Before I became the legendary boss

The entire school of Juqingguan is located on Luofu Mountain, where the clouds and mist are misty, like a fairyland.Because of the blessing of the magic circle, there are many floating islands in the sky, all of which are the caves of the elders and seniors in the sect.There are restrictions on each island, and ordinary disciples are not allowed to trespass without permission.

The scope of activities of the outer disciples is basically on the ground, and the stepping stone where my real body is located is also located in the back mountain, so I go back and forth between the academy and the back mountain every day, occasionally go to the Lingzhi Garden, and never wander around.It's not that I'm not curious, but because I'm too familiar with Luofu Mountain.Since I have developed my spiritual wisdom, I can use the eyes of every plant and tree on the ground to observe any place on this mountain, except for the floating islands hanging high in the clouds.

There are not only restrictions on the floating island, but also spiritual pressure. The higher the island is, the heavier the spiritual pressure will be.For advanced monks, spiritual pressure is just an insignificant part of daily practice, but for me, a wood spirit in the spirit-gathering period with half a bucket of water, it is no different from a huge stone crushing a tiny egg. How can a tiny egg be indestructible? ?

And Xuanyun's cave is located at the highest point of Luofu Mountain - Fuyue Island.

Just when I was so worried that I didn't know what to do, the letter paper in my palm suddenly turned into a paper crane, fluttering its wings lightly, circled around my head twice, and then flew to other places.Only then did I know that this paper crane can not only summon, but also lead the way.With a lot of thoughts in my heart, I chased the paper crane anxiously all the way to a remote courtyard in the academy, and once again ran into those calm, quiet and deep eyes.

What should I say?

What should a new disciple say to his master whom he has not seen for a long time?

I pursed my lips and stepped forward, but hurriedly stopped ten steps away.I was at a loss, my mind was in a daze, and I forgot all the human etiquette that I had memorized for a long time.In the eyes of others, it is disrespectful for a disciple not to kneel or worship his master when he sees him.But I have never spoken in front of him, and I never thought that I would be able to speak in front of him one day.

In the end, it was he who flicked his sleeves, avoided the etiquette of this unworthy disciple, and spoke to me the first sentence after apprenticeship.

"What have you learned? Tell me."

I clenched my fists, fighting with each other, and slowly told him everything I had read, copied, and memorized in the past six months.At the beginning, I stumbled and stumbled, and the preface was inconsistent, and the latter part may be a bit broken, but it became more fluent.I can recite those sentences repeatedly emphasized by Mr. Zhangjiao, so I followed the scriptures verbatim.Finally, the little bit of ink in the stomach was poured out.

I don't know what to do.

He seemed to wait a moment before speaking a second sentence to me.

"do you have anything else?"

I shook my head awkwardly.

He got up from his chair and walked over to me.I stared at the simple upper, not daring to breathe.

"I'll ask you again, what is Tao?"

Many sentences popped up in my mind in an instant, for a while it was "Tao can be Tao, very Tao", and for a while it was "Tao begets one, one begets two, two begets three", but I know that these answers are all wrong, I am just parroting, bullying Chew peonies.I only know what it is, but I don't know why.

His eyes quietly enveloped me, revealing my unbearableness in every detail.When I wanted to disappear and escape back to the tree, he spoke again.

"To realize the Tao, you must first cultivate your body. Externally cultivate your form, and internally cultivate your mind. To cultivate your mind, you must know yourself. Those who know others are wise, and those who know themselves are wise."

"You come with me."

He raised his hand and cast a spell on my head, the scene changed in the blink of an eye, and I found myself in a study.

"You can read the books here at will. I will test you again in two hours."

He just disappeared from my sight.And I instinctively realized that I've never been here, I've never seen it.Here, it is likely to be the Fuyue Island that I look up to day and night.

***

The long and faint blue stairs are very intrusive, and from time to time there are little monsters jumping out to frighten people.Compared with the corridor just now, it is more oppressive both visually and in the atmosphere, making people feel flustered every step they take.

Nalen wanted to show off in front of the girls at the beginning. What if both of them were hugging him tightly? If both hands were hugged, he would not be able to hold the sword... This kind of sweet trouble filled his mind.However, in fact, the little witch rode at the front without looking back, and Grenada followed closely behind with steady steps. Only she was trembling and fell at the end of the team, and it was very uncomfortable to stay halfway.

Why?Are you not afraid at all?Shouldn't my hero save the beauty and have some intimate contact by the way?

If Uncle Qiu heard Nalun's inner voice at this time, he would definitely splash water on his face to wake him up: what time is it!Empty that pile of crap out of your mind? !

