Chapter 589: Innate Mental State!

This Instance was very special.

Special in that there were spectators.

"Why would you choose him?"

"Actually, between him and An Sheng, I also struggled over it."

"But you still chose him."

"Of course."

"The reason?"

"I appreciate him very much." The Youth wearing a Daoist robe revealed a huge smile towards the Youth beside him who was sealed by multi-colored seals.

...

In the middle, a gigantic light screen hovered. And in the light screen, the scene inside the Instance's Distance-Free Technique was reflected.

The sudden change in the image.

Made the originally calm and unruffled woman's face reveal a moved expression.

"This kind of thing... how could it appear on a True Self Player?"

"There's nothing impossible." The Youth who took over the conversation glanced at the cold-faced Youth: "Some people are innately stubborn mules, but get tamed by their parents. While some people absolutely refuse to change their nature, therefore making people feel they are somewhat stupid."

"It's still better than looking like a human but acting like a dog," the cold-faced Youth said indifferently.

The woman: "..."

To players who cultivated the heart, they couldn't feel loneliness. Even if sitting witheredly for endless years, they wouldn't become numb or develop world-weary thoughts.

Simply put, it was...

Time couldn't affect their emotions.

The woman would rather sit silently on the River of Time than listen to the two bickering.

Too vulgar.

...

In a certain space.

A Little Monk and a Scholar were sitting in the void playing chess.

In front, there was a light screen. The light screen reflected the scene inside the Instance's Distance-Free Technique.

"Amitabha, Almsgiver Chen seems to have already put you in checkmate. How do you plan to move next?" The Little Monk asked smilingly.

The elegant Youth stared at the chessboard, playing with a chess piece in his hand, and said indifferently: "Yue Guanshan isn't that easy to deal with. However, I have to say, the one selected by the 1st True Self Player... is truly surprising. Isn't he afraid of rearing a tiger and courting calamity?"

"There's nothing to be surprised about. Where there is destruction, naturally there is rebirth; where there is rebirth, naturally there is destruction. [One] shoulders the heavy burden of tearing down and starting over. He is the 1st True Self Player's contingency plan against our Ultimate being wrong. Otherwise, his Skill wouldn't be Eternal Kingdom."

"If [One]'s Ultimate is also wrong?" The elegant Youth frowned.

The Little Monk chuckled lightly: "Amita-tofu, demonic and heretical paths should be executed!"

"Therefore, I hate you bald donkeys the most. Saying one thing but meaning another, sanctimonious, entirely a lower-class style."

"What brilliant opinion do you have?"

Hearing this, The Scholar said: "In everything, one should stand on righteousness and follow the Heavenly Dao, only then can one make the most correct choice."

One could only say these two were six of one, half a dozen of the other.

Both were extremely shameless.

...

In Death Row's forbidden space.

An imposing man sat in front of a tea table, silently watching the image in the light screen.

Previously, the Youth who issued the Quest to Nan Sheng stood respectfully to one side.

"This is?" The Youth asked.

The imposing man blew on the tea leaves in his cup and chuckled lightly: "Heart."

"Heart?"

"That's right. In this world, there is a kind of person who is a natural-born heart cultivator."

The Youth who was waiting for the continuation saw that the imposing man had no intention of continuing to speak.

He hurriedly changed the subject.

"How does it compare to Ghost Immortals?"

"Suspenseful."

...

The Liar-Slayer Alliance Ancient Tower.

The All-Knowing and Almighty looked at the image hovering in midair, without the slightest surprise.

After all, letting Yue Guanshan enter the field, they had long expected this kind of situation to appear.

"The Highest Goodness is Like Water [Joy] is truly a magical existence. Back then, I also completed the cultivation of [Joy] in a daze."

"However, later I discovered that The Highest Goodness is Like Water has natural-born heart cultivators."

The woman in Ruqun nodded: "This is natural. The Highest Goodness is Like Water is originally the lower substitute Mental State for True Self, belonging to innate Mental States. It's just that for some people it's not too obvious, thereby needing to cultivate The Highest Goodness is Like Water."

"Supreme Perfect Enlightenment belongs to an acquired Mental State. It requires players to cultivate it themselves, therefore there will be a process of Loss of Self."

"Unity of Man and Heaven is situated between innate and acquired, requiring oppression."

"However, these three types of heart cultivation ultimately all lead to the same destination by different paths, pointing towards True Self."

Saying this, the woman in Ruqun pointed at the image in the light screen and said: "For example, him."

"Looking at Chen Ran's life before death, from childhood to adulthood he possessed a pure heart of a child, belonging to a natural-born joyful person. Under normal circumstances, a person possessing a pure heart of a child fundamentally doesn't need to cultivate The Highest Goodness is Like Water [Joy]. Even in the World of the Heart, they only need to wave a hand at [Joy] to be able to tame it."

"However, during a person's growing process, the pure heart of a child will gradually disappear, the innate Mental State will be polluted, and they can only cultivate acquired ones."

"There are very few people who can completely preserve an innate Mental State. At the same time, the longer one possesses an innate Mental State, it is highly likely it will radiate to other emotions. Very obviously, Chen Ran muddle-headedly evaded emotional devouring before death, and completely preserved his pure heart of a child."

The imposing man nodded: "Just don't know if his [Joy] has radiated to other emotions, or how much it has radiated."

Actually, the two were a bit speechless about this point. Logically speaking, a pure heart of a child couldn't possibly appear on a True Self Player.

The reason was very simple.

True Self Players were all very smart. From childhood they saw through the essence of human nature and understood the exchange of benefits. How could they possibly still preserve...

A pure heart of a child?

Moreover, even if they themselves didn't interfere with their pure heart of a child, parents and elders during the teaching process would certainly, unknowingly, interfere with the pure heart of a child.

Even if parents and elders didn't interfere and let the child release their nature, society was a massive dye vat. It would equally obliterate everyone's nature, namely the innate Mental State.

Therefore, let alone True Self Players being unable to preserve an innate Mental State, even ordinary players couldn't possibly preserve an innate Mental State.

Unless, they died very early.

Just like in Hell, often the younger a player looked, the harder they were to deal with.

This was exactly because children still retained their innate Mental State on their bodies. The Highest Goodness is Like Water's Mental State was very high, making them very hard to deal with.

Of course, aside from a pure heart of a child being a natural-born joyful person, there were also many innate Mental States. For example, positive yearning; this was also a kind of innate Mental State. Perhaps this term wasn't used too accurately, it should be instinctively believing that all things would develop in a good direction.

A person possessing this kind of innate Mental State would find it easier to cultivate [Happiness].

What surprised everyone was that Chen Ran actually completely preserved an innate Mental State.

However, this method of his belonged to a demonic and heretical path; there would be suffering for him in the future.

...

In the Distance-Free Technique, Yue Guanshan looked at the back figure gliding over step by step, his brows twisting into a knot.

He raised his hand and fired an arrow.

But, the trendily dressed Youth merely twisted his butt and evaded the arrow.

And grabbed the arrow tail, stretching the arrow to about 1.5 meters. The arrow instantly went soft. The Youth grabbed both ends...

And unexpectedly started jumping rope.