Ye Zan took the Lin family into the nine days and ten places of the town boundary. Although it was only thick fog to make way for a passage outside, it was suddenly bright inside. After passing through that passage, all the thick fog seemed to disappear in an instant. What appeared in front of yezan and others was a long winding mountain road. And a majestic mountain that towered into the clouds and could not see the top with all your eyes, as if it connected heaven and earth.
Looking at the Tongtian peak from a distance, you can only see some platforms distributed on the waist of the mountain, and some intermittent mountain roads connect these platforms. However, for thousands of years, no one has taken care of and controlled the growth of these plants, making the whole Tongtian peak "return to nature". Today''s platforms have been covered by dense vegetation, which can only vaguely reveal the corners of some buildings.
"This is the Tongtian peak. It looks really high!" said Lin Mu in surprise.
The sky peak has been shrouded by a large array for thousands of years. In fact, we can''t see how high the mountain is from the outside, at least we can''t see the feeling of sky. Only when we go to the big array, without the cover of the power of the big array, can we reveal the real "Tongtian" of Tongtian peak.
Although it is said that looking at the whole Shenhua domain, the "towering" peaks are not uncommon. However, "towering into the cloud" also depends on how "into the cloud". You know, this cloud is also different from the cloud. Some "clouds" are actually clouds, not really clouds floating in the sky. Such "towering into the clouds" naturally needs to be discounted.
The Tongtian peak is different. It really goes straight into the sky. Against the blue sky, white clouds float by the waist of the mountain. That kind of scene, compared with the haze of clouds and fog, although it has less so-called beauty, it gives people more shock.
"There''s nothing unusual about this mountain path for secular mortals, but we practitioners can play a role in sharpening the heart of Taoism. It''s somewhat similar to the Vientiane ladder of Tiandao mountain. Since we''re not in a hurry, we might as well take this mountain path." Ye Zan turned his head and said to the Lin family''s sister and brother.
Of course, the mountain path leading to Tianfeng is not paved with a stone tablet of enlightenment. The stone used on the mountain road is still ordinary stone. It''s just added some arrays and prohibitions. These arrays and prohibitions will not restrict the use of Mana by monks, nor will they restrict all kinds of flying exchanges. Only when practitioners choose to go up like mortals, can they trigger arrays and prohibitions and stimulate the effect of sharpening the heart of the Tao.
At the beginning, ye Zan didn''t have any accomplishments when he went out from here. Naturally, he couldn''t feel the difference of this mountain road. After entering Tongtian peak several times, he also flew directly to Xuanyuan Daozu, and also had no chance to go up this mountain road. Therefore, he only knew about this mountain road when he listened to the "future affairs" of Taoist ancestor Xuanyuan in the underworld.
"We are not Yuqing disciples, isn''t it inappropriate?" Lin Miaomiao was worried when he thought that Tongtian peak was the territory of Yuqing sect after all.
Ye Zan smiled innocently, pointed to the mountain gate at the end of the mountain road, and said, "after that mountain gate, you can really enter Yuqing sect. Since the mountain road is outside the mountain gate, it is obviously not only Yuqing sect. What''s more, it doesn''t matter whether you and I are Yuqing sect people or not depending on our friendship."
"What kind of friendship are we?" Lin Miaomiao immediately asked after ye Zan.
"This, of course, is a like-minded Taoist friend!" Ye Zan replied solemnly.
Lin Limu stood by, listening to the conversation between the two, and immediately shook his head and rolled his eyes. In the end, he rushed directly to the front of the two people. While walking on the mountain road, he muttered in his mouth: "I really have no way to take you. Why can''t I be straightforward? I''m dizzy in this circle!"
Although the words of Lin Shumu were whispered, they still fell in Ye Zan and Lin Miaomiao''s ears. However, hearing this, ye Zan and Lin Miaomiao just smiled at each other and followed up with tacit steps.
