Generally speaking, there are two sources of Tao Fruit. One is killing and reaping the consequences, the other is man-made cultivation. The probability of the former is too low. The higher the level of Dao Fruit, the lower the probability of condensation after death.
The latter has a very high chance of obtaining the Tao Fruit. As long as it is cultivated properly, there will basically be a harvest.
There are many different ways to artificially cultivate Dao Fruit: some people sow seeds, like farmers cultivating fields; some people cultivate Dao around lakes, like fishermen raising fish; and some set up spirit-gathering formations to gather the power of heaven and earth to condense into Dao Fruit. …There are so many of these.
But in fact, there is a third source of Tao and Fruit in this world.
There is also a kind of Taoist fruit, which is naturally nourished by nature. It takes the tree as its root and does not require any human cultivation. It can gestate the Taoist fruit on its own after experiencing the changes of spring and autumn.
This is the case with ancient Buddha Taoism.
The ancient Buddha Taoist fruit is not cultivated by humans, nor does it involve killing people to obtain the fruit, but the fruit produced by an innate ancient tree.
This tree is called the Ancient Buddha Tree. It grows on the holy mountain and is said to have been left by the saint. This tree bears fruit once every thousand years, and the number of fruits it bears each time is limited, no more than a hundred. Most of these fruits will be distributed to various sects in the Holy Mountain for consumption, and only ten or twenty will be kept for holding ancient Buddhist meetings.
The threshold for participating in the Ancient Buddhist Society is extremely high. Generally speaking, non-immortal monks are unable to participate, and there are many other restrictions. Even so, every ancient Buddhist meeting will attract powerful people from all over the world. Many people come here to taste the ancient Buddha's Taoist fruit. As a result, the number of participants in all ancient Buddhist meetings has never been less than a hundred people. .
Hundreds of people share one or twenty ancient Buddha Tao fruits, which is certainly not enough. When there are too many monks and too little porridge, one Dao fruit often needs to be cut into several pieces for several people to taste together.
There are not many ancient Buddha Tao fruits that everyone can eat.
Tu Huang originally thought that even if Ning Fan captured the Ancient Buddha Dao Fruit, it would only be one. If it is divided equally, each person will eat half.
However, when Ning Fan took out six Ancient Buddha Dao Fruits one after another, he couldn't help but be a little surprised based on Tu Huang's experience. After being surprised, he frowned and asked.
"You said you got this ancient Buddha's Taoist fruit from Hongzang's storage bag?"
"Yes, it's the stuff in Hongzang's storage bag."
"The ancient Buddha's Dao Fruit is of great value. As Hongzang, he is not qualified to own six Dao Fruits. Do you understand what I mean?"
Emperor Tu thought for a while and realized that Ning Fan probably didn't know how rare the ancient Buddha's path and fruit were, so he told Ning Fan about the origin of the ancient Buddha's path and fruit.
After hearing this, Ning Fan frowned immediately.
"What the girl means is that this Dao Fruit is not owned by Hongzang himself, but was given to him by a being with huge energy?"
"Well, you have to be at least a person at the level of the Five Emperors of Zhongzhou to be able to take out six Ancient Buddha Dao Fruits at the same time. And even the Immortal Emperor of Zhongzhou will probably have to accumulate these stocks for many years before he can keep these stocks. After all, the Holy Mountain is distributed to everyone There is only one copy of the Zhongzhou Immortal Emperor every thousand years..."
"Is this Hong Zang a member of a certain Zhongzhou Emperor?"
"The person behind it may be the Emperor of Zhongzhou, or it may be someone from the Holy Mountain, but these are just speculations. If these speculations are true, and you killed Hongzang and took away the ancient Buddha's Taoist fruit, this matter is very likely to cause trouble again. A certain Immortal Emperor-level figure."
"...If this matter is true, who is the person behind Hong Zang?"
