Mu Si's Buddha talisman was very strange.
In the eyes of Old Wu Ba and Zen Master Song Guo, the talisman was just an ordinary pine tree. They could not see the little girl under the pine tree. Among the crowd, Ning Fan was the only one who could see that little girl!
"You can see Si Yue?" Mu Si's expression was originally very cold and stiff. However, when he noticed Ning Fan's solemn gaze when he looked at the talisman, his eyes were filled with surprise.
"Si Yue? Are you referring to the little girl in the talisman? "Ning Fan nodded.
"That's right. Four Moons is her nickname. I watched her grow up. At that time, I planted a pine tree clone on a cultivation planet that was millions of galaxies away from the Wood Island. I wanted to use it to comprehend the Palm Position of Wood … I clearly planted my clone in the depths of the mountains, but this little girl was able to sense my existence in the midst of thousands of pine trees …" "That's right.
Mu Si seemed to have opened his mouth. Under the activation of his ability, the scenes of that year were displayed in Ning Fan's mind like images.
The first image was the scene where Daoist Mu Song was imparting the Dao to Mu Si.
In the beginning, Mu Si was not called Mu Si but Mu Yi. He was the tree spirit with the highest cultivation base among the seven pine trees.
The sequence of the seven pine trees was divided according to their cultivation base. As Mu Si's cultivation base was the highest, he was once valued by Daoist Mu Song.
On that day, Daoist Mu Song ended his one hundred thousand years of seclusion and walked out.
The first thing he did was to erect the second and third stone steles on the wooden island. It turned out that the two steles of seclusion were erected at the same time.
The second thing he did was to find Mu Si and share what he had comprehended during this seclusion with him.
"It has been twelve million years since I closed my eyes and broke through to the second level of the Quasi-Saint Realm. That little fellow Senluo has also been locked up in the Heavenly Prison for eleven million years. That little rascal once said that if I can erect all three steles and integrate all the Dao I have learned in my life into them, my cultivation base will improve further. Today, I have finally erected the second and third steles but I realized that I am still far away from the third level of the Quasi-Saint Realm. Heh. Three steles are still not enough. However, I don't know how to erect the fourth stele … "
"Da Shixiong (Mu Si was still Mu Yi at the time), after this closed door cultivation, I have reached a whole new realm. Closing my eyes is like opening them, and I can see the truth of the Illusionary World. As a matter of fact, twelve million years ago, I was already able to catch a glimpse of the truth of this world. However, it was only until now that I managed to do it perfectly … The real Illusory World is even more desolate and lonesome than I had imagined … There's a saying in Buddhism that all forms in this world are empty. Now, I finally understand the true meaning of that saying … "
"The art of becoming the ruler is hard to find in this world. Most people only know that becoming a Sovereign Immortal Emperor requires the power of a Sovereign Dao Fruit … Therefore, there are many old monsters who want to plant a Sovereign Dao Fruit, but very few of them know that the correct way to become a Sovereign Immortal Emperor is to open his eyes and create his own Sovereign Void in the real world … "
"However, it's easier said than done to open my eyes and see the real world. Within four days, including the ten great secret clans, there are no more than twenty people who are able to achieve such a feat … In the land of Eastern Heaven, other than the secret clans, there are only three Sovereign Immortal Emperors apart from this old man. Among them, Lightning Emperor Tai Su has been dead for many years. Let's not talk about him. As for the remaining two, one is the current Sha Di of the Slaughter Palace and the other is Old Man Houtu of the Houtu Sect … However, as far as I know, these two people did not rely on the art of opening their eyes to become the ruler … The reason why they could become the ruler was because of the power of the Sovereign Dao Fruit. As a result, they are at a disadvantage … "
