Chapter Thirteen: Fire Refines the Heart, Life and Death
From the moment the master of the Heart Demon Sect was discovered by Wu Jie, to the time he attacked, to the time when his Heart Demon Sect was defeated by Du Xin's mantra and fled, Wu Jie escaped from the crisis...it only took a matter of one or two seconds.
After he regained his breath, spoke into the air, and paid his respects to the magic sect master who had escaped from injury, those casual cultivator masters kneeling on the ground finally understood what had just happened.
In just a few short moments, Wu Jie had already fought with a master from the Demon Sect's Heart Demon Sect. And judging from his words, it turned out that this fight was not a lucky escape, but a mutual benefit between the two sides.
Victory or defeat, the final result was that the opponent was forced to retreat by him!
This master can always lurk nearby, so that no one notices it, and he is so unpredictable when he takes action, it is really creepy. But in comparison, Wu Jie, who is only in the middle stage of refining the power, actually kills him
It was repelled, which was even more frightening!
"Is the person just now the Elder Ning Yuan of the Demon Sect?" A slightly younger casual cultivator asked the old man next to him, "You are very knowledgeable, can you tell the difference?"
"If I'm not mistaken, it should be Hu Guang, the elder of the Heart Demon Sect. His best skill is the Art of Bingxin. He can use the little gaps in other people's hearts to invade, arouse fear, and then use fear as the basis for fear.
The opportunity triggers a terrible ice. What’s more, it kills people invisible and it’s impossible to prevent them!”
"But...he was repulsed just now..."
"Yeah..." When the two of them said this, they looked at each other speechlessly, leaving only a sigh.
This Wu Jie turned out to be someone who could defeat even the elders of the Demon Sect! They actually provoked such an unparalleled powerhouse!
Apart from the word "seeking death", what else can be said!
However, although they had nothing to say, it did not mean that the same was true for others. Tian Yuan had an idea and came up with something to say: "Ah! That's it!"
There was a look of shock and regret on his face, and he shouted: "This inner demon magic is really unpredictable! When did I fall for it? Why didn't I notice it at all?"
After his reminder, the rest of the casual cultivators were immediately inspired and imitated him one after another, claiming that they were deluded by the magic of inner demons and did such ridiculous things.
Each of them was sincere, as if they were telling the truth - or perhaps even though they were not sure whether this was the case, they had subconsciously accepted this explanation as fact.
This is out of the instinct to escape danger. Everyone knows that if he can't find a suitable reason, Wu Jie will never mind killing them like the scar-faced man!
Regardless of whether they were right or wrong before, since they dared to besiege Wu Jie, they must be mentally prepared to be killed by him.
Even if you are a disciple of a famous and upright sect, you will still kill people. If you want to kill him, he will kill you. It is reasonable.
Wu Jie looked at their seemingly sincere fears and confessions coldly, his face expressionless, but his heart was filled with contempt.
Jasmine, a demon sect giant whose level far exceeds that of any monk in the Kyushu Realm, has already carefully observed that these people have not been harmed by the inner demon magic like the Kumho Aqua Tribe back then. Even if they have been affected by it, it is quite subtle.
It's almost imperceptible - probably just like when Wu Jie was slightly infected by Bian Liequan's inner demon magic in Jinhu County.
It is impossible for an infection of that level to make people do things that are contrary to their nature. It will only reduce people's self-control and make people do things they are willing to do more thoroughly and more extreme.
For example, Wu Jie himself started giving lectures out of nowhere.
He is not a narrow-minded person who cherishes his own things, but under normal circumstances, it is absolutely impossible to open a forum to lecture casually - what are the monks in the Dragon Temple and the casual monks who come from all directions? What is their character? How is their character? These
He didn't check carefully, so how could he casually pass down the teachings?
The key to why these casual cultivators launched an attack on the famous disciples was that they were indeed willing to do so. Just as the key to the reason why they besieged Wu Jie was that they were indeed willing to do so! For Wu Jie, this was enough!
