Clay figurines...

Ning Fan nodded and remembered Xiang Jiezi's instructions in his heart. His eyes swept over the vegetation on Mu Island again, and he felt that there was an indescribable meaning of coming out of the world between every tree and grass here, as if it was connected with the outside world.

All the hustle and bustle is out of place.

In my ears I could hear the sound of the wind rustling through the pine forest, mixed with the faint sound of bells that seemed far away.

Each sound of the bell echoed in Ning Fan's sea of ​​consciousness, making Ning Fan's heart a little clearer and his cultivation improved a little. Although the improvement was not much, it was enough to show that the sound of the bell was extraordinary.

The only thing that made Ning Fan frown was that the sound of the bell actually had the intention of urging people to escape from the world. In other words, Ning Fan had to have a high level of cultivation to avoid being deceived by the sound of the bell. If an ordinary true immortal came here, he would probably hear it.

With the sound of the bell, you will have the thought of taking refuge in your heart, abandon all worldly things, and choose to escape into Buddhism.

"What a powerful bell. This is the first time that I have seen such a level of Buddhist magical power since I started practicing Taoism." Ning Fan praised.

"The sound of this bell contains the power of the Six Divine Powers of Buddhism, the [Leaking Power]. High-level Buddhist cultivators mostly live in the West, and there are almost no Buddhist practitioners in the East who have achieved the [Leaking Power]. You have never seen this kind of magical power.

It's normal." Xiang Jiezi explained with a smile.

"The six magical powers of Buddhism?" Ning Fan was slightly startled.

He didn't know much about Buddhism, and this was the first time he heard the term.

"The six magical powers of Buddhism are the Heavenly Eyes, Heavenly Ears, Other Hearts, Fate, Divine Feet, and All Outflows. The Heavenly Eyes cultivates the magical power of Dharma Eyes, and the Heavenly Ears cultivates the Spiritual Awareness. The other's mind can see into people.

In the heart, the destiny can be seen through the changes of reincarnation in the past and present. The divine foot can be the power of billions of dharma bodies. The leakage can cut off all the delusions and obsessions in the world. The sound of the bell of Mu Song contains the magical power of the leakage. If you are not cultivated enough,

Listening to the sound of this bell, you will definitely take refuge in Buddhism and give up the mortal world."

While explaining to Xiangzi, he took Ning Fan and walked toward the center of Mudao.

It's not that he can't fly. It's just that Taoist Musong has a weird personality and doesn't like people flying in his territory. Xiang Jiezi came here with a request, so he naturally won't offend people's taboos.

Mudao is not big, just a small island with a radius of ten miles. From the outside, it looks like a tiger lying in the center of the sea of ​​stars.

The island is planted with Podocarpus pine trees, all of which are ancient pines that are tens of feet high. The farther you go toward the center of the island, the taller the ancient pines become.

From time to time, some clay figures would emerge from the pine forest and attack Ning Fan and Ning Fan without saying a word.

At first, these clay figures were all She Kong cultivators, so naturally they could not stop Ning Fan and were easily killed by the two of them.

But later on, clay figurines of Broken Thoughts also began to appear. These clay figurines of Broken Thoughts were not fearsome, but they knew some kind of secret technique and were able to predict Ning Fan's attacks and react in advance.

Several times, Ning Fan swung his sword to kill clay figures, but the clay figures seemed to know the angle of Ning Fan's sword swing in advance and avoided the blows.

Naturally, there was a huge gap in strength between these clay figures and Ning Fan. They were still easily killed by Ning Fan, but Ning Fan still showed a solemn expression.

If this kind of magical power that can predict other people's attacks is mastered by a strong person at the level of Immortal Lord, it will be very difficult to deal with and should not be underestimated.

"This is the power of [His Mind Telepathy]. It can predict what is in the opponent's mind and make judgments in advance during a fight. It has endless magical uses." Xiang Jiezi explained.

