Wandao long distance

Chapter 668 Observation
On the square of Zhanhumen, Li Qi said with a smile: "You seem to have gained something."

"Thank you for your reminder, sir, I seem to understand what you mean a little bit."

Li Qi nodded slightly: "You should have a purpose in doing things, practice is only a means, and in order to achieve this purpose, you should have your own set of criteria for judging the world, so that you can know what is good and what is bad."

"I will think about it." Juye bowed, expressing her gratitude.

He understood what Li Qi meant.

To judge good from bad, the first thing you need is a standard. If there is no standard, then everything is the same, and there is no distinction between good and bad.

And this standard is the standard by which people view the world, which is the embodiment of Tao in people.

This kind of standard does not necessarily fit the external objective world, so it needs to be tempered, either you smooth the external world to change the whole world, or the external world smooths you and changes your standard.

But in any case, the first thing you need to establish is your own standard. With the standard, you have the qualification to examine the world.

Yes, people without standards are not qualified to examine the world, because in your view, the world is the same, good and evil, strong and weak are all natural, and in the end you can only be infiltrated by the world and let the world become you The only standard, go with the flow.

However, if you want to establish your own set of standards, you need a lot of practical experience, thinking, and observation.

Chrysanthemum Ye is still too young and has too little experience. It is difficult for him to establish his own standards, that is, he does not have his own "Tao". His standards are all instilled by the outside world, and he does not even understand where these standards come from. .

To give the simplest example -

The outside world tells you that money matters.

Everyone tells you that money is important, and your actual experience proves that money is important. The concepts instilled by others, as well as specific events in the external society, all show that money is important.

That is, you also feel that money is important.

So, why do you think money is important?
Some people may say that money can buy social resources, food, housing, and even the loyalty of others, and then the idea that 'money is everything' comes into being.

So, is money really everything?
Don't think this is a simple question, because in the primitive world, or in a disaster, at this time, when the social rules collapse, is money still useful?

This is not to deny the role of money, but people should think about where does the "use" of money come from?Why is money useful?Why can a piece of paper play so many roles?

Finally, after discussion, study, and comparison of historical and modern systems, we can draw a conclusion.

That is to say: money is a kind of power to distribute social resources under the current social system. Under the current social system, holding coins holds the power to allocate the entire social resources, which can be exchanged for materials , means of production, and labor force, and the source of this power is the 'consensus of the whole society', and it is the owners of the whole society who jointly endow the 'money' with the ability to exchange.

Therefore, the usefulness of money is based on the current social rules. If you change the social rules, it may not be useful.

Therefore, the essence of 'money' you just know is not necessarily correct, but at least it is a conclusion.

Therefore, if you know the essence of money, you can make better use of money, or subvert money.

Instead of holding such an empty and superficial view that 'money can buy things, so money is useful'.

It's as if you only know how to use spells, but don't know how to approach the 'Tao' through spells.

Yes, under this set of logic, 'money' is magic, and the operating logic of the entire society is the 'way' of society and the way of civilization.

It is the "Tao" that has developed the technique. If you master the Tao, you can better control money.

From this point of view, you don’t know how money works. If others cover your money with their own ways, your money will be useless. No matter how much money you accumulate, it’s useless. It’s like human nature changes the weather, and countless civilizations practice The technique of a lifetime collapsed directly.

People who just believe in phenomena, treat spells as truth, and regard "Tao" as illusory things lack cognitive ability, because they only rely on experience and instinct to perceive the world, believe in life experience rashly, and rely on daily life. The common sense of life lacks comprehensive study and rigorous derivation.

If the world is a game, then the fools study the gameplay, the optimal solution of a certain style of play, and how to improve the value, but the Taoists study the code or even the underlying language of the game.

To explore the 'Tao', don't spend too much energy on the 'Art'.

When you have a certain understanding of 'Tao', you will naturally become proficient in 'Skill', even more proficient than those who have studied magic all their lives.

This is what Li Qi wanted to tell Ju Ye.

This is what Tianxia wants to tell all civilizations in the universe.

