Myriad Paths

The horse herder helped Li Qi fetch water from the well and then poured out the sewage, feeling tired and deflated.

Fetching water is not an easy job. Generally speaking, fetching water is the most painful and tiring one.

In fact, there is no need at all. Li Qi can condense pure water with water vapor with a wave of his hand. It also contains yin energy, which can make Lao Ma feel cool and comfortable and get rid of his heat.

Just the water from an ordinary well couldn't suppress Lao Ma's passion for being a dragon, and Li Qiduan had to bring it over and reprocess it.

Moreover, dirty water does not need to be collected and thrown away. Li Qi can evaporate the water with Yang Qi by snapping his fingers.

But if he does this, the horseherd will become frightened to death.

Although what he did was useless, he would always do something to feel at ease.

Li Qi didn't say anything, just watching him busy.

What is he busy about?

For survival? In order to eliminate the fear in your heart?

Li Qi didn't think so.

After Li Qi thought about it, he came to the conclusion that it was the world that was helping him to be busy.

This is an ordinary person with little knowledge.

Luck was born in Baiyue, Luck was a commoner, Luck happened to be not smart.

Therefore, he does not have his own way or his own principles.

But how can people not have their own way? It is impossible for a person to be without it, and if he is not, he is a dead person.

Therefore, the way of this world has become his way.

The world told him to fear the strong, so he feared the strong unconditionally and would not resist even if he was killed.

Li Qi has his own way, and Li Qi's way will tell him to resist at that time, even if it means using a mantis as a chariot.

The world tells this stable boy not to resist. It tells this stable boy to be courteous at this time, to surrender at this time, and to be busy with meaningless things at this time, even if it makes him tired to death. It's of no use at all.

How many people have their own way?

How many people are controlled by this world?

But is the world really bad?

Li Qi could even say that most people, including those in the Tang Dynasty, just followed the trend, but the 'worldly ways' over there were much better.

People in the Tang State only need to follow the "way of the world", and then they can go far beyond the way most people think about themselves. They only need to live and study in the Tang State step by step, and they will naturally be immersed in the way of humanity and take the way of the world as their own. road.

The way of humanity is much stronger than the way that most people understand by themselves. Many so-called "own ways" from outside the world are simply worthless in front of the way of humanity, and there is no comparison at all.

However, people who have their own way take the way in their hearts as their code of conduct. They do not sink into the world and act independently. Is this good or bad?

Li Qi fell into doubt for a moment.

Because this problem is particularly profound for him.

There is no doubt that he wants to go his own way, but the final result is to put together a little bit here, a little bit somewhere, and absorb some ideas from each school.

So, did Li Qi step out of the 'own way', or was he still shackled in the 'worldly way'?

It’s just that this world is more profound, and it is the world of the entire world.

Looking at the busy horse herders, Li Qi's eyes were a little dazed.

The horse herder didn't know that he was sinking into the world and was still busy according to his own ideas.

Li Qi stood higher than the stable boy, so he could see how mediocre the stable boy was at this moment.

Then...is there any difference between you and this stable boy?

In the eyes of those who stand at a higher level, is what he has done similar to that of the stable boy?

Thinking about these things, Li Qi suddenly shook his head and said to himself: "That's all."

Lao Ma turned his head in confusion.

"It's nothing. You can steam it yourself and I'll take a rest." Li Qi stood up and stopped thinking about those things.

Even if I am really a busy horseherd who can't help myself, then it is wrong to stop doing things. Even if the path I am taking now is wrong, it does not mean that it is meaningless.

The road is not a smooth one, there will be forks in the road, you may even go the wrong way, take a fork in the road, or even turn around and go back.

But there’s always time to go.

Now that Li Qi recalled the days when he practiced martial arts every day, he also knew that it was actually meaningless. If he could go back to the past, even if he didn't practice martial arts, he would not suffer any loss and would have better choices.

But if he didn't practice martial arts, Li Qi wouldn't be what he is today.

Just like the stable boy, no matter what, he will act in his own way.

However, Li Qi felt that he might be able to look at himself from other perspectives in the future.

In this case... Li Qi suddenly felt that it seemed that the current integration of many Taoist traditions in the body seemed not so... urgent.

Think about it.

When viewed from a higher perspective, many things are actually irrelevant.

