infodatos Chapter 571, Desire is as deep as an abyss
Chapter 571, Desire is as deep as an abyss
After the water was cleared, none of the cultivators wanted to linger on the thirty-sixth floor and continued to climb upwards.
Hua Changxi actually wanted to find a place to properly experience the difference between a Nascent Soul with its eyes open and closed. However, since this pagoda could cleanse and purify the black flames, and the opportunity was rare, she decided to continue upwards.
"Let's go, together."
Wei Zhenjie and Hua Changxi stood side by side at the entrance of the thirty-sixth floor, naturally ending up at the very back.
Seeing Wei Zhenjie's relaxed expression, Hua Changxi couldn't help but say, "Minister Wei, you go first. I'm a little tired and need to rest for a while."
Wei Zhenjie gave her a deep look, said nothing, and strode away, climbing the stairs with light steps, showing no sign of pressure.
Hua Changxi looked on with envy, and at the same time felt that it might be better if the black flames and white flames in her body did not ignite.
Only after everyone had disappeared around the corner of the stairs did Hua Changxi slowly bend down, bearing the crushing force as heavy as a mountain, gritting her teeth, and slowly inching her way toward the stairwell.
She finally made it to the top of the stairs, but the moment her right foot stepped onto the first step, the suppressive power on her body suddenly surged!
With a muffled "thud," she was slammed to the ground by the immense force.
what happened? !
Everyone else can participate, so why can't she?!
Hua Changxi lay on the ground, trying hard to think about the differences between herself and other cultivators.
Those cultivators either failed to ignite the black and white flames, or they ignited both. Could it be that because she failed to ignite the white flame, she could not continue upwards?
"you"
Perhaps because the commotion caused by Hua Changxi being pressed down was too great, several cultivators turned back, including Wei Zhenjie.
Seeing Hua Changxi lying prostrate on the ground, these people were clearly surprised.
Feeling embarrassed that she had been seen in such a disheveled state, Hua Changxi coughed and said stiffly, "So... you're not planning to continue up the pagoda and are going to leave?"
Wei Zhenjie and the others, of course, would not admit that they had deliberately slowed down, and directly changed the subject.
"are you OK?"
Hua Changxi rolled her eyes, too lazy to respond.
Seeing this, Wei Zhenjie seemed to remember something and said, "When we first entered the tower, Master Wuxiang said that this Buddhist tower has eighty-one floors, and every nine floors correspond to a major realm. Therefore, to reach the thirty-seventh floor, one must be at least at the Lingtai Realm."
Upon hearing this, Hua Changxi immediately understood why she couldn't reach the thirty-seventh floor.
She calmed her breathing, then gritted her teeth and, enduring the terrifying pressure, slowly and laboriously got up from the ground, then looked up at the people on the stairs.
"Would you like to leave the stupa with me?"
Wei Zhenjie and the others gave an awkward smile: "No need for that, there are still people waiting for us. Since you're alright, let's continue up the pagoda."
After saying that, the group quickly disappeared around the corner of the stairs, leaving behind a sigh.
"I never expected that Hua Changxi was actually just a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator!"
Going down the stairs was much easier than going up them; the suppressive power decreased sharply, but it lost its cleansing and purifying effect on the black flames.
It didn't take long for Hua Changxi to leave the pagoda.
Standing outside the tower, she stopped and looked back at the magnificent, towering pagoda, her eyes gleaming. The reason preventing her from continuing her ascent was actually her insufficient spiritual cultivation.
This was the first time she had directly faced the fact that she had fallen behind others due to a difference in their level of understanding.
Previously, relying on her high level of body refinement, she was not too anxious about breaking through her cultivation realm. However, this time climbing the pagoda made her realize that the difference in cultivation realm can sometimes be fatal.
Hua Changxi exhaled a breath of stale air, then stepped onto the suspension bridge without looking back.
Back at the ancient Buddhist temple, the fighting, looting, and killing continued. She had lost all desire to explore the place and decided to go find Jing, say hello, and then head straight back to Lingguang Palace.
Jingliao and the other monks from Dixiu Temple were still chanting sutras in the square outside the mountain gate. Hua Changxi didn't want to disturb them, so he sent a message to Jingliao using his telepathic ability and then left.
Upon returning to Lingguang Palace, Hua Changxi went straight to the main hall, then sat down cross-legged, closed her eyes, and began to carefully observe the possible effects and changes brought about by the opening of the Nascent Soul's eyes.
Since the black flames ignited within her body, her perception of this 'evil fire' had been quite dull. Most of the time, she needed to rely on the stinging sensations transmitted through her sense patterns to detect its unusual activity.
However, after the Nascent Soul opened its eyes, it could sense the existence of the black flames without the aid of the perception runes. It could even sense the temperature of the black flames—a chaotic and mixed destructive aura of chilling cold, oppressive, and violent energy!
The enhanced perception of the black flames made Hua Changxi want to investigate them further.
So she tentatively extended her divine sense deep into the black flames.
As soon as her consciousness penetrated the black flames, she felt as if she had instantly fallen into a bottomless black abyss. The surrounding darkness and deathly silence swallowed everything, which frightened her so much that she hurriedly withdrew her consciousness.
Even so quickly, my heart was pounding wildly from the sudden surge of terror, and my back was covered in a layer of cold sweat.
The black flames carried the negative desires among the seven emotions and six desires. She never expected that facing these desires would be so unsettling.
Fortunately, apart from the black flames, there were still many white sparks lingering above the Nascent Soul's heart.
When her divine sense touched the white sparks, the warmth and peace emanating from them, like a gentle stream, gradually dispelled the palpitations and unease she had felt due to the black flames.
Hua Changxi opened her eyes and raised her hand to cover her heart, which had stopped beating violently.
The other effects of the Nascent Soul opening its eyes need to be explored gradually in the future during cultivation.
What she can be certain of right now is that once her nascent soul opens its eyes, she can clearly perceive the existence, temperature, and emotional fluctuations contained within the black flames and white sparks.
The black flames are cold, oppressive, and violent; the white sparks are warm, expansive, and peaceful.
Yin and Yang, positive and negative, cold and warm, need to reach a certain balance.
Taking the herbal remedy was the right decision.
She couldn't imagine what awaited her if the black flames were allowed to grow unchecked.
Of the twelve blessed lands of Nanxiang City, only Flaming Mountain, Fire Cloud Cave, Suiren Valley, Fire Rock Cave, and Nirvana Pool remain unconquered by Hua Changxi.
Except for the Nirvana Pool, whose exact location she could never find, she was able to discover the spatial rifts leading to and from other blessed lands.
Since Flaming Mountain could not be conquered for the time being, in order to explore the impact of the opening of the Nascent Soul's eyes on cultivation, Hua Changxi inspected the Fire Cloud Cave, Suiren Valley, and Flaming Rock Cave on the second day.
During her previous inspections, she hadn't sensed anything inside these three blessed lands, but this time, she had some sense of the interior of the volcanic rock cave.
So she used the Floating Light Sword to pry open a spatial rift in the volcanic rock cave and went inside.
The moment Hua Changxi entered the volcanic rock cave, before she could even survey the interior, her body froze. Then, her dantian trembled, and in the next instant, her nascent soul shot out. (End of Chapter)