Strange Stories

Chapter 573: Life and Death
Xu Yi takes away life and grants longevity, Pu Mei disperses and reunites, and Xian Zhu escapes from the shell.

Although they do not have ancient books, they still have a famous teacher, a teacher who can tailor educational strategies according to their talents, follow up on their progress at any time, answer their questions at any time, and even take the initiative to discover problems for them in advance.

Even though the three disciples were not as talented as Lin Jue was at the beginning, after a few years, they had mastered their own magical powers.

And what Lin Jue used to trick his disciples into teaching his younger disciples was not false—

It is certainly safe to keep your own things in your heart, but occasionally taking them out and teaching them to others is also a way of organizing and consolidating them.

In the process of teaching them, Lin Jue also re-examined these spells. After they had mastered the art, he continued to comprehend the way of "immortality".

Of course, I am not in seclusion, I also have some free time.

Whenever she had free time, she would watch the sunset in the mountains and the birds returning to their nests. She would then tend the fairy trees in the mountains and work with Luo Gong. She would ask about the progress of her disciples and forge weapons and magical instruments for them. Sometimes Taoist Master Jiang would come to visit and take her to see the maple mountains dyed red by autumn and the winter scenery covered with snow.

If you relax in moderation, your progress will not be slow.

It was a cold winter.

The whole mountain is wrapped in silver, pure and clean. Even the tile roofs of the pavilions on the cliff, the protruding pine branches, and the branches of the fairy trees are all covered with snow and ice. When the sun shines on them, they are sparkling. It is impossible to tell whether it is the sunlight sparkling from the ice crystals or the spiritual light emitted by the fairy trees.

The doors and windows of the pavilion were wide open, leaving the space in between empty, with the north wind blowing in and out. Only a Taoist priest was sitting cross-legged on a cushion with his eyes tightly closed.

A white fox was lying on the beam, with its fluffy tail hanging down lazily. As it was not drunk, it was the best protector of the Taoist priest.

Suddenly, there is a mysterious great way in this world.

The fox seemed to sense the arrival of such a mysterious thing. It suddenly looked up at the sky, then kept turning its head around, looking everywhere, trying to see where the strange thing came from, but it couldn't figure it out, as if it came from all directions.

It had no choice but to lower its head and stare at the figure.

That is not only the object it protects, but also the center and root of the mystery of this great way.

This world has always been like this. All things come and go, live and die, disperse and gather again, break and continue, and the cycle goes on and on, as if it will never end.

There is a great road in it.

At this moment, the mystery of the Tao is added to the Taoist's body.

The fox's ears moved and its glass-like eyes looked outside.

Outside the pavilion, on the cliff, the pine branches were covered with snow. There stood two birds, round and chubby, with colorful feathers and snow on their bodies. They were very cute.

They shook off the snow and snuggled together, unaware that they had strayed into a mysterious world.

These are two young birds.

The snowflakes are still falling like goose feathers.

But in just a short moment, the two birds aged rapidly. Even on their bodies, one could clearly feel their weariness and old age. When they flapped their wings, one could clearly see that their bodies were stiff and weak, as if they were too old to fly.

Suddenly, both birds fell from the tree.

"Gah..."

This is the last bird song in their lives.

And the clouds are still below the cliff.

The two birds flew through the clouds and mist, and in an instant, their bodies disappeared without a trace.

The soul also completely dissipated.

However, the next moment, they reappeared, not only their bodies were reshaped and their vitality restored, their scattered souls gathered again, and their aging bodies quickly regained their youth.

"Gah!"

This is another sound of their bird song, clear and melodious.

The two birds didn't understand what was going on, so they flapped their wings again, flew up from the clouds and mist, and landed on the pine branches again.

As he danced, snow fell on his body again.

Shake off the snow and snuggle together again.

There is no difference from before.

The fox looked surprised.

However, soon, the two birds also became curious.

They opened their round little eyes and saw that the ancient pine tree covered with snow had actually bloomed pine flowers. Before their little heads could react, pine cones appeared.

And it's not just this ancient pine tree. Many trees on the mountainside have bloomed, and their flowers are extremely brilliant, but without people to appreciate them, they soon grow leaves again, grow lush and leafy, bear fruit, and the fruit falls again.

Leaves grow and wither, and mountain grass turns green and then yellow.

Everything happens in a moment.

In the blink of an eye, all the grass and trees on the mountain died. Xu Yigang frowned in front of the window and Pu Meigang rubbed his eyes at the foot of the mountain. In another blink of an eye, everything came back to life.

In the blink of an eye, all the grass and trees in the mountain disappeared, and the whole mountain became bare. Xianzhu was about to be surprised, and Wangran also opened his mouth wide, ready to go back and inform his senior brothers and master, but the grass and trees immediately came back.

The mystery of the Tao was quickly gathered and absorbed into the Taoist's body.

Several disciples also gathered together out of surprise.

"Brother, what's going on?"

"Master is comprehending supernatural powers."

"What kind of magical power is this?"

