My enemies became my companions

Chapter 100 His Sword

"His ego is too strong."

Facing the True Man Tongxuan in front of him, Yuzhen Yuanjun shook his head.

Yin Tingxue looked at the kind-faced female fairy in front of her, and always had a feeling that she didn't know when she would turn around and ascend to heaven.

"So Taoism also talks about ego?"

Yin Tingxue said subconsciously.

Yu Zhen Yuan Jun turned his head and smiled kindly.
"Yes, it seems you know what ego is."

"Well, my mother said that ego is the self. People always think that they have some nature that cannot be changed, and they call it the self."

Yin Tingxue recalled and recited a scripture:
"All afflictions and obstacles arise from the clinging to the idea that there is a permanent, single, dominant self in this existence."

Yu Zhen Yuanjun showed admiration in his eyes and said softly:

"Not bad."

Yin Tingxue pinched her fingers a little embarrassedly.

Yu Zhen Yuan Jun turned to look at Zhou Yitang and said:

“Master Zhou, the easiest of the three corpses to kill is the lower corpse, but he is different from ordinary people. His ego is based on love, so the lower corpse is difficult to kill.

There must be a reason why his ego is so strong. If his ego is not resolved, the corpse will never be destroyed."

Zhou Yitang nodded slightly and said:

"I am clear."

Yu Zhen Yuanjun said softly:
"To resolve the ego, one must dissect it. Even for a Buddhist monk, it cannot be achieved overnight. It takes years of chanting sutras and reciting Buddha's name before one can finally achieve enlightenment. Master Zhou wanted to kill two corpses in one day, which was really reckless. Although he killed one of the corpses, it made his ego stronger."

Zhou Yitang naturally understood what Yu Zhen Yuanjun said.

If Chen Yi entered the Temple of Heaven and imitated Xia Qi in killing his mother, he would not be able to distinguish between Queen An and Tushan, and between himself and Qi. In the end, he would resolve his ego and enter a state of transcendence. However, he did the opposite and did not kill his mother, but killed himself, which further aggravated his ego.

Yin Weiying realized what "I am me" means, and so did Chen Yi.

"Next, I still have plans."

Zhou Yitang said calmly.

Yu Zhen Yuan Jun nodded and said:
"Of course I will do my best to help you. My disciple seems to have gone astray this time, but in fact he has turned a disaster into a blessing. After stepping into a pit, you will know what kind of road is wrong. After seeing the road broken, you will understand that the so-called immortality is nothing but clouds. After forgetting love once, you will understand what it means to forget and still have it."

As he spoke, Yu Zhen Yuanjun turned to look at Yin Tingxue with a gentle gaze.

"My wish has come true, but I still have one wish."

Zhou Yitang knew that Yu Zhen Yuan Jun wanted to accept a disciple on behalf of his master. Yin Tingxue, who was standing by, saw Yu Zhen Yuan Jun looking at her and blinked in confusion.

"Daughter of King Xiang, you have a great affinity with Taoism and are very insightful. Are you willing to go to Mount Taihua to practice Taoism?"

Yu Zhen Yuan Jun did not lie and asked directly.

Although the daughter of King Xiang had lost her primordial yin, primordial yin and primordial yang were only important when building the foundation. The further one practiced, the less important they became. What's more, she had clairaudience and the six supernatural powers, so she was born to be an immortal or Buddha.

Yin Tingxue knew that Yu Zhen Yuanjun admired her, so she hesitated for a moment and then asked:
"Then...will Chen Yi go?"

Yu Zhen Yuan Jun shook his head and laughed:
"probably not."

Yin Tingxue shrugged her neck. Chen Yi would not go. She didn't dare to go. What if, when she had achieved success in her cultivation and became half immortal and half human, he suddenly came up the mountain and dragged her back to be his concubine? What if he bullied her without any care? She had finally made him soften his heart.

Even if he didn't go up the mountain, what if he went to burn down Yintai Temple? Burning Sister Bodhisattva and Aunt Feng to ashes... What should I do then?
Zhou Yitang glanced at her and said softly:
"She has her own ideas, so Yuanjun doesn't have to force it."

"That's true. Opportunity is something that cannot be forced."

