Gu Youzhi
"...Hm?"
"There's still 'Causality' left?"
Chen Ling's gaze landed on the ghost walking out from the River Styx. At this mont, appearing slightly neurotic, his gaze was sharp enough to kill. A fearless aura that transcended death swept out, scaring the ghosts flowing around him into quickly taking a detour.
But when Chen Ling saw the person's appearance clearly, he was slightly taken aback.
It was an elderly figure wearing ancient, coarse hemp clothing and straw sandals on his feet. His appearance was ordinary and plain, the kind that would be hard to find again the next second if thrown into a crowd.
However, his ancient attire seed completely out of place in this modern basin of the River Styx.
Chen Ling felt like he had seen this person sowhere before...
"Congratulations, young friend Chen Ling."
The elderly figure stood tall upon the River Styx, gently cupping his hands and bowing to Chen Ling. "Having experienced a thousand deaths and gained insight into the Ghost Path... Throughout history, the number of people with such a state of mind can truly be counted on one's fingers."
Chen Ling examined him for quite a while before finally rembering where he had seen this person.
"You... are Sun Bumian's master?"
Chen Ling had entered Sun Bumian's mories. In that ancient era a thousand years ago, Sun Bumian had bidden farewell to this very old man before him, and then began his journey of reincarnation.
And if Chen Ling rembered correctly, this master of Sun Bumian was a Demigod of the Path of Divination when he was alive!
"Indeed." The elderly figure stroked his beard.
"This old man is Gu Youzhi... My wicked disciple has caused trouble for young friend Chen Ling."
Chen Ling's expression imdiately turned solemn. Imitating the other party's posture just now, he cupped his hands in return.
"Senior Gu is too modest. Along this journey, Sun Bumian has helped too much. I should be the one thanking Senior Gu."
Hearing these words, a brilliant smile imdiately appeared on Gu Youzhi's face, the corners of his mouth almost splitting to the roots of his ears. He seed to feel extrely proud of Chen Ling's praise, all his thoughts written plainly on his face.
"Haha... mhm... my wicked disciple... still has so skills. His character isn't bad either... and he's filial."
Chen Ling: ...
The temperant of this Demigod of the Path of Divination seed to be a bit different from what Chen Ling imagined.
"How co Senior Gu has appeared here? Shouldn't you go find Sun Bumian?" Chen Ling asked in confusion.
Gu Youzhi waved his hand in disdain.
"I et with that wicked disciple frequently. There's nothing to chat about... However, it's rare to et young friend Chen Ling, so naturally I had to co take a look."
It seed Sun Bumian had already been "ruthlessly abandoned" by his own master.
"You know ?"
"I have already known of you since a thousand years ago."
Chen Ling was incomparably surprised. Just as he was about to ask sothing else, Gu Youzhi raised a hand and pointed toward the other end of the River Styx.
"Young friend Chen Ling, there is only the last section of this River Styx remaining... Shall I accompany you for the rest of the journey?"
Chen Ling nodded. "Of course, no problem."
After the ghost tide just now, the Ghost Path seemingly lost all its strength and ans, and the entire River Styx returned to tranquility. Chen Ling just walked amidst the River Styx with Gu Youzhi like this, the figures of one person and one ghost as steady as boulders.
"Senior, how did you know about a thousand years ago?" Chen Ling still asked that question.
"Haha, this old man has achieved so minor success in divination. After making a slight calculation, I divined the cataclysmic disaster this world would face a thousand years later... Young friend, being an important link in this great disaster, naturally also appeared within it."
The color of surprise in Chen Ling's eyes grew increasingly dense.
A thousand years ago, he even divined the descent of the Red Star? And even divined himself... Were the abilities of a Demigod of the Path of Divination actually this terrifying?
"Senior is being modest again. You are a Demigod of the Path of Divination. With such powerful divination thods, how could it rely be 'minor success'?"
Hearing these words, Gu Youzhi bead with joy once again.
"Hahahaha... mhm... that is also true. This old man indeed has so unique aspects when it cos to divination."
Chen Ling: ...
He could tell by now. This old man just liked to feign modesty himself and then wait for others to praise him. In terms of character, this Demigod of the Path of Divination was unexpectedly a bit childish.
"Then did Senior divine how we should overco this great disaster?"
Gu Youzhi shook his head.
"This old man's divination can only deduce the future of this ti and this place, but cannot deduce that ti and that place..."
"...What do you an?"
"The world you and I are currently in is 'this ti and this place'... And the world after reversal is 'that ti and that place'."
Chen Ling understood.
This ti and this place referred to the Fifth-Generation World they were currently in. No matter how powerful Gu Youzhi was, he could only divine the future of this world. But the rebooted "that ti and that place"—which was perhaps the Sixth-Generation World that Chen Ling might reboot in the future—he couldn't deduce.
"Then for this ti and this place, did humanity succeed?"
Gu Youzhi didn't answer.
He only gave Chen Ling a profound look.
As if realizing sothing, Chen Ling frowned and fell into deep thought...
That's right. If the Fifth-Generation World truly succeeded, then Gu Youzhi wouldn't have emphasized "this ti and this place" versus "that ti and that place" just now. Since he put it that way, it proved he had predicted that the Fifth-Generation World would fail, but he didn't know if the Sixth-Generation World would succeed.
So... Wu Tongyuan still failed in the end?
Of course, even though Gu Youzhi was very powerful, Chen Ling wouldn't unconditionally trust everything he said. One of the most important rules he had learned along this journey was to not easily trust anyone.
But these words Gu Youzhi spoke could indeed serve as a reference for Chen Ling.
"Then did I successfully reboot the world? Will I encounter any trouble during this process?"
Chen Ling tried to ask so specific questions. If Gu Youzhi's divination could help him seek good fortune and avoid calamity to achieve his goal better and faster, then the harvest from this River Styx trip would be far too great.
Gu Youzhi didn't answer his question directly, only smiling faintly.
"With young friend Chen Ling's current power, there is probably only one person in this world who can beco an obstacle for you."
"However..."
"Even this old man cannot see through him."
"He... is perhaps the sole variable of this world."
"Variable?" Chen Ling imdiately asked back. "Is this variable good or bad?"
Gu Youzhi shook his head.
"This old man already said, this old man cannot see through it."
The confusion in Chen Ling's heart grew denser. The "he" in Gu Youzhi's mouth undoubtedly referred to Wu Tongyuan. However, Gu Youzhi could even divine the fate of a "Calamity of Mockery" like him a thousand years ago, yet couldn't see through Wu Tongyuan, a human?
"Young friend Chen Ling, the things you have to do are destined to be full of bumps and pain... Moreover, relying on yourself alone, you probably won't be able to accomplish it." Gu Youzhi turned his head and looked into Chen Ling's eyes.
"At the critical mont... my wicked disciple and your other companions should be able to lend you a helping hand."
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