At the beginning, the four elemental energies still maintained a clear appearance, although they were closely interdependent, but due to the containment and opposition between each other, they squeezed each other, and did not change the arrangement and combination between the elements like the previous double and three element sacrifices, and truly fused into one.

Shen Yuan's eyes flashed, his teeth were clenched, his hands danced into a mass of unreal shadows, and beads of sweat were dripping down his forehead, obviously for him at this time, it was very difficult for him to imitate the means that the gods and demons masquerade had shown, and synthesize the void element without the help of the power of the holy weapon.

Under his efforts to reconcile, the clear boundaries between the four elements became blurred, and after more than ten minutes had passed, the four elemental energies in front of Shen Yuan had lost the light of their respective attributes and turned into a white color.

This vague white energy is still a long way from the void element that truly has saint-level power, and Shen Yuan knows how to spend it, but he has the heart but is powerless.

Shen Yuan's spirit had already been exhausted in the previous process, and his dizziness made him have to stop all the movements in his hands.

The energy that had lost the priest's harmony exploded in an instant, making a fierce crackling sound, as if a string of firecrackers had been ignited, leaving only a few wisps of green smoke drifting away after the explosion.

Fortunately, Shen Yuan condensed very little elemental energy, otherwise this out-of-control energy would most likely blow Shen Yuan into serious injuries.

Seeing that Shen Yuan hadn't condensed any void element after all, the old immortal Moyang on the Tiantai quietly breathed a sigh of relief. Shen Yuan dared to make such an astonishing move on the measuring rooftop, didn't he speculate that he would help him wipe his ass no matter what? If this void element got out of control, it would be him Mo Yang who would suffer a dumb loss at that time.

Shen Yuan prostrated himself on the eighth step of the measuring roof, his wheezing sound was as harsh as pulling a bellows, and it took him a while before he took a breath, got up from the ground, looked at the gray-white space around him, and asked, "Have I passed the test?"

Without a sound to answer, Shen Yuan took a self-care step and stepped on the ninth step.

The ninth change of the illusion around him, and when the blurred light and shadow condensed and calmed, Shen Yuan found himself in a verdant bamboo forest, and the mountain wind was blowing from behind, sweeping the water vapor of the two mountain streams, gentle and fresh, which made people feel comfortable.

In front of him is a small courtyard surrounded by a bamboo fence, and a small bamboo building is covered with a delicate and elegant small bamboo building.

In the courtyard in front of the bamboo building, at this time, there was a figure wearing a black Taoist robe, with a pair of hands with wooden texture stretched out under the sleeve robe, fiddling with the flowers and plants in the courtyard, the movements were leisurely and indifferent, and he didn't care about the passage of time.

Shen Yuan slowly walked behind the old immortal of Moyang, stood still and asked, "Senior, then this ninth level, what is the junior?"

The old immortal of Moyang paused as he fiddled with the flowers and plants, and said leisurely: "Like the previous level, there is only one problem at this level. ”

"What is an immortal?"

Shen Yuan was stunned, and then asked rhetorically, "Immortal?"

"Immortals. Moyang Old Immortal nodded in affirmation.

"You mean...... The Divine Realm after the Holy Realm?"

The old immortal of Moyang shook his head and repeated again: "Immortal." ”

Shen Yuan frowned, and secretly slandered in his heart, shouldn't you, an old immortal, come and tell me what an immortal is? I'm not a disciple of Kunlun Wuliang Mountain, and I don't seek immortal dao, you ask me what an immortal is, isn't this embarrassing for me?

The old immortal of Moyang ignored Shen Yuan, who was silently standing behind him, and still picked up the flowers in front of him, as if foreign affairs could not affect him at all.

"Immortal ......" Shen Yuan muttered the word, hesitated for a long time and didn't dare to give an answer.

No wonder Shen Yuan was in a trance, this question was indeed an unfamiliar field for him.

In his mind, the "immortals" mentioned by Taoists are nothing more than the existence of the general realm of gods, immortals and immortals, which are originally a category.

But looking at the performance of Moyang Old Immortal at this time, this problem is obviously not so simple.

Shen Yuan was silent for more than half an hour, and the old immortal of Moyang did not urge at all, but just sorted out from the east side of the courtyard to the west side of the small courtyard, and carefully watered and fertilized each flower, except for the insects.

When Moyang Old Immortal's hand was about to touch the next flower, the other hand was inserted into the oblique thorns, took the water scoop in Moyang Old Immortal's hand, and tended to this unnamed flower according to Moyang Old Immortal's previous appearance.

Then Shen Yuan lowered his voice and said: "In my mind, the so-called immortal characters are nothing more than describing a state of mind, a state of mind that is indifferent to the world and indifferent. ”

Mo Yang Old Immortal's emotionless Mu Ne glanced at Shen Yuan and asked, "This is your answer?"

