Mrs. Fox is too serious!

After Jiang Xundao fell into fantasy, he didn't do anything out of the ordinary this time, he just stared at the front without moving, no matter how Lan Yiyou called her name, he couldn't wake her up. .

Lan Yiyou took out the meditation talisman, and originally wanted to stick it on Jiang Xundao's forehead, but Jiang Xundao suddenly moved, and then began to drill into the rock crevice in the rockery that can only accommodate one person, Lan Yiyou stopped After a little thought, he decided to follow Jiang to find the way first, to see where she was going.

This rockery doesn't look big from the outside, but after walking in, I found that the space inside is quite spacious, and it can be regarded as a small cave that can accommodate a few people to hide.

Jiang Xundao walked towards the corner step by step as if someone was guiding her. Originally, there was only a large stone door in front of her, but Jiang Xundao bumped into it without hitting the stone wall. Instead, a wave appeared in front of her. spiritual barrier.

Then a row of stone steps leading to the ground suddenly appeared in front of my eyes, and a faint candlelight radiated from the hole.

Lan Yiyou watched Jiang Xundao straighten his back as if he had lost his soul, and walked all the way down the stone steps, she followed without hesitation.

After walking through the stairs, there is a secret room in front of you. The stone door is open, and there are two lighted lanterns on the wall beside the door. The candles in it burn with faint blue light, and there is a strong fragrance of orchids in the rising smoke.

The fragrance is strong but not pungent, and Lan Yiyou suddenly felt a little dizzy even if she was on guard while breathing. She immediately took out a small porcelain bottle from her sleeve, and poured out a turquoise green bottle from it. The elixir contained in the mouth.

The groggy feeling in my mind disappeared instantly.

Following Jiang Xundao through the half-opened stone gate, a spacious secret room appeared in front of him. Inside the secret room was an iron cage. Inside was a group of people, most of them strong and young men, who were silent. Staying in the cage, with lifeless and empty eyes open, or sitting or standing, just in a daze quietly.

The door of the iron prison was not locked, but they did not escape either. Just like Jiang Xundao, they also fell into a hallucination, and they were too intoxicated to wake up.

And in that iron prison, there was a small flower pot with a small orchid leaf in it, emitting a faint red aura.

Lan Yiyou took a cursory glance, and found that there were no more than 21 people here, and they were the missing people in the town.

Jiang Xundao's eyes were straightened, and he walked into the iron prison step by step. After entering, he stretched out his hand to grab the two iron rods, pressed his face against them, and squeezed the two lumps of flesh on his cheeks. Dazed, very similar to those people's behavior.

It seems that this place is the place where Mei Qingzhu and Liu Meiniang imprisoned the missing people in the town. Fortunately, although these people lack energy and look pale and sluggish, their lives are not at stake.

Now that these people have been found, they must find a way to bring them back from the illusion. The first thing to bear the brunt is to wake up Jiang Xundao.

Lan Yiyou walked in and dragged Jiang Xundao out. Jiang Xundao was obedient, so he let Lan Yiyou pull him out, and then obediently stood in front of Lan Yiyou and looked at her in a daze. .

In the illusion, Jiang Xundao brought Lan Yiyou and Mu Chang to the big rock among the cliffs where she usually sat and practiced. She touched the stone with her hand, then turned her head and smiled at them.

"This is where I usually practice."

Mu Chang walked to her side, looked at the misty forest outside the cliff, and the endless clouds, and said softly.

"It's a nice place."

Jiang Xundao chuckled, then jumped and sat on the rock, shaking his legs while saying.

"Yeah, it's very comfortable to sit on and meditate on. This stone is warm in winter and cool in summer. It's flat and big enough to roll on it."

Mu Chang smiled softly, then walked to her side and sat down beside her. She looked at Jiang Xundao slightly from the side, with a gentle and doting light in her eyes, she asked softly.

"Do you always sit here and practice alone?"

Jiang Xundao nodded, she smiled.

"Well, Master, he only drinks and sleeps. He never comes here. I have been practicing alone since I was a child, and Master and I are the only two on this mountain, but sometimes Xiao Li will come here to accompany me, although he always climbs on me. Come and make trouble."

Mu Chang looked at her, suddenly sighed with distress, and said.

"Then, how about I stay here with you in the future?"

Jiang Xundao was clear-headed and knew that she was in an illusion. She smiled and blinked at Mu Chang.

"Senior Sister Mu Chang, this is an illusion. I will be leaving in a while. If you want to see me, I will go to the Dao Seeking Conference to find you in a few days."

Mu Chang was startled, she seemed a little confused.

"Since you know this is an illusion, why do you want to stay here?"

Jiang Xundao propped his chin, turned his head and looked at Lan Yiyou, who was standing beside the cliff in tacit agreement, and she sighed softly.

"I can't get out. If I could get out, I would have gone out a long time ago. Sister Lan is still staying in the county magistrate's mansion? Then there is a mysterious orchid demon who is plotting something , maybe they are chasing Senior Sister Lan right now."

Mu Chang smiled softly, put her hand on Jiang Xundao's shoulder, and asked softly.

"Why do you think you can't get out of the illusion?"

After Jiang Xundao thought for a while, he smiled bitterly and bowed his head and said sadly.

