Surprised me into a goddess of light

This sentence contains a lot of information, so that Shiliuye and Xie Minyun were a little stunned.

Looking at the reputation, I found that on the top of the mountain at the end of the corridor, beside the cliff, there is a tree that emits white light and bears translucent fruits.

Under the tree, there is a person.

A white-robed Taoist with flowing silver hair was sitting on a stone by the cliff, with his back against a big tree. In front of him was a stone table with a jade chessboard on which there were already many chess pieces.

The silver-haired Taoist looked warm and natural, looking at the two of them.

Sixteen nights and Xie Minyun were shocked. On the one hand, they didn't notice the Taoist at all before he spoke. On the other hand, the Taoist's appearance was very similar to the portrait of Li Yangming in Lingyan Gallery... It should be said that the portrait It was drawn according to this Taoist!

Is it...

The two thought of the answer by coincidence, but they couldn't believe it. As the founder of the Taoism of China, how could Li Yangming, a person 3000 years ago, have survived to this day?And why is it in the demon lock tower?

Xie Minyun's eyes widened: "Who are you? Why do you want to look like a patriarch?"

The silver-haired Taoist smiled slightly, and said with a gentle expression, "My name is Li Yangming. As for changing appearance, following one's nature is called Tao, and obtaining one's nature is called virtue. My Taoist practice seeks the nature of heaven and earth, and the so-called Tao follows nature. , I haven't changed my appearance."

"Patriarch Li Yangming..."

Xie Minyun's face was full of incredulity, and gradually some enthusiasm and excitement appeared. As a Taoist disciple, Patriarch Li Yangming is a mountain that has stopped in his consciousness since the beginning of his cultivation. The shock and excitement in my heart is beyond words.

Of course, even if the Li Yangming I saw in the Demon Locking Tower had the same temperament and appearance as the patriarch, he had to consider whether he was a real person or transformed from a demon clan, so Xie Minyun suppressed his excitement forcibly and trembled. Asked loudly: "Why are you in the Demon Locking Tower?"

"Immortal Dao is insignificant. When saving sentient beings, I am in the Demon Locking Tower because of saving sentient beings and also to atone for sins."

A trace of regret appeared on Li Yangming's face: "Back then, I made a great wish to free all human beings from suffering and the threat of being eaten by monsters before they can become immortals, but I did a huge mistake because of it. It is a lifelong regret, so I deliberately entered the Demon Locking Tower and guarded hundreds of millions of demon souls for 3000 years as atonement."

Xie Minyun didn't expect that his patriarch also said "redemption", so he asked in a daze, "What did you do wrong?"

Li Mingyang said: "It was a mistake to kill the demon."

For the human race, isn't killing demons justified?

Xie Minyun was startled again.

Li Yangming sighed: "3000 years ago, the human race in Shenzhou declined and monsters ravaged. On the day I transcended Shenyin, I traveled the land of Shenzhou for all sentient beings, beheaded one billion monsters in one day and one night, and drove all the monsters from all over the world away from the realm of the human race. Entering the [-] Great Mountains of the Northern Wilderness, but creating such a murder, I never thought that the monster race is also a part of all living beings. Therefore, I forged the demon lock tower, and I proclaimed that it would not take half a step to take care of these demon souls."

3000 years ago, the Great Zhou had not yet been established, the human race had not yet been unified, and even the methods of cultivation had not been popularized. According to historical records, it was the most prosperous and terrifying period for the monster race. The mighty force of heaven and earth expelled the monsters, and there was a peaceful and prosperous age for human beings just now, and that Taoist created a Taoist palace to preach in Ziwei Xianshan, and was called Ziwei Daoist by later generations.

Sixteen nights didn't understand these things, but Xie Minyun knew it very well, only now did he know that the patriarch had so much regret for killing the demon.

No wonder there are no monsters on this floor of the Demon Locking Tower, no wonder there are so many monsters in the Demon Locking Tower, they can only be shut down but not killed... It turns out that the Demon Locking Tower did not originate from Shu Mountain, but my Dao Palace.