Shen Yuan nodded and responded, "The juniors really don't have any achievements on this issue. That's all I can think of in a short time. ”

Old Immortal Moyang chuckled, "Shallow. But you can't say you're wrong. ”

"What is 'immortal'? Actually, it is very simple, people in the mountains are immortals. ”

As he spoke, the old immortal of Moyang looked around at the surrounding mountains with his eyes, then fell back to Shen Yuan, and said, "You are right about one thing, this word describes a state of mind. It is a supreme state of mind. It is a great leisure, great freedom, and a fearless state of mind. It is a kind of freedom that transcends the mundane. ”

"This ninth level is actually not a test, but an opportunity. If you can pass the test of the first eight levels without falling into the paranoia and vain demons, it is enough to prove that you are excellent. And this amount of rooftop, what it ultimately wants to convey to future generations, is above this ninth level. ”

After that, the puppet body of the old fairy of Moyang stepped on the clouds, and disappeared into the sky in an instant, only one sentence fell suddenly.

"Let's get out of this mountain by yourself, the measuring roof is outside the mountain. ”

Hearing this, Shen Yuan no longer hesitated, got up and walked along the hillside towards the surrounding mountains.

Walking only a few hundred meters away, Shen Yuan heard a woman's painful moaning from the bushes, Shen Yuan followed the sound, and saw a village woman with Liujia lying on a meadow with her abdomen covered, her face pale, her eyes frightened, and bright red blood gushing out from under her body, obviously she was about to give birth.

Shen Yuan seemed to have an understanding in his heart, walked quickly to the village woman's side, squatted down and said slowly: "You're going to give birth, I'll help you." ”

The village woman looked at Shen Yuan helplessly with a pair of tearful eyes, and after hesitating for a while, she shook her head and said, "Men and women don't kiss, you can go quickly, I can do it alone." ”

"The birth of a new life is the beginning of a new cycle of reincarnation, which means infinite hope and possibility, which can be called one of the most sacred things in the world, and what does it have to do with the giving and receiving of men and women. Don't be afraid, I'll help you. Shen Yuan held the village woman's hand, and a pair of clear eyes looked at the village woman gently, transmitting warm energy to her.

The village woman still hesitated, but the next moment she cried out in pain, she was about to give birth, and she had no time to care.

Painful moans and screams erupted in the woods, and it wasn't until dozens of minutes later that the many unusual noises ended with a loud cry of a baby.

Shen Yuan's hands in the forest were stained with thick warm blood, and he carefully held a delicate baby in his arms, and the baby couldn't stop crying with his mouth open, announcing his arrival to the world.

Shen Yuan lowered his head and his gaze fell on the baby's face.

His mind was in a trance for a moment.

The baby's appearance was very different from that of a normal newborn baby, and his face appeared clear and clear, like a long-blooming adult rather than a newborn child.

And this face is ten percent similar to Shen Yuan.

Shen Yuan looked at the baby twice, then walked over to the woman who kept whispering, gently bent down and placed the baby wrapped in his coat next to the woman, and congratulated in a low voice: "It's a boy, I wish you happiness." ”

Gently stroking the baby's face, Shen Yuan turned around and left the forest without looking back, ignoring the constant shouts of thanks from behind.

After walking hundreds of meters in the mountains and forests, Shen Yuan caught a glimpse of a hut out of the corner of his eye, in front of which stood an old man in his last years, and there was a coffin next to him.

Shen Yuan didn't wait for the other party to greet him, so he walked to the old man and said hello.

The old man looked up to the sky and sighed, there were old tears in his dim eyes, and he lamented: "I Shen Yuan has seen many winds and waves in my life, and in the end I died in such a barren mountain where birds don't, and there is no one next to me to send them to the end." ”

Shen Yuan lifted the wine jug that the old man placed on the coffin, poured two glasses of wine, handed one to the old man, and said softly: "The journey focuses on the process, not the result. I wish you the same wonderful life in the rest of your life. ”

With that, Shen Yuan raised his head and drank the wine in the glass, still walking down the hillside without looking back.

Subsequently, Shen Yuan saw the illness and death of a woman who looked vaguely similar to Cheng Ruan, and took care of the woman for the last time with the woman's husband, and buried the woman properly.

After doing all this, when Shen Yuan stepped into the forest again, he suddenly found that the exit of the mountains was in front of him.

Shen Yuan stood at the exit, looking back at the mountains behind him with mixed feelings in his heart, and unexpectedly found a boundary stone not far from him, with four words written on it.

Immortal Mountain in this life.

Every step he took in this mountain looked ordinary, just repeating the content of the previous levels of illusion on the rooftop, but due to the previous accumulation, every step he took, Shen Yuan felt that his state of mind was washed by a clear spring born out of thin air, washing away some of the mud and dust that had accumulated in his heart for a long time.

These mud and dust in Shen Yuan's heart are not deep, and it is even difficult to be noticed, but the existence of these mud dusts means the difference between beautiful jade and stubborn stone for Shen Yuan's state of mind.

Now standing at the exit of this immortal mountain in this life, Shen Yuan only felt that his mind was clear and transparent, and many problems that he couldn't solve on weekdays were now naturally dissolved and resolved, and he could no longer bother Shen Yuan.