The Legend of the Great Saint: Start from the Sign-in at Mount Tai

Chapter 489 Qing Shi vomited blood

It can't all be called tourism.

But it's not that different!

If you were to ask Lu Zhou what his views were on the struggle for the imperial path.
Lu Zhou thought about it and realized he didn't really have much insight.

The only thing worth mentioning is what he said.

Then all that's left is the phrase 'invincible heart'!

"An invincible mind?"

Qing Shi never expected that after some thought, Lu Zhou would only utter the three words "Invincible Heart".

She murmured it a few times, then nodded slightly.

She also agreed with Lu Zhou's point of view.

Ever since she set her sights on becoming an emperor, she has been cultivating and forging her invincible spirit.

I know this is one of the necessary conditions for attaining the Dao and becoming an emperor.

Not only did she know these things, but Di Tian, the Great Demon God, and the Overlord were all the same.

They fought their way to the Emperor's Path, all for the sake of clashing with the greatest geniuses and prodigies in the world.

Use their hands to hone and temper your invincible spirit.

But besides his invincible spirit, Qing Shi clearly had other views on conquering the Emperor's Road.

She blinked her beautiful eyes and looked at Lu Zhou, pressing him for an answer.

"Is it just an invincible mindset? Is there nothing else?"

This time, Lu Zhou smiled at Qing Shi almost without thinking.

Does tourism count?

"what?"

Qing Shi was taken aback, her red lips slightly parted.

I didn't expect Lu Zhou to say that.

"Pay homage to the wise and trace back to the past, seeking opportunities that can help us become stronger!"

"Also, I'll take the opportunity to see some people, some things, some scenery, broaden my horizons, try some local delicacies, and teach some of the guys who deserve a beating."

After finishing, Lu Zhou added to himself, "And while I'm at it, I'll also sign in and clock in!"

That's what he thought.

Isn't this practically a vacation?

His invincible spirit had long been as firm as celestial gold, and he was always confident that he could sweep away everything.

There's no need for him to rely on any trial path to hone his invincible spirit.

The path he walked in his life was the path to becoming an emperor!

He had long ago set his sights on those supreme beings in forbidden zones, and even the Immortal Realm.

Only they deserve Lu Zhou's attention.

In Lu Zhou's eyes, the so-called Emperors and Emperors, and the fighting and killing on the path to the throne, were nothing more than a bunch of kids fighting amongst themselves, which at most made Lu Zhou occasionally interested in watching the show.

Watch a group of children perform there.

Let's see what some of these hyped-up people actually look like.

Take, for example, the ethereal beauty Qing Shi right before our eyes.

This was Lu Zhou's reason for coming to this road.

So, if you were to ask him what his opinion is on the struggle for the imperial throne?
Lu Zhou didn't really have much of an opinion.

All they could do was follow the crowd and utter the words "invincible heart".

Lu Zhou's answer was clearly beyond Qing Shi and Ling'er's expectations. They hadn't expected that Lu Zhou's reasons for embarking on this path would be these.

Qing Shi continued to press Lu Zhou for answers, quite surprised.

"Brother Lu, I find it difficult to understand your points at this moment."

"Don't you want to attain enlightenment?"

In Qing Shi's understanding, since it is a struggle for the imperial path, the word "struggle" is indispensable.

It contends with Heaven, with Earth, with the Dao, and with all spirits aspiring to the throne of the Great Emperor.

Given this, there will inevitably be various challenges and battles along the way.

It will be filled with bloodshed.

But how did it end up in Luzhou?

But it has become about tracing the past and appreciating people and scenery, and satisfying one's appetite?

This is vastly different from Qing Shi's imagined struggle for the imperial path, and from her current understanding of it.

This is way too leisurely!

They really do seem like tourists.

In fact, Qing Shi's thoughts and understanding are not wrong.

She was currently only standing in the middle of the building, while Lu Zhou had already been standing in outer space, looking down on all living beings on this trial path like a god.

Lu Zhou was good at putting himself in someone else's shoes. He observed Qing Shi's expression and the words she uttered, combined with some descriptions from the original work.

He quickly began to understand Qing Shi's thoughts!

Lu Zhou smiled and said.

"Everyone wants to attain enlightenment and become an emperor, and desires to achieve immortality!"

"I'm no exception!"

"But I am not one of you!"

"You are not the ones who can compete with me now!"

Lu Zhou had already said all that, so how could Qing Shi, with her gentle and intelligent nature, not understand that Lu Zhou simply didn't take her, or those people who were now famous throughout the ancient road, seriously?

