Seeking Immortality

There are only three chances, each of which is extremely precious, and Xu Qingfan will undoubtedly waste one more by doing this.

However, Xu Qingfan is determined to do it. Mr. Liu's support, Master Jiuhuan's inexplicable calculations, Zhang Hualing and Li Yuhan's calculations, all make Xu Qingfan feel that his future destiny is not in his control. Moreover, as he comes into contact with more and more evil things, inexplicably, Xu Qingfan has always been in a panic, the panic of being out of the right way and being betrayed by his relatives.

Therefore, although there are only two chances left to use such spiritual objects for divination, Xu Qingfan can't help it.

He wants to see what his future will be like.

When the black tortoise shell began to "crack" in the Phoenix Spirit Fire, Xu Qingfan's mind gradually merged into the divination tortoise shell. As the cracks in the tortoise shell in the fire gradually became denser, the ethereal secrets in Xu Qingfan's mind gradually became clear again.

As last time, a picture slowly appeared in Xu Qingfan's mind.

Xu Qingfan was still a bystander, but this time, Xu Qingfan was not in the picture.

In the picture, a black-robed monk was roaring at the sky, and above his head, countless "dark crows" representing death were circling. His face was full of black tattoos, and the devilish energy on his body was soaring into the sky. His eyes were bloodshot, and his aura and pressure were not inferior to anyone Xu Qingfan had ever seen. Standing there, he seemed to be an enemy of heaven and earth, and a fierce demon was born.

In his left hand, he held a black long sword, which exuded a terrifying murderous and fierce aura, and in his right hand, he held a curved short staff, which was emerald green. The top of the staff was the emerald green skull that Xu Qingfan had obtained before. The short staff was surrounded by death.

Opposite the black-robed monk, countless monks rushed towards him, their faces full of resentment and determination, as if they had an irreconcilable hatred with this monk, and under the feet of the black-robed monk. There were countless corpses piled high. The black-robed monk stood on the corpses, looking extremely tall, covering the sky and the earth. In his shadow, under the pressure of the demonic energy that surged into the sky, those monks rushing towards him seemed to be going to die.

However, Xu Qingfan carefully observed the characters in the painting, but he could not find his own body no matter what. There was no body among the monks rushing towards the black-robed demon, nor among the corpses under the feet of the black-robed demon.

The picture was still moving slowly. It seemed that time in the picture slowed down by 10,000 times. And Xu Qingfan just watched the changes in the picture in silence and expectation. Waiting for the moment when he appeared.

However, from beginning to end, his figure never appeared.

"What happened? Was I dead by then?"

Xu Qingfan suddenly thought of a possibility. He was horrified.

While Xu Qingfan was observing, his mind began to ache. He knew that the Phoenix Spirit Fire had begun to burn his mind. There was no time to waste. Xu Qingfan sighed regretfully. He was about to exit this screen.

But suddenly. Xu Qingfan seemed to have discovered something. His mind was shocked. He ignored the severe pain caused by the spiritual fire burning his mind. He stared at a certain part of the screen and watched it carefully.

It turned out that as the screen changed, the black-clothed demon became clearer and clearer in his eyes. Xu Qingfan was shocked to find that the largest dark crow above the black-clothed demon was his pet Xiao Hei. Below Xiao Hei, the black-clothed demon had dark totems on his face, bloodshot eyes, and a very different temperament. But it was exactly the appearance of Xu Qingfan.

"Will I become such a demon in the future?"

Xu Qingfan thought incredulously.

After cultivating immortals, one will always encounter one or another inner demon. To some extent, the inner demon of cultivating immortals is similar to the dreaming of mortals. Everything in the dream is just subconscious worry or desire, and the dreamer may not necessarily realize these when awake.

According to Xu Qingfan's initial idea, he should learn the most orthodox righteous cultivation method, and then make progress step by step like every righteous cultivator. After cultivating immortals, it would take him 100 to 100 years to break through to the Jindan stage, and then 800 to 1,000 years to break through to the Mahayana stage. Then he would slowly improve until he reached the peak he could reach, and then die in mediocrity.

Xu Qingfan was such a person who longed for stability.

But in fact, it was not the case. After Xu Qingfan entered the world of cultivating immortals, he first practiced the incomplete "Withering and Flourishing Absolute", and then accidentally evolved "Withering and Flourishing Absolute" into "Life and Death Secret", in which "withering and dead air" always had the upper hand, and it was also a bit evil when it was used.

During his cultivation, Xu Qingfan used evil methods to transform his body countless times, although these transformations were not what Xu Qingfan wanted from the beginning to the end, and every breakthrough of Xu Qingfan was closely related to these evil arts. The "Spiritual Transformation Technique" allowed Xu Qingfan to reach the Spiritual Silence Stage, Zhang Xusheng's secret method allowed Xu Qingfan to reach the Dan Formation Stage, the "Life and Death Technique", a half-evil technique, allowed Xu Qingfan to reach the Real Dan Stage, and the beast energy allowed Xu Qingfan to reach the Golden Dan Stage, without exception.

