As long as human history is long, there are many unexplainable secrets, gods, ghosts, demons and monsters.
However, in this process, no matter how many legendary stories there are, there are always a few that are particularly rare and have been admired throughout history.
Spirit-burning fire is one of them. This special ability appears very rarely in all historical books and records.
As everyone knows, this ability can ignite all soul attributes, and can also help the soul gain and control the soul.
There are some speculations that all creatures with souls can be controlled by it.
This ability, if used well and properly, can control everything in the world, including even gods. It is the true meaning of the emperor.
But what is even more strange is that everyone with this ability has almost zero ambition and desire for power, and has never participated in any disputes over power.
So much so that some ancient people speculated that one must have such a mentality in order to inherit this ability
Whether this is true or not, Yu Peng doesn't know. These contents were all spoken by several spirits in front of him. Although Tuesday, Gu Ze, Chen Song, plus Taoist Luo Zhen, the sum of several spirits is also high. A thousand years old, but judging from the long history,
There are probably as few of them as children, and they live in remote areas, and they know too little.
No one has ever experienced it personally, and this is the first time they have seen a soul-burning fire with their own eyes, so how can they understand it?
Fortunately, there is an ancient saying: "Stones from other mountains can attack jade."
Although they cannot directly guide the cultivation of the Burning Spirit Fire, several spirits can still provide very rich and practical education in Taoism, physical skills, magic, and other aspects.
After living for so many years, several spirits still have a lot of experience and knowledge about society.
so
Now that Yu Peng can summon the soul-burning fire on his own, it is equivalent to taking the most important step.
Although no one expected it to happen so soon, it is exciting after all.
The days after this are still a medicinal bath that refines the body and mind.
Will pain become a habit?
Obviously sometimes it doesn't happen. The torture of medicinal baths that must be repeated every day has not weakened much because of getting used to it. Instead, it has become more sensitive because of the psychological pain.
This torment is torment in the true sense. If you add some chopped green onions and aniseed, it will be no different from stewing bones.
However, as Yu Peng's body slowly changed, about half a month later, Yu Peng finally got used to it, or adapted.
Although it was still painful to eat bones and flesh, despite the pain, Yu Peng could endure the suffering and talk to Luo Zhen.
"Does everyone have to be like this?"
Luo Zhen glanced at Yu Peng and said casually
"You are an exception. Your talent is too good. If you don't hone it and lay a good foundation, it will be difficult to maximize your talent."
When Yu Peng heard this, he responded helplessly.
"Why bother?..."
It’s just that Yu Peng still wanted to insist on saying something to distract from the physical and mental pain.
"Soul, what exactly is it?"
Luo Zhen thought for a while, combined with his own experience, and said slowly
"This question is difficult to explain, or different people give different answers."
"Master once told me that the soul is a kind of spiritual energy, or a kind of magnetic field energy. All materials in the world have their own magnetic field frequencies with special properties. To survive under the influence of the earth's large magnetic field, small ones can survive. Bacteria and viruses, ranging from humans and various animals and plants to mountains and oceans, are actually intelligent."
Hearing this, Yu Peng was a little confused: "Are stones, trees, and water intelligent?"
Luo Zhen: "It is spiritual wisdom, not necessarily wisdom. There is still some difference between the two."
"Isn't there a saying among human beings that the world is full of wonders? Stones, trees, water sources, and even land can all produce spiritual intelligence under special opportunities, but the opportunities are rare and rare."
"However, even if they do appear, not all new spiritual intelligences can survive. Surviving is not easy, and growing up is even harder. Those who can protect themselves and still have a certain strength, especially Very few”
Yu Peng: "But there are still some, right, like that little fox?"
Luo Zhen: "Yes, but most of them are in seclusion and never show up easily, or they are raised in some clans, alive but not free. There are still a few people like the little fox who are active in the human world."
Yu Peng: "Shouldn't it? Aren't they more close to nature? Shouldn't there be more and more powerful ones?"
"Because human history is bloody and complicated."
"Human beings have always wanted to reach the top of the Taoism. This has been a big problem since ancient times. The reason is that the growth of human beings on this planet has been interfered with many times, and there are genetic defects."
"Although there were some special people in the later period who broke through this limitation and reached a higher level, they were just individuals."
"For example, Nuwa, Pangu, Hongjun Daozu in the East, Jade Emperor, Emperor, Yan Emperor, God in the West, Buddha in India, etc. As the first batch of human beings, they transcended racial restrictions and opened up a new era and path. , but after all, we are single and weak, and there is no way to bring the entire human race to this level."
"Of course, this also involves some problems. Energy and resources are limited. If all mankind reaches this level, then the world will be hollowed out and cease to exist."
Yu Peng was a little confused. What does this have to do with the question just now?
Luo Zhen naturally saw Yu Peng's confused expression and continued.
"Because resources are limited, because in human nature, there is a word called greed, another word called desire, and another word called madness. When resources are limited but the avenue is right in front of us, human beings will be exposed Out of the greed and madness in nature”
"Those supreme Buddhas, immortals, and Taoist ancestors control the best spiritual energy resources. Human beings can only eat leftovers and watch others do nothing to be in harmony with nature. Creatures who are born with countless spiritual energy, guess what? What would humans do?”
