Extraordinary Prehistoric

Taoist Hong Kuo quickly suppressed this feeling of ascension.

Although ascension is what he pursues, as a disciple of Tao Zun, he is not just pursuing ascension. Continuing to consolidate his foundation in the Six Tribulations Strong Stage in the sixth level of the Dao Zun Road is also another pursuit of his. It is even a more determined pursuit than taking off and ascending to a higher realm!

Under such circumstances, how could he just feel the hope of ascending and then rashly ascend?

At that moment, he put all these thoughts about ascension behind him and once again devoted himself wholeheartedly to Luo Fan's teachings. Understand the truths and mysteries contained in it that he had spent countless efforts to explore before.

This process of preaching lasted for several years.

One day several years later, Luo Fan finally stopped preaching, sighed, and said: "This is all my understanding. I hope it can be helpful to fellow Taoists."

Taoist Hong Kuo came back to his senses. After being stunned for a while, he solemnly bowed to Luo Fan and said, "Thank you very much, Brother Tao, for teaching me the Dharma. Without Brother Tao, I'm afraid it would have taken me hundreds of millions of years to obtain it." Today’s breakthrough, Brother Tao’s virtue, will be engraved in my heart.”

As he spoke, his name for Luo Fan had changed. Obviously, Luo Fan's status in his heart is already very different from before.

Luo Fan just smiled and said: "My Taoist friend is serious, this is just a small effort, but it is nothing compared with the method given by my Taoist friend."

Taoist Hong Kuo stood up and heard Luo Fan's words. His expression changed slightly, and he seemed a little ashamed. He said: "Actually, that method is only a small part of a complete method. It's just because I am just an incarnation, but I cannot carry the complete method. , so I can only pass on this small part to Brother Tao, which is really insignificant compared to what Brother Tao has given me. Otherwise, should I ask the main body to come over and pass on the method to Brother Tao myself?"

Luo Fan said: "Don't worry, fellow Taoist, I already know that the method is only a small part. However, what I need is only that small part. Having that small part of the method is equivalent to me having In fact, now I have derived a complete method that is unique to me through that small part, but I no longer need the complete method of my fellow Taoists.”

When Taoist Hong Kuo heard this, a look of shock appeared on his face.

That method, or in other words, how exquisite that method is, can be seen from the fact that even the incarnation of an existence of his level cannot bear it.

But now, Luo Fan actually deduced the entire method from a small part of the method cut out from the complete method.

This ability is as incredible as deducing the structure of the entire universe from a grain of sand!

Luo Fan, who is able to do this, has obviously reached a level of wisdom and realm that is completely beyond his comprehension.

At this moment, he felt as if he had never known Luo Fan. All his previous impressions of Luo Fan seemed to be just his imagination...

Suddenly, his heart moved, and he suddenly said: "Brother Dao, could it be that he is following a retrograde path?!"

Luo Fan was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Why do fellow Taoists say that?"

"Brother Dao's realm definitely exceeds the level of six tribulations. If a strong person of this level takes the righteous path like us, it will never be possible to achieve the path of Taoism below the sixth level. Only by following the legendary path The retrograde path does not need to be limited to the Taoist path, and it can be achieved on the Taoist path below the sixth level. And the Taoist brother only ascended to this level not long ago, so I made this judgment. "Taoist Hong Kuo looked at Luo Fan with admiration and worry at the same time.

However, although he was asking, in fact he was almost convinced that Luo Fan was going retrograde.

After all, he is also a disciple of Tao Zun. As a disciple of Tao Zun, his knowledge is not bad no matter what. At a lower level, the fact that Luo Fan was on the retrograde path had been seen through by many monks. As a disciple of Taoist Master at the peak of the Six Tribulations, this Taoist Master realized that Luo Fan was on the retrograde path after being in contact with him for such a long time. , but it’s not surprising at all.

And his expression after seeing that Luo Fan was going retrograde was even more reasonable.

Admiration, of course, needless to say, the retrograde path has always existed only in legends. Although Taoist practitioners have been practicing for billions of years, they have never seen any monk embark on such a path.

Those are what I heard, and they are just specious legends. Although he heard from Tao Zun that such a path of cultivation existed, at the same time, he also learned from Dao Zun how difficult and risky this retrograde path was!

If calculated in proportion, one of the trillions of powerful people who have entered the tribulation who are following the righteous path may be able to become a true saint. And if we count the retrograde path, even the trillions of powerful people who have entered the tribulation who take the retrograde path may not be able to give birth to a true saint!

Almost all the powerful people who entered the tribulation on the retrograde path died in one or two tribulations, their souls were scattered, and they would never be reincarnated.

This ratio is given by the True Sanctuary.

According to True Sage, this is to facilitate their understanding of the ratio given. It only represents the difference in difficulty between the two, but it does not mean that this is really the ratio.

It is precisely because the chance of becoming a saint by taking the retrograde path is so small that more and more people in the world are abandoning the retrograde path. Of course, it is precisely because it was abandoned that it was called the retrograde path... Otherwise, different ways of practice, which one is upright and who is downright, obviously make sense.

Because he knew this, Taoist Hong Kuo naturally greatly admired Luo Fan, who dared to take the retrograde path and had already vaguely mastered this path.

Of course, there is no need to worry. The risks on the retrograde path are so huge. Each calamity is equivalent to a test of ten deaths and no rebirth. Even in the process of practice between calamities, there are countless risks. Taking such a path How dangerous it is is self-evident.

Taoist Hong Kuo is so grateful to Luo Fan now, how could he not be worried about him embarking on such a path?

Luo Fan just smiled and said: "As expected, I am worthy of being a disciple of Tao Zun, and my knowledge is extraordinary. Yes, I should be walking what you call the retrograde path. However, in my opinion, maybe I am the right one, your That’s the opposite.”

