Myriad Paths

Li Qi suddenly felt a little tired.

It was obviously just the end of class, just like a middle school student graduating, but the classmates around him were already about to embark on some kind of hostile path.

This made Li Qi realize one thing again -

The ways are different and they do not seek each other.

Different minds cannot be explained together.

If we share the same path and work together, we will have the benefit of supporting and irrigating people.

If we are different and conspire together, there will be dangers of harm and misunderstanding.

This made Li Qi couldn't help but look at his body again.

In his body, several Tao unified into one, which seems to be beneficial now, but if in the future as his cultivation level increases, his understanding of various Tao will deepen, and the differences among them will be discovered and understood...

Then my results may not be very good.

But it is impossible to abandon the current small world of human life, because then it will inevitably need to be rebuilt.

What he needs to rebuild is not his cultivation, but the entire path. He needs to smash his three views and then rebuild them.

How can it be so simple? In daily life, it is already very difficult just to make people accept new things. Let people who are accustomed to eating rice eat bread every day. Except for a few people and helplessness, the rest is Can't accept it.

It is so difficult to simply eat, let alone completely reshape one's outlook on life.

Modifying one's own Tao is not simply a matter of changing one's skills. It requires changing oneself as a person.

In other words, many of Li Qi's current concepts are torn apart.

Many of his concepts can be integrated temporarily, but in the future, these concepts will inevitably be torn apart, causing a tear in his path, such as about 'righteousness' and 'righteousness'.

If justice and righteousness cannot coexist, then how should he deal with himself?

Only one of them can be abandoned, which will inevitably lead to the tearing of the small world of the human body, which will lead to the loss of control of cultivation and the collapse of Taoist heart.

If the Tao that he has always adhered to in the past is wrong and conflicts with each other, then he will naturally not be able to move forward. Maintaining the status quo is the best result. If he wants to go further, it is simply impossible.

If you don't move forward on the road, rashly improving your cultivation is just asking for death. Out-of-control cultivation will blow up the small world of your body.

This is actually something that is easy to understand.

Suppose a person's Tao is Newtonian mechanics, and he builds his own personal world based on Newtonian mechanics.

Then, when his cultivation gradually improves and can support him to move at one-tenth the speed of light, then at this time, the absolute view of space and time based on Newtonian mechanics will become invalid, and his own Tao is not absolutely correct. It is easy to encounter various situations that cannot be handled.

Therefore, his cultivation will be out of control, and the 'Tao' of the small human world cannot support this more mysterious and profound reality. Then he will collapse, his cultivation will be scattered, and finally he will explode and die.

In order to solve this situation, he must make progress, improve his understanding of the world, find the correct way to interpret the world, or simply give up the original way and directly copy others.

If you don't do this, then you will remain as you are, or your cultivation will decline.

Li Qi didn't want to copy others, he wanted to come up with his own, but the problem was that now he was more and more aware of his own shortcomings and the possible future conflicts between existing orthodoxies.

This crisis is not imminent, but it has become a natural chasm that must be overcome on his path of spiritual practice.

If it is not resolved, his path will be a dead end.

How to deal with it?

It will definitely not work behind closed doors.

Li Qi became more and more eager to travel to the East China Sea.

He has to see and learn more things, so that he can expand his understanding of the world, and then he can use these as nourishment to allow his Tao to accommodate everything currently.

The trip to the East China Sea was not just for Luofu Mountain. Li Qi suddenly felt that he needed to find a solution during this safe period.

It must be solvable, otherwise, this world should not exist.

This is the source of support for Li Qi's confidence.

The fact that this great avenue of heaven and earth can allow the existence of many Taoist systems means that there must be a supreme ultimate avenue that can govern everything and include all reality.

only……

This great avenue is also the goal pursued by countless people, and is even one of the goals of all great avenues.

Can Li Qi solve it?

To be honest, he didn't know it himself, but since he had already come to this point, what else could he do? Unless you rebuild or brainwash yourself, there is no way out.

In this case, we can only move forward. If we really come to a dead end...

Let’s talk about it then.

After feeling reassured, Li Qi relaxed a little, drank the wine in his glass, stood up and prepared to leave.

However, before I could leave, I saw a big fat man running towards me with a groan.

Seeing the fat man in white shorts, Li Qi immediately became awe-struck and walked towards him: "Brother Guo, why did you suddenly come here?"

