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"The seasons change quickly, the weather changes quickly, and there is a natural cycle of reincarnation. There is a season every few hundred miles, and the cycle continues. Is the current enlightenment test related to the natural cycle of reincarnation?"

"Or maybe the seasons and weather are changing all the time, so what remains unchanged? What remains unchanged is this plain, which has always been vast and boundless, and what remains unchanged is me..."

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Countless monks in the outside world were excited about the Immortal Mansion. Inside the Immortal Mansion, while walking calmly on a green grassland, feeling the scorching sun above their heads, Guo Zhengyang frowned. He guessed that the test he encountered should be related to Wu's surname.

, it should be to find something to learn from the ever-changing seasons and weather on this plain..

But even though he had an idea and thought about it for a long time, he still couldn't find a breakthrough.

He didn't know how to describe the test of enlightenment in front of him. Is it good luck or not? He didn't encounter any murderous crisis here. Everything at first glance was vast and everything was calm. This was good luck, at least.

Don’t worry about a sudden life or death crisis around you.

But such a strange test requires only pure brain power and understanding. It is not that difficult to solve this problem.

"Boom~"

"Wow~"

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While Guo Zhengyang was walking, the weather in the sky above his head suddenly changed again. The scorching sun was once again covered by clouds. Along with the sound of thunder, heavy rain fell head-on. In the blink of an eye, everything within Guo Zhengyang's sight was included in the rain curtain.

In the pouring rain, Guo Zhengyang still walked slowly, his brows furrowed.

After all, he had encountered such weather changes countless times, and it was not worth paying attention to. He continued to walk, thinking hard but still couldn't find a clue. Guo Zhengyang's eyes wandered aimlessly, looking at the green grass under his feet.

It made a popping sound when being smashed in the heavy rain, and even a lot of green grass was quickly smashed and fell down, submerged in the rain.

He still didn't pay attention until after a while, the clouds closed and the rain stopped, and the scorching sun shone brightly again. The venomous sunshine continued to bake the earth, not only gradually evaporating the rainwater that had previously collected on the earth, but also continued to dissipate it.

Under the scorching heat, everything is steamed and grilled.

As Guo Zhengyang walked again, his eyes flickered across a piece of green grass again, and what he saw was the vigorous and crisp life, fluttering in the scorching sun. Of course, not all the grass blades were stretching their limbs, some had already been

The steamed branches and leaves are withered, but they are still growing tenaciously.

After walking out of this area shrouded in summer, he soon arrived at an autumn plain.

In this autumn atmosphere, in addition to the grass on the plains, you can occasionally see some ordinary small trees, but many of the grasses have begun to wither, and even those small trees continue to shed their branches and leaves as the autumn wind sweeps.

After autumn comes winter.

While Guo Zhengyang was thinking, he saw from time to time small bare trees swaying in the cold wind. A cold wave hit, and some trees were frozen with frost. In their fragile state, another strong wind hit, and they might break.

There are only a few branches, but those trees are still growing tenaciously.

Or it may be covered with white snow, pressing on some small branches. The heavy snow can occasionally break a small tree.

"The seasons keep changing, the weather keeps changing, what's going on...what do these changes mean?"

“Amidst all the changes, what remains constant?”

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Walking around, Guo Zhengyang didn't know how much time had passed, but he still had no clue in his mind, and he kept walking. Whether he was walking with strong physical strength or flying with a starcraft, the plain seemed boundless.

He still couldn't reach the end, and he couldn't find any thoughts in his heart. Guo Zhengyang occasionally felt a little irritable.

It was when he reached an area shrouded in spring again that he glanced ahead and followed his body for a moment, then quickly turned back his gaze that had passed over a small tree in front of him.

Stepping up to the tree, Guo Zhengyang stared at the tree and seemed to have some realization in his eyes.

This is a broken small tree. Arm-thick branches grow upward from the ground, but when it reaches half a person's height, a break appears. The upper trunk and branches and leaves have long been missing. It seems to have been blown apart by the wind and snow.

At the fracture, buds have already sprouted out under the gentle spring breeze.

Looking at this broken tree, he suddenly remembered some of the trees that had been broken by frost or heavy snow during the past season when he was walking through the east, and a flash of light suddenly flashed in Guo Zhengyang's mind.

"On this grassland, the weather keeps changing, the seasons keep changing, but what remains unchanged is life! This life does not refer to me, but to these ordinary flowers, plants and trees."

"Whether it is a mild and suitable environment, or the harsh sun, or the ruthless ice and snow, the persistence of these ordinary flowers, plants and trees has never changed. Even if their limbs are broken, they will still bloom with new vitality after the wind and snow."

"Could this test allow me to experience the perseverance and unyielding nature of life?"

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All of a sudden, he connected the steps he had taken before and what he saw and heard. As soon as an idea came into Guo Zhengyang's mind, he suddenly felt the world spinning and his vision dim and disorderly. When the world gradually returned to order, Guo Zhengyang

When he opened his eyes, he found that everything in front of him was darkness. He waved his hand and found nothing. He couldn't feel the existence of his limbs at all.

Suddenly encountering such a strange turn of events, Guo Zhengyang panicked for a moment, but soon forced himself to calm down. After a moment of careful consideration, he realized that he had turned into a small tree.

