Knowing that embarking on this path of no return will cause countless troubles.

Knowing that the end of cause and effect may be a sea of suffering.

Gu Qingfeng still decided to embark on this road, not on a whim, let alone on impulse.

It is impossible to say that it has been planned for a long time.

Of course, it's not that you're idle, and you're looking for something to do.

He had met a very old timer in Jiuyou, and almost no one knew how long he had lived.

He talked with the old-timer for a long time, and what he remembered most was that the old-timer had asked him three questions, and he still can't answer these three questions.

The question is not difficult, it is neither the Great Dao, nor the law, nor the mystery of heaven and earth.

Rather, they are three questions that at first glance sound simpler.

Who are you.

Where are you from.

Where to go.

It is these three simple questions that Gu Qingfeng couldn't answer back then, and he still can't answer them today.

Gu Qingfeng knew who he was, but he didn't know who he was.

He knew where he came from, and he didn't know.

He knew where he was going, and he didn't know either.

It's a scary question.

And to understand these three questions, the answer lies in cause and effect.

this day.

Yunxia faction, Houshan Lingyin Garden.

Quiet room.

Gu Qingfeng lay on the bed casually, drinking a little wine while looking at Bing Xuan's heart.

As Zhu Xia said, this thing is derived from the source of water in nature, and it can be regarded as a great treasure in nature, and if it can be integrated into its own foundation, it will be of great benefit to the future cultivation path.

This is true for ordinary people, however, Gu Qingfeng is not uncommon, and there is no interest.

What really interested him was what was contained in the Heart of Ice Xuan.

There is a kind of blood breath.

There is also a kind of mutual breath.

The breath of the blood spirit should belong to Yun Nishang, and as for the breath of mutual growth, it should be a kind of mystery.

And whether it is the breath of the blood spirit or the breath of mutual life, they have already fused with the heart of the ice Xuan, and the three are not separated from each other.

In other words, if you want to open the secret of the Ice Xuan Heart, I am afraid that the only way to find the Heart of the Burning Sun that matches it is to find it.

Gu Qingfeng pondered, and in a few days, he would go to the Jiuhua Alliance first to snatch the Heart of the Burning Sun back.

After putting away Bing Xuan's Heart, he took out another painting scroll, and when he opened it, it was a seemingly ordinary ink painting.

It was the pair that Zhu Xia gave him before.

What is the name of this painting, Gu Qingfeng can't see it, but he only remembers that this painting came from a Buddhist ruins, and was later snatched away by the red sleeves, that is, Yun Ni Dress.

There are also names on the paintings.

It's just that the name is very strange, it's called 'Silence and Forgetfulness'

What does it mean to be silent and forgetful?

Silence, Gu Qingfeng knows.

It is a supreme state of Buddhism, and after death, it is transcendent from life and death, disillusioned with consciousness, and eternal in thought.

What the hell is just self-forgetfulness?

It's all gone, how can you forget yourself?

What is there to forget.

I don't understand.

I couldn't figure it out for a while.

The painting looks simple, ordinary, even crude.

There is only one mountain on the painting.

And it still looks like a very barren mountain.

On the mountain, the flowers and plants are withering, the trees are withering, and even the stones on the mountain seem to have decayed.

Other than that, there is nothing else.

But it was such a strange painting, but it made Gu Qingfeng feel a sense of déjà vu, and when he was in the Bingxuan School, it made him feel at ease inexplicably.

Gu Qingfeng thought about it, but he couldn't understand the mystery of this painting.

It's just déjà vu.

But I can't tell how familiar it is.

It's like finding a faint light in the endless darkness, the light is there, but it can't be touched.

"Alas!"

Gu Qingfeng sighed, raised his head and took a sip of wine, and then entered the Silent Bone Jade.

The ethereal world, the ethereal space, there is an ethereal temple on the ethereal mountain, and in the ethereal temple lives an old monk that Gu Qingfeng has never seen.

"Amitabha, ancient layman, don't come unharmed. ”

As soon as he entered the Silent Annihilation Bone Jade, the old monk's old and hoarse voice came over.

Gu Qingfeng didn't talk nonsense, he went straight to the point and asked about the picture of silence and selflessness, but he didn't expect that the old monk didn't know anything, he didn't know the origin of the painting, and he didn't know the mystery of the painting.

"This thing was picked up from the ruins of your Buddhism back then, don't you know?"

"Ancient monks, the things in the ruins of Buddhism must be the things of Buddhism. ”

"If it weren't for your Buddhist things, how could you bear the name of Silence and Forgetfulness. ”

"The old man doesn't know. ”

Gu Qingfeng smiled and asked again: "Okay, this painting will inexplicably affect my state of mind, why is it ......?"

"I don't know. ”

Gu Qingfeng smiled and asked tentatively: "That painting is called Silence and Forgetfulness, and you live in Silence Bone Jade, they are all Silence, there will be no connection, right?"

"I don't know. ”

"You really don't know, or you don't want to say. ”

"I don't know. ”

Although the old monk didn't know what to ask, Gu Qingfeng felt that the old monk seemed to know something, but he didn't know why he avoided this question.

The old monk didn't want to say it, Gu Qingfeng had no choice, but said unhappily: "You Buddhists will tinker with these mysterious and mysterious and wonderful broken things, if you want to get it, you will understand, it is all some ethereal and mysterious things, reincarnation is made by you, cause and effect are also made by you, life and death are also made by you, good and evil are also yours, the destruction of Buddhism is not unreasonable, no wonder no one in heaven and earth can tolerate you, you really deserve it." ”

"Amitabha Buddha ......"

Regarding Gu Qingfeng's unhappiness, the old monk didn't say anything.

"Okay, you always rest. ”

He couldn't ask why, Gu Qingfeng didn't bother to ask any more, and when he was about to leave, the old monk's voice came.

"Gu Jushi, can the old man ask more?"

"Asked. ”

"You just said that the painting was left to you by Yun Nishang?"

"That's right. ”

For some reason, the old monk suddenly sighed, and after a long time, he said, "In this way, the ancient monk has decided to embark on the path of cause and effect. ”

"Sort of. ”

Gu Qingfeng's voice fell, and the old monk sighed again, and said: "Gu Jushi, the sea of bitterness is endless, and it is the shore to turn back." ”

"And then. ”

Gu Qingfeng was not in a hurry, and listened with interest.

"Lao Wei still clearly remembers that what the ancient layman wants to do most is to be leisurely and leisurely for a lifetime, besides, the ancient layman has also cultivated a great free state of mind, do whatever he wants, and is not bothered by demons, why not go to the world, and why bother to explore the so-called cause and effect. ”

Hearing this, Gu Qingfeng was quite dumbfounded, and said: "Old monk, I suddenly found a problem, every time I ask about cause and effect, you will avoid it, it used to be like this, after the catastrophe, I woke up, you not only avoided it, but also persuaded me many times, how do I think you don't seem to want me to explore cause and effect." ”

"Cause and effect is a road of no return, there is only a sea of suffering at the end, and there is nothing else, and the old man does not want to see the ancient monks fall into the sea of suffering...... Besides, a lot of cause and effect, when you look into it, you will find that it is not the cause and effect you wanted, or maybe it is the cause and effect that you abandoned from the beginning......"