Chapter 358: Xuan Huang Reverse Refining Heart
Chapter 356 – Xuan Huang Reverse Refining Heart
But then, Li Fan, who was seeking an answer to the heart refining, had a flash of light and seemed to have thought of something.
The heart clarified a piece, like a passerby coldly observing like, rationally analyzing.
“Is this my inner instinct?”
“When encountering this desperate situation, some might choose to venture into the white mist, desperate for a chance of survival.”
“Some might choose to die poor and not die a friend, striking first and using conspiratorial means to put others to death first.”
“There are those who would rather die than lay their hands on their companions.”
“I, on the other hand, subconsciously responded by hiding and hibernating first, waiting for others to finish killing each other and then reap the benefits.”
“……”
“This is the optimal strategic choice based on the status quo, and is also related to the experiences I’ve been through.”
“Each person’s choice is different. In my opinion, personality makes the difference and there are no advantages or disadvantages.”
“This is what is called, the true heart of man.”
“Refining the heart refines the heart ……”
Li Fan pondered in a daze and muttered.
Forgetting the crisis-ridden tide of demonic sounds outside the stronghold, forgetting the sinister situation within the stronghold that was about to end.
As if he was mesmerized, his mind was completely immersed, and even the several small-scale attacks of demonic sounds failed to affect him.
Time rushed by in Li Fan’s unraveling enlightenment.
In this way, the fiftieth day after the outbreak of the Great Tide.
Leng Ying Yi still hadn’t returned, in order to hold on for as long as possible.
After deliberation, the people decided to abandon most of the area of the Aixu stronghold.
Only a few basic buildings were retained.
In this way, it would be possible to reduce the consumption rate of the [Black Death Talisman] by almost half.
The movable area was drastically reduced though.
But compared to living a little longer, squeezing it in is nothing.
Just originally familiar with the crowd, each other obviously more a little defense.
On the surface are still a courteous look, but what they really think in their hearts, only the people themselves know.
The surging undercurrents, the hidden killing intent.
When Li Fan realized that the atmosphere around him was gradually getting out of place, he finally slowly woke up from his trance under his body’s instinctive warning.
With a slight sweep, Li Fan was clear about what the situation was today.
From ancient times to the present, this kind of drama of being trapped in a desperate situation and killing each other in order to survive was not uncommon.
Even Li Fan himself, after understanding his current situation, his killing intent was also rising.
This killing intent is his own mind.
It does not belong to distracting thoughts, and even the Xuan Huang Refining Heart Mantra cannot eliminate it.
Li Fan carefully sensed the thoughts that couldn’t stop emerging in his mind.
“Seeking life is a human instinct. To kill for life is to follow the mind.”
“Conform to the mind, conform to the mind ……”
Suddenly, Li Fan froze in a slight daze and kept repeating this word silently in his mind.
After a long time, his eyes flashed a strange color.
“Refining the heart, refining the heart. How can you refine your heart when it’s always a smooth situation?”
“I’m afraid that in order to refine the heart of the Dao, one needs to hone it with adversity.”
“Adversity, adversity ……”
As if a bolt of lightning split through the fog, in an instant, Li Fan understood something.
“To witness longevity, one needs to go against the reasoning of heaven and earth.”
“And refining the heart of the Dao ……”
“One needs to go against the true will of the Self.”
“Perhaps all along, I have been practicing wrongly.”
Li Fan’s eyes slowly became bright.
“Following one’s heart and crushing all distracting thoughts is, at best, still at the level of the Clear Heart Mantra.”
“If you want to truly cultivate the Xuan Huang Refining Heart Mantra, you have to hone your heart.”
“Fighting against one’s instinctive choices?”
Thinking about this, Li Fan only felt enlightened, and the depression in his heart was swept away.
The operation of the Heart Refining Mantra was suddenly more than several times faster than before.
“It seems that the mistaken guess is still true.”
“Reverse refining the dao heart.”
“This cultivation method is really quite peculiar as well.”
“Taking this Aetherial Crisis as an example, if I want to use this to refine my heart, I can’t follow my instinctive thoughts that way.”
“It’s best to do it the other way around.”
“The greater the difference from one’s own original mind, the more tormented one’s heart is, the more significant the effect of the Heart Refining Mantra’s cultivation will be.”
“Then the best choice should be ……”
Li Fan’s thoughts turned rapidly, and in an instant, he had already made a judgment.
The Heart Refining Mantra that was running more and more without any obstruction also corroborated his speculation.
“It’s just that, is it worth it to do so.”
“The Xuanhuang Heart Refining Mantra is still above the Cloud Water Illusory Dream Technique in the Return to Truth rating ……”
After pondering for a moment, Li Fan made a decision.
Not long afterward, inside the council hall of the A Xu stronghold.
Li Fan summoned the crowd and raised the questions in his mind.
“The feasibility of forcibly returning to the Eternal Immortal Bastion? Master Li, why are you asking this?” The Qing Xuan Guardian whose name was He Chen asked with some confusion.
