Chapter 650: Unaware of the Great Dao
The fog in the Heart-Questioning Island has dissipated, but it is still hanging on the bridge, as if the sky has let down a transparent curtain. A figure is walking slowly in the curtain. Every step he takes is followed by a questioning sound, knocking from the bottom of his heart. It is like putting a bronze bell into his heart, and then knocking it hard, making him deaf all over. If he is not strong-minded, he will give up after walking a few miles.
And once he gives up, the Heart-Questioning Bridge will be unforgiving, coming with more force and more fierce, making it more difficult to resist. Moreover, this bridge is a double-heart bridge, and the road he walks on still has the effect of asking his heart. Even if he turns back halfway, he still asks his heart every step, and the questioning of the heart on the way back is more tricky.
Therefore, if he turns back halfway, it is no different from seeking his own death. The deeper he walks, the more he cannot turn back. Li Changxiao carried Zhao Qing on his back and walked slowly on the bridge. His speed was not fast, but he walked very steadily. But after walking more than a thousand miles, he dared not be careless and had to devote himself to it.
As an immortal, Li Changxiao did not need to consider his lifespan. Whether his spiritual energy was flourishing or exhausted, he was always seeking the great way. But it was also because of this that he saw more broadly. While the world was seeking change, he was watching the world. His understanding was deeper, and he often felt doubts in his heart, but when he thought carefully about what the doubts were, the doubts disappeared.
With so much pressure in his heart, he just borrowed the bridge of inquiry and asked questions one step at a time. His desire to seek the truth was no lighter than anyone else, but after walking more than a thousand miles, it was not easy.
After walking another thousand miles, Li Changxiao had already walked out of the foggy area that had escaped from the island, and was completely exposed to everyone. Everyone outside the bridge looked over immediately and saw that the person on his back was Mu Qin, but they didn't know where Li Changxiao came from. There was a lot of noise and doubts.
Mu Shu's heart sank. Seeing the similar figure, she never thought it was really him. She suddenly felt sad and thought, "He is clearly trapped underground, but somehow he came to the Heart-searching Dao. Could it be that they are really destined to be together?"
It's strange to say that her original intention of looking for Mu Qin was just to save Li Changxiao. But now she knew that Li Changxiao didn't need her to save him, so she should have been rewarded with a great favor. She felt relieved and regained the Dao Fruit. She should be full of joy and complete success. However, it was the opposite. Her thoughts were tangled in a ball, and she couldn't make sense of it, but she was secretly angry.
Mu Qi was overjoyed and said, "Brother Changxiao is really extraordinary. He does things steadily. I'm afraid he has other ways to get out of this. In this case, we two have been worried in vain. Haha." Mu Qi was very happy. He thought that after this matter was over, he would go and invite her to drink and forget the grudges. From then on, the relationship with the Mu Mansion was broken, and they returned to their own names. They were friends instead of enemies.
Mu Shu said coldly: "It's too early to be happy. Look at the people outside the bridge, they are staring at him. Even if he crosses the bridge, he will be in trouble."
Mu Qi was alert, frowned, and thought for a long time, but he had no solution. It was because the people gathered in the bridge that forced the two men not to show up and hide in the dark to observe secretly.
Mu Qi said: "If necessary, I will set up a chess game and escape together."
Mu Shu felt quite irritated. He didn't reply, but just stared at the bridge. Li Changxiao's speed was not really fast. The sky changed from day to night, and from night to day. Several days passed, but there was no change in speed.
After careful calculation, he walked more than 5,000 feet, and his face was not obvious. It was difficult for outsiders to tell whether he was walking with difficulty or ease. Mu Shu, on the other hand, would occasionally sneer at him, saying that he was very lucky, that he had been carrying a beautiful woman on his back for days, but he never let go. This was much more intimate than the behavior of ordinary couples. Even if ordinary couples had sex, they would only do it for one night at most because of their bodies, but they did it for several days.
Mu Qi refuted, "How can you compare? He is walking the bridge of inquiry, how can he have such thoughts?" He saw that Li Changxiao was open-minded, and that he had walked a long way on the bridge of inquiry, and thought that he would not be able to do it, so he admired him again in his heart, and was secretly worried. Hearing Mu Shu's repeated ridicule, he could not help but refute him.
Mu Shu snorted lightly, but in fact, she was not much less worried than Mu Qi, but she was depressed and it was difficult to get rid of it. If she did not ridicule him a few times, she would not feel comfortable. But if she saw Li Changxiao spitting blood and spreading the road, she was afraid that she would be anxious. She did not want him to follow in Mu Qin's footsteps.
After several days, Li Changxiao had walked eight thousand feet. At this moment, he finally stopped. Cold sweat broke out on his forehead. The question of the heart bridge went straight into his heart, leaving him no way to escape. He could only take it tough.
He walked even slower. Zhao Qing wiped his sweat with his robe. He felt quite guilty. If it weren't for him, Li Changxiao would not have gone through this. He felt a stabbing pain in his heart, and his eyes were as soft as water.
This scene was seen by everyone, and they were shocked for a while. Mu Daxianchang was famous and beautiful, and many people secretly fell in love with her, but no one saw her being moved.
At this moment, her demeanor was no different from that of an ordinary woman. It just opened everyone's eyes, and some even said: "If you can see this scene, you will die without regrets." In fact, it was not to say that he was willing to die at this moment, but just to express that this scene was rare and shocked him.
In such a difficult situation, he walked nearly a thousand feet again. When he came to the last thousand feet, Li Changxiao was suddenly stunned and met a monk head-on. The monk, wearing a monk's robe, gave up walking and sat down where he was.
Li Changxiao walked around the monk and continued to walk straight. The two of them were on opposite paths and passed each other.
In this last thousand feet, Li Changxiao could meet living people one after another. They were all people from the Mu Mansion, including masters and disciples. In addition to the people from the Mu Mansion, there were also some strong outsiders who did not believe in the power of the Questioning Heart Bridge or were confident that they had no flaws in their Taoism. They resolutely stepped onto the bridge, but were trapped between the thousand feet.
Li Changxiao stopped again. He could see the different expressions of people in the distance of a thousand feet. Some of them were forging ahead, some were crawling on the bridge, and some were waiting to die. He couldn't help thinking that all living beings were seeking the truth and reforming the law.
He suddenly felt compassion and felt the suffering of the people. Even if he looked further, he suddenly realized that the expressions on the faces of the heroes outside the bridge who had not yet stepped onto the bridge of inquiry were not much different from those of the people on the bridge.
Is this bridge of inquiry only ten thousand feet? At this moment, a loud sound echoed in his heart, "What is the truth?"
Li Changxiao stopped and his breathing became more and more rapid.
Suddenly, he cursed, "I don't know." Then he took a step and strode forward, passing by the living beings. During this step, a fine crack spread on the bridge.
And Li Changxiao's steps became more and more steady.