Ning Fan's Dao Heart was in a mess. His Dao Heart was also affected by the sorrow of the faceless giant. It was also filled with sorrow and confusion.
His Dao was stubbornness and his character was even more stubborn. If a stubborn person's heart was not in a mess, it was almost impossible for him to be affected by the outside world. This was his advantage. At the same time, however, once a stubborn person enters a dead end, it would be difficult for him to get out of it.
Currently, Ning Fan was in such a situation. He was at a loss and could not get out of it.
He felt a sense of helplessness. For the first time in his life, he felt the terror of reincarnation. The source of this terror was not true or false, not true or false, not true or false, not true or false, not true or false, not true or false, not true or false, not true or false, not true or false, but rather eternal loneliness.
He had to use his eternal life to find someone but he could not find that person. What kind of pain was that?
Why did the faceless giant want to find that person? It was because he had lost it. He had nothing left. He had lost everything that he wanted to obtain …
"Is that faceless giant really my future? Or perhaps, I am his future … Am I the master and he follows me or is he the master and I follow him …?"
"If he is my future, then I don't want such a future. How can I avoid it …?"
"Or perhaps, I am not his future and he is not my past. I am just the manifestation of a trace of such a powerful being's divine ability. Even my existence itself is fake. All the past and future are fabricated … If that's the case, I won't be me anymore …"
"Hehe. So what if I am me? So what if I am not me? I actually don't care about all of this. I don't have the time to think about it. What I am afraid of is actually the future of the faceless giant. After losing everything, I will face eternal loneliness … "
"How can I avoid this kind of future … Is the future really something that you can avoid just because you want to …?"
Ning Fan sighed.
The more Ning Fan understood about samsara, the more he knew that the more you try to escape, the more you can't escape from it.
That was why he needed that trace of stubbornness to go against the current and crash into the great circle of samsara. He would not hesitate to do so even if his head would bleed.
Perhaps he could open up a chance of survival. Perhaps he could not … However, he would only know after trying.
If he could not break it open after one attempt, he would crash it ten times!
If he could not break it open after ten attempts, he would crash it a hundred times!
Gradually, the bewilderment in Ning Fan's heart was swept away. However, there was only a trace of sadness that was engraved in his heart and could not be dispelled no matter what.
Sure enough, no matter how firm his Dao Heart was, he was unable to truly obliterate his feelings. He could sweep away all the confusion in his heart, but he could not sweep away the sorrow in his heart.
This was the troublesome part of having the seven emotions. However, it was only when he had emotions that he could be considered a person, and not just an immortal or a demon.
"Ant Lord, I thought I could barely accept the reality of being possessed by you, but you insisted on killing me in my dreams. As expected, I still want to kill you even more."
"Hey, even that stupid crane couldn't do anything to me. What methods do you have to get rid of me? The most you can do is use your bewitching techniques to threaten me. Come on, come on! This consort dared to kill you in your dreams, so I was already prepared to be tortured by you. You don't say, after being tortured by you a few times, this consort really wants to have a taste. In the past, I have been cultivating in the Hongjun Sacred Sect, and I have never come into contact with such matters. You have to say, it is quite wonderful. "The Ant Master said stubbornly.
"Stop being so stubborn. You're actually still afraid in your heart. You're afraid that I'll turn your pathetic state into a jade slip and spread it through the entire True World."
"You … you are truly shameless! But you don't have to be so stubborn. Do you really dare to run to the True World?! I know you don't dare! You only dare to show off in Zi Dou's dreams! "
"It's really meaningless to argue. If I don't try, how would I know that I can't kill you?"
Ancient Country Trading Formation!
Ning Fan set up the Ancient Country Trading Formation. It seemed like he wanted to buy something from the Heaven Reaching Cult to kill the Ant Lord.
"Oh? You, a junior from the Illusionary World, actually know about the Ancient Country Trading Formation?! What a pity! Even though the Heaven Reaching Cult also has one or two methods to kill me, those methods are all in the hands of their cult master. Who do you think the Heaven Reaching Cult Master is? He is my third senior brother. Even though he betrayed the Hongjun Sacred Sect in a fit of anger in the past, our brother-sister relationship is still there. As soon as you say that you want to buy a method to get rid of me, the people of the Heaven Reaching Cult will definitely know that you want to kill me. After all, my master has only imparted this life-saving method to me in the past. "
"… Why are your senior brothers everywhere?" Ning Fan was speechless.
His mind was connected with the Ant Lord. In his Sea of Consciousness, the Ant Lord could not lie at all. All of his malicious thoughts would be exposed.
