[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-borrowing-the-sword":3,"chapter-borrowing-the-sword-borrowing-the-sword-chapter-61":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Borrowing the Sword",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2214626,3888,"Chapter 61: Clear and True","borrowing-the-sword-chapter-61",61,"\u003Cp>Clear and True\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cultivating the Dao, what is it for?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This question, Ruan Ci had also pondered sometimes, especially when cultivation in the mountain was dull, she often asked herself this way. When she was refining the Donghua sword intent, because the situation was critical, she almost had no time to stop and rest, but instead had no distractions. But in Purple Essence Mountain, the days were long, year after year, just sitting and cultivating, occasionally practicing talismans and magic spells, for a full ten years, seeing no more than seven people, it was inevitable that she would occasionally think, cultivating the Dao, besides being able to settle the cause and effect of the Ruan family’s extermination one day, what is it for?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After several thoughts, naturally there were her own answers. She had entered dreams three times. Chang Chunfeng was ignorant and didn't think about it carefully. Cultivating the Dao was just his means of making a living; Qu Pingting was trapped in family affairs, occasionally pondering, but it was also shallow; as for that Fifth Cang, his thoughts were extreme, and his head was full of thoughts of quick success and instant benefit. For him, the answer to this question was very clear. Cultivating the Dao was naturally to master greater power and impact higher realms. As for what to do after the impact was successful, he didn't think clearly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Ruan Ci’s view, Fifth Cang’s various behaviors of trampling on servants and bullying others were also because he had not yet cleared his heart and seen his nature. Since he didn't know what to do after impacting the next realm, it was inevitable that he would be confused after breaking through.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had succeeded a small step, but there was no sense of satisfaction in his heart, and the road ahead was long, facing more difficult and dull cultivation. Fifth Cang was inevitably hesitant, but didn't dare to leak these thoughts, and over time, he had to turn the benefits of being born in a big family and advancing rapidly into visible refreshment, so he had private bullying of men and women, and various disgusting situations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why cultivate? This is probably a question that every cultivator will ponder in their heart, and they all have their own answers. How many people will tell all their thoughts truthfully? Ruan Ci was lucky to be able to experience the thoughts of three cultivators without reservation, and had her own reading of this question, but she would not tell all the truth to Meng Lingyue here, and she knew that what Meng Lingyue wanted to hear was not her sincere words, smiling, \"Cultivating the Dao, naturally it is for yourself, can it be for others?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meng Lingyue said, \"Not bad, cultivating the Dao, it is all for yourself. Even if the teacher cultivates disciples and inherits the Dao, some are for the sake of the disciples who can achieve the Dao ancestor in the future, and can condense and return the once cultivators of this lineage from the imaginary numbers. Some are for the sake of having people to run errands and contribute to his immortal path. There are also cultivators who just like to cultivate the latecomers, and this move can make him feel happy in his heart. No matter what, we cultivators are always supreme in this world. If even our own heart and consciousness have to be changed for the outside world, then what is the hard work of thousands of years of cultivation for? I sit and cultivate day and night like this, not to live up to the teacher’s expectations, and not just to pursue a higher level of realm. Junior Martial Sister Ci, you have also reached Foundation Establishment, and you have a deep understanding of this bitterness of cultivation. Who can sit and guard in the cave dwelling for years and years in the prime of youth for the sake of others? Only for yourself.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She spoke quite reasonably, at least it was the same as what Ruan Ci thought. Ruan Ci said, \"Yes, so I admire those Grotto-heaven experts. We are only Foundation Establishment, and we already feel that cultivation is hard. I really don't know what they think in their hearts, whether they are born to like sitting and cultivating.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meng Lingyue smiled, \"Who is born to like condensing magic power? Although there is fun in it, it is also difficult to cover up the bitterness of Dao cultivation. But any cultivator who can reach a high place, no matter what their Dao path is, has great perseverance that others can't imagine. The teacher told me that after Nascent Soul, the Dao path has another difficulty, and only those who are indomitable can continue to climb upward. If not, a great cultivator is enough to cultivate thousands of great cultivators, and the path of progress in the Langhuan Zhou Heaven would have been occupied by big families long ago, so where are there so many variables and turmoil?