Chapter 17 Chapter 17 What do you want?
Everyone in the hall was speechless for a moment. No matter whether the other people in the more than a thousand images in the floating mirror were trying hard to climb the ladder, or immersed in the illusion and unable to extricate themselves, or were bewitched in the illusion and said they wanted to give up, they were all facing the ladder ahead from beginning to end.
Everyone was eager to move forward, but that green figure went against the flow of people and chose another path that no one else had ever thought of.
That touch of green fell rapidly in the clouds, and crashed into a hole that went straight down in the sea of clouds, like a bluebird with its wings cut off, or like a blue fish leaping into the sea.
"Do you think... does she know about this?"
"She must have guessed it, right? Otherwise, how could she dare? This little girl even had her eyes open. I have never seen such a bold mortal."
"Let alone mortals, even low-level cultivators who haven't yet learned to fly with their spiritual consciousness wouldn't be so daring. Not to mention those far away, would you dare to do this when you were still in the Qi Refining Realm?"
"I think except for those who are determined to commit suicide and fools, no normal person would dare to do that."
"This little girl happily won 125 big meat buns from me this morning. I can guarantee that she is definitely not someone seeking death."
"Oh, Mr. Tian, you said you didn't care, but you remember the 125 big meat buns so clearly. She's not someone who wants to die, but you want to die after losing, right?"
"Since she's not someone seeking death, nor is she a fool, then there's only one possibility left."
"But how did she find out?"
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Yun Miao thought she was going to fall to her death. After all, she had jumped off the ladder with the determination to die.
However, not long after she fell, she felt her body lighten, as if being pulled in a certain direction by some force, and landed again on the thick cloud layer as thick as the ground. She did not die, not even a drop of blood was lost.
Has she returned to the cloud layer where she started from?
Yun Miao quickly stood up and looked around, and found that the surrounding scenery was almost exactly the same as before.
The reason why I say "almost" is because this time this layer of cloud is connected not only to a ladder ascending to heaven, but also to two upward jade stairs on each side. They have a slight curvature, and together with the cloud layer, they form a semicircle with both ends facing upward and immersed in the mist.
A female figure made up of wisps of milky white clouds sat cross-legged on the edge of the clouds. Her face was blurry and she had no specific facial features, but Yun Miao inexplicably had the feeling that she was being stared at.
In the main hall, Sect Master Chang was so shocked that he pulled out a piece of his beard: "Why did Patriarch Feng Yin come out?"
The other peak masters and elders were also shocked: "Is this the remaining soul of Ancestor Feng Yin?"
Sect Leader Chang frowned and wanted to say something, but when the figure in the floating mirror started talking, he quickly shut his mouth.
The figure's voice was very soft.
"How many years have passed... The former Xuantian Sect has been destroyed, and the current Xuantian Sect has been rebuilt on the ruins. Among so many people who have come and gone, you are not the first person to not see the illusion, nor the first person to guess that the ladder to heaven is round, but you are the first person who dared to jump down to verify it, and you are also the first person to come here besides the previous leaders of the Xuantian Sect."
"Haha, everyone thinks that as long as they climb to the top of the ladder, they're not far from heaven. Little do they know that the ladder is a circle that goes back and forth. Those who are on it will never reach the real heaven. No matter which direction they go, they will eventually return to the starting point."
round?
What circle?
Yun Miao's eyes swept across the semicircle formed by the two jade steps. His brain, which had been baptized by the information explosion era, worked rapidly and he quickly understood the meaning of the circle.
She silently put aside her thoughts of wanting to accuse the game company of death and looked at the figure calmly.
You have discovered all of this. Yes, that’s what the smart players of Ice and Snow think. Everything is in the control of the players!
Figure: "Aren't you afraid of death?"
Yun Miao said without hesitation: "I'm not afraid."
"You are very smart and courageous."
Figure: "In the mortal world, those who seek immortality and learn the Dao are as numerous as the fish in the river. However, most people only think that cultivating immortality is good, but they don't know why it is good, let alone what they want to achieve through cultivating immortality and seeking the Dao."
"You are so smart, but have you ever thought about what you want to achieve through cultivating immortality and seeking the Tao?"
Yun Miao had already guessed that she might have triggered a hidden plot. Seeing that this plot would not end in a short time, she sat down cross-legged like the figure and shook her head honestly.
"I never thought about it. I heard that after joining Xuantian Sect, you can get a free storage bag, so I followed along."
The figure said, "...You are surprisingly honest. Okay, let's put this question aside for now. Let me ask you another question. Do you know what the immortals in this world are cultivating?"
Yun Miao carefully considered his words, "Everyone in the world wants to cultivate immortality. They cultivate for immortality, for supreme power, the ability to move mountains and fill the sea. They cultivate for ascension to the immortal realm, forever free from the trivialities of the mundane world, completely free from birth, old age, sickness, and death, love, hate, and separation."
