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Chapter 396 Answer to 'I'm Me'
Why am I me?
In the past, Li Qi couldn't figure it out no matter how he thought about it. He had guessed and practiced it from countless aspects such as body, spirit, self-identity in all aspects, unified memory, and so on.

But he was always a little bit away from the answer, his experience was not enough, and his experience was not enough.

It's like when one's cultivation is not enough, no matter how hard one can break through, one can only rely on accumulation.

For example, there is a question that he has been unable to understand.

He and Shen Shuibi have a deep relationship. One day, Li Qi will die. At this time, Li Qi has the ability to create a "demonic avatar" that is exactly like himself, but he doesn't know that he will die. Will he do this?

This avatar is no different from the outside world.

Then, will Li Qi create such an identical clone to continue to accompany Shen Shuibi in place of his former self?
When Li Qi thought about this question, the answer he came up with was... Maybe, but the premise was that he really must die.

Self-identity, under this question, gives way.

Li Qi is willing to abandon his self-identity in order to let another self live instead of him.

Then looking at the body, Li Qi got a possible answer from Mr. Epidemic, that is "mind is useless".

Does the person "Li Qi" refer to a monk who walks upright and can think, or does this monk have a mind attached to him?

Mr. Epidemic thinks it is a monk, not a consciousness.

Li Qi thought it was consciousness before, but after seeing Lord Epidemic, he was not sure.

However, just a few days later, Zajia's fish and algae gave him another answer.

That is, the two are a divisible whole.

It is a whole, but it can be divided. After reorganization, it will affect each other, but it will not affect itself.

This is not Li Qi's answer, this is Yuzao's answer.

But in general, Li Qi can also get some inspiration, and it is this inspiration, like the last straw, that pierces through the last layer of mist that hinders Li Qi's vision.

All of Li Qi's senses are fully activated, including the traditional five senses, as well as the vision of information flow and the rhyme of true knowledge, all activated to the maximum extent.

He is perceiving the world around him.

The world around him is changing because of his perception and actions, even if he just looks at it, it will have a certain degree of influence.

Yeah, that's the answer.

Influence.

When he was in Wushen Mountain, when he met many mountain gods and those few ghosts and witches, he thought about influence.

Li Qi still remembers the time when he suddenly realized the word 'influence', at that time he sat down and pondered for a long time.

Now, he is once again aware of the existence of influence...

And this time, it seems understandable 'cause and effect'?
Everything in the world is caused by a cause, and then the cause bears an effect, and the effect becomes the next cause, one by one, in a circle, forming a causal net that covers the entire world.

Li Qi's consciousness suddenly became clear, and many obscure things in his mind suddenly became clear.

In this world, nothing is absolutely independent, and everything must be related to other things to some extent.

This is where the influence comes from.

If you are absolutely independent and do not have any connections on this network, then you do not exist for other things, and there is no need to discuss non-existing things.

When you can be aware of existence by other beings, you have already fallen into this big net. You are seen, heard, and met by other beings, and you can also see, hear, and meet other beings.

The respective things that interfere with each other in this way enter into this net and become a thread in it.

All beings are caught in the web of cause and effect.

All things, things, people, and many existences are connected with each other through various methods. This "way" even includes perception, that is, hearing and seeing, which can be connected.

These connections are intertwined at every move, for example, if you glance at someone, or even have a relationship with someone, that person will affect you in turn.

All kinds of entanglement and connection are cause and effect.

Where there is a cause, there is an effect, and the effect becomes a new cause, and the cause and effect flow endlessly.

Cause and effect seem to be countless criss-crossing silk threads, forming countless "nets" that flutter, gather and disperse.

This large net of cause and effect covers everything. Everyone is a thread in this net. When two lines intersect due to a certain behavior or accident, an intersection point will be produced.

These points of intersection are the manifestation of everything in this world. Only then did Li Qi recall that he had seen this point of intersection in Buddhist scriptures, and the Buddha called it "Fate".

