Inquiry about immortality

Chapter 2191: Forgetting Emotions and Being Fair

"Why not?"

Master Ning asked, "Only the self and the ego, only seeking the great way to be detached, without emotions and desires, without attachments, isn't that exactly the so-called Hinayana way? On the contrary, you people, who claim to follow the way of nature and be free and at ease, have also begun to covet the Mahayana way. Isn't that ridiculous?"

"It is not because of greed for the Mahayana..."

The old Taoist looked helpless, "Even if we don't want to admit it, the Mahayana path has become popular now, and it is like a raging fire. Not to mention the return of the Taoist court, the Great Zhou Dynasty just had a debate on Mahayana and Hinayana not long ago. The gods, Confucianism, law, military, agriculture, and diplomacy have all had a profound impact. Qianzhou has implemented the system of good deeds early. In the Western Buddhist sect, more than 10,000 debates have been held. Even among the monsters, it is said that the dregs have also risen, and the monsters' ancient methods are showing signs of revival. When the gods comprehend the dream path, isn't it also the gathering of the power of the entire tribe?"

"So you also want to change your ways?" Master Ning snorted coldly.

"Why do we cultivators cultivate? The Mahayana path can become a great trend, but in the final analysis, the path to ascension is as difficult as ascending to heaven, which is only in our sight but out of reach. For example, my Grand Master, throughout the ages, how many people can match his talent? For example, the Jade Emperor led the human race to rise, expelled the alien races, founded the Great Zhou, and dominated the universe, but he was defeated. Another example is the Sword Master, who fell into the devil's way in order to ascend, and his success or failure is unknown, and his life or death is unknown. In comparison, if the Mahayana path can really open up a path to immortality for all living beings, what's wrong with us helping them?"

The old Taoist straightened his body, and his demeanor suddenly changed, revealing the bearing of a person who had attained great enlightenment.

Seeing his expression, Master Ning also put away his casual look.

"but……"

After all, he was in front of his senior sister, so the old Taoist didn't maintain this demeanor for too long and put it away again. He changed his tone and said, "The later generations believed that the reason for the decline of the Divine Court was 50% external and 50% internal. Everyone has selfish motives. Forget about emotions and be fair! If there is such a person in the world who can cultivate to the highest level of Mahayana and protect the Dao for all living beings, we hope that he is the one who forgets emotions."

"The Supreme Being forgets his love..."

Ning Zhen murmured, and suddenly his face turned cold, and he said coldly, "I will never let my apprentice become your puppet!"

"Sister, why do you say that? How can we treat such a person as a puppet..."

The old Taoist smiled bitterly and sighed, "I will only say the following words in front of my senior sister, but other Taoist friends should have the same idea, but no one dares to announce it to the public. The inheritance left by the ancestor is most likely related to the Mahayana Dao!"

If the Taishang Patriarch inherits the tradition, the Taishang Dao will be ahead of all tribes and sects in the Mahayana Dao. At that time, all sects will jointly promote the person who inherits the tradition to practice the Taishang Dao of Forgetting Emotions.

"It is difficult for a deceiver to deceive himself!"

Master Ning shook his head slightly.

At this moment, the scene in the mirror suddenly changed, attracting their attention.

After the opening of the Inhumans' holy land, the treasure mirror had been in chaos, but now the chaos seemed to be calming down.

It was as if a layer of fog was cleared away, and an inexplicable space was reflected in the mirror. The space was dark and deep, with only one object, a white stone sundial. The material of the stone sundial seemed to be just ordinary white stone. It had gone through countless years and was simple and vicissitudes of life.

Spring and Autumn sundial!

It is said that the Spring and Autumn Sundial is the first magical treasure that has followed the Taoist Master for the longest time and that he possesses. Perhaps its fame and power may not be as great as those Taoist treasures, but it is the thing that is closest to the Taoist Master.

Master Ning and the old Taoist were both staring at the Spring and Autumn Sundial in a trance. In some way, there was a connection between the treasure mirror and the Spring and Autumn Sundial. If someone could get the recognition of the Spring and Autumn Sundial, all the meridians would know.

It was clearly the ancestor's thing, but they could only take a look at it at this time. The Spring and Autumn Sundial was in the holy land of the alien race. Without the permission of the Great Dream God, the Mahayana monks did not dare to intrude.

The Spring and Autumn Sundial stays there quietly, waiting for the destined person to arrive.

Then, the image in the mirror quickly moved away and became hazy, as if in a thick fog. Soon, some busy figures appeared in the mirror, and they were completely unaware of the outside world.

‘Wow! ’

The scene suddenly shattered and returned to chaos.

The two knew that it must be Lord Dream or other powerful aliens who took action, and they did not want others to spy on their enlightenment.

