Swing the sword at the future female devil

Chapter 433: The Beginning of Understanding Cause and Effect and Decline

“No problem.” Duan Huaige, with his wealthy and powerful demeanor, looked down at the stall and laid out nine B-grade spirit stones.

"Little master, please help me. My good friend needs a top-tier spot for enlightenment."

The young novice monk was slightly taken aback, then put away the spirit stones and said, "Benefactor, you don't have enough money."

"Then tell me what the price range is?"

"One C-grade spirit stone is enough for the Yellow grade area, ten C-grade spirit stones are needed for the Profound grade area, ten B-grade spirit stones are needed for the Earth grade area, and one B-grade spirit stone is needed for the Heaven grade area."

"How come the premium quality is even cheaper?" Duan Huaige asked in surprise.

“Benefactor, the units in other regions correspond to one day, while the Heavenly Grade region corresponds to one breath,” the young novice said with a smile and his hands clasped together.

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Duan Huaige gasped, thinking to himself that the Zen sect was really treating him like a Japanese person to be slaughtered.
"Be good, Qiuqiu, listen to me, going to Dipin is the same."

"No, no, Brother Huaige, please let me experience it~" Yan Qiuxi said, swaying her arm around Duan Huaige's. "You don't want me to be unable to comprehend the Dao of Cause and Effect because of the distance, do you?"

"Come on, I think you just want to experience the feeling of being a top-tier show-off!" Duan Huaige glanced at her sideways. As the saying goes, no one knows a wife better than her husband. As fellow outcasts, guessing Miss Qiu Xi's thoughts was incredibly easy for him.

"So what if it is? Huai Ge, can't you even grant me this little wish?" Yan Qiuxi blinked. "Someone can give away spirit stones by the ton when he's discussing benefits with my grandfather."

The girl said bitterly, "Wow, so in your heart, Huai Ge, I can only be a fan... mmm."

Duan Huaige quickly covered Miss Yan Wang's mouth to prevent her from saying anything even more outrageous: "Alright, alright, I didn't say you couldn't go and show off, go, go, you can go!"

Fine, fine. Who told her to have something on me? Once I'm free from this mortal worldly dilemma, you'll realize your mistake!

Yan Qiuxi chuckled, as if her previous melancholy had never existed. Even though Duan Huaige knew she was feigning helplessness, he still couldn't bring himself to be angry with her.

He took out a pile of Earth-grade spirit stones, enough for Yan Qiuxi to perform a miraculous display in front of everyone in the Heaven-grade area for three days and three nights. The young novice counted the spirit stones, then put his hands together in a Buddhist salute:
"Please, benefactor!"

Following the young novice monk's guidance, Yan Qiuxi and Duan Huaige embarked on a path leading to the Heavenly Rank area. Along the way, the sky was filled with radiant light and spiritual energy rose up. Five-colored divine light came from all directions and shone on Duan Huaige and Yan Qiuxi.

"Let us warmly welcome Mr. Duan and Mr. Yan from Jiangnan, who have successfully secured the top-tier booth!"

Duan Huaige: "."

If you hadn't told me this was Zen Buddhism, I would have thought it was a nightclub. How come Zen Buddhism is starting to do this kind of marketing these days?
Duan Huaige felt incredibly embarrassed, but Miss Yan seemed to be enjoying the attention she received. Those who could enter the top-tier area were all extremely wealthy and powerful; for such tycoons, the rest of the crowd felt nothing but envy, jealousy, and resentment.

Of course, there are also occasional sour comments:

"Ha, another sucker has come along. Does he really think he can achieve enlightenment just by sitting closer? I think these rich people are just wasting their spirit stones!" "Exactly, why don't they donate some of that money to me?"

"You go ahead, I won't join in the fun," Duan Huaige said, stopping in his tracks. He had already mastered the Dao of Cause and Effect, so he naturally didn't need to come and comprehend it. As for Yan Qiuxi, she needed to complete this causal connection and become the source.

