Myriad Paths

Grades are a very mysterious thing. The great master who originally invented the nine-grade grading method read all over the world and collected countless ways of practice. He finally designed a set that can perfectly fit almost all practitioners. ' method of classification.

That's right, almost 'all' practitioners.

No matter whether you are a simple Taoist from a remote village in a small world or a top-notch Taoist from all over the world, you can be easily included in the nine-level classification.

This difference in grade is essential, and can even be said to be a jump in the level of life, just like multi-celled organisms to single-celled organisms.

In the early days of their birth, multicellular organisms may not be as strong as other single-cell organisms, but they have unparalleled advantages in terms of complexity, functionality, and future development. With just a little development, they can overwhelm all single-cell organisms. Cellular organisms.

The idea of ​​forcibly raising the level of living things, and then using the reproductive ability of life to mass-produce raw materials of the corresponding level, is indeed very creative.

Although for Li Qi, this would be harmful to the world, and it was unlikely that he would use this method to treat real life forms like pearl clams, but it would be just right to use it on witchcraft silkworms.

But...Li Qi couldn't help but fall into thinking again.

He could understand the difference in grade.

But where does this difference come from? The changes brought about by the improvement of cultivation level seem to be a more essential change. This is not just the appearance of a certain characteristic, but it shows that within the grade, there is a ladder standard that is universally applicable.

It is this standard that gave birth to the nine-grade grading method. If we can think and study in this direction, can we find the commonality of each path?

After all, if everyone can apply a level improvement plan, it means that there must be commonalities and can be accommodated together.

So for Li Qi, so many Taoist traditions in his body are separated from each other and incompatible with each other. He can only rely on an "imagined" ultimate Taoist path to force balance.

But if we think from this direction, is the nine-grade classification method one of the evidences for the existence of this ‘ultimate avenue’?

Since the same classification method applies to all paths, it means that they have a certain degree of commonality in their deeper nature. If this commonality can be found, will it have a positive impact on path compatibility?

There must be some, this is an idea.

Just getting this method of dragon energy upgrading gave Li Qi a lot of new ideas, which might be really useful. Li Qi secretly made a note in his mind and prepared to find an opportunity to conduct an in-depth investigation into the meaning behind the nine-grade grading method. s things.

Sure enough, nothing that can be applied to the entire world is simple.

There must be a real secret behind all the standards that are common in many Taoist traditions in the world. If we can understand it, it will definitely be of great benefit to the Tao!

However, there is still a problem.

So far, the nine-grade classification method can well cover almost 'all' practitioners.

Yes, almost.

Because martial arts is an exception.

Martial arts, after condensing the spirit of martial arts and advancing to the eighth level, his level will fall into a state of fuzzy chaos. It is difficult for you to judge the level of a martial artist through a distinctive 'characteristic'.

For example, Wu Jin, after reaching the seventh level, the small world of the human body can "create something out of nothing". This is a very obvious sign. Seeing this sign means that Wu Jin has at least reached the seventh level.

But martial arts is different. Martial arts has extremely vague and chaotic standards. The ninth level allows the body to successfully reach its best state, and the eighth level condenses the spiritual will of martial arts. After that, martial arts has no other characteristics.

The inner Qi of martial arts itself has no order at all, and can even swallow other Qi and draw them into the inner Qi.

As I said before, other Taoist techniques are like precision machines.

The inner Qi of martial arts is like a machine melting directly into magma. It is no longer precise and orderly, but it is replaced by pure destructive power.

What characteristics can a pile of chaotic magma have? Of course there is nothing. You can only see more and more magma, the temperature is getting higher and higher, and it can destroy more and more machines, but you will not see any essential improvement.

So, only 'strong' is left.

How can a fifth-grade warrior prove that he is a fifth-grade warrior?

It's very simple. Killing and maiming other people of level 5 means that you have reached level 5. You are strong enough to be called level 5.

A high-level warrior known as the Martial God once said this.

At that time, he pointed to the heaven, laughed loudly, and then said with a thunderous voice: "What is the God of War? It is not a boring thing like "attaining the divine status". There is only one reason why he is called the God of War, and that is - I’m so strong that even a fucking god can knock me down!”

