Myriad Paths

Li Qi was ashamed, but at the same time he also realized one thing.

There seemed to be a lot of secrets in the memories that the demon stuffed into him, but Li Qi couldn't tell whether these secrets were useful or true.

This is really... a headache.

However, Li Qi knew that he couldn't choose the world. In fact... there was almost nothing to choose in this world.

How did that sentence go? In the world, the most precious thing is 'having a choice'.

If 'having a choice', it would be really... too happy.

Li Qi has fought hard until now, and the most precious thing he left for his daughter Li Shiwei and his apprentice Laqi is that they can have a choice and refuse things they don't want to do.

However, as the first generation of Li Qi, he can only move forward slowly despite the bloody and terrifying obstacles in the severe winter.

Li Qi still said to the golden monkey: "The dragon palace is below, so don't disturb others. Let's go to the mountains and forests outside to talk. The scenery is also good."

"Okay!" The golden monkey is not picky. He looks very straightforward and doesn't have so many things to worry about.

A man and a monkey came to a peak in Huaguo Mountain, where there were all kinds of birds flying. Various sparrows, eagles, ducks, starlings, thrushes, and thrushes were calling. A warm and peaceful sea breeze blew from the south, and a ray of sunset appeared in the afternoon.

Li Qi sat here: "Brother Monkey, let me tell you the story I know first, and see if it is right."

As he said, Li Qi began to retell the journey to obtain scriptures in his memory.

From the birth of the stone monkey, to practicing immortality, then making a riot in the Heavenly Palace, then suppressing the Five Finger Mountain, and finally obtaining scriptures in the West, eighty-one difficulties, and achieving the right result, becoming the "Fighting Buddha".

After telling this whole story, Li Qi looked at the golden monkey and asked: "Brother Monkey, what do you think?"

"It's a good story, some are true and some are false, but I don't understand where you heard it from, was it the demon?" The golden monkey asked.

"Well, I heard it from the demon, and... I didn't hear it after the third grade. I already knew this story before I entered the grade, so..." Li Qi stopped here.

There is no need to say more about the following things, just understand it yourself.

"Oh, so you are unsure, so you come to me? Haha, I have experienced this kind of thing before. Do you know what I encountered?" said the golden monkey.

"Six-eared macaque?" Li Qi guessed.

"Yes, at that time, the world... No, let alone the world, even I couldn't tell it clearly. The mastermind behind it was still the devil. Later, you know, I made up my mind, regardless of right or wrong, true or false, just beat the opponent to death, and finally I really beat him to death. At this time, the most terrible thing happened." The golden monkey said in silence.

"After beating the fake, I found that I was the fake."

When the golden monkey said this, Li Qi broke out in a cold sweat.

Wait.

Is this in front of him a golden monkey or a demon monkey?

"Haha, brother? What are you afraid of?" The golden monkey laughed, shaking his tail, very happy.

Then, he continued, "Later, I was just like you before, scared to death, but in the end, I found that no matter how much you say, you can just see your nature and be sincere. Instead of worrying about those things, it will eventually return to the sea like a leaf of duckweed."

"It's better to say that there are only a few things in the world that can be clearly distinguished, so why bother so much?" said the golden monkey.

But Li Qi couldn't help asking, "Brother Monkey, so, are you really fake?"

Is it the golden monkey or the demon monkey in front of him?

Li Qi was confused and really wanted to know the answer.

However, the monkey just spread his hands and said very simply, "I don't know, which monkey I am, I can't tell it myself, but why bother to tell it so clearly?"

Li Qi was speechless and didn't answer. He was just thinking, is the golden monkey in front of him a demon monkey? Or... what is the relationship between the demon monkey and the golden monkey?

So, the monkey looked at him and said, "Now you know what I, my master and several junior brothers, that is, Master Sanzang, are doing on the journey to obtain the scriptures?"

