Time Travel: The Best Doctor in Ancient Times-Chapter 597 - 447: Guesses and Reasoning

Just like Gu Changsheng hadn’t given Little Monk Bu Jie a choice, Little Monk Bu Jie didn’t give Gu Changsheng a choice either!

Unknowingly, a small mulberry wood mallet had appeared in his hand, and as Little Monk Bu Jie slightly moved his Buddha beads, he began to chant in the blink of an eye!

"Guanyin Bodhisattva, when practicing the profound prajna paramita, perceived that all five skandhas are empty and transcended all suffering, Shariputra, form is no different from emptiness..."

The fragrance of sandalwood curled up, and the Buddha’s voice resounded wave after wave, soothing Gu Changsheng’s chaotic mind like a spring!

In this chanting, Gu Changsheng’s restless heart gradually ceased its clamor and returned to calm!

A person, with a disturbed heart comes a disturbed spirit; with a disturbed spirit comes discomfort!

Ever since the battle at Hengtang Lake, Gu Changsheng’s heart had been in turmoil!

It wasn’t until now, within this quadrangular Zen Room under Little Monk Bu Jie, that Gu Changsheng found his original intention and settled his mind!

"Perceived that all five skandhas are empty, transcended all suffering, Shariputra, form is no different from emptiness, emptiness no different from form..." Gu Changsheng lay beside Little Monk Bu Jie, mumbling quietly as he followed the tune.

She was not any pious believer, yet now, she found a moment of peace within this Heart Clarity Spell!

"Shang Xie, the Buddha said, capable of transcending all suffering. Then, the disaster that befell Ning Er and the others, is that also counted as suffering? But once people die, like lamps going out, what is left to be transformed?" Gu Changsheng mumbled softly after listening quietly to the Buddhist scriptures for a while.

The Buddha beads in Little Monk Bu Jie’s hand paused, and the mulberry wood mallet stopped, with his hands joined together he chanted a verse, "Amitabha, Benefactor Changsheng, life is determined by heaven, each has their own destiny, the death of Benefactor Ning, was her destiny!"

"I, disrespect heaven, do not honor Buddha, do not believe in fate! Yet you always tell me, all is predestined!" Gu Changsheng heard this and immediately shook her head in confusion, "Then what is my predestined destiny? People die for me, yet I still live like this, what is my fated destiny? What kind of mission do I have in coming to this world?"

Little Monk Bu Jie’s face darkened upon hearing this, a look of reluctance flashed across his benevolent and kind face, as he slowly spoke to Gu Changsheng, "Benefactor Changsheng, a mortal body should not presume to predict the divine. Benefactor Zhou has several times asked this poor monk to tell your fortune, but, Benefactor Changsheng, this poor monk, along with Benefactor Zhou and you, still have some unresolved karma, your destinies, this monk cannot discern!"

"The cycle of heavenly Dao is driven by human actions. Benefactor Changsheng, because of Benefactor Ning’s death, you should have entered the Path of the Demon, doomed forever, but the benevolence in your heart is strong, willing to die to atone for your sins, Benefactor Changsheng, this is your fate!" Little Monk Bu Jie, with wise and compassionate eyes, spoke, "This poor monk knows you have many doubts in your mind, but as the Buddha says ’not to be spoken’, it must not be spoken!"

Upon hearing this, Gu Changsheng immediately looked up, her eyes blazing as she gazed at Little Monk Bu Jie.

A segment of Heart Clarity Spell, brought her a moment of peace deep within her heart!

But was she truly deeply affected by this Buddha’s ’not to be spoken’, almost hating it to the bone?

Gu Changsheng couldn’t help but suspect, was Little Monk Bu Jie doing this on purpose?

Deliberately making things difficult for her!

"Benefactor Changsheng, do not insist too much on everything, when the time comes, you will naturally understand! Amitabha!" Little Monk Bu Jie, under Gu Changsheng’s intent gaze, slowly spoke.

Hearing this, Gu Changsheng couldn’t help but roll her eyes, "It’s this again! Time! Time! When exactly will the time you speak of come?"

"You always ask me to wait, but the result always catches me off guard! Shang Xie! I do not like this feeling of everything going beyond my expectations! Not at all!"

"Why did Tan Nv fall into a coma, becoming a living dead? Shang Xie, can you tell me the reason?"

"The mission of several lifetimes, the Chaotic Great Witch being reborn repeatedly, all was in wait for a moment, now the time has come, yet it is not mature, she rashly used the Witch King’s Blessing, should rightfully suffer a backlash, falling into eternal slumber!" Little Monk Bu Jie, concerning this, did not hide it, elaborated slowly.

"Witch King’s Blessing?" Gu Changsheng heard this, her eyebrows involuntarily knitted together, her mind whirled with thousands of thoughts, she spoke incredulously, "Do you mean, this worm on my forehead, it is a king? What kind of king?"

"Benefactor Changsheng has seven apertures in her heart, some things, if you think about it slightly, you can guess the clues within, why need to ask this poor monk?" Seeing this, Little Monk Bu Jie spoke without haste.

Upon hearing this, Gu Changsheng immediately got up from her cushion, sat cross-legged opposite Little Monk Bu Jie, her eyebrows slightly furrowed, deep in thought.

Indeed, Little Monk Bu Jie was tight-lipped, if he wouldn’t speak, even prying wouldn’t extract a word out of him!

But she had intelligence, she knew history, and she didn’t believe, with her wit, she couldn’t unveil the layer of haze in her mind!

She could do it, she surely could!

