Am I the only one who didn't ascend?

Chapter 12 About how I did it

After Li Dongyang fled in embarrassment, Wang Luo stayed and finished the food on the table without wasting a grain of rice.During this period, the surrounding diners were just talking in low voices, but few dared to come over and talk to Wang Luo.Even Aunt Yang just silently asked Lao Li to add two meat patties and thanked her in a low voice.The atmosphere seemed quite depressing.

It’s not that they’re afraid of Li Dongyang’s revenge afterwards – the diners are very sure that with Li Dongyang’s temperament, he would probably not have the shame to tell his colleagues what he went through when he goes back.
What's more, so what if you talk about it?No one did anything at first, but Li Dongyang himself was so heartbroken by the spray.And if Qingpingsi still wants to retaliate... Is there any more severe revenge than setting up a special team to go to Stone Street every day to post fines?
The diners are a little afraid of Wang Luo.

Obviously, with just words and words, he made Li Dongyang, a dignified patrolling Qingyi, spit out blood. Qingyi faded, and he took over Qingyi's golden seal with his flesh and blood body. The magical power Wang Luo displayed was not only vast, but also simply terrifying.

Thank you, thank you, I am really afraid.

But for Shi Yue, Wang Luo's scary part had already been taught to him on Lingshan Mountain, and now he was only filled with curiosity.

Not long after walking out of Li Ji Roast Pork, Shi Yue couldn't help but asked, regardless of the crowds of people on the street: "Master Mountain Master, how on earth did you do that!?"

"Which part?"

"All of them!" Shi Yue couldn't wait. "For example, how did you know what he was thinking? It was the ones that you wanted to cut off with Shijie as a pledge. At first, I thought you were setting up a trap out of thin air. I didn't expect to see his reaction. You actually got everything right!"

Wang Luo said: "I guessed it."

Shi Yue was dumbfounded: "Guess?! Then, isn't that tantamount to constructing a trap out of thin air!?"

"That's right, it's just a trap created out of thin air."

Shi Yue's eyes doubled, and his throat felt a little dry: "Then, what if you made the wrong mistake?"

Wang Luo said: "Right and wrong are the same. As long as I anger him so that he can no longer speak eloquently, I win. The so-called right and wrong between people and things is not about right and wrong from the beginning."

Shi Yue suddenly found it difficult to accept: "But in this way, wouldn't it be a disguised admission that Li Dongyang is right in theory?"

"Yes, he is right when it comes to truth." Wang Luo nodded, "That's why I said don't talk to him about truth, or even personal matters, just attack him personally and let him break his guard. "

"But how could he be right!?"

Wang Luo said: "The truth is right, but it does not mean that things are right. The word "da truth" has the meaning of denying its principles without argument. Li Dongyang regards himself as a civilized gentleman, and in his eyes The biggest mistake is to imitate the standards of civilization from the lower class people."

Shi Yue blinked, thoughtfully.

Wang Luo further explained: "For example, a practitioner with excellent talent can remember a photograph and draw inferences from one instance to another. This is of course a good thing, but if he teaches a practitioner with mediocre qualifications that he only needs to read the book once, Any more would be a waste...it would be a big fallacy. And what Li Dongyang did was to force him to read the book only once, knowing that he could not forget to draw inferences."

Shi Yue nodded: "So, reading the book only once is the so-called great principle. Because it is indeed effective for geniuses, and the cultivation level of geniuses is indeed higher than that of mediocrity, so it is difficult for mediocrity to deny the effectiveness of reading the book only once... …”

Wang Luo said: "Yes, in essence this is bullying others. So there is no need to argue with him at all, just let him break his defense and shut up."

Shi Yue shook his head: "He is the patrolling Qingyi of Qingping Division. If you tell him to break the guard and shut up, the consequence will be to eat the Qingyi Golden Seal. Except for you, the Lord of the Mountain, how can ordinary people afford it... Come to think of it... This is also the second question I want to ask, how do you receive the golden seal with your bare hands? That is a golden elixir level golden seal!"