In fact, at their level of cultivation, there is no love between men and women. The so-called "Taoist couple" is also like-minded Taoist friends. Not only do they, almost all practitioners, even if they have been married before, in the end, the relationship between husband and wife has become the relationship of Taoist friends.
In fact, mortals are the same. Vigorous love is just a moment of fireworks. It''s not this that really depends on growing old. Along the way, they experienced ups and downs together. They built the avenue of life. In the end, they can also be called "Taoist friends".
Back to Ye Zan and others, stepping on the winding mountain road outside tongtianfeng mountain, it seemed relatively relaxed at the beginning. However, after walking less than 100 meters, the three people slowed down, as if each step was more and more heavy.
What is it that sharpens the heart of Tao?
Stress, illusion?
I don''t know.
However, all three people can feel that with every step they make, their Tao heart seems to be clearer. The feeling is like that when forging iron, the red iron bar is placed on the anvil. With each hammering, some impurities are smashed out.
The three men walked almost half the way, and the speed of progress had become like a snail. They had to rest for a while at almost every step. Although Ye Zan''s realm is higher than that of the Lin family, he has no more advantages than the two on this mountain road. In the end, he is also wheezing and panting.
"Ye, brother ye, I really didn''t expect that I could be so tired after walking. Let me sit down and catch my breath first." it seems that Lin Limu has become a weak scholar. While talking to Ye Zan, he turns to the stone on the side of the road and sits down.
Looking at Lin Miaomiao, in fact, it''s not much better. Although it''s not as embarrassed as his brother, it''s already flushed and sweaty on his temples. Ye Zan saw that both his sister and brother were tired, so he moved to the side of the road and put his hand on the heaven and earth ring. There were two more chairs on the ground, and then said, "Miao Miao, come and have a rest. This mountain road doesn''t require you to walk all at once. Taking a rest halfway won''t affect the effect of sharpening."
Hearing Ye Zan''s words, Lin Miaomiao weakly nodded and forced herself to the side of the road and sat on a chair prepared by Ye Zan. Then she took a long breath and said, "unexpectedly, it''s so difficult to walk on this mountain road. Is this how the predecessors of yuqingzong went in and out of the sect door?"
Although it was only half way, Lin Miaomiao clearly felt how much benefit he had gained from this honing. This made her think that ten thousand years ago, the disciples of yuqingzong often came and went on this mountain road. How enlightened they had to be sharpened.
Ye Zan also sat down in another chair. When he heard Lin Miaomiao''s words, he shook his head, smiled and said, "Master said that even yuqingzong ten thousand years ago, there were a few people who often honed their Taoist heart in this way. After all, in that era, the monastic environment was much better than now, so naturally they wouldn''t care about this benefit."
This is human nature, easy to get, often will not cherish.
Ten thousand years ago, the monastic environment was much better than now. It is reasonable to make use of these good conditions. However, because of the good environment, there are more choices to make, and most people are more picky. I can use a more relaxed method to improve my realm and accomplishments. Why bother to climb the mountain path? As a result, the mountain path set up by the founder of the Yuqing sect has not become a welfare in the eyes of most people of the Yuqing sect, but has become a trouble.
Originally, the mountain road of yuqingzong had to go in and out on foot. As a result, many people tried to choose "house" in the door if it was not necessary. Those who have received the task and need to go down the mountain to do business regard taking this mountain road as a major obstacle, and they are not keen to do business for zongmen.
In desperation, the ancestor of Yuqing sect revised the prohibition of the mountain path so that those who did not want to take the mountain path could fly through the air, which was to stop the disciples from complaining.
After listening to Ye Zan''s words, Lin Miaomiao was a little stunned for a moment. He didn''t quite understand the ideas of those "predecessors".
Instead, the trees sitting on the stone next to me said, "yes, if I have another choice, I don''t want to take this mountain road. I''m so tired after walking half way. I''m afraid I''m going to climb in the back!"