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two women did not speak for a moment, as if they were simultaneously imagining a world where cultivating immortality only required the accumulation of resources without the need for a steadfast mind, and how many of the rules everyone is accustomed to would change under such a system. After a while, Meng Lingyue said, \"We have strayed far from the topic. Junior Sister Ci, let me ask you: if a person is born with a simple mind, focused solely on the path of the Dao, and is adopted by a great cultivator at a young age, having no other thoughts besides seeking the Dao, and cultivates to the Cave Heaven realm in this manner—then can this person truly be said to have lived? Aside from being useful to the sect and useful to himself, what meaning does his cultivation have for others? Even if he eventually becomes a Dao Ancestor, what kind of change can he bring to this universe?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This involves the experience of the Dao ancestor level, but it is not what Ruan Ci knows. She secretly recorded it, thinking that if there is an opportunity, she must ask Qing Jun what it is like to be a Dao ancestor, and whether there is nothing else in her heart except the Dao. She smiled, \"Sigh, where is such a cultivator? Even if we are flourishing sect disciples, we have to prepare cultivation resources for ourselves. When a person comes out into the world, he has to deal with others. If he sees more, his heart will naturally have other things.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not bad, in my opinion, these other things are where I am myself.\" Meng Lingyue said seriously with burning eyes, \"This path of seeking the Dao is inherently full of thousands of difficulties and dangers, and it is endless. We cultivators want to combine with the Dao, how vague is it? For the sake of this vague expectation, I abandon my own heart and thoughts, just for the sake of faster cultivation, then my life, isn't it a slave to cultivation? I want to carry all my feelings and explore on this Dao path. How far can I go, then I will go as far as I can. I like whoever I like, and I like him openly and honestly. If one day I don't like him, I will also put him down openly and honestly and continue to move forward. At some point in the future, I will probably fall halfway, but at that time, my heart is peaceful. I know that I am moving forward according to my heart. I can't go on, it’s just because I can only go that far.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ruan Ci savored her statement and felt it was quite reasonable. Meng Lingyue reached at most the ninth layer of Foundation Establishment. If combining with the Dao is regarded as a mark of success, then she might have already failed since Foundation Establishment. But the many cultivators in the heavens and worlds will not stop moving forward because they have no hope of combining with the Dao. She said, \"Yes, cultivating the Dao is to make oneself more perfect, why do you need to cut off the things you cherish for the sake of cultivating further.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meng Lingyue smiled at her and said happily, \"I knew that I could talk to Junior Martial Sister Ci. Junior Martial Sister Ci is lively and agile, unlike many of my senior brothers and sisters, who are dead and full of thoughts on how to improve their cultivation. Even if such a person lives for ten thousand years, they are just walking corpses, and they cannot break through the Golden Core. There is really nothing to talk about with them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing her say this, true cultivation breaking through the Golden Core seems to be more than just stacking cultivation. Because she is an Artifact Cultivator on the surface, these true cultivation knowledge will not be specially told to her by the people around her. Ruan Ci suppressed her curiosity and smiled, \"I just don't understand one thing. Senior Martial Sister Meng thinks this way, naturally it is casual and dashing, and it cannot be said to be wrong, but you are a genius disciple in the sect, and the cultivation you have received must also repay the sect. Like this, even Junior Sister Lian doesn't serve you, why does the sect still let you go to Wan Diegu?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meng Lingyue smiled, \"What is difficult about this? Our sect is different from the flourishing sect. Sending errands is always compared. Just defeat all fellow disciples in the sect’s small selection, then you can decide where you want to go.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her voice was light, but the domineering was faintly revealed. Ruan Ci couldn't help clapping and calling it majestic. Meng Lingyue said, \"However, I have too many side thoughts, and it is finally some hindrance. The sect treats another junior brother of mine better. This time, although I could have gone to Hengze Heaven, the teacher still indicated that he chose Wan Diegu for me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the perspective of the sect steward, Ruan Ci would not call Meng Lingyue to Hengze Heaven. There can only be one winner in Hengze Heaven. If Meng Lingyue and Li Pingyan both luckily go to the last step, who can guarantee that Meng Lingyue will not intentionally give way? Of course, Li Pingyan himself is not bad in cultivation, but since he wants to put the sect’s interests first, he must eliminate various disadvantages. She said, \"Since Senior Martial Sister Meng is willful, it is natural for the sect to have considerations.