dream bubble

Chapter 787 Taking refuge 1
The ice field returned to its original dead silence, and all the surviving monsters fled, some chose to follow Xie Xiaoyu, and some were disheartened and planned to find a place to hide.

Xie Xiaoyu and the group of monsters who followed him at first also left. The ice cave they hide in is not a place to stay for a long time, it can only be used temporarily.

Pointing to the direction where the sun was rising, Xie Xiaoyu said loudly: "You keep heading east. I searched the memory of that big eagle. It didn't come here specially for me. They were originally searching for the surviving human race. There is a human race The team went west.

So you can't go west. If you do that, you will collide with the human race. Even if you don't collide, you will encounter other search parties. It is much safer to go east. "

"What are you going to do?" Asked the Snow Demon Queen, she had some suspicions that Xie Xiaoyu was going to run away alone.

"In that guy's memory, I got good news." Xie Xiaoyu pretended to be very excited: "There is a high-class monster clan I know who has established a territory. It is different from other high-class monster clans. Not so ruthless, and I'm going to take refuge in it."

"Is there such a clan?" asked a demon who had betrayed Xie Xiaoyu. It had suffered a lot under the hands of the eagle demon and lost an eye and a leg, so it was afraid.

"For you, I'm also from the upper family, so I'm not ruthless, am I?" Xie Xiaoyu asked.

Those monsters all nodded. This time they joined forces to kill the eagle monsters. Those monster clans who returned to Xie Xiaoyu were not treated as cannon fodder. Apart from contributing some mana, they were almost unscathed. For this alone, those big monsters are grateful .

This is the way things are in the world, if you don't compare, you don't know good or bad. Only after seeing the savagery and cruelty of the eagle demon, can you know how valuable Xie Xiaoyu is.

"That person, like me, is very interested in many things of the human race, and is very dissatisfied with the strict hierarchy of the demon race. Unfortunately, in the demon world before, it did not have the strength to promote its own set of ideas. Now that it has entered this world, it has In his own territory, he began to implement the human race's set of things in the territory." Xie Xiaoyu got this information from the memory of the eagle demon. This big eagle is extremely vicious to the natives here, but he is eager to join that territory.

"Are you planning to go to the front station first?" The Snow Demon Queen understood Xie Xiaoyu's thoughts.

"I would like to take you along, but unfortunately, you are walking too slowly." Xie Xiaoyu glanced at the little demons who had just opened their minds.

Except for the bird demon, all the monsters can be regarded as short-legged. Even the deer tribe who are good at running can travel thousands of miles in a day and night.The speed of the big monsters is not slow, and it is absolutely no problem to run 10,000+ miles in a day, but they cannot leave their children and grandchildren alone.

Of course, there are also those who can follow Xie Xiaoyu, such as the Snow Demons, they are invisible and matterless, they can shrink into pieces of ice crystals, they have no weight and do not take up space, and so can the group of bird demons, they can fly, The last is the deer demon, as long as it returns to its original form, it can fly away with hundreds of descendants.

"It would be great if we had the ability to build something that can fly." The rat demons were full of envy, subtly influenced by Xie Xiaoyu. They didn't have the slightest hostility towards the human race, but instead had a little bit of longing.

But it didn't know that Xie Xiaoyu had a murderous intent in his heart.

"Have you ever seen something flying in the sky?" Xie Xiaoyu asked via voice transmission.

The rat demon was slightly taken aback. It didn't know why Xie Xiaoyu was so careful. Fortunately, it was not stupid, and immediately replied via voice transmission: "That's a few months."

Xie Xiaoyu was not interested in listening at all, so he interrupted immediately, and warned very sternly: "Don't talk nonsense about this matter, those upper clans are looking for this group of people, if the news leaks, you will be out of luck."

The mouse demon's face turned pale, and it trembled all over and said, "Several of my descendants have also seen it."

"It's best to make them dumb, and absolutely not reveal a word." Xie Xiaoyu didn't say to silence, because that would be too vicious, and it would make the rat monster have bad thoughts.

The two of them transmitted voices secretly, and the other big monsters didn't know the answer at all, they were thinking about other things.

"It would be great if someone could carry us and fly in the sky." The rabbit demon muttered to himself.

