newbobooks Chapter 650: Unaware of the Great Dao
Chapter 650: Unaware of the Great Dao
The fog in the island of inquiry has dissipated, but it is still hanging on the bridge, like a transparent curtain of gauze hanging down from the sky. A figure is walking slowly in the curtain. With every step, a voice of inquiry rings from the bottom of the heart. It is like a bronze bell is inserted into the heart, and then it is struck hard, making the whole body deaf. If one is not determined, he will probably give up after walking a few miles.
Once you have the intention to retreat, the bridge of inquiry will be unforgiving, coming with more force and force, making it more difficult to resist. Moreover, this bridge is a double-heart bridge, and the road you walk on the bridge still has the effect of asking your conscience. Even if you turn back halfway, you still have to ask your conscience every step of the way, and the questioning of the conscience on the way back is even more tricky.
Therefore, if you turn back halfway, it is the same as seeking your own death. The deeper you go, the more you can't turn back. Li Changxiao carried Zhao Qing on his back and walked slowly on the bridge. The speed was not fast, but he walked very steadily. However, after walking more than a thousand miles, he dared not be careless and had to concentrate on it.
As an immortal, Li Changxiao does not need to worry about his life span. Whether his spiritual energy is flourishing or exhausted, he is always seeking the great way. But it is also because of this that he sees more broadly. While the world seeks change, he is watching the world. His understanding is deeper, and he often feels doubts in his heart, but when he thinks carefully about what the doubts are, the doubts disappear.
With so much accumulated in his heart, he just took advantage of the bridge to ask questions with every step. His desire to seek the truth was no lighter than anyone else, but after walking more than a thousand miles, he was not feeling relaxed.
After walking another thousand miles, Li Changxiao had already walked out of the foggy area that had dissipated from the island, and was completely exposed to everyone. Everyone outside the bridge looked over and saw that the person on his back was Mu Qin, but they didn't know where Li Changxiao came from. There was a lot of noise and confusion.
Mu Shu's heart sank. She saw a similar figure, but she never thought it was really him. She suddenly felt sad and thought, "He was clearly trapped underground, but somehow he came to the Heart Questioning Path. Could it be that the two of them are really that destined to be together?"
It was strange, her original intention of looking for Muqin was just to save Li Changxiao. But now she knew that Li Changxiao didn't need her to save him, so she should have been grateful and relieved. She had regained the Dao fruit, so she should have been full of joy and success. But it was the exact opposite. Her thoughts were tangled up in her mind, she couldn't make sense of her emotions, and she was secretly angry.
Mu Qi was overjoyed and said, "Brother Changxiao is truly extraordinary. He is very prudent in his work, and I'm afraid he has another way to escape. In that case, we two have been worrying in vain. Haha." Mu Qi was very happy, and thought that after this matter was over, he would go and invite him, and they would forget their grudges over a drink. From then on, they would sever ties with the Mu family, and each would go back to his own ways, being friends instead of enemies.
Mu Shu said coldly, "It's too early to be happy. Look at the people outside the bridge, they are watching him eagerly. Even if he crosses the bridge, he will probably be in trouble."
Mu Qi was alerted, frowned, and pondered for a long time, but he had no solution. It was because of the crowd gathered on the bridge that the two dared not show up and hid in the dark to observe secretly.
Mu Qi said: "If necessary, I will set up a chess game and we can escape together."
Mu Shu felt quite irritated and did not reply, but just stared at the bridge. Li Changxiao's speed was not very fast. The sky changed from day to night, and from night to day. Several days passed, but there was no change in speed.
After careful calculation, he walked more than 5,000 feet without showing any signs of difficulty or ease, which was hard for outsiders to tell. Mu Shu, on the other hand, would occasionally sneer at him, saying that he was very lucky, carrying a beautiful woman on his back for days without letting go, which was much more intimate than that of ordinary couples. Even if ordinary couples had sex, they would only do it for one night at most due to their bodies, but they did it for several days.
Mu Qi retorted, "How can you compare them? He is walking on the Bridge of Self-Examination. How could he have such thoughts?" He saw that Li Changxiao was an open-minded person and had already walked a very long way on the Bridge of Self-Examination. He thought that it would be difficult for him to do it, so he admired him again and was secretly worried. When he heard Mu Shu's repeated sarcasm, he could not help but defend him.
Mu Shu snorted. She was actually as worried as Mu Qi. She just couldn't get rid of the depression in her heart. If she didn't make a few sarcastic remarks, she would feel uncomfortable. But if she saw Li Changxiao spitting blood and spreading the road, she would be anxious. She didn't want him to follow in Mu Qin's footsteps.
After several more days, Li Changxiao had walked eight thousand feet. At this moment, he finally stopped, with cold sweat breaking out on his forehead. The questions asked by the Heart Bridge went straight into his heart, leaving him with no way to escape and he could only take them on forcefully.
He walked even slower. Zhao Qing wiped the sweat off his face with his robe. He felt quite remorseful in his heart. If it weren't for him, Li Changxiao wouldn't have gone through this. He felt a slight pain in his heart, and his eyes became as soft as water.
When everyone saw this scene, they were shocked. Immortal Mu was famous and beautiful, and many people were secretly attracted to him, but no one saw that she was attracted.
At this moment, her demeanor was no different from that of an ordinary woman. It was an eye-opener for everyone, and some even said, "If I could see this scene, I would die without regrets." In fact, they were not saying that they were willing to die at this moment, but just expressing how rare this scene was, which shocked them greatly.
In such a difficult situation, they walked for nearly a thousand feet, and when they reached the last thousand feet, Li Changxiao was suddenly stunned and met a monk. The monk was wearing a monk's robe, gave up walking, and sat down on the spot.
Li Changxiao walked around the monk and continued walking straight. The two of them were taking opposite paths and just passed each other.
In this last thousand feet, Li Changxiao will meet living people one after another. They are all people from the Mu Mansion. Among them are masters and disciples. In addition to the people from the Mu Mansion, there are also some strong outsiders who do not believe in the power of the Bridge of Questioning the Heart, or are confident that they have a flawless heart of Taoism, and resolutely step onto this bridge, but are trapped within a thousand feet.
Li Changxiao stopped again. He looked around at the distance of a thousand feet and could see the different behaviors of the people. Some of them were forging ahead, some were crawling on the bridge, and some were waiting to die on the spot. He couldn't help but think of the fact that all living beings seeking the truth and reforming the law were no different.
He suddenly felt compassion and thought about the suffering of the common people. Even when he looked further ahead, he suddenly realized that the expressions on the faces of the heroes outside the bridge who had not yet stepped onto the Bridge of Inquiry were not much different from those of the people on the bridge.
Is this bridge of inquiry only ten thousand feet high? At this moment, a loud sound echoed in his heart, "What is the Tao?"
Li Changxiao stopped and his breathing became more rapid.
Suddenly, he cursed, "I don't know." Then he took a step forward and walked past the creature. During this step, a tiny crack spread on the bridge.
Li Changxiao's steps became more and more steady.