There is nothing that cannot be beaten to death. Even if you do encounter something that cannot be beaten to death, it is just because the relationship is not strong enough now!

The purest violence, the simplest classification, but also the vaguest.

In addition to this weird path, for other orthodoxies, the nine-grade grading method can handle the differences between different grades very well.

"Martial arts... has been improved in essence, and what is left is only quantitative improvement?" Li Qi guessed in his mind while walking on the road to the sea of ​​Dongyu.

The inner energy of martial arts has the characteristic of swallowing up all energy and assimilating it with itself. The warrior's "eating" is based on this characteristic.

Li Qi likes to use machines and magma to describe this difference.

So, does it mean that after the martial arts inner energy condenses the martial arts divine will, it directly reaches the most noble essence? That is... the end of everything?

According to the theory of entropy increase that Li Qi understood, everything will eventually turn into chaos and lose order. So, is the inner energy of martial arts a manifestation of this chaos and disorder? And this kind of chaos and disorder is quite noble in nature and represents a very high level.

If you follow this understanding, then it is not that there are no levels in martial arts, but that it goes directly to a very high level after the eighth level, such as the third level? Maybe even second grade! ?

As for the first grade, Li Qi didn't even dare to think about it, and subconsciously eliminated the answer in his mind.

But, just like the Clam Mother who was forcibly promoted to the eighth level, she has not yet reached the strength and understanding of Tao that this level should have, and needs to be gradually supplemented through subsequent practice and exercise?

That’s why warriors need something like the ‘warrior’s heart’ so much, because they need to be extremely firm, so firm that other paths cannot imagine it, in order to master this noble essence at the eighth level?

If there is no such firm Taoist heart and the spirit of "my fist is higher than the will of heaven", then it is impossible for a warrior to master this essence!

This guess cheered up Li Qi!

It's indeed possible!

The conjecture has been made, and the next step is to find evidence to prove the conjecture.

If evidence can be found to solve the classification problem of martial arts in the nine-grade classification method, the nine-grade classification method itself can become one of the evidences of the ultimate avenue, thus stabilizing Li Qi's Taoist heart.

If you delve deeper into the nine-grade system, you're sure to find something useful.

It's just... these are all in the conjecture stage.

The evidence is not yet available, which is beyond Li Qi's ability for the time being. With his current cultivation level, he does not have the ability to collect evidence about this matter.

However, keep it in mind for now and verify it when you have the opportunity in the future.

Thinking of this, Li Qi felt that a trip to the East China Sea was really worth it.

Although I broke through to the seventh level in Chang'an, in the next one or two years, I just did some accumulative work and slowly accumulated knowledge.

But when I came to the East China Sea, I saw all kinds of things that I couldn't see in Chang'an, which immediately brought a huge amount of inspiration, which in turn gave more impetus to my cultivation and path.

Li Qi's mood became better and better until he surfaced.

Well, the next step is to find someone reasonable.

Several days have passed. Wang Dun should be prepared, right?

When I came here, the first bait I received was reason.

This is also the reason why Li Qi is sure that someone is fishing for him. The knowledge of rationality and spirituality is almost impossible for Li Qi to refuse. If they appear at the same time, he himself doesn't believe it if no one arranges it.

However, the other party's method was a bit clumsy, and it was also mixed with the shark's confusion. It was self-defeating, but he discovered the clues.

This also allows me to continue to pursue it.

Thinking about this, Li Qi weighed the dragon scales in his hand.

This thing, and the dragon's blood on it, are Li Qi's biggest clues.

With these things running around in his mind, Li Qi finally climbed onto the upper level of Dongyu while riding on the old horse.

It is very convenient to have the old horse, so that Li Qi does not have to find the way by himself. He can just meditate and think on the horseback, and leave the matter of finding the way to the old horse.

If the lower level of Dongyu Island is the place where these marine aborigines are responsible for maintaining the operation of Dongyu Island, then the upper layer of Dongyu Island, with the five large plates, is a place that only serves tourists.

Riding an old horse on the street, although 95% of his mind was occupied with thinking, Li Qi still devoted half of it to paying attention to the surrounding environment.

To say that there is feasting and feasting is not an exaggeration.

