Chapter 51

"The one who laughs last may not necessarily be a figure who shines brightly for a moment…… Perhaps it will be like a shooting star, flashing and gone." Fuxi sighed, "Unless one day you can prove the Dao of Great Luo and gain the qualifications of a chess player…… then bursting forth radiance, you could be like a great sun spanning the star sea, overshadowing the heavenly stars!"

Fengxi fell into thought.

"Before Great Luo, no matter how outstanding your talent and wisdom, you must restrain that aggressive sharpness, not appear too glaring or dazzling on the battlefield…… When glaring and dazzling to the extreme, it will cause the Great Luo opposite to stare at you solemnly and press down a hand." Fuxi said, "Its rise is perverse, its demise sudden."

"You must have a gentle and mild excellence…… not like a sharp sword that is intimidating, but like a great mountain, weighty and steady."

"A sword may be infinitely sharp, but when used in the front line, it will eventually break."

Xihuang secretly imparted the crucial point to Fengxi, this half-generation junior: "If you wish to go far, look to the future…… then, compared to killing enemies, aiding your own people is more important."

"Slaying countless enemies and earning glorious merit, while it certainly gains respect from one's own side, it also invisibly draws a line between oneself and comrades—a line of awe; whereas aiding one's own people brings gratitude and admiration…… the former can make a general, the latter a commander."

"More importantly, in the enemy's eyes…… the latter can remain unnoticed much more."

"Moreover, with a solid foundation, the lifesaving grace spreads throughout the army; at that point, wanting to rack up some merit—wouldn't that be easy?"

Fengxi pondered, reflected, and his eyes suddenly brightened.

Fuxi the Great Sage's guidance opened a door to a new world for him.

That was, based on his current "everyone gets rich together" foundation, a further elevation and elaboration, transcending a mere profit alliance, more tightly binding the collective, encompassing the foundation.

"Holy Emperor Fuxi, you truly know so much!" Fengxi admired, "You stand in such an exalted position, yet you understand the minutiae of the grassroots so clearly."

"I have infinite incarnations, wandering the world—how much have I experienced? How much have I undergone?" Xihuang smiled faintly, "the Great Dao turns the heavens and earth; it never cares about nobility or baseness, being everywhere, reaching all."

"I follow the Dao, having experienced the lives of countless millions, all kinds of circumstances…… now distilling a bit of life insight, what's so strange about that?"

As a Great Luo, one naturally has endless Trumpets.

The multitude of lives experienced by Fuxi the Great Sage need not be spoken of to outsiders.

Countless bizarre life forms, perhaps already in past ages, in some parallel spacetime, he has already tried them all.

Possibly like a mountain or stone, unmoving for thousands of years, unshifting for myriad ages, experiencing eternal, enduring time.

Or possibly like a mayfly, fleeting birth and death, unaware of seasons…… within a limited life, there is a moment when brilliance bursts forth.

Every Great Luo's life, if written down, would surely be the most splendid.

Their insights are naturally many as well.

"I know strength, I also know weakness." Fuxi smiled, "When strong, one has the free and unfettered indulgence of the strong; when weak, one also observes the propriety and restraint of the weak."

"In this, being a good weakling is far harder than being a strong one——for the strong, no outsider can punish you; you only need to struggle against your own desires."

"But the weak must endure more hardships…… this makes one progress more."

"I have lived many lives that began as weaklings, summarizing and gaining much wisdom."

"Like the saying people often have on their lips——you know too much; actually, examining it closely would be quite interesting."

"In fact, as a weakling……" Xihuang sighed, "You truly cannot know nothing."

"Thus, after a storm passes, it's unclear how one died."

"So you must understand history, know the secrets, comprehend where the storm's source comes from, and thus avoid it specifically."

"But knowing nothing is certainly dangerous; yet knowing everything is also dangerous——when no one backs you up."

"Often, some dark history, top-tier mighty ones don't care whether it's known——because opponents of the same caliber are mostly aware."

"What difference does it make if one more ant knows?"

"What they truly care about is whether you will spread it."

"So even if you know, you must force yourself to act as if you know nothing…… in short, it's acting." Fuxi smiled faintly, "Acting a play that insiders understand but outsiders do not."

"If acted well, it amuses the mighty ones; they smile slightly, raise their noble hand, and lightly let you go."

"If acted poorly?"

"Then the mood of the mighty watching the play would also sour…… they have no patience to wait for you to meet an accidental death in the endless ages, taking the secret to the grave; casually sending you on your way is also quite normal."

Life is like a play, it all depends on acting skill!

Especially the life of a weakling, if you want to go smoothly and rise higher…… you must be even better at acting!

Like the battlefield Fengxi will inevitably walk onto in the future, it is actually a grandest stage, with countless beings ascending to perform.

What Fengxi must do is perform his harmlessness in the eyes of the enemy, his excellence in the eyes of superiors, his reliability in the eyes of comrades……

Repeated performances fix outsiders' mental placement of him.

Until, after enduring the most difficult period, he then unleashes his sharpness, bursting forth the most radiant brilliance.

Not singing for a thousand years, then a single song astonishes; not flying for ten thousand years, then a single flight soars to the heavens!

