I Am Loaded with Passive Skills - Chapter 1953

Chapter 1829 Borrowing

The Ancient and Modern Forget-Your-Sorrows Tower is very quiet.

Ba Zun’an dipped his fingertips in tea and sketched a head portrait on the table.

He was a middle-aged man with thick eyebrows, big eyes, thick hair that flowed over his back, and a widow’s peak.

Xu Xiaoshou stared at the widow’s peak for a long time without saying a word.

There were no extra items on the tea table except a cup of tea in front of each of the four people. The only items left were the three items he had just pushed out but that Kong Yuhen did not take:
the Xingjie Jade Talisman, the hand order, and the Shizu Shadow Staff.

Mei Siren’s fan gradually became more and more vigorous.

When the sound of the whistling wind became harsh, he suddenly stopped, and his movements slowed down to a steady pace.

The quiet air is filled with anxiety.

Ba Zun’an covered the table with his palm and the faint traces of tea spread out and were quickly evaporated naturally.

Xu Xiaoshou smiled and looked at Kong Yuhen again:
“Brother Yuhen, you have many sides?”

Kong Yuhen of course saw Ba Zun’an’s little move, and also knew what Xu Xiaoshou meant by this, so he said calmly:

“People have many sides, I am or I am not me.”

I or not I… The last time I heard this sentence, it was at Ghost Ancestor’s place. Was it a coincidence?
Xu Xiaoshou felt that he was being bugged. Maybe the problem was with Time Ancestor’s Shadow Staff?
He didn’t think much about it and continued with the question just now:
“Even if a person has many sides, they can usually only show one side at the same time.”

“The last time I saw you, the time I saw you this time, even the time I saw you a breath ago, and the time I saw you again a breath later…what I saw always seemed to be different?”

He looked at Ba Zun’an, without hiding the little action between them, and took the initiative to say:
“I noticed something was wrong. The way Ba Zun’an painted you was indeed very different from what I saw.”

“With so many yous, which one is you?”

Xu Xiaoshou smiled slightly, and what flashed back into his mind was the cold look of Kong Yuhen that he saw in the Dead Sea.

At that time, he thought that the friendly relations between the two sides had come to an end.

I never thought that when we met again this time, Kong Yuhen seemed to have forgotten what happened before and behaved as gently as when we met on the Void Island.

——Is it the same person?

Kong Yuhen looked at the drawings that Xu Xiaoshou had drawn on his desk and had not yet erased: a bearded man, a white-faced beardless young man, and a handsome scholar, and chuckled,
“Does this matter?”

“Important.” Xu Xiaoshou said firmly.

Kong Yuhen shook his head and said, “My answer is, I don’t know why. Maybe my state of mind is different. I don’t think so.”

“No?”

“Yes and no.” Kong Yuhen pondered and said, “If people are afraid of something, they will see everyone else as wolves and tigers; if they like something, they will be friendly; if they are suspicious of something, they will be feminine.”

Xu Xiaoshou listened with his eyes narrowed, and leaned back unconsciously.

The small wooden stool had no backrest, so he had to cross his arms over his chest, look slightly reserved, and be on guard, as if sitting on pins and needles.

At this time, he discovered that Kong Yuhen had indeed changed from what he remembered – ever since his mind had transcended the Dao, he realized that every time he saw Kong Yuhen, there were subtle or drastic changes in his appearance and figure.

This time, Kong Yuhen grew from a fair-faced, beardless, feminine man into a high-ranking official with deep eyes and a high nose bridge.

He looked unfathomable, like Dao Qiongcang’s half-twin brother—they didn’t look alike, but felt alike.

Kong Yuhen took a sip of tea, put two fingers on his left cheek, tilted his head and looked at you with a smile:
“My thousand faces depend on how you look at me.”

This is really thought-provoking!
Mei Siren thought for a while, and before he realized that he had taken out the wrong paper fan, he quickly shook his “make-up debut” and spoke slowly in a calm voice:
“I have heard that…”

Xu Xiaoshou took a deep breath and felt a headache. “Teacher, the Ancient and Modern Forget-Your-Sorrow Tower is not that high-end. There is no need to be so pedantic.”

Huh?
Mei Siren choked and turned back to glare at the traitor.

