A life of clearness

Chapter 97 Trouble

Shen Zhanyan is not sure whether it is a blessing or a curse for her to be with such a person with extraordinary luck.

If it was a blessing, she did see the Dao Monument and even produced Dao seeds. Even Rong Qing couldn't do it. Even if Rong Qing was very lucky to encounter the Dao Monument, she would eventually make wedding clothes for Shen Zhanyan.

It's not wrong to say it's a disaster! Shen Zhanyan has been unlucky since she met Rong Qing. First, her soul was severely damaged, then it was broken into two pieces, and now only her head is left. If Rong Qing encounters the Dao Monument again... Shen Zhanyan has a premonition of danger: Will her head be lost? !

"Could this stele be the extremely special one as mentioned in the rumors?" Shen Zhanyan stared at it intently. The more she looked at it, the more she thought it was.

In that case, there was no reason for her to miss this opportunity.

……

Rong Qing raised her hand and waved away some of the mist, trying to keep the area around her clean.

Then he sat cross-legged in front of the stele, looking down at it.

In her eyes, this stone tablet also appeared on the spiritual platform in her sea of ​​consciousness, which made Rong Qing feel a little weird.

The deeper the spiritual consciousness penetrates, the more solid the stone tablet that appears on the spiritual platform becomes.

Until the moment the stone tablet was completely solidified on the spiritual platform, an old voice appeared in her sea of ​​consciousness!
"I am Taoist Li Tao." The voice was not loud, but it echoed in Rong Qing's sea of ​​consciousness and even occupied Rong Qing's entire mind... making Rong Qing focus only on this voice and ignore everything in the outside world.

"In this forest of all dharma tablets, leave a cause and effect tablet."

These words were said casually, but they made Rong Qing and Shen Zhanyan's hearts tremble.

The two of them had already experienced the mystery of the Dao Monument. The Dao was manifested in the monument, and even if Rong Qing had never entered the Dao, she could still gain insights from it. And this extraordinary fortune was not born naturally, but was created by humans!

What does this mean? It's crystal clear...

This Taoist Li Tao has already exhausted all knowledge of the Way of Karma, and his own cultivation is absolutely unfathomable! !
As for Rong Qing and even Shen Zhanyan, they had never heard of him, which was normal. With the status and identity of Taoist Li Tao, he was an extremely powerful existence in the universe, and those who were qualified to deal with him were truly powerful people. How could his name be easily known by these two little people with low strength?

Rong Qing thought of the Light Origin Dao Monument. From this point of view, it was probably left behind by a great elder.

“However, even if I have the chance to see the Dao Monument, I have not even comprehended the Dao Seed, so I am definitely not qualified to know the Dao name of the predecessor who left the Dao Monument.”

Rong Qing thought of the Tao Seed that was only one step away from forming, and sighed helplessly.

Taoist Li Tao went on, "Leaving behind a Taoist stele is actually not a great achievement compared to all of you fellow Taoists. It's just that I was the first to reach the ultimate of the cause and effect path, and I took the advantage of being one step ahead of others." There was a hint of smile in his words.

"I have left this stele here specifically to invite all the Supremes, fellow Taoists, and future people who are destined to meet me to discuss what is the ultimate goal of cultivation, and how to reach it?"

"No wonder you, an old man, actually invited the Supreme. It turns out that this is what you want to study..." A cold female voice sounded, "We have all reached the ultimate of the Tao. Even if we fight each other, there are still differences in strength... Obviously, there are other realms above it. There are many realms, and where is the end? I believe that immortality is the ultimate of practice."

"Immortality?" An old female voice laughed, "We haven't even figured out what counts as immortality, aren't you being too impatient?"

"The path is made by people. So what if one makes a mistake? I am not afraid of making mistakes. What I am afraid of is stopping from moving forward." The cold female voice answered, not angry.

"What courage." The old woman's voice was somewhat malicious and falsely praised, "Qi training, foundation building, golden elixir, Nascent Soul... Every stage of cultivation that allows people to continue to move forward is due to countless cultivators who have taken the wrong path and never made any progress in their lives. When you cultivate to the ultimate of the Tao, you are at the true pinnacle. Once you take the wrong path, all your past cultivation will be in vain. You actually still have the courage to try and fail. I admire you, haha, I admire you very much..."

"If you just want to refute me, then there is no need to say anything more." This time, the cold female voice finally replied coldly.

"In addition, I have another question," she asked Taoist Li Tao, "How can people who are destined to participate in this discussion in the future?"

Taoist Li Tao laughed out loud, "You don't understand the law of cause and effect, so you don't know how mysterious and interesting it is."

