After three drum sounds, Su He looked at the Ascension Drum in front of him and slowly closed his eyes.
I can’t sense it again!
The Ascension Drum was still in front of him, but it disappeared again in his perception, and the immortal power could no longer connect to the Ascension Drum.
Even if Su He changed to the dragon turtle bloodline, he still couldn't sense the existence of the Ascension Drum. Xuanwu, Suzaku...
Everything was undetectable, as if the Ascension Drum had completely disappeared.
He looked at the Immortal Ascension Drum in front of him and grinned. Sure enough, beating the drum couldn't be that simple. The first three sounds were the immortal secret. Su He had a long way to go to the immortal path, and he beat the drum three times in a row without any pause.
But I don’t know what’s next
Su He was silent.
Looking back into the mountains, my consciousness is alternating.
"May I ask Senior Brother Dongxu, what did this fellow Taoist use to beat the first three drums?"
Senior Brother Dongxu is the spirit of the Ascension Drum. Although unlike ordinary magic weapons where the spirit and the weapon are one and the same, it is somewhat difficult for Senior Brother Dongxu to reintegrate with the Ascension Drum. But a spirit is still a spirit and can always sense the inside.
A voice from Dongxu came: "Knock on the drum with the immortal way."
Everyone nodded. Xiandao was indeed the most common way to beat the drum. Half of those who worshipped at Guiwang Mountain followed the Xiandao method.
Common doesn’t mean simple. There is no such thing as simple drumming.
Everything in the world can lead to immortality. Every word, every sentence, every article, every book, even when a mortal's martial arts and medical skills are truly realized to the pinnacle, the great principles contained in them are enough to push a person to the realm of immortality.
But if you want to rely on the path to immortality to sound the drum of ascension, it is not enough for you to know the path, but it is necessary for you to be able to follow the path and have the means to succeed, then you can truly become an immortal!
In other words, the path to immortality must be unobstructed!
Otherwise, wouldn't it mean that anyone with any technique to become an immortal could play the drum
Although the path to becoming an immortal is difficult, anyone who enters the mountain gate can do it!
"But since he can strike the Immortal Drum during the Great Solar Eclipse, his enlightenment will surely reach the sky."
The great solar eclipse increased the difficulty. Originally, one could beat the drum with only three points of immortality, but now at least five points are required.
If he can knock three times in succession in this state, this boy will hopefully make further progress on the path to immortality.
It wouldn't be an insult to be paired with his Ji Feixue.
Everyone looked at Su He.
Su He slowly opened his eyes with a hint of doubt in his eyes. He raised his hand and touched the three drums, as if he couldn't believe it.
Place your hands on the triple drum and tap it lightly.
Boom!
A drum sound spread throughout the area, louder than the previous three. After the dull sound, it rolled out in all directions like thunder.
people!
The first three drums ask the immortals, and the middle three drums ask people!
Su He understood it in his mind. When he realized what the third drum was struck with, the Ascension Drum was sensed again, and a slight hit resounded throughout the universe.
Human is not human.
All living things between heaven and earth, including plants, fish and animals, are human.
Su He deeply understood this principle when he opened the third heaven and gathered all living beings. In Su He's eyes, there was no difference between the grass and trees and the fish and animals in the inner world.
humane!
The human way originally went hand in hand with the immortal way, and there was no difference between the two. Just like Yaya's imperial way. It was also a branch of the human way, and at the top... His father-in-law
Immortals are ethereal, while humans are self-reliant.
Su He murmured: "Heaven moves vigorously, and a gentleman should constantly strive to improve himself."
Boom!
Before Su He could strike the drum, the Dengxian drum started to sound by itself. This sound was not like the thunderous roar before, but rather had a certain silence and defiance.
The sound of drums spread everywhere, and the drums of ascension were heard in all directions, and everyone had an illusion at the same time.
The rain was pouring, the flood was raging, and everyone was struggling to survive.
The goshawk screamed and cried blood, flapped its wings and struck the sky, broke through the clouds and soared into the sky, its feathers shining in the sunlight.
The wolf dug its claws hard in the flood, choking on water and floating up again and again, dozens and hundreds of times, until it was finally able to swim freely in the water, and even had fins instead of claws, becoming a water elf.
Some people built houses on high ground, constructed dams to block water, opened mountains to divert water, and sang loudly during heavy rains and floods.
A gentleman should constantly strive for self-improvement!
The sound of a drum, carrying Su He's whispers, spread to all parts of Xuanhuang. Although the sound was small, its momentum was as loud as the sky and the sun.