Taoist Hong Kuo just sighed helplessly at this time. He had been a little lucky before, but now that he heard Luo Fan admit it, he was finally convinced of the path Luo Fan was taking, and there was no chance left in his heart.

"Perhaps, Master once said that there is no difference between the retrograde path and the upright path. Compared with the retrograde path, the advantage of the upright path is that the risk is low. Although its chance of becoming a Taoist It is a multiple of hundreds of millions compared to the retrograde path, but that is not because this path is really that much better than the retrograde path, but because monks who take the righteous path generally have multiples of hundreds of millions. Because there is such a long time to practice, the number of Taoist achievements accumulated over the endless years will naturally be much greater than that of the retrograde path. The advantage of the retrograde path is speed. It can be said that it is actually equivalent to compressing the spiritual path that is trillions of times longer into a very short period of time, so that the dangers encountered in the end will naturally be compared. Taking the upright path is many times more intensive. Coupled with the repeated catastrophes, the chance of achieving enlightenment on the retrograde path becomes so small. Therefore, from a certain perspective, the upright path and the retrograde path are different. There is not much difference between the paths." At this time, Daoist Hong Kuo recounted what he had heard from his master about the righteous path and the retrograde path.

Hearing this, Luo Fan's face turned solemn.

This passage is from a high-level perspective. It is almost an absolute bird's-eye view of the practice of the true sages. It tells the similarities and differences between the righteous path and the retrograde path clearly and clearly. Luo Fan only felt that most of the fog that originally covered his eyes dissipated in an instant.

For a long time, he relied almost entirely on himself in his practice. When he encountered a bottleneck and couldn't find a direction, he would study and test from other monks.

There is really no way, just to look for it from heaven and earth, from the state of chaos.

If that doesn't work, he will rely on catastrophes one after another to give him inspiration.

In this way, it almost took a lot of bumps and bruises to get to where I am today.

As for the fundamental path of cultivation, and the so-called upright and reverse paths, he only learned about it after he came to the world of Dao Zun and came into contact with many powerful people who had entered the calamity on the road to Dao Zun.

In the past, he didn't even know that there was a difference between upright and reverse practice.

For a long time, he even thought that the only way to practice is to follow the path he took. From the beginning, he started to sort out his own world view, and then perfected his world view again and again during the process of practice, and perfected his world view. It's just a way.

It wasn't until he came to this great world that he discovered that such a method was actually a method that went against the general trend in the eyes of other monks.

The truly mainstream way of practice is actually to gather your own concepts bit by bit, to perfect one concept after another, to improve one concept after another. Such continuous accumulation, continuous gathering, and finally, in the end, it will come together naturally and become a unique one. , a complete world view, and at the same time, it also allows the monk's Taoist realm to naturally rise to the level of true saint!

In fact, if given a choice, Luo Fan's true intention is still leaning towards the right path.

After all, although such a road is extremely complicated, it seems to be far away. Even with the most optimistic prediction, it will definitely take more than trillions of years to complete the practice.

However, this kind of practice process is safer after all.

Not only are there no misfortunes one after another, but there are countless experiences of previous people before us. As long as you are willing, you can get guidance from countless predecessors!

But, unfortunately, when Luo Fan knew the difference between the forward path and the reverse path, he could no longer look back.

At that time, he had already passed through the catastrophe and truly established his own path!

Moreover, his worldview has been completely established, and his worldview has been completely integrated with him, and can no longer be separated. Naturally, he will no longer be able to perfect one concept after another like the righteous path. , complete.

Therefore, all he can choose is the retrograde path.

More importantly, from that time on, his heart had truly recognized the retrograde road, and felt that the retrograde road was his true path, and the way forward on the retrograde road was the way forward that his heart longed for. …

And it was only now, when the words of the true sage were relayed from the mouth of Taoist Master Hong, that he truly had a macro understanding of the similarities and differences between the righteous path and the retrograde path.

Really understand why the righteous path is the righteous path and the retrograde path is the retrograde path.

For a moment, he felt that his state of mind suddenly became more open, although he would not have any sudden enlightenment right away, which would suddenly make his Taoist realm a huge step forward. But, at least the feeling of oppression that was vaguely suppressing his heart had completely dissipated.

"Looking at it this way, perhaps in the initial stage of the chaotic state, the retrograde path is the real mainstream path." Luo Fan exhaled a long breath and said.

However, Taoist Hong Kuo said with some shame: "I don't know about this. At the beginning, Master only mentioned the righteous path and the retrograde path, and did not explain it further. We don't know either. If you dare to ask, it will just pass. If I had known that I would meet Taoist brother, I would have asked for advice. "

Luo Fan smiled faintly and said, "Fellow Taoist, you are joking. I am extremely satisfied to hear this. How can I dare to expect more?"

He naturally knew that the Taoist Master behind Hong Kuo could mention such a thing about the righteous path and the retrograde path, which was actually an unexpected gain for him. After all, the Taoist Master obviously has no intention of letting his disciples take the retrograde path. He talks about this retrograde path at most just to broaden his disciples' horizons, so as not to encounter beings like him who take the retrograde path in the future. Just don’t understand.

Under such circumstances, how could he possibly explain more about the situation of the retrograde path? If the explanation is too clear, what should I do if my disciple is tempted and dares to challenge the retrograde path without overestimating his own abilities? Wouldn't that be contrary to his plan?

With such an idea, if Taoist Hong Kuo asks about the retrograde road, it might make the Taoist suspect that he has some overestimation of his abilities...

Taoist Hong Kuo was still ashamed, feeling that he had failed to help Luo Fan and felt sorry for him.