"Are they the Six Divine Powers of Buddhism again? In other words, these clay figures can see through my thoughts with the power of their mind?" Ning Fan's eyes narrowed.

He didn't want a group of clay figures to see through his inner thoughts.

"Haha, only when there is a huge gap in cultivation, his psychic ability can be effective and see through all your inner thoughts. With your immortal cultivation for an eternity, even a third-level quasi-sage Buddhist cultivator cannot see through your thoughts.

In my heart, the most these clay figures can do is predict your next attack, and they can't do much more." Xiang Jiezi explained.

"I see."

Ning Fan felt relieved after knowing that his mind would not be able to see through his thoughts. If everyone could see through his heart, it would be too scary for his mind to see through.

Speaking of which, his whispering technique is somewhat similar to the Buddhist psychic powers. I wonder if Emperor Luan Gu referred to the Buddhist magical powers when he first created this magical power.

After walking along the pine forest for about three miles, a monument of holy virtue and magical merit suddenly appeared on the side of the forest road.

The tortoise beast carrying the stele is so lifelike that it seems to be a monster corpse of the tortoise tribe that has been dead for countless years. It has long been petrified. The evil aura coming towards the face can still be heard to this day!

The evil aura was so strong that Ning Fan almost immediately judged that this tortoise beast, which had been dead for countless years, had a tyrannical cultivation level comparable to the Six Tribulations Immortal Emperor!

This Taoist Master Mu Song is so generous that he actually uses the demon corpse of the Immortal Emperor to carry the stele!

The stone tablet on the back of the turtle beast is rather ordinary. There is nothing strange about it, only two simple words.

【The Bad World】!

These two words were written in wild cursive script on the stone tablet with demon blood. The characters are still bright red and seem to be able to bleed blood.

There is a stern and domineering air between the lines, like a sharp sword, sharp and hard to ignore.

On the back of the stone tablet, there is a line of small words engraved.

For the rest of my life, I have a domineering temperament, and God is unfair, but I will do it justice! If there are evils in the world, I will get rid of them!

The signature is Munan Zun, and the time is 934,620,000 years in the calendar of the Emperor of Heaven.

Ning Fan didn't know who Mu Nanzun was, but Ning Fan had heard of Emperor Li. It was a calendar set by the Emperor of Heaven a billion years ago when the ancient Heavenly Court was first built.

Cultivation has no time, and thousands of years are like a snap of the fingers. Therefore, the calendar of the ancient heaven only records years in terms of ten thousand. Although the ancient heaven has been destroyed long ago, many monks in later generations still use this calendar.

The date of this inscription was approximately 60 million years ago.

"Mu Nanzun is the common name of Mu Song before he became emperor. This stele was erected when he was quasi-emperor." Xiang Jianzi explained.

Ning Fan's eyes moved slightly. When he was a quasi-emperor, Taoist Mu Song killed the Immortal Emperor of the Turtle Clan and set up a monument here. He was really a ruthless character.

Looking back at the words "harmful world", Ning Fan only felt that these two words were sharp and domineering. One can imagine what a domineering personality Taoist Mu Song had before he became an emperor.

Thinking back to the injustice that day and Yu Weizhi's arrogant words, Ning Fan seemed to have an image of a Taoist running rampant in the world and doing justice for heaven before his eyes.

The so-called word "bad times" turns out to mean sweeping away the evils of the times...

After a long time, Ning Fan followed Koizi and walked deep into the pine forest again. Walking through the trees again, he saw the second stele of holy virtues and magical merits.

This stele is just an ordinary stone turtle beast carrying the stele, and it is no longer a real demon corpse.

The word "Escape from the World" is engraved on the front of the stone tablet. It lacks a lot of murderous aura, but has a lot more aura of coming out of the world.

There is still a line of words engraved on the back.

