The rain is still falling.
There was a cave outside the main peak, and it was extremely quiet. Circles of white incense were coiled in the hollow silver incense burner and slowly dispersed in the air.
The child in black clothes and white hair sat upright on a cushion, his eyes closed and his brows furrowed.
Qingxuzi had previously noticed that there was something wrong with his state of mind, and this problem could not be delayed any longer, so he took some time off to retreat for a short while.
After lighting a stick of cold incense, he immediately entered a state of meditation, concentrating on controlling the spiritual power to roam in his sea of consciousness.
In fact, this was not the first time that Qingxuzi discovered that there was something wrong with his state of mind.
As the only Taoist leader in the cultivation world for thousands of years, Qingxuzi's talent is naturally needless to say, and his mentality is famously ruthless.
In comparison, it is only mental problems that seem incredible.
Before entering the world of cultivation, Qingxuzi was not called Qingxuzi. This was the name his master gave him after he joined the sect. Originally, he had no name, but was a little beggar without a father or mother.
The mortal world is not peaceful. It is plunged into war every once in a while, and dynasties are destroyed in the midst of cavalry and swords and spears.
When a country is destroyed, the people are often the ones who suffer. Countless people have lost their families, become prisoners of war, and become homeless because of the war.
When a country prospers, the people suffer; when a country perishes, the people also suffer.
The lower you are born, the lower you are in the dust, the more you can see the various aspects of this world. No one knows how difficult it is for a beggar to crawl out of the mortal world and successfully join the world's number one sect. Therefore, Qingxuzi's character is more stable, firm, and ruthless than that of ordinary people.
Somehow, he was destined to be on this path.
Top-notch spiritual roots, a clear mind of Tao, natural sword bones... He has all the standard features of these geniuses, and is even the best among them.
Ever since he embarked on the path of cultivation, Qingxuzi's brilliance has begun to shine, and he has had a smooth journey.
Perhaps because of this past, Qingxuzi became more obsessed with power. He also practiced the superior Taoism of the Three Thousand Great Daos, the ruthless Taoism.
To be fair, he is indeed a ruthless person.
Without a father or mother, all alone, he had no worries, and his mind was hidden deep, so he had never made close friends with anyone. In the eyes of others, friendships can be accumulated over time, but this was completely unacceptable to Qingxuzi, otherwise when he faced his fellow Taoist who had been possessed by a demon, he would not have killed him with a knife without a trace of mercy.
Qingxuzi only does the right thing, he only does the right thing, and never thinks that there is any possibility that he might do something wrong.
Being possessed by demons is something that the world does not tolerate. People who are possessed by demons lose their reason and kill others, causing disasters everywhere.
Why has everyone in the cultivation world been calling for the destruction of demonic cultivators in recent years? It's because there have been too many bloody cases. And the possession of demons is irreversible. Once the demonic thoughts enter the mind, no matter how high the cultivation level is, there is no exception.
It is precisely because of this that Qingxuzi did not think there was anything wrong with killing his Taoist partner.
In other words, from the moment of falling into the devil, the other party has been controlled by the devil's thoughts. If you have compassion and leave it alone, the one who really suffers is not an ordinary person.
So when he drew his sword, Qingxuzi did not hesitate at all.
Afterwards, although Daolu's father, the elder of Taiyan Sect, had some complaints about him, he could only swallow his anger and even had to thank him at the sect ceremony. He thanked Qingxuzi repeatedly for his timely response, which prevented the reputation of Taiyan Sect from being affected.
Because of this incident, Qingxuzi was able to completely escape into the path of ruthlessness, greatly improve his cultivation, and leapfrog into the ranks of great powers.
But he still didn't understand why others looked at him with fear after that even though he had clearly done the right thing.
Of course, he didn't care.
Later, Qingxuzi climbed higher and higher and became the leader of Taoism and took over as the head of Taiyan Sect.
Many people say that Qingxuzi is like a ruler to measure the entire righteous path. His every move is selfless and ruthless. It is very good for such a person to be the leader of the Taoism.
Qingxu also felt it was great. He didn't care about many things in his life. He had no close people and no things he desired. Cultivation was the only thing he was obsessed with.
All those who practice Taoism have a dream of ascending to heaven in broad daylight and becoming an immortal. Qingxuzi is no exception.
The accident happened that year.
For the first time in history, Qingxuzi accepted a disciple.
He saw his own shadow in the boy. He also had amazing talent, but encountered a dramatic change in his life at an early age. Since then, he has become patient and mature, taciturn, has a very straightforward desire and pursuit for power, and is willing to give everything.
From then on, the cave on the main peak, which was home to only one person, finally became more popular.
Everyone in the cultivation world knows how much the Tai Yan Sect’s ancestor treasures his first disciple.
When Ling Yun went down the mountain to gain experience, Qingxuzi invited the leaders of various sects to have a drink of tea first. After drinking the tea, he slowly said that his disciple was going out to gain experience. The other leaders all understood and said that they would take good care of this junior uncle from the world's number one sect.
Ling Yun was almost killed by his enemy, but Qingxuzi flattened the mountain of their sect with a sword, disregarding the karma of killing that cultivators most avoid, and slaughtered the enemy's entire family. Of course, that person deserved to die. In the world of cultivation, touching someone's apprentice is no less than touching someone's descendants in the mortal world, but it is rare to see someone like Qingxuzi.
Ling Yun was seriously injured and unconscious, so Qingxuzi exchanged a promise for the legendary top-grade elixir, which saved his disciple's life.
... ... Too much too much.
