Chapter 25: Shushan Daoist Card? Let the World Remember That Glorious Past Once More!

【Your talent for this Reincarnation is—Heart-Pounding.】

【Amidst the vast sea of people, you will find the love of your life; when he appears, you will pursue your own fated romance without hesitation.】

【In this Reincarnation, your secret crush is—Gu Jiangming.】

【And from the first moment you saw him, you were deeply attracted to him; this is a love at first sight that is impossible to forget.】

【Regrettably, he already possesses a fated romance of his own.】

【You have no choice but to bury this regret deep within your heart.】

【It is only because your daring and decisive personality carries a hint of pride; you do not allow yourself to fail, nor do you accept your own failure.】

Three months ago, the concept of this thing called 【Mie Changsheng】 had already appeared in the mind of Wang Qinghe, the daughter of the current Prime Minister.

From the beginning, Wang Qinghe had always regarded this thing as a dream and never took it to heart.

Until one day, Wang Qinghe suddenly felt a bit curious about this dream and began to conduct some small explorations and attempts through 【Mie Changsheng】.

And something that surprised Wang Qinghe happened: the information she explored in 【Mie Changsheng】 could almost all be corroborated by some news she already knew.

In one attempt after another, Wang Qinghe gradually realized that there were demons in this world, as well as cultivators, and most of these people were hidden in the mortal world and had never appeared.

This was news that Wang Qinghe, as a mortal, had never known before.

Realizing that 【Mie Changsheng】 was related to the past, Wang Qinghe controlled her character to sneakily hide an object in a location only she knew.

Then she tried to dig it up with her current self.

As a result, the object she buried in 【Mie Changsheng】 did not appear in reality.

After such bizarre things happened, Wang Qinghe never figured out what the purpose of this 【Mie Changsheng】 was.

To let you know what happened in the past?

While at the same time not letting you change the past?

Or... you try to change the past, but you have no way to manifest the past events into the current world.

From that time on, Wang Qinghe leveled out her mindset.

She controlled this character, who shared her name and could even be called her past life, to drift around in the old mountains and rivers of the past.

And her identity each time was this Second Miss of the Wang family in the Northern Wei.

Perhaps.

This person really is my past life.

To be honest, apart from the initial sense of novelty, Wang Qinghe didn't really go through the Reincarnation much; most of the time, she would just take a look at how her past self died this time, and then she would go to sleep.

Because even if the past was changed in 【Mie Changsheng】, it couldn't change reality, which made 【Mie Changsheng】 seem like a sightseeing tool.

After all, returning to the past was purely just to watch what had happened in the past.

That was completely useless! What was even more ridiculous was that even if you memorized the cultivation techniques in your mind through the images, you would still forget them when you woke up the next day.

Until this time, Wang Qinghe inexplicably obtained a trait named 【Heart-Pounding】.

For once, Wang Qinghe tried out this 【Mie Changsheng】 again.

After all, she wanted to see who exactly the person was who could make her heart pound.

Driven by curiosity, Wang Qinghe was extremely cautious with this simulation in 【Mie Changsheng】; since she was killed in her own mansion by a monster called Baishou Yao in every previous death,

she chose to go out early to learn skills this time, avoiding this path of certain death.

When she returned to the Wang family, which had already been wiped out, to attend the funeral,

she saw for the first time the existence that the trait said would make her 【Heart-Pounding】—Gu Jiangming.

At this moment, he was investigating this massacre.

And his cultivation realm was just that of an ordinary mortal.

Yet he ran here to investigate such a dangerous case.

Was he truly not afraid of death?

Wang Qinghe's initial feelings were quite mixed.

No matter what... the self in reality and the self in the images were completely two different people!

One must absolutely not conflate their actions.

This would make Wang Qinghe feel quite ashamed! Her past life in the images was 【Heart-Pounding】 here, but what did that have to do with Wang Qinghe herself?

She was very angry; why did this Gu Jiangming have the ability to become the object of her, Wang Qinghe's, heart-pounding affection?

Driven by these emotions, Wang Qinghe was somewhat emotional during her first meeting with Gu Jiangming and did not give him a very good look.

The problem was that the effect of 【Heart-Pounding】 was truly powerful; no matter how rebellious Wang Qinghe felt while controlling the character, she could not stop some of her past self's small actions in the images.

For example, her past self had secretly prayed for Gu Jiangming's protection at the temple and had also paid people to buy an Amulet.

She even tried to give Gu Jiangming her own jade pendant that could ward off disaster, though it was politely declined by Gu Jiangming.

Wang Qinghe was completely defeated.

This unrequited love almost made Wang Qinghe faint on the spot from watching it.

During the time she traveled with Gu Jiangming, it was fine when they were together, but as soon as she was alone, she would fall into a dazed state of being unable to eat or sleep, with her heart and mind only wanting to lean on her dear brother.

Wang Qinghe was anxious.

She was truly anxious.

These images and scenes were almost enough to make Wang Qinghe cry.

Do you understand what it's like to watch a little person who looks seventy percent like you looking miserable day after day, pining for her beloved whether sitting or walking?

Fine, fine, anyway you are my past life, not me myself.