"Witchcraft originates from Bashu, Gu from the Southern Border! Witch gu are originally related, Tan Nv is born in Bashu as the Great Witch, Witch King’s Blessing, as the name suggests, must be among the highest and grandest of witch blessings, right?" Gu Changsheng looked at Little Monk Bu Jie, slowly spoke, "To conduct the Witch King’s Blessing, does it require the one performing the blessing to be the king, or the one receiving the blessing to be the king?"

Tan Nv is the Chaotic Great Witch, still suffering backlash despite that, barely holding on to life, thus becoming a living dead, indicating, this tribulation is neither a death tribulation nor insolvable!

Definitely, Tan Nv used the blessing beyond her level!

Now that she has become a vegetable, then the only method to awaken her, is to meet that standard of the Witch King’s Blessing!

"Benefactor Changsheng, before Tan Nv fell into a coma, she once said, you need not go against the heavens, should comply with the heavenly mandate, everything can be hoped for!" Little Monk Bu Jie slowly spoke.

Upon hearing this, Gu Changsheng felt a sudden ache in her heart!

Tan Nv!

The girl who, in front of the Futu Demoness, did not hesitate to sacrifice everything to save her!

She was always so quiet, so quiet it was as if she didn’t exist!

And now, because of her, she had fallen into an eternal slumber!

How could this be!

"No matter what, one day, I will surely wake her up! In this world, I am the only one who can wake her up, am I not?" Gu Changsheng declared with a resolute expression and a firm voice.

"Yes!" This time, Little Monk Bu Jie answered decisively.

"Then who is my mother? A woman from the Southern Border Miao Ethnic Group? Or a witch from Bashu?" Gu Changsheng asked again, "That red forehead ornament, it was a relic of my mother, and now it has turned into a worm that has entered my body! A skin-burrowing worm, emerging from the Southern Border!"

"And I have once seen a portrait of my mother, in the portrait she wore red garments like blood, very similar to one of my own garments, which was given to me by an evildoer, and the fabric was from the Southern Border Royal Family!"

"Shang Xie, my mother was born into the Southern Border Royal Family, right? Otherwise, she would not have had that forehead ornament, nor would she wear clothes made of fabric exclusive to the Southern Border Royal Family! Shang Xie, am I correct in my reasoning?"

Gu Changsheng slowly voiced her thoughts, and the first to be shocked was herself!

The Southern Border Royal Family!

The mother of this body she inhabited had actually been born into the Southern Border Royal Family!

Wasn’t she supposed to be the unnoticed daughter of a medicinal fragrance noble family? How had she suddenly become related to the Southern Border Royal Family?

For a moment, Gu Changsheng found it a bit hard to accept this heritage!

A distinguished daughter of the Southern Border Royal Family, how could she possibly marry a commoner from Great Zhou from thousands of miles away?

This made no sense!

"No! The Southern Border Miao Ethnic Group venerates women for their role in handling gu and has a culture of matrilineal clan from the age of matrilineal tribes, holding women in high esteem! Miaojiang women generally don’t intermarry with men from foreign tribes. If my mother truly was born into the Southern Border Royal Family, how could she possibly marry into Great Zhou? This is not right!" Gu Changsheng suddenly thought of this point, vigorously shook her head, and incredulously widened her phoenix eyes, "I have read in the Chronicles of the Four Kingdoms that, more than twenty years ago, there was chaos in the Southern Border, and the royal family was changed..."

"More than twenty years ago... More than twenty years ago..."

Gu Changsheng muttered absentmindedly, suddenly startled, "More than twenty years ago! That time, and my age..."

She had been born just after the great chaos in the Southern Border Royal Family!

More than twenty years ago, the chaos in the Southern Border Royal Family! The change of the throne!

So, her mother had been forced into a corner, which had made her flee to Great Zhou?

Then, was her father truly the father from the Gu Residence?

Countless thoughts crossed Gu Changsheng’s mind, yet she did not voice them!

Some matters, even if asked, might not yield any answers! Especially when Little Monk Bu Jie was determined to remain silent!

Yet, regardless of what her mother’s identity was or who her father was, what she was most concerned about right now was not these issues!

The chaos in the Southern Border, the change of the royal throne!

Her mother must have been cornered to have sought refuge in Great Zhou!

Therefore, she absolutely could not let the repercussions of history destroy her current life!

She absolutely could not!

"Someone come!" Gu Changsheng suddenly stood up from the cushion and called out sternly towards the window.

She knew that both openly and secretly, there had always been people attending by her side!

"My lady?" As Gu Changsheng’s voice fell, Si Xi’s figure appeared at the doorway of the Zen Room, bowing silently and standing by.

"Issue the order, in the Liuzhou Region, individuals entering from foreign tribes, must be strictly scrutinized, especially..." Gu Changsheng paused, then continued in a deep voice, "especially people from the Southern Border! If anything is amiss, eliminate them without mercy!"

Si Xi was initially taken aback but then complied and withdrew.

As he walked out of the Peach Blossom Cottage, he finally realized, and muttered to himself, "Why did our commander issue such an order before leaving, and now the lady issued another such order?"

"Could it be that people from the Southern Border harbor ill intentions?"

Si Xi pondered for a moment, came up with no answers, and decided to see Jiang One. He reiterated the instructions of his lady once more, repeatedly urging him to be cautious of people from the Southern Border!

Jiang One naturally did not dare to neglect, as his master specifically gave an order and Changsheng’s Lady was so concerned, this matter must be of great significance, no negligence was allowed!

After Si Xi left, Gu Changsheng suddenly collapsed to the ground, rubbing her temples with a helpless expression, "Damn it, this mark, what the hell is it, can it be removed?"

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