Isn’t the Ancient and Modern Forget-Sorrow Tower you mentioned the God’s Palace of the Ancestors of Time? This Kong Yuhen is mysterious and seems difficult to deal with.

It was his first time here, so he had no experience, but he still changed his words:
“I have heard that there is a legend about the ancient Bodhi tree, ‘I have a thousand faces under the Bodhi tree, and I have achieved enlightenment through nine reincarnations.'”

“The saying ‘people have a thousand faces’ is not a good thing in the world of spiritual cultivation. If you have achieved enlightenment, but you observe a thousand faces and cultivate your true self, you will not be able to achieve enlightenment…”

He hesitated for a moment, and under the gaze of the three people, especially Kong Yuhen, he calmed down and found himself in the classroom again, and said earnestly:
“Is your Tao messed up, causing self-disorder?”

Xu Xiaoshou looked surprised.

He thought that Mr. Siren was able to enter the Ancient and Modern Forget-Your-Sorrow Tower because of himself and Ba Zun’an, because he couldn’t get in before.

But obviously, he and Xu Ba are not that prestigious.

Kong Yuhen pulled him in because Mr. Siren had come to this point, and Kong Yuhen also had something to ask for?
As expected, Mei Siren’s words fell.

In front of the tea table, the handsome scholar Kong Yuhen nodded his chin, glanced over, and then offered a cup of tea. He said politely,
“Old sir, you have a lot of experience. May I ask what you mean by this?”

If these words came from Xu Xiaoshou’s mouth, Mei Siren’s first reaction would be that this guy was praising him openly and criticizing him secretly, and was finding ways to harm himself!

But at this moment, he really saw asking for advice, seeking knowledge, and seriousness in Kong Yuhen’s eyes.

He looked at Xu Xiaoshou.

Xu Xiaoshou’s eyes were full of encouragement.

What the hell, why are you encouraging me? I am your teacher… Mei Siren was speechless and wanted to remain silent, but after taking a long breath, he chose to explain to Kong Yuhen:
“I am a shallow learner, and these are just some humble opinions. Don’t take them seriously.”

“Although the world is full of different things, I can’t see them all, but I have seen at least 10% or 120% of them, and I have met many people like you.”

Mei Siren paused, his eyes showing more consideration, and he carefully chose his words, “Perhaps they are not as advanced as you in terms of cultivation, but these people all have a notable… characteristic.”

Features?

Is that a mistake?
Xu Xiaoshou automatically corrected Mr. Mito’s choice of words, his eyes flickering between Kong and Mei.

“May I ask, what are the characteristics?” Kong Yuhen asked sincerely for advice.

“Self-confinement.”

Mei Siren said calmly.

Autistic? Trapped? Binding yourself?

Xu Xiaoshou looked at Kong Yuhen thoughtfully and felt that what the teacher said was quite apt.

This guy does seem a bit autistic, lonely, stubborn, living in his own world, and having his own principles in doing things.

But the condition should not be that serious. He can still talk to people and relieve his anxiety.

The Forget-Sorrow Tower of ancient and modern times is a place where one can forget everything – worries come from it and cannot be eliminated, and the owner of the tower is no exception.

“May I ask, what is the meaning of confining yourself?” Kong Yuhen asked again.

Mei Siren shook his head this time.

He didn’t quite understand the meaning of Kong Yuhen, but he could sense this feeling from the first page and chose to speak it out.

He couldn’t give a definite answer. After all, he was just a sword teacher, not an old doctor.

He looked at Xu Xiaoshou and said, “My student once said something that is quite inspiring. Perhaps it will also apply to you.”

“What?”

“It is easy to transcend the Tao, but difficult to discern myself.”

As soon as these words were spoken, Xu Xiaoshou felt as if the clouds had cleared and the sun was shining. He felt that the lingering shadow that was shrouding Kong Yuhen had found its source.

This guy is in a state of “lost”!
As the Eight Masters once said, every generation has a regret.

Then he may have experienced more than nine reincarnations, it is possible that he has experienced reincarnation for ten thousand lifetimes.

Could it be that because of the endless reincarnation, Kong Yuhen wanted to achieve some result, but in the end, even the goal of each generation of Kong Yuhen was forgotten?