After hearing what the Ant Lord said, he really could not buy the method to kill the Ant Lord from the Heaven Reaching Cult anymore.
He could imagine the consequences of doing so in his mind.
The small theater in Ning Fan's mind:
The Heaven Reaching Cult Master: "Thief! How dare you want to kill my junior sister?! From today onwards, all the transactions of the Heaven Reaching Cult will no longer be open to you! "
"* Cough * * Cough * … Third Senior Brother would never speak in such a tone. He is a person who doesn't like to talk nonsense. He probably won't even be bothered to scold you. Instead, he will directly blacklist your qualification to trade with the Ancient Country … "The Ant Lord could see Ning Fan's memories. Of course, she could see the small theater in his mind.
She originally thought that Ning Fan would be a cold and aloof person. Unexpectedly, there was actually such a stupid side hidden deep in his personality.
"It's hard not to be stained by the aura of a stupid person after staying together with a master like that …" Ning Fan thought of the Old Devil and his chrysanthemum blossom face that was always cheerful. Now that he had already arrived at the Northern Heaven, he would make some time to visit the Four Majestic Sect after eliminating the foreign races in the Northern Heaven. Then, he would use the passage to return to the Rain World to have a look.
Mother should have already woken up. If that's the case, father should not have such a stern expression anymore.
Master should have already saved Mistress. Speaking of which, Mistress is Dugu's elder sister. Her name seems to be Xiaomei? Erm … This isn't a form of address that I can use. Should I call her Mistress or Elder Sister … If I call her Elder Sister, Master will probably vomit blood out of anger. It's better not to anger him …
The cultivation base of Zhihe's team should not have improved much. After all, they are too lazy and they don't like to cultivate.
As for Qiuling, she might be busy planting flowers and composing poems. Thus, her cultivation base did not improve much either.
What about Hong Yi? Is she continuing to be the Thunder Sovereign Bu Zhou or is she ascending to the Ancient Devils Abyss as she wished …
As for Yue Lingkong, she is still busy planting cucumbers …
There are so many women in Seven Apricot City. Did any of them fight when he was not at home? I guess so …
There's also Little Marten, Big Head and …
* Ding ding ding *
All of a sudden, the ancient country's trading formation rang hurriedly. It was Ning Fan's first time encountering such a situation.
Even though he had set up the ancient country's trading formation, he did not activate the transaction as he was worried that his identity as the Lord Ant would be exposed. Thus, he did not know where the sound came from.
"Idiot. It's the person who has made a private transaction with you. He's looking for you urgently. As long as you have made a private transaction, the ancient country's trading formation will record your World Plane. It will be much more convenient for you to make transactions in the future without going through the Heaven Reaching Sect. I've seen this part of your memories. The other party seems to be a saint of the Little Mountain World. Little Thief Ning, oh Little Thief Ning. Look at what you've done! Didn't you sell a lot of problematic Yin Heavy Wood to him? He's probably coming to you for an explanation. "The Lord Ant said sarcastically.
This was exactly what it meant by a prophecy coming true.
Ning Fan cast a hand seal at the ancient country's trading formation. Just as he activated the formation, he heard the angry voice of a lady coming from the other side of the formation.
"You're finally willing to show your face! Kill! Life! Fox! "Fox of Killing Life was Ning Fan's nickname in the Heaven Reaching Sect.
Miss Ling on the other side seemed to be quite angry. She almost roared out those words. She no longer addressed Ning Fan as Fellow Daoist like before. Instead, she directly called him by his nickname.
How could she not be angry?! She had bought a huge amount of eight hundred million Yin Heavy Wood from Ning Fan. In the end, all of the goods were contaminated by the Dao Nourishing Immortal Grain. All of them were damaged! Grade! She wished she could peel off the bones of this unscrupulous merchant!
"Miss Ling, is it? I know what you're angry about. However, can you allow me to explain …? "Ning Fan smiled bitterly. It was his fault. It was reasonable for her to be angry.
"Humph!" Miss Ling let out a soft snort. However, she did not say anything else. Obviously, she was waiting for Ning Fan's explanation.
"Before the transaction, I didn't know that there was a problem with that batch of goods. As a matter of fact, I'm also the victim. After that, I also went through a lot of trouble to separate the Dao Nourishing Immortal Grain from my body."
"You really don't know? You didn't purposely plot against me with the Dao Nourishing Immortal Grain? "Miss Ling's tone seemed to have become much gentler.
"I'm serious. If you don't believe me, I can make a Great Vow of Heart Devil. "Ning Fan did not like to make vows. However, he made an exception this time because he was the one in the wrong.
