After Liu Changsheng said this, the first thought that came to my mind was: "Is Senior Duan Tian's old friend a fish, or just a bastard? How can a person live under water?"
"I discovered how you and Shen Gongxu have the same virtues. A dog cannot spit out ivory from its mouth."
Liu Changsheng raised an arm as if to slap me: "Who told you that people can't live underwater? If you don't know anything, stop talking nonsense here. If you make nonsense again, I'll slap you to death."
"Hey, oh, why are you so angry recently?"
I quickly jumped to the side and got out of the way: "In my impression, it seems that only those who are aquatic beings can live in the water, and then there are the river gods canonized by the heaven. The problem is that the location of Tianchi is outside the pass. What's the matter?
It’s a volcanic lake, but it’s not like the Yangtze and Yellow Rivers, so where does the river god come from?”
"You seem to have ignored a group of people."
These words were not spoken by Liu Changsheng, but by Duan Tian's voice.
He walked towards me leisurely from a distance: "Have you ever heard of Narcissus?"
Narcissus? I’m especially fond of rose.
I muttered something in my mind, but then I suddenly remembered something: "Narcissus? Are you talking about those guys who were born in the Kuishui elite and became conscious, transformed into adults, and then practiced Taoism?"
"No, I'm talking about those acquired Narcissus who failed to overcome the tribulation, or lost their physical bodies due to accidents, but continued to practice water-based skills with their souls and achieved enlightenment."
Duan Tian walked up to me and pointed to the surface of Tianchi Lake: "My old friend is one of them, and this time the inner demon came to find him."
When he said this, I suddenly had an impression.
The so-called narcissus is actually the same as the loose immortals. They all continue to practice with their souls after losing their bodies for some reason. Although they are no worse than real immortals in the end, there is only one thing, and it is the biggest.
The difference is that the moment they become loose immortals, they will never have the chance to become immortals.
After all, the last step to ascend to heaven is to give up the body, throw away all the mundane auras on your body, and enter the fairy world. But the problem is that you, the Sanxian, no longer have a body, and your soul has been exposed to the earth and contaminated with vulgarity, so the fairy world naturally cannot want you.
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But I still have a little question: "If I remember correctly, Sanxian needs to absorb spiritual energy all the time to keep his soul immortal, right? But over the years, Heavenly Dao has been weakening the spiritual energy that exists in the world every moment, so then
How is your old friend doing now? In other words, it is probably a little difficult for him to even keep his soul now, right?"
Duan Tian nodded: "Your idea is indeed correct. It is precisely because of this that he lives in seclusion under Tianchi to practice. You must know that this volcano is connected to the earth's veins, and there is a huge amount of Tianchi water to lock the spiritual energy in it.
Although it is difficult for him to go further, there is still no problem in maintaining the same path as before."
"Oh, then he is also trying to catch a bug in Tiandao."
"Absolutely. Fortunately, he is a Narcissus, so he can find such a paradise. If it were an ordinary loose immortal, he would have been wiped out by now."
He didn't seem to want to continue talking about this topic with me. He walked towards the water while talking: "This place is a bit steep, be careful not to slip down."
"That's not the case. Although I can't swim, I can still do it after a few splashes."
I walked slowly behind Duan Tian.
This place is indeed very rich in spiritual energy. Not only is the terrain unique, but almost all the spiritual energy in Changbai Mountain is concentrated in this pool of water. As soon as we approach the lake, we can feel the spiritual energy rising straight up and into our noses. In an instant, we feel
My whole body felt smooth.
But it’s quite scary if you think about it carefully.
You must know that such abundant spiritual energy can only support one narcissus. This is not because of how strong this narcissus is, but simply because the current spiritual energy in the world is too thin.
The situation in the Xing'an Mountains is similar. Such a huge mountain range, stretching for thousands of kilometers, can only support the main shaman family to survive, while other branches have to go to other Mingchuan mountains to survive.
Even if we don't go too far, more than 600 years ago, although the spiritual energy was far less rich than in ancient times, there were still dozens of immortal-level casual cultivators in the world at that time, even those who lived in seclusion in Kunlun, and their Taoist practices were comparable to those of immortals.
There are more than a dozen seniors.
It has only been six hundred years, and the number of people who can support immortals in the entire world is estimated to be less than ten. If another eight hundred years pass, I can't imagine how thin the spiritual energy in this world will be.
Anyway, I was frowning while thinking about it, but this detail was also noticed by Duan Tian, who was standing next to me: "Why, do you think there is something wrong with this place?"
"No, I just feel that there is something abnormal in this world."
I slowly expressed my doubts in my heart: "Don't you have to be so smart in the way of heaven? In the past, the land of the Central Plains could be said to be a place where a hundred schools of thought contended. Each sect competed for excellence and had its own special skills.
The same is true outside the territory. Let's not talk about the far ones. Let's just say that there are at least 100,000 people in the five shamanism families outside the Guan. Although Taoist practitioners like Senior Liu can't be said to be everywhere, there are at least ten or twenty people in each family.
But you see, apart from the most powerful Liu family, isn’t it true that there is only one astonishing and talented person like Senior Liu?”
Duan Tian didn't say a word, just stood there and looked at me silently.
I was not polite and continued: "And even Senior Liu is not a serious member of the Liu family, he is just the son-in-law of the Liu family, a serious person.
Let’s just say that God has to leave a chance for the creatures of time, right? You can’t be born as a human being or a demon as a demon. You have to give people a chance to change themselves, right?
Also, why does it strip off the great road and block the way for ordinary people to ascend to immortality? Why does it mean that if you are an immortal now, you have to be an immortal for the rest of your life? Immortals take turns, and can't the virtuous one take over?"
"I don't quite agree with what you said. Didn't Heaven give them a chance?"
Duan Tian retorted with a smile: "The way of heaven has not blocked them from becoming human beings. As long as they do good deeds and accumulate virtues in this life and stay safe, then when their Yang lives are exhausted and they go to the underworld, the underworld will naturally throw their souls into the pool of the past and be reincarnated as adults.
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"That avenue..."
"The same goes for becoming an immortal. As long as he accumulates virtue and does good deeds and his character is not bad, the underworld will naturally examine his life after death. If he has not done any bad things, he will naturally consider letting him stay in the underworld and become a Yin soldier.
It is possible to be promoted from a Yin soldier to a Yin warrior, from a Yin warrior to a ghost general, and finally from a ghost general to a messenger of the underworld, or even to the king of hell. Isn't this a promotion channel? Are people in the underworld not considered immortals?