Xuantian Immortal Cultivation Record

The old man and the middle-aged man were both gone. Zhang Yuanjing was first startled, then a little lost.

In the noisy crowd, he didn't recognize anyone, and no one recognized him.

A constant stream of pedestrians walked past him, ignoring him.

He could see that everyone here, like the old man, was formed from Qi. The only difference was that they all had the same aura, the same aura as the divine thought in the middle-aged man's mind.

Of course, these people didn't have divine thoughts. However, they were all tainted with that aura.

Was this an illusion? Was everything he imagined himself?

Zhang Yuanjing couldn't be sure.

The various methods in this Xue Wang Divine Mausoleum were too profound, far beyond his level.

He even felt that he might still be in the stone tablet space, and everything before him was just an illusion created by the stone tablet.

He stood quietly for a moment, then suddenly smiled wryly.

So what if these are all illusions!

He still couldn't see through them, and he had no power to break them. It was better to go with the flow and see what changes would occur. At that time, there might be a chance to break the situation.

Calming his mind, he simply let go of his restraints and walked along the crowded street, looking around. When he saw interesting items, he would approach them to play with them and ask about the price.

The currency used here was a kind of exquisite seashell. Zhang Yuanjing didn't have any, but he could exchange them for gold and stone items.

He didn't ask about the road ahead, nor did he think about how to break the situation. He simply strolled around this market town like a mortal, occasionally buying a small item or two, or eating a few buns and drinking a bowl of meat soup. He even watched a few old men play chess under a tree for half a day.

The sky gradually darkened.

Just as Zhang Yuanjing was about to find a restaurant to eat, the entire market town suddenly froze.

He felt something and turned his head to look. Sure enough, it was the middle-aged man. He sighed softly and asked Zhang Yuanjing, "Friend, have you seen anything?"

Zhang Yuanjing pondered for a moment and said, "Presumably, this is a period of time, some scenes, that you have experienced, so you can't forget it. It must have been a very important event for you at that time?"

The middle-aged man was noncommittal and asked again, "Do you think this obsession is better kept or forgotten?"

Zhang Yuanjing said, "Since it is an obsession, it can only be overcome, not forgotten."

The middle-aged man asked, "What is overcoming?"

Zhang Yuanjing pointed to the crowd of people and the shops full of life and said, "Clearing all of these is overcoming."

The middle-aged man was silent for a long time, and finally shook his head, "This is erasure, not overcoming!"

Then he asked, "What is overcoming?"

Zhang Yuanjing sensed his seriousness and became cautious. He pondered for a long time before saying, "In my humble opinion, these thoughts can actually be left alone. There is no need to think about whether to keep them or forget them."

The middle-aged man asked, "If you leave it alone, isn't that keeping it?"

Zhang Yuanjing said, "It's just a matter of intention or unintentional. Intentional is keeping, unintentional is letting go."

The middle-aged man repeated the eight words "Intentional is keeping, unintentional is letting go" several times, smiled, and said, "That's a bit interesting. However, we cultivators seek to transcend mortality and enter immortality in our lives. If we always keep these mortal thoughts, how can we constantly surpass ourselves and move towards a higher realm?"

Although Zhang Yuanjing was a Core Formation cultivator, he had not had the opportunity to experience this kind of test. He couldn't help but ask, "Why can't we?"

The middle-aged man said, "All thoughts that are not related to cultivation are distracting thoughts. During the transformation of the divine soul, they will become inner demons."

Zhang Yuanjing practiced the Thick Earth Transformation Technique and delved deeply into the Devouring Object Technique. He had always adhered to the principle of 'great virtue carries all things' and parallel progress without conflict. He rarely looked at problems with a binary perspective, so he subconsciously thought that what this person said was wrong.

However, he knew that this middle-aged man must be a remnant thought of some great power, and his cultivation realm was much higher than his own. How dare he directly question him? He pondered for a moment before saying:

"What you said, I don't quite understand. However, since we are born as human beings, no matter how we cultivate, we should not abandon the origin of being human. Even if we become immortals one day, we are not born immortals, but immortals who have come all the way from mortals.

"In that case, all the past of this immortal should be the origin of how he became an immortal. We cannot choose to want a certain period or not want a certain period, or simply only want the period after becoming an immortal and abandon all the previous past. Then wouldn't this immortal be jumping out of nowhere!"

When he thought about it, he felt that the reasoning was very simple, but once he put it into words, it became a bit muddled. He always felt that something was not clearly stated, so he had to add a few sentences, but the more he said, the more verbose it became.

The middle-aged man understood, his eyes lit up, and he nodded and said, "The me of yesterday is also the me of today, and the me of today is also the me of tomorrow. The me of yesterday is not the me of today, and the me of today is not the me of tomorrow. I am consistent throughout, yet I am constantly changing."

Zhang Yuanjing was confused by what he said. He didn't quite understand what was changing and what was not changing. He only knew that a person's experience in the world is endurance. Whether it is good or bad, since it has come, one must endure it. It is not something that can be chosen or not chosen.

Perhaps, the more one endures, the stronger one becomes. This is also an insight gained from the Thick Earth Transformation Technique.

The middle-aged man seemed to be immersed in his own thoughts, his eyes filled with divine light, like two burning flames.

After a long time, he woke up, looked at Zhang Yuanjing and smiled, "Honored guest is very talented, you can be said to have awakened me from a dream. Originally, honored guest only needed to carry that short staff and successfully enter this place to receive a gift. Now, honored guest has also solved my doubts, so I will take the liberty of giving you an extra gift."

Zhang Yuanjing was overjoyed. He had been wandering around this mausoleum for many days and was finally about to gain something. He asked, "I wonder what it is?"

The middle-aged man asked, "Did honored guest enter this place accidentally, or do you have a jade pendant?"

Zhang Yuanjing said, "I have a jade pendant."

"What jade?"

"Umbrella jade."

The middle-aged man smiled, "If it is umbrella jade, then I happen to have something suitable for you here. Please give me that short staff."

Zhang Yuanjing handed the orange-yellow short staff he was holding to this person as he was told.

After the middle-aged man took it, he took out a long strip-shaped item that was neither gold nor jade from somewhere and said, "This is Abyss Bone, taken from a powerful demon beast. It can be used to forge the umbrella bones of the Evil-warding Umbrella."

As soon as Zhang Yuanjing heard this, it was indeed one of the six main materials for refining the Evil-warding Umbrella. He quickly gave a salute and respectfully said, "Thank you, Senior, for the gift!"

At this time, he had already changed his address for this middle-aged man to Senior.

The middle-aged man handed this item to Zhang Yuanjing. This item was very light in the hand, but it seemed to have many gaps, and a cool breeze blew out of it from time to time.

The middle-aged man asked again, "What else do you want, honored guest? If it is the material for the Evil-warding Umbrella, I don't have it here."

Zhang Yuanjing had obtained one of the main materials for refining the Evil-warding Umbrella, and he was already satisfied in his heart. He didn't dare to be greedy, so he said, "Senior can just give me one at your discretion."

The middle-aged man pondered for a moment and smiled, "Since you have entered this Quiet Sea Land, you can be considered to have a connection with the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths Bell. I will give you a material for refining the Illusion Breaking Bell."