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Chapter 117: Clear the clouds and see the true spirit

Falling, falling.

It's like an endless fall.

It was pitch black in front of me, and I couldn't see anything.

My thoughts and spirit became nothing before the sudden change.

Nothing to think about, nothing to think about.

I don't know how much time has passed.

Li Zhen's feet suddenly touched the earth at a certain moment.

My whole body suddenly shook, and my thoughts returned.

He slowly opened his eyes.

Set against the bright but not dazzling blue-yellow light.

A scene that was so magnificent and shocking that it was difficult to describe in words flooded into my mind.

At this moment.

Even Li Zhen had seen the prosperity of his previous life.

In this life, I have developed an ordinary and peaceful mind while traveling in the sea of books.

I couldn't help but feel my scalp numb, and my whole body felt like it was being electrified.

He raised his head and looked up at the magnificent scene in front of him, holding his breath and barely daring to take a big breath.

It seemed that he was afraid of breaking the mysterious and quiet atmosphere here.

Li Zhen is now completely inside a huge palace.

It is completely encompassed by the extremely high and wide space of this huge palace.

Now he seemed to have transformed into an ant-like villain who accidentally broke into the kingdom of giants.

Looking up at the top of the majestic palace with no end in sight.

I am shocked by the height of this place, and my heart is palpitated by my own insignificance.

But in addition to all kinds of unspeakable emotions, Li Zhen also had a thought in his mind.

This is undoubtedly the legendary Xiantian Palace!
But where is this place?
It is inside the creature that looks very much like a so-called dragon in the Tianchi Lake outside.

or
He went to a strange world through an unknown passage.

These are completely unknown.

However, such thoughts only flashed through Li Zhen's mind for a moment, and then he was forgotten.

Since ancient times, thousands of years have passed.

There have been so many existences that have entered this Xiantian Palace.

He didn't believe it. None of these people had ever been curious or explored?
But to this day, there is still no explanation for this matter.

Not even a mere guess.

Obviously, the water here is very deep.

It's not something that Li Zhen can explore now.

Think about the huge thing outside that connects to the Xiantian Palace.

A bit of chill could not help but rise in his heart.

I don't have the strength to win this thing.

Still, don’t think too much.

Abandoning the unrealistic thoughts in his mind, Li Zhen once again focused on the Xiantian Palace in front of him.

Just like everything said back then.

At the entrance, apart from the extremely conspicuous hall itself.

It's a stone monument.

A stone tablet more than ten feet high, with large characters carved on the front and back.

The book on the front: Three dragons and phoenixes dance in the Xiantian Palace.

It seems to be riding the wind back, full of fairy-like and proud characters.

On the back are the words: Heaven and earth are unkind, and all things are treated like rotten dogs, with ten majestic sentences carved with knives and axes.

Turning around and looking at it, a kind of impartiality and justice, seeing all things as one, came to my face.

The majesty in it is even greater than the Eyes of Heaven that Zhao Shenyue's true intention of martial arts manifested back then.

Li Zhen's mind was shaken, and his figure stagnated unconsciously.

In all his years of living, this was the first time his mind had been hit so hard.

So much so that he becomes addicted to it and cannot help but become a member of the people who uphold the justice of heaven.

But fortunately, the spirit that has been baptized by the interaction between heaven and man is strong enough.

After a moment, he broke free from it.

But by this time, Li Zhen's brows were already tangled.

The words behind such a stone tablet.

Even he will fall into it if he is not careful.

What's more, the others are merely innate when they enter.

Even those martial arts practitioners who have no innate achievements.

How did they break free?
Thinking.

At a certain moment, a flash of inspiration occurred.

He suddenly thought of the madness of all things, Zhao Shenyue's indifference, and Ji Donglai's habits.
Everything was connected together, and Li Zhen became a little enlightened.

original
The root of all this turned out to be here.

It was not as he had guessed back then.

It was the problems with the spirits borrowed from this innate palace that caused the character flaws of these people.

Thinking of this, Li Zhen's heart has always been tense.

Faintly, I relaxed a little.

Finally, take a deep look at this sharp inscription, and keep in mind the aura of the Supreme God of Heaven.

Li Zhen skipped here and looked into the depths of the huge palace.

