Chapter 148 If you want to obtain the Tao, you must return it to Heaven!
The great image is invisible, the great sound is silent! The breath came suddenly, but it seemed to always surround the heaven and earth, as if it had always been like this.
The moment He appeared, unparalleled temptation also came with Him, issuing an irresistible invitation.
Gu Dan's eyes were empty, his mind was constantly emptying at this moment, his invisible soul was immersed in the vast and unfathomable mystery, unable to extricate himself! All the tedious thoughts were constantly fading, his thoughts became clearer and clearer, and he saw the avenue!
The sun and the moon shine without anyone lighting them, the stars are arranged in order without anyone arranging them, the animals are born without anyone creating them, the wind blows on its own without anyone fanning it, the water flows without anyone pushing it, the grass and trees grow without anyone planting them, they breathe without breathing, their heartbeats without being beaten, and so on and so forth are too numerous to mention, all are like this by themselves.
Because all things are not things, they all follow something without any exception.
It is the root of change, neither born nor destroyed, formless and imageless, without beginning or end, all-embracing, so big that it has no outside, so small that it has no inside, it changes as it passes, and remains unchanged from eternity. It had no name at first, so the ancients gave it a name: Tao.
"Tao" gave birth to all things in heaven and earth, to immortals and Buddhas, to saints and sages. All are born from "Tao", with yin embracing yang, and they are constantly transformed. How wonderful it is that it is infinite and boundless.
This is the origin of everything, the ultimate truth! It has existed since ancient times, even before the creation of heaven and earth. Gods, ghosts, and gods created heaven and earth. It is before Taiji but not high, below the six poles but not deep, born before heaven and earth but not long, older than ancient times but not old! Tao is hidden in the highest point of the sky, and it is still impossible to say how high Tao is; Tao is buried deep in the earth, and it is still impossible to say how deep Tao is; because Tao is infinite and exists everywhere! Tao is longer than heaven and earth, and it is still impossible to say how long Tao is; Tao is longer than mountains, rivers, sun, and moon, and it is still impossible to say how long Tao is; because Tao is eternal and exists at all times!
If you don’t do the Tao, it’s the same as doing everything! The Tao is the origin of all things, the root of all things, and the destination of everything!
There is nothing in the world more beautiful than Tao!
No, no, no, it should be said that everything in the world, visible and invisible, conceivable and unconceivable, is born from Tao. All things are the incarnation of Tao. Apart from Tao, there is nothing else! Its combined light is also the same as dust! Fame, wealth, personal honor and disgrace, family and country, immortality. These things are too insignificant compared to Tao. They are just a light wave among the endless incarnations of Tao. How can they compare with the Tao?
The heaven and earth have great beauty but do not speak of it, the four seasons have clear laws but do not discuss them, and all things have their own logic but do not say them.
Life is like a white horse passing by in the gap between heaven and earth, it is so fleeting!
It is a pity that ordinary people do not know where it is, and they search for it in the short life that can be seen by the naked eye. Why bother? All things are one, and life and death are the same.
Do not rejoice in things, do not grieve over yourself.
Man follows the earth, the earth follows the sky, the sky follows the Tao, and the Tao follows nature!
Those who enter the Tao, take the heaven and earth as the coffin, the sun and the moon as the walls, the stars as the pearls, and all things as the aid! From then on, those who enter the Tao are the ones who have obtained the Tao! They only do not fight, so no one in the world can fight with them! The expression on Gu Dan's face became extremely calm, but there was a flash of ecstasy in his eyes. Two completely different emotions appeared on him at the same time.
Hey - I got it!
The pure white true energy began to dissipate from the body continuously, and along with it the vigorous qi and blood also flowed away.
His breath was disappearing at an extremely fast speed and extinguished on its own.
The only thing was the expression on his face became increasingly peaceful and joyful, with an air of being detached from this world, as if the Tao itself, so mysterious!
Gu Dan's breath became increasingly ethereal, his body looked increasingly frail, and all life force began to die out.
It seemed like a long time had passed, yet it seemed like only a moment had passed.
He was always immersed in a state of oblivion of both himself and the world, unable to extricate himself.
Until a certain moment, the internal energy that had not yet been completely consumed suddenly moved.
Strands of green light began to moisten the extremely dry body, like sweet rain falling in the desert.
The ultimate enjoyment and unbearable pain slightly awakened the soul that was immersed in the supreme avenue, and Gu Dan vaguely sensed that something was wrong.
But the feeling of leaning against the avenue was so addictive that there was absolutely no reason to refuse.
"wake up!"
