Ten states

() The freezing air talisman under her feet and on her body has been replaced once, but Xiao Xia's whole body is still drenched in sweat.

What is a sea of ​​fire?This is the sea of ​​fire.The sky, the earth, the earth, the front, the back, the left, and the left are all fire, nothing but fire.Xiao Xia could only tell the direction by the direction of the formation.

Tang Gonggong behind him didn't have a drop of sweat all over his body. Not only that, every step he stepped on the rock that was almost melted by the fire, the cloth shoes on his feet didn't feel the slightest difference, it seemed that even the concept of 'heat' When approaching him, they are automatically smashed and destroyed.

Three flaming figures shot out of the sea of ​​flames behind them soundlessly, and flew towards them.These are three big cats that are red all over and look like leopards. They are the spirit fire cats domesticated by the Tianhuo sect. Their movements are integrated with the sea of ​​fire around them. In the blink of an eye, the first front paw touched Xiao Xia's clothes.

However, Tang Gongyi's hand also touched the spirit fire cat at the same time, and just touching it lightly, the spirit fire cat seemed to be a sculpture made of sand, and it fell apart.Then Tang Gonggong's hand touched the other two lightly. His movements were not fast, but he could always touch the spirit fire cat at the same time as the spirit fire cat touched the two of them.

When Xiao Xia heard the voice and turned her head, she could only see three piles of blood-soaked bean dregs on the ground. The fur, fur, bone, and flesh of these three monsters cultivated by Taoism were all broken into pieces of the same size. Couldn't see anything.

Xiaoxia is not surprised either, since they walked into the sea of ​​flames, these monsters hiding in the sea of ​​flames began to appear. So far, there are at least twenty spirit fire cats, and there are more than ten or more flames all over their bodies. snake.Or other monsters such as toads spewing magma suddenly jumped out from the side. If he himself had died countless times, but with Tang Gong behind him, he almost didn't have time to see the appearance of these monsters clearly.

"Brother Xia, how far is it?" Tang Gonggong asked.His voice seemed hoarse.

Xiao Xia pointed to the upper right and said: "This time we will walk up to the Weiji position for a hundred feet. Then we will go up to the seat and walk up to about a hundred feet. It is probably not far from the top of the mountain. Fourth brother, don't be impatient, the closer you are The closer the top of the mountain is to the central yang of this large formation, the more abundant the remaining firepower in this large formation will be. If you don't go to the positions where the changes have slowed down, even if you open the passage, you will be able to re-open within a few breaths. Close up."

"It's not that I'm impatient. I'm afraid I won't last long." Tang Gonggong smiled.The two streams of blood under the nose flowed more happily.Xiao Xia could also see that the chaos, silence, and murderous blackness in his eyes seemed to be getting thicker and thicker.

After finishing speaking, Tang Gonggong drew his saber and slashed towards the direction Xiao Xia pointed.A passage tens of feet wide and exactly one hundred feet long was opened up in the sea of ​​fire following his saber gesture.

At the same time, the ground trembled slightly, and the ground in the passage that was just cut opened, and a giant beast covered in fiery red magma came out, and its shape seemed to be magnified hundreds of times. The mouse is like a giant pangolin.The body is full of flowing flames and magma, like a five-element puppet solidified by innate Taoism like a fire armor soldier, but the two flashing lights on the eyes indicate that this is indeed a living creature .

"Molten Gold Fire Armored Beast. The spirit beast that protects the volcano today. It seems that we are really not far from the core of the formation, that is, the top of the mountain." The first time Xiao Xia saw this monster, it was already from Chuyang Road. The population knew what it was.Although Taoist Chuyang was just a puppet of the mysterious person in the sedan chair, everything he said was not wrong at all.

"Really, that's good." Tang Gongyi breathed a sigh of relief.The breath that came out of his mouth sounded fragmented, like the sound of dozens of broken bellows pulling desperately together.

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On the top of the mountain, on the edge of the lava pool, Jin Zhiyang, the suzerain of the Tianhuo Sect, suddenly raised his head and glanced in the direction Tang Gonggong and Xiao Xia were coming from.Although his eyes only touched the stone wall of the corridor.But he still noticed something strange and frowned, and glanced at the sweaty Tang Qingxiao.

But immediately he looked at the little purple fire in his hand, his slightly frowning brows loosened, and he gave a faint smile indifferently.

"Grandpa, what's the matter?" Lin Xiaoyan asked.

"It's nothing. Some bugs want to fly in, and they have met the mice raised by grandpa, so don't worry about them." Looking at his granddaughter, Jin Zhiyang became soft again. "Now grandpa will tell you what exactly grandpa is doing and what's going on with these grandpas and uncles."