“Miscellaneous, dregs, confusion…”

Xu Xiaoshou is currently experiencing all kinds of life, he understands.

Of course, he was still able to stick to his original intention, because those insights were too low-level for him.

But after experiencing the lives of the Ten Thrones, Dragon Ancestor, Phoenix and other high-level beings, he also had to spend some time to calm himself down.

Otherwise, what you get will be like the three words above, which are not the essence but just dross.

The various aspects of the world can be used to cultivate one’s mind.

But a cultivated heart is unlikely to be a pure heart.

Instead, it is to remain untainted by the mud, but it is not necessarily possible to reach this state, which is another kind of high state of mind.

Empty hatred, wouldn’t it be that he is stuck at this last step, unable to reach the higher level or the lower level?
“I’ve learned a lesson…”

Opposite the tea table, Kong Yuhen was also thoughtful.

He lowered his head, thinking about something for a long time. When he came back to his senses, he had a helpless expression on his face.

“Perhaps?”

He said uncertainly, “It’s hard to tell me apart. It’s really hard to tell me apart. I don’t know where I came from or why I’m here. I only vaguely remember where I’m going.”

Mei Siren is not a doctor, but he is very good at guiding students onto the right path.

He did not give too much, but captured the details in Kong Yuhen’s words, giving him enough room to think, and then he spoke again, guiding him step by step:

“Eight or nine things in life are not satisfactory. If you seek the truth among three, you will be very lucky if you can get one. But I don’t know where you are going.”

Kong Yuhen did not answer directly at the first time, but took a serious look at the man who had made his debut, and remembered him deeply:
“Old sir, if you have free time in the future, I will invite you to come to the building.”

Goodbye…

Mei Siren’s fanning movement froze.

This time, Xu Xiaoshou and Ba Zun’an were sitting next to him. He knew that nothing unexpected would happen as these two would not let anything happen to him.

If we meet alone, there will be a lot to consider!

“Good.” Mei Siren pursed her lips and smiled, calm and composed.

Kong Yuhen then turned back to look at Xu Ba and the others, and told them where he was going, with a serious expression:

“The current situation is what I like.”

The serious tone made Xu Xiaoshou sit up straight. He then heard the burly man who was resolute and made people feel pressured by his appearance, and said,
“I invited you to come in this time mainly because I have a favor to ask of you. I would like to borrow the door from you two.”

Door?
Xu and Ba looked at each other in bewilderment.

Xu Xiaoshou remembered that when Dan Saint Lu Shi and Bing Saint Tie Dazui were communicating with Fu Sang, they had talked about “gate”.

There is a Tower of Nothingness in the city of Shengfutu, and there is a door on the top of the tower, which is called the Gate of Nothingness.

The six ancient gates are divided into: time and space, reincarnation, guidance, Taoism, secondary dimensions, and the gate of nothingness.

But I don’t know what the use of these six doors is, and what will happen when they are all gathered together.

But no one can enter the Tower of Nothingness mentioned by Iron Mouth, except the Jade-faced Scholar.

When Xu Xiaoshou heard this, he knew it was Kong Yuhen who was looking for the door.

Great, it’s for us!
No, it’s for you!

Xu Xiaoshou raised his eyebrows. He knew that among the six ancient gates, there was a familiar secondary gate, which was on Lao Ba’s body and came from the Void Island.

The Eight Lords did not give him an answer, but asked, “Are the six ancient gates related to time and space?”

“Perhaps.”

Kong Yuhen gave an ambiguous answer.

Ba Zun’an seemed dissatisfied with this: “Maybe I don’t have that door.” He said it firmly.

Lao Ba, you are really tough!

We still have to rely on Lao Ba at the critical moment… These words reminded Xu Xiaoshou of the arrogant words spoken by this guy in the Tianzu Divine Court on Void Island: “There has been no genius as great as me in a hundred generations, and it will be difficult for another master to appear in a thousand years.”

Obviously, if he didn’t say something, Lao Ba would never give him a chance.

Kong Yuhen smiled helplessly and could only take the initiative to explain for the three people:
“In fact, I don’t know what the time realm is, and whether the time realm can be traced back to the thirty-three heavens of the heavenly realm. I only know that I have to go and should take this step.”

