Gu Shuo smiled noncommittally: "But when I had a fierce fight with Bai Zhanchuan before, the monks of Taiqing Sect all watched honestly and did not attack me with swords like they do now. Bai Zhanchuan was being attacked by me He fell to the ground and resigned himself to waiting for death, not daring to say a word to me loudly.
But look now!
Just because of what you said just now, you pushed me to the position of a hero of the human race, and promoted me to a position where I can be a good person with a broad mind for the sake of the human race..."
"I'm not flattering you..."
Gu Shuo waved his hand: "Look, once they change their views on me, it's because I am a good person with a broad mind and a hero for the human race.
How could a good man, a hero, kill other people?
Even if that human race is my enemy, the enemy who once killed my fellow senior sister and hunted me down for more than half a year. I should also be broad-minded and let him go. so……"
He lowered his head and glanced at Bai Zhanchuan, who was stepped on by him: "He dared to speak loudly to me because he thought I was a hero of the human race. A hero, as long as he surrendered in front of me and expressed his determination to fight for the human race. , I should let him go. And the monks of Taiqing Sect dared to use their swords against me.
Because I am a hero!
He is a good person!
They didn't think I would kill them just because they pointed a sword at me. Then, they were panicked before and their attitude towards me was one of fear.
But what now?
They thought I was a good person and a hero, how could I kill their sect leader in front of them? They thought I went too far.
Their current mentality not only requires me to let Bai Zhanchuan go, but also requires me to give them an explanation. Explain how I could bully them to their doorstep like this?
You see, they have such a mentality. If they encounter an opportunity to kill me in the future, do you think they will kill me? "
Shi Kaitian's expression couldn't help but stagnate.
"They will definitely do it, because they feel that even if they can't kill me, they can still expect me, a hero, to speak to them about human justice. When the time comes, as long as they admit their mistake, I will let them go.
Then they spread this mentality to anyone and anything. Do you think this is really a good thing? Is it really beneficial to the human race?
I don’t know if it’s good for the human race, but I know it’s not good for me.
Just like the Baizhan River under my feet, and those Taiqing monks, when they found out that I was a hero, they suddenly were not afraid of me. Then he dared to point his sword at me.
It's a pity that they got it wrong. I'm not a hero, and I never wanted to be one.
In other words, their concept of a hero is not my concept of a hero.
Sect Leader Shi, you have never experienced the era of spiritual energy exhaustion, so when the era of strength exhaustion comes, your heart is confused. You just said that I am not like me now. I also want to tell you now that you are no longer like you before. "
Shi Kaitian's expression became solemn, his eyes flashed rapidly, and finally a complicated look appeared on his face:
"I... was wrong... my heart... was indeed messed up!"
A smile appeared on Gu Shuo's face, and the anger in his heart was relieved a lot. He knew that spiritual energy depleted so quickly that people who had never experienced a world without spiritual energy would become panicked, unconfident, and at a loss, even the great monks who had overcome the tribulation. Maybe in a few decades, they will slowly adapt, but by that time, will the human race still be able to clean up this mess?
able!
But the human race needs to pay a heavy price, even a price that it cannot afford.
But now it's not too late for Shi Kaitian to wake up. There is still hope for humanity.
"boom!"
Bai Zhanchuan raised a hand and grabbed Gu Shuo's ankle. His heart began to panic and frighten. He knew in his heart that even if Gu Shuo let him go, he would not let go of his hatred for Gu Shuo. He is a mortal enemy of Gu Shuo.
But now he doesn't want to die. As long as he doesn't die, he still has a chance for revenge. He grabbed Gu Shuo's ankle tightly and begged:
"Gu Shuo, let me do my part for the human race..."
"boom!"
Gu Shuo's foot stepped on his head with sudden force, crushing Bai Zhanchuan's head with a bang, and brains and blood spurted out. Those Taiqing Sect monks were filled with excitement and unknowingly lowered their swords, with a look of fear in their eyes.
I no longer dare to face Gu Shuo with swords in my heart.
A trace of surprise also flashed in the eyes of Shi Kaitian and Yang Zhentian. After Gu Shuo's words, they already knew in their hearts that Gu Shuo would not let Bai Zhanchuan go, but they did not expect that Gu Shuo would be so straightforward.
