Chapter 9: The Frightened Bird
When Zhang Yuan saw the entrance of the cave, he finally had some doubts, because Zhang Yuan still remembered until this moment that when he had entered, the location of the cave entrance was on a cliff, but when he came out again at this moment, the surroundings were already red and willow green, so Zhang Yuan felt that he did not really come out of the cave, but because he stayed in the sea of emotions for too long, so Zhang Yuan's own heart was eroded and he completely lost his mind.
After thinking of this possibility, Zhang Yuan was really frightened, if he really didn't notice this, he would probably be lost in this cave forever, and then he would gradually become a white skeleton with no signs of cultivation at all.
After understanding that his heart was eroded at the moment, Zhang Yuan wanted to wake up faster, but found that this seems to be very different from the illusion, if people are in the illusion, although they will also see some unrealistic things, but when they really know that they are in the illusion, they can gradually wake up, but at this moment, in this emotional perception, Zhang Yuan found that he could not wake up again at all, because the heart has been eroded, and after regaining his innocence, I am afraid that he will always be in this illusion。
So Zhang Yuan began to use his spiritual power to wash his own heart, although this method is not the best, but it can also restore the heart to the original, but the time it takes is not half a star, and the best way is actually an epiphany, in this world like an illusion, and then with the help of the power of the epiphany to jump out of this illusion-like world, so as to make his heart clean as before, but the epiphany is not so easy to do, if Zhang Yuan really does that, it is likely that he will not be able to have an epiphany for the rest of his life, and sit directly in this cave, that's why Zhang Yuan chose this stupidest method to remove the dirt from his heart bit by bit.
I don't know how long it took, Zhang Yuan finally felt that the environment around him had changed slightly, and the originally picturesque place gradually collapsed like a mirror in front of his eyes, until it finally disappeared completely, and Zhang Yuan returned to the darkness again.
It was also at this time that Zhang Yuan realized that it seemed that in this place, even if he had Tianyantong, he would not be able to see through everything, because the emotional fluctuations in this sea of emotions would directly affect the original heart of the cultivator who entered it, so that it would directly appear in the mind of the cultivator, which was equivalent to Tianyantong had been isolated, so even Tianyantong was invalid here, and what Zhang Yuan could do was to take advantage of this rare little clarity and leave here quickly.
After Zhang Yuan regained Qingming, he found that there was an island and reef near him, and this island and reef was still the place where he entered the emotional sea before, and it was at this moment that Zhang Yuan realized that after he entered this emotional sea, he did not go far away, everything was just his own hallucination, but fortunately, at this moment, Zhang Yuan finally recovered, so he did not dare to have any hesitation, and re-entered the island and reef.
When Zhang Yuan did it again on the ground of the island and reef, he really breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, this time it was really too dangerous, it was better for him to leave quickly, so he didn't dare to have any stay, Zhang Yuan entered the teleportation array again, but this time the movement direction of the teleportation array and the speed of entering the true element seemed to be different, and it was also because he was completely in an illusion before, so Zhang Yuan couldn't really know the map in this cave at all.
Although there is no map, but the illusion also gave himself an idea, since he can stitch together so many maps in the illusion, then at this moment, Zhang Yuan feels that he can do the same, so in the next time, Zhang Yuan will keep teleporting, and to remember the characteristics of the surrounding stone walls after each teleportation, hoping to gradually stitch together a complete panorama of the cave.
This time, I don't know how much time was wasted, Zhang Yuan finally stitched together the panorama of the cave again, so the next time began to try to leave, and of course this also requires Zhang Yuan's non-stop experiments, hoping to find the law of teleportation array teleportation, again wasted a long time, Zhang Yuan finally found the law, of course, this time the law is not the same as the last time, the last time the input of the true element is slower, then the probability of the teleportation array teleporting outward will increase, but this time it is the opposite, if you want to keep teleporting outward, you need to input the true element into the teleportation array as quickly as possible, and only in this way, the possibility of the teleportation array teleporting outward will be greatly increased.
After finding the pattern, Zhang Yuan began to teleport out again, and this time it wasted more time, Zhang Yuan finally appeared on the previous teleportation array again, but this time, Zhang Yuan didn't want to continue to break out, because the distance of more than fifty meters was enough to keep him trapped here forever, so Zhang Yuan decided to continue to wait, waiting for himself to appear on the outermost teleportation array.
