Chapter 559: Life is Like a Play, All Depending on Acting

The heavenly wind blew, carrying the fragrance of flower petals.

The music was melodious, sending the joy of the grand wedding.

But Xu Qing's heart was surging with waves at this moment. He moved forward with the procession and withdrew his gaze from the Captain.

Since arriving at the Weiyang Mountain Range, Xu Qing had verified some of the Captain's abnormalities more than once.

Whether it was the many things he had deliberately said, the act of giving an apple, or subsequent observations, all of this made Xu Qing feel that something was wrong with the Captain.

But this wrongness didn't seem like something the Captain did instinctively; it was more like he was deliberately revealing flaws that only he could identify.

"He is reminding me." Xu Qing murmured in his heart.

His heart could sense that the Captain had no intention of harming him. On this point, he was very clear.

Even recalling the other party's behavior along the way, this point remained clear.

Especially since the two of them hadn't done big things just once or twice, Xu Qing knew the Senior Brother's style.

"This kind of reminder doesn't seem like a cry for help; it's more like there are some things that are inconvenient to say directly, so he used this method to let me pay attention."

Xu Qing was thoughtful, remembering the bird just now, and remembering the reaction of the crowd around him after he grabbed that bird.

"That bird is a real life, and the behavior of a real life is changeable, but it still returned to its original trajectory. There is a feeling of being unable to help oneself, of being arranged."

Xu Qing frowned and checked Ding Yisaner, finding that the divine finger was as usual, still sleeping, which meant that she didn't feel anything wrong with the outside world.

"And the crowd around me suddenly looking at me just now—it seems my action was very uncoordinated among them, or rather... should the person I'm disguised as not have such an action?"

Xu Qing pondered. Everything since entering the Weiyang Mountain Range had been extremely smooth. If one didn't think about it, everything seemed normal.

"But this normality carries weirdness."

Xu Qing narrowed his eyes, remaining calm, and continued to move forward with the procession. He prepared to see what the wedding scene would be like next.

Time passed bit by bit. The wedding procession moved fast in the sky, and an hour later, it approached the Xuanming Sect. From afar, one could see the earth decorated with lanterns and colored streamers.

Mountain after mountain had been dyed brilliantly with spells, tree after tree was hung with red lanterns, and there were even spells rising into the sky to form groups of fireworks, roaring in all directions.

At the same time, disciples from various sects and families of the Weiyang Mountain Range had mostly been invited, arriving early with the elders of their clans, surrounding the Xuanming Sect on all sides.

Men, women, old, and young, everyone had a smile on their faces, and the noisy sounds were chaotic, everything looking lively and extraordinary.

The sound of laughter continued, and the feeling of joy permeated.

And as the wedding procession approached, the atmosphere was completely ignited at this moment, and waves of blessings turned into sound waves, resounding through the clouds.

And the Xuanming Sect directly in front, surrounded by these mountains, was exceptionally colorful.

The mountain peak where the mountain gate was located emitted seven-colored light, the main hall on the top of the mountain was decorated as a bridal chamber, countless red lanterns rose into the sky, and even the sky had more sunlight scattered down at this moment.

The disciples of the Xuanming Sect were all excited, all going out to welcome them. A colorful silk ribbon was laid from the top of the mountain to the bottom, covering every step.

The moment the bridal sedan chair approached the Xuanming Sect, bell tolls came from within the Xuanming Sect, and a sense of solemnity covered the world at this moment, suppressing all sounds. After that, the gazes from all directions gathered on the bridal sedan chair that was getting closer and closer to the Xuanming Sect.

【29】

"Invite Fairy Xianghan to go up the mountain."

As the singing echoed, the Captain in the bridal sedan chair had a look of longing, his cheeks flushed, and he stepped out of the bridal sedan chair and onto the steps.

She had a graceful figure, charming and enchanting, walking step by step.

Most of the wedding procession behind knelt down, only the maids and guards beside the Youjing followed behind the Captain, moving with her.

Xu Qing was also among them.

He looked at the Captain's expression and the posture of swaying with every step, feeling emotional about the other party's superb acting skills. If he hadn't seen the Captain shave his leg hair with his own eyes, he would have felt that the Captain was really the Youjing at this moment.

Just like that, amidst the continuous bell tolls and the successive echoes of singing, the Captain walked slowly to the top of the mountain at the very front and stood there. At that moment, the Captain's past life body walked out from the main hall in the distance.

Today's past life body was slightly different from what Xu Qing had seen that day. His clothes had become bright red, looking more festive, only the stench on his body and the ugliness of his appearance were not much different from the past.

Especially the black energy emitted between breaths was shocking.

"This is a wedding between oneself and the past." Xu Qing felt some regret that Wu Jianwu didn't come. Otherwise, seeing this scene with his own eyes, Wu Jianwu would definitely have been inspired to write poetry.

And at this moment, the singing spread to the world.

"We cultivators take heaven as a witness, earth as a proof, and Dao as a connection, to perform the bowing ceremony of a couple!"

The Captain lowered his head shyly and bowed to the husband in the distance.

The Captain's husband also lowered his head. After bowing to each other across heaven and earth, this wedding ceremony between cultivators instantly reached its peak, and countless cheers and applause erupted in unison.

In an instant, auspicious colors filled the sky, light was infinite, the sky surged, and the earth trembled.

Afterwards, amidst this lively and extraordinary atmosphere, in the noisy and joyful laughter, the Captain was sent to the bridal chamber all the way, where he had to burn incense and calm his mind, waiting for his husband to arrive.

And the banquet also began at this moment. In the square of the Xuanming Sect, the leading figures of various sects gathered. Only they were qualified to be invited to sit here.

As for the other disciples, they were not looked down upon. A larger banquet was held outside the Xuanming Sect, and everyone who came to observe the ceremony was taken care of, so the noisy sounds echoed in all directions.

Xu Qing, as a guard of the Youjing, had no qualifications to eat at the banquet. He was arranged to maintain order here with the guards of the Xuanming Sect.

Watching people drinking and laughing one by one, Xu Qing walked among them, his mind surfacing the scene of the crowd looking at him with numb expressions after he grabbed the bird.

Compared to this, the sense of weirdness rose again from Xu Qing's heart.

"Actually, there is another way to test the strangeness of this Weiyang Mountain Range."

Xu Qing murmured in his heart, looking up at the bridal chamber where the Captain was.

The plan had reached this point, and everything depended on the Captain's performance.

Xu Qing withdrew his gaze and swept across the crowd around him.

"If everyone is really like that bird..." Xu Qing narrowed his eyes and silently ordered the shadow in his heart to control a cultivator.

In an instant, Xu Qing's shadow spread silently on the ground, instantly approaching a Golden Core cultivator and overlapping with his shadow.

Soon, the possession was completed.

But that person was as usual, still drinking, still laughing, without any changes.

A dark light flashed in Xu Qing's eyes. He felt the intense emotional fluctuations emitted by the shadow.

"Cannot... interfere... force death... strange..."

Xu Qing was silent and ordered the shadow to continue to others. Until after several times, all were like this. Xu Qing realized it in his heart.

But he still needed to verify it, so he ordered the shadow to force control. Soon, under the shadow's effort, a Foundation Establishment cultivator paused, and the hand that was about to pick up the wine glass changed its trajectory and picked up chopsticks, reaching for the dishes.

The laughter around stopped instantly, and countless gazes looked at that person in unison.

Xu Qing's pupils contracted, and he immediately dissipated the control force.

The cultivator didn't notice anything, put the picked-up dish back without any difference, put down the chopsticks, picked up the wine glass again, and continued the action he was about to perform.

After drinking it in one gulp, the crowd around laughed again, and everything was as usual.

Xu Qing closed his eyes.

He understood.

"Everyone's trajectory is determined like that bird, and must be performed according to this arrangement. Even if an accident occurs in the middle, it will automatically reverse and continue to complete it."

"And all the weirdness started from entering this Weiyang Mountain Range..."

"All living beings in this mountain range have had their destinies changed, woven according to the ideas of some will."

"Like a play."

"I am also in this play."

"Unknowingly, my previous thoughts and actions were also given roles, becoming a person in the play."

"I think Wu Jianwu and Ning Yan are even more so."

"This is also the reason why I had blurring and overlapping, because the existences in my body, perhaps the divine finger, or perhaps the Purple Moon, made me produce repulsion while being affected, so I would see the bird pause, so I could still think about the unreasonableness here."

"Only the Captain..." Xu Qing looked up at the top of the mountain.

"He should know all this. He entered the play voluntarily..."

Xu Qing realized, lowered his head, and waited silently.

Time passed slowly, and the banquet gradually came to an end. As the sky became dark again, and people were leaving one after another, suddenly, a shrill scream came from the bridal chamber on the top of the mountain.

"He should know all of this; he entered the play of his own volition..."

Xu Qing realized the truth, lowered his head, and waited silently.

Time slowly passed, and the banquet gradually drew to a close. As the sky turned dim once more and people began to leave, a shrill, miserable scream suddenly erupted from the bridal chamber on the mountaintop.

This scream echoed in all directions, causing the heavens and earth to change color and clouds to surge from all sides.

At this very moment, the sensation of dizziness surfaced in Xu Qing once again, and everyone around him suddenly looked up, their expressions turning numb as they gazed toward the mountaintop.

It seemed that something had happened there that deviated from the established script!

It was not just them; all living beings within the mountain gate of the Xuanming Sect, even the birds in the sky and the flowers and grass, turned toward the great hall at this moment, remaining completely motionless.

Inside the great hall, after the scream, footsteps could be heard, and the Captain's figure, dressed in red robes, walked out step by step.

In his hand, he was dragging a person—it was none other than his past life.

Finally, he stood before the great hall and gazed into the distance.

Ignoring the numb gazes of everyone around him, his eyes fell upon Xu Qing in the distance, and a smile appeared on his face as he spoke softly.

"Little Junior Brother, did you understand?"

As he spoke, his other hand produced a peach, which he brought to his mouth and took a bite of.