The Sutra of Nothingness

After everything was prepared, Shangguan Duo embarked on the journey again. This time his goal was to reach the eighth floor!

"Xuni, I know you are very strong. I can't beat you now, but when I have my own Taoist world, I can guarantee that I won't be killed by you. Although I can't do anything to you, at least I can I have a bargaining chip with you, and I must find a place for the human race to settle down," Shangguan Duo said in a low voice as he looked at the passage leading to Venerable Nanqiu.

"Buzz!" With a trembling sound, Shangguan Duo successfully arrived at the location of Venerable Nanqiu. He looked at the space in front of him that was different from the previous ones.

Countless floating flames illuminated the entire space, and many trees also added a lot of vitality to the space. Added to it were some soil and water flow, making it just like the outside world.

"Senior Nanqiu, I really didn't know you were quite classy and managed to create such a good environment in this closed place!" Shangguan Duo couldn't help but sigh as soon as he arrived.

"Hahaha, little friend, I'm so impressed. I'm just saying what I want! But, little friend, I didn't expect you to come up so quickly. I didn't expect that we would have such an outstanding little guy coming out later! Let's go! Let me see how powerful you are. I'm looking forward to it. As for the last two, after you defeat me, they will naturally let you pass. The three of us have an agreement that I will help them block the people coming up from below. , as soon as they go up, they will notify me to call directly, the three of us are always together." Venerable Nanqiu replied with a smile.

"Hahaha, senior has been honored. I'm just an ordinary person, I'm just lucky!" Shangguan Duo explained.

"Well, there is no need to say anything, let's show the truth through strength! Everything else is fake, and many people are habitually humble, just like you do to me! So everything is true through strength!" Venerable Nanqiu nodded, satisfied He looked at Shangguan Duo and said.

"Hey, senior, can't we sit down and have a good chat? In fact, why do we have to rely on our strength to judge the truth? Sometimes, we can also unite for a common goal, just like we want to fight against the demons and bring peace to all mankind. Let's live together and face the outside world together," Shangguan Duo said helplessly as he looked at Venerable Nanqiu.

"Yes, it is true that not everyone has to fight and kill, but the world of cultivation is based on strength. Without strength, everything is in vain!" Venerable Nanqiu replied.

"But if I didn't have strength, I wouldn't be able to get here! And I heard from Senior Sanzong that you are also very strong. Maybe we can make progress together! Besides, why are you still in the Mahayana stage after being here for so long? Have you ever thought about it? Maybe your friend from the Kuang Lei Dao is now stronger than you. How long has it been since you have fought in this position? Fighting is the way for monks to improve their realm, and it has been my practice so far. I keep growing in battles. Without so many battles, I wouldn’t be able to reach this level, so this is your great love, senior!” Shangguan Duo replied.

"It doesn't matter. On the contrary, his strength has improved and the number of floors we can go up has also increased. What I like most is that everyone improves together. When you reach a certain level of cultivation, you will find that the people who have been by your side have The trace has long since disappeared, which is the most painful thing. In fact, I can break through to the realm of earth immortal, but I can't bear to leave them. If they are alone, what good is it to ascend to immortality?" Venerable Nanqiu? replied.

"Senior, if you don't become stronger first, how can you protect your friends? What should you do if they encounter difficult problems? Will you die with them?" Shangguan Duo asked doubtfully. .

"Yes! I think it's a great thing to die with someone you get along with, because if you don't have the same cultivation level as them, it will inevitably come to the moment when their life span is exhausted, and then you will be alone. "?" Venerable Nanqiu replied directly without thinking.

"Senior must have gone through so many things that your current thinking is too advanced. I can't understand it! But I hope that senior can get what he wants, live a long life with his friends, and no longer be alone." Shangguan Duo is also an elder. He took a breath and said, for such people, Shangguan Duo was very envious and admired in his heart. He himself was such a person, but he failed to do it so that now even his own apprentice has disappeared. So he wanted to comfort Venerable Nanqiu, but he couldn't explain what a person had believed for thousands of years with just one word.

"I can see that you have gone through a lot. Cherishing the people in front of you is more important than being strong. If you have been pursuing stronger power, one day you will find that the people around you will move away from you one by one. Go! On the contrary, when you stop and get along well with the people around you, you will discover more, and your realm will even be further improved!" Venerable Nanqiu waved his hand out of thin air, and a wooden table appeared in front of Shangguan Duo.

"Sit down!" Nanqiu said looking at the surprised Shangguan Duo.

"Senior, what are you doing?" Shangguan Duo asked in confusion.

"Hahaha, I suddenly feel that there are many topics for us to talk about, so it doesn't hurt to talk for a while! You are not in a hurry anyway, and the guys on the first floor are a bit evil recently. They have been up there for hundreds of years. They never used to do it. I have never heard of a person like him!" Venerable Nanqiu replied with a smile.

"Ah? Oh! That's right, senior, sometimes you don't have to fight and kill. When possible, you have to solve it peacefully! Including what I know now is that in the fairy world, there are actually demons, but they They are not pure demons that exist in the human heart! In other words, what I want to express is that I no longer have any hatred for the demons. I just want to find a place for humans to live and settle down! It's easy to hide, but it's hard to guard against hidden arrows!" Shangguan Duo said.

"Well, but do you know what the demons have done to our human race? If you knew it, you would understand why the demons had to be exterminated. I was the last human being who was fortunate enough to witness the persecution of the demons back then! What he did What he said is so shocking that no one in the world can even imagine it!" Venerable Nanqiu retorted.

"But... I have already met a group of people who have put aside their prejudices and lived in harmony. They are the first batch of humans and demons to fight against each other! Now their souls are abnormally weak. They are cultivating in my Xuanwei Liangyi Realm. We can all let go of our prejudices, so why can't we let go..." Shangguan Duo took out his Liangyi Realm and explained to him in detail what he had encountered.