He was almost about to say it more bluntly in front of Qing Shi.

'You are far inferior to me; you have no right to compete with me!'

This made Qing Shi, who aspired to the throne, very dissatisfied.

She truly felt just how arrogant and confident Lu Zhou was!

Compared to the Di Tian she knew, he was far superior!
This pride and self-confidence can actually be seen as a manifestation of an invincible mentality.

Qing Shi hesitated for a moment before speaking.

"Whether on this road or before Qing Shi embarked on this road, Qing Shi has seen many people as confident as Brother Lu is now."

"But as time went by, when Qing Shi looked at them again, they had either faded away or lost their former self-confidence!"

"Even Di Tian is no exception; there are people in the depths of the starry sky whom he fears!"

"I congratulate Brother Lu on having such a steadfast and invincible spirit."

"But I would also like to remind Brother Lu that there are still too many variables in the future. Who knows when, some people like Brother Lu, who will amaze the world, will suddenly appear!"

"After all, such situations have been quite common throughout history!"

"It is said that even some ancient emperors, before they attained the Dao and became emperors, encountered unimaginable enemies that caused them to shed blood and prevented them from being invincible and sweeping everything aside."

Qing Shi's words were somewhat tactful.

But that's just her public persona.

Even though she felt somewhat resentful because of Lu Zhou's previous words that he didn't even respect her, she was still somewhat indignant.

She didn't argue with Lu Zhou about it, nor did she immediately challenge him.

Instead, she used these euphemistic expressions to convey her dissatisfaction and resentment to some extent.

Lu Zhou understood.

He just smiled and said...

"You don't need to be so tactful!"

"I also believe that time will tell!"

"Actually, it's not that I don't take you seriously."

"At least in my opinion, you are still quite good compared to some other people on this path."

"It's just that some people at your level have already gone astray!"

"If we don't return to the right path, our future achievements may be limited."

Lu Zhou's words made Qing Shi's eyes flicker, and after a moment, she parted her red lips slightly and said.

"Oh?"

"Did we go the wrong way?"

"I wonder if Qing Shi is included among the people you mentioned, Brother Lu?"

"Qing Shi would like to hear Brother Lu's insights."

Lu Zhou took a sip of the spiritual tea that Ling'er had refilled for him. Seeing that Qing Shi seemed to be quite interested in it, he put down the jade cup and said to Qing Shi.

"I wouldn't call it any insight!" "I'll just say something, and you can just listen!"

"If you think what I said is right, perhaps you can think about it carefully!"

"If that's not right, then let's just pretend we're having a casual chat!"

"Ok!"

Qing Shi nodded and hummed in agreement.

Ling'er also stared intently at Lu Zhou, waiting for him to continue.

"As far as I know, throughout history, all the emperors who have fought on the path to becoming emperors, even if they had other people by their side, were only comrades or followers who shared similar beliefs with them."

"I have never heard of any emperor who, while conquering the path to becoming an emperor, formed an alliance with other competitors who also aspired to achieve the same goal!"

“You previously said that you had allied with Di Tian to fight together on the Emperor's Path.”

"I think you and Di Tian must have felt the pressure, which is why you formed an alliance."

At this point, Lu Zhou shook his head, then looked at Qing Shi and continued to laugh.

"I don't know if you've ever thought about it. While forming an alliance with Di Tian will certainly make you stronger now and make you appear more competitive on this path to the outside world, it's not the only reason you've done so."

"Or even if it really is as you wish, we join forces to clear this path ahead of time for those who pose a threat to you, and subdue, suppress, and kill the great enemy!"

But what about fundamentally?

"But you have already gone astray."

"If you eliminate all the competitors who threaten you, you can attain enlightenment and become an emperor."

"Wouldn't it be more likely for someone with connections to form an alliance with a quasi-emperor and ask that quasi-emperor to help him eliminate all competitors who pose a threat to him than for you to ally with Di Tian?"

"If becoming an emperor were so easy, where would the saying 'thirty emperors throughout the ages' come from?"

"You've forgotten that even the strongest ally's power is still an external force. External force is ultimately just external force; it's not a power that belongs to you!"

"Have you ever heard of anyone who attained enlightenment and became an emperor through external forces?"

"You have betrayed the original intentions you had when you embarked on this path, and are going further and further astray on this wrong road!"

What is the original aspiration?

It is about establishing an invincible will, cultivating an invincible mind, constantly becoming stronger, breaking through one's limits, transforming oneself, and getting closer to perfection.

When Lu Zhou finished speaking, Qing Shi and Ling'er were both struck dumb, their faces turning deathly pale.

