Chapter 105: Rebellious Disciple is Hard to Raise

Rebellious Disciple is Hard to Raise

"You have already been in Foundation Establishment for several years, can you tell me the biggest difference between Foundation Establishment and Qi Refining?"

"Disciple only feels that the Qi Refining stage cannot be considered fully entering the Dao, it can only be said to be prepared for entering the Dao. Only after building the Dao foundation can one see the various mysteries of this world more clearly. But if you ask what the essential difference is... Disciple cannot say."

"It's not wrong for you to think this way." True Person Wang said lightly, "Perhaps when you reach the Core Formation stage and look back, you will feel that Foundation Establishment is not really entering the Dao. When you reach the Nascent Soul stage, you will feel that the knowledge of the Core Formation stage is just approaching the Great Dao. Only until you are promoted to Nascent Soul and understand your own Dao path, are you truly qualified to be considered a cultivator."

This kind of insight can be said to be shocking. You must know that Foundation Establishment cultivators already have supernatural powers, Core Formation cultivators can move mountains and fill seas, and Nascent Soul cultivators are rare among the countless cultivators in the Langhuan Zhou Tian. Moreover, in the Langhuan Zhou Tian, Cave Heaven True Persons almost never walk in front of people, at most they only send incarnations. Nascent Soul cultivators are like their spokespersons. If only those above Nascent Soul can be considered cultivators, then what are those below Nascent Soul, and what are mortals?

Although Ruan Ci also felt a little absurd, she did not refute it, but listened carefully to True Person Wang's preaching. Since she became True Person Wang's disciple twelve years ago, True Person Wang had never preached or taught her once. The few meetings were not very pleasant. This was the first time he taught Ruan Ci, the disciple.

"Is it because of understanding the Dao path?" She asked, "Can cultivators only determine the Great Dao they cultivate until the Nascent Soul stage?"

True Person Wang nodded and said, "Not bad. If compared to mortals, disciples in the Qi Refining stage are like babies who have just landed on the ground. Foundation Establishment is toddling, and Core Formation is just enlightened. Even if a disciple starts cultivating a superior technique that leads directly to the Dao from the Foundation Establishment stage, generally a superior technique can usually lead to many Great Daos. Choosing which one of the Great Daos is not a decision that a Foundation Establishment cultivator can make. We cultivators often understand the Dao path when breaking through the Nascent Soul stage. The Nascent Soul stage not only needs to build magic power, but also to understand Dao rhyme. If there is no progress in Dao rhyme, even if the magic power is built higher, it cannot advance the cultivation base, and the magic power will burn itself instead. Only by gradually approaching the Great Dao held in the heart can there be hope for Cave Heaven."

"When breaking through to Cave Heaven, it certainly requires many external medicines, and even more needs the help of the destiny in the dark, but if the internal skill is not enough, even a forced breakthrough is in vain. Only cultivators whose understanding of Dao rhyme reaches a certain realm can break through to Cave Heaven. And once they successfully break through to the Cave Heaven realm, their lifespan cannot be calculated by a clear time limit. Cave Heaven True Persons can open up many small thousand worlds. As long as one small thousand world has not been broken, they will not truly perish." True Person Wang paused and said, "Speaking of this, you should be able to discover a problem."

Ruan Ci naturally understood True Person Wang's meaning and followed him unconsciously, saying, "Disciple has already thought of it. Since the lifespan of a Cave Heaven True Person is close to infinite, no matter how small the probability of achieving Cave Heaven in a certain generation is, in this long time, there will definitely be many Cave Heaven True Persons born and surviving. Instead of just like now, even our Shangqing Sect only has a dozen Cave Heavens."

She couldn't help guessing, "Is it because the spiritual energy of the Langhuan Zhou Tian can only support a limited number of Cave Heaven True Persons?"