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meng Lingyue said, \"I don't resent this. After all, we are in the world, and everything we are related to is all aspects. Who can have all the benefits? It’s just that Little Lian is young and energetic, and has some dissatisfaction with me. This is what I can't figure out. If she is unfair to the teacher’s painstaking efforts, she can use her heart to cultivate and become the most outstanding disciple under the teacher’s seat. Why does she have to entrust her expectations to me and hope that I can be a good senior martial sister in her heart?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among this group of fellow travelers, Li Pingyan had the best cultivation, the firmest Dao heart, and the most experience in fighting. Ruan Ci originally looked at him more, feeling that there was nothing to talk about with others. Unexpectedly, after a chat with Meng Lingyue today, she couldn't help but look at her with admiration, saying, \"I know many cultivators who live in the expectations of others. It is rare to be as clear and true as the senior sister.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meng Lingyue said, \"Not necessarily, it’s just that my true self is more special than others. If my nature likes to trade money, maybe today the junior brothers and sisters will not have such slander, but will rush to rely on me. I think there are countless heroes in the world, none of whom have ambitions, but not everyone needs to defend themselves.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She asked Ruan Ci with a smile, \"Junior Martial Sister Ci, what is your ambition? Is it the same as me, very happy with your husband?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ruan Ci didn't want to reveal her true feelings just now, just feeling that the friendship was shallow and the words were deep. At this time, she didn't think so, saying, \"Happy? Probably a little happy, but I also like many other things. I married my husband, not because I like it, but because doing so is good for both sides.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meng Lingyue was not surprised. In fact, such a marriage is probably the norm in the Langhuan Zhou Heaven. Ruan Ci said, \"As for my ambition, I didn't think so much. I like to be free and easy, go wherever I want, do whatever I want, but it has never come true.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Junior Martial Sister’s ambition is much harder than my longing.\" Meng Lingyue couldn't help but smile, \"We cultivate and enter the Dao, just like rowing a boat against the current, never stopping for a moment. Where is the real great freedom? Isn't it all desperate people chased by the lifespan limit?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her metaphor was appropriate, and Ruan Ci also understood her meaning. Meng Lingyue was in love with Li Pingyan, not because she had no heart for the Dao, but on the contrary, she was extremely confident in herself, or extremely self-centered, and had no humility. She wanted to prove that she didn't need to cut off her feelings, and with that unchanged true self, she could still pursue the Dao, and her heart toward the Dao was still firm. And every cultivator who enters the Dao has to face the urgent lifespan limit. The higher the Dao foundation, the more time for cultivation is stretched. In this way, it is constantly urged, so where is the freedom? Even without the green sword, it is deeply trapped in the game and cannot extricate itself. If not, it is very difficult to break through the realm before the lifespan ends.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This situation is not one person’s fault, and it cannot even be described as a fault. Maybe there is a deep meaning in it, and Ruan Ci is also uncertain. In fact, she is also very interested in these mysteries, sighing, \"Not bad, if there is a moment of freedom, then enjoy the blessing of this moment first.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She raised her chopsticks and smiled, \"Just like now, I still have the freedom not to eat that Nine-Infant Snake, and the freedom to enjoy delicious food, so I should cherish it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As she said, she ate all the delicious food on the plate. Meng Lingyue smiled, \"Junior Martial Sister Ci is really quite strange and cute.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the two finished their meal, Meng Lingyue took Ruan Ci to buy spiritual tea. Ruan Ci paid attention to looking in several shops, and didn't see any time spiritual objects for sale, so she knew that this kind of thing was indeed as Wang Pan said, very rare, and it would not easily flow into the market. Even the Huimeng spiritual fruit planted by Zhou Yanqing was not easy to get if it was not a fellow disciple. To visit time spiritual objects, this kind of luck is not feasible, and it can only be entrusted to some confidants. After all, this is a spiritual object that needs to be imported, and there are many ways to harm people in this Zhou Heaven. It is inappropriate to entrust this matter to a Dao friend like Meng Lingyue who only has some friendship.