"A question suddenly occurred to me."
In the silence, Ling Xiao suddenly frowned and said, "Since my junior brother has successfully found the way, doesn't he have entered the stage of 'opening the way', but..."
Shi Dingyan and others were startled, and then realized what Ling Xiao was talking about.
Once it clears the way, it means...
Stepped into the mountains and seas!
However, Shen Qian is still a novice warrior, and his body is far from strong enough to carry the "Tao".
Doesn’t this become a contradiction?
"I don't think I've reached that point." Shen Qian shook his head.
"How do you say that?" Ling Xiao raised his eyebrows.
"Although I was able to step on that path, there was a huge resistance and I couldn't take another step. I just stood there for a long time and felt like I couldn't hold on any longer."
Shen Qian's words were not a lie.
He could see the Tao easily, walk up to it easily, and even exit easily.
But after all, he was not mature enough.
He cannot bear the weight of "Tao".
Shen Qian could also figure this out. After all, his cultivation time was too short.
"This makes sense." Shi Dingyan and others suddenly felt relieved and breathed a sigh of relief unconsciously.
It’s okay, okay, at least it’s not really like reaching mountains and seas in one step…
its not right!
Is this something to be thankful for?
Thinking that Shen Qian, a new martial artist, had completed the question and search in one day, and completed a path that others might not have been able to complete in twenty years, several people became less interested.
"There is no joy in life, no pain in death. There are always animals that disturb my heart. This world is ultimately boring. It is better to go back. It is better to go back..."
Wu Jun murmured, and his figure floated away like light smoke.
Shen Qian's face was a little dark.
...Fourth Senior Brother, wait a minute, tell me clearly who is the beast before you leave!
"I went to the bar for a walk and suddenly I felt like drinking."
After Ling Xiao finished speaking, he disappeared.
Shen Qian swallowed back the question "Do you want to come together?"
Shi Dingyan turned around and picked up the scroll.
"...Third senior brother, you don't have to be like this, right?" Shen Qian held it in for a while and complained.
"Oh, I'm fine. If you want to stay here, just do whatever you want."
Shi Dingyan smiled faintly and continued reading, but his face was filled with an expression of "It's very inconvenient for me".
Shen Qian took one last look at Liu Changqing, who was still a little stunned, and gave up the idea of waking him up.
He didn't know about others. After Lao Liu saw that he was unhappy, he might actually find a reason to slap him on the head.
It may be called euphemistically...increasing the ability to withstand stress.
So Shen Qian could only leave the seventeenth floor silently.
But before leaving, Shen Qian asked one last question.
"Third Senior Brother, can you see the end of your path?"
"What do you mean?" Shi Dingyan was stunned.
"That's the literal meaning." Shen Qian thought for a while and described, "Don't you mean that no one knows what the end of the road is before walking on it? For Tao phenomena such as Li Huo, it is just one direction, but It’s not a certain end…”
"I understand what you mean." Shi Dingyan suddenly realized, "You want to ask me if I can understand whether my path can be passed when I stand on the path, is that what you mean?"
After Shen Qian nodded, Shi Dingyan couldn't help but laugh.
"Of course this is impossible!"
"Tao is discovered step by step. Even the top prince may not have expected that he will become a prince at the beginning. I don't know how many hardships he has to go through."
"If I have to describe it, when we stand on the "Tao" and you look further away, all you can see is fog..."
…
After returning to his ninety-ninth floor and locking himself in the training room, Shen Qian took a long breath, his eyes full of thinking.
What he told Shi Dingyan and others today was all true, but...
Only partially true.
Until this moment, Shen Qian still felt incredible when recalling the scene he saw in the hang-up record.
Yes, he himself couldn't figure it out.
It is true that he succeeded in finding the path, and it is also true that the path is also the path away from fire.
But there were two facts Shen Qian didn't say.
First, the path away from the fire was just the first path Shen Qianxun took.
Second, his way...there is no so-called fog.
Shen Qian didn't know how the system did it, but Shen Qian was shocked to find that there were so many ways he could take it.
So many... that it left him at a loss.
At that time, Shen Qian stood under the sea of Dao and looked up. There was "Dao" in all directions.
The specific number is...217.
This is the number in the hangup record.
And Shen Qian could feel that if not for the lack of time, the system could still find more ways.
The most terrifying thing is that every road goes straight to the sky without any forks.
Originally, according to Shi Dingyan and others, a road without forks is a lonely road, and it is not a good thing to follow such a road.
But for all the roads the system finds, you can clearly see the end.
For example, the Lihuo Avenue that corresponds to the Seven Ultimate Spiritual Flames. Shen Qian only needs to keep walking along that road. Without any thinking and no so-called obstacles, he can easily reach the end and touch the highest level by simply relying on time. .
