Hell Emperor

Chapter 147 Ye Jie - Nourish the Soul

As Xia Wei and his party left, Ye Jie stood there for a long time until the words of the maids rang in his ears, which awakened his attention.

"The magic circle has been set up, Brother Jie, now come with us into the Qiong Tower Picture Scroll." Fuling held Ye Jie's hand and said eagerly.

In the distance, Guazi walked over. In her hand, she was holding a simple picture scroll. The mottled traces left by the years have left a sense of sedimentation and heaviness in the picture scroll. Even if the picture scroll has not been unfolded, you can still feel it. Peaceful and remote comfort.

Ye Jie's eyes did not stay on the scroll for a long time, but looked at Guazi who was holding the scroll. He saw that her figure was tall and her head was well on her neck. She looked the same as before. He nodded and said: "Miss Guazi, it seems that you The injury has recovered.”

The last time, under the bombardment of the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder, only one of Guazi's heads was left, but now she finally recovered as before. Seeing this, Ye Jie was also sincerely happy for her.

"Thank you for your concern, Brother Jie." Guazi raised his head, his sleepy triangular eyes showing the exhaustion of not sleeping for days and nights, "Without further delay, let's quickly enter the Qionglou scroll."

Guazi concentrated and held his breath, opened the scroll, and the light suddenly shined, completely lighting up the surroundings, and the exquisite patterns on the scroll were also revealed to everyone.

Ye Jie looked intently and saw that within the scroll, towering mountains and rushing rivers were drawn, and various birds and animals could be faintly seen, with different shapes and lifelike shapes.

A slight pulling force came to Ye Jie, and the special space in the scroll opened to Ye Jie.

Ye Jie was stunned and looked sideways at Poria. After receiving her affirmative look, he put aside his hesitation and stepped forward, his whole body being sucked into the scroll.

The space changed, and when Ye Jie opened his eyes again, he seemed to be in a fairyland.

Colorful flowers bloom on the emerald green grass. The trees are emerald green with lush branches and leaves. The birds sing happily on the branches, and their chirps are as sweet as the sound of nature.

In the distance, a clear stream meanders, the water is gurgling, cool and pleasant, with fish and shrimp swimming around, making people feel peaceful and peaceful.

"What place is this?" Ye Jie was stunned.

Fuling came over and answered carefully: "This is the inside of the Qionglou scroll. The Qionglou scroll is a fifth-grade magical artifact left by Aunt Meng. The interior is a world of its own. The magnificent wine country is the centerpiece of the painting." ”

"The fifth-grade magic weapon... is indeed extraordinary." Ye Jie said with emotion.

The Qionglou scroll is not a magical weapon from the underworld transformed by the underworld magic, but a genuine immortal magic weapon.

Only immortals can control the fourth to sixth grade magic weapons. Each magic weapon has extremely precious value. It is not an exaggeration to describe it as having a price but no market.

Within the small scroll, there is a world of its own, and the mystery within it can only be known by Ye Jie's personal experience.

"Since there is a fifth-grade magic weapon, why not let Meng Junyao stay here? Under the protection of the magic weapon, she should be quite safe, right?" Ye Jie asked again.

Mint, who came with him, took over and said, "Brother Jie doesn't know. The Qionglou scroll can only accommodate separated souls. If a living creature is forcibly taken in, its soul will be separated from the body. Although the soul can enter it, But the physical body is still outside the painting, which is a great harm. "

Ye Jie nodded: "I see..."

Poria shook the folding fan: "The fifth-grade magic weapon is not omnipotent. If Xia Wei and his party can be included in the scroll, then they can move thousands of miles with the scroll just by relying on the power of the Shukuchi stone. There is no need to control the sword. OK?"

Ye Jie said with emotion: "On top of the magical artifacts, there are also artifacts of the first to third grades. Maybe the artifacts can accommodate living creatures, but the magical artifacts cannot do this, and cannot house the body and soul at the same time."

Mint seemed to have remembered something: "We still remember that Aunt Meng mentioned before that the body and the soul are not opposites. Under certain circumstances, the body and soul can be integrated into each other and possess the characteristics of both. However, it is not easy to enter the state of body and soul integration. Only advanced practitioners can master the secret of body and soul integration. Like true immortals, they can enter and exit Qionglou scrolls freely. "

"Really?" Ye Jie was a little surprised, "If you can enter the state of one body and soul, wouldn't you be able to use the Shukuchi Stone? I thought only ghosts can use it."