When Yu Peng heard this, he shuddered.
Luo Zhen continued
“During the transitional period between cultivation and technological development, human beings made various attempts to seize resources and help them cultivate, and finally discovered one thing.”
"Natural creatures with new intelligence, whether they are animals, stone, water or soil, can be absorbed and devoured by humans and transformed into their own power, and can inherit their innate attributes."
"Earth becomes a spirit, and it can control the movement of earth. It is best at finding treasures of underground spiritual energy. Fire attributes become spirits, and its ability to control flames is unparalleled. Water spirits become spirits. The ability to control water requires humans to practice it for a lifetime. None of them can compare to others, such as plants and animals, all of which have their own special abilities."
"Although human beings are the most intelligent, their mastery of the supernatural powers of heaven and earth is often not as good as those of nature."
Speaking of this, Luo Zhen hesitated slightly, considered his words before continuing.
"Under this premise, human beings have begun to capture, detain, enslave, and devour the spiritual bodies of nature, especially the spiritual bodies of newborn spiritual intelligence."
When he said these words, Yu Peng seemed to be able to see those spiritual beings who had just developed intelligence being surrounded by humans somewhere, watching their relatives being slaughtered, watching the greedy smiles of those humans, watching them Footsteps approaching...
Helpless, powerless, puzzled, unwilling...
"This has also led to the fact that over the past thousands of years, almost all the naturally occurring spiritual creatures have been hunted and killed. Those who were lucky enough to survive were all hidden deep underground or in inaccessible places, far away from human sight. "
When Yu Peng heard this, he didn't want to say a word and didn't know what to say. He just felt a little queasy and sick.
"History is bloody after all. Just now you asked why the little fox was fine, right? In fact, it's not that everything was fine. In my impression, there were probably at least seven waves of spirits and some humans who wanted to do something to the little fox, but They were all blocked by me.”
When Yu Peng heard this, he was shocked. The spirit body was okay, but how could humans find the little fox?
Just when he was about to ask, Yu Peng stopped and wanted to slap himself in the mouth.
Is this brain stupid? Is your brain full of water?
I am not the only one special in this world. I almost asked this question out of my mind.
But thinking of this, Yu Peng suddenly remembered what Luo Zhen said just now
"You said that the growth of human beings on this planet has been interfered with many times? What does this mean?"
When Luo Zhen heard the question, his voice suddenly became dull, and he set up a spiritual energy wall in the room to isolate everything, and then spoke slowly
"Of course I don't know the specific reason, and I'm not sure, but about five hundred years ago, by chance, I met a lizard man and listened to what he said."
"At that time, I just regarded the lizard man as a lizard spirit. Seeing that he had done nothing bad, I casually chatted with him. However, as we chatted, I felt that what he said was very different, so I made a special note of it. Come down"
"The lizard man said that they are the descendants of the previous generation of civilization hundreds of millions of years ago, because at that time the earth experienced a surface crisis and was no longer suitable for survival. The civilization was almost cut off, so they hid deep underground because they had no other way."
"Later, the earth experienced many times of regeneration, destruction, and rebirth. The lizard people also gave up the idea of returning to the surface. They still stayed underground to be more stable, and only occasionally came out for activities."
"According to him, the current human beings on earth did not evolve naturally from this planet. Human genetic fragments fell to the earth along with meteorites. After millions of years of environmental changes on the earth, finally at a certain moment, When conditions such as climate, temperature, oxygen content, moisture, etc. are all met, life begins to regenerate and evolve into life."
"After millions of years of evolution and adaptive adjustment, spiritual intelligence was finally opened. But at this moment, a force from outer space came to the earth, operated on human genes, set up genetic locks, and then He left in a hurry”
"It just left a sentence to the human beings at that time, but there is no explanation as to why and how it happened. This is also one of the biggest mysteries of human beings."
Yu Peng asked hurriedly: "What are you talking about?"
"Don't make the same mistakes again."
Yu Peng was stunned for a moment and fell into deep thought, but he still couldn't figure out what this sentence meant.
Luo Zhen continued
"It's difficult for us to know what exactly is locked in genes and how much is locked, but it does exist."
"Cultivating Taoism has always been a way for humans to fly out of the sky and return to their hometown. But unfortunately, I have not yet seen with my own eyes a person who has successfully soared out of the sky and returned. With my current spirit If you are in a physical state and pass through an altitude of 10,000 meters, you will be torn apart by the earth's magnetic field. Even if you are lucky enough to fly out of the sky and break away from the earth's magnetic field, it will still disappear under the impact of the chaotic energy of space, and there will be no hope of ascension. "
Then Luo Zhen looked at Yu Peng. Just as he was about to say something, he saw that Yu Peng's expression was a little strange.
Of course, he couldn't guess what Yu Hei was thinking, so he asked casually: "What are you thinking about?"
Yu Peng hesitated for a long time before saying
"What you said is a bit like the science education channel in the TV series..."