The harm of the Dao Nourishing Immortal Grain was too great. He did not know if Miss Ling on the other side had suffered great harm because of it. If she had, he was willing to bear all the responsibility and compensate her fully.
No matter how great the compensation was!
To his enemies, Ning Fan could be so ruthless that he would resort to any means necessary. However, to ordinary people, Ning Fan always had his own principles. Even a paranoid person would have his own set of principles.
"I don't believe in vows …"
"If that's the case …"
"But I believe you."
"…" Just as Ning Fan wanted to say some other methods to make Miss Ling believe him, he swallowed all of his words after hearing what she said.
"If I don't believe you, I wouldn't have waited so long just to ask for an explanation. As expected, you are also a victim. If that's the case, I have a forbidden technique here that can expel the Dao Nourishing Immortal Grain from your body. I'll pass it to you now. Pay attention when you receive it … "
* Bang *
Miss Ling's luck seemed to be a little bad. The jade slip that she used to inscribe the secret technique did not succeed in the transaction. Instead, it was destroyed in the space-time turbulence. This was also the risk of making a private transaction.
She had no choice but to teleport again. This time, the jade slip was successfully delivered to Ning Fan.
[Mountain Sea Exorcism Technique]: Consume half of your immortal lifespan and half of your cultivation base to forcefully expel any impurities from your body.
It was a very powerful secret technique that could expel the Dao Nourishing Immortal Grain from your body in an instant. However, the price you have to pay was equally great. Compared to the Multi-Layered Soul Sealing Technique, each of them had its own advantages and disadvantages.
Ning Fan had already removed the Dao Nourishing Immortal Grain from his body. This technique was useless to him.
However, the other party's intention and the way she handled things made his heart tremble. His expression changed.
This lady is not here to vent her anger on me.
This lady is here to save my life.
He did not know this woman at all, yet she was willing to go this far for him. Was this her Dao?
Even though Ning Fan had never met this Miss Ling before, he felt like he could see her valiant smile and her clean and efficient way of doing things.
"Why do you believe that I'm not lying to you?" Ning Fan sighed.
"There's no evidence to speak of when it comes to believing in things like this. Only those who have reached the Fourth Step can jump out of this world. Being in this world, my reincarnation is in the hands of others. There's no way for me to differentiate between what's real and what's fake. If I want to survive, I must believe in something. After all, this is a world that can only exist if you believe in it. "
"So you have complete trust in everyone?"
"Of course not. For something like trust, it depends on the person and the affinity of the eyes. I have a good impression of you. My intuition tells me that you don't have the intention to harm me. "Miss Ling answered.
"Intuition, huh … But sometimes, intuition can be deceiving."
"If I still get deceived even though I believe in my intuition, then it's a tribulation in my life. Since it's a tribulation, I still have to go through it even if I can avoid it. Hey! Fellow Daoist, don't tell me you're thinking of opening the Ancient Country Trading Formation to discuss Dao? The operation of the formation consumes a lot of Heavenly Dao Gold. In order to plant the trees again, I've spent quite a lot of money recently. If there's nothing else, then I … "
"Wait."
"Is there anything else?"
"Miss, were you harmed by the Dao Nourishing Immortal Grain?"
"I'm fine but the Big Toad Tree that I planted was killed by your polluted wood qi …" Miss Ling said sadly.
"I'm sorry."
"Forget it. You didn't do it on purpose anyway. If it's the Big Toad Tree, I can just plant it again. Anyway, I've already planted forty-two of them. Perhaps I can plant the next one … "
"Speaking of which, why do you want to plant the trees and why do you want to plant the Big Toad Tree?"
"… You really want to open the trading formation to chat with me, right?" Miss Ling felt a headache coming on.
She had very few friends. Thus, she rarely discussed Dao with others. She had a good impression of Ning Fan. It was not a bad decision to discuss Dao with him once in a while.
However, the problem was she! No! Money! Got it!
In the Heaven Reaching Cult, the spiritual seedlings of the Big Toad Tree were not cheap. She had already spent a lot of Heavenly Dao Gold to buy the spiritual seedlings again. In order to buy the unpolluted Yin Heavy Wood from other World Planes, she spent a huge amount of gold and silver again. At this moment, she really did not have much money left to chat with Ning Fan.
* Ding ding ding *
Just as Miss Ling was about to find an excuse to send Ning Fan away, she suddenly heard a sound coming from the formation. Then, something was teleported over from the other side.
It was fine if Miss Ling didn't look, but when she did, she was shocked.
