I have been bound in a forbidden place for five hundred years. Why are you crying when I am a casual

Xu Wanqing has always been a person who is good at speaking.

Combined with the truth she told, to be honest, it really exceeded Gu Xiu's expectations.

My master knew the truth from the beginning!

Even Xu Wanqing and Lu Qingyao, who pointed the finger at him, knew the truth from the very beginning!

This truth.

This brought great shock to Gu Xiu's heart.

Her heart, which had already gone cold, felt like it was frozen in ten thousand years of ice at this moment. They all knew the truth, yet they still treated her like this. They knew that Jiang Xun had done something wrong, yet they made her bear all the injustice for no reason.

He was both angry and unwilling to give in.

same.

There is more sadness.

Five hundred years ago, it was clearly not like this, but now, five hundred years later, everything has changed again, and it feels unfamiliar to me.

"Don't worry, Junior Brother. You've suffered such a great injustice this time. We all understand in our hearts, and naturally we can't really regard you as the real murderer. This elixir I brought this time is specially for your healing."

"correct."

"Junior Brother, didn't you want to go to Yudan Peak to help out and work with the disciples there to learn about alchemy? I promise you, once this matter is settled, I will immediately arrange for you to go to Yudan Peak. I will never let you suffer any injustice again!"

"..."

Xu Wanqing continued to persuade him, and even took out some benefits from between her fingernails and promised them to Gu Xiu.

to be frank.

Gu Xiu doesn't care about these benefits.

But finally.

However, Gu Xiu still took Xu Wanqing's confession letter, read it carefully, and finally signed his name on it.

Xu Wanqing was very happy with this result. After comforting Gu Xiu for a while, she left with the confession in ecstasy. In her opinion, she had succeeded in persuading Gu Xiu, but in fact, only Gu Xiu himself knew the truth.

He was not persuaded.

But he was unwilling and had some doubts, and wanted to dispel all the doubts in his heart.

He wanted to investigate Jiang Xun and see his true face.

even……

The changes in the senior sisters over the past five hundred years made Gu Xiu feel something was wrong.

He even began to suspect for the first time that his master and senior sisters might have been subjected to some means that he did not understand, which led to such a drastic change in their personalities. He no longer insisted on clearing his grievances, but just hoped to find out the truth.

but.

Gu Xiu's luck doesn't seem to be good.

After signing the confession and on the way to get the pill, Gu Xiu ran into Qin Mo Ran. When Qin Mo Ran saw the pill, he immediately suspected that Gu Xiu had stolen it, and on the spot, he scolded Gu Xiu with righteous words like a sage.

He took direct action and dragged Gu Xiu to the door of the sect's main hall. Not only did he call Guan Xuelan, Xu Wanqing and others, he even called many disciples and elders of the sect. In front of everyone, he scolded Gu Xiu.

"The sages say, 'Wealth and honor cannot corrupt, poverty and humbleness cannot move, power and force cannot bend; this is what a true man is.'"

"You lost your cultivation and were seriously injured."

"But this isn't the reason you stole. I originally thought that even though you've fallen so far, you still have some integrity. I never thought you'd do something like this. The entire Qingxuan will be ashamed of you!"

"I'm so disappointed in you!!!"

"..."

She was high and mighty, and spoke righteously, as if she were truly a living sage who was upright and incorruptible, adhering to the principle that "a man of integrity will not drink water from a stolen spring, and a man of integrity will not accept food given out of pity."

that moment.

The sadness in Gu Xiu's heart reached its peak again.

Qin Moran was a scholar who loved to emulate the sages in his words and deeds. Five hundred years ago, he and Qin Moran had been very close. But this time, she didn't even bother to question him, didn't bother to investigate the truth, and simply labeled him a thief.

What made him even more sad was...

Xu Wanqing, who knew the truth clearly, did not choose to come out and speak for herself when she saw herself being scolded to the point of being unable to raise her head. Instead, she sent a message to herself:

"Junior brother, you have been wronged."

"But you must never tell anyone about what happened between us, otherwise Qingxuan will be truly ruined!"

