The thirteenth-level pagoda is indeed very high, but to Shen Lian, it is nothing.
In a few breaths, he took Xiao Ruoxi up and walked up seriously.
His breathing and Xiao Ruoxi's breathing merged together, and the two of them, one big and one small, actually became one in a sense.
The top of the tower was just a small space with windows open all around. When Shen Lian appeared in the space at the top of the tower, he was met with a cold look.
The empress is wearing a dragon robe and an imperial crown, falling to the north, with infinite mountains and rivers behind her.
Xiangji Temple is on a high mountain, and they are now located on the high tower of Xiangji Temple. High up there, the blue sky and white clouds are only within reach.
"Shen Lian, you are Shen Lian." The empress' voice seemed to come from the highest point of the mythical Buzhou Mountain. It was so cold that people would feel awe upon hearing it.
Shen Lian was fearless and met the empress's gaze without evading it at all. Shen Lian's eyes were like an ocean, able to tolerate everything and dissolve the empress's cold eyes at the same time.
"Your Majesty, do you think I am not Shen Lian, or do you want to meet another Shen Lian?" He held Ruoxi's hand, and a wisp of breeze blew up, ruffling the hair around his ears, looking like a god, but Ruoxi was natural He pursed his lips and looked curiously at this female emperor, a very terrifying female emperor in legend.
"I ask you, are you the Shen Lian of the Shen family in Qingzhou City, or are you the Shen Lian of the overseas immortal stream who seeks truth and enlightenment." The empress is scorching, exuding huge coercion, the kind of aura that makes all living beings in the world bow down. , Shen Lian has never seen it on the second person.
Some people are powerful not because of their powerful magic or wonderful supernatural powers, but simply because they are such people and are born to be superior to all living beings.
Ruoxi was a little scared. She was very sensitive and could feel that the woman in front of her was like a tiger, no, more ferocious than a tiger.
She doesn't understand, this is called the aura of a king, the aura of a tyrant.
The king's words and deeds are as severe as thunder, with great power, and as gentle as the spring breeze, turning into rain and dew, benefiting the people.
Shen Lian was not affected at all and said calmly: "Who does your Majesty want me to be?"
The empress' huge pressure was still exerted on Shen Lian, saying: "Everyone in the Shen family in Qingzhou City is Fu Ni and should be beheaded. If they are from the world of immortals, I will naturally be respectful and will do so." I will build a Taoist temple for you and let you join the Taoist movement.”
The purpose of these words is obvious, either you will practice so hard that you will die, or you will practice so hard that you will have no freedom.
If you choose the former, your natural life and freedom will be gone. If you choose the latter, at least you still have life.
But Shen Lian didn't have to choose.
He said calmly and calmly: "The Shen Lian your Majesty mentioned is all me. There are no two Shen Lians in the world, there is only one 'I'." Shen Lian's face was calm and calm, and he looked past the empress and fell on the pieces. Above the white clouds.
Ruoxi suddenly continued: "Your Majesty, you are very fierce."
The empress cast her eyes on Ruoxi and laughed softly: "Little girl, you are really not afraid of death. You dare to talk to me like this."
Ruoxi raised her head and said, "Your Majesty, can you not die? Can you let me live forever?"
The empress couldn't help being shocked, and then sighed: "I have no choice but to die, and I can't let you live forever."
Ruoxi said: "Since we are all going to die, why should I be afraid of death?"
The empress said: "You can say these words, and you are more worthy of the surname Zhao than anyone else in the city of God. Why can't they understand things that even a little girl can figure out?" She did not want to be a submissive minister; Ambition is not something that those who are just a fool can understand.
Since the empress knew Shen Lian's origin, she would naturally also know Ruo Xi's origin, but she didn't seem to care much about Ruo Xi's identity.
In fact, this is nothing to her, because she once killed a minister, but she still dared to use the minister's granddaughter as her female official.
Shen Lian said: "Children are not afraid of death because they don't know that there are many things worth cherishing in life. Even though everyone has to die, who doesn't want to live longer and do more of what they want to do. This is human nature. It’s normal.”
"It's only common sense for a person, but I am an extraordinary person, and I want to achieve extraordinary achievements, but I can't accept these four words from you." The empress' eyes fell heavily on Shen Lian again.
Shen Lian's eyes became clearer and clearer, as if a green lamp was lit in each of his eyes.
A lamp is like a bean, and the fire is endless.
Even though the empress' eyes were like snow, she couldn't extinguish the lamp.
In myths and legends, the sky and the earth are dark and yellow, the universe is ancient, and there are three lamps in the world. The lights are endless, illuminating the past and the future, and everything in time and space.
There is a lamp at Taishang Taozu's place in Bajing Palace.
There is a lamp at the Yuanshi Tianzun in Yuxu Palace.
There is a lamp at the lamp-burning ancient Buddha on Lingjiu Mountain.
The lamp is both a physical object and nothingness.
It’s just that if you have great achievements, you will light up a lamp, which will not only illuminate yourself, but also guide the way forward for others.
Because of this thought, it is the reason why there are endless practitioners in the world.
Shen Lian explained his understanding of Taoism to his fellow disciples in Qingxuan, without hiding anything or being partial, and he understood this concept implicitly.
His lamp was not as good as those three lamps, but it was able to shine a little light in the long night of spiritual practice.
The empress's ice-cold eyes were melted by the light, and the ice disappeared in an instant. The wind from outside blew in and ruffled her hair. She was already very old, but her skin was still like ice and snow, as if she was a virgin.
Then she sighed quietly and said softly: "I am here in the ice and snow forest, not like peaches and plums mixed with fragrant dust. Shen Lian, I know you are good at writing poems. Can you leave a poem here today?"
She really didn't come to trouble Shen Lian today, she just wanted to meet this person. Because her real enemy has yet to reveal his trump card and is ready to fight her to the death at any time.
The battle for the great road will never end.
Shen Lian hasn't gotten to this point with her yet.
Shen Lian said: "There is nothing you can't do."
He certainly didn't have any poetic talent, but his writing skills were naturally gifted, and a good hand came by chance. He couldn't write, but he could copy poems.
I don’t know Xiangji Temple, but it is only a few miles away from Yunfeng.
There are no people walking through the ancient trees, and there is no clock in the deep mountains.
The sound of the spring swallows the rocks, and the sun is cold and green.
The dusk is filled with the music of the empty pool, and Zen is used to control the poison~dragon.
Shen Lian composed the song "Passing Xiangji Temple" in an instant, using his fingers to carve it on the stone wall of this high tower. The writing is elegant and the artistic conception is far-reaching.
The empress couldn't find any fault, but Shen Lian had already brought Ruoxi and Shi Shiran down from the tower.
The reason why she was still on the tower was not to appreciate this poem, but she would come anyway.
She's waiting!
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