It seems that the battle of orthodoxy within his body can be put aside in this way. This is just a temporary conflict, just because his level is not enough.

Of course it needs to be solved, but...it's not as hopeless as I thought before.

This is not a solution, it just allows Li Qi to have a more optimistic perspective, similar to how a terminally ill patient suddenly hears that someone is developing a new specific drug.

Although the drug has not yet reached the mouth, and whether it can even be developed is still a question, it is always a relief.

As soon as he came to this conclusion, Li Qi suddenly felt that the sharp contradictions in the small world of the human body had slowed down a lot. The way of human shamanism and the way of Buddha and demon seemed to be less antagonistic, and they no longer needed the Taoism so urgently. The method of harmonizing yin and yang serves as a buffer.

The Taoism of the Taoist sect fictionalizes a great road that governs everything, and this great road precedes the existence of everything.

Therefore, in the face of this ultimate avenue, all contradictions can be reconciled. The most common Tai Chi diagram in Taoism is to express this point of view, and even the name "Taomen" is named after this avenue.

So Li Qi had used this point before to reconcile the sharp contradictions between the human and witches in his body and prevent his body from exploding to death. (See Chapter 295 for details)

The dispute between Buddha and Demon was also reconciled in this way.

But now, he seems... to be able to make them get along harmoniously without the need for Taoist methods to mediate.

No, it doesn’t mean that it doesn’t need to be reconciled with Taoist methods.

Li Qi immediately noticed the difference.

But... the Taoist method is integrated with my idea of ​​a 'higher perspective', and it no longer needs to be actively stimulated, and can operate naturally.

This so-called 'higher perspective' means that one level is higher than the other. If you are not a high-grade person, you will look at the seventh-grade height. If you are not a high-grade person, you will look at the fifth-grade height. If you are a fifth-grade person, you will look at the third-grade height. If you are not a high-grade person, you will look at the first-grade height.

If you go back layer by layer like this, even the first level is not enough, you can continue to go higher and higher.

So, it goes all the way up to the 'limit', up to the 'supreme', what is that?

There is no doubt that this is the "great road that transcends everything" that the Dao Sect hypothetically exists.

Li Qi's hypothesis of a "higher perspective" inadvertently fit in with the Taoist thought, and even allowed the Taoism to operate automatically.

His way became more harmonious.

It's...

An unexpected bonus.

Thinking of this, Li Qi raised his hand, only to see a mountain god's spiritual energy emerge in his hand, and then based on the ox power technique in the Ten Thousand Beasts Diagram he had learned in the past, he exchanged it for a ray of the earthly ox's spiritual energy.

Mixing the two, the stable boy was still working hard to carry water, but he didn't realize that a spiritual energy had been integrated into his body unconsciously.

This can be regarded as Li Qi's thanks.

This stable boy brought him new insights, so this was his reward.

There won't be any miracles now, but when he goes to bed tomorrow, he will have a dream. In the dream, there will be someone who will guide him to exercise, learn, and teach him a skill.

It's not a very advanced technique, it's just that Li Qi casually copied an eighth-level martial arts training method. If you practice to the limit, you can only reach the eighth level. It was used by the Taixue to build the foundation for foreign servants. .

Li Qi didn't dare to teach the real humane skills to others, otherwise he would die.

With the mountain god's energy protecting his body, his skin will gradually harden, and there will be no side effects. There will be no such thing as petrification, but he will become invulnerable.

Qiongniu's energy can make him extremely powerful, with the strength of ten oxen. In this world, the strength of ten oxen can weigh more than 60,000 kilograms.

This is a small adventure.

I hope this stable boy can find his own way in the world.

after all--

People eat people, people sacrifice people, people hunt people, people take revenge on people.

It's all about people.

It has nothing to do with heaven, and it has nothing to do with Tao.

Li Qi clearly understood the clear boundary between his own way, the way of heaven and earth, and the way of others.

From a higher perspective, even the field of vision seems to have become much clearer.

Only error needs the support of other things, and truth can be established by itself.

Just when Li Qi was immersed in his thoughts, a strange wind suddenly blew up, making a whistling sound in the sky.

The old horse neighed and looked at the sky warily.

Li Qize opened his eyes, looked to his side, cupped his hands and said, "Li Qize, I have seen the prefect."

