"Come, let's have a drink." A tall beauty brought a bottle of wine, poured a glass for Ling Cang, and brought it to him.
Ling Cang drank the glass of wine. He felt that it was really like nectar. The taste was so wonderful that it was indescribable: "One more glass."
After drinking several glasses of wine in a row, Ling Cang closed his eyes comfortably: "Where can I go after falling flowers? I will laugh into the Orchid Wine Shop."
A beautiful woman immediately complimented her: "Handsome, you are so talented. You can even compose poetry."
"This talent does not belong to me. It belongs to Li Bai..." The beauty was present. Ling Cang closed his eyes and enjoyed it carefully. He smelled the faint fragrance and felt the delicate and smooth skin.
However, the good times did not last long. Ling Cang smelled a disgusting stench and immediately opened his eyes.
At first glance, Ling Cang was shocked. He jumped up from the ground and ran away far away.
The Yuyu Qiong Tower has turned into black ash. All the beautiful scenery around it is gone. As for those beauties, they have all turned into walking corpses. Their skin has rotted and white bones are still exposed in some places.
These skeletons exuded a foul stench and quickly surrounded Ling Cang. They rushed over with their teeth and claws bared, making Ling Cang feel as if he had fallen directly from heaven into the eighteenth level of hell.
Not to mention that the images of these red and pink skulls were really scary. Such a huge change created a strong visual contrast that was even more difficult to accept. At this moment, Ling Cang understood what a "red and pink skull" meant. Cold sweat broke out on his forehead. He kept thinking of ways to escape.
It was at this time that Zhuge Qingxin suddenly appeared in mid-air. She was like a goddess descending to earth. She was far beyond all the changes around her: "To fight against the power of thoughts, concentrate first and hold on to Yuanyi."
"I can do this. But what happens next..."
"It depends on your understanding."
"It also depends on your understanding." Ling Cang complained bitterly: "This is what you call refining the mind."
"That's right." Zhuge Qingxin nodded slowly: "Although everything in the illusion can have a real impact on you, you must always remember all of it, whether it is the beauty just now or the skeleton now. .It’s all illusory.”
"This is the first time I fell into an illusion. I told myself the same thing..." Ling Cang smiled helplessly: "But it didn't work at all."
"I heard that you read a lot. Have you read the Diamond Sutra?"
"Why are you suddenly discussing Buddhist scriptures?"
"The direct answer is yes or no."
"Yes." Looking at the skeleton that was getting closer and closer, Ling Cang hurriedly said, "You'd better tell me right away what should I do."
"There is a passage in the Diamond Sutra that is just right for your current situation."
"Which sentence."
"Think for yourself." After a pause, Zhuge Qingxin said word by word: "Your qualifications are very good. Now let's see if you have any understanding."
Hearing Zhuge Qingxin's words, Ling Cang suddenly had a flash of inspiration in his mind. He really thought of this passage in the "Diamond Sutra": "There is no self, no one, no living beings, no longevity, and the Dharma is the same."
After reciting this passage once, Ling Cang understood. He sat cross-legged on the ground and closed his eyes. He pretended that nothing happened.
Looking at Ling Cang, Zhuge Qing nodded approvingly: "Remember, everything is empty. Empty everything. Don't be attached. Then empty the concept of 'empty' that you created yourself. That is to say, there is not even 'emptiness'. If you reach the state where the Dharma appears, you will succeed."
"I see."
"Also, you need to understand the way of heaven."
"Thank you." Ling Cang opened his eyes and looked at Zhuge Qingxin. He ignored the slowly approaching red and pink skeletons and closed his eyes again.
Just as their eyelids touched each other, two red and pink skeletons rushed over and thrust their skeletal hands toward Ling Cang's chest.
But Ling Cang was very calm. He was not panicked at all, nor at all at a loss. It was completely unlike the previous times.
When the pink skeleton's hand touched Ling Cang, it suddenly became transparent and disappeared immediately. Ling Cang still didn't feel anything. He just sat there quietly, comprehending the way of heaven.
When he was poisoned by the ghost mountain blood poison, Ling Cang learned to meditate and understand the way of heaven while meditating. However, he later became very busy and always tried to rely on other methods to improve his level. He gradually neglected this lesson.
At this time, Ling Cang picked it up again and found a lot. I don’t know how long it took. Ling Cang slowly opened his eyes and looked around. There was no red and pink skull anymore. All the scenery was also gone. He was floating in nothingness. .
"Congratulations." Zhuge Qingxin said calmly: "You have passed the level of refining the mind. If you encounter an illusion in the future, you will be able to compete. Use your will to compete with the opponent in the illusion."
"Thank you for this."
"You completed the heart training in just one year. You can be called a genius."
