Gu Qingyang remembered that this was what the old palace master of the Changsheng Palace once said to him. It's just that... in his memory, he is not a palace master.
That old man with white beard and hair, he has always been the old beggar and wanderer who came to the ice field by chance in Gu Qingyang's heart.
To this day, Gu Qingyang certainly knows the entire process of how the old man met him, and even more so his original intention.
But this does not prevent him from having pure respect for others, let alone the most basic respect for others.
The encounter on the ice sheet was not like a righteous leader testing a new devil, but more like an exchange between an old man and a young man.
although--
The old man came here to slay demons, and even more so for the sentient beings in the wilderness. That incident ended up like that in the end.
The old man's words were still fresh in Gu Qingyang's memory. These two simple lines of poetry, the more Gu Qingyang practiced, the more he was able to comprehend the new true meaning.
At this moment, Gu Qingyang suddenly discovered that these two poems were actually his poems in response to the disaster. Contains his way of death.
After a flash of inspiration, he began to seriously think about the first problem he needed to face——
What is his relationship to the world?
From the perspective of a practitioner, he is the most powerful practitioner in the world, and his connection with the world is the most profound.
What builds this world is the origin of the avenue, and his connection with the origin of the avenue has reached an intimate level.
Not to mention the human bone cultivator, not even all living things, not even the Dao of Heaven, can completely cut off his connection with the origin of the Dao.
Only he himself can sever this connection.
As for the mantra, "Heaven and earth coexist with me, and all things are one with me", he is definitely the perfect practitioner of this mantra.
He really did it, he could live side by side with heaven and earth and be one with all things. Now he is only in the tenth realm and can become the so-called heaven.
If he does not die, if he continues to practice, sooner or later he will be able to refine the world and replace the Supreme Heaven and the Zizi Heaven as the Lord of Heaven and Earth.
This is his relationship with the world.
but--
This is looking at the problem from the perspective of bone repair.
What if you change the angle? For example, from the perspective of people and the world? Thinking of this, Gu Qingyang couldn't help but think of his experiences in his two lives.
The experiences in both lives were miserable, and the experiences in both lives were the accumulation of endless pain, but we still had to move forward resolutely, and we still had to bear everything.
…
From this perspective, his relationship to the world is exactly what he just said. This world is an imperfect world.
It's cold, dark, and filled with murder and deceit around every corner. Living beings will oppress living beings and hunt living beings, and the same is true for heaven.
In such a world, those who are absolutely righteous may not succeed or survive.
There can only be one kind of people who can survive in such a world, and that is those who understand the dark way of survival.
Only those who know how to use wisdom, are proficient in strategy, have absolute strength and have lofty goals, and use whatever means to achieve their goals can survive.
That's who he is.
Now this life is the second life. Because of the struggle with the sky, everything happened too fast. He doesn't have much chance to scheming with others.
But in his previous life, he was famous for being ruthless and cruel. Even after the sixteenth realm, few strong men of the same realm dared to compete with him.
In such a world, what he just said is true.
In such a world, only absolute interests can exist, and true feelings have become that peerless treasure that can be encountered but cannot be sought.
So he values the people around him, whether he is a fellow Taoist or a good brother, or those women... He values all of them.
And those followers, the loyalty of followers is extremely precious. The latter is absolutely no worse than the former.
This is why he would rather do whatever it takes to create a peaceful and prosperous age for these people. He could leave, he could die, but they couldn't.
"call--"
When one thought arises, another thought arises.
As soon as a thought arises, another thought arises.
Thoughts are born and thoughts die.
It’s hard to stop thinking about it.
Gu Qingyang sighed. After the first thought, his second thought was far less pure than the first thought. He found that his second thought was very complicated.
The derivatives of every thought after the second thought are actually related to the second thought. The world is complicated, so the world is also complicated.
But in the final analysis, the world in his first thought was the "heaven and earth" in the poem.
The world in his second thought was the "red dust" in that poem.
He will die, so his death can be called "this body and bones return to heaven and earth."
If you can really avoid being stained by the world of mortals, you can follow the pure path of cultivation and achieve terrifying cultivation levels at an extremely fast speed.
But how can a person walk in this world without being stained by the world of mortals? If his sister had not died, maybe he would still have the chance to escape the mortal world.
But Gu Qingying died after all...
Her fall made his heart filled with pain all the time.
Later, when he met those people specially arranged for him by Heaven, some stories would naturally happen.
