Every day the puppet is playing dead

【Yun Zixiao's Illusion】

"Yun Zixiao, do you know what is the way of ruthlessness?"

An old voice sounded.

There was darkness in front of Yun Zixiao's eyes, he blinked, and the next second the darkness dissipated, and he saw an old man with white beard standing in front of him.

At this time, he and the white-bearded old man were standing in the courtyard, not far away was a cedar.

The Sword Intent Peak of Qingyun Sect is covered with snow all the year round, and the cedar is covered with a layer of white snow, which seems to be born with silver frost.

Yun Zixiao didn't answer.

He didn't know how to answer, he didn't know then, and he doesn't know now.

This old man with white beard was Yun Zixiao's former master.

The reason why I say "once" is because in Yun Zixiao's memory, his master has long since died, and because of the passing of his master, Yun Zixiao was at a loss as to whether he should join the world, and in the end, He ran into Chong Yu.

The swordsmanship that Yun Zixiao and his master practiced is the ruthless way.

The master said that people have feelings because they have desires, so if you want to be ruthless, you need to be utterly desiring.

Many desires are produced by contrast:

Seeing that others are rich, so I want to be rich with myself;

Seeing that others are good, so I want to be more good.

Therefore, the master's teaching method is to take Yun Zixiao to a place far away from human habitation, to isolate Yun Zixiao from the possibility of contacting the world of mortals, and to eliminate all desires of Yun Zixiao.

Now, Yun Zixiao closed his eyes, knelt down, and said to Master:

"The disciple is not filial."

Master raised his eyebrows: "Yun Zixiao, don't you know the way of ruthlessness?"

Yun Zixiao did not know.

If he hadn't met Chong Yu, Yun Zixiao might still have known about it.

The way of ruthlessness is to be completely ruthless to this world, not to be sad or happy for anything, just focus on one's own way of swordsmanship, and just ascend to immortality.

This is what Master has always taught Yun Zixiao.

Yun Zixiao once told Chong Yu this sentence, but he never expected that Chong Yu would ask him with a strange face:

"Isn't that turning the living into the dead?"

Chongyu said that cultivating immortals should be human's yearning for a higher and better world, and it is a higher level;

It is because of curiosity and the desire to survive that human beings have Shennong taste all kinds of herbs, practice various exercises, and have today's life.

The only thing in the world that is truly ruthless, righteous, and desireless is stone.

Then according to what Yun Zixiao said, isn't the ruthless way just to turn a living person into a stone?

This was the first time Yun Zixiao heard such remarks, and he was so shocked that his pupils shrank.

He never thought about this question, and said ruthlessly... Isn't it completely exterminating his own humanity?

"Are you cultivating the Tao or the sword?"

Chong Yu asked.

Yun Zixiao rubbed the sword for a long while at that time, and finally said:

"sword."

For Yun Zixiao, he is purely a sword cultivator, he wants to reach the pinnacle of the sword, and the Ruthless Dao is just his way of cultivation, which makes him pay more attention to the sword.

"What is the essence of that sword?"

Chong Yu asked.

Yun Zixiao thought for a long time, but he didn't know the answer.

Chong Yu smiled slightly and said:

"It's about sincerity."

This sentence shocked Yun Zixiao at that time, and he had an epiphany.

In fact, when Chongyu said this, he just thought of the various novels he had read.

What he didn't expect was that he just made up nonsense based on the things in the novel, but in the end Yun Zixiao looked at him with more fanatical eyes, which indirectly led to Chongyu being dragged by Yun Zixiao in the follow-up practice sword.

The experience with Chongyu, plus the experience of stepping into the world of mortals in order to find Chongyu later, the combination of the two made Yun Zixiao have doubts about the ruthless way——

In Yun Zixiao's view, this world is originally suffering, but there is hope everywhere;

If the purpose of cultivating Ruthless Dao is to cut off love, then it seems that it is just for escaping, and it is just for oneself to escape reality.

How can a person be unfeeling and unrequited love?

If it is done, isn't that person "dead"?

At that time, it doesn't matter how high the cultivation base is, it's just a walking dead.

As a cultivator, he should solve problems for ordinary people and maintain the order of the Three Realms, but he is so ruthless and loveless. Without compassion, how can he ensure that he can perceive the suffering of all beings?

The conflict between the two, coupled with the guilt over Chongyu's death, caused Yun Zixiao to have a lot of demons.

Devil...

Yes, this is an illusion.

After reminiscing, Yun Zixiao didn't pay attention to the question of the master in front of him. He raised his head and said to the master:

"Master, you have long since died."

"presumptuous!"

Hearing that the master was furious, he scolded, "Yun Zixiao, are you confused? I'm living a good life!"

After finishing speaking, Master patted Yun Zixiao three times.

Those three shots made Yun Zixiao unsteady, he raised his head and looked at Master in surprise.

There is pain... all this is real?

Seeing that Yun Zixiao was at a loss, Master's attitude gradually softened. He patted Yun Zixiao's head and sighed:

"I didn't expect that the last time the illusion caused you to lose your mind until now... Forget it, today, I accepted another child as my disciple."

Yun Zixiao was stunned: "Master?"

Master withdrew his hand and waved behind Yun Zixiao, saying:

"come on."

Yun Zixiao turned his head and saw Chong Yu wearing a disciple's uniform, walking slowly from a distance.

The snow that filled the sky stopped at this moment, Yun Zixiao opened his eyes slightly, looked at the lively Chong Yu, and slowly approached with a smile.

His eyes were lively and his steps were brisk. When he walked up to Yun Zixiao, Chong Yu lowered his head and smiled at Yun Zixiao:

"Senior Brother Yun."