The Tao that Li Qi wants to teach in Xiantian is this 'Tao'. This is not a specific thinking idea, but a whole set of cognition and thinking methods
Through this method, the conclusions drawn are likely to be completely opposite, but this does not prevent this set of cognitive thinking methods from continuing to be effective.

Li Qi came to the conclusion through this method that the world exists objectively, just like money exists objectively, but the world in my eyes and the world in your eyes may have some differences in the form of expression.

This is the answer that Li Qi thinks, Li Qi thinks so, but he is not necessarily right.

As far as Lingdao is concerned, they believe that the world is the world, and the definition of people will not change the world itself. What they want to find is the "noumenon of the world", that is, the foundation of everything, and then use this foundation to interpret all the things in the whole world. possibility.

But for Mo Dao, their cognition is the real world, and the world itself is shaped by their subjective will. When the eyes are open, the flowers will be bright, and when the eyes are closed, the flowers will be silent.

For Li Dao, the foundation of the world cannot be traced, and the limited phenomenon world is only interpreted subjectively, while the real essence is unknown to us and cannot be described by logic, so we only need to pay attention to the phenomenon and summarize Phenomenon, from the phenomenon, the blind feel the elephant, and find out the "Tao".

As far as Taoism is concerned, they recognize the ultimate existence of Tao, and believe that the ultimate Tao exists in all things. The matter itself carries the Tao. In the Tao, get real freedom.

This is also the so-called "the one who walks in all things is the Tao; the one who communicates with the heaven and the earth is the virtue." '

These are the answers they have obtained through thinking and practice. Therefore, when you explore why the world exists, understand what the essence of the world is, and understand what is "Tao", you must first understand , for the external world, human practice is the essence.

That's why there is a saying that "the Tao is within it". Through "the Tao is within it", we have come to the conclusion that "the Tao is outside it".

Although the various orthodoxy are contradictory to each other, they give people the direction and way of thinking, which is fundamentally different from guessing at nothing, or simply following the crowd.

Perhaps the views and conclusions of various Daoist traditions may be wrong, but the thinking itself is not wrong.

Looking at Ju Ye who was lost in thought again, Li Qi felt that he had said enough.

So, he waved his hand, leaving behind a bookish air. This is an introductory practice method of Taoism, which systematically explained how to condense the inner alchemy, how to recognize the existence of 'Tao' and so on.

In this way, after those powers are exhausted, Juye will have her own support.

As for the so-called 'bad guys' in front of me...

Ju Ye can handle it by himself, Li Qi is curious, how will he deal with so many existences after Ju Ye's external cultivation is exhausted?

I'm afraid I can only practice the Daoist Kungfu that I left behind, right?

This is cognition and practice.

Of course, it doesn't matter if the other party doesn't practice, Li Qi just does it casually.

After doing this, Li Qi left here, and directly dispelled the formation by the way.

The mountain god outside looked at Li Qi who came out, and quickly lowered his head.

Li Qi bowed back and said: "I'm sorry for the trouble, the mountain god, now the matter is over, please go back."

After finishing speaking, Li Qi disappeared.

After that, Li Qi began to walk in the mortal world.

This walk is more than 500 years.

He met a lot of cities like Bailu City, which seemed to be an example of this kind of city. Later, he confronted one of the city lords and found that the other party had mastered a practice method similar to the evil law of humanity, that is, gathering the power of everyone to serve own use.

But this is just a similarity, not a humane method, and there is a very clear development of Xiantian Kung Fu, so it is obviously developed by Xiantian himself.

It's quite advanced, but Xiantian actually mastered this method by himself. Although it is very crude, it is normal for mortal things to be crude. After ascension, there should be a big difference.

Everywhere he went, he would find someone like Ju Ye, who was smart, good-hearted, able to think, and in a bad situation, with enough pressure and motivation to do things.

Find such a person, and then guide the other party, preach, resolve doubts, and then leave.

so cycle.

Occasionally, Li Qi would stop to feel the customs of the fairyland, just like the gods come to the mortal world to experience life, taste the food from various places, and look at the scenery of various places.

