For more than 2,000 years, Li Changsheng felt that he had been repeating one thing, gaining and losing.

When he was a mortal, he took the test to gain fame, thinking that as long as he had enough talent, even if he didn't rely on others, he could. The champion of high school, worshipping officials and entering the court, and even celebrities in history.

Li Changsheng did the first step, he paid enough sweat and talent to become the youngest showman. thought that he was making great progress all the way, but in the end he was rejected three times and twice.

Later, the official who stumbled him fell because of the battle in the court, and thought that this would be the end of the dragon, but he was affected and lost his fame.

Before the superhuman strength, if a mortal wants to get out of the way, luck accounts for six points, and if he tries too hard, he will feel the injustice of reality.

Later, Li Changsheng found a new goal, which was to practice, but he didn't even have a sense of qi. Li Changsheng finally walked out of his own way, without the help of anyone.

The most frustrating thing is not despair, but the disillusionment of hope.

If there is one place in the world that is most likely to come back to life, it can only be Lethe. And the most likely way to resurrect the dead can only be the existence in Lethe in front of them.

"None of you have a way to bring the dead back to life?"

Li Changsheng asked again.

After a long time, someone stood up and said: "Senior, there is the ability of reincarnation at the end of Lethe. ”

Li Changsheng had heard this sentence from the Buddha's gate and from the mouth of the immortal, but the first two were not as sure as he was.

The answer to the question was an old man carrying a coffin on his back, and the image of old age belonged to the majority of the crowd. Being in the midst of Lethe, staying young is a luxury, and instead of using extra energy to maintain a vain appearance, it is better to put all the vitality inside.

But the old man in front of him made people feel older than everyone present, because his limit was approaching.

"I've heard a lot of people say that." Li Changsheng's eyes drooped slightly, and he held a half-rotten fire cloud bird in his hand.

The size of a palm, it emits an unparalleled wave of heat, and if it falls into the mortal world, it can turn into a mountain of flames. However, this is not the point, there are more terrifying existences that can turn thousands of miles into red land, but the special thing about this bird is that it still retains a trace of life.

Refining can prolong life.

The old man carrying the coffin looked straight in his eyes, and then he fixed his mind and said: "There is no way to resurrect the dead, but it can prove the existence of reincarnation. ”

"How?" Li Changsheng suddenly became a little interested.

In Kyushu, she has read too many classics, and those sects that are still alive after the troubled times are out of admiration or fear, and they are very generous to let themselves consult various classics in the sect at will. After Li Changsheng visited the Tianxia Sect, he saw the description of reincarnation I don't know how many times.

But there is no way, and no one can prove the existence of reincarnation.

The old man carrying the coffin said slowly: "The old man only wakes up once in a thousand years, and he has lived for more than 30,000 years, not much knowledge, but he can be regarded as feeling the changes in the laws of heaven and earth." ”

He looked up and looked around at some of the people.

"In recent years, I have felt that the end is near, and I am no longer asleep, and I have been talking to all of you in this room, hoping to break through. However, if the heavens do not fulfill people's wishes, I am afraid that it is hopeless. So I wanted to summarize all kinds of perceptions and inheritances in this life, and find an opportunity to send them back to the cultivation world to leave some inheritances. ”

Generally speaking, monks accept disciples when their life is approaching, at least when they are entering old age and have no hope of breaking through. At the same time, when I was young, I saw the inheritance to death, and I wanted to find a successor, and if I couldn't find it, I would leave the inheritance around me and wait for someone to come.

As a result, there was another major activity in the cultivation world, and that was to dig up the graves of the old-timers. Li Changsheng also participated a few times when he was young, and he didn't take anything, just to visit.

In this way, it can also be seen that these people's intentions are just to leave some traces in the cultivation world. It is precisely because of this kind of behavior that the cultivation world has accumulated a large number of methods, and future generations can push through the old and bring forth the new ones to go further.

In the early years, Li Changsheng often drew on the experience of his predecessors.

"I privately believe that the laws of heaven and earth are not created out of nothing, they are all created by sentient beings. The reincarnation of Buddhism, the reincarnation of Taoism, all things in Taoism embrace yang and negative yin, do you feel a little familiar? Qi refining was Taoist at the beginning, and there may not have been a Buddhist Tao at that time, but now whoever wants to change their life against the sky will take it from Qi refining. ”

Li Changsheng opened his eyes slightly, the old man looked pensive, and the rest of the people either turned their heads to each other or lowered their heads in thought.

Needless to say, reincarnation, the Lethe River under their feet is flowing with countless remnant souls. The obsession is deep to wash for a few years, and the soul can return to heaven and earth in an instant without worry.

It was the latter that really made everyone ponder.

Li Changsheng is so talented, he understands the truth with a little dialing.

He said in a flat voice:

"The way of nature is immersed, so all things in heaven and earth are born, and the way of heaven and earth is quiet, so yin and yang win. The form exists as a god, and the form as a god disappears, and both inside and outside the Jindan Avenue is not subject to the mandate of heaven. ”

The sound turned into an invisible fluctuation and shook the void, the Lechuan River of the Zhou Dynasty boiled slightly, and countless dead remnant souls gathered here intentionally or unintentionally.

A pair of hands stretched out of the water, struggling, roaring, longing.

Not subject to the way of destiny, beyond the power of red dust.

