Mysterious mirror hanging high

"Not only has he lost all his autonomy, he's also trapped within the earth veins, destined to die in the lower realms... Think about Qiu Dongxuan, a great man of his generation. His demonic clone inherited all his memories, making it naturally equivalent to his original self, yet he met such a fate."

Xiao Guanying sneered, "Xiao Shihua, there's no need to be so sarcastic. You're simply afraid that I'll imitate Dongxuan Tianjun. Right or wrong?"

"You can rest assured."

"Although you and I are the original Buddha and the incarnation, we are actually two different people, and the laws we cultivate are also very different."

"I know you've always disliked being alone and cutting off ties, believing that being too overbearing is a dead end."

"But how can I ever look down upon your hearts and minds? You even have to consider the feelings of ordinary people, how fussy."

"Even if I exchanged bodies with you, if the principles I cultivate are not in line with my true nature, my path to enlightenment will still be cut off and I will be beyond redemption."

Xiao Shihua frowned: "I originally thought you were just overbearing, but now your actions... are more than just overbearing, they are actually bordering on demonic."

"Demon Path? What a joke! Haven't I always been a demon path?"

Xiao Guanying disagreed: "The Way of Heaven doesn't distinguish between good and bad, righteous and evil. Others may think that the Way of Heaven is cruel or kind, but that's their subjective opinion. It has nothing to do with the Way of Heaven itself."

"You think I've fallen into evil, that's just your opinion. I don't care."

Xiao Shihua sighed, "Are you so desperate and seeking all sorts of remedies? Is it to unify the Immortal Continent? To make the entire world submit to your principles of Heaven and Earth?"

"Lu Yingzhao was able to defeat Ying Ba, who was at the Perfection of the Spiritual Transformation stage, with his mid-stage Spiritual Transformation cultivation. So why can't he defeat you? Even if you advance to the late stage of the Spiritual Transformation stage, what good will it do?"

"Stop it."

Xiao Shihua whispered, "Either find a way to reconcile with Lu Yingzhao, Taoist Xuanjing, and the others, or ascend directly and escape to the immortal realm. Perhaps there's still a glimmer of hope."

Xiao Guanying had a blank expression on his face: "I can't stop now."

"To flee now would be to overthrow the government, and would be tantamount to denying one's own path. What's the difference between this and killing me?"

"Since that's the case, why not give it a try? Even if it means certain death, it's better than ruining your path and living in disgrace!"

Xiao Shihua said sadly, "Why did it come to this?"

"Yes, why is this so?"

Xiao Guanying closed his eyes: "It shouldn't be like this."

"When did it start? It feels like everything is out of my control."

"The Liu Yao Xing Palace group, relying on the prophecy from a thousand years ago, should have allowed me to directly seize the righteous position and win the hearts of the people."

"I should have had far more capable ministers, generals, and talented people under my command than I do now."

"The protagonist who leads the various major sects of Xianzhou to repel Ying Ba and others and eliminate the great calamity of Xianzhou should be me, Xiao Guanying, not Lu Yingzhao or Taoist Xuanjing."

"If I could turn back time, perhaps I could change all this at some point? Then the current situation would not be like this."

Xiao Shihua shook his head: "There are no ifs in this world, and time cannot be reversed... But it's never too late to mend the fence after the sheep have been lost. You shouldn't have thrown in the towel like this."

"No need."

Xiao Guanying said calmly: "The Emperor of Heaven has the dignity of the Emperor of Heaven...but it's you."

"Don't get involved with me, maybe you can avoid being affected."

He chuckled softly: "Isn't this exactly why I created you?"

----

Hetianyu, Tianting, Wenrennuo Mansion

"I, Guan, bid farewell to Cao Gong, my heart hanging over the Han Palace."

"The Red Hare trampled through the dust and smoke of Heluo."

"Cao Mengde presented a green robe covered with clouds and the moon,"

"My Qinglong sword picked up the sun and moon."

"Passing five levels, beheading six generals, the blood of heroes is boiling..."

"The war drums of the ancient city make one's heart ache!"

Wen Rennuo leaned against the edge of the Eight Immortals Table, with half of his brocade robe hanging on the sandalwood tabletop. He supported his chin with one hand and casually played with the wine jug in the other. As the amber wine flowed down the spout into his throat, the stage was performing the first act of "Passing Five Gates".

The red-faced martial artist who played Guan Yu on the stage wore tiger-head boots and danced with his Green Dragon Crescent Blade so fiercely that no water could penetrate it.

The slender eyebrows drawn with eyebrow pencil slant into the temples, and the three-foot-long beard is woven with horsetail hair, cascading like a waterfall as he moves.

Suddenly, there was a clang of a gong, and Guan Yu knelt on one knee, with the blade pointing diagonally. The martial artist who played Kong Xiu staggered back.

"it is good!"

When Wen Rennuo slammed the table, a few melon seeds fell from his sleeves. He changed to a more relaxed posture, with his left leg bent and resting against the edge of the table, while his right leg was suspended in the air and dangling lightly, the toe of his boot beating in time with the drum beats.

When the performance reached the part where Guan Yu chopped Cai Yang with his sword, Wen Rennuo suddenly threw out the wine jug.

The white jade pot drew an arc in the air and was hit by the Qinglong sword.

The troupe fell to their knees in fear, but they heard him clapping his hands and laughing: "Excellent skills, reward!"

"This play is truly something you never get tired of watching."

The play that Wen Rennuo was watching at the moment was "A Thousand Miles Alone".

This drama is derived from a novel called "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". The author of this novel is named "Luo Guanzhong", who is originally an unknown person... But if you know the inside information, you will know that "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" was actually written by the famous "Xuan Jing Zhenjun".

It's just a false name of Luo Guanzhong.

Although Master Xuan Jing clarified in public more than once that he was not the author of Romance of the Three Kingdoms and that Luo Guanzhong was indeed a real person, no one believed it. They all thought it was just a self-deprecating excuse by the number one master in the fairyland.

Wen Rennuo had naturally read his master's works carefully. Among the many heroes in the Three Kingdoms, his favorite was Guan Yu.

"Alas... Master Guan is in Cao's camp, but his heart is with Han. His loyalty to Emperor Liu is truly evident to all."

"But Prime Minister Cao is also sincere in his teachings to Master Guan, and the loyalty between them is extraordinary."

"It was rare that later, at Huarong Pass, Master Guan disobeyed military orders and risked his own life to let Cao Cao go. This was a perfect fulfillment of the bond between the two... A true man should behave like this!"

The reason why Wen Rennuo liked Guan Yu was not because of his unparalleled bravery and his fearsome power throughout China. After all, among ordinary people, the top combat power was only that of the innate, and the so-called million-strong army under his command was something that even immortal cultivators could not stop in one breath.

What he really envied was that Guan Yu was able to have both loyalty and righteousness, without having to be at a loss as to what to do or be caught in a dilemma.

Wen Rennuo secretly calculated in his heart: "With the fall of the Shending Immortal Dynasty, the dispute between the Heavenly Court, the Penglai Righteous Path, and the Tianming Tower should be exposed. I am afraid that there will be a war between the two sides."

"Master has been so kind to me. If it weren't for you, I would have rotted and stank in that mine forever."

"But Brother Shihua treats me really well. He treats me as a true friend. How can friends not be loyal to each other?"

"Damn it! If Master and Brother Shithua really start fighting, how am I supposed to cope with being caught in the middle?"