"Ascension is a hoax." The national teacher muttered, repeating Gu Xu's words.

Then he was silent for a moment and asked his own question: "If the Ascension is a scam, then those Ascension Immortals in history, such as Emperor Taizu, such as the ancestors of the Three Great Gate Valves...... Where have they all gone? Did you get any other key information from him when you confronted him? ”

The Great Qi National Master sought answers to a question from a Third Realm cultivator, and it seemed a little unbelievable.

But this is the consistent temperament of the national teacher.

As long as the "academic issues" are discussed, whether it is the art of the seal or the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth, he will instantly forget the dignity and dignity of the world, and mingle with monks of different status and cultivation.

"Kong Xuansan had mentioned that the Ascending Thunder Tribulation was a hundred times more terrifying than he had imagined, and he felt that it was impossible for any monk to survive that kind of Thunder Tribulation," Gu Xu said, "After that, I once guessed that maybe the Thunder Tribulation was not a necessary level for Ascension to the Immortal Realm, but a means to erase powerful cultivators.

"After all, the place of 'Immortal World' only exists in books and word of mouth, but no one can prove that it is real. Every monk who has gone through the thunder tribulation, except for the Kongxuansan people, who rely on the "Zhao Ming Forbidden Technique" to survive in the world, has completely lost contact with the human world...... We can't tell if they arrived at Elysium above the Nine Heavens, or if they were scattered and lost in the course of the tribulation......

"The immortal realm must exist," before Gu Xu could finish speaking, the national teacher interrupted him, "The immortal realm is the abode of the heavens. The heavens exist, and the fairy world exists. ”

When he said this, the tone of the national teacher was very resolute, which was completely different from his previous amiable attitude.

However, after the words fell, he realized that he seemed to be a little excited, worried that he might scare Gu Xu, so he smiled and added: "It is a commendable thing for young people to dare to make bold assumptions. However, this kind of principled question should not be easily questioned. ”

"I see, Master Kuni." Gu Xu nodded and said.

He realized that in the minds of the native inhabitants of the Great Wilderness, "God" had a supreme and undesecrated status.

The national teacher can put down his identity and talk freely with him about the "gossip logic circuit diagram".

But when the topic comes to "God", his attitude will become extraordinarily stubborn and extraordinarily firm.

Then, the national teacher waved his sleeves, conjured three pillars of incense out of thin air, lit it with Zhenyuan, and inserted it into the incense burner in front of Chiyangzi's tomb.

The incense burner is not large in size, simple in shape, and has a faint rust on the surface in the long-term sun and rain.

In the early morning sun, the green smoke swirls upward, curling up, and the fragrance is faint.

Gu Xu also followed behind the national teacher and bowed to Chiyangzi's grave.

Chiyangzi's "Seven Styles of Burning the Sky" led him into the world of "Tao", and also helped him escape death by the black altar in Yishan...... In a sense, Chiyoko can be counted as one of his teachers.

However, at this time, Gu Xu suddenly frowned slightly.

"Master Guoshi, I want to ask...... Who chose the address for this cemetery of Chiyangzi's predecessors? ”

"It was chosen by him before his death," the national teacher turned his head, looking a little surprised, as if he didn't expect Gu Xu to ask such a question, "Shizun has been depressed in the house since he abolished his cultivation. So one day, my brother and I took him out for a walk. As we walked to this place, he suddenly told us that he would be buried here in the future. ”

"I feel that the feng shui of this place is ...... Something seems wrong. ”

Gu Xu had already discovered at this time that the place where the Chiyangzi cemetery was located was not a treasure of burial feng shui in the traditional sense.

Because the burial place is originally a yin land, it is easy to cause the gathering of yin and evil qi and give birth to ghosts and ghosts, so the people of the Great Wilderness have always attached great importance to the feng shui of the yin house.

In the feng shui books he read, there was such a description: "Mountains and rivers come and go, and you have a long life and abundant wealth." The mountain prisoner and the water flow, and the king was destroyed. ”

People often choose a flat and wide place near mountains and rivers as a cemetery, which not only ensures sufficient sunlight, but also requires that there are greenery around.

They believe that such a place can ensure the circulation of qi, the balance of yin and yang, and avoid excessive yin qi and invite disasters.

