In a blink of an eye, a whole year has passed.
Shi Yao has been sitting quietly in his cave, immersed in the ruthless way he has understood.
The ruthless way is a kind of mental method. After carefully comprehending it, Shi Yao felt that his state of mind was at a higher level, and his mind became more peaceful and stable.
During this year, Shi Yao meditated deeply and considered each step. She found that the ruthless way she understood was not a complete one, but just a beginning.
Even so, it still made her have some distracting thoughts to disappear, her heart towards the Tao became more firm and clear, and her cold temperament became more and more pure.
Shi Yao secretly sighed in his heart: "No wonder there are rumors in the world that those who practice the ruthless Tao will advance by leaps and bounds on the day they master the Tao."
However, Shi Yao couldn't help but shook her head when she thought of someone who had ruthlessly cut off her own emotions and desires in order to cultivate this ruthless way.
"Since I entered the world of cultivating immortals and became a monk, my skills, experience, and resources have all been competing with others and with everything in the world. Opportunities among monks can only be obtained by those who can; all these, both It promotes the strong and also leaves an indelible mark on people.”
"Although cutting off emotions and desires can make people abandon the past and achieve great success in the ruthless way, soaring into the sky, it is not the right way to do it."
"But how can I attain enlightenment in the future?"
Shi Yao thought about it for a long time but couldn't find the solution, so he could only give up temporarily.
She had benefited a lot from the one-year retreat. She originally wanted to continue the retreat, but suddenly she thought of the inner demon tribulation a year ago, and she stopped thinking about continuing the retreat.
After seeing the Soul-nurturing Wood and Chaos Stone in the Immortal Workshop a year ago, her suspicions were confirmed.
But whether her guesses will come true depends on one more person.
Shi Yao dispersed his consciousness out of the cave and looked down the mountain.
The bottom of the mountain was still so lively. There were more than twenty people halfway up the mountain, and there were already four people who were about to reach the top.
However, the further up the mountain you go, the greater the invisible oppression becomes.
Waves of coldness seemed to turn into thousands of ice needles, piercing into people's bodies one by one, making their blood almost solidify and their internal organs almost freezing.
It was clear that there were still ten steps away from the top of the mountain, but the feet of the four people seemed to be filled with lead and it was difficult to take another step.
The other people below saw that they could no longer climb today, so they simply withdrew from Feixue Peak. They all flew in mid-air to watch the fun, and they were talking about who among the four could be the first to get the Feixue Order.
"Senior Brother Lu has been training since he was young, and he must be the first person to win the Flying Snow Order."
"It's still too early to say this. Let's take a look at Senior Sister Qin. She has taken two more steps and is already ahead of the other three."
"But Senior Brother Bai has already completed the foundation building. He has the highest level of cultivation among the four. I think Senior Brother Bai will definitely reach the top first..."
"Ah, look at Junior Brother Fu, he actually took seven steps in a row, and with three more steps to go, he is about to reach the top!"
Everyone watching the excitement was shocked. Fu Mingzhou was obviously the one with the lowest cultivation level among the four, but he didn't expect that he had such perseverance and surpassed the other three in one go.
Shi Yao, who silently watched the four people climbing, was a little surprised for a moment. She didn't expect that Fu Mingzhou's whole aura had changed so much in just one year.
She could see that there was a kind of coldness all over his body. This kind of coldness was not a simple feeling of ice and snow, but a kind of coldness that seemed to emanate from deep within his whole body.
This kind of coldness allowed him to ignore the invasion of ice and snow, and even though he was almost frozen into an ice sculpture, he had to climb up step by step. It seemed that the external pain could not disturb him at all.
This Fu Mingzhou really made it increasingly difficult for her to understand.
"Could it be that he really insists on cultivating this ruthless way?" Shi Yao had a vague guess in her heart.
Fu Mingzhou's current appearance is very similar to a person she once met. That person practiced the Tao of ruthlessness, and he was a heartless man who killed his wife to prove the Tao.
Shi Yao frowned slightly.
Because of the influence of the inner demon calamity, she chose not to become his master, but she did not stop others from accepting him as their disciple.
As far as she knew, although Elder Liu was a smooth man and had many disciples, he was still a man who loved talents. Since he had promised to take over Fu Mingzhou at that time, he thought he would teach him well in the future.
However, Fu Mingzhou seemed determined to cultivate the ruthless path, and she had kindly tried to dissuade him twice.
Thinking of Fu Mingzhou's words, "Zhenjun Shi Yao is not my master, why should he interfere with my decision anymore." Shi Yao sighed in his heart, not wanting to interfere any more to avoid more unnecessary entanglements with him.
The cause and effect between her and Fu Mingzhou were over, and she no longer felt any guilt.
From now on, everyone has their own destiny, and she really shouldn't place too much demands on others.
Shi Yao took back her mind and continued to wait.
If her guess comes true, someone will come from the Xuanji Sect within a few days.
On the other side, the crowd watching the excitement was in an uproar because Fu Mingzhou finally reached the top of the mountain first.
Fu Mingzhou took one step up to the top of the peak, and the oppression around him immediately dissipated, the chill faded away, and the formations already set up in Feixue Peak continuously sent spiritual power into his body.
Fu Mingzhou immediately activated his skills and used his spiritual power to slowly repair his body that had been bitten by the cold.
After adjusting his breath, a flying snow token made of white snow appeared out of thin air and floated in front of him.
Fu Mingzhou reached out to take the Feixue Ling and released his consciousness to explore inside.
The following words were left by Shiyao in Feixue Order:
[Those who obtain the Feixue Order can choose any unowned land in Feixue Peak to open a cave. After dripping blood on the token, you can enter and exit Feixue Peak at will, and you can also control the formation within Feixue Peak to make the suppression and chill in the peak disappear or reappear. 】
Fu Mingzhou bowed his hands in the direction of Shi Yao's cave and said, "Thank you, Lord Shi Yao, for giving me the Flying Snow Order."
Then, he forced a drop of blood from his fingertips into the Feixue Ling. After the Feixue Ling recorded his breath, it immediately dissipated within the formation.
Since Fu Mingzhou had obtained the Feixue Order, it was only natural that he opened his own cave in the open space under Shiyao's cave.
After that, the other three people also climbed to the top one by one.
The other three opened their own caves under Fu Mingzhou's cave.
Two days later, Shi Yao, who was sitting firmly in the cave, felt something. He strode out of the cave and explored the air with his consciousness.
A man in black robes stood out of thin air, with a complex array of stars carved on his robes, which was dazzling.
And his slightly gray eyes seemed to contain the reflections of countless stars.
Shi Yao looked at him from a distance and was immediately frightened by the strange power in his gray eyes. She felt as if she had fallen into an abyss or an infinite star.
Shi Yao was frightened and her scalp was numb. She quickly mobilized her spiritual power to protect her whole body and stabilize her mind.
After she struggled to free herself, she still groaned and took a mouthful of fishy sweetness.
Sure enough, he came.