"...You ask me, how would I know? To me, the fact that the newly promoted Immortal Lord is subordinate is just a trivial matter. I would not have cared about it in the past." Tu Huang yawned and used this action Momo said that she was no longer interested in the topic of Hongzang.
Ning Fan once again felt that he had made a mistake by not searching for Hongzang's soul to save trouble, but by slashing him with a sword. As a result, he didn't even know who was behind Hongzang, or which immortal emperor he might have offended... He wasn't afraid, but he felt it was a bit troublesome.
Fortunately, monks have a photographic memory. Ning Fan recalled the scenes during Hong Zang's strength test. When Hong Zang showed off his magical powers, almost all the immortal emperors showed surprise, as if they did not understand Hong Zang. Only Buddha Weeping Emperor seemed to understand Hong Zang very well...
Is it possible that Hong Zang is a member of the Buddha Weeping Emperor?
Thinking back to what happened before, Hong Zang seems to want to join forces with Shi Dang to snatch Wu Yan's map and his own map. Ning Fan and Wu Yan are both members of Baihua Emperor. Hong Zang wants to ruin their results in the illusion test, and it seems that he wants to target Baihua Emperor...
The Immortal Lord was targeting the Immortal Emperor. If it wasn't for the instruction of a certain Immortal Emperor who gave Hongzang ten thousand courages, he wouldn't have dared to do it.
If it is true that the Weeping Emperor of Buddha...does it mean that the Weeping Emperor of Buddha does not want to see Emperor Baihua recover perfectly from his injuries, so he wants to prevent Emperor Baihua from getting the spring water of the South China Sea...
"The grievances between the five emperors of Zhongzhou are really complicated..." Ning Fan sighed.
"That's natural. Zhongzhou is no better than Three Flames or Holy Mountain. The cultivation resources here are limited. There are five immortal emperors at the same time. There are always some disputes between them. Secretly, they often plot against each other. Who among these five people is against whom? They won't be friends...Okay, stop talking nonsense, let's eat the Ancient Buddha Tao Fruit quickly! I will teach you how to take it."
Taking ancient Buddhist Taoist fruits requires extremely solemn rituals, fasting, bathing, burning incense and praying.
Fasting and bathing are just a formality, but burning incense is a key point. It is necessary to use the aroma of special Buddhist incense to seal the medicinal power of the ancient Buddha's Taoist fruit from leaking out. It is not just a formality. This is very important. If this is not done, a lot of the medicinal power of the ancient Buddha's Taoist fruit will be leaked out, resulting in a huge waste.
Tu Huang gave Ning Fan a brief explanation, then took out many items from the storage bag, placed an incense table and sacrifices on the large open space, then burned incense, lit candles, and prayed devoutly.
This was the first time that Ning Fan saw Tu Huang in such a pious posture, with his hands clasped together and his beautiful eyes slightly closed. Under the bangs and eyelashes, there was an extremely calm and peaceful face.
At this moment, Tu Huang behaved like the most devout believer in the world.
"You also want to light a piece of incense." Tu Huang finished his prayer, opened his eyes, and said to Ning Fan.
"Didn't you already light the incense? Isn't it enough to seal the loss of the medicinal power of the ancient Buddha's Taoist Fruit?"
"Enough is enough, but if you eat the fruit left by the Holy Ancestor, shouldn't you give the Holy Ancestor a piece of incense as a way of repaying you?"
"The one you worship is the holy ancestor of your Dabei tribe?"
"Of course. The Holy Ancestor left the ancient Buddha tree, this is the cause, you and I eat the ancient Buddha fruit, this is the fruit. Burning this incense is not only to seal the loss of medicinal power, but also to pay off the cause and effect. Haha , you are still young, you don’t understand, the cause and effect of a saint cannot be touched randomly... Of course, even if it is just out of respect for the ancestors, I should burn this stick of incense. "
Ning Fan naturally does not have any respect or worship for the Southern Medicine Sage. But since Emperor Tu mentioned saint karma, Ning Fan didn't mind burning an incense stick.