True Person Wang sneered slightly and said, "The Langhuan Zhou Tian was once the residence of the Dao Ancestor. The Dao Ancestor's spiritual energy is endless, and the number of cultivators it can accommodate is also endless. How could it not be able to support them? The reason why there are not many Cave Heaven True Persons in the world, besides fighting each other, the most important reason is that cultivators in the Cave Heaven are unconsciously understanding Dao rhyme and approaching the Great Dao all the time. This is also the most important step from Cave Heaven to Dao Ancestor. This step has happened since the cultivator ascended to Cave Heaven. The cultivation of the entire Cave Heaven realm is like a cultivator lifting a foot and taking that step toward the Great Dao. If they have not perished due to fighting, then when this step is taken, either they refine the law and merge with the Dao, or they become a Dao slave. No Cave Heaven True Person has ever died of old age. Before the lifespan is exhausted, this step must be taken."

"I cannot talk too much about the secret of merging with the Dao. After all, I am not a Dao Ancestor. I think there are many other objects more suitable for talking to you about this." True Person Wang's long eyes were half-open and half-closed, and there was deep meaning in his tone. Ruan Ci's heart jumped, knowing that the True Person had already guessed that she must have had exchanges with the Dao Ancestor. "The only thing that can be confirmed is that there are countless mysteries in the Great Dao. Three thousand Great Daos span the universe. Merging with the Dao as a human is to use one's own selfishness to draw one of the rules of the entire universe for one's own use. Think about it, is it like dropping a drop of water into the sea, hoping to use this drop of water to control the waves of the sea?"

When he talked to Ruan Ci, he always seemed difficult to approach, but when he preached, he was good at guiding, not profound at all. Ruan Ci couldn't help but listen intently, and said with a click of her tongue, "If the foundation is insufficient, wouldn't it be swallowed by the Great Dao?"

"Not bad. When a Cave Heaven cultivator takes that step, if there is not enough self-support, it is easy to lose oneself in the Great Dao and become a Dao slave." True Person Wang said, "Being swallowed by Dao rhyme and losing oneself, from then on, wholeheartedly worshiping Dao rhyme and defending Dao rhyme, also becomes the biggest obstacle for later people to merge with the Dao. The more Dao slaves in a Great Dao, the more difficult it is to merge with the Dao. And if the Great Dao that the cultivator tries has a Dao Ancestor presiding over it, then the Dao Ancestor can dispatch Dao slaves. These Dao slaves have already merged with the Great Dao and can borrow a little power of the Great Dao. In a sense, they can be considered to live as long as heaven and earth, right?"

There was a faint mockery in his voice, and Ruan Ci frowned, "Is there really such a good thing in the world? I think that Dao slave Envoy seems a bit stupid."

She bit her lower lip, not knowing how to describe her feeling about the eye Envoy, "It's like... it's like his consciousness has a big problem—this is not right, since the self is swallowed by the Great Dao, how can he maintain his consciousness? Shouldn't he be like a puppet, just guarding the rules in the Great Dao? How can he still take the initiative to peek at the real numbers?"

"If it is an ownerless Great Dao, Dao slaves will almost never come into contact with ordinary cultivators. Only when a Cave Heaven cultivator who cultivates the same Great Dao takes that step will they come to block the Dao. But the 'Passage' Great Dao that the Envoy cultivates already has the Dongyang Dao Ancestor. The Dongyang Dao Ancestor can find a way to reflect the past consciousness of the Dao slave into the current body, making him work for himself." True Person Wang said lightly, "The Envoy who came to peek at the real numbers a few days ago is the third-generation chief manager of the Baozhi Bank. He is actually a kind and broad-minded person, and his magic power was also heaven-reaching when he was alive. But even so, wanting to expel the Dongyang Dao Ancestor from the Great Dao is still beyond his reach. After the failure of merging with the Dao, the Dongyang Dao Ancestor reflected his spiritual intelligence, making him guard the virtual side of the Langhuan Zhou Tian to prevent the invasion of heavenly demons, and even more to fill the last loophole of this lock."