"Everyone knows that there is a cause before there is an effect. Just like the number of life and death that you are concerned about, of course, there is life before there is death."

"But cause and effect, life and death, are not absolute in the way of heaven. There are exceptions. Just like time, death occurs in the past and birth occurs in the future."

"For those who are destined to see this monument in the future, it is the cause. For them to talk with us through this monument is the result."

"They talked with us, and from then on we became connected, which was the cause. In the future, we will have the opportunity to see this monument, which is the result."

A cold female voice murmured, "Cause and effect, life and death, time..." She sighed, "Master Li Tao, you are already ahead. No wonder you asked me to wait for a while."

"Why don't you tell me what immortality is?" the old woman shouted, "I always feel that you have figured out a way."

"There is no way to achieve immortality." Taoist Li Tao answered very straightforwardly, "I have only figured out a way to replace death with a borrowed life, and I left it in the cause and effect monument."

"How do I borrow someone else's life to replace someone else's death? May I ask the Taoist for advice?" An unfamiliar voice sounded, and from this voice, it felt like a young boy.

"It's okay to give you a general idea." Taoist Li Tao was obviously very happy that the person destined to meet him in the future really appeared. "It's like a flower that blooms and withers over the years, but will eventually die. Death is the end of all things. After its death, the cause and effect are reversed, making it resurrect from the dead. That is, the effect comes first, and the cause comes later."

Taoist Li Tao further explained: "To master this method, you must enter my theory of cause and effect to understand its essence. It is said to be a way of borrowing life to replace death, but it is not a crude method of forcibly taking away the vitality of others for your own use, but it is to reverse the cause and effect."

"To come back to life after death, isn't this immortality?" the young boy said happily.

"That's not the case." Taoist Li Tao smiled bitterly, "It's not that easy to achieve immortality. Even if life and death are the two extremes of cause and effect, but... weren't you also dead before you were born..."

"Then bring it back to life," the young boy said, "let the life and death of this flower repeat like the blooming and withering of flowers. In this way, even if the blooming and withering of flowers is extremely short and cannot be considered immortal, it can be called immortal."

The young boy said excitedly, "Even though there is a cycle of life and death, and there are many lives, it is nothing compared to immortality. I would like to call it reincarnation! Not only is there immortality from now on, but it is also about reaching the ultimate of cultivation through many lives."

After the young boy finished speaking, there was silence for a long time.

Rong Qing...and Shen Zhanyan were also silent.

"It's not wrong to call it reincarnation," Taoist Li Tao sighed, "but I think it still has its drawbacks. The original one is dead, so is the one who is resurrected the original one? I have reversed cause and effect, and the changes in it are beyond human control... In the end, we are still back to that question, what exactly is immortality."

No less than ten sighs were heard. It was obvious that these powerful people had discussed this issue many times and had not come up with a convincing answer, so they were deeply touched. The young boy did not speak again. I don't know if he didn't want to talk or had left.

“Perhaps if we take one more step forward in our cultivation, what we see and understand will be very different.” Taoist Li Tao paused, “That’s why I invited you to discuss the ultimate goal of cultivation.”

"Indeed, we can discuss it together and verify each other. Just like when I was practicing Qi, I never thought about what it would be like to become a spirit and enter the Tao. What I thought and saw when I became a spirit was completely different from what I saw when I reached the ultimate Tao. If we go to the next level, maybe the problems that bother us can be easily solved." The cold female voice said. "What's more, there are many Supremes here. It's our luck."

"That's right." Taoist Li Tao responded, "I am willing to listen to the words of the Supremes."

A childish voice, male or female, sounded, "Ask us? That's really funny."

"What you said is very interesting and fun."

"I am willing to record it. However, I never think about this issue." It said, "Life or death, it makes no difference to me."

However, another voice said helplessly, "He is asking about the ultimate goal of your practice. Don't answer irrelevant questions, karma."

"Is it any use telling it this?" the voice said in a frenzied tone. "It still can't even explain cause and effect."

Rong Qing is familiar with this rampant voice! !
Floating Word Book?! Rong Qing was shocked. How could it be so important that these powerful people would treat it with respect?

"Ask it?" Fu Zishu sneered, "Little Li Tao, you might as well ask..."

The words suddenly stopped.

Rong Qing stared at the stone tablet and frowned.

She was listening intently, after all, the most powerful people were talking. Although the content was far away from her, the content itself was extremely precious.

"Seniors?" Rong Qing called out in her sea of ​​consciousness.

no respond.

It seemed as if her fate with this monument had ended.

"Daoyou?" A gentle voice came out, "No need to call me again."

"May I ask who you are?" Rong Qing perked up. She was not afraid of the unfamiliar voice, but was afraid that the monument would not respond.

