After dropping off the hitchhiker, the Weatherlight completely veered off the road on the map. Rei Shigure seemed to have found some target and drove the car to the place where the fog was thickest.
Qin Qianbai broke away from the uneasy situation and asked, "Where are we going?"
"The mission is to investigate the landforms, and we will go to the source of the magical mist."
"Well……"
"No 'uh'! It sounds scary." Rei Shigure smacked his lips, "I asked you how you practiced the Heavenly Technique this time, and the more you practice, the more stupid you become?"
"The art of returning to heaven requires cultivating the mind later." Qin Qianbai explained seriously, "Once you have mastered destiny, you will be able to know all your previous states, and you will not make stupid mistakes in battle; if you have mastered the heavenly eye, you can see yourself Whatever I should do in the future, I can also see through the enemy's thoughts and tricks. When I reach the state of 'Luojie', I have gained wisdom, no worries, and no weaknesses. When I have completed the cultivation of Luojie, I can move towards the final state. Taking a step forward.”
"You are so stupid and full of troubles that you are nowhere near the realm."
"If I completely cultivate to eliminate all leakage, I won't have any worries anymore." Qin Qianbai said unconvinced.
"Then how can it be done?"
Qin Qianbai became depressed: "If you don't have any worries, then you will have all your troubles..."
"It's so funny! You actually have to overcome such a self-contradictory obstacle in the end of your martial arts training. No wonder the final state won't be achieved for hundreds of years." Rei Shigure laughed loudly in response, "How could someone like you, Ming, fight back then? Guest? Is he letting you go?"
Qin Qianbai has also been thinking about this issue these days. Why was he able to get in touch with Qin Ming when he was fighting, but now he was spinning in circles? Could it be that she has retreated instead of advancing in the past six months? But after the battle with Master Chi, she clearly felt that she had improved in martial arts, and the feeling in her heart could not be faked...
The more she thought about it, the more confused she became, and her head was slapped hard.
"Don't slap me on the head!" the eldest lady protested dissatisfied.
"What are you thinking about when you can't figure it out? It's a waste of time." Rei Shigure sneered, "Think of something happy. How many idiots like Putana are there in the Northern Continent?"
"There will be many. They grew up in a free and open environment, and are more precocious than teenagers in other places, but they are also easily affected by external distractions. People who cannot see themselves clearly cannot think independently. .”
"This is not necessarily true." Shigure Rei said in a frivolous tone, "In the final analysis, independence is a false proposition. People who have contact with others will inevitably be influenced by others. TV programs and ancient books are both channels for acquiring knowledge. Could it be that living Are human thoughts more harmful than the thoughts of the dead?"
"The difference lies in the critical thinking of knowledge in practice. As the saying goes, 'What you learn on paper will eventually become shallow, but you must practice it if you know it.' In practice, you accumulate your own experience, which will turn into thinking and judgment. cornerstone."
"Yes, yes, that's what I want to say. That's the old man's opinion! The old people use their own experience and life as a reference for judgment, and give opinions starting from 'I'. And those opinions are heard by others. , are often pedantic and prejudiced words. That cannot be accepted by young people."
Qin Qianbai shook his head: "I don't want to argue with you. The knowledge I acquire cannot be trusted, and my own experience will become a constraint. So can only a fool with a blank sheet of paper be able to become an independent existence? That is too sad."
"Who is really making the argument?" Rei Shigure rolled his eyes, "But your suggestion is not bad for her. That silly girl really needs to think for herself. She has become a rebellious slave."
“Isn’t rebellion freedom?”
"When you feel that you have to do something, you are shackled by yourself." Rei Shigure glanced at her, "Speaking of it, you are a very unfree person. You don't even dare to face Mei. Wuli’s own thoughts.”
"That's a false illusion!" Qin Qianbai said angrily, "How could anyone want to see such a ridiculous phantom?"
"I don't care."
Rei Shigure picked up the peaceful bug and gently threw it out of the car. The little thing waved its tentacles and disappeared in the fog. This time there were no worries to protect them. Qin Qianbai quickly calmed down and blocked the detection of Meiwu. Rei Shigure still looked carefree, but Meiwu didn't show any phantom.
"Did you use the impermanence method?"
"I have no use for anything."
Could it be that her state of mind was not as good as Rei Shigure's? Qin Qianbai was deeply surprised. This caused another wave of excitement in her heart, and a brand new scene appeared in the charming mist.
