Myriad Paths

Wu Xian raised his head and glanced at Li Qi, then clapped his hands and said, "Boys, that's it for today. Let's go back and do our homework."

The young men all glanced at Li Qi and seemed a little unhappy.

Even for them, it is a rare opportunity to listen to the teachings of the Witch God. Some people signed up decades ago. After all, no matter how idle the Witch God is, time flies very fast for him, and a blink of an eye may be Hundreds of thousands of years have passed, and it is great luck to be able to sit down and give a lecture to the Witch God.

Li Qi also felt that something was not good. When he was young, if the wizard god was giving a sermon, and a person came out and interrupted the sermon, Li Qi would definitely slap him in his heart.

Of course, I was just thinking in my heart, and I could guess with my toes that the high probability of disturbing the Witch God was not something to be dealt with.

Li Qi waved his hand: "I'll wait for a while, you guys chat, I'll find something to do around here."

"Okay." Wu Xian nodded and sat back down.

Li Qi stepped aside and came to Annan, which was about one to two hundred million miles away from Wushen Mountain.

Anyway, this distance can only be crossed in one step.

On a hilltop here, Li Qi was waiting quietly, waiting for the sermon to end.

It will probably take about a month, right? Look at their progress.

For the first and second grade, a month passed in the blink of an eye, which was really nothing.

Li Qi came to the top of this mountain. There was a beautiful forest farm nearby.

It was dawn now, and the light was getting brighter and brighter. The trees and shrubs, as well as the various creatures running in the wilderness, all appeared in the mist and became clearer and clearer.

The pearly gray mist in the early morning gradually disappeared, but there was still some drifting in the air. The light in the sky refracted the Tyndall effect, as if an invisible hand was spinning thin threads continuously and silently. , and then hung these lines and passed them back and forth between the mist, eventually forming a beautiful light curtain.

In Wushen Mountain, the source of heaven and earth is powerful, the air contains Taoist charm, and even the scenery seems to have been filtered. This is a scenery that is absolutely invisible outside the territory.

Mortals probably can't see anything special, but in the eyes of people like Li Qi, the 'information content' of the world's scenery is significantly higher.

The pixels are higher than those outside the field, the definition and filters are not at the same level, and the hidden color levels are also different.

Li Qi was admiring these beautiful scenery, and suddenly, he saw a couple.

They were a mortal couple, probably ordinary people living in the realm of Wushen Mountain.

Just like there are mortals in Chang'an, there are of course mortals and mortal things in Wushen Mountain. It's normal. After all... no matter where they are, mortals are the majority.

Unless special screening is done to prevent mortals from entering, mortals will always occupy the majority.

There are too many mortals, and they reproduce very quickly, and they can easily become the main body of the local environment.

Li Qi saw the mortal couple sleeping in the sun with their backs to the sky.

The husband was obviously middle-aged. He had put on weight, lost his attractiveness, and snored loudly.

The wife is also about the same age, not pretty, a little short, and has dark skin.

They slept together, which suddenly touched Li Qi's heart.

I remember that when he was in the eighth grade, Li Qi had seen these mortal couples. At that time, Li Qi, who was addicted to his relationship with Shen Shuibi, was puzzled by these people and couldn't figure out why they were together. It is taken for granted that there is no real love between these mortals.

It’s easy to imagine, of course mortals like beautiful things, so how do unattractive couples stay together? When describing love, everyone likes to write about the mutual admiration between handsome men and beautiful women. This description also looks beautiful. Kissing the lips of a beautiful girl is always more exciting than kissing the lips of a black leather tank.

However, Li Qi couldn't help but smile now.

What a childish idea.

Silly, naive young people will think that a person must be handsome, gentle, graceful and charming, so that he can love others, be loved by others, and be happily married.

No, even if you are ordinary or even inferior, you can still love and be loved.

That kind of love is just a kind of love that excites people at first and acts blindly. That kind of so-called love is nothing more than the temporary enthusiasm of young people.

