The next morning, Wu Jie and others came downstairs to the inn again and found that the originally simple hall had become magnificent. The waiter Li Xiaoyao also changed into a green robe. The sword on his waist was not yet unsheathed and the cold air was flowing.
It makes it difficult for people to get close.
He no longer smiled like he did a few days ago, and looked very serious with a straight face. He also had an invisible majesty. People with less strength did not even dare to look at his face.
After everyone arrived and sat down, Li Xiaoyao raised his hand, and white lights fell in front of everyone, turning into books hanging in the air. All the books were exactly the same, with five big characters printed on the cover -
The Supreme Truth.
"Innocence theory is a method of cultivating immortality created by Taishang Taoist ancestor in the past. It is different from other methods of cultivating immortality. It focuses on spiritual cultivation, teaching people how to examine their own souls and erase those selfish thoughts that hinder their true temperament, so that
The mind returns to its natural and sincere state." Li Xiaoyao said solemnly, "Perhaps you may feel that it cannot bring you any benefits, but for immortal cultivators, cultivating the mind is the most basic skill."
"I'll give you ten days. Those who haven't made any progress on April 25th really lack understanding and are not suitable for cultivating immortals. I will send them away, wash away their memories of this period, and give them a
A token left to our descendants.”
After saying that, he walked towards the door. His steps were obviously not very big, but he walked to the door in only one step, and then disappeared without a trace in two or three steps, leaving only more than 20 holding hands.
The book seekers looked at each other speechlessly.
These people were able to pass the first round of selection, so naturally they each have their own merits. In just a moment, someone had already opened the book and started studying it carefully.
Ten days sounds like a lot of time, but it actually doesn’t amount to much. Since this theory of supreme truth is a magical method of the immortal family, it must be very difficult and profound. I haven’t heard that the immortals only ask for "progress"? Hurry up.
Study hard!
Wu Jie thought so too, but when he opened the book and read it, he was suddenly surprised.
Not only is the content in this book not profound at all, on the contrary it is very simple.
“Everyone always has a lot of ideas: wanting a lot of things, wanting others to pay attention to themselves, wanting to live better than others, wanting to enjoy, wanting to be free, wanting to be immortal, wanting to stay young, wanting to be healthy
Longevity... even wanting to live forever."
"These thoughts are everywhere and all the time. I call them desires."
"Having desire is not a bad thing. Desire is the source of power for all actions. It is precisely because we want to get something that we will work hard and make continuous progress, and eventually transcend the world and become immortal."
"But here, I have a question."
"What is your most important desire?"
"This question is difficult to answer, and few people can really answer it right away. Maybe the more you think about it, the more confused you will be, and you will find that you have countless desires and you don't know what you want."
"And how to help you find out your most important desire is the reason why I founded the 'Innocence Theory'..."
In the following pages, the book lists many questions, allowing people to examine their own hearts according to these questions, to compare and filter their various desires, and to eliminate the unimportant ones one by one, leaving only the important ones.
; Then compare the important desires with each other, consider which one can be given up and which one must be persisted, and finally find your most important desire.
These words were simple and straightforward, without any hint of the profoundness of the Immortal Family's secret method, which gave Wu Jie a sense of absurd unreality.
He frowned and closed the book and looked around. He saw that almost all the seekers were immersed in reading. Only Luo Yu was sitting in the corner with his eyes closed and concentrating. The book in front of him was closed. He didn't know that he had finished reading it earlier than him.
What? Or I haven’t read it at all.
Wu Jie was actually not a talkative person, but at this moment he was really full of doubts and couldn't express his displeasure. Seeing that Luo Yu seemed to be very confident, he couldn't help but walked over.
"Excuse me--"
Before Wu Jie could explain his purpose, Luo Yu had already opened his eyes, looked at him with a little surprise, and asked before him: "Have you finished reading?"
Wu Jie nodded.
"Do you understand?"
Wu Jie nodded again.
"Do you really understand what it's saying?" Luo Yu's voice couldn't help but be a little louder, and her face was full of surprise.
Wu Jie nodded doubtfully.
"...explain it to me!"
Wu Jie nodded again and wanted to open his mouth to explain, but found that nothing could come out. He clearly knew the meaning of the book and was sure he could explain it in a few words, but he couldn't.
When speaking, I couldn't even form the correct mouth shape, as if my mouth had suddenly lost its function.
Seeing him opening and closing his mouth in vain like a fish out of water, but unable to say even half a word, Luo Yu not only did not feel amused by this funny appearance, but became more and more shocked, almost to the point of being confused.
To the point of disgrace.
"You actually really understand..."
Her voice was as dry as if she hadn't drank water for several days, and was full of frustration: "The Tao cannot be expressed, and those who can express it are not the right way; the truth cannot be named, and those who can name it are not innocent... It took me almost ten years to
I barely understood the Theory of Innocence, but you actually understood it in a moment... Don't waste your efforts anymore, read my book."
As she said that, she opened her own book on innocence. Wu Jie looked at it curiously, but only saw a blank space without a single word.
He was startled and quickly opened his book, only to see those familiar words.
Strange! Why do other people’s books show blank spaces, while my own books show correct simplified Chinese characters?