At this moment, it seemed as if the coldness brought by the solar eclipse had been dispelled.
Gui Wangshan's teasing and instructions all fell silent at once. Silence fell for a long time before Dong Xu's voice came.
"With just this one sentence, he is qualified to enter Guiwang Mountain... and compete for Daozi!"
Only Daozi is qualified to inherit the position of the headmaster. Guiwang Mountain does not distinguish between the main and branch branches, and anyone is qualified to compete for the position of Daozi.
With just this sentence, you can compete for the position of Daozi. As long as you don't encounter any evildoers, you even have a great chance of success.
Dongxu sighed, and saw Su He take another step forward, and another voice came from his mouth: "The earth is Kun, and the gentleman carries the world with great virtue!"
Boom!
Another drumbeat spread in all directions, and the illusion changed. After the flood, the earth revived, and the grass absorbed the water and continued to grow.
The big tree broke its trunk that was washed away by the flood, and new sprouts began to grow on the roots, and another big tree grew up.
Animals compete and humans reproduce.
The earth carries everything!
Su He studied the hexagrams, but he still had no clue. Everyone has a different understanding of the hexagrams, and everyone reads the hexagrams differently.
As the Yi becomes fragmented, the study of hexagrams becomes increasingly personalized.
Su He could only look for the answer in his past life. Unfortunately, he had not read the Book of Changes in his past life and could not create something out of thin air.
However, knowing thirty or fifty classics is no problem.
In the previous life, there were too many people who had never seen the Book of Changes, but were very familiar with its contents, and they themselves did not even know that they were talking about the Book of Changes.
Yi has been integrated into every aspect of our lives and engraved into our blood. It cannot be removed or erased.
Su He relied on the few sentences he picked up to comprehend the hexagram.
After six bell rings, Xuanhuang fell completely silent. Most people didn't know what had happened, but the faint sounds heard from the bells made countless people fall into enlightenment.
Dengxian Gudongxu's face became serious for the first time. He turned to look at Ji Feixue and bowed deeply: "Fairy is right, there is no need!"
With a husband like this, why would he need help? With such an understanding, let alone a great solar eclipse, even the Dharma Ending Age could not stop him from beating the drum to ascend to heaven.
After hearing what he said, Ji Feixue's cold and beautiful face showed a smile for the first time in front of outsiders.
The corners of his mouth were slightly raised, and the look he gave Su He was filled with endless pride and gratitude.
Others' admiration for Su He made her happier than if she were admired herself.
After six drum beats, Su He did not leave. He still stood in the air and looked at the Ascension Drum. At this time, even the world became quiet, and the eyes looking at Su He from the mountains and rivers outside were no longer full of envy and jealousy.
There was no more voices of criticism in Guiwang Mountain. Everyone was looking at Su He, holding their breath and waiting for the next sound.
The last two sentences suddenly made them look forward to the seventh sound.
Such people should go to Guiwang Mountain.
Su He still kept his hand raised, looking at the Dengxian Drum with confusion in his eyes followed by a bitter smile.
road!
The first three sounds are asking about the immortals, the middle three sounds are asking about people, and the last three sounds are asking about Tao!
Or it could be said that it has always been asking about the Tao, but Su He himself set the tone of "immortal" and "human" for it. The immortal is the Tao, and the human is also the Tao.
Su He was unable to see through and point to the root, so there are immortals and humans. But the Taoist master, as an old mortal, struck the immortal drum eight times in a row, so he must have seen through what the immortal drum was asking for at a glance.
Asked eight times.
It must not be like Su He's, where the sound was three times, then stopped for a long time, and then three times again. Instead, it was one sound after another, resounding throughout the world.
Otherwise, the window period after three rings alone is enough to starve a mortal to death.
The Ascension Drum consumes your energy!
Anyone who asks this question will surely feel starving.
Su He actually felt a little shocked after being stabbed in the back tens of millions of years later.
He shook his head to clear his mind of distracting thoughts, and slowly took a step forward, using the meaning of the Ascension Drum as a guide to sort out his nearly a hundred years of practice and his understanding of the Tao.
The inner world's Qiankun circle naturally rose from Mount Tai'a, suspended in the starry sky, connecting the three realms of heaven, earth and man, emitting the light of yin and yang, and a pair of yin and yang fish chased and played among the stars.
The divine artifact of creation is the condensation of the avenue of divine beasts.
The Dao rhythm of the Qiankun Circle slowly fell on the Dengxian Drum. The Dengxian Drum, which had been silent for a long time, gradually became brighter. Then a drum sounded, and each drum sound seemed to have an accent. The yin and yang drum sounds spread in all directions.
