Villager of Destiny

My guess was not wrong. Not long after, the entire River of Dead Souls began to change at a speed visible to the naked eye. Countless dead souls gathered into a road leading to the deepest place, guiding me.

I didn't hesitate and walked in directly.

If I were to say, is there anyone I can trust now?

That Zhang Mingyu is one of them.

If he wants to kill me.

Then he would not be an emperor.

Soon I came to the temple.

The entire temple now looked very ordinary. At first glance, there was nothing special about it, but the two auras in it were very obvious.

Not surprisingly, those two breaths came from Zhang Mingyu and Tai Chi.

When I arrived outside the temple, the door of the temple opened on its own.

The old woman also walked out of it at the same time, glanced at me and then disappeared.

Although I don't know her identity, I have some guesses.

She comes from Ming and has a deep relationship with Naihe Bridge. As for her identity and relationship, it is unknown.

I didn't linger and walked directly into the temple.

Soon two figures appeared in front of me.

Zhang Mingyu sat cross-legged on the futon, and Tai Chi's black thunder and lightning flashed constantly. When he saw me coming, he glanced at me and then continued to lie next to Zhang Mingyu.

Nothing has changed about either of them.

The feeling it gave me has completely changed.

"I should call you Zhang Mingyu now."

"Should I call you Emperor?"

Zhang Mingyu didn't turn around to look at me, he just waved his hand and there was another futon beside him.

"Whoever junior brother thinks I am, that's who I am."

Hearing this, I couldn't help but laugh.

Although I have never acknowledged my identity as a disciple of Tianshi Mountain.

But the word "Junior Brother" already represents many things.

This also made me sigh.

It doesn't matter if things change or cause and effect change, as long as people don't change.

I walked over and sat on the futon. At the same time, Zhang Mingyu said again: "You should know a lot of things already."

"So you already knew?"

I asked back.

Zhang Mingyu was silent for a moment and said: "After I came here, I felt that some memories appeared in my mind."

"It took me a long time to absorb those memories."

"I also know, it turns out that I am more than just Zhang Mingyu."

"I am still the emperor you call me."

"So now, are you the emperor or Zhang Mingyu?" I asked again.

This issue is very important to me.

If he is an emperor.

Then from today on, he is the emperor.

Even though he still looks like Zhang Mingyu.

He is also an emperor.

If he were Zhang Mingyu.

Even if he is an emperor, he is still my friend. He is my only friend left now, Zhang Mingyu!

"Does it matter?"

I looked at me.

The eyes were full of energy, as if they were gods.

I nodded slightly.

"important!"

"So……"

"What if I say that I am an emperor now?" He said calmly.

I was silent for a while, and then laughed, "You are the emperor, so I will face you with the attitude I should have towards an emperor."

With that said, I stood up and took out the two incense sticks on my body.

There were originally three sticks of this incense.

One of them was lit when I was ringing the funeral bell. These two skills were life-saving tools given to me by Zhang Mingyu, but when I went to exorcise the corpse line, I didn’t use them because of Xuannv, and I never used them later. Never used again.

This is what Zhang Mingyu gave me.

I keep it all the time.I originally thought that even if I don't need it anymore, this is still a gift Zhang Mingyu gave me. But now, since Zhang Mingyu is no longer Zhang Mingyu, I can keep it...

What's the point?
After placing the incense back on the altar table, I turned to look at him who was still on the futon.

"Before I came here, I thought about this situation."

"But I hope that you are still Zhang Mingyu now, not the emperor."

"I admit that after going to the underworld, I admire everything about the emperor, but after all, he is the emperor, not my only friend."

"I originally wanted to take Zhang Mingyu away from here."

"I want to tell him that this game is actually not that important anymore."

"Because I already understand the meaning of this game."

"I also understand, whether it is spinning the roulette wheel, reincarnation, or what these sentient beings need."

"So unnecessary sacrifices are no longer important."

"Of course he doesn't need to stay here anymore."

"It's just that, by chance, you are the emperor now."

"Why are you an emperor?"

I looked at him and laughed to myself again.

I've never been more disappointed.

Or not disappointed.

Is it sad?
Still not reconciled?
I do not know.

I just don’t understand why Zhang Mingyu accepts the status of emperor so calmly. Why can’t he still be Zhang Mingyu?

even if...

It doesn't really matter.

Even though I know clearly, whether it is Zhang Mingyu or Dijun, he has not actually changed. If he had changed, I wouldn't be here now, and he wouldn't be sitting there looking at me.

But I'm still sad.

"Zhang Mingyu!"

I looked at him and still called out the name.

His expression didn't change much, he just looked at me, and after a moment he continued: "Since you want to call me this ordinary name, then I am Zhang Mingyu."

"Xuantian."

"You come this time."

"Have you really figured it out?"

My body trembled, then I put away my emotions, sat back on the futon again and said, "There is no right or wrong in this game."

"Your Majesty of Mount Tai is also welcome."

"You are all right."

"I am fine too."

"What we are fighting for is actually what we want to see."

"But you all forgot."

"Since these things are for all sentient beings."

"So, why are you not willing to listen to the voices of the audience? Do you know what they think?"

His eyes narrowed slightly, and the divine aura around him became more obvious at this moment.

I continued: "I never thought of that before."

"Until someone told me."

"He doesn't want to live anymore."

"He even said that if he could be reincarnated after his death, he would not be willing to be a human being again."

"You said, why is this?"

"Why?" he asked subconsciously.

"We all know that all living beings suffer."

"Why do you want them to always experience the pain of reincarnation?"

"All living beings should have their own choices."

"It's just that the right to choose has been taken away from you from the beginning!"

"The right to choose?" He frowned slightly, and after talking to himself for a moment, a smile suddenly appeared on his face.

"I enter the game on my own terms, just like you."

"But in the end, we still took the wrong path."

"It seems that you really have to follow the path of all sentient beings to know this situation..."

"The meaning of existence!"

(Good night!) (End of this chapter)