Asking about longevity

After returning to the disciple residence, Mo Hua did not rush to practice, but sorted out all the instructions from Grandmaster Dugu in his heart.

He copied all the key points into a jade slip and kept it for future reference so as not to forget.

After that, he formally tried to practice the "Sword of God Slashing".

After Grandmaster Dugu's instructions, Mo Hua finally understood:

As expected, he had practiced the Sword of God Slashing incorrectly again!

The Sword of God Slashing was not practiced that way.

The so-called self-slashing of life soul does not really mean to cut oneself. This "slashing" means giving up and transformation.

It is necessary to uphold a heart of seeking the Tao, give up the small self, achieve the great self, comprehend the origin of the sword, and achieve transformation in the mind and the sword.

Mo Hua was in a complicated mood, and then took out an ancient bamboo slip of the sword.

On the bamboo slip, the sword pattern is simple and profound.

The ancient sword meaning wanders in the sword pattern.

This is the sword flow...

Mo Hua held his breath and concentrated, sat in meditation, and then began to formally visualize the "Taixu Sword Flow" engraved in the bamboo slips.

Abandoning his ego, forgetting his own swordsmanship, with an empty mind, visualize the Taixu Sword Flow, comprehend the origin of the sword, and thus get close to the source of the sword, and thoroughly comprehend the Taixu Sword.

After thoroughly comprehending the sword, he can follow the words of the ancestor and integrate the origin of the sword into his own soul, and use the real, powerful "Taixu Sword of God Slaying" that is powerful enough to kill gods!

Mo Hua's consciousness is Taoism, and his foundation is extremely deep. He is proficient in formations and various divine thoughts. He has also swallowed a lot of evil spirits and cleansed a huge amount of distracting thoughts through meditation.

He even played a little bit of "Tao Heart Planting Demons".

So in terms of "cultivating the mind" alone, Mo Hua is better than many Jindan monks who are hundreds of years old.

He did things like "give up the ego, forget the sword, empty the mind, and visualize the Taixu Sword Flow" very easily.

But the problem lies behind.

Mo Hua visualized for a long time...

In the Taixu Sword Flow, the ancient sword intent was the same as before, and there was no change at all.

Mo Hua did not feel "sudden enlightenment".

His sword level was still so shallow.

His understanding of swordsmanship had not increased at all.

Mo Hua stared at the bamboo slips for a long time with a focused look, and finally had to realize that he was looking at it in vain...

He could not understand the sword flow.

He did not understand the sword way.

Mo Hua thought that he did not work hard enough.

The next day, after class, Mo Hua returned to the disciples' residence and stared at the bamboo slips for three hours.

But he still could not see anything.

The so-called sword flow mystery, the origin of the sword way, the sword way... there was no shadow at all.

Mo Hua frowned, and then reflected a little, and gradually understood.

The problem lies in this "small self".

Cut off the small self and achieve the sword.

But Mo Hua doesn't even have a "small self".

The "small self" in the sword is the "foundation" of the sword since the sword cultivator was young, nurturing the spirit sword, practicing the sword method, and understanding the sword.

This is the "small self" in the mouth of the Dongxu Patriarch, but in fact, it is not small at all!

Mo Hua put himself in the shoes of the Dugu Patriarch and roughly estimated that if he cultivated the sword from scratch to the realm of "small self" in the eyes of the Patriarch...

That should also be a genius at the level of Linghu Xiao, who started to practice sword since childhood, practiced for decades, or even hundreds of years, practiced to the golden elixir, and achieved a small success in the sword, so that he could cultivate the "small self" of the sword.

This kind of "small self" is qualified to be cut.

And with the "small self" of this realm as the foundation and the ladder, after cutting it off, you can go to the next level, comprehend the sword flow, and climb to the origin of the sword.

Mo Hua's heart sank.

He finally understood why the ancestor had been asking him to practice swordsmanship before, and said that if the foundation of swordsmanship was not good enough, he could not practice the swordsmanship of mind.

The ancestor was actually right.

The true art of swordsmanship of mind is based on "swordsmanship".

If the foundation of swordsmanship is not enough, it cannot be transformed into a sword.

If the attainment of swordsmanship is not deep, and the swordsmanship is not a small success, it is impossible to kill the ego, understand the sword flow, and learn the final "slaying god style".

And now, he doesn't even have the swordsmanship of the "ego" that was killed.

Not to mention the sword flow, the origin, and the great way...

"I still can't learn it after all this time..."

Mo Hua sighed, a little disappointed.

Although thinking about it carefully, this is normal.