Everyone sighed and lamented, but felt it was natural.
It’s just that this seventh sound doesn’t seem to be as stunning and heavy as the fifth and sixth sounds. If those two sounds were placed here, it would be amazing.
Dongxu looked at Ji Feixue strangely. Others could only sense the yin and yang in the drum sound, but as the spirit of the Ascension Drum, he could sense the profoundness of Su He's dual cultivation.
Ji Feixue's expression remained unchanged, still cold and frosty, as if she didn't check. Only when she looked at Su He did a hint of shame and anger flash across her face.
This pervert, the path he realized turned out to be like this...
The others didn't understand what was going on. They just listened to the faint drum beats and looked at Su He who was about to stop.
A trace of regret arises.
Is seven sounds the limit for this fellow Taoist? For some reason, there are only two hands that can ring seven sounds in the history of Guiwang Mountain, but Su He makes people feel regretful.
Su He was very satisfied.
Seven sounds went straight into Guiwang Mountain, saving too much trouble. After being able to sense the seventh sound, the Ascension Drum had already transmitted his information to the underworld.
There is no such thing as a life lamp on Guiwang Mountain, but it has its own territory in the highest place of the universe.
Su He sensed it and found the marked place very familiar—his natal starry sky!
The place where cultivators condense their natal stars after reaching the second level of heaven.
Although he does not have a natal star, he has broken many natal stars of others.
Guiwang Mountain is Guiwang Mountain, the place where the Tao originated. It is indeed different from others. The marks of the disciples are all left in this place.
Su He smiled and prepared to walk down from the sky, when a voice came into his ears: "Turtle, strike nine times."
The voice is gentle and calm.
Taizu.
The old man's eyes were indeed always on Su He.
Su He was stunned, looked back at the Ascension Drum, and searched everywhere for Taizu but could not find him. The old turtle was no longer in the heavens and the myriad worlds.
Su He blinked. What did the ancestor think? Can the Ascension Drum be played whenever he wants
He squeezed it dry!
With Bai Ling helping him cheat, Su He Kaitian had never comprehended the great Dao, and the fact that he could ring the seventh tone was a sign of extraordinary talent.
The ancestor wants to operate behind the scenes
If Taizu came to knock... it would be abnormal if the knock did not ring out nine times.
Su He felt a little relieved, and raised his hand to touch the Ascension Drum again, connecting with it again.
The spiritual consciousness that was about to disperse in all directions gathered again with his movements, and they all showed surprise. Was it just a halftime break
It is only natural that one can speak such true words and have a profound understanding of the Tao, right
After the Taoist Master, is there anyone else who can ring the eighth time
Everyone looked at Su He in the air, and suddenly their breathing became rapid. Even the illusory will in Guiwang Mountain fell here.
Those onlookers in the mountains stared at the scene without blinking, and there was no jealousy on their faces anymore.
People are like this. When the opponent is out of reach, all distractions will disappear.
When Su He rang the fourth time, they felt that the distance between them and this unknown fellow Taoist was immeasurable. When he rang the seventh time, Su He was no longer a competitor.
Ji Feixue looked at Su He with a cold expression but a smile in her eyes. However, her mind was not focused. Her mind was divided into two, one half on Su He and the other half on comprehending the truth of Su He's words just now.
Su He frowned slightly, communicating with the Ascension Drum but didn't sense Taizu's assistance.
Did Taizu trick him, or did he really want him to play the drums on his own
Beating the Ascension Drum is a personal matter. The first three beats may help, but from the fourth beat onwards, outsiders will have absolutely no chance of intervening.
But if Taizu really wanted to intervene at that time, he would definitely have the means to do so.
The others waited in silence, but Su He did not move and the buzzing sound quietly started again.
However, he did not doubt whether Su He could strike the drum of ascension to immortality. Instead, he was wondering whether the solar eclipse was the reason why this Taoist fellow could not perform his duties
The stunning sound of the fifth and sixth sounds gave them a mysterious trust in Su He. The seventh sound was a little worse, but they could also feel the vastness and complexity of the Yin and Yang.
Yin and Yang are the great way and also the foundation. Where there is Yin and Yang, there must be derivatives. Perhaps the derived great way was obscured by the solar eclipse
It turns out that you shouldn't be beating the drum at this time.
Su He was silent for a long while, seeing Taizu making no move, the corners of his mouth curled up slightly. Taizu asked him to knock it himself.
Su He smiled and said, then don't blame him for cheating.
There are three thousand roads, but Su He has not found any one of them - he has them all!