These are all well-known, and there are some that only Qingxuzi knows.
The more proud you are of heaven, the stronger the wind will be.
Qingxuzi, who had just joined Taiyan Sect, knew this point very well.
When he was not strong enough, he was often envied and schemed against in the sect. After accepting Ling Yun, the talented disciple, Qingxuzi deliberately took him to the heads and elders of various peaks, asking everyone to recognize this new junior uncle, and then he stopped.
Ling Yun thought that all the things he had secretly hidden from his master were actually basically known to Qingxuzi. The difference was that he would occasionally point out some of them, but was too lazy to mention some of them.
Qingxu, who never cared about things that had nothing to do with him, actually considered what his eldest disciple would do after his ascension, and secretly paved the way for him.
Except for Ling Yun, Qingxuzi has never cared so much about anyone in his life.
He took Lingyun to the Qi Palace, severed his worldly ties, and entered the path of ruthlessness.
He watched Ling Yun bid farewell to the fox boy, dejected and took another step towards Wuqingdao.
He looked at Ling Yun with increasing coldness, watched people all over the world say that the title of Sword Master was worthy of the position of the first disciple of Qingxu Sect, and watched the young man grow up little by little and become more and more like him.
Until the day Qingxuzi finally realized it.
After the Tribulation Crossing Period, one will ascend to become an immortal. After the Tribulation Crossing Period, cultivation is no longer important, but the state of mind is more important. If one cannot break through the state of mind, then for the rest of his life, even if he exhausts the long life span of the Tribulation Crossing Period, he will not be able to attain the Tao and become an immortal.
It has been a hundred years since Qingxuzi entered the stage of tribulation from the Mahayana stage, but his cultivation has not changed at all, almost as if it were frozen in time.
This eldest disciple had a great influence on him.
When Qingxu realized it, Lingyun's influence on him had already reached a profound level.
It is reflected in all aspects, although subtle, it cannot be ignored.
He has always been regarded as cold-hearted and ruthless in the cultivation world. But he could never really be cruel to Ling Yun and Qing Xu.
Could it be because he only accepted one disciple and they didn't get along well
So Qingxuzi accepted a second disciple.
Soon, he discovered that the attention he paid to the second disciple was not even one-tenth of Ling Yun's.
It was at this time that he discovered that there was something wrong with his state of mind.
As for what the specific problem was, Qingxuzi was the one involved in the case and was confused. He was only able to get a vague idea.
So he made a prompt decision to resign from the duties of the headmaster, and on the surface he said he was traveling around the world, but in fact he distanced himself from his two disciples.
During the hundreds of years he traveled around the world, Lingyun Sword Master's fame grew, and not only in the cultivation world, but also in the mortal world, temples were built for him. During the hundreds of years, Lingyun's cultivation level rose sharply, surpassing his master Qingxuzi.
It was not until Ling Yun was about to overcome the heavenly tribulation that Qingxuzi returned to the sect he had been away from for a long time.
A few days later, Ling Yun became possessed by a demon.
No one knew what Qingxuzi felt at that time.
With one blow of his sword, he personally knocked his own disciple off the top of the cloud.
Once upon a time, someone did this to Ling Yun, and Qingxu cut off the other person's mountain top with one sword.
Ironically, now, he was the one who did it.
He saw with his own eyes that man's miserable smile, saw with his own eyes that gradually lost its luster, and saw Ling Yun choose to end his life, leaving nothing behind.
After everything was over, everyone stood under the Dragon Bone Abyss created by the heavenly tribulation. The Taoist priest in green folded his palms and said in a hoarse voice, "If anyone dares to speak out about what happened today, I will kill him without mercy."
With his strength and prestige, since he had spoken, no one in the cultivation world dared to disobey. On the contrary, because of this incident, his reputation was even higher.
No one knew that after the battle of Dragon Bone Abyss, the old man in green vomited blood when he returned to the mountain gate.
This is good too. From now on, the only person that the cultivation world will remember is Sword Master Lingyun.
It is much better to die in his hands than to die under the siege of everyone.
From then on, Qingxuzi's cultivation made no further progress.
Three hundred years later, another disciple of his also rebelled against his master.
In response, Qingxuzi just sneered, "It's all because Lingyun was kind-hearted and left you behind as a remnant."
Qingxu felt no ripples in his heart towards this disciple who had betrayed his master, and his heart was as quiet as dead water.
Because he already knew who the real person who caused his unstable mood was.
The only thing that was puzzling was that the man had clearly died long ago, and he had personally picked up the sword to kill him, but unlike when he killed his wife to prove his truth, he did not remove the barriers and reach a higher level. Instead, during these 700 years of seclusion, Qingxuzi's cultivation level had fallen back a level and he could only barely survive the tribulation.
He didn't understand, nor did he want to understand. He was like an ant going around in circles forever, helpless.
After controlling his spiritual power to patrol his sea of consciousness, Qingxuzi still failed to find any clues, just like in the past hundreds of years.
The Taoist boy in green simply stopped looking inward and opened his eyes. A trace of annoyance flashed across his glazed blue eyes.
The spiritual consciousness of the Tribulation Crossing Period was spread over the main peak again.
The rain was still falling, with occasional loud thunder in the mountains, as if there was no end in sight.
When Qingxuzi's consciousness stayed in the Tianzi Cave, he noticed that the young man inside had just woken up from his sleep, and he suddenly frowned.
There was no other reason, because there seemed to be an aura about the young man that Qingxuzi didn't like.
The next moment, the body of the child in blue disappeared from the cushion.
He appeared at the entrance of Tianzi Cave.