Chapter 8: The Devil's Barrier in the Heart
The work of rebellion was successful, and Su Chen's life was finally saved.
Xiyue finished her work, and suddenly felt a burst of emptiness in her body, after getting out of the underground dark river, she didn't have time to recover, and gave up her five hundred years of life, if it weren't for the ice phoenix's naturally strong physique, she was afraid that she would be more than lucky.
Su Chen was still unconscious, but Xiyue probed his body and found that the spiritual power in his body was running on its own, but it was almost dry and running very slowly. And his breathing rhythm has also become very special, I think it is the basic cultivation method that he learned from Qingli when he was a child, could it be that his subconscious mind is dominating the body's actions?
This is someone else's privacy, Xiyue has already peeked into part of his childhood, and he is embarrassed to continue to spy on Su Chen's secrets, and after confirming that he is no longer in serious trouble, he went to sit aside and breathe. As for Su Chen, let him continue to stay where he is, she really has no strength.
She looked down at the cross scar on the palm of her hand, and after the work was completed, the scar healed on its own, but it still left a cross mark, which was very shallow and could only be seen if you looked closely. is such a mark, which will accompany her and Su Chen for the rest of their lives in the future, and become an unbreakable bond between the two.
"That prophecy said that I would meet two people with fate, could it be you?" Xiyue relaxed, feeling physically and mentally exhausted, but couldn't help but be stunned, "If the rebellion and this cross mark are evidence, then it should be right?"
There is a moon in the morning, shining with the sun, the lotus opens nine leaves, and the red dragon holds the candle.
This is the sixteen-character prophecy that appeared in Xiyue's soul when she was born. This is not only the origin of Xiyue's name, but also a foreshadowing of her future. The first two sentences are talking about Xiyue herself, and as for the last two sentences, Xiyue has never fully understood, but the Great Elder has told her that it may refer to two people related to her future, one of whom may be related to the Dragon Clan, and the other person, it is not clear.
Xiyue can be sure that Su Chen will not be a person from the Dragon Clan or related to the Dragon Clan, that is to say, he is the person referred to by the "Lotus Blossom Nine Leaves"?
After thinking about it for a while, she still didn't have a clue, and her body was weak and tired, so Xiyue fell asleep groggily.
When she woke up again, she was in a dry, bright cave.
Su Chen sat on the side, and when he saw her sitting up, he said, "You have been asleep for three days." ”
Xiyue rubbed her forehead and asked, "Then where are we now?"
Su Chen shook his head, saying that he didn't know, when the two fell into the underground river, one was already unconscious, and the other passed out after holding on for a while. So where the last two were washed away, even Su Chen didn't know, let alone Xiyue, who left the North Underworld for the first time.
"What's going on with this imprint?" Su Chen raised his hand and asked.
"That's the case...... "Xiyue explained it as it was, including the past when she saw Su Chen when the two of them were in a heart-to-heart relationship.
"What else did you see?" Su Chen's eyes turned cold.
"I saw you and Miss Qingli in Tushan City. Xiyue replied honestly.
When Su Chen heard this, he lowered his head and didn't speak, Xiyue said: "Don't worry, I will forget everything I see, and I will never remember it at all." ”
Su Chen sighed: "It doesn't matter, it's not something unsightly, you know it." ”
Xiyue sighed, and suddenly laughed in a low voice, Su Chen frowned, "What are you laughing at?"
Xiyue asked hesitantly, "Is your nickname really called Dog Baby?"
Su Chen: "...... Right. ”
Xiyue asked again: "Then did you go to Qingli Girl later?"
Su Chen shook his head gloomily and said, "Later, I have been cultivating with my master, and I have never left my master until the accident, and I have asked someone to find her, but there has been no news of her. ”
Xiyue said: "I don't think she will be an ordinary man." ”
"How?"
"It's a kind of intuition, I always feel that Miss Qingli may be even more unusual than we think. ”
Su Chen didn't talk, Xiyue still wanted to say something, but seeing his absent-minded appearance, he opened his mouth, but he didn't say it.
After being silent for a while, Su Chen asked, "We are not in danger for the time being, where are you going to go?"
"I was going to go to Kyushu, but who knew that I had encountered so many accidents, and now I don't know where I am or where to go. Xiyue said bitterly.
