Gu Daoist Master

Chapter 807: People Who Refuse to be Ordinary

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>, Chapter Three, Section Eighteen states:

Ren Zu stepped on his own road of life, he left the door of life and death, but ended up in ordinary abyss.

He walked around in the bottom of the abyss, moving forward aimlessly, after a long time, even though he wanted to get out of ordinary abyss, he could not find the exit.

In his anguish, cognition Gu gave him pointers: “Human, oh human, you walked in the footsteps of other existences, although this road is simple and safe, if you want to become extraordinary, and walk out of ordinary abyss, there is little hope if you follow other people’s trails. Since you walked on your own road of life, all the difficulties need to be challenged by you personally, you need to innovate and carve out your own footprints.”

After Ren Zu received this advice, he came to a realization, he was overjoyed as he followed cognition Gu’s instructions.

He walked out of the footsteps that already existed, he started to step on the ground that was not too firm.

The ground of ordinary abyss was not easy to walk on.

Some places were swampy, it was easy to get stuck in the mud, and the stench was foul. Some places were full of thorns, sharp pointy tips were everywhere, Ren Zu was full of injuries. In some parts of the ground, there were also blade Gu. When Ren Zu stepped on the ground, his soles were injured by the sharp blades, his injuries became larger as blood flowed, when he walked, the pain could be felt striking deep within himself.

The injuries on his feet caused huge pain, Ren Zu decided to walk softly.

But as he walked, Ren Zu lost his way in ordinary abyss, many times, he would end up on the same route, and waste extra effort traversing the same path.

Ren Zu gradually found out this problem, he was perplexed.

How could he not lose his way in the abyss?

Cognition Gu told him: “Ren Zu, if you do not want to lose your way, that is entirely up to you. You were afraid of pain, thus you walked softly, the footprints you created were too shallow. When ordinary winds blow in this ordinary abyss, mortal dust will be blown out, and when the dust settles, your footprints will be covered up. If you do not want to lose your way, you have to leave behind deep footprints, do you understand what I am saying?”

Ren Zu nodded, he understood.

Thus, he started to walk using heavy steps, each time, he stepped hard onto the ground, creating a deep footprint.

This way, every step he walked would have a deep and clear marking left by him. As long as Ren Zu saw these markings, he would know that these routes were already explored, and that there was no exit to ordinary abyss there.

But good things did not last, after a while, even the deepest footprints would be covered up by the dust.

Ren Zu was extremely troubled, he asked cognition Gu.

Cognition Gu gave him another suggestion: “Oh human, even though you left deep footprints, you purposely avoided those thorns and blades. Every time you saw them, you would take a detour, this will not do. You cannot ask to be extraordinary while leading a comfortable life.”

Ren Zu got the hint and gritted his teeth, he purposely walked on the paths filled with thorns and blades.

Every time he took a step, he would leave a deep footprint behind, no matter how painful it was, no matter how deep the scar was.

into the ordinary soil as he stepped heavily

and moved forward, on his

name of this grass was —

each of his footprints, there would be a

they could not be buried under dust, they grow stubbornly and could be preserved for

losing my way.” Ren Zu was overjoyed, he gritted his teeth and endured the pain, he tenaciously walked on a road filled with thorns and blades, he was not afraid of bleed or

further, he no longer lost his way, he no longer walked in circles, he

sweat to nourish the grass under him, they started growing with more vitality and

no longer grass that grew from his footprints,

passed, the small trees grew into larger trees, the leaves were lush and green, they were even bearing

a tree for rest, he ate the sweet and juicy

of ordinary

behind him and felt bliss and joy, but even when the forest covered the entirety of ordinary

anxious and

plucked one fruit and put it in his mouth, the fruit no longer tasted sweet, instead, it was bitter and hard to

realized: Unknowingly, there had been a second heart

was

he

looked at the boundless

heart, the heart of loneliness, spoke in self Gu’s voice: “Oh human, I have thought about a way to leave the abyss. You can plant a tall

his eyes

he was troubled again: “But how can I plant a tree that is so grand, taller than

blood from your heart, you should be able to plant a great accomplishment tree.

tried the method that

blade stabbed into his heart,

times greater than

that were watered grew tall and large, they were much larger than the

continued to stab more

he stabbed, the more heart blood flowed out,

tree was only half the height

persevere, as

crown of the tree he planted reach the same height as ordinary abyss, the trunk of the tree cracked open,

girl went into Ren Zu’s embrace, she was

Ren Zu’s fourth child, called

with his daughter. When Boundless Forest Samsara was hungry, he

Samsara loved to eat fruits, she became healthy and

in the forest every

the ordinary abyss, Boundless Forest Samsara urged him many times: “Father, why must you exhaust yourself? Isn’t staying here great, there are trees to shelter us, fruits to feed us, we can play

Zu shook his head, his attitude was firm, he planted an even greater tree and the branches of the

she pleaded: “Father, don’t abandon me. I cannot climb trees, if you go, I will be left here alone, I do not know how to plant trees, there are limited fruits, one day, I will die

“Why would I abandon you? You are