A scholar was indiscriminate, and a living Bodhisattva watched him fall into trouble without helping him. At that moment, Gu Xiu's vision began to blur. In a trance, he seemed to see himself abandoning the sect and setting out on the road alone.

But in his heart, he still had a glimmer of hope for Qingxuan, and still had some doubts about the truth.

So he didn't object.

By keeping silent, he tacitly acknowledged the accusation of stealing the elixir.

The final result was Guan Xuelan's verdict:

"Thieves should be severely punished. At the very least, they will be sentenced to six months of confinement on the cliff of remorse. At the worst, their cultivation will be revoked and they will be expelled from the sect. I am grateful that you have been diligent in raising spirit beasts for the past two years, and you are just a mortal and cannot bear such a heavy punishment."

"Okay, you'll go to the water dungeon and be punished for a month."

That's it.

Gu Xiu was punished to go to the water dungeon again.

This time, when Gu Xiu was imprisoned in the water dungeon, some senior sisters finally came to visit him. Even all the senior sisters, except for the eldest sister Nian Chaoxi and Shi Siling who had gone into seclusion again, came to see Gu Xiu.

Gu Xiu's cold and desperate heart was filled with anticipation for their arrival.

Just a pity.

The anticipation soon faded because they didn't come because they really cared about Gu Xiu.

But...

"Gu Xiu, what's wrong with you now? Five hundred years ago, you were at least upright. Look at what you have become now, harboring resentment and doing sneaky things. How can you be worthy of our Qingxuan? How can you be worthy of the position of Qingxuan Supreme's direct disciple? How can you be worthy of the sect's jade token?"

"Junior brother, although I have wronged you this time, since you have already admitted your guilt, you should sincerely repent for your sins instead of remaining silent. This will make people who don't know you think you have really been wronged. Do you really have any resentment in your heart?"

"Gu Xiu, you were once considered a well-read scholar, but now, do you think you're worthy of all those books you read? You did us a great favor by allowing us to enter the forbidden area, but you can't always hold onto our debt and think we owe you something. What's the difference between you and a mean person?"

"Junior Brother, how could you poison the Immortal Crane and even steal the elixir? Do you know whose elixir you stole? It was for Junior Brother!"

"Gu Xiu, you still don't understand. You shouldn't have come back alive. If you had died in the forbidden area, we Qingxuan would at least remember your kindness. But what did you do? You actually came back and became a burden to the sect. If you still have any backbone, you should commit suicide to apologize!"

"..."

This is what they said when they came to see Gu Xiu.

There was no concern, no comfort, only endless accusations and abuse, especially from Lu Qingyao. Not only did she tell Gu Xiu that he shouldn't be a burden to the sect, she also threw the wordless ancient book she found in Gu Xiu's Zhuofeng residence to him:

"Everyone thinks you've brought something valuable from that forbidden area. Even the sect is trying to hide the news of your return, just to avoid enemies. As a result, I can't even leave my house freely now. All of this is caused by you."

"Gu Xiu, don't think I don't know what you're thinking."

"I brought this tattered book and this broken bamboo pole back not to give the sect any treasure, but to remind them that we owed you back then, and we must repay you with all our heart. I'm telling you, we won't fall for that."

"Qingxuan once needed you, and you happened to be strong, so we were willing to treat you well. But now you have lost all your cultivation and have become a useless person. Not only can you no longer make any contribution to Qingxuan, you are even a burden to the sect and an eyesore to us."

"That's your fault!"

"Now I'm giving you a chance. Commit suicide here, die quietly in the water dungeon. At least after you die, we'll give you a grand funeral. We'll announce that you've returned but were seriously injured and died. At least we can leave you with a good reputation."

"Qingxuan, I don't need you!"

"..."

These words were like a huge bell, striking Gu Xiu's heart, and the persistence in his heart was on the verge of collapse at this moment.

Gu Xiu was stunned when he picked up the dagger thrown by Lu Qingyao.

He didn't expect that his passion and sincerity would...

At last.

But this is the result.

Back then, she loved to follow behind him the most. She was innocent and lovable. She was obviously his senior sister but actually more like his junior sister Lu Qingyao. But now she said such words and even took out a dagger to commit suicide. The disgust in her eyes was like a sharp blade, cutting Gu Xiu's heart bit by bit.