Ning Fan actually teleported five hundred taels of Heavenly Dao Gold to her!
He is obviously not even a Saint but he's actually so rich!
"Now, Miss, you have enough money to maintain the operation of the trading formation." Ning Fan's laughter resounded from the other side of the formation.
Ning Fan was such a person. If someone showed him respect, he would return it tenfold. Since the other party cared about him first, he would return the favor. In addition to the mistake he had made previously, it was not strange for him to give the other party five hundred gold taels as compensation.
"I can't take your money for free?" Miss Ling frowned. She did not like taking money from unfamiliar men. It would give her a bad feeling.
"I don't have any ill intentions with this money. I just want to apologize. If you don't accept it, I won't be able to feel at ease."
"… You seem to have accidentally revealed your surname. The private transactions in the ancient country's trading formation don't allow the two parties to reveal their true identities. This is against the rules. "Miss Ling said helplessly.
"So what if it's against the rules? Those are the rules of the Heaven Reaching Cult and not the rules between us. Let's get to know each other again. I'm Ning Fan. What about you? "
"…" Miss Ling felt a headache coming on.
Why did she have a feeling that she was being pestered by someone?
"I'm sorry. I can't tell you my name." Miss Ling said apologetically in the end.
"Is that so …" Ning Fan shook his head with a bitter smile. As expected, the other party still did not want to get to know him.
"It's not that I don't trust you. Other than being the master of Little Mountain Jie, I also have a secret identity. I am one of the patrolling envoys of the Mountain and Sea Jie. The names of the patrolling envoys cannot be told to others. There is Yan Ling Xian supervising them. If I break this law, the Li Ground Yi Yan Sect that is supervising this law will burn me … "Miss Ling explained.
She could have pretended that she did not trust Ning Fan and ended the conversation. However, she still gave him an explanation, as if she was worried that Ning Fan would turn off the transaction formation.
Sure enough, she was lonely in her heart, and she also longed to communicate with others.
"Then I'll just call you Lady Ling in the future."
"In the future? Do you plan to chat with me often in the future? "Miss Ling was surprised.
"If you're unwilling, then forget it."
"It's not that I don't want to. Anyway, other than patrolling the mountains and planting trees every day, I have nothing else to do."
"Speaking of which, you have mentioned planting trees several times. Is this your hobby? I've only seen a girl who likes to plant flowers, but I didn't know there was a girl who likes to plant trees. "
"No, planting trees is not my hobby. This has nothing to do with my hobby. It's something that I have to do. In everyone's life, there are many things that must be done. Take me for example. Planting a Big Toad Tree in this life is all my expectation. "
"What's the reason?"
"I don't know the reason. I just feel that just like how I'm waiting for the Big Toad Tree to sprout, it might also be waiting for me. It's waiting for me to plant it, waiting for me to meet it."
"It's quite an interesting reason."
"Is it interesting? The other patrolling envoys all said that I'm a boring person. "Miss Ling said in a self-deprecating manner.
"Speaking of which, I've been troubled by something recently. There are obviously people around me who I can talk to, but in order to prevent them from worrying, I still can't talk to them."
"Oh? Then why don't you tell me about it? Perhaps I can help you. "Miss Ling asked curiously.
"I saw my future. It should be considered as my future. He's terrifyingly strong. I even feel that he's stronger than some Fourth Step cultivators …"
"… You're the person who knows how to blow your own horn the best I've ever met. Are you trying to tell me that you're worried that your future will be so strong that you won't have any friends? You've searched all over the Three Realms in search of defeat but failed. You want a suitable opponent? The experts of the Three Realms aren't even worthy of sparring with you? "Miss Ling was speechless.
"…"
"…"
"I'm not joking."
"… Alright, I believe you. Your future is very, very strong, so strong that it's against the heavens. You can become a Saint with a single thought, split the heavens with a single thought, create tens of thousands of mountains with a single thought, and destroy everything with a single thought …"
"…"
"…"
"… It seems like I'll lose everything in my future. I'll keep searching, but I'll never be able to find it."
"Are you serious?" Miss Ling's tone became much more serious.
"… I was a little confused before, but in the end, I swept away all my confusion. My Dao heart will not be destroyed by any setback. No one can make me lower my head, let alone take everything away from me. However, I don't know why, but there's a sadness in my heart that I can't erase. I've tried it. Ordinary methods can't make that sadness disappear … "
"Then let's try an unusual method."
"What method?"
"En, en …" Miss Ling seemed to clear her throat. "This is the first time I'm reciting scriptures in front of others. You're not allowed to laugh."
