Seeking Immortals

Chapter 708: The Immortal asked

Li Qing’s way is different. This is the only way to respect people. No one has walked it except him. The methods of the powerful predecessors can no longer be used as a reference.

 After breaking through the True Immortal Queen, Li Qing is completely on his own path.

As for the end point after breaking through the True Immortal Road, Li Qing had already seen it clearly in the Third Ancestral Pagoda in Mainland China in the early Yuan Dynasty. Now the key lies in how to reach the end point.

"Your path is extraordinary and there is no reference. Are you sure of your breakthrough?" Hongchen Ancestor asked with concern.

"It will definitely be possible, but the breakthrough of the Tao depends on the opportunity, on that bit of epiphany." Li Qing said solemnly, "When the opportunity comes, it may be possible to break through overnight, but if the opportunity does not exist, it will take thousands of years."

"That's true." Ancestor Hongchen mused, "In contrast, the path of the Immortal Immortal is only about perfecting the Tao realm. It cannot seek for a breakthrough in the Tao. It is also time-consuming and laborious. Your path may be the most orthodox path of cultivation. The word 'immortal' is not enough to summarize it."

“There are thousands of ways to practice in the world, and when it comes to breaking through the true immortality, they all reach the same goal through different paths, seeking the ultimate path.”

“But the extreme of the Tao of each living being may be different. Even if the extreme of the Tao is the same, there are many ways to reach it.”

"That's the truth." Li Qing nodded. The ultimate goal of his Tao was already clear, but there was indeed more than one road leading to the ultimate level of Taoism and Humanity.

"What are you going to do? Choose a place to retreat? Or enter the virtual world to speed up your practice..." Wutian asked.

"Practice in the virtual world will be harmful to my Tao. My Tao should be practiced in the current time and space to be witnessed by thousands of ways." Li Qing shook his head and said leisurely: "My original intention in practicing is to depend on fate and not to be in a hurry. Don’t be impatient, just take it one step at a time.”

 Li Qing left the Immortal Garden on Earth and came to where Yingzi and Black Jiao were hiding.

During Li Qing's absence, both Yingzi and Heijiao were sleeping. He had traveled to foreign lands many times and plundered a large amount of resources. He had burial soil in his hands, which could keep the creatures sleeping for a long time with low consumption.

 “Forget it.” Li Qing did not wake up Yingzi and Heijiao.

He sat cross-legged on the grave where Yingzi and Heijiao were sleeping and realized the truth.

This sitting has lasted a thousand years, and Li Qing has been thinking about the way to the extreme of the Tao.

 Affected by the lingering influence of Li Qing's riot in the foreign land, the Immortal Heritage was generally peaceful during this period, but there were still small conflicts between the alien creatures and the Immortal Heritage creatures. The battlefield was in the chaotic void outside the Immortal Heritage, in the depths of the Chaos Abyss.

 The Immortals completed a major deployment. The seal of the fourth heaven was unlocked and transferred at the same time. The twelfth heaven of the Immortal Legacy was sealed.

A passage similar to a golden altar has been left in the twelfth heaven. The Two Domain Mountains will merge with the passage and seal it at any time.

 The creatures in the ninth, tenth, and eleventh heavens are migrating to the twelfth heaven.

"What do you think of the Immortal Immortal? Lin Fusheng is making trouble in a foreign land alone. As long as the Immortal Immortal goes out together, he has a chance to destroy these awakened ancestors. Why do you still want to proclaim yourself!" Many immortal beings were puzzled and complained. They did not know the truth. .

The second divination prophecy of the Year of the Turtle has still not been made public. Only a few living beings know it. Disclosing the truth will only destabilize the immortal legacy.

"This is the passage." On this day, the stable passage connecting the twelfth heaven and the Chaos Abyss was discovered by the Immortal Canal.

All the Immortals set up a large shielding formation together and quickly covered this passage, but there were also hidden worries.

Yang Gu said in a deep voice: "Chaos Abyss is the center of the thirty-third heaven of Immortal Relics. The void turbulence in its deepest part is impossible to identify and has no rules. It is always changing. By relying on the void turbulence, there is still a chance. Enter the twelfth heaven.”

 “But the chances are too small.”

“Now as long as Lin Fusheng doesn’t cause trouble, we just wait for the return of Liu Sanbian and ‘Qin’ to see what clues they can bring out and whether there is a way to solve the source..."

 …

Frost comes and goes, and twenty years pass in the blink of an eye.

Li Qing ignored the self-proclaimed Immortal Relics of the Twelve Heavens, and was always trying to improve his cultivation by enlightening himself.

Tao respects people to the extreme. It requires people to leave the Dao and still respect them. If he tries to break away from the Dao, it is simply impossible.

 Li Qing knows the answer, but does not know the specific steps to solve the problem.

"The Tao respects people, and people are above the Tao. Now I can dominate the Tao. I can't escape from the Tao. It is difficult to reach the extreme of the Tao in two steps. If this road is divided into three steps, then one step further after mastering the Tao. , what is it?”

Li Qing no longer tries to reach the end of the Tao in one step, but plans to build a bridge between the main road and the extreme of the Tao.

 After being able to dominate the Dao, Li Qing believed that he had reached his limit in that people were stronger than the Dao and could not go any further.

Li Qing looked back on his spiritual path and tried to find the answer.

　　Qi refining, foundation building, golden elixir, Yuanying, Dongxu, Yin Shen... Li Qing stopped when he recalled the Yin Shen.

"In the early stage of Yin Shen, make up for the Dao, make up for differences, seek common ground and eliminate differences...differences!" Li Qing thought long and hard, his eyes lit up, "Dominating the Dao is indeed a limit, but I don't seem to have completed this limit."

