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Mo Hua was dumbfounded and couldn't help but murmured:

"No way……"

You really have to "eat" gods to break through the realm, so can anyone really master this technique?

Or is this just your own guess?

Mo Hua frowned.

Although this "Tian Yan Jue" is an ancient skill, given to me by an enigmatic master, and its origin is confusing, but no matter what, it is not really so "perverted"...

Kill the gods, devour the divine marrow, and change the quality of your divine consciousness. Only then can you break through to the realm of cultivation.

If that's the case, it shouldn't be called "Tianyan Jue", but "God-Eating Jue"...

Mo Hua silently cursed in his heart.

"It shouldn't be..."

Mo Hua breathed a sigh of relief silently, but when he thought about it, his heart tightened again.

What if?

If you really have to kill gods and eat gods, and deify your spiritual consciousness in order to break through the bottleneck, break through the mid-stage, late-stage foundation building, and even the final pill formation, wouldn't you be doomed?

Mo Hua frowned and his face became serious.

How can the evil god be so easy to kill...

"Divine Essence" is something that is hard to come by.

Time is also limited.

Now in the second year of entry.

In the third year, you have to decide whether to upgrade or repeat a grade.

If you really want to "eat" the divine realm, don't prepare it in advance and don't eat enough of the "spiritual essence".

By next year, everyone has broken through the bottleneck and become mid-stage foundation-building monks.

In my hurry, if I can't break through, I will definitely repeat the grade.

And if you continue to be unable to "eat" the divine marrow and your cultivation is constantly blocked by a "bottleneck", you may be stuck in the early stage of foundation building for a lifetime, and you will have to stay at that level for the rest of your life...

Mo Hua felt a chill in his heart.

If you stay one level, you will transform from Cheng Mo's "little senior brother" to their "little junior brother".

If you can't break through, will you have to repeat the grade and be a "little junior brother" for the rest of your life?

The ink painting looks serious.

No, absolutely not!

Even for Mr. Xun's sake, he would not be "expelled" from the Taixu Sect.

But being stuck in foundation building for the rest of his life would not only make him lose face, but also bring shame to Mr. Xun, who valued him.

And if you really can't break through the realm, you won't be able to do many things in this life just by relying on foundation-building cultivation.

I have to wait until my cultivation level reaches a high level and learn the formation that Grandpa Situ said, "turning yin and yang, reversing life and death, and seizing luck" to save the master!

Mo Hua's eyes were firm.

"You have to think of something in advance..."

When something happens, you should consider the worst case scenario...

If Tianyan Jue really requires 'eating' the gods to break through, then he must prepare early, take precautions, and use all means to eat up the 'spiritual marrow' in advance!

In this way, even if this technique is really "abnormal", I won't be afraid at all!

Mo Hua nodded.

"Just make plans based on the possibility of 'eating' the God Breakthrough..."

"But how can there be so many 'gods' to 'eat' for yourself?"

Mo Hua frowned, feeling a little confused.

The evil god is not a cabbage.

It’s not that he can find it if he wants to look for it, catch it if he wants to catch it, or “eat” it if he wants to…

Moreover, even if you really find it, catch it, and "eat" it in your mouth, there will be other troubles.

What exactly the gods are, Mo Hua still doesn’t know very well.

What is the difference between evil gods and ordinary gods?

What is the “way” of the gods?

What are the methods of the gods?

Also, after eating the "divine marrow" and being assimilated by divinity, it seems that one will gradually lose one's humanity, forget one's original intention, and become no longer oneself...

If we don’t understand these issues clearly, we will definitely not be able to “eat” God with confidence and boldness.

Mo Hua frowned and thought hard for a long time, but still had no clue.

In his ten years of monastic experience so far, he has very little monastic knowledge involving "gods".

Unable to figure it out, Mo Hua could only think about it for the time being.

Early the next morning, after finishing his Taoist class, Mo Hua went to the library at Taixu Gate to find out if there were any Taoist records or inherited classics related to "gods".

Reading books in the library also costs merit.

Mo Hua is currently considered a "rich man" and has a lot of merit, so he doesn't feel bad about the expense.

It's just that he looked through it for a long time, but still didn't gain much.

