Myriad Paths

Luofu Mountain, in Zhuming Cave.

In the core area, on a fairy mountain, a small labyrinth-like mechanism is running, controlling the traps and 'tests' outside.

And beside it all, an orchid swayed.

The leaves are short and soft, with one flower per stem. The flowers are like jade petals, with six petals and three stamens. The color is like jade, with no black veins and purple lines in the middle. The orchid has not yet opened, the buds have not been unearthed, but the fragrance is already spraying people.

The breeze blows by, and its fragrance reaches outside, making it especially quiet.

Li Qi took a deep breath and felt relaxed and happy. The book once said that orchid is the ancestor of fragrance and a symbol of virtue.

There is a saying: If the orchid root is not fragrant because it is not used, but when traveling with a gentleman, it is like entering the room of the orchid root and not hearing it for a long time, then it will be transformed into it.

Granny Lan, I think she must be a gentle and gentle senior, with the fragrance of a gentleman.

The two of them hurried forward, and Shen Shuibi hurriedly said to the orchid: "Grandma Lan, Grandma Lan! You -"

She suddenly stopped mid-sentence.

Li Qi's expression suddenly felt a little strange, and he chose to stand aside.

As mentioned before, this orchid is still alive.

But... there is no feeling of being 'alive'.

His mind was gone, and only his body was left, swaying, as if... the 'prize' for breaking through the maze.

This is a real adventure.

One, four-grade orchid!

What happened here was not difficult for the two of them to understand.

Li Qi patted Shen Shuibi on the shoulder and said: "It seems...Senior Lan protected his own life before he died. Knowing that he would not be able to survive long after the soul was destroyed, he used his last strength to set up these adventures and even spread them to the outside world. "Gongfa."

"So... those fluctuations were a temptation. She threw away the inheritance of Luofu Mountain at the last moment. I hope Luofu Mountain can find a qualified successor in the future."

Yes, the successor. At the last moment, Granny Lan thought of the inheritance of Luofu Mountain. She might have thought that she was the only survivor under the Human Emperor's sword.

So, she designed this maze at the end and guided this series of problems. Everything outside was her plan. Those thousands of people, and even the countless people who may come in the future, were the ones she selected for successors. 'Difficulties'.

The skills she spreads will attract these people to come and "break through". All the items on her body, including magic weapons, elixirs, and spiritual objects, are already placed here, and even her own body is also placed here.

Those ninth-grade, eighth-grade, and seventh-grade things outside are just bait distributed casually to attract low-grade people to come and break through the level. Although there are rewards for breaking through the level, they are just some sundries.

The real treasure, the real inheritance of Luofu Mountain, needs to pass all the tests and finally come to Zhuming Cave.

As long as one person passes the test, he will receive all the inheritance belonging to a fourth-grade powerful person, including her body.

The value of this fourth-grade orchid is self-evident, and it is probably far more than a fourth-grade world.

Then, it is logical to deduce what happened to Zhang Xin.

Zhang Xin is the person who accidentally picked up the inheritance. When he came to this place, he wanted to get in touch with the real inheritance and get the treasures inside.

But the inside of Luofu Mountain is too dangerous. Without the suppression of Luofu Mountain, the door of hell is wide open and ghosts are rampant all around. He doesn't dare to go there himself, so he mediates outside, looks for opportunities, and establishes relationships with those eighth-level people. relation.

At this time, he happened to meet Li Qi and the others, so taking this opportunity, Zhang Xin used the banner of Luofu Mountain and added benefits to lure the people outside, began to tangle with manpower, and rushed inside.

The result was also obvious. They successfully rushed inside, triggered the maze, and started the 'challenge'.

If someone succeeds, then... this person will become a direct disciple of Luofu Mountain and a direct descendant of Granny Lan.

"This is Grandma Lan's wish, so be it." Shen Shuibi shook her head: "Li Qi, how about staying here for a while? I want to see how many of the thousands of people outside can break in. "

"That's easy to say. Then I'll deal with the outside matters first. As for the clearance and assessment matters, you can take care of them here." Li Qi nodded. He didn't know what to say at this moment.