"The art of opening one's eyes is a top secret in this world. That disciple of mine, Cang Song, has a good aptitude. He has gradually made a name for himself in the Eastern Heaven as the Azure Emperor. However, it's a pity that he does not have enough aptitude to open his eyes. I don't know about this … Xiang Bozi, on the other hand, once had the aptitude to open his eyes. However, for the sake of Senluo Imp, he gave up his eyes. In the end, he did not have the chance to reach the wonderful state of opening his eyes … His disciple, Senluo, has even more aptitude than Old Man Xiang. He once opened his eyes in this old man's Golden Sky Black Map! This child's aptitude is the best that this old man has ever seen in his life! It's a pity that this child lost the chance to become a Sovereign because of a woman. He will forever be an Immortal King and is still imprisoned in the Heavenly Prison of the Godly Void Pavilion. As such, there is no need for him to become a Sovereign Immortal Emperor … "
"What I'm going to say next might be a little unpleasant to hear, but I don't mean any harm. I hope that Eldest Senior Brother will be magnanimous enough to forgive me. With Eldest Senior Brother's aptitude, most likely, you will also not be able to open your eyes. If you want to become a Sovereign, I'm afraid you will have to find another way. During my seclusion this time, I comprehended a second type of Sovereign Technique from the real world … Are you willing to learn it?! "
"The normal path to the Sovereign Realm requires a high level of comprehension. It's too difficult to open your eyes … The Sovereign Realm Dao Fruit is a lower level method … The method that I comprehended this time is of the same grade as the art of opening the eyes, but it's much simpler. I named it the Heartless Technique. The Great Dao is heartless. This heartless technique is not because your heart is not moved. Instead, it's because after you have seen through everything, you will gradually give up. Senior Brother, why don't you go to the mortal world to gain experience? If you can thoroughly comprehend the wonderful principle of the word 'heartless' and make your heart die, with your unique plant body, you will definitely be able to comprehend it … "
…
Ning Fan's eyes narrowed slightly. He could actually see the scene where Daoist Mu Song imparted his Dao to Mu Si!
It was too difficult to become a true Sovereign Immortal Emperor! By relying on the profoundness of the Twenty-Seven Yin Yang Arts of the Chaotic Loops Art, he had found another way to use the power of the Sovereign Realm. However, he did not cultivate the Sovereign Realm Void. Thus, he could not be considered as a true Sovereign Realm Immortal Emperor.
From this scene, Ning Fan heard for the first time that the correct way to become a Sovereign Immortal Emperor was not to consume the Sovereign Realm Dao Fruit but to open your eyes!
What does that mean?
What does it mean to open your eyes?
What is the real world after you open your eyes?
At this moment, Ning Fan only felt enlightened. It was as if this simple scene contained an unimaginable Great Dao. However, he could not understand it …
There was no time to comprehend more. The second scene appeared in Ning Fan's mind again.
The location was an old forest deep in the mountains. There were countless ancient pines in the forest. The pine tree clone that Mu Si sent out was just an insignificant one among them.
His purpose was to secretly plant a clone in this place and spy on every mortal life on this cultivation planet to comprehend the meaning of emotionlessness that Mu Song had mentioned …
Originally, he thought that he would have to live alone in the deep mountains for a long time. However, he did not expect that a little girl would easily enter his life and disrupt his journey of comprehending the Dao …
It was the second day after Mu Si arrived on this cultivation planet. In a nearby mountain village, a group of adult hunters brought their juniors to hunt in the deep mountains.
What kind of cultivation base did Mu Si have? Even a True Immortal Realm expert might not be able to see through his pine tree clone.
The mortal hunters who passed by him in the mountains certainly could not tell that it was a tree with a spirit. Only a little girl who wore a red cotton robe and had braided braids could tell that Mu Si was extraordinary.
"Grandpa! Grandpa! Look! This pine tree is peeking at me. Is it a demon? Why can it see me? It doesn't have eyes. "The seven-year-old Little Four Months was very curious.