"What did you say?" Ling Cang heard this and couldn't stand anymore. He jumped up and said, "I have been sitting here for a year."
"That's right." Zhuge Qingxin nodded slowly: "You know, many people sit idle for ten years and still get nothing. You are the most enlightened person I have ever seen."
"Oh my God." Ling Cang subconsciously wanted to find a mirror to see if his appearance had changed: "I've been wasting here for a year. If I had known, I wouldn't have learned anything about heart training..."
Ling Cang was only thinking at this time that the outside world must have changed a lot in this year. He didn't know what the series of fights would develop into.
More importantly, I am already a sophomore in high school. But I have been absent from school for so long. I am afraid I will repeat the grade. I don’t know what my girlfriends are doing. Have they been poached? Also, in reality, I am stupid. Sitting on the sofa, will he be regarded as a vegetable and sent to the hospital?
Zhuge Qingxin saw Ling Cang's worry and said lightly: "Don't worry. The world outside has only passed an hour."
"So..." Ling Cang asked suspiciously, "You can control time."
"Yes." Zhuge Qingxin nodded: "This is the environment I created. I can control everything here. When you become strong enough, you can even affect my settings. Make the time here faster. Or make it faster." slow."
"I heard the story of Huang Liang Yimeng when I was very young..." Ling Cang let out a long sigh and regained his composure. There was no longer any turmoil in his heart: "I just found out today. It turns out that such a thing does happen. That The legendary scholar can spend his whole life in dreams. Perhaps he was disturbed by people with mental powers."
"That's right." Zhuge Qingxin nodded again: "You know, there are more extreme examples. There used to be people with mental powers who used illusions to trap others and did nothing. They just made the people slow down in the illusion. Slow old age and death. Like me, he sets the time ratio very high. One minute in the outside world is equal to one year here. The result is only a few dozen minutes. In reality, that person becomes a gray-haired old man. "
Ling Cang was not surprised at all: "You didn't do the same to me, right?"
"I can't do it. Most people with mental powers can't do it either. Because 'time' is different from anything else. If you want to have a real contrasting effect between time in fantasy and time in reality, you need to break through time and space. The ability..." After a pause, Zhuge Qingxin said word by word: "At least in the current world, I am afraid that only the legendary Knights of the Apocalypse have the ability to break through time and space."
"Really?" Ling Cang never told Zhuge Qingxin. He wanted to learn to fight against mental powers. Dealing with Shen Chao was not the main reason. His longer-term plan was to fight against the Knights of the Apocalypse.
What the other three knights look like and what abilities they have. Ling Cang has never seen them and doesn’t know much about them. However, Ling Cang has seen the war knights and knows that they are not only powerful but also a person with mental powers. This means .To fight against the Illuminati in the future, skills related to mental abilities are a must.
Zhuge Qingxin's next words made Ling Cang very excited: "Through the training of the heart, I discovered that you have the potential to develop mental abilities."
"You...seriously."
"That's right." Zhuge Qingxin's tone was always so calm: "There is only one person like you."
"Then let's start now."
"Don't be anxious." Zhuge Qingxin's eyes slowly passed over Ling Cang and said: "You are injured to begin with. This level of refining the heart consumes a lot of energy. What you need now is to have a good rest."
"So when can we start?"
"We will make a decision in two days."
"Okay." Ling Cang just nodded. The scene changed and he returned to reality.
Zhuge Xiaoyi was still sitting. Hua Chenche stood beside him. There were two people in front of him. They were Ling Cang's roommates Xu Tiezhi and Qin Peidong.
The two roommates sat on the ground and looked at Hua Chenche in horror. They looked like they had suffered a little just now.
Seeing that Ling Cang had returned to reality, Hua Chenche nodded: "Okay. You can talk now."
"Thank you... thank you..." Qin Peidong climbed up from the ground tremblingly. He almost cried: "Ling Cang, what are all these..."
Zhuge Xiaoyi pointed at the two people: "Who are they?"
"He's my roommate."
"Oh." Zhuge Xiaoyi nodded slightly: "I'm sorry."
"It's okay. It's okay..." Xu Tiezhi didn't dare to stay for a moment. He hurriedly took Qin Peidong's arm and ran out in a hurry: "We still have something to do. You guys can chat slowly. We won't disturb you..."
Xu Tiezhi and Qin Peidong wanted to come back and change clothes. As soon as they entered, they were stopped by Hua Chenche. Xu Tiezhi relied on his good physique and wanted to fight. But Hua Chenche did nothing and made him suffer terribly. .collapsed to the ground weakly.
In order to prevent Ling Cang from being disturbed, Hua Chenche did not allow the two of them to talk. As a result, they could only sit on the ground and wait stupidly.
Ling Cang didn't say anything. He walked aside and made a phone call, asking NP to come over immediately.