"If my body were me, I should be free in life and death."
In one sentence, it is easy to understand, but it can be thought about carefully, but it is also thought-provoking.
Similar to the Buddhist concept of Zen, it has different meanings when applied to different people and situations.
How should we understand it if we place it on a person who has determined the path?
Su Yi has been thinking about this matter since he entered Daodao City.
When the words were left on the city wall, the Dingdao Master probably had not yet participated in the battle to seal the sky, nor had he left his name on the Heaven-Sealing Platform.
In other words, the one who determined the way back then was not the first person on the Fengtian stage, let alone the biggest winner in the battle for determining the way.
So, why did He leave such a sentence on the city wall back then?
Could it be said that back then, He couldn't control his own destiny and couldn't control his life or death?
This is the simplest meaning.
But in Su Yi's view, this sentence obviously has a different meaning.
Perhaps those who have determined the path have been searching for their true self.
Perhaps those who have determined the path are unable to uncover the secrets between life and death, so they are worried and unable to truly uncover their own path.
It may also be that for those who set the path back then, their biggest obsession was to explore the mysteries of "self and non-self" and "life and death"!
And this mystery has been implicated in the mystery of the path of life!
"If my body were me, I should be free in life and death..."
Su Yi couldn't help but feel sad when he thought about his past lives and looked back on the path he had taken in this life.
Who is this “I”?
If we trace back to the source, the beginning of everything naturally comes from the first life. The swordsman is himself, "I".
But if we look at reincarnation and rebirth, the "I" is who I am in this life, and has nothing to do with the first life or other previous lives.
Or, you can also say that all kinds of past lives are part of the "self"!
The "self" is the root, and the various past lives are big trees with branches and leaves.
They are originally one person and are all part of "me". They are nothing more than experiencing different lives in reincarnation.
If so, there is nothing to be confused about.
But Su Yi thought about it quietly, but felt different.
After all, no matter how he sticks to his heart, the path of his life and the various memories of his past life in his mind have had a profound and far-reaching impact on his destiny.
After thinking about it for a long time, Su Yi couldn't help but sigh in his heart, what a "my body is like me"!
Those who set the path back then were obviously already questioning their original minds and exploring the realm of "the true self".
But it is obvious that those who set the path back then had not yet discovered the secret of life and death!
This can be sensed from the Taoist rhyme hidden in the line of handwriting left on the city wall by the Taoist.
Of course, this was the person who established the path back then.
After that, the person who determined the way left his name in Fengtiantai and became the number one person in Fengtian. He also became the final winner in the battle for Dingdao.
Today’s Dharma practitioners have even understood reincarnation.
He is different from the person he was when he left the words on the city wall.
After wandering around the city, Su Yi bought some gadgets. They were all weird treasures that had no magical uses and could be regarded as "playthings."
Like a book called "Thousand Bells of Millet", after opening it, every word will turn into a seed, take root in the soil, and grow a "spiritual grain" that can be eaten by ascetics.
According to the stall owner, there were originally two books, "Yan Ruyu" and "Golden House", but they had already been bought.
As the names suggest, the words in these two books will naturally evolve into beauty and gold, which makes people daydream.
There is also a "divination astrolabe" that is also very interesting. It actually refines a starry sky and countless stars and meteorites into a chessboard and chess pieces. With just a gentle breath, the chess pieces will evolve into various wonderful nebulae flowing around the chessboard.
Divining good and bad luck for people, seeking good fortune and avoiding disaster.
What Su Yi liked the most was a palm-sized millstone. The aura of the avenue inside the millstone evolved into countless ants, constantly running and rotating in the millstone.
The name of the millstone is "Ant Rotary Mill".
The stall owner selling this millstone is an elegant man, and he said: "If you escape from the abyss without any clothes on, you will be the same as the ant grinding mill through the ages!"
The meaning is simple and easy to understand. Living in the world without a single worry in your heart is like a fish jumping out of the abyss and getting rid of its fetters.
Unfortunately, throughout the ages, ascetics have been like ants on a millstone. Not only do they appear extremely small, but they also follow the millstone, spinning around and around in the mill. They work hard all their lives and cannot escape from the millstone.
, naturally you cannot truly achieve great freedom and freedom.
Su Yi quite appreciated the connotation of "ant grinding" and did not hesitate to spend a lot of money to buy this treasure, which could not be said to have many magical uses.
In his eyes, the way of heaven is like a big millstone, and the ascetics throughout the ages are almost all ants on the millstone. They have spent their whole lives seeking the way. After all, there are too few who can truly transcend the way of heaven.
When he bought this treasure, the stall owner happily praised Su Yi -
"There are so many famous and wealthy people in ancient and modern times, but your wise eyes are better than those in ancient and modern times"!
This made Black Dog mock the stall owner on the spot and said, "Hey, I met an expert in flattery."
Who would have thought that the stall owner said with a smile without hesitation: "Thank you, you are an unusual person, you are as elegant as the ancients"!
The black dog laughed heartily, thinking that this guy was also a wonderful person.
