Joyful Zen

Liu Muqing only felt that his bones were about to be crushed at this moment, and the weight of a million catties was on his body, as if he was carrying a mountain on his back. He was like the Monkey King who was crushed under the Five Elements Mountain and could not move.

Sweat fell drop by drop from his cheeks, at this moment he deeply expressed the meaning of the idiom sweat like rain.

Liu Muqing raised his head with difficulty, looked at the small step in front of him, and tried hard to move his feet, but the strange thing was that his feet seemed to be frozen, and he still stood there without moving.

"No... I can't do it... You really can't do it... Take a break... You can't step on this road to immortality..."

An ethereal voice sounded in Liu Muqing's ear, as if it sounded from the bottom of his own heart or someone whispered in his ear, making him involuntarily relax his tense body, but at this moment, the unimaginable weight It was pressed against his body again, causing him to lose his center of gravity involuntarily, and his body fell backwards involuntarily.

"No!"

Liu Muqing suddenly came to his senses, luckily the mental method of "Heavenly King Town Pagoda Jue" pushed his flaming diamond body to the extreme, and the golden Buddha fire blazed up, gradually becoming like a golden lotus flower.

I saw him split his feet suddenly, take a special horse step, and with his hands, golden lights flew out of it, landing on the steps in front of him, as if he wanted to break through the steps and grab them.

However, how could Dengxian Road be destroyed so easily? Those powerful golden lights hit the jade steps and disappeared without even stirring up a trace of dust, as if they never existed at all.

Liu Muqing couldn't help feeling anxious, now that his center of gravity is out of balance, even if he puts his feet on the horse, he can't stop the danger of falling. He turned his head and looked under him, and saw countless steps extending down, with no end in sight.

Liu Muqing understood that if he really fell, it meant that he had failed, not even qualified.

"I will never admit defeat just like that!"

He only heard Liu Muqing yell loudly, and opened his mouth to spit out a small folding fan. As soon as this folding fan appeared, it became bigger in the wind, and only stopped when it became the size of an ordinary folding fan. He grabbed the handle of the fan , and waved downward forcefully.

I saw the white jade-like folding fan swung down vigorously, and in an instant, a strong wind condensed from under the fan. This gust of wind was very powerful, and there were countless blue wind blades in it, and the whistling sound was endless. .

The strong wind moved the ground, and a powerful rebounding force could not help but come from the steps. Liu Muqing regained control of the balance of his body with this rebounding force, and then stepped forward, and instantly reached the [-]th level. steps.

The next moment, Liu Muqing only felt his body lighten, and with a sound of "Plop!", he fell on the steps.

It turned out that the [-]th step did not increase the weight, on the contrary, when Liu Muqing stood on it, there was no trace of weight on his body, and the huge weight that was as heavy as a mountain disappeared in an instant. It disappeared without a trace, as if it never existed at all.

"Tianwang Temple, save your desires, pass, do you want to continue climbing the road to immortality?"

A faint voice suddenly sounded from all directions, although it was not so mechanical, but it did not have the slightest emotion, as if the things in front of him were as small as ants in his eyes.

Liu Muqing looked at the countless steps above, and he couldn't help feeling a sense of fear gradually in his heart. Before he stepped on the [-]th step, the weight he had to bear had already exceeded his own limit. On, then how can this weight be huge.

"Continue?" the voice urged.

Liu Muqing pondered for a moment, then took a deep breath, nodded abruptly towards the sky, and said, "Continue!"

After these two words were spoken, the steps covered by the clouds and mist gradually became clearer, and even the other monks on it could be vaguely seen.

Looking at the figures above, Liu Muqing settled down, raised her foot and stepped out, stepping up to the one hundred thousand and one step.

"Om~"

Liu Muqing was already prepared to be crushed, but just as he stepped on it, he saw a flash of light in front of his eyes, and several female cultivators in revealing clothes slowly walked towards him, each of them was extremely beautiful , Before he came to him, all the few clothes on these female cultivators disappeared, and their rouge and white jade-like bodies suddenly appeared in front of him.

"Boom!"

The golden Buddha fire burned fiercely, and instantly burned these extremely beautiful female cultivators clean, just like the picture scroll thrown into the fire, it was reduced to a mass of ashes.

After the female cultivator disappeared completely, Liu Muqing saw the scene of ascending the immortal road again. He stared blankly at the sky, unable to react for a while.

All of this happened in a very short period of time, and the wonderful illusion was broken in an instant before it fully unfolded its power, no wonder Liu Muqing was stunned.

He looked around blankly, scratched his head and thought to himself: "Could it be that this road to immortality has changed since the [-]th step? No longer playing the trick of adding gravity to the body, but playing the illusion test? "

In fact, Liu Muqing's conjecture was not wrong. This road to immortality is divided into several stages, and the monks tested in each stage are also different, but each stage is very strict.For example, before the [-]th level, although it is only a test of gravity, it also includes the test of endurance, character, physical strength of the monk, ability to adapt to the situation, etc., and even the courage of the monk at the end , to see if they have the courage to climb the peak again, and whether they will be frightened by this dangerous journey.

