Chapter 687: Swords into Plowshares 7
Chapter 687: Swords into Plowshares 7
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Yunli: "What is the memory just now?"
Gu Yun: "That was the memory of me and a Cloud Rider being stranded on a foreign planet. He and I crashed on a planet occupied by Buli people. There were only... us."
Yun Li: "I can feel that this is a lonely war."
As the two continued walking, another memory emerged.
Unknown Swordsman: "I am still alive, but those young people in the village..."
Gu Yun: "They died, died for you, died for the "good days without people" you promised. I tasted their despair before they died, they couldn't see this day coming. You are the same."
Unknown Swordsman: "We...can't stay here. Let's go to the next village."
Gu Yun: "Why? What are you still holding on to? You and your pathetic ragtag army have been fighting for over 30 years. You have never won. What you have sown is not resistance, but despair. This world is beyond redemption. It has been infected by the Bu Li Ren group!
You have seen their numbers, and you also know their methods...but those savages you placed your hopes on only know how to crawl on the ground, respectfully calling the monsters that ate their children and relatives "beast lords"!
You cut off the beast master's head for them, but they were afraid of retaliation and betrayed you. You remember all these things, right?"
Unknown Swordsman: "I... remember! I remember my first death. Bu Liren... cut off my head. But I also remember that if there hadn't been a young man who risked his life to sew it back together in order to keep me, I would have been completely destroyed.
I remember everything these people did for me, the food they left at the entrance of the cave, the fur coats they mended, and the oaths they made before joining. The rest of the Xianzhou people's lives are still long, and new young people will stand up and fight with me! Time is on our side. "
After listening to this, Gu Yun sighed silently.
Gu Yun: "You just said that this is a lonely war. No, this war is not lonely, it is just full of despair. So much so that I don't want to taste the taste of despair again."
After listening to Gu Yun's story, Yun Li was speechless for a moment, and then continued to move forward. A group of figures followed the unknown swordsman.
The nameless swordsman said, "I am leaving now."
When people heard that he was leaving, they couldn't help but ask in confusion and anxiety: "Where are you going, sir?"
Unknown Swordsman: "I am going back to my hometown. Back to the sky, far, far away. I will never come back."
After hearing this, people were frightened and said, "But... if you leave, what should we do? What if those wolf demons appear again..."
Unknown Swordsman: "They are all dead, child. You have wiped them out... Before I leave, I ask you to do one thing for me. Although the wolf demon is gone, there are still monsters in the world.
Soon, there will be demons wearing golden branches and knowing only killing wandering around here, but you don't have to be afraid. I will leave you this sword that has followed me in battle for many years. With the methods I have taught you over the years, you will be able to kill the last monster in this world.
However, I want you to build a stone monument for me. It must be big and strong enough to hold the remains of the monster firmly, forever. This is a debt you owe me, you must do it, understand?"
At this point, Gu Yun also reacted and said, "You deceived them, and you deceived me."
"Oh?"
"You promised to give me your body when you were desperate."
"Old friend, the rest of the life of the immortal boat people is now coming to an end. Then I will give you a chance for revenge. Come and see me off for the last time, okay?"
Back to the present, Yun Li: "He has already made up his mind. I can feel countless complex emotions flowing. This is not bloodthirstiness, anger, or terror. What he left for you is... sustenance?"
Gu Yun: "They have learned how to fight against monsters, but there is still one last monster wandering in the world. Get rid of it, my old friend. He left me here and will never look back."
Honkai Impact 3: "It hurts. It still hurts when I watch it again! Cloud Knight's life is so miserable!"
Jing Yuan of Xingqiong Railway: "It is precisely because of heroes like this that the Xianzhou Alliance will stand firm! It has always been the case, it is the case now, and it will always be the case in the future."
Genshin Impact Zhongli: "I want to buy some osmanthus flowers and wine, but it's a pity that I don't know when I will see my old friend again!"
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In the video, Gu Yun was inserted into the body of a demon, and the voice of the unknown swordsman came from the body of the demon.
Nameless Swordsman: "Thank you, old friend. Sui Yang can taste human emotions... What do my emotions taste like, old friend...?"
Gu Yun: "With a little bitter wisdom and a little hot courage, the greatest desire in your heart is to end the battle. Now, the battle is over... Do you hear me?
Although you can no longer hear me, old friend, I will do everything in my power to end the battle in this world."
Yunli: "So, this is the past of the Hero's Sword that the Kalevala people talked about? You helped the humans in that world end the battle?"