“And the gates, the six ancient gates you mentioned, are among my targets, and I have already collected four of them.”

As he spoke, he took off the four black ropes around his neck and spread them out on the tea table.

Xu Xiaoshou looked over and found that at the end of the four black ropes, there were wooden door-shaped pendants, but the words on them were different. They were:

“Time and space, Taoism, guidance, nothingness…”

Xu Xiaoshou whispered to himself, pointing at the Gate of Nothingness: “Did you get it from the top of the Void Tower in Shengfutu City?”

Kong Yuhen nodded.

“What good is it?”

He was speechless and picked up the Door of Nothingness, and holy power poured in.

The wooden door-shaped pendant emitted a faint light, and soon, a door similar to the secondary door seen on the Void Island opened above the tea table, but it was only the size of a palm, and was filled with translucent light that had no meaning at all – that is, the breath of nothingness.

“Three, please.”

I was filled with hatred when these words came out.

The expressions of the three people at the tea table all changed.

But before they could refuse, they felt the scene around them change. The ancient and modern Forget-Sorrow Tower was no longer there, and they came to another world.

“nothingness……”

This is a world of nothingness, without heaven, without earth, without laws, and without nature.

There is no place to rest, no support around me, even my own existence…

Xu Xiaoshou looked at himself from the outside and could not see the existence of his own body, spirit and mind. He became a “transparent man”.

Looking inward again, I found that I had no internal organs, no spiritual sword thoughts, no sea of qi, no purple palace, everything had disappeared.

He looked around, but could no longer see Ba Zun’an, Mei Siren, or even Kong Yuhen, the three people who had accompanied them.

All the people who are in this world of nothingness seem to have become nothingness and are extremely fragile.

If someone could appear here, he would be crushed to death with just one slap.

But the form of people here is nothingness, all living things are equal, and there is no situation where one can crush anyone to death.

Even “struggle” has become “nothingness”.

“Buzz!”

The mental fluctuations became chaotic again.

Xu Xiaoshou saw an illusion and returned to the Ancient and Modern Forget-Your-Sorrow Tower. He saw the Eight Zun An and Mei Siren, all of whom had strange reactions as if they had returned to consciousness.

“nothingness……”

He thought about these two words seriously, but gained nothing.

“This is the Gate of Nothingness. There is no meaning in simply going to the world of nothingness. Only with the help of the other five gates, perhaps we can build a completely new world.” Kong Yuhen said.

In other words, time and space?
Xu Xiaoshou felt a thunderclap in his chest, and was shocked.

The concept of the time realm is too high, and to construct a world that can trace back to the thirty-third level of the heavenly realm is beyond human ability?
Kong Yuhen, what the hell are you doing…

“You’ve become stronger.”

Ba Zun’an spoke lightly, noticing a detail that several people had overlooked, and Xu Xiaoshou was suddenly awakened.

Just now, Kong Yuhen opened the Gate of Nothingness which was infused with holy power. He now had control over the holy power.

Moreover, within its holy power, there is a faint breath of the vicissitudes of time, which should be no less than the power of the ancestral source. It is…

“The power of Time Ancestor?”

Xu Xiaoshou raised his eyebrows and asked in confusion: “Where did you get the power of the Time Ancestor?”

The Shadow Staff of Time Ancestor given by Kong Yuhen contains the power of Time Ancestor.

The space and time attributes he had used before also had a similar flavor, but they were never as strong as they were now.

Not only has he been canonized as a saint, it is possible that he has already reached the level of a Saint Emperor, and he has even obtained the power of the Ancestor of Time. He has reached the final step.

Next, it should be…

Conferred the title of God?!
Kong Yuhen shook his head again: “I don’t know where the power of the ancestor came from. I only know that I walked step by step. After collecting the four gates…”

He stretched out his hand, clenched it gently, and murmured to himself: “The strength is coming back…”

Pouring back?
Instead of pouring out?

Facing Kong Yuhen, Xu Xiaoshou pondered every word carefully. Was he saying that he had the power of the Time Ancestor before, and now he just lost it and regained it?
Xu Xiaoshou deeply implemented the principle of asking questions when he had doubts. He put his hands on the tea table and looked up at him:
“Kong Yuhen, you are the Time Ancestor, right?” (End of this chapter)