Xuelin looked a little serious and said with a smile: "Speaking of faith, we have to mention gods. What do you think are gods?"
"This..." Everyone was obviously stabilized. Indeed, whenever we talk about faith, people will also think of the concept of gods.
Even the origin of the name of this divine realm is related to that ethereal existence.
But what exactly is a god has always puzzled the world.
Lang Ping pondered for a moment and said: "I have read many ancient books. Judging from the descriptions in those ancient books, gods are not false. In the era when ancient countries were prevalent, they did indeed exist. They protected a territory and protected endless people!"
"Could it be that an extremely powerful person is overly sought after by others, and the concept of a god is derived from this?" Yang Di expressed some of his own opinions.
Lang Ping's statement is somewhat general, while Yang Di believes that gods should describe extremely powerful people.
Xuelin shook her head and said, "Your understanding is not wrong, but it is still a little bit worse. In fact, if you really want to define it, the so-called gods are totems of faith, which are entities shaped by faith!"
"How do you say this?" Wei Chen couldn't help but ask.
Xuelin smiled and said: "Actually, this is not difficult to understand. In the initial stage, gods were indeed a concept deliberately fabricated by someone, or some extremely powerful people used it as a cover to deify themselves and achieve a certain purpose.
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"Why do those beings do this?" the beautiful senior sister said, secretly marveling that this girl's origins are not simple, she actually knows such secrets.
Xuelin said without thinking: "Of course it is to collect faith. In this era, faith is an illusory concept, but in the glorious period of cultivation, it was a magical secret power explored by the most accomplished cultivators. It is not only not illusory, but also real.
It exists in the invisible void and can be sensed and even controlled!"
The girl hesitated for a moment and continued: "The power of faith comes from the human soul. It can be regarded as a special kind of mental power. When a person is overly obsessed with something and has an absolutely pious attitude towards it, this special mental power will
It will spread out continuously and flow in the void space."
"What a mysterious feeling." Xu Bai was also fascinated by what he heard.
Xuelin glanced at everyone, then smiled and said: "The peak beings who were the first to comprehend this secret power originally simply wanted to sublimate and perfect themselves by collecting this secret power so that they could transcend the flying immortals as soon as possible, but gradually they discovered that
, This won’t work. The power of faith can make a person extremely powerful and control the means of reaching the sky and the earth, but there is still a big gap between becoming a flying fairy."
"So later on, those peak beings gave up this idea?" Yang Di asked.
"It's not like giving up completely!" The girl shook her head, "It's just that they changed some ideas. They tasted the sweetness of the secret power of faith, so they became greedy for this power that can be continuously expanded, and tried every means to collect it.
In the process, the mysterious and unpredictable secret power of faith made these peak beings find a unique path, possessing quite miraculous abilities. As a result, they really became gods. From that time on, gods became a certain path in the way of cultivation.
An astonishing height on the fork in the road!"
Yang Di felt a little shocked, but he was confused and couldn't help asking: "But what does this have to do with the king and the emperor?"
"Of course it is very involved!" Xuelin nodded and smiled: "After understanding the mysteries of faith, this special secret power can actually be delegated step by step and handed over to some people who do not have the ability to collect faith to control it to a certain extent.
In the concept of the ancient country, emperors and kings must be powerful figures who can control the power of faith, otherwise they are not worthy of standing at that height."
"So that's it!" Everyone was dumbfounded. It turned out that there were so many inside stories. No wonder the girl just now distinguished the real king and the fake king so clearly.
From this point of view, there is indeed a huge difference.
Xuelin explained: "Actually, a god is not necessarily a person, but may also be an organization, a group of people who deify and guide the world in the direction of belief, or a thing, or even just an illusory legend, and those who started it,
There must be a way to share the power of faith from the illusory divine body!"
Even in ancient times, it was not easy to simply understand the mysteries of faith and stand at a level where you could become a totem and collect faith, even if you were an enlightened person.
Relatively speaking, it is much easier to understand part of the mysteries of faith, create a fictional god, use various means to make it a god, and share the power of faith.
In fact, most of the ancient countries in the past did this. After all, although the top leaders of all ancient countries are regarded as emperors, there is still a big difference between the emperors in the realm of cultivation and the emperors in ancient countries.
The emperor in the field of cultivation is a state, at least on par with the saints, while the emperor in the ancient country is more of a status. When talents wither, people with insufficient strength will also be promoted to high positions.
In fact, throughout the entire history of cultivation, there are only a handful of true imperial figures, only a few.
Although most of the emperors of ancient countries were extremely powerful, they were still far behind the emperor. They themselves were not enough to become totems of faith, so they could only adopt a curved strategy and try to create a god.
