The corpse-like Venerable Master sat quietly on the wooden platform, his hands on the imprint, and a string of prayer beads hanging from his wrist and wrapping them.

The dry eyes stared blankly ahead, staring at Artoria as she walked into the temple.

Ardelia took the sword and scabbard of the Oath of Victory and walked up to the White Heart Master, her emerald green eyes looking at the White Heart Master's dry and dead face full of ravines, and her expression was slightly complicated.

"People...... Or a hero? Even though he didn't know Artoria's true identity, he could see something from Artoria, not a human identity, but the soul brilliance of a person's sublimation.

"I am a heroic spirit, and if I say it in detail, I am a person who has made great achievements in my lifetime, and has been praised by the world and promoted by the people." Artoria said in a low and steady voice.

"Before death? Does that mean you've died once? The Venerable Master said in an old and hoarse voice, "I'm afraid of death, but I'm trapped at this moment because of my fear and confusion about death." ”

"So, Heroic Spirit, can you answer my doubts and confusion?"

"Can you do it if you die once?"

Faced with the act of a benevolent man seeking salvation, Artoria could not remain indifferent.

"I can't say that I am dead, I am more special, I was found by the teacher when I was about to die and became a heroic spirit." Artoria looked at the white-hearted Venerable Master and said slowly, "However, I think I can answer your questions. ”

"I ......," the Master of the White Heart paused, then laughed at himself, "I can't tell if it's longing or fear, Heroic Spirit, try it, if it can free me." ”

"Do your best."

Artoria looked at the White Heart Master seriously, and the other party's dry and ugly face did not make Artoria feel disgusted, because she seemed to see her past self in the White Heart Master.

"When I was alive...... In my lifetime, I was the king of a country, like you, trying to save those who were in pain and sorrow, helping my people to make me happy, making my country strong and making me happy, although I was proud of myself, but I was the king of legends. ”

"Just like me...... I can't afford it, after all, I've only saved some people, and you've saved a country. The Venerable Master said, "I am just a monk, and I can't compare to you to save the world and the people." ”

"Merit is big and small, but the heart to save others is not high." Artoria said seriously. ad_250_left();

"Thanks for the compliment."

"When my country was prosperous, I was betrayed by my own men, and after the last battle, it was the end of my life as a human being." Artoria is slightly reminiscing and sentimental, and although it is far from that era, she can never forget the bits and pieces of Britain.

Because of that past, Artoria kept trying to become the perfect king.

"The one who is saved betrays ......" the Venerable Master Bai Xin's tired and old voice was full of sympathy, "In this way, I am also counted, and the one who has been saved is looking forward to death......

"No, you're not like me!"

Artoria suddenly interrupted the White Heart Venerable's words.

"What's the difference?" The White Heart Master asked.

"You use your life to save others, but at the last moment, because the saved person expects to die and regrets it, that's why you fall into confusion." Artoria said word by word that the White Heart Venerable was indeed different from her, but the life trajectories of the two had a very similar sense of déjà vu.

"Venerable White-Hearted, you are not hesitant and confused because you are afraid of death, but because the person being saved is looking forward to death and feel lost, you don't know if it's worth it, you don't know if it's right to do it, you don't know if those who are looking forward to your death are worth saving, you shake the ideal of saving others."

"So, you are trapped in a dead body, and you cannot become a Buddha."

The White Heart Master was silent.

Artoria looked at him quietly, and there were wisps of sadness in her turquoise eyes.

"Yes...... "I don't fear death, but because I'm confused about my ideals." ”

"You're like me." Artoria whispered, "I put into action with the dream of saving others and saving the country, and in the end I was betrayed by my ideal, your ideal expects you to die, and my ideal wields a weapon against me." ”

"That's true, then speaking of which, I would like to ask you......" The Venerable Master asked in a hoarse voice, "Is my ideal correct?" If so, why are you forcing me to die? If it is wrong, is it a sin to do good with mercy? ”

Artoria was silent and did not speak, and the Venerable Bai Xin couldn't help but sigh in disappointment and said, "Can't you answer it either?" ”

The next moment, Artoria raised her head, her pretty face was dignified and solemn, and her turquoise eyes were unrepentant firmness.

"There is no right or wrong in ideals."

The voice was sonorous and powerful, without the slightest confusion.

The Master of the White Heart muttered in a low voice, "That's right...... No errors......"

"There is no right and no wrong, where the heart is, there is no complaint or regret." Artoria said word for word, "If it was before, maybe I wouldn't be able to answer your question, but now I can." ”

"Why do you save others? Because you want to, you have to do it, it has nothing to do with the people you save, it has nothing to do with worldly speech, it has nothing to do with yourself, you are confused about your ideals, but even to the point where you are now, don't you also protect the people on this side and save them from the pain of being infested by monsters? ”

"Only with yourself...... Relate? The White Heart Master muttered.