Since she was born, she could see things that others couldn't. The people in the village all said that this little girl was abnormal. Therefore, very few people were willing to get close to this abnormal little girl …
"Shh! My little ancestor, don't ever say such words again. If you offend any immortal, be careful of your life! "
When the old hunter who was addressed as Grandpa heard Little Four saying such nonsense again, he was so scared that his face turned pale. He hurriedly bowed to Mu Si's pine tree and kept muttering 'Gods and Buddhas bless me' and 'Don't be offended'. Then, he pulled Little Four Months and fled …
The others also bowed to the pine tree and left as if they were fleeing. Their expressions were filled with fear and trepidation. They didn't dare to hunt around Mu Si anymore …
It seemed that everyone believed Little Four Months' words and treated Mu Si as a tree demon. They had a taboo …
This made Mu Si speechless. His original intention was to comprehend dao in the deep mountains and forests in a low-key manner. He didn't want to come into contact with anyone. However, he didn't expect to be seen through by a group of mortals on the second day of his arrival on this cultivation planet …
Was it because his method of concealing his aura was too clumsy?
Or … that braided little girl's eyes were too sharp …
"A mere mortal can actually see things that even True Immortals can't …" Mu Si sighed with emotion.
What made him even more dumbfounded was that on the third day, that braided little girl ran into the deep mountains alone and came to him.
Wasn't this seven-year-old mortal child afraid of being eaten by the tigers and wolves in the mountains?! That was a little too daring!
Oh, so that's how it is … This little girl's neck is hanging a cultivation magic tool that can drive away tigers and wolves … No wonder she dared to enter the mountains alone …
The grade of the magic tool wasn't high. It seemed to be something made by a junior at the first or second level of the Vein Opening Realm …
"Uncle Tree, are you looking at my talisman? Do you want my talisman? Do you think it is very beautiful? Do you want it? But I can't give it to you. Grandpa said that I could see ghosts when I was a child. I spent a whole two taels of silver to ask for this talisman from Mao Mountain's Grandpa Daoist. I can't give it to you … "
Mu Si frowned slightly but didn't answer. This little girl seemed to be very talkative …
"My name is Si Yue. Uncle Tree, what's your name? You don't speak, is it because you can't say it, or because you don't have a name? I know you are a tree demon and you can certainly speak. You don't answer, is it because you don't have a name? Do you want me to give you a name? Grandpa praised me for being the best at giving names. Grandma raised seven pigs, and I gave each of them a name. Do you want to listen … "
The corner of Mu Si's mouth twitched, but he still didn't answer. This little girl was indeed very talkative.
"Uncle Tree, you don't like to talk, right? Then just listen, I'll explain it to you. Let's talk about the big yellow dog raised by Second Brother Lin next door … "
The little girl talked about the big yellow dog for a quarter of an hour.
"… Let's talk about the big white goose of the village chief …"
Another quarter of an hour passed …
"… I ate half a pancake in the morning yesterday and half a bread at noon …"
Another quarter of an hour passed …
"… The day before yesterday …"
"… The day before yesterday …"
"… I …"
Mu Si was, after all, a powerful old monster. Although he was tired of the little girl's long-windedness, he listened from the beginning to the end without interrupting even half a sentence.
In the end, the little girl left in disappointment. She really wanted to talk to Uncle Tree. The people in the village were afraid of her and said that she was evil. No one was willing to talk to her. Even the grandpa and grandma usually avoided her and never allowed her to sit at the table …
Could it be that even Uncle Tree Demon was afraid of her? Otherwise, why would he ignore her …
"Plants are ruthless … Is this the realm that Junior Brother Mu Song mentioned …"
After the little girl left, Mu Si began to ponder. He disdained to pay attention to a mortal child. Was this also a kind of ruthlessness …
Because he was a high and mighty immortal, he looked at those lowly mortals as if he was looking at insects.
How bored did a person have to be to talk to ants and care about ants' life and death?
Of course, he would not pay attention to Little Four Moons, just like how he would not run to talk to ants. Was this the true meaning of the Great Dao being ruthless …
On the fourth day, Little Four Moons actually ran to Mu Si again and nagged.
The fifth day, the sixth day, the seventh day …
One month, two months, three months …
Except for the rainy and snowy weather, Little Four Moons would enter the mountain almost every day to chat with Mu Si.
Although Mu Si never spoke to Little Four Moons, she still enjoyed it.
At least, there was someone who was willing to listen to her. This was already very rare, wasn't it?
Thus, as spring passed and autumn came, listening to the little girl's nagging gradually became Mu Si's daily habit.
