After another failure, Xu Chunniang opened her eyes and shook her head helplessly.
After so many failures, she finally understood that that state was something that could only be met but not sought.
The more deliberately you pursue it, the harder it is to achieve it.
Xu Chunniang took a deep breath, cleared out the distracting thoughts in her mind, and tried her best to maintain a focused practice.
She slowed down the speed of the exercise, felt the flow of spiritual energy in her body, and refused to let go of every detail.
During this kind of practice, she gradually became so good that she almost forgot who she was and what she was doing. She only relied on instinct to run her skills and capture every movement of spiritual energy.
She didn't know how long it lasted, but she suddenly felt a sense of enlightenment, like seeing the sun through clouds, and the fog in front of her eyes disappeared instantly.
At the same time, there seemed to be clear air coming from the Baihui area on the top of the head, spreading throughout the body.
In this state, Xu Chunniang's perception becomes extremely sharp, and her soul can even be released outside her body.
She suddenly looked towards the top of Endless Mountain. If her body was unable to climb the mountain, could her soul give it a try?
At this thought, Xu Chunniang's soul left her body and floated away towards the mountain.
The soul was invisible, floating up dozens of steps, and within a few breaths, it left the others far behind.
She continued to walk towards the mountain, and the higher she went, the quieter the surroundings became, as if the world was long and she was the only one left.
Xu Chunniang's spirit moved forward, and after an unknown amount of time, it finally reached the halfway point of the mountain.
But at this moment, she felt unspeakable loneliness.
So what if the road of self-cultivation came to an end, with no relatives or friends left, leaving her alone, walking alone on this long road of self-cultivation.
In the three thousand worlds, where is the way back?
There have been countless geniuses throughout the ages, and a few people have attained true enlightenment, but in the end, all is in vain.
Xu Chunniang stopped walking sadly. Although she had the determination to face difficulties, she had no time to cultivate. Can she really survive this long loneliness?
And after endless years of practice, what will usher in is probably not the attainment of enlightenment, but failure in promotion and re-entering reincarnation.
In this case, what is the meaning of practice?
No, I have a dream to practice Taoism and seek immortality!
The confusion in Xu Chunniang's eyes disappeared, and she showed determination again.
So what if she is the only one walking alone on this road? There are so many people who share the same path, one after another, embarking on the road of cultivation. This path is never alone.
No matter if you fail to advance during foundation building, the essence of cultivation is to live in the face of death, constantly break your own shackles, and shed the ordinary to eliminate falsehood.
She will only firmly believe in her true heart, stick to who she is, and walk her own path.
The moment this thought first appeared, countless auras came out of the Endless Mountain, swept towards her, and submerged into her soul.
Xu Chunniang's spirit instantly solidified and grew several times stronger.
After absorbing these breaths, her soul continued to move towards the mountain, faster than before.
As time went by, Xu Chunniang felt that her strength was growing.
She has an intuition that she can move mountains and seas with just a wave of her fingers.
She stopped and waved her hand downwards, and saw that the endless mountain beneath her feet collapsed and was annihilated inch by inch.
Xu Chunniang's movements were gentle, as if she had just brushed off the dust on her clothes.
She was hanging in the air, looking up at the sky, as if she could easily cut it with her fingers.
She did so, and a huge hole was cut in the sky, revealing the empty sky.
Xu Chunniang suddenly felt bored. After possessing such a powerful power, she could easily tear apart this small secret realm in front of her, but so what.
Strength is never the end of cultivation.
The moment she had this thought, the torn void instantly returned to its original state, and the Endless Mountain under her feet became even more stable, as if it had never cracked in the slightest.
Xu Chunniang thought thoughtfully, this endless mountain is really extraordinary, it can pull people into an extremely real illusion unintentionally, exposing the true nature of the self.
Perhaps, this is also part of the assessment?
She thought quietly in her heart, looking up at the top of the mountain in front of her.
The body of the soul was extremely fast. Before she knew it, Xu Chunniang had reached a position close to the top of the mountain. She only needed to take a few more steps to reach the top.
But these last few steps seem as insurmountable as eternity.
No matter how hard she tried, she could never reach it.
There seemed to be an invisible barrier between her and the top of the mountain, separating the two.
After an unknown amount of time, a voice appeared.
"Give up. There are endless mountains. You will never reach the top. The end of the world is just around the corner."
Xu Chunniang's heart moved slightly, "Are you the soul of this mountain?"
But after she asked the question, the voice did not appear again.
"It's very difficult for me to give up."
Xu Chunniang continued speaking to herself, "I'm too stubborn. To put it bluntly, I'm stubborn. It's hard to change something I'm sure of."
It is difficult to climb the Endless Mountain with the body, but after the soul leaves the body, it is easy to do it.
It's difficult to overcome this distance, perhaps because she hasn't found the right way yet.
As long as you find a way, there's no need to worry about not being able to reach the top.
If Xu Chunniang felt something, she looked down the mountain.
Without the obstruction of clouds and fog, overlooking the past, you can see the entire secret place in front of you.
There is a green valley to the east, and there are several large and small lakes to the south.
To the north are low hills, and to the west are endless yellow sand deserts.
When you reach the top of the mountain, you can see all the mountains and small mountains at a glance.
She felt a little emotional in her heart. Although she had not reached the top, what was the difference between being here and reaching the top?
As long as there is a mountain in your heart, where can't you reach the top?
As long as you have the Tao in your heart, where can you not practice it?
As soon as she thought about it, she realized that the insurmountable distance had disappeared at some point.
At this moment, Xu Chunniang is standing on the top of Wuren Mountain.
"You are the fourth person to step onto the top of the mountain."
The Endless Mountain Soul finally appeared. It looked at Xu Chunniang with a look of surprise in its eyes.
"I didn't expect that in the small world of Qianluo, there would be people who could climb this endless mountain. It is not easy to climb this mountain. Just finding the right way to climb the mountain would be difficult for 99% of people.
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Xu Chunniang believes deeply that the ubiquitous resistance on the mountain will only make it more difficult for people to walk. Only the transcendent spirit can overcome these obstacles.
The separation of the soul from the body is not something that monks in the Qi training stage can do easily. If you are not careful, both body and soul will be destroyed.
I'm afraid that the correct way is to enter that mysterious state of meditation and let the soul naturally leave the body.
Seeing what Xu Chunniang was thinking, Endless Mountain Soul nodded slightly.
"The original body of Endless Mountain is a stone of enlightenment. Only with a firm heart and good understanding can one have the opportunity to enter the realm of virtuality, condense one's body, and separate one's soul from the body."
It turns out that that mysterious state is called the realm of virtual extremes?
Xu Chunniang silently wrote these down, and then remembered that Wushan Mountain Soul had mentioned before that she was the fourth person to reach the summit.
"Have there been three other people who climbed to the top before me?"