Destiny is ashes

Chapter 252: God-given Roots (Thanks to the leader who rowed without any trouble!)

"I'm afraid I can't be your master. You're a divine being, so even if you figure it out on your own, you can figure out the most suitable method of cultivation for yourself."

An Jing felt that Ming Guangchen was fully qualified, but Ming Guangchen himself did not think so. He shook his head slightly: "But I also promised you that I would guide you in martial arts practice, and I will never break my promise."

"so."

After thinking for a while, Ming Guangchen smiled and said, "I have to build a magic altar in the morning to connect with Taixu recently. If you have any questions from this afternoon to nightfall, you can ask me and I can give you some advice."

"But first of all, with your talent, you may be able to detect some very fundamental martial arts problems very early on. If I don't know the answers to some of your questions, don't be surprised."

——Of course I’m not surprised. There are some questions I have that even the Immortal Sword can’t answer.

An Jing thought to himself, but he also knew that this was the best possible outcome, so he immediately performed a disciple ceremony, which made Ming Guangchen, who had already said that he was not worthy of being a teacher, laugh. He then turned his head and said to Xuan Mingjing who was watching from the side: "Learn from An Jing well, this is the ability that you really lack, Mingjing!"

Xuan Mingjing was mentioned again: "???"

However, Xuan Mingjing is not stupid. She knows very well that no matter where she goes in the future, she should learn from An Jing, who can stir up trouble wherever he goes, adapt to his own identity at any time, and understand other people's thoughts.

"It's just... it's so difficult to learn." She watched silently, sighing in her heart.

It would take some time to build the altar. Since there was nothing else to do, Ming Guangchen went directly to the courtyard to explain to An Jing some of the 'common sense' that he lacked.

"An Jing, your family is considered to be a martial arts family, so you should have some basic knowledge about fate. For example, you should know that 'without fate, there is no inner strength' and 'without fate, you can't hide the spirit'?"

Sitting on a small bamboo stool made by ordinary farmers, Ming Guangchen started to ask questions from the most basic level.
An Jing admitted generously: "I don't know that 'one cannot hide without one's own destiny'. May I ask why?"

"Because of magical powers."

Ming Guangchen nodded. At An Jing's age, if he were an ordinary warrior, he would definitely still be laying the foundation, so it was normal for him not to know these things. After thinking for a while, he slowly said the same words that Fu Xie had said: "In the essence of martial arts, the purpose of any practice and any secret magic skills is to cultivate various 'magic powers'..."

An Jing listened carefully, and compared it with the many essentials of Qi Refining that Fu Xie had said before, he also gained some understanding of martial arts.

Huaixu's fate-based martial arts, in essence, actually has the same origin as the Qi-refining immortal path, and the purpose is almost exactly the same, which is to cultivate [supernatural powers].

However, although both are the foundation for spiritual practice that transcends the mundane, [fate] and [spiritual roots] are essentially different.

In essence, the spiritual root is a port where the five spirits of the human body and the soul are combined to receive the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. Just as the name suggests, like the roots of a tree, it is the "root" that the true spirit of man takes root in the world.

Through the spiritual roots, the human spirit gradually grows and develops, feeding back into the body and soul. Just like trees, powerful cultivators can stabilize the land and water of a piece of heaven and earth, breed a more perfect ecological environment, make the spiritual energy more abundant and diverse, breed more living beings, and gradually strengthen the essence of the world.

However, if the trees are too dense, it will lead to a single ecological structure and worse resistance to the outside world. If there is a "fire" by accident, it will cause a raging fire in the place where the trees (practitioners) are densely populated, burning down a jungle.

This is the origin of the "disaster" mentioned by Fuxie.

But the fate is different.

"Fate is the root gifted by heaven."

Ming Guangchen said: "For warriors, one's body is heaven and earth, and heaven has given one's roots. Only those with great desires and determination, who want to change the world, or at least change their own fate, can receive the grace of heaven and obtain a destiny!"

——Fate is the root of cultivation bestowed by the Heaven and Earth Avenue! If the spiritual root is the foundation for the seeds nurtured in the human body to take root and sprout, then fate is the "seedling" directly bestowed by the Heaven and Earth Avenue.

It seems that there is no difference between the two, but in fact, there is a big difference.

Spiritual roots are truly random. Before birth, unless one is a Jindan Zhenjun who has already understood the will of heaven, no one knows whether his or her offspring can randomly produce a good five-element spiritual root.

Although fate is clearly stated to be destiny, in reality, it depends a lot on the will of the person himself - just like if An Jing had not rebelled against the Demon Cult and overturned the will of the world, he would never have been able to awaken the Seven Evils' destiny.

What really matters is not luck, but human will!
Spiritual roots depend on heaven, but destiny depends on oneself. Although both have elements of luck, the underlying logic is different!
"This……"

After An Jing heard this, a magical idea came to his mind: "This feels a bit like the post-disaster reconstruction in my previous life..."

In An Jing's previous life, there was a world-destroying super war.

Before the war, although the environment of the entire world was slightly deteriorating, generally speaking, if we wanted to make the environment better and better, we still had to adapt to the local ecology, cultivate native plants and animals, and strengthen the local population.

After the war, because the area was a wasteland of ruins and even nuclear radiation, there were not many local plants or animals, even insects and cockroaches. It was useless to try to adapt to the local ecology, and it was impossible to rebuild it.

If we want to restore a sufficiently good ecology, there is only one way.

That is……

“Artificial cultivation, artificial tree planting from scratch…rebuilding the ecology!”

"Just like in my previous life, the survivors were unable to restore the world to its original state, so they had no choice but to design a completely new world ecology and create a new world!"

Thinking of this, An Jing suddenly understood: "So that's how it is. My destiny is the tree planted by Huai Xu Tian Dao himself!"

"The spiritual roots are useless. There is no other way. Heaven has to follow the will of the people and plant and nurture the trees one by one!"

"And a firm mind, a vision big enough to change the world... is human destiny. It is the plan and great wish that humans write to the way of heaven!"

"If the Great Dao is satisfied with this plan and Heaven approves of this great wish, it will bestow destiny upon us and urge us to keep moving forward on this path!"

Although there may be some errors in the details, the idea is correct!

The locals of Huaixu may not know that the entire world of Huaixu is filled with high concentrations of lethal demonic energy. Although they have no idea why it is harmless to the locals of Huaixu, in general, the path of spiritual root cultivation is useless.

In this case, in order to prevent the extinction of practitioners in this world and the extinction of forests that can give feedback to the world, the Heaven can only bestow fate and plant roots in the demonic wasteland, hoping that they will blossom and bear fruit, cultivate more practitioners who meet the requirements, and purify the world once again!
This can also be matched. Fate is the purifier of the evil spirit in the Huaixu world. Only people with good fate can transform evil spirit into spiritual energy and start practicing.

And, the most important point is...

"Fate can be advanced."

Ming Guangchen explained a lot of martial arts common sense to An Jing, who seemed to be lost in thought. At this moment, he pointed out the most important point of his speech: "That is the so-called 'following destiny'."

"As long as you follow your destiny and keep improving, even if you start out with the weakest destiny, you can move forward step by step and achieve your destiny!"

(End of this chapter)