"I see, you have joined that organization now?"
"No, I don't like it."
"Loners?"
"Yes! Senior Brother Cheng doesn't know? Many people are laughing at me for not overestimating my abilities."
"It's true that you are overestimating your abilities!" Cheng An nodded and said: "It's too difficult to be a lone walker. There were loners in the history of Tianmeng, and they later joined the organization. If you change your mind in the future, you can come to me."
"good!"
Cheng An patted Gu Shuo on the shoulder: "But I won't laugh at you, you are a genius."
Gu Shuo looked strange: "Senior Brother Cheng is an ascetic monk?"
Cheng An shook his head and said: "I'm not really an ascetic monk, but I've been in retreat during this period of time, accumulating breakthroughs. So I don't know much about you newcomers. What's the matter?
It seems that you should also be a man of influence? Tell your senior brother. "
"I am not a man of the hour, but because of two things, many people in Tianmeng know me. One is my qualifications, and the other is my identity as a lone traveler."
"Your qualifications? I understand. Your qualifications must be very high, otherwise you would not choose the path of a lone traveler."
"No!" Gu Shuo looked calm: "It's because my qualifications are very rubbish. I have a low-grade water and fire dual spirit root."
"Ah?" Cheng An glanced at Gu Shuo in surprise. In just a moment, he regained his composure. In this way, Gu Shuo was surprised:
"Aren't you surprised?"
"I don't care if you upgraded your cultivation to Golden Core before entering the Heavenly Alliance. But now that you have entered the Heavenly Alliance, as long as you don't lack the Heavenly Alliance points, qualifications are not a problem. The Heavenly Alliance has many holy places for cultivation. There are also pills to supplement your qualifications, which can solve your qualification problem. Therefore, I am not surprised that you have now reached the realm of Sea Lotus. On the contrary, I am surprised at the speed at which you earn Tianmeng points. Even if you are a Alchemist."
"Before I came to Tianmeng, I accumulated some pills."
"I understand! If you have any questions in the future, you can come to me. Now I will receive 20,000 Tianmeng points." Cheng An said cheerfully.
Gu Shuo crossed the 20,000 Tianmeng points and said sincerely: "Thank you, Senior Brother Cheng."
Cheng An smiled and said: "Don't care about those who isolate and laugh at you. As long as your cultivation continues to improve, your environment will eventually change. Those who laugh at and isolate you will also associate with you and even become friends. You Don't mind their isolation and ridicule towards you now.
Because this is normal thinking, no one will be optimistic about a lone traveler.
Even if they isolate and laugh at you, they haven't done any real harm to you, right?
Don't be upset by a little isolation and ridicule. Being in harmony with light and dust is the way to go. "
Gu Shuo smiled and waved his hands and said: "I don't care about those things. If you only care about everything in your heart, wouldn't it take up space on the road?"
"You're right. What we monks pay attention to is repaying hatred and repaying kindness. But don't take it to heart like this, which is not a grudge. It affects the path. Just treat it with indifference. Come, let's leave a contact. brand."
Cheng An took out a messenger jade sword, and Gu Shuo also quickly took out a messenger jade sword. After they left their contact mark on the jade sword, Cheng An said goodbye and left. Looking at Cheng An's leaving figure, a smile appeared on Gu Shuo's face.
The joy in his heart was not because he had cultivated Hong Shi to perfection. But because of his friendship with Cheng An.
It seems that even if you are traveling alone, you can still make friends!
Go to the ruins.
Gu Shuo immediately set off for the eastern ruins.
The wind and clouds are flowing, walking on the clouds.
Seven days later.
From a distance, you can see the murderous aura rising into the sky. Even the sunlight cannot penetrate that area of the sky, and it is so gray that it is frightening. Still far away, Gu Shuo could feel the murderous intent surging in his body, echoing that of the ruins.
"Whoosh..."
Gu Shuo's figure landed on the edge of the ruins and looked around.
A small market has actually formed here.
Walking slowly through the market, there are wine shops, teahouses, inns, shops, and open-air sales places. It's not surprising when you think about it. The monks who come out of the ruins always have to rest before they can enter again. What's more, there are injured monks. There are also items obtained from the ruins that need to be sold.
Passing from one end of Fangshi to the other, Gu Shuo was already standing in front of the boundary entering the war ruins, staring inside.
What a ruin.
The land is riddled with ravines and not a single blade of grass grows.
Some monks were sitting cross-legged not far away, using the killing intent here to understand.