The so-called dependent origination and extinction means that the lines of cause and effect intersect and then separate.

Everything in this world is born out of karma.There is a destiny, so there is everything you see, hear, and feel.

This big net is what constitutes the world itself. The big net itself does not exist. What exists is only the negotiation between cause and effect, which arises because of conditions and ends when conditions end.

This is why Li Qi wants to fully open his perception.

He wanted to capture the impact his 'influence' had on the world.

And, he did.

The accuracy of the information flow field of view is not enough, but now Zhenzhiyun can clearly perceive the impact of Li Qi's every move on the outside world.

Whether it's his own coercion or the airflow brought up by his actions.

These air currents collide with the external air currents, and sometimes they will disappear, but sometimes they will spread out and produce other consequences, such as making a leaf sway.

A flick of the leaf may cause the bugs on it to fall, which will affect more things.

The butterfly effect, that's what it's about, a butterfly fanning the breeze, that's the cause.

The cause of the butterfly fanning the wind becomes the effect of the air flow, and the effect of the air flow becomes the cause of other things.

Such a causal cycle finally set off a storm thousands of miles away.

Similarly, they are also the cause of other things, and the effects they cause will also follow the causal net and affect Li Qi, just more or less.

The few people who can connect with Li Qi's thread are the people around Li Qi, who also have the greatest influence on him.

Those existences with great influence, their figures, appear incomparably magnificent in this causal net, and their every move can involve countless causes and effects.

Having understood this point, Li Qi finally understood what "self" is, and he handed over an answer sheet that he thought was perfect.

'I' is the 'cause' that belongs exclusively to the net of cause and effect.

What mind, body, memory, all are meaningless things, just appearances.

The real self is the center where countless causes and effects are connected. This center is the cause of oneself and the result of others.

Suppose now there is a real Li Qi that is more real than the demon energy avatar, exactly the same, no matter in terms of mind, body, memory, this avatar Li Qi is the same, but as long as one examines his position in the causal net, one can easily Find the difference.

In the karma net, each position is unique, and there can never be two identical karma in the world.

Memories can be stripped, but the causal effects of things that have been done will not be stripped.

Everything can be copied, but the things that have been done cannot be copied. Even if they have the same memory, it is just "thinking that they have done it". The actual copy has not done or experienced those things.

Not only practitioners have karma, but objects, as well as a piece of information, a word, a beam of light, all have their own karma and influence on the outside world.

Influence is the fluctuation that 'cause' extends out in this causal net, the more influential you are, the more other 'effects' you can influence.

In this way, they are all connected.

The answer has already been given.

'I' is the unique cause of me.

'I' is also the creator of countless 'fruits'.

And this connection is the unique 'I'.

It cannot be replaced, cannot be copied, and cannot be confused.

After figuring this out, Li Qi suddenly felt that everything in front of him was much clearer, the context of many events was clearly discernible, and his own existence was no longer empty.

Whether it's Lord Plague, Li Qi with devilish energy, Yuzao, that demon dragon, or everything in the world, their existence is so vivid and no longer illusory.

Previously, Li Qi was tortured by the illusion of the heavenly demon, and almost thought that the world was illusory and could be modified at any time.

But now, the cornerstone of this world is solid again.

This time, even the illusion of the demon cannot shake the reality of the world.

Li Qi breathed a sigh of relief and couldn't help but sigh.

If you want to think about this clearly, experience is a must. You must have seen and heard it before you can think of it.

Thinking is a fire that burns in the mind.

And knowledge and experience are the fuel for the fire of thinking.

Li Qi has never had such a deep feeling, feeling that what the sage said, "learning without thinking will lead to death, thinking without learning will lead to death" is so correct.

If it is just thinking, there are not so many events for Li Qi to use as raw material for thinking, and he can't get the answer even if he wants to break his head.

Moreover, his luck is particularly good.

For ordinary people, it may be difficult to obtain his experience and accumulation of knowledge.

