As the crowd continuously walked upward, flashes of mood appeared on their bodies. With the flashing of moods, the Dao and Law on the road also appeared. They emerged in various forms, perhaps like tigers, perhaps like mountains, or possibly like grass and trees. These all attached themselves to the moods and came alive.
If the mood was strong enough, the Dao carried by these attachments could slowly increase because of them. With their changes, feeling various Dao and Law was like a baptism of heaven and earth.
If the mood was not strong, the Dao and Law attached to it were like Mount Tai, capable of pressing down until they could not endure and cracked.
Ye Chu was different. He walked slowly behind alone. No mood patterns flashed on his body. He was like an ordinary person climbing a mountain. In his eyes, these jade stone steps were simply a path up a high mountain. There was nothing magical about them.
Tan Chen’s mood was full. Step by step upward, various Dao and Law attached themselves to his mood. Tan Chen felt waves of pressure descending. This pressure did not act on the physical body but on the primordial spirit. Precisely because it acted on the primordial spirit, it made them even harder to endure.
Tan Chen’s mood shook. Feeling the baptism of the attached Dao and Law, his gaze grew clearer and clearer, his mood increasingly pure. As he walked step by step upward, his mood was also gradually outlined into grass, mountains, stones, tigers, birds because of the attachment of Dao and Law.
This was an alternative feeling. This feeling made Tan Chen enjoy it very much. As long as he could endure, this was indeed an opportunity, no worse than consuming spiritual pills and miraculous medicines.
As Tan Chen walked step by step forward, he gradually felt it becoming strenuous. More and more Dao and Law brought an increasingly strong sense of heaviness. Moreover, Dao and Law gradually grew stronger and could also affect his primordial spirit. If it was not resilient enough, one could easily become lost within these Dao and Law and lose autonomy.
Everyone continuously walked forward. Ye Chu stepped forward, enlightened himself, carrying the aura of Dao and Law, step by step upward. Different from others, Ye Chu did not have a trace of mood on his body. He just walked up like this.
This also made everyone astonished. Although Ye Chu was at the back, walking all the way up without mood turbulence was still strange.
Tan Chen’s mood grew increasingly full. He continuously stepped upward. With every step, Dao and Law manifested various objects, continuously attaching to his mood, just like ivy, covering his mood completely.
Wang Shanzhi, Luo Chizi and others also continuously moved forward. They walked all the way, moods coiling around their entire bodies, enduring the infiltration of Dao and Law. But regardless of who, their steps slowed down. Each step grew heavier than the last. Between their footfalls, they could cause the jade stone steps to tremble. The trembling of the jade stone steps caused the Dao and Law within to flow wildly, making the infiltration of Dao and Law even more terrifying, making everyone feel even heavier.
Ye Chu was different from them. He had no mood whatsoever on his body. He just walked up step by step, unhurried. Every time he walked forward, it was so light and calm. Compared to the pressure of others, Ye Chu appeared so relaxed.
“Who is this kid? He can actually walk this path without using mood.”
“Hey. First time seeing this situation. Could it be that this Worldly Red Dust Female Saint’s path shows him special favour?”
“How strange. Although his steps are not fast, even could be considered slow, he walks with exceptional calmness, a kind of light and detached transcendence.”
“…”
People who saw this scene were all puzzled. Even Tan Chen, who occasionally looked back, was astonished and found it hard to understand. But immediately he thought of a possibility. “Ye Chu should be not displaying his mood outwardly, but resisting Dao and Law internally. This is quite a gimmick to attract attention.”
Tan Chen shook his head. He also ignored Ye Chu and continued stepping upward. They climbed upward, pulling a great distance away from Ye Chu.
Every step taken was like bearing enormous pressure. Step by step upward, treading with booming sounds. The jade stone steps beneath their feet trembled continuously. Various Dao and Law that had become substantial intermingled and diffused outward, infiltrating into every cultivator’s body.
In the end, finally someone could not endure. They surged forth their full mood. Mood patterns completely erupted. Holy beasts roared, shooting into the clouds. Dao and Law at this moment were all about to scatter. But after scattering for a moment, they immediately madly pounced over, completely entwining various moods, merging into the moods, like stone like mountain, and also like gurgling spring streams. Bringing different warmth while also pressing them like carrying heavy mountains on their backs.
Ye Chu stepped upward step by step. When his mood reached the place where Tan Chen’s mood was shaking fiercely, he still did not have a trace of mood surging on his body. He also did not bear a single shred of pressure, walking slowly.
“What is Law? What is Principle? What is Xuan and Dao?” With every step Ye Chu took, he questioned himself. Every time Ye Chu questioned, the green lotus trembled in his heart. Between trembles, it was actually invulnerable to all methods. Dao and Law were powerless to infiltrate.
Dao and Law hovered around the green lotus, but were powerless to infiltrate the green lotus. Ye Chu’s entire person was calm like water. The pressure of Dao and Law could not act on his primordial spirit.
“Law is what? What is it? Law is a kind of rule, seeking rules, walking within law, acting according to law. It is idea, is spirit, is the manifestation of value.”
“Principle is what? Principle is pattern, is level, is one’s own order, is regularity.”
“Dao is what? The Dao that can be spoken is not the eternal Dao. The name that can be named is not the eternal name. Nameless is the beginning of heaven and earth. Named is the mother of all things. Dao is the regularity of all things. Dao follows nature. Dao is nature. Nature is the rule of heaven and earth’s operation.”
“Xuan is what? Xuan is mystery, is temple, is ethereal, is silence. Xuan is changeable. In the ancient age of Xuan, rulers governed the world, wuwei also, heavenly virtue only.”
In Ye Chu’s mind, he continuously questioned what Xuan, Law, Principle and Dao were, also continuously explained them, and continuously repeated the questioning.
“Dao is what? One yin one yang is called Dao.”
“Xuan is what? Xuan within Xuan, the gate of all mysteries.”
“Law is what? Law is dharma gate, is xuan art.”
“…”
Ye Chu continuously questioned himself, continuously returned to himself, walking step by step. With every step, Ye Chu felt his green lotus trembling fiercely. Ye Chu’s person gradually became illusory and ethereal. Step by step upward, all methods did not touch his body.
Tan Chen and the others had long since shaken their moods into heaven and earth phenomena. Their various moods erupted, continuously moving forward, resisting the infiltration of Dao and Law with their own moods, enduring their attachment.
But Ye Chu’s expression was natural. His entire person’s eyes were clear. If someone stood a little closer to Ye Chu, they could see the trembling green light on Ye Chu’s forehead. That was a green lotus. Around the green lotus, there were various Dao and Law, but not a single one could infiltrate. Ye Chu just stood there, untouched by all methods. He was like an ordinary person climbing a mountain, feeling not a single bit of extra pressure.