Fire Monster

Chapter 254: Imperial Master, Please Stay

"Thank you, Master Cheng, for clearing up my doubts. However, I still have a few questions. I beg you to answer them for me."

At this time, Zhao Guanshan clasped his fists solemnly again.

"Fellow Daoist Chengfeng, please feel free to ask." Cheng Muye nodded. He owed Zhao Guanshan a huge favor, which could be said to be his life-saving grace. Unfortunately, he only had twenty spirit stones left, so he came here today just to ask for some advice in this way.

"Thank you, Master Cheng. My first question is whether the immortal cultivation-Qi-refining system and the chaotic order-destiny system formed by mortals constitute a conflict of ways?"

As soon as this question was asked, Zhao Guanshan himself felt as if a huge bell sounded in his mind, and Cheng Muye sat up straight in an instant, his eyes wide open, and he was extremely shocked.

Then, he laughed, "Just this one question gives me a glimpse of Fellow Daoist Chengfeng's vision. In fact, I only realized this hundreds of years ago."

"But I can't give you an accurate answer. After all, you and I are at different levels. However, one of my senior brothers once conducted in-depth research for hundreds of years and finally came to a conclusion that I don't know if it is correct. Would you like to hear it, Fellow Daoist Chengfeng?"

"Appreciate further details!"

"My senior brother believes that the essence of life is to constantly destroy oneself internally and externally, then be reborn in destruction, and in the process of rebirth, be destroyed again due to imperfections."

"Based on this essence, two paths will be expanded. One is to pursue a cycle of self-destruction-rebirth, continued destruction-continued rebirth. Each time a cycle of destruction and rebirth is completed, the individual life will become stronger and have fewer weaknesses, and then it will infinitely tend to a state of perfection."

"I think Fellow Daoist Chengfeng will be able to think of this path immediately. Yes, this is the Immortal Cultivator-Qi Refiner System."

"But there is another way. When the internal destruction-rebirth cycle cannot be completed, individual lives will form a group structure because they are too weak. Under such a structure, life will form a tribe, a society. Individual lives will become very small in such a society, but they are also the indispensable bricks and stones that make up the stability of this social structure."

"Under such a social structure, individual lives still have various demands. I want to have enough food and clothing, I want to marry and have children, and I want to stand out. This social structure will continue to change and evolve. This is actually the external destruction of life. It is not driven by a single individual life, but by all the weak individual lives. This is a macro change."

"So we can see that this social structure initially included eating raw meat and drinking blood, and there were slave sacrifices, but gradually, tribes, races, and countries were formed. Do you think that individuals participated in any important links in this process? It seems that they did not. But if you say that they participated, there is no concrete evidence."

"A tribe is destroyed, and a new tribe is born; a kingdom is destroyed, and a new kingdom is born; a social structure is no longer suitable and is eliminated, and a new social structure is born. The new ones will lie on the dead to learn lessons, but sometimes they will not learn lessons, but will go back and forth for hundreds of years, and then repeat it again hundreds of years later."

"Just like the Zhenhaidao Palace, it once formed a powerful empire. Several kingdoms were fighting each other, and now they have all become parliaments. The so-called parliament is a meeting to discuss things, and everyone gathers together to discuss solutions to problems."

"So, this is what my senior brother thinks. Now tell me, does the Immortal Cultivator-Qi Refiner system constitute a conflict with the Destiny-Chaos Order system?"

Hearing Cheng Muye's question, Zhao Guanshan couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

He couldn't give a definition of the dispute.

But if we follow Senior Brother Cheng Muye's theory, it seems that it cannot be applied to Dao Zheng, because this is obviously higher than Dao Zheng in terms of level.

These are more like two paths of life evolution.

One is the path of individual cultivation.

One is the path for the group to cultivate their destiny.

Who is nobler than who? Who is lower than who?

Is it really right for immortal cultivators to look down on mortals and look down on them?

Is it correct for mortals to regard cultivators of immortality as demons and monsters?

Extend it further.

Whether they are immortal cultivators or qi refining practitioners who come out of the immortal cultivation-qi refining system, they all regard destiny as a scourge.

After the destiny-chaos order system is formed, it will naturally restrict the environment for cultivators.

There is no question of who is right or wrong between the two. These are just two forked paths in the evolution of life.

At this moment, Zhao Guanshan felt that he was convinced by the theory researched by Cheng Muye’s senior brother.

At that moment, he bowed again, with great fear and trepidation, "The experience summarized by Elder Cheng and your senior brother is really a revelation to me. For this reason alone, I am qualified to be your teacher!"

"Haha! Fellow Daoist Chengfeng, no, no, I won't feel guilty if I can help you gain some enlightenment. Do you want me to return this borrowed sword? A cultivator must keep a righteous heart."

Cheng Muye said meaningfully.

Upon hearing this, Zhao Guanshan immediately bowed again.

"Senior, please give me some advice!"

"Hehe, I am just talking nonsense, and you, Daoist Chengfeng, are just listening nonsense. Let's go back to your first question. Is this a dispute? The answer has actually been given by the great sages of the past generations, and that is not to fight!"

"Whether you are a mortal or a cultivator, there is no difference in essence, and there is no distinction between high and low."

"The separation of groups to cultivate destiny and individuals to cultivate immortality are just two different paths of life." "The strength of immortal cultivators lies in their individual strength, but the strength of those who cultivate destiny lies in their group strength."

