Chapter 83 End of the Eternal Trial
"It's hard to cross the sea of heart..."
When the monks present heard what Qin Tang said, some of them looked dazed, as if they had understood something.
Some just turn a deaf ear and don't care.
And just like that, the second day passed quickly.
Early in the morning of the third day, Qin Tang appeared in everyone's sight as usual.
However, this time he didn't drink any alcohol, so he was no longer drunk and looked much more energetic.
"Today is the final test." Qin Tang looked at the monks present with a serious expression.
"On the path of cultivation, you will always encounter countless difficulties or temptations. Can you persevere and not change your original intention?"
"Let me wait and see."
As Qin Tang spoke, everyone felt a black screen before their eyes and lost consciousness.
…
In a small village in the mountains, Li Fan lay on the roof, looking at the setting sun, feeling as if he had forgotten something.
I grew up in a mountain village, working from sunrise to sunset every day.
It has been going on for fifteen years.
Such days are plain and happy.
If I continue living like this, there doesn't seem to be anything wrong.
But he always had a faint throbbing in his heart, feeling that he should never end his life in such an ordinary way.
"Fan'er, Fan'er, where are you? Come home for dinner!"
Li Fan was indifferent to his mother's call.
He looked up at the sky, at the birds flying freely, at the sun and the moon that had existed since time immemorial and were not subject to human will, and he was lost in thought.
Until night falls and the sky is full of stars.
Under the vast starry sky, he felt even more insignificant.
So I watched it all night.
It was not until dawn that he suddenly realized.
He rolled over and jumped out of the house.
He rushed into the house and shouted to his mother who was still sleeping, "Mom, cancel your marriage with the girl next door."
"I'm not getting married. I want to cultivate immortality!"
The sleepy mother was suddenly awakened by the shock, thinking that her child had gone insane. She quickly got up and grabbed Li Fan's hand: "What kind of immortal cultivation are you talking about? There is no immortal! Wake up, child!"
Li Fan pulled his mother's hand away, his young face full of determination: "I don't know where the immortal is, but I will definitely find him."
After saying that, he packed his luggage and strode out of the house amid his mother's crying.
Half a year later, Li Fan was unfortunately killed by a tiger while exploring in the mountains.
…
In front of the dilapidated Taoist temple, Li Fan felt confused as he heard the flickering flames and the cries of the crowd.
"Big Brother, Master is dead. What shall we do at Chuyun Temple in the future?" a voice beside him asked timidly.
Li Fan was about to speak when he heard angry voices coming from all around.
"What else can we do? Of course, we should divide the things in the temple and go down the mountain!"
"We originally thought that the person on the mountain was a real immortal, so we went to the mountain with great difficulty to worship him. We didn't expect that this old Taoist priest was a complete liar!"
"Yeah, can a true god suddenly die of illness when he is fine?"
Everyone became more and more excited as they talked, and Li Fan didn't know how to explain it, so he had to let them loot all the big and small items in Chuyun Temple.
After a while, Li Fan was the only one left on the mountain.
After gathering his master's ashes and burying them, Li Fan recalled the look his master gave him before he died.
Reluctance, regret, melancholy, hope...
Is the master a liar?
Is the "Izumo Ascension Chapter" taught by Master also fabricated?
Li Fan felt that maybe it was not what everyone thought.
Immortals may really exist.
In the end, Li Fan still did not go down the mountain.
He stayed alone in the Taoist temple for the rest of his life, watching the clouds roll and unfold in the mountains and the sun and moon change.
He spent the whole day contemplating the "Chapter of Descending to Heaven".
I am over fifty years old, but I have not made any progress.
Died with regret.
…
In the palace.
Li Fan looked at the wooden plaque filled with names on the golden plate in front of him, a hint of impatience in his eyes.
"Take it away. I still need to practice Taoism tonight."
"Your Majesty, you haven't favored your concubines in the harem for three months..."