In addition, there are precious emotions in the world that can only be experienced after both parties have matured after living together for a long time. This kind of emotion often not only absorbs nutrients and thrives under smooth conditions, but also can be easily facilitated. Ability to withstand the test of harsh environments that can cause it to deteriorate and be completely destroyed.

Li Qi watched the couple sleeping and couldn't help but sigh.

So he stood looking for a while, recording the other person as part of the landscape.

After they woke up, Li Qi walked up to them and said to them: "I passed by here and saw the wise couple sleeping here, blending in with the scenery. I couldn't help but draw a picture. After thinking about it, I couldn't keep it myself. I want to give it to you."

After speaking, Li Qi took out his painting. The landscape paintings in it were lifelike, and the couple were among them.

The couple was immediately delighted and said to Li Qi with gratitude: "We have long wanted to ask a painter to paint our portraits, but unfortunately we are short of money. Today we met you and helped us realize this dream. Please come to my house and treat you well."

Li Qi did not refuse and went to the other party's home with him.

They immediately took eggs, killed chickens, opened the rice jar and salt jar, and prepared to cook for Li Qi.

Li Qi finished the meal, left the portrait here, and then left.

One year later, the plague spread in Annan. The two states of Li and Su where the couple lived were particularly serious. Three or four out of ten people died. The wizards said that this was because the plague ghost was born and they could not deal with it.

When the plague spread to the couple's home, the couple found that vines had grown on the scroll at some point. After a while, two gourds grew from the vines and gradually grew larger, as big as a large jar containing two buckets of wine.

They used a knife to dig out the contents of the gourd and found that it was filled with medicine. They ate the medicine and the disease was cured immediately. They gave it to others. The medicine in the gourd could not be eaten up. The king heard about it and bought the gourd with gold and official positions. Their descendants also got the title, and the wizards worshipped this thing in the king's palace.

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As for Li Qi, more than a month later, he had returned to Wushen Mountain, and the princes also dispersed.

Li Qi came to Wu Xian and said, "Wu Shen, I'm here to take the Desire Realm."

"This is not something that can be taken casually." Wu Xian said, "Why do you want to take the Desire Realm?"

"I'm trying to find a way to fight against the demons, and the Desire Realm is necessary for this." Li Qi replied.

Wu Xian chuckled: "This answer is not very clever. The witch has no intention of fighting against the demons, and there is no need for it."

Li Qi certainly understood this, and he could even almost expect Wu Xian to answer like this.

The first-rank officials, except for the demon that Li Qi couldn't figure out and the too pure Haotian, all the other first-rank officials that Li Qi had seen so far, now had a common characteristic in his eyes.

That is, they didn't care about interests, life, or any personal grudges, and they were even too lazy to conflict with others.

They just did their own things and wanted to achieve their goals, that's all.

However, when they were doing their own things and achieving their goals, they would easily run into other first-rank officials. When no one was willing to give way, they would fight and fall into "Dao Conflict".

But this kind of fight, in essence, did not involve any personal hatred. Maybe these first-rank officials who sanctioned each other had a good relationship, but they still had to decide life and death.

Similarly, in the absence of any Dao Conflict, there were very few first-rank officials who chose to cause trouble to others. They were busy with their own things and couldn't finish them, so how could they have so much time to find trouble.

Therefore, Wu Xian had neither hatred nor hostility towards the demon. In the absence of Dao Conflict, he could not be persuaded by Li Qi, and Li Qi could not shake the decision of the first-rank officials.

"So, it's not a confrontation between the Wu Dao and the Mo Dao, but my personal confrontation with the Heavenly Demon. The Desire Realm itself was cultivated from me. It shouldn't be unreasonable for me to take it back." Li Qi said.

Wu Xian shook his head: "You once used the three-rank to cultivate an organization called Qidian, so was Qidian established by these three-rank?"

This question was very sharp.

