"Which one is stronger, Gu Wu or those who practice internal martial arts?" Su Xiaofan asked the question in his mind.
From a historical perspective, there is no doubt that those who practice ancient martial arts are more powerful, and so many names are familiar.
Those who practice internal martial arts are mostly based on myths and legends, which makes people feel a bit illusory.
"The two systems are different. It's hard to say who is stronger and who is weaker."
Tong Dongjie shook his head and said: "If you practice ancient martial arts to the extreme, it is said that you can become a saint physically, and internal martial arts can make people become immortals and achieve enlightenment. Different paths chosen will lead to different results."
"Okay, Dongjie, don't try to flatter your Gu Wu's face there."
As soon as Tong Dongjie finished speaking, Jing Shizhen laughed, "Becoming a saint in the physical body is a legend. Of course, becoming an immortal is also a legend. However, you should know the role of cultivating true energy."
"What Uncle Jing said is that the inner alchemy technique you practice is indeed stronger than the ancient martial arts."
Tong Dongjie smiled helplessly. The ancient martial arts and the inner family's alchemy skills have been competing for thousands of years. Today, the ancient martial arts have indeed declined.
The alchemy that Tong Dongjie talks about is not the kind of alchemy that refines elixirs, but the refining of the inner elixir of the human body during practice, which is the legendary golden elixir.
The ancients once said that if you swallowed a golden elixir, your destiny would be determined by God. Although it is a bit misguided now, it shows that the golden elixir can indeed change your destiny against the will of heaven.
"Xiao Fan, don't listen to his nonsense. What my family practices must be alchemy skills?"
Jing Shizhen interrupted Tong Dongjie's words, "Cultivation is about evolving oneself, and cultivating immortals and becoming Taoists is just a beautiful wish, not the final result of cultivation.
Through cultivation, you can evolve yourself to the extreme so that you can be free from the world. Don't be misled by Tong Dongjie. A man is not a woman. Do you think he is giving birth to a child when he has a golden elixir in his belly?"
"Uncle Jing, I'm not talking nonsense. Taoists all have this theory."
Tong Dongjie was a little dissatisfied. He was still in his forties no matter what. Being scolded by Uncle Jing in front of Su Xiaofan was a bit embarrassing.
"Does Taoism have to be right? Are they orthodox?"
Jing Shizhen sneered at Tong Dongjie's words. Strictly speaking, their lineage's inheritance was a continuation of Zhuangzi's thoughts and techniques, and Zhuangzi was not taken seriously in Taoism.
"The Taoist sect is so powerful, why don't you go find them?" Jing Shizhen couldn't help but criticize Tong Dongjie again.
"Ahem, Uncle Jing, I was wrong. You were always right."
Tong Dongjie's face turned red after being scolded by Jing Shizhen. After all, he was still the boss of a listed company. No one had spoken to him like this for a long time.
Moreover, the Taoist masters really couldn't handle the matter that he asked Jing Shizhen for. After going around in circles, they still had to come back to find Jing Shizhen.
"Brother Dong, why are you looking for a teacher?"
Seeing Tong Dongjie's deflated look, Su Xiaofan secretly laughed in his heart and quickly spoke up to divert the matter.
"Well, we have to start with some changes on our planet."
Tong Dongjie's request to Jing Shizhen is not that simple and cannot be explained clearly in just one or two sentences.
After thinking for a while, Tong Dongjie said: "Xiaofan, do you know that there are some places on earth that are very dangerous and mysterious?"
"I know."
Su Xiaofan nodded, raised his fingers and said, "Bermuda should be considered a place, as planes and ships often have accidents nearby.
The Shennongjia in our country should be considered one of them, as well as the Panyang Lake where ships often sink, and the Tianshan Hell Valley.
Well, there are also "Death Island" in the North Atlantic, ghost islands in the South Pacific, and Death Valley on the Kamchatka Peninsula.
When Su Xiaofan has nothing to do, he likes to read some adventure articles and public accounts, most of which introduce this type of dangerous places. There are estimated to be hundreds of places on the earth, large and small.
Su Xiaofan had a good memory, and when he talked about it, he immediately started talking in a gushing manner, which stunned Tong Dongjie and Jing Shizhen next to him.
"Stop, stop, where did you hear about these places?"
Tong Dongjie interrupted Su Xiaofan, "I've never heard of Death Valley in Kamchatka Peninsula. How do you know?"
"Brother Dong, don't you usually check your phone?"
Su Xiaofan smiled and said: "What I saw on my mobile phone is now all about big data and cloud computing. If you search for adventure, articles like this will pop up.
But there is also a downside to cloud computing. If you search for something, those apps will recommend it to you all day long, which is quite annoying."
"Brother, can you please stop taking the topic too far?" Tong Dongjie interrupted Su Xiaofan again, dumbfounded. This is all a mess.
