Big dreamer

Shen Luo heard Yuan Tiangang's words and was about to speak when he suddenly heard noise coming from outside.

He followed the sound and saw a burly old man walking in. It was none other than Cheng Yaojin, the official of the state.

Surprised, he looked carefully and discovered the clues. The Cheng Guogong in front of him was not a physical body, but a carefully crafted armor.

"Good boy, I'm finally back." Cheng Yaojin was still the same as before, he said cheerfully.

Seeing Shen Luo looking at his body in a daze, Cheng Yaojin immediately slapped his chest loudly and said with a smile, "Did you see that this body was built by my own hands? It is stronger and more durable than my original one." ,Ha ha……"

"Young man, I've met the Duke." Shen Luo clasped his fists and saluted.

"How's it going? I heard that you were in retreat in the East China Sea. Have you made any breakthroughs?" Cheng Yaojin asked.

"I did try to break through to the Tianzun realm in the past two days. As a result, I was first disturbed by inner demons, and then the three disasters came to my door. In the end, I failed to break through." Shen Luo had nothing to hide from these two people and said bluntly.

In addition, he also hopes to get some experience and pointers from these two seniors.

"Good guy, you've only been practicing Taoism for a few years, and you've already tried to break through to the Heavenly Lord?" Cheng Yaojin was almost shocked.

Yuan Tiangang looked calm, without much surprise.

"When I advanced to Taiyi, I used a clever trick to deceive the Heavenly Tribulation by transforming Earth Evil, and I was able to escape three disasters. Now that I have advanced to Tianzun, the backlash of these three disasters will only become more violent and deadly." Yuan Tiangang said.

"National Master, is there any way to avoid this?" Shen Luo asked.

"The three disasters are destiny catastrophes. They are the last hurdle for the mortal body to truly transcend the great freedom. They are unavoidable. In addition to the physical body, there are also the catastrophes of the heart, and the inner demons must be liberated. These cannot be simply avoided by a word. It's solved." Yuan Tiangang shook his head.

"The calamity of my inner demon is particularly powerful. This guy will definitely not let me advance to Tianzun. He will definitely hinder me and make me fail." Shen Luo sighed with a bitter smile.

"Once the heart gate is lost, there are two possibilities. One is that it is replaced by the inner demon, and the mind is completely lost, and it becomes an external monster. The other is that if you are entangled with the inner demon, you will not be able to deal with the three disasters with all your heart, and eventually the body will die and the Tao will disappear. "Cheng Yaojin frowned.

"National Master, is there really nothing we can do?" Shen Luo asked.

"There is no way to avoid it. After all, it is destiny. If you really want to break through, the only way is to suppress the inner demons, then break the number of days and rewrite destiny." Yuan Tiangang said slowly.

"Rewrite destiny?" Shen Luo murmured.

"But destiny is often determined. The three disasters are the destiny of all those who seek to transcend, and they cannot be changed." Yuan Tiangang continued.

"National Master, since destiny is hard to violate and cannot be changed, how can we talk about breakthroughs? How can you use spiritual treasures to ward off three disasters like you did?" Shen Luo heard this and became more and more puzzled.

"Have you ever heard of the story of Buddha cutting his flesh to feed eagles and his body to feed tigers? Have you ever heard of the story of Buddha being swallowed by a peacock?" Yuan Tiangang asked without answering directly.

Shen Luo nodded, indicating that he knew.

"Then do you know that the Jade Emperor went through one thousand, seven hundred and fifty calamities in order to attain enlightenment, including thirty-three death calamities?" Yuan Tiangang continued to ask.

When Shen Luo heard the words, he was thoughtful.

"Jie, it is a tribulation, it is also a knot. How should we solve it?" Yuan Tiangang asked.

The thoughts in Shen Luo's mind turned sharply, and he suddenly realized that since the three disasters were destined by fate and could not be changed, he had to face the disaster like the Buddha and the Jade Emperor and live towards death.

