Zhang Tao left, and the War King began to take charge of the Demon City.
After the War King took control of the Demon City, Jiang Chao also began to practice in Mowu. This time the War King got him a Heavenly Golden Lotus and three Golden Body Fruits from Fang Ping, all to prepare for him to enter the eighth level.
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With Fatty Jiang here, many things will be much easier to handle.
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Underground passage.
The King of War feels that he has been very busy recently.
He was busy forging hundreds of king coins, and was busy helping Fang Ping transform his ninth-grade battle ax and transform the battle ax into a knife.
Not only are they busy with this, the three origin Taoist warriors of Mowu often come to him to ask questions.
These war kings also know the resurrected warriors who have been living in Zhenxing City.
The King of War was actually a little surprised that the three of them had entered the realm of the ninth grade Origin Dao so quickly.
Before the work here was over, Fang Ping came to get close to her again.
Seeing Fang Ping now, the War King felt a little big-headed.
This kid has a lot going on!
No matter how big the issue is, you have to come to him to chat with him. He is very busy, okay?
But this time Fang Ping came to see the King of War, not because of the Demon City's affairs, but because of his own affairs.
In the underground hall, Fang Ping smiled broadly and took Fatty Jiang with him. Fatty was a stepping stone. When they arrived at the underground hall, Fang Ping left Fatty aside and went to play by himself.
Ignoring Jiang Chao's resentful eyes, Fang Ping sat down opposite the King of War and said respectfully: "Senior, Fang Ping actually came here this time to consult on some issues related to martial arts practice.
You are very knowledgeable. If you give me some advice, I think I will gain a lot."
"explain."
The King of War was making a hundred king coins while waiting for him to ask questions. This kid had so many questions that he didn't want to stay in the Magic City now. The Star City was still quiet.
“First, regarding the issue of the eighth grade breaking through the ninth grade.
The ninth level is divided into the weak ninth level and the original ninth level, but in my opinion, there seems to be no difference between the weak ninth level and the eighth level.
So how is this distinction made?
What’s the difference between them?”
The King of War shook his head and said: "If you ask the ninth-grade people about these things, you should know most of them. It seems that you don't pay attention to the lectures."
After giving Fang Ping a blow, the War King said: "The biggest difference between the ninth grade and the eighth grade is the understanding of the original path! The gap is naturally above the understanding of the original path!
Being weak at the ninth level is just a relative term. The ninth level is actually a transformation!
There are thousands of original Tao in the world, and no one can tell how many martial arts roads there are, because everyone’s path is different.”
The War King smiled and continued: "Let's talk about the Lord of the Catacombs. What kind of path does the King practice? The way of all peoples! In fact, there are people in human beings who are walking this way, but the way of ten thousand names that come out of each other... is said to be the way of all peoples.
, in fact they are all different.
With so many different martial arts paths, how should you go on when you reach the peak of the eighth level?
The so-called ninth level is actually a transformation of one's own enlightenment.
First of all, you need to know which path you want to take, determine your own path, and lay the foundation.
The original Tao, which is formless and without quality, is actually not the path of existence, but the unknown path.
You need to walk this road yourself, build it yourself, and repair it yourself."
The King of War said, and then said: "The so-called weak ninth grade and the original ninth grade are actually ninth grade. The difference is that the weak ninth grade is the kind that has just laid the foundation. It has not yet gone out and failed to take the first step.
!
The difference between the eighth grade and the weak ninth grade lies in this.
When a martial artist determines the path he wants to take and digs the first shovel, at this time, the direction of your martial arts path has been roughly determined.
Of course, this is a general direction, and our so-called understanding of the original path is the first step in the real sense."
When Fang Ping heard this, he generally understood the meaning and said: "In other words, the difference between the eighth grade and the weak ninth grade actually lies in the foundation and determination of the road?
As for the weak ninth grade and the original Tao ninth grade, one has not yet taken a step, while the other has officially taken a step and started to move forward?"
"That's understandable."
"Then what is the original path?"
Fang Ping was still a little unable to understand. He frowned slightly and said, "I am now at the eighth level and seventh level. It stands to reason that when I reach this stage, many people will have already reached the ninth level.
And I actually didn’t feel any sign of the ninth grade..."
The King of War was not surprised at all and said with a smile: "How long have you been exposed to martial arts? Do you really understand martial arts? Many geniuses are also stuck at this stage. Of course, others are not as fast as you.
