Chapter 172: Lock of Thought, Surprise

"I"

Wang Mang's expression was somewhat painful, "I feel very uncomfortable, I want to punch Brother Gu."

This was obviously not the time to joke, and Wang Mang was very serious in what he said.

He had never noticed this change before, until Gu Dan bluntly scolded Wusheng Old Mother, and then he realized that something was wrong.

After a long while, Gu Dan finally stopped talking. He felt that he no longer had any sense of closeness to the statue when he looked at it again. He didn't know whether it was a psychological effect or whether his crazy scolding had finally destroyed that special feeling of goodwill.

The effect is significant!

"I remember that Buddhism has the concept of conversion. The White Lotus Sect itself is also a part of Buddhism. According to the teachings of the White Lotus Sect, the Mother of No Birth is simply the ancestor of all Buddhas, the highest and most holy. Although the White Lotus Sect is far inferior to Buddhism in terms of fame, it seems natural that the White Lotus Sect has similar methods!"

Gu Dan stared at the statue and said in a deep voice.

The legacy left by the immortals is so magical that it is far beyond the imagination of ordinary people.

Even if you just see it, the change will be unconsciously imprinted on yourself. If Gu Dan had not been promoted to a grandmaster and his mind had not achieved something, he would probably not be able to detect this! All gifts have been secretly marked with a price, and the same is true for the White Lotus inheritance! Unknowingly, people will feel good about it, and even completely agree with it unconsciously. This is almost brainwashing, but the method is more subtle, making people mistakenly think that it is the admiration generated by receiving a favor.

Wang Mang is the best example.

"Conversion, turning your body and mind to a place of reliance, is a ritual that must be experienced once you join a religion."

Xu Wanrong immediately followed up. As the Saint of the White Lotus, she certainly understood this very well. "But the initiation ceremony of ordinary White Lotus members is just a formality. It has no real effect."

"Do you feel uncomfortable when I scold it?" Gu Dan asked.

"No, I just thought you have a rich vocabulary."

Xu Wanrong immediately shook her head.

"Then scold it a few times so I can hear it."

“.”

Xu Wanrong turned her gaze to the statue of Wusheng Laomu, and after a short pause, she cursed dryly, "You have done so many bad things!"

The White Lotus Saint, who could kill people without blinking an eye, was obviously not very good at swearing, but there was no sign of any invisible shackles on her.

This is very interesting.

Xu Wanrong grew up in the White Lotus Sect since childhood and stayed there much longer than Wang Mang. The two entered the place where the White Lotus was inherited together and saw exactly the same thing.

It can't be that Wusheng Laomu gives preferential treatment to women just because of her name, right? There must be other reasons.

"White Lotus Heart Sutra. Please recite it to me."

Gu Dan's eyes were as sharp as a knife. His spiritual power, which had grown much stronger, was concentrated to the extreme, and he stared at Xu Wanrong intently.

An extremely strong pressure suddenly came upon her. Xu Wanrong's face turned pale and she felt as if all her secrets had nowhere to hide. However, she still recited the mantra obediently.

Accompanied by a sound that sounded like singing and reciting scriptures.

Gu Dan saw it - saw an extremely special and weak wave appearing on Xu Wanrong's body. It was a wave of divine consciousness. Even though it was extremely weak and insignificant, it existed truly.

Her strength is only at the great success level of internal organ training, not even at the grandmaster level. Logically speaking, it is impossible for her to induce divine thoughts.

Even Gu Dan, who could only inspire divine consciousness after becoming a grandmaster, did not know how to use it. He was still in the process of exploring everything, let alone using divine consciousness to exert any influence on the outside world.

However, in Gu Dan's perception, that extremely gentle divine thought spread out with a special rhythm accompanied by the sound of chanting, but the effect was unknown.

This is not a martial arts technique. No martial arts technique has such an effect. The so-called "White Lotus Heart Sutra" is a special technique that drives divine thoughts. It is no longer in the ranks of the ordinary! Gu Dan did not say to stop, and Xu Wanrong kept reciting. As time went by, the fluctuations of divine thoughts became weaker and weaker, so small that Gu Dan could not even observe it.

Xu Wanrong was even paler and her body was trembling, which was a sign of having exhausted a great deal of energy.

"That's enough. Do you still remember the contents of the White Lotus Heart Sutra?"

After realizing this, Gu Dan waved his hand and signaled her to stop.

"The White Lotus Heart Sutra doesn't have any words, it's a visualization diagram, so it's called the Heart Sutra. Its effect varies from person to person, and the visualization diagram is in the hands of the leader. Although I remember what the visualization diagram looks like, I don't have that special feeling after copying it."

Xu Wanrong breathed a sigh of relief and said rather tiredly.

Although he did not recite the White Lotus Heart Sutra for a long time, he seemed quite listless, just like an ordinary person who had not slept for three days and three nights.

