Chapter 111: The Immovable Heart
The valley became a crowded town, full of houses and tents conjured by spells, the population swelled several times, monks or Taoist priests flew through the sky, soldiers with swords and talisman masters with high crowns patrolled the ground, adults were busy cooking with simple cooking utensils, and children were shouting and running on the narrow and winding paths.
Most of the thick ash was gone, and what remained was trampled into silt, and the whole valley seemed dirty, but it exuded a vigorous life, a rough and savage life, like weeds growing on the scorched earth, like strange trees growing on the craggy cliffs.
In the past few days, Shi Hanyuan traveled thousands of miles back and forth, while searching for special babies, gathering cultivators, protecting the mortals he encountered, and his achievements were greater than those of Jin Tuan and Mu Xingqiu, saving more than 40,000 people, including nearly 100 Taoist priests and more than 300 monks and talisman masters.
Facing a devastating crisis, Shi Hanyuan, who had mistakenly killed a large number of Taoist priests and monks in Yelin Town, finally got some people's understanding.
Zhao Chuye called the Five Elements Tribulation within a radius of hundreds of miles to besiege the valley, which attracted Shi Hanyuan's attention, first led some Taoist priests to come, did not dare to use the teleportation technique, and bumped into the lost Zhao Chuye on the way, saw the ancestor tower in his hand, and immediately captured him.
The Nine Supreme Treasures have all been placed in the hands of the Dao Patriarch, and whoever holds one of them means that he has taken refuge in Kun Zhuan.
Mu Xingqiu walked out of the room, and immediately a group of people surrounded him and bowed to him, they had been reminded that General Mu didn't need anything, and they just wanted to see with their own eyes if he was really restored.
Mu Xingqiu's legs were still a little weak, and he also returned the salute to everyone, and called a follower named Yao Que'er and asked him to take him to find Shou Kui.
His appearance in the valley caused a commotion, whether they saw it or not, many people looked this way, even the flyers in the sky stopped and looked down, and someone whispered the word "horse demon". Immediately he will be severely reprimanded by others.
The Luo Laohan family of three in the town kept bowing to him in the crowd.
Shou Que didn't live in the house, Yao Qi'er led Mu Xingqiu to the edge of the valley, and along the way, like the people on both sides of the road, he kept turning his head to look at General Mu.
Yao Qi'er was in his twenties, with thick hands and feet, and his face was flushed, and he used to work for a short time in and around the city, hungry and full, and had no fixed place to live, in his own words, "like a loach writhing in a ditch." I'm biased and arrogant.,Always want to do something.γ One day, listening to the sermon of "General Mu", during which people came and went, or asked questions or played, only he stood there and just listened, did not leave or ask questions, and finally threw down the flat burden in his hand and swore to become a follower.
He felt that the current General Mu was a little weird, but he didn't dare to guess.
The hillsides are still bare. Mu Xingqiu saw Shou Que from a distance, she was standing on the ridge, with her back to the valley, without looking far away. Instead, he lowered his head slightly, looking at something under his feet.
"Will the general still preach in the future?" Approaching the foot of the mountain, there were fewer onlookers, and Yao Qi'er seized the opportunity to ask in a low voice. He had been following General Mu for a few months, and this was his first question.
"Sermons?"
"Well, the general once said that he would talk about it every day. It is a canon, I didn't talk about it yesterday, but I ...... it today You won't talk about it, will you?"
"It's over. Mu Xingqiu stopped and said to his persistent followers, "The Ancient God Sect and the Way of the Weak are not in anyone's hands, everyone can get it, everyone can talk about it, you are good." β
Yao Qi'er's face turned red all of a sudden, thinking that General Mu was mocking herself, but when she raised her eyes, the general's expression was serious, "I, I can't." β
"When you snatched the position of the leader of the formation and woke up the vacancy, did you participate?"
"Participated. β
"Have you become the leader of the formation?"
"It's a little bit ...... But this is nothing, many people have become, at least half, and in the end the formation is messed up, but it also saves the missing girl. β
"Everyone who becomes the leader of the array is qualified to preach, and this time you can save more people. Mu Xingqiu threw down this sentence and stepped up the mountain, leaving Yao Qi'er to stand there alone as if he had an understanding.
The mountain soil is soft, and there are many pits of different sizes, Mu Xingqiu, who has weak mana, climbed quite hard, and met Fu Lin who was guarding the mountainside halfway, so he stopped for a while, just taking the opportunity to take a breath.
"How many secrets are there in the talisman?" Fu Lin looked demented, and asked questions as soon as they met, not even caring about General Mu's recovery, "Why can the blood of the general and Zhao Chuye strengthen the talisman, but the ordinary Taoist priest cannot?" I have read the records, and the Longbin Society has tried it a long time ago. β
"The reason is very simple, you have not tried the blood of a high Taoist priest. β
"Indeed, Long Bin will not have a chance to get the blood of the Daoist above the Starfall, is there any difference?"