"Yes, I almost understand. Humanity is seeking Buddhism itself. The emperor sent Tang Monk to obtain the scriptures, perhaps to consider this plan in advance?" Li Qi said, "But I don't understand. Marshal Tianpeng and General Juanlian are gods, why do they have to go all the way?"

"You may not believe it, but the gods really have no intentions. The reason why they entered the journey to obtain the scriptures was just an accident. They were demoted to the mortal world and had no way to go. They were picked up by my master."

"As for me...it's hard to say. I think I'm almost the same as you. I was arranged by others. From birth to cultivation, I was arranged by others for the journey to obtain the scriptures. In the end...everything was successful. I swung a stick at the demon and wanted to break the monkey heart, but I was finally sealed. After that, I was unsealed by you." The golden monkey said.

The golden monkey's life seemed to be not peaceful.

However, I have said it from the beginning, everyone is like this.

Who is not a pawn?

"Well, Brother Monkey, I almost understand." Li Qi nodded. He almost understood the various plots between the major forces, the many problems and power struggles behind the "Journey to the West".

The Journey to the West is essentially a preparation for today.

Did humanity want to annex the Buddhist kingdom at that time? So Tang Seng’s mission is to find out the details of Buddhism? But maybe it's not just that, because Tang Seng's true identity is a Buddhist disciple named Jin Chanzi, who was reincarnated as Master Tripitaka and a monk in the Tang Dynasty, so he is called Tang Seng.

Then, the fight for Tang Monk is particularly important. It would be unrealistic to say that Buddhism had no role in it.

The end result should also be clear and straightforward.

People under the Buddhist sect wanted to take advantage of the Tang Dynasty's respect for Master Tripitaka and his status as an imperial disciple to preach in humanity. The various temples Li Qi had seen should be the concrete embodiment of this plan.

Monks began to spread their influence in the Tang Dynasty, and various temples emerged one after another. Even the Emperor personally stamped Buddhism's seal, allowing Buddhism to spread among humanity.

However... in the end, those monks who tried to preach Buddhism on a human level paid the price.

The reason... is very simple when you think about it.

Everything they did probably did not receive the support and instruction of the Blessed One.

Isn't it normal for humans and demons to join forces to play to death without the Blessed One taking action? In the end, Tang Seng actually became Tang Seng and did not turn back into Jin Chanzi.

As for the Golden Monkey, he was a spiritual monkey selected for the Buddhist Scripture Learning Project. He himself probably didn't quite understand the joints involved, and it wasn't until many years later that he had an idea.

So... Golden Monkey later chose to challenge the Demon, but was sealed.

So... the Golden Monkey said to Li Qi at that time: "In this case, just worry about it slowly. You will be fine after worrying for a while, and I will go first." Such words (see 900 for details) Chapter Sixty)

The co-author has experience.

Li Qisi thought about it, and after almost smoothing it out, he sighed and no longer asked about obtaining scriptures, but instead stated his purpose of coming: "Brother Monkey, I am going to declare war on the devil. I want to know if you have anything good to do." Method?"

"Oh? Do you really have this intention?" Golden Monkey asked.

"Yes, if I want, I want to kill the demon, or... be beaten to death by the demon." Li Qi said.

"Haha! I have the intention! Then I will definitely help you, so I can't tell you now. Well, I need to make preparations first. Before that, you declare war on the devil. If there is something that cannot be dealt with, then Tell me, I will definitely be there soon to help you!" The golden monkey jumped up immediately, seeming very happy that Li Qi was willing to come to slay the demon.

You know, the Golden Monkey is also famous for its ability to "subdue demons".

Li Qi nodded, not feeling grudged by the other party's concealment.

Obviously, at the second-level stage, many Riddlers do not really want the Riddler, but have to hide it. If they don't hide it, I'm afraid it means they didn't do it.

When people find out about it, it will be a big loss, so just wait for the Golden Monkey quietly.

Li Qi smiled and said: "Brother Monkey's words are enough, so I will go back first."

"I'll wait and see." Golden Monkey said.

Li Qi nodded and disappeared.

