Chapter 168

Uncle, I have encountered some strange things.

When everyone was preparing to leave my room, I alone detained QingSongShu.

Oh, what strange things have you encountered? QingSongShu sat beside me, stroking his beard as he asked.

After hesitating for a moment, I finally mustered the courage to tell QingSongShu: 'I seem to have seen Pangzi and Chen Mo's past lives.'

'Don't say... don't say it again!' As soon as I finished speaking, QingSongShu uncle covered my mouth with one hand, which made me feel very strange.

QingSongShu's complexion was very strange; when I said I had seen Pangzi and Chen Mo's past lives, I saw a hint of surprise on his face. But just as I was about to continue, he suddenly clapped his hand over my mouth.

'Uncle...' I looked at QingSongShu in puzzlement, utterly bewildered.

QingSongShu did not directly answer my question, but with a solemn expression he instructed me: 'Remember, no matter what you have seen, you must never mention it to anyone, including Xiaoqiang and myself; you are not allowed to utter a single word.'

'Why?'

QingSongShu frowned, stroked his beard and stood for a moment before saying: 'Heavenly secrets, the three-lifetime karma, are heavenly secrets. Remember, although you have touched upon the ability of Destiny Vision, this divine ability should not be used if it can be avoided. Even if you have seen someone's three-lifetime karma, you must absolutely not speak of it, not even a single word.'

He bent over, patted my shoulder, and with a solemn expression warned: 'Remember, leaking heavenly secrets will surely invite heavenly punishment. This is not the idle fortune-telling of street vendors, nor is it calculating the psychology of the rich for them; it is genuine heavenly secrets, and the consequences of leaking them are beyond your endurance.'

Now I finally understood QingSongShu's meaning.

Three-lifetime karma will cause a person's fate trajectory to deviate. The karmic bond of the past life has ended; that of the next life has not yet arisen; this life is an unknown beginning.

No matter how deep the love or how great the regret, from the moment one falls into this world, everything should become like drifting clouds. If one forcibly brings things from the past life into this one, it will only disturb a person's life course.

A person's life is seven parts determined by oneself, yet in the dark there is already three parts of fixed destiny. Even if there are still variables in life, none of those variables compare to the interference of past-life karma.

Therefore, if I were to leak this secret, I would surely incur heavenly punishment, especially after revealing the karma I saw to Pangzi; the heavenly punishment would then come all the more fiercely.

After all, the past life is something that fate itself has obliterated; if I were to make it public, would that not be openly opposing him?

Thinking of this, I already felt a sense of certainty in my heart.

'Uncle, I understand; I will forget everything,' I swore to the solemn QingSongShu.

QingSongShu nodded thoughtfully, told me to rest well, and then strode out of the sickroom.

Lying on the hospital bed, I found it hard to sleep peacefully.

Chen Mo has already left Aomen, yet I cannot tell Pangzi what I saw! Must I merely watch helplessly as this couple bound by past-life affinity forget each other in the world and silently vanish among the masses?

'Forget it; everything is predestined in the dark,' I sighed leisurely. Perhaps this is not something I can interfere with. Since heaven has arranged for Pangzi and Chen Mo to meet again in this life, perhaps it has already arranged their ending.

Closing my eyes, I forced myself not to think of anything, hoping to fall asleep.

However, after a moment I still jumped up from the bed with a start—because I had thought of something.

It seemed that just now, while chatting with me, QingSongShu mentioned Destiny Vision!

Destiny Vision is one of the divine abilities of the Buddhist and Daoist sects. Of course, in the present day many people think this is merely a Buddhist divine ability. In fact, all paths converge; when cultivation reaches its utmost, all schools' lineages lead to the same point. Many techniques and divine abilities are actually quite similar.

Although the name Destiny Vision is commonly used by the Buddhist Sect, this divine ability actually originated from the Daoist Sect's 'eye penetration' and is one of its divine abilities; it can examine three-lifetime karma, see through oneself, and perceive others' past, present, and future!

But I remember that I have never cultivated this divine ability at all, nor have I ever understood its internal method; how could I suddenly have acquired Destiny Vision and be able to see through Pangzi's past life?

At that moment, a small figure wearing a red bellyband and looking chubby suddenly appeared in my mind!

I slapped my forehead and suddenly recalled that Little Fat had rushed toward me before I lost consciousness, merging with my body. Immediately afterward I found myself in a strange place where I saw Pangzi's past life.

If nothing unexpected, this Destiny Vision ability is not originally mine at all! It was bestowed upon me by Little Fat.

Thinking of this, I suppressed the excitement deep inside, silently recited the incantation, and called to Little Fat within the jade. Yet I called for a long time, even trying to lure him with food, but there was not the slightest response.

I muttered to myself, 'How strange,' then opened my spiritual eye to look inside the jade pendant, only to see Little Fat curled up, sleeping inside the jade like a dead pig.

It turned out that Little Fat, like me, had entered a recovery period due to excessive consumption. However, his condition appears far worse than mine, and I do not know how long he must sleep before he can wake up.