"I see."

Gu Dan nodded slightly. This was another unexpected gain. "Open the door and go in and take a look. Xun Ke continues to cover his eyes. We haven't figured out what these things are used for yet. Don't look at them yet."

Among the four people in the group, only Xun Ke wore a blindfold.

His strength was too weak. Although he had true Qi in his body, he was still some distance away from having Qi and blood obstructions. It was not yet time for him to come into contact with these things. In order to avoid irreversible effects, he could only pretend to be blind for a while.

Xu Wanrong walked to the door below the thirty-six-petal lotus platform, and with all her strength, she chanted aloud, "Homeland of the True Void, Mother of No Birth."

The eight-character mantra!

The thirty-six lotus leaves on the huge statue's lotus platform trembled gently, and then slowly gathered together like stars surrounding the moon. The thirty-six luminous pearls above the lotus leaves also bloomed with dazzling brilliance, and the auspicious light that dazzled people was shining everywhere.

As the door gradually opened, there was suddenly a sound of the tide.

An extremely faint fragrance quietly descended along with the sound of the tide, making people feel refreshed and relaxed. Even the originally pale face of the White Lotus Saint had a hint of rosy hue.

"Huh? Why is it different from the last time I came here?"

Wang Mang was surprised, "Last time it was clearly a rolling heat wave, like a burning fire."

"Who knows what the being who left these things behind was thinking? Let's go, seeing is believing."

Gu Dan took the lead and walked at the front of the group. The further they went, the heavier the dampness became, and the faint fragrance became more and more obvious. It did not disappear as Wang Mang said when the door was completely opened.

The passage was a little dim, and except for the sound of footsteps, everything was quiet.

Gu Dan did not walk fast. His mind was always paying attention to any movement around him. After all, he was about to step into the ruins left by the immortals. In addition, it was proven that this place seemed to have some changes. He could not help but be alert! The further he went in, the stronger the fragrance became.

This fragrance is very much like lotus.

"Tread, tread, tread."

No one said anything else, only the sound of their footsteps hitting the ground became clearer and clearer.

The faint moisture wet the clothes, but the ground was extremely dry without any mud.

Finally, after turning a corner, the view in front of me suddenly opened up and I found a completely different world!

Inside some empty mountains, a magnificent and spectacular mural is outlined by extremely brightly colored lines!

The sun is high in the sky, and the sky is weeping blood.

Thousands of living beings rose up to fight back.

The moment his eyes fell on the mural, another special Taoist energy surged over, trying to wrap Gu Dan up, but this time Gu Dan chose to resist.

His divine consciousness slapped and forcibly tore apart the enveloping Dao essence, without being immersed in it.

Gu Dan gazed with his naked eyes at the mural of a man waving a sword and driving away the sun.

Lifelike and full of charm! Even if we only talk about the craftsmanship, it can be said to be superb, and even the best painters cannot replicate it.

Not to mention that this mural is so huge and magnificent, and so detailed that it is beyond human power.

Gu Dan did not stay in front of the first mural for too long. After observing it for a while, he immediately walked to the next one.

That is the Qinglian Ascension Diagram.

Dao Yun came again, and this time Gu Dan did not refuse.

The bright moon is in the sky, and the green lotus is suppressing the sea.

The moonlight from the sky fell on the blue lotus, making it more elegant and ethereal. In the silver ocean, the blue lotus occupied everything.

As the green lotus became more solid, the silver moon in the sky also dimmed.

One grows while the other declines, and they are vaguely connected.

When the aura of the blue lotus reached its peak, the silver moon that supported it suddenly shattered! The blue lotus rose into the air, as high as the sky, and its petals opened, covering the sky and the sun, and all things withered.

The thousands of golden lotuses that were originally rooted behind the green lotus withered, as if all their vitality had been taken away.

The mind immersed in the vision slowly returned.

It was difficult for Gu Dan to explain how he felt just now. If he had to make a metaphor, it was like watching a movie that seemed a bit short. The difference was that while watching it, he was involved in it and even a part of it.

It was not until that feeling began to fade away that one felt lost and wished one could transform into that green lotus, as tall as the sky.

In addition, his mind became clearer and his thoughts quicker. Some of the confusions he had in his previous practice were now easily resolved when he recalled them - even the unfathomable innate realm hidden in the dark seemed to have opened up a whole new line of thought, and he vaguely grasped something.

This feeling of sudden enlightenment made him want to watch it again immediately, but Gu Dan suppressed his greed and moved on to the next place.

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A larger mural appeared before his eyes. It was a picture scroll of an indescribable existence destroying the world. Gu Dan once again refused to be shrouded by the Dao essence and continued to move forward without stopping for a moment.

Inside the hollowed-out mountain, crisscrossing lines spread out, like the blood vessels and meridians of the human body, connecting everything here together and eventually condensing into an extremely realistic one-eye.