It was at Gongsun Ce's home. Shi Yuling was forced to put on a pink rustic sportswear, and sat on the soft cushion with a weak posture, with a strong sense of frustration on his face, and his low eyebrows looked like a bird. Lost dog.
"Okay, I admit that you are stronger than me." Rei Shigure muttered in the fog, "Okay? You are the boss of this family..."
boom! An air cannon pierced through the charming fog with lightning speed, sweeping away the fog one kilometer ahead, leaving everything clear. The eldest lady put down her knife, her face turned red with anger, Rei Shigure suddenly braked, and leaned on the steering wheel, smiling like an idiot.
"Don't laugh!" Qin Qianbai clenched his fists, "Stop laughing!"
Rei Shigure laughed so hard that his stomach ached: "Oh my god... How much do you hate your figure when I can't do it anymore? Big sister, I hate it when I show off my figure. Do you usually wish you could eat AI raw?" "
"I didn't!" Qin Qianbai emphasized loudly.
"How did you come out without it? You made something out of nothing? You can even have visions when you walk into the fog. It's a pity that you don't practice spiritual physiognomy!"
Qin Qianbai was shocked when he heard these careless words. If this fog is all the phantom of hypocrisy, where does all this hypocrisy come from? Why can she always see what Shi Yuling can't see...
Where does the charming mist come from to "charm" people?
"I have troubles around me, but I won't see the mist anymore..."
Qin Qianbai suddenly thought of the confused girl who just said goodbye. She pondered, pushed the car door open, and walked into the fog.
"What are you doing?" Shigurei asked in surprise.
"I want to see the fog."
The blue mist evolved into various illusions, and she slowly walked into the depths of the mist without interrupting.
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At the same time, another car was driving in the fog. There are no bugs in this car, so the mist is always there, much to the amusement of the girl in the front seat.
"It's so interesting." The girl with colorful hair said, "You have a lot of 'me'."
What just ended is Qiluo's fantasy. The idol girl in the charming mist is a world-famous singer during the day and a phantom thief who punishes rape and eliminates evil at night. She wears sexy tights and walks over walls. After changing her clothes, she has sex with a gray-haired nobleman. flirt. In reality, Qiluo shook Gongsun Ce's shoulders vigorously and said quickly: "Forget, forget, forget, forget!"
"Isn't this, ah, normal, ah, Meiwu!" Gongsun Ceyi said righteously, "Compared to my Meiwu who traveled through time and became the protagonist in the super robot animation, it's already pretty good, right?"
"Ce, why did you arrange for me to be a scientist who designs robots?" Dawn Knight asked curiously.
"I think you are very suitable for this kind of intellectual role... Damn it, let's forget about the magic fog, okay!" Gongsun Ce was miserable, "Why can't you two see any magic fog at all? It's just me and Qiluo Public execution?"
"Same protest!" Qiluo said angrily, "I want to see Alandia's phantom!"
"Perhaps it's because I don't have a self that needs to be recognized." Alandia's tone was ambiguous.
Self, Alandia also mentioned this concept. Gongsun Ce couldn't help but think about it. He knew clearly that these magical mist were not phantoms, because he could see pictures from them with the Nether Eye. But what made him particularly confused was that he did not see the scene in his imagination.
Gongsun Ce thought he would see traveling back in time to redeem the past tragedy, and see childish scenes of becoming the world's number one, or simply inappropriate scenes of being intimate with lovers, but in fact Meiwu only showed him Some trivial little stories like daydreams. Before the animated protagonist's charming mist, Gongsun Ce saw himself playing poker with Yan Qi, and before that, he saw him opening a cafe next to the high school.
"What's so charming about this?" Gongsun Ce was puzzled, "Am I so pure in heart?"
As they moved forward, new visions appeared. This time, the magical mist was particularly lifelike, and even made them feel the freezing temperature. A woman with black hair and black clothes walked out of the flames and apologized sincerely to Gongsun Ce in the fog.
"I'm sorry. It was my fault." said the Silent King in the fog.
Gongsun Ce's quick eyesight and quick hands used his telekinesis to whip up strong winds and blow away the magic mist. The colorful girl rolled on her seat with laughter. Qiluo's eyes suddenly became alert: "Gongsun Ce, who is she?"
"He's someone you'd better not know about." Gongsun Ce patted her head and said seriously, "Delete these few seconds of memory and all related records, and listen to me."
"Oh okay oh okay."