The conversation with Golden Monkey has ended. Golden Monkey has promised to help, so the next step is Li Qi's business.

Li Qi came to the extraterritorial space.

He looked at the entire outer space.

Today, Li Qi's field of vision can already encompass the entire universe.

He could see that the entire universe was expanding at an extraordinary speed, causing him to see everything but never see everything.

It's amazing, but it is what it is.

He does have the ability to observe all time and space, but when he is observing all time and space in this second, when he looks at this, the universe has spread to more possibilities.

Therefore, he can always only see 'all the present'. When he starts to observe the present, the future has been born and turned into the present.

It is now nine o'clock in this universe. Li Qi saw the nine o'clock universe, but when he finished reading, it was already nine o'clock and one minute, and he had not had time to see the nine o'clock universe.

Therefore, there are always variables and there are always surprises.

This makes the second-grade power seem less hopeless, but also makes the entire universe more vibrant.

The second grade cannot know everything about mortals, so mortals take this opportunity to flourish.

Moreover, Li Qi also clearly saw the 'region' of this universe.

Is that... the influence of Star Officer?

Every huge star region has a great and vast spirit behind it.

All creatures among them carry the characteristics of this specific region.

If Li Qilai was asked to describe it, this might be called hometown.

Different places in the universe radiate different life forces, different life amplitudes, different chemical gases, and different constellations radiate different magnetism. You can call it whatever you want, but it does exist, and it is a great reality.

What kind of life will be created in what place.

Moreover, Li Qi felt another level... similar to the feeling of 'Tai Yi' from this regional characteristic.

"So, does Taiyi think so?" Li Qi murmured to himself.

Taiyi's body is composed of all the collectives in this universe. Therefore, in Taiyi's view, when these creatures are free, it is when he lives in a "region" full of vitality, not when he is wandering.

Man is free only when he obeys some collective, deep, inner voice.

Obedience comes from the heart. All living beings must belong to a vibrant, healthy, and faithful group that actively strives for some unfinished or even unrealized goal. Only in this way can he be a free person.

People who flee to the wild wilderness and are alone are not free at all. They only get their own loneliness.

Because people are the freest people only when they have no perception of freedom. The call for freedom is actually the rattling of shackles.

The deepest self is far away from people, and the sober self is a stubborn urchin, but we can believe one thing. If you want to be free, you have to give up the fantasy of doing what you like.

Doing whatever you like is actually giving up freedom.

However, this homogeneity is by no means complete homogeneity.

In the eyes of many people, they think that the people in a certain group have almost the same ideological content and their way of thinking is also very similar.

So, when a group of people encounter something, no matter how big or small, whether it is family affairs or national affairs, each country behaves in the same way as others, and even has the same ideas, speaks the same words, and behaves in the same way.

This concept is completely wrong. There is something more essential in their homogeneity.

Put them in the same room, and you can feel this difference. There will be a barrier between them, and this barrier is not due to subjective will.

Even if all of them are kind and almost always polite, there is still some indescribable difference between different regions, giving people the feeling that although they can't explain why, they are different animals.

This is not out of snobbery, the reason is much more complicated than this. To use a romantic metaphor, it is: "It seems that the heartbeat is different."

From Li Qi's perspective, this reason seems to be due to a more terrible reason...

Because they come from different star officials.

So, they can't blend into each other's lives.

It's really surprising, even scary.

This made Li Qi look at himself when he was young.

Coming from the ‘world’, he seemed to have an obvious gap with the life outside the domain. Even though Li Qi was kind and polite, this gap was obvious, making him have almost no friends outside the domain.

Li Qi lamented this fact that he suddenly observed, and then began his journey to destroy the demons.

In an instant——

Countless ‘Qi Palaces’ emerged in the void.

Just like all the relics outside the domain.

Li Qi set up tests and treasures in it.

Since he wanted to do something, the first thing to do was to gather manpower.

And the manpower to fight against the demon thoughts could not be created out of thin air.

He had to find enough high-level wisdom, and they were smart enough.