The single eye was blood red, stained with blood and tears, sliding down from the corner of the eye, as if it was crying blood.

The flowing blood eventually turned into large bloody characters, spreading under the blood-red single eye.

【Don’t cultivate immortality!!!】

The moment he noticed those four big words, a strong mental will came over him, leaving Gu Dan no chance to refuse.

In an instant, his mind was hit by something invisible. Different from the previous Tao essences, these four words contained extremely strong spiritual will. It was no longer a subtle influence that was subtle and imperceptible to anyone, but more like holding an iron brand and pressing it hard on a person!

Faced with this force, even Gu Dan, who had been promoted to a grandmaster, was caught off guard. At least Gu Dan's spiritual power could not counterattack immediately.

The sinister malice follows like a shadow, as if it wants to be engraved into people's bones.

"Fuck you!"

With a curse, his spiritual thoughts seemed to boil invisibly. Gu Dan would rather cut himself with a knife than be covered by that strong spiritual will.

However, that power was like a thorn in the flesh. No matter how Gu Dan's spiritual thoughts beat or strangled it, he could not completely eliminate it. A small part of his spiritual thoughts was still contaminated by that aura and could not be completely eliminated.

No, to be precise, it was forcibly merging with his spiritual thoughts, becoming indistinguishable from each other.

Gu became furious out of worry and forced himself to erase a part of the spiritual thoughts that had been integrated into his mind. His head immediately felt as if it had been hit hard, as if an iron hammer had smashed his brain. He not only felt dizzy, but he almost died on the spot.

The pain of blocked Qi and blood and the grinding of the five internal organs are far inferior to this feeling!

However, the total amount of contaminated divine thoughts did not decrease. He just forcibly wiped out his divine thoughts, and those things that were really contaminated were not really eliminated! This was an unexpected change. Neither Wang Mang nor the White Lotus Saint had ever experienced such a thing before.

In other words, their strength is somewhat weak, and even if they have experienced it once without realizing it, they don't understand why.

"Curse? Brand? Restriction? What is this?!"

Gu Dan gradually recovered from his weakness, his brows furrowed.

The true energy in his body was still at his fingertips, so there was no problem in thinking about cultivating immortals. However, his mind was clearly slightly occupied by that power, and he had not yet noticed any impact on himself.

When Master Ji was trying to break through to the innate realm, his advice to him was to go find an immortal, as martial arts was not working.

However, the four words left behind in the place where the White Lotus Sect was passed down are: Don’t practice Taoism!

I don't know martial arts, I don't want to cultivate immortality, this doesn't work and that doesn't work, why are you cheating me? ! "Brother Gu?! Are you okay?"

Wang Mang and Xu Wanrong ran over quickly, leaving Xun Ke, with a blindfold on, standing there in the dark, looking a little at a loss.

"How do you feel when you see these four words?"

Gu Dan pointed at the four words on the cliff and asked.

"I just felt terrified. I was stunned for a long time and felt that the immortal way was very terrifying."

Wang Mang said it without hesitation.

There is no other reason, these four words are so shocking that I can’t forget them even if I want to.

"Really? Then."

Before he could finish his words, Gu Dan's eyes suddenly became sharp and he looked outside the hollowed-out cave.

"What's wrong?"

His gaze startled the two of them.

After listening quietly for a while, Gu Dan said, "There is movement."

"What?"

Wang Mang looked confused.

The same is true for the White Lotus Saint Xu Wanrong.

"Someone is coming."

Gu Dan said with certainty that his perception was far superior to that of others. Even if the distance was far, he could still detect it first. There was absolutely no reason for him to be wrong.

"Could it be the White Lotus Sect Leader?"

"It's more than just the heartbeats of three people."

Gu Dan listened carefully for a while, then walked quickly, "Let's go, we'll know when they come over."

Wang Mang tugged at the clothes of the White Lotus Saint. "When did this White Lotus inheritance site become a sieve? We almost drowned when we came here!"

"I don't know either."

Xu Wanrong looked confused. How could an outsider find this place? You can't just start digging when you see a mountain!

"Shh!"

Gu Dan raised a finger to his lips, and everyone fell silent, waiting silently.

About half a quarter of an hour later, a huge group of bubbles suddenly appeared in the water.

No, it's not a bubble, it's an expanded Qi shield.

Water was gushing out, and the people coming were not taking the same route as when they came, so it was obvious that this place had more than one entrance.

“Hahahaha, after groping underground for so long, I finally found it!”

Inside the Qi shield, someone was shouting excitedly.

The shield dispersed and the three were about to crawl to the shore.

Gu Dan walked forward, squatted on the shore, and greeted the people in the water in a calm voice.

"Long time no see, Qingpingzi."

Qingpingzi, who is still in the underground river: "?!!!"

(End of this chapter)