In addition to toys such as "Qianzhong Millet", "Divining Astrolabe" and "Ant Rotary Mill", Su Yi also bought some other weird gadgets.
Seeing all this, Black Dog was dumbfounded. He couldn't imagine what Su Yi was doing with so many rare treasures in exchange for these useless gadgets.
Su Yi didn't explain either.
At his level, he prefers to buy something he likes, rather than focusing on buying things for cultivation.
It wasn't until late at night that Su Yi and Hei Gou found an inn and settled there.
Su Yi was enjoying playing with the newly bought toys in the room.
Black Dog was lying there, silently thinking about how to exchange the ancestral spirit roots. When his eyes occasionally looked at Su Yi, he couldn't help but secretly despised him. He was such an adult, why was he still as playful as a child.
This makes me feel embarrassed to call you foster father!
Of course, the black dog will never say these inner thoughts.
One night passed.
The sky is bright.
In the bustling streets and alleys, Lord Changhuang and several other Lords of the Lingshu Restricted Area walked into the city at dawn.
A group of four people, headed by Lord Changhuan.
They all lost their breath and wandered around the city like passers-by.
They came to ask the city this time to participate in the battle for the Heaven Sealing.
"I didn't expect that Daocheng would be able to gather so many powerful characters."
On the way, Lord Changhuan was secretly surprised. In less than half an hour after entering the city, he saw many familiar figures.
They are all the masters of forbidden areas from the five major divine continents in the world.
Some other ancestor-level characters can be seen everywhere!
"Brother Dao, do you think Su Yi and Lord Tuntian are also in Daocheng?"
A tall young man following Lord Changyuan couldn't help but ask.
The young man is wearing a crane cloak, tall and heroic, and looks young, but in fact he is an old master-level monster in the Lingshu Restricted Area, with the Taoist name "Yun Chen".
"possible."
The eyes of Lord Changhuan are a little complicated.
A few months ago, what happened in the battle at Wancui Ridge in the Lingshu restricted area still left him with lingering fears.
When they heard his words, the three masters of the restricted area behind them all felt awe in their hearts.
Naturally, they will not forget how terrifying Su Yi's methods were during the battle at Wanciling.
Master Yun Chen couldn't help but said: "If we meet him, will we..."
Lord Changhuan shook his head and said: "No, if he wanted to kill us, he would have had the chance as early as Wancui Ridge, why wait until now?"
After a pause, Lord Changhuan said in a deep voice: "Even if we encounter them, as long as we don't take the initiative to provoke them, we don't have to worry about our lives being in danger."
The other three people nodded.
As he was talking, a roaring and boiling sound suddenly came from the distance:
"Oh my god, there are actually people selling Taoist Fruits near Qingyuntai!"
"really?"
"Of course it's true. It's said that the one who sells the fruits of karma is the Heaven-Swallowing Lord from the Xirang restricted area!"
"Isn't it rumored that the Lord Swallowing Heaven has died a long time ago?"
"Let's go and have a look and we'll find out!"
... There was a commotion in the city, and similar news was spread everywhere, causing all kinds of uproar and causing many monks to rush to the place where Qingyuntai is located.
"Tuntian is actually selling Daotu Karma Fruit?"
Master Yun Chen almost thought that he had heard wrong, and his face was full of astonishment, "Is this guy crazy? Who would sell the fruits of the path that would make the ancestors crazy?"
Lord Changhuan was stunned for a long time, and then said: "Let's go and have a look together!"
Soon, Lord Changhuan and others arrived near Qingyuntai.
There was already a sea of people here, the nearby streets and alleys were blocked, and even the tops of various buildings were filled with people.
And on the edge of Qingyuntai in front, squatted a black dog.
In front of it, there was a sign with a line of large characters written on it:
"It is painful to part with love, and to sell it with tears. Three ancestral spiritual roots can be exchanged for one path karma that once left its name on the Fengtian Platform. This opportunity cannot be missed, and it will never come back!"
The handwriting is very eye-catching.
"He is really a swallowing old dog."
Lord Changhuan's eyes went straight, "Three ancestral spiritual roots can be exchanged for one path karma. If this is true, it is indeed a completely loss-making deal. Why is this guy willing to give up?"
Not only him, but also the monks near Qingyuntai at this moment were also suspicious and couldn't believe it.
"Tuntian, since you want to sell the fruits of your path, do you dare to show them to me to open my eyes?"
Suddenly, a majestic voice sounded, attracting many eyes in the audience.
Everyone looked up and immediately recognized that the speaker was "Mi Zang", a dominant figure in the "Xuan Ming Forbidden Zone" in Beitu Shenzhou!
Yesterday, I just arrived at Daocheng on a golden Luan bird.
"Why don't you dare?"
Black Dog said calmly, "However, if you, Mr. Mi Zang, want to buy it, you have to come up with four ancestral spirit roots!"
Master Mi Zang looked up to the sky and laughed, "Take it out and let everyone present see it! If it is really the fruit of karma, I believe someone will be willing to pay such a price!"
Immediately, he sneered, "If it's fake, the only one who will be embarrassed is you, the old dog who swallows the sky!"