"My surname is Yin, and my name is Chujiu. I guess I am the destined person for this monument."

"You, are you also destined to be with me?"

"Just barely." It sounded like a sigh, but the gentle voice was not gloomy.

"What's going on now? Is it over?" Rong Qing asked repeatedly.

The other party chuckled, "It seems that fellow Daoist does not have a deep understanding of the Forest of All Dharma Steles."

"That's true. To be honest, I don't know anything at all." Rong Qing seemed to be able to ask Shen Zhanyan, but even if Shen Zhanyan answered, she didn't dare to believe it. In comparison, she felt that this person, who she only heard but never saw, was more reliable. "My name is Yu Rong, and I don't have a Taoist name yet."

"Fellow Daoist Yu, nice to meet you." Yin Chujiu replied, "It seems that Fellow Daoist Yu and I have a deep connection... In this case, let's just treat it as a good relationship. I will tell you a little bit about the Ten Thousand Dharma Stele Forest, so that you will have an idea when you come across other steles next time."

Upon hearing this, Rong Qing hurriedly expressed her gratitude.

"The Forest of All Dharma Steles is a place of good fortune specially created by many great predecessors in ancient times for the benefit of younger generations of cultivators." Yin Chujiu said, "Each stele has a myriad of changes depending on the intentions of the great predecessors who created it. Generally speaking, it can be divided into three categories."

"The first is the Art Monument, which records high-level arts. Many of these arts are even more famous in the universe. The second is the Law Monument, which records the Dao. Those who are predestined can obtain the qualification to inherit it. The third is the Dao Monument, which is the most respected. Because only the most powerful predecessors can manifest the original Dao on the monument for the younger generation to comprehend."

"Every thousand years, hundreds of thousands of gods come, hoping to have a little luck to see the Dao Monument. After all, the effect of comprehending the Dao Monument is extremely obvious. However, if you want to see the Dao Monument, one out of ten thousand gods is already very good."

Rong Qing murmured, "So that's how it is."

She had a one in ten thousand chance of getting it. It was a pity that her strength was still a little lacking.

This regret was so strong that she immediately asked, "Will I ever be able to encounter the Dao Monument again?"

"Whether it's a Dao stele, a Dharma stele, or a magic stele, if you can come to the Ten Thousand Dharma Stele Forest again in the future, it won't be difficult to encounter it again. Because, no matter which stele you comprehend, it's not just you comprehending it, it's also recognizing you. The higher the recognition, the faster you will encounter it next time you come to the Ten Thousand Dharma Stele Forest, and the longer it will stay for you to comprehend."

"Excuse me, how do you know if I'm recognized?" Rong Qing asked directly. In her opinion, there is only one batch every thousand years, and there will always be a way to get a quota within this thousand years. On the contrary, she is more concerned about the recognition level mentioned by Yin Chujiu.

"The most initial recognition is the planting of a Dao seed. This is the minimum. If you can't do it, it means there is no fate. It will naturally not come to you again. A further recognition is that according to your level of perception, the Dao Origin will leave a mark of recognition on your soul or even your body. In fact, recognition is not granted by the Dao Monument. For example, a cultivator who cultivates the Fire Origin has a very high level of perception. Even if it is his first time to come to the Forest of All Dharma Monuments, he will immediately encounter the Fire Origin Dao Monument."

After Yin Chujiu finished speaking, he found that Yu Rong on the other side had not spoken. He said softly, "Since Fellow Daoist Yu has encountered the Dao Monument, he is recognized by the Dao Monument. Even if there is no mark, you will encounter the Dao Monument faster next time and waste less time."

Rong Qing smiled bitterly, "I'm afraid I'll disappoint you, fellow Daoist. I haven't even been able to plant a Dao seed."

How could it be?! Yin Chujiu was stunned. Then many possibilities emerged in his mind.

Rong Qing felt a little disappointed, but Yin Chujiu's voice coming from the other side of the stone tablet was still unhurried, "It seems that your situation is not the same as that of an ordinary incarnation. Would you like to talk to me about it?"

“Well, I haven’t reached the level of Spiritualization yet, I’m just a Golden Core. The Dao Monument I saw before was just a little bit away from producing Dao Seeds.”

"Not yet at the stage of transformation... It seems that you are from the Mother Realm." Yin Chujiu did not explain what the Mother Realm meant, but asked directly, "Could it be that the Primordial Spirit is still in your sea of ​​consciousness?"

"Yes." Rong Qing saw that the other party figured it out so quickly, and knew that she had asked the right person. "I can only weaken it, but I can't suppress the seal."

Unexpectedly, Yin Chujiu said, "This is troublesome..."

(End of this chapter)