There are only a few records in some monastic classics, and the words are very vague. Most of them are about the state boundaries and the gods who received incense and protected them.

Or perhaps people indulge in greed and corrupt beliefs, causing the gods who originally protected them to become evil gods.

Or maybe there is an evil god causing trouble, and a powerful monk suppresses the evil god and seals it away...

It's just that these records are mostly "supposedly" and "hearsay", and I don't know whether they are true or false.

Not to mention the origin of gods, cultivating gods, and "eating" gods...

And what the big eyes of the golden evil god said, such as the divine fetus, Taoism, divine marrow, food sacrifices, and other "theological" inheritance classics such as divine status, incense, and authority.

There is a vague feeling in the ink painting.

Gods and humans seem to be two completely different monastic existences.

"May I ask Mr. Xun, or the elders of the sect?"

Mo Hua thought about it and gave up.

I have "bad intentions" and have "ulterior" purposes. It is better not to ask the elders about such a taboo question.

In this case, there is only one way:

Ask Mr. Huangshan.

After all, Huangshan Jun is the only "god" among his "friends".

Although he is down and out and is just a shabby little mountain god, the mountain god is also a god and he always knows more than he knows.

Mo Hua made up his mind.

During the ten-day break a few days later, Mo Hua specially prepared wine, food and offerings and went to Dry Mountain.

This time it was a special visit, not just a drop-in.

In order not to "break the appointment" and not to "disappoint" Mr. Huangshan, Mo Hua got up early and hired a faster carriage, thinking of leaving early and returning early to avoid being delayed by something else.

The carriage was racing like lightning, and a few hours later, Mo Hua arrived at Dry Mountain.

After getting off the carriage, we were still familiar with the familiar rugged mountain roads and familiar steep stone steps.

The surrounding scenery is still the same as in memory, quiet and desolate.

From a long distance away, you can see the ruined temple of Huangshanjun.

The feeling of intimacy in the heart of the ink painting arises spontaneously.

He stepped on the moss-soaked stone steps, facing the morning sun, feeling happy, walking briskly, and walked towards the ruined temple step by step.

The mountain breeze is refreshing and the mountain scenery remains the same.

Mo Hua hummed a song and walked all the way to the ruined temple. When he looked up, he saw Mr. Huangshan sitting upright on top of the clay sculpture, but his expression was not good.

It was as if he was being tortured, with a look of helplessness and hopelessness.

Mo Hua raised his head, looked at the sky, and said doubtfully:

"Tiger, the weather is so nice today, why do you look unhappy?"

Huangshan Jun glanced at Mo Hua resentfully.

I didn’t know you were coming yet…

Huangshan Jun sighed silently in his heart.

Ever since it had a premonition and knew that a small disaster was coming to the door again, it had been so frightened that it couldn't sleep well for days and nights...

I have had this premonition since the beginning of the month.

But then, for some unknown reason, it suddenly disappeared again.

Huangshan Jun thought that the child would not come, and his heart fell to the ground, and he was very happy.

But not long after I was happy, this premonition suddenly became stronger and seemed inevitable.

Huangshanjun accepted his fate, so early in the morning, he sat blankly in the clay sculpture, waiting in agony for the "distinguished guests" to come to his door.

Mo Hua looked around and asked curiously: "Aren't you going to fuck the puppy this time?"

Huangshan Jun looked numb.

If drilling puppies worked, I would have drilled them long ago.

But the fact is that even if you get into a puppy, you can't escape. The child will still "sniff" it out...

It’s just self-deception of “God”.

Mo Hua was a little unhappy when he saw Mr. Huangshan. He thought he had no incense to worship and no offerings to eat, so he was in a low mood.

It seems that not only are people in desolation, they are not living a good life.

Even if God is down and out, he will have to live in poverty.

Those who live at the bottom, whether they are gods or humans, seem to be the same.

Mo Hua felt a little sympathetic, and then felt relieved: Fortunately, he came!

"I brought you something delicious!"

Mo Hua took out the prepared spiritual wine, spiritual fruits, various steamed buns, snacks, wine and meat from the storage bag, placed them on the altar, and then looked at Huangshan Jun eagerly.

It seems to be saying, hurry up and eat.

Huangshan Jun was a little moved in his complicated mood.

