Zhang Ruochen seemed to be asking rhetorically, but also seemed to be talking to himself.
Fog arose in the forest, drifted into the pavilion, and mixed with the white water vapor boiling in the cauldron, making the surrounding environment quite hazy and unreal.
Quieter!
After a moment, Zhang Ruochen shook his head and said: "Although I crossed the eternity and went to the beginning, I opened up a second time and walked on the long river of time."
"I have traveled through the past and present, leaving traces in various histories, but in the second time, I am still me, not immortal. I do not feel the vicissitudes of time and the erasure of spirit and memory by time, I only feel my own life
It’s still passing.”
There is only one time in heaven and earth, from ancient times to the present, running towards the future.
The time when Zhang Ruochen went to Taichu to practice the first-level Shinto was the second time opened up by the martyrdom of the holy monk Xumi.
Going against the long river of time, from the present to the past.
Although she was so close, Afya's beauty became misty in the fog and no longer so real. She said: "For you, there is a second time. But, for us onlookers,
, you have transcended eternity, and you are immortal."
"It is very possible that those strong men in history who pursued immortality came up with the idea of pursuing immortality because they sensed you as a passer-by in the long river of time."
"Yeah?"
Zhang Ruochen fell into deep thought.
Avya smiled slightly: "It is not that easy to cross the long river of time and travel through the past and present. Do you really think it was the result of the martyrdom of a Buddha?"
Zhang Ruochen reviewed what happened when he went to Taichu and made many deductions. He said rationally: "Of course it's more than that!"
"The holy monk once said that the higher your cultivation level, the greater the cause and effect, the harder it is to cross the long river of time, and the backlash you endure can even swallow your life. My cultivation level is weak, but I have a chance."
"Using the profound meaning of space as a boat and the profound meaning of time as an oar is the key to crossing the long river of time."
"The holy monk's sacrifice of himself only gave me a push. The Xumi Temple and the holy monk's corpse only made the boat of space mystery more stable."
Afya held her hand and touched the mouth of the cup and said: "Being able to sacrifice oneself to help a younger generation is extremely rare throughout the ages. Saint Monk Xumi deserves the title of Buddha!"
Zhang Ruochen fell into nostalgia, gratitude, hatred, regret and other emotions, which emerged unconsciously.
Avya's eyes were always clear and bright, like pearls of wisdom in her hand, and she said: "Actually, after I came to the real world, I spent a lot of time studying the history from ancient times. I focused on analyzing the holy monk Xumi and the great king Fudo Ming.
Ling Yanzi, Kongyin Xue, Thunder Punishment Heavenly Lord, Nishen Heavenly Lord, Haotian... Of course, the one who analyzes the most is you."
Zhang Ruochen knew that talking to a character like Afya was no less than a life and death battle.
Both parties have hidden many secrets. Whoever can dig out more of the other's secrets and keep their own sense of mystery will have an advantage in future cooperation.
Zhang Ruochen gradually calmed down his emotions and kept himself in the best condition, saying: "Are you analyzing me because you are skeptical of my first-grade divine way?"
Afya shook her head and said: "I have absolute confidence in your first-grade divine way! But, you don't want to know why you can cultivate into a first-grade divine way? Is there a deeper cause and effect?"
Zhang Ruochen narrowed his eyes.
The first-level divine way was naturally earned by him at the risk of his life.
When he hit the singularity, the probability of cultivating a first-level divine way was no more than one in a trillion. Courage, wisdom, perseverance, patience...etc. are all indispensable.
However, there is indeed the kindness of the holy monk behind this.
There are also the paths paved by ancient sages throughout the ages.
Afya said: "First question! Have you ever thought about why Saint Monk Xumi knows that in order to cultivate into a first-level divine way, you must go to the past?"
Zhang Ruochen frowned.
This question really stumped him.
He has reviewed it many times and deduced it many times, but he has never been able to find an answer to this question.
yes!
The holy monk has never been to the past.
Why did he know that he could only go there to practice the first level of Shinto?
What's the cause and effect here?
Afya said: "Second question! From ancient times to the present, there are only three people who have the mark of the divine martial arts of time and space and can control time and space at the same time."
"The first one is the legendary ancestor of time and space in ancient times. I don't know how many billions of years later, you and Saint Monk Xumi have one after another. Isn't this weird?"