Seeing the look of relief flashing through Shen Luo's eyes, a smile appeared on Yuan Tiangang's face and he continued: "Shen Luo, you really have great wisdom. I guess you already know what to do."

"The junior already understands what the senior means, but I don't know if the senior would have died when he advanced to the Heavenly Realm?" Shen Luo asked.

"Death in response to a calamity is naturally a way to deceive heaven and earth. The dangers are extremely high and the chance of success is very slim. You cannot fake your own death, you have to be really deep in death. I can say that I have died, but it is not necessarily It’s true death.” Yuan Tiangang laughed.

After hearing this, Shen Luo became a little unsure. How to live and die at the same time, to live towards death?

"Although what the Imperial Master said is mysterious, it is nothing more than risking death and resurrecting. In that thin line between life and death, the three disasters will determine that you are dead, but you still have to rely on that sliver of vitality to come back to life. That's the truth." Cheng Yaojin said with a smile.

After hearing this, Shen Luo was a little surprised. Looking at Cheng Guogong, who had always been rough, his views were surprisingly clear.

"Thank you two seniors for your guidance." Shen Luo cupped his fists and smiled.

Yuan Tiangang's eyes flickered for a moment, and he pinched the hand hidden in his sleeve, then slowly put it down, sighing in his heart, "The time has not come yet."

…

Shen Luo stayed in the government office and prepared to go to Tiangong to attend the parliament with Yuan Tiangang.

Only one day later, an official rushed in outside his courtyard and told him that Duke Cheng Guo had urgently summoned him.

Shen Luo didn't dare to delay and hurried over immediately.

As soon as he entered the inner hall, Shen Luo saw Cheng Yaojin and Yuan Tiangang in the hall, followed by many government disciples.

And in the center surrounded by everyone, a section of white dress was vaguely exposed.

Seeing Shen Luo's arrival, the people around him dispersed a little, and he was able to see clearly. There was a woman wearing a white skirt sitting on the chair inside. She was the ancient spirit that he had not seen for a long time.

It's just that at this moment, she no longer looks as good as before, her face is extremely pale, there are wrinkles in the corners of her eyes, eyebrows and forehead, and even the hair on her head looks a little gray, making her look like she is dozens of years older. .

"Fellow Taoist Gu, what's wrong with you? How could your energy and blood be lost like this?" Shen Luo was suddenly surprised.

Gu Hualing raised her head and looked at Shen Luo, her eyes a little hollow. She did not answer Shen Luo's words, but said in a lost voice: "Shen Luo, something happened to Lu Huaming."

"Brother Lu, what's wrong with him?" Shen Luo frowned and immediately stepped forward to ask.

When Gu Hualing was asked this question, his eyes instantly became wet, and he was speechless for a while.

"Let me tell you." Cheng Yaojin sighed and said.

"Previously, data came from the border army of the Tang Dynasty, saying that there were a large number of abnormal activities of monsters. After investigation, it was found that they had escaped from Luzhou in Beiju. However, there was too little information at the time and we had no idea what happened in Luzhou in Beiju. , so I sent the two of them to investigate, alas..." When Cheng Yaojin said this, he sighed.

At this time, Gu Hualing's mood stabilized a little, and he took over the conversation and said: "After the two of us arrived at Beiju Luzhou, we did not directly land on land at first. Originally we were just investigating the peripheral waters, but not long after we arrived , and found that the number of monsters escaping from the continent was getting smaller and smaller, so they felt something was wrong, so they chose to board Beiju Luzhou to investigate. "

Having said this, she paused and continued:

"When we were in the southern part of Luzhou in Beiju, the situation was a little better. We could meet some people from the demon clan. From their mouths, we learned that the bloodthirsty monsters that were plundering everywhere seemed to have finally stopped, and they no longer continued to attack living beings. ”

Hearing this, Shen Luo looked surprised, but did not interrupt and just listened quietly.