In the sky of the inner city, volcanic ash rolled in all directions, covering the golden clouds and red sun.
On the ground shrouded in volcanic ash, the pitch-black sky was like a life-threatening tide, urging people on the streets to flee.
"Hahaha, a bunch of ants!"
In mid-air, an arrogant voice arrived first, followed by a roar that even the tumbling volcanic ash could not cover up.
A mass of something darker than volcanic ash fell directly into the center of the crowd: "Boom!!!"
The exclamations of these people were still in their throats, and the black flames had spread out, completely engulfing them.
When the black inflammation shrank again, there was not a single person on the originally crowded street.
"call out--"
A bright sword energy fell straight to the ground, and the monsters on the ground rushed forward without any evasion.
After swallowing the sword energy, the monster stopped in mid-air, looked at Mu Qing who was following and said with a smile: "Hey, you are not even qualified to tickle me now, and you still want to stop me?"
The monster was in a happy mood. It was now increasing its strength crazily in order to devour Mu Qing. As a result, this kid not only did not take advantage of this time to run as far as he could, but also dared to stop it without knowing the heights and heights of the world.
It happily slipped up to Mu Qing for a while, then rushed to another neighborhood after saying that.
After just a few breaths, another group of people disappeared into the black flames.
Mu Qing followed the monster with an indifferent expression. This time he did not use his sword to stop the monster, but he determined the scope of the black flame after it was rolled out.
When the monster laughed and rushed towards the third crowd, Mu Qing's speed increased sharply.
The people here seemed to already know how powerful the monster was. When they heard the whistling sound, they scattered around frantically, but their speed was nothing to mention in the eyes of the monster. It just repeated the same action and fell into the crowd. Venting out the black inflammation in the body.
It is a terrifying thing to watch a person who was alive a moment ago completely disappear in front of you.
These people's eyes widened in horror. Some opened their mouths and choked on the scorching air, so that they fell to the ground with tears streaming down their faces. Others were so excited that they arrogantly pushed past everyone in front of them and ran away.
In this extremely short period of time, they did not even feel deep regret. They just relied on a survival instinct and continued to try in vain.
It was at this moment that Mu Qing fell from the sky and stood in front of them.
There was a trace of blood on these people's pale faces, and they all looked at Mu Qing in silence.
When Mu Qing held the sword with both hands and a sword energy crossed the long street and turned into a barrier in front of them, they finally regained their senses. Many people rushed behind Mu Qing and shouted: "Save me!"
The monster sneered: "You don't want to hinder Mr. Hei, but you only want to save people? That actually depends more on your ability!"
As soon as it finished speaking, another circle of dark flames burst out from its body.
Mu Qing frowned. The black flames in the demonic body were an extremely high-level power. The jet-black flames that erupted were derived from the black flames, and their power was already several levels weaker than the real black flames.
But even if he knew this was the case, the barrier he built with his sword energy could not withstand the three consecutive attacks.
Sure enough, when the two rounds of flames hit the sword energy barrier with almost no gap, the barrier collapsed instantly.
Mu Qing snorted and rushed behind him with a burst of energy. After pushing the person behind him back, he took several steps back and quickly swung out another sword energy.
"Hmph! The quality of your Qi is not bad, but you underestimate Master Hei's abilities."
Mu Qing's sword energy did not contain the power of Shura. After meeting the flames, it only lasted for one breath before collapsing again.
Of course Mu Qing knew that the monster wanted him to consume the few Shura powers in his body, but even if he consumed them all in order to save people, it would probably be enough to form a barrier.
Both swords were broken, and the people behind Mu Qing began to panic again. They might have been powerful characters in peaceful days, but at this time, they couldn't keep up with a single soldier, and they all looked as if they had lost their souls. Stayed in place.
Mu Qing felt depressed and opened his mouth. Blood flowed out from the corner of his mouth first. He turned his back to everyone and shouted in a deep voice: "Let's go! What are you waiting for?"
His voice was like an enlightenment, and the crowd suddenly dispersed.
The monster smiled mockingly: "Do you know that a thousand of these people are not as good as one of you? Otherwise, if you die for them, I will just let them go."
"Sigh~"
Mu Qing spat out the blood and was about to speak when his brows suddenly furrowed and he turned around quickly.
The monster didn't know when it separated a black flame. When the group of people fled in panic, the black flame instantly turned into a ball of flames that swallowed them up.
This twists and turns finally made those people feel regretful. They regretted not leaving with the Guards in the first place, but it was already too late.
Mu Qing was very fast, but he was constantly overstretching his body. Before he could take a breath, he simply didn't have the strength to save everyone.