The true art of Taixu swordsmanship of mind is the supreme sword art of Taixu Sect's swordsmanship. If it is so easy to learn, it is not worthy of being listed as the "supreme" inheritance.

What's more, he is not even a sword cultivator.

It was indeed a bit unrealistic to want to learn the highest sword art inheritance without any sword art foundation.

But Mo Hua did not want to give up.

He thought about it again and again, and found that this was another "dead end".

To practice the sword of killing gods, one must kill his own soul;

To kill his own soul, one needs to kill his ego;

And to kill his ego, one needs to cultivate a "ego" sword art for him to kill...

He did not have the sword art of this "ego" realm, so naturally there was nothing to kill, and from the beginning, it was a dead end.

Mo Hua's mood was complicated and difficult to describe.

He had practiced this sword of killing gods, and it was a mess.

He could not practice it orthodox.

He practiced it himself, not only did he practice it wrongly, but he also hurt his soul.

Every day, he cut himself with a sword, and the injuries in his soul accumulated little by little, accumulating silently, and then he needed to find the "essence" to repair it.

And "divine essence" is now very scarce. It is not only needed to repair the soul, but also to break through the late stage of foundation building.

With this calculation, it is a vicious cycle again.

If you can't learn the sword of killing the gods, the day of killing the evil fetus will be far away.

If you can't kill the evil fetus, you can't convert the disaster into divine essence and make the divine thoughts further into Taoism. The time for breaking through the late stage of foundation building is also unknown...

Mo Hua's scalp tingled slightly, and he couldn't help sighing.

But sighing is useless. Taoism still needs to be cultivated, swordsmanship still needs to be practiced, and life still needs to go on.

"Next time I go to the forbidden area, I will ask the ancestor again..."

Mo Hua forced this matter to be put behind him, calmed down, and continued to practice and attend classes.

Two days passed like this.

Mo Hua got up in the morning and practiced as usual. After practicing, he took out the bamboo slips as usual, and used the sword intent on the bamboo slips to chop his own soul with a sword to suppress the evil fetus and refresh his mind.

This set of actions was all due to inertia.

But after the chopping, Mo Hua suddenly realized that he didn't need to chop anymore.

This is not how you practice the God-Slaying Sword.

You don't really have to chop your own soul.

Mo Hua sighed again, feeling a little annoyed, and sank his consciousness into the sea of ​​consciousness, wanting to check the injuries on his soul.

Fortunately, his soul had been chopped for a long time and had gotten used to it. Although it was injured, it was not too serious.

Mo Hua breathed a sigh of relief, and looked inward with his consciousness, taking a look at his soul.

There were mottled sword marks on his soul, which were as fine as fish scales.

These were all "masterpieces" left by Mo Hua himself, who insisted on chopping himself every day.

"Sometimes being too diligent doesn't seem to be a good thing..."

Mo Hua muttered to himself, and then he was about to exit the sea of ​​consciousness.

But at this moment, Mo Hua glanced out of the corner of his eye and was suddenly stunned.

He saw that there was still sword intent on the wound of his soul.

This was nothing.

When using the Taixu sword intent to cut his soul, leaving a wound, a portion of the sword intent will definitely remain on the wound of the soul.

This is normal.

However, now that he saw it again, Mo Hua felt his heart tremble violently, as if there was an amazing idea that gradually lingered in his mind...

"Use the sword to temper the spirit, cut off the soul... cut off the ego, observe the sword flow, understand the origin, and integrate the sword way..."

"Cut off the soul is a means, and the final result is to integrate the origin of the sword way into the soul..."

"If so..."

As if struck by a thunderbolt, Mo Hua was shocked:

"Then if I use the Taixu sword intent to cut off my own soul, isn't it equivalent to... carving the sword intent into the soul?"

"The sword intent contains the origin of the sword way."

"This also means that I am carving the origin of the sword way... through sword marks and wounds into my soul?"

"After that, as long as this origin is completely integrated with the soul again, the final effect will not be the same?"

The only difference is that the orthodox method of practicing the sword of the gods is to first practice the "ego" sword way, then cut off the ego, understand the sword flow, and integrate the sword way.

And I gave up all the steps from cultivating the "ego" to understanding the sword flow, and went straight to the point of integrating the sword!

It doesn't matter if there is no ego in the sword.

It doesn't matter if I don't understand the sword flow.

It doesn't matter if I can't understand the origin of the sword.

All these steps are abandoned, and I can directly cut myself with the sword.

The sword will cut myself, and it will leave a sword mark in the soul, leaving a wound.

