usatvline Chapter 488 She closed her eyes
Chapter 488 She closed her eyes
Zhu Wuyao roughly guessed that the disaster here was probably caused by two border disputes.
On his way to the Ink Trace Study, Zhu Wuyao heard many people worrying about this matter, and some were even considering moving, fearing that war was about to break out.
She shook her head, dismissing the matter, and randomly found an inn on the street to rest.
After washing up, she lit a candle.
Lingbi asked curiously:
"You don't need light, so why light a candle?"
Zhu Wuyao unfolded the "Ten Thousand Book Reviews" from his bag, arranged it by year and month, and laid it flat on the table, intending to read it from the old year to the recent one.
Upon hearing the pen's question, she said:
"I can vaguely perceive changes in light and shadow. If it's pitch black outside, I always feel depressed."
Upon hearing this, the spirit brush leaped out of her body, waved in front of her, and Zhu Wuyao chuckled:
"If you get close, you can vaguely sense something swaying."
"I have never been blind, so I don't know how others are, but for me it's as if my eyes are closed and I can't open them no matter what I do."
"The feeling is... if it were bright outside and you were waving a finger in front of your closed eyes, that would be similar to how I feel right now."
Lingbi's writing style is somewhat perplexing.
"It's like having your eyes closed, and you just can't open them..."
Logically speaking, Lu Tiaotiao's sword energy slashed across the secret realm and entered his meridians through his eyes. His meridians should have been almost repaired within four years, so why were his eyes not repaired?
Zhu Wuyao ignored the spirit brush and focused his divine sense on it to discern the subtle details.
The words appeared in my mind one by one, but because I was not yet familiar with them, it was somewhat difficult to recognize them.
In the past year or two, there have been a few words of hers in the book reviews of thousands of volumes.
"...As far as I know, when the Qingyun Sect was exploring the secret realm, Luoye Yaoqiu and Zhu Wuyao from the Zhaixing Tower seemed to be there, but it is unknown whether they infiltrated using a secret technique or were invited by the Qingyun Sect."
"...This incident provides a glimpse into the relationship between the two factions..."
It seems that in the period immediately after she gained self-awareness and Fu Yu left the secret realm, the amount of content about Zhu Wuyao suddenly increased.
Gu Lang and she were on good terms.
The section about her in "Ten Thousand Book Reviews" has been as objective as possible, but even so, public opinion is still somewhat negative.
It's easy to imagine that at the time, there were probably countless rumors circulating outside—
"There have been rumors that the Daoist Wuyan is Luoye Yaoqiu, but the source of the information is hard to verify and is just for fun."
"I'm curious, if Master Wuyan is indeed Zhu Wuyao, then where did these seemingly random Master Wuyan come from when she went to explore the secret realm?"
"Could it be that this 'Fallen Leaves Inviting Autumn' Zhu Wuyao not only knows the art of disguise, but also the art of creating clones?"
"...All of the above speculations are merely for amusement; the author is just an ordinary person and cannot know the truth..."
Zhu Wuyao smiled.
The rumors about her seem to have been quite lively only in the last few months, as if... they guessed wrong about when she would emerge from the secret realm.
The big move was used too early.
When she finally emerges, there will be new characters in the martial arts world, providing entertainment for everyone.
Yes, she's back.
But she's past her prime.
There are quite a few reviews about the Wishing Well's secret realm in the vast collection of books. Scrolling through the last ten or so, there's even a story about her impersonating a reclusive master—
"Ladies and gentlemen, do you still remember the legendary wishing well secret realm?... "
"...However, recently, a new variable has emerged in the Wishing Well Secret Realm! When I first learned of this, I was also extremely surprised. I checked the source of the information several times. I cannot disclose who entered the secret realm, but I guarantee with the reputation of our Manager Gu that this matter is definitely true!"
"The reclusive master from the Wishing Well secret realm has revealed himself."
The following section details the exploration of the secret realm; in fact, this is a featured article.
A hermit sat by the wishing well, fishing with a straight hook. A visitor asked, "Why is your straight hook without bait?"
The answer was: "Those who are willing will take the bait."
With a wave of his hand, the pure pool vanished, revealing an endless abyss where evil spirits clung, unable to ascend. The hermit inquired about the outside world and sighed, "I slept for three years; fortunately, only a cultivator mistakenly entered my dream. No one else escaped this realm."
The visitor was greatly surprised and asked urgently...
……
The hermit asked, "I have been fishing for a long time, why have I caught nothing?"
After the three answered, the hermit looked regretful and said, "No, no!"
Suddenly a strong wind blew in, making the visitor feel dizzy and disoriented. When he opened his eyes again, he was back in the outside world, just like the hermit had described as a dream.
Although there are some artistic embellishments, what she said is roughly the same as the truth; that's how she pretended to be sophisticated back then.
However, Wan Juan Book Review created a special section for this "Hermit's Q&A," sincerely inviting all literati, commoners, and monks to answer, and even carefully selected several analyses.
Zhu Wuyao read it carefully.
They actually imagined her as some kind of hermit guarding "calamities," and that her three-year slumber caused much unrest outside the secret realm, even citing numerous examples as evidence, such as—
Internal strife has erupted within the Juque Sect, the relationship between the Taibai Sect and the Zhaixing Tower is delicate, the Qingyun Sect cultivators' deployment has changed, and the demon race seems to have suffered a severe blow...
In short, because this hermit who guards against disasters took a nap, chaos is about to erupt in the outside world!
A great calamity is about to befall the world!
This… Although there was no one else around, Zhu Wuyao still awkwardly covered her forehead; she wasn't actually that important…
Was this considered overdoing it?
As for the line "I have been fishing for a long time, why have I caught nothing?", it has been interpreted in an even more intriguing way.
Wishing wells are illusory treasures.
Yet it attracted countless greedy cultivators, who fought and snatched each other, displaying their ugly side, just like the evil spirits in the abyss. The hermit wanted to save one person, but no one was willing to attain enlightenment.
The cultivator wanted to give away her opportunity, but the world was so ignorant that she couldn't give it away.
Therefore, what she really wanted to ask was:
"Why is it that no one has attained enlightenment, so that I would willingly give up this opportunity?"
Zhu Wuyao silently closed the page...
Why did we gain nothing?
Because there was nothing in the pool to begin with!
The hermit did not choose a suitable successor to bestow the opportunity upon, not because the masses were ignorant, but because Zhu Wuyao's strength was insufficient to support such an expense...
However, this incident gave Zhu Wuyao some new inspiration.
She had an idea of what she could write for her next storybook.
It's important to know that these "Ten Thousand Book Reviews" not only mention that she is Master Wuyan, but also that Master Wuyan killed many Juque Sect cultivators and mentioned the conflict between Zhu Wuyao and Qingyun Sect.
The gossip at the time must have been far more extreme, perhaps even labeling her a heretic.
I wonder how anxious and worried my friends, who were concerned about my safety, must have been at the time...
Zhu Wuyao spread out a sheet of Xuan paper on the table and picked up a brush, dipping it in ink.
When she first arrived in the cultivation world, she was traveling from Dongji City to Beixuan City. Unable to make a living, she hurriedly wrote her stories at inns along the way.
Everything seemed just like it was back then; it appeared that nothing had changed.
This time, however, she was no longer naive, reckless, or full of righteous indignation.
She closed her eyes.