Chapter 111: Rebellious Disciple is Hard to Raise

Rebellious Disciple is Hard to Raise

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

"Disciple only feels that the Qi Refining stage cannot be considered as 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 want to say what is the essential difference... Disciple cannot say."

"It is not wrong for you to think so." True Person Wang said indifferently, "Perhaps when you reach the Golden Core 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 Golden Core stage is just approaching the Great Dao. Only when you are promoted to Nascent Soul and understand your own Dao path are you truly qualified to be called a cultivator."

Such insights can be said to be shocking. You know that Foundation Establishment cultivators already have supernatural powers, Golden Core cultivators can even move mountains and seas, and Nascent Soul cultivators are also rare among the countless cultivators in this Langhuan Zhou Tian. Moreover, in the Langhuan Zhou Tian, Grotto-Heaven True Persons almost never walk in front of people, at most they send incarnations. Nascent Soul cultivators are like their spokespersons. If only those above Nascent Soul can be called cultivators, then what are those below Nascent Soul, and what are mortals?

Although Ruan Ci also felt a little absurd, she did not refute, but listened carefully to True Person Wang's preaching. In the twelve years since she became True Person Wang's disciple, True Person Wang had never preached to her once. The few times they met were not too 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 practice until the Nascent Soul stage?"

True Person Wang nodded and said, "Not bad. If you compare it to mortals, disciples in the Qi Refining stage are like babies who have just landed. The Foundation Establishment stage is toddling. The Golden Core stage is just enlightened. Even if a disciple starts practicing high-level techniques that lead directly to Dao Integration from the Foundation Establishment stage, but generally a high-level 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 needs 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. Instead, magic power will burn itself. Only by gradually approaching the Great Dao held in the heart can one hope for Grotto-Heaven."

"When breaking through Grotto-Heaven, it certainly requires a lot of external medicine, and even more needs the help of the fortune in the dark, but if the internal skill is not enough, even if you break through by force, it is in vain. Only cultivators whose understanding of Dao rhyme reaches a certain level can break through Grotto-Heaven. And once the Grotto-Heaven realm is successfully broken through, its lifespan cannot be calculated by a clear time limit. Grotto-Heaven True Persons can open up many small thousand worlds, and as long as one small thousand world is not broken, it will not truly fall." True Person Wang paused and said, "Speaking of which, you should be able to discover a problem."

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

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

True Person Wang sneered slightly and said, "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 can it not be supported? There are not many Grotto-Heaven True Persons in the world. Apart from fighting each other, the most important reason is that cultivators in Grotto-Heaven are involuntarily understanding Dao rhyme all the time, approaching the Great Dao. This is also the most important step from Grotto-Heaven to Dao Ancestor. This step has happened since the cultivator ascended to Grotto-Heaven. The practice of the entire Grotto-Heaven realm is like a cultivator lifting a foot and taking that step toward the Great Dao. If it has not fallen due to fighting, then when this step is taken, either refine the law and integrate into the Dao, or become a Dao slave. No Grotto-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 Dao Integration. After all, I am not a Dao Ancestor. I think there are many other objects that are more suitable for discussing this with you." 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 guessed that she must have had exchanges with the Dao Ancestor. "Only one thing can be certain, and that is that there are thousands of mysteries in the Great Dao. Three thousand Great Daos span the universe. Integrating into the Dao with a person is to use one's own selfishness to extract 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 control the waves of the sea with this drop of water?"

He usually seemed difficult to approach when talking to Ruan Ci, but he was good at guiding when preaching, and it was not profound at all. Ruan Ci couldn't help but listen intently, and said with her tongue, "If the foundation is not enough, wouldn't it be swallowed by the Great Dao?"

"Not bad. When the Grotto-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, from then on, wholeheartedly worshiping Dao rhyme and defending Dao rhyme, also becomes the biggest obstacle for later people to integrate into the Dao. The more Dao slaves in a Great Dao, the more difficult it is to integrate into 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 from the Great Dao. In a sense, it can be considered to be the same life as heaven, right?"

There was a faint mockery in his voice, and Ruan Ci's brows also frowned, "Is there really such a good thing in the world? I see that Dao slave Envoy, it 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 it be like a puppet, just guarding the rules in the Great Dao? How can he still take the initiative to peep at real numbers?"

