Beauty helps me achieve immortality

Chapter 401: Heart Obstacles

"I'm Gu Qinghuan."

Qing Huan stared at the figure that looked exactly like her and whispered to herself.

It seems that the other party has also been searching in this illusion for fifteen days... and only met me at this moment?

After the words were spread.

The woman in front of her who looked exactly like her...the surprise and fear in her eyes were even stronger.

The other party slowly tightened his grip on the silver spear and whispered coldly, "You evolved from an illusion."

Qing Huan:! ?

Even with her temper, she couldn't help but feel angry at this moment.

How could there be someone just like me...pointing a gun at me and claiming I was an illusion!?

Absolutely ridiculous!

Her mind raced, trying to process the situation.

The master would never let me stay here for fifteen days.

Therefore, this dark and imperceptible world must be some kind of illusion.

And this woman who looks exactly like me...

This should be the trial left by the Chilong Demon Lord.

Do you want to defeat yourself in the illusion first?

Qinghuan tensed up a little, realizing that this might be an extremely difficult battle.

Defeat yourself...

She immediately wanted to pick up the silver spear to confront him.

but!

It was at this moment that she really panicked.

Gu Qinghuan only felt slender fingers clasping her palm tightly...

Only then did she realize that the silver spear she had been holding in her hand had disappeared without a trace!

She wanted to look for it in the storage ring.

But the storage ring on her slender finger was also gone!

hum!

There were bursts of sharp sounds in his mind, and Qinghuan felt like he was dreaming.

At the same time, she discovered another thing that shocked her -

The powerful demonic aura on his body disappeared without a trace at some point.

There was no longer that scorching hot feeling between his eyes.

After realizing this.

There was a slight tremor of mist in Qinghuan's gentle eyes.

Although she was extremely resistant to those golden eyes, she also cherished every bit of the recent days.

Those increasingly bright golden eyes... were not obtained through her own practice at all.

These are all the result of the master's hard work, and the master sacrificed Long Yuan's thousand-foot opportunity to obtain them for her.

So much so that she could completely ignore even the dragon bone that was being refined by Qingying.

But now - she lost it.

A terrifying thought brewed in her mind...

Perhaps, I really am not Gu Qinghuan.

The person in front of you is the one!

Then what am I...?

Do not--

This is an illusion...

Gu Qinghuan felt a splitting headache. When he raised his eyes, his fierce pupils were stained with blood, staring at the person in front of him...himself.

But the woman with the mighty dragon power also showed a hint of pity between her golden eyes.

"She is your inner demon."

"Cut her off."

In this dark world, another indifferent voice appeared.

But it is impossible to tell the difference between men and women, as if it is just a strange will.

Inner Demons...

Qinghuan felt lost.

Almost instantly, she understood the situation in front of her.

I am really not Gu Qinghuan, the person in front of me is.

I... am just a demon in my heart.

She stared blankly at the woman in front of her.

But he found that the other party's hand holding the gun was shaking uncontrollably.

When the spear tip with a sharp cold light pointed at him, a tear flowed out from between his dark golden pupils.

Before she knew it, Qinghuan also shed hot tears.

At this moment, Gu Qinghuan really believed it.

The person in front of her is...herself.

A cool hand brushed across her cheek, wiping away her tears.

Qinghuan then slowly raised her sleeves and wiped the other person's tears.

The moment you touch the other person's cheek.

Images flashed through her mind.

In Heyang County, it was early in the morning in winter and it was still dark.

The long street outside Zuihuaju was empty, and the snow on the ground reflected the moonlight.

There was a thin girl wearing thin plain clothes, her hands and face were bloody... her nails were broken.

She gritted her teeth and clenched her lips as she climbed over the courtyard of Zuihuaju, then fell and collapsed on the long street.

The girl gasped for breath rapidly, her face twisted in pain, her eyes filled with tears. Then she staggered, holding onto the stone wall, and hurriedly fled the brothel behind her and her coming-of-age ceremony.

