Endless darkness, no end, and dead silence. Apart from hearing your own breathing and heartbeat, there are no other sounds here.

Gongsun Xuan was puzzled again. Did he hear it wrong and there was no sound at all?

He took a step forward and kept moving forward, ready to explore the world in the dark.

He released his spiritual consciousness and looked for the way in the darkness.

The spiritual consciousness surged out from his eyebrows and spread around him. Wherever he passed, it was empty and nothing was available.

He continued to spread the range of his spiritual consciousness, one mile, two mile... ten mile, and finally, his spiritual consciousness was shrouded within a radius of fifteen miles.

Through the detection of spiritual consciousness, he found that there seemed to be no other life in this space except himself, even dead objects. He could not sense even soil or stones. His feet were empty and he could not feel anything.

Gongsun Xuan was shocked. There was not even soil or stone here? Then how did he stand in this space? Where was this place?

He took a step forward aimlessly. He didn't believe that there was really only darkness left in this space.

I don’t know how long I have been away this time, but I feel like one day or two days have passed.

Time here seems to have stopped, and the passage of time cannot be felt at all.

A faint voice sounded again.

Gongsun Xuan trembled all over and his heart was filled with surprise.

He hadn't heard any other sounds in a long time.

Looking around, it was dark, but darkness.

I listened with my ears, and after the sound rang, it was gone. It seemed that it had never sounded.

Gongsun Xuan stood there quietly, waiting for the sound to ring again.

He wanted to find out where the sound came from. What kind of sound was.

He stood there, not knowing how long he had been waiting.

The boring waiting made him feel like he was living his life.

The long waiting is the most annoying thing, especially in the silence, which makes people feel inexplicably restless.

He waited for no reason, and he began to get irritated.

He couldn't stand the environment here anymore.

The darkness and silence made him extremely restless.

He raised his head and roared, trying to vent his restless emotions, but the sound spread, without even an echo, and disappeared into the darkness.

This made him even more uneasy.

With a roar of his feet, he went crazy and used his explosive steps and ran forward.

One day, two days... Five days later, he stopped panting. What frightened him was that in the past five days, he had all his strength. Logically speaking, he had run at least tens of thousands of miles away, but he was still trapped in this darkness.

This dark space seems to be endless and has no end.

"I don't believe it?" Gongsun Xuan roared angrily. He ran forward again.

It was not until he was so tired that his body was exhausted and his true energy was exhausted that he leaned on his tired body and lay weakly there.

He gasped heavily, letting beads of sweat flow on his face.

It's been so many years since he's not trying this kind of fatigue.

He couldn't help but remember the scene when he was practicing martial arts in his childhood. It was himself, he was exhausted every day and was weak all over. Every night, he lay on the rock and looked at the stars, the moon, listened to the roar of the sea, and let the sea breeze blow. It was so wonderful. That was also the quietest time of his day.

Suddenly, he fell into childhood memories, his eyes slowly closed, and a smile on the corner of his mouth.

He felt that there were countless stars above him, flashing and beautiful. He heard the roaring sound in his ears and felt the sea breeze on his face.

His heart suddenly calmed down and became completely quiet. It seemed that he would stay in this process forever.

At this moment, the darkness around him had no effect on him.

The silence in this space is like his heart, without any fluctuations.

"Dong......"

A faint voice sounded again, but at this time, Gongsun Xuan's did not show any movement. He still closed his eyes, recalling the past, his heart maintained a tranquility.

After a long time, he opened his eyes with a hint of enlightenment.

"So that slight noise was my heart beating. I thought my heart was firm enough, but I didn't expect there was such a flaw."

"Did you figure it out?" In the darkness, a voice came into his ears. The voice seemed to be born out of thin air, and he could not feel the source. Above Gongsun Xuan, an old Taoist appeared.

"Thank you for your teaching, which made me realize myself again." Gongsun Xuan stood up, and his whole temperament changed. He seemed more peaceful and more calm.

"Yes, it's really good that you can see your shortcomings so quickly and change quickly. Now it seems that you have mastered a heart for seeking the Tao."

"The heart of seeking the truth?" Gongsun Xuan was slightly stunned.

"Yes. All things in the world are entangled and chaotic. If you want to find your true heart, only by keeping your heart calm forever, struggling out of the chaos, and becoming the true self. Only by finding the true self can you explore the Tao. Now you have just found the method and are still a long way from finding the true self. When you find the true self, you will find the threshold of the avenue and the road will appear in front of you."

"What exactly is the way you are talking about?" Gongsun Xuan pondered for a while and asked. He had been confused about this question for a long time. Every time he saw Hongjun, the other party always said such a word.

"Tao is the starting point of the evolution of all things and the end point of all things. To put it bluntly, it can be said to be a state that represents the power possessed by that state. Aren't you going to explore the peak of martial arts? Martial arts is also a kind of Tao. When you explore Tao, you will find the peak of martial arts."

"The peak of martial arts is Tao?" Gongsun Xuan's eyes were full of confusion.

"Boy, what is the Tao? The road you walk under your feet is the Tao. As for how you reach the end, that is your business. I can only act as your guide. With my experience, I can only give you a guide. As for how to walk and whether you can reach the end, it depends on whether you have a heart towards the Tao and whether you can persist."

"I can. I will definitely reach the end." Gongsun Xuan held his palm tightly and said confidently.

"Confidence is a good thing. The key is that you must be able to hold on. Boy, I can only calculate a little bit of your path in a vague way. I can only tell you that your journey will be full of ups and downs. The path you seek will be the most difficult, and the difficulties you encounter will be the most powerful. I can't help you much, you can only rely on yourself. If you can persevere to the end, your achievements will surpass me. Even, haha, if you want to reach that height, you cannot achieve it. Even if I was born in chaos, it is impossible for you to achieve it. How can you, a little creature, achieve it?" These last few sentences are Hongjun's self-deprecation.

"Okay. This first level tests your true heart. You kid is really beyond my expectations. You realized your shortcomings so quickly. I told you so much just now. Whether you can persist depends on yourself. I will not help you. So now, I will test your next item. The old man wants to see how far you have explored martial arts over the past few years. You must perform well in this level and don't let the old man down." Hongjun smiled heheily.

"Don't worry, over the years, my martial arts have improved rapidly, and it will definitely surprise you." Gongsun Xuan said confidently. He is very confident about his martial arts. Over the years, he has explored martial arts to a new level. If he only relies on his martial arts, it is equivalent to the empty and silent period of the cultivator. In addition to his horror, even a cultivator who has passed the tribulation stage will not do anything to him.

"I'll be so confident, then I'll test you well." Hongjun's face showed a conspiracy smile.

Gongsun Xuan looked at Hongjun's smile and burst into tears, thinking that this old guy would not punish him.

Hongjun's figure disappeared again and the surroundings returned to darkness.
Chapter completed!