Fusang Sword Heart Diagram

Chapter 114 A Single Thought Unravels Emptiness

"All magic spells fall into three categories: offense, defense, and application."

Offense and defense are easy to understand: attacking others and protecting oneself. Their application is quite broad, including techniques like purification spells, silencing spells, illuminating flames, and water-avoiding spells.

Qian Yuan spoke calmly and unhurriedly: "A spell as powerful as Mirror Flower Void consumes one's own spiritual power to protect others. Few people would do something that doesn't benefit themselves, so such spells are not common."

Ning Fusang was somewhat discouraged, but at this moment, Qian Yuan seemed to have made a connection to something, "Kongyun Temple has a huge spell, and its name is somewhat similar to Jinghua Kong."

Her eyes flickered slightly: "What is it?"

"Through the Looking Glass."

Flowers in the mirror and moon in the water.

Ning Fusang had naturally heard of the "Mirror Flower Water Moon" technique; it was a well-known magic among the immortal sects of Lingzhou.

Because the Sword Challenge in Lingzhou takes place in the "Mirror Flower Water Moon". Anyone who enters the "Mirror Flower Water Moon" enters a "fictional" world where death is not the end; once killed by another, one will return to reality.

Any physical wounds are gone; only the intense sense of death they experience in the illusion of the moon and the mirror is real.

Some people enter a realm of illusion and achieve enlightenment at a critical moment. But looking at all the previous Lingzhou Sword Tournaments, such people are only a minority.

After all, everyone knows perfectly well that it's all just a mirage, a world of illusions and illusions, and that it's all fake.

If you know you won't die, how can you truly understand the meaning of life and death?
Ning Fusang had heard of "Mirror Flower Water Moon," but the problem was, she had never participated in the Lingzhou Sword Challenge, nor had she ever been to "Mirror Flower Water Moon"!

What is the solution to the "Mirror Flower Water Moon" illusion?
It's death.

In the world of "Mirror Flower Water Moon", death allows one to leave the spell's range, either by being killed by someone or by committing suicide.

However, [Mirror Flower Empty] is different from [Mirror Flower Water Moon]. Within the scope of [Mirror Flower Empty], others cannot harm oneself, and one cannot harm oneself.

All spells, when cast into a mirage, amount to nothing.

Just like these countless fragments of the laws of the secret realm, they vanished into nothingness.

Ning Fusang kept pondering the two spells in his mind. The little monk's spells should be derived from [Mirror Flower Water Moon], and there must be a connection between them!

What is meant by "flowers in a mirror and the moon in the water"? Flowers in a mirror and the moon in the water appear to have color, but there is no physical contact, so they are not true colors.

The Buddha also said that all conditioned phenomena are like dreams, illusions, bubbles, and shadows; everything is created by the mind, and this is how one should view them.

Ning Fusang suddenly realized, and thought to herself, "I understand."

Qian Yuan was stunned for a moment, not expecting that she had found a solution in such a short time.

Ning Fusang's eyebrows curved slightly, and her tone became a little lighter: "Actually, the solution is hidden in the name of this spell. What I need to undo is [Mirror Flower Emptiness], which is to undo emptiness."

Her words were esoteric, but the concept of "emptiness" was so elusive that Qianyuan didn't quite understand it yet. But in the next instant, it realized that Ning Fusang had already transcended the realm of "illusionary emptiness."

It sensed no spiritual energy fluctuations within her body.

In just a moment, they broke free from this massive spell.

A single thought can dispel emptiness.

Li Jinzhen's eyes widened slightly. Ning Fusang turned back with a gentle smile and told her in her mind, "Senior Sister, the [Mirror Flower Void] can only be resolved by oneself. I can't help you, but there are two words I can tell you." "Junior Sister Ning, please speak." Her tone was gentle, and her appearance was dignified and beautiful.

Despite being the most admired senior sister of the Southern Star Sword Sect, Li Jinzhen possessed not a trace of arrogance.

"These two words are the meaning of emptiness."