"It has to be big enough." The Snow Demon Queen snorted disapprovingly, even that big eagle couldn't carry the 10,000+ little demons behind it.

"It's a pity, Bardo is dead, and his descendants have become the meal of the big eagle." The speaker was the big bird monster who was in charge of the air search.

It said that Bardo was another big monster of the bird clan. That guy had a huge body and could carry a lot of things. Bardo's group was also quite large.

"The eagle is naturally interested in birds. Bardo is so fat, so of course he can't escape from his palm. There's nothing he can do about it. What about the swallow that was encouraged by the old fox? Who saw it come back? ? "The rabbit demon was sneering and sarcastic, it was lucky for itself, and followed Xie Xiaoyu early.

The bird is the eagle's favorite, and the rabbit is just behind the bird. If it hadn't chosen Xie Xiaoyu, it might have become a meal on the plate.

"Even if Bardo and his descendants are there, it's probably useless. We have too many." Another big monster shook his head repeatedly.

The bird monster suddenly remembered something: "I have seen a big fish before, with a flat body, seven or eight miles long and five or six miles wide, and it swims very fast. If it is willing to carry us If so, it's easy."

"You can try it!" Xie Xiaoyu didn't speak at first, but finally spoke at this moment.

He is also worrying about this matter. It may take several years to get to Tianbao Prefecture with their short legs.He needs these 10,000+ monster races, this is his capital.

After thinking for a while, Xie Xiaoyu, the big monster of the bird clan, said: "You are responsible for finding that fish." Turning his head, he said to the other big monsters: "When it is looking for that fish, don't stop , go straight east, the farther away from the original place the better"

All the monsters nodded.

"Ling, you and your clansmen are responsible for removing traces, removing all traces, so that the pursuers cannot discover our escape route." Xie Xiaoyu made further arrangements.

He did this more for the consideration of the human race, and what he wanted to erase was the traces of the northern fleet.

"You don't need to do anything, the long night is coming soon, the weather will get colder and colder, and then it will be windy and snowy all day long, and there will be no traces." The Snow Demon Queen said indifferently.

"It will take at least half a month. The chaser may appear at some time, so don't be lazy." Xie Xiaoyu smiled.

"Okay, I'll listen to you." The Snow Demon Queen agreed.

He sent the large group of demons to go east, and he himself went east, but after flying for dozens of miles, he turned to the south, and after flying for dozens of miles, he started to turn around and head west.

He is going to chase the fleet.

A few days later, he finally returned to the Northern Fleet.

"Brother, are you back?" Hearing that Xie Xiaoyu was coming, Li Jinbao rushed over immediately.

"How's the situation in Taipingdao? How far have those selected people cultivated?" Xie Xiaoyu was pressed for time, and instead of being polite to Li Jinbao, he asked directly about the progress here.

"It's okay, most of them have already started, and the fastest even reached the third level of Qi training." Li Jinbao replied quickly, he saw that Xie Xiaoyu had something to do.

"I plan to attack the Taoist realm in advance, so I need your help." Xie Xiaoyu said the purpose of this trip.

"Brother, have you accumulated enough? Didn't you say it will take several years?" Li Jinbao's eyes widened.

"It used to take several years, but now I've changed my mind." Xie Xiaoyu said, he was going back to Tianbao Prefecture, which was already controlled by the demon clan, and he didn't know what kind of danger he would encounter. Nine deaths, if you want to protect yourself, you must at least have the realm of a Taoist monarch.

To put it more clearly, his soul must be transformed into the primordial spirit.

"I support you." Li Jinbao jumped up excitedly.

"Brother wants to attack Taoist Lord?" There was a space fluctuation next to him, and Li Guangzong also moved over. He can perceive other people's emotions, and he can also know many things from these emotions. He learned from his son's excitement. The news that Xie Xiaoyu is going to hit the realm of Daojun.

"real or fake?"

"Brother, you are really capable."

The group of idiots also moved over one after another.

"At most 20 years, you will be like me." Xie Xiaoyu patted their shoulders one by one.

"How can we help you?" Li Guangzong asked.

A few stunned people also held back their energy, just waiting for Xie Xiaoyu's order.

"How is the big formation I want?" Xie Xiaoyu had given them a diagram of the formation before.

This array can be said to be the result of whimsy. Its principle is the same as that of the sun mirror, the silver cauldron for monitoring, and the giant metal net for investigation, all of which amplify a certain induction countless times.

