Bone Taoist

Chapter 728: Long-bearded man, short-bearded ghost

The cultivators on the Tianxiang Xingwei and Hedao Lingdao paths widened their eyes in shock as if they had just woken up from a dream.

The sky in this direction was already empty, the spiritual path under his feet became completely dim, and the restrictions also disappeared.

After a while, everyone came to their senses.

Just now on the Spiritual Road, they seemed to have experienced reincarnations one after another. They knew very well that this was a restriction and an illusion derived from the Spiritual Road, and they tried desperately to escape and return to oneness of their souls.

But just in a moment, those restrictions of the Dao disappeared, and the immortal energy on the spiritual road gradually receded like the hazy morning mist.

The Hedao gate at the end also disappeared quietly and disappeared without a trace.

"This is...someone has reached the end of the spiritual path."

"Can this destiny only allow one person to achieve enlightenment?"

"Nonsense! Even Ziwei Yuanjun's 12th-grade Lotus Seat can only send 12 people to the Grand Illusionary Realm."

"Who is it?"

The monks looked around, with embarrassed and somewhat unwilling expressions on their faces.

Such a short time had passed, and before they could even display their skills, someone else had already taken the lead in seizing the opportunity of this spiritual path.

Even though they were unwilling, they had no choice but to fly out immediately and head to other spiritual paths of harmony.

Under the sky, the Hedao lotus seat of Ziwei Yuanjun gradually shone, the twelve silver lotus petals swayed, and his spiritual consciousness spread out like ocean waves.

The lotus petals in the south of Tianxiang rippled slightly, and then closed completely.

With the enormous spiritual power contained in the petals of a lotus leaf, it can only evolve a spiritual path to the illusory world of Taixu. This is the way to heaven, and the opportunity of creation throughout the ages is extremely rare.

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At the same time, inside the illusory world of Taixu.

In a trance, Ye Zang seemed to have flown across the vast universe and across the eternity of time. It was a feeling of traveling in the void, floating in the air, making one's soul tremble.

When Ye Zang opened his eyes, he came to a familiar yet unfamiliar scene.

The sky was dim, obscured by endless thick fog. The surroundings were very quiet, without a single sound.

Under Ye Zang's feet was a huge ancient Tengnuo formation. Looking around, it was tens of thousands of feet wide and extremely ancient.

The bluestone road of the ancient formation was engraved with traces of time. It was unknown how long ago it was set up. The forbidden formation patterns on it extended out like flowing water, emitting faint starlight.

Everything seems so real and within reach.

"Finally I'm back here..." Ye Zang took a deep breath, his eyes were deep and full of melancholy.

This is the initial world of the Great Illusionary Realm, a world beyond the ordinary that can only be reached by the primordial spirit.

The Realm of Illusion was originally a dream of a true immortal, a place of pure delusion.

It can be said that it did not exist in the world back then. However, in the endless years, many true immortals from the fairyland arrived at this magical place. They began to construct this place with their powerful spiritual consciousness and evolved it, becoming the intersection of the realm of nothingness and reality.

Afterwards, with the efforts of successive generations of Hedao monks, over endless years, the Taixu Illusionary Realm finally took shape as it is today, which is very consistent with the great Dao of heaven and earth, and can even evolve on its own.

Here, it is boundless and has no end, just like the thoughts of living beings, which have no boundaries.

Ye Zang's eyes sank slightly and he looked around, with an unspeakable feeling in his heart.

The path of cultivation is long and difficult. In this life, he will never waste time in the state of Hedao. He wants to take his own path and achieve the status of a true person!

At the Juntian position of the Tengnuo ancient formation, there stands a stone tablet with beautiful words engraved on it.

This stone tablet is quite new, and must have been built within the last thousand years.

In fact, the Hedao Zhenjun and Yuanjun of the ten continents are also constantly repairing here.

The Realm of Illusion, Taixu, is the place where the Hedao monks practice, the place of caves, where they seldom practice with each other.

Even the Hedao monks from Dongsheng Shenzhou and Tianmingzhou would not casually fight each other here, because Taixu Illusion Realm itself is a dangerous place, and any variables may happen. If it causes complete chaos in the realm, even their souls will be affected.

[The Great Illusion, the Ancient Formation of the Initial Realm]

I haven't seen the familiar handwriting on it for a long time.

In his previous life, Ye Zang observed the aura of a secret Hedao treasure in southern Xinjiang, and then spent a hundred years in seclusion before entering the illusory world of Taixu. This time, it was very smooth, and with the help of the Hedao spiritual road, he entered the gate of Taixu.

