Monster Hunting High School

"I am indeed the first to break through the ancient ranks, but I am not the first wizard to leave this world."

The teacher lowered his finger and pointed at the veins of the leaves of the regular script tree under him, and said with a chuckle: "——Just like you have studied at the First University for four years and have not become a registered wizard or received a diploma, you can still leave the school... and leave the world. There is not only one way. Some people choose to be spiritually transformed, while others choose to sneak away in body. There are still people, like me, who insist on taking the most traditional path. At this point, Azathoth, who opened up the road to the stars, appears to be extremely conservative, so he failed to break through and melted into the universe... making a similar move to him. There are not a few ancient ones who have chosen. I am just a little further than them."

Sounds like an understatement.

But Zheng Qing could guess how huge the difference was.

He couldn't help but ask: "How did you do it?"

This time, the husband did not give a perfunctory answer, but pondered for a moment, but in the end he still shook his head and did not give a definite answer: "To be honest, I don't know, but one day, I suddenly knew that I became... now Think about it, there are many possibilities. For example, establishing the First University will bring me huge blessings; for example, sorting out the forbidden curse will gain the favor of the world. ; Another example is that the black and yellow tree raised in the school really became the climate, or the world was about to be promoted, and I just happened to be there... Any conditions are established, but like many truly successful people, We are also confused and inconsistent about the reasons for our success. Standing at the moment, it is difficult for us to have a clear, complete and correct understanding of ourselves. "

This answer is somewhat different from what Zheng Qing expected.

"Then..." Zheng Qing was suddenly at a loss for words - even the gentleman himself was not sure how he broke through the ancient one, so how should people go about it later?

"Just because I can't see through it doesn't mean that others can't see through it later."

The husband smiled in a low voice: "——If life has taught me anything, it is that no matter how old you are, there is always room for you to continue to grow in this world. So you have to be full of hope for the future... and Awe. Just like in Sanyou Bookstore, everyone's life is like a book on the bookshelf. Every book has a period when it turns to the last page, and some books have a question mark at the end. , some books have an ellipsis at the end, and some books have 'stay tuned' at the end.

You are my disciple. On the first day you entered the wizarding world, you have been freed from most of the troubles in this world. But starting from today, you will begin to face the future alone - the feeling of unpredictability and loss of control that belongs to the future will allow you to truly find the meaning of living. "

Zheng Qing naturally dislikes the feeling of 'losing control'.

The gentleman seemed to see the resistance in his eyes.

"You just asked me how I surpassed the Ancient One."

He stretched out his hand and drew a line in front of Zheng Qing, letting the line turn into a square, a circle, and a triangle, with a bit of encouragement in his tone: "——Actually, this is a method you can try. You are already If you are in "order", then you should explore the realm of "beyond order" and see what "chaos" feels like and what "out of control" is like. , and what kind of experience "unpredictability" will bring. One of the most underestimated difficulties in life is knowing when to leave the current comfort zone and enter the next stage of life. Similarly, the road to magic is the most difficult. It’s also about going beyond the known and exploring the unknown. Do you know what is most important to a wizard with superb magic power?”

"It's definitely not a spell-casting skill." Zheng Qing muttered.

"A very cunning answer." The gentleman knocked him on the head. Zheng Qing covered his head and suddenly remembered a few words that his husband had mentioned not long ago, and related them to the novels and movies he had read. Suddenly, his face suddenly became a little enlightened: "——Could it be will, soul, or love? ? Well, I mean, is it a sense of responsibility for the world? "

The gentleman glanced at him, his eyes seemed a bit playful, and then he shook his head.

"It's a rule."

He did not continue to play riddles, but directly said the final answer: "Every powerful wizard has his own rules. To use the words of the gods that are more easily accepted by people, they are rules. Rules or rules are The content that every legend and every ancient is most concerned about.”

"Aren't rules just order? This is contrary to the 'out of control' you just mentioned!" Zheng Qing forgot about the pain on his forehead, put down his hand, and frowned.

"That's the part I want to highlight."

The teacher emphasized slightly: "Order or chaos is a choice, a path, a 'Tao', but rules are the fundamental way for you to maintain yourself on these 'paths'. Your Tao is 'order', so Pay special attention to the subtle differences between your own way and the rules you should follow.”

Zheng Qing felt numb after hearing this: "I still don't quite understand..."

The gentleman looked up at the fleeting light outside the five-colored light, then looked down at the veins on the leaves of the regular script tree, and then looked at the young wizard again: "Well, for example, let's say there are two countries, one pays attention to order, and the other pays attention to order. One allows for chaos, which is the direction of development of two different paths, but at the same time, the two countries each maintain a certain 'core' that allows them to exist as a country without being wrapped up in the ideals they promote. .

Specific to the individual, a powerful wizard needs to integrate countless subtle and real wills inside and outside himself. To describe it simply and scientifically, every cell in the human body, just like every natural person in society, has its own consciousness. Ordinary wizards He will only be in touch with his own shallow consciousness, but a true legend needs to command the consciousness of tens of trillions of cells in the entire body... Without rules, the collective consciousness and unconsciousness will easily devour the self. In the words of classical wizards, it is transformation or becoming a demon. The out-of-control legends will not only consume themselves, but also the world in which they live...if no other powerful wizard can stop them. "

Zheng Qing somewhat understood the truth.

But he still didn't know how to determine the rules he should abide by.

"——The sun born in the morning dew will eventually sink among the stars born in the night dew. The dew (road, way) is no longer in the morning, but under the feet."

Perhaps because it was the last class, the teacher was particularly patient: "There is a wizard in Europe named Nietzsche. He is a bit extreme, but he has a very interesting saying - the second half of life is made up of habits, and His habits were indeed developed in the first half of his life. Some people also understand the second half of this sentence as "in the first half of his life, people had dueled with these habits." Develop good habits. In short, you are at the right age.”