"I am indeed the first to break through the ancient ranks, but I am not the first wizard to leave this world."
The teacher lowered his finger and pointed at the veins of the leaves of the regular script tree under him, and said with a smile: "——Just like you have studied at the First University for four years and did not become a registered wizard. After getting a diploma, you can leave the school... and leave the world.
There is not only one way. Some people choose to cast out their true spirits, while others choose to sneak away in body.
There are still people, like me, who insist on taking the most traditional path. At this point, Azathoth, who opened up the road to the starry sky, appears to be extremely conservative, so he failed to break through and melted into the universe... He made a similar move to him
There are not a few ancient ones who have chosen. I have just gone a little further than them."
Sounds like an understatement.
But Zheng Qing could guess how huge the difference was.
He couldn't help but ask: "How did you do it?"
This time, the husband did not give a perfunctory answer, but pondered for a moment, but in the end he still shook his head and did not give a definite answer: "To be honest, I don't know, but one day, I suddenly knew that I became... now
Think about it, there are many possibilities. For example, establishing the First University has brought me huge blessings; for example, sorting out the forbidden curse has won the favor of the world.
; Another example is that the black and yellow tree raised in the school really became the climate, or the world was about to be promoted, and I just happened to be there... Any conditions are established, but like many truly successful people,
We are also confused about the reasons for our own success and cannot agree on the reasons. Standing at the moment, it is difficult for us to have a clear enough, complete and correct understanding of ourselves."
This answer is somewhat different from what Zheng Qing expected.
"Then..." Zheng Qing was suddenly at a loss for words - even the gentleman himself was not sure how he broke through the ancient one, so how should people go about it later?
"Just because I can't see through it doesn't mean that others can't see through it later."
The husband smiled in a low voice: "——If life has taught me anything, it is that no matter how old you are, there is always room for you to continue to grow in this world. So you must be full of hope for the future... and
Awe. Just like in Sanyou Bookstore, everyone's life is like a book on the bookshelf. Every book has a time to turn to the last page. But some books end with a period, and some books end with a question mark.
, some books have an ellipsis at the end, and some books have 'stay tuned' at the end.
You are my disciple. On the first day you entered the wizarding world, you have been freed from most of the troubles in this world. But from today on, you will begin to face the future alone - the unpredictability and loss of control of the future.
This feeling will allow you to truly find the meaning of life.”
Zheng Qing naturally dislikes the feeling of "losing control".
The gentleman seemed to see the resistance in his eyes.
"Just now you asked me how I surpassed the Ancient One."
He stretched out his hand and drew a line in front of Zheng Qing, letting the line turn into a square, a circle, and a triangle, with a hint of encouragement in his tone: "——Actually, this is a method you can try. You are already
"Order", then you should explore the realm of "beyond order" and see what "chaos" feels like and what "out of control" is like
, what kind of experience will "unpredictability" bring. One of the most underestimated difficulties in life is knowing when to leave the current comfort zone and enter the next stage of life. Similarly, the road to magic is the most difficult.
It means stepping out of the known and exploring the unknown. Do you know what is most important to a wizard with superb magic power?"
"It's definitely not a spell-casting skill." Zheng Qing muttered.
"A very cunning answer." The gentleman knocked on his head. Zheng Qing covered his head, and suddenly remembered a few words that the gentleman mentioned not long ago, and related them to the novels and movies he had read, and his face suddenly felt a little...
Suddenly he said: "——Could it be will, soul, or love? Well, I mean, is it the sense of responsibility for this world?"
The gentleman glanced at him, his eyes seemed a bit playful, and then he shook his head.
"It's a rule."
He did not continue to play riddles, but directly said the final answer: "Every powerful wizard has his own rules. To use the words of the gods that are more easily accepted by people, they are rules. Rules or rules are
The content that every legend and every ancient is most concerned about.”
"Aren't rules the order? This is contrary to the 'out of control' you just mentioned!" Zheng Qing forgot about the pain on his forehead, put down his hand and frowned.
"That's the part I want to emphasize."
The teacher emphasized slightly: "Order or chaos is a choice, a path, a 'Tao', but rules are the fundamental way for you to maintain yourself on these 'paths'. Your Tao is 'order', so
Pay special attention to the subtle differences between your own way and the rules you should follow."
Zheng Qing felt numb after hearing this: "I still don't quite understand..."
The gentleman looked up at the fleeting light outside the five-colored light, then looked down at the veins on the leaves of the regular script tree, and then looked back at the young wizard: "Well, for example, let's say there are two countries, one pays attention to order, and the other pays attention to order.
One allows chaos, which is the direction of development of two different paths. But at the same time, these two countries each maintain a certain 'core' that allows them to exist as a country without being swayed by the ideas they admire.
.
Specific to the individual, a powerful wizard needs to integrate countless subtle and real wills inside and outside himself. To describe it simply and scientifically, every cell in the human body, just like every natural person in society, has its own consciousness. Ordinary wizards
He will only be in touch with his own shallow consciousness, but a true legend needs to command the entire
The consciousness of tens of trillions of cells in the body... Without rules, the collective consciousness and unconsciousness will easily swallow the self. In the words of classical wizards, it is transformation or demonization. The out-of-control legends are not only swallowed by their selves.
, will also devour the world they live in...if there are no other powerful wizards to stop it."
Zheng Qing somewhat understood the truth.
But he still didn't know how to determine the rules he should abide by.
"——The sun born in the morning dew will eventually sink among the stars born in the night dew. The dew (road, way) is no longer in the morning, but under the feet."
Perhaps because it was the last class, the teacher was particularly patient: "There is a wizard in Europe named Nietzsche. He is a bit extreme, but he has a very interesting saying - the second half of life is made up of habits, and
His habit is indeed in his
Developed in the first half of life. Some people also understand the second half of this sentence as "In the first half of life, people have dueled with these habits." Whether you are dueling with your own bad habits or developing good habits, in short, you