No matter how hard she could restrain her respect and excitement for the patriarch in her heart, she hurriedly jumped off Izayoi's back, knelt down on her knees, and touched her forehead to the ground.

"Disciple Dao Palace Xie Minyun, I paid my respects to Master Li Yangming. Everyone in Ziwei Palace thought that you had already cultivated the Dao and ascended to heaven. I really didn't expect this disciple to have the good fortune to meet the Patriarch in this life."

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Evangelist Izayoi did not kneel.

On the one hand, she doesn't know the history of Shenzhou, she doesn't know what kind of prestige and great significance Li Yangming has in the human world, and she even just heard the name Li Yangming today; on the other hand, she has no father or mother, and grew up under Duo's teaching , Never had the habit of kneeling.

Most importantly, she did not fully trust Li Yangming.

"For humans, even Shenyin only has a lifespan of 1000 years. How did you survive until now?" Izayoi asked.

This is a very real question.Among the many races in Noah's world, the lifespan of human beings is not short, but it is far from being a long-lived species. Long-lived races such as elves and blood races can exceed the limit of a thousand years after reaching the fourth level, but if they do not become gods, even if the fourth-level peak is at most Live until about 2000.

Theoretically, no human can live for 3000 years.

Li Yangming didn't feel any displeasure because of this question, he still smiled warmly and said: "That sword idiot Liu Mubai can live for 3000 years, why can't I?"

Shiliuye was slightly taken aback, only to remember that Liu Mubai's ancestors also lived for more than 3000 years, this Li Yangming and Liu Mubai were actually of the same age, and what he said just now as "detached from the gods", I am afraid that he is also at the same level as Liu Mubai. .. Five levels of characters.

The fifth level... Sixteen nights suddenly woke up. Amy mentioned that the existence in Shushan who could help him lift the curse, and possibly the fifth level, was Li Yangming!

Her doubts about Li Yangming's identity gradually subsided, but she still had many doubts in her heart, such as why the other party called Liu Mubai a 'sword idiot'.

"Junior Yi Ye pays respects to Reverend Li Yangming, do you know Dean Liu Mubai?"

Li Yangming said with emotion: "You call Liu Jianchi the dean. You must be a student of the Academy or the Tianqi Academy. You don't look like the mainland of China, so you are from Western Valoran. You have such a cultivation level at a young age. You are really a formidable future generation. .”

Even Valoran and Apocalypse Academy know...

Izayo no longer thought about it, and expressed some doubts I had before: "You said that the demon race was raging 3000 years ago, and one billion demon races were killed to save the people of the human race. What about the demon race?"

Judging from the current situation in China, the monster race is in a corner, and the demon race is the greatest enemy of human beings.

"Demon?"

Li Yangming's expression was slightly different, and he seemed to be very strange about this question: "What is the demon race... What is it, a small branch of it, can it be compared with the two races of human monsters?"

Next to him, Xie Minyun tugged on Shizayoi's sleeve, seemed embarrassed by her 'ignorant' question, and explained in a low voice: "The history of the demons is relatively short, and they just started to prosper about 3000 years ago. A small tribe in the Southern Wilderness is far less threatening than the Monster Race."

Sixteen Nights was not embarrassed, she nodded knowingly, and continued: "Reverend Li Yangming, you created the Dao Palace, you are a powerful senior who passed down the practice of Dao to Shenzhou, but Dean Liu Mubai also founded the Academy, leaving After learning the cultivation method of the sword cultivator and swordsman department, when the monsters were raging, Dean Liu Mubai should have killed many monsters, right?"

Li Yangming nodded: "It is true. Although Liu Jianchi kills demons far less than I do, there are quite a few. What do you want to ask?"

Shiliuye said: "From this point of view, the two of you should be on the same front to fight against the demon clan. I want to know what is the relationship between you and Dean Liu Mubai?"

This question kept Li Yangming silent for a long time.

He retracted his gaze, looked at the pieces on the chessboard in front of him and said, "He is my biggest opponent in this life, and also my best friend."