Gu Shuo stepped into the ruins of the war, and a faint murderous intention invaded him. To Gu Shuo, this bit of murderous intent was like a breeze paving the way, and he walked straight towards the depths. As he went deeper, the murderous intent gradually became stronger. When the monks passed by Gu Shuo, they opened their eyes to look at him. Seeing his age and unfamiliar face, they couldn't help but show a hint of surprise.
This person should be a newcomer this year, right?
How dare you go deep?
Gu Shuo looked around as he walked, and then he was disappointed. I originally thought that I might be able to pick up something, such as a magic weapon, a magic weapon, a storage bag, a storage ring, etc.
But there are no hairs!
From time to time, I saw monks practicing cross-leggedly. A monk saw his behavior and couldn't help laughing:
"Don't look, you won't be able to pick up anything. Things have been destroyed by the sword a long time ago. There may be some on the second and third floors, but our cultivation is not suitable for going there."
As he spoke, he stood up with a hint of excitement on his face: "We have finally entered the secret of killing, and we can go deeper."
Gu Shuo's face turned red when the monk said that. The monk didn't take it seriously and walked side by side with Gu Shuo inside:
"First time here?"
"Um!"
"Then you must be the new member of this class."
"Yes!" Gu Shuo nodded honestly.
"I am a native of Tianmeng. Although I am only a Jindan now, I have been here many times. Since you are a newcomer, you are also a Jindan, right?"
"yes!"
He glanced at Gu Shuo's old face and said, "At your age, you shouldn't be qualified for the Tianxuan Competition."
The corner of Gu Shuo's mouth twitched: "I look a bit mature."
"Is this just old age? Forget it, you are a newcomer. It is your first time here. It is already good to be able to go so far. But remember, don't rush into the second floor. That is not the place for you to go. Okay, here The killing intent is pretty good, let’s practice here.”
This person was quite familiar. Gu Shuo smiled and said, "I'll go further. Junior brother, let's practice here."
"Alas... It's a senior brother, not a junior brother. Alas, you are really moving forward!"
Gu Shuo raised his hand and waved it without looking back, and continued walking forward. The monk clicked his tongue: "It seems that he is also a peerless genius, I don't know what his name is."
Thirteen days later.
Gu Shuo stood in front of a stone tablet. There were only three words on the stone tablet: second floor.
Gu Shuo stepped away from the stone monument and continued to move forward. After walking a short distance, about a thousand meters, Gu Shuo felt that the killing intent was so fierce that he had reached the limit of what he could bear. Then he sat cross-legged.
After thinking about it, he stood up again, set up an isolation formation, took out the Liuhe Disk and opened it. Then he sat cross-legged in the Liuhe Disk, drank high-grade tree spirit sap, and while practicing, he began to understand what was going on here. Killing intent.
The ruins of the war are huge, and there are fewer people entering the second level than the first level. The chance of running into each other is smaller.
If they were not enemies or had competing interests, they would not fight each other. Therefore, Gu Shuo practiced quietly for a month without any interference.
This month, Gu Shuo's Sea of Knowledge Lotus has grown to twenty-four leaves, which is only twelve leaves away from the thirty-six-leaf lotus. After looking at the high-grade tree spirit liquid he had left, Gu Shuo felt that it should be enough for him to cultivate to the thirty-six-leaf lotus. However, every time a lotus leaf grows, it not only consumes tree spirit sap, but also consumes 100 million water spirit stones and fire spirit stones. This consumption is really not something other monks can afford. In fact, in the more than two years since Gu Shuo entered Tianmeng Bicui Island to now, he has consumed more than two billion water and fire spiritual stones each. Although there are still more than 20 billion each left, he really doesn't know how many water and fire spiritual stones are needed during pregnancy and infancy.
But it’s definitely the big head!
But it was not without effect. Not only was his cultivation improved, but the tempering of his body by the water and fire spirit stones also made his body's toughness reach the mid-Nascent Soul stage.
This body toughness is really important.
If spiritual power and spiritual consciousness are compared to water, then the body is the container. If this container is not strong enough, it will be burst by the spiritual consciousness and spiritual power inside. Therefore, body toughness is also an extremely important basic condition for a monk's breakthrough. And now Gu Shuo has undoubtedly solved one of the foundations for breaking through the Nascent Soul, and is solving the second basic condition, which is to cultivate the thirty-six-leaf lotus.
The secret of killing has reached its ultimate perfection.
Being able to reach this state in such a short period of time was not only due to the strong murderous intent in the ruins of the war, but also the insights left behind by Zhou Tianbaolu.
