The Path Toward Heaven

Hearing this question, Jing Jiu thought of the scene in Tianshou Mountain, beside Tongtianjing.

At that time, Xianlu shone brightly in the hands of Master Bai.

Countless bright rays of light came from outside the sky, summoned by the talisman, and the source was the sun.

Then he thought of another picture, in the cold dark world, there was a white burning fireball hanging quietly in the distance, watching the world.

Master Bai asked him this question because he had been to that world.

I actually don't need your answer. She looked at Jing Jiu and said, There is a fairy mantle in Yunmeng Mountain, and you can see that world. I have seen that burning fireball many times since I was a child, so I know that the sun in this world is not real, or it is just a projection of that sun.

Jing Jiu looked at Chunri in the sky and said nothing.

Master Bai continued to ask: Why do ascetics have no immortal energy before ascending, but have immortal energy once they attain the Tao?

Jing Jiu looked back at her, but still didn't speak.

Because that burning pale fireball exudes true primordial light, and that is immortal energy.

Bai Zhenren said: So you can't be my opponent.

A gust of breeze came slowly, carrying the aroma of pine trees, driving the white clothes like ribbons.

Jing Jiu wanted to say something, but in the end he just shook his head.

Don't say that I'm not an ascender, so I can't use my immortal energy.

Master Bai said calmly: You and I don't even know who we are, so how can we judge what we can and cannot do.

Many years ago, the entire Chaotian Continent was at a loss because of Jing Jiu's true identity.

Is he the real reincarnation of Jingyang, or everything becomes a demon with one sword?

But what Bai Zhenren is talking about today is not self-identity, but a deeper problem.

It's a question of where.

In fact, both Jing Jiu and other ascetics have thought about related issues.

The beginning of Taoism is to ask.

Looking at the mountains and rivers, the wind and clouds in the sky and the earth, the sky full of stars and the sun, you always have to ask what is going on.

Even if you just entered Qingshan, you didn't think about it when you were fighting with your fellow disciples by the Xijian River, even if you entered Wuzhang and only cared about flying with the sword on both sides of the muddy water, your face was hurt by the cold wind, but your whole body was full of heat.

Where did this world come from, and according to what rules does it operate?

Ascetics want to ascend, where do they fly to?

Wonderland?

Where is the fairyland?

To know where you are going, you must first know where you came from.

Why me?

Why does this world exist?

If the sun is false, will the world also be false?

If this world is fake, will I still be real?

The ascetics since ancient times have thought about this question countless times, but none of them would put those thoughts into words and pass them on to future generations.

It is the beginning of the Dao, the direction of the Dao, the gate of all wonders, and the abyss of myriad calamities.

It was the same today, Jing Jiu kept silent.

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We have no origin, and this world has no origin.

Master Bai said: Since ancient times, this place has been like this. It seems that this world appeared on a certain day in the long river of time.

Jing Jiu stretched out his hand to catch a ray of spring light, and after looking at it for a while, he said, If you can't really see the front, it's better to look back first.

At least something to see.

Bai Zhenren said: This world is full of the feeling of design.

No matter those vortexes, those passages, or those barriers, they all seem to serve this world.

This inference is not new. Since ancient times, many people have been looking for the existence of gods, until they finally ascended with great power.

Jing Jiu let go of his fingers, let the spring light melt into time, looked at her and said, This world is real, and so are you and me.

Bai Zhenren said: But it is still possible that it is a world that is designed to be isolated from the outside world, because the outside world is too dangerous.

Jing Jiu said: Even so, I don't think the Creator's intention is to allow us to stay in this world. His idea is more likely to allow us to grow here until we are strong enough to break through the barrier he set up, then we should leave.

The cradle is indeed safe enough, but if you don't go out, how can you learn to walk, and how can you walk to the other side?

You and I just left, what will happen to this world? Master Bai asked.

Jing Jiu said, Do you really believe what brother said?

Master Bai said: That's right, we've all seen the outside world, grandma's ideas can't solve the fundamental problem, but your brother has blazed a new path.

Jing Jiu said: Anyway, he is the head of my Qingshan Sect, and your surname is Bai.

Master Bai looked at him and smiled and said, Everything can be a sword, why can't the Dao be connected?

Daoist Taiping is the biggest devil in Chaotian Continent for thousands of years.

She, the leader of the orthodox practice world, is a follower of Daoist Taiping.

Jing Jiu knew about it a long time ago, but now that he made the final confirmation, he couldn't help but look at her twice.

The cloud had cleared, revealing her face.

It wasn't the face that appeared for a moment in Chaoge City, nor the face when asked about the meeting, this was her real face.

Her eyebrows and eyes are extremely clear, similar to Bai Zao's in seven points, but more desolate and detached.

Master Bai asked, Do you think she resembles me?

Jing Jiu hummed.

She is indeed a bit like me, regardless of her appearance, temperament, endowment, including her views on this world.