Zhang Ruochen said: "I can answer this question for you. My time and space divine martial arts mark should be the one of the holy monk. It was him who made me what I am."
"Then where did the time-space divine martial mark of Saint Monk Xumi come from?"
Afya then asked: "Where did your space-time divine martial mark go?"
Zhang Ruochen just wanted to tell her that his time-space divine martial mark was lost in the long river of time when he was practicing the first-level divine way. It was probably in the ancient times.
But, I woke up instantly!
Zhang Ruochen said solemnly: "You mean that the time and space divine martial arts marks of the three of us are probably the same one? My time and space divine martial arts mark that was lost in the long river of time was taken away by the ancestors of time and space?"
"No, that's not right!"
"If there is only one time-space divine martial imprint in the universe, how did the holy monk obtain it? Where did the time-temporal divine martial imprint originally come from?"
Afya said: "I am afraid that only the Great Master Fudo Mingwang and Ling Yanzi know this answer. However, we might as well use some of the information we know now to make deductions."
"Is there a possibility that the immortal is the ancestor of time and space?"
"In ancient times, the Great Lord Fudo Ming discovered him, fought a great battle, and knocked the time-space divine martial mark from his body. This time-space divine martial mark could naturally fall into the body of the holy monk Xumi.
"
Zhang Ruochen didn't believe that Afya was just guessing, and said: "When you were at your peak, did you sense the ancestors of time and space?"
Avya shook her head and said: "All this is just my pure guess. After all, throughout ancient times and modern times, if there is an immortal person, then that person's understanding of time must reach an incredible level. The ultimate attainment of time
, is eternity.”
"If you add space attainments to avoid the laws of heaven and earth, or even control the laws of heaven and earth, the probability will be even greater!"
"The Ancestor of Time and Space is definitely the most questionable figure among all the ancestors in the past and present."
Zhang Ruochen took a long breath and said: "My time and space divine martial arts mark is probably lost in ancient times."
Afya's eyes lit up, as if some of her suspicions had been confirmed.
Zhang Ruochen said: "If your guess is right! The time and space divine martial mark of the ancestor of time and space comes from me. My coming is related to the saint monk. The coming of the saint monk is related to the ancestor of time and space. Wouldn't this become an endless cycle?
"
Avya said: "Have you ever seen the magical power of causal loop and time loop?"
Zhang Ruochen nodded and said: "I have seen time cycle artifacts, but they can only trap some low-level monks in the cycle time, and the time is very short, and it is impossible to cross the ancient times."
Afya said: "You can't do it because your cultivation is not enough. If you can't understand it, it's because your vision is not high enough."
"I can completely believe that if the Great Master Fudo Mingwang had really encountered the Ancestor of Time and Space ten years ago, their fighting skills would have transcended time and space and reached the level of time loop and causal loop."
"Emperor Fengdu can be sent to the future!"
"In order to regain the time and space Divine Martial Mark, the ancestors of time and space may use the great magical power of time loop and causal loop."
"The fighting skills of the ancestors are far beyond your imagination, and the order of time and space in the universe may not be able to suppress them."
"Of course, I don't think that the Great Lord Fudo Mingou can be the enemy of the immortal. Even if he knocks down the mark of the time and space divine martial arts, I am afraid that I will have to pay a heavy price. The price is probably his life!"
"I have studied the great Lord Fudo Mingou. His lifespan should be longer. He should not have disappeared inexplicably before the Tenth Genhui."
Zhang Ruochen always felt that Afiya's conjecture was too exaggerated, too unreal, and completely beyond common sense.
Of course, it is also possible that his cultivation level is really too low to understand the power of the ancestor.
Zhang Ruochen questioned and said: "Even if there is a great supernatural power of cause and effect cycle, it should come from Buddhism, right? The ancestors of time and space practiced Buddhism?"
Avya said: "Don't you think that Buddhism itself has huge problems? Especially the founder Kassapa!"
"The grievances and grievances of your Zhang family are not due to a Mani Pearl. And the Mani Pearl was cast by the ancestor Kasyapa who collected the six human desires and cast them together with Brahma fire."
"I have a suggestion for you. If you want ordinary immortality, you can definitely find some traces in the Western Buddha Realm."
