Chapter 40 Tao Tongzi’s magic

I don’t feel the slightest bit of hatred for this Taoist boy. Even if I know that when he fully manifests, it will be the time when Chen Chengyi’s original consciousness will be completely destroyed, I still don’t feel any hatred.

Although his words are ‘annoying’ and even somewhat inhumane, the fact is that every time he appears, he is helping me. I even have some enlightenment. During the days of recovery in the bamboo forest cottage, I almost died. At that critical moment, it was the will of the Taoist boy that pulled me back.

Fundamentally, he is actually me, and I am also a reflection of him. So from this point of view, it is difficult for me to have any negative feelings towards him. It is difficult for a person to truly hate themselves. Even if they do something wrong and blame themselves, it is often a temporary emotion.

The Taoist monk never spoke to me politely. Whenever he spoke, it was either sarcastic or critical, and he always found ways to make me feel incompetent.

He said it so lightly that I really wanted to yell at him, “If you’re so capable, then come and do it yourself…” But it would be strange to scold myself, so I just endured it.

But I forgot one thing: once Tao Tongzi’s will appeared, it was fused into my soul. No matter what I said, he knew what I was thinking. So he knew right away about my resentful thoughts, and he made a very contemptuous “hmm” sound.

This irritated me… I had no choice but to hold the weeds in my hand a little tighter!

“In the current practice, there are very few concepts of spiritual cultivation, so when it comes to spiritual cultivation, it is always thought to be something great. However, as my successor, you are not only the first person in the world to have spiritual awareness, but also an absolute top figure. In a certain sense, spiritual awareness is the foundation of spiritual cultivation. How can you be afraid of his half-baked magic?” Because I deeply understand the nature of the boy, I simply did not engage in a verbal dispute with him, and sure enough, he quickly gave his answer.

I actually don’t know why I know the boy’s character so well. This kind of ‘contact’ between us should be considered contact, but there have never been many times, but I am so sure.

And the Taoist boy really spoke in this “pace.”

“Since you know that there are very few concepts of spiritual cultivation, what nonsense are you talking about? No matter how outstanding your spiritual awareness is, it is still spiritual awareness. Can it be used as spiritual awareness? Moreover, I don’t know any spiritual awareness spells!” This kind of familiar intimacy made me talk to him without any hesitation. He said it easily, but the key is to achieve what.

“Hmph, ignorant!” The Taoist boy casually threw out this sentence.

I simply hit my head against the ground, venting my anger, and suppressed the urge to scold him. Can’t you just stop? First, you have to pretend to be cool, and then you can talk about a solution?

The Taoist monk must have been standing on a high ground, so he said, “Such a brilliant spiritual awareness can be used as a god’s mind. Although temporarily sharpening the knife will not make your god’s mind outstanding, it is completely possible to concentrate a little to resist his half-assed spiritual awareness induction technique.”

The Taoist monk spoke in a tone of disdain. I think I’m used to it. After sensing it a little, I felt that the lama’s spiritual search range was already very close to us. I finally became anxious and shouted in my heart, “What should I do? Don’t you know that saving people is like putting out a fire?”

“What does it matter to me whether I save people or not? If this person is going to survive, it is his own fate, and I am not going to save him. If this person is not going to survive…” The Taoist boy’s voice became more and more calm, but it also seemed to me that he was becoming more and more pretentious.

“Can you stop talking? Is this how you understand the Tao of nature? I think you’re just a broken child who’s been studying too much in the modern world! You say you’re pursuing the Tao to the extreme… I don’t think you understand the meaning of nature at all. You’re going to save him anyway, so it’s his fate. You understand? Forget it, I can’t explain it clearly now, just say it!” I couldn’t help but swear a few times. At this moment, I suddenly had some enlightenment about why I had this reincarnation in this life.

It was clear that my understanding of the word “Tao” had inadvertently led me to the extreme of “extremism,” and I couldn’t help but scold him.

Because he is me, I can’t stand it when he says this kind of thing at this critical moment.

I thought that Daotongzi would come to refute me with disdain, but I didn’t expect him to be unusually silent at the moment… After a while, I actually had a response in my mind, if I used my spiritual awareness to resist the search of the divine mind.

This does not require me to read it carefully, it is like a natural depiction in my mind.

I knew too well that this was not a trick, because Daotongzi was my past life, and just as he had given me the memory of my past life, it was natural that I would know such a technique. For example, if you were a musical genius in your past life, it would be natural for you to understand and master music very quickly in your next life.

To put it simply, this is a memory, and I don’t even need to study it or learn it.

After knowing this method, my face instantly became strange… Can spiritual awareness be used in this way? Isn’t this self-deception? However, the spiritual search of the god was already less than 100 meters away from me and my master. According to the speed of the search of this lama, it would take no more than a minute to come.

I could only grab my master and whispered to him, “Master, no matter what happens, don’t resist or move.”

As I spoke, I slowly began to release my spiritual power according to the method that the Taoist monk had given me. The spiritual power covered both me and my master, and in my master’s case, the spiritual power even slightly invaded his soul and covered the surface layer.

This is why I told my master not to move no matter what happened.

According to the method taught by the Taoist boy, if spiritual awareness is not cultivated in the direction of spiritual awareness, it is difficult to separate it alone. However, the essence of spiritual awareness is a kind of power contained in spiritual power, and the first thing I need to do is to release it.

Next, with the help of a special mantra, I need to meditate… This meditation is what makes me look strange, and then I feel that it is the source of self-deception.

Because, it must be combined with imagination. What do I imagine myself to be?

To put it plainly, the method taught by Dao Tongzi is a way to use spiritual awareness to conceal oneself. The principle is that people with strong spiritual awareness can greatly influence others. It is like ordinary people in real life. If they have a little stronger spiritual awareness, it is easy to bring ordinary people with spiritual awareness into their own joys and sorrows. Many people have experienced this.

The spiritual awareness of cultivators is generally much stronger than that of ordinary people in reality. It is not that the heavens favor cultivators, but because cultivators cultivate spiritual power, and in this process, spiritual awareness will unconsciously become stronger, so the impact is greater.

For example, spiritual awareness is essentially a powerful, otherworldly spiritual power. Unlike spiritual power, it has a special sensitivity to the unknown… but it does not eliminate the essence of spiritual power’s influence on others, and it is even more powerful.

Spiritual power cannot be transformed into spiritual awareness, but spiritual awareness is, to some extent, even more powerful spiritual power. It is just that it is cultivated in the direction of spiritual power, which has almost been lost.

I must use my “presence of mind” to influence others. This is the essence of this technique.

I thought to myself, but the next moment I was not at all careless. With the special mantra, in my world of thought, I kept imagining that my master and I were both rocks in the middle of a field of weeds. Although I thought it was a bit of nonsense.

Gradually, I felt that my master and I had really become two rocks in the middle of the weeds. We were lonely, but we didn’t know it. We just stood here, alone and weathered.

Slowly, the lama’s spiritual consciousness approached… and I was unaffected in the world of my thoughts. I just felt at ease in the face of it. I was just a rock… The lama’s spiritual consciousness had already touched me and my master.

Master was completely still. He did not have the same spiritual awareness as I did, so naturally he could not sense the lama’s spiritual presence… He just listened to me instinctively, and said that no matter what happened, there should be no movement.

I felt the spiritual energy sweep over my body, but I just felt it was ordinary. I could even feel that the spiritual energy was actually very weak.

I don’t know how long it took, a minute, two minutes, the spiritual energy gradually moved away, shifting to other places… I slowly withdrew from my own world of thought according to the incantation of the spell.

Because the memory that the Taoist monk left me specifically stated that one could not forcefully exit the spell, and that one would be subject to a relatively strong backlash… The worst result would be that one would really think of oneself as something else. In simple terms, it would be like a patient in a mental hospital who would always think of himself as a cat or something.

After I completely lifted the spell, I let out a long sigh of relief. I sensed that the divine thought had already moved two miles away from us. Looking down at the mountain, the lama’s whole body was twitching. I guess he was almost at his limit.

“Master, we’ve passed this level.” This is also a complete solution to the crisis. I whispered to my master.

“Hmm.” Master’s expression was calm. He believed that I had really done it, but he couldn’t help but ask me, “How did you do it?”

“It was the Taoist boy… the Taoist boy suddenly appeared again.” I naturally had nothing to hide from my master, but when I talked about this, I also looked strange, because after the membrane appeared, I could always sense it in my soul.

The membrane was still there, and there were no cracks. How did the Daotongzi appear?

“Tao Tongzi?” Master’s face suddenly became extremely ugly, and then he subconsciously grabbed my arm and said, “Chengyi, you…”

After saying this, Master could not say anything else, because even his arm was trembling at this time.

“Master, I am Chen Chengyi, the same old Chen Chengyi! This is too strange. It’s not the time to talk about it now. I’ll tell you in detail when the time comes.” Indeed, although the most dangerous part of the journey had already passed, Yang Sheng and the others were still here, and now was not the time to talk.

The master looked at me for a long time, and in the end, he nodded in compromise, and then looked down at the ground with me.

At this time, the trumpet finally couldn’t stand it anymore, groaned, withdrew the magic, then got up and stood up, holding the cart and began to vomit. Whether it is spiritual awareness, spiritual thought, or spiritual power, it is all related to the brain, and this kind of thing will cause a great burden on the brain. Vomiting is a very normal thing.

Yang Sheng waited by the side of the lama, and when the lama felt a little better, Yang Sheng began to talk to him. The lama said something to Yang Sheng, and Yang Sheng kept turning his head to look at the mountain.

Finally, the lama seemed to gesture, probably indicating the scope of his search, and then sat in the car to rest, while Yang Sheng stood under the car, staring at the mountain for a long time, not knowing what he was thinking about.

At this time, I was at a loss. Had I not gotten past? What had Yang Sheng discovered?