Izayoi can probably understand that two people standing at the top of the world, one is practicing Taoism and Dharma, the other is practicing Confucianism and swordsmanship, it is normal for them to confront each other and cherish each other.

She asked: "Didn't senior Liu Mubai drive away monsters and revive the human race like you did when he reached the fifth level?"

"No."

Li Yangming's expression revealed a trace of coldness and dissatisfaction: "Liu Mu is an idiot in the way of swordsmanship, doesn't care about the secular world, and even seldom manages the academy, how can he have time to care about other people's suffering?"

"Everyone says that I am obsessed with the Dao of Heaven and Earth. I don't know Liu Jianchi is more devoted than me, but his way is different from mine. To put it bluntly, he is too forgetful, and to be alone. responsibility."

"I have achieved success in my cultivation, and I have devoted all my energy to making a great wish to free the human race from the threat of the monster race and have a peaceful and prosperous world. Fortunately, he, the sword art of breaking two swords with one sword is really powerful, but he hides in the back of the academy all day and ignores world affairs. Taking his disciples to travel all over the world in Shenzhou, claiming to break through the mortal world and cut off all ties in the world, it seems that he can ignore the misery of all beings and forget about the dangers of the human race without seeing human beings swallowed by monsters."

Hearing this, Izayoi frowned.

The so-called greater ability comes with greater responsibility. Although Liu Mubai has no natural obligation to save the human race in Shenzhou, he is a human being after all, a member of the human race. If it is true as Li Yangming said, he has strength but does nothing. The impression of the pioneer of sword repairing suddenly dropped a lot.

Compared to Liu Mubai, she admired Li Yangming's cultivator who practiced in the world and regarded the righteous way of the world as her own responsibility, but it was too tiring and hard work, and she even blocked the demon tower by herself because of the killing karma...

Of course, there is a premise: Li Yangming did not lie.

At present, all the information she knows comes from Li Yangming. Even if the other party is the founder of the Taoist sect and has a high seniority and prestige, Shiliuye will not listen to everything. Only by asking Eve can she believe the truth.

But Xie Minyun was obviously different, her trust and admiration for Li Yangming was beyond words, it was written on her face, when she heard that Liu Mubai didn't care about the sufferings of the world, she immediately showed a look of resentment.

Li Yangming took the reaction of the two of them into his eyes, and continued: "When I was young, Liu Jianchi and I had not yet completed our cultivation. We used to travel together in the mountains and fields for decades. At that time, I noticed that his mentality was different. From the outside, he has a sincere temperament and a good swordsmanship. He is bold and unruly, but in fact he is a very indifferent person at heart, and there is a layer of estrangement in his heart from everything, so it may not be a good thing for the human race for such a person to cultivate the Dao."

"The aftermath proved that it was true. Liu Jianzhi was a great master of swordsmanship. It's fine if he doesn't know the righteousness and doesn't help the human race. He still doesn't know right from wrong. The human and demon races have a bloody feud. After he founded the academy, he actually accepted a demon race as his own disciple. See She has excellent aptitude, so she taught all swordsmanship, and she is not afraid that the disciple will help the monster clan to wreak havoc on the world after he has learned something. If the monster clan also produces a sword god, and even she surpasses her master from the blue, how can the human race do it? Is there a place to turn around?"

Shiliuye's expression was solemn, she knew some of Liu Mubai's ideas from Tianqi: there is no distinction between teaching and learning.Including Apocalypse Academy has always followed this matter, accepting students regardless of race and nationality, only based on talent.

When she first heard about this concept, she was quite supportive, and she only felt that Liu Mubai was broad-minded, but after listening to Li Yangming's explanation, she realized that something was wrong.

Unless that banshee has a good heart, doesn't care about worldly affairs like Liu Mubai, and doesn't help the monster race, otherwise Liu Mubai's behavior is tantamount to being an enemy, at least from the perspective of the human race... Besides, even if the monster is superficially She is a good girl who is very obedient, but she has evil intentions, who knows if she is just pretending?No matter how bad it is, the demon will change. What if her heart changes in the future and becomes a bad monster to harm the world?