In a short period of time, they have seen the disciples sent in by Tai Shang Dao Zong, including Qin Sang and Liuli.

"Is this my senior sister's new disciple? She...eh?"

The old Taoist was startled, and suddenly a look of surprise appeared on his face. When he was about to take a closer look, the scene had already been shattered.

However, the old Taoist still saw some clues from Liuli. Her expression was nothing like that of someone who practiced the Supreme Merciless Dao.

Master Ning narrowed his eyes slightly, plucked the strings of the zither lightly, and said faintly: "Since her lover is back, if there is true love between them, I will give them a chance."

'Zheng! '

The sound of the piano was faint and ripples appeared on the surface of the lake.

"Sister..."

Seeing the expression of his senior sister, the old Taoist couldn't help but think of some past events. He felt complicated and sighed softly.

……

Holy land, heart lake.

Qin Sang and others followed Hong Yue and flew deeper into the fog. Everyone was silent, except Yuan Ren, who had an excited look on his face.

"Swish..."

Not long after, the sound of flowing water was heard ahead, and soon everyone saw the endless lake and a small island.

Qin Sang and Liuli looked at each other and thought that this must be the Heart Lake.

Being sent in to explore the way this time is also their chance. If the secret realm has not been destroyed, they can take the opportunity to obtain the opportunities in the secret realm.

However, now that the holy land has changed, there are too many variables in the heart lake, and they are not very confident, not to mention that there are powerful enemies lurking inside.

The spiritual mist in the Heart Lake had not yet dissipated, and the fog ahead was hazy and unclear. Even without this change, according to past experience, the Heart Lake was still very dangerous. The best time to enter was to wait until the spiritual mist began to dissipate, but the two powerful people in the Fusion Stage would obviously not let them wait any longer.

Everyone followed Hong Yue and landed on the island. A moment later, a beam of light flew over from the other side, passed through the fog, and landed aside. It was the monk sent by the Water Department.

Only the Shui Tian Division sent people over, because during the Beast Tide Rebellion, those cultivators who did not belong to the Shui Tian Division were forced to join them.

Qin Sang and Liuli immediately noticed the human cultivators.

"That Taoist priest with a sword came from Bichenxuan..."

Liuli transmitted the message secretly.

Qin Sang looked at the man and saw that he was a tall and handsome young man with a gentleman's sword hanging from his waist. He was wearing a green Taoist robe and looked elegant and refined. He was one of their competitors.

When Qin Sang looked over, the other party noticed Qin Sang's gaze, looked over as well, nodded with a smile, and obviously recognized their identities.

Next, Liuli introduced the other people to Qin Sang. There was one person among them whom Liuli did not recognize. He might not be from the Taoist sect. Like those demon cultivators, he broke in accidentally.

There are four Taoist successors, but there must be more disciples sent by Taoism than these. Qin Sang did not see the red-dressed girl from Langxianyuan, so it seemed that she had been eliminated.

These four are not united. They come from different sects and will be wary of each other.

Now, Qin Sang and Liuli both know that there is little hope of obtaining the acquired spiritual treasure. They now only pray for the essence of the immortal mountain and to successfully pass the tribulation. Their attitude towards the acquired spiritual treasure is "I am lucky to have it", so no matter how many opponents there are, their mood will not be greatly affected.

At this moment, Qin Sang felt that there was another pair of eyes staring at him. He frowned slightly, then turned his gaze and looked at the pair calmly.

The other party's lower body was a blue-scaled fish tail, and she was extremely beautiful. She was the mermaid who had ambushed them outside the lair of the great beast when they had just entered the holy land.

The two sides fought briefly, but there was no clear winner. Qin Sang and Shao Shi took the initiative to withdraw, but they didn't expect to meet again here.

Moreover, the mermaid, like Hongyue, leads the water monks and her status may be equivalent to Hongyue. She is a close associate of another powerful saint.

Qin Sang was secretly glad that he had decided not to offend the other party too much, so that he would not take revenge. However, he was also worried that the other party was arrogant and unreasonable.

Fortunately, the mermaid just glanced at him with a half-smile, then withdrew her gaze and talked to Hongyue.

No one knew what the two were discussing. After a while, Hongyue turned around and looked at everyone. He flicked his sleeves and jade slips flew out and flew towards everyone.

"Inside is the geomancy map of the Heart Lake. You should have one in your hands, but you can't trust the geomancy map. Many places in the Heart Lake have changed beyond recognition. The ancient forbidden formation has changed. If you rely solely on the geomancy map, you will die without a burial place!"

Hong Yue's reminder confirmed what Qin Sang and Liuli were most worried about. Once a major change occurred in that secret realm, the preparations made by Master Ning for them might not be useful, and they would have to rely on themselves.

