Chapter 589: Unexpected Incident
Eighteen peaks are connected by iron chains. Mu Qin told Li Changxiao not to underestimate this place. Nine of these eighteen peaks come from the four southern regions, six come from the four northern regions, and the remaining three come from the prehistoric world, the endless sea, and Kunlun world.
It can be said that it has taken all the luck. The scale of the hand is hard to imagine, and each peak has a name. If a cultivator wants to fly over, he must first see if he can bear the momentum of these eighteen peaks with extraordinary origins.
Li Changxiao asked: "Mu Mansion disciples have always crossed the iron chain?" Mu Qin nodded, "Yes, a calm mind leads to a calm body. Crossing this rope also means to cleanse the mind and calm the spirit, and to get rid of the lead, which is really not bad."
After speaking, 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 she didn't seem to be standing on the iron chain at all.
She moved lightly with lotus steps, and said without looking back, "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 were fixed, he saw that the surrounding scene suddenly changed. The towering mountains in the distance were gone. There was only the endless green moss iron chain and the slow-moving Mu Xianchang three meters in front of him.
"Every time you enter and leave the Mu Mansion, you have to cross this iron chain. I'm afraid that many children of the Mu family find it troublesome and may never leave the Great Heaven Realm in their lifetime." Li Changxiao thought, and immediately saw the iron chain under his feet shaking lightly, becoming extremely unstable. If an ordinary person was here, he would be thrown out and fall into the abyss.
Li Changxiao's body was as light as a feather, and his figure was erratic. Even if the shaking was a little more violent, it would hardly disturb him. On the contrary, he was curious about the abyss covered by fog under his feet. What is the true face of Mount Lu?
"The heart-piercing tree is below." Mu Qin walked slowly ahead, but she also knew Li Changxiao's temperament and what he was thinking at this time, so she murmured in reply.
She held the whisk in her right hand and chanted the spell with her left hand. She walked slowly but steadily. I think she was also secretly paying attention to Li Changxiao. Li Changxiao said, "The heart-piercing tree?" Mu Qin drew out a trace of her mind and answered, "The heart-piercing tree, pierces the heart step by step. Although it is not fatal, it makes people feel miserable."
"It can also be regarded as a punishment. Those with heavy distracting thoughts in their hearts will fall into the abyss at the bottom of the valley and suffer the pain of being pierced step by step. Most disciples of the Mu Mansion practice the same skills as those of less emotion and less desire."
Master Mu Qin taught her since she was a child that the road is narrow. For example, the iron rope of the Eighteen Peaks cannot accommodate too much. The worldly desires are all entangled debris. You should throw away what you can. Only then can you be as light as a swallow and pass the Eighteen Peaks steadily.
Mu Qin also taught Si Nian in this way. Now that she stepped on the Eighteen Peaks Iron Rope again, she felt a mixture of emotions in her heart, as if her master's teachings were still ringing in her ears. The person who led her into Taoism had long since passed away.
After walking for about three quarters of an hour, the two had crossed three peaks. Mu Qin crossed her legs and sat on the iron rope like this. She said, "Before the spiritual energy was exhausted, this iron rope road was even more difficult to walk, but now it is much easier."
Seeing her stop, Li Changxiao also lay back and slept on the iron rope. After about half an hour, he stood up again and walked the rest of the way, and soon reached the seventeenth peak.
The Eighteen Peaks Iron Rope also lost its power as the spiritual energy was exhausted. The two only needed to balance well to easily cross it. Even if they had distracting thoughts, the iron rope would shake, but they would not be able to throw them off.
Mu Qin told Li Changxiao not to be complacent. If the spiritual energy is at its peak, if one has distracting thoughts, it will not only cause the iron chain to vibrate, but also the howling wind, the sudden rain, and the hot iron chain... She once saw a child of the Mu family who was too distracted and forced to cross the iron chain of the Eighteen Peaks, and finally ended up in pieces. For those who died halfway through the iron chain, a tombstone would be erected for them on the nearest peak to warn future generations.
Speaking of this. Mu Qin suddenly thought of something, and remembered that she wanted to tell someone to tell her that lust is human nature and will not disappear out of thin air, but can only be suppressed in the heart. The so-called road is very narrow and the seven emotions and six desires must be abandoned is just a lie. Lust is suppressed in the heart, how can it be considered abandoned?
At that time, Mu Qin never believed it, because she had never been troubled by distracting thoughts and seven emotions and six desires at that time. She was decisive and straightforward in doing things, and what should be what it is. Killing and saving people are all justified, and she has a clear conscience.
But when she returned to Zhao Qing and forgot the Great Dao, all kinds of emotions came 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 she didn't abandon it, was it wrong for the master to say that the Great Dao was very narrow? Even what the Mu Mansion learned was wrong.
Suddenly, her heart was surging, and at this time, the iron chain under her feet vibrated violently, the speed was too fast, and the air was shaken to make a rustling sound. The iron chain under Mu Qin's feet became hot, and there was a sudden scraping of bones, blowing towards her, and immediately tore dozens of holes in her Taoist robe.
Coincidentally, there were only two peaks left of the Eighteen Peaks Iron Chain, and there was still a trace of spirituality. Mu Qin also came here, and began to have distracting thoughts, and doubts arose in her heart, and that doubt was 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, but she did not take any measures to resist.
Mu Qin thought: "I have practiced Taoism for many years in vain, but in the end, I can't even be sure whether the way I practiced 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 the end, it's all in vain. The iron rope of the Eighteen Peaks has stopped you, and how can you cross the Bridge of Inquiry..."
Thinking of this, he was disheartened and even unwilling to resist. He just closed his eyes and let the strong wind blow, scraping his flesh and blood. After a while, blood was dripping. Seeing that the situation was not right, Li Changxiao frowned immediately, pulled Mu Qin behind him in three or two steps, and blew a breath at the scraped bones.
The Fuhua Qingfeng and Gua Gu Jufeng were in a stalemate. Li Changxiao grabbed Mu Qin's arm, and his palm was also soaked with blood. He felt very bad. Mu Qin's state seemed to be blinded by the Tao, and she was at a loss. What was she thinking just now?
There were not many people that Li Changxiao was willing to call "seekers of Tao". Mu Qin was one of them, and the purest one, but the flaws in the way he followed had long been buried. This was why Li Changxiao could pass the Questioning Heart Bridge, but Mu Qin, whose heart of seeking Tao was not weaker than Li Changxiao, could only retreat.