"For us, individuals can be controlled, but groups cannot be controlled, and they must not be insulted! They must not be blasphemed, and they must not be intervened or confronted by force."

"Why do immortal cultivators always leave behind all kinds of miraculous legends in the mortal world? Why do they give people endless reverie? Immortality is certainly one reason, but more of a reason is that immortal cultivators will eliminate evil and promote good, slay demons and monsters, and strive to keep their Tao hearts upright!"

“And this Dao Heart is not for the heavens to see, because the heavens have no eyes. It is for destiny to see, and for the chaotic order cultivated by the countless mortals around you to see.”

"Whether you admit it or not, no matter how carefree and domineering a cultivator is, he cannot avoid his roots. He was born and raised by his parents, and it was the structure of human society that protected him, preventing him from dying of hunger, thirst, disease, or being bitten to death by wild beasts when he was a child. Then he was able to learn to speak, recognize words, and understand reason. Can these links be separated from the larger structure of the group?"

"The destiny is always there. As long as a group of people gather together and can produce and work in a normal order, this chaotic order actually already exists and is being cultivated all the time."

“So, there has always been a destiny cultivated by the group first, and then there will be immortals cultivated by individuals.”

"It is definitely not the story of some powerful being creating the world."

At this point, Cheng Muye also showed a nostalgic look, "My senior brother was born in the era before the collapse of the immortal world. He said that what he liked most was not cultivation, but reading various classics and unofficial history. Once, he told me that you see, the immortal world and the mortal world are actually the same. They are all huge makeshift teams. No one is better than anyone else. Even the dignified Cangwu Immortal Sect would fabricate the theory of the ancient immortals creating the world."

"If there really is an ancient immortal who created the world, why would we, the immortal sects, restrict the development of mortals? Are we afraid that hundreds of millions or even billions of mortals will gather together to defeat us?"

"But since you did this, it means you are really afraid of something. Then your so-called ancient immortal creation is likely to be false. Why would you, an ancient immortal who created the world, be afraid of a mere destiny?"

"Otherwise, you can improve the living standards of ordinary people in the world of immortal cultivation. Make one for me to see."

"I said at the time, isn't this the reason why immortal sects like to be free and unrestrained, not interested in worldly affairs, like floating clouds and fickle dogs, free and easy?"

"But my senior brother spat and said, bullshit, think about your own heart. As a Qi cultivator, you are not scheming against each other in the face of evil demons invading and the Dao Palace being destroyed at any time? Are you just living in harmony?"

"There are only so many resources. If you fight for them, you will have a share. If you don't fight for them, you will have to eat shit! If Qi cultivators and immortal cultivators are like this, how can they be free and at ease?"

"So, Junior Brother, I have something to say to you. You must keep your heart upright. This is the lesson that countless predecessors who have taken the path of individual cultivation have accumulated with endless blood and tears. Don't ever think that you have achieved success in cultivation and are the best in the world. Once a magic weapon is released, who can compete with you? Keeping your heart upright is the only way."

"If you think about it this way, if individual lives can cultivate to become immortals, then what if at some point, a group of people cultivates a destiny that also reaches the level of immortals?"

"Fellow Daoist Chengfeng, do you know how I felt when I heard those words? My hair stood on end and I was sweating all over. That was truly the only indescribable horror I have ever experienced in my life, and it was all because of my senior brother's description."

"So, the five great immortals of Zhenhai Dao Palace were defeated, lost, and perished. In fact, they did not do anything too extreme. They did not directly kill mortals. They just chose to lie down and handed over the defense line to mortals one by one and indirectly, leaving mortals to face the invasion of evil demons alone for the next thousand years. This war was so cruel that there was a time when the total number of mortals in Zhenhai Dao Palace was less than 10 million."

"There are mountains of corpses and seas of blood, and despair is everywhere, but what do you think?"

"Mortals have managed to survive. Under the influence of the chaotic order and destiny, outstanding mortals have emerged in batches, and they built the current Zhenhai Dao Palace with their flesh and blood—"

Cheng Muye didn't say anything else, but considering that he, a ninth-level Qi Refiner, would rather choose to transform his body into another body, it can be seen that the destiny of Zhenhai Dao Palace has really become a big deal.

Zhao Guanshan was equally horrified. He thought of bee colonies, ant colonies, and even insect swarms.

They don't care about individual deaths at all, nor do they care whether doing so makes sense, because they are controlled by a group consciousness and don't care about winning or losing at a particular time or place.

Bee colonies, ant colonies, and insect swarms are just lower-level life forms, but what about the human group?

Just think about how horrible that would be.

At the same time, he finally understood why the high-level officials of Linjiang Prefecture's Taoist Palace were so frightened that they immediately turned around after Qin Wuyuan went crazy.

Because this is not something that can be solved by killing a certain number of people.

Destiny is not afraid of you killing people.

For a moment, Zhao Guanshan thought about it over and over again, and in the end he only came up with one solution.

limit!

Let the mortals in the world of immortal cultivation remain ignorant and maintain a backward lifestyle, and then separate them with towering mountains, rivers and seas.

In this way, we can avoid offending Heaven's will and also limit the progress of Heaven's collective cultivation.

That’s right, it’s the group cultivation progress.

And if the restrictions can no longer be applied, billions of people will be able to communicate effectively!
It was like letting destiny open up the Ren and Du meridians...

I'm sorry, please stay, Mr. Imperial Master.

(End of this chapter)