A stern expression appeared on Su Ming's face as he looked towards Zhou Kang. Besides verifying the strangeness of this place, he had also helped him because he wanted to obtain some of his experiences in this place from Zhou Kang.
This sort of thing was incredibly beneficial to him. At the very least, it would allow him to take fewer detours, and by doing so, he would be able to make his stone monument reach one million feet at the fastest speed possible so that he could walk ahead of the others.
However, unless it was in some special circumstances, no one would share this information with others. After all, if others succeeded, it meant that their chances of dying would be higher. This inheritance of the Source of God was, in fact, a competition to compete for the Source of God.
No one would use their own experience to tell someone unrelated to them so that that person would gradually walk ahead of them. More importantly, it could be said that this experience was something that everyone had obtained with an endless amount of time. It was something that they had stumbled upon after taking a lot of detours. Its value … was incredibly valuable in certain aspects.
Su Ming needed this experience, because he knew very clearly that since someone had chased after his life into the foreign land, then the forces of power from the four Great True Worlds had definitely increased the bounty on his head. He had no idea what sort of temptation was used to make someone dare to risk their lives and enter this place.
If one person managed to enter, then it meant that the four Great True Worlds had placed a bounty on his head, and it would definitely lure more people into the foreign land. As more people entered, the shadow of death would descend on Su Ming's body time and time again.
'If one person came, then my chances of death would be one in a hundred thousand. If one hundred thousand people came, then I might not definitely die. After all, every single time I was chosen, I would be chosen from among one hundred thousand people, and since there was no pattern, even those who had just obtained their stone monuments would have a chance of being chosen.
'But the threat of death would reach an incredibly terrifying degree. The only way … would be to use the shortest amount of time possible to make my stone monument reach one million feet. Only by doing so would I be able to avoid death as much as possible. ' Su Ming sucked in a deep breath. He knew that he had made the right bet. He had used his life and death to show his sincerity in exchange for Zhou Kang's experience. This was a deal.
"What is the test of the inheritance in this place? And how can I make my stone monument reach one million feet as soon as possible? "Su Ming asked languidly. His voice was neither fast nor slow, and not a single hint of the ripples in his thoughts could be seen.
Zhou Kang did not speak. He only stared at the stone monument that once belonged to Si Ma Yue. After a long while, he spoke softly, as if he was mumbling to himself.
"Three thousand years ago, I was just a cultivator in the middle stage of World Plane Realm. Because her father had once barged into the foreign land and did not come out … I accompanied her to this place.
In the blink of an eye, three thousand years had passed. In these three thousand years, we had always been struggling. It wasn't for that bullsh * t inheritance. The one who obtained the divine origin could become a Sublime Paragon, but I didn't care. All I wanted was to be with her and leave this place alive.
We've been working hard all this time. My wife, Yue 'er, has a much better aptitude than me, but in this place, her aptitude is useless … In the past three years, her stone stele has only reached 200,000 zhang … In order to accompany her, I didn't want her to be alone here, so I gave up on the chance to raise my stone stele to 100,000 zhang three times.
"Because even if I manage to reach one million feet, if I have to go out by myself, then what use is a thousand years? It's useless … I'd rather give up on three chances and stay here to keep her company." Zhou Kang did not answer Su Ming's question, but continued mumbling to himself.
Su Ming listened and did not interrupt him. He could tell that Zhou Kang's love for Si Ma Yue had already surpassed his own life. At the same time, he was shocked that Zhou Kang had three chances to make his stone stele reach 100,000 zhang, and the time limit … had only been three thousand years.
"Yue Er is smarter than me, and her research towards this place is also deeper than mine. During the first five hundred years, we pondered over our experiences in the world of our stone monuments and slowly figured out the seniors in this place." All of them treated their treasures like treasures and did not reveal anything to us. In fact, they were even willing to watch those who came after us walk down the wrong path that they had taken before.
"We discovered that even if the worlds we went through were different … the final answer was the same. The reason why this so-called legacy of Divine Essence is actually divided into ten levels is because of the human body," Zhou Kang mumbled softly. Su Ming immediately focused his attention and listened to him from the side.
"Yue Er and I don't know what Divine Essence is, but we do know that it can allow a person to have the possibility of becoming a Sublime Paragon. The eyes, nose, mouth, ears, and heart are the five illusory echelons.
"The four limbs and the body are the five corporeal echelons.
"When they are added together, they form a complete set of ten levels. With each level completed, you can make your stone monument reach 100,000 zhang …" Zhou Kang's voice echoed in the air and fell into Su Ming's ears, causing his heart to tremble.
"Almost all the people who came here were told that they needed to touch the stone monument with their hands to activate the trial of the inheritance. Yue Er and I did the same thing in the past.
"When we discovered the clues five hundred years later, it was already too late. We couldn't turn back and could only continue walking down this path.
"Because we used our hands to touch the stone monument, that's why … the first five echelons we chose were the five corporeal echelons. We touched the stone monument with our right hand first, and we first tested our right hand, then our left hand, until we reached all four limbs and the rest of our body … That way, our stone monument would reach five hundred thousand zhang.
