Chapter 175: The Struggle of Immortal Sense!
A bold idea suddenly surged through Lu Qingyang’s mind!
Even if this True Immortal was about to pass into nirvana, his body surely contained no small number of immortal artifacts!
As long as he walked out, inherited the remains of his past life, perhaps he could bring them back to reality!
The more Lu Qingyang thought about it, the more feasible it seemed.
But… in the Simulation, I also said I wanted to go out and take a look during this year.
However… I was blocked by my Immortal Thoughts — that is, my parents here.
So this idea absolutely cannot be discovered by these Immortal Thoughts!
With that thought, a look of resolve appeared on Lu Qingyang’s face.
But what he did not know was that the moment this thought emerged in his mind.
He saw his parents in Return to True walk back with gloomy expressions.
Lu Qingyang’s heart tightened.
“Wh-what’s wrong?”
“What do you mean what’s wrong? Speak! Are you trying to sneak out of the village!”
“Did I not say the outside of the village is full of danger!”
“Hm? What, you actually still have this kind of idea right now?”
Lu Qingyang’s father looked at him with a face full of fury, his eyes seemingly capable of spitting fire.
Hearing this, Lu Qingyang’s heart thumped.
How… how is that possible!
How could they possibly know!
So eerie!
Lu Qingyang was greatly alarmed, secretly on guard.
But his face remained calm as he pretended to be casual. “Dad, what are you talking about!”
“I… when did I sneak out of the village?”
“I never had such a thought.”
“You still dare to quibble!”
“You’ve clearly been thinking exactly that recently. Even the number of times you raise your head to look at the sky has increased!”
“I’m telling you, you’d best give up on this idea. Don’t think I don’t know what’s in your heart!”
Lu Qingyang’s parents spoke as they closed in on him.
It was as if they could truly hear Lu Qingyang’s inner voice.
And the originally somewhat dazed Lu Qingyang, upon hearing his Immortal Thought father’s last sentence, was suddenly greatly shocked!
Don’t think I don’t know… what’s in your heart!
Oh no!
I nearly forgot — these people are my Immortal Thoughts! They are transformed from my own thoughts.
How could they possibly not know what I’m thinking!
And before my original self passed into nirvana, his greatest obsession was to protect his own heart and safety so he could reincarnate and start anew!
How could these Immortal Thoughts possibly allow me to take such a risk!
Anxiety surged through Lu Qingyang’s heart.
But his face remained composed, wearing a calm expression.
“I understand. I’ll listen to Dad.”
“There won’t be any more ridiculous ideas like this.”
“By the way, Dad.”
“Could you get me something to eat?”
Lu Qingyang put on the appearance of being extremely hungry.
He went through the motions with these two Immortal Thoughts in a hurry.
When the night grew quiet, Lu Qingyang climbed onto the roof with vacant eyes.
He placed both hands behind his head and gazed at the starry sky, no one knew what he was thinking.
And that single look lasted until dawn.
No one knew what exactly was on his mind.
In any case, his Immortal Thought parents never came to trouble him again.
But… from that night onward.
Aside from pretending to eat and use the toilet.
Lu Qingyang spent the rest of his time lying on the roof.
And his mind seemed to be thinking nothing at all, which also caused those few Immortal Thoughts to relax their guard considerably.
At the same time, his cultivation speed was also slowly increasing.
And Lu Qingyang also discovered that his consciousness was growing clearer and clearer.
Fragments of memory that felt unfamiliar yet extremely familiar would always surface in his mind.
These memory fragments were very blurry.
Some even flashed by in an instant.
But Lu Qingyang knew this surely had to do with the events before his original self passed into nirvana!
And in the blink of an eye, a year passed.
A year later, a golden fish leapt out of the village well as expected.
Lu Qingyang looked at that golden fish, his eyes flashing with brilliance.
You’ve finally come…
With that, he carried it back home and raised it in a water vat.
Through the Simulation process, Lu Qingyang could judge just how deep the original Return to True owner’s feelings were for this golden fish — his mount from before death.
At the same time, Lu Qingyang also knew that the key to leaving this place lay with this golden fish!
Time flowed on in haste.
In a flash, ten years had passed.
On this day, Lu Qingyang sat on his roof as always.
But suddenly, he stood up and shifted his gaze to the porcelain fish tank beside him.
There, a lively golden fish leisurely blew bubbles, looking entirely at ease.
“You sure are comfortable.”
Lu Qingyang reached out his right hand and stroked the golden fish.
The golden fish’s body was soft, its skin delicate.
Its mouth slightly open, revealing two small front teeth.
“Ten years. I’ve been thinking the whole time about how deep the bond between him — yes, your master — and you really was.”
“So deep that among all those obsessions, you were the last to leave.”
“I didn’t dare think about anything else. I could only think about this.”
“But after thinking and thinking, I still couldn’t figure it out. Yet I know that if it’s for your sake…”
Lu Qingyang muttered to himself, but his words suddenly paused.
He looked at the Blacksmith in the village who never stopped forging iron, and the Doctor who always watched the sky.
And the eccentric Old Village Chief, and his parents.
“The Thought of Weaponry was lost first, the Thought of Self-Salvation had no way to save itself, the Thought of Greed finally scattered, and even Clarity could not be maintained — muddled and confused.”
“But even in that state, he was still thinking of you.”
“So then… leaving just like this, are you really at ease?”
“Even if reincarnation and re-cultivation could let you meet it again, are you really at ease?”
The last two sentences Lu Qingyang practically roared out.
And the one he roared at was none other than himself!
The Blacksmith was the Thought of Weaponry, the Doctor was the Thought of Self-Salvation, the Old Village Chief was the Thought of Greed, and his parents were the final Clarity.
In the Simulation, these several Immortal Thoughts departed one after another.
Only the thought toward this mount lingered for a long time without dispersing.
It had even nearly accompanied him until his reincarnation and re-cultivation!
This showed that what the original owner worried about most, what he could not let go of most, aside from his own Spiritual Platform and heart, was this Golden Dragon!
That is, this mount Immortal Thought!
And this was precisely the method Lu Qingyang had thought of to break the deadlock!
He needed to stir the original owner — make him unable to let go of this Golden Dragon!
Thereby dispersing the Immortal Thoughts, returning to the Spiritual Platform and heart, even if it was just to look at that Golden Dragon one more time!
And as Lu Qingyang’s words fell, the originally calm mountain village began to tremble.
“Bang! Bang! Bang!”
A deafening sound rang out, as if it were an earthquake.
Lu Qingyang’s heart was startled.
He knew he might have truly awakened the True Immortal original owner who was in the midst of passing into nirvana!
As for those few Immortal Thoughts, they also sensed something off at the same moment.
One by one, they suddenly raised their heads, their faces blank.
A moment later, however, all of them turned gloomy.
They stared fixedly at the canopy of the sky, an aura of unyielding defiance spreading out.
It was as if they were resisting the awakening will of that True Immortal original owner.
“Bang! Bang! Bang!”
The eerie sound shook the heavens.
It shook Lu Qingyang’s scalp numb.
And after listening for a long time, Lu Qingyang finally caught the pattern.
This banging sound… it seems to be the sound of a heartbeat!