After thinking this through, Liu Muqing couldn't help but feel relieved. Although he minored in the way of body training, he was not very proficient in it. What he was really proficient in was the way of dual cultivation, and he still had some confidence in this illusion, especially Even if he still has the Buddha Flame in his hand, cracking the ordinary illusion is a piece of cake.

Then, a strange phenomenon appeared in the huge mirror of Yuan Hao, a small figure galloped up the one hundred thousand steps, and he stepped on each step in less than five seconds. A monk moved forward with a surprised gaze.

Yuan Tianzhong is an elite disciple of the Yiyuan Sect of the Taoist sect. He has put in a lot of effort to participate in the Four Regions Competition, and now he has finally come out to the imperial capital.However, after he came to the imperial capital, he suddenly realized that the world is so big and the amount of geniuses is simply staggering.

He passed the [-]th step by virtue of his own penance, which cost him a lot of energy, pills, and magic weapons, and even used the means of suppressing the bottom of the box in the end to barely reach the [-]th step. However, when facing the next steps, he still hesitated, but soon he made up his mind to climb again, but the situation he encountered afterwards was quite different.

One after another, illusions kept appearing in front of his eyes, the temptation of sex, wealth, power, etc., endless temptations kept making him stop, but fortunately his mind was still firm and his state of mind was not bad. Thorough, so he was not tempted by the illusion, but he also discovered one thing, the higher the number of steps, the more powerful the illusion, and now there are only 15 steps, and the power of the illusion has become terrifying.

"Get out of the way, I don't want a wife, I don't want..."

With a loud shout, Yuan Tianzhong opened his eyes violently, dripping with cold sweat all over his body.Just now he stepped into the illusion again, and this time the illusion he encountered was much more powerful than before, and it actually reminded him of his past. If he hadn't woken up at a critical moment, perhaps he had completely failed at this moment .

"It's so dangerous, so dangerous, if you don't finally wake up, maybe..."

Yuan Tianzhong couldn't help feeling grateful, and wiped the cold sweat off his forehead with a wave of his hand, and couldn't help but look behind him, but then he opened his mouth wide in surprise.

Liu Muqing was covered in flames, he stepped out, and before the power of the illusion was fully unfolded, the Buddha fire blasted out, instantly burning the surrounding illusion, and those familiar characters disappeared in an instant. It can't affect his heart at all.

"Hi, hello fellow daoist, why did you stop?"

Liu Muqing stepped up the No.15 step with a relaxed face, looked at Yuan Tianzhong beside him and greeted him with a smile.

Yuan Tianzhong looked at him in astonishment, his eyes were wide open, if he had just thought he was wrong at first, but now the other party was indeed standing beside him, the terrifying illusion seemed to have no effect on him at all. The effect is the same, but it takes only four or five breaths to completely crack it. How did he do it? Could it be that his state of mind has reached the point of perfection.

"Dao...Friend Daoist...you..."

Yuan Tianzhong stammered a little and wanted to ask a question, but found that Liu Muqing had already climbed up a step, and he couldn't help but want to catch up, but at the next moment he couldn't help but froze on the spot, but after a while, a scream There was a sound, and he fell down.

Liu Muqing looked down at Yuan Tianzhong, couldn't help shaking his head, whistled and stepped up again, and soon reached the No. 20 step.

"This kid is so fast, he has climbed more than 20 steps in such a short time, and he is still going up!"

Dongnuan Pavilion, outside the mirror of Yuan Hao.

A middle-aged man with fluttering long hair pointed at Yuan Hao outside the mirror and said in surprise.

His voice immediately attracted the attention of many people. They couldn't help but look where they saw a man in white floating up a step in Yuan Hao's mirror, and then he woke up without taking a few breaths. He came over, and quickly stared up the steps again, as if the illusion didn't confuse his mind at all.

Those who can sit in the East Nuan Pavilion must be the top figures of the Dazong sect. Although they are not those ancestors, they are also roles under one person, and they have all reached the peak of Jindan , maybe it won't take long to become a Nascent Soul and become an ancestor.

Among them was a monk in a golden cassock. He looked up, his eyes widened for a moment, and he suddenly exclaimed: "Buddha fire!"

After he exclaimed in surprise, he suddenly realized that he was speechless, shut up hastily, then hurriedly stood up and walked out of Dongnuan Pavilion, walking towards Yuhua Palace.

In Yuhua Palace, dozens of Nascent Soul Stage Patriarchs sat together. They sat cross-legged in different directions, facing the sky and the stars and geography below, as if they were maintaining some kind of grand formation.

An old monk on the left front suddenly opened his eyes, and he said to a middle-aged man in the center: "Lord Daxia, my Buddhist disciples have something to see!"

