Data cultivation, I observe immortality in the five elements

Chapter 600: The tree is sick, the people are evil, the disease of ringworm

"Two years?" Luo Yan pondered.

Over the years, because I was anxious to practice, I really didn't carry out the tasks in the General Affairs Hall.

So far, Luo Yan has only carried out two special missions, and the total number of regular missions accumulated seems to be only about forty times.

There is still a long way to go before the Tianji Palace's assessment requirement of 500 accumulated routine tasks is met.

Now, there are only two years left. No matter how hard Luo Yan tries, it is probably difficult to accumulate regular tasks to 500 times.

After all, there are always connections and connections behind those special tasks. If you are a little careless, you will face a situation where everything is lost.

Therefore, it often takes a month or even several months to complete a task.

Judging from the time, it is obviously too late.

"Xianling, is there any other way?"

"I want to take part in the assessment of the Tianji Palace. Is there a shortcut?" Luo Yan asked.

"According to the Five Elements Sect's rules, disciples holding the Five-Colored Mysterious Jade Token do not have the authority to participate in the Tianji Hall's assessment!" replied the spirit of the immortal weapon.

But after finishing this sentence, the spirit of the immortal weapon continued: "I noticed that there is a video sent by a senior, would you like to check it out?"

Luo Yan was slightly stunned, then replied softly: "Check."

The picture shows an old man with kind eyes and white eyebrows. He is in an illusory world, but his body suddenly becomes solid.

It was as if he had achieved another kind of enlightenment in the space of the spirit of the immortal weapon.

It is clearly an illusory shadow, but it gives people a sense of reality, as if it were no different from a real person.

"Come!"

Suddenly, a vicissitudes of life voice sounded, like the sound of heaven, lingering in Luo Yan's ears.

Luo Yan bowed, his mind immersed in the jade token space, and walked towards the image on the screen.

He took a light step forward, and flowers of all seasons bloomed in front of him.

Take another step, and the surroundings will turn into a vast expanse of white snow again.

Luo Yan took another step forward, and the stars in the sky were all under his feet.

As he walked, he found that the scenery in the distance suddenly changed and he was on a road leading up a mountain.

There is a towering mountain in front of us, and on the mountain there is a huge tree. The mountain is so high that it is unknown how many thousands of miles high. The tree rooted in the top of the mountain seems like a bridge connecting the heaven and the mortal world.

This is a sacred tree!
The spectacle of this scene was so magnificent that Luo Yan couldn't help but stop several times and examine it carefully while climbing the mountain.

Because he could feel the extraordinary nature of the mountain beneath his feet, and he could also realize the extraordinary nature of the giant tree.

Even though they were far away, the peaceful aura of the sacred tree enveloped Luo Yan.

Give him a warm feeling.

The strange thing is that even though the mountain was very high, Luo Yan still reached the top without much effort.

He looked at the tree next to him that was rooted in the clouds and the empty mountain top with a somewhat stunned expression.

But soon, Luo Yan reacted, bowed towards the sacred tree and said:
"Disciple greets the elder!"

Just because you can’t see, it doesn’t mean the other person is not there, so you bow seriously.

After a long while, the vicissitudes of life voice sounded again: "What did you see on the way up the mountain?"

Luo Yan did not hesitate and replied directly: "Reporting to the elder, I have seen the changing of the four seasons, the majestic mountains, the grandeur of the sacred trees, and the vastness of the galaxy."

"And my own insignificance."

"Oh? Insignificant?"

"Hahaha, that's a clever way of using this word."

Under the sacred tree, an old Taoist with white hair and snow-white eyebrows was sitting there.

The timing of his appearance was not abrupt, as if he had always been there!
But Luo Yan couldn't sense any breath from him.

There is a kind of eyes that can see, but the spiritual sense tells Luo Yan that the other party does not exist in this world and everything is false and illusory.

But with the help of the mysterious power of destiny, Luo Yan knew that his perception was not wrong.

Everything was caused by the huge gap in strength between the two sides.

"Little guy, the fact that you can see my true form shows that you have made great achievements in the way of destiny."

"It is indeed rare to be able to comprehend the power of destiny at your age!"

"Then tell me, in your opinion, what exactly does the Tianji Deduction One Way mean?"