"Hmm?" A fierce light flashed in Li Fan's eyes.
"...I obey your order."
Watching the chief eunuch retreat in panic, Li Fan snorted coldly.
"It doesn't matter if I am not the emperor." This thought suddenly came to his mind.
He plundered resources from across the country to support his practice.
On the surface, he still looks like a mortal, but in fact, he has already stepped into the golden elixir stage.
These mundane affairs are so boring!
With this in mind, three months later, Li Fan flew into the air in front of all the civil and military officials during the morning court session.
Two hundred and sixteen years later, Li Fan was ambushed while exploring an ancient cave.
The body dies and the Tao disappears.
…
Lingyun Peak.
"How come this calamity cloud has been gathering for such a long time and hasn't fallen yet?"
“The power of this heavenly tribulation is even stronger than when the Sect Master ascended to heaven, right?”
"Of course. In terms of combat power alone, Junior Master Uncle can be called the best in our Lishan Sword Sect in the past thousand years!"
Li Fan looked at the calamity clouds above his head whose power was growing, and a sense of heroism suddenly arose in his heart.
After three hundred years of practice, what is there to fear from a mere heavenly calamity?
A beam of sword light shot up into the sky from Lingyun Peak.
Split the clouds of disaster in the sky!
The sun poured down from the gaps in the clouds and illuminated the Lingyun Peak of Li Mountain.
The sky was full of ups and downs, and the gate to immortality suddenly opened.
Li Fan rushed into the Immortal Gate without any hesitation.
After entering the fairyland, Li Fan was outraged to find that all the seniors who had ascended to heaven in the past were inexplicably killed by unknown enemies.
While practicing, he was looking for the murderer behind the scenes.
After a hundred years of wandering, there was still no gain.
During one of his explorations into an ancient secret realm for cultivating immortals, he was ambushed by his best friend and died in shock and reluctance.
…
Northern Fairyland.
Ever since Emperor Fantian unified the Qingtian Immortal Realm two thousand years ago, he began a bloody journey of conquest.
Over the years, with the heads of five Immortal Emperors and sixteen Immortal Kings, he earned the reputation of being the most vicious emperor in the world.
In the end, only the Northern Fairyland was still surviving in the entire fairyland.
Now, the army is approaching, vowing to destroy the Northern Fairyland within a year.
In the center of the army, Qin Tang looked at Emperor Fan Tian who was resting with his eyes closed, and seemed to be hesitant to speak.
Li Fan opened his eyes and looked at this trusted and beloved general who had followed him all the way from obscurity, and smiled a rare smile.
"Qin Tang, you seem to have something to ask me?"
"To be honest with you, my Lord, I do have one thing that I don't understand."
"But it's okay."
"The Emperor started out as a mere mortal, went through countless hardships, and finally became a Heavenly Emperor. His power is overwhelming, and all the immortals in the immortal world are terrified. But why does the Emperor never intend to stop? What is the Emperor pursuing so hard?"
"After killing Emperor Zhuantian and completely unifying the fairy world, what will the Emperor plan to do?" Qin Tang stared at Li Fan and expressed the doubts in his mind.
"Haha." Li Fan chuckled.
"What I want is just the word 'eternal life'." He said calmly.
Qin Tang was stunned, as if he couldn't believe his ears.
"Immortality? With the Emperor's current level of cultivation, can't he be called immortal? If nothing unexpected happens, it shouldn't be difficult for the Emperor to live for millions of years, right?" He asked in shock, seeming to find it difficult to understand.
"Just because you live for a million years, you can claim to be immortal?" Li Fan smiled and just asked in return.
"In the Desolate Heaven Tomb, hundreds of ancient Immortal Emperors have long since turned into dry bones."
“Even the ancient immortal who was said to have opened up the immortal world and possessed supreme power, his body has now turned into a mountain range and I have suppressed him under the palace.”
