I chase corpses in Gaowu world

Chapter 197 Who is strong and who is weak?Dilemmas and choices in the realm of heaven and man

Wu Daozi heard this and did not answer directly.

After a long pause, he said: "Ze'er, there are some things I planned to tell you in the future, so as not to put too much pressure on you at your age and level of cultivation."

"But since you asked, if you don't give you an answer, you won't be able to settle down."

"Oh, that's alright. There are some things you need to know sooner or later, so I'll tell you about them."

"As a teacher, I don't know whether this is good or bad for you."

Fang Ze's heart moved.

Master really knows something.

Wu Daozi seemed to have made up his mind and confirmed: "You are right."

"Back then, whether it was Zhuo Tianran, the old man Hongchen, or the ruthless Taoist priest Shouqi, who came to my sect from thousands of miles away, it was not for the secret code of martial arts."

After Fang Ze received confirmation, his doubts did not diminish, but instead there were more unknowns.

"What they came for is not the secret book of martial arts, so why?" he asked.

"What these three people want is the secret decision-making experience of the past leaders and peerless experts in our sect." Wu Daozi said.

"Choice experience?" Fang Ze repeated.

Wu Daozi nodded.

He stood up, looked at the sunset in the mountains outside the Wanmu Pavilion, and said: "Ze'er, in your eyes, how does the speed of cultivation of strong people in the heaven and human realm compare to the progress in the physical realm?"

Fang Ze thought for a while and said, "It's a bit slow."

"For a warrior in the physical realm, even if he has no talent, he only needs to take one step at a time, reach the level of a middle-class person, and have sufficient resources. If he reaches a realm in three or four years, it is considered a relatively slow speed."

"You can enter the Heavenly Realm. It's normal not to advance to another realm in ten years. Some masters will even be stuck in one realm for 15 to 20 years."

"And the higher the realm of heaven and man, the slower the practice."

"Especially in the Ninth Level of Heaven and Human Realm. I read in books that many people are unable to progress in this realm for life. Even if they finally break through and become Dharma masters, there are also a lot of people who are stuck in this realm for three to fifty years."

Wu Daozi nodded and asked, "Do you know why this is?"

Fang Ze thought for a while and shook his head.

"I don't know why. I don't know why."

"I can only guess based on common sense. In the later stage, more resources are needed, and it depends more on talent, so that's why."

Wu Daozi smiled slightly and said: "It's good to be able to honestly say that you don't know about this matter."

He took a deep breath and said, "It's just that your guess is not the truth."

"The truth is that although the Heavenly Realm requires many more resources than the Physical Realm, the resource collection speed is as fast as the absorption and transformation. The improvement speed should be almost the same as the Physical Realm."

"However, in the process of ascension to the Heaven-Human Realm, the higher the realm, the more invisible obstacles you will encounter."

"The obstacle is that every time you advance to a higher level, you have to face a choice."

Fang Ze was surprised.

How can the Heavenly Realm be improved so quickly?

What is the choice between heaven and man?
Wu Daozi sighed and said:
"This kind of choice cannot be experienced at all in the physical realm, but after entering the heavenly realm, the higher the realm, the clearer the feeling of needing to make a choice."

"When you reach the realm of being a teacher, the problem you face is not that you cannot improve your realm, but that every step you take, you will face great pressure of choice and all kinds of unreasonable terror."

"Every great master in the Heavenly Realm will face such pressure all the time."

"Whether it is Zhuo Tianran, Old Man Hongchen, or Gong Shouque, they are all people with outstanding talents. The more talented people are, the sooner they can detect the existence of such obstacles."

"The reason why they came to our sect is indeed not for the secret book of martial arts... but because our sect has been passed down for a long time and has been accumulated for tens of thousands of years. There are many records in this regard. What they want is these things to use as experience for moving forward. "

Fang Ze suddenly realized that it was so?
He thought for a moment and asked, "Master, where does this terror come from?"

Wu Daozi shook his head and said: "I have some things in my grasp, but I can't say them."

"It's not that I don't want to say it, it's that I can't."

"You asked me before what a 'legend' is. I didn't tell you before because what I said can only be my own perception and may not be suitable for you."

"I can't say anything about this matter now. If I say it, a large part of your future may collapse. The biggest possibility is to walk on the same path as me."

"My path may not be wrong, but I'm not confident that it is right either."

"What's more, even if it is the right path for me, it most likely may not be the right path for you."

"Everyone's path is different."

"I can only tell you that the higher you go in martial arts, the stronger the feeling of fear becomes."

"Every master in the Heavenly Realm has to struggle in this kind of terror and pressure, and it takes a long time before he can make the right move and take a step forward."

Fang Ze was silent.

He remembered the words of Zhenjun Dongxuan.

How similar are Master's words to those said by Zhenjun Dongxuan?

Could that kind of terror be the gaze of gods and demons, or the twisted way of heaven in Tianzhou?

He suddenly thought of the head of the Cui family.

This person is also stuck in the Ninth Level of Heaven and Human Realm. Could it be that he is also facing the same terror?
Fang Ze and Wu Daozi said nothing.

So silent and long.

In the end, it was Fang Ze who broke the silence.

"Master, are there any relevant records in the notes left by the sect's seniors?"

"Do you have anything to tell me about this matter?"

"My physical body is about to pass the eighth transformation now, and I can advance to the ninth physical transformation at any time. What advice do you have before entering the realm of gods and humans?"

Fang Ze asked.

Wu Daozi shook his head slightly.

"Senior's notes are similar to what I told you today."