You are really faster than anyone imagined. In more than two years, you have reached the eighth level and seventh refinement!
After more than two years, it's too late for you to just practice, so how can you have time to think about these things.
This thing about Origin Dao...it's hard to explain it thoroughly to you."
The King of War pondered for a while and then said: "From the perspective of the growth of strength, the Origin Dao is a power amplifier, but this power amplifier is made by yourself!
Different people make different amplifiers with different effects.
But if you don’t understand the principle and structure of an amplifier, you can’t build it.
When you understand it, you can naturally create your own amplifier, and this... needs to be understood!"
The King of War pondered again for a while, and then said: "As for your principal, Wu Kuishan's original Tao, we actually don't know what it is. But generally speaking, we can guess that it may be a kind of love, a kind of care, a kind of protection...
This is actually a kind of power, the power of the subconscious.
He loves his wife and his daughter, so he wants to protect her and explore and develop her potential.
His daughter died, and his wife always wanted revenge, so he wanted to protect his wife and avenge his daughter. This is actually not a power of hatred, but a power of protection..."
Fang Ping laughed and said, "So mysterious?"
"Yes, it's so mysterious!"
The King of War smiled and said: "The original way is actually very mysterious! As for martial arts, after practicing to the eighth level, the physical body has been developed to the extreme! After the eighth level, human martial arts training is actually at another level.
From the first to the eighth level, everyone is developing what exists and developing the potential that belongs to human beings!
Your golden body is strong and your physical body is strong. These are actually your own abilities, but you have not developed them and let these abilities be hidden.
After reaching the eighth level, this is a new beginning, and it becomes a bit mysterious at this time, to strengthen oneself from another level."
"Then how should I understand the original path?"
Fang Ping said doubtfully: "I don't even know what the Origin Dao is. In other words, I don't know anything about how to make this amplifier. Now if you ask me to make it, I feel that I can hardly make it."
"You don't have enough accumulation and knowledge, so you have such doubts."
The King of War smiled and said: "Most of the others are the accumulation of time and years. They have seen a lot and experienced a lot...I don't mean simple fighting.
Customs, life experiences, the deaths of wives and children, the passage of time...
These are all accumulations.
You don’t have these, so you don’t understand and you don’t understand.”
The King of War said, thought for a while and then said: "As for you, it's best to find some fallen source masters like the Lord of Rose City. If there are traces of the source left, you can try to observe them.
Observe what other people’s structures are like?
But this kind of opportunity is too rare. Even if we kill the ninth grade, we may not be able to leave the opponent's original path.
If you have learned from past mistakes, it will be much easier for you to construct your own original path.
Of course, this is also prone to a problem..."
The King of War said in a deep voice: "It's not impossible to imitate, follow the trend, or even copy and plagiarize, but it's not your own thing, and you can't become the strongest! You copy other people's ways, but you still don't understand it yourself.
Then you may become someone else, but you cannot become yourself!
The strong ones all follow their own path, reaching the deepest point and reaching the end!
They know how they want to go on, what they need, and what they are most suitable for. At this time, they can become strong.
And those warriors who follow other people's paths will never become the strongest, and at most they will be second best!"
Fang Ping nodded and said: "Then if I take advantage of the Wan Family's strengths, I study the Tao of hundreds of original Tao masters, analyze their advantages and disadvantages, abandon those dross, and create my own Origin Tao, will this make me stronger?
"
The War King smiled again and said: "First, there are not hundreds of strong men who would give you this opportunity!
Second, how do you make sure you are discarding the dross and not the essence?
Third, it’s easy to say that you should learn from the strengths of hundreds of schools of thought, but the more you look, the more choices you have. At this time, you will also get lost and confused."
The King of War said in a deep voice: "As a person, if there are hundreds of original paths for you to follow, each of which seems to lead to the strongest point, how do you choose? You have confidence. The path you have built yourself is longer than others.
?
The more you look at it, the more confused you become, and the random flowers become more and more charming. At this time, a person's determination and courage are tested even more!
If you fuse it, you might fuse it into something different. You put the dog's head on the cat's body. What's going on?"
The King of War said, and then added: "But...if these premises are excluded, you really need to have the opportunity to observe hundreds of avenues, and someone can teach you. The King of War smiled and said: "Zhang Tao!"