"Oh, what a pity. We could have amazed everyone with our skills together."

Yan Qiuxi shook her head with great regret. She walked to the jade futon. As soon as she sat down, an indescribable warm and gentle Daoist aura rose from the futon, instantly enveloping her entire body, as if she were in a hot spring, or as if she were being nourished by the primordial energy of heaven and earth.

The hustle and bustle of the outside world—the hawking, the whispers, the sound of the wind—seemed to be shut out by an invisible barrier, suddenly fading away. The world became incredibly quiet, leaving only one's own heartbeat and breath, and the huge, wordless stone tablet in front of one's eyes that seemed to support the heavens and the earth.

The stone tablet is right in front of you, and the rough texture of the stone, which has endured countless ages, is clearly visible. A vast, ancient, and majestic aura, as if carrying the rise and fall of the universe, is overwhelming you.

Even more remarkably, the illusory images of the handwritten notes left by the geniuses of past generations, which were floating around the stone tablet, were no longer blurry orbs of light, but had transformed into clearly visible divine imprints or rune tracks containing endless mysteries.

Yan Qiuxi took a deep breath, clearing her mind of all distractions. Her previous carefree demeanor vanished, and she focused all her attention on the massive stone tablet before her. Unlike the others, she didn't stare intently at the tablet trying to glean anything, nor did she heed the insights of the ancient sages.

Instead, he slowly closed his eyes, trying to observe with his "heart" and feel with his "spirit".

Time seemed to lose its meaning at this moment. At first, there was boundless darkness and silence. Gradually, within that absolute "emptiness" and "nothingness," an ineffable "meaning" began to emerge. It was not light, not sound, not any concrete existence, but a pure concept, an ultimate law concerning "connection."

The massive, wordless stele was no longer a cold stone in her heart. Suddenly, countless thin, translucent rays of light shone from its surface! These rays were not static, but rather, like living things, they extended, intertwined, entwined, broke, and reconnected continuously on the stele's surface and even in the space surrounding it…

Each ray of light represents a cause and effect.

She "saw" a thick line, shimmering with a resilient white light, extending from the depths of the stone tablet and connecting to an old man in the Heavenly Zone whose aura was as deep as a bottomless pit. The line flowed with boundless vitality and a firm Dao heart, clearly representing the old man's profound cultivation foundation and the strong causal relationship between his own existence.

She then "saw" a slender ray of light, tinged with a faint pink hue, emanating from a young female cultivator in the Xuan section. It trembled as it attempted to connect with the stone tablet, but dimmed and flickered halfway through, nearly breaking apart.

This seems to be an unfulfilled emotion or obsession in the female cultivator's heart, with a very weak connection to the Great Dao, yet it truly exists.

There are countless more subtle and complex rays of light: a thread of gratitude between the jade pendant at the waist of a cultivator and the giver; the deep resentment hidden in the eyes of a down-on-his-luck cultivator in the yellow zone, which transforms into a twisted black line piercing the void, but its destination is unknown.

Even the moment a bowl of Huigen porridge is bought from a stall, several brief but clear connections are instantly formed between the buyer, the novice monk selling the porridge, and that bowl of porridge...

The threads of cause and effect are everywhere and connect everything! They are strong or weak, bright or dim, straight or tangled, together weaving a giant web that covers everything, so complex that it makes one's scalp tingle and one cannot see its full picture even in a lifetime!
And the source and core of this network seem to vaguely point to the huge Dao Stele of Cause and Effect itself! It seems to be the embodiment of the law of cause and effect in this world, the central anchor point of all connections!

Seeing Miss Yan Wang's rare reliable side, Duan Huaige felt a little relieved. He turned to the little monk and asked, "I'm going to the Red Dust Questioning Cliff, but I don't know where to go?"

Just as the young novice was about to answer, the familiar voice of the old monk suddenly came from behind him: "If you wish to seek answers in the mortal world, you may come with me. Considering how many spirit stones you have spent, I will offer you some assistance and discounts."

(End of this chapter)