Input the true yuan into the teleportation array again, and sure enough, when Zhang Yuan appeared again, he entered the belly of the cave again, but Zhang Yuan was not discouraged, after all, the expected result, there is nothing to be sad about, as long as he tries slowly, he will definitely appear on the teleportation array he wants, and after a lot of time again, Zhang Yuan finally appeared on the outermost teleportation array, this time, Zhang Yuan finally became excited again.
After appearing on the teleportation array, Zhang Yuan did not break the protective wall in a hurry, but began to constantly use his spiritual power to wash his own heart, after all, he had already arrived here, Zhang Yuan was really unwilling to work hard before he found that he was still in the sea of emotions, so he would wash his heart again at this moment, one was to confirm his state at the moment, and the other was also to prepare for rushing out of the sea of emotions of more than ten meters.
Finally, after recovering for almost a day, Zhang Yuan slowly opened his eyes, and when he was sure that he was still in the teleportation array, Zhang Yuan finally breathed a sigh of relief, and then the whole person entered an ethereal state, and then broke the protective wall with one palm and rushed out towards the position of the hole.
To be honest, this distance of more than ten meters is too short for a cultivator, if the cultivator really uses all his strength, I am afraid that it will be less than a second to complete this sprint, at this moment Zhang Yuan has a strong desire to leave this cave, so he directly used his full strength, just in the blink of an eye, Zhang Yuan rushed out of the cave.
Although he had rushed out of the cave, Zhang Yuan did not have the principle immediately, but immediately turned around to check every inch of the hole, hoping to find any flaws to prove that the hole was fake at the moment, but after searching for a long time, Zhang Yuan did not find any abnormalities, which is enough to show that the hole he left this time is real.
Of course, even at this moment, Zhang Yuan still can't fully believe it, after all, this kind of illusion that directly affects the state of mind is impossible to see anything from it, and he can only find out if there is a discrepancy with the situation in his memory by himself, and then he can find out whether it is an illusion.
After making sure that there was no problem with the entrance of the cave, Zhang Yuan suddenly thought that in the river under the mountain stream, there was another cave entrance in the cave, of course, because of the existence of the prohibition, it was impossible to enter or get out of the cave, so Zhang Yuan flew directly to the mountain stream, and a fierce man entered the river.
Soon, Zhang Yuan found the entrance to the cave in the old place, and the prohibition was still the same as before, very firmly blocking the edge of the cave entrance, dividing the cave and the river into two completely different worlds.
Just as Zhang Yuan was checking whether the prohibition was exactly the same as in his memory, a palm suddenly appeared at the other end of the ban, although the transparency of the ban was not very strong, but Zhang Yuan could still barely see the internal space of the ban, with the appearance of this palm, gradually a pair of bright eyes were also shown through the ban, and finally, Mai's familiar face appeared in Zhang Yuan's sight.
Seeing Mai, a slight smile finally appeared on Zhang Yuan's face, because Zhang Yuan knew very well the power of this sea of emotions, and Mai had entered such a deep place, I am afraid that it would be impossible to get out again, and being forever sealed in this sea of emotions may be more pleasant than taking revenge with his own hands.
For Mai, Zhang Yuan doesn't have any sympathy, maybe he should have such an ending, after all, he has done too many wrong things, and in the final analysis, since Hongjun has fallen, then he should not continue to be reborn, after all, people like them want to be reborn, the greater the disaster they need to cause, Zhang Yuan will never allow them to destroy their lives, and they will never allow them to destroy their families.
Looking at it, Zhang Yuan suddenly found that Mai behind the ban seemed to show a slight smile, at this moment, Zhang Yuan felt a burst of scalp tingling, here is indeed exactly the same as the picture in his memory, but unfortunately, memory is memory, it is absolutely impossible to repeat it, after all, before he entered the cave, Mai had already made these exploration moves here, so why when he came out of the cave, Mai was still exploring here, then the answer is only one thing that everything is reconstructed according to his own memory, so when he entered the cave, Zhang Yuan did not find any abnormality, but in the face of this prohibition, a trace of clues was found.
At this moment, Zhang Yuan even had some despair, because Zhang Yuan found that he didn't seem to have succeeded in getting rid of the sea of emotions at all, and he was still in a cave at the moment, this time, Zhang Yuan really didn't understand how he should get rid of this sea of emotions.