"But our guess is that the people who came here can actually choose not to walk down the five corporeal echelons of the four limbs and the rest of the body first, because this path is too difficult. If you don't have a will and just use your body to explore the path, the difficulty of this path is something that only those who have experienced it will understand.
"The five illusory echelons are different. What they need is an epiphany, a form of epiphany. Comparatively speaking, it might seem harder, but in truth, if they want to obtain a great serendipity, then they must first walk down the five illusory echelons. After that, they will possess a will, and the path ahead will become even faster." Zhou Kang's words caused Su Ming's pupils to shrink, and he suddenly spoke up.
"Senior Zhou Kang, are you saying that if our bodies touch the stone monument first, then our bodies will first go through the trial of Divine Essence, which means that our bodies will first get used to it or remember it? Then, with our bodies as the foundation, we will slowly understand the five illusory echelons, and from then on … our stone monument will eventually reach ten million zhang.
"And if we don't walk down this path, then we will first have our minds and souls get used to the Divine Essence. Once we remember that feeling, then we will spread it through our entire bodies.
"There are two paths. One is from the outside to the inside, and the other is from the inside to the outside."
Zhou Kang fell silent. After a moment, he averted his gaze from the stone monument that once belonged to Si Ma Yue, and his gaze fell on Su Ming.
"Originally, this was only a guess by the two of us, husband and wife. Two thousand years ago, a person relied on his own comprehension ability. He meditated in front of the stone stele for three hundred years and comprehended this point. His name was … Star Jade. Now, his stone stele is 200,000 meters tall."
"Don't use your body to touch the stone monument. Use your eyes, nose, ears, mouth, and heart to form a faint connection with the stone monument. This will allow you to walk less detours on your path, and it will … allow you to achieve greater things.
"Even though time might not pass quickly and might even pass slowly … based on our observations, there have been quite a number of people who have come over over the past two thousand something years, and there have been people who have successfully reached a million zhang tall stone monument. This series of events has naturally caused quite a number of people to die, but Xing Yu is still around.
"That is why Yue Er's guess is that those who have reached the Five Illusory Echelons have a lower chance of dying than others. This is just a guess. Due to the short amount of time and the fact that there are too few people who have reached the Five Illusory Echelons, we cannot verify this further.
"You can choose to believe it, but you can also choose not to believe it," Zhou Kang said calmly, and his voice echoed in the area.
"This is our experience. Also, no matter what method you use to touch the stone monument, you will have to fuse with the world in the stone monument. That is an illusory world … Everyone's experience is different, and it will be created based on your memories …
"In fact, some of the memories you don't even know will appear in the stone monument." My other experience is that at the instant you fuse with the stone monument, if you freeze your memories at a certain point in time, then there is a certain possibility that the world you see will be that time. " Nostalgia appeared in Zhou Kang's eyes. He lifted his right hand and slowly pressed it on the stone monument. Su Ming might not know the details of the memories in his eyes, but he could guess that there was definitely a woman in those memories, and her name was Si Ma Yue.
"These are all my experiences. I've told you all of them … You … take care." As Zhou Kang spoke softly, his body gradually became indistinct. A vortex appeared on his stone monument and sucked in his indistinct body. When he slowly fused with it, a hand suddenly stretched out from the vortex and grabbed Zhou Kang's right hand, dragging him into the stone monument.
"Lastly … is a guess Yue Er made four hundred years ago. Perhaps this is the reason for her death … She told me that she suspects that this foreign land is a huge scam!" Zhou Kang's body disappeared, but his voice still echoed in the air. Su Ming sat there in a daze and looked at Zhou Kang's stone monument. Only after a long while did he let out a deep breath.
The area fell into silence once again, but Zhou Kang's voice was still echoing in Su Ming's head. After a long while, a brilliant glint appeared in his eyes, and his gaze slowly fell on the stone monument that belonged to him.
That stone monument was only twenty thousand feet big. Compared to the area around it, it was incredibly small.
'No matter what, I have to continue walking down this path. I can't believe in Zhou Kang's words completely, but there should be some truth in them … Five Illusory Echelons, huh..? 'Su Ming did not choose to touch it with his hand. Instead, he stared at the stone monument and looked at it with his eyes. Besides that, his heart did not move, his body did not move, all his senses besides his eyes did not move.
'Five Illusory Echelons, I will start with my eyes! 'Su Ming sat down and meditated quietly. Time trickled by slowly.
One day, two days, three days … In the blink of an eye, a month went by. During that month, Su Ming rarely blinked. He stared at the stone monument with his entire being focused on it, ignoring everything around him.
When he even forgot about time, he saw a vortex appear on the stone monument, and he saw a great suction force coming from within it. Once his gaze was completely sucked in, an eye appeared in the vortex. At the same time that eye stared at Su Ming, his body became indistinct.
'Time is after I became the God of Berserkers. Place is the ninth summit … When Morning Dao Sect's Dao Yuan arrives! 'At the instant Su Ming's body became indistinct, a ghastly, murderous aura appeared in his eyes.
As his voice echoed in the air, Su Ming disappeared! (To be continued. If you like this work, please come to Qidian.Com to vote for me. Your support is my greatest motivation.)
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