The Great Seminary

Chapter 194 Circle
Being praised as "precious" by Tao Yaoyao, a suspected Heavenly Realm expert, made Zhang Gui feel extremely happy.

At the same time, sensing that Tao Yaoyao seemed genuinely kind to him, he seized the opportunity and asked another question.

"It turns out there's so much more to the term 'real person' than meets the eye."

It seems that achieving 'Class B' transcendence is the key?

"That statement is both right and wrong."

Human bloodlines have been mixed with countless bloodlines throughout history, including those of gods, tigers, and dogs.
Some deities, once they manifest, are classified as 'Class B' extraordinary beings.

But at the same time, that's all there is to it until death; it can't progress any further.

How powerful can it be?

Furthermore, the same applies to cultivation techniques.

The Zhang family of Pingyang's ancestral book, "The Book of Vertical and Horizontal Strategies," contains several techniques that can be cultivated to the third rank, "Upper Grade B."

But unless you can reach a state of perfection and apply your knowledge to other situations like you, what good will it do to master this technique?

Therefore, for ordinary people, even if they achieve 'Class B' transcendence through sheer luck, they are just ordinary Class B transcendents.

"I've never heard of Tao Zhenren being just an ordinary Class B extraordinary being before."

I never even imagined in my life that a Class B extraordinary being could be associated with the word 'ordinary'.

Zhang Gui would never normally interrupt Tao Yaoyao, but he couldn't resist listening to her.

Out of instinct, having been a "straight man" for two lifetimes, I still made a prelude.

The results were outstanding.

Tao Yaoyao burst into laughter.
"You've lived your whole life without ever having a 'yellow millet dream,' you're like a frog at the bottom of a well."

How dare they talk about 'this lifetime'? It's utterly laughable.

If I have the chance to visit the 'Great Cave' in the future, I will see the true scenery of this world.

Looking back now, I realize how ignorant I've been.

“I know about the underground cave.”

It is the passage to the underground world where the Earth Demons, the greatest natural enemies of our human race, live.

Does the next trip to the 'Great Earth Cave' mean that our human race's powerful warriors are taking the initiative to invade the territory of the Hundred Earth Demon Races?
And what is this "dream of the rich and the poor" that you mentioned?
“I don’t want to tell you much about the scenery and features of the ‘Cave Realm’.”

Many truths must be discovered gradually on one's own; only then does life become interesting.

Let me just tell you one thing: people aren't crazy; they don't necessarily run into dangerous and difficult situations.

Why is it that even today, there are still many extraordinary and powerful cultivators and strong individuals from the mortal realm who are willing to abandon everything and venture into the underground caves for adventure?

It could only be there something that deeply attracts them, something they are desperately pursuing.

Hearing Tao Yaoyao's deliberately mysterious tone, Zhang Gui cursed inwardly, "Riddler, you're really despicable!"

But he dared not show the slightest dissatisfaction on his face, and instead asked an extremely simple question.

"Then, Master Tao, is the 'Dungeon Realm' you mentioned the territory where the human race lives near the 'Great Cave'?"

Does the so-called "human realm" refer to all the territories of the Four Continents of Earth, excluding the "Dungeon Realm"?

"Yes."

"The area of ​​that underground realm must be far greater than I imagined."

Zhang Gui's eyes widened suddenly, as if he were talking to himself or continuing to ask a question.
"Surely the underground realm isn't actually as vast as the human world!"

"What are you thinking? Haven't you heard of the 'Secret Realm'?"

The secret realm is roughly equivalent to the dimensional space in Zhang Gui's previous life's fantasy stories.

He plundered Wangbeizhuang on New Year's Eve and took more than 10,000 servants and managers of the Shuanghu Rong family to Giant Snake Head Island by divine power.

Song Wenhua, now his right-hand man, thought they had arrived at a 'secret realm'.

They were also amazed that the Zhang family of Pingyang, a poor family, still had such a rich heritage.

No wonder they are a powerful family that once produced a powerful prime minister.

"I've heard of secret realms, but I've never had the chance to see one."

Such a background is said to be unattainable only by powerful and influential families in ancient states. Is it really so common in the 'Dungeon Realm'?

"It's very common."

However, the Fresh Velvet Island beneath our feet is just an ordinary place, but becoming its master is extremely difficult. "That means the 'Secret Realm' is still a treasure even in the Underground Cave Realm, but it's quite easy to find."

Does that mean that most of the humans in the 'Cave Realm' live in various 'Secret Realms'?

Tao Yaoyao smiled upon hearing this, neither answering nor denying, which made Zhang Gui even more eager, yet helpless.

"Master Tao, since you feel that many secrets are not suitable for me to know now."

"Then could you tell the boy something he can find out?"

"That's certainly possible."

I came to this desolate, wild burial ground to find you, hoping to offer you some guidance and forge a good connection.

Well, first you need to know.

At your current level, whether you rely on 'divine awakening', 'cultivation techniques', or both, or the power gained by wielding magical artifacts, is completely unimportant.

However, according to the rules of ancient clans and families, these distinctions are quite strict.

They can be roughly divided into two paths: 'gods' and 'immortals'.

Let's start by talking about 'Shinto'.

Tell me, literally, what is Shinto?

"Well, according to our Dongsheng Continent's broader understanding, regardless of the mythological era, there are ancient gods who are born with boundless power."
Ancient leaders who consumed rare and precious herbs;
In ancient times, the offspring were born from the union of humans and the gods born of nature;
At the beginning of ancient cultivation, those who either ascended to higher levels through bloodline inheritance or achieved greatness entirely on their own could all be collectively referred to as 'gods'.

As for the gods of Xihezhou, they seem to be more conceptual.

Now, even 'monotheistic religions' with omnipotent gods have emerged…

Zhang Gui carefully considered his words and slowly explained his thoughts.

But Tao Yaoyao directly rejected it with a single sentence.
I'm not talking about gods, but about the divine way.

The way of the gods is that power mainly comes from bloodline inheritance, rather than from one's own cultivation.

The path of immortality is the opposite; power primarily originates from one's own cultivation, rather than from bloodline inheritance.

Don't you find it ridiculous that this seems like "two sides of the same coin," something that's hard to distinguish?

Since they can still be clearly divided into two 'paths'.

"What's so strange about that?"

I once heard that in an ancient country, men and women could form conflicts that caused great chaos.

And every person, once born, will inevitably have parents.

It's only natural that the father is a man and the mother is a woman.

Even so, he can still 'choose sides,' isn't that even more insane?

But that's just human nature.

Zhang Gui waved his hand dismissively.

"Don't try to fool me. It's one thing for a couple of fools to cause trouble."

There's no reason why everyone in a country should be so muddleheaded.

"It's not just one country that's confused; in my previous life, the whole world was caught in the vortex of the so-called 'feminist' versus 'Southern martial arts' debate."

A thought flashed through Zhang Gui's mind, but he did not refute Tao Yaoyao's question.

"I also think that this kind of thing is just a fictional story made up by the ancients."

I don't really believe it.

However, the division between 'the way of gods' and 'the way of immortals' is easy to understand.

It's just that one has an inheritance and the other doesn't.

Those who inherit something feel they can become powerful, partly due to luck, and partly because they work hard to discover the power they have inherited.

Those who didn't inherit anything felt that they, as poor souls who relied entirely on self-cultivation to achieve success, were on the 'right path' in life.

It represents the hope for humanity's future!
But his greatest hope was to cultivate himself into a 'god'.

To let one's bloodline and descendants be blessed and embark on the path of 'divinity'.

This is actually just a 'circle'.

(End of this chapter)