Chapter 232 Discussion and discussion
Li Zhi had a very pleasant conversation with the three great men from the Central Region.
Especially when the old patriarch of the Crane Clan recommended his great-grandson to him again, Li Zhi was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.
How could a great-grandfather "ruin" his great-great-grandson like this?
He was first offered to Li Zhi as a disciple, but Li Zhi refused to accept him.
Then he was given to Li Zhi as a boy, but Li Zhi still refused to accept him.
This time it was even more outrageous. He directly gave his great-great-grandson to Li Zhi as a pet, and asked Li Zhi to raise him by the spirit pond as an ornamental crane.
Such weird logic and such a firm decision, to be honest, somewhat overturned Li Zhi's worldview.
"Fellow Daoist He, this matter must not be mentioned again. Although I have some strength, keeping your great-great-grandson by my side as an ornamental pet is an insult to your Immortal Crane clan, and I would feel uneasy inside." Li Zhi refused firmly.
"It seems that my great-great-grandson will not be blessed enough to study beside the strongest person in this life." The old patriarch of the Crane Clan said with a little disappointment.
"As Heaven moves forward, a gentleman constantly strives for self-improvement. As Earth's condition is gentle, a gentleman is virtuous and holds all things in his arms. I know you are eager to have a strong man born in your crane clan, but it is better to rely on yourself than on others. In the end, you still have to rely on your own strength." Li Zhi offered another sentence.
"Master Li, you may not know that the fate of the old crane clan is very hard. I don't know if they are targeted by the heavens. Since ancient times, if they want to become strong, they can only rely on the wings of other stronger people to grow smoothly. Relying on their own efforts, becoming a saint is already the limit. No one has ever broken this curse and become a strong person at the level of a saint king. Obviously, the bloodline of their crane clan is not weak in talent among the various bloodlines of my demon clan, but they just can't rely on their own strength to realize their talent. On the contrary, those cranes who follow the strong can often achieve extraordinary achievements. In the mythological period, there was a great man in the crane clan who had excellent talent, but he was unable to cut the Dao. However, since he followed a Tianzun as a boy, his cultivation seemed to be rapidly improved without any obstacles, and he eventually became a strong man at the quasi-emperor level."
Seeing that Li Zhi seemed to look down on the Crane Clan in his words, the old rhinoceros on the side began to explain for the old crane.
The great human being next to him also nodded and said, "Old Xianhe and his clan do show signs of being cursed. In the years when the great Dao of heaven and earth suppressed all living things and made them unable to break the Dao, they could live freely and at ease. But now the heaven and earth have begun to change drastically. The heaven and earth are suitable for cultivation again. It will not be difficult to become a saint in the future. If the Xianhe clan does not have the protection of a powerful saint, they will definitely be treated differently."
Li Zhi was wondering in his heart, could it be because of He Wushuang?
The slight disgust that Emperor Huang Tian had for He Wushuang was copied by heaven and earth, and then turned into the strange "curse" faced by the Crane Clan.
The more Li Zhi thought about it, the more he felt that this was possible. After all, when the Immortal Emperor moved, all the heavens were affected.
However, Li Zhi did not soften his heart because of their "suffering" and accepted the little crane as his boy.
The White Crane Boy is a standard feature of the great immortals.
But Li Zhi still couldn't accept the other party's gift. After all, the little crane was a living being of flesh and blood. Perhaps the little crane's father would rather his child have limited achievements in the future than give him away as a thing.
All I can say is that human double standards are ingrained in our nature.
Li Zhi was no exception. He was able to accept the four goddesses sent by the Four Symbols Holy Land, but he could not accept the little crane sent by the Crane Clan.
I have to say, this is human nature.
After drinking the enlightenment tea, everyone finally got down to business.
Three famous masters from the Central Region proposed to discuss the Dao with Li Zhi.
Li Zhi did not refuse them and directly asked the three of them to come together.
When they walked out of the pavilion, the four maids began to pack up their things and then closed the pavilion.
Looking at the four people standing in the sky, Hongye said with some concern: "Master, you are fighting one against three. Aren't you a little too arrogant? After all, the other party is a world-famous and powerful person. His strength is not weak."
Xia Li next to him was eager to try and said, "When can we fight for the master? The master is fighting one against three, and he is not arrogant at all. I thought they were unworthy. Being able to fight with the master and receive his guidance, even if the three of them fight together, they should be happy."
"Sister, what magical power do you think the master will use to deal with the joint attack of three extremely powerful people?" Dong Qing asked while standing next to the eldest brother Meng Zhang.
"How could I understand the master's magical powers?" Meng Zhang shook his head.
"Sister, didn't you organize the master's scripture library for him? Isn't there any cultivation notes left by the master in it?" Dong Qing said.
"You have let the master examine your body. You should understand the master's methods better than me." Meng Zhang glared at Dong Qing and said.
"If you don't want to say it, forget it." Dong Qing curled his lips, then came to Xia Li and said, "Third sister, do you want to learn some powerful combat techniques from the master in the future?"
Xia Li turned his head and looked at her for a while, then said, "Little sister, do you want to learn?"
