In Mu Qing's conjecture, maybe in the era of Meng Zhang's existence, the spiritual energy between heaven and earth would have been countless times richer than it is now, and there would also be various strange powers wandering around in heaven and earth.
When monks understand the Tao, they also use these powers to understand the Tao with its own characteristics.
Nowadays, various cultivating forces not only follow the old tradition and lose the daring heart of their predecessors to create their own Taoism, but they are also helpless or radically trapped in the competition for rare cultivation resources.
It can be said that time also determines fate.
Since Meng Zhang was able to speak out the power of Shura, this at least proves that before Bai Hao, in a previous era of practice, someone had developed the power of Shura by relying on blood, and this kind of Taoism was left behind.
Mu Qing sat cross-legged on the pitch-black scorched earth, with green and red lights intertwining around him. With his head lowered, he had entered a strange state of meditation.
Before that, facing all the evil deeds Bai Hao had committed, he just naturally felt that Bai Hao deserved to die, not to mention that Bai Hao had done so many evil things to the closest relatives in his life.
He is an Avenger. But after entering this unique state of meditation, Mu Qing began to think about these issues as a practitioner for the first time from the perspective of lack of spiritual resources.
The changes of the times are like a torrent. Human power may be able to shape some of the waves and even affect the direction in which it flows, but it absolutely cannot stop it.
Everything in this world is subject to human will.
The reason why this happens is just because the person who said this is a human being.
The real reality is that the more powerful people are, the more they can influence the development direction of the times. However, the things that constitute the most basic foundation of this world actually existed long before all living things appeared. It can be said that it is precisely because of their limitations that This has created the endless flow of the times and the reincarnation of history.
Aren’t the troughs and peaks in the era a redistribution of limited resources?
The time of half a stick of incense passed quickly. During this process, Bai Hao, who had been carefully looking at Mu Qing, became more solemn in his heart. He felt an obscure power that he had never faced before.
Although that obscure power was extremely unstable when it manifested in Mu Qing, just a ray of breath leaked out, causing him to lose a little bit of the confidence and security he had accumulated in the Dao Domain.
When Mu Qing opened his eyes, the thoughts in his mind had dispersed like floating lights, but the confusion in his eyes was getting deeper and deeper.
For Bai Hao, while his heart felt empty, his murderous intention only became more determined and clear.
But at the same time, he suddenly realized that if he looked at Bai Hao's actions purely from the perspective of a monk, such extreme examples of unscrupulous means for power were not uncommon.
Some orthodox traditions no longer conform to the development laws of this era, so they should naturally be abandoned? But should we adapt to the times?
Mu Qing clearly felt that his thinking had reached a new peak, but at the same time he also vaguely understood that the reason why he had reached the second level of spiritual life and had not yet developed a Taoist heart was related to his own constitution and chance. But the most important thing is that he didn't really understand one thing.
What is the purpose of practicing?
Mu Qing's thoughts unfolded in leaps and bounds, and by the end, he was sweating profusely, as if his whole body was soaked in hot water.
The initial answer quickly came to his mind, practicing is to gain strength.
If it is to gain strength. Bai Hao can also use this reason justly.
Therefore, the girl's face quickly appeared in his mind. At the beginning of his practice, it was to protect Shaoyao. After practicing, especially after returning to Suzaku City, several women appeared in his life that he wanted to protect.
This is the fundamental motivation for his practice.
But if that's all, Mu Qing wouldn't have figured out what his way is now.
It is precisely because of absorbing the power of Shura that Mu Qing is now obsessed with the way to obtain power.
Isn't the body of Shura undesirable?
Before this, although he knew that Bai Hao was extremely jealous of Wan Du's return to the clan, he actually rejected this method of grabbing the power of blood in his heart. He always felt that behind every strand of blood was a living life.
But what about those monks who were the first to embark on the path of Shura? Could they have been in a certain era from the beginning - a time when all kinds of forces in heaven and earth were in chaos, with mountains of corpses and seas of blood everywhere, and entanglements of karma everywhere?
What's more, in history, Wuzong's desire to achieve the body of Shura seems not to be much wrong in the eyes of future generations.
Powers are not divided into good and evil, but there are people who want to obtain these powers and use them.
Today, when some orthodox traditions have been abandoned by the times, and various cultivation methods are collected and treasured by major cultivation forces, should a monk with no background like him adapt to the times?
Is cultivation to conform to the great way of heaven or to conform to the original intention of life?
Mu Qing stood up, the fluctuating aura on his body gradually stabilized, and his eyes were clearer and brighter than ever before.
"You have chosen the most difficult path. But at the same time, it is also the most promising path."
Meng Zhang paused for a moment before linking the two sentences together. His voice was rare and smooth and powerful, clearer than ever before. The attitude implicit in his tone was actually not unfamiliar to Mu Qing.
When he and Murong Jing had a long talk and regarded each other as Taoist friends, Murong Jing would not be condescending and scornful because of the difference in realm.
Moreover, the weight of Meng Zhang's last sentence is not unimportant, and there is already a faint appreciation for him as a fellow person.
