Chapter 373: Slaying 【Anger】 (2)

'They made the correct choices, yet they still ended up coming to Hell.'

'Making the correct choices: meaning following rules and order, following one's own reason, Personal Common Sense, and self-love. In other words, following one's Id, Ego, and Superego.'

'But, their result was descending to Hell, meaning that at a certain moment...'

'They violated the rules, or the Id, Ego, or Superego.'

'Violating the rules is the result. Violating the Id, Ego, or Superego is the process.'

'Put simply, it was only after their Mental States underwent a change that they would do an act that violated the rules.'

'In other words, their violation of the Id, Ego, or Superego led to ultimately violating the rules.'

'Summary: Violating the Id, Ego, or Superego will lead to violating the rules.'

'So, what I need to do now is Heart Cultivation, achieving: Even if I violate the Id, Ego, or Superego, I will not violate the rules.'

'Looking at the previous two times in the Distance-Free Technique space, The Highest Goodness is Like Water is related to the emotions I discarded.'

'Then it can be deduced that The Highest Goodness is Like Water actually also has three layers: emotional The Highest Goodness is Like Water, common sense The Highest Goodness is Like Water, and affective The Highest Goodness is Like Water.'

'Then, the first layer of The Highest Goodness is Like Water has four realms: Joy, Anger, Sorrow, and Happiness.'

'No, there should also be a fifth realm, which is 【Fear】.'

'How should I cultivate The Highest Goodness is Like Water?'

'Absolute reason means the correct choice.'

'Violating reason means the wrong choice.'

Thinking of this.

Chen Ran's entire body trembled.

'That is to say...'

'It's not that The Highest Goodness is Like Water has no specific Heart Cultivation method, but rather...'

'There has long been a ready-made Heart Cultivation method!'

'Put simply, cultivate the Heart Cultivation method obtained in reverse. That is, irrational Heart Cultivation.'

'In the Heart Cultivation method, one cultivates reason, so I will cultivate 【Joy, Anger, Sorrow, and Happiness】.'

'First page of Heart Cultivation: Without Heart Cultivation, free will cannot kill the Id.'

'First page of The Highest Goodness is Like Water Heart Cultivation: If cultivating the heart, the Id cannot kill free will.'

'Put simply: My Supreme Perfect Enlightenment reason cannot kill my emotions.'

'This way, absolute reason cannot kill the Id, and the Id cannot kill absolute reason.'

'But the problem is...'

'I have already completed the discarding of emotions and obtained absolute reason; if I cultivate The Highest Goodness is Like Water Heart Cultivation, wouldn't I need to retain one emotion and completely discard the other emotions? For example, if I want to cultivate the Highest Goodness is Like Water of 【Anger】, I would have to discard Joy, Sorrow, Happiness, as well as reason? This way, only The Highest Goodness is Like Water Heart Cultivation would remain, and Supreme Perfect Enlightenment Heart Cultivation would no longer exist.'

'Unless...'

'I can project an absolutely perfect me in the Distance-Free Technique space. I cultivate Supreme Perfect Enlightenment, while he cultivates The Highest Goodness is Like Water.'

'No wonder Shu Renjun said that The Highest Goodness is Like Water exists among Nine and Ten-Star players. They are all in the Superego Mental State and can project a perfect version of themselves in the Distance-Free Technique space.'

'Where can I go to find... a body to bear The Highest Goodness is Like Water Heart Cultivation?'

'Hmm? Wait.'

Chen Ran suddenly thought of something.

He slowly opened his eyes, ignoring the astonished gazes of everyone, and slowly lit a cigarette.

Taking puffs one by one.

About two and a half minutes passed, and the cigarette in his hand was nearing its end. His expression became serious. He first glanced at the Big Gold Tooth, then glanced at Lin Xuan, and finally landed his gaze on Qiu Yinong.

The four people's gazes intertwined, all unable to help but nod slightly. The next moment, Chen Ran smiled, flicking his finger lightly. The cigarette butt traced a perfect arc in the air, and at the moment it landed on the ground...

The Big Gold Tooth suddenly blocked in front of Lin Xuan.

"I spoke a lie!"

"Liar-Slayer - Magic Cube World!"

Immediately after, the Secret Room turned black. When the light was restored, only three people remained in the entire Secret Room: Chen Ran, Lin Xuan, and Qiu Yinong.

