Chapter 4: Na Fu Wu Gui (Part 2) Today's first update!

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  Huh?

  Is this the key?

  I suddenly had an epiphany, if the trial for Ye Yi was a test of Fang Shu. Then mine wouldn't be Fang Shu, but Xin Shu! To verify my idea, I rotated the mirror and continued searching. Sure enough, when I encountered the purple-faced ghost, I started to get excited and fell into another kind of illusory realm. It seemed like life suddenly became smooth sailing, whether it was work, studies, life, or even emotional luck, everything went smoothly. I was overjoyed, indulging in the pleasure without getting tired. In that environment, I almost got lost inside and didn't want to come out!

  However, any beautiful illusion will eventually have a crack. I still found the dark side behind happiness. And suddenly remembered what I was doing. The next moment, I woke up from the illusion. The purple-clothed music ghost turned into a purple light and flew into the mirror in my hand.

  I emptied my mind, making me a bit dizzy. I had to sit on the ground and rest for a moment. But then I found that the five-colored world was missing two colors, black and purple. It seemed as if some space had become thinner.

  "I shouted loudly: 'The remaining three of us, let's discuss this. Let's test our moral character openly and honestly. I'm really tired of being on tenterhooks.'"

  In an instant, the beauty was greatly reduced. Although I still couldn't see the stars in the sky or the surrounding scenery, it's better than everything being a strange color.

  The red delight ghost and the sorrowful second ghost appeared before me, still looking somewhat comical in appearance, but I was even more aware of their harmfulness. Therefore, I didn't dare to be as careless as before.

  The demon said to me: "Sir, are you willing to go through the remaining three trials together?"

  I nodded and asked: "I'd like to know why I'm being tested on Heart Technique instead of Square Technique."

  Xi Gu said, "No other reason, my family's Tian Shi once said that the best in the world is the heart and nature, but the worst is the means. In the middle there are methods, techniques, and various technical roads, only those with impure hearts and techniques cannot pass my five brothers' trials. Since you don't understand methods, naturally testing one's heart and nature is the best choice."

  "What if I don't pass?"

  The demon shrugged and said in a very human-like tone: "That gentleman may get lost in there forever."

  This answer made me break out in a cold sweat, this is really not life-threatening! But I can never be myself again. Indeed, such mysterious and profound things cannot be clearly explained by scientific principles. I couldn't help but wipe away a cold sweat for my own recklessness. I said: "Let's take it one step at a time."

  The Happy Ghost said: "Since you're so confident, Mr., why don't you choose which of the first trial to go through?"

  I've tried my best with anger and joy, the five emotions of human life are all extremely profound. Anger relies on reason, while joy exploits loopholes. I said: "That's troublesome for the melancholy ghost."

  The green-clad specter of sorrow took a step closer to me, its two large eyeballs staring at me. I was once again overcome with dizziness and disorientation. Then I fell into a melancholic reverie. The failures of life, love, family, career, in the world of sorrow, I experienced the most painful failure of my life. Poverty, hunger, betrayal and separation from children in the family, all because I was too poor to provide for them, too powerless to support them... It was undoubtedly a TV drama directed by someone, incorporating various emotions related to sorrow into it. I remembered a phrase called "losing less is winning". In that illusory space deliberately created by the specter of sorrow, I could only constantly pursue the truth of losing less. Then, bit by bit, like an ordinary person transforming and eventually becoming an expert through training, I was tempered to continuously forge confidence and faith. Finally, when I succeeded, I woke up. Although I no longer remembered the events in the illusion, I could feel that I had completely mastered the emotion of sorrow.

  The sorrowful ghost bowed to me and transformed into a green light that rushed into the mirror.

  I lightly wiped the sweat from my forehead, this stimulating feeling was really too strong. Unconsciously I let out a long and murky breath. Looking at what's left in front of me, only joy and sorrow remained. I said: "Happiness and sadness are forever the best pair of friends, right?"

  "Good things come in pairs, but so do bad things. Life is not perfect, so joy and sorrow are the best partners."

  I nodded and looked at the copper mirror in my hand which was no longer mottled, saying: "Then, let's go together. I want to enter the next level."

  Xi Gu said: "If Mr. is willing."

  The next moment, I was once again reliving a different kind of illusion. While trying various surprises, I was also constantly tasting the consequences that came with them. No matter how hard I tried to correct or change things, I couldn't shake off the shadow of sorrow. The moment I experienced was no longer life, but an inescapable fate! No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't change the structure of fate, which had already scripted a play for me, making me constantly taste the bitter consequences while accompanying true happiness and joy, constantly enjoying pain and suffering. I gradually showed signs of collapse, and I lost all hope and motivation to survive. Everything I did was successful, but success was always accompanied by disaster. My career was successful, but my parents were killed in an enemy's assassination. My family was successful, but my wife had an affair. My friendships were successful, but they confessed their love for me. My stock trading was successful, but the market crashed, and all so-called successes came with countless heartaches and hardships.

  There, I thought of death. Or maybe after dying successfully, there won't be any more hardships? However, the reality there was so cruel.

  No! I must be able to conquer fate! I don't believe that fate determines my life! I believe that my life can dominate my fate! It's just that I haven't found the key to defeating it.

  There, I gave up. I gave up everything. Not pursuing success, not pursuing pure joy. I started reading various scriptures, learning poetry and ancient texts, I simply didn't do anything else, focusing solely on reading books, studying, putting all my time into searching for the meaning of life.

  However, fate is so elusive, where can I find it?