It seems that this Destiny Vision is not as omnipotent as I imagined. At the very least, its backlash is extremely strong. In the dream I merely saw Pangzi's past life and some fragments of what has already happened in this life; then I immediately fainted and could no longer continue to look. This shows that, besides its strong backlash, Destiny Vision places great demands on the user themselves.

No wonder people say that to see past and future one must substitute one's life! Whether Little Fat deliberately cut it off, or because my own problems prevent me from looking further, in short, this Destiny Vision truly is as QingSongShu said: better to keep it hidden and use it sparingly.

This divine ability, frankly speaking, is a useless appendage. You neither want it nor can you discard it. Even if you see through the result, it is merely self-torment; even if you learn someone's past life, what good does it do! You still have to act like a turtle, like a grandson, tightly concealing and holding back; to leak even half a sentence is to gamble with your own life.

It's like you painstakingly earned an N-level Japanese certificate, but because of the tense relations between the two countries for a period, you dare not utter a single word of Japanese, keeping it bottled up, not even daring to say what level your Japanese is! Even if you had tremendous talent, the result would merely be a stifled death.

Clutching the jade pendant in my hand, I fell into contemplation.

Little Fat this little doll is becoming increasingly unfathomable. At first I thought he was merely a chubby doll who could not speak clearly, good for nothing but eating.

But after several years passed, his body first displayed a strange strength, and then, in the process of sparring with me over qi, he actually directly employed Destiny Vision.

I rubbed my aching forehead, still unable to fathom Little Fat's origin. In my impression, no ancient text seems to record any spiritual entity similar to Little Fat. At least, I have never seen in a book the three characters 'gang……gang……gang'.

After thinking it through, I simply stopped wondering! As the old saying goes, no matter what he is, in this lifetime he is my brother. Even if his true form is an utterly evil spirit, I accept him; who made him cross paths with me… who made him my companion spirit.

In short, the brothers and friends I have in this lifetime are just a few; regardless of whether they are bad or good, if we have fate to meet, I will never abandon them. If you go down the wrong path, I will advise you. If you refuse my advice, I will share the burden with you… and then turn around and kick you to death.

………………………………

Time passed; in the blink of an eye three days went by, and after sleeping enough for three days I had recovered pretty much completely.

After I recovered, the first thing I did was rush to the inn to find Murong JiaJia.

Under the nourishment of incense offerings, Murong JiaJia's injuries had already healed seventy to eighty percent; if she were to fully recover, I estimate she would need only a few more days of convalescence.

But after I recounted to Murong JiaJia what had happened on Xiao Tan Shan, she widened her eyes in disbelief and looked at me saying:

'You actually wanted to directly cut open the heart of the Huangjing with a knife! Good heavens, what on earth are you doing? I only asked you to take the rhizomes of Huangjing to make medicine.'

JiaJia's words left me stunned for a while; after a moment I swallowed and asked her again: 'Are you sure you told me to take the rhizomes, not the core?'

'Hmm, that's only natural,' Murong JiaJia said matter-of-factly: 'Heaven has the virtue of cherishing life; in all things one leaves a sliver of chance for survival. Especially for spiritual plants, which are hard to grow, how could I possibly let you do such a killing and virtue-damaging act?'

Murong JiaJia said this while giving me several strange glances; her eyes held nothing but sorrow… and still sorrow.

'Forget it, I'm going into the jade to cultivate in seclusion; this time my vital energy loss is severe. I need to stay in the jade pendant for a long time; if anything happens, you be careful!' Murong JiaJia gave me a sideways glance and without hesitation dove into the jade.

I '……'

In an instant, my chest surged with rebellious blood, feeling stifled and not knowing what to say. This Murong JiaJia, clearly it was you who didn't explain clearly, calling the rhizome the core—what the hell does that have to do with me? I'm also a victim, okay.

I took a deep breath, suppressed the turmoil in my chest, and firmly etched this matter into my mind; this incident reminds me. Henceforth, when listening to the last words of those seriously injured or near death, I must rally my spirits and be extremely attentive; otherwise, the consequences would be truly unimaginable.

For example, an emperor of a certain dynasty, on his deathbed, instructed his son.

'Son, after I am gone, you must remember three points: first, be diligent in state affairs, do not neglect court duties; second, follow the will of the people, listen more to ministers' opinions, do not make arbitrary decisions alone; third, do not fail to…'

On the third day after the emperor's death, the newly enthroned emperor had his "uncle"...? killed.

This is a naked lesson, those who are about to die usually have slurred speech, or they break off mid-sentence and die outright… For example, Murong Jia Jia, at that time her brain nerves were short-circuited by the injury of the Heavenly Eye Penetration, causing her to speak indistinctly; halfway through speaking, she directly slipped back into the Spirit Gathering Jade to heal her wounds.

The lessons of the former dynasty, the reality of the present…… This lesson must truly be kept in mind! If in the future I truly encounter someone who is about to die leaving me a last word, should I cover my ears… or pray that he dies quickly, saying nothing at all would be better!

…………Really terribly torn!!.