Qiluo obediently deleted his memory, while Gongsun Ce fell into deep thought. He analyzed the scenes in the fog one by one.
Becoming an animated protagonist is something that every otaku has thought about; opening a coffee shop to be a small boss is a plan he once joked with his friends; playing poker with Yan Qi... He admitted that he was thinking about that Men treat men as elders, and occasionally want to communicate with him outside of cultivation; not to mention the last King of Silence, that woman almost made him go crazy, and he needs an apology both emotionally and rationally...
That is also Gongsun Ce's pursuit, his idea, and his other side. The pictures shown by Meiwu are not artificially fake, they are the truth that comes from the heart, the truth that Gongsun Ce ignored.
When he thought of this, Gongsun Ce's heart suddenly became enlightened. He had the feeling of scattering countless ashes again, but this time he had a different understanding. Every piece of ashes is a different person, and every piece of ashes embodies a different pursuit. If they are scattered like this, thousands of "I" will be completely integrated into something larger. At that time, There is no "I" anymore...
"Ce, imagine an image for yourself." The voice of the Dawn Knight came from a distant place, "Get to know yourself."
Gongsun Ce's consciousness sneaked into the depths of his soul. He returned to the temple dedicated to the aura and stared at the gray flame. Cognition. who I am? What is Gongsun Ce?
I am not a flame.
I am human.
The swaying nirvana suddenly burst into flames, and the raging fire touched the dome, as violent and fierce as if it was about to submerge the temple. Gongsun Ce reached out to the flame to construct a new understanding. Lingguang is me among me, it needs an image that is different from me, but it is still Gongsun Ce.
Fix it, gather it together!
Thousands of pieces of burning ashes poured in from all around, clinging to the surface of the gray flame, fixing the amorphous pillar of fire into a huge human shape. The ash human form was extremely rough, with only a rough outline and no facial features or limbs. But when Gongsun Ce saw it, he felt kind to it. That was his deified spiritual light. Every piece of ashes was melted into the nirvana, and no tiny "I" was left out.
Gongsun Ce patted the ashes figure with satisfaction, letting countless selves turn into ashes and disperse again. This time he no longer had to worry about escaping, because he had arranged a "me" destination for all the fly ashes.
Gongsun Ce opened his eyes in reality, and his eyes were as bright as before. He stretched comfortably and declared, "I'm totally fine."
Qiluo looked like she had seen a ghost, as if she saw the dead resurrected before her eyes.
"Gongsun Ce, you turned into Nirvana five seconds ago. We thought you were going to go berserk again!"
"I felt something in my heart and my cultivation level increased greatly, so I manifested my magical powers externally." Gongsun Ce chuckled, "Alandia, what's the principle of this?"
Before the Dawn Knight could answer, the colorful-haired girl spoke first, her eyes shining with curiosity.
"Using cognition to define oneself is a tricky solution. You should have directly generated constant principles."
"Madam, I don't know where you are from, but please don't talk about Hengli as easy as going downstairs to buy groceries, okay?" Gongsun Ce said, "If I have Hengli, I will be a true creation. I If we really create a world, do we still have to suffer this injustice?"
"The construction of Hengli is very simple in this era."
Gongsun Ce took a breath of air: "What is this era?"
"Hmm... so there are many more creators than before..." the colorful-haired girl said to herself, "... so she doesn't understand. She thinks you are a dependent. But she is wrong, you are all yourselves."
Gongsun Ce was deeply horrified by these words. The girl's attitude seemed to show "I know King Silence very well" on her face. Do those who are familiar with the Eternal King have any other options besides another Eternal King? But the question is, how can the Silent King remain silent and not go crazy after seeing her? According to the laws of the past, she should have just jumped out and drawn her sword and chopped off all the monarchs and kings until they were reduced to ashes!
"As you know, we are all ourselves," Airandia said, "And what about you?"
The colorful girls pondered for a while to find an explanation they could understand.
"I am the shadow cast by the flame, fixed into a false appearance." She said, "The shadow never exists, and the shadow has no meaning."
"Nice to meet you, Miss Shadow. My name is Arlandia Hellesan."
"You are the real starlight."
The shadow shook hands with Arlandia like a normal person, and hummed again. Gongsun Ce and Qi Luo stared blankly at the exchange between the two, and decided to learn from past experience: don't think, just let nature take its course. His instinct told him that there was no point in asking more about this being. She would only speak when he was interested. Gongsun Ce turned to ask: "Where are we going?"
