Chapter 368: Life and death have a mysterious power
Chapter 366 – Life and Death Have Arcane Feats
“Between life and death, there is great terror!”
“Between life and death, there are also great opportunities!”
“Ordinary mortals, when faced with the threat of death, will erupt with strength far beyond the usual. Not to mention cultivators of my generation?”
Zhong Shentong’s complexion became serious as he said solemnly.
“As the saying goes, the greater the pressure, the greater the motivation. What other pressure can be stronger than death?”
“With the help of the death line, the speed of cultivation and the ability to perceive will be a thousand times greater than usual.”
“This is my personal experience, it’s absolutely not false!”
“If fellow Daoist can master this kind of power, you will be able to cultivate to YuanYing before your lifespan is about to end. It’s definitely not a difficult task!”
Zhong Shentong swore with conviction.
“If it’s really as Fellow Daoist said, then why are there cultivators in the world who are trapped for their entire lives and can’t make a breakthrough until they die?” Li Fan said somewhat helplessly.
Zhong Shentong was slightly stunned, and after some serious thinking, he quickly came up with an answer.
“That must be because they are not afraid enough of death!”
“I see! Fellow Daoist is now transcendent and open-minded, putting life and death aside. The worry is that you can’t cultivate with the pressure of the dead line right!” Zhong Shentong suddenly realized.
“Don’t worry, in the Life and Death Xuan Gong I cultivate, there is a Life and Death Induction Chapter, after studying it, one can fully realize the preciousness of life and the horror of death.”
Li Fan carefully sized up the old Taoist in front of him.
He felt that this Zhong Shentong’s thinking was a little different from ordinary people.
Could it be that practicing this what “Life and Death Xuan Gong” had broken his head? The gongfu that he practiced, is that what he said directly to the person he met for the first time?
He replied seriously, “Fellow Daoist’s gong method is mysterious, I admire it.”
“However, the law cannot be practiced in the same way, the gongfu of fellow Daoist belongs to me, but I am not blessed to enjoy it ……”
Zhong Shentong interrupted Li Fan full of unconcern, “This is the reason why I came to seek out you, Taoist.”
“Please teach me, fellow Daoist, how can I put life and death aside?”
“How can I be like fellow Daoist and not fear death?”
“If I can overcome the fear of death, then I think that I, the old Taoist, will be able to free myself!”
Zhong Shentong said somewhat eagerly.
When Li Fan heard this, he froze openly.
“Fellow Daoist Zhong, you ……”
Zhong Shentong waved his hand, “I know that Fellow Daoist may not understand. But it is true, I do not want to live nowadays.”
“I’ve lived in the world for one hundred and sixty-eight years, and I’ve seen all kinds of things.”
“Everything in the world is no longer fun for me.”
“Fighting over feats, treasures, lands, and life spans ……”
“Hehe, I only find them noisy.”
“If it were possible, I would have wanted to cut myself off long ago.”
Speaking here, a trace of helplessness flashed in Zhong Shentong’s eyes, “But the Life and Death Xuan Gong I practiced caused me to be unable to fight the instinctive fear of death in my heart at all.”
“Whenever I ventured the idea of killing myself and making light-hearted moves, instinct would cause me to do things against my will.”
“In order not to cultivate, I even thought of giving the gong method to other cultivators to cultivate.”
“But often, not long after, feeling my slower and slower cultivation speed, as if I was getting closer and closer to death, I would lose my mind and find and kill the other person.”
“That’s why after I heard about your friend Dao’s fearlessness of death, I traveled thousands of miles and came to seek advice.”
Zhong Shentong said sincerely.
Li Fan was silent.
If Li Fan was an obsessive seeker of longevity, then this Zhong Shentong was a light-hearted person who had lived long enough.
However, he was tragically bound by his own gongfu and was unable to make the behavioral move of living lightly.
This led to a somewhat schizophrenic and painful condition.
“Can’t you even dissipate your own gong?” Li Fan asked.
Zhong Shentong shook his head with a bitter smile.
“This Life and Death Xuan Gong, it’s really odd.” Li Fan sniffed and said in his heart.
With regards to Zhong Shentong’s current situation, Li Fan could only love it.
Li Fan wasn’t something that was fearless of life and death, but rather, he simply wouldn’t die at all. If he really encountered something that could really jeopardize his life, he would definitely run faster than anyone else.
After thinking about it, Li Fan also said with extreme sincerity, “My situation may not be useful to fellow Daoist.”
“I am just open-minded by nature, there is nothing else special about me.”
Zhong Shentong hurriedly said, “I understand. I understand.”
“But the fear of death is human nature, how exactly did you overcome it, fellow Daoist?”
Seeing that he looked like he would not die until he reached the Yellow River, Li Fan had no choice but to blurt out, “It’s not that I’m not afraid. I’m just thinking that when people die, it must be a real death.”
“Maybe, it’s only after death that one is truly alive, right?”
“Have you ever heard of the story of the [Brain in the Tripod]?”
“Or have you heard of the rumors of [Real Dreams]?”
Li Fan said wherever he thought of.
Zhong Shentong’s eyes, however, grew brighter and brighter.
“Listening to the words of a gentleman is better than realizing a hundred years of Dao.”
“Not bad, not bad. Death is not the end, but ushers in a true new life.” After listening to Li Fan, he mumbled as if he was in a spell.
“There is no need to fear …… at all.”
I don’t know how long it took, but a wave of relief washed over his face, as if he had come to a great realization.
However, a dangerous seven-colored light steeply surfaced on the old Taoist.
Zhong Shentong himself instead laughed coldly, “Still trying to come and scare me. I’ve already come to enlightenment, Old Dao.”
“It’s all just an illusion… death is life… only when all are dead is there life!”
The seven-colored divine light was running faster and faster, Li Fan secretly felt something bad and quietly backed away.
“Explore everything, foresee the real!”
Zhong Shentong raised his right palm, his face determined, and was about to slap down towards the top of his head.
“Fellow Daoist Zhong! The Book of Induction of Life and Death!”
Li Fan shouted.
Zhong Shentong’s movements stopped instantly.
With a flick of his finger, a jade sketch flew towards Li Fan.
“Haha, Fellow Daoist Li Fan, I’ll go ahead!”
After saying that, Zhong Shentong continued to slap down hard.
Right at this moment, his left palm was uncontrollable, but it suddenly stretched out and blocked before his right palm.
Zhong Shentong’s face suddenly became ferocious.
“Dare to block my path? Die!”
A seven-colored divine light emanated from his right palm and headed straight for his left palm.
At the same time, another light also shot out from the left palm in time.
After the two light flashes collided, they canceled each other out.
However, Zhong Shentong himself did not stop, cursing in a low voice.
At the same time, it was as if there were two deadly rivals existing within his body, one move after another, he fought himself to the death.
Seven-colored divine light flew horizontally, stirring up the protective formations within the stronghold.
And He Chen, who was outside, heard the commotion inside and rushed in.
Seeing the crazy Zhong Shentong, he looked at Li Fan with some dismay.
Li Fan shrugged his shoulders, signaling him not to act rashly.
As time passed, the fight between the two personalities in Zhong Shentong’s body became more and more intense.
He could no longer be accommodated within the small Aixu stronghold.
In the constant flash of seven-colored light, he disappeared into the depths of the Yuan Devouring White Mist.
The people watching inside the stronghold were talking.
Li Fan, on the other hand, quietly came to the cultivation chamber and read the jade slip that Zhong Shentong had submitted earlier.
(End of chapter)