"He is a ruthless person!" Shi Kaitian suddenly understood in his heart. In this era of depleted spiritual energy, Gu Shuo's strength is no longer weaker than his own. He is a person who stands on the same level as himself.
I used to think of Gu Shuo as a junior, which was a mistake in itself.
Gu Shuo raised his head and looked towards the night sky, as did everyone on the ground. He saw birds circling in the sky, and then swooping down. Then a graceful figure fell down.
Ye Qing!
Ye Qing's eyes fell on the headless corpse...
The next day, monks arrived one by one. The Taiqing Sect monks had returned to the sect. Bai Zhanchuan was dead, and they needed to elect a new sect leader. There is no time and no mood to stay here. And Gu Shuo did not leave. When these monks heard that the Northland had entered a peaceful era, they all gathered around and asked Gu Shuo, and Gu Shuo also answered them one by one. Soon, not only Tianxuan Tribulation arrived, but also some god-transforming monks came. In fact, there are still monks on their way here. But these people didn't want to wait any longer. They wanted to follow Gu Shuo to the north.
Let’s see if the North has really entered the era of peace, and also see how the North operates.
Of course, Gu Shuo would not refuse. Dozens of great monks each took their birds, soared into the sky, and flew towards the north.
These people's birds were not as fast as Xiaobing, so it took them about half a year to reach the Northland. Gu Shuo took them to travel around the Northland and conduct on-site inspections. When these people saw the real situation in the Northland, envy and determination showed in their eyes. After a year of research in the North, these monks left.
Gu Shuo knew that after this separation, they might never see each other again.
There was also some desolation in my heart. I looked up at the long white clouds and sighed quietly.
"Can I, with my longevity, still be able to wait until the day when my spiritual energy recovers?"
One month after sending away Shi Kaitian and others, Gu Shuo disappeared. Before disappearing, he handed over the control of the North to Beixueling. Then he left Qingyun Sect.
He walked aimlessly through mountains, rivers, plains, grasslands, jungles, ice fields...
It is impossible to understand the way of heaven. Gu Shuo worked hard for the first three months, and he would understand the way of heaven every day at dawn and dusk. Later, he worked hard to understand the way of heaven throughout the day.
But he realized a loneliness.
There is no way to comprehend even a hint of the way of heaven.
This day.
He sat on a rock on the bank of Taotaolong River, looking at the rapid white waves, but his heart felt peaceful. He was thinking about his future direction.
The difficulty in this direction is that there is no time line, because we don’t know when the spiritual energy will be revived, in the next ten years, a hundred years, a thousand years, or not at all.
This timeline must be determined, otherwise all plans will be basically empty.
In the end, he decided to set the timeline as if the spiritual energy could not be revived, and he would determine the direction of his cultivation as if the spiritual energy could not be revived.
So how to practice?
In an era when spiritual energy is exhausted, it is impossible to cultivate the true body...
In fact, it's not that you can't cultivate your body's toughness, but that in this era of depleted spiritual energy, you have no way to cultivate spiritual power. People born in this era will no longer be able to think about opening up the meridians and opening up the Dantian. Because the sense Qi is gone, there is no spiritual Qi for you to feel, and you still have to introduce Qi into the body. Without introducing Qi into the body, how can you open up the meridians and open up the Dantian?
Therefore, the serious way of cultivation in the future is to cultivate the original body.
This is the path of a mortal, but it is of no use to Gu Shuo. In this era of depleted spiritual energy, no one will be able to cultivate the physical toughness to the level of Gu Shuo anymore. Let alone transcending tribulations, even the physical toughness of the Golden Core stage will probably no longer exist.
It is impossible to cultivate the body, let alone spiritual power. As for the soul, there is no need to think about it.
Then what other direction of cultivation is there?
Gu Shuo pondered, and his heart moved.
Seventy-one of the seventy-two charms he released before have returned, and only one charm has not returned. And those seventy-one pieces of charm have long since returned. The last piece of Shen Yun also came back five years ago. In other words, the only remaining piece of charm has not returned in the past five years. But he could still sense the existence of that charm. Just don't know where.