"It has been built long ago." Li Guangzong's request to Xie Xiaoyu was never perfunctory.

"Uncle, thank you for your hard work." Xie Xiaoyu knows the workload best. Not only does he have to engrave a large number of talismans and refine many formation plates, but he also needs to remodel the hull. Moreover, this is "private work", and those monks will not help Yes, only the uncle and the others do it, and they can only use the rest time.

"You and I are not outsiders, so why be so polite?" the uncle said with a smile.

Xie Xiaoyu nodded: "I'm going to start retreat, I hope that after I leave the retreat, I will already be a Daoist."

"It will definitely, I have confidence in you." The uncle patted Xie Xiaoyu's shoulder, which he hadn't done for many years.

Xie Xiaoyu laughed, and his figure gradually disappeared.

He did not enter the illusion, but came to a void.

There is nothing here, only the ever-changing ripples, all of which are collected by him in every possible way, some are demon texts, some are simplified ripples of the avenue, and some are traces of the way of heaven that he sensed.

They are all related to "Tao" and are the reflection of "Tao".

The reason why the primordial spirit is different from the divine soul is because the primordial spirit has undergone some changes under the influence of "Tao".

Xie Xiaoyu sat cross-legged, and instantly entered a state of forgetfulness.

Those ripples were all put away, leaving only two kinds of ripples appearing alternately, one emitting black light and the other emitting white light, which looked completely opposite, but gave people a feeling that they seemed to be one, a certain kind of Two sides of something.

The ripples are changing, very subtle changes, that's Xie Xiaoyu's adjustments.

The Dao of Heaven contains countless "Taos", and the so-called Three Thousand Dao is just a false finger.The "Tao" represented by these two ripples must exist in the Dao.

He wants to trigger the resonance of "Tao", make the ripples of "Tao" stronger, and then leave its projection in the soul, and then cause the mutation of the soul, transforming into the primordial spirit.

On the other side, in the southern fleet, another Xie Xiaoyu woke up.

The one who awakened was the sword body.

When he came out of the room, he was a little surprised, and the surroundings were surprisingly quiet.

"Where did everyone go?" He casually grabbed a patrolling monk and asked.

The monk was very upset at first, but when he saw that it was Xie Xiaoyu, he immediately replied respectfully: "Everyone must either retreat or go to mine."

Xie Xiaoyu looked around, and sure enough, many boats were missing.

He no longer hesitated, he was going to that island anyway.

After several hours, he finally arrived there.

The whole island has already changed a lot, all the trees have been cut down, the original green island has become dusty, the heat waves are billowing, and the eyes are full of flames and thick smoke.

The island is surrounded by ships, and in the center of the island are blast furnaces spewing flames.

All the people were busy. Those real people and real monarchs were standing in the air, casting spells to make huge pieces of ore float, and disciples of countless qi training levels swung their hammers and smashed the ore hard, smashing them to pieces.

"Why are you here? What's the matter?" Xuan Yuanzi walked out after a wave of fluctuation.

"I have two things. One thing is to come here to see the progress." Xie Xiaoyu glanced at the busy scene below: "It's pretty good. I was worried that it would take a lot of time."

"Yeah, as long as everyone works together, there is nothing we can't do." Xuan Yuanzi was very emotional. There was not so much wrangling and internal friction, and many things became very easy.

"How long do you estimate it will take to finish digging?" Xie Xiaoyu asked softly.

"About one and a half months, the bottleneck is mainly on Mazi's side." Xuan Yuanzi is clear about the progress: "I can only let him build the floating island with all his strength."

Of course Xie Xiaoyu understood where the bottleneck was?Xuan Yuanzi strictly controlled the shipbuilding technology in his hands, so he couldn't add people at will.

"It seems to be going well." Xie Xiaoyu looked at the sea to the east, where there were a bunch of large ships shaped like door panels floating there, at least one or two hundred ships.

"This is already the limit." Xuan Yuanzi was very helpless, he wanted to build more, and also wanted to complete the transformation of the Shaohao warship, but unfortunately he couldn't do it, so he could only take his time when he was on the road.

"You said just now that you came here for two things, what about the other one?" Xuan Yuanzi asked.