In an instant, Yun Zixiao heard that something seemed to be broken in his heart.

He couldn't say a word for a long time.

This is his dream scene, he always thought it was a luxury.

"Why is Brother Yun looking at me like that?"

Chong Yu blinked at Yun Zixiao, then touched his nose shyly, and said,

"Well, I admit that it's really... surprising to become your junior directly, but you shouldn't be like this."

Master looked at the two of them and said:

"Since the two of you know each other, that's fine, Yun Zixiao. From today onwards, you will be in charge of teaching Chong Yu."

Yun Zixiao turned his head slowly, he glanced at Master, then turned his head to look at Chong Yu.

The three of them looked at each other in blank dismay, silent.

Master's support:

"That's all, I don't want to get involved in the affairs of your juniors. Yun Zixiao, don't practice hard alone in the past few days, teach your junior brother more, and you have the right to relax."

Yun Zixiao realized later, he doubted:

"Have I entered an illusion?"

Master stroked his beard, glared at Yun Zixiao, and said to Chongyu:

"You explain to him."

After finishing speaking, it turned into a streamer and left the place quickly.

Chong Yu, who was named by name, twitched the corner of his mouth, and then he looked at Yun Zixiao:

"what do you wish to ask?"

Yun Zixiao touched the hilt of the sword in his hand, and said in a low voice:

"You are obviously dead."

Chong Yu suddenly showed a speechless expression.

He paused for a long time before saying:

"I don't know, so you expect me to die."

"No."

As soon as Chong Yu finished speaking, Yun Zixiao quickly explained.

Afterwards, Yun Zixiao looked at Chong Yu and asked cautiously:

"How do I know, are you an illusion?"

Chong Yu tilted his head and asked:

"How can you be sure that your previous memory is not an illusion?"

Yun Zixiao pursed his lips, he hesitated.

"Well, if you think this is an illusion, kill me."

Chong Yu stretched out his arms to Yun Zixiao, exposed his chest, defenseless, he smiled and said,

"Come on, kill me, and see if I, a false illusion, will die in the end."

Yun Zixiao's face changed drastically, he took a step back, frowned, and said:

"Life and death are not jokes."

"now it's right."

Chong Yu approached, and he put his hand over Yun Zixiao's hand holding the sword hilt, and asked affectionately,

"Senior Brother Yun, think about it, what does Chong Yu look like in your memory?"

The sudden closeness made Yun Zixiao stiff all over, he looked down at Chongyu's hand, and finally said:

"He...is exactly like you."

They were all wearing the uniforms of Qing Yunzong's disciples.

"Then, when you see him, should he wear a disciple's uniform?"

Chong Yu continued to speak, then he slowly withdrew, stood in front of Yun Zixiao, and looked at him quietly.

Yun Zixiao looked at the sword in his hand, then at Chongyu in front of him, and suddenly asked:

"What is the essence of the sword?"

Chong Yu froze for a moment, then subconsciously continued:

"It's because..."

Chongyu couldn't say the last word.

Seeing this situation, Yun Zixiao smiled, feeling relieved, he received:

"It's about sincerity."

Speaking of the last word, Yun Zixiao looked at "Chongyu" in front of him, with a trace of melancholy in his eyes:

"Unfortunately, I'm dishonest."

Therefore, even if he knows the word "sincerity", he will never be able to say it.

Naturally, the "Chongyu" in the illusion cannot be said.

Yun Zixiao regained his good mood, he looked at "Chongyu" coldly and said:

"You shouldn't defile him."

If he was still hesitant before, he is now very sure that the place he is in now is an illusion.

Jianxiu's character is like his sword, straight and sharp.

Generally, what he has determined will not be easily changed.

Although Yun Zixiao has a heart demon, but the sword heart he has cultivated for many years is so clear that ordinary illusions can't help him.

But... this does not mean that the illusion has no effect.

The profound illusion is to plant a seed in people's hearts, let the seeds germinate on their own, and let people eventually destroy themselves.

This kind of influence is unconscious, it is deeply rooted, and most people will always ignore it at the initial stage;

By the time he finally realized it, he was already insane.

Seeing that he had been seen through, "Chongyu" in front of him simply gave up struggling, he slowly withdrew his smile, stood in front of Yun Zixiao, and said:

"Since you say that I am an illusion, you still think that using this illusion is to defile him..."

"Chong Yu"'s expression became ambiguous:

"Senior Brother Yun, isn't that person outside an illusion?"

Thinking of Chong Yu whom he met before, Yun Zixiao's eyes became dazed, and he said:

"That man... said he was my demon."

"Heart demon—"

"Chong Yu" in the illusion continued to smile, and he said softly,

"You guessed right, this is the illusion of the flower in the mirror, reflecting what you want to do most in your heart, and who is the person you most want to see."

This "Chong Yu" is much more frivolous than the real Chong Yu, he deliberately prolongs his voice, the hook in his voice caught Yun Zixiao's heart:

"Now, are you thinking about how to destroy me? Why don't you destroy that demon outside?"

Yun Zixiao neither nodded nor shook his head.

"A sage must kill the three corpses to attain the Tao...Senior Brother Yun, that person already admits that he is a demon."

Chong Yu was still laughing, the corners of his lips curled up more and more,

"Senior brother Yun, since you practice the ruthless way, you should kill your obsessions."

Yun Zixiao was silent, he closed his eyes and said:

"The illusion is broken, you should go."

In the darkness, Yun Zixiao only heard a chuckle:

"Senior brother Yun, you said that the essence of the sword lies in sincerity. How long are you going to lie to yourself?"

Then the chuckle disappeared without a trace like green smoke.