Chapter 0926 Silent Land

The scene in front of him was gray, as if it was drizzling. The surroundings were absolutely silent, without any sound, purer than the deepest imagination. ơɱ

Mu Xingqiu had been here once as a tourist and knew where this place was - the first area of ​​the Demon Cave, the Silent Land. He did not move forward because the two major areas behind were not good places either, namely the Unshaded Land and the Selfless Land.

Killing fellow Taoists, colluding with demons, and harming the world were the three major crimes for being imprisoned in the Demon Cave. Mu Xingqiu was accused of the second crime.

The last time he visited, Mu Xingqiu was still a third-level disciple of the Pangshan Taoist sect. He had a quick look in the illusion of the Demon Cave and did not have any special feelings. He just felt that being imprisoned here must be very painful. He never thought that one day he would take the initiative to ask to come in.

After standing there for an unknown amount of time, Mu Xingqiu gradually understood the true meaning of "silent places make people feel sorry for themselves". This place is not just "silent". In the silence, the mind becomes extremely active, and a myriad of thoughts come to mind. Every thought is related to "me": Why did I end up like this? How long will I stay here? Is it possible for me to get out alive? Is there anyone outside who misses me and wants to save me? Who have I wronged, and who has wronged me?

The Demon Cave is a prison specially prepared for Taoists, which is completely contrary to their practice principles. Taoists emphasize being ruthless and abandoning desires. The silent place is to put emotions and desires back into the Taoists' bodies and amplify them. This is a painful process. The various human emotions that Taoists give up during their practice will in turn devour the master's heart and take revenge to their heart's content.

Mu Xingqiu's mind is full of doubts, but he did not collapse, because he has never formed a true Taoist heart. The seven emotions and six desires have always existed, and now they have just become stronger.

"It's rare to see a Taoist priest like you."

A voice sounded in the silence. Mu Xingqiu turned his head and saw the ancestor Kun Dun standing beside him.

"I'll take you a ride." Kun Dun said, but he didn't move. The "a ride" in the Demon Cave refers to time, not distance. "There is no turning back in cultivation. If you take a wrong step, your cultivation will stop at the least, and your body will die at the worst. The seven emotions and six desires are the biggest source of mistakes.

Kun Dun turned and looked at Mu Xingqiu, his big beard fluttering without wind. Mu Xingqiu understood that Kun Dun had not really entered the Demon Cave. What stood beside him was just a vivid illusion.

"You are a Taoist priest full of 'mistakes'. These mistakes have not caused serious harm to you so far. The only reason is that your life span is too short. A few decades have passed in a flash, and many mistakes are still brewing. "

Mu Xingqiu wanted to laugh and wanted to speak, but he couldn't make any sound. His mouth just opened and closed, and the words were all circling in his mind. "So, it's a lucky thing for me to be locked up in the Demon Cave? "

Kun Hun "heard" the words in Mu Xingqiu's mind and shook his head, "The Land of Silence has little effect on you, because you already have the seven emotions and six desires it wants to give you. For you, the real test starts from the next step."

"The Land of No Shelter is exposed to the sun." Mu Xingqiu couldn't hear the sound he made, but his mouth still made the movement of speaking, otherwise he would feel even weirder.

"The Taoist priests restore the seven emotions and six desires in the Land of Silence. When you enter the Land of No Shelter, you will experience the various pains corresponding to them: the people you care about die in front of you, the things you like are out of reach, and the mistakes you have made are repeated over and over again."

"Thank you for your reminder. I like illusions, so I think I will like the Land of No Shelter too."

Kun Hun smiled. Without the attention of the crowd, he seemed more easy-going and more real. "If you can't believe it, wouldn't the Demon Cave be just a name? Many prisoners have stayed in the Land of No Shelter for many years. Maybe you will meet real acquaintances."

"Shen Geng. "Mu Xingqiu had thought of him a long time ago.

"The Uncovered Land is also the last tangible land, where you still have a body, but it will become weaker and weaker. When it disappears completely, the soul will enter the Land of No Self, leaving only a remnant soul and a missing spirit. There, pain does not need any reason.

Mu Xingqiu couldn't help but want to punch out and try it out, even if it was just to make the illusion flicker, it was worth it. In the end, he still held back, because this was part of the seven emotions and six desires aroused by the Silent Land.

Kun Hun laughed, "You have experienced the power of the seven emotions and six desires, right? When they are aroused, there is no difference between falsehood and reality. You will hate the illusion and punch it, but you will also love the illusion and feel miserable."

Mu Xingqiu walked forward, not caring where he would go.

Kun Dun's illusion was in step with him, "To me, your value lies in the Uncovered Land, where your body will slowly disappear. I will separate a little bit of your soul, just a little bit, and use them to find the reincarnation body of the Demon Soul. At most twelve years, as long as the Demon Soul begins to awaken, I can find him, and then everything will be over."

Mu Xingqiu's seven emotions and six desires are not strong enough, so he can't walk out of the silent land. He stopped and said silently: "Since you insist on sending me a way, can you answer the doubts in my heart?"

