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

"I am not a distracting thought. You and I are one. You are in me, and I am in you. How can there be any distracting thoughts or demons in the mind?"

"If you really think about it..."

He spoke.

This man who had been extremely cold and indifferent before, yet was extremely capable of bewitching others, now acted like an independent person and refuted Gu Xiu's words:

"To me, you are the inner demon!"

"I cultivate the way of protection. I should protect Qingxuan, my master, my supreme senior sister, and all the important people. Even if I die, I will have no regrets!"

"But your arrival has changed my mind."

"You abandoned the sect, caused Qingxuan's destruction, attacked your master, and betrayed your teacher and ancestors. Have you forgotten the promises we made back then? Even if the world changes, I will have no regrets?"

"You are now so ruthless and cold-blooded, just like the Supreme Being who has forgotten all emotions."

"I'm the one who should be asking."

"You, or me, Gu Xiu?"

Compared with the previous two times when Gu Xiu overcame the tribulation of lighting the lamp, the "self" in front of him was obviously more agile than the "self" he encountered in the previous two tribulations of lighting the lamp. He even seemed to have begun to have his own independent consciousness, and would deny Gu Xiu and even refute Gu Xiu's existence.

The words spoken at this moment.

It seems to have some special power that makes people involuntarily fall into self-doubt and even begin to deny whether what they have done is really wrong.

but……

Although Gu Xiu couldn't help but have such doubts in his heart, he suppressed them as soon as they arose. Now, looking at the "self" in front of him, Gu Xiu said calmly:

"It seems that my weakness will become your nourishment, making you stronger."

"Because you are the inner demon, you have robbed me of my power. Now, it is time to return the power you have robbed me." The other party replied tit for tat.

Gu Xiu was not annoyed. Instead, he smiled and asked, "You said you wanted me to return the power to you. Then tell me, what do you want to do with this power?"

"Of course it is to rebuild Qingxuan and atone for my sins!" the other party answered without hesitation.

"Atonement?" Gu Xiu smiled, looking at himself in front of him as if he was looking at a clown, a fool who was terminally ill but unaware of it.

The "self" in front of him felt a little uncomfortable being looked at by Gu Xiu, and at this moment he gritted his teeth and said:

"You look at me like that."

"It seems that you are really stubborn!"

"As expected, the inner demon is the inner demon. You don't even know where your true heart lies!"

As he spoke, he almost roared, as if this could scare Gu Xiu away. However, facing his excitement, Gu Xiu's eyes began to change, becoming serious and solemn. In the end, he even clasped his fists and bowed to the "self" in front of him:

"Thank you."

As soon as these words were spoken, the "self" in front of him suddenly froze in place, staring at Gu Xiu with wide eyes in disbelief.

He seemed to not understand what Gu Xiuxie was doing.

Instead, Gu Xiu looked towards this shattered world, especially Qing Xuan, who had been shattered into pieces, and the other senior sisters, and asked softly:

"Do you know why you exist?"

"Of course it's to protect Qingxuan!" the other party answered without hesitation.

Gu Xiu shook his head: "That's not the right answer, think about it again."

"You are a demon in your heart, so naturally you cannot understand my persistence!" the other party said affirmatively through gritting his teeth.

Gu Xiu just shook his head, his eyes fixed on the other person. The expression of the "self" in front of him gradually turned ugly, and he roared:

"Don't continue to use your bewitching power to fool me!"

"Not to mention that I don't know people well!"

"I, Gu Xiu, am grateful and I always keep my promises. No matter how they treat me, no matter whether they have truly changed, since I have received their kindness, I should naturally do my best to repay them. As long as I am alive, I should do so!"

"If you want to deny me, you are doomed to be disappointed, because I, Gu Xiu, always keep my word!"

"..."

He was a little hysterical, and even had a panic in his eyes.

Noticing this panic, Gu Xiu couldn't help but sigh softly: "Actually, you and I both know why you exist."

"I... I don't understand what you are saying!" The other person's eyes flickered.

Gu Xiu, however, continued, "The battle in the forbidden land left me nearly dead. I lost all my cultivation, and my soul was damaged. After returning, everything was unimaginably different from what I had persisted for five hundred years. This difference caused me to fall into doubt, collapse, and even self-destruction."

"My body started to instinctively save itself."

"I need a place to rely on, I need spiritual comfort, and I need a reason to keep living."

"Shut up!" The other party yelled, but it was just a yell at him. Gu Xiu ignored it and continued:

"It just so happened that I had that thought at that time, so you found an opportunity, strengthened yourself, and successfully allowed me to survive those three years of suffering."

"Even if nothing unexpected happens, you can live until I die."

"So, I'm very grateful to you."

"Because if it weren't for you, I wouldn't have been able to cultivate my Dao Heart in those three years. I'm afraid my Dao Heart would have been shattered long ago, and I would have been lost to the common people, or even died."

When he said this, the determination in the eyes of the "self" who was standing opposite Gu Xiu at this moment began to fade. He kept retorting and scolding Gu Xiu for talking nonsense, and kept denying every word that Gu Xiu said.

Seeing him like this, Gu Xiu took a step forward and said seriously:

"I thank you for letting me survive."

"But you need to know."

"Inner demon, it's you!"

He clearly didn't do anything, but these words, coupled with the step he took, made him suddenly fall to the ground. The overwhelming aura in his body was suddenly suppressed to the extreme at this moment, even under Gu Xiu's scorching gaze.

on him.

Tiny cracks began to appear.

Suddenly, he roared:

"You bullshit!"

"I am Gu Xiu, you are just distracting thoughts, you are just a stronger inner demon!"

"A patriot has shown me kindness, and I, as a patriot, will repay them. Even if I die, what's the point? Even if they change, what does it matter? The kindness I received was real. What's wrong with my thinking?"

"..."

Gu Xiu felt a surge of emotion at these hysterical roars.

In fact, he always knew that the people of Qingxuan had changed. They were no longer the same as they were in his memory, but he just didn't want to admit it.

They even blame themselves for everything and regard repaying favors as the only motivation to survive.

Until later.

Knowing what kind of people Qingxuan and others are, he still has hope and is still willing to die for them. It's not that he is really stupid, but this is the way to survive he has found for himself.

It just seems so now.

This way of life is totally wrong.

"The Lighting Tribulation is also known as the Seven Emotions Tribulation. Although it is different from the Tribulation of the Soul during the Void Refinement Stage, the rewards and risks are both the highest."

"If one does not understand its mysteries, one's Dao heart will collapse, one's temperament will change drastically, or at the very least, it will allow inner demons and distracting thoughts to grow, and eventually one will be completely dominated by the inner demons."

“And if you understand its secret.”

"But it can set things right, strengthen one's mind, and clear away distracting thoughts."

"Destroy the inner demon!"

Gu Xiu muttered to himself and closed his eyes involuntarily. When he opened them again, his eyes were extremely clear. He slowly stretched out his hand and pointed it at the "self" in front of him, like a sharp sword, to kill the evil spirit.

As the sword was struck, Gu Xiu's voice came softly:

"You are my inner demon. Although you saved me, now..."

"You shall be beheaded!"

next moment.

A sword beam burst out from the sword finger and pierced through the eyebrows of "himself" in front of him!