Yu Ji explained: “The ancestral aperture between the eyebrows is the place where one’s true spirit resides, and the true spirit is something deeper than the soul.
There is a saying about the art of cultivating immortality and immortality: practitioners are not cultivating the body or soul, but the original true spirit of human beings.
The true spirit contains cause and effect. If it is not damaged or destroyed, even if it is reincarnated for several lives, as a man or a woman, as an animal or an insect, it will eventually be able to embark on the path set during practice.
To a certain extent, this is also a kind of immortality, a destiny-based immortality.”
Wang Yue was very curious about this, "So those who cannot truly achieve physical immortality will try to achieve immortality at the true spiritual level, so that after multiple reincarnations, they can embark on the path of destiny that they have set for themselves?"
Yu Ji nodded and said: "Yes, everyone has a true spirit, but after death, a mortal's true spirit will be merged and torn apart with other people's true spirits in the land of reincarnation, so there is no self-destiny, and everything will start again.
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Only those who cultivate the immortal spirit can ensure that the true spirit will not be damaged. Even if they enter reincarnation, they will not be affected by other influences. Therefore, those who cultivate the true spirit do not care about life and death, nor about reincarnation. They only care about cause and effect."
Xu Yin is also interested in this, but the topic should not go too far at this time.
"Is the soul between Lu Bu's brows contaminated?"
Yu Ji came to his senses, nodded and said: "Yes, he should have some kind of powerful true spirit of the Shura world entrusted to him, so that he is affected by it.
I suspect that that bit of true spirit probably originated from King Shura."
Xu Yin frowned slightly, "There is only one king in the Shura world?"
It was Zuo Ci who answered him, "The Shura world is very big, and the Shura world is also very extreme. The emphasis is on the law of the jungle and the strong.
Therefore, there are countless territories, and each territory has a Shura King. Depending on the strength, different Shura Kings occupy different territories.
But they have one thing in common, the closer they are to King Shura of the Blood River, the stronger they become."
Xu Yin said: "I think those monsters can be reborn with the help of the blood river?"
"Yes, they are the same as humans. Humans are reincarnated through the underworld, while Shuras are reincarnated through the river of blood.
A dead Shura can be reborn in the river of blood. He can draw the power of the river of blood out through secret methods, and can even be resurrected on the spot. Theoretically, he is immortal. However, due to the violent energy of the river of blood, killing and fighting are the unavoidable fate of eternal life.
Therefore, the creatures in the Shura world do not have particularly high spiritual intelligence, and they devote everything they have to fighting, so they cannot establish civilization."
Such a world is unimaginable from a human perspective. People are born to kill, and they are not even free from death. They are quickly resurrected and then thrown into the fight.
After all, there is still order in the underworld in hell, but in the Shura world, it seems that none of this exists. If you don't become stronger through killing, you will become a stepping stone for other Shura.
Zuo Ci continued: "If Lu Bu is completely influenced by the true spirit of King Shura at the center of his eyebrows, I am afraid that he will try his best to open the passage between the human world and the Shura world in the future.
He has this consideration in mind by allowing monsters to eat people and increasing the hostility in the world. I am afraid that he will intensify the killings in the future, causing the energy of the blood river to affect the mortal world, making the barrier between the two realms even weaker.
We need to kill Lu Bu, unify the world as soon as possible, and establish a new dynasty. Otherwise, the longer time passes, the more intense the struggle for hegemony among the princes will be, and the more serious the consequences will be."
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Yanzhou Chenliu, Lu Bu led his army to retreat here, but at this time there were less than five thousand troops with him.
Most of the soldiers and horses were killed and captured alive by Liu Bei's army, or they were evacuated and left the army on the way to escape, without knowing where they were going.
As soon as he arrived at Chenliu County, he met Cao Cao halfway.
Cao Cao looked at Lu Bu with cold eyes, "Fengxian, how was this battle?"
Listening to Cao Cao's knowing question, Lu Bu just smiled indifferently and said, "Is Duke Meng De coming to conduct military exercises?"
Cao Cao looked at Lu Bu's defeated army and was speechless for a long time. Finally he asked: "How strong is Liu Bei's army?"
Lu Bu also said truthfully: "In terms of cavalry, it is not as good as a certain family's fallen camp, but it should be on par with Cao Gong's tiger and leopard cavalry. The majority of his army are barbarians, and their equestrian skills are strong, so they should not be underestimated."
As for the infantry, they are as immovable as a mountain, their armor is strong and their troops are powerful, and they are also first-rate elites.
A certain family's 30,000 soldiers and horses, plus tens of thousands of demon soldiers, were all defeated by him. Duke Cao knows the art of war well and should have known its power."
After hearing this, Cao Cao's eyes narrowed, he nodded slightly, and said to Guo Jia, the counselor beside him: "Liu Bei, this son, has indeed become a leader in taking over the four states. If he cannot go north to defeat him, Cao Cao's days will be numbered!
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Guo Jia looked drunk. He was a drunkard. Even when he was marching, he was always accompanied by fine wine, but it never affected his judgment of things.
Guo Jia asked Lu Bu, "How many troops will Liu Bei send in this battle?"
Lu Bu said truthfully: "Fifty thousand! We are all elite soldiers!"
Guo Jia and Xun Yu looked at each other, and then said to Cao Cao: "I heard that Liu Bei changed his land and returned to his hometown, established a large-scale farming, and implemented a government army system. Each household of the farmers in his territory sent one soldier.
In times of war, we prepare our own armor, weapons and horses. From this point of view, in addition to the 50,000 standing elites, we should be able to gather an army of 150,000 when necessary."
Cao Cao nodded slightly in agreement, "If I want to go north to compete with Liu Bei, I will need at least 200,000 troops to have any chance of winning."
Xun Yu shook his head and said: "I'm afraid this matter is quite difficult. After years of fighting, our army has become war-weary. The country does not have enough food to store up. If we continue to fight fiercely, it may not be beneficial to the country."
Guo Jia retorted: "Even so, we have to fight. If we fight, there may be a chance of survival, so if we don't fight... will Liu Bei also not fight? I guess he has prepared an army and is heading south by now."
Lu Bu said with a smile: "The land south of Cao Gong is a flat river. There are many cavalry in Liu Bei's army. This time when they go south, they will be accompanied by barbarian cavalry. It may be difficult to deal with them with tiger and leopard cavalry."
Cao Cao said coldly: "Haha, what does Fengxian think we should do?"
Lu Bu said: "Form tigers and leopards into our camp, I will lead the cavalry, and Duke Cao will lead the infantry. If we cooperate, we may be able to defeat Liu Bei."
Xia Houyuan said angrily: "A defeated general has the nerve to make such a request!"
Lü Bu said indifferently: "Lü is good at leading cavalry, but not at leading infantry. How to decide, Duke Cao can make his own decision."
Cao Cao suddenly asked: "Can't you summon monsters?"
Lu Bu's eyes gradually darkened and he said, "Duke Cao wants to use monsters to fight for hegemony?"
"Hmph, to fight for world supremacy, we have to use all possible means, so what if we use monsters!"
Lu Bu bowed his hand to Cao Cao, "The monster eats a lot, and it only eats human flesh. This is not the little rat meat that Cao Cao ate two years ago."
Everyone's expressions changed. Everyone knew what the rat meat Lu Bu was talking about was. It was also an extremely difficult period that Cao Jun went through, and he had to go to the point of looking for corpses for food.
Cao Cao said solemnly: "Then kill more enemy troops. Kill more, and there will be enough human flesh for the monsters to eat!"