Chapter 0956 Soul Refining
In front of Mu Xingqiu, a brand new world of cultivation is unfolding. At first, it looks ordinary and not much different from the known world. Slowly, the scenes are connected, magnificent and unique. Mu Xingqiu is intoxicated and lingers in it, and even can't feel the passage of time.
The soul has no real inner elixir for cultivation. The greatest role of imagination is not to improve the realm, but to broaden the horizon. Mu Xingqiu finally understood the method left by Fangfang and came up with his own ideas.
In the process of soul imagination for many years, Fangfang's vision is unmatched, but there is nothing else in the pearl, and it is difficult to figure out new ideas for the Taoist practice method. Fangfang is in such an embarrassing situation. At this time, Mu Xingqiu sent a variety of novel methods, which is a feast for her.
Fangfang carefully sorted out all the methods, integrated them, and handed them over to Mu Xingqiu without reservation.
When the whole world finally revealed its true appearance, Mu Xingqiu had a desire to talk about his feelings and understandings, his guesses and plans, but there was nothing around him, not even his own body.
As his vision improved, the inside of the pearl was already very bright, and Mu Xingqiu could see other pearls. In the darkness, there were some pearls of different brightness scattered around. There was a small human figure in each pearl, closing his eyes and thinking. The strange thing was that Mu Xingqiu could see them, but even the brightest pearl could not illuminate the surrounding space, not at all, and darkness was still in an absolute dominant position.
The human figures in the pearls were all Taoists sent in by Zuo Liuying. There were familiar people like Shen Hao and Gan Zhiwei. Mu Xingqiu did not have an inner elixir, so naturally he could not cast any spells. Only his eyes became more and more penetrating. When the human figures in other pearls gradually became clear in his eyes, the distance became shorter, and finally they were even in front of him, but the two pearls could never merge. Even if there was only an inch of distance, they had to maintain their independence.
The first person to be "pulled" over was Shen Hao. His pearl was brighter than most people's, but compared with Mu Xingqiu's, it was only average.
Mu Xingqiu wanted to wake Shen Hao up and talk to him, but he had no way to pass the message on. He could only wait for him to wake up silently. In the process, he "pulled" more pearls closer. In a very dim pearl, he saw a sober person.
Meng Xu, the Taoist priest of Zhaoshan, has always been well-behaved, never causing trouble, and has no strange ideas. Just because she was invaded by the demon species once on the battlefield, she has embarked on a bumpy road since then, and every step is not smooth. In order to return to the Taoist tradition, she is willing to pay any price, even betraying Mu Xingqiu, the savior of the demon-invaded Taoist priests.
When Kun Dun recalled all the Taoist priests, she finally got what she wanted and regained a pure Yanyan Inner Pill, but just because she said "cultivation stagnation", she was sent to the Demon Cave and inexplicably came to this unknown desolate place.
She covered her face and cried in the pearl, saying something.
If there were any other choice, Mu Xingqiu would never talk to Meng Xu, but the people in the other pearls were all meditating, so Mu Xingqiu had to talk to her.
The two could not hear each other. Meng Xu stopped crying for a while and looked up, as if she felt something, but her meditating was too weak, and her eyes could not even reach the border of her own pearl, let alone see other pearls. In her eyes, the surroundings were pitch black, with only a very faint light shining, which could go out at any time.
Mu Xingqiu gave up and closed his eyes and meditated like everyone else. When he opened his eyes again, all the pearls had "returned" to their original positions. As long as he wanted, he could still use his eyes to "pull" them closer, but he was now practicing hearing power. He not only wanted to see, but also to hear.
The pearls were as quiet as the silent land. Only by constantly meditating could he ensure that he would not be driven crazy. Mu Xingqiu did not count how many times he had meditated, but he only knew that there was a sound in his ears, like the sound of waves coming from a very far away, slowly approaching, and becoming like rain hitting lotus leaves.
In a pearl with nothing, it is very easy to become addicted to thinking. Once you start, it is difficult to stop. After Mu Xingqiu recovered his hearing, he turned to practice smell and voice. In short, he went through the process of "opening the seven orifices" again, but this time he was specifically practicing the soul instead of the body.
Mu Xingqiu could hear the sounds he made, and often talked to himself until he found that this habit was very similar to Yi Shijun, and he stopped. This is not surprising. Compared with the Taoist tradition, the practice method of the demon of all souls is very unique, and Fangfang learned a lot from it.
Mu Xingqiu didn't want to become the second Yi Shijun, so he had that idea again, hoping to communicate with others.
With his current soul perception ability, he only needed to pay a little attention, and the pearls around him were all in front of him, so he soon discovered a strange thing: some pearls disappeared.
There were more than 700 pearls originally, but now there are only more than 540 left. Some became brighter, some retreated to dim, and some simply disappeared. Meng Xu's pearl was one of the disappeared ones.
In the bright pearls, the human figures were still dreaming. In the darkened pearls, most of the human figures had already woken up, some were sad, some were afraid, some were suspicious, some were angry, and very few remained calm.