To put it simply, with the same starting point and end point, others are repairing it as they go. They don’t know when the road will be completed, and there is still the possibility of getting lost at any time in the middle.
But Shen Qian was taking a road that had already been completed.
The last question Shen Qian asked Shi Dingyan also made him understand a fact.
It seems that... there is only his way, or the way that the system helps him find.
At this moment, Shen Qian's mood was extremely complicated.
Although his guess can only be verified after entering the mountain and sea realm, if his guess is true, it means...
From a beginning warrior to the realm of a prince, he will have no bottlenecks.
The only thing that limits Shen Qian is time.
Shen Qian has always avoided thinking about the origin of the system. After all, it doesn't make any sense.
But at this moment he realized that he had underestimated it.
The system's capabilities were far beyond his expectations, and Shen Qian couldn't see where the upper limit was.
Where did the system... come from?
Shen Qian couldn't help but think of that dream again, the blurry man in white in the dream, but he hadn't had a similar dream for a long time.
After sitting like this in the training room for a long time, Shen Qian took a deep breath and stopped worrying about what was or wasn't.
I am mediocre, so what do I have to fear?
Feeling at ease, Shen Qian went out again and took the elevator directly to the 33rd floor of the Babel Tower.
Although I felt that everyone needed to calm down at this time, the Eighth Senior Sister gave her the opportunity to herself, so Shen Qian could not remain indifferent.
When Shen Qian arrived at the quiet ancestral hall, he saw that Ji Ruoshui was not meditating and chanting sutras as usual, but standing by the window with his hands folded, staring into the distance in a daze.
She frowned slightly, as if she was caught in some kind of trouble, and her beautiful profile looked like a sculpture in the sunlight.
The robe that was tightened by both arms had a nice curve, which was smooth yet rounded.
"Eighth Senior Sister..." Seeing that Ji Ruoshui didn't seem to notice her arrival, Shen Qian, who had been waiting quietly for a while, could only cough lightly.
"ah!"
Ji Ruoshui woke up from a dream and turned around to see Shen Qian. She turned around again in panic, her ears already covered with blush.
"Junior brother, you, what are you doing here..."
"Eighth Senior Sister, don't be nervous, I will stand here and won't pass."
Shen Qian was also afraid that he could not control "himself", so he just stood by the door and smiled bitterly.
"Um……"
Ji Ruoshui relaxed slightly after hearing this. She glanced at Shen Qian quietly and then quickly turned back.
"Eighth Senior Sister, I don't understand why you want to give me the opportunity to seize the sky?"
Shen Qian asked the doubts in his heart.
"Because this opportunity is of no use to me, I...I can't practice."
Ji Ruoshui hesitated for a moment and then whispered.
"Can't practice?"
Shen Qian was startled.
He vaguely heard from the Third Senior Brother that the Eighth Senior Sister had no Yuan Power. Shen Qian originally thought that Ji Ruoshui's "Tao" was special, but now it seemed that it was not that simple.
"But Eighth Senior Sister, you clearly have considerable strength. You even threw me out of the Tower of Babel before..." Shen Qian said in confusion.
"Well, that's because I have a special physique..."
Perhaps sensing that Shen Qian wanted to ask more questions, Ji Ruoshui shook his head and whispered: "Junior brother, please stop asking, okay? I don't want to talk about this."
Ji Ruoshui's tone dropped inexplicably. Shen Qian knew that this might have aroused something in her mind, so he could only hold back his curiosity.
"No matter what, Eighth Senior Sister, thank you!"
Shen Qian said sincerely, "If the Eighth Senior Sister needs my help in any way, feel free to ask anytime, anywhere."
After Shen Qian finished speaking, Ji Ruoshui just nodded slightly without saying anything else. He waited for a while and was about to turn around and leave when a very weak and slightly trembling voice came from the ancestral hall.
"You...do you want to eat peaches?"
Shen Qian froze on the spot, then turned his head in disbelief and looked at Ji Ruoshui, who still had his back turned to him.
Her slender fingers holding the window looked a little pale due to excessive exertion, which seemed to reveal her extremely nervous heart.
Eighth Senior Sister is... trying to keep me here?
Shen Qian was extremely surprised.
Before he could figure out how to respond, Ji Ruoshui couldn't hold on anymore as Shen Qian was staring at him. She waved her hands in panic and ran into the inner hall as if she was running away.
"Next time...next time!"
When Shen Qian saw Ji Ruoshui disappearing in an instant, he could only put down the hand he had just raised and stood there for a while, then he took a deep breath and turned around to leave.