Ruan Ci frowned, then suddenly realized, "Yes, heavenly demons seem to be able to switch between virtual and real. If he didn't guard the virtual numbers, it wouldn't be impossible for cultivators in the Langhuan Zhou Tian to go to the universe. Everyone just needs to cultivate magic sect techniques, pass through from the virtual numbers, and then switch to real numbers when they reach the universe. Wouldn't they be able to walk at will? If so, the number of cultivators cultivating magic arts on the Central Continent would be as many as rice pecked by chickens."

She was intelligent and described it quite interestingly. True Person Wang couldn't help but have a smile on his lips, and Tianlu giggled, "Miss Ci is right. That's why the Dongyang Dao Ancestor dispatched many generations of Dao slaves to guard the virtual numbers, but the Dao slave's spiritual intelligence is not held by himself, but reflected from the past. It is very easy to be confused and dissipated in the virtual numbers, and the loss is quite high. This Envoy is considered to have persisted for a long time."

Ruan Ci thought of the Envoy's performance and couldn't help but mutter, "I think it's almost at the end..."

True Person Wang said, "Don't say that about him. The exchange between virtual and real is by no means as easy as you think. The scenes seen in the virtual numbers are very different from those in the real numbers. Even time is not as continuous as in the real numbers. He peeks at the real numbers in the virtual numbers and can still understand our words and try to communicate with us. If he were not a Dao slave of the 'Passage', he would definitely not be able to do it. As for the sneaky performance you saw, it is likely that all of them are distortions between virtual and real reflections, just like the starry sky you saw outside the sky, isn't it also very different from what you saw inside the sky?"

Ruan Ci hadn't paid attention at the time, because she often saw many ancient starry skies. At this moment, being reminded by True Person Wang, she carefully recalled and found that the starry universe she saw within the Langhuan Zhou Tian indeed seemed to have a few rays of light that were always different from starlight. Thinking of her looking back at the Langhuan Zhou Tian from outside the sky, it was a giant ball wrapped in two layers of light membranes, and couldn't help but say, "Ah, is the first layer of light membrane the spiritual boundary that every great heaven has? Is the second layer of light membrane the Dao rhyme barrier of the Dongyang Dao Ancestor?"

True Person Wang nodded and said, "Not bad. When starlight crosses the spiritual boundary, there will be a trace of distortion. That's why all cultivators who cultivate the Heavenly Star Sensing Great Dao should traverse to the universe to observe the star numbers when they reach a certain cultivation level. Originally, crossing one layer of boundary already has changes, and after the second layer of boundary, the starlight distortion is far from twice, and the changes are more than thousands? It is also because of this that after the Dongyang Dao Ancestor blocked the Langhuan Zhou Tian, there is no Heavenly Star Dao lineage circulating inside the sky."

"Two layers of boundaries are already like this. How many thousands of boundaries are there between virtual and real? You should be able to see that when the Envoy vibrates sound waves very rapidly, the words in the aura field are flat and slow. That is because at that moment, the reflection of the boundary between virtual and real has reached such a point, causing the information of both sides to be greatly distorted."

"This boundary is still changing constantly?" Ruan Ci captured the meaning in True Person Wang's words and couldn't help but respect the Envoy even more, and therefore admired the Nirvana Dao Ancestor even more, as well as True Person Qingshan who came stepping on mountains and seas. They were all existences capable of locking onto the Envoy's vital points from so many boundaries away.

The Nirvana Dao Ancestor was once a Dao Ancestor after all, breaking the Envoy's blockade and escaping from the Langhuan Zhou Tian, which made some sense. I really don't know what kind of cultivation True Person Qingshan has, and whether she is far from merging with the Dao. Ruan Ci thought of this, and admiration couldn't help but appear on her face. She asked softly, "What kind of spiritual treasure is True Person Qingshan holding? It can actually lock onto a Dao slave. The higher the cultivation, the more insurmountable the difference in realm. The Dao Ancestor of the old universe could escape, which is nothing. True Person Qingshan is truly powerful. Which Sheng Sect is she a True Person of?"

