now for your future life, you will only leave regrets."
In the future, Gu Yun may blame his past self and the old man who was like a frog in a well.
"Even if one day, Gu Yun, you make that decision."
Grandpa: "I also believe that you must have made your decision after careful consideration."
"Then, just do it."
It doesn’t matter whether he destroys the world or he does many evil things.
If this was Gu Yun's own idea and wish, the old man would not stop it because he believed in Gu Yun's judgment in the future.
"I have less than two years left to live."
"Xiao Guyun, you should know that you have entered my study," Grandpa said, "I actually have a way to continue living."
"Um."
Among the spells collected by grandpa, there are some ways to extend life.
Most of them have side effects, and some are extremely evil. Grandpa is unwilling to live in that way no matter what.
But, he still has Gu Yun.
Those side-effect-free forbidden techniques that have extremely high spiritual requirements and cannot be performed by Grandpa himself are more than enough with Gu Yun's power.
Grandpa believes that as long as he opens his mouth, Gu Yun will help him extend his life and even gain eternal life.
"You don't have to do anything like that."
Grandpa asked Gu Yun, what is the difference between saving Nadeshiko and extending his life?
Without Tananyun, Nadeshiko might only have one year left to live, and Grandpa would only have two years left to live.
Both will face the crisis of death.
If Gu Yun saves Nadeshiko, will he continue to save grandpa, and then...
Endlessly!
"Everyone has his own mission," Grandpa said, "Maybe you don't like this sentence, but destiny is determined by God."
If you feel dissatisfied and want to go against fate, that's okay.
"But grandpa," the old man said with a smile, "now I just want to take the boat of life, go down the river, and see the scenery ahead of the journey that I was supposed to reach."
Death is not the end. After living a long 80 years in this world, the next stop on the journey is called Huangquan.
"so…"
Gu Yun asked: "Sakura's appearance is also due to fate. It is the life Miss Nadeshiko should have experienced. I shouldn't interfere too much, right?"
"Yes and no."
Grandpa told Gu Yun that Miyoko's curse was caused by the ancestors of the Mizui family and had nothing to do with her.
To put it simply, Miyoko was supposed to live to be 80 years old, but because of Queen Water, she could not live to be 30.
However, Nadeshiko’s lifespan, her grandfather had calculated it for her back then, was that she would die at the age of 27!
"Does Xiao Guyun know about Crow Rido?"
"I've never heard of him, who is he?"
Gu Yun naturally knows that everyone who has watched "Card Captor Sakura" knows the name of Crow's evil character.
In this world, Crowrido is a descendant of the Kino Morra clan who left behind after they left Japan hundreds of years ago.
However, among them, there are actually not many bloodlines from the Kino Morra clan.
"After intermarriage after intermarriage, the Senluo family merged into the blood of a certain family in the East, and stole the ancient magic inheritance of the Ying Kingdom."
Crowrido is a great magician who was born under the three power systems of the East, the Far East, and the West.
In terms of strength, he is probably almost the same as the legendary Japanese Onmyoji Abe Seimei.
"When I was observing Nadeshiko, I discovered that Sakura's birth was not an absolute accident."
Sakura was indeed born from a womb, but that was only her physical body, while her soul came from Crowrido.
In this regard, Gu Yun is completely different.
His soul comes from another world and is given flesh and blood by his mother in the true sense. His soul is all given by God.
"Sakura's soul is very special. It reminds me of Alice, the flawless girl pursued by another branch of the Senluo family."
"Then, what is it?"
Gu Yun discovered that his old man was really extremely knowledgeable and felt like he knew everything.
"I don't know very well, I just heard people talk about it."
Grandpa said: "After the Mu clan split, they were scattered in Europe. The two most famous clans came from Germany and Ying Kingdom respectively."
The descendants of the Ying Kingdom branch are Culuoliduo.
As for the German branch, its last patriarch was called Luo Zhen, who was an extremely excellent puppet master and alchemist.
'This Five Elements Family feels so powerful.'
As far as Gu Yun knows now, every family after the split of the Five Elements Family has its own background and methods: 'Is it true that the ten famous families are so valuable?'
"So is this all Crowrido's plan?"
Gu Yun had had this idea before, but he was not sure.
But my grandfather, who has nothing to do with Crowrido, has made the same judgment, so the possibility is very high.
And Gu Yun remembered that in the comics, Sakura's mother Nadeshiko finally reunited with the Kinomoto family in the form of a spirit body.
Putting it this way, it seems that Crowrido is not a bad person.
"This is my judgment."
Grandpa said: "When I first met Nadeshiko, I helped her predict that she would only have 27 years to live."
This is why Snail felt that Nadeshiko was destined to die.
Therefore, we need to change our fate against fate in order to save Nadeshiko.
As for the appearance of Toya and Sakura, it is more like a process leading to death.
Even without these two children, Nadeshiko would have died in an accident one day at the age of 27.
"But if grandpa, your guess is right, Crowrido let Nadeshiko give birth to Sakura again..."
This is like a man-made deadline, the cause of death arranged by Crowrido for Nadeshiko.
"In my opinion, Kuro Rido may not be hurting Nadeshiko," Grandpa said, "On the contrary, he is actually saving her."
If Nadeshiko is destined to die at the age of 27, which is her fate, then whether Sakura is born or not will not affect this outcome.
On the contrary, Sakura's appearance may break Nadeshiko's fate and give her new possibilities.
Listening to Grandpa's judgment, Gu Yun secretly thought: 'Is that why there is an ending like in the comics?'
"That's why I don't suggest you, Gu Yun, to go in depth."
Grandpa said: "Logically speaking, we shouldn't get involved in Nadeshiko's matter."
The Iijima family doesn't know what Crowrido wants to do.
"Is there such a taboo against removing the spirit circle?"
"there is."
Grandpa said: "If the other party is an evil warlock, we can take action, but this is a family matter of the Kino Morra clan."
"I see."
Since he now has no ability to interfere with the fate of the Kinomoto family, Gu Yun will not force himself to do so.
"Then, I'm going back?"
"Don't worry," Snail quickly stopped his grandson: "You're already here, why don't you stay with grandpa for a while longer."
"No, it just so happens that the ring is not here."
Chapter completed!