Chapter 115: That Fear Is Innate
Except for He Nan of the Witch Spirit Sect and Luo Li of the Spirit Yin Sect, the others looked at Ling Zheng with a hint of incredulity in their eyes, they didn't expect Ling Zheng to be able to come here, it seemed that his appearance was not more embarrassed than them, but more relaxed. With a wry smile on their faces, sure enough, although this stone step has something to do with cultivation, it doesn't seem to be much for cultivation.
Another half a day passed, and the eight people had already reached the seventy-nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine steps, and they were about to step on the eighty-thousandth steps, but at this moment, they stopped one by one. They stood there with their eyes closed and began to pranayama, as if the stone steps of 80,000 steps were not so easy. Before, they had been walking straight ahead, and even if they stopped, they hadn't taken more than a few breaths, but now they had stopped there for more than half an hour.
Ling Zheng didn't care about them, he walked and stopped by himself, and when he reached the seventy-eight thousand steps, the whole person seemed to have begun to smoke, and a trace of mist floated out of his head. At this moment, Han Lishan opened his eyes and was about to move, raising his feet and stepping on the eighty thousand steps, his body shook slightly, and his originally burned red cheeks were instantly replaced with a layer of gray. In a moment's time, Han Lishan seemed to be prepared, and his other foot also stepped on the eighty thousand steps. His body shook again, as if he could be lifted off at any moment, and it took him two breaths for him to finally stand still.
At the moment when Han Lishan stood firm, another person stepped on it, in the same situation, but when he stepped on it with two feet, he did not withstand the resistance of the stone steps, his body was overturned, and then he was dragged by a force and flew to the top of the mountain. One person walked up again, the sect master of the Holy Spirit Sect, he also successfully climbed up, and then the rest of the people also climbed the 80,000 steps one by one. They stood there for a long time, not moving, one by one with their eyes closed, not knowing if they were absorbing that power, or because the consumption of climbing the stone steps was too great, and they needed to breathe.
Ling Zheng had finally reached the seventy-nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine steps, and at this time, he trembled, and a terrifying force erupted from his body, shaking the surrounding air. However, in just a moment, that aura disappeared into invisibility, and Ling Zheng's face showed a hint of joy, and his physique had once again advanced to the first order, the sixth level of psychic.
Ling Zheng raised his head, there were already only four people not far in front of him, and the sect master of the Dao Spirit Sect and two others had already withdrawn. Only the sect masters of the other four sects were still standing there, the highest was Han Lishan, more than eighty-one thousand steps, followed by the sect master of the Holy Spirit Sect, more than eighty-one thousand and eight hundred steps, followed by Luo Li, the sect master of the Spirit Yin Sect, more than eighty thousand and seven hundred and fifty steps, and finally the one He Nan, the sect master of the Wuling Sect, eighty-seven hundred steps. Ling Zheng was a little puzzled, judging from the previous journey, the sect master of the Dao Spirit Sect was obviously stronger than Raleigh and He Nan, but why did he withdraw, Ling Zheng was puzzled in his heart, but he couldn't think of a reason.
The faces of the four of them turned pale one by one, and although their steps were quite steady, they could already see that they were already holding on, and it was only a matter of time before they were overturned. And among them, the worst state was He Nan, the sect master of the Wuling Sect, at this time, a trace of flush appeared on his face, presumably he had vomited blood, but he swallowed it back. And the reason why he is so desperate may be because he was stimulated by Raleigh and Ling Zheng, everyone knows that these two sects are old enemies, and now the disciples can't compare to the other party's disciples, which is already very embarrassing. If he can't compare to Raleigh now, then he is really disgraced, so even if he doesn't go far without Raleigh, he must not be much worse than him.
Ling Zheng glanced at them, looked at the steps in front of him, he could step on the eighty thousand steps as long as he raised his feet, but the actions of those people just now had already told him that these eighty thousand steps were even more difficult and terrifying than he imagined. Ling Zheng pondered for a moment, no matter what, no matter how difficult it was in terror, he would eventually step on it. Ling Zheng didn't think much about it, he could only face it in the best state, raised his feet, and stepped on.
Ling Zheng's complexion changed, and he wanted to retract his legs in an instant, but as soon as he bit the corner of his mouth, his footsteps still stepped on the stone steps fiercely. With a few muffled sounds, Ling Zheng felt an extremely terrifying force rushing into his body, and then slowly, his body had been shattered into pieces. Of course, this is just Ling Zheng's feelings, not the real situation, from the outside, Ling Zheng is still the same, just like those people before, his face is just gray.
After a while, Ling Zheng relieved himself, took a deep breath, and wiped the cold sweat from his face. Just now when he raised his foot, he felt a terrifying force rushing from the mountain, and in the face of that earth-destroying aura, he was like a small speck of dust, and he had no power to resist at all. That kind of fear is not in the eyes, nor is it based on feelings, this kind of fear seems to be innate, emanating from the deepest part of the heart, and can disintegrate a person's fighting spirit in an instant.