"If it is an ownerless Great Dao, Dao slaves will almost never come into contact with ordinary cultivators. Only when a Grotto-Heaven practicing the same Great Dao takes that step will they come to block the Dao. But the Envoy practicing the Great Dao of Communication already has the Dongyang Dao Ancestor. The Dongyang Dao Ancestor can find a way to reflect the past consciousness of the Dao slave to the current body, so that he can do things for himself." True Person Wang said indifferently, "The Envoy who came to peep at real numbers a few days ago was the third-generation chief manager of the Baozhi Bank. He was actually a kind and open-minded person. When he was alive, his magic power was also reaching the sky. But even so, wanting to drive the Dongyang Dao Ancestor out of the Great Dao was beyond his reach. After the failure of Dao Integration, the Dongyang Dao Ancestor reflected his spiritual wisdom to guard the imaginary 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, and then suddenly realized, "Yes, Heavenly Demons seem to be able to convert between imaginary and real. If there is no one guarding the imaginary numbers, if the cultivators of Langhuan Zhou Tian want to go to the universe, it is not impossible. Everyone practices magic techniques together, traverses out from the imaginary numbers, and then converts to real numbers in the universe. Wouldn't it be possible to walk arbitrarily? If so, the cultivators practicing magic techniques on the Central Continent must be as many as rice pecked by chickens."

She was clever and intelligent, and described it quite interestingly. True Person Wang couldn't help but show a smile on his lips, and Seeing Tianlu chuckled, "Miss Ci is right. That's why the Dongyang Dao Ancestor dispatched many Dao slaves to guard the imaginary numbers. It's just that the spiritual wisdom of Dao slaves is not held by themselves, but reflected from the past. It is very easy to be confused and dissipated in the imaginary 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 communication between reality and illusion is by no means as easy as you think. The scene seen in the imaginary numbers is very different from that in the real numbers. Even time is not as coherent as in the real numbers. He peeping at real numbers in the imaginary numbers, and can still understand our words, and find ways to communicate with us, is definitely not something that a Dao slave of Communication can do. As for the sneaky performance you saw, it is very likely that it is the distortion between the reflection of reality and illusion, just like the starry sky you saw outside the sky, and the one you saw inside, aren't there many differences?"

Ruan Ci hadn't noticed it at that time, because she could often see many ancient starry skies. At this time, being awakened by True Person Wang, she recalled carefully, and found that the stars and universe she saw in the Langhuan Zhou Tian indeed seemed to have a few rays of light different from starlight. Thinking of her looking back at the Langhuan Zhou Tian outside the sky, it was a giant ball wrapped in two layers of light film, she couldn't help but say, "Ah, the first layer of light film is the spiritual boundary that every Great Heaven has? The second layer of light film is the Dao rhyme barrier of the Dongyang Dao Ancestor?"

True Person Wang nodded and said, "Not bad. Starlight crosses the spiritual boundary, and there will be a tiny distortion. Therefore, all cultivators practicing the Heavenly Star Induction Great Dao should traverse to the universe to observe the stars when they reach a certain cultivation level. Originally, crossing a layer of boundary has already changed, 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 system circulating inside."

"Two layers of boundaries are already like this, and there are more than thousands of boundaries between reality and illusion? You should be able to see that when the Envoy's vibration sound waves are extremely urgent, the words in the aura field are flat and slow. That is because at that moment, the reflection of the boundary between reality and illusion has reached such a point, causing the information of both sides to be greatly distorted."

"Is this boundary still changing all the time?" Ruan Ci captured the meaning of True Person Wang's words, and couldn't help but respect the Envoy a little more, and therefore even more admired the Nirvana Dao Ancestor, as well as the 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, breaking the Envoy's blockade and escaping from the Langhuan Zhou Tian, which made some sense. True Person Qingshan really didn't know what kind of cultivation she was, and whether she was far from Dao Integration. Ruan Ci thought of this, and admiration appeared 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 can escape, which is nothing. True Person Qingshan is truly powerful. Which Grotto-Heaven True Person is she?"

True Person Wang glanced at her, his expression seemed a bit strange, but when Ruan Ci looked closely, it seemed to be her illusion. He said indifferently, "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 by the Dao Ancestor when preaching. Dealing with a mere Dao slave, what is difficult?"

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 say more, 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 didn't go to South Zhuzhou, and you finally fell into my hands."

This sounded very unpleasant. Ruan Ci was puzzled for a long time, but thinking that True Person Wang refused to drink her tea, she didn't want 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 imaginary numbers, time is also not continuous, which is why the Envoy said True Person Hengze 'manipulated 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 came to interfere with real numbers, reality and illusion intersected, but made True Person Hengze pierce through reality and illusion, so the Dao rhyme barrier revealed a trace of loophole, and True Person Hengze took the opportunity to escape?"

True Person Wang nodded slightly. Ruan Ci couldn't help but sigh in her heart. The game at the Dao Ancestor level was indeed mysterious. If the levels were far apart, I am afraid she wouldn'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 were heavy..."