True Person Wang glanced at her, and his expression seemed a bit strange, but when Ruan Ci looked closely, it seemed to be her illusion. He said lightly, "That is the True Person of the Taiwei Gate, holding the Heaven and Earth Six Harmonies Lamp, which is also a universe-level spiritual treasure, once used when the Dao Ancestor preached. To deal with a mere Dao slave, what is difficult about it?"

Ruan Ci was very sensitive to universe-level spiritual treasures, and her brows couldn't help but jump. She thought it was also a remnant of the Dao Ancestor, but True Person Wang refused to elaborate, only saying, "If you had joined the Taiwei Gate at that time, she would be your teacher. It's a pity that the Taiwei Gate did not go to the South Zhuzhou, and you finally fell into my hands."

This sounded very unpleasant. Ruan Ci was puzzled for a while, but thinking that True Person Wang refused to drink her tea, she was unwilling to say anything nice to coax him, and suspected that True Person Wang's changing the subject had deep meaning, so she changed the subject and asked, "In the virtual numbers, time is also not continuous, that's why the Envoy said 'True Person Hengze manipulates time, making the fruit before the cause'. Is that what it means? True Person Hengze made him see the fruit of his escape first. He interfered with the real numbers, and the intersection of virtual and real instead made True Person Hengze pierce through virtual and real, thus revealing a loophole in the Dao rhyme barrier, and True Person Hengze took the opportunity to escape?"

True Person Wang nodded slightly, and Ruan Ci couldn't help but sigh with admiration. The game at the Dao Ancestor level is indeed mysterious. If the levels are quite different, I'm afraid I can't even understand the fighting. "At that time, I had a feeling that True Person Hengze seemed to have taken away some light and heavy things, making me feel relaxed and lost in my heart, and also felt that my feet sank..."

Her description of the feeling was like a madman, but True Person Wang understood it, and Tianlu was also overjoyed, shouting, "Miss Ci's perception is indeed sharp! Worthy of being a Dao Ancestor's material, not bad, not bad. Those three extra layers of Dao foundation are the reliance for reconciling the laws and destiny in the future—Miss Ci, your perception is correct. True Person Hengze took away his destiny! Therefore, he really must connect virtual and real to escape! Destiny is the most illusory thing, but it is also the heaviest. This destiny comes from the old universe and is a burden to the current Langhuan Zhou Tian. Therefore, when the destiny is taken away, you will naturally feel relaxed. After all, for us who carry the Yin-Yang Dao rhyme—that is, spiritual energy, this destiny is our enemy. But no matter what, destiny is destiny, and True Person Hengze is the old master of the Langhuan Zhou Tian. Now that he has left, you will naturally have a trace of loss. A trace of destiny was drawn away, and your feet will naturally sink."

His explanation was not as easy to understand as True Person Wang's, and it was upside down, but it was also detailed. Ruan Ci didn't expect Tianlu to know so much, and couldn't help but look at him with admiration. Tianlu blushed and said softly, "Actually... actually, I'm just selling what I learned, the True Person said this to Young Master Ning a few days ago."

No wonder, Ruan Ci was relieved, and couldn't help but chuckle. She scratched Tianlu's cheek to shame him, and then looked at True Person Wang and asked, "Why did True Person Hengze want to escape?"

True Person Wang laughed, "Dao Ancestor's affairs, you ask me?"

This question was as silly and cute as Tianlu's. Ruan Ci couldn't help but blush. She didn't really want True Person Wang to tell her the answer, just wanted to hear her master's guess. But seeing True Person Wang unwilling to speak, she pondered for a while and changed the question, "Master, you sent me to get the Hengze Jade Dew and the East Flower remnants. Now the Jade Dew has been obtained, but the East Flower remnants, are they the things that True Person Hengze poured into my chest at that time, or the things that were poured into the Jade Dew in the Treasure Cloud Sea, or are they neither, but things that sank to the bottom of the Treasure Cloud Sea, which the East Flower Sword revealed joy and wanted to go down to absorb?"