In this way, the origin of the sword in the Taixu sword flow can naturally be integrated into my soul along with the wound!

This is a more thorough and complete "cheating" than "beheading me to become a saint"!

And this "cheating" can only be done by myself...

Others can't withstand the slash of the Taixu sword.

But I can.

Others can't repair the injuries of the soul.

I can do it.

And I don't need to understand the Taixu sword flow, I just need to integrate the original intention into the soul and use it directly.

The ancestor himself said, "The nature of a gentleman is not different, but he is good at using things."

Use the law as a raft to seek the great way.

After obtaining the great way, abandon the law and abandon the raft.

The form is not important.

Mo Hua's heart was throbbing.

Until now, he really felt that the door to the mystery of the sword of the gods was gradually opening to him.

Having made up his mind, Mo Hua immediately held his breath and concentrated his mind, visualizing himself.

The mind looked at itself, sensing the wound on the soul, and also sensing the sword intent in the wound.

The wound was small and mixed with stinging pain.

The sword intent was deep and difficult to erase, and the origin of the sword dao was constantly flowing in it.

Mo Hua endured the severe pain and directly merged the sword intent along the wound into his soul.

This process was very painful, but Mo Hua gritted his teeth and endured it.

The ancient sword intent penetrated into the wound in the soul, bringing pain, but also gradually merged with Mo Hua's soul.

Like a blade, flowing into the flesh and blood, circulating in the body.

But these "blades" are also like ancient elixirs. Every time they circulate, they transform into a wisp of sword intent, which blends perfectly with Mo Hua's soul.

This is the ancient origin of Taixu Sect's sword, and after Mo Hua's transformation, it is comparable to the fusion of the soul of "god".

Mo Hua's true art of transforming his mind into a sword has finally begun to truly enter the realm of "slaying gods".

After that, you only need to slash a sword every day to temper a part of the origin, day by day.

With the flesh and blood of the soul, the origin of swordsmanship is fused to temper the sword of slaying gods.

It has been tempered until the day when the real "slaying god sword" is born...

That day is the death of the evil fetus.

The ink paintings are in high spirits and their eyes are bright.

Then he tempered his soul for a while according to the method he had summarized, and then stopped for the time being.

Because it really hurts.

Using Taixu Sword Intent to kill your own soul is painful enough.

Now it is necessary to integrate the fragments of sword intention into the "flesh and blood" of the soul, which makes it feel more or less "Lingchi".

Therefore, we can only take it step by step and not rush it.

Mo Hua rested for a while and regained his consciousness.

Now that the cultivation of the Divine Sword is on the right track, Mo Hua is free to consider another issue...

"The Supreme Shang Qingdao..."

Mo Hua groaned in a low voice and frowned.

This was another "supreme great method" taught to him by Patriarch Dugu that night in the forbidden area of ​​the Sword Tomb.

I don’t dare to learn ink painting.

He felt something was wrong.

Taixu Divine Sword and Taishang Qingdao may look a bit similar, but in reality, they are completely different styles.

One is the profound and upright swordsmanship.

One is a ruthless, extreme and eccentric method.

Among the existing secrets of swordsmanship in Taixu Sect, Mo Hua has never seen any records similar to "cutting love" so far.

"Also, Ancestor Dugu, why did you suddenly teach yourself this thing?"

Mo Hua frowned and thought back.

That night, the ancestor looked as usual, but there was always a slight sense of disharmony between his words.

Could it be that something happened to the ancestor?

Was the person who "preached" to me that night... the ancestor himself?

Is there really someone, no, something, that can transcend the powerful Ancestor Dongxu and preach to him?

Mo Hua's brows wrinkled tighter and tighter.

Things are getting weird...

But it has been passed down, and the question now is, do you want to learn this "Tao of Taishang's Killing Love"?

Mo Hua recalled this "emotion-killing" method one by one, and finally had to admit that this was an extremely profound, extremely rare, and extremely powerful "law" of the great road.

After you practice it and understand the Tao, you may really be able to "cut" everything with a single thought, cut off the world of mortals, and a single sword.

But Mo Hua always felt that there was something wrong with this method.

The problem lies in the two words "killing love".

Only when a person has feelings can he be considered a human being. If his feelings are cut off and he is ruthless and has no desires, can he still be considered a human being?

If we are no longer human beings, what kind of enlightenment can we have?

Even if the Tao is realized, what kind of Tao will it be if it is realized in a "non-human" state?

"Ancestor...could he be lying to me?"

"Or is there something bad that's secretly lying to me?"

"Do I still want to learn?"

…

Mo Hua touched his chin, thought about it, and thought it should be possible...try to learn it first, after all, this is the method of "enlightenment".

