Myriad Paths

Three months later, Li Qi sat in the Crystal Palace, looking out at the boundless deep sea.

He was doing his daily civilization survey to kill time.

A large amount of self-luminous seawater released a lot of heat, and the temperature of this world seemed to have risen again.

The self-luminous world is really beautiful.

When you see it for the first time, you will think that the whole world is full of this gorgeous and splendid luminous world... It is very shocking. The continental shelf and even the underwater forests farther away are emitting crystal light.

A large amount of spiritual energy is concentrated on the seabed, setting off waves of spiritual energy. Layer after layer, the semi-solid spiritual pool with a layered structure like a thousand-layer cake is a typical landmark here. Many sea monsters and some strange life forms are surrounded by these spiritual liquids, using them as their nests and habitats, just like the relationship between clownfish and coral reefs.

These semi-solid spiritual energies will emerge at intervals. If you look from a distance, it will look like the prosperous lights on the earth. If you regard the seabed as the sky, you can also see the beautiful galaxy in this deep ocean abyss.

This is how the self-luminescence of this world comes from. It is beautiful, but... it will still make people bored after staying for a long time.

But it is indeed a bit hot. Li Qi has been here for three months and still hasn't gotten used to it.

It's a bit like... heating iron to hundreds or even thousands of degrees, and the iron will become 'luminous maltose'.

Or, melting glass into that soft form, then the glass will "look delicious".

This temperature can't hurt him, but it still makes him feel a little... subtle, as if he is being slowly cooked by the sea at low temperature and simmered on low heat.

"Huh." Li Qi exhaled a breath of turbid air, and the gas was compressed into a small dot by the pressure the moment it came out, and then it quickly floated to the surface of the water.

The civilization survey that Li Qi is doing now is actually observing a small underwater civilization from a distance. This is just a very primitive civilization. In this second-grade world, their strongest is only the eighth grade, which is the kind of weeds on the roadside, living in this deep ocean, and secretly collecting a little bit of spiritual energy in their own unique ecological niche.

Just like some kind of marine voles, they hide secretly to eat some seeds or something, although they actually look like fish with ten legs and have strong climbing ability.

But it is still very interesting because they have high intelligence, and... although they live in the deep sea, they can't swim.

Yes, deep-sea civilization, can't swim!

They are a kind of cave creatures, living in caves. For them, the seabed is the sky, and they have air sacs in their bodies, and the buoyancy always sends them upwards, which allows them to stand safely on the top of the cave.

It's like a person standing on the ground.

Buoyancy is their gravity, and the top of the cave is their earth. They think they live on a mountain. As long as they jump out of the cliff (cave entrance), they will fall into the bottomless abyss (float to the surface of the water).

Anyway, according to the principle of relativity, their view is not a problem at all. Jumping out of the cave, in their eyes, is jumping out of the earth and falling down. Under a certain magical gravity (buoyancy), they will always fall to the surface of the water.

At that time, the buoyancy disappears...

They will find that gravity is actually upward.

That's why Li Qi likes to observe this small cave race. What kind of civilization fire will this worldview, which is completely different from the world around it, develop?

Their strongest person is only at the eighth level, so they dare not leave the cave at all. This is the deep sea of ​​the second-level world. Anything that comes can eat them all. They rely entirely on the cave for protection.

In the future, when some of them break through the seventh level and have basic self-protection capabilities and leave the cave, what changes will happen to the world in their eyes?

Really, curious.

However, Li Qi still restrained his mentality and did not directly show up to teach them and upgrade them to the seventh level.

That would be forcing the growth of seedlings. Interfering with the progress of civilization in a natural state without authorization may destroy the possibility of a certain future. It is better to let everything go with the flow.

After all, Li Qi is still a witch.

Li Qi was making a record of civilization, but at this time, Changqiao suddenly appeared beside her: "Young Master, are you still watching? You have recorded six civilizations in the past few days."

"The second-level world of the demon race is extremely magical. It is really hard to stop." Li Qi put down the paper and pen in his hand, looked at Changqiao, and said so.

Yes, it's hard to stop.

The second-grade world of the demon race is really too complicated.

