When Tang Bai woke up, he found himself sleeping on a recliner in the temple, while Xiang Lao was sitting cross-legged on a futon and meditating.

"Little one, you're awake!"

Xiang Lao didn't open his eyes, as if he wasn't speaking.

Tang Bai struggled to get up, but he didn't have any strength in his body, and he opened his mouth helplessly: "Senior, what's wrong with me?"

"You lack too much essence and blood, and I'm afraid you won't be able to move for a while. After speaking, he said: "If the two of us make a deal, I will give you a recovery pill, and you owe me a favor." ”

Tang Bai thought about it and shook his head, although he didn't know what kind of elixir the Recovery Pill was, it was very precious when he thought about it, but Xiang Lao's cultivation didn't know how high, such a favor would sometimes pay the price of his life.

Seeing Tang Bai shaking his head, he couldn't help but open his eyes and look at Tang Bai, then nodded again, and muttered: "It's okay, no cause and effect." Then he shook his head and said helplessly: "The fate is impermanent, intersecting into knots, the way of heaven is impermanent, acquaintances form a net, they have entered the net, they are in the calamity, they can't escape, they can't escape." ”

Tang Bai didn't seem to understand it, but when he saw that there was an extra red pill in Xiang Lao's hand, he smiled and said, "Okay, let's have a good relationship today." After speaking, he said, "Boy, open your mouth!"

As soon as Tang Bai opened his mouth, the blood-red elixir was already in his mouth, and the liquid melted when it met it, and with the fragrance, it turned into a stream of hot air that went straight into the sea of qi, and then circulated throughout his body.

Tang Bai felt as if his body was soaking in a hot spring, his whole body was comfortable, his body moved, he had the strength, he got up and sat cross-legged, closed his eyes and vomited, and ran Zhou Tian, his mind was immersed in a state of extreme emptiness and tranquility, thoughtless, relaxed and natural.

The sun and the moon alternated, and three days passed in a blink of an eye, and Tang Bai was like a stone sculpture, sitting on a chair.

Xiang Lao is also like a stone sculpture, motionless on the futon.

Three days later, in the early morning, at the beginning of the morning sun, it was the thousands of wisps of purple qi coming from the east, Tang Bai opened his eyes and breathed towards the purple qi, his mouth seemed to become a black hole, and the endless purple qi was inhaled into his abdomen, turning into a raging fire, burning in the kidneys. After another three or four hours, Tang Bai exhaled a breath of turbidity, and his body sounded like fried beans for a while, and then jumped up from the chair.

At this time, he felt that his strength had not only recovered as before, but also increased his true element, and with a little luck, he felt relaxed, and the true yuan spread all over his veins, forming a faint light mask outside his body.

He was overjoyed in his heart, and couldn't help but let out a clear whistle, piercing the golden cracked stone, and soaring into the sky, which lasted for a long time.

"Okay, it's okay to leave quickly, don't cry wolf here, your ears will be deafened. ”

Xiang Lao said with a native face.

Tang Bai scratched his head in embarrassment, he really couldn't help the joy in his heart just now, it seemed that if he didn't roar like this, the qi and blood in his body would surge endlessly.

"I also want to thank my predecessors for the elixir, and the kid owes his seniors a favor. Tang Bai thanked him.

Xiang Lao smiled and said, "Boy, you have to remember to speak today, and you must not regret it when the time comes." ”

Tang Bai nodded and said, "A gentleman's word, a quick horse." ”

Even so, the old man made money. Xiang Lao thought about it, casually threw Tang Bai a ring, and said: "The old man won't let you suffer, this purple gold ring is for you, you can go back and drip blood to practice." ”

Tang Bai looked at the ring in his hand suspiciously, it was light purple and golden, and the shape was simple, it looked ordinary.

"Alright, you can go. ”

After Xiang Lao finished speaking, he closed his eyes again and sat down.

Tang Bai thanked him again, and then went down to Sijiu Peak, and when he returned to the small courtyard, the courtyard was silent, Song Chunfeng, Aji, Han Niu and Xu Caifeng were not there.

Tang Bai didn't care anymore, rested for a while, took out the purple gold ring that Xiang Lao gave him, looked at it, but felt that this ring was ordinary, and thought that this ring was from Xiang Lao's hand, it must be extraordinary!

The blood disappeared in an instant on the ring surface, and the ring did not move.