"Why is this guy Zhang Tao so strong? His way is to return to the same path! It is somewhat similar to what you said."
The King of War laughed and said: "It is said that all roads merge into one, and the final road is actually only one! We actually agree with this statement, but before the end, the roads are still separate.
We are taking one of them, or both, and there is hope that we will lead to the end.
As for Zhang Tao, he also walked the same path... But that guy didn't walk the same path in the ordinary sense.
His return to the Tao is actually a way of constantly comprehending new ways and constantly integrating into his own way!"
Seeing that Fang Ping was a little confused, the King of War organized his words and said: "Let's put it this way, he actually walked a path that eliminated other paths! He realized a new path, and as soon as he started, he cut off this path.
It has merged into its own Guiyi, or Guiyi has integrated into this new path.
Whoever is stronger will exist!
Whoever is stronger means who can make it to the end!
He keeps eliminating other paths, and finally leaves only one, but this approach... is too difficult!"
The King of War sighed: "Human energy is limited. It is difficult for a warrior to walk one path in his life, but he has to walk countless paths! How difficult it is to raise Gu from countless paths and keep the strongest one!
If we had this time, we would rather take the second road, the two main roads, and walk together. It would be easier than his way.
Just like us, if we meet two tiger cubs, we may cultivate them together, hoping to eventually cultivate two tigers!
As for Zhang Tao, he would let two young tigers fight and let the strong one devour the weak one. He felt that those cultivated in this way would be stronger..."
Fang Ping understood, then touched his chin and said: "If you put it this way, I think the minister's Tao is indeed very strong. Cultivating two tigers requires a lot of resources, and it is impossible to concentrate resources to cultivate one fierce tiger.
But...you still have to look at the upper limit.
If the upper limits are the same, then of course it is better to train two tigers. In the end, two tigers will definitely be stronger than one.
It’s hard to say whether this is good or bad…”
The King of War nodded, and just after nodding, Fang Ping said again: "But the minister's mental power is so strong, I think it will be okay for him to leave. Senior, what do you think?"
The King of War was speechless, and quickly shook his head and said: "You don't understand! He looks strong, but that is based on his true talent! If he does not go back to the same path, but follows the same path as others,
He may have taken two or even three avenues!"
The King of War sighed: "It is difficult for many people to understand a Tao in their lifetime, but Zhang Tao...he understands the original Tao very easily! If you have seen his actions, you can actually read a book..."
Fang Ping hurriedly said: "I have seen that a crystal book appeared before he made a move!"
"Great ambition!"
The King of War sighed again: "Writing is actually the manifestation of a road! Let's talk about the way of King Zhentian, one of which is the word 'zhen'. The manifestation of my way is the word 'break'. That person from the Yang family
It's the word 'kill'.
And what does Zhang Tao want to do?
All things are unified!
Li Changsheng's principle of unification of all paths is to abandon other paths and only take one!
His return of all paths to one is the true devouring of all paths, integrating all paths into his return to one path!
When he makes a book, a few pages will be the Dao. If one day his book has ten thousand pages, it will be ten thousand Dao unified!
But how difficult is it to walk such a road?
He has actually understood a few paths now, but of course, they are just superficial. He does not go into depth, but just has a taste of it, which is what you call the weak ninth-grade path.
After roughly having a prototype, he will integrate into his own Guiyi..."
Fang Ping's eyes flashed and he said: "This path... I think it suits me quite well! Senior, how many paths has the minister taken now? I think he has three, right?"
"It's not clear. If he doesn't attack with all his strength, who knows how far he will go."
Fang Ping murmured: "Use these rudimentary Tao to feed your own Tao and strengthen yourself! Not to mention, the minister has some ideas, but it is really difficult for him to do this!
Considering that his talent is extremely terrifying, he has only been able to comprehend the rudiments of a path in one year, which is less than ten years and less than 20 years now.
I count him at 20. Using 20 rudiments of the Tao to feed your own Tao is already so terrifying. What if you understand one Tao a day and then feed it?
Is it more powerful than him?
It’s too difficult for him to take this path!
Being together...is a bit interesting."
The war king looked at him like an idiot, what are you talking about?
One road a day?
Do you think of me as an idiot, or do you think of yourself as an idiot?
