Myriad Paths

Above the sky, under the layer of strong winds hidden by the clouds, Li Qi sat on the head of Changqiao.

Changqiao remained in his original form, circling in the layer of strong winds in a ‘swimming’ posture, looking quite excited.

“So, Changqiao, what are you doing here?” Li Qi asked the real dragon under him.

“Ah? I just saw you here, Li Qi, so I hurried over!” Changqiao replied immediately.

Li Qi looked at Changqiao in front of him.

It really didn’t seem like she was lying. She was just very simple. She found Li Qi, so she followed happily.

This is also in line with her personality.

Li Qi made a gesture with his fingers and calculated a few things. He found that there was no causal line behind it, so he shook his head: "Well, you came by chance. I am exploring the Arctic Spirit Road. Do you know anything about it?"

"Oh, the Spirit Road, good, good, I know these things best." Changqiao shook his tail: "If you are here for tourism! I will be your tour guide!"

"I am not here for tourism. I am here to investigate the situation of the Spirit Road. I think this place is full of stowaways. It should be the same in the depths of the Arctic, right?" Li Qi asked.

"Don't you know these things after just one look, Li Qi? Now you are a big shot, you won't be confused by this, right?" Changqiao was a little confused.

If you just want to see the situation of the entire Arctic, then Li Qi can see it all clearly with a glance. Why use such a stupid method?

Li Qi smiled: "Sometimes those things are not so credible, it is more realistic to experience them yourself."

"Is listening to me also considered an experience?" Changqiao asked.

"Isn't this asking you to take me on a tour, listening and watching at the same time?" Li Qi said.

"Okay! Leave it to me!" Changqiao agreed immediately, and excitedly set up a mirage bead.

Mirage bead can create an illusion, but it also has another function of recording the details of the surrounding environment, basically replicating the surrounding things one-to-one.

The so-called "mirage" is actually a projection of things in other places. Mirage bead naturally has this function. It can be said to be a perfect quality camera, which can even record the touch and taste. For mortals with insufficient observation ability, this is basically exactly the same.

"Are you going to sell this thing?" Li Qi asked.

"Of course not, I will definitely put it out for everyone to see! I'm sure a lot of people will envy me to death." Changqiao said with a smile, and it can be seen that she is really generous.

You know, Li Qi is not the fourth-grade at the beginning. Many, many billions of years have passed. Today, Li Qi Changqiao can still treat this attitude. The psychological quality is really something.

Moreover, Li Qi found that Changqiao also had a feeling of "being proud of it".

It was as if Li Qi succeeded and she also benefited from it.

Strange mentality.

But Li Qi didn't care much.

"That's fine, let's go to the inland first. On the way, you can also tell me about your experience here. You should live here, right?" Li Qi asked.

"Almost. I usually live next to Yaowan Pond, but I also have a palace in Tianxia, ​​which is nearby." Changqiao began to swim, talking to Li Qi while heading to the depths of the Arctic.

Li Qi just listened to her story.

In Changqiao's mouth, the Arctic is a very wonderful place, because here, materials are quite scarce.

Perhaps because the spiritual way has made some kind of setting here, this place does not have the rich products that other places in the world have.

The primitive people that Li Qi saw are actually the general state here.

Li Qi's guess that "life inside will be better" does not actually exist, even in the depths of the Arctic.

It seems that there are no "treasures" here naturally, and even the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is not as thin as the world, and crops and various mineral veins are also very poor.

Moreover, in the Arctic... you can't fast.

Yes, Li Qi was also very surprised about this. This thing can't define him, but Changqiao has feelings. He will be hungry in the Arctic.

You must eat, and you will feel hungry. Even if you have reached the fourth level of cultivation, there is no way.

This is also the reason why Changqiao came to this place.

Hunger is actually a kind of enjoyment for her. If she is hungry first and then eats, she will feel much more delicious. Therefore, Changqiao built a palace in the Arctic and came to eat something when she has nothing to do.