But Chiyoko's grave is completely inconsistent with these characteristics.

This place is located in the northeast of Luojing City, and belongs to the "Gen" position in the gossip, that is, the location of the "ghost gate"; Its topography is also located between several ridges, surrounded by mountains in all directions, and it is like being imprisoned.

In addition, Gu Xu also learned that Luojing City is known as the "Land of Dragon Xing" - its luck comes from Kunlun and Qinling, which are called "Dragon Veins", and through the three mountains and five mountains, it has formed a "Taiji Treasure Cave" that gathers the fortune of the whole country in Luojing City.

However, due to the topography, Luojing's vigorous dragon qi was blocked here, and it was difficult to circulate.

If Gu Xu's judgment is not wrong, the feng shui here has formed a "trapped dragon prison situation".

By no means a good place for burials.

Chiyoko...... Why did he choose to be buried in such a place?

"Gu Xiaoyou, although I am not a feng shui master, I have also read some books on feng shui," at the same time, the national teacher also said slowly on the side, "When the master chose this place, I was also very surprised. But then I thought that Shizun has always been known for his profound knowledge, and there must be a reason why he chose this place.

"We, the disciples who are not knowledgeable, should not question his mind in vain."

Hearing his words, Gu Xu once again deeply felt that although the national teacher was eager to learn and shameless to ask, he was still an out-and-out wilderness man in his bones - he believed in God, respected his teacher, obeyed the imperial power, and had many deep-rooted concepts in his head, and rarely questioned authority.

On the contrary, Chiyangzi, who created "Seven Styles of Burning the Sky", looks like an outlier.

Gu Xu stopped talking.

He stood quietly in place, thinking about what kind of thoughts Chiyoko had in mind when he came to this place before his death.

After the failure of the ascension of the Kongxuan Sanren, he turned himself into a ghost with the "Zhao Ming Forbidden Technique", and then under the influence of the forbidden art, he gradually lost his humanity - from a hero who killed Han Qi and eliminated harm for the people, to a demon who did not hesitate to hold a promotion ceremony with 100,000 people in Qingzhou Mansion as sacrifices.

But at the same time, he also used the last bit of rationality belonging to the human race, in the inheritance of the top of Laoshan Mountain, with a song "Qingping Le", leaving a warning of "be careful of Tianxing, don't seek to soar".

Such a move, placed on a ninth-realm monk, seemed a little too cautious.

At this time, Gu Xu also thought that in front of the black altar of Yishan, when the Kong Xuansan people forcibly stuffed some memory fragments into his brain, a piece of content was quietly erased.

There seems to be a mysterious force trying to prevent him from knowing the crucial information.

"Could it be...... Chiyangzi's predecessors set their graves in this 'Trapped Dragon Heavenly Prison Bureau', did they want to pass on some important information to future generations in this way? A bold guess suddenly popped up in Gu Xu's heart.

He took a deep breath, then narrowed his eyes slightly.

This time, he no longer relied solely on observing the environment of this place, but with his own divine sense, he captured the flow of the breath of this place.

Seeing his actions, the national teacher shook his head slightly, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "He can't be inspired by some kind of inspiration and enter a state of epiphany, right?" ”

This is not surprising to the national teacher.

After all, since Gu Xu suddenly comprehended the spell of "Thousands of Flowers and Trees on the Night of the East Wind" in the ring on the night of the Lantern Festival, almost the entire Luojing City knew that this young man from Qingzhou Mansion was gifted and possessed a terrifying understanding beyond common sense.

The national teacher was even full of anticipation for the outcome of his epiphany.

…………

Minutes and seconds passed.

The cold aura from all around gradually intertwined in Gu Xu's field of vision, as if forming a special, gray filter, making him see a different world.

In an instant, the sparsely planted hillside vanished, and the clear blue sky vanished.

In its place, there is an almost airtight iron fence that stretches from the high dome to the distant horizon.

The ground is also made of iron mesh.

Beyond the iron mesh, a viscous scarlet flame of blood burned brightly, making it scorching hot.

Then there are iron snakes and iron dogs, spitting flames from their mouths and patrolling the prison walls.