Tang Bai dropped a few drops of blood, but the ring still did not change, if it wasn't for the gift from Xiang Lao, he would have lost patience and threw the ring away.

In the next few days, the four of them did not come back, but Tang Bai was not worried about the safety of the four of them, practiced and meditated all day, and then used blood to refine the ring.

The next day, Tang Bai finally felt that the purple gold ring had a little more connection with him, and as soon as his mind moved, a space appeared in the purple gold ring, about dozens of square meters, as if it was a huge house.

Xiao is mood has improved a lot, and he can't help but be ecstatic, and then as soon as his mind moves, the sword in his hand appears in the ring, and the sword appears in his hand again.

After trying a few times, he found that his mind could control the ring at will, so he put the two bottles of elixir, books, clothes, two fire essence stones, and more than 200 grains of polished rice that he had hidden into the ring, and even went to the kitchen to find oil, salt, sauce, and vinegar to put in it.

After a busy time, Fang Jue was satisfied.

When his mood calmed down, he remembered the sword technique learned in the inheritance cave, and then thought of the "Heavenly Machine Sword Technique", the "Dao Divides Yin and Yang" is the same as the "Heavenly Machine Change" in the "Heavenly Machine Sword Technique", and remembered that the "out of nothing" is similar to the "Heavenly Machine".

He pointed to the ground with a sword, recalling the sword move of 'making something out of nothing' in his mind, and constantly communicating the faint sword intent, and then wanted to lift the sword in his hand by feeling, but he couldn't do it, sometimes he felt that the angle was wrong, sometimes he felt that the speed was too fast, and sometimes he felt that the sword technique was not connected.

Tang Bai took a deep breath, and remembered the verses of "Heavenly Machine Swordsmanship": "If you want to talk about the wisdom of heaven, the avenue is indispensable, clean up the open-air machine, only afraid of people being fascinated, silent, who is the Tao in the heart?"

He calmed down, looked up at the sky, and relaxed, his mind constantly thinking about the connection between the verses of the Heavenly Sword Technique and the phrase 'making something out of nothing'.

In the final analysis, there are only two words in total, one is called 'nothing' and the other is called 'being'.

"What is 'nothing' and what is 'have'?"

Where does 'existence' come from? If it comes from nothing? Where does this 'nothing', which represents extreme emptiness and extreme stillness, come from? Does 'nothing' exist? If it exists, isn't it 'being'? If 'nothing' does not exist, how does 'existence' arise?

He really couldn't figure out what the so-called 'nothing' was, and what was the relationship between 'being', and the question was like a magic barrier entangled in his mind.

Time passed slowly, the sky closed the curtain, a crescent moon rose, a few stars hidden in the night appeared and disappeared, the evening breeze came and went, Tang Bai was like a stake, standing in the courtyard, motionless, looking up at the endless night sky, his eyes were completely devoid of charm, his mind was a mess, he was still asking himself, 'what is 'nothing'? What is 'there'?

In the blink of an eye, the sun breaks through the clouds and shines on the earth, and the clouds are like flocculent and changeable.

Tang Bai was very haggard, his clothes had been wet with dewdrops, his hair was unkempt, his eyes were bloodshot, and his mouth could be seen with fluffy whiskers, but his thoughts were like the water of a rolling river, flowing to the ethereal ocean of reason.

"If all existence in heaven and earth is false, the sunlight in the sky is false, the white clouds are false, the darkness is false, the starlight is false, the breeze blowing on the face is false, the earth that carries one's body is false, oneself is also false, and all existence is false and illusory, is that the so-called 'nothing'?"

This assumption shocked Tang Bai and felt incredible, he stood up blankly, saw the shadow of the big tree in the courtyard in the sun, and wondered in his heart, whether 'nothing' and 'have' are like the shadow of a tree, which cannot be seen in the dark night, and when the sun shines, there is nothing to hide.

Does the tree have a shadow? The darkness says it doesn't, so it doesn't, and the sunlight says it has, and its shadow appears in the sunlight. As the verse of "Heavenly Machine Swordsmanship" says: "Clean the open-air machine, only fear of self-obsession." Nothing exists, only if you can see through it.

The so-called creation of something out of nothing, 'nothing' is 'being', and 'being' is 'nothing'. This is like this small courtyard, the courtyard wall is 'there', and the space of the small courtyard is 'none'. With the 'nothing' of the space, the 'existence' of the courtyard wall is useful, and with the 'existence' of the courtyard wall, the 'nothingness' of the space is useful.

