Myriad Paths

Li Qi stood up and left.

He did not save those suffering people in Immortal Heaven because there was no need.

Today, Li Qi is no longer the passionate young man he was in Guangyang.

If Li Qi at this moment returned to Guangyang, then he would most likely choose to sit on the sidelines and only take action when Monk Zenzhi takes action in the end.

As for the previous events, such as the struggle in Guangyang, the Demon Lord Swallowing Heaven's desire to compete, the Rat King's desire to snatch incense, and even the various insensitivities of the local people, Li Qi would probably not care.

No reason, it's completely unnecessary.

Yes, there is no need. These are all in a completely natural state. They are the way they are. They are not very good, but they are not very bad either. There is no need to force changes.

Forcing change is like a documentary cameraman running to rescue a seal pup from a polar bear's mouth.

Is this a good thing?

I'm afraid not necessarily.

The only thing that is not so suitable is probably the arrival of Zen Zhi Monk, so Li Qi will stop this, but will let the others go.

The same is naturally true for things in Immortal Heaven.

A long life and nearly ten thousand years of experience have made Li Qi break away from the enthusiastic state of the past.

He will still pursue his own path, but he will not interfere so strongly with the external world, because he knows that the essence of those things is actually quite nihilistic.

The stronger you are, the more you can appreciate the impact of one or two things on the world.

The impact is basically zero.

When your perspective is wider, the suffering of individuals becomes smaller. Li Qi is not indifferent, nor has he lost justice, but his vision has become higher and he wants to solve more profound problems.

For example, just like before in the mortal world of Immortal Heaven, he did not reach out to help any mortals, did not save any suffering people, and seemed to just watch silently.

But a thousand years later, those mortals have transformed from animals raised by practitioners into humans, and are even qualified to "generate benevolent intentions."

Being kind is very expensive, and animals are not capable of being kind.

Before you know it, everything has changed.

This is what Li Qi is doing now.

Of course, this is a typical witchcraft perspective, that is, looking at individual gains and losses from the perspective of the balance of the entire world.

What the hell is the balance of heaven and earth to humanity? It is clear that everyone deserves to be saved.

They have done millions of times the power to save a small team. If a ninth-level human being is in trouble outside the territory and sends a distress message through the terminal, it is very likely that a seventh-level person will come to save him, regardless of the cost.

Of course, the premise is that you have to be a human being.

As for the magic way or the way of heaven, don't expect anyone to save you, just let nature take its course.

Therefore, Li Qi did not interfere with this dilemma. To solve this kind of thing, he must rely on a deeper Tao, a Tao that is enough to change the existing path of the immortal world.

And Li Qi didn't even understand the existing Tao in the real world, so it was still too early to talk about it.

As for making everyone happy...

That Li Qi couldn't do.

Because the essence of happiness is not enjoyment. No matter how much enjoyment you have, you will always feel bored and mediocre.

What really makes people feel happy is the gap.

The gap between comparison with others and the gap between one’s own past life.

If you fall from high to low and then get up again, you will be very happy.

In the past, I ate chaffy vegetables, but now I eat white flour steamed buns. This difference will make people very happy, even happier than those who have lived in good clothes and food all their lives.

The greater the gap between high and low, the stronger the sense of happiness. After the gap, it becomes a habit. After getting used to it, no matter how good things are, you will no longer feel happy.

Making everyone happy is a false proposition in itself, unless everyone is allowed to continue to rise and fall.

In fact, you will get used to the process of going up and down, and in the end you will become numb if you fall or rise casually.

It's like reaching a rank in a game. When participating in the King's Promotion Tournament for the first time, some people's hands and feet will feel numb and their whole body will be nervous. The joy after successfully completing the competition will fill their whole body.

But the second time, this feeling is difficult to replicate.

Come a few more times, and you will be the king every season. Even if you open a trumpet and start from scratch to increase the points, it will not feel like anything.

Even if you use drugs to forcibly remove chemical bliss, you must use larger and larger doses to maintain it.

Therefore, it is impossible for everyone to be happy.

Li Qi knew this, so he would not pursue such nihilistic things.

