The bottom of the mountain belly.

Zhen Yuanting closed his eyes slightly, calm and quiet, with nothing else around him.

"I didn't expect that my friend's skills have improved and you can see it here."

"Hello, senior."

Zhou Shu smiled and bowed, showing a hint of doubt, "Here..."

But a few mountain walls are separated by, but they are like another world.

There is no trace of spiritual energy here. To be precise, there is nothing, nothing that can be perceived. Even the rocks and walls in the eyes have become empty in perception and no longer exists.

When I was in it, it seemed as if I was the only one in the world, and suddenly I felt an extremely clear mind.

Zhen Yuanting opened his eyes and smiled, "Did you feel it? This is one of the three forbidden places in Shushan. When monks are in it, it is easier for them to abandon distracting thoughts. If you want to go into seclusion in the future, you might as well come and try it. Shushan will definitely welcome you."

"If I have a chance, I will try it."

Zhou Shu nodded gently. He had this experience, similar to the Qiye Formation, but Qiye took the initiative to deprive perception, and here it was passive, and there was nothing to perceive, so perception naturally had no use.

Retreat here is indeed very beneficial to the cultivators, but it is not as good as Qiye's decision, and the possibility of achieving success is much smaller.

"My friend has a lot of doubts?"

Looking at Zhou Shu, Zhen Yuanting breathed a sigh of relief, "Shushan's current approach is indeed very confusing."

Zhou Shu thought for a while and shook his head, "I was a little confused, but after seeing Senior Zhen, I remembered some things. The previous doubts were gone, but there were new doubts."

Zhen Yuanting's expression was slightly condensed, "Hmm?"

Zhou Shu looked at him and said slowly, "Senior was going to retreat in this forbidden place, probably because he planned to forcibly overcome the tribulation?"

Zhen Yuanting was stunned for a moment, shook his head unconsciously, and sighed, "What else do you know about me?"

"If you want to overcome the tribulation, it is the ninth level of heavenly tribulation, but as far as I know, in the past ten thousand years, only one person in Xuanhuang world has passed the ninth level of the tribulation realm and has become a ninth level cultivator. The countless failures tell every cultivator that the ninth level of heavenly tribulation is too difficult and almost impossible to overcome. Taking the initiative to overcome the tribulation is equivalent to dying. Therefore, even if the cultivator of the sect has a perfect state, he will not pass the tribulation, but stay at the eighth level, maintaining the sect and waiting for opportunities. He will never take the initiative to overcome the tribulation until his life is over."

Zhou Shu glanced at Zhen Yuanting and said slowly, "Senior's life span is at least a thousand years."

Zhen Yuanting was silent.

"I was thinking before that Shushan would not take the initiative to attack, would not cut off the barbarian supplies, would not ask for help, or even block the help, and let the barbarian army come continuously and siege Shushan with all its strength. It should be a plan to capture all the things? But at that time, I didn't understand what Shushan could do to do this without losing too much. If I really wanted to fight the barbarians, Shushan would probably lose more than half of the elites? And the battlefield was in Shushan, how much would it be worth the loss."

Zhou Shu continued, "But after seeing the senior, things are much clearer. The power of the Nine Heavenly Tribulation is not the same as heaven and earth. If the barbarians can be gathered together and trapped with formations, and then the ninth heavenly tribulation will be brought to the Nine Heavenly Tribulation. Under the power of the heavenly tribulation, the barbarians will naturally be doomed. At that time, all the barbarian elites will be lost and it will be difficult to recover within thousands of years. Most tribes will perish, and a few existing tribes will also hide in the depths of the 100,000 mountains and dare not come out again. Shushan lost only an elder and several peaks, but obtained most of the resources in the 100,000 mountains. Such an exchange is naturally very cost-effective."

After looking at Zhen Yuanting, Zhou Shupo said solemnly, "If I were a Shushan manager, I would probably make the same choice."

"I am worthy of being a friend."

Zhen Yuanting was already shocked and unconsciously applauded.

He nodded slightly and said in quite approvingly, "I actually made the old Taoist plan clear. It's right, that's it."

"Senior, I haven't finished speaking yet," Zhou Shu shook his head and continued, "For Shushan, this is naturally very good, but for me, that's not a good choice. I've passed the eighth level of the Tribulation Realm, and I still have a thousand years of life. I still have the opportunity to wait for the great changes in the world and seek a higher realm. Seniors should know that the great changes are coming soon. At this critical time, if I change to me, I will never do that."

He looked at Zhen Yuanting, very puzzled.

"hehe."

Zhen Yuanting smiled and nodded, "Young friend said it well. The great change in the world is coming soon. Many things will happen at that time. The Xuanhuang world will encounter a great disaster. However, for immortals, it is a disaster and an opportunity. In the great change, we may all die, but it is also possible to break through the shackles and reach a higher level. It may not be impossible to ascend to immortality."

Zhou Shu seemed to have thought, "Senior, since he understands, why don't he wait for the great change to come and strive to ascend to immortality, but instead choose to die with the barbarians at this moment?"

Zhen Yuanting smiled calmly and said slowly, "Haha, the old Taoist is old and has no thoughts anymore."

Zhou Shu showed many doubts, "Shouldn't a cultivator be devoted to the Tao? Why did the opportunity come but no longer have any thoughts? He gave up on himself. What he said to me is really not like a cultivator. It is quite puzzled by the younger generation, and it does not conform to the mysterious principles of Shushan."

"The old Taoist no longer regards himself as an immortal cultivator."

Zhen Yuanting was still calm and said calmly, "Although the big change is coming, what the old Taoist is thinking now is to pave a better way for those who are latecomers. Besides, the old Taoist really owes too much Shushan. Now that there is a chance of reward, we should do it, and there is no need to consider anything else."

Zhou Shu seemed to have some insight and frowned and said, "Senior is it to make up for the mistakes of the past?"

"good."

Zhen Yuanting nodded and said calmly, "It's just redemption. If it weren't for the old Taoist's fault, Shushan had already refined the Three Realms Pills, and the old Taoist would have been able to enter the fairy world long ago, changing the fate of the entire Xuanhuang world, and making Shushan the first sect in the Xuanhuang world. But all of these have become a bubble. Countless resources are spent, Shushan was ridiculed and began to decline... These are all the old Taoist's faults."

He said it was very calm, because the grief and anger in his words were all integrated into the calm, which was a deeper sorrow and a more difficult to resolve.

There is a kind of vibration of thunder silently listening to the thunder.

He looked at Zhou Shu and shook his head with a smile, "It was the old Taoist who gave up the opportunity to ascend to immortality. Do you still expect to have another one?"

"I understand."

Zhou Shu nodded and stopped talking.

Sacrifice himself to pave the way for his descendants and also to save the past. Zhen Yuanting’s choice is nothing wrong, and he deserves his own heart.
Chapter completed!