It is obvious that Afya has really carefully studied various histories and secrets from ancient times, and has a very deep understanding of the Zhang family and Zhang Ruochen.
Zhang Ruochen said: "You mean to say that there is probably more than one person who is immortal?"
Avya shook her head and said: "Who knows? It is possible that some of the ancestors in history have different identities of immortals. We are even not sure whether immortals really exist. What we are talking about now
Everything is speculation based on the limited clues we have."
"Just like, even if there is a great magical power of cause and effect cycle, the caster may not be born in Buddhism."
Zhang Ruochen said: "Actually, there is a huge flaw in your speculation. This flaw is enough to make all your speculations invalid."
"What's the flaw?" Afya said.
Zhang Ruochen said: "If I, the Holy Monk, and the Time and Space Human Ancestor have the same Time and Space Divine Martial Mark, then where did this mark originally come from? It's impossible, it was created out of nothing, right?"
Afya was very indifferent and said: "Then I have to ask you, how did you cultivate to the first level of Shinto?"
Zhang Ruochen did not tell the secret and chose to think alone.
There was disappointment hidden in Afya's eyes, knowing that Zhang Ruochen's inner defense was extremely strong, and said: "If you don't tell this secret, how can I help you deduce it?"
Zhang Ruochen suddenly thought of something, his face became extremely ugly, and his heart was greatly shaken, and he said: "You mean to say that the time and space divine martial mark was originally cultivated by me when I was practicing the first-level divine way? But in this case, the time cycle
How can a causal loop exist?"
To create something out of nothing, doesn’t it mean Wuji creates Tai Chi?
When I first practiced the first-level Shinto at the Singularity, I absorbed time and space to balance Yin and Yang and the Five Elements.
Just like this, Zhang Ruochen's way is the same as that of heaven and earth. However, his current cultivation level is not high enough, and his soul and mental power can only reach a limited range.
Afya said: "It depends on whether the era you go to is earlier than the ancestors of time and space. If the era you go to is early enough, then you are a creature earlier than the ancestors of time and space. Why can't the cycle of future generations exist?
"
"Moreover, the ancestors of time and space may not have stolen the way of heaven. It is possible that they stole your way."
"In ancient times, he used his great supernatural powers to steal your way, condensed the mark of time and space, and embarked on the road to immortality."
"If this inference is true, then another biggest mystery in the universe that I could not solve back then also has an answer."
Zhang Ruochen immediately said: "What is the biggest mystery in the universe?"
"The Divine Right to Martial Power!"
Avya said: "If practitioners in this world want to embark on the path of martial arts, they must first sacrifice to the heaven and earth, open the door to the divine world, and obtain the mark of divine martial arts. Although the mark of divine martial arts is no longer of use to the gods, it is still related to the sea of qi.
There is a subtle connection with the divine source."
"As far as I know, there is no divine realm at all! So, when the sentient beings are offering sacrifices, the door to the divine realm that is opened leads to where? Who gave the divine martial mark?"
"If the Time and Space Divine Martial Seal is the Time and Space Human Ancestor, who stole your Tao and condensed it. Then, this is the first Divine Martial Seal in the world!"
"The first Divine Martial Seal was made by him. Do you still need to guess the other Divine Martial Seals?"
"Could the so-called divine world be his divine world?"
Avya's knowledge exceeds that of anyone in the world, and it is not strange to be able to detect the ultimate secrets of the universe, but after all, she is no longer the ancestor, and her memory has been lost too much.
There are many things Zhang Ruochen disagrees with in her speculation.
Fortunately, she was once the ancestor. If it were any other monk who said these words, Zhang Ruochen would just think that she was crazy!
Afya smiled slightly: "We have too little information, but there are countless things that have happened throughout the ages. If we can guess 20 to 30% of the time, it's already pretty good! People like the Underworld Ancestor and the Great Demon God must have problems.
But we don’t even know where the problem is.”
"If you want further confirmation, you have to find two people. Ling Yanzi and Haotian!"
"Ling Yanzi can tell you what happened to the Great Master Fudo Ming back then."
"Haotian can tell you where and what they went to conquer 300,000 years ago. I think what happened 300,000 years ago must have a huge relationship with the immortals or the power."