Here, it seems that everything has the nature of life, so there are a large number of small civilizations, the ecology is extremely strange, and all kinds of strange lives are struggling to compete.

At the same time, it seems that because of Changqiao, the competition nearby is also quite fierce, and the natural evolution also has a considerable influence here.

"Oh..." Changqiao nodded, and then she also wrote it down on paper and pen.

Li Qi observes civilization, and she observes Li Qi.

As mentioned before.

People who see the scenery are often the scenery in the eyes of others.

Li Qi felt that this state was a little funny, so he completely put away the paper and pen, and turned to look at Changqiao: "Are you here to tell me the progress? Or is it nothing?"

Li Qi's tone was a little teasing.

Because in the past three months, Changqiao used the excuse of 'reporting progress' to talk to Li Qi almost all the time. Li Qi was not easy to refuse, and he was often asked many questions by the other party, but in fact he was really The progress only comes once a month, and most of Changqiao's reports are "no progress."

In fact, Li Qi himself knew that it would be difficult to make great progress in this kind of exploration, so he could only take his time. You must know that the power of the demon is covering up Shariputra's existence.

This kind of shielding is enough to make all exploration ineffective, all methods of cause and effect are cut off, and the only way to find it is to rely on physical methods. Probably only people like Li Qi can find Shariputra.

Yes, it is so magical. Li Qi went to Monk Xinming and asked him to use his clairvoyance to find it.

But a Bodhisattva with great supernatural powers who personally uses the clairvoyance cannot be found no matter what.

It's just so magical.

This is the weirdness of magic.

What's more, there may not really be a demon behind this, it's most likely 'spontaneous'.

The mere existence of the demon is enough to cause this kind of thing to happen.

But no matter what, we have confirmed such a small area of ​​​​the 'world', and the blanket search is enough.

Although the second-level world is very large, with the power of a fourth-level powerful person, it would take several months to sort out the entire world. I believe Changqiao's power can completely accomplish this.

Changqiao saw Li Qi put away the paper and pen, and she put it away too, and then said: "This time is different. We have found a possible target. He has Buddha nature in him."

"Buddha nature?" Li Qi raised his eyebrows.

"The reality of the middle way, according to the two truths, the self-nature is permanent. Even if he is not Shariputra, he is still a person with wisdom. This is a super genius, but we did not touch it rashly. Firstly, we wanted to leave it to the young master. Secondly, after all, that Next to it is the territory of a fourth-level demon king, which is beyond my reach," Changqiao said.

"Okay, since there are clues, that's good. Sorry to bother you, girl. Please continue to look for new possible candidates. As for this, I'll go take a look first." Li Qi replied, and then confirmed the coordinates.

"Okay, sir, let's go slowly." Changqiao immediately waved goodbye.

Li Qi nodded, and his body disappeared, turning into light and disappearing into the sky.

In just an instant, he had already rushed an unknown distance away.

But Changqiao, although she is in human form at the moment, she still has the characteristics of a dragon, such as green-gold vertical pupils, dragon horns, and the tail waving excitedly under the robe.

She immediately took out a lot of record documents, and after a closer look, she found that they were many records produced by Li Qi when he lived in this place.

With an... indescribable expression, or what can be called an 'aunt's smile', she began to put these things away and organize them. This is precious first-hand information!

Posted to Tianjiao Pavilion, her posts have been at the top of the list for at least seven thousand years!

As for Li Qi, he had already arrived at the coordinates.

The speed of the fourth level is so fast. He is completely unaffected by the limits of heaven. So the place he is in is actually many links away from the world chain, but he can still reach it in the blink of an eye.

However, the moment he landed on the ground, Li Qi suddenly looked up.

The surrounding light began to slow down.

A wave of demonic power distorted the surroundings, and Li Qi could clearly feel that he had arrived in a certain time and space cage.

Well, that's to be expected.

He didn't hide his tracks, so naturally some local snakes would come looking for him.

So, Li Qi stood there, waiting for the other party.

Soon, a strange beast appeared in front of Li Qi.

The air is cold, the bones are shaking, and the bright eyes are like lightning.

It was a tiger, but not just a tiger.

The body of a tiger, but with seven tails, a human face, and tiger claws.