Every time the little girl was bullied in the village, she would cry in front of him and never shed tears in front of outsiders.
Occasionally, when some villagers talked to the little girl and paid attention to her, she would be happy for the whole day and share her joy with Mu Si …
The little girl grew up day by day and became slender and elegant. She became sensible and no longer talked mysteriously in front of outsiders. As a result, the villagers gradually looked at her with normal eyes. Among her peers, there were also many youths who were at the right age and admired her appearance.
She was no longer lonely and no longer talked much. She finally grew up, but she still often came to the mountain and chatted with her Uncle Tree for a while.
Mu Si still ignored her. Even if the little ant had grown up, it was still an ant. How could a human be bored enough to chat with an ant?
The little girl did not mind Mu Si's disregard. She began to carefully build a fence around Mu Si. The reason was that she was afraid that some beasts would run to the tree to urinate and defecate …
What a joke! What kind of cultivation did Mu Si have? If he was unwilling, which beasts would dare to defecate and pee under his tree?!
On days when there was little rain, she would work hard to fetch spring water and water Uncle Tree …
Mu Si expressed his helplessness. He was an immortal tree and had been deprived of water for countless years. He would not die without water … Forget it, it was this little girl's filial piety. He would not blame her …
The little girl was greedy. Every time a young man gave her snacks, she would bring them to the mountain and give half to Uncle Tree while eating the other half herself.
Mu Si never ate these mortals' snacks in front of the little girl. However, after she left, he would sigh and put away these snacks …
Later on, the little girl actually built a wooden house in the deep mountains and said that she wanted to live next to Mu Si and stay with him forever.
She even said that if Mu Song did not mind, she could even marry Mu Song. She also wanted to be a tree. She did not like to wear a mask and live in the village. She preferred to be her true self in front of Mu Song.
"Uncle Tree, if I marry you, will you marry me or not?! Why are you still not saying anything? Do you dislike me? Damn it, I will ignore you! "
Little Four Moons did not know that when Mu Song heard these words, there was a ripple in his heart that had been cultivating Buddhism for many years.
Initially, he wanted to cultivate the Heartless Dao. However, he did not expect that this little girl would walk into his life.
Unknowingly, the way Mu Si looked at the little girl was no longer like how he looked at an ant …
It was not the love between a man and a woman but he could not ignore it either …
During this period, Daoist Mu Song came to visit once. When he saw Mu Si's reaction, he shook his head repeatedly.
"Among the seven pine trees, your aptitude is the best. Besides, you are also a plant. At first, I thought that you could easily comprehend the true meaning of the Heartless Great Dao. However, I didn't expect that you would lose your state of mind because of a mortal child … Everything in the world is an illusion. You still don't understand … Fine. Now that my cultivation is improving day by day, if I pay some price, I can let you see the real world … Next, the world that you will see will not be seen by others!"
Daoist Mu Song raised his hand and a ray of purple light shot into Mu Si's body. Then, the scene in front of Mu Si changed …
…
Ning Fan did not know what kind of world Mu Si had seen from Daoist Mu Song.
However, from then on, Mu Si regained his usual coldness and treated the little girl like air.
The sensitive Little Four Moons immediately noticed the change in Mu Si.
In the past, even though Mu Si also ignored her, he would not ignore her. His gaze would always quietly stay on her. She could feel it.
Today, however, the way Mu Si looked at her was cold as if he was looking at a piece of grass. It caught her off guard and made her panic.
"Uncle Shu, why are you ignoring me? Why aren't you looking at me anymore? Did I do something wrong?"
"… Uncle Shu, can I help you catch the insects today …?"
The little girl was anxious. She had said a lot but Mu Si did not even look at her!
That gaze of his was not ignoring her but … he did not care at all!
"… Uncle Shu, I had a quarrel with my grandfather. He said that I have grown up and he wants to force me to marry someone. I don't want to … I want to live in the mountain for a period of time. Can you accompany me …?"
He was still ignoring her as cold as air.