He grabbed the hand of a woman. The woman's eyes were very beautiful, and they were very bright when she looked at Mu Qing. However, the black flames expanded too fast, and just a little spark fell on the woman. When Mu Qing because of When he suddenly looked back with his trembling hand, the woman's figure had begun to disappear.
Her eyes were painful and her mouth was open, as if she was saying "thank you" and "save me", but in the end, Mu Qing still didn't save anyone.
"Hahaha, idiot!"
Before the feeling of bewilderment in his heart could spread, an extremely sharp laughter sounded first on the empty long street.
Mu Qing squinted at the monster and pursed his lips.
He could barely block the expanded flames of the black flames. For ordinary people, there would only be one result if they were contaminated even a little bit.
The monster's laughter gradually stopped, "Master Hei's conditions are still valid, you can die for them, how about it? I'm pretty good to you, right?"
The monsters have devoured hundreds of people so far, but the growth of the black flames has not even been replaced by the consumption of Mu Qing. However, as the rock flow and volcanic ash continue to spread, the blood energy from other places has spread.
Mu Qing could now clearly see bright red blood lines connecting the monster's back.
Meng Zhang had warned him before not to blame himself for the appearance of monsters, because he was afraid that Mu Qing would be like what he did just now and recklessly save people, but the person was not saved and was injured.
But Mu Qing has always been very clear that when the monster turns a corner and begins to specifically look for people with high cultivation and strong blood energy to attack, that is a situation he does not want to face.
However, Mu Qing would not deliberately ignore a very cruel reality - in a sense, these dead people have become a barrier that hinders the unscrupulous actions of monsters.
So even if Bai Hao created the monster, even if he had been desperately delaying time after delivering the news, Mu Qing still thought about saving one more one.
There is no right or wrong in practice, it lies in one mind.
Mu Qing's thoughts have long been understood, and now he is doing something extremely stupid and awkward in the eyes of the monster, but the aura on his body is quickly reaching perfection.
There was a hint of surprise in the monster's voice: "Is your kid enlightened in front of Master Hei?"
When it was confirmed that the Taoist spirit in Mu Qing was indeed approaching perfection, the monster became angry.
For no reason, it gave rise to the feeling that Mu Qing had been using it as a whetstone, and the good mood disappeared without a trace in an instant.
It doesn't know what fighting etiquette is or what respect for the opponent is. It just wants to kill Mu Qing immediately, especially when Mu Qing's body makes it extremely uncomfortable.
So, it screamed, twisted its whole body, and spit out a white spear.
This spear was composed of karma. As soon as it appeared, it absorbed the traces of karma floating in the air and roared towards Mu Qing's face.
Mu Qing stood quietly on the spot. His practice had undergone earth-shaking changes half a year ago and half a year later. His strength had improved a lot, but it was not easy to improve his realm from the original third level to the current first level.
Almost every advancement is achieved through extreme battles.
Such an oppressive battle did bring about a great transformation, but just like Mu Qing wanted to realize Shura but couldn't. Although he now has a pure Taoist heart, his body's meridians and acupoints are far superior to those of the same realm, and his true energy is also powerful and condensed. It is incomparable, but it has never been able to break through to the extraordinary. In the final analysis, it still lacks the intention to prove the Taoist heart.
So this time, when Mu Qing found that the realm was getting looser and looser, he did not dodge and took the shot forcefully.
"boom!"
The white karma spear hit Mu Qing's face and instantly exploded into a ball of burning flames, eroding Mu Qing's body and Taoist heart.
The Taoist spirit in Mu Qing has reached a certain threshold at this time, but it seems to be a little short of the true state of perfection. When Mu Qing is eroded by the fire of karma, the Taoist spirit in his body is the first to bear the brunt, and it rises and falls instantly.
The monster sneered again and again: "Master Hei, I have only seen such a stupid monk break through in front of his face. Who do you think you are?"
"Um?"
The next moment, the monster screamed in surprise.
An eye appeared in its body, staring at Mu Qing.
Under the erosion of the karmic fire, Mu Qing's Taoist spirit was about to collapse. However, at the last moment, not only did the karmic fire on his body burst away, it also climbed to its peak in an instant.
There was a conversation going on in Mu Qing's sea of consciousness.
"What is true?"
"The so-called truth refers to what is unchangeable throughout the ages, what will never be destroyed forever, what never diminishes, what you really are, this is the truth."
“Practice means cultivation, right?”
"We call cultivation practice because no matter how powerful you become in the future, you should always remember to repair and correct yourself until you can become your original self."
"My original self...what was that like?"
This time Meng Zhang was silent for a long time before he replied leisurely: "The original self was probably you and me when we condensed the original energy of the great avenue."
