When he came back from the Aomori ruins, Xu Lu didn't ask too much about the process of the attack on Canghai Palace. The sect leader and master acted as if he was always sure of victory. It made people feel that there was something hanging over him.
A hazy veil.
Of course, Feng Jueyu didn't care who Xu Lu was scheming with. He knew very well that he couldn't get involved in the things that made Xu Lu care about, and he wasn't even qualified to drink soup.
As for those things that Xu Lu didn't care about, they weren't that important in retrospect. It would be better for him to be an unknown disciple.
If you have time to worry about the dispute between the two planes, you might as well worry about which direction you should take next.
In this way, he finally asked the biggest confusion in his heart.
What is the path?
In fact, from the conversation between Xu Lu and Tao Gongshan just now, as well as the few words accidentally leaked by the old monster Youhe and Jiao Qinghu, he realized that the path is a secret that is very beneficial to the cultivation of every god.
, so this matter must be clarified.
Xu Lu didn't hide anything. He slowly raised his head and aimed his gaze at the spherical vault of Tiangang Hall, which was covered with complicated patterns, like thousands of stars in the sky, shining brightly.
Following Xu Lu's gaze, Feng Jueyu felt that his gaze could penetrate the entire universe.
"Tao, this is too complicated to talk about."
Xu Lu sighed and said: "When we talk about the road, we have to start from the distant ancient times. At that time, there was no Nine Heavens in the God Realm, and all the gods lived in a land full of hope and splendor...
Oh, the ancient times I am talking about are older than you think, it goes back to before the Legendary Era, or even longer!"
"Before the Era of Legends?"
Before Xu Lu got to the topic, Feng Jueyu was shocked. He didn't expect that Dao Tu's origins were so long ago.
Before the Legend Era?
How long will it take?
Feng Jueyu's heart was in turmoil. As far as he knew, the closest era to this moment was the "God Era", which was at least hundreds of millions of years ago.
There is a gap of several eras between the "Era of Heaven" and the "Era of Legends".
I can't imagine how long that will take.
Xu Lu didn't seem to hear Feng Jueyu's repeated words. He looked at the vault of the hall and said: "When the God Realm was still a hot land, the road existed. You want to ask what the road is, but this really doesn't matter.
It’s easy to explain, but my understanding is that it is an independent space hidden in this world, closely related to this world, and often different from this world.”
Xu Lu thought for a long time and used his own understanding to give a definition that he didn't know whether it was accurate or not.
Feng Jueyu did not complain at all about this. After all, Xu Lu was only a practitioner on the lowest plane of the Nine Heavens, and his cultivation level was only that of a nine-turn god.
Even though he can be regarded as one of the few masters in this plane, compared to the gods of higher planes, or even the rumored titled gods, he may only be a little better than an ant.
It would be too difficult to expect Xu Lu to explain "the road" clearly in one sentence.
He judged this idea by observing all the subtle expression changes on Xu Lu's face, so he did not interrupt, but listened carefully.
"...You can think of "the road" as an "unknown territory". It is often very mysterious. When you enter it, you will feel at a loss, and then you will drive you with all your curiosity.
Complete it to understand it. When you actually complete this path, you will find that you have become smaller than before, but at the same time, your heart will be full of expectations for the future, because
A person who can complete a path will always have many unexpected gains when he reaches the end of the path."
Xu Lu's interpretation of "Tao" is complicated, because he doesn't understand it very well, so he can only rely on his own poor understanding to try his best to describe it with limited vocabulary.
But even so, Feng Jueyu still sketched out a general outline based on Xu Lu's description.
The road is a road.
A path that is of great help to the spiritual practice.
It is still an independent space, also in the God Realm, but independent from the God Realm.
Feng Jueyu tried his best to make up his mind. Soon, he simulated a scene in his mind, but it collapsed because there was no basis for it.
This made him couldn't help but ask: "Master, what is the path like?"
"All sorts of strange things."
Xu Lu showed a longing look: "It may be a wasteland, it may be a desert, maybe it is a lake, or it may be the endless ocean that can be seen at a glance. Sometimes, it may also be like a corridor.
, you can clearly see the end but can’t reach it, it might even be a starry sky..."
Feng Jueyu's mouth gradually widened, and he couldn't help but ask: "What's in it?"
"There is everything and nothing."
Feng Jueyu was confused. What kind of words are they? They have everything and nothing.