This fat man is Guo Penghai, the contractor of the Taixue Canteen.

"Ouch, brother, isn't it going to be a holiday soon? I'm afraid that I won't be able to see him in the next few months, so I came here in a hurry." Guo Penghai shook his head and shook his fat body.

"Haha, it's not like I ran away. Why are you in such a hurry? But from what Brother Guo said, does something happen? Is it about your latest new dish?" Li Qi asked curiously.

"I feel ashamed to say it, but I want to ask my brother for some things, but I don't know if he is willing..." Guo Penghai scratched his head in embarrassment.

"Brother Guo, it doesn't matter. As long as I can do it, I have no problem with it. It's just...Brother Guo, you are a fourth-grade master after all. Is there anything you can't do that you need me to do?" Li Qi was confused in his heart. , so he asked.

"Well, the main thing is that I just heard it. Aren't you going to the East China Sea?" Guo Penghai said.

"Yes, I really plan to go to the East China Sea during this vacation." Li Qi nodded. He did not hide this from his classmates. Anyway, with his status, going to the East China Sea is not a big deal.

Guo Penghai must have heard his chat with his classmates, right?

"That's right, brother, you also know that the relationship between Chang'an and Donghai is not very good recently. After all, I am a member of the imperial court, more or less, and it is not easy to go to Donghai. I just happened to be short of a few ingredients recently. It's produced in the East China Sea. Originally, I was thinking of finding someone to buy it at a high price, but since you're going to the East China Sea, why don't you collect some for me locally and bring some to me?" said Bohaiguo.

"It turns out it's just such a small thing, so it's of course my duty to do it. Don't worry, brother Guo. I'll definitely bring you everything you want. Just make a list for me." Li Qi nodded and agreed happily.

I just went out to help people get some groceries, no big deal.

"Then, please put this thing away. I have already written a list of the things here. There are several world contracts in it, all of them are sixth-grade worlds. There are also some silver coins, Qi beads, magic weapons and the like. , the total should be enough for my ingredients, and there is still a surplus.”

"When the time comes, help me buy the things on the list, and the rest will be treated as your hard work, brother, so I'll trouble you." Guo Penghai carelessly handed Li Qi a mustard seed bag.

The price of things like Dongtian itself is already very high, just like the large trucks that transport goods. In fact, it is most likely to be more valuable than the goods, so Guo Penghai still chose the mustard bag.

Anyway, there are not many things in the world, and the mustard bag is enough.

Li Qi stretched out his hand to take it and weighed it. This mustard seed bag was of extremely high quality. It was indeed a fourth-grade bag. It was a generous purchase.

"Okay, then I'll accept it. I should be back in three or four months. I won't let Brother Guo wait any longer." Li Qi said with a smile.

"Brother, I'm sure I can rest assured. Besides, it's just some ingredients. The East China Sea is so far away, so it's normal that you can't get them. You should do your thing first, and it doesn't matter if you wait until you have free time to go shopping." Cooking Sea Pot patted Li Qi shoulders.

Afterwards, the two exchanged some pleasantries, and Li Qi talked about the new dish of Haiguo. The two ended the conversation in a good atmosphere.

After that, Li Qi left.

Now that the matter in Chang'an has been settled, it's time to go to the East China Sea.

However, Li Qi was not prepared to set off directly from Chang'an, because that would be asking for trouble. The Tang State was already at war with the East China Sea, and even if there was no war in the world, the relationship was still not good.

Therefore, Li Qi prepared to set off from Baiyue.

He still remembers the poem from the Dalu Kingdom: "The Lishui River can be used for boating, and it can go south to the sea and reach the pine trees in the north."

Lishui is the one that goes south to the sea. If you go to the land of Baiyue, you can take a boat in Lishui in the Dalu Kingdom, and you can reach the South China Sea, which is the Monster Clan area in the southeast. Then you can take a sea boat and proceed along the coastline. Starting from a deep-water port, it finally reaches the depths of the East China Sea.

The whole journey took about a month.

If you pass through the bridge, you can cross a large distance in an instant, but you can't.

Jintai cannot be teleported directly to Liesu, but can only be teleported to the territory of the Tang Kingdom. Similarly, Liesu cannot be teleported directly to the territory of the Tang Kingdom.

If everyone can teleport at will, it means everyone is exposing each other's weaknesses. Who would dare to do this?