Wang Luo thought for a while and commented briefly: "The golden elixir is not worth mentioning."

Shi Yue was immediately speechless.

A social elite who studied seriously in Rongcheng Academy, achieved first-class grades, and became one of the social elites of Qingping Division, was actually so good that he was not worth mentioning! ?
Wang Luo said: "The realm is barely visible, but the actual combat ability is about zero. Golden elixirs of this level were often found in the furnace cauldrons of demon cultivators' lairs or in human corrals."

Shi Yue's voice was slightly dry: "Every patrol Qingyi must undergo a full set of practical training before joining the job. Their combat power is already much higher than that of ordinary people."

Wang Luo said: "So it would be impolite for me to say some of the words that follow."

"...I lost."

The mountain guarding girl who had been impolitely alluded to could not help but sigh: "When I was in elementary school, I once heard the teacher who taught history say that the monks in the classical era were all skilled in combat skills, and their actual combat capabilities in the same realm were far from modern ones. Practitioners can't compare, even if the latter has a cultivation system and magic weapons and elixirs that far exceed those of ancient times. At that time, there were still many students who were unconvinced and argued with their teachers... It seems that we were naive."

Wang Luo nodded.

If modern practitioners are only at the level he saw in Rongcheng, then there is really no comparison between the two sides.

In fact, this is the place where Wang Luo felt the biggest difference from the past after walking down Lingshan Mountain and entering the new world.

The practitioners in the new world seem to have all been delicately castrated.Not to mention that the upper limit of the realm is locked in Nascent Soul, just in terms of the realm of foundation building and golden elixir, although the cultivation realm is not false, firstly, it cannot breathe out spiritual energy, and can only rely on spiritual food to nourish; secondly, Most people are like herbivores with no fighting experience.

At that time, Li Dongyang was defeated by Wang Luo's words and used the golden seal in green clothes. The power of the magic weapon enveloped the entire shop in an instant.It is true that Li Dongyang was only targeting Wang Luo alone, but according to common sense, when a practitioner faces such a murderous weapon, even if it is just based on instinctive reaction, he should quickly hold up the amulet and activate the escape method to avoid disaster.

As a result, the diners were only scared and angry without any response.

This reaction proves that not only have they not experienced any actual combat, they have not even received basic combat training.In the old Immortal Calendar era, even the most independent sects were bound to conduct practical desensitization training for newcomers.

When the fist comes, at least don't close your eyes tightly and freeze.Even if you encounter a strong enemy and are almost dead, you will bite the flesh and blood from the enemy before death.

This custom in the old days originated from the cruel environment at that time.Compared with the needs of practitioners who all want to achieve enlightenment and ascend, the resources that Jiuzhou Continent can provide are obviously seriously insufficient.After all, a Mahayana monk's daily breathing is enough to drain a middle-grade spiritual vein.To forge an immortal-level treasure, it is easy to require dozens of rare treasures that will last for thousands of years.And when demand exceeds supply, everyone has to rely on their own abilities.

As soon as any natural treasure comes out, hundreds or even thousands of interested people will gather. If you are lucky, you can negotiate and distribute the income. If you are unlucky, you can only have a chicken-eating contest as the senior sister said.

As for saying, don’t ask for natural resources and earthly treasures, but just want to be rich and content, is that okay?It is indeed feasible to a certain extent. You can join a famous sect, act as a tool of the sect under the protection of a group of old monsters, practice and work step by step, and finally exhaust your life at different times according to your qualifications, and die with a smile...

This is indeed the ideal of many practitioners. After all, ascension is too elusive, and it is rare to live a good life now.However, although Kyushu is large, there are only so many well-known and decent families, and the stable jobs it can provide are actually rarer than those talents and treasures that appear suddenly from time to time.Therefore, the competition for these positions will naturally only become more intense.

