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Chapter 64: Direction of the Spiritual Realm

"Yes, boss!" Ao Jiu agreed and led the way.

Su Daoshan followed behind Ao Jiu. Under his guidance, they first walked a small circle counterclockwise and came to the side of the circular grassland close to the mountain.

Ao Jiu looked around carefully, as if he was trying to find the right direction. Finally, he aimed at two rocks on the mountain behind him, forming a straight line. He stood in one place and said to Su Daoshan, "Boss, follow me closely. You should walk the same way I walk."

Su Daoshan nodded.

As Ao Jiu took a step forward, Su Daoshan discovered that Ao Jiu's figure suddenly appeared three meters behind his left.

Su Daoshan walked to where Ao Jiu was standing and took a step forward in the same way.

The scenery around him changed. After this step, Su Daoshan found that he also appeared next to Ao Jiu.

"What kind of move is this?" Su Daoshan muttered in his heart. At this position, he was actually on the edge of the grass, retreating before advancing. But if he wanted to get here, he could have just stood over there, why bother?
However, Su Daoshan did not raise any questions. He certainly knew that Ao Jiu must have his reasons for leaving like this.

Moreover, as he took this step forward, Su Daoshan also vaguely felt that something was not right with the scenery around him.

There is an indescribable feeling of confusion.

Ao Jiu saw Su Daoshan following him and nodded, but did not move. Instead, he stood where he was, muttering to himself and counting.

When he counted to twenty, he took a step to the left.

Su Daoshan followed immediately.

In this way, he moved left and right, forward and backward, and even for a few steps, Su Daoshan was shocked to find that he had to walk in the air. It was just empty space without any force, but when he stepped on it, it felt like he was stepping on solid ground.

About seven or eight steps later, when Su Daoshan came to his senses, he found that he had unknowingly walked to the center of the circular lawn and stood in front of the Lingyun Fruit.

This made Su Daoshan amazed.

"Boss, please." Ao Jiu respectfully asked Su Daoshan to pick the Lingyun Fruit.

Su Daoshan waved his hand and did not rush to pick the Lingyun Fruit. Instead, he stood there in a trance, recalling carefully. From the first step to the moment he walked in, every step was vivid in his mind. He had already had some vague guesses about the chaotic topography of the Ling Realm, and now, based on the way Ao Jiu came in, he had grasped the thread.

"So that's it!" Su Daoshan suddenly realized.

He knew what was going on in this chaotic space.

Take the grassland in front of us for example. On the surface, there seems to be nothing unusual, but in fact, this grassland is not in the same space as the surrounding mountains and forests. Or it can be said that the entire grassland and the surrounding area are divided into countless fragmented spaces.

If the center of the grass field where the Lingyun Fruit was located was regarded as the bull's eye of a target, then the periphery of the target was actually broken into small pieces that were all independent of each other. You can imagine that these pieces were as if they were solidified in the void. Some were high, some were low. Some were still, some were rotating. Some were rotating horizontally, and some were rotating vertically.

Like a lot of billiard balls piled together.

If the billiard balls are likened to these broken spaces, and the locations of the billiard ball numbers are likened to the correct exits, then if you want to pass through these broken spaces and reach the bull's eye, you can only wait for the moment when the numbers on the two billiard balls happen to match up.

This is also the reason why Ao Jiu moved left and right, counting and waiting from time to time.

After figuring this out, Su Daoshan then thought of the entire spiritual world and Tiandao Mountain.

He finally understood why this world had no direction, and Tiandao Mountain was moving left and right, forward and backward.

In fact, Tiandao Mountain has not changed. It is still at the core of the spiritual world. What has changed is only the space where the extraordinary warriors were at that time.

It's not that there is no direction here. Tiandao Mountain is the direction!

Su Daoshan took a long breath and asked Ao Jiu curiously, "How did you know the correct route?"

"There are some tips," Ao Jiu said, "but more of it is trial and error..."

Su Daoshan nodded. After inheriting the memory of his original body, he knew that the reason why he could understand the broken space of the spiritual world was because he had the concept of his previous life. For him, three-dimensional space was a very natural understanding.

But for the people in this world, their understanding of the world is closer to the round earth and square sky of the ancient times.

The whole world is more like a plane.

Of course, this is a completely absurd understanding in the previous life, but it may not be a mistake for people in this world. After all, the understanding of the previous life cannot explain the star mark in the night sky. It also cannot explain the strange arts and secret weapons.

"However, I can try the gyro compass." Su Daoshan thought, stepped forward without hesitation and picked the Lingyun Fruit.

Almost at the same time when Su Daoshan picked the Lingyun Fruit, the surrounding spirit beasts had already erupted in a commotion. They seemed to have just come to their senses and realized the danger around them. Some were running for their lives, while others were hunting for food. For a moment, wolves and pigs were running around, and dust was flying.

The originally chaotic grassland also returned to normal at this moment. Several spirit beasts even rushed towards Su Daoshan and Ao Jiu, but were easily dealt with by the two.

When everything calmed down, Su Daoshan looked at the Lingyun Fruit in his hand.