True Person Wang was willing to answer this question. He played with the jade bottle with his long fingers from time to time. At this time, he held it up and looked at it carefully, his thin lips slightly raised, and said casually, "I have some guesses about the inexplicable things that dripped into the jade bottle in the Treasure Cloud Sea. It is not the East Flower Sword Intent. The East Flower Sword Intent is the deadly enemy of the Hengze Jade Dew. How can the two be integrated? As for the things that True Person Hengze poured into your chest, he gave them to you, not to the sword. The real East Flower remnants should still be lying at the bottom of the Treasure Cloud Sea, but the spiritual pressure there is extremely heavy, and even Cave Heaven True Persons cannot explore it at will. Fortunately, True Person Hengze has already left, and there is no residual destiny to guard it. The spiritual energy of the Treasure Cloud Sea will gradually dissipate. After the spiritual pressure is slightly lighter, find a way to take it."

Ruan Ci also had guesses about this, and couldn't help but feel lost when she heard it. She remembered seeing True Person Qingshan disperse the spiritual energy of the Treasure Cloud Sea before she left, and added worry, fearing that she would find the East Flower remnants, so she hurriedly asked True Person Wang. True Person Wang said, "There is no way. She is the one who drove away the Envoy, so naturally she has the final say. Besides, Qingshan also wants to find the Hengze remnants, and even more to check whether the Treasure Cloud Sea will leave virtual-real cracks because of his act of piercing through virtual and real, allowing heavenly demons to invade. Her exploration of the Treasure Cloud Sea is justified, who can object."

It seems that True Person Wang also has a deep understanding of the current situation of the Treasure Cloud Sea, so the current situation is the result of the game. Ruan Ci doesn't think her words can change anything, but after all, she is still worried about the East Flower Sword Intent, so she couldn't help but puff out her cheeks and complain, "But our Shangqing Sect is not without a Sect Master, why didn't he even show his face."

True Person Wang laughed, "What's so strange about the Sect Master? Which sect doesn't have one? But there are only two universe-level spiritual treasures in the entire Langhuan Zhou Tian. Our Shangqing Sect's spiritual treasure is not in the hands of the Sect Master. It's useless for him to come, so why waste effort?"

He looked at the jade bracelet on Ruan Ci's hand, and Ruan Ci covered her wrist to prevent him from looking. Actually, doing so was extremely childish, but True Person Wang was already her master, and he had gained many benefits through her. Ruan Ci felt that it was nothing to be presumptuous in front of him. True Person Qingshan was searching in the Treasure Cloud Sea, but the Shangqing Sect turned a blind eye. At this time, True Person Wang wanted to get the output of a country through Ruan Ci—but the spiritual weapon on her was still given by Qu Tanyue—even she didn't even know True Person Wang's name.

And he wouldn't even drink a cup of her tea!

For some reason, she suddenly felt aggrieved. Originally, she wanted to ask something else, such as why ordinary disciples of the Langhuan Zhou Tian seemed to know nothing about the Dao struggle, and why the Dongyang Dao Ancestor didn't show up to stop True Person Hengze even though he knew he was about to escape, whether he was also deeply involved in the Dao struggle and couldn't separate himself, and could only rely on Dao slaves to do things. These questions had lost interest now. Ruan Ci got up and wanted to say goodbye. True Person Wang stopped her and said, "Where are you going?"

Ruan Ci threw her sleeves, grabbed the small cup on the jade table and drank it, turned around and said, "I've been out for so long, disciple is going to cultivate!"

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Updated, sorry for the long wait. Ci Gu is throwing a little temper. Why did Ci Gu suddenly get angry? How will the True Person react?

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