Ask about one's state of mind.
It is said to be a formation set up by the Buddha Shakyamuni.
It is about examining one's own heart; if one's heart is not upright, one will be devoured by the state of mind that one is examining.
Li Muge saw the round gate in the backyard, opened it, and immediately the scene before her eyes changed.
She found herself dressed in royal robes and wearing a crown.
"What's going on? Is this some kind of ghost?" Just as Li Muge was looking around, several palace servants suddenly appeared, and they seemed quite anxious.
"Your Majesty, the coronation ceremony has begun. Please hurry to the beacon tower and do not miss this auspicious time."
Li Muge looked at the beaded curtain on her crown and lifted it to take a look.
All beings in the three realms submit to her.
"Welcome to the Empress's ascension to the throne. May the Empress reign for a thousand generations and unify the Three Realms."
Li Muge's lips trembled. She remembered... she remembered that she had come to get... um, what was it again? How could she forget?
The steward beside her quickly pulled Li Muge aside, his voice flattering: "Empress, you should hurry up and attend the coronation ceremony. Then the Three Realms will be yours."
Li Muge frowned: "I think there's a logical problem with what you're saying. Didn't I personally conquer these Three Realms?"
The steward was a young man. When he heard Li Muge's words, his expression changed slightly, but he managed to hide it perfectly.
"Of course, every inch of land in these three realms belongs to you, Empress."
"I see." Li Muge glanced sideways, her brows conveying an instant sense of pressure.
"Anyway, this world belongs to me. Whether I participate in the enthronement ceremony or not, the Three Realms will still belong to me."
"What?" The steward beside Li Muge was clearly not expected Li Muge to do this. In his eyes, a woman like Li Muge who valued power should be eager to act.
Go to the beacon tower to enjoy the fruits of victory and the thrill of victory.
"Empress, this isn't proper! It's against the rules," the head steward said in a strained voice.
Li Muge smiled, hooked the steward's chin, and looked him up and down: "Hmm, not bad, not bad. You look quite fair-skinned. Wash up later and come to my room. Don't worry, I will definitely not mistreat you."
At this point, the head eunuch responsible for serving the Empress couldn't hold back any longer: "No, Your Majesty, this is against etiquette!"
Li Muge looked displeased: "Since you serve me, you should know that what I hate most is rules."
"Now that all living beings in the Three Realms belong to me, it is your good fortune to have taken a liking to you."
Li Muge pondered for a moment: "What, aren't you going to thank me?"
The steward gritted his teeth and said, "Thank you for your grace, Empress."
"Hmm, remember to wash it thoroughly, otherwise it might spoil my mood."
Li Muge returned to her room in front of the head steward, but as soon as the head steward left, Li Muge immediately lifted the hem of her skirt and ran out.
"This is all the mentality they have. They think they can just dismiss me with a coronation ceremony?"
Li Muge removed the crown and threw it on the ground. It was fake, and it wasn't something she had taken with her own hands. It wasn't challenging at all, so she didn't care for it.
She walked along the corridor until it got dark, but still couldn't find a way out.
The poor steward, after much mental preparation, was willing to sacrifice his own innocence in order to trap Li Muge.
Then…
Wait until he's all clean.
Li Muge has run away.
The young man's face immediately contorted. He had been in the Realm of Inquiry for millions of years, and no one had ever dared to play such a trick on him.
"Heh, Li Muge, do you think you can escape? As long as you are still within the Realm of Questioning the Heart, you cannot escape."
"Speak," the steward said, taking out a scroll that depicted Li Muge's escape route.
Li Muge lifted the hem of her skirt and ran for her life; this divine palace truly lived up to its reputation.
No matter where she goes, everyone here can find her.
As she ran, Li Muge lowered her hand that was holding up her skirt, and a temple appeared out of thin air in front of her.
Li Muge knew there must be a trap involved.
But the pursuers behind them were still catching up quickly, so Li Muge made a decision without hesitation and pushed open the temple door.
As soon as Li Muge entered the temple, he felt his world suddenly become quiet.
But it only lasted a moment.
Suddenly, the sound of a wooden fish being struck kept ringing in her ears.
The sound came suddenly, and Li Muge followed the sound.
Upon entering the main hall, Li Muge was greeted by a golden Buddha statue carved on a high platform.
Buddha had compassion for all people.
However, this Buddha statue is carved in a somewhat ferocious manner.
"You've come, Ye Luo." A monk dressed in a golden kasaya tapped a wooden fish rhythmically.
"I am Ye Luo. You've mistaken me for someone else." Li Muge pondered for a moment. Ye Luo was an ancient war god belonging to the human world.
How could it be her?
The monk turned around, which made Li Muge a little stunned. It wasn't because the monk was particularly handsome, but because she felt that he was very familiar.
“You are Buddha Shakyamuni,” Li Muge said, revealing his guess.
Shakyamuni nodded. He had a beauty mark at the corner of his eye, just like Li Muge's, and his phoenix eyes were extremely eerie.
"So you still remember me, Ye Luo. That's great."
"You've misunderstood, Buddha. I am not Ye Luo, and I have seen the portrait of the God of War Ye Luo. I don't look like her at all."
"Has it been too long, so you've made a mistake?" Actually, Li Muge's words were tactful. If it were someone else, or even Yun Qi,...
She would ask without hesitation if I had lost my mind and needed treatment.
Buddha Shakyamuni smiled and said, "Ye Luo, how could I mistake you? People have a hundred appearances, and after several reincarnations, we may not be able to stop the changes in appearance."
"But Ye Luo, the soul cannot and should not be changed. You are still the same as before, with your stubborn nature that never admits defeat."
Shakyamuni smiled.
He walked up to Li Muge and touched the beauty mark at the corner of Li Muge's eye.
"Humans always say that a beauty mark at the corner of the eye is because one shed too many tears in a past life."
"I have been waiting, waiting for you to come back and see me." As Shakyamuni's body gradually became transparent, Li Muge suddenly realized that the real Buddha Shakyamuni had actually died long ago.
What remains here is merely a wisp of the Buddha Shakyamuni's attachment.
"Buddha, I would like to ask, where does the arising and ceasing of conditions occur?" Li Muge hurriedly asked, as it concerned Xiao Shaoyao's life and death, and she dared not be negligent.
"Ye Luo, after passing through the realm of questioning the heart, the cycle of birth and death occurred under the old tree where we first met."
After saying this, the figure of Buddha Shakyamuni completely disappeared.
"Hey, don't go. What you said is as good as nothing. I'm not Ye Luo, how could I possibly know where the tree where you first met is?"
Just as Li Muge was anxiously clutching his head, he suddenly heard footsteps beside him.
She thought Buddha had returned.
It turned out to be Yun Qi.
In an instant, I fell from heaven to hell.
Li Muge's smile froze on her face, and she simply lowered her head, too lazy to look at Yun Qi anymore.
"Alas! What should come doesn't come, and what shouldn't come comes quickly."
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