Gu Yun: "No, I couldn't do it. As a weapon, I would only be the beginning of the next dispute. The kings of the Kalevala people regarded me as a symbol of their divine right to rule. They fought for me and started wars to get me.
I had enough of those people's dirty thoughts, and I didn't want to kill anyone anymore. So I returned to the tombstone where that guy was buried - and from then on, no one could pull me out of the tombstone. "
Yun Li: "...But you let Yinzhi take you out?"
Gu Yun: "Because even after so much time has passed... I still want that person to return to his hometown."
Finally, Yunli came to a huge stone tablet, and next to the huge stone tablet there was a golden tree. Guyun's voice slowly spoke: "At the sword gifting ceremony, I felt pain when I learned that I would be given to the best swordsman to fight the enemy again.
That man engraved his deepest desire: "End the battle" into the blade of my sword. As a forged thing, my function was determined from the beginning. I must become a weapon and continue to cut and kill.
But when my mission is complete, will I have the right to choose my own destiny like that man? Therefore, I ask the Pure Knight to help me leave, so that I don't have to fall into the cycle of killing and fighting again. "
Yun Li: "These thousands of years have become a memory that I take for granted in an instant. I seem to understand what the knight meant by "pure beauty". "
Gu Yun: "I don't want to be a sword that kills people. My war has already ended. The years as a tombstone are my best years."
Starry Sky Railway Butterfly: "Are the years spent as a tombstone the best years? Is this the final destination for Lord Guyun after experiencing all kinds of life?"
Mingchao Guardian: "Time is ruthless, but in the long years, there are things that you think are meaningful and right, and that is the best time."
Juequ Lingyixuan: "Yes, the best years are those that are meaningful."
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Back to the present, Yinzhi said, "I have just told you all about what I experienced when I took out Guyun in Kalevala. I believe Miss Yunli is now moved by the pure beauty flowing in the sword, just like I was then."
Huai Yan stepped forward and said, "Although I have heard the legend of this sword from the envoys, when I delve into the sword's memory, the story is still bizarre. Yunli, I believe that Gu Yun's experience will change you."
Ah Xing: "General Huai Yan said this sword will change you."
Yun Li: "That's why grandpa kept it from me. He didn't want me to make a hasty decision... I thought that the magic sword forged by Sui Yang would only leave behind killing and anger, but I didn't expect that someone could leave behind the "desire to end the battle" and even change the magic sword.
I was too extreme. Gu Yun is undoubtedly a heroic sword. I... I apologize to everyone for my previous intrusion... I'm sorry!"
Seeing Yun Li apologize, everyone smiled with relief. At this time, Da Hao came out and said, "Since Miss Yun Li has been cleared of suspicion and the sword has been found, is it time to return it to the warehouse?"
But at this time Yun Li said firmly: "No, I still want to melt this sword!"
Hearing his granddaughter's words, General Huai Yan couldn't help but laugh out loud. Everyone was also surprised when they heard it. Ah Xing: "Hey, Yunli, Yunli."
Yunli: "I have realized your true wish today, Guyun. I sense that you are tired of continuing to be a sword, falling into the hands of unknown people, and fighting a battle you don't want to fight, aren't you?"
Lone Cloud: "This is a matter of destiny. I am destined to fall into someone's hands and fight. Can the wind choose to stop blowing? Can the cloud choose to stop drifting? No, this is the fate of creation."
Yun Li: "No, you have seen how the nameless swordsman decides his own fate, Gu Yun, of course you can do it too."
Gu Yun: "I really can't imagine that my destiny is other than being a sword..."
Yun Li: "Do you remember? You stood alone in front of the stone tablet of knowledge. People looked at you because you carried the memory of the hero. So, at that time, you were no longer a sword, but a monument!"
Gu Yun: "Later, I was mottled. The breeze passed through the holes in the sword, and it would emit different pitches, going to the distant mountains and fields - it turned out that I was a musical instrument at that time. I miss the time when I was a musical instrument."
Yun Li: "Does a creature have the right to become what it wants to be? Of course! I will fulfill your wish, Gu Yun, and I will help you forge another kind of object."
Gu Yun: "Another kind of artifact?"
Dahao: "But this is the prize for the martial arts ceremony. If the Kalevala envoys knew about it... General Huaiyan, can you please say something?"
Huai Yan: "Alas, my granddaughter has a stubborn personality. Yunli, are you sure you want to do this?"
Yun Li: "Everyone...what do you think?"
Ah Xing: "Why not ask Gu Yun for his opinion."