Seeing this, Chen Ran slowly closed his eyes.

His consciousness arrived in the World of the Heart.

In the white world, Chen Ran once again saw four of himself. Seeing the irritable Chen Ran wanting to rush over and hit him again, he hurriedly suppressed his Mental State.

【I know you are anxious, but don't be anxious just yet. I'll pull reason out first.】

As his voice fell, Chen Ran's entire body trembled, all the muscles in his body tense, his entire person in a state of extreme excitement.

That's right, he was discarding reason!

Not long after.

A figure translated out from Chen Ran's body and stood beside him.

It was also Chen Ran's appearance.

At the same time, the original Chen Ran seemed to have lost everything, standing blankly on the spot.

Seeing this, the four 【Joy, Anger, Sorrow, and Happiness】 Chen Rans frantically wanted to drill into the blank Chen Ran's body, as if fighting over a supreme treasure.

【Anger】 had the fastest reaction, and among the four Chen Rans, his strength was also the most powerful. He very quickly pulled open a distance from the other three Chen Rans.

However, right when 【Anger】 was less than two meters away from Chen Ran's pure consciousness.

The detached 【Reason】 Chen Ran lit a cigarette, took a light puff, turned his head to look at 【Joy, Anger, Sorrow, and Happiness】, and spoke with the most ordinary tone: 【Die.】

Bang, bang, bang, bang.

【Joy, Anger, Sorrow, and Happiness】 didn't have any room to resist at all. They self-detonated, disappearing in the Distance-Free space, without leaving a single trace.

Strong! Too strong!

Reason that had been refined by Supreme Perfect Enlightenment Heart Cultivation could easily insta-kill the Id!

【Reason】 finished smoking his cigarette.

【Reason is the most important thing in this world, how can it be casually discarded?】

Immediately after, he slowly merged back into one with Chen Ran's pure consciousness.

Chen Ran regained his reason, but very quickly the Distance-Free space began to collapse. His consciousness returned to his body, and he directly fainted into a coma.

"Liar-Slayer - Wheel of Time!"

In the Secret Room, there were only three people: Chen Ran, Lin Xuan, and Qiu Yinong. Right when Chen Ran was wanting to cultivate The Highest Goodness is Like Water Heart Cultivation in the Distance-Free space.

"Rest."

Qiu Yinong's words made him realize that he had just failed, so he emptied his mind to recuperate and build up his energy, preparing to try another method later.

It had to be said, the existence of time and space skills was like giving him cheats.

The space skill allowed Qiu Yinong to use the time skill without any worries, while the time skill gave him a margin for trial and error.

Qiu Yinong looked at Lin Xuan: "How could you read Chen Ran's look just now?"

"Isn't this nonsense? He wanted to forcibly do Heart Cultivation before, and his mental state was overdrawn to that degree. And your skill just happens to be able to temporarily make up for this flaw, but your skill has a flaw; it needs me to continuously provide you with lies. If I couldn't even think of this point, what difference would there be between me and Gao Lan?"

Hearing this, Qiu Yinong nodded. Looking at it this way, Lin Xuan was actually a qualified teammate under this special form.

Once the five minutes were up.

Chen Ran fell to the ground again. Lin Xuan immediately spoke a lie, and Qiu Yinong used her skill.

The reason why Qiu Yinong didn't chain her skill during the Wheel of Time was simply because Lin Xuan, this uncontrollable factor, was present.

After all, if she chained the skill, she would have to speak the 【I spoke a lie】 command.

And Chen Ran was also in a state of Mental Overdraft.

As long as Lin Xuan grasped the timing well, he could entirely achieve a double kill.

Therefore, she had to wait for the skill to end and have Lin Xuan provide her with the lie.

The relationship between the three of them was just this complex.

Lin Xuan would kill the two of them.

The two of them would not kill Lin Xuan.

At the same time, with Chen Ran falling to the ground and Qiu Yinong watching, Lin Xuan also couldn't trick a lie out of the mentally overdrawn Chen Ran.

…

"Rest."

Qiu Yinong still spoke the same word.

Like this, it repeated multiple times.

When the Wheel of Time ended once again, Chen Ran finally no longer fell to the ground.

The memories of the first experiment also returned.

'Holy shit!'

'Reason is this powerful? This is making things difficult for me, Fat Tiger!'

'But if I don't expel reason, how can the other emotions enter?'