Shennong Daojun.

Chapter 417: Juyang is reborn, master and apprentice work together to break Taixu! (I)

Gray gas roams the entire universe, changing constantly. Sometimes it floats past our eyes like a thread, and sometimes it rushes across the planet like a mighty river.

The planet is blood red, expanding and contracting as if it is breathing.

In the blink of an eye, gray mist rushed to the land under Zhao Xing's feet.

The land then began to move and expand.

The level left by Zuo Qiyu is said to give a glimmer of hope for passing, but it is also extremely difficult.

The level itself is very abstract!

I don’t know where to start, where to leave, and I don’t know what to accomplish.

It's like a painter is painting, and suddenly a bucket of oil paint falls from the sky, spilling all over the canvas, making a mess.

He also tells you that this is a painting that has been handed down from generation to generation, and if you understand it, you can become a top painter.

"Calm down and observe carefully."

Zhao Xing kept telling himself.

However, he calmed down without any self-suggestion.

The excitement of finding the level was soon overwhelmed by the despair of the high difficulty, and I even immediately had the urge to give up.

"Why not just give up? I've already wasted too much time... Wait, how could I think like that?!"

Zhao Xing was startled, and then he found that a wisp of gray mist was actually passing through his giant sun clone.

"Shuashua~"

The giant sun clone quickly moved to avoid the invasion of gray mist.

In the midst of all the movement, Zhao Xing felt that not only did he fail to avoid it, but his heart of Taoism was instead contaminated with more dust, and his decadent thoughts became more and more serious.

Within three immeasurable hours, he stopped moving and was completely immersed in the gray fog.

The mist was warm, like a soft goose feather quilt, covering the giant sun clone.

The giant sun's clone was lying on the ground, and Zhao Xing's real body also lay down on the reef.

All the clones in the outside world seemed to be affected by this emotion.

Even the Fengdu Realm Star far away in the Beihe Galaxy and the clones in the Fourteenth Level of Jiachen were affected.

"...After the Annihilation Corridor, the Great Zhou adjusted its expansion strategy. I sent a clone from Lord Qianhua to come here to guard and temporarily take on the new development affairs. What's wrong with you?" Liu Tianning's clone was talking to Zhao Xing, and suddenly Zhao Xing lay on his back.

"Is there something wrong?" Liu Tianning leaned forward and asked.

However, Zhao Xing did not answer, but his body relaxed even more.

It was so loose that even this clone seemed unable to maintain itself, and the 'meridians' on its arms automatically dispersed, which was a sign that the straw man clone was disintegrating.

"Zhao Xing." Liu Tianning immediately grabbed Zhao Xing's arm. The willow branches in his hand unraveled like peeling silk from a cocoon, and then rotated and spread to Zhao Xing's arm.

"Seal the soul and lock the mind! Cocoon and be reborn!"

Liu Tianning used two magical powers at the same time, and after a burst of ripples on his body, he finally stabilized Zhao Xing's body.

But his arm was connected to Zhao Xing's arm, like a conjoined twin.

"Teacher, I'm so sleepy..." Zhao Xing said with difficulty.

"What happened to you!" Liu Tianning's expression was extremely serious. He had already reached the Yin-Yang Dao realm and possessed great spiritual powers. His attainments in the Straw Man Technique were even praised by Lord Qianhua. Yet, he still didn't know what had happened to Zhao Xing's giant sun clone.

"Om~"

Liu Tianning tried his best to cast the spell, and the magic power surged between the two of them.

After reaching the Dao Realm, spiritual power and magic combine to create magic power, which has the ability to turn decay into magic.

Zhao Xinghui did not keep his Giant Sun Straw Man technique to himself and shared it with Liu Tianning a long time ago.

So he also knows the Giant Yang Grass Man method and is very familiar with the structure of the Giant Yang Grass Man.

……

"Zhao Xing~Zhao Xing~"

"Wake up~"

By the Jie Dang River, Zhao Xing's original body opened his eyes again, and suddenly two perspectives appeared.

One perspective comes from the giant sun's clone who is trying to break through Taichu City.

From another perspective, he appeared in a magnificent palace, and Liu Tianning was looking at him with a slightly frown.

The one who called his name was Liu Tianning.

"Teacher? What am I doing..." Zhao Xing was a little confused.

"This is my great magical power [Mind Palace], which can pull your thoughts into the same mind space and sense everything that happens to you in real time." Liu Tianning explained, and then said: "I saw your original body sitting by a river, and another clone seemed to be in the mist. What happened?"