Mu Xingqiu "pulled" a darkening pearl closer. The person inside was also a Taoist priest invaded by demons like Meng Xu. At this moment, he was also as sad as Meng Xu, muttering something. He could only hear this voice in his mind, but Mu Xingqiu could hear it in his ears.
"I have just returned to the Taoist tradition and have not yet fully recovered. Isn't it normal for my practice to be stagnant for a while? Why should I be imprisoned in the Devil's Cave? I have done nothing. The Taoist tradition is my home..."
Mu Xingqiu wanted to tell him about the new world he saw, but the Taoist priest was now in a state of deafness. No matter how loud he shouted, he couldn't hear him.
Mu Xingqiu "pulled" over another pearl. This pearl was very bright, and the human figure inside had just woken up.
Hongshan Taoist priest Gan Zhiwei didn't really want to return to Taoism. He preferred to be a beast master. However, he couldn't stand the persuasion of his brother Gan Zhiquan and had no choice but to give up the fire sparrow. As a result, he was imprisoned in the Demon Cave shortly after returning to Taoism.
"Zuo Liuying!" Gan Zhiwei couldn't hear his own voice, and all that echoed in his mind was anger, "I don't accept it!"
Suddenly he closed his mouth and looked outside the pearl. He seemed to see something, and his eyes were full of confusion.
Mu Xingqiu's voice was like thunder, but Gan Zhiwei still couldn't hear a word, but the anger on his face slowly weakened. He entered the state of thinking again, stopping the dimming trend of Pearl.
Mu Xingqiu is the only person who can stay awake for a long time without the pearls darkening.
The next person he "pulled" was Bai Qing, a Taoist priest from Luanjing Mountain. Her pearls were already very dim, and she was in extreme confusion. "Who left the words? Please help me again." , Shen Hao, is it you? I can't think about it, I can't..."
Fangfang gave the Cunsheng method to everyone. Because it was so different from the Taoist method, everyone had different levels of understanding and trust. Mu Xingqiu was the only one who could fully accept it and generate new ideas, because he was very familiar with it. Fangfang had no doubts, and the most bizarre methods were already in his mind.
Mu Xingqiu stared into the darkness and finally found some "disappeared" pearls. Compared with the pure darkness, they still had some form. The people inside had completely given up thinking and were trapped in seven emotions and six desires, unable to extricate themselves. Meng Xu held his shoulders with his hands, trembling as if in the cold wind, crying like a child, and stopped talking.
Her current state is not much different from that in the Uncovered Land.
There were still some pearls that were completely missing, and Mu Xingqiu couldn't find them no matter how hard he tried. He guessed that the souls in these pearls had probably returned to the Uncovered Land, and Meng Xu was not far away from that step.
Mu Xingqiu hopes to help these people. They were sent in by Zuo Liuying. There must be a reason. Maybe "help" is Zuo Liuying's intention.
Mu Xingqiu began the final step of soul refining, working hard to improve his sense of touch until he could use darkness as ink to write on light, or conversely, use the light in his own pearls to write on darkness.
Lines of bright or dark text appear on each pearl. Mu Xingqiu uses his name and experience to encourage the people inside to persevere.
Individual pearls practiced very well on their own, and the people inside rarely woke up. Mu Xingqiu also left relevant information for their reference.
His efforts have produced results, and more and more pearls have resumed their brightening trend. Seeing the three words "Mu Xingqiu", many people were encouraged. Gan Zhiwei cheered in all directions so that Mu Xingqiu could see to myself.
Bai Qing was rescued, but Meng Xu disappeared completely. She tried very hard to believe the text that Mu Xingqiu suddenly sent, and also tried to return to the state of thinking, but her will had already collapsed, her mind was in chaos, and the situation was powerless. To save herself, her pearl gave off a faint light for the last time and exploded in the void, and the human form disappeared without a trace.
Mu Xingqiu felt sorry for her, but her disappearance helped him.
This was the first time Mu Xingqiu witnessed the disappearance of the pearl. The faint light it emitted at the last moment illuminated the vast void. Mu Xingqiu used this to see the fleeting scene and solved many doubts in his heart.
He was in the sky above the Imperial Capital, exactly where Kun Chao was at the moment before he was imprisoned in the Demon-Breaking Cave. His physical body stood by his hand, extending his arms so that his physical body was farther away, and retracting his arms so that his physical body was closer.
But there is no Taoist Tower nearby. The bodies of Shen Hao and others are all floating in the air, and the pearls and souls are also hanging around them. The distances are far and near, the bright ones are close at hand, and the dim ones are several miles away.
Mu Xingqiu understood where he was. This was the hiding place before the demon soul re-entered reincarnation - the middle ground between void and void, void and the real world.
You can't stay here for too long, so the demon soul must be reincarnated over and over again.
Soul refining will eventually have its limit, and when there is no room for improvement, Mu Xingqiu will be like Meng Xu, and his body and soul will gradually separate, and those disappeared pearls will probably directly enter the land of selflessness.
Only pure demons can perform the art of reincarnation, and Mu Xingqiu had no intention of attaching to other people's bodies and growing up slowly, but he finally thought of a way, perhaps to communicate with the remaining souls in the land of selflessness.