'Being' and 'nothing', they are mutually exploiting, nothing, not nothing, but we can't see it with the naked eye, 'being' and 'nothing' are one, but they are the Tao, as the proverb says: Who does the Tao ask in the heart?

Tang Bai stood up, the sword in his hand was raised, and he drew a circle casually, and he didn't think about the sword move of 'making something out of nothing', but practiced the swordsmanship of the past at will, the sword in his hand became slower and slower, just like a child clumsily wielding his beloved toy, and like an old farmer dancing a hoe, he seemed to be understanding the connection between all things and life, his sword style changed, and he used the trick 'life' that he had realized.

The sword move is still the sword move that he originally understood, but the sword in his hand contains a kind of trajectory of heaven and earth, just like a life with a soul; he feels that what he is wielding is not a sword, but a kind of intention.

There was no change in the small courtyard, and Tang Bai's sword did not change, he was still wielding it so slowly, so leisurely.

When Dures walked into the courtyard, he saw Tang Ji practicing his sword. It can't be said that he is practicing swords, but he can only say that he is playing with swords, because Tang Bai's swordsmanship has no rules at all; but when he approached Tang Bai, there was a huge panic in his heart, and the hairs all over his body suddenly rose, and Hui Zhou seemed to have endless swords surrounding him, and Tang Bai was more like a huge monster in his hand, staring at himself, as long as he moved, the monster would pounce straight over, and the endless 'sword' would also be cut into pieces.

He looked at the unkempt Tang Bai, Tang Bai wielding a long sword like a child, like a god, his whole body seemed to emit light, and the light turned into a sword, in a trance, he seemed to see all the laws and principles in the universe, and naturally, he actually gave birth to the satisfaction of 'hearing the Tao, and the evening can die!'.

Dures sensed danger, he felt danger for this satisfaction of his inner devotion to the Dao, he sensed danger from the sword in Tang Bai's hand, an instinct from life that made him want to resist.

He narrowed his eyes and tried to take a step forward, but immediately felt a Ling Li's qi machine lock him, and the endless sword intent around him locked him, as if the surrounding vitality was like life, turning into a sharp sword, sharp and sharp, trapping him to death, and then he saw Tang Bai holding the sword and slowly stabbing him in the throat.

Tang Bai's stabbing speed was very slow, so slow that Dures seemed to have passed a century, but he felt that Tang Bai's speed was very fast, so fast that he had nowhere to escape, as if there were swords in Tang Bai's hands on all sides, and wherever he hid, this sword would pierce his throat without hesitation. The only thing he could do was to transport all the true yuan of his dantian and turn into a loud shout: "Senior Brother Tang, stop." ”

The sword stopped three inches from Du Lei's throat, and the sharp aura of the sword seemed to have pierced into his throat through the tip of the sword, he couldn't help but swallow his saliva, and looked at Tang Bai with a nervous expression.

Tang Bai came back to his senses in a daze, he felt like he was in a dream, and the dream was so real, looking at the sword in his hand, he couldn't help but smile, because he knew that he was not dreaming, but entered an indescribable artistic conception, but his mind communicated the faint sword intent, allowing him to realize the essence of a 'out of nothing' swordsmanship.

Dures wiped the sweat on his forehead, but his heart was still immersed in the shock of the sword just now, it was not a spell, and it was not a strong cultivation, it was an artistic conception that had nowhere to escape, that was the Tao.

"Senior Brother Tang, what kind of swordsmanship did you practice just now, it's incredible. Dures couldn't help but ask.

Tang Bai was also thinking about the artistic conception just now, and even looked at the sword in his hand, and waved it in a daze, but that feeling was like having a spring dream, and when he thought about it again, there was no trace.

Helpless sigh, the artistic conception is difficult to enter, the sword intent communication is difficult, but after thinking about it, there are two in everything, as long as you are diligent in practice, you will eventually pinch it at will; ”

Dures still had palpitations, and was a little envious, and said: "Senior brother is lucky, and he has gained something in the inheritance cave. After speaking, he calmed down a little, and said: "A few senior brothers have made an appointment to go to the Fang Market of Xiaoyue Wolf City, thousands of miles away, if the junior brothers are free, it is better to go and have a look together." ”

Tang Bai was about to relax, nodded his head, and said, "Please wait for Senior Brother, wait for me to clean up after I enter the room, and go with Senior Brother." With that, he put the sword back in its sheath and walked towards the house.