Bai Zhenren smiled and said: In those years, I saw her pretending to be an adult, making friends with talented young colleagues everywhere, and wanting to do something, I thought it was funny, it was like pretending to be a family, but after laughing, I remembered that I actually did the same thing many years ago, or wanted to do it.

She was also the daughter of the head of the Zhongzhou School.

At that time, she was innocent and innocent, but she wanted to take on the heavy responsibility of the world.

However, she can only practice in Yunmeng Mountain every day, waiting to be arranged to form a Taoist partner with the most talented senior brother, living a very boring life.

Until that year, she went to Chaoge City with her mother and saw that great event.

The Underworld Emperor was imprisoned in the Town Demon Prison.

Liu Ci served his master and drank all night.

Then she found out about Lian Sanyue.

Then there is Mei Hui.

She admired them, or rather envied them.

They are all monks, why are they able to live like this, but I have to abide by the rules of the famous sect and can't do anything?

Master Bai said: Because I am the daughter of the Bai family, and my grandmother is the last ascendant of Chaotian Continent, and I will definitely become the leader of the righteous way in the future.

Jing Jiu didn't make any comments, nor did he change his expression, whether it was pity, sympathy, or ridicule.

Of course I can try to get rid of this boring life like I did earlier, such as going to Qingshanzong to propose marriage to Liu Ci. At that time, Nan Wang hadn't started yet, right?

Master Bai looked up at the sky with his hands folded, and said, But I'm not interested in this kind of thing either. In my opinion, all the interesting things have been done by them.

They are referring to people like Taiping and Lian Sanyue in this sentence.

Just when I stopped thinking about these things, things suddenly changed very interestingly.

She retracted her gaze, looked at Jing Jiu and said, Your senior brother has suddenly changed from a real person in Chaotian Continent to a big devil who wants to destroy the world.

The topic has fallen from the sky to the ground, but it is still very heavy, because it is important.

Then I found out what he was thinking, and I thought it was funny, it was evil...but it was true.

Bai Zhenren said: The idea of ​​having these three qualities at the same time really moves me.

Jing Jiu asked: If you are really his follower, why do you keep trying to kill him? If it wasn't for Liu Ci, you would have succeeded in Xihai back then.

I like his idea, but it doesn't mean I'm his believer. Why can't I kill him? Bai Zhenren said: If I kill him in Xihai, his inheritance in the underworld will be mine, and this world will also be mine. It will be good for me to realize his idea at that time.

Jing Jiu said, You always knew what he was secretly planning to do?

I only know part of it, so I asked the high priest to cooperate with his design secretly in the underworld, but I really didn't expect his idea to be so spectacular once it landed on paper.

Master Bai looked at the sky and the earth, and said thoughtfully.

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From last night to today, the world has undergone tremendous changes.

The sea water entered the underworld, generating thousands of waves, and a mountain range formed when the sword met, and finally a gap was opened.

The big Buddha used its body as a embankment to block the sea water.

The wind howled on the surface of the lake, the stone mountain would be shattered, and the golden blood had faded away.

The saint used blood as ink to tie up those violent winds.

The huge transparent wall at the bottom of Soul Gathering Valley collapsed, and the magma sprayed like fire from the sky towards the netherworld under the abyss.

The green smoke on the bank of the East China Sea is like a wisp, making those peach blossoms become green again.

These are all the handwriting of the real Taiping.

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Take heaven and earth as a furnace, good fortune as work, yin and yang as charcoal, and all things as copper...

Bai Zhenren said with emotion: I can't think of such a method.

Jing Jiu said, This sentence is very interesting.

Master Bai withdrew his gaze and said, But I think more far-sighted than your senior brother. Even if we kill all the mortals in the world, the aura of heaven and earth is still limited. Even if we use the big smoke disappearing formation, I'm afraid it won't be enough for everyone to ascend.

Jing Jiu said, So you tricked Bai Ren back from the sky.

She is worried about here, and she doesn't dare to leave too far, so she just stays outside, why bother?

Master Bai said indifferently: After she comes back, she will either kill all of you, or be considered dead by you and Master Taiping, and return the immortal energy to the world, whichever is a good thing.

Jing Jiu said, You are indeed very similar to senior brother.

Bai Zhenren looked at him and said, The thing I don't understand the most now is why you have to leave the scene yourself. You are not like him and me.

The whole world knows how lazy Jing Jiu is and who is afraid of death.

Even if the world in which mortals live is destroyed, it doesn't have much to do with him.

But he began to risk his life to save this world.

You did not hesitate to destroy the Chengtian Sword at the cost of the disappearance of the Qingshan Sword Formation. You killed Bai Ren, you sent Xue Ji away, and you understood and accomplished everything. Now no one can threaten your existence, and you can ascend at any time. As a result...you suddenly turned around and gave up the true freedom that you had planned for many years.

Master Bai looked at that face in the bright spring and asked.

You handed over the hilt of the sword so casually, don't you think it's absurd?

Of course not random, this decision is very important.

Jing Jiu said, I thought about it all night.