It is reasonable to eat people's fruits and return their incense. This is what a person who practices Taoism should do.
After the ceremony, the two finally began to share the fruits, six Tao fruits, three for each person.
The Emperor Slaughter's Divine Mind was already very powerful, so it was very easy to take the Ancient Buddha Taoist Fruit, and he quickly absorbed the power of the medicine. Ning Fan was different. He refined the medicine very slowly, not in a hurry, as if he was savoring it, but also as if he was thinking about something.
His spiritual consciousness is not weak, but it is not too strong either. It can only be regarded as the middle level among immortals.
Among the four bloodlines, the Ancient Demon clan is the least good at cultivating divine thoughts. Taicang Jieling's aptitude for divine thoughts is only mediocre. What this clan cultivates is not so much divine thoughts as it is robbery. Thinking is more appropriate.
However, Ning Fan's two strongest bloodlines are the Tribulation Blood and the Ancient Demon. As a result, even with the superposition of the four bloodlines, Ning Fan's divine will can only be considered average and not outstanding.
Of course, this is the result of not using the power of rain.
If the Rain Technique is used, Ning Fan's spiritual perception can be instantly raised to an extremely terrifying state. But that only shows that the Rain Technique is powerful, but it does not mean that Ning Fan's divine will itself is powerful.
The improvement of spiritual consciousness above Immortal Master requires not only a total increase, but also some kind of qualitative change. Ning Fan didn't know this before, but at this moment, after he took the Ancient Buddha's Dao Fruit, he was suddenly surprised to find that while the total amount of his spiritual thoughts increased greatly, he also ushered in some kind of qualitative change!
After all, eating three Ancient Buddha Dao Fruits in one breath actually brought huge benefits to his spiritual cultivation!
"Oh? This kid has already touched the bottleneck of the 'Eternal Four Thoughts Realm' before he became the Immortal King..." Tu Huang on the side showed a slightly surprised expression.
The Eternal Four Thoughts Realm is a realm of divine thoughts that only the powerful above the Immortal King have the opportunity to achieve. Of course, there is only a chance. There are many people who cannot even reach the first level of the Four Thoughts Realm. This boy is really capable of touching the bottleneck of the first realm of the Four Thoughts before he becomes the Immortal King.
The Eternal Four Thoughts Realm refers to the most profound fourth level of divine thoughts. From low to high, there are four realms: , , , , and .
If one cultivates his thoughts like a waterfall, then the Immortal King monk’s spiritual thoughts will be released like a waterfall, directly increasing several times!
Cultivating thoughts like a stream will elevate the monk's spiritual control to an unimaginable level.
As for the specific miraculous effects of the latter two realms, Tu Huang doesn't know. So far, she has not yet perfected her thoughts as if they were dripping from the eaves.
For the Immortal King, it is rare for someone to be able to cultivate thoughts like a waterfall.
For Immortal Emperors, those who can cultivate to the second realm are often the kind of powerful Immortal Emperors who are almost invincible at the same level.
Because it is difficult to practice the Four Thoughts Realm, Tu Huang was surprised that Ning Fan touched the bottleneck of the Four Thoughts Realm before he became the Immortal King. This is not a state that can be achieved by just taking three ancient Buddha Tao fruits! Absolutely not!
"This son's spiritual thoughts may be at the critical point of qualitative change... These three ancient Buddha Taoist fruits should be just a medicine guide..." Emperor Tu thought secretly in his heart and made a judgment.
She had the right idea. Ning Fan, fellow practitioner of the four systems, spiritual thoughts are not only the total integration of the four systems into one, but also bring about qualitative changes by accumulating the total.
In the past, the total amount of divine thoughts in the four systems was insufficient, so qualitative changes could not come.
However, at this moment, three ancient Buddha Taoist fruits made up for what Ning Fan lacked, and this qualitative change finally took shape!