There are many casual cultivators in this fairy mountain, and probably everyone has been manipulated by the elder of the Demon Sect. But among so many casual cultivators, there are not many who are truly obsessed with it. It can be seen that people's hearts do have good and evil, and they cannot be simplified.
Simply use "being confused" to explain.
Seeing everyone crying and repenting, Wu Jie didn't pay attention at all. He just kept running his magic power, slowly completing the few spells required by the True Fire Dharma Body, and then with a bang, it turned into blazing flames again.
The fire spirit.
Only then did he finally feel relieved.
During that time just now, he was actually very weak. Without the invisible True Fire Body, if these casual cultivators suddenly attacked him, he would have nothing to do except flee!
Fortunately, the period of weakness was finally over. He took a deep breath and absorbed a lot from the flames that filled the fire world. His energy and energy were completely restored. Moreover, because he had just faced the horror of life and death, his spiritual practice had made progress.
, it can be said to be a blessing in disguise.
"You don't need to say anything!" Now that he was invincible again, he had enough confidence to speak. He sneered and interrupted everyone's chatter, "Do you think I have never fought against the Heart Demon Sect?
No matter how clever the Demon Sect's methods are, they are all based on your original thoughts. If you didn't have malicious intentions, how could you do evil deeds!"
Everyone was dumbfounded, and even Tian Yuan, who was quite quick-witted, couldn't find a reason.
"Let me tell you the truth, the flame on your body is my unique secret method. It is specially designed to burn the evil thoughts in the human heart. If the evil thoughts are not exhausted, the flame will never stop." Wu Jie said coldly, "Of course, when the flames are burning,
, it will definitely burn your body. According to your current situation, probably the evil thoughts have not finished burning, and your body will be burned.
Your body will suffer irreparable damage, so just die." Everyone was shocked and begged for mercy. But Wu Jie was not moved at all. There was no trace of mercy on his face turned into flames, and even his tone remained the same.
Ling Bing: "Please forgive me? Everyone, if our positions were reversed, would you be able to spare me so easily?"
His words were harsh, but the casual cultivators sensed a glimmer of hope and hurriedly begged harder.
This is also based on their experience - disciples of famous sects often accept soft words rather than hard words. If you threaten or induce them, they will most likely just attack them with a sword regardless of their interests or fear of danger; but if you beg in a low voice, they will
I often just shake my head and forget about minor punishments and big warnings.
This is not because of the benevolence of women, but because of their confidence. For example, Wu Jie, who was only in the middle stage of refining the Gang, was able to defeat the long-famous Elder Ning Yuan of the Demon Sect. With such strength, he was naturally confident.
"Forgiveness" is a power that only the strong are qualified to possess.
But this time they had the wrong idea - if Wu Jie was the only one here, they might really choose to forgive, but beside Wu Jie there was a dog-headed military advisor who came from a demon sect and could be called the most powerful demon - oh, it was Rabbit
Ear military division.
"How ridiculous! Are you begging for mercy at this time?!" Jasmine laughed, very arrogantly, "Master, why bother with them! Just burn them all!"
"But they didn't really hurt anyone after all... It's not a good idea to kill them all, right?" Du Ruo hesitated and advised, "Just beating them up is enough..."
"Hehe... They didn't hurt anyone. It's not that they don't want to do it, but that they can't do it!" Jasmine sneered and said, "If those who are Bailian and Tongyou can be spared, just let them go. It's not worth taking extra action.
But these are all characters who are in the middle stage of Refining the Gang or above - Master, don’t forget how badly the brothers were beaten in the beginning!"
Wu Jie suddenly frowned, remembering what happened to his brothers.
Yi Ti lost more than half of the dozens of flying swords he had accumulated over a long period of time. Tao Tu and Le Shi were beaten with bruises all over their noses and faces. The worst thing was Yan Gu, who had at least twenty broken bones in his body. He vomited blood in liters and was only missing.
At one point, his true energy was dispersed and his energy was broken, and he died.
It is absolutely impossible to expose such a matter just by begging for mercy!
Thinking of this, his heart was suddenly filled with murderous intent, and an idea he was still hesitating about finally became firm.