Su He closed his eyes, placed his hand on the Dengxian Drum, and silently recited the Tao Te Ching in his heart. A touch of Taoism flowed down his palm and fell onto the Dengxian Drum.
Tao Te Ching belongs to Su He.
He is the only one in this world who possesses it, and he cannot even pass it on. It is Su He's personal property, engraved in his soul and integrated into his true spirit, indestructible and indelible.
Naturally available.
Today, Su He's Dao rhyme can be controlled. It is no longer just scattered indiscriminately in all directions when he recites it silently. Su He can condense the Dao rhyme and control the scattering direction and size.
A touch of Taoism fell on the Ascension Drum.
The Ascension Drum shook as a whole, as if it was trembling, and as if it was stunned for a moment, and then a green light became stronger. A touch of green light shone in all directions, and with the sound of the green light, it seemed to descend from the sky, and also seemed to rise from the underworld.
The drum sound was so loud that you couldn't even hear it unless you listened with all your strength.
The greatest sound is the one without voice!
The sound of drums echoed, and the entire Xuanhuang became quiet at this moment. Birds hovered in the sky, fish swam in the water, and all the spiritual consciousness in Guiwang Mountain stopped.
Hearing the seven sounds of the immortal drum, the spiritual consciousness that was probing this side also stopped in mid-air, not daring to move at all, for fear of missing the drum sounds, for fear of missing even a little.
Even if you don't understand what it is, you should instinctively listen and understand.
The rhythm of Tao in the drumbeat is so great that it is beyond imagination, so vast that it is beyond words, and so deep that it is unfathomable. It is as if the drumbeat is everything in the world and the origin of all living things...
Beside Ji Feixue, Dongxu fell into confusion with the sound of drums, as if he was controlled by someone. He walked towards the Dengxian Drum step by step. His body gradually turned into starlight and merged into the Dengxian Drum bit by bit.
Not only everyone who heard the drum, but even Su He stood still in the air, motionless, immersed in the drum sound.
He had memorized the Tao Te Ching so many times and had sensed the rhythm of Tao so much that he had developed some resistance to it. At this moment, the Ascension Drum was interpreting the rhythm of Tao in an unusual way, and the impact on Su He far exceeded that of anyone who had heard the drum.
The aura of Tao returned to my body, and I actually felt like I had met myself.
That rhythm seemed to be his own rhythm.
The Tao is him, and he is the Tao.
That's right. The Tao Te Ching is originally inseparable from it. After understanding this point, the Tao Te Ching seems to have found its home.
There was a bright light inside Su He's body. Huge words appeared from the darkness, falling on his body, his consciousness, and his inner world, appearing and disappearing.
If you look closely at each character, you will see dragons, turtles, and peacocks swimming or flying. You want to identify them, but you can't tell them apart no matter how hard you try.
It's like looking at words in a dream. You should be able to recognize them, but you just can't read them.
But at the moment when these words appeared, the drum of ascension to immortality sounded again, resounding throughout the universe.
The drum surface is like a mirror, showing three words: The Tao can be told...
Boom!
The Ascension Drum fell to the ground, as if it could not bear the weight of these three words. It fell from the sky to the ground, making a crackling sound and about to break into pieces.
"Sir, please forgive me!" A voice came from the Ascension Drum: "I...can't bear it!"
His voice was labored, as if he was carrying a mountain.
Su He came back to his senses and reached out to touch the Dengxian Drum. He pulled it back and the three words "Dao Ke Dao" on the drum fell into his palm and disappeared.
In Su He's inner world, several words flickered, as if revealing their true form and could be read.
The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao!
The word slowly rose into the air, then descended and landed on the top of Mount Tai'a, hanging high in the sky, giving people the feeling that it was close at hand and could be reached at any time, but real contact seemed illusory and elusive, far away in the horizon.
The beings in the inner world were unaware of anything, even Yi He and the ghost general who were at the seventh level of the Netherworld had no reaction. It seemed that they could not see the words floating all over the world, let alone the opening chapter of the Tao Te Ching on Mount Tai'a.
The white tiger, wearing only armor, tilted its head and looked at Tai'a Mountain as if in a daze.
In the outside world, without the suppression of the three words, the Ascension Drum collected its cracked body, staggered up again, hovered in the sky, and then disappeared.
The Ascension Drum disappeared. After a while, people from all directions looked at each other in disbelief and asked, "Nine...nine sounds?"
They suddenly realized that it was not eight rings like the Taoist master, but... nine rings!
Jiu Xiang, taught by Daozu himself! (End of this chapter)