Poria pondered: "Mortals should be able to use the Shukuchi Stone if they achieve the state of body and soul integration, but as for immortals, the power in their bodies has already exceeded the limit that the Shuchi Stone can move. Unless they use up their immortal energy and give up their whole lives, Cultivation, otherwise, even the ghost immortal will not be able to use the Shukuchi Stone."

Ye Jie thought thoughtfully. He had used the power of the Shuodi Stone to bring Aunt Meng to the Naihe Bridge. It turned out that at that time, Aunt Meng had prepared for reincarnation and lost all her cultivation.

"Look, there is a large array in front of you. This is the blessed land with the richest spiritual power in the scroll. As long as you use the energy in this array, you can definitely restore Brother Jie's disintegrated soul to its original state."

Mint looked around, and soon saw a magic circle arranged in the green-shaded blessed land, and excitedly said to the two people beside him.

Fu Ling saw Ye Jie's injuries in her eyes. The disintegration and cracks all over his body made Fu Ling feel unbearable. She said to Mint:

"In this case, let me enter the formation first to practice my skills. When I am no longer able to continue, you can then enter the formation to take my place."

Mint put his hands on his hips and said with his cat ears erect: "That won't do. Brother Jie's injury is so serious. We have to enter the formation together and work together to exert the power of the Soul-Nourishing Technique!"

Fuling couldn't argue with her, and she was concerned about Ye Jie's injury, so she had to enter the formation with Mint.

The array center of the Golden Cotton Soul-Nourishing Technique will change with the number of people entering the formation. For example, at this moment, there are three array centers, one of which is yang and the other two are yin.

Under the operation of the Soul-Nourishing Technique, only those who are located in the yang array center can use the power of soul-nourishing to repair the collapsed soul, while those who are located in the yin array center will exhaust their mental strength and fall into deep weakness.

Mint sat cross-legged at one of the yin array centers. Just as he was about to speak, he suddenly shuddered all over.

But he saw Fuling, who was sitting at another array center, untied the ink-wash hexagram robe at this moment, folded it up and put it aside with the folding fan.

"You...what are you doing? Is this step necessary to operate the Soul-Nourishing Technique?" Mint said in surprise.

"Don't you know? Doing this can enhance the effect of the Soul-Nourishing Technique." Fuling glanced at her.

Bohe scratched his head, his eyes slightly dull: "Really? Don't lie to me..."

Seeing her like this, Fuling curled his lips: "It seems that you don't understand the situation at all. If it doesn't work, let Guazi come. It just so happens that her formless body has recovered."

Bohe puffed his lips: "Okay, I know, Guazi is so tired, so don't bother her... As long as Brother Jie can recover, it's not impossible..."

"What are you talking about?" Ye Jie also came to the formation and asked curiously.

"Nothing... Let's run the formation quickly." Bohe urged.

As everyone entered the formation, the formation began to operate.

Ye Jie was not unfamiliar with the effect of the Golden Cotton Soul-Nourishing Technique. Not long ago, Yulan relied on this formation to help her recover her collapsed soul.

But this time, running the formation was more difficult and more complicated than the last time. There were more than two people operating the formation at the same time. The extra person made the already difficult-to-balance yin and yang energies even more agitated, and it was difficult to calm down at all times.

However, with the concerted efforts of everyone, no matter how difficult the operation of the formation was, it could not make everyone retreat.

As the formation was operating in an orderly manner, Ye Jie's expression gradually improved. The cracks on his body were repaired, and his left arm, which had collapsed, was being repaired by the power of the Soul-Nourishing Technique.

When the Soul-Nourishing Technique was completed, Ye Jie looked at his restored left arm with a happy expression: "Success, we did it..."

However, no one around answered.

Ye Jie was stunned, and then he realized that both Fuling and Mint were extremely weak at the moment and could not say a word. The backlash of the Soul-Nourishing Technique was far more powerful than Ye Jie expected.

"Are you all okay..."

Looking at the haggard two people, Ye Jie blamed himself.

Last time, just to repair the collapse of two fingers, Yulan was deeply weakened by the backlash of the Soul-Nourishing Technique and could not recover for a long time.

Now, what needs to be repaired is the entire left arm, plus the cracks all over the body. This backlash is far more severe than last time. Even if the two head maids help at the same time, it is difficult to withstand the backlash.

At Ye Jie's call, Fuling opened her slightly tired eyes: "It's okay, Brother Jie, don't worry."

Mint also said softly: "It's great that Brother Jie can recover. As for us, we just need to stay in the Qionglou scroll and sleep a little longer..."