"The mistakes you have made cannot be written off so easily!" He said viciously, "According to the rules of our immortal world, in this case, if I kill you all, no one will say that I did something wrong.
.The most I can do is mutter behind my back, 'Wu Jie is so aggressive', don't you think so?"
Rogue cultivators, you look at me, I look at you, and reluctantly nod.
"But what you said makes sense. Since the elders of the Demon Sect are involved in this matter, you are just pawns on his chessboard, played by him... Well, since his inner demon magic is only for you
It provides an opportunity to do evil, and I will follow suit and give you a chance to survive!"
The casual cultivators looked happy, but then they turned into uneasiness.
"A chance to live..." This is too vague!
"I will not take away the flame that is burning in your body. But I can help you burn it to the extreme in an instant, and you can enter samadhi at this time, visualize all the good and evil thoughts in your heart, and let them come to light.
When the fire burns away evil thoughts, it will be extinguished naturally."
"In that case... wouldn't our bodies also be burned up?" Tian Yuan suddenly exclaimed, "It can't be done!"
"You can use your true energy to protect your body. In this way, with my ability, you can control the flames so that they only burn your true energy and not your body. Of course, if the evil thoughts have not been burned out after the true energy is burned out, they will still appear.
If the body is burned, of course he will be dead by then." There was no trace of mercy in Wu Jie's voice, "If a person has so many evil thoughts, he is seeking death, and you can't blame me!"
The casual cultivators fell silent immediately, hesitating and not daring to answer.
This method seems to have a glimmer of hope, but if you think about it carefully, it is really a narrow escape - they know best what kind of character they are. Can they escape after burning out their evil thoughts? I'm afraid that their true energy has not been burned out yet.
It’s done burning!
After a while, Tian Yuan smiled bitterly and begged: "This... Fellow Daoist Wu, is there really no other way? I am willing to swear an oath with my true soul, and from now on I will be driven by you without any hesitation... Please show me your noble hand and forgive me.
This is the punishment of divine fire that refines the heart!"
"Yes, yes! We are willing to swear an oath, and we will never complain as slaves!"
"Okay! Plant a curse on their inner demons! Transform them into incarnations that can take their place in the tribulation!" Jasmine suddenly became energetic and shouted happily.
Wu Jie frowned, ignored Jasmine's suggestion, and said coldly: "I don't need monks to be my slaves, and I don't need to drive anyone. I just need to seek justice for my junior brothers!"
"You can think about it slowly, I'm not in a hurry anyway."
After he said this, he stopped speaking, and ignored the pleadings of the casual cultivators, displaying a hard-hearted attitude.
After a while, the casual cultivators finally gave up begging for mercy - they also saw that Wu Jie had made up his mind and there would never be any change.
In this case, instead of wasting energy on begging, it is better to take a gamble and see if you can survive from death!
The first person to make the decision was the old man who looked extremely old even among the casual cultivators. He sat down cross-legged with a wry smile and said in a low voice: "Although my life is about to end, the old man doesn't want to die now."
No problem."
After saying that, he closed his eyes, and the true energy surged around his body. As expected, he used the true energy to protect his body as Wu Jie said.
Wu Jie nodded slightly and blew a gentle breath. The flames on the old man's body suddenly became fierce, wrapping his whole body in it.
The flame went out as quickly as it came, extinguishing and dissipating after a moment, leaving the old man with multiple burns on his body.
"Oh!"
"How are you doing, fellow Taoist?"
The casual cultivators asked all kinds of questions, but the old man was not in a hurry to answer. Instead, he took out a few spiritual pills and drank them. He adjusted his breathing for a while and then opened his eyes.
His body looked more old and decayed, but his eyes became clearer, clearer than ever before.
"That's it!" The old man sighed, stood up with all his strength, and bowed deeply to Wu Jie, "It turns out that the old man has gone further and further down the wrong road in these years. I don't know how far I have deviated from the idea I had when I first sought immortality.
Far!"