Faced with the body and last wishes of a senior, perhaps waiting for the dust to settle is the best way to deal with it.

Li Qi left silently. He knew that he was of no use here. Let the rabbit be alone.

As for him, it would be best to go out and finish the chores first. After that, the rabbit should calm down, and then talk about comforting things.

Li Qi left here and went outside, pulling Lao Ma to continue searching for the remaining materials, spiritual herbs and the like.

Shen Shuibi was sitting in the fairy mountain here, looking at the scene in the mini maze. The things outside had been mapped here.

Here, you can clearly see the performance of the little Taoist priests outside.

There have been casualties, but not many. Granny Lan's character is not to kill, but...after all, no one controls the difficulty, so there are inevitably casualties.

However, there are also many people who have benefited greatly, and some even achieved breakthroughs on the spot.

Some of those magic weapons and elixirs were also taken away.

then……

Many Taoist priests are almost crazy.

Two or three days passed, and they began to form gangs and scheming, each divided into different forces, and gathered together with different Yang Shen Zhenren as the core. They each tried every means to eradicate dissidents in the maze ruins, and brought all kinds of people together. The Lingbao was carried in his arms.

There were only a few thousand people, but several 'wars' took place.

Their Taoist minds were confused in these things.

Have these people ever seen such a dense spiritual treasure? And there are many seventh-grade ones among them. You only need to break through the levels and pass the test of the ruins to get them.

As for how to keep it after getting it, that is their own problem.

In just three days, more people died at the hands of their own people than at the ruins, much more.

At most, dozens of people were accidentally killed in the ruins, and the thousands of people killed and injured were all caused by the Taoist priests themselves.

Ouyang Dongsheng and Liu Dewang even turned against each other. The two families fought over seven seventh-grade magic weapons, resulting in hundreds of casualties. In the end, they had to find another one and were forced to share it equally.

In this situation, the old Taoist priest had to hide. He didn't want to get involved in these things, and he didn't want to be involved in danger. If he was besieged, he would probably have no chance to go back to see his apprentice.

So he found a place and acted like a turtle.

After all, he was also an eighth-grade man, and others did not dare to do anything to him, nor did they want to provoke him, lest the old Taoist priest join other people's forces, so they just let it be.

However, he was still a practitioner after all, and he unexpectedly discovered that there was a puzzle in the place where he was hiding, which aroused his nature.

Anyway, he was idle, so he hid while solving the puzzle.

As for Zhang Xin.

He is the only one here who understands the true purpose of this ruin.

Therefore, he did not fight for meaninglessly, because he knew that these were just petty profits, scattered garbage next to the real big opportunity, and the smell of a piece of meat.

Just some smells can make these people so crazy. It's really...unsightly.

Therefore, he didn't pay attention to other people's fights, pretending that he didn't have any intention of snatching, and hid like the old Taoist priest. The only difference was that the old Taoist priest really shrank his head, but he was wandering around, looking for the real opportunity.

Shen Shuibi just sat there, watching them quietly.

These people are all too ordinary. In her opinion, there is no candidate worthy of being the successor of Mount Luofu.

Not to mention having extraordinary talent for cultivation like Li Qi, he is not even good at being a human being.

However, this should only be the first batch, right?

Or...it's not the first batch anymore?

The screening mechanism set up by Grade 4 before his death should ensure that a steady stream of people come to join the screening.

Granny Lan is really afraid that the inheritance of Luofu Mountain will disappear. She probably would not have done such a thing before. In Shen Shuibi's memory, Granny Lan has always been a gentle and kind person.

"Don't worry, Grandma Lan, you don't have to worry. Luofu Mountain is not destroyed, the empress is not dead, and there is still a chance to start over again..." She sat next to Lanhua and said to Lanhua.

Although I knew the other party couldn't hear me, I was saying it for myself.

only……

Really?

I'm afraid it's gone. The moment you accept Li Qi's proposal, it means that the opportunity for the great road of Luofu Mountain has been handed over, in exchange for the chance of survival.

The true lead cauldron of the sun and the moon, the road has been broken.

His road ends here.

For a practitioner, there is nothing more painful than this. Your path, the truth you have pursued throughout your life, and the ultimate goal you have spent countless hours searching for, have been smashed into pieces and will never be seen again in this life.