He clearly looked like he had suffered a major blow.

Lu Zhou noticed, but he still spoke his last words.

"From the moment you conceived the idea of forming an alliance, you had already lost. Your invincible spirit has been cracked and weakened!"

"Someone like you can never go very far; you've already lost all hope of becoming an emperor."

'puff'

Qing Shi's body trembled, and her bright, star-like eyes had become much dimmer, as if a large amount of her energy had been drained away in an instant.

Crimson blood gushed from her red lips, flowing down the corners of her mouth in a poignant and tragic way.

"Miss."

Ling'er was greatly alarmed.

He quickly supported Qing Shi's swaying body.

However, Qing Shi seemed oblivious.

She had sunk into a state of constant self-doubt and self-justification, becoming completely indifferent to everything in the outside world.

Qing Shi went against the rules of the ancient road to sneak back this time for two reasons.

Firstly, it is for the source of the Tao.

Another option is to make contact with Lu Zhou and see if Lu Zhou is more suitable to be an ally.

If it's suitable, she will form an alliance with Lu Zhou.

The result is now
She not only failed to obtain the Source of Dao from Lu Zhou.

Even this alliance.
Qing Shi hadn't expected that she was only guiding the conversation in that direction; she hadn't even mentioned anything about an alliance yet.

Lu Zhou, however, had thoroughly criticized her alliances, which she had always believed to be the right thing to do over the years.

This is tantamount to denying her, and to a certain extent, denying her current path.

To put it bluntly, this has already involved a struggle over morality.

Qing Shi instinctively wanted to refute him; she wanted to defend her principles and prove that she was right.

If she makes a mistake, it will be an extremely serious blow to her.

She kept trying to find arguments to refute what Lu Zhou had said.

But despite her quick thinking, she couldn't find a way to refute Lu Zhou's words.

Lu Zhou's words echoed repeatedly in her mind, like a great bell, resounding loudly.

The more she wanted to figure out the fallacies in Lu Zhou's words so that she could refute Wei Jidao, the more she wanted to do so.

But the words Lu Zhou said left an ever-deep imprint on her mind.

It made her feel increasingly powerless.

Let her discover that everything Lu Zhou said was true!
Was I wrong?

When she asked herself this question, she already had the answer.

Qing Shi saw it!
Her Daoist heart had been clouded and dimmed.

Not only is it covered in dust and dim, but it also has clear cracks.

Those cracks, some old, some new!
The new thing is something that has only just appeared, and it is very long and profound!

The old cracks, though not as deep and long as the new ones, were densely packed, like a spider web, covering her entire Dao heart and completely binding her.

But she had never noticed these things before.

She didn't know when it started, but she had been blinded by love.

All of this was a devastating blow to Qing Shi, who had always aspired to become an emperor.

"Brother Lu is right. I have betrayed my original intentions when I embarked on this path, and I have gone astray!"

Qing Shi smiled, a poignant smile, like a beautiful flower battered by wind and rain, so delicate and beautiful that it evoked pity and a desire to protect it.

She suddenly felt very cold, and there was endless darkness all around her, with no light in sight.

She also felt very tired, so tired that her eyelids started to droop, and she wanted to fall into a deep sleep, not care about anything, and just completely give in!
In this situation, she is already in a very dangerous state.

If things continue like this, even if she wakes up later...

At the very least, she would likely remain at her current level, never making any further progress in her life.

Not only will she not advance, but at the same cultivation level, her combat power will also decrease significantly!

Just as Qing Shi's eyes were about to dim completely, and she was about to be completely swallowed by darkness and her mind was about to sink into oblivion.

"You're lucky you ran into me!"

"It's not too late to wake up now and rediscover yourself!"

Lu Zhou's two sentences, once again, resounded like a great bell, like celestial music descending to earth, penetrating directly into the depths of Qing Shi's heart and soul.

It allowed her, who was shrouded in darkness, to see a ray of light.

Her dim eyes regained some focus and flickered again.

Lu Zhou's image was reflected in her pupils.

She heard Lu Zhou speak again.

"A thousand people, a thousand hearts!"

"There are countless methods, countless paths!"

"But what remains unchanged is that as long as we are always moving towards the destination, different paths will eventually lead to the same goal."

"Many times, bad things aren't necessarily really bad!"

"The same thing, if you learn to look at it from different angles, you will find that it actually has another very beautiful view!"

"If you can view this experience as a test of your Dao heart, and if you can successfully pass through this test, you will undergo a transformation."

"When we look back, you might say that this was the greatest opportunity of your life!"

"What do you say?"