Therefore, things like Jintai and Liesu have set strict boundaries and can only go to their respective borders.

If Li Qi chose Jintai to rush to the border, then go to Baiyue, go from Baiyue to Liesu, use Liesu to teleport to the border of the East China Sea, and then take a boat to the depths of the East China Sea...

This journey, just from Baiyue to Liesu, would take several months.

It is better to go directly to Baiyue and then take a boat into the sea, which is faster.

After confirming the travel route and finishing the last class, Li Qi set off that night without much delay.

Of course, this time I brought the old horse with me.

Since Li Qi's cultivation reached the seventh level, Lao Ma has been unable to keep up, and has gradually lost its performance as a means of transportation. After all, not many people can keep up with Li Qi's cultivation speed.

However, Li Qi said that the old horse was his friend, not his mount, so he still kept the old horse by his side.

This time we are going to the East China Sea. Li Qi is not good at water, but the old horse is a dragon horse after all, and is about to transform into a dragon. It can walk on water and dive easily, at least better than Li Qi, so this time Li Qi brought the old horse with him. horse.

Saying goodbye to his friends and passing through Jintai with various purposes, Li Qi quickly left Chang'an and came to the border.

Riding an old horse, we crossed the border of Tang Dynasty.

Choosing to go from Lishui to Donghai this time is probably a bit selfish.

He wanted to see the current Paibo Gang and also visit the God of Lishui whom he worshiped in the past.

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Da da da.

The old horse's hooves walked on the stone street.

One day later, Li Qi had arrived at Dalu Country.

This distance is quite fast. From Jintai in Chang'an, you can reach the border in a jiffy. From the border to Dalu Country, it is only ten or twenty thousand miles. With the strength of the old horse, you can get there in a day and a night.

The distance that used to feel endless now feels normal.

Great Deer Country, he is back again.

This is the capital of Lizhou, the country of Dalu.

Li Qi has been away for many years, but nothing has changed here. Everything is exactly the same as when he first left.

Li Qi could even see his wanted notice, but it was the one from a few years ago. The paper had long been damaged and yellowed.

It can be seen that this wanted order is just like what Li Qi thought at the beginning. It is purely for show. The local police officers are not prepared to arrest people at all and are just perfunctory.

The holidays have just begun, and winter has just begun. All walks of life have begun to shrink, and everyone is stocking up on supplies for the winter.

According to Li Qi's understanding of Lizhou, this period should be the peak period for river transportation, because all kinds of winter supplies, coal, grain, etc. will be transported here while the Lishui River is not completely frozen.

If Lishui is frozen and you still want to transport it, you will have to spend a lot of money to transport it. And because Dalu Country does not have mature technology for breeding and domesticating monsters, this kind of transport will most likely only use people, and the cost will further increase. .

The backward scenes seen in the past, including the lack of breeding industry, lack of practitioners, extreme xenophobia of local small groups, and extreme reliance on the production relationship of "people and animals", have not changed at all.

But yes.

It has not changed in thousands of years, and it is unlikely to change in the past few years.

Li Qi walked to the edge of Lishui River, preparing to look for the Trackers Gang and see the brothers from the Paibo Gang.

Because he was riding a horse, and although his clothes were not fancy, they were very clean, so the laborers and others who passed by quickly avoided him for fear of bumping into the big shot.

Things like law are not very effective in Dalu Country.

This is not Chang'an. Even the fifth-grade people have to wait for the red light and dare not go beyond half a step.

However, he rode around the pier and river bank for several times, but found that the Paibo Gang could not be found.

"Huh? Didn't you come out?" Li Qi was confused.

He decided to go to the station to find out. Could it be that he didn't come out to work? But now is the peak season for river transportation, so everyone except the old, weak, women and children should be mobilized.

The Paibo Gang's station was relatively remote and couldn't be passed by on horseback, so Li Qi dismounted, led the old horse, and squeezed in the alleys, trying to pass through these alleys and get to the small river beach before.

The current old horse is one foot tall at the shoulders, and is like a giant beast. Moreover, he doesn’t know how to change his size yet, and he doesn’t want to collapse the wall, so he has no choice but to curl up and squeeze hard.

After finally squeezing through more than a dozen holes, Li Qi arrived at his previous residence, but found that the Paibo Gang was not the one living here.

I was too tired and went to bed early last night, so I forgot to update. Sorry.