Reciting scriptures?
Just as Ning Fan was feeling doubtful, he heard a faint voice reciting scriptures coming from the other side of the formation.
No, it's not reciting scriptures but humming softly.
When Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva was cultivating in the depths of Prajna Paramita, he saw that the five skandhas were all empty, transcending all sufferings.
Sarira, form is not different from emptiness and emptiness is not different from form. Form is emptiness and emptiness is form. It's the same for perception, thought, action and consciousness.
Sarira is the emptiness of all dharmas. It's neither born nor destroyed, neither dirty nor clean, neither increasing nor decreasing. Therefore, there's no form in the air, no perception, no eyes, no ears, no nose, no tongue, no will, no color, no sound, no fragrance, and no law. There's no vision or even a realm of consciousness. There's no ignorance and there's no end to ignorance. There's no death of old age and there's no end to old age and death. There's no suffering and there's no destruction of the Dao. There's no wisdom and there's no attainment.
Because there's no attainment, there's no bodhisattva. Because of Prajna Paramita, there's no worry in the heart. There's no fear, there's no hindrance, there's no illusion, there's nirvana.
All the Buddhas of the three worlds obtained Anuttara-Samyak-Sambodhi through Prajna Paramita.
Therefore, Prajna Paramita is the Great Divine Mantra, the Great Bright Mantra, the Supreme Mantra and the Unequaled Mantra. It can get rid of all suffering and it's real.
Therefore, the Prajna Paramita Mantra goes like this: Uncovering the truth, uncovering the truth, uncovering the truth, uncovering the truth, uncovering the truth, uncovering the truth.
"…" Ning Fan was in a dilemma.
She's actually singing Buddhist scriptures for me!
He didn't believe in Buddhism. In other words, it was impossible for any ancient devil to believe in Buddhism.
Therefore, he didn't like Buddhist scriptures as it went against his Dao.
However, Miss Ling's voice was so pleasant that he couldn't help but want to listen to it a few more times.
No, it's not simply pleasant. It's a desire that came from the depths of his soul. He wanted to listen to it one more time! He wanted to listen to it one more time! Otherwise, he might not be able to hear it again after tomorrow …
"Is it nice?" After the song ended, Miss Ling asked nervously, as if she was very concerned about the audience's evaluation.
"It's nice. You believe in Buddhism? "
"I don't." Miss Ling answered straightforwardly.
"Then why are you still singing Buddhist scriptures?" Ning Fan was speechless.
"Can't I sing it if I don't believe in it? It's fine as long as it's nice and effective. Take a look at your Dao Heart. Is it still sorrowful? "
"Hmm? Is it really not sorrowful anymore? I've heard of this Buddhist Heart Sutra before. It doesn't seem to have such a miraculous effect. "Ning Fan was surprised.
"Of course. Don't you know who's singing it? If you ask a Third Step Saint to sing for you, the effect will be incomparably miraculous. If you go to an old nun in a mortal temple to sing for you, it will be useless even if you sing for ten thousand times." Miss Ling said proudly.
"Thank you."
"Alright. It's been a pleasure chatting with you. However, it's time to water my sapling. Let's talk another day. If your heart is disturbed in the future, you can come and find me. If you can't find me once, you can try a few more times. If I happen to have the Ancient Country Trading Formation open, I will receive your contact and help you again. "
…
After turning off the Ancient Country Trading Formation, Ning Fan's Dao Heart no longer felt uncomfortable. He had to admit that Miss Ling's chanting was really effective.
He really wanted to listen to it a few more times even if he did not believe in Buddhism.
"Impressive, little thief. You actually have the ability to coax the Sixth Era Saint to use his samsara power to sing for you. You're quite capable." The Ant Lord said sarcastically.
"Is the price very high?" Ning Fan frowned. If Miss Ling had to pay a huge price just to sing this sutra, he would have a new layer of guilt.
"It's not a big price but it's definitely not easy. Someone who doesn't believe in Buddhism has to use the Third Step Buddha Art. Of course, her primordial qi will be greatly damaged. After that, she will have to rest for a long time to recover." The Ant Lord said gloatingly.
"…" Ning Fan's expression became a little unpleasant.
He wanted to immediately reopen the trading formation and send some items to Miss Ling to replenish her primordial qi. However, he smiled bitterly at the next moment and stopped that thought.
She was a Saint. She might not lack what he had. Besides, she was still busy watering her sapling. It was not appropriate for him to disturb her.
"I'll send her some recovery pills that are more valuable the next time I contact her …"
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