As for how to understand it, it all depends on the other person's comprehension. Li Jinzhen's comprehension was not low, and he quickly thought of the Buddhist explanation of "emptiness". His eyes brightened a bit, and he said politely, "Thank you for your guidance, Junior Sister Ning."

Ning Fusang nodded slightly, drew his sword, and left the stone palace.

Her Shattered Light Sword broke, so she randomly picked up a sword from a sword cultivator on the ground. Surprisingly, its grade was quite good; like the Shattered Light Sword, it was a second-tier spirit sword.

However, there were some spiderweb-like marks on the spirit sword, so it wouldn't last long. Ning Fusang didn't care much, as she still had the Su'a sword to use.

As expected, after withstanding a burst of heavenly fire, the spirit sword could not withstand the pressure and shattered.

Ning Fusang had no choice but to use the Su'a sword to clear the way.

The sword-nurturing gourd was still left in the secret realm. While the experts were currently trapped by [Mirror Flower Void], she could go and seize the opportunity.

The only one in the secret realm with profound cultivation was that young monk from Kongyun Temple. Monks are supposed to be detached from worldly desires; she had never heard of a monk who cultivated swordsmanship. He shouldn't be competing with her for the sword-nurturing gourd.

Ning Fusang chased after the direction the sword-nurturing gourd had drifted in, sweeping away any demonic beasts that blocked her path with a single sword stroke.

Su Ajian truly lived up to its reputation as a peerless divine weapon coveted even by the Hall of Longevity. Despite being only at the fourth level of cultivation, she could unleash the power of a fifth-level cultivator.

The wind stirred up by the spatial turbulence was split in two by Su A's sword energy. The extremely strong sword energy in the middle prevented the two winds from merging again, and they dissipated as soon as they came close together.

Ning Fusang, covered in thick spiritual energy armor, flashed through the crack cleaved by the sword energy. A snow-white figure in front of her suddenly stopped, turned around, and looked back. A slight look of surprise appeared in her clear, clean, compassionate, and tolerant eyes.

His "Mirror Flower Emptiness" would take three days to dissipate on its own, yet this female benefactor escaped so quickly.

Kong Sheng recognized Ning Fusang as the sleeping girl he had heard the sutras in Pingluo Town. He clasped his hands together and smiled peacefully, saying, "Your wisdom is profound, and you are destined to be with the Buddha."

Ning Fusang said, "I don't want to be associated with Buddha, I only want to be associated with that sword-nurturing gourd. Little monk, have you seen where that gourd vine went?"

Kong Sheng opened his hand, revealing a green gourd that was not yet fully grown, lying quietly in his palm. "Although it doesn't have as much space as the sword-nurturing gourd that you wanted, it's enough to nurture two or three swords."

"Female benefactor, take the gourd and leave the Twin Heavens Spirit Realm as soon as possible."

He said calmly, "That gourd has fallen into the spatial turbulence. Searching for it would be extremely dangerous."

The crowd fought fiercely, vying for the sword-nurturing gourd, but the little monk simply gave it away.

Qian Yuan was surprised: "A sword-nurturing gourd is worth tens of millions of coins, yet the monks of Kongyun Temple are not tempted at all."

He gave away the gourd simply because he didn't want Ning Fusang to linger in the continuously collapsing Twin Heavens Spirit Realm and lose her life.

Qian Yuan thought to himself, “As the Buddhist saying goes, saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda. With such a compassionate heart as the young monk, when he attains enlightenment in the future, he can build a pagoda of tens of millions of stories.”

Ning Fusang smiled and said, "Okay."

She took a few steps forward and reached for the sword-nurturing gourd in Kong Sheng's hand. Before she even touched the gourd, the Twin Heavens Spirit Realm trembled violently, and a massive spatial turbulence rushed in like a flood bursting its banks!
Ning Fusang felt like a silver fish, slammed onto the beach by raging waves, unable to turn over or move, only able to wait for the waves to subside on their own.

(End of this chapter)