"Go to the birthplace of the fog and examine the totems of the Charming Mist State." Dawn Knight said.
After Gongsun Ce returned to normal, the illusion of Meiwu no longer appeared for him. He has clearly seen what he knows and thinks, and the fog has nowhere to "charm". They kept moving forward. The fog surrounding the vehicle became thicker and thicker, almost turning into water droplets that wetted the clothes, but Gongsun Ce did not feel uneasy due to the fog, and instead felt an indescribable calmness. They dashed through the dreamlike atmosphere, and finally plunged into the wall of mist.
In an instant, a sense of openness surged over me, as if wings sprouted from my back and I flew towards the blue sky. There was no longer a trace of blue fog, and the air was as fresh as the forest after the rain. Yew trees grow on the moist soil. In the middle of the forest is a crystal clear lake. The water surface reflects the white clouds and birds in the sky, like another piece of sky.
A long knife cut through the lake surface, and solid water droplets condensed on the blade. A beautiful woman with black hair and a long skirt stands alone in the lake, holding a long sword and performing martial arts.
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Qin Qianbai didn't know when she came. She focused on walking in the fog and looking at the extremely real "charming fog". In those fogs, there were childish imaginations, narrow jealousies, delusions of becoming the strongest, and all kinds of trivial scenes that were not worth mentioning... They were all things that she had never thought about, and were suppressed in the corners of her heart. Distractions.
But all distracting thoughts have their source after all. If I had never thought about it, how could there be so many lifelike mists?
There was nothing wrong with her thinking. Qin Qianbai would not have thought so much when she was fighting Qin Ming, but that was because she had seen less than she does now and didn't experience enough. Experience brings improvement in strength, but it also brings more distress. They are not fake, they are also Qin Qianbai's thoughts.
But those real trunks will not be revealed by the fog. Because the true pursuit and self are always thought about and do not need to be deliberately revealed.
When she thought of this, she had already walked out of the charming mist and walked into the lake. As she did during her daily practice, she began to practice martial arts, evolving various techniques with the long sword she carried with her. Sword moves, sword skills, hidden weapon skills, fist and kick skills, each move is smooth and comfortable, the long knife sweeps across the lake, causing ripples.
But for some reason, Qin Qianbai felt that something was wrong and unnatural. These moves and techniques that were directed by the arm were particularly undesirable at this moment and could not be used smoothly. Everything she has learned is secretly passed down by Qin, but it is not only the daughter of the Qin family who is performing martial arts here, but also Qin Qianbai. How can a warrior using other people's skills express his own heart?
As a result, Qin Qianbai's moves changed, from smooth to rough, from natural to shackles. His movements were no longer gentle, but as rough as shackles. Her movements became slower and slower, her joints seemed as stiff as rust, and there was an unspeakable depression in her chest and abdomen. Suddenly all movements stopped. After a brief pause, the girl hit the water with her long knife and bounced into the air.
She jumped out of the mountain forest, jumped out of the clouds, and came to high and high in the sky. The golden sunshine shines on her face, bringing new inspiration to the girl. Her fingertips brushed the sun in her eyes, and the memory of fighting a powerful enemy awakened in her mind at this moment. The long sword Wanhua turned into the long bow that once shot out stars, and the air at the fingertips condensed into long black arrows. She stepped on the bow with one foot, pulled the string with her backhand, and turned the inspiration, depression, and all thoughts and confusion into shooting stars!
In an instant, the black arrow fell into the center of the lake, stirring up thousands of crystal water drops. The warrior stepped onto the water leisurely and fell down, reaching out to catch a drop of lake water. The water is as crystal clear as a gem, and a drop of water has hundreds of sides. Each side reflected a different shadow, and hundreds of faces condensed into a drop of water became her face.
"Ace, look." She turned and looked towards the lake, "Are these silhouettes real or fake?"
"It is false when viewed individually, but of course it is true when viewed as a whole." Gongsun Ce replied with a smile, "The shadow in the mist is like a blind man touching an elephant, showing his neglected pursuit and self. It is biased to only look at one side, but looking at the whole So, isn’t it the reality that has been ignored?”
"You can't see the reality if you only have the thoughts instilled by others in your head." Qin Qianbai turned his hands and let the water droplets fall into the lake. "However, the thoughts you instilled in yourself are also barriers to the reality."
She looked at the lakeside and sighed: "Sure enough, I still like to practice martial arts and become stronger. I still want to win!"
(End of chapter)