Not to mention Zhang Tao's 20, it has only been a few years since Zhang Tao reached the pinnacle. Even if he started making such preparations at the ninth level, after so many years, he has understood the rudiment of the 10 ways... which is no longer a human being.
That guy is so scary!
Is it possible for people to understand a new path in one or two years?
But Fang Ping actually thought of more!
Fang Ping didn't care what the King of War thought, he touched his chin and said, "The minister's return has really inspired me a lot, but there is another point that I'm not too sure about.
Does his path of return exist in itself, or is it a collection of other paths?
If it exists, what is it based on?
Strengthening the trunk and allowing other branches to provide nutrients to the trunk is probably the minister's idea, so if I also go back to the same branch, what will my trunk be?"
Fang Ping fell into deep thought. After all the talk, he still had to prepare a main road for himself.
Other origin roads are just a kind of filling... In fact, in Fang Ping's understanding, his main road has no way forward, so he digs out the earth and rocks from other roads, then fills his main road, and keeps paving it.
For others, this is difficult, but for me... it may not be!
If the system allows you to understand other people's paths, you may be able to find many paths yourself.
But the paths are too scattered, and each path requires a lot of energy to walk. It is better to dismantle other trails and integrate them into the avenue to make the foundation of the avenue more solid.
"The path Lao Zhang wants to take may be the right one! But he has no chance to go further because he doesn't have my ability."
Fang Ping suspected that if Lao Zhang had systematic abilities, he might have truly found hundreds of ways and integrated into himself.
Even if it is just a rudimentary road, it will probably be much stronger than it is now.
"It's a pity that you don't have this chance."
Fang Ping shook his head, that's all, since you can't go on, then I'll go for you, and I will go back together!
"Returning to the same path... I will first determine my own main path, and then understand other paths and integrate into the main path. One step a day, and I will walk longer than Lao Zhang in a few days!"
Fang Ping suddenly laughed and grinned.
When that time comes, I will use Guiyi to defeat Lao Zhang. He will flip through the book and turn a few pages... I will flip through hundreds and thousands of pages. Will he collapse?
"I don't have to use books. This is self-expression. I have to think about what I use to express myself."
Fang Ping is not just imagining things. Now he has reached the eighth level and the seventh level. It stands to reason that with the ninth level around the corner, it is time to think about the ninth level.
If the next eight or nine refinements are difficult to pass, and he comprehends the original path, he can directly advance to the ninth rank, which can be regarded as a two-way choice.
…
After roughly understanding the matter of Origin Dao, Fang Ping did not continue to ask further questions.
Soon, Fang Ping said again: "Eighth grade breaks through ninth grade, this is the first question, I want to ask a few more questions.
Second, how many ninth-grade experts are there in our country?
This junior has seen some strong men sitting in Yuhai Mountain, and they are all ninth-grade people. There are also some realms where there may be ninth-grade people.
Senior, there are more than 48 ninth-grade people in China, but how many more specifically? Can you tell me?"
"It's not a secret..."
The King of War smiled and said: "It is normal for some people not to be on the list. After all, the list has only been published for a few years. Many people have never appeared at all, and the list will not include them unless they appear in the outside world and are known to others.
There are currently 48 people on the list. In fact, there are probably more in the Yuhaishan area..."
The King of War did some calculations and quickly said: "There are still about 15 ninth-grade people in charge. The Hua Kingdom has opened 24 cave passages. Some of them have no one in charge, but Jue Dian has been there for a long time.
But there are some peaks that are not there for a long time, so someone needs to keep an eye on them.
There should be about 15 people, and there is not much difference between the upper and lower levels. I haven’t been to some areas for a long time, so I don’t know the specific situation now.
In addition, there are 8 places in the realm. The Chen family was taken away by you. Over in Tiannan, the Yang family is almost dead.
No humans can enter the Demon City Cave, nor is there the First Cave... which is the place guarded by the old ghost of the Li family.
There was no one from the Jiang family on the Nanjiang side where I was guarding.
In other words, there are still 4 boundary areas that are being studied by the descendants of other families in Zhenxing City. I really don’t know how many people there are specifically.
However, there are still two or three ninth-grade people in one place, and if there are four places, there will be about 10 people."
The King of War thought for a while and then said: "Also, there are actually a few weak ninth-grade people over there in the King's War Land, not counting them. They are about four or five people. They stay there for a long time, unless they officially step out of the original path.