In Heyang County, it is a spring evening, and the sun is setting in the west.

The girl carried a large wooden basin and hung the washed clothes for the young lady on the clothesline one by one.

Then, while everyone else was eating, he ran back to his room, got his wooden spear, and practiced alone in the empty courtyard.

No one really taught her anything, so she could only watch other people's movements and learn the men's shooting skills and gun racks bit by bit.

The reason why she didn't eat and practiced with the wooden spear secretly was simply because she was afraid that someone would see her and ridicule her.

In Danxia Sect, it is a hot summer day and the moonlight is bright.

A woman returned from the medicinal field, dragging her tired body.

She silently gazed at the senior sisters heading to Dingziyuan and the senior sisters heading to Dantang...

Then he took the book of herbs and hid back in the medicinal field, lying between the ridges and memorizing the habits of various herbs.

In Jiaoping County, a raging mud flood engulfed the area.

The weak and skinny little girl swallowed the mud in big gulps, her small eye sockets were full of filth, and tears and blood washed her eyes and cheeks.

She held on to the rope tightly, struggling to survive.

Even though its young body was already exhausted, it was still struggling hard against the flood in this cold and turbid world.

……

Qinghuan perceived each picture and seemed to understand something.

She had also desperately tried to survive, desperately tried to escape, desperately tried to practice...

Since no one taught him the spear style, he learned it on his own. Since he couldn't understand the scriptures, he memorized them by rote.

A tenacious and ridiculous struggle in suffering.

She once practiced martial arts and studied scriptures diligently, hoping to break free from the tricks of fate.

But now...

fate?

Why break free from fate?

All you need to do is be a slave to your master.

Submit your life and soul to the master and let the master control everything you own.

Give up your life.

Leave life and death, sorrow and joy, past and future...all to another person.

Just take note of the master's words carefully, it's very easy.

She was obsessed with this feeling, not having to think about anything and not having to worry about anything.

When her master is safe and happy, she stays quietly by his side.

If her master is in danger, she will sacrifice herself to die with him.

That was her husband, and everything she had - she had long been paranoid and obsessed with him.

The dark world is silent.

There were only two slender figures looking at each other quietly.

One of them had dark golden eyes, a tough expression, and a sharp edge... holding a silver spear in his hand.

A person's eyes were as tender as water, she smiled foolishly, and tears streamed down her gentle and beautiful cheeks.

Gu Qinghuan looked at the gun tip in front of him and looked at himself who was hesitant.

Suddenly I seemed to realize something.

I broke out of the dark world by relying on my faith in my master.

But the other party... is not.

That was another self, who could, with tenacity and courage, in a ridiculous and clumsy manner...constantly break away from his past self, break free from the shackles on his body, and walk out of the seemingly endless darkness.

Gu Qinghuan closed her eyes lightly, shook her head and whispered softly: "No, I only want him in this life."

"I see."

The other party nodded seriously, then slowly raised his hand... and handed over the silver spear in his hand.

The silver spear that seemed to be able to decide everything was now tightly grasped by the weak and foolishly smiling woman.

Rumble!

There seemed to be thunder exploding in the dark world, shaking the soul.

An undeniable will permeates this place.

"Under the Heart-Severing Mirror, the Dao Heart and the Devil Heart have already been clearly distinguished!"

"If you don't have the heart to seek the Tao, you are nothing but a walking corpse. How can you pursue the Tao? How can you establish yourself in the world? How can you cultivate..."

That strange will suddenly disappeared.

With a smile in his eyes, Gu Qinghuan stabbed his once tough self with a gun!

It’s like cutting off one’s past.

The devil's heart and the Taoist heart are clearly distinguished.

The figure representing Daoxin had no intention of resisting at all. He smiled and raised his slender neck... ready to be killed.

