Chapter 12 We dont believe in fate, we only believe in ourselves
Which came first, the chicken or the egg?
Xu Qingzhi suddenly asked, drawing Zhang Ke's attention away from the cycle of 'karma and destiny'.
The confusion in Zhang Ke's eyes faded, and he turned to look at Xu Qingzhi.
He knew that Xu Qingzhi wanted to untie his knot, but this question really aroused his interest and he fell into deep thought.
Which came first, the chicken or the egg?
Whether in dreams or in the blue world, countless people have been arguing about this since ancient times.
No one side has ever been able to put forward a convincing point of view.
After thinking for a moment, Zhang Ke said:
“The chicken comes first!”
Before Xu Qingzhi could ask that puzzling rhetorical question, Zhang Ke continued:
"Just like our names, the surname comes first, which means your origin. It is passed down from ancestor to father, and from father to son. This is the inheritance of blood genealogy.
Only the union of a man and a woman can produce offspring, and similarly, the contact of a rooster and a hen can produce eggs.
The common name of 'egg' is also called 'chicken'. Judging from the name, whether it is 'egg' or 'chicken', the chicken comes first, indicating that the chicken came first.
From a literal point of view, "egg" means chicken-laid eggs, and "chicken son" means chicken-laid son.
In fact, the ancients have long realized that the chicken comes first and then the egg, but it’s just a bunch of boring people trying to make things up.”
As he spoke, he glanced at Xu Qingzhi meaningfully.
In his memory, someone in his dream seemed to say that the reason why eggs can hatch chicks is because the eggshell is made of a protein called OC-17.
However, this protein is only found in the ovaries of hens, so the theory that chickens came first is valid.
But this statement could not be explained clearly to Xu Qingzhi, so Zhang Ke did not mention it.
Xu Qingzhi was speechless. How could he be despised despite his good words?
However, with the free time explained by Zhang Ke, Xu Qingzhi also sorted out his thoughts a little.
"Although this question is a bit boring, it is also a demonstration of 'cause and effect'."
Zhang Ke's expression changed, and after careful consideration for a while, he suddenly felt that Xu Qingzhi's words were not unreasonable.
There seemed to be a flash of inspiration in my mind, but I couldn't catch it.
Zhang Ke suddenly stood up and paced back and forth in the hall, desperately pursuing the idea that just flashed through his mind.
'egg?'
'cause and effect?'
While he was troubled, he heard Xu Qingzhi's soft voice echoing in the hall.
"Once upon a time, there was a wise man who was the best at playing guessing games with others. He never lost in his life. Does the master know why?"
Zhang Kezheng was thinking about the question of 'cause and effect' in his mind, and asked casually after hearing this:
"Why?"
Xu Qingzhi smiled softly.
"Because the other party came out first!"
Zhang Ke couldn't help but be stunned. He didn't expect that this joke that was played to death in the dream would actually appear in the blue world at this moment.
"The opponent came out first, so the wise man has never lost in his life. Master, do you think this is inevitable or accidental?"
The ideas in Zhang Ke's mind became clearer and clearer, but he always felt like he was seeing flowers in the fog.
He murmured to himself:
"This is inevitable."
Xu Qingzhi smiled and said:
"Yes! This is inevitable, but this is not because the wise man disturbed the other party's fate and guessed what will happen to the other party in advance.
But because the opponent moves first and then responds based on what the opponent moves, he will never lose.
Is this destiny?
Yes and no!
Say he is, because the outcome has been determined and cannot be changed.
To say he is not is because this is a trick and the rules have been changed.
The fact that the leader was able to survive in the mouth of the snake demon at that time was actually due to his own efforts, otherwise he would not have been able to survive when the patriarch came to rescue him.
The reason why the Patriarch came to save you is because the leader's outstanding performance in the past made the sect unwilling to give up.
It is true that there are some causes and effects, but is it not because of your own efforts?
Has the leader ever saved an unknown person in his life?
These people have never interacted with the leader. Could it be that the leader rescued them because there was an unknown existence arranging everything secretly?
If it is true, how free will these unknown beings have to be to pay attention to you all the time?
Is this destiny?
It is said that it is because the master is involved in their fate, and their fate of death has been changed.
But was this arranged by the boss in advance?
No, it's just a coincidence.
Why does a person hit the red heart every time he shoots an arrow, even with his eyes closed?
Because he will add a red heart where the arrow hits.
Is this cause and effect?
Yes, but in this case, the result is the ‘cause’, and the ‘cause and effect’ here is reversed.
A small river flows along a planned river course. Is this destiny?