After all, she was born in the demon race, and humans are the blood enemies of demons, just like Liu Mubai is a human being, and it is a 'sin' not to help the human race.

Sixteen nights can imagine how much resistance Liu Mubai would have received when he accepted a demon as his apprentice.

But he took it anyway.

Shiliuye didn't know how to evaluate it, so he was silent for a moment and said, "Dean Liu Mubai is very courageous, maybe he doesn't just focus on Shenzhou."

"Of course he has courage."

Li Yangming said with emotion: "I have never seen a man who is as brave and resolute as he is in my life, and even dared to act recklessly. Don't say that his swordsmanship is shocking and invincible in the world. Facing the world, he is as timid as a mouse, saying that I have been standing still in the Demon Locking Tower for 3000 years, so why not?"

Shiliuye didn't know what Li Yangming meant by this, and Xie Minyun didn't understand either, but Li Yangming just expressed his feelings, and didn't expect the two young girls to express any insight.

He sighed softly, as if he didn't want to think about the past, looked at Shiliuye and said, "Little friend Yiye, I see that your complexion is ruddy and energetic, and you should look vigorous, but your fate is showing signs of decline. I'm about to die, and if there are no accidents, I'm afraid I won't live for two or three years, what's going on?"

Xie Minyun's expression changed slightly, and he looked at Yi Ye in shock, but he didn't expect him to be dying... For a cultivator, two or three years is just a blink of an eye.

Sixteen Nights was not surprised. The Daoist Palace has always been good at predicting and inferring, just like Valoran's astrologer. For a person of Li Yangming's level, she would not be surprised to see through the curse at a glance.

"My family is cursed by the Supreme God, but no one can live beyond the age of 20 if they practice cultivation." Izayoi said.

Li Yangming seemed to have guessed the answer, and suddenly said: "If that's the case, it's no wonder that your fate is dark, and there is a great ability to block your fate."

Sixteen nights remembered Amy's reminder, and asked earnestly, "Master Li Mingyang, can you help me lift this curse?"

"It's troublesome, difficult, very difficult."

Li Yangming frowned, showing a troublesome look for the first time, but there was some joy in Shiliuye's eyes, because this was also the first time she met someone who didn't tell her the answer to 'wait for death'.

'Trouble' and 'difficult' at least mean that it can be solved.

It is worthy of being a peerless powerhouse who knows everything and transcends the hidden world...

Shiliuye's mind was slightly tense, and his usual calm expression also became slightly tense. The question now was that the other party was not related to him, and would he be willing to help him solve this difficult problem.

Li Yangming looked at Shiliuye, seemed to see through her thoughts, and said with a slight smile: "Forget it, after all, you are also Liu Mubai's student, and besides, my deadline is approaching, so it would be a good thing to help you before I die .”

Hearing this, the two girls looked up at Li Yangming in shock.

"Patriarch, you, are you going to pass away as an immortal?"

Xie Minyun asked in a trembling voice, just like Shizayoi was about to die, and she never thought that the patriarch she just met would also die...

Li Yangming nodded calmly: "Under the immortals, there is a destiny. The heaven and the earth bear me in shape, labor me to live, lose me to old age, and rest me to death. Birth, old age, sickness and death are the natural cycle of human beings. I blocked the demon tower by myself. It’s a pity that you can’t become a fairy after 3000 years, and you will die in the end.”

Xie Minyun was puzzled and said, "Aren't you out of your mind?"

Li Yangming sighed and said: "I was fortunate enough to be half a step up to the apocalypse, and I was only half a step away from becoming an immortal. Unfortunately, I committed billions of murders on that day. The crime is serious, and it will not be cured in 3000 years. It is still half a step away."

Xie Minyun understood this sentence and felt even more sad.

The patriarch obviously helped the human race overcome difficulties and ushered in a prosperous age. It should be said that he has made great merit. Who would have expected that he would not be able to detect the murder and truly prove the way? That Liu Mubai did nothing, only caring about himself, But he became the only fifth-order immortal in the human race, and instead, the patriarch was about to die...

