Chapter 3611 Ant Grinding

"If I am me, I should be free from life and death."

This sentence is easy to understand, but it is intriguing when you think about it carefully.

Similar to the Zen puzzles in Buddhism, they have different meanings when applied to different characters and situations.

How should we understand it if it is applied to the Taoist?

Su Yi has been thinking about this matter since he entered the city of Taoism.

When he left his words on the city wall, the Taoist should not have participated in the battle for the heavens, nor had he left his name on the Heaven Sealing Platform.

In other words, the Taoist was not the first person on the Heaven Sealing Platform, nor was he the biggest winner in the battle for the Taoist.

So why did he leave such a sentence on the city wall?

Could it be that he could not control his own destiny at that time, and life and death were not up to him?

This is the most simple meaning.

But in Su Yi's opinion, this sentence obviously has a different meaning.

Perhaps the Taoist has been looking for his true self.

Perhaps, the Taoists could not figure out the secret between life and death, so they were bothered and could not really figure out the path of their true self.

It could also be that for the Taoists back then, their greatest obsession on the path was to explore the mystery of "self and non-self" and "life and death"!

And this mystery has already involved the mystery of the path of life!

"If my body is me, life and death should be free..."

Su Yi thought of his various past lives, and looking back on the path he has taken in this life, he could not help but feel sympathetic.

Who is this "I"?

If we trace back to the source, everything naturally started from the first life, and the swordsman was himself, the "I".

But if we look at it from the perspective of reincarnation, this "I" is the self of this life, and has nothing to do with the first life and other past lives.

Or, we can say that all the past lives are part of the "self"!

The "self" is the root, and the various past lives are the big trees with branches and leaves.

Originally, they are all one person, and they are all part of "me". They just experience different lives in reincarnation.

If so, there is nothing to be confused about.

But Su Yi pondered it quietly, and felt differently.

After all, no matter how he sticks to his original heart, his life's path and the memories of his past life in his mind have had a profound impact on his fate.

After thinking for a long time, Su Yi couldn't help but sigh in his heart, what a "my body is me"!

The Taoist of that year was obviously questioning his original heart and exploring the realm of "self".

But it is obvious that the Taoist of that year had not yet discovered the secret of life and death!

This can be sensed from the Taoist rhyme hidden in the line of words left by the Taoist on the city wall.

Of course, this is the Taoist of that year.

After that, the Taoist left his name on the Fengtiantai, became the first person to seal the sky, and became the final winner in the battle of Dingdao.

Today's Taoist has even penetrated reincarnation.

He is no longer the same as when he left words on the city wall.

After strolling around the city, Su Yi bought some small things, all of which were strange treasures, with no magical use, and could be regarded as "playthings".

Like a book called "Thousands of Bells of Grain", after opening it, each word will turn into a seed, take root in the soil, and grow "spiritual grain" that can be consumed by ascetics.

According to the stall owner, there were originally two books, "Yan Ruyu" and "Golden House", but they had already been bought.

As the name suggests, the words in these two books will naturally evolve into beauties and gold, which makes people daydream.

There is also a "divination star plate" that is also quite ingenious. It actually refines a starry sky and countless star meteorites into a chessboard and chess pieces. With just a light breath, the chess pieces will evolve into all kinds of wonderful nebulae that flow on the chessboard, predicting good and bad luck for people, and avoiding disasters.

What Su Yi likes most is a palm-sized millstone. The aura of the Great Dao in the millstone has evolved into countless ants, which are constantly running and rotating in the millstone.

The millstone is called "Ant Spinning Mill".

The stall owner who sells this millstone is an elegant person. He said: "A naked fish escapes from the abyss, and the eternal return to the Ant Spinning Mill!"

The meaning is easy to understand. When a person is born in the world, he has no worries in his heart, just like a fish jumping out of the abyss and getting rid of the shackles.

Unfortunately, in the years from ancient times to the present, the ascetics are like ants on the millstone. Not only do they look extremely small, but they also keep following the millstone, spinning around and around in the millstone, running around all their lives, unable to jump out of the millstone, and naturally unable to truly obtain great freedom and freedom.

Su Yi appreciates the meaning of "Ant Spinning Mill" and spends a lot of money to buy this treasure that has no magical use.

In his eyes, the Way of Heaven is like a big millstone, and the Taoists throughout the ages are almost all ants on the millstone. After all, there are very few who can truly transcend the Way of Heaven after a lifetime of seeking the Way.

When buying this treasure, the stall owner also happily praised Su Yi with a sentence-

"There are so many fame and fortune seekers in ancient and modern times, but only your wisdom is better than ancient and modern times"!

This made Black Dog mock the stall owner on the spot and said: "Oh, I met an expert in flattery."

Who would have thought that the stall owner smiled and said slowly: "You are too kind, I think you are not an ordinary person, and your elegance is still like the ancients"!

Black Dog laughed and thought that this guy was a wonderful person.

In addition to toys such as "Thousands of Chunks of Millet", "Divination Star Plate" and "Ant Rotary Mill", Su Yi also bought some other strange and weird gadgets.