Su Chen thought for a while, and then said: "Let's leave the Qitian Mountain Range first, and then I will send you to the border of Yongzhou or Jizhou, and then you will go to Kyushu to play, I can't go to Kyushu for the time being." ”
Xiyue asked, "Then where are you going?"
Su Chen said lightly: "It's okay to go anywhere, leave Kyushu for the time being, find a place to cultivate well, and come back when you are strong enough." ”
"Then how long do you have to cultivate?"
"It doesn't matter, even if it's 10 years, 100 years, even 1000 years, I don't care how much time it takes. ”
"You...... Why bother?"
"Why bother? hum, hum, hum......"
Su Chen sneered, and suddenly there was a violent breath from his body, wisps of black qi permeated from his body, and his eyes became cold and ruthless, and even the whites of his eyes were dyed with a layer of black.
"Who are you to say that?!"
Su Chen suddenly made a move, and grabbed Xiyue's neck, Xiyue was shocked, and sacrificed flying feathers to attack Su Chen, but Su Chen raised his other hand and grabbed two gorgeous blue flying feathers, although the palm of his hand was cut by the sharp flying feathers, and the blood flowed, but Su Chen was unconscious, Ren Feiyu struggled, blue light was shining, he was motionless, and his eyes were full of madness, and the hand that pinched Xiyue also increased his strength.
Xiyue slept for three days, her strength did not fully recover, and at this moment, she was detained by Su Chen, who suddenly turned black, naturally she couldn't break free, her breathing became more and more difficult, her face became worse and worse, and even her consciousness was blurred.
"What should I do?" Xiyue was anxious, and she really felt the threat of death.
Before her consciousness fell out, she suddenly shouted with all her might: "Dog baby, let go, you can see clearly, I am your Qingli sister!"
The word Qingli seems to have a deterrent power for Su Chen, as soon as Su Chen, who became frantic under blackening, heard "Qingli", his body suddenly shook, and his eyes regained a trace of clarity, but the whole person seemed to become dazed, as soon as his hand was loosened, Xiyue fell to the ground, and the two flying feathers immediately returned to Xiyue's side, circling and dancing, protecting the master.
Su Chen stumbled back a few steps, and there was a sharp pain in his head again, which made him can't help but let out a roar, he held his head, roared in pain, and ran out.
Xiyue hurriedly caught up, and Su Chen became like this again, in case something happened......
In the mountains and forests, the crazy man roared and roared, sometimes rolling on the ground with his head in his hands, sometimes grabbing the ground with his head, and sometimes involuntarily crashing into the big trees around him, and the trunks of some trees were knocked out of the gaps;
Xiyue chased after her, saw Su Chen's painful appearance, temporarily forgot about Su Chen's almost killing her just now, and rushed directly to hold Su Chen, but her body was still weak, where could she hold a crazy person, but Su Chen pushed her down and fell to the ground. But she didn't care about the pain in her body, got up and continued to hug Su Chen, trying to restrain him.
Su Chen roared in pain, slapped Xi Yue on the shoulder with his backhand, and the corner of Xi Yue's mouth was bleeding, and she flew out upside down, hit the trunk of a big tree, and fell to the ground.
"Su ...... Chen ......" Xiyue stretched out her hand weakly towards Su Chen, and tears slipped from the corners of her eyes.
At this time, in the palm of Su Chen's left hand, a cross-shaped mark emitted light, and the cross mark on Xiyue's right hand was also glowing.
In front of the darkness, a handsome and elegant young man in white sat cross-legged, his body was illusory, his face was full of pain, and his body was covered with black mist, which was entanglement and invasion of the transparent white-clothed boy, and the white light on his body flickered on and flickered, fighting against the black mist like maggots attached to the bones.
It's Su Chen!
Seeing this scene, Xiyue found that she was also in a translucent state, and immediately understood that this was probably where Su Chen's soul was. It turns out that the root of Su Chen's pain lies in this, the black mist is his inner demon, once it is eroded by the inner demon, Su Chen will completely lose himself, either enter the demon or die, unless he can defeat the inner demon, he will have that day sooner or later.
The situation was urgent, and Xiyue sat down cross-legged and began to chant a mantra.
