The woman who seemed to be sleeping in a dream finally woke up.
Still like a dream.
It was so ethereal that Gu Qingfeng still couldn't see clearly the woman's face even though she was so close and felt like she was actually there.
but.
He could clearly feel that the woman was awake and seemed to be staring at him.
"Should I call you Feng Zhuyue, Mandavan, or Empress Wuyou?"
finally.
Gu Qingfeng asked.
The woman was silent for a long time and replied with two words, it's up to you.
Her voice is just like her person, as if coming from a dream, illusory yet real.
"All right."
Gu Qingfeng originally had a lot to say in his heart, but when he actually saw Feng Zhuyue, for some reason, he didn't know what to say.
Maybe he knew that the woman in front of him was not just Feng Zhuyue.
Or maybe he really didn't know what to say when facing Feng Zhuyue.
Taking a deep breath and shaking his head slightly, Gu Qingfeng said again: "Before..."
As soon as he started speaking, he was interrupted by the woman opposite: "Since the past things are in the past, don't mention them again."
Gu Qingfeng said: "The past doesn't mean it didn't happen."
The woman stared at Gu Qingfeng, and after a moment she said, "What do you want to say?"
"What I want to say is... there were some things I did in the past that were somewhat excessive... I have always wanted to apologize to you in person, but unfortunately, I have never had this opportunity."
"You don't owe me anything."
"I really don't owe you anything, but I owe Feng Zhuyue an apology. Although... you are Feng Zhuyue, but you are not the Feng Zhuyue before, at least, not the Feng Zhuyue in my impression, and I am
I'm afraid I'll never have the chance to see the Feng Zhuyue from before again, so... I can only apologize to you."
Inexplicable.
Like the sun, like the moon, like a dream, like an illusion, like reality, the woman looked at Gu Qingfeng and suddenly smiled.
This smile made Gu Qingfeng feel very puzzled and asked: "Why are you laughing?"
"Compared to before, you are much more mature and stable... Of course, you have also become more cunning. It seems that you have experienced a lot in these years."
Gu Qingfeng was a little confused and continued to ask: "What do you mean?"
"Why ask when you know it?"
"What are you asking knowingly? I really don't know."
"Let me ask you, are you sincere in your apology to Feng Zhuyue?"
"certainly!"
"Let me ask you again, are you sincere in your apology to Feng Zhuyue?"
"certainly!"
The woman asked the question three times in a row, but Gu Qingfeng answered without hesitation every time without blushing or out of breath.
but.
After asking the question three times in a row, the woman's smile seemed to become even stronger and she said, "Are you sincere?"
"Why am I not sincere?"
"If you had apologized to Feng Zhuyue before this, you might have been somewhat sincere, but you chose to apologize to Feng Zhuyue now."
"How do you say this? Isn't it right to apologize to Feng Zhuyue now?"
The woman said: "You are a person of good temper, a person who follows your heart, and a person who believes in feelings. You apologize because you feel guilty. Unfortunately, guilt does not mean sincerity. The purpose of your apology is to feel relieved.
Only when you feel relieved can you be free and transcendent."
"So, for you, it doesn't matter whether I am Feng Zhuyue before. What's important is that I can represent Feng Zhuyue. That's enough. What's more... you find out that my existence is not just Feng Zhuyue.
When Zhuyue passed by, the only guilt you felt towards Feng Zhuyue disappeared, especially when you found out that my existence was not just Feng Zhuyue, nor just Mandala... You could no longer feel anything in your heart.
There is no guilt, not even a trace..."
The woman's voice came, and Gu Qingfeng suddenly became speechless.
He didn't expect that the woman could see through his inner thoughts, let alone his thoughts.
really.
What the woman said is absolutely correct.
He felt guilty towards Feng Zhuyue.
He really wanted to apologize to Feng Zhuyue. As for whether he wanted to eliminate the guilt in his heart or whether he was sincere, he himself didn't know. He was a follow-the-heart person and would do whatever he thought in his heart. As for the woman in front of him, what happened?
He was still not the same Feng Zhuyue as before. To be honest, Gu Qingfeng really didn't care much.
Not only did he not care, but when he learned that the woman in front of him was not just Feng Zhuyue, although he was shocked inside, as the woman said, his guilt towards Feng Zhuyue also disappeared.
The reason is simple.
Ever since he knew that Feng Zhuyue had become a demon because of himself, he had always felt guilty in his heart. Although his guilt towards Feng Zhuyue was buried deep in his heart, it was only sealed away and he had never forgotten it.
And as his understanding of the Great Way has deepened over the years, he has become more and more aware that there are some things that have been bothering him like fetters, making it impossible to transcend the great freedom.
And this bond is nothing but emotion.
Among emotions, guilt is the worst.
This thing haunts him like an inner demon, sometimes making him miserable.
If possible, Gu Qingfeng would of course want to eliminate the fetters in his heart, but he would never be happy carrying this thing on his back.
to be honest.
If it was really Feng Zhuyue from before who appeared this time, it would be really difficult for Gu Qingfeng to deal with it. Not only would he not be able to eliminate his inner guilt, but it would even intensify it.
What he never expected was that the Feng Zhuyue who appeared today was no longer the Feng Zhuyue of before. Not only did he have an additional Mandala, but he also had an additional Empress Wuyou.
If there was just one more Mandala that made Gu Qingfeng feel a little guilty, then there was one more Empress Wuyou, and as the woman said, the guilt in his heart disappeared completely.
Feng Zhuyue in one life, Mandava in one life, Wuyou Empress in one life.
The three of them all met Gu Qingfeng in the northwest. Even if this is cause and effect, even if it is fate, it is the cause and effect that someone deliberately grafted, and the fate that someone deliberately arranged.
That's the case.
The so-called guilt will no longer exist.
As a deceived person, if you feel guilty about a liar, then this deceived person is too stupid.
What's more, this is not the first time Gu Qingfeng has been deceived.
As for how many times he was deceived, he couldn't even remember.
After living so far and experiencing so many things, he felt more and more that he had fallen into a trap designed by others from the beginning.
First there was Hong Xiu in one life, Ouyang Ye in one life, Yun Nishang in one life, and now there is Feng Zhuyue in one life, Manta Fan in one life, Empress Wuyou in one life... and Jun Xuanji who has been in countless lives.
Thinking back carefully, there are pits, traps and conspiracies everywhere.
only……
Gu Qingfeng didn't know whether Yun Nishang, Empress Wuyou, and Jun Xuanji arranged this conspiracy, or whether they were just pawns in this chess game like him!