But you can’t learn everything, because there must be some mystery in it.

Take the essence and discard the dross.

To put it simply, just watch and learn.

The profound meaning of "cutting love" taught by "Dugu Patriarch" came to Mo Hua's ears again:

"There is nothing in my heart, I cut myself off, I unite humanity and the law of 'destruction', I use my body as a sword and my soul as a sword, the sharpness is unrivaled, there will be nothing in this world that cannot be cut!"

This sounds very powerful and can be learned.

But "cut off all your earthly emotions and reach a state of being ruthless and without desires, selfless and without thoughts, without thoughts and attachments..."

This is a bit weird, you can learn from it by watching.

Mo Hua then tried to practice the "Supreme Love-killing Way" according to these methods.

He began to cut off his emotions.

No thoughts, no attachments, no thoughts, no intentions, no ego...

Cut off the feelings...

His face gradually changed from gentle to cold, and even contained a hint of cold ferocity.

It seems that everything in this world is an obstacle to his pursuit of truth, and everyone must be killed.

He, his relatives, his friends, his teachers, and the people he loves will all be killed...

Only by killing them all can one attain enlightenment.

Mo Hua couldn't help but whispered:

"Only by killing everyone... can we gain enlightenment..."

"Kill all..."

"cut……"

The mood of the ink painting is blank, the face is distorted for a moment, and then begins to blur, and the facial features are like makeup after "removal", dissolving and disappearing bit by bit...

"wrong!"

After a while, Mo Hua suddenly woke up.

He covered his face, stopped all thoughts, and used "meditation" to forcibly stabilize his mind.

After a full stick of incense, I finally recovered from the state of mind of "cutting one's emotions and enlightening the Tao".

Mo Hua was still frightened.

"This thing is so powerful and terrifying..."

He almost, really cut off all his feelings.

Mo Hua frowned.

Once he cuts off his emotions, annihilates himself, and loses control of his spiritual thoughts, he doesn't dare to think about what he will become.

"Death of love..."

Mo Hua pondered in his heart.

Love can be cut off a little, but not all of it.

"Cutting one's emotions" is for the sake of enlightenment, rather than actually killing one's emotions for the sake of killing one's emotions.

If they were really killed and stopped being human beings, the problem would definitely be even bigger.

He realized this in his heart when he devoured the divine marrow, transformed his divine consciousness into Taoism, and merged divinity and humanity.

Since divinity and humanity can be integrated, then the Tao of "Zhan Qing" should also be integrated.

"We can't kill them all, some feelings must be retained..."

"The nurturing kindness of parents should be kept in mind..."

"Master's kindness in preaching must never be forgotten..."

"Uncles, aunts and friends in Tongxian City, friends I met along the way, senior brothers and sisters and junior brothers in Taixu Sect, elders of the sect, Mr. Xun and Grandmaster Dugu..."

"And Aunt Wan, Yu'er, Uncle Gu..."

After thinking about it, Mo Hua realized that there were really many people he needed to remember...

Communication with people and the development of friendship are also the basis of a person's emotional existence.

If you give up, people will sooner or later lose their original heart and become empty and numb.

"You have to find an anchor point..."

However, there are too many people to remember along the way, and Mo Hua can't find an "anchor point" to determine the degree of "cutting off emotions".

Dad, mother, master, the cause and effect are too heavy, and the bond is too deep.

Because the bond is too deep, even if you cut off the emotions, it will be the last "cut", and it is not so easy to forget.

But once you really forget, it means that you have cut off the origin without knowing it.

It means that his humanity is beyond redemption, and it is too late to turn back now.

Others can also be the "anchor point" for cutting off emotions, but Mo Hua is always afraid that he is too busy and will be "cut off" due to negligence.

Once the emotions are cut off, they are completely forgotten.

In this way, if they meet again in the future, they will know each other, but he has completely forgotten them because he secretly cut off "emotions and righteousness". It will be very embarrassing.

"Who should I use as the 'anchor point' for cutting off emotions..."

Mo Hua was a little entangled. After thinking for a long time, he suddenly came up with a good idea:

"Junior Sister!"

Use Junior Sister as the anchor point for practicing "Supreme Cutting Emotions".

When practicing, think about Junior Sister occasionally.

If you feel that the emotions have faded, it means that you have practiced wrong.

If the emotions are still there, it means that you still have "humanity" and the emotions as a human have not been extinguished.

As long as the human nature is there and the heart of seeking the Tao is there, there is no problem.

In other human natures, there are actually a lot of "dross" that can be cut off.