The last two words came out after a moment of hesitation.
Yu Peng just feels a little weird, but where is the blame...I can't explain.
"By the way, you just said that humans have been hunting all kinds of naturally occurring creatures before, but what next?"
Yu Peng quickly asked new questions to change the topic.
"The creatures that naturally produce spiritual intelligence are in a state of ignorance when they first develop spiritual intelligence. As mentioned before, having spiritual intelligence does not mean that they are wise and have no experience in interacting with other human beings. Once they are recognized by humans at this time, If found, they will be captured and raised, and then taught writing and common sense of life.”
"In this process, help them discover their potential talents. Once the talents are stimulated and are suitable for human use, they will face the end of killing the donkey."
"There are still some humans who cannot absorb the application, or find it meaningless, and will continue to cultivate them as human tools, pets, and playthings."
"Or, the spirit body is extracted and a body is left behind. And the body is also a good refining material..."
When Yu Peng heard this, he was really touched in his heart. He thought of the little fox. If he was discovered by someone who was interested, he might also be...
"Huh? That's not right. Then why don't I usually see cultivators?"
When Luo Zhen heard Yu Peng's question, he smiled helplessly and said
"Then modern war happened. Before the Republic of China, although China also fought wars, and had never heard of wars, they were all fought with cold weapons, and they never escalated to the level of a crisis for the entire civilization. People who practiced Taoism either joined the WTO or Being in seclusion will have no impact.”
"At that time, monks could travel around the world with a sword, a knife, and a whisk. This is not the case in the new era."
"No matter how high your martial arts skills are, they are no match for a bullet. A group of monks, each showing their own abilities, may be wiped out by a single cannonball."
"The threshold for cultivating Taoism is already high. At that time, the land of China was facing a disaster where civilization was cut off or overthrown. This was something that had never been experienced before in history. Everyone went to the battlefield with swords and knives. After a war, Very few survived.”
"Of course, not all of them are dead, but they have just changed into another form. The big ones are hiding in the court, the middle ones are hiding in the city, and the small ones are hiding in the countryside. I have also seen some monks, dressed in fashionable clothes, wearing headphones and listening to songs. Making video calls on mobile phones is no different from modern people, but they also know some Taoist magic, but they are rarely used."
Of course Yu Peng understands that times are progressing after all, and progress represents the birth of new things. Some people will not adapt to this process, and some will accept it happily. This is normal and good.
At least there will be some like-minded partners in the future, living partners, which is good
subsequently
Yu Peng persisted in the excitement of the hot soup and asked Taoist Luo Zhen some other questions one after another. He also slowly learned that in today's society, with the development of technology and information, the comfort of human life, Taoist people have Less and less
Of course, this is also related to the fact that people’s lives are getting better and better. There is not so much suffering and oppression. There have not been any particularly serious injustice cases in many years. Naturally, there are fewer evil ghosts, fewer thieves, and fewer police officers.
The number of new births of natural creatures is also gradually decreasing. This is related to the logging of forests. There are fewer and fewer mountains and forests, the environment is destroyed, and the frequency and number of creatures have become very low.
Moreover, because there is no hunting by humans, more and more creatures have room to grow and have begun to form a certain social system. Some live in the mountains and wild areas, and some begin to integrate into human society.
In the early days, there were some organizations that were inherited or formed spontaneously to eliminate demons and protect the Tao. They have gradually become formal relevant departments, changing from hunting to supervision and moving towards formalization.
Not all creatures think about killing people every day. If there are no special circumstances, they just want to change their way of life or see more of the world.
Times have changed, and what we pay attention to now is a harmonious society
As mentioned before, resources are limited. Although this city is Chengde, it has mountains. However, in this generation, because there are several spiritual bodies such as Luo Zhen and Tuesday Guze, they absorb spiritual energy every day, and the content of spiritual energy is very small. No new life
This is also one of the reasons why Tuesday is getting weaker and weaker. Without spiritual energy, it is like a human being not having enough to eat. It will definitely become weaker and weaker.
Also, creatures, spirits, and monsters are different life forms.
To put it simply, living beings are living, naturally occurring beings that are born with special abilities, such as stones, trees, etc., and by various chances and coincidences, they develop spiritual intelligence.
Spiritual bodies are basically born after death. Although there are a small number that are born this way, most of them become spirits after death, such as little foxes and Luo Zhen.
Monsters basically come from mutations. The most common one is the infusion of special energy into the body of an organism, causing the structure of the organism itself to change and become what everyone calls monsters. The source of these energies is very complex and messy.
As the earth wanders in the universe, it will always encounter endless periods of energy. Different energy attributes corrode and bring different results, such as dark energy, void energy, particle energy, etc. After invading living things, the energy attributes Different, different mutations, different degrees of mental changes
To sum up, creatures and spirits belong to the natives of the earth, are basically gentle in temperament, and have intelligence and wisdom. Monsters are mutated through energy invasion, and are usually mentally distorted and aggressive due to sudden mutations.
Yu Peng sighed in his heart
The earth’s ecosystem is in such a mess! !
