In the end, Ao Lie read it a few times, but still threw the robe back dejectedly. Then, he took a few buckets to feed the pigs. Obviously, he didn't have a clue. In order to avoid getting beaten up, it was better to feed the pigs first …
"I suspect that this is some kind of messy scripture fabricated by the mortal world. It looks all-encompassing and profound, but it's actually nonsense. I don't know what it's talking about. Or maybe it's that friend of yours who messed up the scripture and gave it to you …"
Ao Lie clearly didn't have a good impression of this scripture. Simply put, he didn't understand it either!
"That's what I thought at first, and I even gave up on studying this scripture. If it wasn't for the fact that my spirit was greatly shaken when I first saw this scripture, and I knew that this scripture was extraordinary, I would have thrown it away long ago. However, a few days ago, I picked up this scripture again and carefully read it. Although I still haven't understood its meaning, I have a different feeling. It seems that some kind of opportunity has been triggered in my spirit. It is precisely because of this that I decided to study it properly these few days, but the result isn't very optimistic …"
Fang Xing's expression was solemn, and he even felt a great deal of pressure.
There were some things that he hadn't said to Ao Lie directly. How could this trip to the Immortal Path be so simple?
Even if he had grasped the weakness of the Tian Yuan Hidden Five Old Men and forced them to be his slaves and pave the way for him, the terrifying opponent behind him was not someone he could underestimate. The Nine-headed Insect, who would dare to underestimate such an opponent?
Even if Ao Lie was half a step away from becoming an immortal, even if his strength had greatly increased, he still wouldn't be a match for him, right?
More importantly, before he stepped into the starry sky, Ao Lie, that little bastard, had rushed into the starry sky ahead of him. He hurriedly chased after him and didn't have time to go to the Immortal Burial Slope to retrieve his Hundred Broken Soul Weapon. His strength was greatly reduced!
Of course, from another perspective, it wasn't a bad thing for the Hundred Broken Soul Weapon to be left in the Whirlpool of Time. It was a Demonic Weapon with all-encompassing power. If it was buried in the Whirlpool of Time, it would be baptized by the power of time. When he retrieved it after dozens or hundreds of years, as long as it didn't rot, there would be some surprising changes, and its power would be even greater …
Of course, the prerequisite was that he had to be able to return!
If he couldn't think of a way to deal with the Nine-headed Bug, how could he go back?
"What did you experience to trigger that mysterious opportunity?"
Ao Lie turned around and asked while feeding the pigs. He was obviously curious.
After all, he was a true dragon and had a body that was half a step away from becoming an immortal. It was a shame that he could not understand the scripture.
"Heart!"
Fang Xing thought about it carefully and decided to tell the truth. He was not afraid of losing face in front of his brother-in-law. "Back then, under the persuasion of the Primordial Bone Palace's Old Dragon King, I decided to do something great for Tian Yuan and seize a certain opportunity … Now I know that it was actually the Daoist Path of Immortality … After many twists and turns and countless dangers, I finally seized the opportunity. However, when my friends around me obtained the opportunity and were led to the Path of Immortality, I discovered that I, who was so busy with this matter that I did not even take care of my wife, was rejected. I was rejected because someone had crossed out my name, but why would I care about that? I didn't feel good about it! "
At this point, Fang Xing paused for a moment and sighed. "After that, I raised my spirits and decided to do a few things. However, when I wanted to look for my elders, I discovered that they had fallen in the battle between the Pure Land and the Celestial Court. I didn't know if they were dead or alive. When I went to save my servant, I discovered that she had also obtained a great opportunity and had already entered seclusion. She didn't need my help at all. In the end, I went to the Sea of Azure Billows and wanted to save your sister. However, when I reached the Sea of Azure Billows, all that was left was a pile of ruins. The Dragon Palace was no longer there …"
As he spoke, he turned around and looked at Ao Lie. He said calmly, "At that moment, I suddenly felt that this world was very boring!"
"… I sat on the ruins of the Dragon Palace of the Sea of Azure Billows for three whole days. There was even a moment when I thought about turning into a stone."
This experience, which had troubled him for a long time and made him dispirited for a long time, was now spoken of calmly by him, as if he was talking about someone else's matter. In his words, there was even a hint of mockery towards himself at that time. However, in Ao Lie's ears, the indifferent "this world is especially boring" and "directly turning into stone" were especially terrifying!
As a cultivator, there would occasionally be people who would lose all their thoughts and have the thought of returning the world to the world, and then turn into a stubborn stone!
It was a kind of great demon on the path of cultivation!
"Your Daoist Heart is not firm enough!"
After listening to these words, Ao Lie remained silent for a long time. However, he gave such an answer very seriously.
"My Daoist Heart is not firm enough?"
Fang Xing didn't mock Ao Lie. Instead, he looked at him with interest.
"That's right!"
