in the edge

Chapter 494: Heaven and Earth

What is above the sky?
For ordinary people, the sky is the sky. Even those masters of evil spirits have never considered this issue - at most they consider the color of the sky, for example, blue is the color of the sky.

The higher he flew, the more Du Chengfeng thought of He Xiqing, the top enemy he encountered when he was just starting out. This man from the grassland had a strange obsession with the sky. He believed that he was the sky, that the sky was where eagles soared, and that the sky should encompass everything.

But it is obvious that this grassland man did not actually encompass everything, and the sky is not just a place for eagles to soar.

Just like the place where Du Chengfeng and the coyote are now, it is a place that even an eagle cannot reach. The flying birds that they used to have to look up to see are now just tiny black dots under their feet.

“This is the real vastness.”

The coyote next to him also noticed Du Chengfeng's distraction and sighed softly.

"The mundane world is still too small after all. Even so, they still have to divide themselves into north, south, east and west, fighting to the death... Now that you have flown high, you can see how small the environment you were in before was."

"If you say so...it is true."

Du Chengfeng was still trying to look down, looking at the mountains and rivers beneath his feet.

Whether it was Jishui Town, Liuhua Mountain, or Sanshan Town, they had all become incredibly small. Du Chengfeng, who was flying in the air, could not even see the "ants moving" scene this time. There were only some faint lights, which seemed to indicate that the place was not deserted. However, those lights were so small that they could not be seen clearly if one was not careful.

Du Chengfeng even tried to find the location of Wangyou Township.

He did not see Wangyouxiang.

After all, Wangyou Township is too small. With a population of several hundred people, it can only be considered a village at most. It is far inferior to a deserted town like Sanshan Town. Such a village may not be found even if you get close to it, let alone at such a high altitude.

From this perspective, what the coyote said is true.

The world of mortals is indeed a little small.

Du Chengfeng knew about the concept of planets. If the atmosphere was considered as the outer shell, then this layer must be much larger than the internal surface. The coyote beside him might not know about materialistic terms such as planets, but it could at least feel the difference in size.

"Compared to the ocean above the surface, the sky is the real deep sea!"

Du Chengfeng felt inexplicably nervous while flying in the air.

He didn't know why he suddenly thought of this, but the feeling of being watched came over him again, as if he was being stared at by a deep-sea monster. No matter how hard he tried to spy in the opposite direction, he could only see darkness and pitch blackness.

"calm down."

Just as Du Chengfeng turned around and looked around, the coyote raised its claws.

"Your senses are indeed sharp, but there is no need to panic... Think about it, since you and I can already fly up, then besides us, are there more predecessors and sages?"

"You mean..."

Du Chengfeng hesitated for a moment.

"Do they have a voyeuristic habit?"

"That's what you said."

The coyote's face froze instantly.

"What do you mean by a voyeuristic habit? It's called scrutinizing and observing the younger generation... Think about it, if a stranger came to hang around your territory, no matter how good-tempered you are, wouldn't you have to take a closer look to see who this guy is and what he's planning to do?"

"You said so... Indeed."

Du Chengfeng nodded, and there was a change in the look in his eyes when he looked at the coyote.

At first, he thought that the coyote that suddenly appeared was here to cause trouble for him, and after meeting it, he also thought that the coyote was going to trick him into going somewhere to die like the weasel did. However, after getting along with it for a while, he discovered that this coyote seemed to have some communication skills.

Every time I could tell him exactly what he was thinking, and I could also give some vivid examples to help him understand quickly.

This coyote doesn't look like a wolf at all.

Not many people may be able to communicate quickly like this!

"So can you help pass on a message to these seniors?"

Du Chengfeng rubbed his hands embarrassedly.

"I'm new here, and I feel a little embarrassed to come empty-handed. Does anyone want to eat anything? I can cook a few of my signature dishes."

"you……"

The coyote was straight up amused.

"You learned this etiquette from the mortal world, didn't you? The elders don't need this kind of thing. On the one hand, the elders have cultivated themselves to such an extent that they basically don't need the food of the mortal world. On the other hand, the elders all have their own things to do."

"This... is disturbing, isn't it?"

Du Chengfeng scratched his head awkwardly; he had never thought it would be like this.

But this place is indeed different from the earth, starting with the customs. Especially when he looked around, he couldn't even see the shadows of those predecessors. It felt like he had entered a brand new world.

Du Chengfeng is full of curiosity about a different world.

"So... if this is where all the elders and sages live, then where do you live?"

"I?"

The coyote chuckled.

"To you, I am also a senior sage."

Having said this, the coyote leaped away into the distance.

"Come with me."

Du Chengfeng followed the coyote and saw that it was running towards a star in the distance. After estimating the distance, Du Chengfeng couldn't help but hesitate, because in his understanding, the distance between stars was so great that even if it turned into light, it would probably take many years to reach the destination.

Is this coyote planning to kill him in this way?
"Follow up quickly!"

The coyote's voice sounded up ahead.

"It'll be there soon!"

"You... ah!"

Hearing what the coyote said, Du Chengfeng no longer suspected anything and flew along with it.

It was during this flight that he realized that his previous judgment was flawed.

When viewed from a distance, the coyote looked like it was running towards a twinkling star, but when it got closer, Du Chengfeng saw that it was more like a hole than a star.

A hole through which light shines.

It was like a hole was poked in the empty sky. The hole just stayed there quietly, with bright white light shining through it. However, the light was not dazzling. Instead, it was somewhat soft, and even had a scent of earth like grass and jungle.

