Chapter 38

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Heavenly Stairs (2)

Ding Fenghua sneered, “Oh, second step.”

Yu Meng did not dare to be presumptuous in front of Ning Xiao, but Ding Fenghua was different. Several of their junior brothers and sisters had never been afraid of Ning Xiao, so at this time he also said ironically: “The apprentice you are looking for is this kind of waste?”

Ding Fenghua has always had grudges against Huai Bai.

He and Huai Bai entered the gate of Gushan together. That year, he climbed to the 902nd step, which was supposed to be the legend of Gushan and even the entire immortal gate. But there was another Huai Bai in front of him. That time, Huai Bai walked to the top of the Heavenly Stairs, a thousand steps, and was looked up to by everyone.

People in the world are ordinary people. Only the first dazzling light can be seen, but no one cares how much blood and sweat the second shed.

Ding Fenghua recalled the old things, and his mood became more difficult to calm down, “Oh, she has only reached the second step until now, I don’t know how wasteful it is.”

Huai Bai’s eyes narrowed slightly, and she smiled: “Really? Then wait and see.”

No matter who it is, it is impossible to stay at the second step, and she is not worried about her apprentice’s talent. The only possibility is that Pei Yu, like herself, has discovered the mystery of the Heavenly Stairs.

Thinking of this, Huai Bai smiled even more, with two apricot eyes bent into crescents, looking more amiable.

Ding Fenghua saw her smile more happily, and his heart became more frustrated. He was the most annoyed by the calm appearance of Huai Bai. It used to be like this, and it is still like this now. No one knows what she is thinking in her heart. She seems to have revealed something from her bones, this kind of pride that looks gentle and amiable, but in reality, she doesn’t take anyone in mind.

“Then let’s see if this second step person can enter the outer peak.”

Ning Xiao smiled bitterly and rounded it off, “It’s alright, it’s all a few hundred years old, and it’s still bickering.”

Just as he said, three figures of graceful beautiful women walked into the hall.

As soon as Lingsu Peak Master saw Ning Xiao, her eyes brightened, and she ran over with her skirt swaying, and suddenly called out, “Grandmaster Senior Brother!”

Zhuoyu Peak Master and Huangzhong Peak Master followed, and after a few greetings, they looked at the water mirror.

“The first place, Sheng Ji,” Zhuoyu Peak Master said in a deep voice, “I heard that several elders from the Zhuangzi Saints and Mo Sect went to Taichu Tian last year and wanted to accept him as a disciple, but he unexpectedly chose Gushan. “

Ding Fenghua raised his chin slightly, “It’s not Gushan, it’s Baidai Peak.”

His words made Ning Xiao, who has always been good-tempered, frowned, and said softly, “It’s Baidai Peak, and it’s also Gushan.”

The Lingsu Peak Master echoed: “Isn’t Baidai Peak just from Gushan? Would you like to separate?”

Ding Fenghua glared at her and tightened his lips.

Huangzhong Peak Master turned her attention to the end of the water mirror, and said with some surprise: “Second step?”

Zhuoyu Peak Master followed and looked over, “Pei Yu? Isn’t this Little Bai’s new apprentice? How come you have only reached the second step now?”

Ding Fenghua finally had a chance to attack, and said sarcastically: “It’s worse than waste.”

Several peak owners were used to his tone long ago and ignored him directly.

Lingsu Peak Master said quickly, “As long as the limbs are healthy, she shouldn’t only be able to reach the second step at this time. Did she find something?”

Zhuoyu Peak Master heard the words, “Master once said that there is a mystery in the Heavenly Stairs, but none of us have ever noticed it. Did this kid find the mystery when she reached the second step?”

Huangzhong Peak Master remembers very well, “When Little Bai walked the Heavenly Stairs in the past, she also stayed on the 123rd step for a long time.”

Seeing how many people were looking over, Huai Bai squinted and said with a smile: “There is no such thing, what secrets can I find as a waste person?”