Keep your feet on the ground, after all, the purpose of coming here is not to save the people, but to win over the immortals. In essence, Li Qi is still doing things to wish people.

I hope that what Li Qi has done will make Xiantian choose to join the 'Wood Dao' camp and help the Witch Dao fight against humanity.

So, on the other side——

With Lingxiao's help, Li Qi's handwritten invitation letter reached the hands of every respectable person in the city.

Everyone knew that a person in the Tongtian realm wanted to hold a banquet and invited many people to the party.

In addition to the banquet on the upper level, he even arranged a flowing banquet outside the venue. Anyone can come and eat, with no limit on the quantity, but they are not allowed to take it away.

No one can figure out what this Tongtian realm wants to do.

But no matter what, it is definitely coming.

Li Qi went to prepare the banquet itself.

After Lingxiao sent out all the invitations, she was surrounded by a crowd of people.

But I saw a sixth-grade person asking hurriedly: "Miss Ling, you are the niece of the city lord. I think you are on our side. You have been in front of the Tongtian Realm senior for so long, have you ever seen his purpose?"

Others also agreed: "Yes, what does that senior want to do?"

"Xiaoxiao, what kind of person is he?"

"How is your cultivation? How is your combat power? How does it compare with the sect master?"

"The sect leader is also in the realm of Heaven. I guess he won't be too far behind. But how can this person walk alone? Doesn't he have any disciples or grandchildren of his own? Or is he a lonely person?"

A bunch of people were asking questions. They were obviously a group of sixth-grade people who had achieved immortality and enjoyed eternal blessings. At this moment, they looked like a bunch of ducks.

Lingxiao was also quite dissatisfied with this scene, so she withdrew and flew away, saying: "Everyone, please stay away and show some dignity. Ask them one by one. Of course I will tell you everything. Don't make it like this."

"It would be rude of me to just stand here and ask. Why don't you just stand there, Lingxiao, while the others write down the questions in notes and give them to the city lord, who will ask them one by one." At this time, someone suggested.

After all, he was still at the sixth level, and he still had basic organizational skills. After the proposal was unanimously approved, the city lord walked out and sat next to Lingxiao. The others quickly wrote out their own questions and handed them to the city lord.

Everyone wants to know specific information.

Lingxiao knew what they were thinking. These people were very concerned about the Tongtian Realm, but they were also very afraid of the people around them. They were afraid that someone could use that Tongtian Realm to break some deadlocks, so they gathered here and said It's an inquiry, in fact it's a forced inquiry. I can't get out of this place.

You have to dig out all the answers before you can get out.

Even his uncle, the city lord, was sitting in front of him at this moment. Although there was a smile in his eyes, he was also wary of other people.

Obviously... everyone actually has no conflicts. It can even be said that they get along well. There is no point of competition between everyone, because for the sixth grade, all mines are determined and cannot be taken away casually. That way The risk is too great.

But they are still wary of each other.

This reminded Lingxiao of what the senior in the Tongtian realm said about the struggle for self-subjectivity.

The struggle for fame and fortune is actually about the ‘qualification to discipline’ others.

Because in the real world of Xiantian, there is no resource dilemma. Xiantian is a first-class world and it is very easy to feed everyone, so infighting is completely self-inflicted.

The total amount of resources occupied is not important, what is important is the percentage of resources occupied.

49% just cannot compare with 51%. Even if 49% resources are enough to be enjoyed for a thousand lifetimes, in terms of status, you are the part that is disciplined by 51% and will be defined by the other party. Your subjectivity occupied by the other party.

It does not matter whether it is combat power, resources, or reputation.

What they do is not their own survival needs, but to overwhelm the other party, otherwise they can only live in the shadow of the other party.

Even though the Tongtian Realm senior was just passing by, they were unwilling to let go of this opportunity easily, and they were even less likely to accept even 'possible' threats from others.

In the past, Lingxiao thought that this situation was natural.

But after spending more than ten days with Li Qi, she suddenly realized...it didn't necessarily have to be this way.

In addition to competition for survival, other competitions...are they really necessary?

What if we cooperate?

Of course, she just thought about it this way, because she knew that it was almost impossible to eliminate this kind of competition.