The first step, otherwise I won't leave.
That’s almost 15 people!
Including those from Yuhaishan, there are about 30 people in total."
The King of War smiled and said: "That's it, there are about 30 people left, plus the current almost 50 people, there should be about 80 ninth-level warriors in China."
Then he added: "After excluding Zhang Tao and the others, there are still about 80 people! On the government side, there are also five or six people who are not on the list, which can almost supplement their quota."
“About 80 people!”
Fang Ping sighed after hearing this: "Now I really understand the strength of the Hua Kingdom. It is a little stronger than I thought. According to this strength... it won't be a big problem to pacify a few caves."
The King of War said with a smile: "Pinging down the Catacombs? In fact, we have been controlling the scale of the war with the outside world of the Catacombs. It cannot be too big. If it is too big, then it will be a danger to mankind!
By digging into the burrow, we let them know that we are not weak and let them understand our willingness to fight!
Of course, what is important is the capture of resources.
This is the meaning of the existence of war in foreign lands!
The purpose of the cave is, on the one hand, to train troops, and on the other hand, it is to suppress us and prevent our strength from growing too fast.
In fact, some of the catacomb passages have been opened for a long time. Why have they not been opened for a long time, but are they opened frequently now?
Just don’t give us time to quickly complete the opening of 108 channels and completely open the two-world barrier.”
"I understand this."
Fang Ping continued: "This junior has a third and final question. Has mankind... found a new planet suitable for our survival?"
The King of War chuckled lightly, shook his head and said: "No, it's not that simple. Many years ago, someone mentioned that if we don't fight, we will find a new place to live. Aren't we going to invade the earth in the underground cave?
We just leave!
If you can’t beat me, then leave!
But after so many years, there are actually some extremely powerful people who have left the earth to explore the universe, but in the end they still found nothing.
This is actually fine. If we really have a way out, we may not be in the current situation.
Only when there is no way out can we all fight against the cave together, because if the earth is lost, we people will be like rootless ducks.
Judging from the situation in the cave, ordinary people may really have a way to survive... But in the extreme peak level, there are dozens of extreme peak level experts. If it were you, would you dare to kill these people who have subjugated their country and their species, and are so powerful that you may pick them off at any time?
Are their heads left on the doorstep?
So at that time, even if we suffer heavy losses, even if we retreat to a certain area, we will be surrounded and killed."
The King of War smiled and said: "That's fine, but don't mention it. Although we haven't found a place to survive, countries are still working together to create a final escape route. Maybe in a few years, you young people will really be wandering in the universe.
At that time, life or death will depend on your luck.
Maybe after wandering for hundreds of years, you can find a new place to live. Once you reach this state, it will be difficult for you to die even after hundreds of years."
Fang Ping said with a smile: "I don't want to go wandering and lock myself in a space capsule every day? If I live in a black box for hundreds of years, I would rather stay. The cave people may not be able to find me."
Fang Ping also finished asking questions, and after saying this, he said: "Senior, I will be going to the Demon City Caves in the middle of this month, and I will trouble you to send me there then."
"Okay, just in time, your magic weapon has also been transformed..."
The King of War threw a long sword to Fang Ping and said with a smile: "Don't use the divine weapons as ordinary weapons. Don't waste the ninth-grade divine weapons. There are not many even in Zhenxing City.
This magical weapon comes from a giant crocodile beast and was not weak in its lifetime.
If you really need to use it properly, at the critical moment, the giant crocodile will transform and have the combat power of a weak ninth grade. Of course, it depends on your control over the magic weapon and the amount of mental energy you need to consume.
A weak ninth-level warrior, this is the role of the magic weapon. At critical moments, the magic weapon can be used to prevent disasters, stop people, besiege, and escape... it is a great weapon.
A weak ninth-grade person can block a strong person in the original path for a long time.
Don’t always treat magic weapons like alloy weapons, you can keep them as pets.”
Fang Ping understood, and smiled again: "I know this, but my promotion is too fast, and I don't have much time to control it. After all, seniors also know that it has only been more than two years, and I am almost at the ninth level. The previous seventh level
The eighth-grade magic weapon has limited effect on me now..."
The King of War was speechless for a while, and then he said dullly for a long time: "Okay, you go back first, don't come to my place if you have nothing to do!"