"I plan to retreat, and this time I have gained a lot." Xie Xiaoyu replied.

"Retreat? Are you planning to attack the Taoist Lord?" Xuan Yuanzi's reaction was the same as Li Jinbao's. In his imagination, Xie Xiaoyu was far from this step, and it might be possible five years later.

"I haven't reached that point yet. My cultivation has been accumulated little by little. I just have a little understanding." Xie Xiaoyu didn't tell the truth, after all, he and Xuan Yuanzi were separated by a layer.

Xuan Yuanzi breathed a sigh of relief, he was really afraid that Xie Xiaoyu would act recklessly.You must know that cultivating the Tao originally pays attention to letting nature take its course and taking its course.

Xie Xiaoyu looked at the row of mountains on the side of the island: "I heard that there are also iron mines on those mountains, but the content is not as much, and it is not worthwhile to mine."

Xuan Yuanzi sensed something: "Are you useful?"

"I plan to retreat in three places at the same time. The spirit clone is in the northern fleet, the sword body is here, and the main body is in the camp." Xie Xiaoyu said his plan.

Xuan Yuanzi felt that it was very novel, but unfortunately, it involved cultivation skills, so he was not easy to inquire about it.

"Whether you want iron ore or not, you have a lot anyway." Xuan Yuanzi decided to be a good man to the end.

Of course Xie Xiaoyu agreed.

When he first built the Sword Mountain in Luohun Valley, he bought iron at first, but later found that the iron ore would turn into iron by itself under the dual action of Gengjin essence and black magnetism, so he directly bought iron ore from Luohun Valley. The excavated ore piled up, and finally turned into an iron mountain, which was also magnetized.

"What is this?" Xuan Yuanzi immediately made arrangements.

Xie Xiaoyu turned around among those peaks for a few times, and finally landed on one of the mountains. This mountain did not contain the most iron, but it was very concentrated.

With a soft sound of "Zheng", the sword body of the chirping sword collapsed and turned into countless flying swords, and smashed into the mountain wall with a "jingle".

This small island is severely weathered, and several mountain peaks have been eroded by wind and rain, leaving behind many cracks. These flying swords spit out sharp sword energy, continuously drilled into the middle, and penetrated into the core of the mountain in a short time.

This is where the iron ore is most abundant.

The tens of thousands of flying swords did not re-condense into a human form, but dispersed, infiltrating strands of sword energy into the ore.

Just like salt will quickly dissolve when it touches water, the iron in the ore is also drawn out by the sword energy.

The body of the Chimai sword is not only composed of tens of thousands of flying swords, but also one hundred and eight black magnetic beads.

These black magnetic beads are scattered all over the mountain at this moment, vaguely arranged in a formation.

The magnetic force emanating from a single black magnetic bead is already terrifying, not to mention the magic circle formed by one hundred and eight of them.After a while, the iron continuously seeped out from the surrounding rock walls, adsorbed on the surface of the basaltic beads, quickly gathered into groups, and turned into huge iron balls.

These spheres became bigger and bigger, and a layer of strange brilliance flowed on its surface.

In another place, in the northern fleet, in the illusion, countless people prayed devoutly, and the sound of prayers turned into wish power and poured into the large formation.

Around the avatar of the spirit void, the two ripples appeared alternately, one of which became dark black, giving a feeling of death and extinction, while the other was just the opposite, exuding a dazzling white light, full of vigor and vitality.

One of these two ripples represents "life" and the other represents "death".

The ripples of the Dao that Xie Xiaoyu is most familiar with are these two kinds. When the elixir is condensed, what you see is the ripples of life. When the elixir dissolves, the ripples of death will appear.They all belong to the way of creation, they are the two sides of creation, "life" is the beginning of creation, and "death" is the end of creation

The ripples inside the alchemy furnace are somewhat different from the ripples in front of you. The former represents the Dao, while the latter is the reflection of the Dao of Heaven.

It stands to reason that the Dao of Heaven is not as good as the Dao, but it is a pity that the Dao is shielded, it is too weak, and only appears at the moment of Dancheng and Dan, but the Dao of Heaven is different, the ripples of Dao appearing around at this moment are so clear.

In the void in the center, a wave of light flickered slightly, which was the sea of ​​karma.

A figure gradually appeared in the red lotus, it was translucent at first, and gradually became solid, Xie Xiaoyu was reborn in the red lotus.