Even the Taiqing Sect, which is famous for its benevolence, always cleans out the corpses of double-digit cultivators every time it recruits disciples at the Immortal Ascension Ceremony.So how about avoiding these popular resources and finding a paradise with beautiful mountains and clear waters, farming and breathing, and seeking comfort?

Of course it is possible in theory, but most of the popular Utopias are owned by owners. Lands without owners basically have flaws, either due to bad Feng Shui or lack of resources. Living in such a flawed place for a lifetime may be a waste. If you can't overcome the hurdle of building a foundation... then you might as well go to the mortal world and become a rich man.What's more, even a remote Taoyuan may not be immune to war and disputes - Wang Luo has a special say in this.

Such a cruel jungle environment naturally requires everyone to be a hunter. Even if the environment is as beautiful as a spiritual mountain, actual combat training is an indispensable part.

In more than [-] years of history, many Lingshan people have died unexpectedly.

Those cultivators who can survive in such an environment can certainly compete with each other.

But on the other hand, Wang Luo doesn't think the actual weakness of modern practitioners is a big problem, because although the individual combat power is not good, there are enough modern practitioners!A dog food restaurant in a slum area can be packed with dozens of foundations. Considering modern spiritual practice, it often only takes ten years from entrainment to foundation building. This is more productive than the notorious Blood Demon Sect's human corral!While he was eating, he briefly inquired with Shi Yue that Rong City had a permanent population of 300 million, of which there were tens of millions who met the foundation construction standards!

Tens of millions of foundations were built. Even if every inch of land in Kyushu was dug up, it would not be possible to dig out so many foundations.Nowadays, the old capital of a country is higher than all the nine states in the past, and while building the foundation with tens of millions of dollars, there are also more than 200 million golden elixirs...

More than 200 million. When he heard this number, Wang Luo was even more shocked than tens of millions of foundations.Because firstly, this means that the elixir condensation rate in the new era can reach more than 200%, which is five times that of the old era; secondly, an old capital only has [-] million golden elixirs, so how much does it add up to the whole country?How many are there in the whole world?Even if they are all food-based golden elixirs such as stoves and human and animal products, quantitative changes will definitely lead to qualitative changes.

This kind of qualitative change certainly does not mean that if you have millions of golden elixirs, you can use the human sea tactic to fill everything. Seriously, let alone millions of golden elixirs, even if you encounter tens of millions of golden elixirs, you will die when you encounter a true land immortal like Song Yijing. Mountains of corpses and seas of blood.

However, Rongcheng's tens of millions of foundations and millions of golden elixirs supported Rongcheng, which was more prosperous than heaven.

And ten Song Dynasty mirrors cannot design the magnificent scenery of Rongcheng.

In addition, Li Dongyang's golden seal just now is indeed an insult to the realm of Jindan, and it is even more disrespectful to Qingpingsi's prestige. However, there are as many as [-] of these braided Qingyi in Rongcheng... Not all of them may have Li Dongyang's ability, but they definitely All have gold seals as standard.It is said that if you encounter trouble, you can apply for more powerful magic weapons.Wang Luo thought that it would be easy to pick up one or two gold seals with bare hands, but if there were too many, it would really be difficult for him, who was seriously injured.

So in this new world, personal strength, especially personal force, is actually not important.In fact, it didn't matter even if he couldn't accept Li Dongyang's golden seal before. The golden seal only had a suppressive effect and had little actual killing power. Even if he was suppressed and Li Dongyang's heart was broken, he would still win this battle.

While deep in thought, Wang Luo heard Shi Yue start asking curious questions again.

"Lord Mountain Master, how did you break Li Dongyang's Taoist heart? I know that your ancient monks have amazing combat power and have established foundations and cultivation levels. It's easy to kill a modern golden elixir. But with strong force, can you break a human Taoist heart?"