"This time I want to unify the Immortal Realm, gather the power of all the immortals in the world, and build a large formation that covers the entire Immortal Realm. I will use this to blast open the Immortal Prison that is said to have existed since ancient times."
"I want to go one step further than becoming an immortal." Li Fan's tone was calm, but so firm that he would not allow anyone to refute him.
Qin Tang was speechless.
Because he knew that there was nothing above the fairyland.
So he could only lower his head in silence.
Everything went according to Li Fan's plan.
It only took Li Fan one year to unify the entire fairy world.
After that, he used extremely bloody means to suppress all opposition. He collected resources from the entire fairy world and successfully built the formation to break the shackles of the fairy world.
As the formation was activated, the entire fairy world was shaking.
Countless cracks appeared in the sky, and everything in the world seemed to be shattered.
Li Fan laughed and rushed into the crack.
What greeted him was only endless darkness.
…
At this point, the Trial of Eternity has ended.
Because Qin Tang knew that there was no need to continue testing.
In this test, there was an anomaly.
Even if he built an infinite world, it would probably not be able to wear down this person's determination to move forward.
If the master were here, he would probably be very happy to see such a genius.
It’s just a pity…
A trace of disappointment flashed across Qin Tang's eyes.
With a long sigh, everyone woke up from their dream.
But it is still in the same square as the beginning.
Some were confused, while others came to their senses and turned pale.
Some people have a sudden realization and seem to gain something.
…
Qin Tang looked at the cultivators who were performing differently and said with a smile, "All three tests are over."
"Some of you performed beyond my expectations, while others were truly unbearable."
"The head master once told me that when Yunshui Heavenly Palace accepts disciples, quality is more important than quantity."
He looked at everyone, his face gentle, "In that case, half of you should stay."
The monks, who had originally shown joy on their faces, all changed their expressions drastically after hearing what Qin Tang said.
"What do you mean?"
In their hearts, they knew exactly how they performed in the three tests.
Now, when he heard that Qin Tang wanted to kill half of the monks present, he was shocked and angry.
With no other options left, they launched an attack on Qin Tang.
Qin Tang was not angry either.
He just smiled calmly: "Yunshui Palace, the chief of the Dharma Pavilion, Qin Tang."
"Please give me some advice."
As Qin Tang spoke, azure blue figures suddenly appeared around half of the cultivators present.
They are like copies of the target, with appearance, aura, and even strength exactly the same as the original.
Once it appears, it launches a relentless attack on the target.
"The head master is a strict person. But my master once told me that we should not do things to the extreme. If you can survive from your own mirror image, I will not embarrass you anymore."
Looking at the monks who were engaged in a tough battle, Qin Tang spoke slowly.
The other half of the monks who were not attacked, including Li Fan, chose to stay away from the battlefield to avoid being affected.
Li Fan retreated to a safe place and observed the situation on the field.
This blue mirror image's attacks are extremely fierce, tireless, and incapable of being injured.
Ordinary monks were no match for him. When they started fighting, they were quickly at a disadvantage.
Before long, many monks died tragically under their own mirror images.
As more and more monks died, the remaining ones who were struggling hard would not be able to hold on for much longer.
In desperation, they started cursing at Qin Tang.
"Wake up! Why are you still accepting disciples? Yunshui Palace has been destroyed for who knows how many years!"
"What a crap master and uncle! When the catastrophe comes, won't everyone just kill each other?"
…
"Kill each other?" Qin Tang shook his head repeatedly when he heard this.
"In Yunshui Palace, everyone is united. We respect and love each other. Even if it means sacrificing ourselves for our fellow disciples, we won't hesitate."
"How could they kill each other?"
As Qin Tang was speaking, his voice suddenly became softer.
"Great calamity, great calamity..."
He frowned, as if he remembered something.
"Great calamity..."
He kept repeating it in a low voice, and the sky over the square suddenly became gloomy.
The blue phantoms that attacked the monks also mutated.
