Luo Chuan slowly straightened his rickety back, his old body still as steady as a rock in the mountain wind, raised his right hand slightly, and gently brushed away the clouds and mist on his shoulders.
He looked at the young self in front of him with his turbid but vast eyes, with eternal vicissitudes and relief hidden in his eyes, and nodded slowly.
"That's right, the cycle of cause and effect will ultimately lead to the way of heaven."
Luo Chuan speaks slowly, with a hoarse and old voice, but every word is clear, revealing the ultimate mystery that has lasted through the years. "You are now thirteen Golden Core Realm, with peerless talent and pure Daoist heart."
"The road ahead seems broad and open, but you don't know that your greatest opportunity in this life has never been in the aura of heaven and earth, or in magical powers, but in a great dream that spans eternity."
The young man in white frowned slightly, his long silver hair blowing in the wind across his fair face, and his eyes were even more confused:
"Dream Dao Technique? I have been practicing so far and have read all the ancient Daoist books. I have never dabbled in this Tao, nor have I practiced even half of the Dream Tao method. Why will I take this deviant path in the future?"
In the orthodoxy of cultivating immortals, Dream Dao has always been regarded as a heretic, illusory, and elusive. It is not as solid and stable as the orthodoxy of body training, soul cultivation, and enlightenment.
Very few talented monks are willing to spend time studying this way.
With his peerless talent, he was supposed to improve his cultivation all the way, hit Nascent Soul Realm, transform into a god, and reach the pinnacle of the immortal road. Why should he dwell in vain dreams?
Luo Chuan looked at the unwillingness and confusion in his young self's eyes, and a light and bitter smile appeared on the corners of his lips.
He was very familiar with this look.
This is him at a young age, high-spirited and unparalleled in talent. He does not believe in illusions, does not recognize destiny, and firmly believes that he can defeat all laws with his own power.
You can reverse the way of heaven and control your own ups and downs.
Years of hard work and experience in the world of mortals finally smoothed away the youthful unruliness and gave him the true meaning of the Tao that no one could understand.
"It's not a wrong way, it's a way back."
Luo Chuan spoke slowly, looking towards the end of the sea of clouds, as if he had penetrated layers of time and space and saw the ups and downs of millions of years in the future.
"You will have a smooth journey in this life. The first half of your life will be smooth and smooth. You will be astonishingly talented and outstanding. You will be the best in your generation."
"But God is fair. The higher the talent, the heavier the disaster."
"In the future, when you ascend to a high position, hold power in your hands, and bear the expectations of all sentient beings, you will eventually encounter the greatest disaster on the path to immortality. You will be trapped in a desperate situation, your soul will be injured, and your immortal foundation will almost collapse."
"All spells are broken, all magical powers are useless, and when you are desperate, you search in every possible way. By chance, you come across the elusive true meaning of dreams."
"From then on, you use your soul as a guide, use the years as a boat, and dream for thousands of years. You can use the dream path to look back at the past and present, observe the changes in the world, see the rise and fall of immortals, and understand the various states of living beings."
The body of the young man in white trembled slightly, his fingers holding Jade Flute quietly tightened, and his gentle eyes stirred up a storm.
He is extremely talented and has been practicing smoothly. He never thought that he would be in a desperate situation in the future and his soul would be severely damaged.
I have never heard of anyone being able to use the method of entering a dream to reverse time and go back to the past to gain enlightenment.
"Thousands of years of dreaming, life comes to an instant."
Luo Chuan continued to talk, his voice was plain but there was endless sadness hidden in it, and he said, "I have experienced eternity in my dream, and I have been a supreme immortal, and I have also been a common Confucian scholar."
"I have received many peaches and plums, I have protected my beloved disciples, I have seen the stars collapse, and I have seen the vicissitudes of life."
"Everyone in the world thinks that dreams are false and reality is real."
"But you and I know in our hearts that the Dharma principles that have been comprehended for thousands of years by Dream Dao, the smelting Daoist heart, and the engraved bonds are all very real and have never been half-empty."
"The so-called dream path is never about indulging in illusions and escaping from the present world. It is about allowing my future self to sink into the long river of time and return to this moment when I have not experienced any disasters and my Daoist heart is pure."
"With my old body, I can prove to my young self that the way of heaven is perfect and make up for the last shortcoming of the way."
At this point, all the doubts in the heart of the young man in white were connected, and it suddenly became clear that there were never two people in the world who had the same state of mind and the same Daoist heart.
It turns out that going around and around each other, echoing each other and binding each other, has always been ourselves across the years.
The shock in the eyes of the young man in white slowly faded away, replaced by calmness after full realization, and a hint of sadness.
Feeling it, he finally understood why he had always had an inexplicable bond lingering in his heart since he started practicing.
I always feel that there are unfinished business ahead and unfinished business in my heart.
That is not an illusion born out of thin air, it is the causal bond of your future self that spans eternity and is reflected in the depths of your soul.
"So... you are me after a thousand years of dreaming, and have discovered all kinds of laws. And I am you who have not yet set out on your journey, and have not experienced ups and downs."
The young man in white clothes whispered softly, revealing the relationship between the two people across time and space.
One old and one young, one dust and one fairy.
The present and the past are of the same origin.
Looking at each other after years, we met because of cause and effect.
Luo Chuan nodded slightly, his eyes filled with the tenderness of time. "That's it. I've been walking in the mortal world for decades, experienced the rise and fall of dynasties, and understood all the ways of the world."
"It looks like you are a great scholar in the world, but in fact you are returning to your sect through dreams and completing your state of mind. What I see and understand today, what I feel and think, are all your accumulation for the next thousand years."
"And your pure Daoist heart and peerless foundation today are also the original origin of my thousand-year dream and my walk in the world of mortals."
The breeze from the top of the mountain blew again, blowing away the clouds and mist in the sky. The warm sun penetrated the clouds and cast two completely different figures.
The old man in his twilight years is dressed in simple cloth, covered with red dust and fireworks. His Daoist heart is as vast as the sea, accommodating all living beings in the world.
A young immortal, dressed in snow-white immortal robes, full of splendor and aura, with unparalleled talent in the world, and a bright future ahead.
The two stood in silence, looking at each other from a distance. No more words were needed. They had already merged with each other in silence, spanning the eternal bond of cause and effect.
After about a while, Luo Chuan slowly raised his eyes, his expression returned to calmness, and his tone contained a hint of relief. "The time has come, and the cause and effect are clear, you can leave."
"The meeting between you and me has gone back in time and disrupted the trajectory of time."
"The laws of time and space cannot stay for long. You should return to your path, walk your immortal path, experience your disasters, and cultivate your dream path."
The young man in white clothes stood quietly, looking at the old and tired himself in front of him, but his heart was full of heaven, and he did not move for a long time.
His eyes carefully traced Luo Chuan's eyebrows, looking at the pair of eyes that seemed muddy, but actually encompassed the universe and the stars.
Seeing his body covered with vicissitudes of time and his heart filled with all living beings, I felt a mixture of emotions in my heart.
The white-haired young man gently raised his hand and held the warm Jade Flute in his hand. All confusion and shock disappeared from his clear eyes, leaving only a clear and transparent look.
"Take care of yourself."
Luo Chuan nodded slightly, with a faint smile between his brows and eyes. This was a relaxed smile that he had rarely seen after decades of walking in the world.
After all, if you can see yourself when you were young, no matter who you are, you will probably feel that time is like a setback.