Fan Li returned to the cave and sat down cross-legged without even bothering to dry his clothes, eager to enter his sea of consciousness.
As soon as she was reborn, she noticed something strange about her body. Sure enough, as soon as she entered the sea of consciousness, Fan Li saw an ancient parchment scroll.
The aura of ancient and mysterious laws emanates from it.
Fan Li was shocked.
The parchment scroll slowly unfolded before my eyes, and the mysterious and complex text gradually appeared, shining with golden light.
"The Supreme Way of Mercy."
"If the mind is not dead, the Tao will not be born. If desire is not extinguished, the Tao will not exist. The Tao follows nature, and the true self is the only one. Great destruction and great establishment lead to the rebirth of life."
Fan Li was deeply shocked.
Destruction leads to reconstruction, heralding a new life... Is this the reason for her rebirth?
At this time, a mysterious voice sounded in the sea of consciousness: "Great destruction and great construction, a clear sign of new life, the phoenix nirvana, reborn from death."
"It's you, Fan Li."
Fan Li was startled, but soon calmed down and asked softly, "Wu Xiang?"
The mysterious man said "hmm".
It turns out that the voice she heard in her previous life was not an illusion, and "formlessness" really exists!
Fan Li was very alert: "How come you are in my sea of consciousness?"
"No, I am hiding in this method."
Wu Xiang said, "There are three thousand great ways. The Way of Sword, the Way of Talismans, the Way of Alchemy, the Way of Immortality, the Way of Freedom, the Way of Killing... In my opinion, none of them is as good as practicing the Way of Supreme Mercilessness!"
“Only when you eliminate all emotions, love and hate, can you see the universe and all living beings.” Wuxiang’s voice resounded throughout Fan Li’s sea of consciousness, moving her.
Thousands of words spread out like silk. Fan Li felt the mystery of the ruthless Taoism and his spiritual consciousness suddenly became clear.
She had heard of the ruthless way in her previous life, but had never seen anyone who practiced it. Before this, her impression of the ruthless way was that it was a crooked way that killed one's wife to prove one's truth, so she kept a distance from it.
It turns out that this is not the case.
The ruthless way is to abandon the seven emotions, six desires and seven evils, and to use the eight sufferings to illuminate one's own heart and make it pure. It does not mean to disregard human ethics and kill innocent people indiscriminately, nor does the so-called severing worldly ties mean killing in action. Therefore, using the act of killing one's relatives for the sake of justice to prove that one has reached a ruthless state is a pure crooked path and will not lead to the attainment of enlightenment and immortality.
A selfish person cannot realize the way of ruthlessness.
The more he understood the ruthless way, the more Fan Li became obsessed with it and yearned for it.
Wu Xiang said: "Fan Li, remember, it is not you who chose the ruthless way, but the ruthless way that chose you."
Fan Li knew in her heart that if not for this, she would not have the chance to be reborn.
Even if this ruthless path is an evil one, so what? She is alone, has no desires or demands, and has nothing to fear!
But... I have never heard of any example of someone in the world of immortal cultivation who achieved perfection and ascended to heaven by practicing the Way of Mercilessness. Can she do it?
"I have already passed on the inner strength method to you, and I call it the Wuxiang Heart Sutra. Practicing this method can make your mind clear and not be moved by external things, thereby increasing the speed of cultivation and making it less likely to go astray."
Fan Li came back to his senses and expressed his gratitude sincerely, "Thank you, Your Excellency!"
Wu Xiang smiled and said, "Don't be too happy too soon."
"This mental method must be practiced together with the Merciless Dao technique, the Tianyan Jue. Otherwise, the effect will be greatly reduced. However, I only have fragments of the Tianyan Jue here. It is not complete, and there are only the parts for the Qi Refining Stage. You have to find the rest by yourself."
Fan Li was slightly stunned.
She is now in the initial stage of foundation building and is no longer a mere Qi Refining cultivator. If she practices back to the Qi Refining stage, won't she fall behind others?
Besides, Tian Yan Jue uses a knife, not a sword.
She had never used a knife before, which meant she had to start from scratch.
Fan Li was a little hesitant.
But she soon realized that Wuxiang was testing her determination!
She is so stupid.
Wuxiang is a great master, more powerful than the ancestor of Tianji Sect. How could the skills he uses be ordinary?
Since she wanted to practice the ruthless way, she naturally had to practice the ruthless way's techniques as well!
Fan Li made up his mind and spoke firmly and sincerely: "Venerable, please teach me the Tianyan Jue!"
Wu Xiang was very pleased and laughed out loud: "Tian Yan Jue will not make you regret it. In addition, I can tell you that there are fragments of Tian Yan Jue in the library of your Tianji Sect, which may be from the foundation-building period."
Fan Li said happily: "Junior understands!"
Wu Xiang reminded him at the right time: "You'd better abandon the Bi Hai Heart Method that Master Yun Meng taught you. It will do you more harm than good."
"Harmful rather than beneficial?" Fan Li's breathing stagnated and a look of doubt flashed across his mind.
“Let me put it this way, the Bi Hai Heart Method he gave you has been modified. It is not the real Bi Hai Heart Method.” Wu Xiang said.
When Fan Li heard this, he suddenly felt his blood run cold.
She remembered that the Bi Hai Heart Technique was a reward given to her by Master Yun Meng when she won first place in the trial conference. It was handed to her by her senior brother.
Over the years, she has never doubted that there is something wrong with this mental method!
