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Chapter 279, Why the Need for Training?
Hua Changxi had experienced her cultivation stagnation several times before, and based on her past experience, she could roughly guess the reasons.

In short, it means that one has not had enough experience and one's mental state cannot keep up with the speed of cultivation.

Even she herself felt that her cultivation speed had increased quite rapidly during this period.

As for how to improve her state of mind, Hua Changxi only knew one way: to go out and gain experience. She didn't know any other way.

As for the places she went out to train, she only knew of one: Jiuyou.

From this perspective, it also exposes a serious shortcoming of Hua Changxi: despite being a peak Nascent Soul Realm cultivator, who should be considered a strong cultivator, he has had very little exposure to the world of cultivators.

This can be described as a serious lack of experience.

Hua Changxi also realized her problem, but compared to the past, she now knows more cultivators.

She felt that she could maintain long-term relationships with people like Tong Yao, Jing Liao, and Yan Zhenzhen, with whom she had collaborated several times.

"Perhaps, I could exchange cultivation insights with Tong Yao and the others?"

Thinking this, Hua Changxi sent a message to Tong Yao, inquiring about the progress of the spirit artifact's forging and whether they had time to meet.

Soon, Tong Yao replied, arranging to meet at their usual restaurant on the first day of August.

August arrived in the blink of an eye.

On the first day of the eighth lunar month, Hua Changxi arrived at the restaurant where she often met with Tong Yao early in the morning. She thought she had arrived early enough, but to her surprise, Tong Yao, Jing Liao, and Yan Zhenzhen were already waiting for her at the restaurant.

"It's been several months since I last saw you, and you've become even more unfathomable."

As soon as Hua Changxi entered the room, he felt a burning sensation after purifying his eyes. He did not activate his talisman eyes, but his extraordinary eyes still made him sense something was amiss.

At this moment, Hua Changxi was like a volcano about to erupt in his eyes.

Hua Changxi listened, looked at Jing Liao, and saw that his eyes were clear and his expression was serious. He was just stating what he saw and had no intention of probing. So he smiled.

"My cultivation is currently stagnant, a complete mess and a chaotic mess, which is why it is unfathomable."

As she spoke, she glanced at Tong Yao and Yan Zhenzhen.

Have you ever encountered this situation?

Tong Yao replied, "You've reached a bottleneck in your cultivation."

Hua Changxi walked up to the three of them and sat down: "How do we break through this bottleneck?"

Yan Zhenzhen looked at her in surprise, somewhat astonished that she didn't even know this: "The simplest way is to take the Breakthrough Pill."

Jingle shook his head and interrupted, "In my opinion, this is the worst possible approach."

Yan Zhenzhen looked over and said, "Do you think all cultivators are as talented and insightful as you? If a cultivator with ordinary aptitude doesn't take the Breakthrough Pill, he'll never be able to break through his bottleneck in his entire life."

Jing didn't argue with Yan Zhenzhen, but looked at Hua Changxi and said, "The reason why cultivators encounter bottlenecks is mostly because they haven't accumulated enough experience."

"A cultivator's accumulation comes from two aspects: daily practice and the understanding and improvement of one's state of mind."

"Judging from Fellow Daoist Hua's situation, it's most likely that your mental state can't keep up with the speed of your cultivation."

This was the same as Hua Changxi's guess, so she quickly asked, "How do you all improve your mental state?"

Tong Yao spoke up: "The fastest way to improve one's state of mind is through sudden enlightenment, but sudden enlightenment depends on opportunity and cannot be sought after."

Jing nodded: "The improvement of one's state of mind ultimately comes down to the little things in daily life. The sense of groundedness in life is not found elsewhere, but in every moment."

Seeing the confusion on Hua Changxi's face, Tong Yao smiled and said, "Jingle means that we need to go out and gain more experience."

Hua Changxi thought for a moment and asked a question that she had never been able to understand: "Why can more experience improve one's state of mind?"

Yan Zhenzhen: "The more experience you have, the more things you'll experience. With more experience, your horizons will naturally broaden; once your horizons are broadened, you'll develop a broader perspective; and with a broader perspective, your mindset will naturally improve as well."

Tong Yao nodded in agreement: "That's right."

Jing Liao saw that Hua Changxi's brows were still furrowed, and he also shared his own thoughts.

"Going out to gain experience is to let yourself feel the world, and to constantly learn about people and things through interaction with it."

"By constantly engaging with people and things, we can examine what we want, what we can get, and what we can control, thereby understanding where our limitations lie."

"Only when people know their own limitations can they find their way of existence. They can find their footing in the choice between doing and not doing."

“Once a person has a foothold, they will know how to interact with the world, and everything they encounter afterward will be of use to them.” Jingle’s explanation was more accessible than Yan Zhenzhen’s, and Hua Changxi found it very helpful, so she quickly asked, “Then how can one quickly recognize their own limitations?”