At a certain moment, a loud shout like the sound of a huge bell rang in his ears, completely waking Gu Dan up.
Gu Dan's eyes, which had been closed at some point, suddenly opened, and he felt his eye sockets were extremely dry. No, not only his eye sockets, but unspeakable pain and weakness were enveloping his body all the time, and he let out a wail of grief that he could not bear the heavy burden.
He caught a glimpse of a wisp of dry white weeds over his shoulder and subconsciously wanted to move it away.
With a gentle pull, it connects to the head.
That's his hair.
It was not until this moment that his consciousness fully returned, and Gu Dan finally remembered where he was and what he was doing.
He suddenly looked up.
In the center of the stone chamber, a figure shaped like a skeleton was sitting there.
The skeleton's face was extremely hideous - if it could still be considered a face. A thin layer of skin was tightly attached to the skeleton's body, and it seemed that a gust of wind could blow it away, revealing the bony bones inside.
Only those eyes, which were almost empty but had a hint of golden light, still retained some vitality.
Regardless of his own abnormality, Gu Dan hurried forward and called out in disbelief: "Master Ji?!"
He couldn't imagine that the skeleton-like figure in front of him was the old Ji who had just been trying hard to advance to the innate realm.
"I'm going to die."
The skeleton did not speak, but the sound was made by the golden light vibrating the air.
"What happened?"
Gu Dan's voice was hoarse and dry, like the unwilling wail of a dying old man who had just barely propped himself up from the grave.
The young and vigorous body of the martial arts master left him, leaving only his old and overwhelmed body still struggling to hold on.
"Not allowed every day."
The golden light in the skeleton's eyes is getting weaker and weaker. Some of its will and traces may disappear at any time, but it is still trying to collide and make sounds, leaving some echoes in the world.
"Why?"
Gu Dan was totally unable to comprehend why this scene appeared before his eyes - even when Master Ji was in the most critical moment before, there was still a possibility of rescue, as long as he stopped and continued to use his true Qi to melt the five internal organs.
But after the five internal organs were refined, when Master Ji launched an attack on the unknown realm, everything suddenly went wrong.
The special will that had descended upon this place in the blink of an eye had dissipated into thin air, as if it had never existed at all.
But this was not an illusion, and the old man Ji in front of him, who looked like a skeleton, could not be fake at all.
Something took away everything from Ji Lao in the blink of an eye, along with the strength he had accumulated for decades in preparation for a leap forward.
“Master of Martial Arts, it is difficult to destroy even the things left by the immortals. How is the innate realm that a master of Martial Arts can pursue any different? Why doesn’t Heaven allow it?!”
Gu Dan asked hurriedly, without any hesitation, pouring all the remaining internal energy in his body into the skeleton in front of him.
He didn't know whether the internal energy of Qingmu Huasheng Jue was useful or not at this point, so he could only give it a try.
Fortunately, with the incorporation of Qingmu Huasheng Jue's internal energy, the golden light in the skeleton's eyes actually became a little stronger! "I don't know, I encountered a mountain."
The skeletons would no longer speak, only the golden light was still colliding with each other.
The burst of every byte will make the golden light fainter and weaker, like a punishment for revealing the secrets of heaven.
There was no life left in Master Ji's body, but his strong willpower was still supporting the faith of a seeker, and he refused to give up.
"Mountain?"
The more Gu Dan listened, the more confused he became. He couldn't understand what the impact of the Xiantian realm had to do with the mountain. "Don't try. Go and seek immortality."
The golden light collided, shining like a candle in the wind, and the sound of wooden sticks colliding in the calm ancient well echoed in the stone chamber.
He had no way of saying anything more, as his remaining strength was about to be completely exhausted.
"Please don't talk about this for now. Is there any way to save you?"
Gu Dan was extremely anxious. He stretched out his thin and shriveled hand, but stopped in front of the skeleton, not daring to really touch it.
"I left something for you in that room."
In the skeleton's eyes, the last golden light completely disappeared along with the sound of the air.
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"Master Ji?!"
Gu Dan finally couldn't hold back any longer and stretched out his hand to try to find a way to find out what was going on inside Ji Lao's body.
But the moment his palm lightly touched Ji Lao's body, Ji Lao's skeleton-like body broke apart piece by piece like flying ashes and dissipated into nothingness.
The guardian of Dayue, the last martial arts master of the royal family, just vanished into thin air, and returned to heaven! Gu Dan stood there in a daze.
The entire stone chamber was empty, as if nothing had ever happened.
There was only a white-haired old man with tears in his eyes, looking like a sculpture.