"Xi, I humbly receive your teaching!" Fengxi solemnly made a bow to Fuxi the Great Sage.

Xihuang's words were, to Fengxi, invaluable golden advice…… something even Di Jiang Zu Wu never pointed out.

After all, that is also the case.

Who has seen any leader teach his own soldiers like this——on the battlefield take it easy, don't show off, avoid drawing targeted strikes; when the situation turns bad, hurry and flee, preserving one's life as the priority; if you can unite comrades, do so more, encompass fellow soldiers, so later you can coordinate up and down……

Any faction that teaches like this is probably doomed.

——When war breaks out, his soldiers, each able to retreat, will retreat, and still dare to fart!

Fuxi did not know what mindset he held, but he gave Fengxi pointers and led him onto such a path.

So, do you still choose this counterfeit Slay Immortal Sword Formation?

"Not choosing it." Fengxi pushed aside that diagram, "This item, though fierce in slaughter, can be used to roam the four directions; it can be called a heavy weapon…… but precisely because it is a heavy weapon, it cannot be used lightly."

"A pity to lose it, hard to use if gained; I will not take it."

Or rather exchange it for an assistive external aid that can be used often, with strong buff effect……

Fengxi reluctantly moved his gaze away from the counterfeit Slay Immortal Sword Formation and looked at something else.

It must be said, Fuxi the Great Sage doesn't know how many years he has been fishing here; his collected golden fingers can be said to be all sorts, their usable functions are only what Fengxi cannot imagine, nothing he cannot do!

"Counterfeit Qiankun Cauldron…… can it refine acquired spiritual objects to recreate innate treasures? Although this process entails a thousandfold loss, yet it can exchange quantity for quality transcendence?"

"But innate and acquired are worlds apart…… the cultivation of the Taiyi realm mainly requires innate spiritual objects!"

「With this cauldron, whether uniting comrades, bribing superiors, or rewarding subordinates, it's a piece of cake! 」

「False Mountains and Rivers Map, forms its own domain……」Fengxi's red eye disease has never healed，「Can monitor and grasp the mountains and rivers of a trillion-li radius at any time and place, knowing the output of all mountains, waters, spiritual objects, and mineral veins within that range……」

「With this spiritual treasure, relying on mining and treasure hunting I could get rich overnight, let alone its use on the battlefield, where it can capture all enemy troop deployments in my mind, making attack or retreat effortless…… truly a weapon of war! 」

「False River Chart and Luo Book? 」

「Can divine heavenly secrets, anticipate enemy moves; can foresee the future, know the methods and opportunities to resolve current predicaments; can deduce items, find fortuitous encounters…… this this this is literally a bug in information existence! 」

……

Auxiliary spiritual treasures, speaking of attack power, are naturally inferior to attack-oriented spiritual treasures.

However, the functions they can perform are more useful for cultivators!

Because no matter how powerful an offensive spiritual treasure is, capable of destroying heaven, earth, and air in an instant, when there are no enemies, its significance is not great.

But auxiliary-type spiritual treasures are different.

They can aid cultivation, usable at any time.

For mining, treasure hunting, self-preservation…… and so on, leaving Fengxi dazzled.

「False Kunlun Mirror, capable of breaking through time and space, wandering the myriad worlds, even able to break into parallel spacetime universes, descending into past and future……」Fengxi's breath almost stopped, he raised his head to look at Fuxi the Great Sage, 「If I use it, can I return to the world before my transmigration? 」

「Of course…… however, the distance is too great, requiring the sacrifice of a Grand Unity, and also to sacrifice this spiritual treasure. 」Fuxi said lightly, 「After all, this is merely a counterfeit dharma treasure, not the genuine article. 」

「Moreover, you should at least have lofty ambitions…… if you become a Great Luo, where can't you go? 」

Fengxi hearing this, gave a wry smile, 「Great Luo…… Great Luo…… how could it be that easy? 」

「The number of sentient beings in Honghuang is immeasurable, yet how many Great Luo have appeared in total? 」

「Even if I have this ambition, the cold reality also reminds me——it's not easy in this! 」

「You haven't even reached that threshold to try breaking through to the Great Luo realm, so why draw such a conclusion so early? 」Fuxi said with deep meaning, 「Perhaps that realm is not as difficult as you imagine. 」

「Really? 」Fengxi lifted his spirits, regained his fighting spirit, 「Then I'll take your auspicious words! 」

Xihuang smiled, didn't mind, just said: 「How about it…… after seeing these spiritual treasures, do you fancy any? 」

「They're all good……」Fengxi sighed, 「I really want them all, but I know that's impossible. 」

「So…… is there some kind of cheat that can comprehensively combine their strengths? 」

「You're really not satisfied with greed. 」Fuxi laughed and scolded, 「However, maybe your luck is not bad, you came at just the right time. 」

「Not long ago, I caught a big fish, and the cheat it carried is quite interesting. 」

Xihuang picked out a brilliant ball of light, 「Here, this is it. 」

Fengxi curiously received it, focused his mind, and read it out word by word.

「Qi Luck Merit System? 」

(End of chapter)