I use my supernatural powers to prove my immortality

Chapter 145: Question of the Heart

The Hall of Inquiry is very special and is essentially a magical weapon of very high grade.

It is usually sealed and is only opened every ten years when the mountain gate is reopened to recruit new disciples.

During the years that it was sealed, the Hall of Inquiry usually fell into silence.

In a special state of half awake and half asleep, it continuously absorbs the purest spiritual energy of heaven and earth in Floating Cloud Mountain, which can be said to be the purest thing in heaven and earth.

Therefore, this temple can illuminate the depths of the soul and answer one's true heart without hurting the soul.

It even has a certain effect of wiping the spirit platform and cleansing the spiritual consciousness.

of course.

Under the guidance of this magic weapon for searching one's conscience, those who have evil intentions and are plotting evil will basically have nowhere to hide.

This is also one of the biggest bases for Baiyun Temple to basically confirm the character and personality of new disciples!

Because the mountain gates are open today, there are many elders in charge of the Hall of Questioning the Heart.

The leader was none other than Master Nong Gu Yu.

This person is from Xifeng, and he will preside over the second level in order to ensure fairness.

Although there are various exchanges of interests involved in the Baiyun Temple's recruitment of disciples, the superficial fairness is at least maintained well.

Originally, Nong Guyu just thought that this recruitment was just a simple task like usual.

but.

When he saw the South Peak Master Zhengyangzi and the East Peak Master Changshengzi coming over, he felt numb all over.

Why would a supreme elder in the Nascent Soul stage come to the Hall of Inquiry to see the sect recruit new members?
Didn’t the Nascent Soul elders in previous years not care about these things?
Not to mention the juniors who have just entered the Tao and haven't even established their foundation, even if they have already formed a pill, the Nascent Soul stage supreme elders may not take them too seriously.

From the Jindan stage to the Yuanying stage, there is a huge chasm.

For example, in the eight peaks of the eight veins of Floating Cloud Mountain, each of the Yuanying Peak Masters has outlasted countless Jindan cultivators.

Even though the news about the peak master wanting to accept a disciple has been widely circulated in the outside world this year, it seems that all larger forces know something about it.

But in actual operation, it is basically that when the assessment results come out and there are any outstanding talents, they compile them into a book and take it to the many peak masters for review.

If you like it, accept it; if you don’t, don’t accept it.

No one can influence the will of the peak masters!
Is there anything special this year?
Especially when there was a hint of confrontation between the two, Nong Guyu suddenly felt his scalp tingling.

Nong Guyu said respectfully, "My two uncles, why do you need to come here in person for such a small matter?"

Zheng Yangzi waved his hand and said, "Don't worry about my existence. Just do what you should do. This is not the first time that I have recruited talents for the sect. Just follow the previous practice."

Changshengzi saw this and said with a smile, "Just listen to your uncle Zhengyangzi and do what you should do."

"Yes."

Nong Guyu was very cautious, and then he made a series of hand gestures, sending rays of spiritual light into the huge bronze mirror in front of the Hall of Inquiry.

The light rippled on the bronze mirror, and soon revealed the situation on the road of self-examination outside.

Ask for your thoughts.

After Zhong Lixiao passed through the ripple barrier, he directly entered an independent small space.

The space is actually not small, at least the size of a football field.

The most eye-catching part among them is the steps that are dozens of feet wide and seem to be made of white jade.

Unlike the mysterious outside world which is shrouded in mist, the white jade steps here are clearly visible.

There are probably only about a hundred levels in total.

It looks easy to reach the top, but in fact, just look at the people struggling on the stairs and the many candidates climbing with difficulty to know that it is not that easy to climb these stairs.

After a quick look, Zhong Lixiao found Zhong Lixia and others.

What Zhong Lixiao didn't expect was that the student with the best result was Zhong Suxin.

She has climbed to about the tenth step!

Zhong Lixia has only climbed to the seventh step now, while Zhong Suyun has only climbed to the fourth step.

Is Zhong Suxin such a good person?

In his impression, this cousin is quiet but not aloof.

If we really want to talk, we can talk about any topic.

On the contrary, she is not as eye-catching as Zhong Suyun. Although she is more inclined to please others, it is inevitable to feel a little pressure when interacting with her.

Zhong Lixiao didn't think much about it, and then he saw some familiar faces.

for example.

The "brother who throws bricks to attract jade" and the "brother who supports the role" that I saw in Dengxian Mansion last time.

These two people have quite good personalities. The one who "throws a brick to attract jade" has actually climbed to more than 30 steps.

No wonder he is so ambitious and wants to compete for the position of the peak master's disciple.

Comparatively speaking, the performance of the "supporting actor" is much worse, and he has only climbed to the early twentieth step.

On the contrary, Prince Bao, who is dressed in a dragon robe, has a really good character.

He seemed to be making rapid progress and had already climbed more than 40 steps, and it seemed that he would eventually reach the top of the Ladder of Inquiry.

As for the second person, he was a man wearing a starlight Taoist robe.

It turned out to be Gu Yunting, the proud son of Sandu County, who had heard of his great name in Dengxian Palace.

At this time, he had also climbed to the 37th step and was chasing Prince Bao. It was obvious that he did not want to be inferior to anyone.

Upon seeing this, Zhong Lixiao no longer hesitated and took a step forward, stepping onto the Ladder of Integrity.

In just a moment, Zhong Lixiao's expression changed.