"Oh, by the way, Brother Dong, tell me, I know a lot more, but most of them are from abroad." Su Xiaofan stopped talking, he was still waiting for Tong Dongjie to answer his questions.
"You are right about the momentum. These places are all dangerous places."
Tong Dongjie said: "But do you know how these dangerous areas are formed?"
"I don't know, it didn't say anything online."
Su Xiaofan shook his head. What he mentioned above are basically phenomena that are difficult to answer scientifically. Naturally, there are no answers on the Internet.
"This is because there are space cracks in the dangerous areas." Tong Dongjie said with a solemn expression.
"Space crack, what is this?" Su Xiaofan was stunned when he heard this. He did not expect Tong Dongjie to give such an answer.
"How do I know what a space crack is?"
Tong Dongjie smiled bitterly and said: "This is just a name we give to that phenomenon.
These space cracks may be large or small, but no matter how big or small, wherever a space crack is formed, it is extremely dangerous.
Because where space cracks appear, the air and space will change accordingly, and many life forms will die suddenly after entering.
So now many places in the world where space cracks appear have been classified as dangerous areas and no one is allowed to set foot in them."
"Is it so harmful?"
Hearing Tong Dongjie's explanation, Su Xiaofan clicked his tongue, "Can't you find a way to solve the space crack?"
"You can find ways to close small space cracks, but not big ones."
Tong Dongjie said: "There were shipwrecks in Bermuda hundreds of years ago. This problem has not been solved until now. I think it will be difficult to solve in the future."
"I see."
Su Xiaofan glanced at the master and said: "Brother Dong, you have encountered a space crack and you want the master to help you solve it, right? But you should contact the state for this kind of thing."
"The country generally won't rush to deal with some space cracks that are not very harmful."
Tong Dongjie shook his head repeatedly. It was not that he had not contacted the relevant departments, but they all said they could do nothing.
Then Tong Dongjie also found some disciples from other lineages, but they were still unable to solve the problem, so he had no choice but to seek help from Uncle Jing.
"Brother Dong, please tell me what the specific matter is. I will definitely help you if I can!"
Su Xiaofan got a lot of information from Tong Dongjie, but his master had never said a word to him about these things before.
"It's like this. Five years ago, our group was preparing to build a development project in Jiaocheng."
There were no outsiders in the room, so Tong Dongjie was relieved of many taboos and told Su Xiaofan everything.
It turns out that after the Tong family started their business in foreign trade, they invested their business in the mainland and did some real estate and cultural tourism development business.
Tong Dongjie is considered a very talented person in business. After more than ten years of hard work, the cultural tourism group he manages has become a well-known listed company in the country, which has provided a lot of money to the Tong family.
Five years ago, Tong Dongjie heard that there was a unique place in Jiaocheng, and immediately went to investigate on the spot.
What surprised Tong Dongjie was that as soon as he entered there, he actually felt like he had traveled hundreds of years ago.
Because the entire building there was built a hundred years ago and maintained its original flavor a hundred years ago. This was the first time Tong Dongjie had seen such an ancient building complex.
After inspection, Tong Dongjie felt that the place could be developed as a nostalgic attraction, so he negotiated with the relevant local departments and bought the place.
The money to buy that place was not much, Tong Dongjie only spent tens of millions.
But the local department put forward a requirement, that is, the Tong Group must pay to repair the road leading there, so that the place can be sold to him at a very low price.
When Tong Dongjie wanted to develop tourist attractions, convenient transportation was the most important link, so he immediately agreed to the local department's request.
But what Tong Dongjie didn't expect was that he almost fell into this request.
That place is located deep in the mountains and is very difficult to navigate. Tong Dongjie spent four to five years and nearly 7.8 billion in funds to finally open a road there.
But just when Tong Dongjie was about to show off his skills and transform it into a place suitable for tourism, an accident happened.
Overnight, six designers who entered there to inspect the terrain and prepare for design suddenly died suddenly the next day.
The death of a person is a big deal in China. After Tong Dongjie's people reported the matter, the relevant departments quickly went to investigate.
Relevant departments concluded that a miniature space crack appeared near the ancient building complex, which covers a limited area and does not radiate to the outside world.
Space cracks are difficult to eliminate, and even the relevant departments will spend a lot of money. The best way to deal with them is to ignore them.
As a result, the people who originally lived nearby were relocated, and the scenic spot that Tong Dongjie originally planned to develop became a no-man's land.
If something like this happened in the early stage of land purchase, Tong Dongjie would be unlucky and lose at most tens of millions of land purchase money.
But Tong Dongjie has already built the road deep into the mountains, spending hundreds of millions on it. This scenic spot must be developed no matter what, otherwise the losses will be too great.
The last time Su Xiaofan saw Tong Dongjie, he was pleading with Jing Shizhen, hoping that Uncle Jing could help him solve this big trouble.
"Brother Dong, what place are you talking about?" Su Xiaofan asked.