Yes, because the result is destined, but in fact it just moves according to the defined rules.
If the river course is changed ahead, the water flow will change direction.
Detach your vision from yourself, extend it upwards, enter the universe, and then look down.
Self, sect, state, realm, star region!
There are endless changes taking place in this universe at every moment, whether it is living beings or others.
The world one second from now will always be different from now.
Is there any destiny in this?
Yes, to put it bluntly, destiny actually comes from laws, laws, and avenues!
Just like a whirlpool, as long as you blend into it, you will be affected by it. This is fate and a law.
Is it possible that when I encounter danger, the boss will just sit back and ignore it?
Therefore, the leader does not need to worry about these 'causes and effects' at all, he can just act according to his heart when encountering problems.
We are human beings, and if we had not embarked on the path of spiritual practice, our life would not last more than a hundred years.
But now our life span has broken the shackles of ordinary people, and with practice, our life span will become longer and longer.
If we are only destined to live a hundred years, we have escaped it.
Practitioners are a group of people who go against heaven and change their fate.
We don’t believe in fate, we only believe in ourselves!”
Xu Qingzhi's words were like a ray of light shining into Zhang Ke's heart, bright and transparent.
Zhang Ke stared blankly at the top of his head. The long-standing haze in his heart finally dissipated, and the bright mirror in Zhang Ke's heart was once again wiped clean.
After a long time, he let out a long breath.
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That is, when you are in trouble and need someone to help you, this person can lend a helping hand in time.
The best example is right in front of you.
As Zhang Ke's state of mind became clear, an idea burst out, and three illusory spiritual flowers, one gold, one silver, and one lead, suddenly appeared above his head.
Its roots are separated, each one plunges into the void, and the three flowers bloom outward in three directions.
When Zhang Ke's knot in his heart dissipated, the three flowers suddenly began to spin rapidly above his head, and countless tricolor light flakes floated like smoke and mist above Zhang Ke's head.
When the three flowers rotated, the void energy in the hall followed.
Hundreds of feet above the Lingxiao Palace, a translucent vortex of vitality formed.
The vitality for hundreds of miles around was suddenly disturbed, just like the sea water being pulled by the whirlpool in the sea, surging and being sucked into it.
At this moment, countless people in the nine counties of Penglai were alarmed.
Countless practitioners stared at the hundreds-foot-sized rotating vortex in the sky, secretly guessing.
In the palace.
Zhang Ke did not control it with his mind at this moment, but silently observed Sanhua's sudden changes.
After the three flowers have rotated ninety-nine and eighty-one times, their respective roots and stems have been twisted together due to the rotation, and the branches have entangled to form a whole.
At this time, the three flowers have come out like one root, gathered together, and their roots are faintly condensed in the "Niwan Palace" above the "Baihui Point" above Zhang Ke's head.
According to Taoism, the "Baihui" fontanelle on the top of the head is the bridge between heaven and earth.
‘Niwan Palace’ is the residence of gods and the place where spirits and energy gather.
Zhang Ke has been promoted to the level of Yuanshen for nearly two hundred years. At this moment, the essence, energy and spirit finally merged into one orifice and "three flowers gathered at the top", and the first level of Yuanshen was completed.
The next step is to enter the second realm of Yuanshen, the "Five Qi Realm", where you need to gather the five Qi in your chest and return them to their origins.
With a thought in Zhang Ke's mind, the three flowers above his head whirled and disappeared without a trace, and the funnel-shaped vitality vortex above the hall also dispersed on its own.
At this moment, Zhang Ke suddenly noticed some changes after the "Three Flowers Gathering at the Top".
First of all, the inclusion of the heaven and earth vitality spirit machine has increased the speed and quality by at least 30% compared to before the three flowers gathered.
This is the foundation of practice and determines the speed of a practitioner's practice.
Secondly, if you look inside, you can see a stream of innate energy coming out of the void an inch in front of Zhang Ke's nose.
As his breath continues to be introduced into the body, it naturally divides into five strands and merges into the five internal organs after circulating around.
There is also a source of vitality on the top of the head, which is introduced into the Baihui fontanel with the rotation of the 'Three Flowers'.
But there is something different in this vitality, there is an extra vitality, like a clear spring guiding the innate Qi in the body to circulate in the five internal organs.
In addition to these two differences, Zhang Ke felt that his mana, soul, and body had also begun to change.
Zhang Ke felt happy and was about to talk to Xu Qingzhi.
Suddenly, I noticed that seven spiritual thoughts suddenly appeared in the sky above Xiao Penglai. Apparently, these were all disturbed by the vision just now and came to investigate.
