Phoenix Destiny-Chapter 417 - Mystic lady

“神女?”她喃喃道.

“Deity?” She muttered.

“这是你们的称呼,我真正的名字,叫玄女.”

” I’m called Mystic lady, and not goddess or Deity, whatever nicknames all of you have for me.”

这个时刻,陆明舒脑子里浮起的第一个念头竟是,原来宋祖师弄错了神女的名字,那神女踏云剑岂不是要改名叫玄女踏云剑?

~So that means that Founder Song has got the Deity’s name wrong!

Does it means that we would have to change the name of the “Goddess Cloud-treading Swordsmanship” to “Mystic Lady Cloud-treading Swordsmanship” ?~

不免觉得自己的念头可笑了些,她就摇了摇头,露出些微笑意来.

Realising her thought, Lu Mingshu let out a laugh and shook her head.

~What was I even thinking about?~

“你很镇定,很好.”

“You seems fine, that’s good.”

陆明舒左右看看,万禹太上长老和付尚清并不在此处,略一思忖,开口问:”…玄女前辈,这是您留下的一抹神念?”

Hearing her words, it then dawned on Lu Mingshu that Grand Elder Wan Yu and Fu Shangqing is nowhere to be seen.

She started looking around for them but there was no avail.

“…Senior Mystic Lady, may I know if I’m in a dream that you have left behind?”

玄女淡淡道:”你问出这句话,可见天轮在你手中,已经发挥出作用了.”

“So the heavenly wheel has worked for you, huh?”

陆明舒心知自己面对的是天轮的前一任主人,也就没有隐瞒的必要了:”不错,晚辈因缘际会,得到了玄女前辈留下的天轮.”

Knowing that she’s facing the previous owner of the Heavenly wheel, Lu Mingshu decided to tell the truth.

“Yes.

Fate has led me to the heavenly wheel that mystic Lady has left behind in this world.”

对方没再说话,但她感觉到那道虚无的目光落在自己身上,不知道是不是在评估她.

Even though the mystic lady’s figure is faint and her face could not be seen, Lu Mingshu could still feel a gaze on her.

But the Mystic lady said nothing.

很久之后,陆明舒再次听到她的声音:”这一抹游魂,在此飘荡千年,终于遇到了天轮下一任主人,总算不枉.”

After a moment of deafening silence, The mystic lady’s voice rang across space again.

“This dream has been wandering around for thousands of years, and finally, I get to meet you, the next owner of the heavenly wheel.

My efforts are not in vain after all.”

顿了顿,只听玄女接着道:”你可知我为何要等你?”

After a pause, the mystic lady continued.

“Do you know why am I waiting for you?”

她摇头.

Lu Mingshu shook her head.

玄女道:”千年来,我飘荡于此,总觉得有无数的话要交待后任之主,见了你,却觉得许多事都不必说了.”

“A thousand years have passed, and I have spend my days wandering around, waiting to meet the next owner of the heavenly wheel, to brief him or her about the heavenly wheel.

But now after I have met you, I don’t see the need anymore.”

“…”陆明舒不免要想,难道玄女嫌她话太少,太没有好奇心了吗?也是,她这样的人,是最没趣的交谈对象,不知道该如何接话,又怎么谈得下去?

“…” ~Is the mystic Lady blaming me for being too quiet?

But it can’t be helped, I am born this way.

Socially awkward and have no idea how to continue a conversation.~

“其实,你并不是第一个有缘人.百余年前,曾有一人闯入此间,发现我的神念,意欲得到传承.然而,终是少了缘分,未曾寻获天轮.这百年,但凡有机会,他的后辈都会进入神女遗迹,可惜,一代不如一代…”

“Actually, you are not the first one to see this.

A hundred years ago, somebody accidentally broke into this place and found this dream.

He wanted to get the inheritance, but sadly, he did not manage to get the Heavenly wheel.

That’s fated, I guess.

After that, his offsprings would enter the remnants if they got the chance.

But it’s such a pity that his offsprings got worse over the years…”

陆明舒心念一转,灵光闪现:”玄女前辈,您说的人,可是姓周?”

Something dawned onto Lu Mingshu.