Since she was seven years old until she was seventeen years old now, his gaze had never been short of her for the past ten years. Today, however, it moved away from her …
"Uncle Shu …"
"Uncle Shu …"
"Uncle Shu …"
It was night. Little April was staying in the wooden house in the mountain. It was raining heavily in the mountain.
In the past, when she quarreled with her grandfather, she would also run to the wooden house in the mountain to stay. The nights in the mountain were very cold, but she did not need thick clothes and quilts because Mu Si would always silently dispel the coldness for her. She knew …
But tonight, she was really very cold because Mu Si had changed. He would no longer listen to her thoughts and would no longer dispel the coldness in the mountain for her …
She obviously did not do anything wrong. Why … did Uncle Shu ignore her …
The next day, she had a high fever and her whole body was limp. However, she still stubbornly stayed under the tree and chattered non-stop.
She knew that Mu Si did not listen to her, but she insisted on saying it and wanted him to listen!
Mu Si frowned. As an immortal cultivator, of course, he knew how fragile a mortal's body was. If the little girl's illness was not treated in time, it would be very dangerous.
"Go back!" Mu Si almost had the impulse to talk to the little girl for the first time. However, he did not speak in the end.
He thought of the world that Daoist Mu Song showed him. In that real world, there was no such person as Little April at all …
She did not exist and was just an illusion. He had to cut off all the worldly desires so that he could comprehend the Great Dao of Emotionlessness and possess the ability to become a Palm Master …
In the end, no matter what the little girl said, Mu Si did not look at her again.
On the third day, the little girl held on and still stubbornly refused to leave. However, she did not speak again. She just sat under the tree in silence and touched the pine tree in a daze.
On the fourth day, she fainted and could no longer hold on. There were tears at the corner of her eyes …
In the end, Uncle Shu also did not care about her.
Uncle Shu really did not want her anymore …
Mu Si knew that if he allowed the little girl to fall here until she died of illness, he would completely become an emotionless person. He would definitely be able to comprehend the Great Dao of Emotionlessness.
However, this was a painful choice. He needed to use a woman's life in exchange for the opportunity to comprehend the Great Dao of Emotionlessness …
There were too many cases like this in the cultivation world. In order to comprehend the Great Dao of Emotionlessness, many old monsters would deliberately cultivate a human cauldron and pour their deepest feelings into her. After accompanying her for countless years, they would kill her to comprehend the true meaning of emotionlessness …
Should I follow Daoist Mu Song's method and obtain the power to become a Palm Master or … save her …
…
The scene ended at this point. There was no conclusion.
However, it did not stop Ning Fan from guessing.
The current Mu Si possessed the power of a Palm Master in his Buddha Talisman. Does this mean that he chose not to save the little girl in the past in exchange for the opportunity to attain the Palm Master Realm …?
Ning Fan frowned. He was not related to Little April at all. He was not concerned about her life or death. However, he could not agree with Mu Si's method.
If this was the Dao of Emotionlessness of Plants that Mu Si mentioned, he would rather not comprehend this Dao!
Ning Fan did not have the intention to continue comprehending the Buddha Talisman in the Fourth Pine. He directly turned around and left.
"Little Friend, is it because you despise my method of comprehending the Buddha Talisman that much?"
"There is no such thing as superiority or inferiority in the Dao. There is no such thing as looking down on me. I just can't agree with it." Ning Fan halted his footsteps and said indifferently.
"Can't agree with it? Even though you can't agree with it, you also have no power to change it. This is the truth of the world. Have you ever seen the original appearance of this world? Do you know … that kind of loneliness …?
That is the world that only cultivators at the Palm Master Realm can see. What I saw from Junior Brother was just a part of the world.
Junior Brother said that the complete world that he saw when he opened his eyes was a barren wasteland. The little girl who nagged me under the tree every day was just an illusion …
Junior Brother said that it is wrong to be obsessed with those illusions that do not exist … It is a grave mistake to be moved by illusions …
Junior Brother said that she does not exist in this world. What she exists is just an illusion in my heart. If I cut off my obsession, I will have a chance to see the world in his eyes …
I followed Junior Brother's method and ignored her life and death step by step …
I saw everything as an illusion and used that to touch the power of the Palm Master Realm …
However, do you know that kind of heartache?!
