Chapter 286 The Departure of the Old Daois (2/2)

The essential Qi that she cultivated turned into nothing at this very moment. But her psyche was so strong that it could actually affect reality.

The old Daoist shook his head and he flexed a finger. Silently, his mana attacked and the flame was triggered and transferred from Ruoxi's palm to the body of the old Daoist.

The flame touched the flesh of the old Daoist and lighted up his rotten body.

The old Daoist turned into a flaming man but flames only lighted up his body and did not affect every other part of him. A pure white flame came out from his body and absorbed the silverish flames to put it off. Although the old Daoist's flesh looked rotten and his bones were visible but it gave out a feeling of crystal clear.

Ruoxi was taken aback, she fell to the ground and cried.

The old Daoist smiled, ”Why are you crying? It's been awhile since I've last moved around, come and accompany me for a walk.”

He got up and held Ruoxi's hands as the void started to ripple. An elderly and a young girl appeared in the ocean and left Qing Xuan.

If Shen Lian was around, he would have witnessed the pure white flames that came out from the old Daoist. It was an indescribable stunning flam known as the 'True Samadhi Fire'.

Legend had it that only the celestial fruit or the gifted would be able to cultivate this fire. Once they mastered the fire, it would be very hard to beat them. Even an immortal Zhenren would suffer greatly if they touched the flame.

One would only be able to understand the abstruse behind it once one cultivated it.

Of course, Shen Lian was not aware that the old Daoist had mastered the True Samadhi Fire. Even if the old Daoist had yet to transcend beyond the mortal world, he was not far away from it. In other words, this was the greatest force in the world. Even if Lu Jiuyuan dominated the throne as the greatest person, he could only suppress and not destroy the True Samadhi Fire.

On the other hand, Shen Lian was walking slowly on the Qingshi Road. The plum trees on the sides of the road were in full bloom. There were circulations of light rays but there were day and night. There were no stars neither were there any clouds.

The scattered plum flowers, some landed on the Qingshi Road and some on the ground. But in the end, it all became part of the soil to fertilize the plum tree.

He walked along the alley and headed deep into the plum forest. He had a feeling that this plum forest was the one Ling Chongxiao mentioned in his stories but he needed one more key evidence to prove it.

He finally walked to the end of the alley and there was a plum tree that had lived for countless years. It was thick and strong, and there were traces of writing that has faded over time on the tree trunk.

Shen Lian easily identified the writings.

”Master Chongyang of Difei, people call him Lunatic Wang.

When he came into the world, he nurtures the sun and moon; after he leaves the world, he will entrust himself to the west and east and roam freely.

He makes himself a companion with the clouds and streams; he makes himself a neighbor with the empty void.

His single numinous Real Nature exists; it is not the same as the mind of the masses.”

It was exactly the same as what Ling Chongxiao mentioned in his story.

Behind the plum tree were a stream and a wooden house.

Being in this place had cleansed the vanity in Shen Lian as his mind gradually distanced itself from the secular mortal world.

Shen Lian arrived at the wooden house but there was no door.

He stepped into the house and there was only a bamboo bed and nothing else.

There should be a painting on the wall facing the entrance but there was nothing on the wall.