Jing shook his head: "Benefactor Hua, there are no shortcuts to cultivation, nor are there any shortcuts to understanding yourself. However, you can discover your limitations by observing the obstacles in the outside world."

Upon hearing this, Hua Changxi suddenly felt enlightened.

Her limitations were indeed exposed when she was resisted and opposed by Prince Shou and others. Compared to the large number of people like Prince Shou, she was isolated and helpless.

Jing looked at Hua Changxi's right hand and reminded him, "The function of the Awakening Mark is nothing more than a reminder and warning."

"When the signs of enlightenment appear in the future, you can take a good look at your state of mind at that time. Only when the mind is at rest can the true self be revealed."

Seeing that Hua Changxi seemed to be deep in thought, Tong Yao also said, "Experience is very important; it is an indispensable process for understanding oneself."

Jingliao said: "The most important thing in life is to have self-awareness, and then everything else can follow."

Yan Zhenzhen interjected: "Actually, it's not that complicated. It's just that through experience, it's easier to figure out what you should and shouldn't do, and why you should make those choices."

Jingliao showed his agreement: "Cultivators value cause and effect. Things have their roots and branches, and events have their beginnings and ends. They know what comes first and what comes last. When cause and effect are clear, they take on what they should take on and do not fail the Buddha or themselves."

Hua Changxi understood what the three meant and summarized it in one sentence: "Experience is actually a process of investigating things and gaining knowledge; it is actually a process of getting rid of chaos and becoming clear."

She was narrow-minded before, thinking that as long as she worked hard to improve her cultivation level, everything would be fine.

Her cultivation level is now quite high, but she is restricted in many ways by the Department of Medicine. She couldn't understand it before, but now she knows a little about the reason.

She has her limitations—physical limitations, mental limitations, and limitations in influencing others. The most direct manifestation of this is that just because she is capable doesn't mean others will listen to her or like her.

Unless she uses force to scare people.

While it's possible to act domineeringly and be a domineering person, it's not what she wants.

Perhaps she doesn't understand herself as well as she thinks she does, and the definition she gives herself now may just be wishful thinking.

Jingle looked at Hua Changxi and reminded him again: "People are very prone to self-deception and arrogance. Going out to gain experience is a process of correcting oneself."

Hua Changxi nodded. In any case, he really needed to go out and gain more experience in the future. Then, he looked at Jing and the other two and sincerely thanked them: "Thank you for your help, fellow Daoists."

Tong Yao smiled and said, "We would be happy if we could help you."

Yan Zhenzhen: "Discussions among cultivators are still very necessary. It's easy for one person to get stuck in a dead end by practicing asceticism alone. We should exchange ideas more often in the future."

Hua Changxi smiled and agreed: "By the way, where do you usually go for training?"

Tong Yao and the other two paused for a moment, then Tong Yao spoke up: "Fellow Daoist Hua, every holy land has its own exclusive training realm. Doesn't the Pill Saint Hall have one?"

Hua Changxi's eyes widened: "A private training realm?"

Yan Zhenzhen looked at her suspiciously: "Yes, the successors of the Holy Land can enter and exit the Holy Land's secret realm for training with the token."

Hua Changxi paused for a moment: "I really don't know if the Pill Saint Palace has such a secret realm."

Yan Zhenzhen asked again, "You really aren't a successor of the Pill Saint Hall?"

Hua Changxi: "I'm not quite sure."

Yan Zhenzhen was speechless: "Do you know that all the major holy lands are secretly saying that you are the number one person in the Pill Saint Hall? And now you're saying you're not a successor of a holy land? Really?"

Tong Yao looked at Hua Changxi: "The successor of the Holy Land has a token."

Hua Changxi quickly asked, "What token?"

Tong Yao hesitated for a moment, looked at Jing Liao and Yan Zhenzhen, and finally the three of them took out a small wooden sword about the length of a palm at the same time.

Tong Yao's sword was a small, fiery red sword, Jing Liao's was a small, golden sword, and Yan Zhenzhen's was a small, black sword.

Yan Zhenzhen: "As long as you are a descendant of a holy land, you will receive a divine wood sword like this. The one from the Central Holy Land is earthen yellow, and the one from the Dan Sheng Temple is green."

Hua Changxi was certain that she did not possess such a small sword.

Seeing her reaction, Tong Yao and the other two were quite perceptive and didn't ask any more questions, but their eyes were full of confusion.

Hua Changxi is not a successor of the Pill Saint Hall, yet she is the one who caused almost all the major disturbances in the Pill Saint Hall. What is the reason for this?
Seeing that everyone was silent, Yan Zhenzhen quickly broke the silence: "By the way, Tong Yao, how's the crafting of the spirit artifact going?"

Speaking of this, Tong Yao smiled and said, "It's almost finished being refined. Before the fifteenth of August, we will be able to deploy the spirit artifacts to various places."

(End of this chapter)