In the past, he inspired Zhou Tianbaolu, which consumed Gu Shuo's lifespan too much, but he also received a gift from Zhoutianbaolu, which was the murderous intention and understanding of the way of heaven from countless ancestors that were left behind in Zhoutianbaolu. .
Every generation of Zhou Tian Bao Lu monks were at the end of their rope when they sacrificed Zhou Tian Bao Lu. At that time, they must have been filled with murderous intent. Therefore, every generation of monks in Zhou Tian Baolu must be monks with a profound understanding of murderous intent. With these gifts, Gu Shuo has a unique advantage in understanding murderous intent. Coupled with the ruins here, it is not surprising that it can reach the ultimate perfection. Therefore, Gu Shuo was not too excited.
What excited him was that he had an understanding of the way of heaven.
The Tao of Heaven is both void and real. For monks with low cultivation level, that is, before pregnancy, it is nothingness. Because I can’t sense the way of heaven at all. But for monks who have entered the pregnancy and infant stage, it is no longer nihilistic, but vaguely perceptible.
And Gu Shuo is not the Nascent Soul now, but only the Sea Lotus stage. But he vaguely sensed the location of the way of heaven and had a glimmer of understanding.
This is also due to Zhou Tianbaolu!
This week, Tianbaolu was infused with murderous intent, and naturally it was also infused with the understanding of the way of heaven by its previous owners. The previous time he opened Zhou Tianbaolu, he killed an out-of-body creature, even though it was one that had just broken through. But the understanding of the way of heaven that was poured into Gu Shuo also reached the out-of-body realm. Although he couldn't understand it, he would naturally become more familiar with it after seeing it more. As his realm continues to improve, especially now that he is a twenty-four-leaf lotus, he has become somewhat in tune with the way of heaven, so that he can have a faint sense of it. Although there is still no big understanding, just this small amount of understanding is equivalent to pushing open the door of heaven. This was enough to make Gu Shuo excited.
Gu Shuo felt that this depth was not enough for him. He needs more oppressive killing intent to help his killing intent break through to the next level.
Momentum, meaning, profound meaning, the next level is Tongxuan.
Momentum only gives the enemy a kind of oppressive force and creates an illusion in the enemy's mind. To cause a flaw in the enemy's state of mind and react to reality is to cause confusion or stagnation in the enemy's behavior, thus giving you the opportunity to kill the opponent. But potential has great limitations. Not to mention that if the enemy also understands the momentum, each other's momentum will cancel out. Even if you meet a person who has not understood the potential, but has a very strong will, he will be able to resist the oppressive force of the potential and break the illusion that the potential brings to the mind.
But the meaning is different.
I mean, I can already visualize the illusion. With the help of the power of heaven and earth, the mind can be embodied. For example, the meaning of clouds that Gu Shuo understood can be embodied as clouds. Another example is that the killing intention he comprehends, when combined with a certain Tao method, will embody the true meaning of a certain Tao method.
For example, the Great Wilderness Sword!
The Great Wilderness Sword was created by the ancestors of the human race based on the Great Wilderness. It contains the great wilderness and the infinite murderous intention of the great wilderness, but this meaning can only be released with the help of Taoism. This is the limitation of mind.
But Mystery breaks this limitation.
There is no need to resort to Taoism, even if you just sit there and have a thought, you can release the secret. For example, Yun Yi, at the stage where he was originally concerned about it, if Gu Shuo wants to release Yun Yi, he still needs to cooperate with his own Taoism. Even if it is Qingyun Step, he has to move anyway. But understanding the secret is different. Even if Gu Shuo is sitting there, he only needs to move his heart, and the cloud will arise on its own.
The same goes for murderous intent.
In the past, if Gu Shuo wanted to release his killing intent, he had to resort to Taoist techniques, such as the Great Wilderness Sword. And the Great Desolate Sword is indeed the best carrier, because the Great Desolate Sword originally contains murderous intent. Not only can the Secret of Killing enhance the power of the Great Desolate Sword, but the Great Desolate Sword can also enhance the power of the Secret of Killing. However, without Taoism as a carrier, Gu Shuo would not be able to release his murderous intent.
But things are different now. After understanding the secret of killing, Gu Shuo can just sit there and in a heartbeat, he can embody the secret of killing, making the enemy seem to be in the middle of a murderous intention.
So, what about the Tongxuan realm?
The Tongxuan Mirror has reached a state where everything can be borrowed.
Just like sword cultivation, there is a realm where everything is a sword. For sword cultivators who have reached that level, any object around them, even vegetation, is carved into a sword.
This is the case with Tongxuan Realm, which can use all things in the world to release power.
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