Wang Luo heard this and shook his head with a smile: "Of course not. A Taoist heart that can be broken by force is not worthy of being a Taoist heart. In the old days, even the true immortals of the land in the Mahayana period would never be able to break a Qi-inducing heart with brute force. A child’s Taoist heart.”

The so-called Taoist heart is the most tenacious and unyielding and incredible thing in the world.

A practitioner's pursuit of the Tao is a long, difficult road full of failures, with almost no end in sight.Even if the conditions are as favorable as those of Lingshan people, only a few people can eventually ascend to the fairy world, and most people can only regretfully die before reaching the end.

To adhere to such a path, practitioners need to explain two questions: why I practice; and what is the path of my practice.

Only by being able to clearly tell yourself the answers to these two questions can you stick to your Taoist heart despite the erosion of hundreds of years.

Therefore, to understand it simply, the combination of these two questions, "Why do we practice" and "What is we practice for", is the so-called Tao mind.With Taoist mind, practitioners can often surpass their own limits and achieve success in practice.

And the broken Taoist heart means that the answer the practitioner prepared for himself has been ruthlessly slapped in the face.

For example, some people practice cultivation to protect their mortal motherland. They do not seek immortality or ascension, but only seek peace and prosperity for the country and the people.However, a few years later, the domestic politics were turbulent, the people's hearts were overturned, the royal family's orthodoxy was overthrown, and the practitioners who protected the old order were reviled by the people as national traitors... At this time, there is a high probability that the practitioners' Taoist hearts will be broken.

For another example, some people practice cultivation in order to stay together forever with their Taoist companions. However, their Taoist companions are just bitches raised by a certain great monk. Love stories, marriage relationships, and even biological children are just the master’s task... Discovered When the truth comes out, Tao Xin is basically hopeless.

The consequences of a broken Tao heart are also very simple: everything gained through the Tao heart will be lost due to a broken Tao heart.

Because of adhering to the Tao heart, practitioners can persist in breathing spiritual energy and accumulating true energy for hundreds of years. Then when the Tao heart is broken, the true essence condensed by the Tao heart will naturally disperse.The magical powers achieved due to true energy naturally no longer exist.In addition, the broken Taoist heart is often accompanied by the disintegration of the three views, and the three views are closely related to the soul. Therefore, if the Taoist heart is broken, the soul will most likely be severely damaged.

And Li Dongyang...

"Since it wasn't force, how did the mountain master break Li Dongyang's Taoist heart?"

Wang Luo pondered for a moment and said: "Perhaps because I exposed his abuse of power for personal gain, he felt that he couldn't bear to wear official clothes, so his Taoist heart was broken."

Shi Yue blinked: "Mountain Master, are you serious?"

"seriously."

"But that doesn't make sense!" Shi Yue protested. "There are countless people like Li Dongyang who abuse their power for personal gain. There are hundreds of thousands of bureaucrats dismissed and investigated by the Golden Deer Office every year. Many of them have committed heinous crimes and even directly I was struck by thunder from the sky by the Thunder Master of the Golden Deer Hall! But I’ve only heard of those who refused to repent, but I’ve never heard of how many people had their Taoist hearts broken because of this!”

"Maybe it's because they didn't meet me."

Shi Yue's protest came to an abrupt end, and after a long time he clasped his fists and bowed his head: "...I lost."

And with Shi Yue admitting defeat countless times, the two finally reached the end of the trip.

After passing the bustling commercial street, we went deep into a winding and narrow alley. After walking for a while, our vision suddenly opened up, revealing a spacious small square.

On one side of the square is an old, simple but neat and elegant courtyard.

There are gray bricks, brown tiles, and a maroon wooden door with a black gilded plaque. Although the word "Shifu" is mottled, it is still neat and powerful, and it still retains its charm.

The girl in red's mood reached its highest point today at this moment.

"Lord Mountain Master, we are home!"

(End of this chapter)