Gu Shuo smiled noncommittally: "But when I had a fierce fight with Bai Zhanchuan before, the monks of the Taiqing Sect all watched honestly and did not attack me with swords like they do now. Bai Zhanchuan was being attacked by me
He fell to the ground and resigned himself to waiting for death, not daring to say a word to me loudly.
But look now!
Just because of what you said just now, you pushed me to the position of a hero of the human race, and promoted me to a position where I can be a good person with a broad mind for the sake of the human race..."
"I'm not flattering you..."
Gu Shuo waved his hand: "Look, once they change their views on me, it's because I am a good person with a broad mind and a hero for the human race.
How could a good man, a hero, kill other people?
Even if that human race is my enemy, the enemy who killed my fellow senior sister and hunted me for more than half a year. I should let him go with a broad mind. So..."
He lowered his head and glanced at Bai Zhanchuan, who was stepped on by him: "He dared to speak loudly to me because he thought I was a hero of the human race. A hero, as long as he surrendered in front of me and expressed his determination to fight for the human race.
, I should let him go. And the monks from the Taiqing Sect dared to use their swords against me.
Because I am a hero!
He is a good person!
They didn't think that I would kill them just because they pointed their swords at me. Then they were panicked before and their attitude towards me was one of fear.
But what now?
They thought I was a good person and a hero, how could I kill their sect leader in front of them? They thought I went too far.
Their current mentality not only requires me to let Bai Zhanchuan go, but also requires me to give them an explanation. Explain how I could bully them to their doorstep like this?
You see, they have such a mentality, if they encounter an opportunity to kill me in the future, do you think they will kill me?"
Shi Kaitian's expression couldn't help but stagnate.
"They will definitely do it, because they feel that even if they can't kill me, they can still expect me, a hero, to speak to them about the justice of the human race. When the time comes, as long as they admit their mistake, I will let them go.
Then they spread this mentality to anyone and anything. Do you think this is really a good thing? Is it really beneficial to the human race?
I don’t know if it’s good for the human race, but I know it’s not good for me.
Just like the Baizhan River at my feet, and those Taiqing monks, when they found out that I was a hero, they suddenly were no longer afraid of me. Then they dared to use their swords against me.
It's a pity that they got it wrong. I'm not a hero, and I never wanted to be one.
In other words, their concept of a hero is not my concept of a hero.
Sect Master Shi, you have never experienced the era of spiritual energy exhaustion, so when the era of strength exhaustion comes, your heart is confused. You just said that I am not like me now. I also want to say to you now, you now,
You are no longer like the old you."
Shi Kaitian's expression became solemn, his eyes flashed rapidly, and finally a complicated look appeared on his face:
"I... was wrong... my heart... was indeed messed up!"
A smile appeared on Gu Shuo's face, and the hostility in his heart was relieved a lot. He knew that the spiritual energy dried up too quickly, making those who had never experienced a world without spiritual energy become panicked and unconfident.
Becoming at a loss, even the great monks who have overcome the tribulation are like this. Maybe in a few decades, they will slowly adapt, but by that time, can the human race still clean up this mess?
able!
But the human race needs to pay a heavy price, even a price that it cannot afford.
But now that Shi Kaitian can wake up, it's not too late. There is still hope for the human race.
"boom!"
Bai Zhanchuan raised a hand and grabbed Gu Shuo's ankle. His heart began to panic and frightened. He knew in his heart that even if Gu Shuo let him go, he would not let go of his hatred for Gu Shuo.
He and Gu Shuo are mortal enemies.
But now he doesn't want to die. As long as he doesn't die, he still has a chance for revenge. He grabbed Gu Shuo's ankle tightly and begged:
"Gu Shuo, let me do my part for the human race..."
"boom!"
Gu Shuo's foot stepped on his head suddenly and forcefully, crushing Bai Zhanchuan's head with a bang. Brains and blood burst out. Those Taiqing Sect monks were so excited that they unknowingly lowered their swords.
, with a look of fear in his eyes.
I no longer dare to face Gu Shuo with swords in my heart.
A trace of surprise also flashed in the eyes of Shi Kaitian and Yang Zhentian. After Gu Shuo's words, they already knew in their hearts that Gu Shuo would not let Bai Zhanchuan go, but they did not expect that Gu Shuo would be so straightforward.
