OBS Chapter 589 Something unexpected happened
Chapter 589 Something unexpected happened
The eighteen peaks are connected by iron chains. Mu Qin told Li Changxiao not to underestimate this place. Among these eighteen peaks, nine are from the four southern regions, six are from the four northern regions, and the remaining three, one is from the prehistoric world, one is from the endless sea, and one is from Kunlun world.
It can be said that it has absorbed all the luck and fortune, and the scale of its work is hard to imagine. Moreover, each peak has a name. If a cultivator wants to fly over, he has to first see if he can withstand the momentum of these eighteen peaks of extraordinary origins.
Li Changxiao asked, "Have all the disciples of the Mu Mansion ever crossed the river using the iron rope?" Mu Qin nodded, "That's right. If the mind is calm, the body will be calm. Crossing the rope can also help to calm the mind and get rid of worldly desires. There is really no harm in that."
After saying that, she jumped lightly and landed on the iron chain, with her right foot in front and her left foot behind. Her body was as steady as a rock, and it didn't seem like she was standing on an iron chain at all.
She moved lightly with lotus steps, and without looking back, she said, "Follow me." The iron chain is austere, and it is slow rather than fast. Even now, it is enough to filter out most of the cultivators. Li Changxiao chuckled, jumped lightly, and landed on the iron chain. When his feet stood still, he saw that the surrounding scene suddenly changed. The towering mountains in the distance were gone, and there was only the endless green moss iron chain, and Mu Xianchang, who was walking slowly three meters in front of him.
“Every time you enter or leave the Mu Mansion, you have to cross this iron chain. I’m afraid that many Mu family disciples find it troublesome and may never leave the Great Heaven Realm in their lifetime.” Li Changxiao thought about it and saw the iron chain under his feet shaking slightly and becoming extremely unstable. If an ordinary person were here, he would be thrown out and fall into the abyss.
Li Changxiao was as light as a feather, and his figure was elusive. Even if the shaking was more violent, it would hardly disturb him. On the contrary, he was curious about the foggy abyss under his feet and what the true appearance of Mount Lushan looked like.
"There's a piercing tree below." Mu Qin walked slowly in front, but she knew Li Changxiao's temper and what he was thinking at the moment, so she murmured in response.
She held a whisk in her right hand and chanted a spell with her left hand. She walked slowly but steadily. I think she was secretly watching Li Changxiao. Li Changxiao asked, "The Piercing Tree?" Mu Qin drew out a little attention and answered, "The Piercing Tree, pierces the heart with every step. Although it won't kill you, it will make you feel miserable."
"It can be considered a kind of punishment. Those with heavy distracting thoughts will fall into the abyss at the bottom of the valley, and suffer the pain of being pierced through the heart with every step. Most of the disciples in the Mu Mansion practice the techniques that are related to having few emotions and desires."
Master Muqin taught her since she was a child that the road is narrow. For example, the iron ropes on the Eighteen Peaks cannot accommodate too much. Worldly desires are all debris that entangle the body. She should throw away what can be thrown away. Only then can she be as light as a swallow and pass the Eighteen Peaks steadily.
Mu Qin had taught Si Nian the same way. Now that she was stepping onto the Eighteen Peaks Iron Rope again, she felt a mixture of emotions, as if her master's teachings were still ringing in her ears. The person who had led her into Taoism had long since passed away.
After walking for about three quarters of an hour, the two had already crossed three peaks. Mu Qin crossed her legs and sat on the iron rope to sit in meditation. She said, "Before the spiritual energy was exhausted, this iron ropeway was more difficult to walk on. Now it is much easier."
Seeing her stop, Li Changxiao also lay back and slept on the iron chain. About half an hour later, he got up again and walked the rest of the way. Soon he reached the seventeenth peak.
The power of the Eighteen Peaks Iron Chain also decreased as the spiritual energy was depleted. The two of them only needed to maintain a good balance to easily cross it. Even if they had distracting thoughts, the iron chain would sway, but it would not throw them off.
Mu Qin told Li Changxiao not to be complacent. If one has distracting thoughts when the spiritual energy is at its peak, it will not only cause the iron chain to vibrate, but also cause the howling wind, the heavy rain, and the burning iron chain... She once saw a Mu family disciple who was too distracted and forced to cross the iron chain of the Eighteen Peaks, and ended up being torn to pieces. For those who died while crossing the iron chain, a tombstone would be erected on the nearest peak to serve as a warning to future generations.
At this point, Mu Qin suddenly thought of something, and she remembered that she had wanted to tell someone to give her advice, to tell her that lust is human nature, and it will not disappear out of thin air, and can only be suppressed in the heart. The so-called road is very narrow, and you need to give up the seven emotions and six desires is just a lie. How can you say that you have given up lust if you suppress it in your heart?
At that time, Mu Qin absolutely did not believe it, because she had never been troubled by any distracting thoughts or emotions. She was decisive and straightforward in doing things. What should be done was what should be done. Killing and saving people were all for a reason, and she had a clear conscience.
But when she returned to Zhao Qing and forgot the Great Dao, all kinds of emotions came flooding in an instant, and she forgot everything. How could Li Changxiao's few words have such great power? The key is that she herself should have this "disaster". It was also from then on that she knew that what the master said was true. Emotions can only be suppressed, how can they be abandoned? Since they were not abandoned, was the master's words that the Great Dao was very narrow also wrong? Even what the Mu family learned was wrong.
Suddenly her heart was surging. At this moment, the iron chain under her feet began to vibrate violently. The speed was so fast that the air made a rustling sound. The iron chain under Mu Qin's feet became scorching hot, and it blew towards her suddenly, scraping her bones, and immediately tore dozens of holes in her Taoist robe.
As luck would have it, there were only two peaks left of the Eighteen Peaks Iron Rope, which still retained a trace of spirituality. Mu Qin happened to come here and began to have distracting thoughts and doubts in her heart. However, those doubts were not imagined out of thin air, but had been buried deep in her heart.
She smiled miserably, her face was pale, bloodstains appeared on her body, and she let the gust of wind cut her body without taking any means to resist.
Mu Qin thought to herself, "I have practiced Taoism for so many years in vain, but in the end, I am not even sure whether the path I followed is correct. Mu Qin, Mu Qin, you have been seeking Taoism for half your life, but what did you seek in the end? In the past, you complained about the exhaustion of spiritual energy, but now it seems that even if the spiritual energy has not been exhausted, you will end up with nothing. Seeking Taoism... in vain. The mere Eighteen Peaks Iron Chain has stopped you, so how can you cross the Bridge of Inquiry..."
Thinking of this, he was discouraged and even unwilling to resist. He just closed his eyes and let the strong wind blow, scraping his flesh and blood. Soon, blood was dripping. Seeing that something was wrong, Li Changxiao frowned immediately, pulled Mu Qin behind him in three or two steps, and blew a breath towards the scraped bones.
Fuhua Qingfeng and Guagu Jufeng were confronting each other and the situation was at a stalemate. Li Changxiao grabbed Mu Qin's arm, his palm was soaked with blood. He felt something was wrong. Mu Qin seemed to be blinded by her Taoism and was at a loss. What was she thinking just now?
There are not many people that Li Changxiao is willing to call "seekers of the truth". Mu Qin is one of them, and the purest one at that. However, the path he follows has long been flawed. That is why, Li Changxiao can cross the Bridge of Questioning the Heart, but Mu Qin, whose desire to seek the truth is no less than Li Changxiao's, can only retreat.