Nowadays, the entire Jinyang Empire is in panic. Although the major immortal families are resisting the beast tide in the north, many magic beasts still inevitably come in. It is difficult for the mountain monks to deal with these magic beasts, let alone ordinary people. In addition,
Once ordinary people are caught by monsters, they will be directly demonized. The strength and speed of the demonized people are far superior to ordinary people, so even if the Jinyang Empire sends troops to resist, they will be defeated steadily in the face of these monsters.
So along the way, everything I saw was tragic.
But no matter what, everyone can finally breathe a sigh of relief during this period, and can calm down and think about some things and practice. Especially Li Mingyue, things happened one by one during this period, with almost no pause.
Many times, I don’t even have time to react. Now that I think about it, it feels like a big scene.
It was precisely because of these things that Li Mingyue felt for the first time that she was so small and insignificant. Especially after knowing the existences in Zhu Kang's mouth, she felt an unprecedented confusion and even fear.
At this moment, Li Mingyue finally released all the energy of the green snake, and then carefully observed the condition of the spiritual veins. If there were any problems, he strengthened and repaired them until the true energy traveled around the body for a week and returned to the sea of energy.
Open your eyes.
There was silence all around, accompanied by the low chirping of insects. Zhu Kang and others were sitting on the ground, communicating and comprehending the world. Wang Su was also practicing. When it came to diligence, this woman was not inferior to Li Mingyue at all, and was even more so.
Li Mingyue took a look at the sky and saw that it would still be a while before dawn, so she continued to close her eyes, and once again drove her zhenqi to circulate around her body for a whole day, checking for leaks and filling in the gaps. After confirming that there were no problems, the rising sun had already climbed to the treetops.
Li Mingyue opened her eyes again. Everyone was waiting, but Wang Su seemed to still be comprehending.
Li Mingyue looked at her, frowned and asked, "Are you preparing for a breakthrough?"
Zhu Kang also looked at Wang Su, nodded and said, "It seems so."
He then added: "If you successfully enter the Earth Element Realm, you will have passed another threshold, and you will at least have the chance to become a Junior Grandmaster."
Li Mingyue asked casually: "How do you say it?"
Zhu Kang explained: "The further the realm goes, the harder it is to improve, so there is a saying of before and after. Take the Guiyuan realm as an example. Below the Diyuan realm belongs to the early stage, and after the Diyuan realm belongs to the later stage. The difference is,
But it's a huge difference. Generally speaking, as long as the young master can enter the Earth Element Realm, there won't be much problem, unless something unexpected happens when dealing with the thunder tribulation."
Li Mingyue frowned and said: "What about the so-called powerlessness period?"
Zhu Kang said with a smile: "The so-called powerlessness period in the Guiyuan Realm is only for swordsmen and martial arts monks, because the Guiyuan Realm is a realm that pays attention to magic. The more magic you master, the more you can do in this realm."
The more skillful one becomes, on the contrary, if there is no magic, the gap will be widened. Since martial arts and sword cultivation are all about skills, they will naturally not be as good as other monks in the Guiyuan realm. Of course, there are no absolutes, after all, skills
After all, the Dharma is just a partial approach and has little to do with what you cultivate."
Li Mingyue frowned, and after thinking for a while, she asked: "You mean, the so-called powerlessness has to do with strength, and has nothing to do with the practice itself?"
Zhu Kang shook his head and said: "Of course it is related, but it involves one's own understanding of practice, and the impact naturally varies from person to person. Other monks focus on skills, and some say it is about cultivating the mind, so it is naturally more important in the Guiyuan realm.
However, people in swordsmanship and martial arts focus on strength, and they will feel powerless when they reach the Guiyuan realm. This is like crossing a river. Although they are all by boat, the mood of those who can swim and those who can't is definitely different.
Same."
Li Mingyue nodded and said, "Understood."
Zhu Kang said with a smile: "Actually, I don't agree with this statement. Why don't people in swordsmanship and martial arts cultivate their minds? How come practicing magic is related to cultivating the mind? Although the understanding of magic and
It is true that the performance requires communication between heaven and earth, but this only means that these people are more in tune with heaven and earth."
He continued: "But practice itself is to go against heaven, but now it has to adapt to the changes of heaven and earth. Isn't this contradictory?"
Li Mingyue was suddenly startled, because when he was in Tianshui Temple, he had to comply with those sword energies, and only then could he subdue those sword energies. At that time, Li Mingyue thought that he had extraordinary understanding, but now after listening to what Zhu Kang said, he couldn't help but
Some worries.
Cultivation goes against heaven. If it conforms to the great way of heaven and earth, it goes against the original intention of practice. This is indeed self-contradictory.
Li Mingyue fell into thinking. If he had forcibly tamed those sword energies, it would have been impossible, so he chose a completely opposite method. In fact, it is indeed feasible to adapt to the changes in those sword energies, and so far, Li Mingyue has not
I don't think there's anything wrong. At least now he can control those sword energies as he pleases without suffering any backlash.