Ao Lie put down the food bucket and tapped the fence of the pigsty with a wooden spoon. He said, "Think about it yourself. Whether it was you being abandoned in front of a great fortune, or the disappearance of an elder, or even the catastrophe of the Sea of Azure Billows, they were all external factors that greatly affected your mind. You can even say that the reason why you are spirited now is because of my appearance. I let you see the hope of saving my sister. On the path of cultivation, this is also a kind of external factor that affects one's mind!"
At the end, he suddenly asked, "I really want to know, when you first stepped on the path of cultivation, what was your ambition?"
"Ambition?"
Fang Xing was stunned. He then said, "At first, I wanted to kill a spirit formation realm cultivator to avenge my uncles!"
Ao Lie was too lazy to find out who his uncles were. He asked again, "And then?"
"And then … of course, it was robbing everywhere!"
Fang Xing's eyes lit up. He seemed to recall the fun of the past. His face revealed a faint smile and sighed, "That period of time was really cool. Robbing the most valuable treasures, fighting the most ruthless people, riding the most majestic Great Golden Crow, sleeping with the most beautiful dragon … no, women … Anyway, life was quite interesting. Although it was a little dangerous at times, it was still very interesting. Now, I can't. Although I will rob some things, it's not that interesting. The entire Tian Yuan is filled with acquaintances …"
"Other than robbing, have you ever thought of anything else?"
Ao Lie furrowed his brows tightly and asked in a puzzled manner.
"Other thoughts …"
Fang Xing really racked his brains, "Is having a child with your sister to see what breed it is?"
"Huff …"
Ao Lie suddenly panted heavily, and a ten feet long flame spurted out from his nostrils.
"Okay, okay, I won't say anymore …"
Fang Xing hurriedly waved his hand and replied, "You have a lot of thoughts, but I really don't have the kind of ambition you mentioned!"
"Alas, that's it!"
Ao Lie breathed heavily for a while, but he still ignored the disrespect in Fang Xing's words to his sister. The main reason was that Fang Xing had been saying the same thing in front of him every day. He was a little numb to it. Therefore, he decided to ignore him and said what he understood, "To put it bluntly, what you lack is a Taoist Heart … There are too many explanations in the cultivation world to care about a Taoist Heart, but I only remember one sentence that my father once told me when I was young. The so-called Taoist Heart is a great aspiration in the heart, the bone of the soul, and the bridge of the body …"
"Only with a Taoist Heart can I make a great aspiration, even if millions of people are against me!"
"Only with a Taoist Heart can my soul be established. It can be destroyed, but it will not dissipate!"
"Only with a Taoist Heart can I look to the other side, support the body, and finally find the Fruit of Way at the end of the cultivation path …"
The more Ao Lie spoke, the more agitated he became. His eyes turned cold, and his body, which was a few feet long, looked at Fang Xing with a condescending air. It was as if the Dragon King, whom Fang Xing had met before, had possessed him at this moment. He looked at him with incomparable seriousness. "What you lack is a Taoist Heart, so you are easily bewitched by external things, just like those five old bastards outside, just like the Nine-headed Worm on the Immortal Path. Although they are not good people, they wholeheartedly want to become Immortals. They can kill anything except Immortals. This is the Taoist Heart!"
"Taoist Heart to seek immortality …"
When Fang Xing heard this, he was a little confused.
In the past, he had only seen secluded immortal seekers and the Nine-headed Bug. In order to seek immortality, they would resort to unscrupulous means and use all sorts of schemes. It was truly detestable and laughable. However, he had never thought that these people's obsessions could only be manifested when their willpower had reached a certain level!
"Could it be … that only for a goal that can kill anything with a single thought can it be considered a Taoist Heart?"
He was a little dumbfounded.
Perhaps what Ao Lie said was really the simplest truth in the cultivation world, but he had really never heard of it.
Firstly, this sort of principle would only be taught to their disciples by great clans and sects of the Grand Dao because they were bound to walk very far on the path of cultivation. Small sects would avoid it if they could, and teaching this sort of Dao Heart would be like a toad trying to eat the sky, and it was slightly laughable. Secondly, all along his path of cultivation, he'd always been dazzling and advancing by leaps and bounds, and no one had really thought about whether he possessed a Dao Heart or a great ambition. So naturally, no one had thought of giving him guidance and giving him such a simple lesson …
"It sounds cold, but to a certain extent, it is!"
Ao Lie was very serious, "Of course, this does not mean that you must cut off other things before and after, but you must be mentally prepared. That is, when the path of cultivation is blurred, you will not hesitate to cut off all karma to protect that one thought!"
"Rather cut off all things, leaving only one thought, and that thought is the Taoist Heart!"
These words were obviously a great blow to Fang Xing, and his whole body was numb.
He held the cloth and sat there for a long time, then said blankly, "But I … really can't bear to!"
"If this scroll has something to do with the Taoist Heart …"
Ao Lie sighed softly and said, "Then perhaps you'll never be able to understand!"
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