One day, she almost died in front of me. If I ignored her life and death, I would be able to follow Junior Brother's method and completely obtain the power of the Palm Master Realm …
In the end, I did not harden my heart to watch her die. Instead, I used my divine ability to send her back home and used my divine ability to protect her from death …
Her illness was cured in the end … However, she did not know that I was the one who saved her. She never returned to the deep mountains and said a word to me … After that, I watched her return to the mortal world. I watched her get married and have children. I watched her live a peaceful and happy life. I turned my heart into a shadow and kept it in the Buddha talisman forever … This shadow is the karmic hindrance of my cultivation. I can't cut it off because there is a bottleneck in my cultivation and I can't improve. I used to be the first among the Seven Pine Cultivators. Now, I have fallen to the fourth. In the future, I might even fall to the fifth, the sixth or the seventh …
If I cut off this shadow, I can achieve the Dao. However, I do not want to …
If I embrace this shadow, I will no longer be in such pain. However, I do not dare to …
I am a Buddha. If I embrace my obsession, all my previous cultivation will turn into nothingness under the suffering of the Karmic Fire … Buddha should not be obsessed. You are not an ancient Buddha. You are very lucky …
Even if you retain your obsession, you will not face the suffering of the Karmic Fire … You can do whatever you want, but I can't …
If I lose all my cultivation, I will no longer be me. I will just be an ancient pine tree without any spiritual consciousness …
What I am afraid of is not the pain of losing my cultivation. I am afraid of losing my spiritual consciousness. I am afraid of losing my spiritual consciousness like a plant. I am truly heartless and forget about that little girl …
I do not want to forget everything under the Karmic Fire!
Millions of years later, that little girl would have already turned into dust. A dead person would not have any feelings, right?
However, I am different. There will always be a shadow in my heart that cannot be cut off, embraced, ignored or forgotten …
Of course, you will not bother to comprehend such an indecisive Buddha talisman. There is also no need for you to comprehend it …
You are an ancient devil and I am an ancient Buddha. You are not me. In the end, you will not be able to understand my feelings. However, I will not allow you to look down on my Buddha talisman because her shadow is in it … "
When Mu Si finished speaking, he felt much more relaxed as if he had poured out the pain that he had suffered for millions of years.
It turned out that he had already been influenced by her unknowingly and turned into such a chatterbox …
In the past, she had so many things to say. Was it because she had a stomach full of discomfort and had nowhere to vent it?
Ning Fan turned around and looked at the little girl in Mu Si's Buddha talisman again in silence.
He had misunderstood a little. This Mu Si might have done something wrong. However, the feelings that he had fused into the Buddha talisman were not fake.
Mu Si had said something wrong. He could not understand Mu Si's actions. It had nothing to do with whether he was an ancient devil or not!
"If I were you, I would choose to save her just like you did. However, I would not be as lost as you are now. I cannot understand your feelings. This has nothing to do with whether I am an ancient devil or not. It is because our Dao is different! "
"If I were you … If I were you …"
At this moment, Ning Fan recalled his decision of not wanting to sever his emotions in the past.
He was unwilling to sever his emotions. He was unwilling to forget Zhihe even if it was for the sake of forming his core!
It was not because he was an ancient devil that he dared to act recklessly. Instead, it was because he did not want to forget that he stepped into the True Devil Dao!
He pointed his right index finger and drew his devil talisman stroke by stroke in front of Mu Si.
Each stroke actually caused the devil sense contained in the devil talisman to change!
Originally, the picture of the Devil Luo Giant was standing side by side with the picture of the pine tree. However, this time, Ning Fan drew the Devil Luo Giant under the tree.
This scene was just like a young man with monstrous devil qi comprehending under the tree.
"No, no … If this young man is me, then this tree shouldn't be a pine tree …"
Ning Fan's eyes were filled with confusion for a moment.
Thousands of years of memories surged at this moment, as if they wanted to be drawn into the pattern by Ning Fan … (To be continued.)
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