Standing in this iron wall and iron net, Gu Xu felt like a fish in a pot, being scorched by high temperatures.

Inexplicably, a sentence came to his mind: "The iron wall and iron net around the circle are pervasive, and the ground is also iron, the fire is above and below, and the fire is above and below." ”

He thought he had seen it in a book.

But at this moment, even if he racked his brains, he couldn't figure out what was going on with this passage.

Then he glanced at the national teacher beside him.

He found that there was an extra metal shackle on the feet of the national teacher—it was not ordinary metal, but a red-hot soldering iron, which scorched his flesh and blood, and caused the red blood to gush out and drip.

But the national teacher still looked calm, unaware of this.

Gu Xu looked down at himself again.

Fortunately, he himself was not shackled and did not have any wounds.

There was a thin, silvery-white halo that enveloped his whole person, forming a protective barrier. In this silvery white light, it seems that the shadows of many stars can be faintly glimpsed.

However, the dark red flames that emerged from the ground had been trying to break through his starlight barrier, like countless hungry beasts, trying to devour him completely.

Seeing such a scene, even if Gu Xu had a psychological quality far beyond ordinary people, he couldn't help but shiver.

"The Great Wilderness is a prison."

One such thought popped into his mind.

He wanted to open his mouth immediately and tell the national teacher about this idea—because he felt that this might be a remnant of Chiyangzi's thoughts, and he wanted to use the "Trapped Dragon Heavenly Prison Bureau" here to convey important information to them.

"Big ......"

However, at the moment when Gu Xu opened his mouth to say the first syllable, a powerful and mysterious force suddenly stopped him, causing his vocal cords to stop vibrating and no longer make any sound.

He even sensed that if he wanted to tell this secret again, this force would completely wipe out his soul from this world in an extremely domineering manner.

In that case, he would no longer need to work hard to become a saint in pursuit of immortality.

He was eighteen years old and could be laid to rest.

So he simply chose to give up.

The world in his field of vision also returned to normal in an instant.

The sky was still clear, the sun was still shining, and the cool breeze rustled the grass and trees on the hillside.

Everything that had just happened seemed to be just a hallucination on his part.

"Perhaps...... Chiyangzi's predecessors went mad because they saw the terrible situation of the iron wall and iron net covering and burning with fire. Gu Xu took a deep breath and silently guessed in his heart.

The national teacher stood beside him, with a concerned expression on his face, and said to him, "Gu Xiaoyou, are you okay?" ”

The national teacher had obviously noticed his frightened look just now.

"I'm fine, thank you for your concern." Gu Xu smiled and responded.

He didn't dare to show the slightest abnormality now.

I don't know if it's his delusion.

He felt that the mysterious power gave him a very familiar feeling.

It has a very strong coercion, with an arrogant attitude of forcing sentient beings to submit, "those who follow me prosper, and those who oppose me perish".

It reminded him of the "Heavenly Dragon Domain" that the other party used to perform with his exercises when he and the fourth prince Xiao Shangzhen competed in the "Realm of the Dao".

It also reminded him of the terrible coercion that came from the palace building that seemed to have a thousand gravity and forced him to prostrate and worship when he entered the Great Qi Palace to accept the title canonization.

I don't know if it's his delusion.

He felt that the mysterious power gave him a very familiar feeling.

It has a very strong coercion, with an arrogant attitude of forcing sentient beings to submit, "those who follow me prosper, and those who oppose me perish".

It reminded him of the "Heavenly Dragon Domain" that the other party used to perform with his exercises when he and the fourth prince Xiao Shangzhen competed in the "Realm of the Dao".

It also reminded him of the terrible coercion that came from the palace building that seemed to have a thousand gravity and forced him to prostrate and worship when he entered the Great Qi Palace to accept the title canonization.

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Exegesis:

(1) "Mountains and rivers come and go, and you live and have abundant wealth." The mountain prisoner and the water flow, and the king was destroyed. ——Jin Guo Pu, "The Book of Burial"

(2) "The iron wall and iron net around the perimeter are pervasive, and the ground is also iron, and the fire is above and below, and the fire is above and below." —The Great Nirvana Sutra, Volume 19 (It describes the scene of the "Infernal Hell" in Buddhism. ）

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