His voice sounded feeble, and he had obviously reached the end of his life. But his face only showed joy and regret, and there was no trace of the slightest fear of death.
"In this life, I have really wasted too much time. Now that the year is over, even if I have found the right direction, I am no longer able to go on. What a shame!" Wu Jie also sighed slightly.
The old man used the underworld fire to burn away his evil thoughts and took a big step forward on the road of cultivating his mind. Unfortunately, his life was about to end, his body was old and he was no longer able to move forward, so he could only stop here.
"But no matter what, Wu Daoyou finally pointed out the right path for me, so that I finally don't have to die in confusion and fear. I would like to thank you!"
"You're welcome, old gentleman..."
The old man smiled, shook his head, and sat down again.
"I have been seeking immortality all my life, and I am so lucky to be able to return after so many thoughts."
His voice gradually dropped, and finally his head slowly dropped. His originally strong appearance suddenly became decrepit, like a skinny skeleton, and the breath on his body was cut off.
Lian Gang monks have a perfect body, and unless they suffer some serious injuries or are about to expire, they can generally maintain a relatively youthful appearance, but aging is often the time of death.
Seeing the old man die, the casual cultivators were even more frightened, but they had no choice but to sit down one by one and do their exercises, trying to imitate the old man and find a way to survive in the dead end.
In just half an hour, three casual cultivators failed to survive the underworld fire and were burned to ashes.
The remaining Tian Yuan and others were so scared that they were walking around like ants on a hot pot. Some of them jumped up and tried to escape from the fire world with the help of sword control, but they were bumped into the fire world.
On the edge of the body, his whole body burned into a ball of flames, killing him in an instant. At this moment, Ji Cha walked away
He came over. "Ji is not talented, he is willing to try the divine fire to refine the heart!" Wu Jie was stunned and looked at him doubtfully. In the battle just now, Ji Cha did not take action, but just watched with a sneer from the side - just
Just like when everyone besieged the four disciples of Qingyang Temple, they probably didn't bother to win with more.
Since he did not participate in the battle that besieged the four junior brothers, and now he did not participate in the siege of himself, Wu Jie naturally did not intend to embarrass him, but he did not understand why he asked for self-refinement.
"Ji has been practicing for nearly three hundred years, and has finally reached the peak of refining. However, he often feels that his mind is clouded by distracting thoughts, and he often has hallucinations while sitting in meditation. Now that he has such a rare opportunity, even if he has a narrow escape, he still has to work hard.
Give it a try and see if you can learn from the previous guy and find the way forward!"
As he spoke, Ji Cha bowed deeply to Wu Jie and said sincerely: "This is Ji's own decision. Even if he loses his life because of it, he is no different from anyone else. I sincerely ask fellow Taoists to fulfill it!"
Wu Jie thought for a while and nodded.
A bit of black flame fell on Ji Cha, who was sitting cross-legged in meditation, and then turned into a raging flame, wrapping his whole body in it.
But the flame went out as quickly as it came. It only took a few blinks for it to extinguish itself. Then Inspector Ji stood up, his eyes shining brightly. Although his spirit was a little sluggish, his face was full of joy.
Without saying much, he walked up to Wu Jie again and bowed deeply.
"Thank you Daoist fellow Taoist for making it possible! If you have any plans in the future, Ji Mouwan will not hesitate to die!"
His success greatly encouraged the casual cultivators, so the last few of them followed his example and accepted the Hell Fire Heart Training. Unfortunately, in the end, only one young man passed the test.
This man looked a bit childish in appearance. He managed to escape death and save his life. He couldn't see any joy in his progress in cultivation. Instead, his legs and feet went limp, and he sat on the ground and burst into tears.
Wu Jie secretly shook his head, wondering why such a character could actually achieve the goal of refining the power. He could only say that the world is so big that it is really full of wonders!
The old beard had been watching from a distance before, but now he came up and asked in a low voice: "This matter should be considered over now, right? I don't know about the remaining people and the ruins of this fairy mountain. Fellow Taoist
How are you going to deal with it?”
"That's what you see!" Wu Jie smiled and said lightly.
