Although the so-called "secular" division is not that reliable, the living environment of the sect is indeed very different from places outside the sect.
Take Nie Yun as an example. As a leading disciple of a first-class sect, his talent and strength can be cultivated as leverage. The resources and treatment enjoyed from entry to adulthood are absolutely top-notch, and safety is even more taken care of by the sect.
This will naturally give Nie Yun the illusion of being "outside the world", which in disguise makes the "secular" appear more abrupt.
Is this a good thing or a bad thing?
For people with no distractions, or people with simple minds, being "outside the world" is absolutely beneficial and harmless. It will make them more focused and spiritual, and also make their hearts pure and less likely to be infected by obsessions.
But there is also a problem, that is, no matter how beautiful the flowers in the pots are, they cannot withstand the wind, frost, rain and snow like the flowers in the wild.
No matter how fierce the fight is, there is still no comparison with real fighting. One is to compare who is more powerful, and the other is to see who can survive. The purpose is completely different.
If the sect can have a big umbrella to keep out the wind and rain, we can wait until the flowers in the flower pots slowly grow into big trees, and then they will be able to keep out the wind and rain. But without the protection of a big umbrella, planting it in a flower pot is not a long-term solution.
So Nie Yun was kicked out to experience dangerous experiences. But monks such as Fairy Qingwan are still waiting in the sect by accumulating competition.
But even Nie Yun, no matter how many lives and deaths he experienced, it was just a splash of experience. What was more was the resilience and understanding when facing the catastrophe of life and death. Will this strengthen his character? meeting! But it still falls within the cognitive scope of the sect monks.
Compared with people in the so-called "secular" world, what is the cognitive difference between monks in the sect?
Shen Hao's view is that the difference lies in the "living environment."
The sect is like a greenhouse, blocking most of the wind and rain. The so-called "secular" refers to the wild land, with wind, frost, rain, snow, floods and droughts alternating with each other.
The first priority of sect disciples is to "break through the realm", and the first priority in the so-called "secular" is to ensure that they can survive.
Ordinary people take desperate risks to support their families, while casual cultivators take desperate risks to obtain more resources for practice. This is all about survival in the secular world. There is a big difference from the sect.
Therefore, among the people present who listened to Shen Hao's words, only a few casual cultivators showed approval after thinking for a moment, while the monks who were disciples of the sect were limited to thinking and were not so easy to agree.
After saying this, Shen Hao did not stay here for long and chose to say goodbye and return to Xiaori Peak. Shen Hao generally felt that he did not gain much from wandering around today. But it did give him a deeper understanding of the sect monks.
However, after Shen Hao left, his remarks were spread. Even the most dismissive people are actually thinking seriously in their hearts. After all, this argument about cognition is not complicated, but it reveals the inevitable connection between mind and living environment.
The casual cultivators who came to the conference most shouted "It is indeed true." Compared with cultivating the mind, casual cultivators have always cared more about the exchange of techniques and practice methods. I have never cultivated my mind very much, but now that someone has summed up the reason, I feel that it is right for me. It was even rare to find an advantage over the monks of the sect, which made me feel happy.
On the contrary, most of the people present at the meeting were disciples of the sect, and hearing this argument about "mind nature" made it a lot of fun to talk about. Some think it is unrealistic or pretentious, and some think it can be learned from, but few directly agree with it.
For "secular" things, just refer to them, how can you just copy them?
Are there really no people who can see clearly? Of course there is. Any high-level monk can figure it out if he thinks carefully, and he can definitely see it clearly. But what about seeing through? Want to learn the secular means of survival? Or do you want to make the sect’s living environment a secular one?
no way. Unless the sect gives up its foundation. Otherwise, cultivating one's mind will still be an annoying problem for monks in the sect.
But even if not many people agree with the argument put forward by Shen Hao, it does not prevent the name "Shen Hao" from being mentioned frequently at the conference. Coupled with the identity of the Foreign Affairs Archdeacon of Fenghong Villa and the series of conflicts between Fenghong Villa and the lower-level sects in the recent period, many people have written down this name and even intentionally learned about this "Shen". What is the origin of "Hao"?
As a result, if you don’t ask, you won’t know, but when you ask, it really scares a lot of people.
First of all, the foreign affairs chief of Fenghong Villa named Shen Hao is not the original Golden Sword monk of Fenghong Villa, but a part-time employee from the Xuanqing Guard of the Jingjiu Dynasty. His original position is the Black Flag Camp of the Xuanqing Guard of the Jingjiu Dynasty. Commander, the official is from the fourth rank.
Secondly, this man named Shen Hao is also a registered disciple of Guishan Monastery, a first-class sect in Jingxi. He is extremely talented and lucky, and has had two epiphanies!
Finally, the Ice and Fire ancestors Yang Shan and Yang Qingzhi hidden in Fenghong Villa are the master named Shen Hao, and they belong to the disciples of the mantle!
Any monk who has some knowledge of Jing Jiu Dynasty can understand from the above three points that the identity of this person named Shen Hao is very unusual, and he is definitely a very important person.
So on the third day of the book tasting conference, when Wanjuan Shushan and Mingshan Sect invited the main people attending the conference, these people had a premonition that something big would happen today when they saw Shen Hao sitting in the front row on the left.
There are eleven first-class sects in total, all present. Almost all the second-rate and third-rate sects are here, and there are also more than a dozen less-rate sects.
There is one person from each sect who is the team leader participating in this conference. They are usually elders or directly the sect leader.
It can be said that the people sitting in the main hall of Wanjuan Shushan at this time are almost most of the prominent figures in the entire cultivation world sect.
Sitting at the top was none other than Zhou Yankong, the sect leader of Wanjuan Shushan. As the representative of Mingshan Sect, Xiang Liu sat on Zhou Yankong's left hand side. The guests are at the bottom, but they are also arranged according to the strength of the sect.
If you want to ask, "How can we distinguish between the first-class sects?" This question is actually very simple and there is no controversy. That is to say, there is another conference in the Xiujie Sect called the "Civil and Military Conference" together with the "Book Tasting Conference", the "Sword Trial Conference" hosted by the Mingshan Sect.
Since it is a civil and military meeting, the book tasting meeting is "wen" and the sword test meeting is "wu". Each sect will send disciples to compete in the arena and be ranked. In this way, the rankings between each sect will follow the rankings of the Sword Trial Conference. Change every ten years.
Shen Hao's position was among the first-class sects just like at the previous banquet. His position was on the left, which seemed to be in the corner. But he was sitting close to Zhong Hongye, the ninth elder of Ten Thousand Books Mountain in front of him.
"The reason why I invite you all to come here today is to resolve the conflicts between me and Fenghong Villa. I should have an explanation..."