However, he immediately reacted and thought that Li Fan wanted to have someone go forward to ask for help again.
His face turned a little ugly, but he still answered truthfully, “In recent days, not only has the tide of demonic sounds shown no signs of abating, but there is even a tendency for it to intensify.”
“With our current strength, if we want to force our way through the white mist in the tide of demonic sounds, I’m afraid ……”
He Chen shook his head repeatedly.
Another YuanYing cultivator of the Performing Arts Hall called Kong Yu also directly denied it, “Never!”
“I know the strength of fellow Daoist Leng. If he even fails to ask for help, we will definitely have no chance of success. Why don’t we wait for the tide of demonic sounds to weaken before we make a resolution.”
The rest of the people also urged.
“Let’s wait a little longer, maybe Captain Leng will be back soon?”
“Yes, Master Li, it’s better not to make a hasty decision just like that. As the saying goes, there’s strength in numbers, our strongholds don’t have a lot of manpower right now, but we can still barely take care of each other. If we split up again, I’m afraid we won’t be able to make it once we encounter any unexpected situations!”
……
The cultivators in the stronghold who were cooperating with the formation construction operation, even if they were at the YuanYing cultivation level, all addressed Li Fan as “Master”.
Even though Li Fan had always said that his level of formation dao was unusual and he could not be called a master, he tried his best to excuse himself.
However, there was no way to change the way these people called him.
After a long time, he could only acquiesce.
At this time, seeing that all the cultivators were in opposition, Li Fan said in his heart, “Actually, I have the same idea as you guys, it’s just a pity that I’m going to have to do an experiment.”
“It can only be done the other way around.”
However, he didn’t argue with them, but just waited for the crowd to quiet down and then gazed at them with a serious face.
Only when the crowd of cultivators all began to avoid dodging his gaze did Li Fan slowly speak out, “Gentlemen, the brightest of the brightest don’t speak in the dark. Previously, when there was no Demonic Sound Tide, a normal round trip to and from the Eternal Immortal Base from the Aixu stronghold would only take two or three days.”
“Nowadays, even if the great tide is terrifying, it’s difficult to make the trip. If everything is fine, the time required for a round trip will only take ten or so days at most.”
“If there is a delay in returning, I’m afraid that the result can only be some kind of change and bad luck.” “My generation of cultivators, struggling with the heavens, life and death is an ordinary matter, there is no need to be jealous of this.”
“In fact, before Captain Leng’s departure, he had specially explained to me.”
This sentence was indeed not made up by Li Fan, but was indeed true.
The several Qing Xuan Army cultivators present were all witnesses.
Therefore, after Li Fan finished his few words, a trace of gloom flashed in their eyes.
And there was a silence in the hall, none of the people refuted.
Only then did Li Fan continue, “Now that the supplies in the stronghold are about to run out, and seeing that the tide of demonic sounds has no momentum to stop ……”
“An inescapable question is placed in front of us, when the supplies are completely exhausted, what should we do?”
“Perhaps, there is no need to wait until then at all.”
“Seeing that the stock of the [Black Death Talisman] is getting smaller and smaller, I’m afraid that in order to fight for the last bit of hope for survival, some people already can’t restrain their killing hearts.”
Seeing Li Fan unabashedly expose the dark thoughts in the hearts of the people, some cultivators could not sit still and immediately came out to state their position.
“Impossible, absolutely impossible! Don’t worry, Master Li, for our Qingxuan Army, duty is greater than life.”
“That’s right! Master Li, since we have been ordered to protect your safety, we will definitely do it. If anyone else wants to harm you, they will not be able to do so unless they step over our corpses!”
Several Jindan cultivators belonging to the Qingxuan Army said righteously.
As for the other cultivators from the Performing Arts Hall and Tianji Hall within the stronghold, their faces became a bit tense when they saw this scene.
“Master Li ……”
He was about to say something, but Li Fan waved his hand to interrupt him.
With a slight smile, Li Fan said frankly, “All of you don’t have to be like this. Gryphons still steal life, let alone cultivators like us.”
“Cultivating to our realm, who hasn’t experienced a thousand difficulties and dangers?”
“There is nothing wrong with the idea of survival.”
“But ……”
Li Fan gave a slight beat, attracting the attention of all the cultivators.
He said with a serious and righteous face, “We are all compatriots of the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance, so if we die in the fight with the Five Elders Association, it is also considered a good death with no regrets.”
“But if we were to fall in a self-inflicted battle, I’m afraid I would only die in peace.”
“In order to avoid this, that’s why I believe that I should head to the Eternal Immortal Bastion once again to seek rescue before the supplies run out.”
“As all the brothers of the Qingxuan Army have said, this time, the demonic sound tidal wave raid was of rare intensity. I’m afraid that the Eternal Immortal Bastion is already too busy to take care of itself today, so we can’t expect them to send reinforcements.”
“In a desperate situation, it’s better to sit and wait for death than to let go and fight.”
Li Fan’s words were loud and clear, yet the cultivators present all had odd expressions on their faces when they heard them.
