readytorunbook Chapter 634 Mortal Transformation
Chapter 634 Mortal Transformation
When Zhao Qing first entered the Heart-Searching Bridge, she did not dare to look back, look around, or have any distracting thoughts. She forced herself to walk more than a hundred feet with an empty mind, like a piece of wood.
After walking over a hundred feet, the Bridge of Questioning the Heart began to question one's true heart. She was able to handle it well at the beginning, and walked like this for hundreds of nearly a thousand feet. However, after a thousand feet, the power of the Bridge of Questioning the Heart became even stronger, and Zhao Qing began to gradually find it difficult.
After that, every step was torture. She thought at that time that even walking on red-hot coals or sharpened needles would be more comfortable than walking on this bridge of conscience.
After that, she made up her mind to walk on the path, and all the troubles were like clouds and mist, which were completely cleared away in an instant. She walked very fast, and walked all the way to more than 9,500 feet, but when she saw the cloud and mist path in the distance, she slowed down and walked slowly all the way.
When she was only a hundred feet away from the end, her cultivation had almost dissipated, but her mind was extremely open, and the Bridge of Questioning the Heart could no longer affect her.
She was just strolling in a garden, and as she was walking slowly across the Bridge of Questioning the Heart, her mind suddenly started to flood with thoughts, and she recalled many interesting things that she had missed and never paid attention to in the past.
She looked at the river again, the ripples were very beautiful, and then she looked carefully and saw all kinds of small fish playing and chasing each other in the river, and colorful lotus flowers swaying gently. She found it interesting for a moment, thinking that she was a dying person, but she was also playful, and couldn't help wanting to tease the fish and touch the lotus.
But she couldn't help feeling a little more lonely. She opened her mouth to speak, only to find that no one was sharing her feelings. She quickened her pace. When she was only ten feet away from the end, her cultivation level dropped from the foundation building stage to the tenth level of Qi Refining.
Zhao Qing rarely stopped. She had only stopped three times on this ten-thousand-foot-long Bridge of Inquiry, once before stepping onto the Bridge, once before the shortcut given by Mu Shu, and once right here.
She wasn't going through some invisible test that made her go the last ten feet but couldn't reach the other side. She just wanted to hear it.
She was thinking that she had cultivated her life for thousands of years, killing powerful enemies, suppressing heroes, seizing good fortune, holding banquets, spreading the great way, and accepting disciples and teaching people. It had been so difficult along the way, and she had experienced countless disasters, including heavenly disasters, earthly disasters, and human disasters, to achieve what she has today. However, when it was about to dissipate, it only took a short day before it disappeared like smoke.
She sighed lightly, took a step forward, and her tenth level of Qi training suddenly became unstable.
The path of self-examination that Zhao Qing took was like returning to the original path in the long river of time. With every step she took, there were scenes from her past practice that flashed through her mind. She clearly remembered every breakthrough and every realization she had.
It was ironic, she was spreading the truth, but she was actually seeking the truth, she was clearly moving forward, but she was actually moving backward.
One level of Qi refining.
She was only ten feet away from the end of the Heart-Searching Bridge, and the scene in her mind returned to the beginning of her cultivation. She recalled the first words her master taught her, "The path to immortality is long and difficult."
She listened to it at the time and remembered it for a long time, and she never dared to forget it. But now thinking back, she suddenly realized that after the master said this, he whispered softly, "If you can find your true self, it's okay, it's okay." The second half of this sentence was not a teaching, but more like it was said to her. Now thinking back, it has a different meaning. Can she find her true self by giving up the Tao and seeking the Tao?
Zhao Qing took the last step, and at that moment, she completely became a mortal. She came to the misty island and saw a man who had been waiting for her for a long time.
Suddenly, his body softened and he was about to faint, Li Changxiao stepped forward to catch him. Zhao Qing murmured with a smile: "I have become a mortal, I didn't expect to see you again." Seeing Li Changxiao here was also unexpected, and it didn't feel out of place.
Li Changxiao chuckled and said, "Alright, alright."
As soon as Zhao Qing closed his eyes, he fell into a deep sleep.
Outside the Heart-Searching Bridge, everyone saw Zhao Qing step into the mist and completely disappear from their sight. Everyone was silent for a moment. The spiritual energy that Zhao Qing exuded when he was spreading the Dao was so huge that it weighed down the entire sky. It should be daytime, but it was as gloomy as before a rainstorm.
Whenever they looked up, they were all terrified, secretly sighing at the Fairy Mu, wondering how terrifying it would be if she used her full strength. What would be the consequences if she used the rumored "pointing to the sky"?
One of them breathed rapidly and suddenly said, "The great Immortal Namu is so powerful, but even she is willing to go to the other side at all costs. Maybe... there really is a secret of immortality hidden there!"
It can be said that "a word awakens the dreamer". Everyone came out of their shock and started to think in this direction. It was suddenly difficult for them to remain calm.
Everyone was silent, but their thoughts were very similar. They all thought: "That makes sense, that makes sense. Otherwise, there is no way to explain what Immortal Namu did!"
"If I leave now, I will definitely return with nothing. I will have wasted most of my energy and spiritual energy, and in the end I will be empty-handed. This is really unacceptable. Immortal Mu is willing to go on a journey, so there must be something magical on the island."
"I will stay here and wait for her to come out. Even if I have to wait a little longer, I can afford it. I don't have much time left anyway, so it doesn't matter where I live."
They immediately made up their minds and were unwilling to leave.
...Mu Shu and Mu Qi came back to their senses and looked towards the Bridge of Inquiry again and again, only then did they confirm that the thousand-foot-long Bridge of Inquiry was actually crossed by Mu Qin.
Mu Shu was shocked and said in a lost voice: "If the spiritual energy had not been exhausted, Senior Sister would have achieved greater success if she started over from scratch in the future."
Mu Qi agreed very much, "Even if I find the Dao Fruit, I dare not step on the Heart-Searching Bridge. I know that Senior Sister is extremely talented, but my talent is not bad either. The real reason why I am not as good as her is perhaps that my heart for seeking the Dao is far inferior to hers."
Mu Shu spat and said, "There are countless people seeking the Tao in the world, but how many of them can do this? How can we compare with her? Besides, if you and I really reach the point of dying for the Tao, would we hesitate?"
Mu Qi said, "But I would never dare to spread the Dao for the sake of the Dao."
After these words were spoken, the two of them fell silent. After a long while, Mu Shu said sourly, "If her lover really found her Dao Fruit, he might not die."
Mu Qi frowned and said, "Calling her mistress is really unpleasant. She has a name and surname, and she has helped you in your Dao, but you still don't change your words."
Mu Shu immediately got angry and glared at him, "He is a mistress, and I didn't call him wrong. Is it okay to call him that?"