Her description was like a madman, but True Person Wang understood it, and Seeing Tianlu was also overjoyed, calling out, "Miss Ci's perception is indeed sharp! Worthy of being the material of a Dao Ancestor, not bad, not bad. Those three extra layers of Dao foundation are the reliance for reconciling the laws and fortune in the future —— Miss Ci, your perception is correct, True Person Hengze took away his fortune! That's why he really had to connect reality and illusion to escape! Fortune is the most ethereal, but also the heaviest. This fortune comes from the old universe, and it is a burden to the current Langhuan Zhou Tian. Therefore, the fortune is carried away, and you will naturally feel relaxed. After all, for those of us who carry Yin-Yang Dao rhyme —— that is, spiritual energy, this fortune is your enemy and mine. But no matter what, fortune is fortune, and True Person Hengze is the old master of Langhuan Zhou Tian. Now that he has left, you will naturally feel a trace of loss. The fortune was drawn away a little, and your feet will naturally sink."

He explained it not as easy to understand as True Person Wang, and it was upside down, but it was also detailed. Ruan Ci didn't expect Seeing Tianlu to know so much, and couldn't help but look at him with admiration. Seeing Tianlu blushed when she looked at him, and said softly, "Actually... actually I am also learning and selling now, the True Person told Ning Langjun this a few days ago."

No wonder, Ruan Ci was relieved, and couldn't help but chuckle. She scraped Seeing 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 and said, "Dao Ancestor's affairs, you come to ask me?"

This question was as silly and cute as Seeing Tianlu. Ruan Ci couldn't help but blush. She actually didn't want True Person Wang to tell her the answer, just wanted to hear the master's guess, but seeing True Person Wang refused to speak, she thought about it for a while, and changed the question, "Master, you sent me to get the Hengze Jade Dew, and the Donghua remnants. Now the Jade Dew has been obtained, what exactly is the Donghua remnant? Is it what True Person Hengze poured into my chest at that time, or what was poured into the Jade Dew in the Treasure Cloud Sea, or neither, but the things that sank to the bottom of the Treasure Cloud Sea, and the Donghua 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 pinched it up and down, raised it to look carefully, his thin lips raised slightly, and said casually, "The inexplicable things dripped into the jade bottle in the Treasure Cloud Sea, I have some guesses, it is not the Donghua sword intent. The Donghua sword intent is the deadly enemy of the Hengze Jade Dew. How can the two be integrated? As for the things True Person Hengze poured into your chest, he gave it to you, not to the sword. The real Donghua remnants should still be lying at the bottom of the Treasure Cloud Sea, but the spiritual pressure there is extremely heavy, even Grotto-Heaven True Persons cannot explore at will. Fortunately, True Person Hengze has already left, and there is no residual fortune 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 a loss when she heard it. She remembered seeing True Person Qingshan shine away the spiritual energy of the Treasure Cloud Sea before she left, and added worry, fearing that she would find the Donghua remnants, so she hurriedly asked True Person Wang. True Person Wang said, "This is also impossible. She is the person who drove away the Envoy, so naturally she has to make the decision. Besides, Qingshan also has to look for Hengze remnants, and even more to check whether the Treasure Cloud Sea will leave imaginary and real cracks because of his act of piercing through reality and illusion, causing Heavenly Demons to invade. She explores the Treasure Cloud Sea rightfully, 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 feel that her words can change anything, but after all, she is still worried about the Donghua sword intent, so she can't help but pout her fragrant cheeks, and complain a little, "But our Shangqing Sect is not without a Sect Master, why didn't even show his face."

True Person Wang laughed and said, "What is 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 is 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 and didn't let him look. In fact, doing so was extremely childish, but True Person Wang was already her master, and she had gained a lot of benefits from him. Ruan Ci felt that it was nothing to be willful 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 borrow the output of a country from Ruan Ci, but the spiritual weapon on her body was still given by Qu Qu Tan Yue —— even she didn't know True Person Wang's name.

And even refused to drink a cup of her tea!

I don't know why, she suddenly felt aggrieved. Originally, she wanted to ask something else, such as why the ordinary disciples of Langhuan Zhou Tian seemed to know nothing about the Dao dispute, and why the Dongyang Dao Ancestor didn't show up to stop True Person Hengze even though he knew he was about to escape. Was he also deeply involved in the Dao dispute, unable to separate his body, 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 practice!"

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Updated, sorry for the long wait, Ci Gu is having a little temper, why do you think Ci Gu is suddenly angry? How will the True Person react?

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