Ning Xiao smiled clearly, looked at the water mirror again, and changed his evaluation of Pei Yu, “This woman has a promising future.”

“Hey! She moved!”

Everyone’s attention was focused on the last instead of paying attention to the first place Sheng Ji. Ding Fenghua stood aside, his face blue and white, very exciting.

… …

Pei Yu seems to be integrated with the Heavenly Stairs.

She saw the grass and trees pull out new green shoots, thrive in the rain, and bloom and bear fruit, and then wither and rot, covered by thin new snow; she saw the young disciples who came to participate in the trial stepping up to the sky, and their vigorous faces were full of yearning for Gushan; she saw spring go and autumn come, day and night alternate, year after year just like this.

People are changing. The Dao ancestor who founded the Immortal Sect, the sword immortal who opened the heavens in the past, how many astounding geniuses all turned into loess, and the world, the sun and the moon, mountains and rivers, have never changed in the past.

The “Chongxu True Scripture” once said that everything has a beginning and an end, and only those who do not produce or transform, repetitively, are the name of Dao.

(T/N: Chongxu True Scripture is a classic Daoist philosophical work written by Liezi in the early Warring States period of China)

It is also recorded in “The Qingjing Scriptures” that the great Dao is invisible, giving birth to the world; the great Dao is ruthless, running the sun and the moon; the great Dao is nameless, and growing all things.

(T/N: one of the important materials of Daoist exercises with an unknown author)

Pei Yu used to think the Dao was mysterious, but now sitting on the Heavenly Stairs, her consciousness merges with the Heavenly Stairs that have gone through tens of thousands of years, and she has undergone countless changes with it, and suddenly she has a deeper understanding of the Dao in her heart.

The description in the scriptures is no longer a symbol of nothingness, but close to where she can reach.

As if ten thousand years had passed, and as if only for a short while, Pei Yu opened her eyes.

The light of wisdom flickered in her eyes, like the depth of the sun and the moon, and the distance of the sky. The spiritual energy from the Heavenly Stairs to clear to the spirit continuously gathered on her body, wandering through the meridians, and merged in the dantian.

This is a sign of qi training.

She took the lead to enter the qi training period when there was no one to guide her.

Pei Yu is not overjoyed. This kind of situation in her is called clear mind in the Immortal Sect and epiphany in Buddhism. It refers to the moment when a monk suddenly becomes enlightened and forgets things, and reaches out to touch the great Dao, which is extremely rare. Even if it is the great power of nascent soul to transforming gods, there may not be an opportunity for epiphany in a lifetime.

Opportunities are rare, and Pei Yu does not want to stop there.

She lifted her foot and walked up slowly, but with every step, she stepped extremely steadily and slowly.

The coercion is getting heavier, and the spiritual energy gathers in the pubic area in a whirlpool shape.

Pei Yu began to mobilize the blood mist in her body. She will not leak the blood mist out in full view, trying to control its circulation in the body without revealing a trace.

This step is extremely difficult.

The blood mist belongs to the devilish energy, which is extremely turbid; while the spiritual energy belongs to the immortal energy, which is extremely clear.

When the ancient gods opened the sky, the clear qi rose to the sky, and the turbid qi sank to the ground. Therefore, the two have been mutually exclusive since ancient times and are incompatible.

Pei Yu wanted to balance the clear and muddy in her body.

She carefully manipulated the blood mist, making it flow in the same direction and speed as the spiritual energy, and finally merged into the dantian together, forming two vortices in the dantian, one red and one blue.

The coercion on the Heavenly Stairs is unusual, allowing her to cultivate with the immortals and demons without causing her body to collapse.

When she reached the 100th step, the two vortices got closer and closer, and finally slowly merged together.

Pei Yu’s eyes flashed, and immediately sat cross-legged, adjusting her breath again.

… …

Ding Fenghua was a little nervous about the girl’s position, but when he saw the surprisingly slow speed, he almost laughed.