It is a small tree over one meter tall, with branches thinner than a baby's arms, stretching in the spring breeze.

"It seems that I have really guessed the key to this plain test. Now that I have transformed into a tree, it allows me to use the limbs of a tree to experience the harshness of nature? To experience the perseverance and unyielding nature of life?"

"Yes, an ordinary tree, faced with the harshness of nature, has too many force majeure factors, which can be called cold and ruthless. Although the monks have all kinds of great powers, they are faced with the road of changing fate against nature.

For the way of heaven, it is actually no more powerful than a small tree facing nature, and is even smaller. Only with a persistent and unyielding heart can we keep going."

"I'm dizzy. In such a big plain, enlightenment is only the first step of the test? Enlightenment only allows you to discover the test questions from the world, and the next step is the test of the heart..."

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A series of thoughts flashed through his mind. Guo Zhengyang was still thinking, but suddenly he felt that his memory was flowing away like a tide. In a short period of time, he had completely forgotten that he was a monk and that he was Guo Zhengyang, and his mind went blank.

,open……

He forgot who he was and that he was a human being. Gradually, he only knew that he was a small tree.

Just growing under the beautiful spring breeze, the outstretched branches and leaves perform photosynthesis and strive to grow. The desire for sunlight and the need for water continue to grow as they grow.

After every spring rain, the small trees will spread out their branches and leaves gracefully, enjoying the joy of life with the tree body still covered with rainwater.

But when the weather gradually became hotter and drier, and the sun became more and more fierce, the little tree gradually felt hungry and thirsty. The fragile little tree's underground rhizomes could not penetrate too far into the surface, and there was no way to get out of the dry ground.

Too many nutrients are absorbed from the soil, a fatal hunger and thirst becomes stronger and stronger, and the feeling of weakness becomes more and more terrifying.

It was dry and uncomfortable, and the pain was so intense that the little tree couldn't help but want to fall asleep, so that it would no longer have to endure the torture of the poisonous sunlight.

"Boom~"

I don’t know how long I have endured the dryness and discomfort. When I wanted to give up everything and fall asleep countless times, there was always a kind of persistence in the depths of Xiaoshu’s thoughts. There was always a kind of stubbornness that appeared. He was unwilling to give up and waited until he finally survived.

There was more moisture in the sky, and he was about to cheer, and just as he was trying to absorb the moisture to quench his thirst, a bolt of lightning suddenly swayed across the sky, and hit the side of the small tree with a bang, shattering a huge boulder.

, boulder debris flew up, and one of the fist-sized debris hit a small branch with a loud bang, causing the trunk to break a lot on the spot.

pain!

The breakage of the limbs caused Xiaoshu to feel heartbreaking pain. It hurt so much that his consciousness seemed to disappear. This kind of pain and torture was more terrifying than the previous dryness and discomfort.

The pain was so painful that he wanted to let it go again and again. As long as he closed his eyes, it seemed that he no longer had to endure the pain and suffering and could live in peace forever.

But when he wanted to give up countless times, a persistence emerged in his mind. Even he didn't understand where this persistence came from, and it kept supporting him.

The weather gradually became dry and muggy again. The little tree, which had finally recovered from the last pain, felt extremely hungry and thirsty again, unable to absorb water. The feeling of extreme water shortage came again. This time

It was much more serious than last time. It was so serious that he had to voluntarily give up some branches and leaves, reduce the transpiration of his own water, and cut off his limbs, just to survive.

No matter how harsh the environment, no matter how cruel the fate, he always has persistence in his heart! That is the desire for life!

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In the extremely harsh natural environment, he suffered repeated hardships and wanted to give up countless times. But in the end, in order to survive and to seek the short-term bloom of spring flowers, the little tree endured and persisted again and again. In the end, he did not know how to survive.

how long.

An inexplicable consciousness suddenly emerged from his mind, and with a sudden spin, Guo Zhengyang suddenly woke up.

When he woke up, his body was already covered with cold sweat. He sensed the existence of his limbs again. He closed his eyes and meditated for a moment. Then Guo Zhengyang suddenly opened his eyes and saw that he was on the edge of an emerald green lake.

Under the moonlight of the lotus pond and the rich aura of heaven and earth, the surrounding scenery is extremely gorgeous and beautiful.

In front of Guo Zhengyang, there was a breathtaking and strange tree fluttering in the wind. Just one sniff of the aroma emanating from the exotic fruits on the strange tree made Guo Zhengyang feel shocked, and his whole person seemed to be filled with a sense of power.

"Does this mean I passed the test? The test of the mind? Not only was the test question hidden so deeply, but it took me so long to find out that later in the test process, even my own consciousness was wiped out, and I simply transformed into a tree and thought like a tree.

To fight against nature and lose one's own consciousness, this kind of test of one's mind is too terrible, isn't it? Is it just the true mind?"

"Exclude all illusions, erase all your body and memories, and point to the persistence deep in your heart? As long as your heart is shaken a little, I am afraid you will be willing to dissipate under all kinds of harsh ordeals, and then the test will probably fail."

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After roughly understanding something, Guo Zhengyang's heart was still full of shock. It was really not easy to obtain the inheritance of this immortal mansion. The first test he encountered was so weird that it not only tested his observation skills, understanding of surnames, but also

What's more important is the persistence and unyieldingness of one's mind towards cultivation.
Chapter completed!