"He is a ruthless person!" Shi Kaitian suddenly understood in his heart. In this era of spiritual energy exhaustion, Gu Shuo's strength is no longer weaker than his own. He is a person who stands on the same level as himself.
I used to think of Gu Shuo as a junior, which was a mistake in itself.
Gu Shuo raised his head and looked towards the night sky. Everyone on the ground did the same. He saw birds circling in the sky, and then swooping down. Then a graceful figure fell down.
Ye Qing!
Ye Qing's eyes fell on the headless corpse...
The next day, monks came one by one. The Taiqing Sect monks had already returned to the sect. Bai Zhanchuan was dead. They needed to elect a new sect leader. They had no time and no mood to stay here. And neither did Gu Shuo.
After leaving, these monks heard that the Northland had entered a peaceful era. They all gathered around to ask Gu Shuo, and Gu Shuo also answered them one by one. Soon, not only the Tianxuan Tribulation came, but also some came.
Holy monks. In fact, there are still monks on their way here. But these people don't want to wait any longer. They want to follow Gu Shuo to the north to see.
Let’s see if the North has really entered an era of peace, and also see how the North operates.
Of course, Gu Shuo would not refuse. Dozens of great monks each took their birds, soared into the sky, and flew towards the north.
These people's flying speed was not as fast as Xiao Bing's, so it took them about half a year to arrive in the North. Gu Shuo took them around the North and conducted field inspections. When these people saw the true situation in the North, each of them had a look in their eyes.
Envy and determination. After a year of research in the Northland, these monks left.
Gu Shuo knew that after this separation, they might never see each other again.
There was some desolation in my heart. I looked up at the long white clouds and sighed quietly.
"Can I, with my longevity, wait until the day when my spiritual energy recovers?"
One month after sending away Shi Kaitian and others, Gu Shuo disappeared. Before disappearing, he handed over the right to control the North to Bei Xueling. Then he left the Qingyun Sect.
He walked aimlessly through mountains, rivers, plains, grasslands, jungles, ice fields...
It is impossible to understand the way of heaven. Gu Shuo worked hard for the first three months, and he would understand the way of heaven every day at dawn and dusk. Later, he worked hard to understand the way of heaven throughout the day.
But he realized a loneliness.
It is impossible to comprehend even a hint of the way of heaven.
This day.
He sat on a rock on the bank of Taotaolong River, looking at the rapid white waves, but his heart felt peaceful. He was thinking about his future direction.
The difficulty in this direction is that there is no time line, because we don’t know when the spiritual energy will be revived, in the next ten years, a hundred years, a thousand years, or not at all.
This timeline must be determined, otherwise all plans will be basically empty.
In the end, he decided to set the timeline as if the spiritual energy could not be revived, and he would determine the direction of his cultivation as if the spiritual energy could not be revived.
So how to practice?
In an era when spiritual energy is exhausted, it is impossible to cultivate the true body...
In fact, it's not that you can't cultivate your body's toughness, but that in this era of depleted spiritual energy, you have no way to cultivate spiritual power. People born in this era can no longer think about how to open up the meridians and open up the Dantian. Because of the feeling
There is no Qi, there is no spiritual energy for you to feel, and you still try to bring Qi into your body. If you don’t introduce Qi into your body, how do you open up your meridians and open up your Dantian?
Therefore, in the future, the serious way of cultivation will be to cultivate the original body.
This is the path of mortals, but it is of no use to Gu Shuo. In this era of depleted spiritual energy, no one will be able to cultivate the tenacity of the body to the level of Gu Shuo, let alone overcome the tribulation.
The physical toughness of the Golden Core Stage may no longer exist.
It is impossible to cultivate the body, let alone spiritual power. As for the soul, there is no need to think about it.
Then what other direction of cultivation is there?
Gu Shuo pondered, and his heart moved.
Seventy-one of the seventy-two charms he released before have returned, leaving only one charm that has not returned. And those seventy-one charms have come back a long time ago. The last charm also came back five years ago.
In other words, the only remaining piece of Shen Yun has not returned in the past five years. But he can still sense the existence of that Shen Yun. He just doesn't know where it is.
When he thinks of Shen Yun, he is not thinking about that piece of Shen Yun, but thinking about the seventy-one pieces of Shen Yun that came back. The seventy-one pieces of Shen Yun that came back this time brought him various understandings from all aspects. Because these seventy-one pieces of Shen Yun came back.