Of course, it is absolutely not wrong to use spiritual power to wash away your own heart, but in the process just now, Zhang Yuan's spiritual power did not completely clear the dirt on the heart and began to flee directly, you know, at that time, I saw that all the scenes were broken piece by piece like a lens, and it was also likely to be an illusion, so if I could continue to persevere, maybe I would be able to truly restore my heart to the original state, but unfortunately, because of fear, Zhang Yuan was not able to persevere, which also made Zhang Yuan fall into this sea of emotions again。
Now that he knows that he has fallen back into the sea of emotions, Zhang Yuan has no choice but to continue to use his spiritual power to wash away his own heart, hoping to recover his heart as soon as possible, this time, I don't know how long it has been again, the surrounding scene has completely collapsed like a mirror again, Zhang Yuan has also returned to the darkness of the cave, of course, near him is still the island and reef he left before.
Of course, this time Zhang Yuan did not choose to believe easily, after all, in this sea of emotions, every feeling of his own may be fake, so at this moment he feels that his heart has been restored to its original state, I am afraid it is also an illusion, after all, he is surrounded by this sea of emotions, in fact, his heart has completely lost the perception of the real situation of the outside world, and now, the only thing Zhang Yuan can be sure of is perhaps the only thoughts that appear directly in Zhang Yuan's heart, after all, these thoughts are not isolated by the sea of emotions.
didn't believe it easily, Zhang Yuan continued to use his spiritual power to wash his own heart, but no matter how Zhang Yuan washed, the surrounding scene no longer changed, so this made Zhang Yuan puzzled again, after all, the scene no longer changed, it is likely that he has regained consciousness, but this sobriety makes people suspicious, because there are islands and reefs nearby, which is the same as the scene he saw last time, I am afraid that he will rush in again, and if he rushes out with the teleportation array, the final result may still be in the illusion, so Zhang Yuan needs another way to determine what he sees at this moment, whether it is a fantasy or not.
Zhang Yuan began to recall carefully, when he entered the emotional sea from the island and reef, he obviously felt a feeling like water waves blocking him, so at that time, he may have entered the illusion, so in this way, it is indeed very possible for him to appear around this island and reef, but what makes Zhang Yuan a little suspicious is that he has been awake for so long, why there is not even a single cultivator on this island and reef, after all, if a cultivator finds an island and reef, he will definitely occupy it directly, after all, in the entire cave, maybe only this island and reef is the real place of light, but why didn't you come to this island and reef at this moment?
Zhang Yuan's mind just appeared such a thought, and then found that the light flashed in the teleportation array on the island and reef, and then a cultivator appeared there, and after looking around, the cultivator found that there was no one here, so he was very happy to occupy this place directly, and with the appearance of this cultivator, Zhang Yuan found that every once in a while, a cultivator would appear on the teleportation array, and after these cultivators appeared, they would immediately compete for the right to occupy this island and reef, but no matter how many cultivators were shunned here, Zhang Yuan found that he couldn't remember the appearance of those retreated cultivators at all, because at this time, Zhang Yuan had completely disregarded these fighting cultivators.
Just after the first cultivator appeared, Zhang Yuan knew that he had not left the illusion realm, otherwise, this cultivator would not have appeared when he was thinking about him, so after Zhang Yuan found out about this situation, he could only continue to wash his heart again, hoping that he could find the real world as soon as possible.
This time the time passed longer, and finally the scene of the island and reef completely disappeared from his eyes, and Zhang Yuan also found that he was in a very dark cave at the moment, and this seemed to be a cave that he had been running around before, Zhang Yuan felt that this time, maybe it should be the real world, but Zhang Yuan did not draw conclusions so quickly, but still kept washing his heart, and at the same time thinking that he should have encountered some white bones or something in his mind.
However, obviously Zhang Yuan was a little worried, this time after Zhang Yuan thought about it, the white bones did not appear, and the entire cave was pitch black, and there was no change, at this moment, Zhang Yuan could finally be sure that he had completely recovered, but even so, Zhang Yuan did not dare to let his spiritual power stop washing his heart, because Zhang Yuan was also afraid, and he unconsciously returned to the illusion.
Because he had already entered the cave and did not know how deep, and at the same time, he had no sense of direction at all, so Zhang Yuan could only keep moving in one direction, hoping to find a way to get himself out of here.
I don't know how far he traveled in the dark, Zhang Yuan noticed some differences again, because before entering the cave, Zhang Yuan had used his emotional perception ability to measure the specific area of this emotional sea, although in the end he could not measure the complicated road, but Zhang Yuan knew that the entire emotional sea actually only occupied about one-tenth of the distance of the mountain range where Chaoyangmen was located, and this distance, even if the road in it was twisted and changeable, it was absolutely impossible to be an endless road, he had walked so far in this passage, even if the entire mountain range was full of passages, it is absolutely impossible for such a distant passage to appear, so at this moment, Zhang Yuan doubted again, suspecting that he was still in an illusion.