Xie Minyun is very sad that good people are not rewarded.

"The living send it, the dead return, it's no big deal."

Li Yangming saw it openly, and said: "I have devoted myself to cultivating Taoism for thousands of years in my life, and I have gained a lot without daring to say that I have become an immortal. Before I die, I want to pass on my own strength and knowledge of this world. I don't know which of you two is willing to accept my inheritance and discover Ziwei's true way?"

Hearing these words, Shiliuye and Xie Minyun were so shocked that they couldn't speak.

I had never heard of Li Yangming before Sixteen Nights, but now he knew very well that a man who was above Shenyin, who was really close to the fifth level, and who could be said to be a half-step god, his strength can be imagined.

If you accept the inheritance, it can be said to reach the sky in one step, just like Yu Xuanji who accepted the inheritance of the previous demon emperor and became a hermit at the age of 17, and may even be stronger than Yu Xuanji. This temptation can be imagined.

Seeing what Li Yangming meant, Xie Minyun, a disciple of Ziwei Taoist Palace, is not required to accept the inheritance, but Shiliuye, who is a 'student of Liu Mubai', can also.

Shiliuye's mind shook violently. Although Li Yangming's inheritance is Taoism and not swordsmanship, she is not absolutely devoted to the sword. As long as she is strong enough, what about abandoning the sword to practice Taoism?

At that time, even if the curse of darkness, I'm afraid she can lift it with her own strength, right?

An unimaginable temptation is in front of you, as long as you nod your head gently, you can break through the immortal heart demon of Linshen Pass, enter the indescribable magical realm, and become the strongest in the world.

Who can not be tempted?

However, is this power passed on to both of them, or can only one person inherit it?

Sixteen nights suppressed himself and asked in shock: "Master Li Yangming, may I ask if only one person can accept your inheritance, or can it be passed on to me and Xie Minyun at the same time?"

Li Yangming smiled and said: "I also want to share it with you two, but unfortunately the Dao only transmits one method, and I only have one method to pass on the power, so I can only choose one."

Shiliuye and Xie Minyun looked at each other, and they both saw the desire and struggle in each other's eyes.

At this time, Li Yangming added: "Little friend Yi Ye, the way I said to help you solve the curse is actually to inherit Ziwei's true way. Apart from that, even I have no way to completely remove the curse."

The struggle in Xie Minyun's eyes became more intense.

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The higher the state of haggardness, the deeper the understanding of practice, the more you know the difficulties and hardships of breaking through the state, and the greater the temptation you will receive in the face of Li Yangming's inheritance.

Both Xie Minyun and Shiliuye are true cultivation geniuses. Having seen the truly powerful forces above the fourth level, they naturally have incomparable desire and yearning. Even if their hearts are extremely firm, it is inevitable.

Izayoi recalled how helpless he was when he faced Samuel, and watched Winnie Ivan lying in a pool of blood. He also remembered that when Eve faced the Human Emperor and the Demon Emperor, he had no way to help him, but was forced to Eve is distracted to protect and avoid being targeted by the enemy...

If you accept this inheritance, you will be able to truly stand by Eve's side...

But her dark curse already has other solutions, and after all, this is the inheritance of the Dao Palace, and it should be attributed to Xie Minyun...

Izayoi frowned on his usual indifferent face, his lips were pursed into a straight thin line, his fists were clenched quietly, and it was rare in this life that he was so entangled.

Xie Minyun's spirit was also struggling, her face was pale, and her beautiful ink-like pupils couldn't focus at all, looking extremely scattered.

The patriarch's inheritance is undoubtedly the biggest temptation she has faced in her life. In normal times, no matter who she competes with, she will do whatever it takes to snatch it, and even kill the competitor. But at this moment, it is Yi Ye who has just risked her life Save yourself from the big monster...

It's just that, that's all, the key is that Yi Ye is cursed, if he doesn't have this inheritance, he will die in two or three years...