Xiang Nan looked towards the sky, and there was a beautiful world above the sky. In the world there, the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, and everyone had a satisfied smile on their faces.
And in the sea of fire at the foot of the mountain, there is a world of misery, where the people suffer from the burning and suffering of the raging fire all day long.
Suddenly, a voice appeared.
"A road to heaven, after you step on it, you choose to live in a happy world, and you will have no worries from now on."
"A road to the sea. After you go down, you have chosen a life of suffering, and you will not be able to escape from it."
Two steps of light appeared on the top of the mountain, one leading to the sky and the other leading to the sea of fire.
Xiang Nan looked up, he was looking forward to the life above the sky, he looked down, he was afraid of the torment in the sea of fire.
It's just that on the ground in the sea of flames, there is a hole that keeps spraying thin flames. Countless warriors rushed up and blocked the hole with their bodies, blocking the sea of flames.
It's just that the hole is still only one corner short, as long as Xiang Nan also jumps down and blocks the last corner with his body, the flames will be extinguished.
But in this way, not only would he no longer be able to set foot on the sky, but he would also sacrifice himself.
"Remember, this is all an illusion."
Xiang Nan's head suddenly ached violently, and a voice from memory rang in his mind.
"Yeah, it's all an illusion! The miserable world at the foot of the mountain is fake, it wants to confuse me to go on, and wants me to give up my martial arts heart!"
"I remembered! I am currently undergoing the test of Senior Bai Wuya! This time, I must find my own martial arts, and I must never go wrong again."
Xiang Nan gritted his teeth and walked on the road leading to the sky.
"That's fake, everything below is fake." Xiang Nan kept admonishing himself as he walked up.
But he couldn't help but look down, and every time he looked down, he could always see all kinds of life.
He saw women, old and young crying bitterly in the sea of flames, he saw young men with unfulfilled ambitions die in regret, and he saw martial arts masters desperately using their flesh and blood to stop the sea of flames.
While watching, he still gritted his teeth and continued walking up.
When he had reached the edge of the sky, he was only one step away from the beautiful world above, and he could even hear the people in the sky world laughing, the laughter was close to his ears.
But he could no longer hear the wailing of the world below, he was getting farther and farther away from suffering, and he was only one step away from being completely isolated.
"So what if it's an illusion, but now that I have seen the world below, can I deceive myself that I didn't see it?"
"The world in the sky is indeed beautiful, so don't the Liming people at the bottom of the mountain suffer as they should?"
"Could it be that I can feel at ease just because everything is fake?"
Xiang Nan gritted his teeth, slapped himself hard on the face, and said angrily, "I can't do it! I really can't do it!"
After all, he jumped directly from the road to Tianqiong, and threw himself into the flames without hesitation.
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Xiang Nan took a deep breath and came to his senses. He found that Wuta was still the same Wuta, and Bai Wuya was still the same Bai Wuya.
It's just that the three teacups on the wooden table in front of him are already empty.
Xiang Nan lowered his head and remained silent. He knew he had lost.
"Why did you make such a choice?" Bai Wuya asked Xiang Nan curiously: "Even if you know it's fake, you still can't pass this test."
"Senior, it's the junior who is incompetent, and the junior has nothing to say." Xiang Nan stood up and bowed to Bai Wuya.
Then she turned around and said, "Mengdie, let's go."
Mengdie also sighed, and said: "Forget it, if you can't pass it, you can't pass it. The twelfth floor is too difficult, so don't blame yourself too much."
With that said, Xiang Nan found Mengdie and Yuan Meng and was about to go out.
At this time, Bai Wuya's laughter came from behind: "Stay."
"Senior." Xiang Nan turned his head and bowed respectfully: "This junior has let you down."
Bai Wuya smiled: "I didn't say you lost."
"Huh?" Everyone was stunned.
Xiang Nan found it even more unbelievable. He asked back: "You gave me three tests, and I failed all three times. Does this mean I haven't lost?"
Bai Wuya asked back: "Why do you feel that you have lost?"
Xiang Nan hurriedly said: "You gave me three paths to martial arts, but I didn't choose any of them in the end. Isn't this betraying my own Dao heart?"
Bai Wuya laughed loudly: "What is Dao Xin? Dao Xin is everyone's persistence. Every warrior has his own Dao Xin, and they are different."
"Someone enters the Tao with evil, then if he always upholds evil thoughts, he will be regarded as worthy of the Tao."
"Someone enters the Tao through suffering, then if he is greedy for pleasure, he has given up his Taoism."
"The heart of the Tao is to have a clear conscience."
"Xiang Nan." Bai Wuya stood up, walked to Xiang Nan, and said, "You think the three martial arts paths I gave you are the correct ones, but you are wrong."
"I said before that the road to martial arts is full of hardships and temptations. The word martial arts is the obsession in your heart."
"You think the baby in the first illusion is your training, the old man in the second illusion is your training, and the sea of fire in the third illusion is your training."
"But you are all wrong. The three trials I gave you, the three martial arts paths, are your trials."
Bai Wuya patted Xiang Nan on the shoulder: "When you are facing a fork in the road and you only need to take half a step to the right to reach the peak of martial arts, can you bear this temptation and give up?" Save the baby and give up your nature?"
"When you step up the mountain and you can reach the peak, are you willing to give up that old man and your loyalty and filial piety for this?"
"When you step up to the sky, you can reach the pinnacle of martial arts, are you willing to give up the common people and your righteousness for this?"
"Those three martial arts paths are my temptation?" Xiang Nan gasped.
"En." Bai Wuya turned his hands behind his back and said, "Your Dao heart is based on kindness. If you can give up your own kindness in order to achieve your own martial arts, then your Dao heart is not stable."
"For tens of thousands of years, you are the first and only person who can pass the test of Dao Heart."
"Even when you know that you are in an illusion, you still haven't abandoned your Dao heart."
"What? You mean..." Xiang Nan hurriedly turned his head to Mengdie, and said, "Before, Mengdie reminded me that it was all an illusion. Could it be that you arranged it too?"
"Illusion?" Mengdie pointed at her nose strangely, and said, "I haven't spoken."
Bai Wuya laughed: "That's right, that was also arranged by me."
"Ah... so that's the case." Xiang Nan just woke up like a dream, and suddenly understood Bai Wuya's intentions.
Bai Wuya smiled slightly, and said: "Xiang Nan, congratulations, you have completed all the twelve floors of the martial tower."
"Wow!" Mengdie and Yuan Meng looked at each other, and they all cheered happily.
Bai Wuya looked at Xiang Nan seriously: "I'll give you a piece of advice, martial arts should be based on martial arts, and what is the basis of martial arts?"
"The original intention of martial arts is to protect, save, defend, and strengthen oneself."
"If you give up these things for the sake of martial arts, it is the greatest blasphemy against the word martial arts, and you must not put the cart before the horse."
"Now." Bai Wuya put his index finger against Xiang Nan's brow, and said, "I will tailor a book for you, which is unique in the world, and it is specifically for your personal martial arts."