A flash of lightning suddenly flashed in his heart, and he froze in place, unable to move.
Simplified Chinese?!
How can there be simplified Chinese characters in this world?! How can there be books written in simplified Chinese characters?!
Not caring about being rude, he hurriedly used his hand as a pen to write the word "天" on Luo Yu's table and asked: "Do you know this word?"
Luo Yu looked at it, thought about it, and shook his head.
Wu Jie's eyes widened and he looked at her, the book on his hand, and then her book.
On the covers of both books, there are clearly five simplified Chinese characters: Taishang Tianlun.
Probably because his expression at the moment was a little scary, Luo Yu was also frightened and shrank slightly, but she quickly came to her senses and explained to Wu Jie: "There is actually not a word in this book. It was written by the person who wrote it."
My own understanding of 'Innocent Theory' is immersed in it, and different words appear according to each reader's understanding - most of the immortal family classics are like this."
"Words cannot convey thoughts correctly, so we need to use this method to teach. You see there are words in your book, but there are no words in my book. That's because every book is aimed at us personally.
Spell protection allows only approved people to read. Unless you have the ability to break the spell in my book, you will only see blanks."
Wu Jie nodded numbly. He had been so shocked that he was speechless for a while.
"I don't know how amazing your understanding is, or what magical encounters you have had, but since it only took you such a short time to understand the 'Innocence Theory', I believe that getting started is a sure thing." Luo
Yu quickly calmed down and smiled dignifiedly and elegantly, "Let me introduce myself in advance. I am Luo Yu. I come from Yunmeng County, the southernmost county in the world. I will probably...be your senior sister."
Wu Jie was not surprised by this. Judging from Luo Yu's words and behavior, she was clearly a member of the immortal world. She probably came here to seek immortality as an overseas student. If he had any doubts, he was just wondering why she would follow her.
They studied together without jumping into it directly.
So he asked this question.
"My origin...you will know it when you have the opportunity in the future. I admit that I am indeed a person in the immortal way, but what I have learned before is not suitable for me. It took a lot of effort to be able to study at Qingyang Temple this time.
Opportunity gained." Luo Yu sighed softly, looking a little melancholy, "But the rules cannot be discarded. If you want to get started, you must follow the rules."
"Qingyang Temple is famous?"
"Qingyang Temple is one of the few sects in the world that has the true transmission of the Great Dao that can directly lead to ascension. Its origins go back as far as the legendary ancient times, and it has been passed down for twenty-six generations... A generation of the Immortal family can be as short as a hundred years or as long as a thousand years.
, twenty-six generations... I don’t know how many dynasties have changed in the world, and even the vast sea has become a mulberry field..."
She quickly calmed down and regained her usual dignified demeanor: "It's okay not to mention these boring things. Anyway, if you have anything you don't understand, you can ask me. Although I can't give you guidance on the path to immortality,
But some common sense things can still be explained a little bit."
At this point, she smiled sweetly: "I've been talking for a long time, but I still haven't asked for the name of this junior brother..."
"Wu Jie, a surname from Zhaoyang County, Southern Chu State."
After saying this, Luo Yu couldn't help being stunned and asked hurriedly: "Which Wu Jie? Could it be Wu Jie, the Marquis of Ji of Southern Chu who promoted anti-epidemic methods, and the editor-in-chief of "Treatise on Germs"?"
"Exactly."
"Are you so young?!" Luo Yu stood up in surprise, "I have read your book and found that the ideas are really unexpected, but the arguments are impeccable... Do you know how many senior immortals beat their chests when this book came out?
, some people even vomited blood due to sadness!”
"Why?" Wu Jie was also puzzled. It was just a book called "Theory of Germs" and it was not a great truth. Did it make those immortals so sad?
"In the past, the Buddha said that there were 84,000 insects in a bowl of water. This has been confirmed by the senior immortals. There are indeed so many tiny insects in the water. They even drew the shapes of many insects.
But all the research ends here. Whether there are bugs in the water or not, it is just the nature of the heaven and earth and the growth of all things. There is nothing to care about, and it is not worth delaying the pursuit of immortality for it... In your
Before the publication of "On Germ", everyone thought this way."
"But as a mere mortal, you inferred these bugs and then demonstrated their relationship with diseases... Do you know how many lives will be saved and how much merit will be accumulated if this book is published in the world?"
"I think I roughly understand what you mean..."
"Yes! Those seniors had clearly discovered 'bacteria' a long time ago, but because they didn't study what they did, they missed this important discovery and missed the huge merit from between their fingers——
It doesn’t matter if you are an evil sect. In the cultivation and growth of people on the right path, and even in the final tribulation and ascension, merit is extremely important. I don’t know how many seniors simply did not accumulate enough merit and virtue, so in the end they did not dare to surmount the tribulation and could not ascend.
We can only go through reincarnations and start over again..."
Luo Yu sighed deeply and looked at Wu Jie with admiration, envy and intimacy.
"I said before that I might become your senior sister. This was really arrogant! With your achievements, whether you can get started or not, I should respectfully call you Taoist Brother!"
She stood up and bowed respectfully: "Luo Yu pays homage to Brother Tao. If there is a chance in the future, please give me your advice!"
