For half a day, Ning Fan still showed no signs of breaking through the first level.

In the lower Ulei Realm, Hongyi's eyes darkened slightly. He took out a blood-colored bronze mirror and pointed it, and the scene from the upper Cloud Realm vaguely appeared in the mirror.

In the first level of Thunder Palace, Ning Fan stood there with his eyes closed for half a day.

Outside the formation, there was an old man in gray robes who was sarcastic and mocking, controlling the illusion in the formation and bewitching Ning Fan.

The red-robed eyes were getting colder. If she saw it correctly, the gray-robed old man hiding outside the formation was the world spirit of Sulei Realm.

"Just a world spirit, if you touch my people, you are seeking death!"

After all, Ning Fan was her subordinate, but being trapped by a mere world spirit really made her furious.

However, she was in the body of a soul, and she did not dare to rush into the upper cloud realm to help Ning Fan.

When his anger rose, Ning Fan's eyebrows moved. After half a day, he finally opened his eyes.

"True, fantasy."

Two demon stars appeared in his left eye, and two demon stars appeared in his right eye.

Above his eyebrows, two divine stars exuded traces of lightning.

He seemed to have some realization, but became more and more confused.

He looked at the two paper cranes in front of him. They had the same faces and the same smiles, and it was difficult to tell the real ones from the fake ones.

For half a day, he could not find any exit from the first level. The old man Jie Ling did not lie. If he wanted to break the first level, he had to kill one of the two paper cranes.

There are two paper cranes, one is a real shadow and the other is an illusion.

If you kill the real shadow, it will damage the luck of the paper crane's real body.

If the false illusion is cut off, this barrier can be broken, but Ning Fan is slightly reluctant.

He can kill billions of living beings, but there are also people he cannot kill.

Back then, he was reluctant to kill the phantom of his inner demon, which was just an illusion of a paper crane. Today, he is equally reluctant to let it go.

Two paper cranes, one in plain clothes and the other in white fox fur, walked toward Ning Fan gracefully after Ning Fan opened his eyes. Their delicate faces still had the same childishness as before.

That childish, unsophisticated and innocent expression made Ning Fan's stone-like heart soften.

The two girls spread their smiles, as if seeing Ning Fan safe and sound was the greatest happiness in the world.

A paper crane was ashamed, and he mustered up the courage to hold Ning Fan's hand. His little hand was still as cold as before.

The other paper crane was angry, shy and happy. There was also a hint of grievance, as if he was blaming Ning Fan for not coming back for so long.

"Brother Fan, behead me and you can pass the first level." The two women told the truth calmly.

This fact made Ning Fan hesitate even more.

He has defiled himself and has shouldered countless sins. He can kill the world and bear infamy for thousands of years, but he cannot be cruel. Destroy the paper crane, even if the so-called paper crane is just an illusion.

His heart was struggling more and more. The Thunder Palace in front of him gradually blurred, and multiple hallucinations vaguely emerged.

The first level of illusion is the Hehuan Sect.

The second illusion is Qimei.

The third level of illusion is Ning Cheng.

Scenes of illusions continue to envelope Ning Fan. And the illusion Ning Fan falls into becomes deeper and deeper, making it increasingly difficult to extricate himself.

Outside the formation, the old man in gray robes sneered even louder, and the sneer echoed in the illusion,

"Weak, too weak! You can't even bear to kill real shadows and false illusions, and you still want to break through the first level! With such a fragile mind, I really don't know how you got to this point!"

"Fragile?"

Ning Fan's eyes turned cold, but his heart gradually became peaceful.

The last scene of the illusion stays on the night of parting, under the grapevine, the paper crane murmurs a little wish.

"Brother Fan, when you come back from the Endless Sea, can you bring me a lily of the valley?" said the paper crane in plain clothes.

"The orchid grass in the Endless Sea, I heard that when the wind blows, it can make a sound like wind chimes, which is very nice... When I hear that sound, I know that you are back..." Fox Fur Paper Crane said.

Ning Fan closed his eyes, thinking he could tell which of the two paper cranes was the real shadow and which was the illusion, but in the end he realized that all this was just a wishful thinking.

From the beginning, his heart never regarded the two paper cranes as phantoms, and he was reluctant to kill them.

Who is real and who is fantasy?

So what if you can't tell the difference, so what if you can't tell the difference... so what!

Once the distinction is made, will Ning Fan be willing to kill him?

There was a hint of warmth in the corner of Ning Fan's mouth. He stretched out his hand and caressed the side faces of the two paper cranes with the same doting attitude as before.