Good sister, I will grant your wish!

I unilaterally surrender to you. You must absolutely not stifle yourself to death or die of depression because of this kind of thing.

Winning over a man—with your and my Charm, isn't that as easy as turning over one's hand? Watch as this strategist gives you some brilliant tricks to ensure this man throws down his armor and loses his soul for you.

Wang Qinghe, who racked her brains trying to figure out how to help her past life win over Gu Jiangming, launched several moves in a row, only to be instantly defeated by Gu Jiangming each time.

This big brother is a monk.

He doesn't fall for tricks.

He simply doesn't buy into the beauty trap at all.

Wang Qinghe felt like she was in agony; it was one thing that her past life had a one-sided crush on a man, but even after she, a reincarnation descendant, tried to devise strategies for her, she still couldn't win him over.

Am I really that incompetent? I'm not without a bit of charm, am I? The more she couldn't get it done, the more Wang Qinghe wanted to help her past self settle things with this man.

Facts proved it.

She still couldn't get it done.

What was most soul-crushing wasn't just that; what was most soul-crushing was that the experience and knowledge she had accumulated through multiple Reincarnation cycles had actually allowed her to obtain cultivation techniques from certain places long ago and practice them in secret.

It was just a matter of talent; the progress in her past life was very slow.

On the verge of death, she had dazedly seen an incomparably beautiful woman draped over Gu Jiangming, caring for him day and night without fatigue.

Her past self had her "Dao Heart shattered" on the spot.

Her life force was completely broken.

When she woke up again, Gu Jiangming and that beautiful woman had vanished, while she herself had cultivated the technique in a state of suspended animation, dispelling the demonic Qi scattered within her body.

Just when Wang Qinghe thought she had finally turned over a new leaf and wouldn't be single-mindedly devoted to that man anymore.

She discovered that her role was to choose to leave in order to fulfill Gu Jiangming.

It was too humble.

What was even more humble was that her past life had still silently followed everything about Gu Jiangming over the years, witnessing everything he did on Shushan.

Even after learning the news of Gu Jiangming's death and the dissipation of his body, she had silently packed up her things and sought her own death.

When the entire Reincarnation ended.

Wang Qinghe felt as if all the strength in her body had been drained.

First, she was about to be angered to death by this disappointing past life of hers.

Second, Wang Qinghe was completely shocked by Gu Jiangming's series of actions.

From her perspective as a bystander, watching Gu Jiangming's every word and action, this person was truly practicing the Dao he spoke of.

He was worthy of the unity of knowledge and action; what he said was exactly the same as what he did.

Although her past life was a bit too humble, this object of her Heart-Pounding affection didn't seem to lack taste, after all.

There was some regret in her heart for not having helped her past self bring together the person she thought of day and night.

But Wang Qinghe also felt she had done her best.

She had absolutely racked her brains for her past life and could be considered to have tried her utmost to help her snatch the man.

However, something Wang Qinghe had not expected at all happened.

After this Reincarnation of 【Mie Changsheng】 ended.

The things that happened within the Reincarnation had actually all come true.

Wang Qinghe even found some of the legacy and relics her past self had left behind after death by following the directions simulated at the end of 【Mie Changsheng】, and even inherited the memories of her past life through 【Mie Changsheng】.

That heart-wrenching pain of unrequited love.

Wang Qinghe could feel it completely.

The most painful part was this.

Among her relics, there was still a Wine Gourd she had once wanted to give to Gu Jiangming; it was a gift her past self had wanted to give Gu Jiangming for his birthday, but before she could send it... she encountered the Baishou Yao.

Now, Wang Qinghe only wanted to help her past life fulfill this last wish and give this Wine Gourd to Gu Jiangming, who had already passed away on Shushan.

To find that Shushan buried deep within the mountains of Chuanshu.

This kind of emotion was truly hard for Wang Qinghe to describe.

As a strategist, she certainly hadn't been acting for her past life, nor was there any need to do so, deliberately preventing her from becoming a pair with Gu Jiangming; but the problem was, it wasn't that she wasn't capable, nor was it that she lacked methods.

It was that the enemy was as firm as a rock and simply didn't buy into this.

But when faced with a stubborn person like Gu Jiangming, what could she do?

And on the other side.

Jiu Jiu looked at the 【Mie Changsheng】 screen before her.

On her 【Mie Changsheng】 interface, two cards were constantly emitting dazzling light.

【Shushan Dao Venerable】 x1, 【Peerless Elegance】 x1.

【Shushan Dao Venerable: He perfectly recorded Gu Jiangming's highlight moments as the Shushan Dao Venerable.】

【When you use this card, the world will recall Gu Jiangming's glorious past as the Shushan Dao Venerable.】

【And the Shushan Dao Venerable Gu Jiangming will also return to this world, inheriting this power belonging to his past life.】

【Usage count: 1 time (duration: 1 hour).】

【Hint: When Gu Jiangming encounters a crisis, this card will enter an automatically used state.】

Only in Gu Jiangming's ear did such a voice ring out.

【Friendly reminder: Please remember, host player, to save your progress in time to avoid unexpected situations.】

(End of chapter)