"Great magical power, the Palace of the Soul?" Zhao Xing was somewhat shocked. "Teacher, what level have you reached in your cultivation? You can actually influence me through your clones over such a long distance."

"It's already complete." Liu Tianning said, "It's really strange. I can see your original perspective, but your clone can't see clearly. There is only a gray fog, as if it is blocked by some force. Are you in the original world? Are you safe?"

The spiritual power is perfect? ​​No wonder!
The great magical powers contained in his giant sun clone are the Rice Grain Mixed Heaven Technique and the Five Finger Mountain, while Liu Tianning's is the Palace of the Soul. It is precisely because they share the same origin and are very familiar with each other that they can quickly establish a connection.

Zhao Xing quickly realized what had happened, and then reported that he was safe: "Teacher, I'm fine. I'm participating in a trial in the Primordial Realm. If I can pass it, I can learn a rare straw man method."

"It's just that the test set by that senior is too harsh."

After hearing this, Liu Tianning heaved a sigh of relief: "I see, I thought you were tricked. I'm glad you're okay."

"This level is very difficult. I'm afraid I won't be able to get through it." Zhao Xing sighed.

Until now, he has been affected by the illusory world and cannot muster any energy.

Liu Tianning noticed Zhao Xing's sudden dejection and shouted, "How could you have such an idea? Cheer up!"

"You've spent thousands of years trying to make it, and finally reached the last step. How can you give up so easily?"

"Where did the spirit that inspired you to ask me to abdicate go?"

When Zhao Xing heard Lao Liu bringing up the past, he couldn't help but smile bitterly and responded.

"What the teacher taught me is that I also ask the teacher not to remove the temple of the mind and always spur me on."

"I'm just afraid that senior won't like it."

"No." Zhao Xing shook his head. "Senior Zuo set up the checkpoints, so he is not afraid of others pointing fingers at him."

The real Taixu Pass can only be passed in theory at the Origin Realm. How could Zuo Qi Yu be afraid of others' guidance?

He let his clone come over to break through, in order to give him a chance. Zhao Xing's original body could comprehend in various treasures of the original world while letting his clone break through. Because the difficulty of this level itself is here, he is so confident.

In front of the Jie Dang River, Zhao Xing stood up again and took a deep breath.

"I have already experienced one of the difficulties of the Taixu Pass set up by Zuo Qiyu, which is the illusion. An illusion that can make people sink."

"The illusion usually tests one's will and soul strength, which are the foundation for controlling the straw man clone."

"My current soul level, after thousands of years of training, has reached the Five Elements Dao Realm level. In terms of my mind and will, I have perfected my two magical powers, the Killing Mind Blade and the Mind Bell, but I have not yet comprehended the great magical power."

"Facing Zuo Qiyu's test, I'm still not good enough."

"But fortunately, I was prepared."

Whoosh~ Zhao Xing's real body flipped his hand, and a large number of purple pills appeared in front of him.

"Soul Pill!"

"This pill costs 1 points per pill. Even if you are in the Dao Realm, it can strengthen your soul."

"It has no effect until the Samsara Realm. The treasure generally consumed in the Samsara Realm is the 'True Spirit Fruit'."

"In the past 1000 years, I have taken 500 pills. There are 500 more here, which is also the maximum number to be taken." Zhao Xing said secretly.

"Originally, I should have taken it slowly and step by step, according to the 2,000-year time plan, so that the efficacy of the medicine could be maximized and there would be no side effects. But now, I can't care so much anymore!"

At this time, a figure passing by Jiedang River was stunned when he saw Zhao Xing suddenly take out 500 Soul Pills. He subconsciously said, "Zhao Xing, are you crazy? You want to eat 500 Soul Pills in one go?"

Zhao Xing turned his head and saw that the person who spoke was Fairy Youling, so he grinned and said, "If you follow the ego sect, how can you not be a little crazy!"

"I eat!"

He opened his bloody mouth and swallowed 500 pills in one breath.

"Hey you--"

Fairy Youling wanted to say something, but Zhao Xing swallowed it in one gulp.

She looked at Taichu City in the distance and couldn't help but wonder: "This guy is so crazy, is it possible for Zuo Qiyu to pass the level?"

Fairy Youling also curiously sent her clone to fly to Taichu City, and at the same time sent a message to Zhao Xing: "Zhao Xing, did you find something? Why not tell me?"

"Fairy, are you willing to teach me the Xuanling Borrowing Seed Method? If you are willing, I will tell you." Zhao Xing is now under the influence of the Taixu Illusion Realm, just like an ordinary person who suddenly suffers from depression. It would be good to have someone to talk to and amuse himself.