The staircase spiraled up without any branch, and then slowly descended, winding in depth.They were able to bump into monsters almost without taking a few steps, so the levels of the three of them rose in a straight line, and they all reached level 20 soon.This temple maze must have been planned and designed with a lot of thought.Uncle Qiu thought as he walked. The general JRPG maze is nothing more than a puzzle for players to solve while leveling. The puzzles are not too difficult.Although the labyrinth here is also a simple way, it seems to be so dense that people can't find the exit.

Sure enough, after they followed the stairs up and down for a long time, they found themselves back at the previous camp - behind the huge pomegranate door.

With a broken heart, Naren asked Grenada to try to open the door again. His only hope now is that there will be a new passage behind the door.The girl nodded and pressed her hand on the door. The door opened slowly, and what appeared in front of Naren was still the corridor with flickering open flames and continuous murals.

When the brave man held his head and screamed, Uncle Qiu and He Rong looked at each other and captured the following key information:

The corridors and stairs connecting the end and the end, and the stone door connecting the two spaces, seem to be a circulation without exit.

"Möbius ring?"

A concept popped up in He Rong's mind.Uncle Qiu nodded.

"Yes, and not one, but two."

In the usual sense, a Möbius loop is a magical phenomenon in which an ant can reciprocate along a plane without crossing the edge after flipping a piece of paper 180 degrees and connecting the two ends.The three of them just unknowingly became ants, and experienced the mystery of a Mobius ring on the winding and winding stairs.

"But the original corridor was very ordinary, and there was no spatial rotation."

He Rong added.After all, the corridors are different from the stairs. They are down-to-earth from the beginning to the end, and they are nothing more than a circle around a certain center.

Uncle Qiu thought for a while and snapped his fingers, and two rings appeared in the smoke.One is yellow and one is blue.

"If you compare this yellow ring to our original mural corridor," Uncle Qiu spread the yellow ring flat on his palm. "Then we entered the realm of the Blue Ring through the gate."

The two rings are connected.

"The blue ring is indeed a Möbius ring, otherwise we would not be able to return to the origin along a plane."

Uncle Qiu nodded when he heard the words, and turned the blue ring into a reversed and connected situation.

What's different... He Rong stared at the two simulated rings.

After they walked into the Pomegranate Gate, they went all the way up first, and then the stairs gradually became weird and complicated, with twists and turns and depths, and people's sense of space was blurred a little bit like this.

Uncle Qiu obviously thought of the same question, he pointed to the blue ring.

"From the perspective of solid geometry, I'm afraid they are not on the same plane."

He Rong nodded, and raised the blue ring in Uncle Qiu's palm, and now the planes where the two rings are located are perpendicular to each other.

But even after simulating the structure of the maze, they still don't know how to crack it.

Now, the three-person team returned to the original corridor, which at least looked brighter than the other side of the stairs.After discussion, He Qiu and the two agreed that the solution to the riddle should still be hidden in the mural.So they dragged the sluggish brave man and began to search carefully for the unusual places in the painting.

Probably because of the darkness under the lamp, He Rong discovered that near the archway they entered the corridor, there was a pomegranate tree standing there alone on the wall, and there was only one pomegranate on the tree.This is in stark contrast to the rows of lush pomegranate trees that follow.

Under the earnest eyes of the two, He Rong pressed his hand on the pomegranate... nothing happened.

"Strange."

Uncle Qiu frowned and muttered.

"Ah ah ah ah ah--"

Once again Naren's hopes were dashed.

He Rong was also very surprised.It stands to reason that his and Uncle Qiu's reasoning should be correct, isn't it just him who is the key to solving the puzzle... Looking at the people kneeling under the tree and raising their hands high, a possibility suddenly appeared in He Rong's mind.

"Naren, is there any special ceremony at the Goddess Ceremony?"

The brave man who was still yelling turned his head in frustration.

"Ritual? What are you talking about?"

"It's what you often do... prayers dedicated to the goddess."

Naren wondered how Grenada, who is a devout believer, would ask such a question, and spoke naturally.

"Of course there is, isn't it sung like this every year—"

Naren's humming sounded.

"A wicked man's heart is like a ball riddled with holes, it is light;

A good man's heart is like a pomegranate hanging on a treetop, it is heavy;

Pomegranate, open to me like a heart..."

When he just sang here, there was a violent vibration in the whole corridor.An unbelievable scene happened before the eyes of the three of them—starting from the pomegranate that He Rong was pressing, the whole mural suddenly cracked, and it was divided into upper and lower sections.The dome above their heads, together with the upper part of the mural, was lifted off like this!

Naren was dumbfounded.The players and the audience in the live broadcast room were equally shocked.This cracking method is too simple and crude! ?

The author says:

"He who knows others is wise, and he who knows himself is wise", comes from Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching.