Chapter 126: The Ninth Gate

But before I could experience what this strange feeling was, the Taoist boy once again suppressed my will with a sense of overwhelming unease.

Yes, his suppression of my will is a passive act, like the law between heaven and earth. We can only choose one of the two, and even if Daotongzi does nothing, the weaker party can only face the fate of being suppressed.

On the contrary, it took a lot of effort for Daotongzi to make me feel something through my own body and spiritual awareness, and it only lasted for a moment.

And occasionally, when he needs to suppress my will and concentrate on what he is doing, it is like pushing a boat down a stream, and it doesn’t take much effort.

So, I can’t blame Tao Tongzi for suppressing me again. I originally wanted to communicate with Tao Tongzi about my strange feeling, which only appeared for a moment, but it was so shocking that I couldn’t grasp it.

After a short delay, Daotongzi had already dried his nose blood quite gracefully, and then said to me with a concentrated expression: “Chen Chengyi, this time it’s not a joke. It’s the last time. Even if the spiritual awareness is squeezed dry and the brain can’t bear it, you must find the right way. It’s not my responsibility or moral obligation to walk out of the underground cave and unite with the Snow Mountain lineage, but yours. But since I am you, I am so desperate, so you shouldn’t make a mistake at this time.”

When Daotongzi said this, I dared not think of anything else. Indeed, it was my moral duty and responsibility to leave the underground cave and unite with the Xueshan lineage, not Daotongzi’s. At this time, if I said anything strange, it would only cause more trouble.

Therefore, after Tao Tongzi said this, I almost immediately concentrated with Tao Tongzi to feel the sixteen gates, which one was the right choice for us.

In the cave, which was absolutely silent and full of pressure, all that remained was the sound of my breathing and that of Tao Tongzi.

Spiritual awareness At that moment, I experienced its existence so tangibly, and then the process of being infinitely squeezed by us… My body was also greatly tortured at that moment. My nose kept bleeding uncontrollably, and I couldn’t suppress the sweet blood in my throat. My ears were buzzing and roaring, as if they were also under extreme pressure from my brain. I felt that it was bleeding too.

If my eyes were bleeding, I think it would have been a very strange sight, a person standing in front of the sixteen gates, bleeding from all seven orifices.

Slowly, a vague number appeared in my mind and the Taoist boy’s mind at the same time. 7… the seventh gate… it became clearer and clearer. 7, 7, 7… it was the seventh gate!

At this point, both the Taoist priest and I had reached our limits. Since it was so certain that it was the seventh gate, there was no need to hesitate. The Taoist priest stopped the psychic perception that was more uncomfortable than torture without hesitation. At the moment he withdrew his psychic perception, he couldn’t help but take three steps back and spit out a mouthful of blood.

The spots on his chest were just traces of nosebleeds, but now there was a large pool of blood on them.

However, Dao Tongzi did not allow himself to hesitate, or was he too uncertain about the previous uneasiness? So, as soon as he had just stood still, he walked towards the seventh gate without hesitation.

If everything goes as planned, then the seventh gate will be our final choice. I have a feeling that once we step out of the seventh gate, the whole underground cave will be settled.

But life is often a process full of surprises. If everything could be as expected, then life would not be so full of entanglements of cause and effect that even the ancient powers could not solve.

So, everything happened… When the Taoist priest approached the gate, I had the same strange feeling again, but this time it was stronger than before… But I was still confused and didn’t understand what the strange feeling was trying to tell me.

But, as the Taoist boy took each step forward, the feeling became stronger and stronger… Finally, a voice kept reminding me not to go to the 7th gate, but to the 9th gate… It should be the 9th gate.

Could it be that our hunch was wrong? I thought to myself that I should never doubt the common will of the Taoist boy and myself.

However, the feeling finally exploded like a bomb when the Tao Tongzi was less than ten meters away from the seventh gate… I could deeply feel that the ninth gate was where I should go. Although I had already clearly felt that the seventh gate was safe and the ninth gate was full of unknown dangers, the ninth gate was where I should go.

“Stop, Daotongzi, you stop…” Finally, my suppressed will began to struggle. This struggle was very weak at first, but Daotongzi only took one step forward, and it began to become strong.

“I won’t stop.” I don’t know why, but this time, Daotongzi didn’t ask me why, and directly rejected my request. Did he feel something?

“No, you must stop. We are going to the 9th gate. To the 9th gate…” My will was finally able to break free from the shackles of pressure and become strong.

I felt that after the 9th gate, there was a reason why I had to go there. Although I didn’t know why, I believed in this inner feeling, and I believed it very much.

However, the Taoist monk was much more determined than I was, and he simply ignored my will, stubbornly walking forward… But because my will had broken free of the shackles, he no longer had absolute control over my body from this moment on, and it became somewhat difficult.

If there were a second person in the cave, they would have seen such a strange scene: a person was clearly trying to move forward, but their body was bound by something, and they became stiff all over… Every step forward was so difficult.

The Taoist boy sensed my determination, and this time he began to suppress me at all costs.

I had no intention of resisting Tao Tongzi, and my entire will had been in a state of sad decadence, but at this moment all emotions were swept away. I was very determined, almost like a fixation, and I had to go to the ninth gate.

For the first time, I and the Taoist monk began to struggle… The Taoist monk, who was always calm, could no longer control his emotions at this moment, and suddenly shouted, “Chen Chengyi, what do you want? What you want is to walk out of the underground cave, unite with the Xueshan lineage, and fulfill your responsibility and morality as the Li lineage! Do you want to create a problem out of nothing?”

I admit that Tao Tongzi’s words are not without reason. Tao Tongzi’s words are full of a certain sense of reason. Tao Tongzi’s choice may turn out to be the truly correct choice in the end, but my inner thoughts are so strong. For the first time, I loudly retorted with my thoughts: “Can you put aside your unceasing reason for once and listen to your own heart for once? ! Even if the Tao is absolutely reasonable, why does it still make people experience the inner tribulations again and again? Is it just to create an absolute reason? No, it is more about people feeling the reason behind the rules and the reason behind the rules. Feel the real benevolence behind the heavenly way. If it is only an absolute rationality, without feelings, without an inner existence, then the heavenly way is truly unkind. If it is truly unkind, then what is the cycle of cause and effect?

“You…” Dao Tongzi inexplicably spewed out a mouthful of blood, but at this time, I felt for the first time that Dao Tongzi’s mind and spirit had collapsed, and his will was weak.

I don’t know what Daotongzi thought, but at this moment, my will finally began to break through the shackles and once again control parts of my body.

I didn’t care about anything and rushed towards the ninth gate… Although the Taoist boy was in a daze, he didn’t give up his persistence and pulled my body towards the seventh gate. When my hand finally reached the seventh gate, my will finally exploded completely.

Listen to your heart. Sometimes, people need to listen to their hearts!

At that moment, I completely broke through the shackles. At that moment, my body was finally completely under my control. This time, it was me who was suppressing the Taoist boy… This time, I rushed to the ninth gate without hesitation.

I came to it and pushed it open without hesitation!

“Chen Chengyi, don’t regret it!” Tao Tongzi also almost shouted, his emotions inexplicably out of control.

I entered the ninth gate without looking back!