"Xiaoyan, grandpa will ask you first, do you know why people live?"

"Why? Why why?" Lin Xiaoyan stared, unable to even understand the meaning of the question itself.To be alive is to be alive, so why not.

"Stupid child... But this question may be a bit difficult for you to understand." Jin Zhiyang smiled and patted Lin Xiaoyan's head affectionately. "Maybe it seems to you that eating a lot of delicious food, seeing a lot of beautiful things, and playing a lot of fun things, so that life must be good?"

"Okay! That's good!" Lin Xiaoyan nodded with certainty, and pulled Tang Qingxiao's arm. "But I still have to be with Ah Xiao!"

"Hehe, that's because you're still a child, with too little experience and knowledge. You just thought it was like this." Jin Zhiyang glanced at the boy held by his granddaughter, and shook his head with a half-smile. "When you really grow up and understand a lot of things, you won't think so."

"Eat, sleep, sex between men and women, safe and comfortable. The so-called fame and fortune are just for better eating and sleeping, men and women's comfort, just like every monkey is a monkey king. To live is to live, like animals and animals. Living for the sake of living, this is what ninety-nine percent of people in the world think. But this is just because they are stupid, dull, and short-sighted. In Buddhist terms, they have shallow roots, can't see, can't feel higher and farther , deeper worlds and landscapes."

"Grandpa is saying that I'm stupid?" Lin Xiaoyan could only understand this.

"It's not stupid, it's just like most other people." Jin Zhiyang smiled.

"But fortunately, there are always many truly wise people in this world who can feel that they are different from animals and beasts. Throughout the ages, those sages who explore the mysteries of the universe and the universe follow this instinct. Want to understand more, I want to know more, I want to know where I came from, and I want to feel more and deeper connections between the universe and myself. Buddhism says that life and death are the ultimate bodhi, and Taoism says great freedom and freedom. Even if* Other Confucianism sects also say that there is no other way of learning, so please rest assured." As he spoke, Jin Zhiyang's gaze gradually became distant and deep, as if he was looking at an unreachable distance that only he could see . "This is exactly what we cultivators practice. Even those who learn martial arts are the same, or they are also cultivating Tao. What we practice is to enter the Tao through martial arts, to see the world with the body, to see the heart with the body, and to temper the body with the heart to the extreme. In the deep realm, one has to rely on talent and aptitude to comprehend a certain point of the truth in the universe, so that one can enter the innate nature later. A master of one side can be achieved, but this realm that countless people have diligently pursued is actually only the beginning of martial arts. As for the others, only knowledge People who are brave and ruthless, and show off their magical powers are just stupid things, at most they are stronger tigers, wolves and monkeys, not worth mentioning."

"Grandpa, I can't even understand what you said..." Lin Xiaoyan scratched her head.

"Hehe. It's okay, you'll understand after listening." Jin Zhiyang patted her head lovingly and continued. "Buddhism says that there are three thousand ways, all of which prove Bodhi. Grandpa's school was passed down in ancient Taoism, and he followed the way of trying to figure out the power of fire, using the fire to sublimate the original mind, discard the chaff and save the chaff, and finally prove to be one with the heaven and the earth." The highest state of existence. It has only been handed down for many years, and after many accidents and wars, the classics in the faction were lost. No one knows the method of the last step. Over the years, no matter how much the senior colleagues in the faction cultivated, a The heart has been honed to be pure and flawless, but I don't know the method of the last step. In the end, I can only wait for the body to decay, collapse, die, and Dao disappear. Or make a mistake, turn into a body of fire, and burn up my spirituality and mind , It's really sad. Until we found this." Jin Zhiyang turned his gaze to the little purple flame in his hand. "It's completely different from those innate realms and innate Taoism that only touched a little bit of the rules of heaven and earth. In this regard, Suzaku Spirit Fire is the real essence of fire, the innate fire. Everything in the world can be burned or smelted, including Flesh, flesh and soul are only a little bit away from the fire we are pursuing."

"...so...so, those grandpas and uncles, are you willing...to be burned by this fire?" Lin Xiaoyan's expression seemed to be listening to a story about egg cannibalism.

Jin Zhiyang shook his head and said with a smile: "No. They just lodged their souls and spirits in it, and waited for the grandfather who sacrificed the spirit fire to join in at the end, so that they could take the final step with them, breaking the void. and go."

"Grandpa...Grandpa, do you want to burn it too?"

"Hehe, this spirit fire has been successfully refined by Grandpa, and it has become one with Grandpa's body and soul. Grandpa just took them along."