Mu Xingqiu raised his hand to his chest, they had been injured many times, and they were drenched in blood, but now they had recovered as before, only a little pale, "The high-level Taoist priest is full of mana, overflowing Santian, breaking through the meridians, and infiltrating the flesh and bones of the whole body, different from ordinary Taoist priests, this is my guess, but I don't think there will be any other reason." β
Fu Lin nodded again and again, "The general is right, but the fire god seal and the inner dan, as well as people, pens, ink, paper, and ......" He glanced at the shou on the top of the mountain, stopped talking about the talisman, and reminded instead: "The shou girl has changed again, please ...... Be careful not to come within ten steps. β
Mu Xingqiu nodded and continued to climb upward.
Shou Que is still wearing white clothes and white skirts, her hair is neatly tied into a ring bun, with a sword-shaped wooden hairpin, and her waist is straight, which is not the same as several Shou Que in Mu Xingqiu's impression.
Mu Xingqiu stopped ten steps away, one foot on top and one foot down, his face was slightly red, panting, and climbing the mountain almost exhausted his little strength.
"It's not easy to be a mortal, right?" said without looking back, his voice had not changed, but his tone was no longer cold and arrogant, but more calm and natural.
"Well, it's not easy to be a hero. Mu Xingqiu's gaze turned to Shou Quan's feet, and a green shoot grew out of the upturned soil, no more than two or three inches high, weak and windy, and Shou Quan's position was just right to block the wind.
Shou Que turned his head, and he was really a little older, from seventeen or eighteen years old to thirty, with no childishness, but his appearance did not change much, and there was a little more sharpness in his eyes, which was somewhat similar to Zuo Liuying. Mu Xingqiu was very surprised, the main array and the burning law body both had a great impact on cultivation, and the realm of guarding the deficiency was probably already down to just past the concentration of the gods, but her appearance seemed to have risen a lot.
"No, it's not difficult at all. There is a bit of mystery and ease in Shou Short's tone, as if the master is speaking to a disciple who has just started, "I am not a hero for myself, not for sentient beings, but only for one person, so it is not difficult at all, because there is nothing that cannot be given up or sacrificed." β
"You've only known him for three days. β
"If there is something that you have spent your whole life looking for, when you finally find it, will you feel that it is not precious enough because of the short time?"
Mu Xingqiu was speechless.
"My soul is a little less, but my memory has recovered a little: I used to be a disciple of the Mind Sect, practicing illusions, focusing on the human heart, and I have seen countless states of mind, and I have played with them in the palm of my hand. The hearts of mortals are chaotic and lustful, like bubbles, and the hearts of Taoist priests are pure but unnatural, and there are traces of axes and chisels everywhere. I've been thinking, isn't there a truly pure state of mind in this world? It's like a gem that doesn't need to be touched. Now, I've found it. β
Mu Xingqiu was still speechless, in his impression, Jintuan's heart didn't seem to be so simple.
Shou Que smiled, "Oh, the perfect gem in my mind is different from what you think, it doesn't need to be big, it doesn't need to be complete, it doesn't need to be transparent, it just needs to be tough, so tough that any illusion in the world can't shake it." General Mu's heart is like this, he has had the heart of a chaotic mortal, he has the heart of a carved strongman, and after many tempering, there is only one heart left. β
"His name is Jintuan. Mu Xingqiu was reluctant to take the credit of others.
"I know that he has a tough state of mind, but a mediocre defense, and I have read his memories. Shou Que smiled again, it was a naΓ―ve thing she did, "I know him, so I know you a little." β
"Me?"
"You are a mortal, Mu Xingqiu, by chance you have the power of an extraordinary person, your heart is still the same as a mortal, chaotic and lustful, your current calmness is only because you have lost your memory. Believe me, chaotic lust is no worse than carved purity, from the perspective of illusion, although the former is not magnificent, but more colorful, the latter seems to be unbreakable, in fact, all the same, a flaw in the state of mind is the flaw in all states of mind. The Taoist priests of other disciplines, especially the senior Taoist priests, do not like to chant the mind illusion, because we can see through the details of the Taoist priest's heart, and the calm and waveless lake reflects not only all things in the world, but also the seven emotions and six desires that they have hidden deeply. The disciples of the Mind Mind Department were only able to catch the flaws of the high Taoist priests, and as a result, we were imprisoned in the Demon Pulling Cave. β
Shou Que really seems to remember a lot of things.
"Do you know what the fire I think of is?" Mu Xingqiu asked, finding that fire means retrieving his memory, this is what Zuo Liuying said, he seemed to know something, but he refused to reveal it.
Shou Que shook his head, "I don't know you to that extent, but I know that you will take on the responsibility of General Mu in the past, go on, maybe the fire you are looking for is among them." I'll help you, if nothing else, just for them. β
Shou Que looked down at the sprouts that were trying to grow.
Mu Xingqiu was silent for a while, watching the sun set, the mountains disappearing, and the valley behind him was noisy, just as Shou Que saidβchaotic and colorful.
"Is your illusion still working?" asked Mu Xingqiu.
"The mana has dropped, but the human heart is simpler in my eyes. β
"This time you're going to deal with the hearts of the Daoists, and you've got to make them believe that I can stop the attack of the Dao Fire. β
"Can you really do it?" Shou Que shook his head as soon as the words came out, "No need to answer, I know the character of 'General Mu'." β
She blinked.
There were less than two hours left for the attack of Dao Fire in the Ion Night.
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