"Basically, gods are an important cornerstone of the ancient country. Only with an existence like a common believer can the ancient country continue to be passed down." Xuelin sighed softly: "And those emperors and kings of the ancient country, if they themselves cannot share this
Such power is not much different from ordinary cultivation inheritance, and it is difficult to control endless people and territories for a long time."
Gods and ancient countries have played an important role in the long history of cultivation, but in this era, few people know these inside stories.
"Miss Xuelin, based on your knowledge, can you judge whether the ancient monuments in this mountain range come from a real king or an ordinary king?" Lang Ping said with great interest. Not only him, but everyone was very interested.
Pay attention to this issue.
Xuelin nuzzled her nose and said casually: "It has been covered in dust for a long time, and it is impossible to judge from the surface. But if it is the true king, there must be statues of gods enshrined in the monuments, and there may even be relics from the level of gods. Those
They are all amazing treasures!”
Everyone swallowed their saliva. Although the real gods were different from the gods understood by secular people, the things related to them were still fascinating.
Yang Di's eyes narrowed slightly, and he asked via voice: "Gu Liang, where is your picture of the gods? Is it a relic of the gods?"
"Hehe! It's not simple. It has a lot of background. I'll tell you later." Xuelin smiled slyly and let it go.
In fact, Gu Liang herself didn’t know much about the spirit map. She only knew that the person cared about this thing very much...
Early the next morning, before dawn, everyone was woken up and quickly entered a state of preparation for war.
Xuelin sensed the presence of a stranger. After discussing with Yang Di, Lang Ping and everyone hid among the nearby rocks.
After a while, someone really came, but what made Yang Di happy was that it was not the eldest prince of the demon clan or the old monster from the demon world, but seemed to be another team of explorers.
"How could anyone find this place? Could it be that we leaked the news?" the beautiful senior sister next to Lang Ping asked in surprise.
This senior sister's name is Su Su, and she comes from the Baishui Tribe, which is also a large cultivating tribe, and its background is slightly inferior to the Ironwood Tribe.
The glazed lamp was actually hers. Later, she invited her friend Lang Ping to investigate. Lang Ping met many strange people and finally successfully found this place.
Lang Ping glanced at her and sighed: "A few of my friends said that this object appeared at a big auction in the past, but it was said that there was more than that, and there might be other related clues missing.
Outside."
Senior Sister Su Su nodded and said: "I have also heard my father say this. It seems that we have a competitor now."
The group was large in size, and there were quite a few older disciples among them, which made everyone feel pressured.
However, after those people arrived, they did not act rashly. They were obviously a little wary of the strange environment around the mountains.
At first, Yang Di and others planned to wait for the group to take action first, and then they waited for an opportunity to find another path to take action.
The little fat man deduced all night last night, and he had a good grasp of this mountain range. This was their current advantage.
But as time went by, everyone began to realize that something was wrong. Following that group of people, several more groups of people came one after another.
If the appearance of one or two groups of people can be said to be a coincidence, the sudden appearance of so many people is obviously something unusual.
"It should be that some of those people accidentally obtained the antiquities, but accidentally leaked the news." Su Su sighed lightly.
She never doubted the people around her, nor did she doubt Yang Di and the five of them. After all, they only informed Yang Di and the five of them of this inside story later.
Yang Di hesitated for a moment, then stretched out his hand towards the other party and said, "Senior Sister Susu, can you let me take a look at that glazed lamp again?"
"Okay." Su Su nodded and handed over the colored glass lamp.
After Yang Di took it, he quietly activated the second stream of immortal energy in his body, and at the same time secretly performed the Nine Palaces Hexagram Technique.
Yang Di has never studied this mysterious method in depth, so he is not very proficient in it, but now, out of necessity, Yang Di reluctantly used it once.
Combining the relevant content in the Yaochi Secret Book and using the second immortal energy, he could barely give it a try.
The second immortal energy comes from a powerful Tianji user. There are still some memories of old man Tianwang left in the immortal energy. Those things help Yang Di to perform tricks in this field.
Yang Di quickly made a divination, and the little information he got made him slightly moved.
"Brother Yang, what did you find?" Senior Brother Lang Ping asked with some concern.
Yang Di shook his head and sighed: "It's a small discovery, but it doesn't seem to be of much use. We need to dig deeper. Maybe there will be a breakthrough after entering the ancient land."
Xuelin glanced at someone. For some reason, she felt that this guy was not telling the truth. Could it be that he had discovered some great opportunity and was unwilling to share it with others?