She looked up at the mystic lady and spoke loud, enough for the mystic lady to hear.

“Senior mystic lady, is the person that you’re speaking about comes with the surname of Zhou?”

“大概是吧.”

“Not sure.

But I guess it is.”

陆明舒突然明白了,周家如此肆无忌惮的原因.除了权欲,更是因为,他们的长辈知道神女遗迹存在一个大秘密.若是能得到玄女真正的传承,九瑶宫算什么?就算毁了也不可惜.

~Oh, that’s why the Zhous could be so unscrupulous!

Other than power, their ancestors are aware of the secret in the Goddess’s remnants.

Once they have gotten the inheritance of the mystic lady, what’s use of the Nine Jade Palace?

It’s worthless to them when they got the inheritance.~

然而,就像玄女说的,到底少了缘分.

But sadly, just like what the Mystic Lady has said, they are just not fated.

“玄女前辈,您想见我,是因为晚辈身上的天轮吗?”

“Senior mystic lady, is Heavenly Wheel the reason why senior would wish to meet junior?”

“自然.”玄女道,”天轮易主,我总是放心不下,一抹残念不愿散去.”

“Ah of course.

I am worried thus my dream is here.”

“那么,您有什么要交待晚辈的?”

“What are the things that senior wished to tell me?”

玄女似乎在注视她,很久很久,才道:”其他的,都不必说了,只两件事.”

“Ah, nothing much.” Mystic Lady said after a few minutes.

“Only two things.”

“请玄女前辈指教.”

“Please guide me, senior mystic lady.”

“其一,天轮之事,万万慎重,千万不要自高自大,掉以轻心,此物并不简单.”

“Firstly, please be careful about the Heavenly wheel.

Do not be proud and let down your guards.

It does not come easy.”

对于天轮的来历,陆明舒早有猜测,她马上接着问:”此物是否另有目的?”

Since Lu Mingshu already has guessed about the origin of the heavenly wheel, the mystic lady’s words further prove her guess.

“Do the heavenly wheel have other motives?”

玄女的声音带了淡淡的讶意:”你竟然能想到.”

“Good guess.” Mystic lady sounded slightly shocked.

陆明舒心一沉,没等她接话,玄女又道:”不要太担心.天轮便是天轮,它本身很单纯,你尽可利用.”

Hearing her answer, Lu Mingshu’s heart sank.

But before she could say anything else, the mystic lady continued.

“No worries.

The heavenly wheel is not out to harm you or so, it’s just a heavenly wheel after all.”

“那前辈的意思是…”

“But senior said that…”

“单纯的是物,复杂的是人心.”

“The heavenly wheel is pure.

What’s complicated are humans.”

陆明舒在心中默默琢磨这句话.

Lu Mingshu tried to digest her words.

玄女似乎不打算说明白,继续道:”你这般年纪,就有这等心性,很是难得.我再提醒你一句,年轻是犯错的资本,但有些错万万不能犯,一旦犯了,就会万劫不复.你是天轮之主,但这世间并不只有一个天轮,倘若你走不到最后,就会像我一般,而天轮不过另外择主而已.对天轮而言,主人是可以选择的,但对你而言,生命只有一次.”

But the mystic lady just waved her hands.

“You’re young, so it would be too much if I expect you to understand this.

But I’ll remind you once again, even if young is the time to make mistakes, so mistakes must be avoided at all cost.

You’re the owner of the heavenly wheel now, but there’s more than one heavenly wheel in this world.

If you end up being like me, not being able to finish my journey, to the heavenly wheel, all it has to do would just to search for a new owner.

But for you, you only get to live once.”

这句话,似乎包含着很多的讯息,陆明舒一时想不透彻.

The mystic lady said so much, that Lu Mingshu could not get it at the moment.

幸好玄女也没指望她马上想明白,又道:”你回去慢慢想,不用太过谨慎,若是裹足不前,那就枉费了我等你千年.”

Luckily, the mystic lady did not hope for her to understand her words immediately.

“Go back and think through it.

If you still don’t understand, I’ll be wasting my time, just to wait a thousand years for you.”

“…是.”

“…okay.”