Thick black continuously poured out from inside the phantom, and in an instant, dyed the phantom into a terrifying ink color.
The dark mirror shadow was much more ferocious than the previous blue phantom. In the blink of an eye, most of the monks who were struggling to hold on died.
Only a few are left, still struggling to survive.
Qin Tang had not yet recovered from his trance. He was still whispering.
The ground in the square began to shake violently, and dark clouds in the sky continued to press down.
There were constant lightning and thunder.
Those monks who were not attacked by the mirror image and were watching the show on the side also felt something was wrong.
But facing Qin Tang who had already fallen into a state of insanity, no one dared to act rashly.
For a moment, everyone didn't know what to do.
At this moment, Li Fan slowly walked to Qin Tang's side.
He was holding a wine gourd, patted Qin Tang on the shoulder and handed it to him.
With a smile on his face, Li Fan quietly said to Qin Tang: "Brother Qin, have a drink."
"Don't worry, there is no big disaster at all."
Qin Tang turned his head, sniffed, instinctively took the wine gourd and took a sip.
Then he looked at Li Fan blankly: "No catastrophe?"
Li Fan nodded confidently and repeated, "Yes, there is no catastrophe at all."
Qin Tang's eyes gradually lit up, and he kept muttering: "No catastrophe, no catastrophe, no catastrophe..."
"Hahaha, you're right! There's no catastrophe at all!"
After a long time, Qin Tang laughed and finally returned to normal.
The strange phenomenon in the field also disappeared, and everything became calm again.
Seeing this, everyone present breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Li Fan with gratitude.
Li Fan's heart suddenly moved.
Because he realized that there were two vague murderous intentions locked on him.
Although these two murderous intentions were extremely weak, Li Fan was extremely sensitive to them and would definitely not make mistakes.
The owners of these two murderous intentions are Sikong Yi and Baili Chen!
Li Fan pretended not to notice, but secretly used his invisible killing intent to lock onto the two of them.
It just hasn't started yet.
The brief interlude passed quickly, and the fight between the monk and the blue mirror shadow was over.
In the end, only two lucky ones survived.
Qin Tang looked at the living monks with a gentle expression: "The trial is over, you can go now."
The monks were confused and were about to speak, but they saw each other's figures gradually fade and slowly disappear in the square.
Soon, Li Fan was the only cultivator left present.
Qin Tang looked at Li Fan, and a complex look flashed across his eyes.
"Why don't you leave?"
Qin Tang asked.
Li Fan smiled calmly: "Senior brother still owes me a pot of good wine."
Qin Tang seemed to have not expected Li Fan to answer like that. He was stunned at first, and then burst into laughter.
"Yes, I still owe you a pot of good wine!"
His expression suddenly changed and he looked at Li Fan seriously.
He stretched out his right hand and tapped Li Fan's brow with his index finger.
"This 'Cloud and Water Fantasy Art' is a unique art that I created with my life's learning. I hope you won't bury it!"
After a moment, Qin Tang withdrew his fingers.
Li Fan's figure also slowly disappeared.
In the huge square, Qin Tang was the only one there again.
As it has been for thousands of years.
"Uncle, Master, Sister..."
Qin Tang looked around lonely but found nothing.
So he took another sip of his wine.
…
Li Fan gradually regained consciousness.
In front of us, there is a towering gate with four big characters "Yunshui Tiangong" inscribed on it.
And below the gate stands a stone statue.
The stone statue was broken and covered with scars.
The heart seemed to be pierced through, revealing a huge hole.
From the blurry face of the stone statue, one can vaguely see Qin Tang's appearance.
Li Fan stared at the stone statue quietly for a moment, then took out a wine gourd from his storage ring.
Place it gently in front of the stone statue.
He then activated the Shadow-Following Technique and quickly rushed towards the direction where the formless murderous intent was locked on him.
Thanks to longshengyunxiao, znfthink, and 想不出名的歇 for their rewards!
(End of this chapter)
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