Thinking back carefully, there was something wrong with the expression of the eldest senior brother at that time. He looked as if he wanted to say something but hesitated. However, Fan Li was too happy to think much about it.
No wonder she felt more and more exhausted as her realm improved after she established her foundation. Even Song Xixi, who practiced a few years later than her, successfully formed a pill and touched the threshold of the Nascent Soul.
However, she was stuck in the foundation-building stage for a full ten years. As optimistic as the elders were about her before she reached the foundation-building stage, they were disappointed with her after she reached the foundation-building stage. They turned their focus to training Song Xixi and withheld her cultivation resources.
It turned out that her good master had already planned to use her to pave the way for Song Xixi at that time!
But the eldest brother who noticed all this chose to conceal it!
Fan Li sneered.
Su Muqing, you are really great.
"Fan Li, if you want to achieve great success, you must first cut off the ties of love."
The way of no appearance is profound.
......
The sky gradually darkened and the moon's shadow was like sand.
The door creaked open from the outside.
Su Muqing walked to the bed, looked at the woman's thin figure through the curtain, and raised his hand to push aside the veil.
There were no candles in the room, and the moonlight silently poured in through the gauze window. Most of the woman's body was hidden in the shadows, but despite this, her pretty face and slender white neck could still be seen.
"Ali, why haven't you slept yet? Are you waiting for me?" Su Muqing's eyes softened and he raised his hand to touch Fan Li's face.
The next moment, a cold light flashed in the darkness. Su Muqing was unable to dodge and a strand of his hair was cut off.
A sharp sword extended from inside, with the tip of the sword against his throat, in a very dangerous position.
Su Muqing couldn't help swallowing his saliva, and looked along the sword, meeting the cold yet bright eyes at the end.
He quickly said, "It's me, A-Li."
The woman stared at him for a few seconds, then sheathed her sword and said calmly, "So it's you, Senior Brother. I thought it was some pervert."
Su Muqing felt relieved, straightened his clothes and said, "I heard from my second apprentice brother that you were injured and refused to be treated, so I came to see you."
At this time, Fan Li and Su Muqing had not yet become Taoist partners on the surface, but almost everyone knew that they were childhood sweethearts and had an extraordinary relationship.
Moreover, she and he had already practiced dual cultivation once, which was something only Taoist couples would do.
The dual cultivation of immortal cultivators is not the traditional practice of practicing Buddhism or Wushan Yuyun.
It is a practice of complementary yin and yang.
The two parties sat opposite each other, formed seals with their hands, and integrated their spiritual consciousness and spiritual power to achieve the goal of improving their cultivation. This is called dual cultivation.
Only the closest people would do it.
But Sumu Qingduo was cold and abstinent, and had never been very enthusiastic about dual cultivation.
After Song Xixi appeared, he never practiced dual cultivation with Fan Li again, as if he was keeping his chastity for her, and he politely refused many times.
Someone gave Fan Li some advice, saying that if a man had experienced the physical pleasures of the mortal world, he would not be so resistant to dual cultivation.
Fan Li believed this nonsense and went to the mortal world to find some erotic pictures to learn.
As a result, after Su Muqing found out, he not only resisted her, but also felt disgusted with her.
He angrily accused her of having dirty thoughts, unlike his junior sister who was pure and noble. After that, he never set foot into her cave again, and he found her dirty.
Thinking about it now, Fan Li also felt that he was confused in his previous life. It was not worth it to go to such great lengths for such a bad person.
"Brother, I'm not angry. It's late at night, you can go back." The woman's tone was very cold, as if she was keeping him at a distance.
Su Muqing frowned: "You said you were not angry, but look at you, your clothes are so wet and you don't even know how to change into dry clothes. What if you catch a cold?"
Fan Li smiled and said, "Big Brother, you are wrong to be concerned. I am not a little sister. I have ice spirit roots and am not afraid of the cold."
Su Muqing was stunned. Fan Li's words were sharp and uncommon.
"Ali, you are really angry." Su Muqing chuckled, "Ali, are you jealous of my junior sister? Don't think too much, I just treat her as my sister."
Fan Li sneered.
A profound lesson she learned from her previous life was that a man's mouth was the least trustworthy.
In his previous life, Su Muqing would never have come to visit him tonight. I guess it was because she handed over the Hundred Herb Pill during the day and he was in a good mood, so he thought of visiting her.
He just said he cared, but he didn't really mean it.
Fan Li said in annoyance: "If Senior Brother really cares about me, why not leave a few healing pills? It would be better than just talking."
Su Muqing looked a little embarrassed: "How did A'li know that I meant this?"
He found the storage bag and began to search.
But after searching for a long time, Su Muqing was embarrassed to find that there was not even a healing pill in the mustard bag.
Only then did he remember that his junior sister had a weak constitution, and he had given all the healing pills he had obtained from the mission to her.
Fan Li saw through it but didn't say it out loud.
Su Muqing felt uncomfortable being looked at by her. "I did prepare it, but I probably forgot to pack it in. I'll go back and get it now."
As I reached the door, I heard Fan Li's voice coming from behind me.
"Big Brother, I don't need it."
Su Muqing's body stiffened slightly.
"There are differences between men and women. Senior brother, please don't come here if you have nothing to do, so as to avoid misunderstandings."
Su Muqing's eyes widened slightly and he turned back to look at Fan Li.
Fan Li's voice was inexpressible: "Also, Senior Brother, please don't call me A-Li anymore. I don't like it."