"Oh?" Fairy Youling became interested. "Sure, you go first."

"You teach first."

"You speak first."

"You first... forget it, just pretend I didn't say anything."

Zhao Xing did not waste any more words. The Xuanling borrowing seed method was a top secret of the sect, and Fairy Youling might not hand it over so easily.

Unexpectedly, Fairy Youling actually came over and said, "I will teach you some basic skills first. If you have talent, you can follow me to the Sanbao Dao Sect in the future."

"Fairy, please stop teasing me. I was just joking. Even if you are willing to teach me, I cannot learn. It is not in accordance with the rules of your clan."

"What's the problem?" Fairy Youling said, "If you go to Sanbao Dao Sect and pretend to be my Taoist partner, you will meet the requirements."

Zhao Xing, who was digesting the Soul Pill, was stunned: "Fairy, are you serious?"

"Really?" Fairy Youling blinked.

"I can't tell you." Zhao Xing shook his head.

"Are you teasing me?" Fairy Youling was a little angry.

"Just teasing you."

"..."

Fairy Youling also noticed that something was wrong with Zhao Xing. Over the past thousand years, she had had a lot of interactions with Zhao Xing, Han Chuchen and others, but Zhao Xing was not like this usually.

"Don't tell me I'll try it myself!"

Fairy Youling stopped talking and sent a large number of clones towards the Jiedang River.

Zhao Xing next to him was concentrating on digesting the Soul Pill.

At this moment, in his sea of ​​consciousness, the three souls of heaven, earth and man stood on the mountains and continued to grow stronger.

In the blink of an eye, the soul aura reached the level of Yin-Yang Dao Realm!

The symbol of the sun appears on the forehead of the celestial soul, while the symbol of the moon appears on the forehead of the earthly soul.

"1000 Soul Pills were originally expected to raise the soul level to the Life and Death Dao Realm, but now that they are all taken at once, they can only reach the Yin and Yang Dao Realm."

"I have taken full advantage of this benefit of the Primordial Realm. However, there are many ways to upgrade the soul. Zuo Qiyu's straw man method is not easy to learn, but it is worth it!"

Zhao Xing's soul body was swollen at this time, just like an ordinary person with acne. These were the sequelae of swallowing the Soul Pill in one breath.

Originally Zhao Xing looked handsome, but now he looked like an ugly man with a foul odor and pus.

In addition, he will endure the itching pain from his soul until the sequelae disappear.

But the benefits were also obvious. Zhao Xing felt that he had suddenly become terribly strong and quickly got rid of the influence of the Taixu Illusion.

"Whoo~"

Zhao Xing's real body let out a long sigh.

On Taichu City, Zuo Qi Yu stood on the top of the city wall and watched from afar, and the Five Poison Emperor also appeared beside him.

"This kid is really cruel. In order to learn your method, he can actually destroy his own soul. Originally, with his talent, relying on 1000 soul pills, it is possible for him to directly upgrade his soul to the realm of life and death and suffer less."

Zuo Qiyu ignored the Five Poisons.

"Are you still angry?" The Five Poisons Emperor looked at him cautiously, "I was wrong, okay? I confess to the great and supreme Original Messenger, I'm sorry for being mean..." "Alright, what do you mean by mean for being mean?" Zuo Qiyu retracted his gaze from Zhao Xing and rolled his eyes at the Five Poisons. "You are mean to begin with!"

"Thank you for the compliment, Messenger." Wu Du smiled shamelessly.

"Get out!"

……

The giant sun clone broke free from the gray fog, but did not break free completely.

Zhao Xing found that although he was not affected by the illusion and became autistic, the gray mist still affected him.

Only this time, it turned into the body of a straw man that was affected.

"Something's wrong, why am I swelling?"

Zhao Xing watched as the wisps of gray fog passed by, and then his body unconsciously grew bigger like a balloon.

"Baoshan Magical Power!"

Zhao Xing used Wu Tian's magical power to control his body size.

However, the body continued to expand and soon exceeded the five poles.

And it is still growing at an alarming rate.

It was as if the gray fog was some kind of nutrient, nourishing the giant sun clone and it was impossible to control it!

"My giant sun straw man's maximum size is level seven. If it gets any bigger, I'm going to explode!"

"The Rice Grain Mixed Heaven Technique, small, small, small!"

Zhao Xing immediately switched and used his second magical power.

The Rice Grain Mixing Technique is a great supernatural power.

It can shrink the body and make the flesh extremely hard.

It turns the body into indestructible particles that can penetrate everything.