Elder Baimei waved his sleeves, and a cushion appeared not far away, motioning Luo Yan to sit down.

The cultivators of the Five Elements Sect are basically like this; the elders in the sect are either high and mighty or look down on them.

Either they are approachable and unconventional, or at least not particularly difficult to deal with.

The White-browed Elder in front of him is the latter.

In addition, as the cushion fell, it showed that this negotiation was, in a sense, equal and mutual.

It's like an alternative way of discussing the Dao.

I hope Luo Yan can speak freely.

These are all unspoken rules, Luo Yan certainly understands them.

"Reporting to the elder, I believe that the so-called destiny is actually a series of possibilities that can be encountered."

“When a person goes up the mountain to cut wood, he is either a woodcutter or a mountain dweller, only two.”

"Those who can afford to eat delicacies from land and sea are either high-ranking officials or born divine, or nothing more."

"When a cultivator practices a method, the upper limit of this method determines the upper limit of the cultivator's strength."

"If he stayed in the mountains to practice cultivation and never came out into the world, then after a hundred years, there would only be a pile of dry bones in the mountains instead of a deity."

"Because the creator of this method could not reach the level of immortals, how could the later practitioners surpass the former?"

Luo Yan began to explain his own understanding of the secrets of heaven.

In fact, it is a kind of law, which is the so-called Tao.

Tao is common and everywhere.

But the Tao is also very obscure and ordinary people cannot comprehend it.

At the same time, Luo Yan also understood that this seemed to be a test, a test of his understanding of Tao and his perception of the power of destiny.

Therefore, every word Luo Yan said needed to be carefully considered before he could speak it out.

"True dragons are born powerful because their bloodline is naturally extraordinary."

"But those with strong bloodlines will inevitably lose their ambition, tenacity, and ruthlessness to fight against all external enemies."

"Ants are very small and weak, but it is precisely because of their own limitations that they understand the truth that the sea of ​​ants can swallow everything." Luo Yan continued, giving an example first.

The so-called deduction of heaven's secrets is actually a kind of law that conforms to the laws governing the operation of all things in the world.

As long as you can master this law, you will be able to see through the threshold of destiny.

Afterwards, Luo Yan's words returned to their basics.

From a realistic perspective, we finally came to the conclusion: "We humans are social creatures and also creatures of habit."

"Everything that people do every day, such as working at sunrise and resting at sunset, actually follows a certain pattern."

"The monks are no exception!"

"So, in my opinion, the so-called method of deducing the secrets of heaven is actually to find a law, a law that conforms to the survival and operation of all spirits."

"Once this set of rules is established, it becomes the so-called Tao."

"It is difficult to show off the character of a person who has been bullied but has always been tolerant."

"But at the same time, everything in the world has both positive and negative sides. One day he will be unable to bear it and will explode completely."

"This person will also change from the 'yang' side to the 'yin' side!"

"This is the Tao, and it is also the so-called destiny!" Luo Yan explained.

Although in front of such predecessors and elders, speaking of the Tao that one understands is like the brilliance of a firefly shining in front of the stars.

There is a feeling of overestimating one's own capabilities.

But Luo Yan still did it.

Because he is not the kind of person who would change his mind just because he thinks the other person is powerful and has a high status.

Luo Yan likes to take himself as the core starting point and set off from there. Others are always just for reference!
"Interesting answer."

"I thought you were going to say a bunch of mysterious things, but in fact I am also confused about it." Elder White Eyebrows said with a smile.

His face was covered with a smile, and it was impossible to tell whether he was satisfied with this answer.

This white-haired old man was very strange, with a power of destiny emanating from his body. However, Luo Yan felt that the power of destiny on the other person was very different from the mysterious power of destiny that he had comprehended.

Luo Yan felt it carefully, but suddenly found that this power disappeared in an instant.

All that could be seen was Elder Baimei's smiling face.

"Could it be that the mysteries of the power of destiny are also divided into many kinds?" Luo Yan thought secretly.

"Since you have already understood your own path, then keep going and see the world with your own eyes." The White-browed Elder twirled his beard.

It seemed as if they were just chatting peacefully, and he didn't explain his origins, nor did he have any intention of giving Luo Yan any instructions.

Everything seemed weird.

"Look this way." Elder White Eyebrow pointed to the sacred tree next to him.