Mu Qing was full of doubts: "There is one way of heaven, and the way is constant. Haven't I already condensed the original energy?"
Meng Zhang gave a rare laugh, and then suddenly paused: "Really?"
Mu Qing was silent. In the first twelve years of his cultivation, he had only received the cultivation knowledge of Hidden Valley. No one thought that he would have the opportunity to achieve spiritual breakthrough at this age.
Others were cautious about breaking through, making thorough preparations and finding someone to protect them, but he chose to break through directly on the battlefield.
The door to the true self realm, the steps to the extraordinary level, he seemed to be advancing forward at every step, but during this question, he fell into deep thought.
Meng Zhang was actually channeling his thoughts for him, and his voice continued to speak from behind the illusory door: "In my opinion, the realm of spiritual life is not even the door of practice, but the door of practice. Condensing a trace of the original energy of the great avenue is the key."
Mu Qing's heart moved. Meng Zhang knew his doubts and replied before he could speak: "If you want to break through the realm of spiritual life, it is really easy to step into the realm of true self. All kinds of Taoism in your body are integrated, and the poison is a way. The sword Any one of them can be regarded as a great avenue."
Mu Qing asked: "Why isn't it the original way of Taishi?"
Meng Zhang said calmly: "Chaos gives rise to the way of heaven. The original way of Taishi is one of the ways of heaven. Do you think you have understood it at this moment?"
Mu Qing suddenly realized that in fact, the way of poison can be regarded as the original way of Taishi.
Meng Zhang seemed to have a conversation because Mu Qing was facing a certain choice: "The reason why Wu is in this situation is because he followed this path and thought he could understand this way of heaven, but it is a pity."
Mu Qing did not ask what the solution was, "Is it possible to break through the spiritual realm by condensing a trace of poisonous energy?"
"Then have you made your choice?" Meng Zhang asked.
Mu Qing's state at this time was very mysterious. It might have only been a moment before he had an intuition of the outside world, but he had already discussed the Tao with Meng Zhang several times, and he curled his lips at this time: "Of course I want to choose the strongest Tao. Hmm...such as kendo."
"Oh, swordsmanship..."
Meng Zhang's voice seemed to be full of nostalgia that had been washed away by the years: "It's not unreasonable for humans to be the first of all spirits, because you are the best at creating new things."
Mu Qing was keenly aware that Meng Zhang revealed a lot of information in one sentence, but his focus was still on the last sentence: "Are you saying that swordsmanship is actually a self-created way? I remember you said before However, the whole body is born with the Dao of Heaven, and the Dao of Heaven derives from three thousand avenues. Which Dao of Heaven does this sword Dao belong to?"
Meng Zhang's voice was a little strange: "The way of swordsmanship is a heavenly way of its own. This is the result of the joint efforts of countless sword cultivators in your human race. Even chaos was created."
"Even chaos was created..."
Mu Qing lost consciousness for a moment.
Meng Zhang brought him a lot of information that he could possibly know at his level.
For example, the concept of chaos. Chaos in Meng Zhang's words was also created. In fact, it can also be understood as the way of swordsmanship starting from scratch and then becoming the way of heaven. How thrilling is this picture of the times?
Meng Zhang said: "So, if you honestly choose a known path, you will eventually be unable to escape the shackles of the heavenly path."
Mu Qing felt absurd in his heart: "What if I am the body of Mu Yuan?"
Meng Zhang said in a deep voice: "Since there is only one final step left, you should realize that no matter which heaven you are, you are just becoming a part of it, but we monks should understand that we are ourselves, and we also Can be the one.”
"boom."
Mu Qing's meaning exploded into a ball of pure white light.
He only felt that his consciousness was traveling in all directions of the universe at this moment, and there was deep invisible darkness everywhere. When he stared at the darkness, the darkness was also looking at him, and his thoughts were falling and falling uncontrollably. At a certain moment, a vast continent appeared in front of him.
This continent has towering mountains in the west, vast oceans in the east, wild wilderness to the north, and to the south, south...
Mu Qing's consciousness suddenly exploded. Only when he returned to the environment surrounded by darkness did he realize that the perspective he had just seen seemed to be the perspective of the sky.
He can actually communicate with heaven?
"Congratulations, fellow Taoist, you have made your choice."
Meng Zhang's voice of relief resounded throughout Mu Qing's sea of consciousness.
Mu Qing's consciousness returned instantly, and the aura on his body broke through the invisible boundary with a pop.
From this moment on, Mu Qing has entered a brand new world.
"My way is not the way of poison, the way of swordsmanship, or the way of Taishi. My way is just myself."
Mu Qing whispered in her heart and slowly opened her eyes.
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