Obviously this child means big trouble...

It sighed. It didn't want to... of course it didn't dare. After brushing off Mo Hua's kindness, it took a sip of wine and ate a few bites of chicken.

As soon as the meat enters the mouth, Huangshanjun's narrow eyes light up.

It's so pitiful that it hasn't eaten such a delicious offering in an unknown amount of time.

So delicious!

Huangshan Jun forgot his worries for a moment and started eating without thinking.

Mo Hua nodded.

These offerings were specially prepared by Mo Hua.

Some of the dishes were cooked by him himself, showing the kindness of a "demigod" in his childhood.

It's just that Mo Hua doesn't know about this kind of thing.

Huangshan Jun didn't expect it at all.

It only felt that today's offering was particularly delicious, and it might even be the most delicious offering it had ever tasted since it was killed by a divine sword and ended up living in a ruined temple.

Mr. Huangshan shook his head and narrowed his eyes.

Mo Hua was also very happy when he saw this. He jumped up lightly on the altar and sat side by side with Huangshanjun. Then he took out a roasted leg of lamb from the storage bag and started to feast with Huangshanjun.

The ink painting recorded that Huangshan Jun did not eat mutton, so he accepted the mutton leg with a smile.

Huangshan Jun smelled the smell of sheep and couldn't help but stiffen.

It turned its head and saw that Mo Hua seemed to know nothing about it, gnawing on the leg of mutton until his mouth was covered with oil, and his eyelids couldn't help but tremble.

After a while, Huangshan Jun sighed, took a sip of wine, and continued to eat his offerings.

The mountains and forests are beautiful and the temples are quiet.

The bright sunshine shone from the roof and sprinkled all over the ground.

Mo Hua and Huangshan Jun just sat side by side, quietly, one gnawing on the leg of lamb and the other eating the offerings.

After eating for a while, Mr. Huangshan suddenly understood.

"You're looking for me...for something, right?"

"Yeah!" Mo Hua nodded, wiped his mouth with his sleeve, and asked straight to the point:

"Tiger, what is the difference between gods and humans?"

"this……"

Huangshan Jun was slightly startled and asked in confusion: "Why do you ask this?"

"I'm just curious."

Mo Hua blinked.

Huangshan Jun curled his lips silently. He didn't believe it. Mo Hua went so far and brought delicious food just because he was "curious".

"Tell me!" Mo Hua took another bite of the lamb leg.

Huangshan Jun was just about to excuse himself, but suddenly he felt a panic in his heart.

When Mo Hua said this, his face looked innocent and cute, but it also had some majesty in it, making it a bit...

Don't dare to refuse.

Huangshan Jun was shocked.

Did something happen to this child again?

How could he, a mountain god, dare not reject his words subconsciously? !

Huangshan Jun's expression changed, and his mood fluctuated.

The ink painting was a little strange, so he asked:

"Tiger, what's wrong with you?"

Huangshan Jun was startled, then he forced out a smile and said with a sneer:

"No, it's nothing..."

"Oh." Mo Hua glanced at Huangshan Jun suspiciously, and then asked: "Then can you tell me? What exactly is God? How is it different from humans?"

After Mo Hua asked, he thought that Mr. Huangshan would be perfunctory for a while.

Unexpectedly, Huangshan Jun seemed to tremble slightly, then sighed deeply and said calmly: "Okay, I'll tell you..."

"Uh-huh."

Mo Hua immediately sat up straight and listened attentively.

Huangshan Jun looked at the ink painting with a complicated expression, and then slowly sighed:

"The so-called gods are also a kind of spirit in the world, but they are different from humans in that they do not rely on flesh and blood to exist. Instead, they are a powerful, independent, and pure body of spiritual thoughts."

"But that doesn't mean that gods don't need something to live in."

"Just like human beings, they have both flesh and blood and spiritual consciousness. Both are indispensable."

"If a person's cultivation is advanced to a certain level, the soul can leave the physical body for a short time, but neither the physical body nor the soul can be killed or injured."

"When the spiritual consciousness dissipates, the flesh and blood will have no owner; if the flesh and blood does not exist, the spiritual consciousness will perish."

"The gods are probably like this..."