But then I thought about it, as Zhu Kang said, practice is something that goes against nature. It is to get rid of the laws of nature, to get rid of birth, old age, illness and death, so as to achieve the great realm of heaven and earth, and the sun and moon shining together. It is precisely because of practice
It goes against heaven, so if you want to enter the realm of a minor master, you must go through a heavenly tribulation.
Thunder tribulation is the rule of heaven and earth, so if you follow the rules of heaven and earth, wouldn't it be much easier when facing thunder tribulation?
Li Mingyue directly expressed this doubt.
After Zhu Kang listened, he nodded with a smile and said: "Uncle Junior is right. Following the rules of heaven will indeed make it much easier to deal with thunder tribulations, because for this kind of people, the so-called thunder tribulations are actually more
It's like a test, but for sword cultivators and martial arts practitioners, thunder tribulation is equivalent to an obstacle, which is why many sword cultivators and martial arts practitioners choose to change to other ways of practice."
He smiled slightly and continued: "This is human nature. There are easier and easier options, so why choose the more difficult and painful one? But following the way of heaven may temporarily gain convenience, but how far will it go in the end?
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Li Mingyue was stunned.
Zhu Kang continued: "Disciples don't know what people in the martial arts are like, but as a sword cultivator, the purpose of practice itself is to defeat all laws with one sword. It is to stand at the pinnacle of the true swordsmanship and is not bound by the rules of heaven and earth. If you follow the way of heaven and earth,
, how can we reach the top?"
Li Mingyue frowned and said: "It is indeed different from the purpose of Confucianism."
Zhu Kang just smiled and said nothing. Of course he knew the relationship between this young uncle and Confucianism, and after all, he didn't understand Confucianism, so he would not judge himself.
The spiritual practice he knows may not necessarily be equally suitable for this young uncle. Similarly, he does not think that the tenets of Confucianism are wrong. After all, Confucianism has also produced many saints. Although he is now a great master,
After all, he is just a grand master.
There seems to be only one realm between the Grand Master and the Saint, but only the powerful Grand Master can truly understand the difference in this realm.
He has that kind of mentality, the mentality of ignoring the rules of heaven, but he will not deny the tenets of other schools, especially those of the saints.
After Li Mingyue thought for a while, she asked: "What you mentioned last time, the heaven, the human world, the ghost world, and what other sage islands and Benlei Mountains are there, can you tell me more?"
Zhu Kang was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said: "Disciples like Benlei Mountain and Flame Valley don't know much and dare not mislead my junior uncle. However, you can talk to your junior uncle about the so-called Three Realms. After all, this is not a secret, and
There are also records in the three religions.”
Li Mingyue nodded and said: "I also want to hear about the Three Realms."
Zhu Kang explained: "As most people know, the heaven is where the immortals live. Because the immortals themselves are aloof existences in the eyes of the world, the immortal world is also called the upper world, and the human world is naturally where we are.
The ghost world is the opposite of the fairy world. It is the place where people’s souls return after death. Because people are buried in the earth after death, it is also called the lower world, which of course also means low.”
Li Mingyue nodded and said: "I know this, so I also know that it must not be that simple."
Zhu Kang nodded and said: "This is what ordinary people say, and it is also the cognition of ordinary people. In fact, the real situation is not like this. The most authoritative statement is the three types compiled by the three religions. Among them, Confucianism believes that the three worlds are
Because of the difference in space, it is divided into heaven, earth and water. The heaven is also called the glazed realm. Taoists believe that it is due to the difference in time, so they divide it into the real world, the Wuji world and the Taiji world, which are related to each other.
It constitutes reincarnation and is endless. Buddhism believes that it is the difference in inner emotions, so it is called the form realm, the colorless realm, and the desire realm, which derives from the six realms, and there are also three realms and six realms."
Li Mingyue thought in her mind, and then asked: "Then if you want to go to heaven, can you only ascend?"
Zhu Kang shook his head and said: "Not necessarily. You can also forcefully open the Heavenly Gate. For example, going to the ghost world can be achieved through some secret techniques."
Li Mingyue seemed to have caught something and suddenly asked: "Are all the dead people in the ghost world? Can I enter the ghost world through some methods to find them?"
Zhu Kang was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said: "This disciple doesn't know that there are too many things involved in this. Confucian saints don't talk about ghosts and gods, but they also have the theory of the three realms. Even Taoists try their best to advise their disciples not to join evil spirits and heretics.
, Buddhism is even more afraid of cause and effect, and does not mention a word about it."
Li Mingyue was stunned.
Zhu Kang continued: "People in the Three Realms are very secretive about this. Our Sword Sect only believes in the sword in our hands, so..."
Li Mingyue nodded and said, "I understand."
After speaking, he let out a long breath. It seemed that many things were far from being as simple as he thought, especially matters involving life and death. In other words, regarding the matter of resurrecting his mother, it was simply not something he could do now.