How desperate is this?

It is like telling a physicist that physics does not exist. It is like directly killing all dreams and passions of a person who pursues truth throughout his life.

This is especially painful for the immortals.

Why do immortals want to live forever?

It’s not that you’re afraid of death, but you’re chasing the Tao with your limited life, and you’ll never be able to pursue it. So you want to live forever, extend your life, and use your endless life to endlessly pursue the end of the Tao until the end. .

The road has been cut off, so what is the meaning of this long life? All that's left is pain, and endless life is no longer an advantage, but a torture.

Shen Shuibi knows that the troubles of all living beings are nothing more than seeking but not getting, greed but incompetence, love without fruit, being born of confusion, and chasing ignorance. This is even the basis of the demon of trouble.

If you want to survive, you must have your own pursuit. Life without pursuit is just pain.

However, only the lowest beings will pursue material desires, food, clothing, warmth and reproduction.

Further up, life has no thoughts about material desires. What it pursues is vanity, a sense of identity, status in the hearts of others, and wanting to be remembered in history.

Moving on, this kind of life has already felt that even if it is famous in history, what is the use? They want to realize their ambitions, want to establish a certain system, want to write a masterpiece, and want to surpass their own limits. This is their goal. What they pursue is self-realization.

Further up, there is the Taoist.

The so-called self-realization is nothing more than self-satisfaction. The true seeker has nothing but the ultimate truth, the foundation of everything.

And cutting off the road means telling them that the 'truth' will always close the door to you, and you will never be able to achieve this greatest goal in your future life.

This is the cruelest form of ‘asking for something but not getting it’.

How many people whose path has been cut off have had their minds collapsed because of this, been invaded by demons of trouble, and finally become demons?

The pillar of Luofu Mountain, the Sun and Moon True Lead Cauldron, is about to face such a future.

She said the chance to start over...

In the future, is it possible for a first-class product to appear in Luofu Mountain?

Shen Shuibi couldn't see that kind of future, the opportunity of the first-grade avenue, all the worlds... The only one known is the one in the hands of the Sun and Moon True Lead Cauldron, the others have been used, some have become real first-grade, and The powerful person eventually died together with that opportunity, and was annihilated together.

Yes, who said that if you have a great opportunity, you will definitely be promoted?

Dreaming, the great opportunity just gives you a chance to try. If you fail... you will be responsible for the consequences.

Therefore, after Shen Shuibi was silent for a while, she chose to change her words——

"Grandma Lan, what I just said was wrong. It's not that we can go back, but... we can continue to go on, just like you risk your life to leave a legacy. Since we are not destroyed, Luofu Mountain will continue to pass on. There will definitely be people who come to the end of the path. Although the path of the leader is cut off, he is still a second-level person who can hold up the sky. As long as the sky doesn't fall and there are still people alive, there will always be people who will continue to walk. "

She said this to the orchid.

In this case, the only way is to go on.

"However, I still can't leave Granny Lan here, but I will help you improve the methods you left behind, so that one day you can find a suitable successor."

Shen Shuibi said and began to arrange the remaining methods.

Strengthen the maze, add cycle spells, add new methods, place new prizes, and improve the logic of award distribution.

Shen Shuibi even took out her own alchemy furnace, the one that had helped her and Li Qi escape from danger several times, and then put a set of seals on it.

This is a set of alchemy methods. After a while, when Li Qi arrived, he asked Li Qi to use the magic weapon assembly line and the magic weapon silkworm to set up an automatic alchemy mechanism here to replenish the consumed prizes.

She didn't know how to do this, so she could only leave it to Li Qi.

As for the raw materials for alchemy...

Those who died in this maze assessment mechanism should be very good raw materials, so a corresponding collection device must be made...

Shen Shuibi was remodeling the maze, preparing to extend the life of the maze to more than four hundred years.

By this time, a suitable successor should be found, right?

After doing this, Shen Shuibi left another paragraph, telling the story of Granny Lan, for the final winner.

It was already five days later that all these things were settled.

At this time, Li Qi also came back.

It's time to return to Wushen Mountain.