"Different gods have different accommodation objects, some are mountains and rocks, some are river beds, but most gods actually host a kind of 'god statue'..."

"The 'god statue' is equivalent to the 'flesh body' of the god."

"But there are many kinds of idols. Some are natal idols, some are twin idols, some are preaching idols, and there are also alien idols..."

"Preach?" Mo Hua was confused.

Huangshan Jun said: "If a god wants to become stronger, he needs to eat incense. If he wants to be believed by people, he naturally needs to 'preach'..."

“The wider the sermon, the more believers, the deeper the vow, and the stronger the god.”

"For the gods to preach, it is impossible to move the only "original" idol. They can only separate themselves, lodge on the "preaching" statue, and then disperse it across the nine states, allowing humans everywhere to offer incense..."

Mo Hua suddenly understood, "So most of the 'god statues' that can be seen in the world are 'preaching' statues, which host the differentiated spiritual thoughts of the gods. They are used by the gods to eat incense and accept offerings?"

"As for the 'natal idol', it is the source of the god and cannot be leaked easily?"

Huangshan Jun nodded: "Not bad."

Mo Hua's eyes suddenly lit up, he stared at the clay sculpture of Huangshan Jun, and said curiously:

"Then is this clay sculpture of yours a statue of your natal god or a statue of your preaching god?"

Huangshan Jun was startled and quickly covered his clay sculpture, "I can't tell you this!"

That's it!

Mo Hua didn't have to know. Seeing Huangshan Jun's panic, he comforted him and said:

"Don't worry, I'm just asking casually, I don't want to try to get your idea..."

Huangshan Jun was doubtful, but he still hugged his clay sculpture and refused to let go.

Mo Hua said some nice words and gave him some fruits, and then he calmed down Huangshanjun.

"Preaching God Statue..."

Mo Hua thought for a while and suddenly asked: "Are there any gods... who live in humans?"

Huangshan Jun's eyes trembled, and his expression became very scary.

Mo Hua was slightly startled when he saw this, "What's wrong?"

Mr. Huangshan struggled, and finally sighed:

"have……"

"Gods usually only incarnate in statues. If He incarnates in a human body, it means... He has become an evil god!"

"Evil God..."

Mo Hua's eyes darkened slightly.

Huangshan Jun looked solemn and continued: "The statues of gods are usually made of clay and stone. These things are dead objects in the world. They have no life or consciousness, so they are 'clean'."

"The gods reside in the statues, adhering to their own 'Tao', and will not be affected, and there will be no serious problems."

"But people are different. People have spiritual consciousness. There are all kinds of unknown greed and desires in the spiritual consciousness, which are 'unclean'..."

"When gods inhabit people, they will either pollute them or be polluted by them..."

"Once polluted, it will deteriorate..."

"Not just humans, if a god incarnates on monsters, spiritual beasts, or any other conscious and living creatures, this means that he is already an 'evil god', or at least, he has already taken the path of The path of the 'evil god'..."

There was deep fear in Huangshanjun's eyes.

Mo Hua felt awe-inspiring and whispered: "The evil god...isn't it scary?"

Huangshan Jun nodded with fear on his face.

Mo Hua thought about it and was still a little puzzled, "Why does it become contaminated, degenerate, and become an evil god when it is inhabited by living flesh and blood?"

"Just eating incense and accepting faith will not lead to degeneration?"

"What will happen if I become an evil god?"

"What's so scary about the evil god?"

…

Mo Hua asked a series of questions.

Huangshan Jun smiled bitterly upon hearing this, "I'm just a little down-and-out mountain god. How do I know about these things? The Evil God is not someone I can afford to offend..."

"Right……"

Mo Hua nodded and stopped embarrassing Lord Huangshan and asking such terrible questions as "evil god".

Huangshan Jun also breathed a sigh of relief.

"Right..." Mo Hua thought for a while, then picked another question that he was very confused about, and asked slowly:

"Can a man become a god?"

Huang Shanjun was stunned for a moment, then immediately shook his head, "What are you thinking... This will definitely not work."

"Isn't it okay to eat incense like a god?" Mo Hua said.

Mr. Huangshan said angrily: "Have you ever seen a living person receiving incense?"