Besides, the real top-grade magic weapons he got over the years, whether it was the "Heaven-Defying Sword" or the "Skull", were all evil things, not to mention the pet Xiaohei, which was the legendary incarnation of the god of death in the world.

Therefore, the reason why Xu Qingfan was inexplicably afraid that he might fall into evil ways in the future was because he found that since he started cultivating immortals, he had been exposed to too many evil things, far more than what a righteous cultivator should be exposed to,

Moreover, over the years, he has witnessed too many people falling into evil ways or about to fall into evil ways, such as Ting'er's father Na Luo, Feng Qingtian, Zhang Hualing, and so on.

At the same time, Xu Qingfan also found that his state of mind has become more and more indifferent and calculating over the years. It is not as simple as before, nor as he imagined that a righteous cultivator should have, although in reality this is indeed what a righteous cultivator should have.

And all of this makes Xu Qingfan terrified.

This fear, even Xu Qingfan himself does not know, only exists in Xu Qingfan's subconscious mind. He always feels that he is gradually deviating from the track he set for himself, and is moving further and further away, being controlled by something called fate, and moving in another direction. And Xu Qingfan is subconsciously afraid of this change and the direction he is moving in.

So. The fear of evil is Xu Qingfan's inner demon. He did not realize this at first, and then one day this inner demon will suddenly explode, and then Xu Qingfan will overcome it, and finally the realm of cultivation will reach a new height.

However, the appearance of "Sun" and the infection of "Beast Madness" not only made Xu Qingfan realize his inner demon, but also magnified this terror infinitely.

Zhang Hualing once told Xu Qingfan that in a person's life, there will always be worries of this and that, all day long, and most of these worries will not come true, they are just scaring themselves.

In fact, every time he thought of the possibility that he might fall into the evil way. Xu Qingfan always used this sentence to comfort himself.

But the picture seen during divination clearly showed that he would not only fall into the evil way in the future. He would also become a demon-level figure.

Xu Qingfan thought from the beginning to the end that even if he fell into the devil, the most powerful thing was just a runner, and then he would be eliminated by the righteous monks when they were eradicating the evil of the devil, but that picture seemed to show that Xu Qingfan would be a demon in the future, a disaster for the people.

However, Xu Qingfan could not imagine how he would become a demonic tyrant, not to mention that Zhang Xusheng's secret method had no effect on Xu Qingfan. And the "Beast Crazy Energy" had been sealed by Xu Qingfan. The monstrous demonic flames and pressure were also what Xu Qingfan could not imagine that he would have one day.

Xu Qingfan did not know when he had finished the divination. He only knew that when he woke up from the shock of the picture, the sky had become dark.

Looking down, he found that the cracks on the black tortoise shell in his hand caused by the burning of the Phoenix Spirit Fire were gradually healing, and those vague and fine cracks vaguely formed the words "One person gets the Tao. The world is at peace."

"Does it mean that I will sacrifice the interests of all things in the world in exchange for my own Tao? Is this my future?"

Xu Qingfan muttered to himself. Thinking of that picture, he suddenly felt discouraged. Since he could not resist his curiosity and chose to spy on the secrets of heaven, he had to bear the feeling of helplessness after seeing through the secrets of heaven.

Suddenly, what Master Jiuhuan had said to him before came to his mind.

"The number of Dayan is fifty, and forty-nine of them are used. Forty-nine is a fixed number, but there is only one variable, and this variable depends on the choice and ideas of each person in the Great Dao. Please remember this."

After a moment, Xu Qingfan's eyes showed determination. He said to himself: "It's just a picture, it doesn't mean anything, I just need to grasp the one that belongs to me. The way of heaven is more tolerant, it seems that everything is fixed, but it leaves a ray of room for people in the fixed number. My destiny depends on my choice and on my own control. If I don't want to become a demon, I will naturally not become a demon. What is there to worry about? Will the way of heaven force me to become a demon?"

Thinking of this, Xu Qingfan felt a sense of relief, as if he suddenly became enlightened, but he still hid that picture deep in his heart. At the same time, the shadow of the fear of becoming a demon became heavier.

"Let's deal with the upcoming trip to the Southern Wilderness first. There are still many things I need to worry about."

Xu Qingfan turned and walked towards his room. As the door closed, the room was dark again. Xu Qingfan sat cross-legged on the bed and began to meditate. It seemed that the previous divination had never happened.

ps: There is another chapter under review, which will be uploaded in 20 minutes.