There is a scripture that has been circulated since ancient times, which was created by its ancestors, and is only inherited among the Ice Phoenix clan, and non-Ice Phoenix people cannot cultivate. This sutra is called the "Sutra of Reincarnation", which is the supreme treasure of the Binghuang clan, Xiyue is practicing according to the "Sutra of Reincarnation", and what she recited is a spell from the "Sutra of Reincarnation", which was prepared by the ancestors of their clan to help future generations keep the spiritual platform clear and clear on the way to cultivation, and not be disturbed by demons.
Xi Yue's treasure at this moment*, her whole body bloomed with a gorgeous blue light, and the incantation came out of her mouth, like a roar of the avenue, and poured into the ears of the young man who was struggling to support in front of her, and then Su Chen's expression changed, and he opened his mouth with difficulty, reciting this scripture. After reciting the complete passage, the light on his illusory body was magnificent, and as it was repeated over and over again, the dazzling white light illuminated the dark place, and the black mist continued to evaporate and dissolve, unable to continue to entangle Su Chen.
Xiyue breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time, a strange force appeared, pushing her out of this place.
"Was it just an out-of-body experience?" Xiyue found herself back in the woods, her face confused. When she looked at Su Chen again, she found that he had calmed down, sitting cross-legged on the ground, with white rays flashing on his body, and the treasure was circulating, lining him like an immortal.
Su Chen was fine for the time being, Xiyue's mind relaxed, and suddenly a sharp pain hit her whole body, she couldn't help but scream, and said to herself through gritted teeth: "What kind of sin have I created to have such a friend." "It's good that she didn't suffer internal injuries this time, otherwise with her current state, it's no wonder that she doesn't die.
"When you're normal, bastard, I'm going to have to clean you up. "Xiyue is really angry, this buddy will go crazy when he doesn't agree with each other, and when he goes crazy, he will make her suffer, and she will be angry when she thinks about it. She endured the pain, sat cross-legged, and began to exercise
However, Xiyue also understands that this "Pure Heart Mantra" in the "Reincarnation Sutra" cannot completely eradicate the inner demons, and can only be temporarily suppressed. Because the inner demon is not something that actually exists, but a kind of emotion generated by the negative emotions in people's hearts, evil desires and evil thoughts, any monk will encounter in the process of cultivation, but the strength is different, some monks' inner demons are too strong, which will make the monk himself out of control, at least he will go mad and fall into the devil, and at worst he will die, and although the inner demon can be suppressed with the help of external forces, it must rely on its own strength to kill it. Those who are not strong enough are often more likely to be devoured by demons.
Su Chen's mind is strong enough, although for some reason he is more easily demonized than ordinary monks, but he has been relying on his own strength to resist the demons, and his willpower is very strong.
With this foundation, the effect of the Mind Purification Mantra can be better developed.
When Xiyue woke up, it was dusk, and after tossing for so long a day, it was almost time, and it was the most suitable time to cultivate the "Reincarnation Sutra". After her pain subsided slightly, Xiyue also sat down cross-legged and began to exercise pranayama, she needed to recover as soon as possible, otherwise she would not be able to cope with Su Chen's misfortune.
The moonlight sprinkled into the sky, enveloping the moon, the power of the yin surged like a hundred rivers converging, continuously replenishing the almost dry spiritual power of the moon, and the two ice phoenix flying feathers circled around the moon, also bathed in the yin, the blue light was shining, turning into a beautiful trajectory.
At this moment, Xiyue suddenly felt empty in her heart, and a mysterious and mysterious feeling came to her heart, and she found that after the power of Taiyin entered the body, it flowed much faster than usual, like a big river rushing, surging Pengbai, flowing endlessly along the meridians, and after every week, it poured into the dantian and gathered there.
Xiyue had an epiphany, she was about to break through from the Spirit Control Period to the Jindan Period!
After understanding this change in her body, Xiyue began to refine her "Dan" in accordance with the exclusive cultivation method of the Ice Phoenix Clan recorded in the "Reincarnation Sutra".