As soon as he got the fruit, he naturally had an epiphany. With a thought, the Lingyun fruit disappeared from his hand, and when it reappeared, it was already hanging on the treetop of the Dao Seed. Lingyun is measured in coins. Lingyun fruits of different sizes contain different spiritual essences. This is a small fruit, with a spiritual essence of ten coins. Whether it is to improve the realm, refine tools with the heart furnace, or feed the secret weapon, it requires a large amount of spiritual essence.

The amount can be as little as a few coins or as much as hundreds or thousands.

After this calculation, Su Daoshan felt that this Lingyun Fruit was not worth being happy about.

It feels like I worked hard for a long time in my previous life and only earned ten dollars.

On the contrary, this alien being beside me, who is so respectful and willing to tell me everything he knows, is my biggest gain today.

"By the way, does everyone in the spiritual realm do their own thing?" Su Daoshan asked, "Are there any connections between you and the others?"

"Reporting to the boss, there are markets and towns in the spiritual realm. They are all built by extraordinary people, and there are also spiritual monsters gathering there..." Ao Jiu said.

"Oh?" Su Daoshan immediately became interested.

Because he discovered that there was no direction in the spiritual realm, he once thought that there was no social order in the spiritual realm like in the real world.

After all, everyone was just entering here in spirit and soul, and they came here mainly to look for spiritual essence. It seemed that they had no need to socialize or stay here for a long time.

Moreover, the order of human society is based on the natural environment.

When the natural environment is bad, the relationship between people is cruel. When the natural environment is good, people can get along with each other more easily.

But if a place has no direction and going anywhere is like a maze, it is hard for him to imagine how people gather together, how they travel far away, how they form villages and towns, and how they establish order.

Unexpectedly...

"Is there such a place nearby?" Su Daoshan asked.

Ao Jiu nodded, identified it, pointed to the distance and said: "There is a spiritual vein here, which can lead to a tribe outside the domain. Including the spiritual monsters, there are about a hundred people."

"Then take me there." Su Daoshan urged excitedly. He then asked curiously, "What is a spiritual vein, and what does the outer domain refer to?"

"Reporting to the boss, the spiritual vein is a safe passage discovered by us extraordinary people in the spiritual realm. It got its name because there is spiritual light in the place. Only by walking along the spiritual vein can we avoid entering danger. Otherwise, the terrain here is complex and changeable, and we will get lost in the mountains and forests if we are not careful..." Ao Jiu explained in detail.

Su Daoshan thought about it and roughly understood it. It sounded like the veins of leaves. It was a route developed by the extraordinary according to the characteristics of the spiritual realm.

No wonder they can gather and explore without direction.

As expected, humans have the strongest ability to adapt. No matter where you throw them, there will always be someone who can find a solution.

"As for the outside world, it refers to the domain," Ao Jiu used a branch to draw a circle on the ground: "The spiritual realm is centered on Tiandao Mountain. The closer to Tiandao Mountain, the denser and richer the spiritual essence is, and the more beneficial it is for realm improvement and comprehension of special arts.

"Because of this, with Tiandao Mountain as the core, five spiritual realms are divided outward. The first spiritual realm at the foot of Tiandao Mountain is the best, and then outward in turn, there are the second spiritual realm, the third spiritual realm..."

As he spoke, Ao Jiu drew circles. When he reached the fifth circle, he drew another one outside: "Outside the fifth spiritual realm is the realm where we are now."

When Su Daoshan saw it, he realized that this was the target he had used as a metaphor before.
"Then why don't you go to the First Spirit Realm?" Su Daoshan asked in confusion.

Ao Jiu shook his head and said, "There is no spiritual vein passage between the spiritual realms. If you want to enter a higher level realm, you can only rely on the mountain trail of Tiandao Mountain. I am now on the second level of Tiandao Mountain and can enter the fifth spiritual realm. It is impossible to go further..."

Su Daoshan was confused after hearing this and asked again and again. After Ao Jiu's repeated explanations, he finally understood.

Because there is no direction in the spiritual realm, people can only explore along the spiritual veins. No one dares to leave the spiritual veins too far.

However, if the spiritual realm is regarded as a target, the direction of the spiritual veins is parallel to the ring lines, and there is no spiritual vein that leads directly to the center of the target. Therefore, no one can flip through the spiritual realm boundary and go to a higher spiritual realm.

The only road is the mountain trail leading to the gate of Tiandao Mountain.

The gate of Tiandao Mountain is only opened once a month. People will go to Tiandao Mountain to study and learn the truth through this road. Before the gate of Tiandao Mountain is opened, this road cannot lead to Tiandao Mountain, but can be used to lead to other spiritual realms.

However, if you want to walk along this mountain trail, you must have the corresponding realm.

To put it bluntly, it's like a ticket to a football game.

You can only go to a certain row according to how much money you paid and how many rows you bought. Otherwise, even if you go down this aisle, there will be no seat for you.

The two of them talked as they walked.

Su Daoshan followed Ao Jiu, climbed over two hills, passed through a winding canyon, and walked up a hillside.

A small village appeared before our eyes.

(End of this chapter)