He prepared the Ten Complete Recipes for Replenishing the Body, the internal energy of the Qingmu Huasheng Jue, and was also prepared to stop Master Ji if his attack really failed.
But plans cannot keep up with changes. Completely unforeseen changes suddenly occurred, ruining all his preparations.
Old Ji didn't even have the time to say too much. He only left behind a few words before he disappeared completely without a sound. Even his body was gone.
That innate state that was almost like an obsession was like a mirage, taking away everything silently.
"Why the hell?!"
After a long time, Gu Dan, who hadn't cursed for a long time, squeezed out a few words from between his teeth.
Memories began to flip through his somewhat rigid mind. The harder he tried to recall, the more Gu Dan felt as if he had forgotten something.
But some strong obsession still forced him to think. At a certain moment, Gu Dan spat out a mouthful of blood, his energy and blood became increasingly weak, and it seemed that an invisible hand was draining away his remaining strength.
"Want to stop me?"
Gu Dan's eyes showed a ruthless look, "You've made a fucking mistake, you know that? !"
With a sudden thought, something that I hadn't used for a long time appeared before my eyes.
【Lifespan: 93/113 (+521)】
[Qingmu Huasheng Jue: 505/2000 (+521) Gradually Understanding]
In the past five years, due to Master Ji's short lifespan, he has almost always been trying to learn martial arts from Master Ji, and has really been unable to spare any time to specifically treat illnesses and save lives.
Originally, he planned to wait until Master Ji achieved his goal of becoming a congenital master, and then he would become a senior master among the masters, or even a grand master. After ensuring that he was invincible, he would leave the imperial capital and start his own great career of saving the world.
Therefore, the panel has never been used much. After all, he no longer needs to reduce the traces of time left on his body, and his accumulated lifespan is not enough to add points. If he looks at it too much, he will inevitably become restless, which is not conducive to calming down and quickly improving his strength.
Having something but not using it is completely different from not having it at all.
Looking at the panel, Gu was worried about realizing something.
A certain force, while he was immersed in the perception of the Great Dao, deprived him of a full forty-eight years of his life! It was even more cruel than the furnace creation pill that Qingpingzi found from somewhere! If it weren't for the nourishment of the Qingmu Huasheng Jue's internal energy, and if it weren't for the roar of Master Ji to wake him up, I'm afraid this deprivation would never stop! No, it's better to say that it's not so much deprivation as it is to let him dissipate his own vitality, which is even more terrifying! If it weren't for the hundreds of years of life as a backup, the upper limit of his life span would definitely not be cut off. I'm afraid that at this moment, he would end up like Master Ji, with his body and soul destroyed! This fucking damn world, even watching is very risky! ! !
After more than twenty years of calm practice, this was the second time that Gu Dan was so angry.
The last time he woke up was when he was in the Imperial Hospital! Fortunately, he still had room for recovery.
Vitality began to radiate from every part of my body and limbs. I had no idea where it came from and where it ended. It was as if it came from nowhere and went to nothing.
Only the special experience of being immersed in the most gentle feeling in the world can heal all wounds. Every part of his body is experiencing baptism again and again.
Gu Dan's originally dry and decayed flesh and blood became full again, his weed-like white hair turned black again, and even the true energy in his body that had been dry and almost non-existent became full again!
The wear and tear of time are smoothed out one by one, and the vitality of youth returns to one's body again.
【Lifespan: 45/113 (+473)】
[Qingmu Huasheng Jue: 505/2000 (+473) Gradually Understanding]
Gu Dan was somewhat glad that he did not have the habit of going all in, and he did not spend all the few hundred years of his remaining life on the "Qingmu Huasheng Jue" in one go, so that he would be able to deal with it when the time came.
He recovered to his peak condition, exactly the same as before, as if nothing had happened.
Just as he had thought, as long as he wanted, he could live forever and remain young forever.
This is his biggest trump card at all times.
However, Gu Dan looked towards the place where Ji Lao had been sitting cross-legged before.
There was nothing there.
The slight joy that had just emerged in my heart suddenly faded away.
He can retain his own years, but he cannot retain the years themselves.
How can we make up for the loss of people over the years?
When Master Ji was trying to reach the innate realm, the overwhelming Dao aura that suddenly descended upon him was hard to describe in words. What the hell was that?!
"I am the person who holds grudges the most. Once I hold a grudge, it lasts a lifetime. You damn well wait, don't let me catch you."
The sound seemed to burst out from between the heart and lungs. Gu Dan stared at the empty space, like an evil ghost with fangs bared, making a whisper from hell.
(End of this chapter)