Longevity: Start by practicing the ruthless way

Just as everyone was talking, Gu Chi swayed and climbed up the last flight of stairs.

The noisy and bustling square immediately fell silent, and everyone held their breath.

On the steps of mountains and rivers, Gu Chi's back became blurred, as if he was in the underworld. No more vast and terrifying power of heaven and earth descended. Only a green lamp appeared from the void, and the light spot was only as big as a bean.

At this point, Gu Chi was almost exhausted. After shaking a few times, he sat down on the ground weakly, gasping for breath.

"What are you?" Such an old voice came from the ancient green lamp. The voice was not loud, but it was clearly heard by everyone present, deafening.

Gu Chi paused for a long while before speaking: "Humans are the most intelligent creatures in the world."

However, Qingdeng seemed unsatisfied with this answer and kept repeating the same sentence: "What is a human being?"

Gu Chi said: "The sky is above my head, the earth is under my feet, and this is what we call a human being."

This seemed to be the correct answer, so Qingdeng's question changed from "What is a human being" to "What is Tao".

"Wuji gives birth to Taiji, Taiji gives birth to Liangyi, Liangyi gives birth to Sixiang, Sixiang gives birth to Bagua... This is the root of Tao."

"What is Tao?"

"The Tao can be Tao, but it is very Tao; the name can be named, but it is very famous."

"What is Tao?"

"The beginning of the nameless heaven and earth, the name of the mother of all things."

"What is Tao?"

"Mysterious and mysterious, the door to all mysteries."

……

In the question-and-answer session, Gu Chi directly brought out the "Tao Te Ching". Listening to her explanation of "Tao" sentence after sentence, everyone present, whether they were the geniuses of the younger generation or the elders, felt a huge wave of shock in their hearts.

What is Tao? This question is too broad. Even if they were asked to explain it themselves, they might not be able to finish it even if they talked for three days and three nights.

Don't these Taoists spend their entire lives seeking and cultivating the Tao? If they could clearly explain what the Tao is in a few words, there would be no need to cultivate or realize the Tao.

At this moment, everyone present was thinking about Gu Chi's words. Although they could not immediately understand the true meaning, they seemed to have realized something in their hearts.

At this moment, Gu Chi stood up, as if he was getting impatient with the questioning. He walked straight to the ancient green lamp, kicked it over, and said, "I am the Tao! Do you understand?"

"..."

Everyone was stunned and speechless.

"Is this guy crazy? How dare he be so rude!"

It took a long time before someone exclaimed.

However, to everyone's surprise, after Gu Chi kicked the green lamp over, nothing happened. It simply turned into a wisp of green smoke and dissipated into the void. A loud bell sound then resounded throughout the world.

Gu Chi successfully passed the test of the last level. She stood on the highest level of the Mountain and River Steps, surrounded by wisps of mysterious mist. Only a vague outline could be seen from a distance.

After a brief silence, the square was completely boiling with everyone talking enthusiastically.

Only Lu Yuwei looked embarrassed, muttering to herself, "I was wrong. What kind of freak is this? He actually let him ascend to the Mountain and River Steps..."

Han Xizhe, who was standing next to him, had an expression that was uglier than if his parents had died. If such a freak against the heavens were to be admitted to the Holy Spirit Academy, would he still have a chance of survival?

Thinking of this, he felt dizzy, his legs went weak, and he fell to the ground.

Someone wanted to go up and help him, but soon seemed to think of something, and immediately retracted the foot he had just taken out before it even touched the ground, and then flew back a distance, not daring to get too close to him.

Silently, a white-haired old man appeared on the Mountain and River Steps. He smiled and nodded repeatedly at Gu Chi, saying, "The young are formidable, the young are formidable!"

He was wearing an old light grey Taoist robe, holding a whisk, with white hair and beard, looking like an immortal, and naturally exuding a transcendent Taoist charm from the inside out.

His smile was very kind, without any pressure, but only warmth that made people feel like they were in the spring breeze.

But everyone could sense that this person was very powerful, because he had just appeared on the Mountain and River Steps silently, and even the elders and celebrities of the Holy Spirit Academy failed to notice him at the first time.

"Could it be that the old dean has come out of seclusion?" an elder muttered in a low voice.

As soon as these words were spoken, many people's hearts began to beat faster, and they could hardly suppress their excitement.

Even several beautiful women on the list of most beautiful women opened their eyes wide. Could that old man be the old abbot who had been secluded in the depths of the forbidden area for many years?

"Oh my god, even the old dean has come out of seclusion himself. Is he going to accept him as his personal disciple?"

"It may not be the old dean, right?" someone whispered.

"Didn't you see that the eyes of those elders and celebrities above were wide open? Who else could it be but the dean?" someone refuted.

On the steps of mountains and rivers, Gu Chi was cautious and bowed to the old man.

"Would you like to become my disciple?" The old man gently raised the whisk in his hand, giving people the feeling that he was about to ascend to heaven. His temperament was so extraordinary that in Gu Chi's eyes, he was just like an old immortal who walked out of a TV drama.

"I heard that there is a fairy pond in the Holy Spirit Academy, which can baptize the body and help people to be reborn. Can I go and take a look first?" Gu Chi asked cautiously.

"..."

Everyone in the square below was petrified. In front of the old dean, this guy was still thinking about taking a bath with a beautiful woman?

The old man didn't get angry, but laughed and joked, "Do you really want to go over there and baptize your body, or do you want to steal the fragrance and jade?"

He didn't have the slightest air of a superior, and was very easygoing. He said, "If you become my disciple, I'll even let you stay at the Jade Purity Immortal Pond."

"That……"

Gu Chi wanted to ask something else, but was interrupted by the old man as soon as he opened his mouth.

"The matter is settled. Come back with me."

The old man waved the whisk in his hand lightly, and a hole was opened in the void in front of him. A road with shining divine light extended into the depths of the void, and no one knew where it led to.

Gu Chi followed him in half-believing and half-doubting, and then disappeared.

"when……"

At this moment, a loud Taoist bell rang, shaking the Holy Spirit Academy and stunning everyone present.

"What's going on? Didn't the ninth bell ring just now? Why is it ringing again now?" Many people were puzzled.

At this moment, two very senior elders suddenly woke up as if from a dream and shouted.

"No, that's not the old dean at all!"

"He forcibly cast a spell to cover up the bell sound and imprisoned us. What exactly does he want to do?!"

It wasn't just the two of them. When the old man appeared on the Mountain and River Steps just now, the other elders and celebrities were also restricted in their ability to move by an invisible and powerful pressure. They couldn't even speak. It was only at this moment that they returned to normal.

The two elders looked solemn and turned around in a hurry and disappeared from the scene.

Many people heard their whispers and were all frightened, thinking that there might be a big reversal.

Not long after, a huge earthquake was heard from the depths of the Holy Spirit Academy, and a sacred peak was smashed to pieces by a slap.

"You said someone successfully ascended the Mountain and River Steps, but didn't get into my academy, and was intercepted by someone else?!"

In a large hall, an old man with his hair and beard standing up looked like an angry lion.

"That person cast a spell to cover up the sound of the bell. The others were either imprisoned or had never seen the old dean's appearance, so they had no time to stop him." An elder lowered his head and whispered.