amaotonovel Chapter 613: Li Xundao and Mu Laozu's Past
Chapter 613: Li Xundao and Mu Laozu's Past
The body of the seven-ringed glass centipede has seven sections, each section is firmer than the other, and the fresh fragrance is accompanied by a few hints of grass and wood fragrance, plump and sweet. The three of them ate and talked. It was strange that the three of them were not friends, but they had hatred and resentment towards each other, but they could still talk to each other.
Li Changxiao's original intention was to explore the secrets of the Mu Mansion. Mu Shu was well-informed, like an "encyclopedia". It would be a waste if he didn't use it. However, once the topic started, it went off the topic further and further, starting and talking casually. It was all irrelevant but quite charming. He thought, if he could really have some free time, sit down with his close friends and chat like this, it would be nice. However, the world is in a hurry. He seemed to be leisurely, but he was not really idle. Moreover, he, an immortal, was like this, so there was no need to say more about others. The world is so big, and it is so hard to find a leisurely person.
The seven-ringed glazed centipede is a rare delicacy, but it is not included in the list of delicacies from land and sea. Mu Qi proudly told the two that he has eaten most of the world's delicacies and the taste is unique.
Mu Shu sneered a few times. She had also eaten a lot of delicacies from land and sea. If she counted them carefully, she had eaten far more than Mu Qi. When the two of them recalled the past, they talked and did things in a childish way. They listed the delicacies from land and sea one by one. When Li Changxiao heard it, he thought it was a rare opportunity. He quickly took out the notebook and scribbled on it, recording the hiding places of the delicacies from land and sea on the paper one by one.
It is really embarrassing to say that Li Changxiao's cultivation level is not low now, but he has only eaten one of the delicacies on the list. The taste is still in his mind. When he thinks about it, his saliva flows and he wishes he could eat it again.
Mu Shu said that there is a salt lake of ten thousand miles in Qingyu, and the crystals in the inner lake are like frost, white and delicate. When exposed to sunlight, it can show colorful colors. When the colorful halos intersect, you can use some means to pick off the halos one by one. This... is a rare treasure on the list of delicacies from mountains and seas.
This secret is rarely circulated outside and is even rarer than many precious techniques.
Mu Qi sneered and, not willing to be outdone, told the two that to the east of the red area, there was a sea seven hundred feet deep. There was a fish with seventy-eight whiskers. They took the sixteenth, nineteenth, and seventy-second whiskers and dried them in the sun for seventy-seven days. This was also a rare treasure that had never been passed on to other people.
It is a great choice for making wine, adding flavor, and cooking. Li Changxiao wrote down everything, and he was very happy. However, when they chatted until midnight, the topic changed again, and Mu Shu first mentioned future plans.
She decided to find the Dao fruit, and then left the Great Heaven Realm, never to care about worldly affairs again. Mu Qi was surprised. This woman, who was always called a demon woman, was always afraid that the world would not be in chaos. Was she really willing to retire to the mountains? Mu Shu sighed. Of course, she was willing to play tricks on the world, but she was smart and far-sighted, and had a deep understanding of the current situation. Retiring was the best choice.
She said: "The coming torrent will kill 90% of the monks. The only way for me to survive this disaster is to retreat and hide."
She said this without hesitation. She knew the situation in the world better. Once it started, there was no turning back. She could only move forward. It was like this during the Reform Era, and it is also like this now that the Reform has died down.
Li Changxiao picked up the branches and played with the firewood without saying a word. In the torrent of the times, he was as small as dust. The only difference was that he, a speck of dust, could live longer, but that was all.
"Then I will die in that torrent." Mu Qi suddenly replied.
The world is a chessboard, and he is both the chess piece and the chess player.
The two looked at Li Changxiao.
Li Changxiao took a sip of wine, and said with a gloomy look: "Maybe... I will watch you die."
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They talked less in the second half of the night, and set out on their journey again the next day. On the way, Li Changxiao vaguely remembered that he had originally planned to discuss the secrets of the Mu Mansion yesterday, but was interrupted by outsiders before he even started. After nightfall, they talked about their childhood memories, and the discussion has been put on hold until now.
He thought that if I brought it up again today, no one would bother me, right? So he asked about the doubts in his heart. What he was most curious about was how Mu Shu could find the intersection point before him and Mu Qin.