The existence of Mr. Epidemic, I am afraid that the ordinary fifth-rank, you can't find a few in a lot of worlds in the heavens.

Sanpin Dazhu personally preached for him, using the most suitable way for him, talking about the "self" problem for a whole day, let him go back and think slowly, each of these questions has been asked to the key point, most of Li Qi's thinking Time is spent answering these questions, and the answers I got have given me a lot of help.

The five-aggregated demonic blood that has been processed by Daheitian is estimated to be the bowl in his hand in the whole world. I don't know how many drops are in that bowl...but anyway, there are counts in all heavens and myriad worlds.

There is also the fish and algae in front of him, the test product of the humane miscellaneous family, who took the initiative to show up and talk to him.

Well, if you change to an ordinary casual cultivator, if you want to collect all these experiences, you may need to travel tens of thousands of years in the heavens and worlds, and you may not be able to meet them.

Li Qi breathed a sigh of relief, woke up from his contemplation, and looked at the fish and algae in front of him.

In this way, the existence of fish and algae no longer surprised him.

She is a unique person, and she has left her own trace in this world in her own way.

It doesn't matter whether the traces are left by the mind, the body, or something else, they are all appearances.

This unique trace is fish and algae, even if she changes her name, it doesn't matter, it doesn't even matter whether she has life, whether it is born or artificial.

It's not about the bedrock of her existence.

And Yuzao was staring at Li Qi's face, even her lively character couldn't be lively at this moment.

Because, Li Qi's cultivation has suddenly changed.

"Your small world, what's going on? Li Qi, you won't break through, right?" Yuzao asked in disbelief.

How could it be possible to break through in the blink of an eye in front of her?
Is this a genius who has practiced for four years to rank seven?

Why is it even more outrageous than this man-made man? Isn't his talent the highest value in current theory? !This is what the ancestor said in person!

The fish and algae were startled, their eyes were as round as their mouths.

She saw with her own eyes that Li Qi's small world began to transform from 'virtual to real'.

Li Qi's cultivation has not improved. After all, the improvement of cultivation requires a little bit of practice and training. After researching the blueprint of the machine, the machine must be actually manufactured. Neither the machine nor the cultivation will be created out of thin air.

Therefore, what Li Qi changed was not his cultivation, but the structure of his entire personal world.

The same cultivation base, depending on the way of use, produces different results.

The utilization rate of different structures can be said to be very different. This is the importance of exercises. With the same cultivation level, the power of high-quality exercises may even be dozens of times stronger.

He seems to have understood a certain technique, which made his originally illusory human body become so solid that the strength he exerted can be increased by several tenths.

For Qipin, the increase rate is quite a terrifying value.

"It's nothing, I just want to clarify some things. Thanks to Yuzao, I can agree to this deal, but... I need to talk about the details. I still won't sell the whole wizard silkworm, but some less core technologies What do you think, we can solve it through technology exchange?" Li Qi shook his head, looked at Yuzao, and said.

Yuzao made up for the last gap for him, and as a reward, some non-core technologies can indeed be exchanged.

Exchange miscellaneous technology.

Li Qi is also very interested in how Yuzao, an artificial human, achieves consciousness transformation.

Talk, you can talk.

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At the same time, in the endless outside world, where the Dharma image of Amitabha Buddha is located.

"Fool, I have clarified the phase of cause and effect, can you understand?" Amitabha sighed and said to Li Qi, the demonic energy.

At this moment, the devilish Li Qi had already shaved his head and put on a monk's robe, as if he was a monk.

Demon Qi Li Qi clasped his hands together: "Disciple has already understood that it turned out to be like this. Thank you Buddha for clarifying the confusion. Disciple will no longer be troubled by demons from now on."

However, when thanking, he also showed a wry smile.

I implore the Buddha to enlighten me.

The confusion is solved, but for his future path, I am afraid that there will be a huge hidden danger left.

(End of this chapter)