Li Qi didn't know whether it was the Yuanpan he came here that was like this, or whether all Yuanpans were like this, but the decoration and architecture here were quite luxurious, many times better than the lower floors.

The lower-level sharks and snails still live on the rocks and plant pearls every day, but the high-rise buildings here have begun to use large-scale formations.

Although the floor tiles are not all magic weapons like Humanity, at least they use formations to maintain a certain degree of automation.

The massive pearls have become the source of energy here. You can also see many sea people engaged in the service industry. Occasionally, you can see haenyeo and many beauties in the form of fish demons receiving guests here.

It seems that... the entire lower level of Dongyu is serving the cities on these five disks. He has not enjoyed everything built below, but has been sent to the upper level.

The pearls grown by the shark people, the utensils made by the snail people, the fish raised by the sea people, and even themselves, are all here to serve tourists.

"Sir, do you need to rest your horse? There are professional stables, guarded by ninth-grade spiritual beast trainers, and free peach pills!"

"The new clam girl is just like an oyster, plump, tender and smooth!"

"The fleet going to Baiyun Coral Reef will have a fair income distribution. As long as it is above the eighth grade, we are in urgent need of Li Dao monks who are good at repairing ships. Let's go when we are ready!"

"The deep-sea traveling fleet is under the command of a seventh-grade master. It is absolutely safe! The seventh-grade treasure ship will never sink! There are still 460 tickets left. If you need to enter the deep sea, hurry up. It is expected to set off in four days!"

Someone else was shouting: "Ingredients! Fresh seafood, caught from the deep ocean four days ago, including fish and shrimp roe, thirty bundles of shrimp roe, each bundle is one foot long, about 100 feet wide and 100 feet thick. One inch! Absolutely superb!”

He even knew what those seafood were, such as the turtle's tail, a fish that resembled an owl, and the waves were like rain, so he set up the image on the ridge of the roof.

Yufu, also known as Qiang, is neither a fish nor a dragon, as big as a boat, two or three feet long, like a catfish, with two breasts under the abdomen, and the male and female are yin and yang like humans. He took his son and put it on the shore. The sound was like a baby's cry. There is a hole on the neck, leading to the head, and the breath comes out and makes a chirping sound.

Li Qi's ears kept hearing shouts like this. In addition, he could really feel that he was in a 'port city'.

The fishy smell, which can also be called umami, is constantly floating in front of the nose.

The waves, the calls of seabirds, and the subtle sound of mechanical transmission... these are the sounds of the Dongyu Island underfoot.

Um……

It seems that there is no need to be in such a hurry to find those people in Li Dao, they will probably come to him.

However, since I first arrived at Dongyu, it was time to rest for a while. I had been collecting information and investigating the affairs of Lord Tianhong in the past few days. Now that Lord Tianhong has an idea and has the dragon scales in hand, it is not a good idea to continue to delve deeper. Difficult matter.

Rest for a few hours, and then... wait for someone to come find you.

Thinking like this, Li Qi threw those things out of his mind.

In fact, all these reasons were just because...he was greedy.

Sea food.

Serious East China Sea seafood.

It’s finally a trip to the East China Sea, and of course I want to eat local specialties.

I'm sorry to say it, but Li Qi has always been curious about specialty foods from various places. He also went shopping and ate in Qingwu City. The first thing he did when he went to Tang State was to go to the market to see various foods. He even wanted to try Liu Junyi's craftsmanship. Taste it. When you go to Shangyuan to do errands for Lingxiao Flower God, you should also taste the fine wine and food of Shangyuan Flower Goddess. (See food from various places)

Now that I have come to the East China Sea, how can I not give it a try?

Li Qi has never told anyone about this hobby. Only he knows it, and he never even reveals it to the outside world, because he feels...a bit ashamed.

Thinking of this, Li Qi felt that he could rest for a few hours. Since there were seafood just now, he might as well buy some of these fresh deep-sea products and use them to cook in local restaurants.

With this thought in mind, Li Qi walked to the place where your ship shouted just now.

"Hey, sir! What do you want to buy this time? Some fresh shrimp seeds?" The crew member selling the goods saw Li Qi and immediately shouted enthusiastically.