Chapter 194: Circles

Being praised as "precious" by a powerhouse suspected to be of Heavenly Rank like Tao Yaoyao, Zhang Gui could not help but feel great.

At the same time, intuitively feeling that Tao Yaoyao seemed to be full of goodwill towards him, he climbed up the pole again and asked a question,

"So there are so many nuances in the title of 'True Person.'

It seems that achieving 'B-class' supernatural status is the key?"

"That is both right and wrong.

The human bloodline has been mixed with who knows how many 'god, immortal, tiger, dog' bloodlines since ancient times.

Some divine clusters, once manifested, are 'B-class' supernatural status.

But at the same time, that is all they will ever be until they die, unable to advance even an inch.

How powerful can they be?

Furthermore, the techniques practiced are the same.

Your Pingyang Zhang family's ancestral techniques include several that can be practiced to the third-rank 'B-Superior.'

But such techniques, unless one can reach the realm of perfection and drawing inferences about other cases like you, what can one achieve at the end?

Therefore, for ordinary people, even if they achieve 'B-class' supernatural status by chance, they are just ordinary B-class supernatural beings."

"True Person Tao, I have never heard of the term 'ordinary B-class supernatural being' before.

I have never even thought in this life that B-class supernatural status could be linked to the word 'ordinary'."

Zhang Gui would never have interrupted Tao Yaoyao's words, but hearing something that made his heart itch unbearably.

Out of the instinct of a "straight man" who has lived two lives, he still added a line.

The result was very outstanding.

Tao Yaoyao laughed out loud,

"You have lived in the human world since you were a child, and haven't even had a 'Yellow Millet Dream,' like a frog at the bottom of a well.

Yet you dare to talk about 'this life,' it is truly ridiculous.

When you have the opportunity to go down to the 'Great Earth Cave' in the future and see the true scenery of this world.

Looking back, you will know how ignorant you are now."

"I know about the Great Earth Cave.

It is the passage to the underground world where our human race's greatest natural enemy, the Hundred Earth Demon Races, live.

Does the meaning of going down to the 'Great Earth Cave' mean that our human powerhouses are actively invading the territory of the Hundred Earth Demon Races?

And what is the 'Yellow Millet Dream' you mentioned?"

"I am not willing to tell you much about these things concerning the 'Earth Cave Realm.'

Many truths must be explored slowly by oneself for life to be interesting.

I will only tell you one point: humans are not crazy, so why would they insist on running to dangerous and difficult places?

Why is it that even today, many cultivators and powerhouses born with extraordinary backgrounds and powerful strength in the human world are willing to abandon everything and rush to the Great Earth Cave to take risks?

Naturally, it can only be because there is something there that deeply attracts them and that they are willing to risk their lives to pursue."

Hearing Tao Yaoyao's mysterious tone, Zhang Gui cursed in his heart, riddle-mongers are truly hateful!

But he did not dare to show the slightest dissatisfaction on his face, and instead asked an extremely simple question,

"Then True Person Tao, is your so-called 'Earth Cave Realm' the territory where the human race lives near the 'Great Earth Cave'?

Is the so-called 'Human World' all the territory of the Four Continents of Diyuan, except for the 'Earth Cave Realm'?"

"Yes."

"Then the area of the Earth Cave Realm must be far beyond my imagination."

Zhang Gui's eyes widened, as if talking to himself or continuing to ask,

"It couldn't be that the Earth Cave Realm is actually as vast as the Human World!"

"What are you thinking? Haven't you heard of 'Secret Realms'?"

Secret Realm, approximately equivalent to the dimensional space in the fantasy stories of Zhang Gui's previous life.

When he looted "Wangbei Manor" on New Year's Eve and captured over ten thousand servants and managers of the Shuanghu Rong family to Giant Snake Head Island with the power of divine authority.

His current right-hand man, Song Wenhua, thought they had arrived in a "Secret Realm."

He even marveled that a down-and-out family like the Pingyang Zhang family still had such a foundation.