Ling Zheng took a deep breath, not knowing that those on the top of the mountain were already stunned, as if they had lost their souls, Ling Zheng stepped on the 80,000-step stone steps, is this the rhythm of going against the sky. They clearly knew that to be able to step on the 80,000-step stone steps, except for those strong sect masters, only the old immortals of the sect were left, but a seventeen or eighteen-year-old boy actually climbed up, which completely broke the worldview in their hearts.
Ling Zheng raised his other foot, and stepped on the eighty thousand steps in an instant, trembling all over, without a little pressure, only a sense of fear and insignificance from the soul. This feeling is like facing heaven and earth, it doesn't bring you any pressure, anyway, in front of it, you just want to retreat. It's not just that you can't resist, it's not that you don't have the strength to resist, it's that you can't resist at all, and that sense of fear is innate.
Ling Zheng couldn't help but want to retreat, his mind was clear, and he couldn't help but want to kneel, his whole body kept shaking. It was the gap between Ling Zheng and those sect masters, although Ling Zheng's physique was stronger than them, but the cultivation of those sect masters was strong, and they even began to come into contact with the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth, they would not stupidly think about confronting that power of heaven and earth, but follow this power of heaven and earth, find the way of life that exists in it, and go on. And Ling Zheng didn't understand what the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth was at all, he could only resist so hard, how could he resist in the face of the power of Heaven and Earth.
Ling Zheng wanted to retreat, but he couldn't resist at all, and even he had already begun to raise his feet, and at this moment, the golden page engraved with the Xuanxin Recipe in his mind seemed to be stimulated by something, and a golden light emanated from above, enveloping Ling Zheng's entire person in it, blocking this power of heaven and earth. The fear in Ling Zheng's heart disappeared, looking at the golden light enveloping him, his eyes were full of confusion and incomprehension, and there was still a trace of fear that was still hidden that had not disappeared.
"You are my descendants. A figure appeared in front of Ling Zheng, it was a middle-aged man, the middle-aged man stood in front of Ling Zheng, there was nothing special, there was no spiritual power fluctuation, and there was no difference between his body and an ordinary person. But Ling Zheng didn't think so, the middle-aged man stood there, if he didn't see it with his eyes, he wouldn't feel it at all, as if he was completely integrated with heaven and earth, he was heaven and earth, and heaven and earth were also him.
Ling Zheng looked at the middle-aged man, the middle-aged man's face was somewhat similar to him, but he gave himself a feeling of intimacy, which came from the blood in his body.
"You are Emperor Xuan. Ling Zheng was slightly stunned, and then spoke.
"That's someone else's name, you should call me father. The middle-aged man shook his head and spoke calmly.
"No way, I only have one father, but not you. Ling Zheng's face changed slightly, and he said without hesitation, in his heart he only had one father, that was Ling Chongtian, who was far away in the Xuan Realm, and he was definitely not the person in front of him.
"You'll understand later. The middle-aged man's face was still calm, he glanced at Ling Zheng lightly, and did not explain much, after saying this, his figure slowly disappeared.
Ling Zheng opened his mouth and wanted to ask something, but unfortunately the figure of the middle-aged man had disappeared, and his brows were furrowed, what did the middle-aged man's words mean. And why did he appear, but after saying two inexplicable words, he disappeared inexplicably, which is really incomprehensible.
Respect and fear is the way of cultivation, at this time, a line of words appeared in Ling Zheng's mind, Ling Zheng was slightly stunned, and the golden light outside his body also dispersed with the disappearance of the middle-aged man.
Ling Zheng didn't have time to think about a line of words in his head, he felt the overwhelming coercion, and he couldn't resist it at all. At this moment, that line of golden words slowly disappeared, and Ling Zheng even felt that his whole person was gone with this line of golden handwriting.
This was a chaotic space, and here Ling Zheng once again felt the overwhelming coercion, which was even more terrifying than the coercion on the stone steps, and even made people want to kneel down. Ling Zheng's face changed drastically, and he didn't know where this was, but at this time, that line of golden handwriting appeared, turning into the figure of the middle-aged man.
In front of Ling Zheng, a tumbling torrent and magma in the sky were overwhelming, as if they were going to annihilate this space. Ling Zheng's expression changed drastically, he wanted to escape, but he didn't know where to flee, and there was nowhere to escape. Ling Zheng was deeply shocked, this is the power of heaven and earth, this is the power of nature, and it is not something that human beings can resist at all.
This time, the middle-aged man did not speak, but turned to face the rolling torrent and slowly raised his hand. An inexplicable qi machine emanated from his hand, pulling the power of the entire heaven and earth, pressing towards the torrent in front of him, but the rushing torrent became gentle in an instant, and with the gesture of the middle-aged man, it flowed towards the rivers that turned into rivers in all directions.