As Yu Zhen Yuanjun was speaking, Yin Tingxue saw her fingers closing and unclenching, and suddenly a book appeared.

"In that case, it would be fine for you to practice Taoism at home like Wei Ying. You can take this copy of the Qingyuan Sutra."

Yin Tingxue took the cultivation method and nodded.

Yu Zhen Yuan Jun chanted a Taoist name and his figure suddenly disappeared.

Yin Tingxue turned around and looked around.

"Just keep walking."

Zhou Yitang said. "Oh, it's not deep enough now? I feel like we're getting close to the main tomb."

Yin Tingxue paused, then asked:
"What are we doing so deep?"

"Take the sword."

"Whose sword?"

"His sword."

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While unconscious, Min Ning vaguely heard the sound of flowing water.

She opened her eyes dazedly and found the environment in front of her unfamiliar. She was startled and immediately sat up with her hand on the hilt of the knife.

Min Ning looked around in panic, then slowly stood up. Her calves felt weak and she had no strength. She didn't know how long she had been lying in the cave.

"Where is this?"

Min Ning rubbed his temples and cheered himself up.
"Where is Chen Yi? And where are Yin Tingxue, that Taoist nun, and the others?"

Min Ning walked out of the cave cautiously and saw that there was no one around. She immediately realized that she was separated from the others.

She frowned heroically, took a deep breath, drew her sword, and moved carefully in the underground palace relying on the dim light in the palace.

A three-meter-wide underground river comes into view, with the water flowing downstream and a faint breath of the underworld. A wooden bridge stands in the middle of the river. The bridge is tall and curved like a fifteen-day full moon cut in half. A rusty bronze sword hangs at the bottom of the bridge.

The keel of the bridge was clearly lying under it, broken into two pieces.

When the wind blew, the dragon bones turned into powder.

Min Ning was horrified when she saw this scene. She moved closer to the upside-down bronze sword and looked carefully, and found that the rope hanging the bronze sword was very new.

"Did someone hang it up there?"

Min Ning frowned in confusion, then carefully picked up the hanging bronze sword and cut the rope.

When Min Ning held the bronze sword in her hand, she suddenly felt something mysterious hidden in it. She closed her eyes and comprehended it.

There seemed to be a kind of intention in it, just like the battle between Xue Chengdong in white and the three-foot sword. The sword energy that was attacking at that time had to follow this intention like a little effort to move a great object.

Min Jing was calm and intoxicated, and had no idea that something was slowly approaching.

The dark feathers stirred up a breeze, mixed with creepy laughter, and came towards this place.

Min Ning frowned and slowly opened his eyes.

A head of pitch-black hair fell in mid-air, and a pale human face appeared along with strangely bright and colorful feathers.

A green egret with a human face and a bird body.

Min Ning was not Yin Weiying, so she was not scared. Although she couldn't recognize what kind of monster it was, she slashed it with her sword.

Following the sword's intention, a cold light flashed by, and Qinglu's creepy smile first froze, and then suddenly fell back.

The river water, which was originally flowing downstream, suddenly rushed towards the source like a violent storm and huge waves.

The water of the Netherworld River rushed upstream and knocked the egret into the water. The latter suddenly rushed out of the river and struggled to fly upstream.

Min Ning frowned, looked at the bronze sword in his hand, thought for a moment, and put the family heirloom "No Distractions" back into the scabbard.

"Someone left this sword here on purpose, and it contains sword intent."

Min Ning kept whispering,

"What is this for, to teach and preach?"

Before she had time to think about it, she heard a loud noise upstream in the river.

The huge figure seemed to make the entire riverbed shake under its footsteps. A huge eye appeared first, followed by forked horns. The wooden bridge under Min Ning's feet swayed, and she felt a bone-chilling chill.

As it approached, the river water under its feet suddenly surged up, surging and surging, but after that, the water flow gradually thinned out and even dried up, revealing the riverbed.

The Dongshan Jing in the Classic of Mountains and Seas states: There is a beast on Mount Tai, shaped like an ox, with a white head, one eye, and a snake tail, and its name is Fei. It dries up everything it passes through, and is worse than poison. If it is seen, there will be a great epidemic in the world.

(End of this chapter)