Heaven still understands him.
Just the first move was already a sure kill. The first person he met was Su Yue.
It can be said that... he was in the most danger when he was in the Central Continent prairie.
At that time, if Su Yue had other ideas about him, he would definitely fall.
However, chance is just chance, and the outcome of some things cannot be determined by God's will.
Su Yue, like Gu Qingyang, attaches great importance to Taoist practice. But her heart was the same as Gu Qingyang's. She also suffered from extreme loneliness.
When two lonely and powerful souls meet, the first story begins is a discussion. But in the end, when discussing Taoism, what is discussed is each person’s original intention.
Originally, they might really want to stop at being Taoist friends. But under the arrangement of Heaven, their relationship has grown by leaps and bounds.
Since then, there is no need to say much about the people Gu Qingyang met.
Those people...each of them is like a double-edged sword.
Gu Qingyang's encounter with them was fate and calamity. If the result of the encounter is joy, it is fate; if the result of the encounter is sorrow, it is calamity.
Su Yue is like this, Murong Qingzhu is like this.
It’s been the same with everyone I’ve met since.
But on his way forward, he is not only waiting for these destined people, but also countless enemies.
Compared with the destined people, the number of enemies is much greater. There were already so many that he couldn't even count them, and there were only a few whose names he could remember.
"After my rebirth, I have been pursuing the ultimate freedom. For this ideal, I have lost too many things."
"I long for many things, but those things are included in freedom. I am always moving forward for my ideals."
"To this day, in the eyes of outsiders, I am already very strong."
"But only I know that I am still very weak, too weak to do anything."
"If I accept God's will and choose that life of freedom... maybe I can also create a super Taoist lineage and enjoy all the prosperity."
"Maybe in that case, Ying'er will not die. Maybe in that case, I will still meet Yue'er and the others."
"But such a life is a life arranged by God. No matter how happy you are, it is given by others, not something you fight for on your own merits."
"That's just happiness in the eyes of others."
"Hehehehehehahahahahaha——"
"If I had chosen Xiaoyao, I would not have been the only imperial clan in this world. I would have become a mortal like those people."
"The temptation of heaven is not just a temptation. If I had agreed at the beginning, these things would not have happened. I would also perish at that time."
…
Gu Qingyang's thoughts are still evolving, but his heart is becoming calmer. His thoughts kept changing and he was no longer disturbed.
Thinking about it later, there were countless moments when he felt that he had seen through everything. And after these countless moments, his heart became extremely determined.
And just when he woke up, he realized that he had stepped onto the next long step. At that moment, countless figures appeared in front of his eyes.
He knew these people.
These people are all his enemies, some are from his previous life, and some are from this life...
"kill!"
Gu Qingyang roared wildly deep in his heart, and unleashed his terrifying murderous intent, causing the entire Beimingyuan to rumble.
"ah--"
At the same moment, many creatures who witnessed this scene were in even greater pain. Gu Qingyang is too strong and can no longer be treated by ordinary standards.
They were suppressed by Gu Qingyang and felt extremely uncomfortable. Amidst the wailing sounds, countless creatures gritted their teeth and persisted.
Fortunately, this terrifying pressure only existed for a moment. A moment later, Gu Qingyang had climbed to the second longest step.
At that moment, another figure appeared.
But this time, the figures that appeared in front of Gu Qingyang were no longer the enemies he had encountered, but old friends.
Gu Qingyang intuitively felt that he now had two choices. One is to carry the burden and remember all the old friends.
The second is to give up, let go of everyone, and let go of yourself. In this way, even if you empty your heart, you can naturally be extremely tyrannical.
But he will never take the second path.
He is a devil!
In this extremely dark world, he will never give up easily what he has obtained.
There are some things that he will never give up. This is the devil, and this is the path a devil cultivator should take.
If he wanted to give up, he could have abandoned Gu Qingying as early as his rebirth, then walked away alone and went directly to practice.
But he didn't choose that.
Thinking of this, Gu Qingyang realized that his life's path was already destined. At this moment, his understanding of the Tao of mythology deepened.
"Dong, dong, dong, dong, dong——"
Unknowingly, Gu Qingyang took another five steps in one go. The dazzling white light woke him up completely, and he realized that Emperor Shark's Tears were right in front of him.
"Death?"
Gu Qingyang smiled and suddenly raised his hand to grab it.
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