…
The 52nd floor of Babel Tower.
This is Liu Changqing's residence.
Compared to Shi Dingyan's antique style and bells and whistles, and the Eighth Senior Sister's unusual simplicity, the place where Lao Liu lived was a bit chaotic.
If I had to describe it, it would be a messy style that combines apartments and office buildings.
Half of the three thousand square meters of space is blank, and the other half is all pragmatism. There is not a single extra piece of furniture. Apart from the sleeping bedroom, there is only a decent training room.
Although he had known Lao Liu for the longest time, this was the first time Shen Qian came to where he lived.
Liu Changqing, who was wearing an undershirt, walked out of the training room in surprise.
"Why are you here, kid?"
Liu Changqing said angrily, "I didn't even say hello in advance when I came. Fortunately, I didn't open the door today, otherwise I would have cost you half your life."
"I just went to the Academy, and suddenly I thought of Sixth Senior Brother, so I came over to sit." Shen Qian said with a smile.
"Sit wherever you like."
Liu Changqing dragged a sofa and threw it to Shen Qian, then took out two cans of beer. After opening them, he took a big gulp and found a chair to sit down.
"Going to the Academy? Are you going to thank me?"
"Yes." Shen Qian nodded and sighed: "The behavior of the four elders of the Academy was beyond my expectation, but since it is a foregone conclusion, of course I still have to express my gratitude."
"It should be."
Liu Changqing nodded, "Don't listen to what they say about opportunities that are useless to them. How could it be useless? But you kid can't just talk about it. You should come up with something practical if you have the opportunity in the future."
"I know."
After Shen Qian finished speaking, the two of them were speechless for a while.
"Anything else?"
Liu Changqing seemed to notice that Shen Qian was hesitant to speak, and raised his head in surprise.
"Sixth Brother, actually I didn't come to you just to chat." Shen Qian seemed to have finally made up his mind and said solemnly.
"Why are you so serious, kid?"
Liu Changqing shook his head and said casually, "Just tell me if you have anything to say... Let me declare in advance, don't ask me to borrow money, I'm poorer than you!"
Liu Changqing suddenly seemed to remember something, and immediately turned his head again to give a warning.
Shen Qian didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He put down the beer in his hand, thought for a while and asked, "Sixth Senior Brother, I want to know, are you really close to succeeding in 'searching for the path'?"
"What do you mean by that?"
Liu Changqing was suspicious at first, then his expression changed, "You look down on me?"
"That's not what I meant, Sixth Senior Brother, please tell me first, this is very important." Shen Qian shook his head.
"Of course it's true." Liu Changqing snorted coldly.
"Then you swear."
"What do you mean, kid? Why should I swear?" Liu Changqing was confused.
"Anyway, Sixth Senior Brother, if you didn't lie to me, you will swear to prove it." Shen Qian looked reluctant.
"What the hell..."
"Sixth Senior Brother, don't you dare?"
"Fart, if I don't dare to do anything, just swear..."
"Those who lie will never lie."
"..."
Liu Changqing stared at Shen Qian fiercely. Shen Qian's expression was calm, but he had no intention of giving in.
"Sixth Brother, I remember that you are a person who disdains lies, so what if you tell me the truth?"
"Okay, I'm telling you, it's still a little bit close to the head office!"
Liu Changqing gritted his teeth and said, "You just want to see my jokes, don't you?"
"Even if you get good fortune today, is it still a little bit worse?" Shen Qian ignored Liu Changqing's bad attitude and just asked.
"You kid knows nothing."
Liu Changqing probably came back to his senses at this time. Shen Qian didn't seem to be mocking him intentionally, so he calmed down a lot. He just rolled his eyes and said, "The path I want to take is extremely special. Almost no one has succeeded. It’s normal to have difficulty.”
"I can help you."
"It's useless for you to ask me. Now you have found the way yourself. Anyway...what did you say?"
Liu Changqing, who was still complaining, was stunned, and then slowly turned his head, staring at Shen Qian with a fierce look on his face, but also a little confused.
At this moment, Shen Qian just remembered for no reason that on the day he became a disciple, the boss Gao once said that Liu Changqing's way was very special, but he might be able to help him in the future.
Shen Qian was in a daze.
Had the teacher anticipated this day, or... was it just an unintentional remark?
Shen Qian didn't know.
However, looking at Liu Changqing's complex expression at this moment, Shen Qian felt a sense of satisfaction for no reason.
Maybe he is still not that powerful, but at least, he can finally give back to his senior brothers.
And Lao Liu was his first step.
"I said... I should be able to help you and help you find the way."
Shen Qian repeated it word for word.
