C717 Faith!
The Stones of Courage was a magical spirit stone. From ancient times until now, there had always been word of mouth amongst cultivators. However, until now, not many people had truly touched the Stone of Courage. It was mainly because it was too rare and rare. Due to the strangeness of the Stone of Courage, even if someone could obtain the Stone of Courage, there was a high chance that they would not be able to recognize it.
The reason was simple, the Stone of Courage was too inconspicuous. It was dark and unassuming like a piece of coal, and not to mention Immortal Cultivation World, there were many such stones in the mortal world. The most important thing was that before the Stone of Courage could release its dazzling brilliance, no one could feel any spiritual energy from it.
A stone that was inconspicuous, like a piece of coal, and did not have a trace of spiritual energy, who would think that it was useful? Who could tell at a glance?
The answer was obvious.
Even Su Ye hadn't been able to recognize it.
It was rumored that the Stone of Courage was extremely hard and hard, and only with a great amount of courage in his heart, would he be able to smooth over the Stone of Courage. He repeatedly passed the small tests set by the Wood Emperor, and after going through a few of them, he had finally achieved a breakthrough, which was a type of display of courage that would cause the rough surface of the Stone of Courage to become smooth.
"What a good Generation Azure Dragon. He actually gave me a Stone of Courage without saying a word. Is he hinting to me that I need the courage to go against the current and walk through the Wood Emperor's trial?"
"According to the rumors, the Stone of Courage has a layer of extremely hard outer shell, one of the world's most mysterious substances. It is impervious to water and fire, impervious to lightning, and difficult to penetrate even when sharpened by Paleolithic cycad tree's branches. Only a wave of unwavering courage in the human heart can dissolve this layer of mysterious substance, allowing the Spirit of Courage within the Stone of Courage to blossom."
"After obtaining the Spirit of Courage, one can merge it into the heart. Not only will it greatly increase the strength of the heart, it will also greatly increase the nature of the heart. It will even be able to break the mysteries of the path of courage."
"Legends say that a man's courage is limitless and has unparalleled profundity. If he truly has a valiant heart that surpasses the mortal world, even without cultivating immortal powers, mortals can still rely on his valor to shoot down the Nine Heavens Immortal …"
Su Ye stared at the pitch black Stone of Courage in his hand, his eyes shone like the sun, he wanted to melt the layer of the mysterious substance on the Stone of Courage immediately and obtain the Spirit of Courage.
He already had a Qiqiao Linglong Heart and had activated two of its chakras. If he fused with the Spirit of Courage, he would definitely be able to raise his heart to an even stronger level.
However, it was a pity that the mysterious substance on the surface of the Stone of Courage was too hard. If one did not have the courage to use it, it would be too difficult to melt.
From how Su Ye's bravery during his previous small trial had only been able to slightly smooth the surface of the Stone of Courage, it could be seen that his bravery was still far from enough to directly grind the layer of mysterious substance on the surface.
The most important thing was that in order to dissolve that layer of mysterious substance, just having the fierce courage was not enough, and it also needed a burst of momentum. During the course of courage, it was absolutely impossible to produce a trace of fear, even if it was slightly shaken, it was very possible that that mysterious substance could quickly restore its original appearance, which was equivalent to wasting energy.
However, Su Ye was not disappointed.
Knowing that the black stone given to him by the Generation Azure Dragon was the Spirit Stone, he knew that he had to pass the Wood Emperor's test. He was almost 100% sure that the successor that the Wood Emperor would choose would be someone with the courage of a man.
So, the key was courage, not cultivation.
From the moment he embarked on the path of the Wood Emperor, he had relied on his cultivation techniques to overcome all kinds of small tests. In fact, he had already chosen the wrong path.
The path in front of him seemed endless, as if it could stretch all the way into the depths of Heaven and Earth. With the Wood Emperor's power, wanting to continuously increase the difficulty of the test on this road was not a big deal. Setting up a barrier on Lord Creation was only a matter of raising his hand.
I should have long thought that if the Wood Emperor wanted to choose a person with an unparalleled cultivation as his successor, he wouldn't even need to set up a memorial grave. Back then, when he went to the Ancient Ruins, he could just randomly pick someone from his side, and they would all be the top experts of the current world, strong enough to sweep away all the experts of the current Nine Heavens Immortal World.
Su Ye shook his head and laughed at himself, but at the same time, he was also a little confused. The mysterious ways of the world such as benevolence, benevolence, courage, and faith all possessed a miraculous and powerful strength, and it caused countless cultivators to scramble to find them. However, felt that it was impossible to make the Wood Emperor value his courage so much.