Their goal this time was Xinhu Lake, so they had naturally prepared a geomancy map. When they compared the two, they found that there was not much difference. The geomancy map that Hongyue gave them was marked with red lines, and one end of the red line was the island they were on, radiating outwards.

"The red line on the map is the route you want to explore. Now choose one..." Hongyue continued.

Qin Sang counted the number of red lines and found that the number of people was exactly twice that of the red lines. His heart sank slightly. They might have to be separated from Yuan Ren!

As expected, Hongyue then required them to form groups of two. Yuan Ren didn't care who his companions were. Perhaps he preferred to be alone, so he randomly chose a monk from the Yu clan.

There is no fairness in the selection of routes. The alien monks choose first, and the outsiders are placed last.

For Qin Sang and Liuli, the best choice was the route closest to the secret realm, but Qin Sang chose another route that was farther away from the secret realm.

Moreover, in order to prevent this route from being chosen by others, he secretly sent a message to Yuan Ren, asking Yuan Ren to choose this route first, and then the two sides could switch back later.

Yuan Ren agreed decisively. No matter what the route was or what dangers there were on the way, he would gladly accept it. As for his companions, they had no say in front of him and could only obey his arrangements.

Everyone quickly chose their companions and routes.

Hong Yue took out some more jade bracelets and distributed them to everyone. "After entering the Heart Lake, as long as the jade bracelets flash with spiritual light, you can activate the restrictions in the jade bracelets on the spot. You don't need to do anything else..."

As he spoke, his face darkened, and he looked around at everyone, warning them: "Don't think of circling outside to avoid danger. Lord Hongtian has a way to know how far you have gone. Also, don't think that after entering the Heart Lake, you can hide somewhere and wait until the mutation is over. There is a strange power in the Heart Lake. If you stay in it for too long, you will gradually fall into a deep sleep, lose yourself, and even never wake up. It is best not to exceed ten days. Don't say I didn't warn you!"

Hearing this, everyone was awed.

Many people present had this thought.

Are Hong Yue's words true or false? Is he deceiving them? No one can verify it, but if the Saint Realm mighty wanted to control them, he would definitely not use such a clumsy lie.

Qin Sang's heart sank. He wondered if the power that caused them to fall asleep was the same trouble that the alien ancestors had encountered. Even the alien ancestors were entangled. Could the Jade Buddha resist it?

For Liuli, it was even more troublesome. If she was affected while overcoming the inner demon tribulation, she would be doomed!

"That's all I have to say! I wish all of you Taoist friends can return safely!"

Hongyue raised his hand and signaled everyone that they could set off.

After a while, two people took the lead and turned into two beams of light and flew away. Then everyone left, and in a blink of an eye, only Hongyue and Jiaonu were left. Hongyue bowed to Jiaonu and flew back to the sky. Then Jiaonu also left, and there was no one on the island.

Rays of light were speeding across the lake and among the spiritual mist, flying in different directions.

The spiritual mist was turbulent for a while, and then returned to calm.

No one noticed that when they left, the water of a lake not far from the island gently hit the rocks, and the moment a wave was born, it was as if an eyelid had opened, revealing a blue eye.

A blue light flashed in his pupils, and he turned slightly, looking intently at the sky, watching the routes of the flying lights, and finally stopped at one of them, which was the route chosen by Qin Sang and Liuli.

‘Wow! ’

The waves fell, as if the eye closed, the pupil appeared and disappeared in an instant, leaving no trace.

Qin Sang and Liuli were always on guard, but they did not sense anything unusual. They were flying over the empty lake, with only spiritual mist floating around them. It looked very peaceful, as if there was no danger at all.

They flew continuously for a while. Qin Sang calculated the distance in his mind, lowered his escape light, and landed on the lake.

After waiting for a while, they heard a sound of breaking air in the distance, and Yuan Ren and another alien monk landed in front of them. The alien monk tactfully did not ask any more questions.

The jade bracelets in the hands of both parties correspond to the routes, so they need to be exchanged in advance.

"Master Qin, Fairy Liuli, take care, and we'll see you later!"

Yuan Ren was getting impatient.

"See you later!"

Qin Sang bowed in return, but ultimately did not ask Yuan Ren to help him kill the fairy boy.

Chief Yuan Xiang had made it clear before that the Zhuyan tribe must not participate in the siege of the fairy boy, unless the fairy boy offended the Zhuyan tribe first. Letting Yuan Ren replace Yuan Jian was already the limit, and Qin Sang could not ask for too much.

Moreover, Yuan Ren is just innocent by nature, not a fool. If Qin Sang makes any small moves to drag Yuan Ren into the water, Yuan Ren will definitely be able to detect it. With Yuan Ren's temper, he will probably turn against them on the spot, which will backfire. (End of this chapter)