All this made Black Dog dumbfounded. He couldn't imagine why Su Yi took out so many rare treasures from his body to exchange for these useless broken things.

Su Yi didn't explain either.

At his level, he prefers to buy something he likes, rather than focusing on buying things for cultivation.

It wasn't until late at night that Su Yi and Hei Gou found an inn and settled there.

Su Yi was enjoying playing with the newly bought toys in the room.

Black Dog was lying there, silently thinking about how to exchange the ancestral spirit roots. When his eyes occasionally looked at Su Yi, he couldn't help but secretly despised him. He was such an adult, why was he still as playful as a child.

This makes me feel embarrassed to call you foster father!

Of course, the black dog will never say these things in his heart.

The night passed.

It's bright.

In the bustling streets, Lord Changhuang and several other Lords of the Lingshu Restricted Area walked into the city at dawn.

A group of four people, headed by Lord Changhuan.

They all lost their breath and wandered around the city like passers-by.

They came to ask the city this time to participate in the battle to seal the sky.

"I didn't expect that Daocheng would be able to gather so many powerful characters."

On the way, Lord Changhuan was secretly surprised. In less than half an hour after entering the city, he saw many familiar figures.

They are all the masters of restricted areas from the five major divine continents in the world.

Other ancestor-level characters can be seen everywhere!

"Brother Dao, do you think Su Yi and Lord Tuntian are also in Daocheng?"

A tall young man following Lord Changyuan couldn't help but ask.

The young man is wearing a crane cloak, tall and heroic, and looks young, but in fact he is an old master-level monster in the Lingshu restricted area, whose Taoist name is "Yun Chen".

"possible."

The eyes of Lord Changhuan were a little complicated.

A few months ago, what happened during the battle at Wancui Ridge in the Lingshu restricted area still left him with lingering fears.

After hearing his words, the three masters of the penalty area behind him all felt awe in their hearts.

Naturally, they will not forget how terrifying Su Yi's methods were during the battle at Wanciling.

Lord Yun Chen couldn't help but said: "If we meet him, will we..."

Lord Changhuan shook his head and said: "No, if he wanted to kill us, he would have had the chance as early as Wancui Ridge, why wait until now?"

After a pause, Lord Changhuan said in a deep voice: "Even if we encounter them, as long as we don't take the initiative to provoke them, we don't have to worry about our lives being in danger."

The other three nodded.

As he was talking, a roaring and boiling sound suddenly came from the distance:

"Oh my God, there are actually people selling Taoist Fruits near Qingyuntai!"

"really?"

"Of course it's true. It's said that the one who sells the fruits of karma is the Heaven-Swallowing Lord from the restricted area of ​​​​Xirang!"

"Isn't it rumored that the Lord Swallowing Heaven has died a long time ago?"

"Come on, just go and take a look and you'll find out!"

... There was a commotion in the city, and similar news was spread everywhere, causing all kinds of uproar and causing many monks to rush to where Qingyuntai was.

"Tuntian is actually selling Daotu Karma Fruit?"

Master Yun Chen almost thought that he heard wrongly, and his face was full of astonishment, "Is this guy crazy? Who would sell the fruits of the path that would make the ancestors crazy?"

Lord Changhuan was stunned for a long time, and then said: "Let's go and see together!"

Soon, Lord Changhuan and others arrived near Qingyuntai.

There is already a sea of ​​people here, the nearby streets and alleys are blocked, and even the tops of various buildings are full of people.

And on the edge of Qingyuntai in front, squatted a black dog.

In front of it, there was a sign with a line of large characters written on it:

"Be willing to give up your love and sell it with tears. Three ancestral spiritual roots can be exchanged for the fruit of the path that once left its name on the Fengtian Platform. This opportunity cannot be missed, and it will never come back!"

The handwriting is very eye-catching.

"He is really an old dog that swallows heaven."

Lord Changhuan's eyes went straight, "Three ancestral spiritual roots can be exchanged for one path karma. If this is true, it is indeed a completely loss-making deal. Why is this guy willing to give up?"

Not only him, but also the monks near Qingyuntai at this moment were also suspicious and couldn't believe it.

"Tuntian, since you want to sell the fruits of your path, do you dare to show them to me to open my eyes?"

Suddenly, a majestic voice sounded, attracting many eyes in the audience.

Everyone looked up and immediately recognized that the speaker was "Mi Zang", a dominant figure in the "Xuan Ming Forbidden Zone" in Beitu Shenzhou!

Yesterday, I just arrived at Daocheng on a golden Luan bird.

"Why don't you dare?"

Black Dog said calmly, "However, if you, Mr. Mi Zang, want to buy it, you have to come up with four ancestral spirit roots!"

Master Mi Zang looked up to the sky and laughed, "Take it out and let everyone present see it! If it is really the fruit of karma, I believe someone will be willing to pay such a price!"

Immediately, he sneered, "If it's fake, the only one who will be embarrassed is you, the old dog who swallows the sky!"