It feels different.

However, if you look at it from the perspective of these stowaways, the Arctic can only be described in two words.

"Barren." Changqiao spit out two words.

After that, she looked down: "Li Qi, we are here. We have entered the inner circle of the Arctic. There is already a city. Do you want to go down and take a look?"

Li Qi nodded: "Okay, go down."

While speaking, he also looked down curiously.

He saw a city, which was not developed. It was just like a small city in the feudal era. Its scale was not even as spectacular as the state capital of Baiyue.

However, if you add up the surrounding farmlands, the scale is huge.

In addition to the city itself, you can see a large number of terraced fields around it. For centuries, the residents here have been patiently cultivating these rural farmlands.

They repaired the mountains and forests and slowly trimmed the slopes of various sizes into terraces for planting.

Thousands of square miles of land were piled up by the locals, and the barren stone slopes were repaired into small pieces of flat land, and then the excavated stones were built into stone walls to protect them.

This work took countless centuries to complete. It carefully carved out the entire scenery here. This unique beauty is exquisite and natural, and even made Li Qi feel a little surprised.

This place is actually quite good. From the aesthetic point of view of Li Qi Wuzhi, it is quite good. The balance between the living beings is very good.

Such a large area of ​​planting... is it really because of food?

It is impossible to fast, the barren wilderness, and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is thin. It is said that this place is shabby in the world. A better Feng Shui treasure land in the ninth-grade world is more fertile than this place.

Is it intentional by the spirit?

Li Qi doesn't know, but he will know the answer soon, because Li Qi has relieved some of his "instincts" in his flesh.

As a second-grade, Li Qi's existence itself will have an impact on the surroundings, and it is difficult for the environment to affect Li Qi in turn.

For example, if Li Qi stood on the surface of a Guixu, the Guixu itself would even accelerate evaporation because the Guixu would distort time and space, but when Li Qi stood there, time and space would automatically stabilize to Li Qi's body time.

If the Guixu wanted to distort, it would take more energy, which would eventually lead to accelerated evaporation, and it might even disappear directly.

This is because Li Qi would make the surrounding world fit himself for his own comfort.

Of course, this is not certain. Li Qi can remove this power at will and let the outside world affect him.

He wanted to experience what the "hunger" of the Arctic was like.

After removing the control of the outside world, Li Qi clearly felt a special power that was awakening some of his most basic "feelings".

The power of the spirit?

No, this is not the power of the spirit, this is the nature of the world itself——?

It's not quite right, right?

As a second-grade, Li Qi was a little confused at this moment.

The feeling awakened by this power is not just "hunger", but feelings such as cold, warm, hungry, and nausea.

In other words, what is awakened is actually the subjective feelings that ordinary people experience every day.

It's just that this power obviously cannot interfere with the existence of the third rank or above, so Li Qi's surroundings just now easily suppressed this power.

And now after the suppression is cancelled, Li Qi suddenly felt "suffocated".

Why is it suffocating?

Li Qi thought for a moment, and then he suddenly subconsciously "breathed".

The feeling of suffocation disappeared instantly.

Ah, it turned out to be such a simple thing. Li Qi just forgot to breathe. After all, for the second rank, whether it is breathing or hunger, it is unnecessary.

But think about it carefully... breathing, what an instinctive thing.

Breathing, eating, shivering, sweating, these are the most basic psychological feelings brought by primitive instincts, and they are also the most intuitive "psychological feelings".

You don't need any acquired learning, you will feel these naturally, this is what you bring, it is "a priori".

The so-called a priori knowledge is a kind of knowledge that is completely independent of empirical observation and can be obtained without "experience accumulation", so it is called "a priori", which means "existing before experience".

This structure is not obtained from experience, but is innate.

Therefore, it is conceivable that this a priori knowledge about the universal nature of the world is inherently universal and inevitable.