A greenish-yellow mysterious light casts down from above.

The entire huge palace is shrouded in soft light.

Li Zhen looked up.

I saw the center of the deep top.

This irregular crystal is impressively embedded.

It's hazy inside and can't be seen clearly.

But it is like a small sun, continuously emitting green-yellow light.

With the crystal as the center, a circle was illuminated at the top of the giant hall.

And look carefully through the light.

You will find that the entire dome appears as black as the starry sky at night.

And on top of it, there are stars shining like stars.

It seems like a map of the stars in the universe.

Li Zhen was a little shocked.

It’s hard to imagine who built such a bizarre palace.

god?
Or maybe a fairy?
He couldn't be sure now.

But in this world, there must be a path of cultivation beyond martial arts.

More and more determined, more and more convinced.

His eyes retracted from the dome and fell to his eyes again.

Li Zhen was surprised to notice that there was no support pillar in such a huge palace.

And in the open land.

It is only a suspended relief in the center of the central hall.

And, there are twenty-four reliefs on the left and right sides.

Added up, the total is forty-nine yuan.

It was no different from what he knew before.

At this moment, Li Zhen could no longer suppress the wonder in his heart.

Quickly step forward to observe.

As far as the eye can see, the relief sculpture in the center is about one foot high without any support, and it is suspended in mid-air.

The carving is exquisite and the color is bright, and it has not deteriorated at all after thousands of years.

Engraved on it is a man with flamboyant black hair whose appearance cannot be clearly seen.

Wearing half armor, he sat cross-legged on top of a huge monster that looked like a dragon but had no horns.

But what's weird is that it only occupies the lower right corner of the page.

And it accounts for the largest proportion of the entire relief.

It is a door spreading out from the clouds.

The content engraved on the relief is exactly the scene of the man riding the monster underneath him and rushing towards the portal.

At the very center, there is a hollow ball.

There is something like sand and mist in it, describing a word.

Take everything you see in front of you into your eyes.

Li Zhen suddenly realized that this was the miraculous skill spread among countless martial arts practitioners in the outside world.

This is the first of the forty-nine murals in Xiantian Palace.

It's just what's written on it.

But it makes people unable to help but think about it.

No matter who the man is.

But the monster riding under him looked like a dragon but not a dragon.

It gave Li Zhen an inexplicable sense of familiarity. Thinking about it carefully, although I just couldn't see the whole thing under the water that day.

But the color of the scales is exactly the same as the monster depicted in this relief painting.

And, those same scarlet eyes.

It gave Li Zhen a sense of deja vu that this monster was obviously the thing outside.

If not himself, then possibly his descendants.

"Then if you say so."

A thoughtful look circulated in his eyes.

What he saw allowed Li Zhen to draw an obvious conclusion:

"The man on the relief is most likely the one who established the Xiantian Palace."

"But who is he?"

"The legendary Martial Ancestor, or something else?"

Some doubts were solved.

But there are more unknown questions that come to mind.

But Li Zhen also remembered exactly the purpose of coming in today.

Not to explore the secrets of the past, but to find the truth about "spirit".

If it can really be as he imagined.

"Spirit" is the most critical fulcrum for him to create a spiritual practice.

Then when he was able to embark on a long road to immortality.

It's time to explore these unknown secrets hidden throughout the ages.

As for now, naturally I will continue to look at the relief paintings below.

Even though the first picture doesn't look like anything magical.

However, Li Zhen will not look at everything that follows with this mentality.

Able to be sought after by countless martial arts practitioners over the long years.

These reliefs in the Xiantian Palace must be outstanding.

Otherwise, those people are not fools.

Thoughts passed through my mind as calmly as water.

Li Zhen walked to the left with a hint of expectation.

"really!"

His eyes fell on the first picture on the left hand, and he stared at the scene depicting a quiet wind in the empty valley.

Li Zhen was shocked and his eyes were shining.

Suddenly, a will that seemed to be as noisy as a violent wind enveloped his body.

There was obviously no wind in the huge palace.

But his clothes flew by themselves in the absence of wind.

On the exposed skin, there seemed to be a sharp whistling sound like a strong wind.

Gradually, it became a crisp sound like the sound of the blade hitting the glass.