Thoughts are like waterfalls!
Ning Fan's face showed a slight look of pain, and in the sea of consciousness, there was constant shattering pain, and his spiritual thoughts were like a waterfall, surging crazily in the sea of consciousness!
Before taking the ancient Buddha's Taoist fruit, Ning Fan's spiritual consciousness was at the middle level of the Immortal Lord.
The medicinal power of the three Ancient Buddha Dao Fruits directly caused Ning Fan's spiritual consciousness to rise from the middle level of the Immortal Lord to the limit of the Immortal Lord!
After reaching the limit, Ning Fan's sea of consciousness had a tendency to split and reorganize, as if a pair of invisible hands were tearing his sea of consciousness apart piece by piece and then putting them back together again.
The tearing process is naturally impossible to be painless. Moreover, because the sea of consciousness is the most sensitive part of a monk, any pain here will be amplified hundreds or thousands of times by the keen perception. Ning Fan can't help but gasp slightly due to the strong will of his mind.
However, the benefits brought by this kind of tearing are also extremely huge! Ning Fan's spiritual thoughts have already been raised to the limit of the Immortal Lord, but now, every time his divine thoughts are torn and reorganized, this limit will increase a little!
As the number of tears continues to accumulate, the limit of the sea of consciousness increases, gradually reaching a terrifying point.
Double!
three times!
Five times!
ten times!
Ning Fan felt horrified in his heart. According to his estimation, if the reorganization of the Consciousness Sea was successful, his spiritual consciousness would surge tenfold again based on the limit of the Immortal Lord!
The Immortal Lord's extreme spiritual thoughts are comparable to those of some weak Immortal Kings.
If it were to increase tenfold on this basis, Ning Fan's divine will would definitely be able to surpass most Immortal Kings in one fell swoop!
But unfortunately... the reorganization of the Consciousness Sea failed only halfway through. The limit of the sea of consciousness that was originally increasing gradually shrank back a little bit as the reorganization failed.
Ning Fan opened his eyes with some regret and let out a long breath. This was an opportunity to increase his spiritual power tenfold, but it failed like this... No matter how determined he was, seeing the duck in his hand fly away, he still felt some negative emotions. Fortunately, with his state of mind and cultivation, these negative emotions were easily dispelled.
"It's a pity that Nianru Waterfall is really too early for you... Don't be discouraged. There will be opportunities in the future and you can slowly break through. With my qualifications, I failed more than a hundred times to break through Nianru Waterfall. , if you succeed in one fell swoop, I won’t be able to live without shame." Tu Huang comforted him with a tone that seemed to have been anticipated.
"Thinking like a waterfall?" Ning Fan was slightly surprised. This was the first time he had heard of this term. Did it refer to the reorganization of the sea of consciousness that he had just almost completed.
"You haven't heard of the Four Realms of Eternal Thoughts? Interesting, really interesting. You haven't even heard of the Four Realms of Thoughts, but you can actually touch the bottleneck of the Four Thoughts of Waterfall. You are really a weirdo." Tu Huang exclaimed. .
Among those immortal kings who have cultivated their thoughts like a waterfall, they have not been able to do this after years of painstaking preparations.
Emperor Tu originally thought that Ning Fan had been preparing for many years before he could use the opportunity of ancient Buddhist Taoism to successfully induce a qualitative change in his spiritual cultivation. Now it seems that this son is unprepared for the cultivation of these four realms of thought...
Haha, what a hell if all of this can be successfully achieved! Do you really think that breaking through the Four Thoughts Realm is child's play?
Emperor Tu briefly explained things about the Four Eternal Thoughts Realm. Ning Fan listened and sighed.
Thoughts are like waterfalls...
A realm that most immortal kings cannot touch in this life...