Lin Miaomiao glared at his brother, but he also saw the ideas of "predecessors" from his brother. He couldn''t help shaking his head and said: "This is probably what the secular people often say. You don''t know your happiness when you are in happiness. Founder Yuqing set up this mountain path for disciples to sharpen their Taoist heart so conveniently. Obviously, nothing can replace it. Unfortunately, even if you embark on the path of cultivation, not everyone has a real sense of Tao. No wonder this happens."
It is often said that cultivation is to strive for longevity and freedom, but under this premise, many people choose this path for other reasons. For example, in order to obtain more powerful power, for the monk''s position above the secular world, or even just to have the capital to indulge in pleasure. Therefore, not everyone will try every means to sharpen themselves. If there is lighter Song''s method to enhance strength and achieve the various purposes he originally envisaged, he will naturally choose a more relaxed one.
Lin Shumu glanced, always feeling that his sister was scolding himself, so he subconsciously turned his eyes elsewhere. However, he suddenly jumped up from the stone, pointed to the shadow not far from the mountain road, and shouted to Ye Zan, "brother ye, look there, is there a dead man there!"
When ye Zan heard this, he immediately turned around and looked in the direction of Lin Mu''s finger. Sure enough, he saw a figure hiding in the tree nest of an ancient tree. Why did Lin Mu directly shout "there is a dead man" In fact, it''s not surprising that the figure is not half angry at all, nor does it have any mana fluctuation. There is nothing else except the dead. It''s precisely because of this that ye Zan and his family sat here for so long, they didn''t find a figure hidden there until Lin Mu''s eyes turned.
"It''s really a dead man. Go and have a look?" Ye Zan asked the Lin brothers and sisters, and walked over there.
Having left the mountain path, ye Zan didn''t feel the pressure when he walked. He came to the ancient tree in a few steps. The Lin family''s brothers and sisters, with a curious look on their faces, followed Ye Zan closely behind.
In fact, the three people already know the identity of the dead man. After all, there were many people who entered Tongtian peak, but none of them went out alive. Where were those people? You don''t have to use your head to guess. I''m afraid there will be no other results except being trapped and dead inside.
When he came near the ancient tree, ye Zan cut the branches and vines that covered the tree nest with his sword and completely revealed the figure inside. The figure, sitting in the tree nest, has completely turned into a white bone, wrapped in the remaining Taoist robe, and next to a broken flying sword.
"This guy, I''m afraid it''s not the king of FA Xiang Tao!" Lin Mu came forward and said with a slight sigh when he saw that the white bone was like white jade.
You know, in today''s Shenhua domain, although the Faxiang Taoist king is under the supreme heaven, he is already a group of people standing at the peak of the world. Over the years, there has been little news of the fall of the Faxiang Daojun, that is, ye Zan exposed the death of Taiyi Zhendao monarch at the original Daoist conference, which is the only confirmed news in thousands of years.
Ye Zan carefully looked at the white bone clothes and determined that he was not a known person of the five elements Taihao and other large sects, so he guessed: "look at the Taoist robe on him, it seems that he is not a person of the current large sects. It must be buried here with him, and his sect has long disappeared."
"Look at this elder, have you left anything!" Lin Limu was a little excited, looked around the white bone for a while, and finally saw a heaven and earth ring under the white bone wrapped leg.
For many people, "picking up garbage" will produce a pleasure similar to treasure hunting, so there was a kind of game in the world of science and technology, which was called doomsday survival game. In such games, a big selling point is "picking up garbage", and use the garbage to assemble various weapons and tools that are useful to you.
Of course, the heaven and earth ring left by Faxiang Daojun should not be as simple as "garbage", which can really be regarded as a treasure hunt.
As for whether there was any offence to the dead, none of the three present had such consideration. Anyway, the other party first died, and the second died in Tongtian peak. There''s nothing to worry about. The only thing is that the other party died in Tongtian peak. What he left should be regarded as yuqingzong''s. But to be honest, ye Zan doesn''t really care. What can this Faxiang Taoist gentleman leave.