In the rest of his old age, he was trapped in the bottleneck of the Eight Calamities, unable to enter the Nine Calamities Realm. Because he entered the Western Heaven, he could listen to the Buddha's voice, understand the true meaning of escaping from the world, wash away his sharp edges, and not care about worldly affairs. He even cultivated to the peak of the Emperor Realm.

The inscription is Emperor Zhangmu, and the time is 272,260,000 years in the Western Calendar.

No need to ask, the Great Palm Tree Emperor is probably the title of Immortal Emperor Zhang Mu, Taoist Master Mu Song.

As for the Western Heaven Calendar, it is another calendar. After the destruction of the ancient Heavenly Court, Buddha cultivated and lived in the Western Heaven. It has been 300 million years since the calendar was started.

The inscription on this stone tablet was about 30 million years ago.

"This monument was erected when Mu Song was at the peak of the Nine Tribulations." Xiang Jianzi explained.

Ning Fan frowned and looked at the second stone tablet.

Although the first stone tablet is said to be domineering, it dares to call out injustice to the world and eliminate evil in the world. It can be imagined that the former Taoist Mu Song was a monk who took the rise and fall of the world as his own responsibility.

Although Ning Fan is not this kind of person, he has always had respect for such monks who have the world in mind.

But this second monument is full of Taoist charms of passive avoidance. Ning Fan especially dislikes this word of avoidance. In his life, when he encountered difficulties, he always faced them head-on. He never used strength to overcome difficulties.

Give in half a point.

There is no word "avoidance" in his life. He did not look at this second monument too much. If he looked at it more, he might even be polluted by the Taoist meaning of "escaping from the world" on this monument.

The two continued walking towards the depths of the pine forest. At the deepest point, they saw an ancient temple. Outside the temple, there was a third monument.

For this third stele, there is no turtle or beast carrying the stele. Instead, a towering ancient tree was taken directly, the surface was shaved off, and the stele was erected as a wooden stele.

On the front of the wooden stele, there are two words engraved.

【Closed World】…

On the back of the wooden stele, there is a line of ancient and obscure words engraved on it.

The purple star is on the left and the fighting star is on the right. Opening your eyes means dreaming, closing your eyes means emptiness.

What does this mean? Ning Fan has no idea at all.

The signature is Taoist Musong, and the time is the 12 millionth spring and autumn since I opened my eyes...

This time, Taoist Mu Song did not use the Western Calendar to record the year. Instead, he used something that Ning Fan could not understand at all to record the year.

What does this mean…

"The Purple Star is on the left, the Dou Star is on the right, open your eyes to dream, close your eyes to emptiness. This sentence is a mantra engraved on the nine wild stone gates. It is said that this sentence contains a magical power left by the Immortal Emperor.

Many Immortal Emperor-level monks know this sentence, and they want to understand the true meaning of this sentence, but they can't. Mu Song went to the West that year, and after returning, he practiced escaping Zen and broke through to the peak of the Nine Tribulations.

, but he could no longer make any progress. Later, he seemed to have realized something from this sentence, and changed to practice Seclusion Zen. Seclusion and avoidance are just one word apart, but they are essentially different. Later, he successfully broke through to the quasi-sage realm.

…”

Xiang Jianzi seemed to be thinking of the past, with a bit of reminiscence, and said,

"I met Mu Song when we were young. Mu Song is extremely talented. No matter how hard I try to catch up, my strength will always be inferior to him. When he died, I was not as good as him, but the difference was still small. When he left the world, the gap between me and him was already quite large.

Da, after he passed away, I was no longer his opponent. Seven million years ago, I had a stalemate with him. In that battle, I put out seven points, and Mu Song only put up three points, but the result was a draw.

…”

Speaking of this, Xiang Jianzi smiled bitterly, not seeing him for seven million years, I'm afraid the gap between him and Mu Song is even greater.

He often even doubted that Mu Song, seven million years ago, had already broken through to the second-level quasi-sage realm. Otherwise, how could he be able to draw a tie with him with only three points of cultivation...
To be continued...