“至于第二件事,就当是我这个前任主人,给我的继任者一点福利吧.”玄女道,”此间留有我最后一点传承,你之实力,在此界虽是顶尖,放到万界,却还差得很远.我且助你一臂之力,尽快提升自己的实力.”

“As for the second thing, I, as the previous owner would give you some benefits.

You might be the best in this world, but still not anywhere near good if you were to meet people from the other worlds.

I’ll help you to get better.”

陆明舒再镇定,心里也浮起喜意:”谢玄女前辈.”

“Thank you so much, senior.” A smile formed on Lu Mingshu’s face, even if she tried her best to be calm.

玄女淡淡道:”那个姓周的小子,终是与我无缘,到底便宜你了.”

“No problem.

It’s just your luck that the guy who has the surname of Zhou is not fated.”

陆明舒眼前一闪,就见玄女抬起手,一点光亮就要没入她的眉心.

Lu Mingshu’s eyes lit up.

Mystic lady raised her hand and a ball of light could be seen forming on her fingers.

The mystic lady then raised it up to Lu Mingshu’s forehead, aiming right at her forehead.

“等等!”她记挂着另一件事.

“Wait!” Lu Mingshu suddenly remembered something.

“怎么?”玄女顿住.

“What?” The mystic lady retrieve her hand.

陆明舒道:”敢问前辈,接受传承,是否需要时间?”

“May I ask if receiving the inheritance takes time?”

“这是自然.”

“Of course.”

“多久?”

“How long would it take.”

“总要个把月吧.”

“A few months?”

陆明舒道:”晚辈知道此事太过得寸进尺,但晚辈目前身负要事,这个把月,耽搁不起.”

“Junior knows that I’m being greedy, but if this would take a few months, junior is afraid I might not be unable to wait due to junior having an important task to do.”

玄女的声音听起来似有不悦:”你的意思是,拒绝这份传承?”

“So you want to reject, huh?” The mystic lady sounds unpleased.

陆明舒摇头:”晚辈自然希望得到前辈的传承,但晚辈的师尊毁了经脉,若是错过这个机会,恐难复原.”

Lu Mingshu shook her head.

“Junior is more than glad to be able to have this privilege.

But my master’s meridians are destroyed.

If I miss this chance, I’m afraid my master would never recover.”

“哦?”

“So?”

她解释:”晚辈在天轮里与人约好,十日内与他交换修复药方.若是错过这十日,交易就要取消了.晚辈修为尚低,想要兑换修复之物,需要太久,而师尊已经等不到那个时候了.”

“Junior has made a deal with a party in the heavenly wheel, to exchange something with him in ten days.

Junior do not have a high cultivation and the ten days have passed, my master may not be able to wait until then.”

玄女沉默良久,说道:”你愿意为你的师尊放弃这个传承?”

After a moment of silence, the mystic lady replied.

“So you are willing to give this chance up for your master?”

陆明舒毫不犹豫:”若是玄女前辈肯等,晚辈自然想两全其美,若是不能,晚辈选择去救师尊.”

“Of course junior is hoping that senior mystic lady is willing to sacrifice and wait for junior.

But if it’s impossible, then I think that my master health is more important.”

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过了许久,玄女轻叹:”好吧,你且说说,这是个什么交易.”

“Whatever, what deal did you made?” The mystic lady sighed.

听起来并不是没有商量的可能,陆明舒便把与郝道长的约定说了一遍.

Lu Mingshu then told the mystic lady about the whole deal with Daoist priest Hao

“冬夏石,骨生花.”玄女轻轻道,”也罢.”

“Winter-summer stone and bone blossom?

Uh.”

陆明舒没弄明白她话中之意,忽地眼前白光消去,周围景物一换,到了一个陌生的地方.

Before Lu Mingshu could figure out what’s going on, the white light right in front of her disperse and the scenery right in front of her changed.

高大的树木间,到处都是深坑,里面散落着许多白骨.

It’s a forest, with pits that are filled with bones all around the place.

她听到玄女的声音:”不愧是天轮选中之人,气运不凡.这些东西,就便宜你了.”

“Since the heavenly wheel chose you, then I’ll just let you take advantage this time round, lucky girl.” The mystic lady’s voice rang across the forest.