"Why aren't you afraid of the dark?" the woman asked.
"Why should I be afraid of darkness?" Long Chen asked.
The woman was stunned, as if she didn't expect Long Chen to ask back, and she continued to ask: "Then why do you like darkness?"
Long Chen didn't think twice and answered directly: "Because I am used to darkness. In a world full of despair when I am bullied and insulted but unable to resist, no one pities me, no one helps me, and no one is willing to accompany me.
Only darkness never rejects me. No matter what grievances I suffer, it is willing to listen to me silently.
Even if the whole world abandons me, it will accompany me silently, it will never reject me, and its embrace will always be open to me.
Before I entered the path of spiritual practice, in my world, only darkness was my friend. In its embrace, I cried silently and healed my wounds. When I was strong enough, I would leave it and fight hard.
When I am covered with scars from fighting hard, it is my greatest comfort, because I know it is waiting for me.
It's so important to me, why should I be afraid of it? Why can't I like it?"
The woman continued to ask: "You have experienced darkness and light, which one do you prefer?"
"I like them both, and I don't like them either." Long Chen said with a bitter smile.
"What do you think is the boundary between darkness and light?" the woman asked.
"There are no boundaries, there is light in darkness, and there is darkness in light." Long Chen responded.
"I see."
After hearing Long Chen's answer, a look of surprise appeared on the woman's face, as if she understood something.
She looked at Long Chen and said: "Your concept is right. There is no absolute black or white in this world, there is no absolute good or absolute evil.
But you have to remember that there is a line between black and white, and there is a yardstick between right and wrong.
And this boundary and criterion is like a judge, it can judge right and wrong, right and wrong."
Long Chen shook his head and asked: "Can a judge really be impartial? Who can guarantee that its judgment is accurate?"
"This is related to one thing, and that is the base of the scale, which is the basis for balancing all things.
Between black and white, between right and wrong, between good and evil, between movement and stillness, between tangible and intangible, etc., there must be a balance base in the middle of any opposing energy.
Using your human understanding, it means that Tao gives birth to one, one gives birth to two, two gives birth to three, and three gives birth to all things.
Heaven and earth generate yang, and yin is regenerated; heaven and earth generate yin, and yang is attached to it. Therefore, all things in the world are mutually reinforcing, mutually reinforcing, and complementary to each other.
Based on this deduction, where there is yin there is yang, where there is life there is death, where there is good there is evil, where there is movement there is stillness, where there is purity there is turbidity.
But there is a mysterious force between yin and yang, life and death, good and evil, movement and stillness, and purity and turbidity, which separates them. One and two are opposites, but with three, one and two begin to interact, and the two forces operate.
, the cycle repeats, and our world comes into existence." The woman said.
Long Chen's heart was pounding with lightning and thunder, as if he had seen an unprecedented world.
"The balance is three. If you combine two completely opposite forces, you can have the power of creation?" Long Chen's heart was beating wildly, and even his voice was trembling.
"That's the theory, but in reality... I think too much, and the truth is speechless. Any truth that can be explained clearly with words is not the true truth.
The great road we talk about is just a mediocre road. If the true secret of heaven and earth is revealed, either the nine heavens will be destroyed or the ten realms will be reborn." The woman said.
"Thank you, senior!"
Long Chen bowed respectfully to the woman. The woman's words were like opening a window for him, and he saw an unprecedented world.
Moreover, Long Chen understood why the powerful dragon clan asked this woman to enlighten him. This woman's realm was too high.
The woman nodded, and her body turned into endless flames and slowly disappeared, while Long Chen sat cross-legged in front of the door, slowly forming seals with his hands.
"boom"
Long Chen's body was covered with golden scales, and the power of Qi and blood exploded in an instant. The energy of blood, Qi, and bones were ignited, like a volcano erupting.
The world that was originally dark because of the woman's departure was lit up again because of Long Chen.
…
In the tenth level, in the dark world, people gasped heavily, and they felt that their will was about to collapse.
In the darkness, endless negative emotions kept eroding them, and all the painful experiences reappeared before their eyes, as if there was an invisible wall in front of them, blocking their way forward.
The wall was so thick that it made people despair. There was no light or hope, only endless despair.
At the beginning, Zhu Yunwen and others were still encouraging them. Listening to Zhu Yunwen and other princes and princesses boosting their morale, they could still persist.
Later, they could hear nothing except their own breathing and heartbeat, and it seemed that they could not even sense the people around them. It was as if a person had been thrown into the abyss of death, and the sky was not responding to them, and the earth and the earth were not working.
When they stepped onto the tenth level, the power of darkness became stronger. Because Long Chen had an affinity for the power of darkness, he couldn't sense it at all, but everyone felt uncomfortable. Even Zhu Yunwen and others began to appear.
Hallucinated.
Suddenly a bright light came, and they saw the door in front of them. Through the crack in the door, they saw the golden light.
"It's Long Chen."
Yu Qingxuan shouted excitedly, and everyone suddenly became excited. Long Chen was already waiting for them in front, and victory was right in front of them.
For a moment, everyone cheered up again and rushed to the eleventh level. In this eleventh level, various sounds appeared. These were not auditory hallucinations, but real sounds. However, everyone ignored them and concentrated on walking along the bright light.
Keep moving forward.
"boom"
Suddenly there was an explosion, everyone screamed, the light disappeared, and the whole world fell into darkness again.
"puff"
Long Chen spurted out a mouthful of blood, and cracks appeared on his body. In the endless darkness, Long Chen looked at his hands, and a smile appeared on his face:
"Hey, I found it. The power of blood, energy, and bones is tangible. God, soul, and mind are tangible inside and intangible outside.
The key to the Dragon God's body refining technique is to balance the blend of visible power and invisible power. The power that can balance the two is ambition, which is the base of the scale and the three in the great road."
After resting for half an hour, Long Chen stopped shouting, and his whole body glowed again. A divine light shot straight into the sky, and the loud roar of the dragon resounded throughout the Suzaku space.
"Buzz"
The dragon scales on Long Chen's body actually began to vibrate with the same rhythm as his breathing. The invisible power of the soul and the tangible flesh and blood blended together, no longer distinguishing each other.
"Success, success!"
The strong dragon clan roared with excitement, it was even more excited than Long Chen.
The moment Long Chen merged the invisible power with the tangible power, he felt that it suddenly expanded and was about to explode.
"Yunlong Offers Claws"
Long Chen roared angrily and slammed his claws at the door. If he didn't release this power, he would explode and die.
"boom"
There was an explosion, and the huge door was shattered by Long Chen's claw. Under the distortion of space, Long Chen and others appeared in the palace again.
"We... came out?"
Zhu Yunwen and others couldn't believe their eyes, they actually completed the trial.
"Very good. You are finally out. Hurry to the battlefield. Suzaku is in a huge crisis."
As soon as everyone came out, they heard an old voice.