In fact, the emergence of Ziwei Yuanjun's secret treasure is also a variable, which may create many Hedao monks.

Although there are only twelve spiritual paths, there are more than twelve cultivators who can advance to the Dao.

The talented disciples from various sects who were previously in the secret treasure may not be able to step into the Realm of Illusion on the spiritual path, but this trip is not in vain. With this experience, it will be much easier to travel around the Realm of Illusion and find its gate in the future. It seems that the Realm of Illusion will become much more lively, and many young faces will appear in the future.

The entire Taixu Illusionary Realm can be generally divided into four worlds. Of course, there are still many uninhabited forbidden areas that have never been explored. Those places are in a chaotic state and are extremely difficult to cultivate, but they also contain endless opportunities.

And the place where Ye Zang is located is the starting point of the first realm.

The souls of those who have entered the gate of Hedao but have not yet reached the first level of Hedao, the unity of heaven and man, will stay in this world.

The pressure from the spiritual consciousness in other realms is too strong. If one rushes in rashly, the soul may be lost in the illusory world forever and unable to return to the physical body.

The other three realms naturally correspond to the three levels of cultivation in Hedao.

The unity of man and nature, the vastness of the universe and the divine soul.

"For the time being, we have found a 'God's Cave'. Now we must quickly go into seclusion and completely enter the state of unity between man and nature..."

Ye Zang was thinking about the plan in his mind. Only after reaching the state of unity between man and nature can he truly become a Taoist monk. Being able to find the illusory world of Taixu is already half the success. The next step is to practice step by step, and everything will come naturally.

As long as you don't run around in the starting area and enter an unmanned restricted area, no accidents will happen.

The original land was very large. The so-called Heavenly God Cave was a cave built by ancient cultivators for retreat. The ownerless spiritual energy there was enormous, which could be used to cultivate the three souls of heaven, earth and life.

At this moment, a huge glow emerged from the Tengnuo Ancient Formation.

Then there was a tremor, and two familiar figures of souls flew over from the sky.

There were two old men, one had a long beard and short hair, and the other had a short beard and long hair. They looked very kind and gentle, like upright people.

Ye Zang narrowed his eyes, as if thinking about something.

Of course he recognized these two people, and could say that he was very familiar with them.

Two old men paced slowly on the ancient formation. Although they were walking towards Ye Zang, they did not look at him. Instead, they kept talking to themselves, treating him like air.

"Hmm... I always feel like there's something I didn't do today." "This ancient formation should be repaired. If the devil runs in, it will be terrible!"

"Don't worry, there are Taoist friends from the outside world who will handle this matter. It has nothing to do with us."

"The creation of the Hedao has been born, and many young Taoists have come in."

"Those disciples of the big sects must have a lot of treasures on them."

The two old men walked side by side, mumbling something.

Ye Zang has not seen these two people for a long time. One likes to call himself "Long Bearded Man" and the other is called "Short Bearded Ghost" by others. In the Taixu Realm of Illusion, these two people can be said to be known to everyone.

The two old men have unknown origins and have been in the illusory world for endless years.

In the illusory realm of Taixu, there are not only the souls of the cultivators from the ten continents.

Throughout the ages, all the gifted cultivators in every generation have had to go through this journey.

However, some Taoists' souls were lost in this realm, unable to return to their bodies. After a long time, their memories even became blurred. In the end, they even forgot who they were and why they existed. They just wandered aimlessly, acting according to their nature, like wandering ghosts.

Perhaps, these two were once geniuses in a certain Taoist sect in ancient times.

"Hey, who are you?"

"Little brother, have we met somewhere before?"

The two finally came to Ye Zang.

The long-bearded man and the short-bearded ghost scratched their heads, looked at Ye Zang with a confused and decrepit look, and suddenly spoke to him.

"Indeed, I have seen you and I in my previous life. We were close friends." Ye Zang said casually.

"What!" The bearded man was shocked and stared with wide eyes.

"Little brother, don't scare me. Are you a human or a ghost?" The short-bearded ghost shuddered and took a few steps back.

Ye Zang was too lazy to chat with them and said bluntly: "Two seniors, please guide me to the location of a heavenly cave. It must be at least a top-grade immortal cave. If you find it, I will reward you generously."

Ye Zang knew these two people's temperaments and habits very well.

The two of them wandered in the Taixu Illusionary Realm all year round and were very familiar with the place.

Ye Zang's life in his previous life was not as smooth as it is now. When he advanced to the He Dao, the world was about to fall into chaos, and it even affected the Taixu Illusionary Realm. The chaos was so unbearable at first that Ye Zang had to find an ordinary cave to practice in seclusion. He did not go to the second realm until he entered the realm of unity between man and nature.