He was submerged in the Immortal King and actually touched it! Could it be that this is the benefit brought about by the change of yin and yang? After all, according to his latest understanding, the essence of yin and yang change can be summed up in one sentence, that is, millions of streams turn into the sea, which is a... unique skill from quantitative change to qualitative change. This qualitative change came suddenly, but it seemed... closely related to the rise in understanding of yin and yang changes.
Thinking of this, Ning Fan couldn't help but feel thoughtful.
Thinking about it again, even those Immortal Kings who have been preparing for many years often fail many times before they can break through this realm of spiritual thoughts. He failed once or twice, so he really shouldn't sigh.
There will be plenty of opportunities in the future. Once you are fully prepared, you can make a breakthrough! Thoughts are like waterfalls, ten times as much as divine thoughts! Regardless of the reason, now that the opportunity for a qualitative change in his spiritual thoughts has appeared, he will definitely seize the opportunity to make a real breakthrough in his divine thoughts when things get done!
Calculating the time, Ning Fan spent another half a day refining the Ancient Buddha Dao Fruit. It was already the twenty-fifth day of the illusion trial, and there was not much time left.
The two repaired the area again, and then set off to enter the sixth floor. Ning Fan was still walking with Tu Huang on his back.
Although Ning Fan failed to break through the Nianru Waterfall, he still improved his spiritual cultivation a lot. From the middle level of Immortal Master to the limit of Immortal Master, it can be regarded as a very terrifying improvement.
The sixth floor is different from the fifth floor. There are no guards. However, there are a large number of illusion traps scattered in all directions. Every flower and grass may be an illusion. If you are not careful, you will hit the trap, and the scenery in front of you will change. You will fall into into the illusion attack.
It was also these illusion traps that made Ning Fan clearly feel the benefits of improving his spiritual thoughts. Many of these illusion traps are of the low-grade Taixuan illusion level. If his divine sense had not been improved, Ning Fan would have been able to see through 30% to 40% of the illusion traps here.
Now that his spiritual consciousness has improved, Ning Fan can see through more than 90% of the illusion traps here!
The remaining 10% are often illusion traps that reach the middle-grade Taixuan level! The middle-grade Taixuan Illusion Technique is almost comparable to the Ancient Overhaul Technique, and because this place is the Fire Soul Tower, not to mention that Ning Fan cannot see through it. Even if the Five Emperors of Zhongzhou come here, they are in a situation that is difficult to completely see through!
"There are 360 dangerous places on the sixth floor. Where are we going?" Ning Fan asked as he cautiously advanced step by step.
"Don't go anywhere. The good things on the sixth floor have been taken away by the strong men of the Holy Mountain countless years ago. Where is it for you and me to get them? The only things left for the contestants to get are the first five floors. It’s just a treasure. You and I have only one destination, let’s go to the Six Paths of Hell!”
"Six Paths of Hell? Is there such a place marked on the map?" Ning Fan asked in surprise.
"This place is not marked on the map, or even does not exist in the cognition of the vast majority of the powerful people in the Holy Mountain. Without a certain degree of cultivation, it is impossible to understand the existence of this place, just like it is impossible to understand the existence of the five supreme beings. generally."
"What kind of place is that?"
"It's a place... between reality and fiction."
"What you said is too mysterious. That's all...what can I do for you? If it's something too dangerous..."
"If it's too dangerous, why don't you help me? There are huge benefits here. Have you heard about the quasi-sage opening his eyes?"
"Open your eyes! The girl is saying that these six underworlds can actually help the quasi-sage to open his eyes and improve his cultivation!" Ning Fan was suddenly moved.
He had heard about the legend about opening eyes from Taoist Mu Song. During his trip to Mu Island, he also led to the Origin Bridge, but in the end, he did not open his eyes.
Tick tock, tick tock, tick tock…
In Ning Fan's ears, the sound of dripping water that he heard back then seemed to still echo, and the gentle voice of the mysterious woman still seemed to echo.