Mu Qing raised his eyes to look at the place under the dome where a large amount of blood mist had gathered, and answered Meng Zhang with clear eyes: "Practice is based on the original intention, and there is no obedience. In a sense, I don't want to do it as much as he does. I follow the prescribed rules, but the biggest difference between him and me is that in addition to being a monk, I am also a living person!"
With a thought, Mu Qing rose directly from the ground. Bai Hao, who was in the Dao Domain, felt the rising aura on Mu Qing's body, and the two ghost fires in his eyes swayed non-stop.
Mu Qing did not have a green light to protect his body at this time, and his eyes were not flashing with thunder. The whole person's aura was pitifully weak in front of him. In the process of flying from the ground to the same height as him, he only climbed all the way from the second level of spiritual life.
When it stops, it will be the first level of spiritual life.
"You actually made a breakthrough? What's your path? Sword cultivator? Poison cultivator?" Bai Hao's voice sounded particularly sharp under the raging fireworks.
He was confused and confused, and he really couldn't figure out why Mu Qing grabbed the power of Shura that he had worked so hard to refine, and why there was no trace of blood left in his breath at this time.
"What did you use just now?"
Bai Hao's expression finally returned to indifference, and he thought of a key point.
Mu Qing said calmly: "Yes, Cao Jin did not hesitate to expose the secret of the blood sacrifice formation for this cultivation method. Unfortunately, as a person who relies on the power of luck to practice, he did not know that this was just the most common practice at that time. The method of exhaling and taking in the breath.”
The karma fire and blood mist surrounding Bai Hao's body were condensed.
Bai Hao became more and more vigilant. Mu Qing gave him a very different feeling at this moment. It was completely different from the aura he had after knowing the secret of the Blood Sacrifice Formation a quarter of an hour ago.
At that time, it was just calmness disguised as anxiety, but now, for no apparent reason, there was a real sense of calmness.
This discovery made Bai Hao feel at a loss and snorted coldly: "So what if you can refine these powers? If you are really sure of killing me, will you waste your time with me here?"
Mu Qing frowned slightly, pursed his lips, and appeared in front of Bai Hao as if he was adapting to the changes brought about by his strength after breaking through the realm. He chuckled and said: "You are right, if I have the strength to kill you directly, I will never talk nonsense to you.”
When Bai Hao heard this, he somehow breathed a sigh of relief in front of Mu Qing, who was only in the first level of spiritual life.
Mu Qing now has a clear mind and is not limited to any kind of Taoism. His whole heart and vision have invisibly improved a lot. His eyes fell on Bai Hao and asked softly: "You have gone through all the troubles and abandoned human nature." , just to become what you are now?”
Under the dome of the fire curtain, there was a moment of silence, and suddenly there was a burst of uncontrollable crazy laughter.
The karma fire all over Bai Hao's body turned from green to white, and the bright spots in his eyes gradually spread out. Now that his entire face was covered with the white karma fire, he roared like a beast whose territory was invaded: "Stay still. Not because of you! If not because of you, would I, the majestic Lord of Suzaku City, be forced to go to this point?"
"But none of that matters anymore, you all have to die!"
Mu Qing raised his eyebrows slightly, never expecting that his words that were almost his turn would make Bai Hao lose his temper. After thinking about it carefully, he shook his head and said seriously: "In order to become the city lord, you killed my father and me. Mom, you even killed many people for the sake of spiritual practice. Do you think you are not wrong?"
"Of course I'm not wrong!" Bai Hao looked at Mu Qing coldly: "In the end, you just want to avenge your parents, why did you bring so many people out? Will those ants be happy living in troubled times? I am helping them! If there is really reincarnation in this world, they will be reborn in a good fetus and be born directly into those cultivating forces."
The more Bai Hao spoke, the more determined his tone became, and even the karma that was churning due to the change in color gradually stabilized.
Mu Qing narrowed his eyes and said softly: "You should understand that when you don't follow the rules, there will be no rules to protect you."
This was actually Mu Qing's own question, but at this moment he wanted to hear Bai Hao's answer as if he were talking to Arabian Nights.
Unexpectedly, Bai Hao raised his head and burst into laughter, and said jokingly: "Young boy, don't you know that the rules are made by powerful people?"
Bai Hao glanced at the scorched earth ruins twenty kilometers above the ground. The trace of confusion in his eyes was quickly replaced by cold depression, "Suzaku City has a registered population of 1.04 million. I can now control this city." The city will only be controlled more in the future.”
Mu Qing nodded, "So, to be above all living beings and to be a secular emperor, this is the meaning of your practice, right?"
Bai Hao felt something rushing from his spine to the back of his head. His eyes were dizzy for a while, and then he realized that he was so angry at Mu Qing's understatement and contemptuous tone at this moment.
Although his words were equally scornful, he ignored Mu Qing and did not regard Mu Qing as a powerful and evenly matched enemy. But at this time, when he expressed his goal of becoming an immortal emperor for the first time, he actually received such feedback.
He couldn't accept it.
Therefore, when the karma fire on his body completely turned from green to white, he moved directly.