Click-click——

The two people who were originally able to come into contact seemed to be blocked by an invisible mirror.

Gu Qinghuan stabbed out with a spear.

The world before my eyes was like a shattered jade mirror, with dense cracks appearing on it, which instantly spread to the entire dark world.

And the figure opposite her, quietly waiting for death, also followed the shattered mirror light... and disappeared like smoke.

The world changes.

The afterglow of the setting sun shone in, making the Purple Gold Dome Hall appear exceptionally spacious.

"We'll wait outside."

The man's gentle voice had not yet fallen.

Gu Qinghuan suddenly turned around and saw the Purple Gold Palace door slowly closing... The master's expression changed, and he asked with concern, "What's wrong?!"

"without……"

"Then Qinghuan went in."

Qinghuan smiled faintly and shook her head, still keeping her head lowered, quietly waiting for the palace door... to block out the last trace of sunset.

After a long time.

She calmed down and turned to walk into the empty hall.

What you see.

There is only a square table at the end of the palace.

There are two dragon halberds hanging on the wall.

That's it.

Qing Huan glanced at some miscellaneous items on the table, and was suddenly shocked. She quickly approached the table.

I don’t know what material the long table is made of, it looks like wood or gold, and there is no sign of being eroded by time.

There is an open animal skin book on it, as if someone was reading here not long ago.

The tea in the two stone cups was still very hot, and steam was rising from the strangely shaped tea stove.

Besides these...

In the center of the table, there is an extremely mysterious cold mirror. Endless Taoist auras flow through it, and there seems to be clouds and smoke rising in the mirror.

It’s a pity that this mysterious mirror is now covered with cracks.

Heart-cutting mirror!

Qinghuan suddenly understood.

The mirror that she had just shattered with a single shot in the illusion was the one in front of her!

In the state of mind-slashing, the Dao heart and the devil heart are clearly separated...

She remembered it very clearly.

When Kong Yang was a guest at Songshanfang's home in his early years, he once said:

Before the world is destroyed, many cultivators need to go through endless punishments from thunder and trials of their inner demons!

And this Heart-Slaying Realm is most likely some kind of rare treasure that can slay the inner demons.

in this case……

The long struggle and thousands of flashes of light and shadow before all originated from this mirror.

Now I can actually see this mirror.

Mysterious images kept flashing in Gu Qinghuan's mind——

In a hazy world.

The woman holding the silver spear strode towards the unknown darkness.

She was very decisive and quick at first, but she also stopped midway when she was confused...

But I don’t know when.

Her figure dissipated like smoke, splitting into two streams of light, rushing in completely different directions - but in the end they miraculously met again.

Did I destroy this rare treasure?

……

The weak female figure from earlier slowly emerged beside him.

But the indifference in his eyes was gone, replaced by a hint of surprise and unexpectedness.

"This Heart Slashing Sword is a Taoist weapon given to the Dragon Lord by the Emperor. The Dragon Lord has used it for more than thousands of years."

"I've always only slain the inner demon, but today, the inner demon destroyed the mirror itself... How bizarre."

"You haven't experienced a heart tribulation?"

"Why allow the inner demon to grow so strong and rampant?"

When mentioning the damage to the Taoist soldiers, the woman did not show the slightest sign of heartache. Instead, she looked at Gu Qinghuan with burning eyes.

Qinghuan's heart was secretly moved.

This shadow actually has consciousness!?

Taoist soldiers...

She naturally understood how precious Taoist soldiers were.

Si He only has two pieces.

A jade sword that is born with you and can cut through people's lifespan.

The other item was the Tai'a Seal that the master had just given her.

It is obvious that the cultivation level of the Chilong Demon Lord back then was much higher than Si He's divine cultivation level.

As for the emperor the woman mentioned... he should be the Demon Emperor of the Demon Court back then.

Qing Huan bowed gracefully and said, "Qing Huan was foolish and accidentally damaged the Dragon Lord's treasure. I hope to atone for my sin."