He was not very familiar with the starting point.

"Heavenly Soul Stone, Earthly Soul Stone, Life Soul Stone!"

"And Chaos Stone, one each."

"Senior, isn't your request a bit too high?" Ye Zang said with a smile as he spread his hands. These things are all natural treasures that can only be found in the Hedao secret storage and the divine consciousness land, and they are of great benefit to the practice of Hedao cultivators.

Ye Zang had made many contributions in the Jackdaw Cult, so he could exchange a few pieces in the Treasure Pavilion.

"No way, they are all at this price. I see that you are a disciple of a great sect, so you should not be short of these spiritual objects." The bearded man rubbed his hands and said with a smile.

"Trust us two, we will definitely find you an excellent cave dwelling of the gods!" the short-bearded ghost said loudly.

Ye Zang was silent for a few breaths, then smiled and said, "Then I'll trouble you two seniors."

"Come on, come on, follow me!"

As they spoke, the three of them transformed into a beam of spiritual light and quickly left the spot.

Not long after they left, three more beams of light fell from the sky.

Those three were all elders of a large sect. They looked down at the ancient formation with slightly frowned brows.

"My feeling is correct. Fairy Ziwei's lotus seat has also closed one leaf. Which disciple stepped into the gate first?"

"There is still some spiritual energy remaining. Could it have been taken away by those two?" The Hedao elder said thoughtfully.

"Go and search everywhere to find out the identity of that disciple."

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The original land is vast and boundless, and it is also an endless existence.

Above the earth veins, mountains, rivers and lakes rise and fall one after another, magnificent and beautiful, like a splash-ink landscape painting, as if in an ancient fairyland.

There seemed to be auspicious beasts among the mountains. Ye Zang even saw real dragons, fire phoenixes, white tigers and unicorns. However, since this was a illusory world, everything here was a mixture of reality and illusion. These auspicious beasts seemed very real, but in fact they were all illusions created by the cultivators.

Except that the sky is always covered by fog and there is no bright sun shining, the Taixu Illusionary Realm is not much different from the Ten Continents, except that the scenery is more gorgeous.

Over the endless years, this place is no longer the chaotic and hazy state it once was. It has been repaired perfectly by many monks, except for those uninhabited areas that have not yet been cultivated.

"My dear friend, I haven't asked for your name yet!" said the bearded man with a fist.

"Ye Zang." Ye Zang said casually.

"Ye Zang, you are Ye Zang!" The short-bearded ghost widened his eyes and looked very surprised.

"Why, do you recognize me, Senior?" Ye Zang raised his eyebrows. His reputation was indeed not small, but it was not so famous that it would spread to the Great Illusion Realm. It was not surprising that the Hedao Zhenjun Yuanjun in the outside world knew him, so how could these ownerless Yuanshen who had lost their memories in the Great Illusion Realm recognize him?

"I always feel like I've heard it somewhere, just like what my friend said. Maybe we were good friends in our previous lives!" The short-bearded ghost narrowed his eyes and looked at Ye Zang with a playful look.

"Short-bearded ghost, you are getting old and confused. Don't be so jumpy all the time. Isn't this Ye Zang the chief disciple of the Crow Cult?" said the long-bearded man.

"Yes, I remember now, you are Ruan Xifeng's disciple!" The short-bearded ghost slapped his head and said suddenly.

"I am indeed a disciple of Master Jiuqiao." Ye Zang said with concentration.

"Tsk tsk tsk, it's no wonder that a hero emerges from youth." The bearded man looked Ye Zang up and down.

"Oh, Mr. Ruan... Oh no, it should be called Master Ruan. It turns out that you are Ye Kuishou, the senior disciple of Master Ruan. It is such a great honor to meet you. What a great honor!" The short-bearded ghost laughed.

As the two of them walked, they praised Ye Zang a lot, almost praising him to the sky.

These two people have such eccentric personalities that they have even forgotten who they are, but they still retain some of their temperaments from when they were alive.

For example, they are very fond of spiritual objects such as natural treasures. They can be said to be like two Pixiu. They have many treasures on them. Many Hedao monks have even planned to kill them and steal their treasures, but they all ended up miserably in the end.

These two old men seem peaceful, but their spirits are very powerful. They can come and go freely in the four realms of the Taixu Illusionary Realm. They have already reached the realm of Taixu Spirit and are very terrifying. They should not be offended easily.

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(End of this chapter)