"This is the place I told you about."

The coyote stopped outside the hole.

"Although you may worry that it might be dangerous to come in like this, I still think you can come in and take a look..."

"Then take a look."

Du Chengfeng didn't have any hesitation, as he already had a certain level of trust in the coyote.

The worst result is nothing more than a fight. Anyway, he has played away games before. But what Du Chengfeng didn't expect was that he just followed the coyote and took a step forward, and he suddenly felt dazed.

It’s like I’ve really arrived in another world.

And he was very familiar with this feeling.

“The heart has become more active.”

Du Chengfeng frowned slightly. He must have been to such a place before.

No matter whether it was the imagined Utopia before, or the worlds he traveled through later when he killed Huangtian, the feeling this place gave him was exactly the same as those places!
Compared with this strong idealistic zone, the world he lived in before could indeed be called the mortal world.

"but……"

Looking at the flowers, trees, shade trees and grass around him, Du Chengfeng touched his chin.

However, there is a difference.

Although it is true that this is a strong idealistic environment, there is another force that is suppressing everything here. It is precisely because of the existence of this force that this paradise-like little world will not be like the Utopia he has seen, which can be easily controlled by mental power.

Unlike the strong idealistic environment he knew, this small world was more stable.

“This is my place, and this is the most suitable environment for me.”

The coyote paused in the woods.

Just looking at its figure standing in the woods, it was almost no different from an ordinary wild wolf, and the magical power of flying in the clouds was gone at all.

But faced with this situation, Du Chengfeng nodded slightly.

Miraculous or not, it is not so important to him at his level. If he wants to, he can perform eight hundred different miraculous events - but the coyote in front of him showed a different attitude. It was clear that the coyote had completely integrated into the surrounding environment, and it was even indistinguishable from it.

The coyote is this little world, and this little world is the coyote itself.

One is all, and all is one.

"From the look in your eyes, I think you have understood something."

The coyote nodded slightly.

"For mortals, the three turbidities are not necessarily a bad thing. After all, primitive desires such as greed, anger, and ignorance can make them move and allow them to quickly gain strength... So this is the problem. If you want to remove the three turbidities, desires will also be taken away. You should have had similar experiences, right?"

"I... do."

Du Chengfeng nodded.

He had actually encountered what the coyote described - although he did not realize this when he reflected on it himself, but now, with the coyote's reminder, he had already thought of some of his previous experiences.

That is, when he replaced the evil spirit with his mental strength.

Since the effect of evil spirit is too great and its limitations are also obvious, when Du Chengfeng realized that there was something more useful like mental power, he simply chose to use mental power to suppress the evil spirit - indeed, this attempt did work, and the evil spirit was perfectly suppressed by him.

But this actually brings up another problem.

That is, he lost the will to fight.

Although he would still fight with others, he actually did not have the desire to win that he had when he was in Jizhou and Yanzhou. His previous pursuit of strength gradually turned into fighting strong enemies if there were any. If there were no strong enemies, he would be too lazy to look for them, as he could still live his life well anyway.

Compared to his past, he even rarely kills people.

Of course, part of this is because he is a pacifist, but the other part is...

"In other words, since I have shed my anger, I have also shed my desire in this regard?"

"That's understandable."

The coyote nodded yes.

"This is why the Three Turbidities are difficult to deal with. After all, you were born in the mortal world, which means that the Three Turbidities are a part of you. Stripping off the Three Turbidities is like stripping off your skin and bones. If all of these are stripped off, how can you still stand up?"

"You...really!"

Du Chengfeng nodded repeatedly.

If the evil spirit is stripped away, the will to fight will also be stripped away. If the mental strength is stripped away, his willpower will probably be stripped away as well. As for the power of incense and vows... he really doesn't need this. But if everyone in this world no longer remembers him, then in this idealistic world, what is the difference between him and being dead?
"So, you mean... no stripping?"

"How is that possible? If that were the case, I wouldn't have come to you."

The coyote shook his head.

"If you don't remove the three turbidities, you will still be affected by them. However, if you remove the three turbidities, there will be serious consequences... Let's put it this way. It's like if you are a mortal and your bones are broken, what should you do?"

"…crippled?"

Du Chengfeng gave an answer instinctively, but he immediately realized that this was not what Coyote wanted to ask.

So he gave another answer.

"Should I find something else to replace this bone?"

"correct!"

The coyote scratched and laughed.

"When a mortal's legs are lame, he knows to use crutches. When a demon's bones are broken, he knows to replace them. So now you also know what to do if you are infected by the three turbidities?"

"We should find something that can replace the three turbidities."

Du Chengfeng understood what the coyote wanted to say.

"Something that will allow me to stand firm without relying on the three turbidities."

"Right, that's what you have to do."

The coyote nodded.

"When you complete this replacement, you will also complete the transformation from turbid to clear. At that time, you will be the same as us... That's why I brought you here to take a look. After all, this environment is the first step in clearing the three turbidities in your body."

As he said this, the coyote raised his paw and pointed at the flowers, plants and trees around him.

"This is the most suitable environment for me. I am my true self here. I know clearly who I am, so the power of the three turbidities cannot affect me... This is the first step in clearing the three turbidities. First, determine who you are."

"who I am?"

Du Chengfeng was stunned.

This question is a bit too profound.

Who am I? How should he answer this question?

"Yes, who are you?"

The coyote nodded.

“Who are you, what do you want, where do you want to live, what are your desires… Only when you find yourself can you know what is clear.”

(End of this chapter)