It is the ripples of "life" that envelope the surroundings at this moment.

After the red lotus melted away, Xie Xiaoyu was instantly submerged in the sea of ​​karma, and the karma instantly eroded into his body.

Karma is everything, and the only thing that can stop karma is merit. In the past, if Xie Xiaoyu wanted to enter the sea of ​​karma, he would always use merit to protect his body, but now he has not done so.

Unknowingly, the ripples of "death" enveloped the surroundings.Xie Xiaoyu's figure gradually faded away.

This is the real death. The spiritual avatar is quickly melted by karma, and finally even the soul is completely melted away. This is the horror of karma, body and spirit are destroyed, and there is nothing left.

In the next moment, in another red lotus, a translucent figure appeared again, and the surrounding ripples changed back to the ripples of "birth".

Resurrected from the dead again and again, experiencing the transformation of life and death over and over again.

This is the stupid way he came up with.

He dared to do this because he had the capital to do so. The Heavenly Demon Body allowed him to be reborn infinitely, and the tens of thousands of red lotuses allowed him to spend as much as he wanted.

Suddenly, his aura disappeared, and an almost transparent shadow sat on a red lotus.The red lotus withered quickly, and then disappeared completely, but the transparent shadow was still the same as before, and did not become solid.

"So this is Yuanshen." The transparent shadow muttered to himself.

He jumped into the sea of ​​karma again.

The karma flooded his whole body in an instant, and then penetrated in quickly, but this time the rate of erosion was much slower.

Almost simultaneously, in two other places, the same change took place.

In the camp, inside the sealed golden ball, Xie Xiaoyu's body was sitting cross-legged with eyes closed, and in his purple mansion, ripples of life and death appeared alternately.

At this moment, he can take this last step.

But he didn't do that.

These Dao ripples belong to the Dao of Heaven, not Dao. If he relies on the ripples of the Dao of Heaven to transform his soul into a primordial spirit, it will be very troublesome in the future.

Fortunately, he was already prepared.

Xie Xiaoyu opened a box casually, and there were many pills neatly placed in the box, all of which emitted weak fluctuations.

These are all panaceas, but these panaceas are not worth much, because they are just tonic pills, which are entry-level pills for small monks who practice Qi training at the first and second levels.

The lower the elixir, the cheaper the materials used, and the easier it is to refine. Tonic elixir can be refined with herbs, materials such as deer antler and tortoise shell, or the blood of monsters. There are thousands of formulas for refining, and one furnace can be refined in an hour.

Xie Xiaoyu took out one of them.

The elixir melted instantly, and the pure medicinal power merged into his soul.

This thing itself is used to invigorate deficiency and regulate qi, so it is naturally effective, but what Xie Xiaoyu really needs is for the elixir to eliminate the instantaneous fluctuations of the Dao.

It is also the way of "death", the ripples of the avenue and the ripples of the heavens are indeed a little different.

Xie Xiaoyu didn't stop, he picked up another elixir and instantly melted it away.

Another wave of medicinal power was injected into the body, and there was another wave of Dao fluctuation.

One after another, the spirit pills were melted away. For today, he had prepared for half a month.

The ripples on the avenue are very weak, and appear for a short time, but because of the existence of the ripples in the way of heaven, there is a certain resonance between the way of heaven and the way of the avenue, coupled with the strengthening time and time again, so the ripples in the avenue appear longer and longer, The magnitude is also increasing.

Suddenly, Xie Xiaoyu's eyes snapped open, and his spirit instantly slammed into Dao Ripple.

The moment the spirit passed through the ripples of the avenue, Xie Xiaoyu felt a trance.

It was just a moment, but he felt it was extremely long.

Time seemed to have stopped, and everything in the world was still there.

This state is no stranger to Xie Xiaoyu, he was able to stop time a long time ago, but this time it was different, he himself became still, without any thoughts in his mind.

This is true stillness, and it is also what Buddhism calls eternity.

I don't know how long it took before everything returned to normal.

"I succeeded." Xie Xiaoyu shouted, his heart was full of joy.

He can feel that he is very different from before, his consciousness and body seem to be separated, and his consciousness is only temporarily living in this body.

He has already taken the first step of a long life.

