Chapter 59 Pride
On the seventh day of September, frost falls.
The Hanyu Mountain, which had been ravaged by violent sandstorms for nearly half a year, calmed down briefly on this day.
There was no more howling wind inside and outside the mountain. The fire in the sword furnace seemed to have weakened a lot.
Lu Heng's retreat had lasted for nearly a year.
In the underground temple, the huge white wolf demon body had its eyes slightly closed and motionless. With every breath, there was a faint surge of thunder and evil spirit.
The pale golden Yuanshen incarnation was suspended in the void, and wisps of golden lightning were lingering, reflecting Lu Heng's Yuanshen incarnation in light and dark.
For ordinary demon cultivators, [Opening the Heaven Gate] was extremely simple, but it was stuck for a long time here for Lu Heng.
In the inner world of visualization, there was a pale white, with endless clouds and mists floating.
Above the clouds and mist, there was a huge Tianmen standing in the clouds, as if it had existed there since the beginning of the world, faintly emitting a heavy and terrifying breath that people dared not ignore.
In the sea of clouds, Lu Heng stood with his hands behind his back, silently looking up at the huge gate of heaven above, without saying a word.
The power of heavenly thunder in his body had been combed over and over again by him, and it was transparent and pure. Even the newly realized Yuanshen incarnation was now reshaped by heavenly thunder, and it could almost be said to be completely made of heavenly thunder.
Compared with the extremely fragile Yuanshen of ordinary practitioners, this Yuanshen incarnation reshaped by the power of heavenly thunder was strong and profound, and could even be used to defend against enemies.
However, even though his practice had progressed to such a level, the heavy and huge gate of heaven still stood at the other side of the sky and could not be opened.
Lu Heng knew what he was missing.
But no matter how he practiced, he could not find the opportunity he lacked...
Today, he was even more frightened and inexplicably felt a little panic.
Waking up from his deep practice, Lu Heng frowned slightly. With his current cultivation, he suddenly had this strange feeling, and something must have happened.
Could it be that the Heavenly Tribulation Sword was about to be forged?
With a thought, Lu Heng's incarnation appeared outside the Wolf Temple.
Under the gloomy sky, the Hanyu Mountains, which used to be lush with trees, are now withered and dusty. In addition to the main peak and the primitive jungle behind the main peak, what Lu Heng saw was the devastated mountain terrain.
In the direction of the sword furnace, the red and blue fires alternated, and the fierce fire destroyed everything around it, turning the mountains and forests into scorched earth.
Fortunately, the rice fields on the plains outside the mountains are far away from the sword furnace, and the crops planted in the rice fields have not been greatly affected. The villagers of Shuisheng Village do not have to worry about poor harvests this year.
The only unlucky ones are the tribesmen of the Xifeng tribe.
All the crops they planted in the mountains during the spring plowing turned into scorched earth, and now they have to reclaim wasteland outside the mountains and replant.
Because of the raging sand and dust in the mountains, even if Xiao Ai and the white ape cleaned several times a day in front of the Wolf Temple, the dust and gravel could not be completely eliminated.
However, the mountain was inexplicably quiet today. The howling wind and dust in the past also stopped today, and even the fire in the sword furnace was much weaker.
Lu Heng guessed that perhaps the Heavenly Tribulation Sword was about to be forged?
He stood in the open space in front of the Wolf God Temple, looking at the direction of the sword furnace outside the mountain. After a long silence, he sighed slightly.
Until now, he was still inexplicably frightened, as if something big was going to happen. In this state, he couldn't enter a state of meditation at all.
Moreover, after practicing in a state of meditation for so long, there was still no hope of a breakthrough, so Lu Heng no longer persisted.
Under the dim sky, the man in white sat down in the small wooden pavilion outside the Wolf God Temple. In his hand, a ball of blazing white lightning flashed.
The power of heavenly thunder, which ordinary people feared like a tiger, was now played with and kneaded into different shapes by Lu Heng out of boredom.
At a certain moment, footsteps sounded on the tree-lined path leading up and down. A white ape in gray cloth came out like a child, carrying a wooden barrel that was twice as tall as it.
The wooden barrel was full of water.
When Lu Heng in the pavilion looked at the white ape, the white ape also saw Lu Heng in the small wooden pavilion on the side of the road.
The white ape was stunned for a moment, and quickly put down the wooden barrel, a little flustered.
"Ji..."
It hesitated for a moment, not knowing whether to kneel, but finally knelt down towards Lu Heng, "Ji."
The white ape wanted to salute respectfully.
However, as soon as it lowered its head, it found that its knees could not bend. The invisible force restricted it and prevented it from kneeling.
Lu Heng in the pavilion shook his head and said, "Since you have entered my sect, didn't Xiao Ai tell you not to kneel?"
The white ape shook his head quickly, "Ji! Ji!"
It quickly defended loudly and repeated what the little girl had said to it at the beginning.
After listening to this, Lu Heng couldn't help shaking his head and laughing, "You should be proud and not kneel to heaven and earth... Ha... This little girl is quite interesting."
Looking at the white ape standing respectfully in front of him, Lu Heng asked again, "Since Xiao Ai has told you about this, why do you kneel after seeing me?"
The white ape scratched its head and gestured.
Although the little girl told it not to kneel, its first reaction after seeing Lu Heng was to kneel. In the simple world of the white ape, the wolf god is more noble than heaven and earth.
You don't have to kneel to others, but the wolf god should kneel... So the white ape hesitated for a while and decided to kneel.
After listening to the white ape's explanation, Lu Heng sighed, "I see... But you monkey head remember, if you become my disciple, even I am not worthy of your kneeling."
As he said, Lu Heng looked at the little girl next to him.
The girl named Xiao Ai was originally practicing in the Wolf Temple and didn't know Lu Heng was coming. But the voice of the white ape woke Xiao Ai up, and she rushed over immediately and saw the scene of Lu Heng reprimanding the white ape.
Now she is standing aside, waiting for Lu Heng's instructions.
Lu Heng looked at her, thought for a moment, and said, "People should have pride, but not arrogance. All things in the world, sentient beings, although not worthy of your kneeling, are worthy of your respect."
"Don't bully the weak because of your own power, and don't flatter others because of their splendor."
"You are you, born in the world, respect the world. Born as a living being, respect all living beings."
"You can only be called my disciples if you can do this."
Lu Heng smiled and said, "Not kneeling to the world and standing proudly in the world, it sounds domineering, but it is actually too arrogant. If you are extreme in mind and go astray, you may even leave the right path and become a demon."
"And such a demon is not worthy of being my disciple."
Lu Heng's words were light, without any admonition or blame, but the little girl's face turned slightly pale.
She bowed her head respectfully, saluted devoutly, and remembered Lu Heng's words today forever in her heart.
The white ape on the side was a little confused, and still didn't quite understand what these words meant. But seeing the girl like this, it also knew that what the wolf god said was very important, so it quickly imitated Xiao Ai's way of respectfully bowing, and silently memorized what Lu Heng said.