However, at this time, Li Zhen was completely unaware of the changes in the outside world.

Because of his spirit and even his will.

In other words, the so-called soul.

They have all appeared in another world under the envelope of will coming from the relief.

It was a valley with rugged rocks.

Howling black winds swept out of the unique valley structure.

Like a sharp blade, it is full of killing.

The wind blew past, as if it was directly hitting the soul.

I had never felt pain before, and it came all over me.

It broke our hearts.

But while enduring the severe pain, Li Zhen suddenly had a realization in his heart.

This is the test of Xiantian Palace.

Only by being blown by the wind that contains the miraculous craftsmanship of nature can we persevere.

Only then could he go on to look at the carvings on the next relief and face the next test.

And at the end, you will get a reward called "Spirit".

Although it is unknown how many reliefs will eventually be visible.

Whether it will be related to the level and amount of the final "spirit" reward.

Li Zhen had a thought silently in his mind at this moment.

That is, try to get to the end.

Because he discovered that in addition to the "spiritual" reward and this.

This test itself is also a kind of gain.

In the past few decades, Li Zhen read many books and read all the Taoist canon.

I thought that I should have a deep understanding of the principles of the operation of all things in the world, the so-called mechanism of the great road.

But when he came out of the capital again ten years ago.

I knew I was terribly wrong.

The Tao is in all things.

But unfortunately, it is not in the book.

Years of traveling and observing different scenery in the world have allowed him to abandon some of the unfounded conjectures in the book.

I also have some understanding of my own, but in the end it is still not enough.

But now, Li Zhen was surprised to find out.

Isn't what the spiritual world that this relief brought him into shown the beauty derived from the nature of heaven and earth?

Ever since, Li Zhen's eyes lit up.

He puffed out his chest and faced the strong wind calmly.

While enjoying the pain, I am also feeling the mystery of how this natural scene works.

But soon, the howling wind could not dampen his spirit.

On the contrary, in the endless pain, he continued to help temper.

The wind gradually stopped.

in invisible sight.

A tiny speck of light flew out from the second relief.

It fell into the center of Li Zhen's eyebrows and disappeared.

It was at this time that he quietly woke up.

The joy in his eyes flashed away at the same time.

He didn't seem to notice the unknown changes in his body, and couldn't wait to face the next picture.

If the second relief is the killing wind, then the third relief is the violent rain.

The will of martial arts was touched, and he soon entered a strange spiritual world.

After waking up in a short time, I moved on to the next picture with unfinished thoughts.

Roaring thunder, flashing electricity, purifying light.
This relief encompasses all phenomena in the world and records all the natural principles of heaven and earth.

But Pianpian never recorded any martial arts.

It does not teach people how to fish; it teaches people how to fish.

Where does all the martial arts in this world come from?
It's just people imitating the natural wonders of heaven and earth and recording them in words using clumsy and complicated language.

Originally, creating a martial art required decades or even hundreds of generations of effort.

But now, Xiantian Palace fed the food directly into his mouth.

Passing by one relief after another.

Li Zhen somewhat understood why people who walked out of Xiantian Palace could become great masters for the last time.

Because their path forward has been cleared.

And the gateway to the path he has been pursuing.

It seems that along with this journey, a gap gradually opened.

As the number of reliefs seen increases, the gap becomes larger and larger.

Until, the forty-eighth picture.

It is no longer the concrete representation of all natural things in the world, but the abstract embodiment that supports the existence of all things:
Yin Yang Tai Chi diagram!
And with the moment Li Zhen woke up from the spiritual world where everything is in harmony with yin and yang.

In his heart lake, it seemed as if a seed fell from the void into his heart lake.

The endless light and brightness dispel all the previous fog.

It made him realize for a moment.

"So, this is the 'spirit'!"

There was an extremely satisfied smile on his face that would make him die in the morning.

Li Zhen spoke and murmured softly.

[When you see the sky, the earth, and the mysteries of nature, your spiritual accumulation is sufficient, and the true spirit is born]

It turns out that spirits do not only exist in the Xiantian Palace.

It has never had the ability to bestow human souls.

It just accelerates the process of discovering the spirit in a drastic way.

And spirit exists in everything in the world.

It just requires you to have a heart that is good at discovery.