Mo Hua thought about it, and in his impression, there seemed to be no example of a living person receiving incense.

Huangshan Jun said: "God is a god and man is a man. Although they are both a kind of creature in the world, they are completely different. It is impossible for a man to 'become a god'."

"If a person loses his physical body, his spiritual consciousness will disappear over time."

"But once you have a physical body and all kinds of desires are added to your body, you will be 'polluted' all the time, without stripping away the earthly foundation. As a result, you will never be able to become a god."

Mo Hua nodded slowly and asked again:

"What if, instead of having a physical body, you can directly live on an external object, such as a painting, a sword, a gourd..."

Mo Hua remembered that he had seen many visualization pictures, and the evil spirits in them were mostly like this.

Huangshan Jun said: "This is not a human being, not a god, but a 'ghost'."

"ghost?"

Mo Hua was a little surprised.

Huangshan Jun nodded, "Human spiritual consciousness and physical body are one. Flesh, spirit and God blend together and are inseparable..."

"Once a person's spiritual consciousness leaves the physical body; or the physical body is destroyed and the spiritual consciousness remains; then this spiritual consciousness is 'incomplete'..."

“What is incomplete will seek to be completed.”

"It is a foreign object, but the foreign object is not yours; it is a physical body, but your original body has been destroyed. Even if it is replaced by another person's body, it is still not yours."

"In this case, your consciousness will continue to be depleted, your memory will gradually become blurred, and your original 'humanity' will gradually become distorted..."

"Then gradually, it will become a 'ghost'..."

"What will a person do once he becomes a ghost?" Huang Shanjun looked at the ink painting, sighed, and asked slowly.

Mo Hua frowned and thought for a moment, "Can you eat other people's consciousness?"

Huangshan Jun nodded, "Yes, your spiritual consciousness has lost its physical body and has no place to nourish it. It is constantly being depleted and cannot be restored. You can only replenish it by eating other people's spiritual consciousness."

"Isn't it okay to eat other ghosts or evil thoughts?" Mo Hua asked.

Huangshan Jun said: "It's natural, but other ghosts and evil thoughts are not so easy to encounter. Even if you encounter them, you may not be their opponent."

"Even if you eat it, it won't help..."

Mr. Huangshan sighed with emotion, "The most terrifying thing is that a person turns into a ghost..."

"They will eat their own flesh and blood relatives first."

Mo Hua's eyes sternly asked, "Blood relatives?"

Huangshan Jun nodded and said: "When a person becomes a 'ghost', his spiritual thoughts will be lost and his memory will be blurred."

"And among the others, the ones who have the most memories related to you are naturally your flesh and blood relatives."

"So after you become a ghost, the first thing you want to 'eat' is the consciousness of your loved ones to maintain your existence."

"This is instinct and cannot be suppressed."

"Even if you can suppress it for a while, sooner or later your viciousness will explode."

"Secondly, the ghost's physical body is gone, and the closest thing to its physical body are relatives with the same blood."

"So ghosts are also used to parasitizing their own parents and children."

Huangshan Jun sighed, "Therefore, once a person becomes a 'ghost', or once a monk becomes a ghost cultivator, it means that it has most likely killed one's closest relatives..."

The ink painting is unbearable and thoughtful.

Huangshan Jun finally said in a solemn tone:

"Gods, humans, and ghosts are all related to the 'spiritual mind' and adhere to certain rules of the road, but they are distinct and completely different from each other."

"These knowledge about spiritual thoughts are all extremely secret monastic knowledge. I am a mountain god. I have lived longer, so I know more about it."

"Ordinary monks, who have not cultivated spiritual consciousness and have weak spiritual thoughts, have no idea about these things."

“They only know how to revere gods and fear ghosts, but they don’t know what they revere and what they fear.”

"Even among the monks, some of the so-called aristocratic families have a bunch of old people who have lived for a long time. They don't have this kind of inheritance, they don't understand gods and ghosts, and they don't know much..."

After Huangshan Jun said this, he stroked his beard with a proud expression.

Mo Hua nodded with respect, then was slightly startled and glanced at Huangshan Jun suspiciously:

"Tiger, have you lived a long, long time?"

Huangshan Jun was stunned and broke into a cold sweat.