Greed, anger, ignorance, resentment and hatred.

The heart is like a mayfly, and desire is like the turbulent sea.

All other fame and fortune thoughts can be cut off.

After cutting off these desires, wash away the worldly affairs, see through the appearance, the heart of Tao is pure, and the ambition is more determined.

In this way of cutting off emotions, you can cultivate the "Taishang Cutting Emotions Dao" that "seemingly ruthless but affectionate".

Mo Hua was happy in his heart, and then his brows frowned again.

But in this way, is it considered that he has practiced it wrong again?

Mo Hua thought about it and felt that it didn't matter.

"It's okay to practice..."

Anyway, it's not the first or second time.

After a while, I got used to it.

When I thought of this, Mo Hua felt calm in his heart.

Then he began to formally cut off emotions and realize the Tao, and cut off his emotions according to the method passed down to him by "Old Ancestor Dugu".

After cutting for a while, he meditated on the little sister.

If the feelings have not faded, it means that there is nothing wrong with the way I cut off the feelings.

If I feel that the feelings have faded, then stop for a while and reflect on whether there is anything wrong with the way I just "cut off the feelings".

Until the beautiful and beautiful appearance of the little sister floats clearly in my mind again, I will continue to cut off the feelings and realize the truth.

Seek the truth of heaven and preserve human nature.

In this way, with "little sister" as the anchor, Mo Hua's practice of "the supreme way of cutting off feelings" deepened little by little...

Of course, he did not forget the Taixu God-slaying Style.

Every morning, he first cut off his soul with the Taixu sword flow, so that the origin of the sword and the wound of his own soul could be deeply integrated.

At night, he practiced "the supreme way of cutting off feelings".

According to this supreme "enlightenment" method, he comprehended the way of "cutting off feelings", and then integrated this way of cutting off feelings into the sword of mind.

In this way, he practiced "the Taixu God-slaying Sword" and "the supreme way of cutting off feelings" at the same time.

These two methods were the methods he had realized by accident. Now that they were mixed together and practiced together, Mo Hua was not sure what he would eventually cultivate, but after thinking about it, he felt that it should not be too weak.

At least there was still hope of killing an evil fetus.

Mo Hua nodded slightly.

His requirements were not high, as long as he could kill the evil fetus...

...

There was no sun or moon in the cultivation of Taoism.

Because of the practice of two new "methods", Mo Hua's time was tighter and his tasks were heavier.

He had to practice, go to class, and teach formation classes to thousands of junior brothers and sisters in the three mountains of the same lineage.

During the break, he had to learn formations, learn the sword of killing gods, and practice the way of killing emotions.

Mo Hua was focused on the cultivation of Taoism and had no time to care about anything else.

But on this day, when Mo Hua was practicing the way of killing emotions, he suddenly felt that cause and effect were floating in the dark.

Gu Changhuai's pale and bloody face suddenly appeared in his mind.

Mo Hua was stunned.

"...Uncle Gu?"

Mo Hua thought for a moment and felt something was wrong, so he took out the letter and sent a message to Gu Changhuai:

"Uncle Gu, are you okay..."

No response.

Mo Hua waited patiently for a long time, but Gu Changhuai still didn't reply.

"What's going on..."

Mo Hua frowned, thinking of the blood-sucking demon sect, a dozen Jindan demon cultivators, and the Dao Ting Division mobilizing people to encircle and suppress the demon cultivators when Uncle Gu mentioned it at Gu's house during the New Year.

"Is it because he is carrying out the Dao Ting Division's mission and can't use the letter, or..."

"Uncle Gu, he won't be in trouble..."

Mo Hua felt a little uneasy.

...

Night fell.

Qingzhou City.

Several Gu family monks were driving a carriage, hurrying along. They were covered in blood, their eyes were anxious, and their foreheads were covered in cold sweat.

When the carriage entered the city, it sped all the way to the Gu family. One person immediately jumped off the horse, not caring about anything else, and hurriedly shouted:

"Hurry up! Come! Go and invite the elder of the alchemy!"

The originally quiet Gu family was immediately in a commotion.

A moment later, the elder of the alchemy of the Gu family came and lifted the curtain of the carriage with the smell of blood, and saw the bloodstains all over the carriage.

And Gu Changhuai, who was lying in the carriage, half of his Taoist robe was stained with blood, his face was pale, and he was unconscious.

His forehead was dead black.

"The evil spirit entered the brain, and the forehead was pitch black..."

Several elders of the Gu family immediately had their pupils trembled, and their hearts were cold.

"This is... a sign of death..."