“Is this going to the sky, or climbing the cliff, just let the old tortoise in Taiqing Lake go faster than her.”

Yu Meng hurriedly agreed, “That is, I have seen so many people go on the Heavenly Stairs, but this is the slowest one.”

He looked at the first place and praised: “Sheng Ji has reached the 511st step. Looking at this speed, he is expected to hit the 800th step. It is indeed the strongest in the junior class!”

Ding Fenghua also felt light on his face, and slightly raised his lips.

It’s just that Lingsu Peak Master is still quick to say, “What’s so strange about 800? Let’s talk about Jianyi and Ming Ying, who is not above 800? Even the most talented Rong Jibai child is the one who walked up to 600 in a quarter of an hour. If it weren’t for her being too tired and gave up on her own initiative, she might be able to walk up to the 900th step.”

Zhuoyu Peak Master suddenly realized again, “Yes, all of Little Bai’s apprentices are exceptionally talented.”

Huangzhong Peak Master still has an outstanding memory, “It is also extraordinary for Cang Hai to walk seven hundred in the body of a demon.”

Ding Fenghua snorted coldly, his secret joy turned into anger, and he gave Yu Meng a fierce look.

If it’s not good to mention, he had to mention the apprentice.

He finally rushed to the nascent soul in his cultivation, and he thought he no longer needed to be under Huai Bai, but this person actually accepted four apprentices non-stop, and they were talented to compete one by one. Why is he always short of Huai Bai no matter what he does?

Yu Meng shrank his neck when he felt Master’s unkind look, and took a step back quietly.

Ning Xiao didn’t care about the Junior Brother’s emotions. He looked at the stagnant name on the water mirror, his complexion slowly becoming condensed.

As Gushan’s Dao Senior, he is much more sensitive to the changes in the aura of the surrounding world than ordinary people.

“This kid,” he boasted that he was extremely accurate, but he changed his evaluation three times in less than a day, “The future is beyond expectation. It is simply limitless. It may surpass everyone present and become a power that shocks the past and the present.”

It’s just that he still doesn’t know what exactly this child named Pei Yu wants to do?

Huai Bai laughed suddenly and asked Ning Xiao to resign, “Grandmaster Senior Brother, I’ll go outside for a walk.”

Ding Fenghua sneered, “Walk away? Do you feel that your apprentice is incompetent and afraid that your face will be swept away?”

Ning Xiao sighed and nodded to Huai Bai. When the verdant figure went away, he whispered: “Fenghua, you are all from the same family, don’t be like this.”

It’s a pity that he really doesn’t have much prestige in front of the younger brothers and sisters.

Ding Fenghua rolled his eyes, held his sword and walked in front of the white marble, leaning back, ignoring him.

Huai Bai walked out of Danxia Palace and stretched.

Not having to see Ding Fenghua’s arrogant and mean face, she felt a lot more comfortable.

She raised her head and glanced, the sky was glowing like clouds, and the rays of light were immense——it was the auspicious sky that comes from enlightenment of Daoism.

Many people under the mountain looked up at this strange scene and talked a lot.

Huai Bai blew a whistle, and the white peacock rose into the sky, blocking the sky, flapping its wings, causing a long wind and blowing away the clouds and rays of light.

She made the white peacock smaller, and then jumped up and sat on the peacock’s back.

The breeze was blowing, white feathers were like snow, and Huai Bai sat lazily on the cloud, with a casual smile on her mouth.

Her eyebrows are extremely black, like paintings on rice paper. Each stroke is extremely delicate and romantic, and the green feathers and tsing yi flutter in the wind, seeming to encompass all the colors of the world.

“Apprentice, apprentice,” Huai Bai smiled while looking at the small black spot on the sky, “You are going to make a big deal.”

Zhen’s thoughts:

Pei Yu is just flexing now. But tbh, part of the joy of this novel is seeing Pei Yu get what she deserved in her first life.

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