At this time, Mu Xingqiu had no secrets in Kun Dun's eyes. As soon as he thought about it, the other party knew the details, "Why do I want to exterminate all living beings? It's a long story, but fortunately, you and I have no shortage of time."

Kun Dun was silent for a while, as if thinking about where to start, and then he asked Mu Xingqiu a question: "If you were asked to choose a successor to the mind illusion among all living beings, what would you do?"

Mu Xingqiu also thought for a while, "The simplest way is to recruit disciples widely and select the best ones. This is what the Taoist tradition does."

Kun Hun laughed loudly, his beard trembling constantly, like a little follower who was laughing secretly.

Mu Xingqiu felt a moment of humiliation and anger. The influence of the Silent Land became stronger and stronger, but he could still control it.

Kun Hun waved his hand again, and a small number of little people rose higher, "This is the Taoist tradition. The disciples selected are less than one ten-thousandth of all living beings. No matter how extensive the Taoist tradition's inspection methods are, there are always many mortals with Taoist roots who have never been discovered in their entire lives. They may be good seeds, but they are wasted in the mediocre mortal world."

Mu Xingqiu could not deny this statement. He himself was a vivid example. If Mr. Qin, who had a demon soul, and Fangfang, who had a divine soul, did not live in Yelin Town, he and a group of companions would probably never have Taoist roots, and even if they did, it would be difficult to be discovered. Yelin Town was too remote and would not be noticed by the Taoist tradition.

Kun Dun waved his hand for the third time, and most of the little people in a slightly lower position were divided into two groups, one group approached Mu Xingqiu, and the other group approached him. The two groups of little people began to quarrel, and then charged at each other and started a fierce fight. Knowing that this was a very simple illusion, Mu Xingqiu still watched with blood boiling, as if he was on the battlefield.

"Even if you have collected all the Daogen disciples, how can you tell who is better? Some people made rapid progress in the early stage of cultivation, but hesitated when they reached a higher level. Some people have gone through untold hardships to reach the Fu Ri Mang realm, but they can't explain the reason and can't pass on their experience to the later ones. Would you be willing to choose such a Taoist as your successor? So you need a competition, and competition can make the truly outstanding disciples appear."

"War." Mu Xingqiu said.

"War is a good thing. It will cause a lot of losses, but it can also make the best stand out. The key is to strike a balance, so the demons cannot be killed, and the threat of the demons must be always hanging over our heads. And we cannot let war tie the hands and feet of the Taoist tradition, so this must be a war between humans and demons. For Taoists, it is a trial field, and you can get out if you can get in. The period when there are the most Taoists who serve the sun is also the most intense time for the war between humans and demons. However, once they reach the level of serving the moon, Taoists will gradually understand the necessity of war. When they reach the level of serving the sun, they will automatically withdraw from the war and give the trial field to the latecomers."

"Zuo Liuying and I have both reached the level of serving the moon, but we don't have this feeling."

"That's because you have left the supervision of the nine great treasures. I will explain this later. What I want to say now is that there are many accidents among all living beings. You don't know who will have the root of Taoism, and you don't know who will become the strongest Taoist. So the best way to select is not to select at all, and let the strong show their heads."

"Let it be." Mu Xingqiu finally understood the true meaning of these four words.

"The decline of the demons is that they have too few choices, leaving no room for most demons to play, so we have to prove our ability by overthrowing them." Kun Hun grabbed with five fingers, and the illusion of all living beings disappeared.

Mu Xingqiu frowned slightly, then opened his brows again, "You have already obtained immortality, so there is no need to select a successor, so there is no need for war and all living beings..."

"That's right, the world carefully arranged by the Taoism is of no help to me, but a threat. Chance, Mu Xingqiu, as long as the time is long enough and the number is large enough, chance will always occur. The demons perished because of it, and the Taoism is endless because of it. For the immortals, chance is the only enemy, and I must eliminate it in the bud. I can wait for ten years, a hundred years, but I won't wait forever."

"Power changes the original intention, Kun Hun, when you first made the plan, you certainly didn't think about exterminating all living beings."

"Of course, my plan was very simple at that time, Gather strength and eliminate the demon souls and demon species that will merge again sooner or later. This is how I convinced the three ancestors. They believed in me because I believed in myself. "

The illusion of Kun Dun stared at Mu Xingqiu, "You are just a coincidence among all living beings, but you are already in my hands, so I am willing to take a small risk. By the way, your plan is to find the soul of the descendant of the Mind Mind Department, and break the Demon Cave from the inside after learning the Mind Mind Illusion Technique - do you understand where you are wrong?"

"There are no descendants of the Mind Mind Department in the Uncovered Land, and their residual souls are all in the Selfless Land..."

All those who enter the Selfless Land are incomplete souls. Once the Demon Cave is broken, their souls will immediately fly away. Even if Mu Xingqiu learns the eleventh level of the Mind Mind Illusion Technique, it will be useless.

No Taoist priest knew this in advance, and Zuo Liuying didn't know either.