"I want to change to another kind of ancient scripture practice. The practice of "Xuanwu Gong" is too boring, and the speed of mana growth is too slow. Now there is a gap of four small realms between me and my eldest sister, and there is also a gap of two small realms between me and you, the third sister." Dongqing said.
"Although the practice of "Xuanwu Gong" is slow, it can lock up youth. Are you still not satisfied? Besides, your current practice has reached the middle stage of the first immortal. You will definitely be able to become a second immortal within fifty years. Looking at the whole world, this practice speed is not considered slow." Xia Li said.
"But you can become a powerful immortal within ten years, but it takes me fifty years. This is not fair." Dong Qing said somewhat dissatisfiedly.
Obviously, everyone is the same age and their aptitudes are similar, but because of their training methods, not only their appearances vary, but even their progress in cultivation varies. When I was in the Four Symbols Holy Land before, I didn’t think there was anything wrong with this.
But since the one true God grew in their hearts, their personalities seemed to have begun to change.
Their personalities began to evolve in different directions.
Dongqing is lively, Xiali is warlike, Hongye is gentle, and Mengzhang is generous and has the demeanor of an elder sister.
Even the three views that the Four Symbols Holy Land had instilled in them over the years seemed to be influenced by the one true God in their hearts, and began to gradually converge with Li Zhi's three views.
This is a method similar to "The Art of Delivering Gods" that changes a person's cognition from the root.
It can be said that as time goes by, the behavior and thinking angles of the four sisters will be completely different from when they were in the Four Symbols Holy Land.
"Stop chatting and watch the battle between the master and the three great men. It will be of great help to our future practice." The eldest brother Meng Zhang spoke immediately when he saw the four people in the sky moving.
In the sky, Li Zhi said to the three great masters: "Three Taoist friends, you don't need to worry about anything. Just use your own methods to your heart's content. I will take them one by one and will not use force to quickly end the battle. This discussion of the Dao will surely allow the three Taoist friends to gain something, and even see the path of the Dao of Slaying."
Be it the old crane, the old rhinoceros, or Qi Shubai, the great human being from Zhongzhou, none of them felt that Li Zhi was talking nonsense.
The most important purpose of their discussion of the Dao with Li Zhi was to be able to understand their own strengths and weaknesses and see clearly the future path of the Dao of Extermination.
Whether it is the old crane, the old rhinoceros or the human being Qi Shubai, they are all extremely powerful people who have stayed in the 29th level of the immortal world for thousands of years.
His accumulation of knowledge is extremely profound, but he has not reached the level of the Peacock King or the Taoist Red Dragon, who have already realized the way of themselves and are just waiting for the heaven and earth to revive and then directly cut off their ways.
They are just like the vast majority of the most powerful people. Their Taoism and magical powers clearly have no room for improvement, but they just cannot reach the threshold of the Dao of Cutting.
It seems that their path of cultivation has been cut off.
On the path of cultivation, the third level of the Immortal Dao is very special, so special that if you cannot touch the threshold of the Dao, you really can't find any direction to move forward.
The Three Ways of the Immortal to Cut Off the Swords can actually also be called the Three Ways of the Immortal to Establish the Swords.
Only by establishing one's own path can one have the opportunity to experience the test of the path of killing.
The three ways of the immortals to cut are to cut humanity by the heavens.
The heaven and earth do not allow the emergence of a path that is different from the myriad paths of heaven and earth. Once it appears, after it grows to a certain level, the heaven and earth will instinctively erase it. This is the essence of the Three Immortal Slashes.
If you cannot even understand the Dao that you are cultivating, then there is no question of achieving the Dao.
If you don't have your own way, how can you talk about cutting the way?
However, most monks have their own path, but for various reasons they are unable to understand their own path, so they cannot see the way forward clearly.
The old crane, the old rhinoceros, and Qi Shubai were all like this. After being infected by the world for a long time, their minds were no longer clear and their immortal platforms were no longer bright. If there was no special opportunity, even if the world changed, they would have no hope of killing the Tao in this life. Facing Li Zhi's seemingly merciless words, the three of them did not get angry, but became extremely serious.
Although they often compete with each other among the most powerful, they have no chance to compete with true super strong people on the same level.
And Li Zhi is undoubtedly a person who can allow them to use all their means without worrying about hurting Li Zhi.
After all, from the fact that Li Zhi was able to withstand the divine thunder of heavenly tribulations that had reached the power of a king, it can be seen that the gap between them and Li Zhi is very huge.
"Chirp!"
After a loud crane cry, the old crane transformed directly into its original form, becoming a gigantic creature with a wingspan of a hundred feet. The sword energy on its body soared into the sky, as if it had turned into a sharp sword.
"Moo!"
The old rhinoceros was not to be outdone. He roared, and then his blood and energy began to boil. A huge one-horned white rhinoceros covered with scales condensed above his head.
This is the original form he has cultivated, which allows him to possess all the magical powers and strength of his original form without changing into his original form.
And because it is in human form, it also has flexibility.
"Tiger Roaring Over Mountains and Rivers!"