'Little butterfly, don't sleep, wake up quickly. '
'Little butterfly, don't sleep, don't sleep. '
'If you sleep any longer, you won't be able to catch up with the rising moon in Huanggu Mountain once every ten years...'
If he had opened his eyes back then, he might have been able to figure out what these things meant.
It's a pity that he failed to do this... After all, it is too difficult to open his eyes, and many quasi-sages cannot do this step. As a citizen of the underworld of the dream world, and as a cultivator, it is countless times more difficult for Ning Fan to open his eyes. It is reasonable that he cannot do this.
This matter can only become a big confusion in his heart in the end...
Wait, could it be that...the inner confusion Tu Huang mentioned is something similar!
Isn’t it also a confusion that can only be solved by opening your eyes?
Ning Fan opened his mouth, wanting to ask something, but then he felt something was inappropriate. Tu Huang didn't want to mention the confusion in his heart, it must involve some secrets, otherwise he would have been explained to him long ago. Tu Huang didn't want to tell, so why should he ask.
"Oh? You've heard about the opening of eyes, so I don't have to introduce it any more. This place is called Six Paths Underworld. According to Niu Gui Supreme, it seems to be a part separated from the real Six Paths Underworld. , is the boundary of all life, death, and illusion. The first time I made a deal with Niu Gui Supreme, I was brought there by him. He seemed to be a frequent visitor there. There are six ancient mountains floating on the Yellow Spring. It is said that They are all left behind by the ancients. By the way, having said this, I would like to remind you that one of the ancient mountains is very dangerous, because on that ancient mountain, there is a line of extremely terrifying words...'Six Paths of Hell Without You', haha, just six words. , but the coercion is eternal and has been passed down to this day. It can be seen that the person who left the message is by no means an idle person, I am afraid it is the third step of cultivation... You, don’t get close to that ancient mountain within a thousand feet, otherwise, you will die!"
Ning Fan's expression froze slightly when he heard the words "Six Paths of Hell Without You".
Six paths of hell without you...
Six paths of hell…without you…
For some reason, Ning Fan seemed to hear sadness, bitterness, and despair in these ordinary words.
On the contrary, Tu Huang's reminder later was almost ignored by the panicked Ning Fan, so Tu Huang reminded him one more time. Seeing that Ning Fan had indeed remembered this warning, he was a little relieved.
She didn't want her companions to be killed by the ancient writings as soon as they went to the Six Paths of Hell...
"...The Six Paths of the Underworld helps the quasi-saint monks open their eyes because that place has the Extreme Yang. The Yin Qi there is extremely terrifying, almost reaching the limit that the Extreme Pill Sanctuary can bear. Therefore, the transformation of the Yin pole gave birth to a small amount of Extreme Yang. But don’t be too wishful thinking that you can harvest too much Extreme Yang from there. Most of them have been taken away by the Five Supreme Beings. After all, Extreme Sun is an important material for the quasi-sage to open his eyes. Your words can only be used at most. You can find some change there, and whether you can successfully collect it depends on your ability..."
"As for me... I am not here for the extreme sun. I want you to help me enter the end of illusion..."
Ning Fan said with black lines on his head, "The end of illusion...Isn't this statement too poetic?"
"No, this is not a metaphor, but a narrative. There is really the end of all illusions. You will know when you go there... Of course, if you are also confused in your heart, you may be able to see the reality behind the illusions there. Find the answer. The power of the Six Paths of Hell can deduce everything from the past to the present and the future..."
Having said this, Tu Huang took a deep breath, clenched his hands into fists, and dug his nails into his flesh, causing excruciating pain.
Her delicate body trembled slightly, as if she was afraid... what she was afraid of was just the answer that was within reach.
"You can withstand the power of the five-finger illusion. Your cultivation has not exceeded the limit of the Six Paths of Underworld. If it were you... you would be able to enter the depths of the underworld and help me find the answer! Ning Fan, please give me a helping hand!" (Unfinished) to be continued.)