Luo Yan looked over curiously, and saw that the bark of the sacred tree was dry and old, but its branches and leaves were lush and full of vitality.

He seemed a little stunned, not understanding what was so special about this old tree.

Fortunately, this time, Elder White Eyebrows did not play tricks, but directly said: "Do you think this tree is huge? It is so big that this world cannot contain it, and its branches stretch to the sky."

"Look carefully, do you see anything different?"

Following Elder Baimei's hint again, Luo Yan looked up and down.

The sacred tree is very large and tall, and its leaves are dark green.

But at the same time, there are also some yellow leaves mixed in, which seem to be old but have not fallen off.

The ground was also covered with fallen leaves, and there was a strong smell of decay!
Luo Yan's heart moved slightly, and then he said tentatively: "When the time comes, it will fall off."

Elder Baimei looked calm and sighed, "But if you want to wait for it to fall off naturally, you will have to wait for an extremely long time."

"By that time, perhaps this sacred tree will be even older, and its branches will be even more damaged."

"If old branches are not pruned, new branches will not grow"

Luo Yan was in deep thought and did not respond. He understood the implication of this sentence.

He was thinking about what the white-browed elder, who possessed the power of destiny, meant by telling him such a mystery.

Luo Yan thought about it for a long time but couldn't guess an accurate clue, but he knew that the other party was most likely from the gang that was rumored.

"Could it be?" Luo Yan's eyes lit up, and then he frowned, not sure what he was thinking.

Next to him, Elder White Eyebrows continued to sigh: "Before I became a Taoist, I was actually a flower farmer from a wealthy family."

"In the eyes of us flower growers, damaged branches must be cut off, otherwise new branches will not grow."

"If new branches don't grow, the flowers next year will be affected."

"So, every winter, the old man will prune the dead branches in the flowerbed so that fresh branches can grow next year."

Seeing that the young man in green clothes in front of him seemed to be lost in thought, Elder Baimei did not urge him. He just smiled quietly and twirled his beard from time to time.

He looks like he is not tainted by worldly affairs.

"The sacred tree is so huge, can it get sick?" Luo Yan asked seriously.

Considering the other party's identity, he seemed to understand something.

The other party seemed to want to use him to do something.

"The sacred tree will continue to grow, but those broken branches also need someone to prune them."

"If the bad branches are not pruned off, new branches will not grow and the growth of the sacred tree will also be affected." Elder White-browed smiled.

"Would you like to be a pruner?"

As soon as these words came out, all the scenes disappeared.

The white-browed Taoist priest disappeared, the sacred tree vanished, and the mountains were obscured by clouds and mist.

Luo Yan's mind returned to the token space, and a sky emitting dazzling light appeared in front of him.

"The disease of ringworm!"

"Our Five Elements Sect has been passed down for nearly 100,000 years. There are many practitioners in the sect. Some of the older generation of disciples are no longer willing to fight with alien races. Some even embezzle the sect's resources, communicate with external sects, and collude with alien races."

"Now, at the beginning of the war, this kind of old disciples need to be identified, suppressed, and eliminated."

"Mission requirements: Clear away those broken branches and impose the most severe punishment on the older disciples who violate the sect's rules!"

"Those who resist can be killed on the spot, and those who behave well will be sent to the battlefield of foreign races!"

"Mission level: middle third level!"

"Duration: Ninety years!"

"Task reward: Suppress a Nascent Soul disciple and you will receive the cumulative reward of ten regular tasks."

"Suppress a disciple in the Spiritual Transformation Realm, and you will receive the accumulated standard of 100 regular tasks."

"Suppress a disciple in the Void Refining Realm, and you will receive the cumulative standard of one thousand regular tasks."

"Once the mission reaches a certain level, the sect will provide all the resources needed for cultivation!"

"Note 1: There must be reason and rules, no indiscriminate killing!"

"Note 2: You can temporarily obtain the authority to retrieve all information, and the Five-Colored Mysterious Jade Token will be upgraded to the highest level - Gilded Immortal Jade!"

"After the token's level is raised, it will block all the secrets of heaven, and only a great master can figure it out."

"Note 3: During this period, you have the right to mobilize the surrounding disciples, but whether they obey depends on their own wishes."

(End of this chapter)