Cultivation is for longevity.Whether it is Taoism, Buddhism, or magic, the ultimate goal is all the same.The only difference is their ideas and methods.

Taoism pursues the Dao, and if it is in harmony with the Dao, it becomes a part of the Dao, and it will be immortal.Buddhism emphasizes detachment, and believes that tangible things are always destroyed, and only emptiness can be eternal.

Suddenly, Xie Xiaoyu felt that her aura became more and more strange, and the aura of the two avatars gradually became different from the main body.

In the Northern Fleet, another Xie Xiaoyu was thinking about a question - what is he?Is it Xie Xiaoyu?Or a clone of the spirit void?
The two were the same before, but now he felt different.

Unknowingly, he developed self-awareness.

A brand new self, a self with Xie Xiaoyu's memory and Xie Xiaoyu's emotions, but unwilling to be just a clone.

It's me, but it's not me.

It feels weird.

On the other side, on that island, in a mountain peak, inside a large silver-white iron ball, there was also a consciousness that appeared, and he also had the same confusion.

"I warned you, the method of avatar is not the right way." The voice of the wood spirit rang in the ears of the three Xie Xiaoyu at the same time.

"Which me are you warning?" The three Xie Xiaoyu asked at the same time, and now he was quite confused.

Mu Ling didn't answer, and couldn't answer. He sighed lightly and said, "I didn't expect you to have problems so early. Generally speaking, such things don't happen until after you get married."

"He Dao? Why?" The three Xie Xiaoyu asked at the same time. Although they had three consciousnesses, their thinking was the same.

The wood spirit was stuck again, and it took a long time before he said: "There is no way to explain this, it can only be understood but cannot be explained in words."

Xie Xiaoyu hates this sentence the most. Whether it is Buddhism, Taoism, magic or witchcraft, many things can only be understood but cannot be expressed in words.So he wanted to find another way to create a Shumen. The purpose of the Shumen is to "understand its principles and teach them".

"I don't feel anything wrong for now." The three Xie Xiaoyu said at the same time.

"Because your strength is still weak, under normal circumstances, there should be problems after joining together. The main body and the avatar will hope to merge again, but they both have self-awareness. After the merger, one will disappear, so both sides want to devour each other. In this way, you and yourself will become enemies of life and death." Mu Ling explained.

"What if we take two different paths and pursue different ways?" Xie Xiaoyu asked immediately.

"It's the same, after joining together, devouring each other, the winner gets the loser's way, and will become stronger." The wood spirit replied without hesitation.

"What if I keep the main body and the clone far enough apart?" Xie Xiaoyu asked again
Mu Ling couldn't answer right now, because there was no precedent.

After waiting for a long time, Xie Xiaoyu burst out laughing without waiting for Mu Ling's answer.

The one in the Northern Fleet suddenly soared into the sky and shouted: "I swear to the sky, I will never go beyond this world, and protect the safety of the human race forever."

As the voice fell, thunder rolled in the sky.

This is the response of the Dao of Heaven, even if the Dao of Heaven has disappeared, things like this will still respond.

In an instant, countless thoughts flooded into Xie Xiaoyu's consciousness, which were the thoughts and desires of every believer in Taipingdao.

This is the ability bestowed by heaven, similar to what Buddhists say, "When you read my Buddha's name, the Buddha will respond immediately."

He chose the path of the divine way. From then on, he will always be under the way of heaven, controlled by the way of heaven, but also protected by the way of heaven. If this world is not destroyed, he will not die.

Among the mountain peaks, another Xie Xiaoyu gradually condensed into shape.

"I will follow the path of sword cultivation, only the sword is my own." He was talking to himself, and suddenly, he laughed. Although he has always used flying swords, he has never been a real swordsman.

"It seems that everything has to be started from the beginning." This Xie Xiaoyu smiled wryly. He had to practice sword again, like a real swordsman, no more tricks, no more shortcuts.

Sword cultivators are single-minded, for real sword cultivators, excess power is not good, it will only make oneself impure, and sword cultivators only believe in themselves, and only their own strength is the real power.

Three Xie Xiaoyu, three different paths, one cultivating the Tao, one cultivating the sword, and one cultivating the gods, two of them may ascend to the fairy world in the future, and the other will stay in this world forever.

But at this moment, they are one.

(End of this chapter)