"Cultivation is not enough. Sister Lan and I have never been lured into the illusion by the ecstasy smoke. On the contrary, it was me who fell into the Tao twice."

Mu Chang shook his head with a helpless look on his face.

"Besides the lack of cultivation, it is also because of your weak will. Have you ever thought about why you want to practice."

Jiang Xundao was stunned. Mu Chang's question seemed to overwhelm her. Since she was a child, her master taught her the mind and swordsmanship and spell formation. Why should she practice?She never asked herself that question.

Jiang Xundao was panicked, she turned her head and said softly.

"Why practice? Naturally, it is to find one's own way."

Mu Chang asked her again.

"Then what is the Tao?"

Jiang Xundao blurted out without even thinking about it.

"Creating something out of nothing, turning something into nothing, endless life, the original intention of the Tao."

Mu Chang shook his head, disapproving of Jiang Xundao's answer. You can read this sentence just by opening a book at random.

"This is written in the book, what I asked is your way."

Jiang Xundao pursed her lips, feeling a little bored in her heart. Frowning, she stood up, walked back and forth on the stone twice, then turned her head and said.

"Abandon the seven emotions and six desires, and seek the nature in the heart."

Mu Chang shook her head again, and she also stood up, facing Jiang Xundao, resolutely word by word.

"Everything in the world is the way, even the seven emotions and six desires are the way. If the way is intolerant, it is a narrow way. If the way is tolerant, it is a limited way. There is no tolerance, no tolerance, no high and no low, no big and no Small, neither increasing nor decreasing, neither coming nor going, nor born nor dead."

What Mu Chang said made Jiang Xundao faintly aware of something, but he also felt that there was a fog lingering in his mind all the time, but the boredom that had arisen in his heart just now eased a lot.

Just as she was about to speak, Lan Yiyou, who was silent beside her, suddenly asked a question. She turned her head, her cold eyes were full of indifference.

"There are so many Taoists in the world, and everyone's Tao is different. If everything is the Tao, then the Buddha is the Tao, and the devil is also the Tao?"

Mu Chang's eyes looked across Jiang and landed on Lan Yiyou. She raised her lips and smiled slightly.

"Dao will not increase because you become a Buddha, nor will it decrease because you become a demon. Buddhas, demons, righteousness, evil, water, fire, yin and yang can coexist but they will not hinder the Tao."

For some reason, the three of them suddenly started talking about Taoism. Jiang Xundao glanced at Mu Shang, then turned his head to look at Lan Yiyou, and felt that the atmosphere between the two of them seemed a little delicate for some reason, which made her a little afraid. Speak easily.

Just standing on the cliff like this, the three of them fell silent, the breeze gently brushed the corners of Pianfei's clothes, and Lan Yiyou looked at Mu Chang indifferently.

"Even Tao is aliased as "Tao". It is separated from all languages ​​and words, and it is not separated from all languages. It is all-encompassing and unchanged from ancient times."

Mu Shang nodded and looked at Lan Yiyou's expression with admiration.

"That's right, the original meaning of Tao is invisible, and there are no rules to find."

Jiang Xundao didn't expect that he would be able to gain something from the discussion between Mu Shang and Lan Yiyou when he was in an illusion. Her eyes lit up and her heart was clear. She was about to say something when everything in front of her was suddenly distorted. .

The figures of Mu Shang and Lan Yiyou in front of them also blurred.

Jiang Xundao only felt a pain in her head, she quickly knelt down and held her head with her eyes closed, her ears were filled with the sound of howling wind.

It wasn't until the sound in her ears weakened that she faintly heard Lan Yiyou's voice calling her softly.

"Junior Sister Xundao."

Jiang Xundao opened his eyes suddenly, and finally broke free from the illusion. She was panting, and a layer of cold sweat broke out on her forehead. Everything that was twisted and hazy in front of her was broken and reorganized, and then slowly became clear.

Lan Yiyou's face also appeared clearly in front of his eyes.

"Senior Sister Lan."

Jiang Xundao yelled in a daze, then looked around suspiciously, and caught a glimpse of a group of people imprisoned in an iron cage not far away.

"Us, where are we?"

Seeing that she woke up, Lan Yiyou breathed a sigh of relief and explained.

"We are in the secret room of the county magistrate's mansion. This is the place where Mei Qingzhu and Liu Meiniang imprisoned those missing people."

Jiang Xundao pointed at those people who were stunned and motionless, his face beaming with joy.

"They're still alive."

Lan Yiyou nodded, she turned her head to look at those people, and replied softly.

"Well, it's just that the essence has been absorbed by others, and it's not life-threatening. But their bodies are already very weak, if they stay longer, they may die."

Jiang Xundao walked over and looked at those people who were unable to wake up from the illusion. She knew how they felt. They must be immersed in a difficult dream. everything you want.

Just like Jiang Xundao's deep desire to go back to Yunqing Mountain and be with those friends he knew.

That's why she returned to Yunqing Mountain in the illusion, saw Lan Yiyou, Mu Chang Ling and the others, if she hadn't been soberly aware that she was in the illusion, she might have been immersed in it like them, unwilling to wake up.

It was like a beautiful dream, a dream that was thousands of times better than reality.

Jiang Xundao suddenly smiled softly, she turned her head to look at Lan Yiyou, her deep and clear eyes were full of determination.

"Senior Sister Lan, let's rescue them out."