His cultivation level should also be at the fourth level, and he is surrounded by an aura of 'justice'.

"Lu Wu?" Li Qi was surprised.

But he immediately shook his head and said, "No, what about your Excellency?"

"As expected of Young Master Wushenshan, he is indeed well-informed. Lu Wu is the ancestor of the family. I just have some blood of Lu Wu. I already know what Young Master is doing. Changqiao has already told me, but... I still need Young Master to personally Promise, you won't mess around here, after all, this is my dojo," the mixed-blood Lu Wu said.

"I'm just here to look for someone. I won't cause trouble easily. If there is a fight, I will greet you in advance and get permission." Li Qi handed over his hand and said humbly.

Li Qi's attitude made the mixed-blood Lu Wu feel respected, so he nodded: "Young Master, it's up to you. As long as you don't cause trouble, everything else is fine."

"Don't worry, Your Excellency." Li Qi said.

As the conversation ended, the mixed-race Lu Wu disappeared.

Li Qi also broke out of the time and space cage and looked around.

Surrounding... is a 'demon city'.

It is really a demon city, very strange. It has a typical architectural style from all over the world. After all, it is the second level directly under the Demon Dao, so it is normal for it to be influenced by the world.

Therefore, there is almost no difference between Li Qi here and in the world.

The only problem is that this place is full of monsters.

All kinds of monsters.

There are inorganic objects, such as mineral demons, gem demons, and even iron felts and magic weapons flying everywhere.

There are also beasts, all kinds of beasts, some of which are familiar to Li Qi, such as the lost beasts, the white ape, the deer, the red cockroach, the chick, the streamside and other exotic beasts, and there are also many other foreign beasts that Li Qi doesn't know at all. , I don’t know what species they are, but they are all demons.

There are also many plants, such as yellow scorpion, mangosperm, bamboo arrow, Duheng, black leek, etc., as well as more foreign plants that Li Qi cannot distinguish.

Bizarre and grotesque, that’s probably how it’s described here.

Li Qi could see an iron pillar monster cooking a pot of red soup, and a bunch of firebirds lined up to buy it.

But what I bought was not the soup, but the charcoal burning underneath. The iron pillar monster would kick out some charcoal from time to time, and the firebirds would throw their feathers into the soup, and then start queuing up to receive the charcoal, enjoying the meal.

As for the soup, after it was boiled, it was sent to several eight-headed monsters. Although the monsters had eight heads, they had no mouths. They poured the soup on their heads, and sprouts sprouted.

If you take a closer look, it turns out that they are not eight-headed monsters, but several trees with eight branches. The reason why they are called eight-headed monsters is because there are heads on the branches... These trees look weird. I don’t know how they look like this. Who are you trying to scare?

After the firebirds finished eating the charcoal fire, they ran to the trees again. The 'heads' on the trees turned out to be the nests of the firebirds.

After getting in, the two qi merged together, and the trees suddenly became full of vitality. They pulled out their roots and walked away, and a puff of mist rose up with every step they took.

Looking elsewhere, there are even more bizarre things. Tai Sui is selling his own meat, and a bunch of carnivorous monsters are munching on it.

Several insect demons that have not transformed are sending messages to the big demons on the street.

There are several spirits blessing people on the street. They seem to be spirits representing "blessings", and some mourning ghosts avoid them.

Various living customs, various weird commodity exchanges, and monsters' habits are all different. Therefore, these different habits have brought about some particularly magical chemical reactions, making this whole street look extraordinary. More than usual.

Li Qi has seen many worlds, but the specialness of this place ranks among the best.

No matter what, those worlds have their own subjects.

However, there is no demonic path.

Monsters have no main body. It can even be said that every monster is unique. The path of cultivation of monsters is too independent.

This may be the origin of ‘demon’.

Demon itself refers to things that are ‘extraordinary’ and ‘weird and rare’.

The so-called monster presents a very stereotyped but standard image on this weird street.

Thinking like this, Li Qi looked at his goal this time.

That's a...

Uh, Buddha statue?

Buddha statue becomes a spirit?

Is it so hip-hop? No wonder he is a Buddhist.

(Monthly ticket——)