Li Qing discovered that he only controlled the nine paths of yin and yang, killing, life and death. Perhaps, he needed to control all the avenues.

From the perspective of similarities and differences, other avenues besides the nine are differences. The unity of similarities and differences is probably the limit.

 This seems to be the second step after breaking through the road to true immortality.

Li Qing found that it was extremely difficult and almost impossible for him to seek to dominate all the Tao. He needed to contact other Tao and let other Tao respect him.

Just "other ways respect him" is an insurmountable gap, not to mention that there are so many great ways that they are inexhaustible.

 “There’s something wrong… I’ll make up for it, seek common ground and eliminate differences…” Li Qing muttered to himself countless times, repeating this sentence.

 “Perhaps it can be like this.”

Li Qing has a new understanding: "The Yin Shen's early pursuit of seeking common ground and eliminating differences was aimed at a specific avenue, such as the path of life and death, and the ancient and modern paths. Now, I can integrate all the paths into a whole."

“Maybe you can simply listen to other people’s views on ‘Tao’ and grasp the Tao from a more comprehensive perspective. This is an alternative way to supplement Tao.”

　　"Looking at the difference in 'Tao', I can also touch other avenues at the same time to see if they can be mastered together."

Li Qing feels that dominating all roads is a dead end, but this can indeed be the direction of the second step. There is no way ahead, and even if it seems to be a dead end, he has to give it a try.

 What you think may not be right, you can feel more in practice.

"But...if I dominate all the roads and build bridges, how can I reach the final peak of the road?" Li Qing thought further.

 In pursuit of the ultimate path of Tao, you don’t need to do it step by step, you have to think about it as a whole.

 A set of solutions leading to the extreme of the Tao, which are interconnected and multiplied by one thread.

 Thirty years later, Li Qing stood up and ended his retreat. He planned to get in touch with other avenues more and learn about other living beings’ views on the ‘Tao’ itself.

 Previously, his vision had been limited to his own Yin and Yang Nine Paths, which was narrow. He needed a broader perspective, and the Complementary Path could help him.

As for which creatures to ask, Li Qing already had the answer in his mind.

 In the world of spiritual practice, Li Qing often discusses Tao with other monks, and has had a lot of exposure to both the original principles and the ordinary principles.

 Only the most basic Tao is rarely paid attention to by him.

Li Qing set his sights on mortals. He planned to ask mortals for advice and experience thousands of avenues.

 Mortal Tao is the simplest, simpler, or direct to the most essential Tao.

 …

Having practiced Taoism for tens of thousands of years, Li Qing always senses opportunities in the mortal world at every critical moment.

 What is ordinary? Under the immortals, everyone is ordinary.

 It is better to enlighten the Tao through the void, to pass through the three ancestors, and to go against the Tao and return to the mortal world.

 The reshaped Sixth Heaven has many mortal areas and even many mortal stars. Most of these stars were moved by Li Qing himself.

There is a star called Lanying Star. It is a big star that belongs to the mortal realm of the sixth heaven. This star lacks spiritual energy and there are very few monks. Most of them are wild cultivators in the mountains.

However, there are many creatures in Lanying Star and the territory is vast.

The rising rays of light illuminated the mist in the mountains, and a cockcrow signaled the beginning of a new day. The mortals on Lanying Star woke up from their beds one after another and entered into the day's work.

The wild cultivator in the mountains, holding the dilapidated practice books, inhales the fleeting purple energy.

 The tiger eats the deer, the big fish eats the small fish.

Each creature moves forward with the years according to its own rhythm of survival.

However, when the early sun rose to half its height, all the creatures on Lanying Star felt this and couldn't help but lift up to the sky, only to see a special auspicious cloud appear in the sky.

 This cloud has nine colors.

　　Continue.

"What is the Tao? What... is the Tao..." A misty, vicissitudes of fairy sound, as if coming from the nine-colored auspicious clouds, falls directly on the ears of every living being.

Mortal people, casual cultivators, flowers, grass, trees, trees, and fish all heard this fairy sound.

 “What is the Tao!” The fairy voice was faint, reaching straight into the mind.

At this moment, the creatures who heard the fairy sound became a little clearer. An immortal came to this star, and the immortal asked the mortals.

 In an instant, the whole Lanying Star started a big discussion on "What is Tao".

"What is Tao?" Relying on that fairy voice, a black fish in the big lake gained a brief spiritual intelligence. It swallowed the small fish in front of it in one gulp and said before the spiritual intelligence dissipated: "Eat it, this will It’s the Tao.”

There was a fierce tiger in the mountains. When the fairy sound came down, it was knocking down a female deer with cubs. It was temporarily endowed with wisdom and then let the female deer go, saying:

"This is my king's territory. If the female deer has a calf, you can keep it until the calf grows up, and then eat the big one. I think this is the way."

In the capital of the Ming Dynasty to the north of Lanying Star, a beggar in ragged clothes was lying on the ground begging. He was weak.

"It's so pitiful...it's for you to eat." A woman walked by and threw a steamed bun in front of the beggar.

 “Thank you for the kind words.” The beggar was happy. After saying a word of thanks, he wolfed down the steamed buns.

When the fairy music was passed down, in the alley of the capital of the Ming Dynasty, a fat woman holding a wicker was chasing her naughty brother.

 “Mom asked the immortal about it.” Brother heard the immortal voice and shouted.

"What kind of immortal is that? If you don't obey, beating you is the way!" The fat woman didn't understand, so she grabbed her brother and beat her. The brother's loud cry of "wow", accompanied by the fairy voice of asking, all the way to the small house. Floating in the alley.

 (End of this chapter)