After the black dragon vanished, the flames on the mural seemed to have dwindled by half, but they still burned fiercely. Xuanxuan and I combined our primordial energy to suppress them fiercely, while watching Su Xiaoniu battling a tiger on the mural. With her inner fire suppressed, Su Xiaoniu quickly beat the tiger, leaving it bleeding profusely. She was a true tiger-slaying hero.
Too violent!
The fire on the mural was extinguished in the blink of an eye after Xuanxuan and I continuously suppressed it with our magic power, and the tiger in the painting also disappeared into thin air.
Not long after, Su Xiaoniu floated out from the small hole on the right. As soon as she landed on the ground, she gasped twice, and her fair cheeks revealed a hint of excitement after a fierce fight.
I went up to her and asked if she was okay. She shook her head and said with a smile, "Fei Fei, I'm very happy that you and Xuan Xuan trust me. I have also fulfilled my mission and expelled the dragon and tiger in the mural. Next, we can crack this bronze door."
I nodded, and Su Xiaoniu recited the last two lines of the poem: "I heard that there is an immortal guest in Songyang, who wants to hold a golden tablet to ask about immortality..."
Xuanxuan suddenly said, "I know Songyang. It's the name of a temple south of Songshan Mountain. It's at the foot of Taishi Mountain in Dengfeng County, Henan Province. It was built during the Taihe period of the Northern Wei Dynasty and was originally named Songyang Temple. It was renamed Songyang Temple in the Tang Dynasty, Tianfeng Temple in the Song Dynasty, and Songyang Palace in the Yuan Dynasty. In front of the palace, there's a stone inscription of 'Ode to the Holy Virtue of Songyang Temple,' written by Xu Hao of the Tang Dynasty. There are also three ancient cypress trees within the grounds, which are said to have been consecrated by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty when he ascended Songshan Mountain."
Su Xiaoniu smiled and said, "That's right! Songyang appears several times in this mural, and the meaning of these two lines of poetry is that we must use the golden tablet to go to Songyang before we can open this bronze door."
I asked curiously, "Golden tablets? Where can I get them?"
Su Xiaoniu casually pointed her finger, and suddenly a golden light flashed in her hand, and a golden scroll appeared in her palm: "Just now, after driving away the dragon and tiger, the golden scroll naturally fell into my hands."
I was overjoyed, it turned out that everything was already prepared!
Su Xiaoniu immediately handed the golden slip to me, and I pressed it on the mural of Songyang. Immediately, the whole golden slip was sucked in. At the same time, a loud "click" sound came from the bronze door, and white air flows came out from the small holes on both sides, bursting out with a whoosh.
We retreated several dozen meters, gazing at the massive bronze door ahead. A loud bang had just occurred, and the ground had already shattered. Frightened, we retreated several dozen meters further. After a tremendous roar, the bronze door finally slowly rose. From a distance, it looked like a massive bronze wall rising from the ground. Countless rubble tumbled, and the ground shattered. The scene was truly spectacular.
This process didn't last long, and the bronze door was already several meters above the ground, so we could see what was inside the bronze door.
I thought there was some treasure hidden inside the bronze door, but it was still pitch black, with nothing inside! Actually, it wasn't completely empty, as a door appeared where the golden light flickered.
I breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that we had passed another level without any danger.
Sure enough, not long after, the old man's spirit echoed again: "Stupid thoughts are also called foolishness. Not understanding the truth and not being able to distinguish right from wrong is called stupidity. Not understanding the truth means being unaware of the principles of cause and effect in the world, such as how people come into being and how they go after death. If we ignore all of these, don't take them seriously, or even mock others for being interested in them, we are all stupid."
Xuanxuan pouted and said, "Again!"
I was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.
The old man ignored us and continued, "Disbelief in the truth, in one's own spiritual practice and the ability of others to attain liberation, and finding it amusing or ignorant are all manifestations of stupidity. Another kind of stupidity is not being able to distinguish right from wrong. When someone tells us something is right, we believe it is wrong, and when someone tells us something is wrong, we believe it is right."
"In short, anything that is self-righteous and overly obsessed with oneself is foolishness."
I said helplessly, "Hey, are you done talking? Can we go in?"
The old man smiled and said, "You three are clear-headed and sensible. You don't mock each other, but trust each other and help each other face the difficulties before you. You have no obsessions in your hearts. I admire you! Congratulations on passing."
It’s really a crazy thought!
But this obsession is a little different from what I imagined.
We were too lazy to talk nonsense with the old man and just stepped into the door and entered another darkness.
Having passed through the three thoughts of greed, anger, and ignorance, the remaining two thoughts of the five poisonous minds are "slowness" and "doubt." In other words, we are now at the fourth level of the Taling - slowness.
I don't even dare to speculate what this "slow chanting" is, because the things that appear in the Ghost Gate Bagua Dun are so bizarre that the human brain simply can't comprehend them. So, I don't think about it, and just keep going forward to see what happens next.
Just as I was thinking this, my eyes suddenly lit up. The bustling city streets were bustling with traffic, giving me a startling start. Holy shit, I'd actually ended up in some big city while walking. And even scarier, a bunch of people surrounded Xuanxuan, yanking her up and throwing her into the air, shouting with joy and excitement, "The beautiful Heavenly Master is back!"
"Master Zhang, you are our pride. We voluntarily follow your footsteps. From now on, you can choose whatever you want. Your power, status, and identity are all superior to others. You no longer need to care about others' feelings. You can look down on everything because you have the capital to do so!"
"Someone, send Master Zhang back to the castle!"
With everyone singing in unison, Xuanxuan's reputation instantly became a hot topic, and soon a group of rich and handsome men came to pick her up in expensive sports cars.
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