This competitive mentality of oppressing others has been deeply rooted in everyone's heart, including Lingxiao herself.

Lingxiao saw another possibility, but even she felt that it was unrealistic.

cooperate?

How to cooperate?

There are many twists and turns here.

So, instead of doing anything, she started answering questions.

Everyone sent the questions they wrote to the city lord.

This city lord was submissive in front of Li Qi before, but now he looked quite majestic. With his goatee and middle-aged appearance, he still looked quite oppressive.

The city lord picked up the first question: "Let's get started. What is this person's purpose?"

Lingxiao replied: "He is observing the city, from the lowest mortals to us people. This banquet was designed by him to observe us."

She didn't hide anything, because if she lied or concealed something, others could easily see it, and... Li Qi also said that there was no need for her to hide anything, just tell the truth.

Li Qi was not prepared to hide his intentions at all.

"Why are you observing this?" The city lord frowned slightly.

"If I knew, I could go to the Tongtian realm." Lingxiao curled her lips.

"Well...the next five pictures all have this question, and the next one is, how does the other person treat you? Like? Dislike?" the city lord looked at Lingxiao and said.

This kind of gaze made Lingxiao feel a little uncomfortable, but she still said: "He is not interested in me and basically ignores me, but he asked me to draw his portrait. I used the portrait as an excuse to follow him anytime and anywhere and look at his face. demeanor.”

This answer made the others slightly lower their heads.

There is drama.

Lingxiao frowned.

These people seem to have misunderstood something.

"The next question is, what is the other party's cultivation level?" the city lord asked again.

"Can a person who asks such a question be thrown out? Don't you have eyes? He has been in the city these days. Your spies have been watching, right? Is this kind of person worthy of sitting in this house?" Ling Xiao Leng glanced across the others.

"My niece is right." The city lord smiled, then stretched out his hand and flicked, but saw the face of the fat man below changed, and the whole person was directly flung away.

It was obvious that everyone was at the sixth level, but with just one move, the opponent was knocked away without the slightest ability to resist.

As expected, not everyone can afford the title of city lord.

This time also frightened Lingxiao.

The city lord is her uncle, but he was not like this before.

etc--

With this change in attitude, could it be said that her uncle wanted to get from her——

"Okay, let's move on to the next question. Don't be nervous." The city lord smiled and patted Lingxiao.

Lingxiao suddenly felt a chill.

Because of Li Qi's arrival, my uncle might have some bad intentions...

It's not necessary. He is already the city lord and the most powerful one here. What is he thinking?

At this time, the city lord's voice came again: "Huh? Why don't you answer? What are you thinking about?"

Lingxiao quickly raised her head: "Uncle...can you say it again? I didn't hear it just now."

The city lord was not angry and just continued: "Oh, okay, the question just now is, have you grasped the charm of this senior? Even just a little bit will do."

Lingxiao choked slightly.

The rain is about to come, and the wind is blowing all over the building.

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However, as the center of everything, Li Qi was still very relaxed.

He is currently sitting on a rock in the wild, playing with a fairy stone in his hand.

The reason for relaxation is also very simple. He can flatten and round the city with one hand, smash it all to pieces and rebuild it again. This is of course relaxing, just like a vacation.

Faced with this kind of power, it is natural for others to want to take advantage of it. This is natural ambition and the driving force for human progress.

Mastering power beyond oneself is the original intention of many civilized practices, and Li Qi is used to it.

In fact, it is better to say that he is deliberately provoking these people.

Whether it is the city lord or other forces, including Lingxiao, everything is under Li Qi's control.

Driven by this kind of ambition, a lot is sure to happen in the city.

Under the turmoil, Li Qicai could see more clearly.

What you see in a pool of stagnant water is only a calm surface. Only when social conflicts are exploded can you truly see the deep operating logic of the fairy world.

It's almost time.

Thinking about this, Li Qi stood up from the stone.

It was time to prepare for the banquet, something he was very experienced at.

When he was in Chang'an, Li Qi was a banquet expert. The flower gods in Shangyuan all asked him to be their contractor for banquets. (End of chapter)