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Xianen and others were still closing in the mountain, but this matter was not urgent. After all, Ruan Ci had so much spiritual money in her hand now, and she was afraid that it would not be enough to buy time spiritual objects. Moreover, before she went out, the True Person only gave a Qing Shuang treasure sword. Ruan Ci felt that the protective magic treasure was still insufficient, and she had to search for it in the markets along the way. Where did she have enough money?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Except for the Heavenly Fate Cloud Seed, if it is a protective magic treasure of the bottom card type, Ruan Ci has the Linghua Jade Wall, which should be enough for the same level. Besides that, the sect equipped a flying magic treasure, which all Profound Heaven Sect Foundation Establishment disciples have. Ruan Ci thought it was too ostentatious, and her identity could be seen at a glance. She didn't use it when she came out of the sect. At this time, she had to buy a magic boat first. In addition, she also wanted to buy a magic treasure with the ability of trapping and banning. Qiankun bags also had to buy a few more. Of course, there was also spiritual tea to honor Wang True Person. She walked half a circle in the shop, and wanted everything she saw. The spiritual money she just got was almost spent. Meng Lingyue advised, \"Junior Martial Sister, although you are a flourishing sect disciple, you have to have a plan to spend money. It is normal to buy some rare treasures when you meet them, but a magic boat, a Qiankun bag, when can’t you come? If you buy it when you see it, and see better ones later, isn't the previous boat wasted?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ruan Ci smiled, \"It’s not wasted, you can take it back to give to relatives and friends.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meng Lingyue said, \"Then I dare not take you to shop blindly like this. Let’s go to the Profound Heaven Firm. You said you wanted to buy pills just now. The pills of the Profound Heaven Sect are mostly produced by the Changyao Precious Light Heaven, which is the best in the market. You can buy them all in the Profound Heaven Firm, so as not to spend money indiscriminately elsewhere.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ruan Ci really lacked some healing pills. Although her body was very tough, this kind of thing was always prepared for a rainy day. She only had one pill given by the Changyao Precious Light Heaven, which was used for cultivation. She went to the Profound Heaven Firm with Meng Lingyue, thinking in her heart, \"I don't know if the shopkeeper recognizes me, but it doesn't matter. I am still quite compatible with Senior Martial Sister Meng. If the steward recognizes me, then revealing my identity to her is nothing. Hmm... Can Profound Heaven disciples get cheaper when buying things in the Profound Heaven Firm?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as she was thinking wildly, Meng Lingyue had already taken her into a firm. This firm was four stories high, and it seemed to be divided by cultivation. The two stepped over the threshold, only felt a flash in front of them, the scenery in front of them changed, and they had arrived at another hall. At this time, there were many customers in the hall, and a group of people sat full of elegant seats in the hall. Seeing guests arrive, they all looked over. One of them hurriedly got up and said, \"Senior sister, this is Senior Sister Chi of the Profound Heaven Sect who came here to rest, and we happened to meet.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he said, he led the two to the girl at the head of the elegant seat, smiling, \"Senior Sister Chi, my senior sister is also going to Wan Diegu, which happens to be on the same road, and they can be companions.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The girl’s clothes were gorgeous, her face still had a smile, but her eyes didn't look at Meng Lingyue, but stared at Ruan Ci beside Meng Lingyue, smiling and saying, \"Junior Sister Ni, you are really here—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Updated, sorry for the long wait, sending red packets to everyone in a while\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Today’s conversation between Little Ci and Meng Lingyue is also a segment I like very much. Of course, it doesn't mean that Meng Lingyue’s view is my view. I just think that the world is big, and every cultivator will have his own three views. There is no three views that are absolutely correct. The collision of three views is also a point I like\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Today for lunch I ate the leftover pickled cabbage dumplings from last night! I suddenly wanted to eat dry tofu last night, so I ordered takeout from Northeast cuisine, it was so delicious... I couldn't bear to pour out the leftovers!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Speaking of *How to Break Through to Pan Jinlian*, I didn't read it. I read a few chapters and felt that the sense of violation was very strong. I thought about it carefully, because that article is a more realistic textual research style, but I can't accept the textual research style to write the heroine wearing Water Margin. After all, Water Margin is actually a very misogynistic novel. If I want to write realistically, only blood and tears can give me a sense of reality, and I saw that Pan Jinlian finally got together with Wu Song, which I can't accept even more...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then what was I watching yesterday? 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