Although everyone present was in the formation, they did not restrict their freedom of speech. Although they could not leave the formation easily, they could speak without hindrance.

The Lord of Great Xia in the center slowly opened his eyes. His eyes had more black pupils, like the vast stars. He turned his head and glanced at the old monk who was talking. Then the Lord of Great Xia could not help but smile slightly, and with a wave of his hand, Yuhua Palace The door burst open.

The old monk glanced at the people outside the door, and asked in a deep voice, "Yilong, why are you looking for me?"

But the old monk Yilong didn't dare to neglect. The people in front of him include all the great supernatural powers of demons, Taoists, Buddhas, officials, and gods. Determine the life and death of countless people, and one action can even trigger a landslide and tsunami.

Yilong knelt down hastily, kowtowed a few times respectfully, and said, "Master, on the way to ascend to immortality, I found a Buddhist disciple with Buddha's fire. I dare not neglect to come here to report!"

Although the old monk had been in a state of calm in the ancient well, he couldn't help showing a surprised expression when he suddenly heard this. He frowned and asked Yilong, "Maybe it's confirmed?"

"Exactly!"

"Amitabha, the Buddha is merciful. One dragon passed on my Buddha's decree. If this child passes the third round of the Four Regions Grand Competition, he will be brought into the Buddhist gate of the Western Regions immediately, and he will be enshrined as a Buddha's son. His status is equal to mine!" The old monk took a deep breath and pressed down. Under the throbbing in my heart, I said slowly.

The words of the old monk immediately aroused the interest of everyone present. They are all figures of a generation of giants, and they naturally know a lot about the power of Buddhism.Naturally, I have heard the name of this Buddha, but they don't know exactly what this Buddha represents, but they can guess one or two from the old monk's mouth, and they understand that this Buddha must be very important to Buddhism, But within a few breaths, someone changed his mind.

"Fellow Taoists, whether this son is my Buddhist disciple is still open to question, but this is still during the Four Regions Competition, so you should not have any disagreements with me!" The old monk opened his eyes and looked around the crowd , said softly.This sentence was like a warning or a reminder, which made everyone present move in their hearts, and they all fell silent after a while.

Liu Muqing couldn't help slowing down until he climbed the No. 80 step.The illusion at this time is much more powerful than before, it is no longer just a simple temptation, but can arouse most of the things hidden in the bottom of my heart.

Everyone has something on their minds that they don't want to mention. Before becoming a monk, a monk was also a mortal. Shouyuan and powerful methods, but also lost family and love, and some people even got married before seeking the Tao, and in the end they had to abandon their wives and become lonely ghosts.

Liu Muqing is suffering an unspeakable pain now, a woman appeared in front of him, a very ordinary woman.She was wearing a denim jacket with a cool expression on her face. Her hair was tied up like a chicken coop, but she didn't have colorful hair dyed. Although her face was rebellious, she didn't have messy nose rings and earrings.

This woman is not someone else, but his girlfriend before time travel, a crazy and silly girl, a simple but very troublesome girl, and it is because of her that I changed from a boy to a... A man, because of her, changed himself a lot.

"Xiaoqing, my husband misses you so much, where have you been!"

Familiar voice, familiar face, familiar tone and expression, everything is so familiar, but so unreal.

"Xiaoqing, what's the matter with you, why didn't you say it, did that bastard bully you again, I'll kill him!"

Liu Muqing only felt a pain in his heart, tears filled his eyes at some point, he knew it was fake, he knew that as long as he wanted to, he only needed a handful of Buddha fire to break the illusion in front of him, but he really didn't want to do that Do it, I really don't want to do that, just because I miss her so much.

"Why? Why did you go back then? I told you everything. It's fine. Why did you still go? Otherwise, how could you..."

Liu Muqing felt a pain in his heart, and the tears in his eyes couldn't help flowing down, he turned his head suddenly not to look at her, as if he didn't want her to see him crying.

Then a warm embrace surrounded him, and a pair of slightly rough arms kept patting on his back. Although the strength was a bit heavy, it could be seen that she still cared about him.

"Don't cry, Xianggong promised to take good care of you, please don't cry!"

For a moment, Liu Muqing only felt that the floodgate in his heart was suddenly opened. He pushed the other party away violently, crying at the other party with tears streaming down his face: "Why do you care about me? You don't listen to me. You don't listen to me, why do you care about me, Liu Qingqing, you..."

The sobbing sound made him speechless again, Liu Muqing waved her hand violently, and instantly a big fire appeared between the two of them, the flames were blazing, but there was no trace of warmth.

The girl in the flame looked at him calmly, with a faint smile on her face, she waved her hand at Liu Muqing, as if saying, "Take care!"

Just like back then.

The foreground gradually became clear, and Liu Muqing still had tears in his eyes. He looked at the Dengxian Road above, but there was such a trace of hatred in his heart. If this illusion did not appear, perhaps she would not appear in his heart, and would be buried forever in the From the bottom of my heart, it ends with me.