"Where to go?"

"I don't know..." Jin Zhiyang's eyes and expression became so distant again, as if indifferent, as if he contained all his emotions. "I only know that it is the source of all life and soul, and it is the deepest and most essential point of the universe... According to Buddhism, it is an eternal, peaceful and blissful world without sorrow or joy, without birth and death."

"...I can't even understand... Is grandpa leaving? I just met him..." Lin Xiaoyan pouted.

Jin Zhiyang smiled kindly: "Don't worry, Grandpa will also take Xiaoyan with you."

"Huh??" Lin Xiaoyan's eyes widened, and she immediately waved her hands and shook her head. "I...I'm not going...I don't even know what that is...I don't understand either."

"Stupid child. You are my grandfather's only concern. Why is my grandfather willing to leave you to suffer alone in this filthy world of mortals?" Jin Zhiyang shook his head, the kindness on his face undiminished.

"The other elders in the sect joined the sect at an early age, worked hard, and finally devoted themselves to the Tao with no worries. Only your grandfather became a monk halfway through. Although his talent was not bad after joining the sect, he still had a trace of concern when he reached the depths of his cultivation. No, 15 years ago I was almost insane. Afterwards, my grandfather learned from the pain, faced the wall and thought hard, and finally realized that the trace of blood and blood relationship is not an impurity that needs to be burned and melted away, but it should be the duty of being one with his own spirit, so I quietly left the mountain and went back to my hometown, looking for my daughter whom I hadn’t seen for decades, but I didn’t know that she had passed away...” Jin Zhiyang heaved a long sigh at this point. "...But fortunately, Xiaoyan was left behind, so that Grandpa can have something to make up for the trace of family affection. I quietly took you out to play for a few days, and then returned to Tianhuo to retreat. Sure enough, the realm has improved by leaps and bounds. Finally, I was elected by everyone to be the suzerain of the Tianhuo Sect. And every year, I secretly come out to take you out to play without telling everyone, just because I am afraid that you are young and ignorant, and you will cause trouble if you speak nonsense, so I have never dared to tell you and me who is it."

"And after I got this Vermilion Bird spirit fire and found a way to take this last step, Grandpa, I can only sacrifice this spirit fire day and night, and I don't have time to come out quietly to look for you. And I am cultivating this spirit fire. At that time, I thought that if I succeeded, I would leave you to live alone, and I couldn’t settle down no matter what, so I finally made up my mind to take you with me. Fortunately, in order to take care of your bodyguards, I have been secretly letting the people in the faction quietly Pay attention to your father's bodyguard, so I tried to get you to come to Jizhou, and then bring you to Tianhuo."

"No...no...I don't want to go there..." Lin Xiaoyan's expression was a little frightened, she took two steps back unconsciously, and hugged Tang Qingxiao's arm tightly. "I want to be with Ah Xiao."

"Don't be afraid, Xiaoyan. I know you don't want to part with this troubled world, but it's because you haven't seen many things clearly, and you don't understand the essence of many things in this world. It's like giving birth to a baby. A baby will feel fearful and uneasy, but it's because of the fear of the world. I don’t know anything about the wider world, I just feel that there is the whole world.” Jin Zhiyang smiled slightly, pointed at Tang Qingxiao and said, “For example, this boy you like, do you call him A Xiao? Do you know who he is? Why is he by your side, why is he here?"

An inexplicable fear suddenly rose from the bottom of Lin Xiaoyan's heart, she could only try her best to hold Tang Qingxiao's arms tighter, fearing that the people around her would suddenly disappear, she said loudly to Jin Zhiyang: "A Xiao is A Xiao, Who could it be? A Xiao has forgotten all about the past, A Xiao will take over the Escort in the future! We are going to get married! Of course we will be together wherever we go!"

"No." Jin Zhiyang shook his head and said lightly. "His surname is Tang, and his name is Tang Qingxiao. He is a disciple of Tangjiabao in Shuzhou. Six years ago, he and another accomplice were the ones who secretly refined the Suzaku spirit fire when it was refined by the Jingzhou sub-helm that unearthed the original Suzaku spirit fire." sneaked in, and almost stole the spirit fire. And then his so-called coma and amnesia, he probably found out the relationship between your mother and me from nowhere, and thought of this way to sneak down by your side. And what he planned was This is a true innate spiritual creature, Suzaku Spirit Fire."

ps: Because of the change of the input method, "Jin Zhiyang" was typed as "Jin Zhengyang" in the first two chapters, sorry. (To be continued. You are welcome to come to the starting point (qidian.*) to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation. m.qidian.*Read.)

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