Everyone understood the reasoning, but the strongest person within the stronghold of the Aixu, Leng Yingyi, had already met an untimely end in this tide of demonic sounds.
Who can guarantee that they can do what Leng Yingyi couldn’t accomplish?
Staying in the stronghold, one could still survive for a while longer.
Outside the stronghold, facing the white fog and the tide, I’m afraid that immediately will be a dead end.
You, Li Fan, are still trying to incite us to go to our deaths, even though you speak so eloquently.
It’s hard to believe that you will still take the risk and personally go out?
The cultivators present all thought so.
However, at this moment, they had not yet reached the point of tearing their faces apart, they glanced at each other, or Kong Yu coughed lightly, wanting to persuade again.
However, Li Fan’s next words made them all stand up in shock.
“Captain Leng, in order to protect my safety, I’m afraid that he has already died in the tide of demonic sounds.”
“I would have been heartbroken.”
“I also know that the matter of seeking help is incredibly dangerous. If any more of you fall because of me, I would be even more ashamed to face you all.”
“Therefore, I have decided to ……”
Li Fan forced down his discomfort and spoke words that went against the heart of the Dao.
“Alone, I will travel to the Eternal Immortal Base and seek rescue.”
“If I don’t die, I will definitely find a way out for all of you!”
Li Fan said decisively, his face determined.
Kong Yu, He Chen, and the others, completely did not expect this young Formation Master to make such a decision.
Looking at each other, they suspected that they had heard it wrong.
However, looking at Li Fan’s determined eyes and face, there was no more doubt in their hearts and they turned shocked.
In fact, as the Formation Master who constructed the Tian Xuan Spirit Locking Formation, although Li Fan only had Jindan cultivation.
But his status within this Aixu stronghold was the highest.
This was because the cultivators present, whether they were from the Qingxuan Army, or other departments such as the Hall of Performing Arts, were all here in order to cooperate with Li Fan in constructing the Spirit Locking Formation.
If he used the reason that “the construction of Tianxuan Spirit Locking Formation cannot be delayed, once I fall, it will definitely slow down the progress of the entire formation”, he insisted on forcing the people to send out another cultivator to go to the rescue.
In the end, nine times out of ten, the crowd would have to give in.
But now, he did not do so.
Instead, he voluntarily undertook this almost-nine-deaths mission to seek a way out for the crowd.
Putting personal life and death at risk, selflessly serving people ……
How could there be such a character in the world?
The saints of the ancient world are nothing more than that, right?
Having stayed with him for so long before, I actually didn’t realize it at all?
It’s true that only at the time of life and death can one see the nature of a person.
And as the crowd recalled those nasty thoughts in their own hearts, they couldn’t help but feel secretly ashamed.
Under their self-shame, they were all sincere in their persuasion this time.
“Master Li, why is it so bad! Even though the situation is crumbling, it’s not to the point where you need to fight to the death.”
“Yes, Master please also think twice. Dealing with the demonic sound and white mist at the same time is just too dangerous! The odds are against you!”
……
Facing the crowd’s dissuasive words, Li Fan resolutely said, “My mind is made up, you guys don’t need to say much.”
“You guys have been in the Shouting Abyss for many years, and you all have rich experience on how to survive in the demonic sound and white mist. If you guys really have the heart, why don’t you tell me all the things I need to pay attention to on the way, so that I can have a better chance of coming back alive.”
Li Fan said in a spontaneous and incomparable manner.
The crowd pretended to be reserved and persuaded for a while, but seeing that they indeed could not change Li Fan’s will, they could only sigh.
The heart and a burst of celebration at the same time, have their own in this scolding abyss in the survival experience to teach.
Li Fan listened intently and memorized it.
Afterwards, he carried the supplies needed for a single person to survive in the white mist for twenty days, and under the unwilling gazes of the crowd, he set off on the path to the Eternal Immortal Barrier alone.
It was worth mentioning that perhaps he was moved by Li Fan’s great righteousness.
He Chen, the Qingxuan garrison, decided to accompany Li Fan before his departure.
However, after praising the other party’s high righteousness, Li Fan still refused his good intentions.
With the other party’s eyes full of admiration and emotion, Li Fan put on the Black Death Talisman, discerned the location of the vast white mist interrupting the Palm Immortal City, transformed into a stream of light, and dove in headfirst.
The other cultivators within the A Xu stronghold looked at Li Fan’s disappearing figure with different expressions on their faces.
“I didn’t expect that in today’s Immortal Cultivation World, there is actually someone with such a high moral character. It’s really a shame to me and others.”
“I have lived three hundred and forty-eight years in vain. Only today did I see such a character, what a great regret.”
“If Master Li doesn’t die, from now on, I will definitely look up to him.”
……
After being silent for a while, the crowd lamented from the bottom of their hearts.
“Hmph!”
Only He Chen glanced at the crowd with a face full of disdain and whisked his sleeves away.
The faces of the crowd were more or less, somewhat embarrassed.
Scattered as birds and beasts.
(End of chapter)