Qi Shubai shouted loudly and directly displayed his wheel sea vision. In a dark mountain range, a tiger exuding murderous intent stood on the top of the mountain and howled to the sky.
Li Zhi felt some aura from the dark mountain range that was similar to the black mountain body of the Immortal Mountain, and the tiger also had some holy spirit mixed in it.
No wonder Qi Shubai, a casual cultivator of the human race, was able to cultivate to the supreme level of the 29th level of the immortal realm, and even be on equal terms with the old patriarch of the crane clan and the old patriarch of the rhinoceros clan. It turned out that he had obtained good fortune from the Immortal Mountain.
Although it is not known whether he has ever been deep into the Immortal Mountain, the fact that he was able to use the Immortal Mountain as a template to cultivate the Wheel Sea Vision Tiger Roaring Mountain and River Diagram with such a strong murderous aura shows his extraordinary talent.
Then they attacked Li Zhi at the same time.
Li Zhi also displayed the newly opened Wheel Sea Strange Phenomenon Zhoutian Star Map.
When the map of the celestial bodies appeared, it immediately demonstrated the power to change the world.
The sky and earth within hundreds of miles directly turned into a starry world. Three hundred and sixty-five big stars, governing tens of thousands of subordinate stars, began to move along mysterious trajectories.
Rays of star energy began to condense, becoming flying swords, sharp claws, fists, small towers, big bells, or elephant legs. Countless ways of attack were condensed.
It seems that every star has a unique guardian star god.
Those flying swords, claws, fists, small towers, sledgehammers, divine axes and other things are all the means of attack that the star gods are good at.
Since it is the Zhoutian Star Array, how can it be without the star gods who set up the array?
Li Zhiming has engraved a Taoist pattern of a star beast on all of the 365 main stars.
According to Li Zhi's idea, those Dao patterns will turn into runes like magic magic in the future.
They are all runes evolved by Li Zhi from the four imperial symbols "Wu, Liang, Tian, Zun" on the divine monument left by Wuliang Tianzun.
As Li Zhi comprehended the four imperial symbols of "Wu, Liang, Tian, Zun", he gradually understood the secret of the word "Dou" and could evolve all the sacred attacking methods in the world.
That's how the runes he inscribed on the stars came about.
In Li Zhi's opinion, simply regarding the secret of the word "fighting" as a sacred method of fighting is a waste of talent.
Its real use is to evolve the laws of heaven and earth.
Being used to develop magical powers and techniques is just a superficial usage.
The "Dou" secret is the embodiment of the great way cultivated by Wuliang Tianzun. It is probably the same as the "Xing" secret created by Xiaoyao Tianzun. On the surface, it seems to be just a speed power, but in fact it is the key to entering the realm of time.
The secret of the word "dou" evolves into all kinds of magical powers, probably for the purpose of sublimating all kinds of great ways and thus touching the true laws of immortality.
After practicing to the extreme, the magical powers that are unleashed are those blessed by the laws of immortality.
However, Li Zhi had never heard of anyone who had practiced the secret of the word "fighting" to that level.
In the Zhoutian Star Realm, after seeing a wide variety of combat magical powers, the three mighty ones did not hesitate but directly started fighting with all their might.
Li Zhi had no intention of playing it perfunctory and kept evolving new star god magical powers to engage in fierce battles with the three mighty men.
The Great Zhoutian Star Array can draw the power of the Zhoutian stars to bless Li Zhi, almost allowing him to reach a level of boundless magical power.
There is no problem of excessive mana consumption at all.
This battle lasted for ten days. The three powerful men used all their means but still failed to break through the Zhoutian Star World.
On the contrary, due to excessive consumption, the combat power is less than half of what it was at the beginning.
However, discussing the Dao and learning from each other is different from a life-and-death battle, as its purpose is to understand oneself rather than to defeat the opponent.
Li Zhi keenly caught the magical powers they subconsciously displayed after their vitality weakened, and immediately reminded them: "Three Taoist friends, your great ways are about to show their edge, do not change your magical powers, and keep using your current magical powers to fight against the star gods."
After Li Zhi's reminder, they immediately grasped the inspiration and began to constantly hone themselves with the power of the star gods.
Finally, after seven days, all three of them realized their own path.
Li Zhi also collected the Zhoutian Star Realm in a timely manner.
The battle with them lasted for seventeen days in total, which also deepened Li Zhi's understanding of the Zhoutian star map of the Wheel Sea Strange Phenomenon.
"Thank you for your help, Taoist priest."
After the three mighty men recovered some of their magic power, they all bowed to Li Zhi and said.
"Congratulations to the three fellow Taoists. Great progress is in sight." Li Zhi also bowed and said.
"From now on, I wish my three Taoist friends success in killing the Dao."
After saying this, Li Zhi said goodbye to them and left with four maids.
The three of them went back to seclusion contentedly. When they came out again, there would probably be three more Kings of the Way of Slaying in the Central Region.
It is very likely that there will be three more "Li Chui".
In the future, as Li Zhi’s cultivation gradually widens the gap with theirs, their gratitude towards Li Zhi will turn into the most powerful “flattery”.
By then, I really don’t know what kind of comments will be circulated.
(End of this chapter)