After all, the path of cultivation was the path of longevity, and anything that wasn't meant for longevity was meaningless. Compared to training for longevity, just training courage was a small path. After all, courage alone could not enhance one's life essence.
Of course, being confused was being confused, after all, the reality was right in front of him, it was impossible to rely on your cultivation to pass the Wood Emperor trial, and with Generation Azure Dragon hinting at him with the Stone of Courage, it was enough for Su Ye to understand the importance of courage.
Thus, Su Ye was not in a hurry to continue walking, and sat down cross-legged on the spot. Quietly searching through his memories for any existing knowledge. Any secret scriptures related to courage that he had read before, even if it was just a passing sentence, he would flip through them and read them all again.
Gradually, he gained a deeper understanding of the mystery of courage. It was also because of this that he found out that his past training in the mind had already led to a great misunderstanding.
Courage came from the conviction in his heart.
Everyone's heart will have their own beliefs, because of their own beliefs, people have generated courage.
Therefore, the strength of a person's courage had nothing to do with their cultivation, nor with the form of their life. It was only related to the conviction in their heart. Even if it was a man with three feet of history, as long as he had a strong enough conviction, he would still be able to unleash an unimaginable courage, even to the point of relying on an unimaginable courage to do unimaginable things.
To cultivators, there was one thing they all shared in common — longevity. In order to live forever, cultivators could pay all kinds of prices and put in all kinds of effort. This was the courage of cultivators.
Su Ye, as a cultivator, was also no different. He also had a belief in longevity, and under the push of this belief, he also had a strong courage.0
However, he had to admit that Longevity's faith was too general. Everyone sought longevity out in space, but no one had ever truly obtained it, not even the great elders that shook the world since ancient times.
A belief that seems unlikely to come true is, in some cases, seriously lacking in confidence.
Moreover, it clearly had a paradox: in order to obtain longevity, it valued one's life.
Every single cultivator was very afraid of death. They were afraid of death for the sake of longevity. They were afraid that during the process of chasing longevity, they would die because of their own impulses.
There was a saying that one could pay any price for the sake of longevity. Any of this actually did not include death. In order to survive, they could even kneel down and allow others to trample on their dignity.
He had never thought of this from the start. If one did not even have the courage to face death head-on, how could one have the courage to pursue longevity? With longevity as a belief, without a sense of courage that could shake the world, how could one continue on the path of longevity?
How laughable!
Even Su Ye, even though he had never wagged his tail at others to save his own life, he was actually quite afraid of death. He was also afraid that he would die before his life even ended, afraid that the tragedy would happen to him before his master left him.
Was it not, after all, a lack of courage that lay behind all these fears?
Without courage, what's the use of being tenacious?
Thinking of this, Su Ye could not help but laugh bitterly, with a helpless self-deprecation. Fear of death was an instinct of life. Because fear of death was the reason why one wanted to obtain longevity. Who would have thought that this instinct was lack of courage?
Suddenly, Su Ye felt that it was necessary for him to establish a new belief in himself. A true firm belief, only when a true belief was rooted in his heart like an ancient tree would he be able to display his boundless bravery and become fearless at any time.
However, it was not easy to obtain a true belief. It had first requested for Su Ye to give up his desire to live forever, because only by giving up his obsession with longevity could he reconstruct his desire and form the only belief.
Similarly, only by abandoning the obsession of immortality could one be fearless of life and death and cast off the shackles of life and death. Only by disregarding life and death could a person possess such world-shaking courage and disregard for life and death. There was nothing in this world that could make people cower, so naturally, he could display his incredible strength.
They just said it was easy to do but hard to do.
Cultivators trained to gain an even longer lifespan. Longevity was the foundation. This had long since formed a deep-rooted belief in him. If he were to put aside his faith in longevity, it was equivalent to negating the meaning of his own cultivation. How could he bear the consequences?
felt a headache coming, he thought that just by suddenly comprehending the importance of courage, he would be able to establish a completely new faith in himself. But when he tried to cast aside the notion that cultivators lived long lives, he realized that although he had not cultivated for more than two years, this knowledge about cultivators lived long lives was already as deep-rooted as that of a cultivator who had cultivated for several hundred years. The obsession with longevity had already taken root in his heart, and it wasn't something that he could just abandon.
"What should I do?"
Su Ye was extremely helpless. If he could not abandon the obsession of cultivators only for the sake of longevity, then he would not be able to establish a completely new belief and would definitely not have enough courage …
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