Mu Shu told Li Changxiao that it was not difficult to calculate the intersection. When she saw Li Changxiao and Mu Qin transporting the goldfish, she thought of a secret about the bet. The secret was too obscure, as if it came out of thin air, and it was even more difficult to verify whether it was true or not. The appearance of the goldfish indirectly confirmed that it was true. Based on this, Mu Shu deduced a few more steps and knew the essence of the Great Heaven Realm. After knowing the essence, combined with Mu Qi's calculation power, she deduced the intersection.
Mu Shu never liked talking nonsense, but considering that she was under control and had a request from Li Changxiao, whether she could retire to the mountains in the future still needed Li Changxiao's nod, so she told Li Changxiao a story from the past. She was not sure whether it was true or not, because she heard it from Mu Qingtian.
In the past, Li Xundao made a bet with Patriarch Mu. The bet was for a knife called "Body-Cutting Knife". This knife could cut off emotions, desires, and thoughts. It was very extraordinary.
Li Xundao was regarded as the man who was destined to be calamity. The Shensuan Sect submitted to the Dao Sect because of him. He was determined to become a saint. A saint can be affectionate and heartless. Affection means great love for everything, and heartlessness means not being troubled by emotions.
In order to take that step, Li Xundao cut off all his emotions. The method of cutting off emotions is very common. The world is vast and rich, and there are many talented people. In addition, in ancient times, the way of ruthlessness was popular for a period of time. There are many such methods circulating, but they all cut off everything with one knife. That is the way of ruthlessness. Although it is similar to Li Xundao's way of the saint, its essence is completely contrary.
So, there was the gambling and borrowing of the sword. When Mu Shu saw the goldfish and thought of the gambling, he thought of this past event. The gambling in the past was not a lie, but a fact.
Based on this, Mu Shu further deduced that since the gambling was true, the secrets she heard from Mu Qingtian later were probably also true.
In that bet, of course, Mu Laozu lost. Mu Laozu's cultivation was much higher than Li Xundao's at that time, but he lost completely and felt extremely ashamed, so he never mentioned it. Li Xundao had lofty ambitions and high aspirations. For him, winning and losing were commonplace and not something to show off. He did not need this to become famous, so he would not talk about it. For all these reasons, the bet was never spread outside, and as time passed, very few people knew about it.
After that, Li Xundao cut off his emotions and desires, but left the roots of emotions and desires. He had emotions and desires in his heart, but he would not be tempted by emotions or desires, and took a step towards becoming a saint. After taking this step, his cultivation level rose steadily, until he reached the peak, and the scenery he saw was even better.
After knowing this, the Mu family ancestor had an idea in his mind, so he sent people to ask for the body-severing knife and the secret of the Supreme Saint Way, hoping to put aside his pride and emulate Li Xundao. But he returned empty-handed. The body-severing knife was returned in full, but the Supreme Saint Way... Li Xundao said nothing, because he really looked down on the Mu family ancestor. He felt that the Mu family ancestor's heart was not right, and he had been stealing the way for a long time, and he had nothing to do with the word "Supreme Saint".
The Mu family ancestor was furious and went to Li Xundao to settle the score. Li Xundao was too lazy to do it, but his subordinate Shen Suan Zong was willing to do it for him. So he used a strategy to trap the Mu ancestor in one place all day long.
He also knew that he had suffered a trauma in his early years and that his Dao heart was broken, so he built a thousand-foot-high Bridge of Inquiry into the Heart, trapping Old Ancestor Mu to death and making him dare not take even a single step forward.
Therefore, this vast sky realm is essentially a cage.
Hearing this, Li Changxiao immediately understood why the Divine Calculator could easily enter the Great Heaven Realm. It turned out that this Great Heaven Realm... was the work of the Divine Calculator Sect. The Divine Calculator was born in the Divine Calculator Sect and intended to target Mu Qin. He would definitely look for information related to the Mu Mansion. With his wisdom, it would not be difficult for him to find out the secrets.
The essence of the Great Heaven Realm is a dilemma. Knowing its essence, one can find the right remedy. Therefore, Mu Shu went to look for Mu Qi, who was also a strategist. Looking from a different angle, he indeed gained something.