Ye Jie's heart trembled, looking at the two people who were weak, deeply imprinted their appearance in the depths of his mind, and solemnly said: "If there is a need for me in the future, Ye Jie will definitely die for me."

Fuling smiled faintly, but did not say much, holding Ye Jie's left hand, but Mint said:

"Speaking of which, our Hades mushrooms have been eaten up... Recently, the Lord of Guangwang Palace has stationed a large number of ghost soldiers outside the Samsara Well and the Soul Devouring Abyss, and no one is allowed to approach. Even if we want to go to the Soul Devouring Abyss to pick some mushrooms, we can't do it."

Ye Jie nodded and kept Mint's words in his heart: "Mushrooms? I understand."

After sorting out the clothes for the two, Ye Jie said goodbye to them, asked them to stay here and recuperate, and then left the Qionglou scroll.

As soon as he walked out of the painting, Ye Jie saw Guazi, who looked like he had lost all hope in life.

Seeing Ye Jie recover as before, Guazi lowered his mouth and said weakly: "Very good, you finally recovered."

Ye Jie scratched his head. Why did Guazi look more tired than Fuling and Mint who helped him to exercise? What did she do?

With this doubt, Ye Jie asked with concern: "Guazi, are you okay? Why do you look so tired? It's even more tired than having only a head left."

Guazi looked helpless: "It would be so comfortable to have only a head left. You don't have to think about anything, you don't have to do anything, just leave all the work to others. With a body, there will be troubles and pain."

"Really? But if you only have a head left, many things will be inconvenient, right?" Ye Jie did not comment.

Guazi glanced at him and changed the subject: "I have at least reached the fifth level of the Immortal Sealing Realm. Do you know why the fourth level before the fifth level is called the Impermanence Realm?"

Ye Jie was stunned. He had never thought about this question, so he had to ask: "Is it because the Black and White Impermanence is at the fourth level?"

Guazi shook his head: "The naming of Black and White Impermanence is based on the Impermanence Realm. Without the Impermanence Realm, there would be no Black and White Impermanence. Don't confuse cause and effect."

Ye Jie was stopped by Guazi and had to shake his head: "What's the reason?"

Guazi said truthfully: "For practitioners who are in the fourth-level impermanent state, it is already difficult to break through through the accumulation of spiritual power alone. They must be supplemented by insights to break through the bottleneck. The so-called impermanence refers to the impermanence of the human world, the impermanence of all laws, and the impermanence of heaven. Impermanence, if you can't understand the mystery, it will be difficult to break through to the fourth level."

Ye Jie took a deep breath. Such vital cultivation experience was priceless. Even a few words could save decades of hard work. He hurriedly held up his hands and said, "How mysterious is this place? I hope Guazi can explain it."

"Each practitioner has a different understanding of impermanence. It requires a lifetime of insight on the part of the practitioner to arrive at the answer. Just listening to other people's explanations is of no use at all."

Guazi waved his hand and said: "Take me as an example. What I understand is that there is no form and impermanence. The scriptures say: Everyone in the world knows that beauty is beautiful and it is evil. Everyone knows that good is good and it is not good. It means that when you If you know what beauty is, you will naturally understand what ugliness is; if you know what good is, you will naturally understand what evil is.”

After a pause, Guazi continued: "Beauty, ugliness, good and evil are just a part of appearance. People will be troubled when they see ugliness because they understand beauty and kindness. What if they don't understand? Then there would be no worries. ? The reason for disappointment is that all troubles are caused by people. The so-called impermanence is to abandon the concept of beauty and goodness and pursue the most original state to achieve a breakthrough. "

Ye Jie took a deep breath: "This... you want to say that the world is impermanent. I can still understand it. This impermanence is a bit unexpected. Can I write it down in notes?"

Guazi curled his lips: "Forget it if you don't understand. In short, our body carries all our past, and it is the greatest aspect. With my level, I still can't completely abandon the concept of the body. Without Aunt Meng's maid Who am I without the name Guazi? Every time I think about it, it gives me a headache that makes me hopeless.”

Ye Jie thought to himself: "So, do you prefer being just a head to a intact body?"

"That's right. After my body recovered, I was trapped in the phase again and couldn't find relief." Guazi sighed deeply.

Ye Jie frowned: "So, what you really want to do is to become a stone that doesn't understand anything? Without the memory of the past, the link of identity relationship, and the understanding of all concepts in the world, then Isn’t it just like a stone?”

Guazi was stunned for a while.