It's just because the restrictions inside Xiao Penglai are so powerful that it will do great harm to True Lord Yuanshen, so he doesn't dare to break in easily.
But these seven divine thoughts are always hovering in the sky.
Zhang Ke sneered.
This time he quietly returned to the mountain and used the [Shadowless Mask] to cover up the aura on his body.
Previously, in the Lingxiao Palace, everyone present was taken away for interrogation, so others did not know that he was back.
Through these unscrupulous spiritual thoughts, we can know how much depression the 'Nan Sect' has suffered in these years.
Zhang Ke's shoulders swayed, turning into a golden thread and flying out of the Lingxiao Palace, directly passing through the sky and standing two hundred feet above.
Xu Qingzhi appeared outside the hall in a flash, and flew to the top of the hall in a flash, looking down.
I haven't seen the master take action in many years, but today I just happened to take a quick look.
As soon as Zhang Ke's figure appeared in the air, he was immediately spotted by the seven divine thoughts.
When they saw who the person in front of them was, the masters of the Seven Divine Minds were all shocked. Unexpectedly, Zhang Ke came back silently.
The seven people felt something bad, and their spiritual thoughts suddenly dispersed.
Zhang Ke pursed his lips, took a deep breath, and activated countless formations in Penglai and Penglai with his magic power.
Penglai and Penglai were built by him with his own hands, and countless formations were deployed in them.
At this time, when he exerted his strength, he saw countless spiritual lights suddenly appearing in various parts of the nine counties of Penglai.
These auras are the hubs deployed at various nodes. Once activated, the formations laid out at each node will be activated.
First, there were hundreds to thousands of light spots around each node, and then countless spiritual rays connected these spiritual lights together.
The location of Lingxiao Hall is quite high. Xu Qingzhi stood on the top of the hall and looked down.
But I saw that every corner of the nine counties of Penglai was lit up with little spiritual lights, like stars shining everywhere in the sky.
Countless spiritual lights entangled and intertwined, condensing into countless formations of different sizes.
Just like countless blooming flowers, nested layer by layer, completely covering the nine counties of Penglai.
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Fu Xingxian is a True Lord of Yuanshen who comes from the "Five Elements Spirit Sect" of Haizhou's fifth rank sect.
A few years ago, the ‘Five Elements Spiritual Sect’ received a piece of news.
Ruyi Zhenjun Zhang Ke, the leader of Laizhou's "Xiantian Yiqi Southern Sect", has mastered two powerful Five Elements spells.
According to the description in the message, the ‘Five Elements Spiritual Sect’ feels that these two five elements magical powers are like the legendary ‘five-color divine light’ and the ‘great five-element extinguishing divine light’.
This couldn't help but make the "Five Elements Spirit Sect" greatly surprised.
You must know that these two magic powers have been dreamed of for thousands of years but cannot be obtained, but they never expected that they would appear in the same person now.
At that time, the sect was in an uproar, and the True Lord Yuanshen in the sect clamored to go to Zhang Ke to ask for these two magical powers.
They have prepared a large amount of treasures and resources for exchange.
If Zhang Ke disagrees, the ‘Five Elements Spirit Sect’ will seek to seize it at all costs.
But after they carefully inquired about the news about Zhang Ke, they felt that things were a bit tricky.
The 'Five Elements Spirit Sect' is a fifth-grade sect. There are three Lords of Dong Tianzhen in the sect and seventeen other Lords of Yuanshen. Their strength is not bad.
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Known as the Taoist Lord, he is invincible!
This is a downright vicious god.
In addition to him, one of his Taoist companions, Qingmei of the Star-Chasing Sword Sect, is an even more remarkable figure.
As early as when he was in the golden elixir realm, he had the reputation of being the "unrivaled person in all nine provinces and the most powerful person in the Hunyuan Dynasty".
With these two people piled together, let alone True Lord Yuanshen, even Lord Dao would think twice before taking action.
What's more, Laizhou is not Haizhou. No matter how powerful you are in Haizhou, you can't cross the ocean to conquer it.
It is even more impossible to dispatch True Monarch Yuanshen on a large scale.
If you really think that the ‘Thirty-Three Heavens Palace in the Clouds’ is made of clay, it is a high-grade sect with more than one Taoist Lord in charge.
Wanting to attack the sects under his rule right under his nose is definitely a provocation to the top sects.
At that time, let alone attacking the 'Innate One Qi Sect Southern Sect', I'm afraid even my life will be lost there.
In addition, most of the masters in the sect are fighting in the void at this time, and there are only three True Lords of the Soul at their disposal.