Because the moment his feet stepped onto the ladder, he felt a chill piercing through his feet from the iron nails.

A sharp pain suddenly swept through his whole body!

Zhong Lixiao suddenly understood why everyone else was climbing so hard.

This level tests one's character, and has nothing to do with one's cultivation or physical body. It only tests one's soul. Therefore, his powerful physical defense immediately lost its effect.

This kind of pain is very likely to act directly on the spiritual consciousness!
Zhong Lixiao did not hesitate and immediately visualized the Buddhist Arhat in his mind.

There are three realms of Arhat: killing the enemy, worthy of offerings, and no birth.

The killing of the thief here means killing the thief in the heart.

The purpose is to remove all the troubles in life.

This kind of pain that comes from the soul is naturally also a kind of trouble.

Therefore, Zhong Lixiao eliminated them one by one by visualizing the inner and outer bright spots.

Sure enough, as he continued to visualize, the pain gradually disappeared.

If the body is not clean, it is naturally difficult to purify the mind.

But if it is just pure physical pain, people's ability to endure may be far beyond their imagination.

Just like having no money, people can only actively or passively endure the pain brought by the disease.

Without a doubt, this is the most useless and helpless kind of perseverance, and it is not worthy of any praise!

Zhong Lixiao did not stay any longer, but went up the stairs again.

In just a moment, Zhong Lixiao felt an unprecedented pressure pressing on his heart.

His legs were shaking, his body felt as if it were filled with lead, and breathing became extremely difficult.

Compared to the first stage, the pain endured by the second stage is directly doubled.

Even Zhong Lixiao couldn't help but have the thought of retreating to the first level.

It seems that as long as I step back, all the pain will disappear.

As for such floating thoughts, Zhong Lixiao would directly destroy them.

For those who practice Taoism, who isn't going against the will of heaven?

Without hesitation, he faced the challenge again and climbed up to the third step.

The third stage is still the same old routine, it is simply physical pain, but the degree has been increased many times.

Zhong Lixiao felt as if he had been cut into pieces, with beads of sweat oozing out of his body.

It hurts, it really hurts, but it is just physical pain.

Then it can be endured, it can be overcome, it can be forgotten.

boom!
Just after Zhong Lixiao stepped onto the fourth step, a terrifying storm suddenly arose in his sea of consciousness.

It was different from the previous one where he only felt physical pain, but his mind was unusually clear.

After stepping onto the fourth step, Zhong Lixiao suddenly felt a sense of frustration, pain, and emptiness in his mind, as if he had lost his support.

I don’t know where this pain comes from, it’s like a broken heart, or like my ideals have suffered a huge setback.

I suddenly felt like I wanted to lie down, and I lost my goal.

This is a bit scary!

but.

Still unable to stop Zhong Lixiao.

Because his heart is supported!
No matter whether it was his happy childhood in his previous life or his youth in this life, which was not valued so much, his heart was full of love and strength.

Failure. Before he awakened his magical powers, had he failed many times?
As for heartbreak, love is never everything.

A happy childhood can heal a lifetime!
Zhong Lixiao did not hesitate and continued to climb the stairs.

Then the test of the soul began to become more specific.

In a daze, Zhong Lixiao seemed to see himself failing again.

At that moment, Zhong Lixiao seemed to have returned to the past and turned back into the person whose supernatural powers had not yet awakened and who was stuck in a bottleneck and doubted his life.

After thinking it over for a while, Zhong Lixiao went up the stairs again.

Not to mention that his supernatural powers have already awakened, even if his supernatural powers had not yet awakened, Zhong Lixiao has never given up!

This is how he saved himself from danger time and time again!
Before he knew it, Zhong Lixiao had already climbed to the tenth step.

During this process, Zhong Lixiao also understood why Zhong Suyun could only climb to the fourth step, but Zhong Suxin could climb to the tenth step.

Zhong Suxin's childhood was obviously happier, and she always had support in her heart.

As for Zhong Lixia, it must be because he has too much psychological burden.

Zhong Lixiao climbed up the stairs again.

In just a moment, Zhong Lixiao felt a huge wave rising in his sea of consciousness.

The inexplicable restlessness, pain, emptiness, and fear that came from nowhere seemed to be constantly attacking from all directions.

Later on, his sea of consciousness seemed to be filled with layers of brain fog, so much so that Zhong Lixiao began to have trouble distinguishing between illusion and reality.

I don’t know how much time has passed, but Zhong Lixiao felt a creepy feeling in his heart.

He always felt as if there were pairs of eyes staring at him, as if they were coveting his secrets!

And the moment this idea emerged, it could not be stopped.

Many powerful people in Baiyun Temple coveted his magical powers. The secrets of his magical powers were discovered, and he was about to be captured by the powerful people for human experiments.

Zhong Lixiao knew that these terrifying thoughts were all false. In essence, they all stemmed from his deepest worry and fear about his biggest secret being exposed.

But the Ladder of Conscience is so terrifying that if there is even a little fear in your heart, this fear will be infinitely magnified.

Later his fears came true. The more he worried about those powerful people coveting his magical powers and spying on his secrets, the more he seemed to have nowhere to escape.

Later on, Zhong Lixiao even felt that these eyes seemed to be increasing in number and getting closer, and finally starting to take root in his heart from the outside to the inside.

Zhong Lixiao secretly groaned, he had no choice but to keep his mind clear.

(End of this chapter)