If they are still alive, they may be able to use this to change their lives against the heavens and enter the ranks of cultivation.

This is the great supernatural person, who follows the law.

Li Changsheng's words made the rest of the people present who had not yet grasped the key suddenly realize.

Mortals enter Lethe, and the souls of monks return to heaven and earth.

The two correspond to the two sayings of Buddhism and Taoism, respectively.

Li Changsheng's voice suddenly changed and said: "But this statement can convince many people, but it can't prove that reincarnation really exists. What I need is a definitive answer, not a vague argument. ”

"Don't worry, senior."

The old man raised his hand slowly, and a bright yellow flame appeared in the palm of his hand. Very sparse and ordinary fire method, there is not much surprise.

At least Li Changsheng wouldn't think that he was blind, and if he insisted on saying that there was anything peculiar, that is, the technique was very ancient.

It is also the method of fire, and the technique of 1000 years ago is different from that of 1000 years later, just like writing in the mundane. But one thing will not change, most of the methods are stronger than the ancient methods, and the more common the spells, the more so.

Because human beings are prevalent in inheritance, they are based on the experience of their ancestors.

The old man with the coffin said, "Can the seniors take me 100 miles to the west?" I am now in the five decays of heaven and man, and my cultivation has suffered great damage, and my legs and feet are inconvenient. ”

"Yes."

Li Changsheng came to him in a flash, put his hand on his shoulder, and the two disappeared in the next second.

Everyone only felt that the two of them were like a breath of wind, and they floated out for more than ten miles with a single breath, and they could no longer be perceived when they blinked again.

Hundreds of miles away, the Lechuan River has not changed in the slightest, and the golden river water does not flow slowly. On both sides, land, scattered sandy beaches and wastelands began to appear, and unknown black shadows flashed from time to time.

It wasn't real land, it was the corpse of some kind of creature.

Li Changsheng and the old man of Heaven and Man suddenly appeared, the latter looked at the scattered sandy beaches, and said, "I think when I first came, this was a piece of land, and now it has been almost washed away by the Lethe River. You should also see that in Lethe, all forms are the remains of some being. ”

"It's not that they're so strong that they don't die, it's because of the law, if they are put outside, they will rot in a hundred years, and they will completely return to heaven and earth in a few hundred years."

As he spoke, he opened his palm again, and a bright yellow flame appeared, one foot high.

Li Changsheng's eyes narrowed slightly, and he said, "The laws here have changed in a hundred miles. ”

The same mana, the same power, can multiply the flames several times here.

The old man replied, "This is the basis of old decay, and this Lethe is like the grave of every age. Just because there is no reincarnation in our time does not mean that there was no reincarnation in the primeval period. All the claims are not groundless, and all the laws have evolved from the supernatural powers. ”

"This Lethe River may also be a powerful Taoist of a certain Buddhism, you can take me forward another 500 miles."

Li Changsheng picked up the old man again and flew towards the source of Lethe. The further you go in, the lighter the gray fog becomes, the more you can see, and Lethe is no longer as clean as before.

If the Lethe River at the entrance is a river made of golden liquid, then it is a swamp soaked in bones. Pieces of white islands floated, and the three-foot-tall imp squatted by the river, constantly scooping up the remnants and putting them in his mouth.

Suddenly, a huge eyeball flew from the Lethe River, and a huge illusion was fabricated in an instant, trapping the two of them like bamboo baskets.

Li Changsheng swung out a sword, and the Taishang Wuji Sword Intent could not cut anything, and the power of the Heavenly Sword could cut all things in the sky and the earth.

In an instant, all illusions were shattered.

A flash of thunder appeared in Li Changsheng's eyes, and his sword pointed at the eyeball with a radius of more than a thousand zhang. Seeing this, the old man next to him hurriedly stopped him and said, "The ancestor of the heart demon is the ancestor of the heart demon, and it is rumored that the heart demon is the evolution of it. There is only a part of this place, and the strength is very weak, so I can't help you and me, so don't kill him. ”

"Why?"

Li Changsheng paused slightly.

The old man explained: "Because killing it will leave traces, just like chasing souls, there will be more demon remnants coming to you in the future." The demons, the great enemy of the monks, can kill people invisibly. ”

"At the same time, under the influence of the laws of heaven and earth, this heart demon remnant will generally only attack once, and after you get through, it will no longer attack you."

The huge eyeballs looked at the two of them fixedly at the moment, and indeed did not continue to attack.

Li Changsheng took a deep look at the old man and said, "The old gentleman is worthy of living here for tens of thousands of years, and he really knows more than me, but he doesn't know his name?" ”

"I have won awards, and I call the old man Luo Mo. I'm not a decent person, but I'm not a murderer either. The old man's words and deeds were as modest as ever, and even a little respectful.

Then he continued: "I'll show you another method, a method that worked 30,000 years ago and won't work after 30,000 years. ”

After that, he stepped on the square circle, and the light of the Buddha appeared on his body, and he silently recited Amitabha Buddha in a low voice.

One second, two seconds, three seconds......

In the Lethe River, illusory figures crawled out, pulled by some kind of force, and formed a long line behind the old man.

"Senior, this is the method of 30,000 years ago, the Death Mantra. At that time, mortals who die need to recite the mantra of the past before they can enter Lethe, otherwise they will become lonely ghosts. ”

(End of chapter)