But he never made a move, and he disappeared immediately when encountering conflicts, like a ghost wandering in the mortal world.

The time of more than 500 years is fleeting, and everything is so fast.

The life of a mortal is like a mayfly, living in the morning and dying in the evening, and the mortal who drifts with the tide, they live for a lifetime, but in fact they only live for three days.

When young, when strong, when old.

These three days were repeated, filling their pale and empty lives.

Just like the mortal world of Xiantian.

In the mortal world of the fairy world, there are endless disputes, everyone is only working hard for ascension, in this situation, how similar are these mortals?

According to Li Qi's speculation, the mortal world of Xiantian may not be less than tens of billions of years old.

As a first-class world, tens of billions of years of history is not uncommon.

But for tens of billions of years, the immortals and the mortal world have been wandering in this barbaric era. Once everyone breaks through, they will be sent to the real world immediately...

This situation is almost the same as that of ordinary people.

It's not tens of billions of years of history, it's the same day, the same thing repeated for tens of billions of years.

A stagnant history creates a stagnant civilization.

Is this situation intentional by the high-ranking people in Xiantian?

Li Qi didn't know, but he felt that with his current strength, he might be able to create some waves in this pool of stagnant water.

Of course, Li Qi didn't intend to do anything too big, as that would bring disaster on himself.

If the virtue is weak but the status is high, if the knowledge is shallow but the plan is big, if the strength is small but the responsibility is heavy, it is like a tripod breaking its feet and covering the public's head.

To occupy a high position with insufficient virtue, to seek great things with little wisdom, or to undertake heavy responsibilities with little strength, will only bring disasters, and ultimately harm others and oneself.

Don't force yourself to do as much as you have the ability to do.

The mortal world of the Immortal Heaven is very large, and Li Qi has only wandered around tens of billions of miles in this area. I wonder if this is one trillionth of the mortal world of the Immortal Heaven. The area is calculated in years.

However, following Li Qi's actions, in this area of ​​the mortal world...a sect 'True Dao Sect' has gained fame in hundreds of years.

Li Qi took a look and found that this was the newly established sect of the group of people he preached.

The Zhendao sect has an extraordinary unity, but under the huge pressure from the outside world, they still develop very quickly.

Nothing else, it is because of the unity brought about by the characteristics of Zhudao.

Among the immortals and mortals, the side that dislikes the development of the Zhendao Sect is crushed by the number of people on the side of the Zhendao Sect, but the disciples of the Zhendao Sect can wake up each other and carry out actions that cooperate with tactics and strategies. On the other hand, although the opponent has a large number of people, they are not united , so it is completely impossible to stop the Zhendao Sect.

However, from Li Qi's point of view, there is also a Daoist dispute within the Zhendao Sect. After all, thinking is different, and the Daoist path will naturally be different. Daoist disputes will naturally arise, but after all, the external pressure is too strong, and there are too many things that a sect has to fight against. , so dragging one's legs is secretly dragging one's feet, not daring to make it too obvious.

However, everything depends on comparison. On Xiantian’s side, that can’t be called dragging its feet, it’s just cutting its legs. Whoever is responsible for fighting against the Zhendao Sect is equal to being attacked by the enemy. We are losing ground.

With the growing power of the Zhendao Sect, over the past 500 years, they have finally become a super power in the vicinity, and their prestige has surpassed that of a city like Bailu City, and there are faint signs of annexing more than a dozen such big cities.

This kind of momentum made Li Qi more than 500 years later very interested.

He wanted to see what the seeds he planted at the beginning looked like now.

After rushing for a few days, Li Qi went to the gate of Zhendao Sect.

The mountain gate of Zhendao Sect is also one of the most prosperous areas around, mainly at the foot of the mountain, because of the gathering of admirers, a large city has been formed.

However, Li Qi found that there were surprisingly many people who came.

This was not normal, so he scanned his shallow mind and found one thing.

The patriarch of the Zhendao sect is about to ascend.

(End of this chapter)