Heartache.

It hurts so much that I can't breathe. It hurts so much that I can't catch my breath.

At last.

Under Lu Qingyao's verbal attack, Gu Xiu finally stabbed the dagger into his own heart in front of Lu Qingyao.

Strange to say.

Compared to the pain in his heart, although his heart was clearly being stabbed by a knife, Gu Xiu only felt a little more comfortable, as if the real injury was insignificant compared to the pain in his heart, even though his vitality was rapidly dissipating and blood was spilled on the wordless ancient book in front of him.

A rare smile appeared on Gu Xiu's face.

A smile of relief.

A smile of relief.

Lu Qingyao's face was filled with surprise at his suicide, and a look of joy that was difficult to suppress no matter what. However, even so, he still did not give Gu Xiu a good look, but instead scolded:

"You little villain, you want to die yourself and you want to drag me down with you."

"You want me to bear the infamy of killing my junior brother? You deserve to be killed!"

Leave the words behind.

Lu Qingyao turned around and left in a hurry.

He wanted to find evidence that Gu Xiu’s death had nothing to do with him.

Looking at her hurriedly fleeing back, Gu Xiu's expression began to become dazed, his consciousness began to disperse, and the blood flowing in his heart also gathered on the wordless ancient book at this moment, and finally seemed to transform vaguely into a figure exactly like himself.

He walked out of the book and sat in front of him.

Look at him calmly.

Even though he didn't speak, didn't open his mouth, and didn't even have any expression, Gu Xiu could still vaguely understand that he seemed to be waiting for his answer.

Facing this gaze, Gu Xiu couldn't help but think of the various events that happened five hundred years ago and the extreme sorrow he had experienced.

At the same time, a voice seemed to arise in his heart, constantly bewitching him in his ears.

Just fall into the abyss and never wake up.

If I hadn't gained anything in that forbidden area, why would everyone treat me so coldly?

If he hadn't lost all his cultivation and was unable to help Qingxuan, how could things have ended up like this?

How could this happen if I hadn't become a redundant person without realizing it?

all of these……

It's all my fault!

The guilt came so suddenly that it was hard to bear. When Gu Xiu once again faced the thoughts of whether he should regret it, he subconsciously reached out and began to write on the wordless ancient book with trembling hands.

Almost subconsciously, he wanted to write the word "no regrets".

But just after Wu Zi fell.

As if by some strange coincidence, the word "regret" at the end was forcibly changed into "puppet".

Worthy!

It was obvious that Gu Xiu had glanced at it for ten thousand years before writing it down, so much so that Gu Xiu, who was currently in the midst of the lighting disaster, was somewhat surprised when he saw these words.

Moreover, the wordless ancient book seemed to have lost its spirituality during the catastrophe of lighting the lamp. The ancient book butterflies and the fusion of skills that had never appeared in reality did not appear. It looked like just two not-so-beautiful words written in blood on a book.

But these two words seemed to be able to absorb people's essence at this moment, making Gu Xiu stunned.

next moment.

He suddenly raised his head, staring directly at the figure in front of him that looked almost identical to himself, and spoke hoarsely:

"I'm Gu Xiu."

"Worthy of Qingxuan!"

next moment.

The water prison collapsed, Qingxuan turned into illusion, the sky and the earth collapsed into pieces, and Gu Xiu, who had committed suicide and was seriously injured and dying, was now struggling and standing up again.

He first lowered his head and took a look at the fatal wound on his heart.

Then, he looked at the figure that appeared in front of him. This figure had the same face as his, but had been trying to persuade him to give up. He asked:

"Is this the essence of the Lighting Calamity?"

"The distracting thoughts in my mind are infinitely magnified, affecting me. If I do anything that harms myself during this Lighting Tribulation, it will leave hidden dangers in the Lighting Tribulation. Will these distracting thoughts transform into a physical and mental demon, lurking there until one day they backfire on me?"

"If that's the case..."

"This is the calamity of lighting the lamp."

“It seems that’s all there is to it!”

There was a myriad of brilliance in his eyes, and the "self" he was staring at actually reacted to Gu Xiu's gaze.