The most important thing is that because of the Zerg attack, most of the True Lords of the Yuanshen of the sects in the world went to fight in the void.
In order to prevent chaos in the practice world, the top sects in the world issued edicts at the same time.
No sect is allowed to attack other sects when the Zerg invades. Anyone who violates this rule will be severely punished.
Under the constraints of so many conditions, the ‘Five Elements Spiritual Sect’ was unable to do anything.
After some discussion, the ‘Five Elements Spirit Sect’ decided to send Fu Xingxian to sneak into Penglai Island and take action.
It would be best if you can obtain the cultivation methods of these two magical powers from the disciples of the ‘Nan Sect’.
If not, we must also find ways to find out the details of the ‘Xiantian Yiqi Southern Sect’ so that it will be easier for the sect to take the next step.
After Fu Xingxian came to the Nine Counties of Penglai seven years ago, he was deeply shocked.
He had never seen such a vibrant city in his life.
From the daily newspaper, Fu Xingxian saw the rapid changes in the nine counties of Penglai, which frightened him from the bottom of his heart.
Just like a growing monster, it is growing so fast, it's like time is being accelerated here, and it becomes stronger every day.
Fu Xingxian drew a conclusion from the changes in the nine counties of Penglai.
Although the ‘Five Elements Spirit Sect’ is a fifth-grade sect, the ‘Xiantian Yiqi Southern Sect’ is only a ninth-grade sect.
In less than three hundred years, the ‘Xiantian Yiqi Southern Sect’ will be able to beat the ‘Five Elements Spirit Sect’.
He did not dare to neglect and immediately sent the news back to the Five Elements Spirit Sect.
The sect also attaches great importance to this and is also inspired by it.
He was asked to collect the powerful secrets of the 'Nan Sect' in the nine counties of Penglai, and also to find ways to steal various inventions and creations.
In the past few years, Fu Xingxian secretly captured more than a dozen disciples of the 'Nan Sect', and also killed two 'Dharma Protectors' who saw him take action.
Through soul searching, Fu Xingxian obtained a lot of secrets about the 'Southern Sect'.
Today, he noticed that a vortex of vitality suddenly appeared in the sky above Lingxiao Palace. Not knowing the reason, he wanted to use his spiritual mind to investigate.
This kind of thing has been done in the past few years, and he didn't take it seriously at all.
Who makes Penglai now have its own True Lord of the Soul who is in charge? As for the True Lord of the Soul who is in charge of the ‘Thirty-Three Heavens Palace in the Sky’, he has long been bribed.
As long as it doesn't go too far, he won't interfere.
At the same time, the spiritual thoughts of six other people appeared in the sky above Xiao Penglai, and they were all Yuanshen Lords of various sects who had the same thoughts as Fu Xingxian.
Unexpectedly, this time he poked a hornet's nest and poked Zhang Ke out.
At this time, when he saw that the spiritual thoughts of the other six people had disappeared without a trace, Fu Xingxian felt a sudden change in his heart and quickly dispersed his spiritual thoughts.
He hid in a small town to observe the situation. Once he found out that the situation was not good, he was prepared to use the people of the small town as human resources to cover his departure.
After Zhang Ke activated the formations of Big and Small Penglai, right next to Fu Xingxian, a stone pillar about a foot thick that had not changed since it had been standing for several years began to flash with spiritual light.
This stone pillar had existed since he came to the town. He had once inquired that this stone pillar was called 'Hunyuanzi Umbrella' and was erected decades ago.
Although Fu Xingxian wondered why this stone pillar was called such a name.
But I didn't expect that this stone pillar, which had never changed for decades, would be activated today.
On the twelve-foot-high stone pillar, the mottled runes lit up one after another, and the white-gold spiritual light moved and intertwined.
A circle of spiritual light flashed across the top of the stone pillar, and the 360 metal ribs that were closed like an umbrella were slowly supported by the shining umbrella surface.
After a moment, a large umbrella covering an area of more than ten feet spread out on the ground.
'So this is the Hunyuanzi Umbrella!'
Fu Xingxian glanced at it with his spiritual thoughts and found that there were nine such "Hunyuanzi Umbrellas" in this small town.
Looking further into the distance, almost every village or town of any size has such a "Hunyuanzi Umbrella", more or less, small or large.
At first glance, it looks like countless mushrooms are growing on the land of the nine counties of Penglai.
Fu Xingxian was secretly on guard and observed carefully.
When all the 129,600 "Hunyuanzi Umbrellas" in the nine counties of Penglai were opened, Zhang Ke's right hand suddenly burst out with a white-gold spiritual light that struck the peak of the "Immortal Finger" in Penglai.