Figure: "Yes, then do you know what seeking the Tao is for?"
Yun Miao: "It is the rule of all things, the ultimate principle of heaven and earth, and the true nature of one's self."
"Well said. Although you are a mortal, you have already understood the essence of cultivating immortality and seeking the truth very thoroughly."
The figure's voice became softer, and the mist in his body began to flow strangely.
Yun Miao felt that the spider-like voice seemed to have drilled directly into her brain. The vortex of cloud that kept spinning inside the figure made her dizzy, and a feeling of sleepiness quietly came over her.
The figure said, "Now tell me, what exactly do you seek in your cultivation? Immortality? Great power? Or becoming an immortal?"
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Ge Yan in the hall frowned: "This..."
Sect Leader Chang: "After all, he is only a remnant of the spirit of the old ancestor Feng Yin, so his actions are bound to be extreme. However, he probably just wants to hear what the little girl has to say, and has no intention of hurting her. Don't worry, I'm watching here and will definitely not let anything happen to this little girl."
However, what no one, not even the remnant soul, expected was that the bewitched girl in green did not answer immediately.
She sat cross-legged on the clouds, her overly long green skirt spread out to cover her entire lower body. Her unfocused eyes stared directly at the hazy soul in front of her, as if she was looking at the soul, but also as if she was not looking at anything, completely immersed in her own world.
Time passed by bit by bit, and the girl in green remained motionless. If she was a proud, willful and self-willed wild cat before, she was now a green lotus growing quietly in the clouds.
Sect Leader Chang moved the image of the girl in green to the center of the floating mirror and amplified the sound of the image. At this moment, a certain image on the floating mirror flickered and then turned into a stream of light and disappeared.
Everyone in the hall immediately looked up at the Cloud Observation Platform outside. A flash of white light appeared, and the black-clad girl they had just seen in the Floating Light Mirror appeared out of thin air on the platform. Then another flash of white light appeared, and the sword-wielding gray-clad figure also appeared on the platform.
The two Xuantian Sect disciples who had been waiting at the Guanyun Terrace for a long time immediately stepped forward and said a few words to the two men, and then one of the disciples led them towards the main hall.
As the first and second place winners of this disciple-recruiting ceremony entered the hall, everyone's attention was slightly distracted. They were about to start competing for the good seedlings according to the usual process, but the residual soul of the ancestor Feng Yin in the mirror spoke again.
"With such a will... no wonder you can move freely in the Heart-Searching Formation. But the more you act like this, the more curious I become."
"Tell me, what exactly do you seek in your cultivation? Immortality? Great power? Or becoming an immortal?"
The captivating voice echoed in the empty hall, and the already blurry figure of the remaining soul in the mirror became even more transparent, as if it would disappear immediately if the wind blew.
The young girl in green looked into the void and shook her head, saying, "I don't ask for anything. I have no interest in immortality, great power, or becoming an immortal."
Huo Xin and the other two paused as they entered the hall, and subconsciously looked towards the huge bronze mirror inside the hall that almost touched the beams. Unfortunately, from their perspective, they could only see the exquisite carvings on the back of the bronze mirror, but not the intricate pictures on the front.
The Xuantian Sect disciple walking in front hesitated and opened his mouth, but before he could say anything, Ge Yan waved at him, so the disciple immediately swallowed his words and silently led the two people behind him into the center of the hall.
Huo Xin quietly turned her head to look at the bronze mirror. Although the picture was complicated, she could see the picture in the middle at a glance, and also saw Yun Miao sitting above the clouds in the picture.
She frowned. The voice just now was indeed Yun Miao, but what was going on? Why didn't Yun Miao climb the ladder, but instead sat opposite a strange figure?
The figure was silent for a moment and then suddenly sneered.
"You don't ask for anything? Are you trying to tell me that you joined Xuantian Sect just for a mere storage bag? You and I both know that's impossible. Good boy, stop joking and think about it carefully... Think clearly about what you really want."
The young girl in green murmured, "Think about it carefully...Think about it carefully..."
She looked ahead with unfocused eyes, as if she was lost in deeper thought.
Not only that remnant soul, but also the head, peak master, elders and even Huo Xin who had just entered the hall were all curious about the answer of the girl in green.
The more than one thousand people who came knocking at the immortal gate in the mirror may have a thousand reasons for cultivating immortality and seeking the truth. Some fear birth, old age, sickness and death, some seek power, wealth and freedom, and some seek revenge or protection. But no matter what their reasons are, when you look closely, they all revolve around immortality, power and becoming immortal.
So…if someone who comes to the Immortal Realm doesn’t seek immortality, great power, or immortality, then what does she seek? What else can she ask for?
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Yun Miao: I just want to get a storage bag from Xuantian Sect for free, why is it so difficult? QAQ
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