"There are some things that cannot be said. It would be wrong to say them."

"However, our sect's martial arts practice is indeed different."

After a pause, he continued: "My sect chooses disciples with the first priority of soul."

"Do you know why?"

Fang Ze shook his head slightly.

Wu Daozi said: "The divine soul and the true spirit are actually two sides of the same body."

"In the sect's classics, the understanding of the divine soul is quite profound... Everyone has a divine soul, and the source of the divine soul represents the true spirit that cannot be deceived."

"In life, you will be deceived by various obsessions, persistence, or man-made lies. Some people have been deceived for a lifetime, and they are still determined before they die."

"What can be deceived is human consciousness, thoughts, and emotions, but the true spirit can never be deceived." "Everyone has a true spirit. No matter who or what happens, the true spirit can see everything clearly, and there will be no deception." The possibility of deception, inducement.”

"However, although the true spirit cannot be deceived, it can be obscured, and the true spirit is dusted."

Wu Daozi looked at Fang Ze and said:
"Buddhism talks about knowing one's mind and seeing one's nature, and Taoism eliminates the false and preserves the true through cultivation. In fact, it is this true spirit that is practiced."

"The true spirit neither arises nor dies, neither increases nor decreases, and never changes. Neither Buddhism nor Taoism strengthens the true spirit, but only removes the dust that obscures the true spirit."

"And my sect requires the disciples' souls to be strong because they believe that the soul is the shadow of the true spirit."

"The less the true spirit is obscured, the stronger the soul will be."

Fang Ze suddenly realized.

So there is such a saying?
In this way, the soul is just a ruler of measurement, and the true spirit is the essence.

Wu Daozi continued: "If you don't know what you want to do, then think of all ways to improve your soul."

"When your soul is strong enough, when faced with a choice, the less hesitant and hesitant you are, the higher the chance of making the right choice."

"As for being promoted to the Heavenly Realm..."

Wu Daozi looked at Fang Ze with a deep look in his eyes.

"What I can tell you is that if you can't achieve the Heaven-Human Realm in Tianzhou, then don't achieve it here."

"If you change places, you'll have a lot more choices."

Fang Ze was shocked.

Wu Daozi didn't say it clearly.

But as soon as these words came out, Fang Ze understood.

Wu Daozi knew that Fang Ze had the ability to travel through the universe!
However, he never pointed it out or said it.

And this suggestion is exactly the same as the advice of Lord Dongxuan.

Fang Ze's heart was filled with shock.

Master, he must know much more than imagined.

Fang Ze composed himself and nodded deeply.

"Disciple noted it down." He said.

Although he didn't know the reason, Zhenjun Dongxuan and his master Wu Daozi all warned him like this, and Fang Ze had to listen.

For this kind of thing, it's better to listen to others' advice and eat enough.

Wu Daozi nodded.

He felt a little emotional and said: "Ze'er, there are some things that you have to face yourself sooner or later."

"No one can escape, and no one can choose for you."

"You can listen to my teacher's advice, but you must make your own choices."

"Even if you are afraid, even if you are afraid, even if the choice of being a teacher is different in the future, I hope you can make your own choice and keep going."

"There are some fundamental issues. Don't trust others too much, including your teacher."

"After all, people are alive, and living people will change... Until the last moment, you never know what choices others made, what kind of people they were, and whether they turned traitor."

He was not very loud.

Fang Ze felt very shocked.

He thought for a moment, then nodded deeply.

Wu Daozi smiled.

"Okay, after what I said today, if you have some insights, you can also understand some things."

"I haven't determined the winner of this game of chess yet. I wonder if I can play it tonight."

"Whatever you want to do, just do it, don't add any extra burden to today's conversation."

Fang Ze nodded.

"Master, I'm leaving first," he said.

"Go." Wu Daozi nodded.

Fang Ze turned around and left.

Wu Daozi looked at Fang Ze's back.

There was a look of kindness in his eyes.

"The child is growing up." He said to himself.

Taking a long breath, Wu Daozi returned to Wanmu Pavilion, sat down, and continued playing chess.

...

Fang Ze returned to Weiyuan Palace.

He thought of many things on the way.

Wu Daozi's words today gave him a deeper understanding of the world he thought he knew.

Even some very stable concepts have changed.

For example, Fang Ze once felt that the comparison of the strength of Jianghu was still very simple.

The ninth level of heaven and human realm is more powerful than the seventh level of heaven and human realm.

But what he said today overturned this perception.

The seventh level of heaven and human realm must be weaker than the ninth level of heaven and human realm?

not necessarily.

Is a master of the seventh heaven of the heaven and human realm really weaker than a master of the ninth heaven of the heaven and human realm, who takes every step carefully, takes all factors into consideration, and finally takes a cautious step?

Who knows, is that master of the ninth level of the Heavenly Realm a simple-minded person who doesn't think much at all and just rushes along?

God knows.

The latter may seem to be more talented. In the reality of Tianzhou Jianghu, his status and strength are stronger. He can firmly suppress the former and seems to be the favored one of heaven.

However, all gifts from fate have secretly been marked with a price.

When he reaches the limit of the realm of gods and humans and is about to enter the realm of Dharma, will that high-spirited ninth-level heaven of gods and humans be shocked to find that the road ahead cannot be continued and will be cut off?

On the contrary, the Seventh Heaven, which has been lagging behind, still has infinite possibilities?

If the former was just as reckless, he would be much better than the latter.

If so, who is stronger and who is weaker?
After a conversation today, Fang Ze couldn't help but have a new view on this.

(End of this chapter)