"I'm not sure either, but..." Xu Yi looked up at the attic, "Didn't we discuss a while ago how wonderful it would be if these magical powers were cultivated to perfection at the same time?"

The fox on the beam moved its ears a little, listening to the discussion below. However, it was in a trance, and when it looked at the Taoist in the middle, its eyes suddenly widened.

The Taoist priest, who was sitting in the middle of the attic just now, disappeared without a trace when he wasn't paying attention.

It turned its head frantically and looked everywhere, but could not find the Taoist priest.

I kept breathing in, but couldn't smell the Taoist's scent.

I used the "tracing method" to feel the paw print, but I couldn't find it at all.

It is as if the Taoist has returned to his origin, his soul has been scattered and his body has disappeared.

Brush it!
The fox could not help but jump down from the beam, scratched the floor where the Taoist had been sitting, and could still feel the temperature of the floor. It then moved closer to the cracks in the floor, but could not find the Taoist either. Confused and afraid, the fox could only take small steps forward, walking towards the balcony to see if it had flown outside.

And it has just taken two steps——

The Taoist figure appeared out of nowhere behind him.

"Hey?"

The fox turned around in surprise.

Suddenly he discovered that not only did the Taoist priest appear out of thin air behind him, but an ancient book also appeared out of thin air in front of him.

The north wind blew through the hall.

"Wow..."

The ancient book was rustling as it was turned by the wind, and the pages kept turning on the last page.

This page is also blank, shining with strong golden light.

It sensed an unprecedented and supreme magical power, which was right in the possession of its owner, and wanted the owner to record it.

Lin Jue also opened his eyes.

After decades of accumulation in the illusion, it finally paid off.

Xu Yi was wrong about this point.

This is by no means a miracle that occurs after practicing several magical powers together. Practicing several magical powers to the top is just a stepping stone. It is to use the mysteries of the great way within these magical powers to glimpse a larger and more essential way.

This is the path of nirvana and reincarnation for all things.

From then on, his body and soul were immortal, and most of the disasters that befell the immortals might not be able to do anything to him.

At the same time, Lin Jue could feel that when he touched that avenue and the avenue was imposed on him, he was almost able to cause strange phenomena in heaven and earth.

That kind of strange phenomenon in heaven and earth should be a certain reaction of heaven and earth to a person, thing or event who has a deep sense of the Great Dao and touches the breadth of the Great Dao. The major gods take this as a sign of their great power.

And Lin Jue's "immortality" is obviously different from Fuchi Shenjun's "immortality" -

Apart from the different methods, Lord Fuchi's "immortality" is all within himself, and he has not touched upon many mysteries of the great principles. Therefore, no matter how powerful he is, he is not considered by heaven and earth to possess supreme supernatural powers.

Lin Jue’s is different.

When he thoroughly understood this great way, the great way descended, and the mystery that arose between heaven and earth showed that it had the ability to separate itself from itself and influence external objects, but he couldn't do it now.

This is probably better than the "immortality" of Lord Fuchi.

However, perhaps because Lin Jue had just realized this great truth and had just come into contact with it, his attainments were still shallow, so he did not cause any strange phenomena in heaven and earth.

This is a good thing.

Because this itself does not explain the strength of the supernatural power, especially the strength in fighting.

It's like the immortality of Lord Fuchi. Even if he has reached a high level of cultivation, it would be difficult for him to cause such a strange phenomenon in heaven and earth. But even if Lin Jue caused a strange phenomenon in heaven and earth, other powerful beings would not dare to fight against him.

If it really caused strange phenomena in heaven and earth, it would be too eye-catching.

"Um……"

Lin Jue began to think.

This is undoubtedly a magical power that I created myself. No one has ever figured it out before. What should I name it?

If it is also called "immortality", not to mention that it is repeated with the magical powers of Lord Fuchi, it is actually not appropriate.

Because it is not truly immortal. It will indeed die and be destroyed, but it will die and be resurrected, and be destroyed and rekindled again.

"Let's call it 'Life and Death'..."

He stretched out his hand and the four big words "Life and Death Creation" appeared on the ancient book in front of him.

This is the first time that this great magical power has been recorded in the world.

Lin Jue's understanding of this is still shallow.

However, he already had a hunch that his supreme magical power was worthy of this name.

The fox had walked up to him, opened its eyes wide, and tilted its head to look at him.

Lin Jue reached out and touched its head.

"Why this expression?"

"You looked like you were dead just now!"

There was undisguised worry in the fox's eyes.

"Huh? Is that so?"

Then the fox watched as the Taoist priest disappeared several times and reappeared again, leaving it stunned.

The fox kept his eyes wide open and his expression serious for a long time before he managed to say:
"You're naughty!"

Lin Jue smiled slightly and stood up.

"call……"

At this time, he breathed a sigh of relief.

With this magical power, you will be immortal.

Of course, it’s just the land of immortality.

If combined with other skills, you can probably become invincible.

As for how to defeat Lord Fu Chi, or make Lord Fu Chi unable to defeat him, he also had an idea in his mind.

That's another avenue.

Taking one path further, or adding another, are all ways of his “great power”.

(End of this chapter)