He will never hurt Zhihe, never. No matter if she is real... or illusory!

He activated the power of the mental formation, and gradually understood why this real and illusory formation could find Ning Fan's weakness, transform into paper cranes, and confuse his mind.

It turns out that the power of this true illusory formation has already invaded his heart and exposed his weaknesses...at a glance!

"Prying into the inner weaknesses and setting up illusions to seduce..."

The coldness in his eyes became deeper and deeper, and he pointed it into a sword, and a sword energy stabbed his heart. Immediately, his white clothes were stained with blood, and the blood flowed like a stream!

His heart was shattered by a sword thrust, and the pain was bone-piercing!

The pain could not make Ning Fan frown at all, he only shouted coldly,

"Get out of my heart..."

When the sword struck, a wave of force was forced out of his heart.

A muffled sound of injury sounded at the same time. The injured person was none other than the old world spirit man who plotted to murder Ning Fan outside the formation!

The old world spirit man showed a look of horror. Since he was conferred the title of Su Lei World Spirit by Immortal Emperor Taisu, he has seen countless monks enter the residual world of Su Lei.

No one has ever been able to break through the barrier of Tai Su's Three Questions while controlling the formation power.

Because Tai Su’s three questions point directly to the weaknesses of people’s hearts!

No one in the world can give up their weaknesses. For a sentimental person, emotion is a weakness; for a ruthless person, indifference is a weakness!

The old man of the world spirit used the power of the formation to barely spy on the weakness in Ning Fan's heart, and used the power of the formation to conjure up a paper crane.

This formation of true illusion is extremely mysterious. With the help of the power of heaven, one reality and one illusion are condensed. Only by killing the illusion can the formation be broken.

Those who come must distinguish between real and illusory. If they cannot tell the difference and accidentally kill the real shadow, they will hurt the person who is the real shadow.

In the past, those who broke the formation either killed the illusion indifferently, or were afraid of the difficulty and escaped, or after making repeated decisions, they finally managed to recognize the illusion and kill it.

No one has ever broken his or her own heart like Ning Fan.

Numerous illusions were shattered into pieces as Ning Fan broke his own heart.

A stream of blood spilled from the corner of Ning Fan's mouth. This scene fell into the eyes of the two paper cranes, but it hurt his bones.

Whether it's a real paper crane or a fake one, they all feel sorry for Ning Fan, from the bottom of their hearts.

Ning Fan's eyes were stunned. It became increasingly difficult for him to tell whether the two paper cranes were real or fake.

But, why distinguish?

"I can't tell the difference between truth and illusion, and I don't need to tell. Whether it's true or false, I won't hurt her."

"The two words "true and illusion", the illusion is all vain and rootless obsessions. The truth is the realm that countless immortals strive for. I can't see through it because my realm is still low. Do you think you can see through it? It's just a matter of practice.

A world spirit in the early stage of virtuality. You are worthy of seeing through reality and illusion!"

"Although I can't distinguish between real illusions, I have figured out how to make the illusion disappear. Fundamentally speaking, illusion is just to deceive people's hearts. The key to breaking illusions is to break the mind."

"What is truth and what is illusion? The mind is confused and illusions arise, and the mind sinks and illusions are destroyed!"

"Whether it is a real shadow or a false illusion, as long as it is your shadow, it is true in my heart. You are my truth."

The power of the Black Star increased, and Ning Fan's heart condensed. This time, his heart was as hard as stone. No matter how fierce the power of the True Illusion Formation was, it could not invade his heart!

He closed his eyes, his heart was like a flat lake without any ripples.

He opened his eyes. The illusory formation shattered into pieces like glass, but neither of the two paper cranes disappeared.

Two women. Are they both true?

When this thought arose in Ning Fan's mind, the two women began to disappear.

They are real shadows or false illusions, it is impossible to tell clearly.

It is this indescribable and unclear realm, but it is the ultimate manifestation of the understanding of the two words truth and virtuality!

Ning Fan suddenly recalled the past scenes of his apprenticeship with Zi Dou.

When he was beheading the mortal world, he entered a dreamland, worshiped Zi Dou as his mentor, and learned the Feng Yan Finger.

There, he met his mother and paper cranes. He thought it was just a dream.

But Zi Dou said that the illusion may not be false.

"You have entered the broken world from the endless sea, your mind has entered the sea of ​​clouds from the broken world, and your Taoist heart has entered the illusion from the cloud sea. Among these, which one is true and which one is false, have you really seen through it?"
To be continued...