Generally speaking, when the Rice Grain Huntian Technique is cultivated to the third level, it can become the size of an ordinary person's thumb.

At the fourth to sixth level, it can turn into rice grains.

If it is cultivated to perfection, it will be in true particle form, which is completely undetectable. It is said that it can break through all defenses, drill into the bodies of Taoist soldiers or enemies to cause damage, or become larger and directly blow up the enemy.

“Little little little!!”

Because of the uniqueness of the Giant Yang clone, the original body cannot perform the Rice Grain Mixed Heaven Technique, but the Giant Yang clone can, which is already the fourth level of great supernatural power.

Instantly reduced the body size to below 1 pole.

However, under the stimulation of the gray fog, it quickly changed into a size above the three poles and rushed towards the limit.

The tug-of-war between the big and the small made Zhao Xing feel very bad.

"The expansion force exceeds my spellcasting limit. I won't be able to hold on for more than half a year at most."

"Zuo Qiyu, it's really fucking hard to learn something from you."

Zhao Xing couldn't help but want to curse.

No matter how much you are scolded, you still have to pass the level.

Zhao Xing quickly thought of countermeasures and began to sort out what he had learned and look for ways to fight back.

"I can only try my best. I don't know if I can use that move on my clone. My success rate is only 30%."

Zhao Xing has already walked to four training grounds in Guluo River's inner world.

The first venue is an emperor-level tough vine.

The second venue is a thousand-year-old willow tree.

The third site is a weed in the realm of samsara.

The fourth venue is an imperial-level green bamboo.

"Guluohe once said that I had embarked on the path of cultivation of the Great Dao of Life and had taken the first step toward the Dao realm."

"Every three training grounds counts as a step forward. The first step is [Life Origin]. My stem fighting ability is enough to shake the life origin, making my variant method and world method comprehensively strengthened."

"Now that I have taken the second step, I have realized [Life Resurrection], the realm of Tao. If I apply it to magic, the Straw Man Magic, World Magic, Parasitic Magic, Shenhua Magic, etc. will all benefit from it."

"However, I have also comprehended the second step of the Great Way of Life. The success rate of applying life resurrection to the straw man is only 30%."

It's too late to make a breakthrough now.

Zhao Xing could only try his best.

half year later.

"Peng~"

The giant sun straw man exploded as it expanded rapidly.

As expected, Zhao Xing's giant sun straw man still couldn't withstand the tug of war between the two.

Zuo Qiyu's voice appeared in the vast void.

"Zhao Xing, you failed."

"Wait a minute, senior!" Zhao Xing stood up fiercely. "I haven't failed yet!"

"Oh?" Zuo Qiyu looked at the remains of Zhao Xing's straw man. "Could it be that you haven't gotten rid of the influence of the Great Illusion Realm yet? Can't you see that your straw man has exploded?"

Zhao Xing transmitted his voice from a distance: "Senior, the consciousness in my clone has not dissipated. I took the initiative to dissipate it just now. Please be patient and wait."

Zuo Qi Yu's heart moved, and he looked at the remains of the straw man on the ground again.

Then a strange color flashed in his eyes.

I saw the shattered remains of the straw man, part of which was inserted diagonally into the soil. A hint of green appeared on the branch, and soon a tender leaf grew out.

“Scattered grass and replanted, over and over again… It turns out that he has comprehended the second true meaning of the Great Way of Life, the resurrection of life.” The Five Poison Emperor was also looking at the remains of the straw man below.

"Genius, genius, Brother Zuo, this kid is quite like you back then."

Enlightenment is enlightenment, and magic is magic. It is truly valuable to be able to apply the enlightenment you have gained to the magic you have learned.

The Five Poison Emperor had seen many geniuses, but Zhao Xing's talent truly amazed him.

Even if Zhao Xing was a reincarnation, it would be amazing to Wu Du, not to mention that he believed that Zhao Xing was not a reincarnation.

“Being able to create his own supernatural powers, Zhao Xing’s talent is already close to that of Du Yun among warriors. Although he is still very immature, my brother, you should pass it on to him,” Wu Du advised.

"If you keep talking nonsense, get out of Taichu City." Zuo Qiyu glanced at Wu Du.

"Okay, I won't say anything anymore. I'll shut up." Wu Du covered his mouth with his hands.

……

Zhao Xing heaved a sigh of relief when he saw that Zuo Qiyu had not finished his challenge.

At the moment when his spirit reached its peak, he finally did not let himself down and successfully performed [Giant Sun Revival], a great magical power of his own creation that revived life and applied it to the Giant Sun straw man.

This caused the basic materials of his giant sun straw man to explode and scatter around him according to the trajectory he had predetermined.

At this time, part of his spiritual consciousness was deposited on a "left rib", which was a "Soul Mulberry Wood".

The presence of gray mist accelerates growth.

A month later, Zhao Xing discovered that many materials had regained vitality and had the foundation for the magic to revive the Giant Sun Straw Man.

"The giant sun is reborn, rise!!"

The soul mulberry tree flew up from the ground and floated in the air.

The underground forest shook, flowers, plants and leaves flew everywhere, and turned into a torrent of materials that gathered towards the Soul Mulberry Tree in the sky.

After another month and a half, the Giant Sun Straw Man reappeared, and his vitality was even more vigorous!
"At this point, the growth expansion brought by the gray fog is no longer a problem for me." Zhao Xing was full of confidence at this time.

Having experienced the giant sun's revival at a critical moment once, his panel showed that his proficiency in this move was increasing rapidly.

He has already reached the third level of great supernatural power. If it was only the first level, he might still fail given the long distance.

However, once you reach the third level of great supernatural powers, there is no failure anymore, and you can be considered to have truly entered the door.

Seeing Zhao Xing’s giant sun straw man reappear, Zuo Qiyu’s voice rang out again.

"The final test at Taixu Pass is very simple."

"If your clone or spiritual consciousness can leave this world, you will pass the test."

Zuo Qiyu's voice was very calm, as if he was certain that Zhao Xing would not be able to pass.

Zhao Xing was not discouraged, but instead bowed.

"Thank you for your guidance, senior!"

After saying that, he began to think seriously.

"Can the clone or the divine consciousness go out? But this world looks like an infinite universe, how can we go out?"

Zhao Xing looked around and found that the current scene was no different from the real universe and starry sky.

He used his soul's clairvoyance, but couldn't see the end of the world at all.

The giant sun straw man left the land and flew outward, but after flying 1 million miles, Zhao Xing did not see any barriers.

The endless void, vast and empty, seemed to have trapped Zhao Xing to death here.

"I can't fly anymore. My giant sun clone will fall apart sooner or later if it leaves the land covered by gray fog without spiritual power to support it."

The cold, spiritual void reminded Zhao Xing of the Wasteland. But this place was even more desolate than the Wasteland, and it was completely unable to absorb spiritual energy.

"go back!"

Zhao Xing fell back onto the gray land.

Time passes slowly, and while I am thinking, thirty years have passed.

……

"I still have no clue." In the Soul Hall, Zhao Xing shook his head. "Teacher, I always feel that Zuo Qiyu is deliberately making things difficult for me."

"You can put aside your feelings. He is just making things difficult for you." Liu Tianning said with a smile, "It is not that easy to learn his skills. There is no free lunch in the universe."

"Countless geniuses have failed to obtain his Straw Man Method. Of course it's difficult. If it weren't difficult, how could it be your turn?"

"Don't think about the difficulties, think about the solutions." Liu Tianning said, "Analyze the difficulties and then solve them. Come on, tell me what you have seen in the past thirty years."

Zhao Xing nodded and transmitted what he saw to the Palace of Mind for Liu Tianning to see.

Liu Tianning also closed his eyes and said nothing.

It wasn't until three years later that he suddenly spoke.

"The universe is so vast, yet it is just a thing in the vastness of space."

Zhao Xing suddenly looked up: "Teacher, what did you say?"

"The great void is formless, the essence of Qi; its gathering and dispersion are the external forms of change."

Liu Tianning said one more sentence, and then opened his eyes: "What I just said is my understanding of the rumored Taixu Grass Man... Zhao Xing, I feel that you are not in a world now."

Zhao Xing's mind moved: "Teacher, you mean..."

"Yes." Liu Tianning affirmed: "Your clone is in the body of Taixu Grass Man."

"When you entered Taichu City, you were swallowed by the black light, which meant you were swallowed by the Taixu Straw Man."

Zhao Xing suddenly realized: "Taixu Pass, so this is the real Taixu Pass, I understand."

"Teacher, this level of Zuo Qiyu actually wants me to control the Taixu straw man that exists in Taichu City, right?"

"It's almost certain. Zuo Qiyu said that you have passed the test of leaving your mind and body." Liu Tianning said with a smile, "Then, controlling the Taixu Straw Man is naturally a way. No, it should be the only way!"

"I think the planet connected by the gray mist is very similar to the vein structure of the human body, but it is very scattered. You might as well start from there."

(End of this chapter)