The woman just shook her head slowly, then whispered, "What is your inner demon that can destroy the Heart Mirror?!"

Right now!

Another gentle male laugh was heard...

"The Heart-Severing Mirror is a weapon of the Great Dao. How could the one who can destroy the Heart-Severing Mirror be the Heart Demon?"

Qinghuan's expression froze for a moment. The two dragon spears hanging on the wall slowly transformed into a man's figure!

Before she could react.

The female dragon servant said again: "But she clearly used the devil's heart to kill the Tao heart!"

"Oh?"

"What is the devil's heart? What is the Tao's heart?"

Hearing this, the woman frowned slightly and whispered angrily, "The shadow of that demon's heart is so terrifying and unpredictable. It has obviously become a paranoid delusion."

"Xin'er, you are wrong."

The man was dressed in luxurious robes. He walked leisurely to the table and threw the magical mirror to the ground.

He smiled at Qing Huan and the girl, and said softly, "To be able to transcend the obsession of the Heart Mirror is naturally an indestructible Dao Heart."

"How can a mere small mirror reflect the difference between the great path and the inner demons that the world strives for?"

"Although the Heart-Severing Mirror is a Taoist weapon, it can only sever the heart, and one day it will be severed by the heart itself."

"One thought is the ultimate—the inner demon... is also the great way."

Qinghuan had mixed feelings in her heart, and she couldn't help but agree with what the man said.

But in fact...how could she understand the great way and the inner demon?

"Junior Gu Qinghuan, greetings to the Dragon Lord."

Qinghuan spoke softly and gently, and bowed again.

Although she is not as meticulous as Xiaoyi, she can also be considered to be of good character and kindness.

Judging from this man's words and actions alone... he must be the master of this palace, the Chilong Demon Lord!

It is definitely not some illusion of a talisman array.

"Gu Qinghuan..."

The man was extraordinarily handsome. He waved his hand casually while whispering gently, and the broken mirror fragments on the ground evolved into two jade chairs.

"sit."

Qinghuan didn't understand what was going on, so she just thanked him softly and then sat quietly on the jade chair.

She was still speculating about how this Dragon Lord existed... After the destruction of heaven and earth, shouldn't everyone be dead?

The female dragon attendant beside her said with a lighthearted smile: "Pure joy."

"Senior." Qinghuan replied in a low voice.

"This Dragon Fault Trial is the Mirror of Heart Severing."

"You have not been able to slay your inner demons, so the Dragon Lord's inheritance cannot be given to you."

Qing Huan: ...

She actually didn't quite believe it.

After all, I am still sitting here.

"Do you regret it?" the woman asked again.

Gu Qinghuan's paranoia could even damage her heart mirror, so how could she possibly regret it?

She said simply: "No."

"Hey……"

"If I stay here for endless years, my heart will no longer be with you, my Lord."

The woman seemed to find it boring, looked up at the Dragon Lord and said with a chuckle.

The Chilong Demon Lord simply raised his cup and said softly, "See you in the next life."

With this simple and straightforward farewell.

All the talisman formations in the entire Chilong Palace collapsed and turned into chaotic spiritual energy... and dissipated like smoke.

Outside the palace.

Zhao Qing immediately cast a puzzled look at Jiang Yanli.

If there's any movement in the Pantheon, of course we have to ask this Phoenix Emperor...

Brother Hu lived up to expectations and laughed out loud, "So, there are no more traces of trial formations in Dragon Fault. Qing Huan must have obtained the inheritance!"

Zhao Qing looked strange.

What the hell!

Qing Huan hadn't even been in there for half a cup of tea, and she had already obtained the inheritance! ?

Is it reliable?

He secretly communicated with Si He: "Can I feel the movement inside with the help of Tai A Seal?"

Si He: "It's completely useless. Qing Huan didn't even pray for help. I couldn't sense the power of her incense..."

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