Yes, the feelings and knowledge that can be touched without learning must be closer to the essence, otherwise how to explain the source of this knowledge?

So what is this feeling obtained by?

Flesh? Receptor? Or...'consciousness'?

Li Qi suddenly realized that this might be some kind of opportunity for the spiritual way. This is not a power deliberately set by the spiritual way, but the source of the original inspiration of the spiritual way.

"Huh? Don't you come down?" Changqiao fell to the ground, surrounded by terrified people, but she was already very accustomed to the eyes around her, just thinking that Li Qi was a little strange.

What's wrong with her idol, is he still in a daze?

"Oh... nothing, just thinking about something." Li Qi came back to his senses and felt the primitive feelings in his body.

Babies can feel cold and warm without learning.

Moreover, the feeling of cold and warm cannot be expressed to others. You can never feel whether others are cold or warm.

This is the "high wall" of self-consciousness that I have said before.

As long as there is this high wall, there is no way to understand others. Even if someone tells you that he is cold or hot, you can't feel his feelings.

This is also the origin of the "only me" of the magic way.

And if you put the perspective on the spiritual way...

While thinking about this, Li Qi walked down from the top of the long bridge and looked around.

The surroundings are just like ordinary towns, and these stowaways live there, but they have evolved from primitive people to the technical level of the feudal era.

Or in other words, it is the feudal era.

If a real mortal from the feudal era, it is estimated that he can't survive here.

And there are many onlookers.

You can also see several fifth-grade creatures flying towards this side. The pressure from the heaven and earth in the Arctic is relatively high, so the performance of these fifth-grade creatures seems to be significantly worse than that of the outside world.

But... it's a good thing, right?

If they go to the outside world, their combat power will be significantly improved, just like weight training.

Not long after, the five-ranks had already landed in front of Li Qi, and the idle people around were also dispersed.

One of the five-ranks walked up to Li Qi and said, "You two, I am the mayor of this Oulu City. May I ask you..."

"We are just passing by for tourism, don't pay too much attention to us." Changqiao swung her body and turned into a human form, still the gorgeous girl at the beginning.

It was indeed gorgeous. Changqiao seemed to like gorgeous dressing very much. From the scales to the eyes, it seemed to be covered with sequins, and her nails were also long and sparkling.

The skirt also opened a slit on one side, revealing the left thigh, and the faintly protruding green dragon scales on it also had a rainbow-like reflection.

In Li Qi's eyes, it was like a light bulb.

It was really too ostentatious.

"That's right. We are just here to visit the Arctic and see the specific situation. We will never cause trouble. Please rest assured." Li Qi said.

Those fifth-grade masters seemed to be relieved when they heard this.

After all, let's not look at Li Qi, just look at Changqiao. The power of this real dragon is not ordinary. They probably can't beat this real dragon. Since the other party is willing to take the initiative to show goodwill and say that he will not cause trouble, it means that he is still sincere.

"In this case, we will not disturb you. By the way, please keep this thing and hang it on your body. It can avoid many blind conflicts." The city lord said respectfully, and then took out a sign carved from wood.

It seems that they are very experienced and have a set of procedures for dealing with powerful people passing by.

No wonder the reaction of other people around them was also evacuated quickly.

It seems that the plot of powerful people pretending to be fools and playing pigs to eat tigers is not common in the Arctic. There is a mature way to deal with passers-by here.

Li Qi took the sign, which was engraved with some magic, and an energy crystal was embedded on the back, giving the wood special abilities.

It was probably similar to circuit boards and chips. Silicon and tin were used to draw special patterns on a piece of plastic, and then a battery was hung, so electronic instruments were born. In fact, chip design is not much different from drawing arrays.

At this stage, technical means are all similar.

Li Qi took the wooden sign, said goodbye to the city lords, and walked towards a distance with Changqiao.

He was going to eat something.

Li Qi felt that he had grasped it -

He had grasped the specialness of the North Pole, what the spiritual path was pursuing.