Yinzhi: "To fulfill His Excellency Guoyun's wish is exactly why I came to the Immortal Boat. Idlila, whether it is to turn swords into plowshares or something else, as long as it can help His Excellency Guoyun end the battle, I will agree with it!"
Gu Yun: "Then I'll leave it to you, Yunli."
Finally, you go to the Wubingfang of the Gongzao Division and borrow the casting furnace. When putting Gu Yun into the casting furnace, Yunli said to Gu Yun: "It is my honor to meet you in this way."
Gu Yun: "It's my honor too. Thank you, Yun Li."
After leaving the Five Soldiers' Workshop, Yun Li sighed. Huai Yan asked, "Why are you so sad, little girl? Do you regret it? When you were melting the sword, you were more decisive than anyone else. Why do you look so reluctant now?"
Yun Li: "Grandpa, I melted the prize for the martial arts ceremony. How are you going to explain this to Luo Fu?"
Huai Yan: "Good fellow, Yun Li, who is so young, actually has such a big conscience. Haha, it's not easy. It's not easy."
Yun Li pouted unhappily, and then said: "Alas, if I had been able to calmly talk to Grandpa at the beginning... maybe this matter wouldn't have caused such a big uproar. However, it is also a good thing that the Lone Cloud Sword can get what it wants. I don't regret this."
Huai Yan: "Yun Li... You and your father are somewhat similar in this matter at least. Do you plan to continue recycling the remaining weapons made by Han Guang?"
Yun Li: "Well, although Gu Yun is somewhat special, the Sui Yang Demon Sword is still too dangerous for most practitioners. I will just wait before I act impulsively next time."
Huai Yan: "Wait a minute, remember today, there will be many things in the future that require us to wait."
Yun Li: "I understand, but what about the prize?"
Huai Yan: "Ever since you appeared at the sword gifting ceremony, Grandpa's heart was alarmed. For this reason, I specially prepared another sword as a replacement. Don't worry, there is absolutely no Sui Yang added to the sword!"
"That's great!"
"By the way, Kalevala and the knight went to Golden Man Lane together. They plan to choose a place to commemorate the hero. Let's go and take a look together."
Ah Xing: "Let's go."
The group soon arrived at the Golden Man Lane. When Pavol saw the three people coming, he stepped forward and said, "Ah, how come General Huaiyan has time to come to watch the ceremony?"
Huai Yan: "After hearing the heroic legends told by Mika Chivasa, my granddaughter was greatly inspired and specifically asked me to bring her here to see it."
Pavol: "I am a descendant of the Kalevala monument keeper. My family has been responsible for taking care of the huge stone monument left by the unknown hero for generations. Over the past hundreds of years, a golden tree has grown under the monument, and its branches have never withered. The Kalevala people regard it as proof of the existence of the myth.
Before leaving, I broke off a branch from the golden tree, hoping to transplant it here as a testimony to the hero's return to his hometown."
After hearing this, Huai Yan nodded and said, "It's just right. The people of Xianzhou don't have coffins or spirit tablets. He can rest peacefully in his hometown with people coming and going and fireworks bustling around. I'm sure he must be very satisfied."
Pavol: "The hero once asked the ancestors to carve some words on the stone tablet. During this visit, I also copied the words. Although the years have eroded the inscription, it seems that it can still be recognized-"
Huai Yan read the words and said, "I am drifting in a foreign land and am about to die. Fortunately, I have fulfilled my duty. If there are passers-by who feel pity for me, please bring a basin of yellow earth from the stele and bury me in Luofu.
Mr. Pavol, I wonder if this hero has left a name in your history?"
Pavol: "I'm sorry, the days when that hero fought are too far away from us, and he didn't leave any name for others to call him. But in our mythology, he came from the sky to the earth, and we call him the Cloud Knight."
Everyone's eyes turned to the golden sapling, and Huai Yan murmured, "Welcome home, Cloud Knight."
Yun Li looked at the Qin next to the golden number and said to it, "You can also have a good rest here, Gu Yun."
Later, Ah Xing found Yinzhi, who said, "I am an accomplice in the theft of the sword. General Huaiyan made me stand beside this golden sapling as punishment, longing for my lover to tell the story of the hero and this sword.
This is not a punishment at all, I gladly accept it! Spreading the pure and beautiful faith to the residents of Xianzhou is exactly what I want. However, after a while, I plan to leave Xianzhou and continue my journey. I hope we will meet in the Milky Way, my dear friend. "
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