Ideals, as for oneself, there is no right or wrong, only regret or not.

The Venerable Master of the White Heart suddenly asked Artoria, who looked firm and fearless, in a voice of vicissitudes, "We are all committed to salvation...... So, Heroic Spirit, I want to ask you a question. ”

"Excuse me." Artoria whispered.

The Venerable Master asked very seriously, "If you were me, what would you do?" ”

"I'm not you, I don't know ......"

After speaking, as if sensing the disappointment of the White Heart Master, Artoria suddenly remembered what Qing Xing Deng had said, and subconsciously said: "However, one of my teachers said to me that people can be saved, and it is more important to save others to save themselves. ”

"Man saves...... It's more about saving people to save themselves......"

The White Heart Master fell silent.

"I didn't understand this sentence before, although another teacher said something similar, guidance is more important than saving." Artoria said softly, "Now I may be moving, it is better to teach people to fish than to teach them to fish, this is what Teacher Yong said......"

Guidance is more important than saving, Artoria understands the meaning of the green lantern, no matter how strong and noble a person is, what can he do? The White Heart Master selflessly dedicated his life to the ideal of saving the world, but in fact, his power alone was too small, and the person who was saved in the end was looking forward to death.

Why did the people who were saved by the Venerable Master never think about the Venerable Master? Why are you always greedy?

Enmity? Or is it something else? Artoria sighed, although she was kind, she was not naïve, and in governing the country, what she hated the most was human hearts and human nature, but she had to consider it.

"People's hearts are complex, and life is varied...... Your teacher is a very wise man. The Venerable Master Bai Xin sighed, and the heaviness that always carried in his voice was greatly lightened.

"It's not so much a human as a youkai." Artoria said with a smile.

"Youkai? Where is the difference between humans and demons? It is different in life, and it is common after death. There was a smile in the Venerable Master's voice, and then he became serious, and said with a little longing, "O Heroic Spirit, come and see me off on my last journey, so that my confused soul can find a home." ”

The previous conversation had alleviated the confusion and confusion of the Venerable Master of the White Heart a lot, and now the Venerable Master of the White Heart needed an external force to free the soul from the body, restart the suspended path of Buddhahood, and continue to ascend to the person.

Artoria hesitated, though.

"Master Bai Xin, the heavenly realm is dead, and the underworld is in chaos, if you continue, you will either fall into the underworld and become evil spirits, or your soul will be scattered......"

This is the reason for Artoria's hesitation, her soul is scattered, that is the real extinction, if it was before, the White Heart Master could still go to the heavenly realm and become a member of the gods and Buddhas, and now she will definitely die.

After all, with the character of a white-hearted sweetheart, how could he fall into the underworld? As for staying in the human world, that is also something that cannot be done, the White Heart Master chose to become a Buddha in the flesh, giving up the body, and the soul is a high figure, strictly speaking, the White Heart Master is already dead.

Without the guidance of the heavenly realm, staying in the human world, at the moment when the Buddha is successfully transformed, that is, when the soul of the Venerable Master is scattered, it is another meaning of "becoming a Buddha".

"I have no regrets." There was a relaxed smile in the Venerable Whiteheart's voice, "I've been dragging this stump for too long, O Heroic Spirit, send me away, use your scabbard." ”

Artoria can't refuse, does life or death matter? important, but insignificant in front of something.

Drawing the sword of the Covenant of Victory, the light of glory illuminated the dilapidated temple, Artoria raised her sword scabbard Avalon, her turquoise eyes looked at the White Heart Master, and on the thick and delicate Avalon, wisps of invisible light appeared.

The Noble Phantasm Avalon is a legendary concept that represents Artoria to protect the country and save the people, and represents Artoria's noble personality, and this is exactly what can help the White Heart Master turn into a Buddha.

At this moment, Artoria had forgotten or given up her previous idea of letting the White-Hearted Master's enchantment protect the country and expel the monsters.

Because the White Heart Master is the one who needs to be saved by Artoria, the only way to save the White Heart Master is to help the White Heart Master become a Buddha.

"This warm glow...... Spirit, you are a merciful king. The White Heart Master folded his hands and said respectfully, his withered body glowing softly in the light of Avalon.

"Can you learn your name before you leave?"

"I am King of Britain, Artoria Pendragon!" Artoria raised her sword scabbard and said solemnly and solemnly to the Venerable Master of White Heart.

The next moment, Artoria freed the scabbard from its real name.

"The ideal place away from the world—"

“avalon——！”