There is no doubt that the three-ranks made great efforts to establish Qidian. It can even be said that they worked hard. The actions, specific operations, and even the creation and closure of many possibilities of Qidian were all done by them.

For some of them, Qidian is their hard work.

But from Li Qi's perspective, all this seems not so logical, because... just like a child, they are actually the "nanny" of the child, but the reason for the child's birth and the environment in which he grew up are actually created by Li Qi.

Li Qi just borrowed their hands to create the future he wanted.

What Wu Xian said was that the Desire Realm was just something he had taken by borrowing Li Qi's hand, and it was not a good reason to leave the Desire Realm.

So Li Qi could only sigh: "Wu Shen, tell me directly, what is the use of controlling the Desire Realm for you? Is there anything you can use it for?"

"Of course." Wu Xian said: "Otherwise, what would I do with the Desire Realm?"

After speaking, Wu Xian did not seem to be prepared to hide it from Li Qi, but directly opened his hand, and then the Desire Realm appeared from his palm.

At this moment, Li Qi's consciousness seemed to be pulled away.

He saw the small Desire Realm in the palm of his hand, in which all living beings were busy.

What Li Qi saw in it was an arena, the two major opponents of the universe, two "viewpoints", one material, one spiritual, disguised, preparing for a desperate battle.

The Desire Realm and the material world are fighting to the death in a semi-awakened spiritual world.

In the cities, villages, worlds and even planets of the desire realm, in countless forests, oceans, outer space, even in the clouds of gas giants, and in any corner where life can survive, a great struggle between thinking and reality is brewing everywhere.

This kind of battle is an astonishing situation for the beings in the Desire Realm, and it will destroy everything they take for granted.

All happiness, all the ability to examine, the imagination of thinking, all creative thoughts, and the goal of great life have become stupid, ridiculous, and self-indulgent behaviors.

How to face such an era? As an ordinary person in the Desire Realm, how can you have the courage to face all this?

How can you face the struggle of this era and maintain a complete mind?

How can you avoid the struggle of this era destroying the integrity of the spirit in our hearts? You know, in this world, they live for a complete spirit.

By observing this struggle, Wu Xian is gradually understanding the world of pure spirit and how the power of spirit affects the real and material world.

It turns out... this is the purpose of Wu Xian taking away the Desire Realm.

He is borrowing the nature of the Desire Realm to study the position of pure spiritual power in "nature".

After all, the Desire Realm is something created by the Heavenly Demon himself, and the strange properties it carries cannot be reproduced by the Wu Dao. Obviously, this is a good material for learning.

This struggle will deeply expose the nature of the devil's thoughts and spirit, those properties that Li Qi has never touched.

"This is the use of the Desire Realm for me. If you feel the effect of the Desire Realm, if you find something similar, I may also be able to exchange the Desire Realm with you." Wu Xian said.

Hearing this.

Li Qi suddenly smiled with relief.

"So that's the case, so... Wu Shen, do you want me to go to the Spiritual Path?" Li Qi asked.

The only one who can do this must be the Spiritual Path, which is similar to the Demonic Path, but completely different, and is a pure philosophy.

"It doesn't have to be you, but I do have something in the Spiritual Path that I want, but it's not convenient for me to go and get it myself." Wu Xian didn't shy away and admitted it directly.

Li Qi had to smile bitterly.

It doesn't have to be me.

Wu Xian obviously has made plans. As long as the Desire Realm is in his hands, there will always be people who want it.

As long as someone wants it, they have to help Wu Xian do this job.

Regardless of whether this person succeeds or not, Wu Xian will definitely succeed anyway. There will be a steady stream of cattle and horses to work for Wu Xian for free, and if they fail, they don't want money.

But knowing that it was a trap, Li Qi had to jump into it. At least... Wu Xian was a trap with a clear price tag. It was not a conspiracy, but it was obvious.

It was not unacceptable.

"So, what do you want?" (End of this chapter)