When I think of Shen Yun, I don’t think about that one piece of Shen Yun, but I think about the seventy-one pieces of Shen Yun that came back. The seventy-one verses of charm that came back brought him various insights from all aspects. Because these seventy-one charms come from different hosts, including humans, demons, beasts, mountains and rivers, vegetation, trees and minerals, and so on.
These avenues were absorbed by Shen Yun before the spiritual power was exhausted, and they are all contained in Shen Yun now. But it doesn't help the current Yuanshen at all. If this is before the spiritual energy is exhausted, these charms will become the seeds of a black hole under Gu Shuo's understanding, absorbing the avenues of heaven and earth, tempering the charm, and allowing Gu Shuo to break through and overcome the tribulation. But not now.
Now there are no great avenues of heaven and earth. These avenues can only be contained in the charm and cannot refine his soul.
However, this does not mean that these charms cannot be understood. It's just that the direction of the effect caused by understanding is different.
Refine your heart!
At this moment, Gu Shuo had an idea in his heart.
He had a realization.
False and true!
He sat on the rock and thought seriously. His eyes became holey and his whole temperament became extremely reserved.
There was a realization in his heart.
In the era before the spiritual energy was exhausted, all practitioners, including myself, actually practiced in the real direction.
Because the results of cultivation can be seen and touched.
To cultivate the tenacity of one's body, of course one can see and touch such a big person sitting here. Every progress can be truly tested. For example, if you cut yourself with a knife, you will know how strong your physical toughness is.
This is reality.
Speaking of spiritual power cultivation, monks can release spiritual power outside the body, making it visible and tangible.
This is also true.
The last item is the soul. The soul can leave the body. Do you think it can be seen or touched?
At this time, Gu Shuo suddenly realized that cultivation is not imaginary, but real.
But apart from these real practices, before the spiritual energy is exhausted, is there nothing invisible or intangible?
have!
state of mind!
The state of mind is a very mysterious thing, and Gu Shuo still hasn't figured it out yet, just because you can't see or touch the state of mind.
This is virtual!
Void corresponding to reality.
He never denied the existence of Hollow.
Existence and non-existence arise from each other, difficulty and ease complement each other, long and short complement each other, high and low are tilted to each other, sounds harmonize with each other, and front and rear follow each other. Ancient Shuo believes that virtuality and reality correspond to each other.
Without virtuality, there can be no reality.
Although the state of mind cannot be seen or touched, it can be felt.
For example, as your state of mind improves, you can be calm when encountering changes, you can perform more stably when fighting, your mind can be as clear as ice during retreat, and so on.
Regarding the state of mind, Gu Shuo can only understand it at this level now.
But is this state of mind worthy of Gu Shuo's current state of cultivation?
Gu Shuo felt unworthy!
In the past, he was obsessed with strength, that is, real combat power, which made him ignore his state of mind. Now that I think about it carefully, is my state of mind only of this level and depth?
Isn’t there a higher level?
Gu Shuo felt that there must be.
But how to practice?
No!
have no idea!
OK, this is the direction of Gu Shuo's future research, the direction of research in this era of spiritual energy exhaustion.
So, think about it now.
Is there any way or means that you can point yourself in the direction of?
Throw away the physical training, spiritual power, and soul, what is left?
In this era of depleted spiritual energy, what else can we practice?
have!
At least there is one.
Martial arts!
Gu Shuo thought about it again, martial arts should be regarded as external objects in this era of depleted spiritual energy. This is a kind of cultivation from the outside to the inside, which is to cultivate the inner state of mind through the external such as martial arts.
Because the martial arts he mastered, or in other words, the monks of his generation who existed before the spiritual energy dried up, all the martial arts they learned had mysteries.
Nonsense, if there is no secret, how can you cultivate martial arts into Taoism, and how can you cultivate from Taoism to supernatural powers?
In other words, the initial stage of all divine passage methods in this world are martial arts. Every inheritance of magical power that you take over and start practicing begins with martial arts. Therefore, every martial skill actually has a secret.
But now that the spiritual energy is exhausted, even if you understand the secret, you can't release it.
but……
Now, if I practice my martial arts from the beginning and understand it with my heart, will I understand a different direction?
Over the ten thousand years of Tianxuan, all magical powers have mature directions for understanding.
What is the direction?