Shen Yun comes from different hosts, including humans, demons, beasts, mountains and rivers, plants, trees and minerals, and so on.
These avenues were all absorbed by Shen Yun before the spiritual energy was exhausted, and they are all contained in Shen Yun now. But they are of no help to the current Yuanshen. If this were before the spiritual energy was exhausted, these Shen Yun would have been understood by Gu Shuo
, becoming the seed of a black hole, absorbing the great avenues of heaven and earth, tempering the charm, and allowing Gu Shuo to break through and overcome the tribulation. But it cannot be done now.
Now there are no great avenues of heaven and earth. These great avenues can only be contained in the charm and cannot refine his soul.
However, this does not mean that these charms cannot be understood. It is just that the effects caused by understanding are in different directions.
Refine your heart!
At this moment, Gu Shuo had an idea in his heart.
He had a realization.
False and true!
He sat on the rock and thought seriously. His eyes became holey and his whole temperament became extremely reserved.
There was a realization in his heart.
In the era before the spiritual energy was exhausted, all cultivators, including myself, actually practiced in the real direction.
Because the results of cultivation can be seen and touched.
Cultivation of body toughness, such a big person sitting here, can of course be seen and touched. Every progress can be actually tested. For example, if you chop yourself with a knife, you will know your body toughness.
To what extent.
This is reality.
Speaking of spiritual power cultivation, monks can release spiritual power outside the body, making it visible and tangible.
This is also true.
The last item is the Yuan Shen. The Yuan Shen can leave the body. Do you think it can be seen or touched?
At this time, Gu Shuo suddenly realized that cultivation is not imaginary, but real.
But apart from these real practices, before the spiritual energy is exhausted, is there nothing invisible or intangible?
have!
state of mind!
The state of mind is a very mysterious thing, and Gu Shuo still hasn't figured it out yet, just because you can't see or touch the state of mind.
This is virtual!
Virtuality corresponding to reality.
He never denied the existence of the void.
Existence and non-existence arise from each other, difficulty and ease complement each other, long and short complement each other, high and low are inclining to each other, sounds harmonize with each other, and front and rear follow each other. Ancient Shuo believed that virtuality and reality correspond to each other.
Without virtuality, there can be no reality.
Although the state of mind cannot be seen or touched, it can be felt.
For example, as your state of mind improves, you will be able to remain calm when encountering changes, your performance will be more stable when fighting, your mind will be as clear as ice during retreat, and so on.
Regarding the state of mind, Gu Shuo can only understand it at this level now.
But is this state of mind worthy of Gu Shuo's current state of cultivation?
Gu Shuo felt unworthy!
In the past, he was obsessed with strength, that is, real combat power, which made him ignore his state of mind. Now that he thinks about it carefully, is his state of mind only of this level and depth?
Isn’t there a higher level?
Gu Shuo thinks there must be.
But how to practice?
No!
have no idea!
OK, this is the direction of Gu Shuo's future research, the direction of research in this era of spiritual energy exhaustion.
So, think about it now.
Is there any way or means that you can point yourself in the direction of?
Throw away the physical training, spiritual power, and soul, what is left?
In this era of depleted spiritual energy, what else can we practice?
have!
At least there is one.
Martial arts!
Gu Shuo thought about it again, martial arts should be regarded as an external object in this era of depleted spiritual energy. This is a kind of cultivation from the outside to the inside, which is to cultivate the inner state of mind through the external such as martial arts.
Because the martial arts he mastered, or in other words, the monks of his generation who existed before the spiritual energy dried up, all the martial arts they learned had mysteries.
Nonsense, if there is no secret, how can you cultivate martial arts into Taoism, and how can you cultivate from Taoism to supernatural powers?
In other words, in this world, the starting stage of all divine passage methods is martial skills. Every inheritance of magical powers that you take over and start practicing starts with martial skills. Therefore, every martial skill actually has its own secret.
.
But now that the spiritual energy is exhausted, even if you understand the secret, you still can't release it.
but……
Now if I practice martial arts again from the beginning and understand it with my heart, will I understand a different direction?
Over the ten thousand years of Tianxuan, all magical powers have mature directions for understanding.