Truly worthy of being a noble family that once produced a generation of powerful prime ministers.

"I have naturally heard of Secret Realms, but I have never had the opportunity to see one.

Such a foundation is said to be exclusive to ancient noble families; is it very common in the 'Earth Cave Realm'?"

"It is very common.

It's just that the Xianrong Island under our feet is also an ordinary object, but wanting to become its master is extremely difficult."

"Then that means 'Secret Realms' are still treasures in the Earth Cave Realm, but they are very easy to see.

Does that mean most of the human race in the 'Earth Cave Realm' live in individual 'Secret Realms'?"

Tao Yaoyao smiled upon hearing this, neither answering nor denying, making Zhang Gui even more itchy, but helpless.

"True Person Tao, since you feel that many secret stories are not suitable for me to know now.

Then can you tell this junior some things that I can know."

"That is naturally possible.

I came to this desolate mass grave to find you, originally to give you some reminders and form a good bond.

Hmm, first of all, you need to know.

At your current level, whether you rely on 'Divine Cluster Awakening' or 'Technique Cultivation,' or both, or the power obtained by driving magic treasures, seems completely unimportant.

But in fact, according to the rules of ancient sects and clans, these have quite strict distinctions.

Roughly, they can be divided into two paths: 'God' and 'Immortal.'

Let's talk about the 'Divine Path' first.

Tell me from the literal meaning, what is considered the Divine Path?"

"Hmm, according to our broad understanding in the Dongsheng Continent, whether it is the ancient gods who were born with infinite power in the mythological era;

The leaders of the early people who ate heavenly materials and earthly treasures in the ancient era;

In the ancient era, the descendants born from the union of humans and naturally born gods;

Or the beginning of cultivation in the Middle Ages, those who either used bloodline inheritance to climb higher, or those who achieved success entirely on their own, etc., can all be collectively referred to as 'Gods.'

As for the gods of the Western He Continent, they seem to be more conceptual.

Now there is even the emergence of 'Monotheism' where gods are omnipotent..."

Zhang Gui deliberated and slowly expressed his thoughts as comprehensively as possible.

But he was directly denied by Tao Yaoyao,

"I am not talking about gods, but the Divine Path.

The Divine Path is actually a path where power mainly originates from bloodline inheritance, rather than self-cultivation.

The Immortal Path is the opposite; power mainly originates from self-cultivation, rather than bloodline inheritance.

Do you think it is very ridiculous that things that look like 'two sides of the same body' and are not even clearly distinguishable.

Can still be clearly divided into two 'paths'."

"What is strange about this?

I heard before that in an ancient country, men and women could form confrontations and cause great chaos.

And a person, as long as they are born, must have a father and mother.

The father is a man, and the mother is a woman, which is also an inevitable thing.

But even so, they can 'choose sides,' isn't that even crazier.

But this is humanity."

Zhang Gui waved his hand dismissively.

"Don't try to fool me; one or two fools making trouble is one thing.

How can there be a reason for a whole country of people to be confused."

"Not just a whole country of people being confused, in my previous life, the whole world was caught in the vortex of the so-called 'feminism and masculinity' struggle, okay."

A thought flashed through Zhang Gui's mind, but he did not refute Tao Yaoyao's questioning,

"I also feel that this kind of thing is just a wild history story fabricated by the ancients.

I don't really believe it.

However, the division of 'Divine Path and Immortal Path' is easy to understand.

Isn't it just one has inheritance, and the other has no inheritance.

Those with inheritance feel that they can become powerful, firstly relying on luck, and secondly because of their efforts to explore the power of inheritance;

Those without inheritance feel that they, the bitter ones who rely entirely on cultivation to succeed, are the ones walking on the 'Right Path of the Human World.'

Representing the hope of humanity's future!

But in fact, their greatest hope is to be able to cultivate into a 'God.'

To let their bloodline descendants get some light and embark on the path of the 'Divine Path.'

This is actually a 'circle'."

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