The move during the day was to make the Lizhou Prefect show up.

Li Qi looked directly at the Lizhou Prefect. He had seen this important man many times, including during the river opening ceremony every year, but this was the first time he saw his face.

It's really... ordinary.

In the past, Li Qi had imagined many times what the prefect looked like, that kind of majesty, that unparalleled sense of oppression, that kind of majestic posture looking down from the clouds on the world.

When the tall black-armored guards of the prefect formed a procession and his carriage slowly passed over Li Qi's head, Li Qi could still recall the shock at that time.

But now seeing this middle-aged man with a vigilant face again, Li Qi felt... so weak.

How could there be such a weak seventh grade? Not even as good as Gaga.

Relying completely on the sacrifice, forcing yourself to reach the seventh level, at the expense of all possibilities for progress, just for the seventh level?

Oh, maybe because the seventh level is the realm of immortality, he is desperate for immortality. For this reason, he even used some secret method to sacrifice himself and exhausted all his potential?

"Li Qi...? I have never heard of my senior's name. I wonder what the senior's suggestion of me coming here means?" Lizhou Prefect held up his hands and said to Li Qi respectfully.

During the day, he received a message from the master of Qianji Sect, saying that someone was provoking him.

So he hurriedly came to check, only to find that the other party used the energy of the lunar calendar to nail the master of Qianji Sect there when the moon was above the treetops.

This is a cue for him to come when the moon is at this time.

He could tell at a glance that he was no match for this person. He thought it must be a fierce dragon crossing the river, so he thought about it and came anyway.

Moreover, as soon as he arrived, he always called his senior, which gave him enough face.

It's just... I don't know why, but this fierce dragon crossing the river in front of me keeps staring at me, as if I have flowers on my face?

"Ahem, senior?" The prefect of Lizhou looked at Li Qi and spoke again, waking him up from his meditation.

"Oh, I'm sorry, I got stuck in some memories. I called you here to help me with some small things." Li Qi reacted and said.

Then, he directly gave the order, waving his hand and saying: "Prepare a good boat for me. I want to go down from the Li River to the South China Sea, and then cross to the East China Sea. I am not familiar with the matters in between, but you are a local snake, so you should be very familiar with it." It’s clear, help me sort it out.”

"Then, prepare a convoy, open up the joints in the middle, and send some people to Songguo. If something happens to them, I will come to you. Go ahead and handle these two things."

After Li Qi finished speaking, he turned around, turned his back to the Lizhou Prefect, and said no more words.

This made the prefect of Lizhou very angry.

Although he didn't show it on his face, anger was already welling up in his heart.

What's wrong with this stranger who appears out of nowhere? You really think he is a servant who is at the mercy of others! ?

He was arrogant and bossy when he came up, looking aloof. Who did he think he was? We are both at the seventh level, even if you are stronger, what can you do? Can you still kill yourself in the world?

You know, the Lord of Dalu Kingdom is standing behind you!

Thinking of this, the prefect of Lizhou was ready to contradict him harshly, as it was absolutely impossible to encourage this person's arrogance!

However, just as he opened his mouth, he suddenly discovered that... there seemed to be something extra in his hand?

He lowered his head and took a closer look, but was shocked!

That is a seventh-grade magic weapon.

The quality is quite good, far exceeding the mass-produced magic weapon in his hand.

As for this mass-produced magic weapon, he got it when he was picking it up when the Tang Dynasty invaded Baiyue. Otherwise, with his level, he would not be able to use a genuine seventh-grade magic weapon.

And the one in my hand now, although it is not a fine product customized by the master, is stronger than the mass-produced magic weapon, and there is no need to replace it, because it is a robe.

There is no doubt that this is one of the works of the wizard, a compressed robe.

Therefore, the prefect of Lizhou, who was just about to contradict Li Qi, immediately changed his attitude and bowed and saluted: "In compliance with the decree of my predecessors, I will do everything for you. Please wait in Lizhou for two days."

After saying this, he rode the wind and rode away.

Li Qi didn't pay much attention to him. The other party would probably find someone to inquire about him. After doing so, he would only be more attentive.

Now, think about how to tell the Paibo Gang about moving out tomorrow.

If the world doesn't work, then go somewhere else.