During the Jindan period, after the cultivation of the three basic realms is completed, the first stage of the third order in the "mortal realm" that the monks will face, after the accumulation of heaven and earth aura in the spirit control period, monks of any race need to carry out the cultivation as a key step in the advancement, "alchemy". This "alchemy" is based on the monk's own body as the furnace, with the accumulated heaven and earth aura as the material, leading the "divine fire of the heart" to refine, refining the spiritual power as "Dan", the human race will call it "Jindan", and in other non-human races, it is generally called "Neidan".
At the same time, the process of alchemy is also a cleansing of the body, many monks are congenitally deficient, but if they cultivate to the golden pill period, there will be a chance to be reborn in the "alchemy". The divine fire of the heart will not only refine the aura of heaven and earth, but also refine the body as a furnace, and purify the flesh and blood.
And after the Dancheng is completed, it operates on its own, even if it does not cultivate, it will slowly absorb the aura of heaven and earth, it itself is transformed by aura, and it can absorb aura, and always keep the monk in a state of abundant spiritual power, unless the consumption far exceeds the supplement, generally speaking, the Jindan period monk can basically be said to have endless spiritual power.
At this time, Xiyue was looking at her own body, there were no viscera in her body, no bones and blood, she was empty, and she saw the power of Taiyin gathering in the same place one by one, like clouds and mist gathering, so thick that it seemed to be raining, seeing this scene, Xiyue began to take the next step.
She completely immersed her mind in the rich power of Taiyin, silently using the "Alchemy Chapter" in the "Sutra of Reincarnation", and suddenly created a fire in the void, bright red and transparent, like glass; It's a time-consuming process that can't be disturbed, and if it's interrupted, it's all lost.
Under the calcination of the divine fire of the heart, the power of Taiyin gradually became condensed, and Xiyue controlled the fire with her heart, and also paid attention to the changes of "Dan" at any time.
At this moment, looking at Xiyue's body, the power of Taiyin, which was so rich that it could not be dissolved, also formed a "Dan", wrapping Xiyue inside, and the bright red and transparent heart fire like glass was also burning everywhere in her body, but the miraculous thing was that this fire did not burn her clothes and hair, but only forced some impurities out of her body and burned them all.
Su Chen had already woken up, and after suppressing the demons in his heart, he also had the mysterious feeling that the realm was about to break through, but he pressed it down vigorously, because he didn't dare to make a breakthrough in this place where he didn't know whether it was safe or not, but as soon as he opened his eyes, he saw Xiyue's strange appearance, and suddenly opened his mouth wide in surprise, and sighed in his heart: "Should I say that you have a big heart or what?" However, Xiyue had already entered the state, and Su Chen naturally did not interrupt, so he stood up, concentrating on vigilance, and protecting Xiyue every step of the way, so as not to destroy Xiyue's advancement due to external interference.
"Don't worry, I won't leave you alone. Su Chen whispered, and then was silent, his face was not very good, because he remembered that he seemed to have done something immoral......
In Xiyue's body, under the calcination of the Divine Fire of the Heart, the power of Taiyin decreased at a speed visible to the naked eye, and a lot of mist evaporated and was expelled from the body, leaving behind the true essence. As the power of Taiyin decreases, a "Dan" is gradually taking shape.
The "Dan" of ordinary Terran monks is brilliant gold, so this realm is called "Jindan Period", but the "Dan" of Xiyue is different, showing a crystal blue, like a beautiful blue diamond, above the blue Inner Dan, there are also peculiar cyan lines, and its trajectory is full of mystery, as if it is natural.
The power of Taiyin in her body was finally completely exhausted, because all the spiritual power turned into a crystal clear inner pill, and those cyan lines were also completely formed, and if you look closely, it looks like an ice phoenix with wings ready to fly, lifelike. When the Dan was completed, the aura overflowed from the Inner Dan again, flowing into her meridians until it filled her body. Outside her body, the translucent "Dan" eventually turned into a stream of pure Taiyin power and integrated into her body, until it completely disappeared, leaving only a layer of moonlight shrouded in her, making her look holy and beautiful.
Xiyue has become different, especially her temperament, which has changed significantly, giving her a more holy and noble charm. When she opened her eyes again, a blue light flashed in her eyes, making her already crystal blue eyes even brighter, and she was covered in blue light, but not dazzling, soft and bright.
At this time, the east has already revealed the white of the fish's belly, the sun is about to rise, and the moon has also broken into the golden pill period.
What a bonus!