Xu Lu did not understand Feng Jueyu's rich emotional changes, and explained: "I just heard that some roads contain divine objects of heaven and earth left over from ancient times, as well as artifacts used by ancient gods. Maybe there is only one path on a path.
It is the remaining will of the gods, or an experience, a piece of history, or even the temperament and character of an ancient god."
"Temper, character."
Feng Jueyu continued to be confused, but he really couldn't tolerate it anymore: "Master, divine objects, artifacts, will, experience, history, I can understand these things. What is the temperament and character of the ancient gods? Since the ancient gods are no longer there,
Can its emotions also be preserved?"
"able."
Xu Lu replied categorically: "On the road, nothing is impossible. If you find that there is an emotion there, then congratulations, when you have completely completed this road.
When the time comes, you will find that you have gone through countless tribulations in a short period of time."
"oh?"
Xu Lu: "Actually, this starts with the classification of Tao. As far as I know, Tao is divided into three major categories."
"Paths can also be divided into categories."
"Of course."
Feng Jueyu was completely attracted by the existence of Daotu and asked: "What are the three categories?"
"They are "deification", "miracle" and "rules" respectively."
"this……"
Feng Jueyu was a little confused: "Master, how do you understand this?"
"It's very understandable. For example, the path of deification, its origin is because after the death of a god with powerful cultivation, his body, hair and skin rot and decay, and his divine thoughts and wills collapse and merge into a space, affecting everything that happens in a certain space.
Change comes about.”
"I'll give you an example. For example, a titled god died somewhere. The strength of such a person during his lifetime was far greater than that of the strongest god. His body, skin, mind and will have been baptized by countless years.
, and after experiencing hundreds of millions of catastrophes, it has already changed."
"It can be said that gods above the level of titled gods are different from ordinary gods. Every trace of their flesh and blood has infinite magical power, not to mention the will of their gods, so they can affect the five elements, yin and yang of a space, and even
Rules change.”
"In the past, our ancestors referred to places like this as "unknown territory". Later, I don't know who changed it to a road."
"Because no matter which path it is, the unknown realm that will eventually be realized due to space changes will form some unknown mystery. The temperament and character of the ancient gods I mentioned earlier are among this list. This is not hearsay, but personal experience.
Experience, because I have encountered it as a teacher."
Feng Jueyu: “???”
Seeing Xu Lu talking so lively, Feng Jueyu thought that there were a lot of imaginary and exaggerated parts in it, but he didn't expect that the teacher in front of him who was picked up for free was actually a person who had seen the road.
With his head full of questions, Feng Jueyu became more interested and asked: "Master, what kind of journey has it been like?"
"It was a hilly area that seemed to have no end. There was no grass growing there. What was there was a kind of sadness that lingered between heaven and earth."
"grief?"
"Um."
Xu Lu thought of his past hope and said with many emotions: "Don't think that I am just talking nonsense. This is my personal experience. Six hundred thousand years ago, I found the path called "Sorrow".
On the way, I entered it. As soon as I entered, I saw the palace left by an ancient god named "Gua Xian". There, I found his life experience. Although there was only a small part, it elaborated a story that ended without any problems.
marriage."
"During that marriage, Senior Guaxian lost the woman he loved most in his life, and he left his reminiscing experience in the "path of sorrow". As soon as I entered, I felt overwhelming sadness. This kind of
The impact of sadness on the state of mind is simply terrifying. I remember that I was clearly awake at the time, but I just couldn’t stop feeling sad. As a result, during the forty years I stayed there, I had at least more than five hundred thoughts of suicide, every day.
It was extremely dangerous every time.”
"suicide?"
Feng Jueyu was dumbfounded. How could a being like Xu Lu still think of committing suicide?
And since he has this kind of mentality, it further illustrates how terrifying the road is.
The emotions of the senior named Gua Xian before his death remained on the path, and then affected the mood of those who entered the path. They were excessively sad and did not want to live alone in the world.
It's terrible.
Feng Jueyu's curiosity greatly increased and he said: "Five hundred times, this is too scary. Master, how did you survive in the end?"
A miserable smile appeared on Xu Lu's face: "To tell you the truth, although I survived every time, it didn't all rely on my will. Instead, I had a unique artifact on me at that time, which could help
When I was dying, I instantly aroused the survival instinct in my subconscious mind. This survival instinct is different from the survival instinct you understand. It is a kind of survival instinct that can instantly split the soul and make one's fundamental will independent of the world.
It's an artifact. Without it, you probably wouldn't be sitting here talking to me."