Myriad Paths

Li Qi is back.

Xuan Jingshan held another grand banquet.

This time it was really grand, because Li Qi had completely thrown off the shackles of the past, and he was no longer pushed forward by others.

In the past, Li Qi always felt that he had a lot of things to do, so he was cautious and felt that he didn't need to do those things.

But now it's different.

The war between humans and witches is over, and the same is true for the control of the demons over him. Now it's not the demons controlling him, but he wants to take revenge on the demons. Li Qi was born as a chess piece of the demons, and now he has really left the chessboard. After that, it will be Li Qi's turn to act.

Moreover, the war has stopped, and nothing is chasing Li Qi.

Now he is also a second-grade, a real upper-level existence in this universe.

So, it's okay to relax a little, right?

So, in order to celebrate his return, Li Qi took his relatives and friends to organize a grand banquet together.

He met Shitou, and the young man was very nervous when he saw Li Qi, just like Li Qi who went to see Luofu Niangniang for the first time.

However, Li Qi was not dissatisfied with Shitou. Shitou was calm and reserved, and unlike the weakness of Li Qi when he was young, his reserve was due to his strength and resilience.

His silence was not because he was afraid of making mistakes, but waiting for a better time so that his words could hit the point and get to the point.

This was different from Li Qi at the beginning. Li Qi spoke less because he was worried about saying something wrong and causing some bad results.

Shitou's personality was like this. Instead of talking endlessly about 10,000 words to persuade others, he would rather say a sentence that could really change the other party's actions when the other party failed and reflected on it.

As for those who can't reflect, Shitou will generally remain silent and there is no need to say more.

Li Qi liked such a young man very much. He readily agreed to the marriage between Li Shiwei and Shitou, and made up for his gift and blessing.

The calm and reserved Shitou was also very excited at this time. He was actually a little uneasy about this. He was worried that marrying Li Shiwei during this period after Li Qi's death would seem a bit frivolous.

Imagine that her father was in danger of death and her mother was heartbroken, but you married someone else's daughter. It would be a bit unpleasant to say it out.

But Li Qi didn't care much.

Li Shiwei and Shitou both had their own lives. Why should they disrupt their life plans because of him? If he didn't let his daughter get married because of his death, what would he become?

Li Qi didn't discipline her to that extent, so he happily made up for the blessing that he didn't have in the past.

At the banquet, Li Qi also met the great witch Yun Fang.

Li Qi's cultivation had surpassed the old man, but he still respected and appreciated him.

So, Li Qi took the initiative to step forward and told him how to break the devil's thoughts and revive his disciples.

Yes, now Li Qi, after getting rid of the nothingness brought by the devil, has found a way to solve this problem.

"Senior Yun Fang." Li Qi said to him.

"Li Qi, you don't need to call me senior now, right? Now you are the senior." Yun Fang was cheerful and did not seem unfamiliar because of Li Qi's cultivation.

"Senior, you are joking." Li Qi waved his hand and did not want to say more about it. Instead, he said directly: "Senior, now that I have experienced the matter of the demon, the matter you asked me to do at the beginning has finally come to fruition."

At the beginning, in Baiyue, Guangyang, Yun Fang asked Li Qi: "After that...if you have any gains in persuading the heart of Tao, can you contact me?"

And Li Qi's answer was: "If I have any gains, I will tell you everything I know." (See Chapter 226 for details)

At this point, Li Qi has reached the second level, and it can be considered that he has really gained something.

Yun Fang was stunned when he heard this.

Then, he sighed deeply.

His eyes seemed to have seen a lot of things, but also seemed to be just in a daze.

After a long while, he raised his head and said in a calm and kind tone as always: "That's really good, thank you."

"Why thank you, Shi Wei is also thanks to the teaching of the senior. I have been busy with various affairs for so many years and neglected her management and education. These are all the help of the senior." Li Qi said immediately.

To be honest, although Li Shiwei has grown a little crooked, she has not been completely crooked. It is probably Shitou and Yun Fang who have made great efforts.

"Then, trouble you." Yun Fang said, opening his inner world.

Li Qi invested his divine thoughts and entered it.

The solution to this kind of evil thoughts is actually not difficult.

But many things are like this.

When there is no way, it is really difficult and can't be solved no matter what, and it will be troubled for a lifetime.

And when there is a way, in the end, you can only sigh: "So that's it."

In fact, the solution to the evil thoughts of Yun Fang's great witch disciple is really simple.

For thousands of epochs, the disciples of the great wizard Yun Fang have always been in a state of broken Taoism. There have been relapses in between, but generally speaking, the sense of emptiness, powerlessness and helplessness without a goal is insurmountable.

Li Qi also fell into this kind of emptiness.

The reason is very simple. When we speculate about the future, we are actually conducting a prior distribution of "information that cannot be guessed".

When we assume a prior distribution of "information cannot be guessed", it is easy to fall into the infinite paradox.

The key contradiction is that we do not know the prior distribution of the unknown normal distribution mean, so when we make a simple estimate, we actually use the assumption of "uniform distribution in an infinite range".

However, uniform distribution in an infinite range does not exist. It must have a center point, and the probability near the center point is higher.

If 0 is directly assumed as the center point. So it can be clearly seen that it will be absurd under coordinate translation transformation.

The solution to this paradox is to give a reasonable prior distribution based on the specific problem.

In other words, it is to show the real possibility, rather than the possibility of infinite speculation and calculation, and recognize the real prior distribution.

What a simple answer, how intuitive and clear, but if you can't see it, you can't see it, even if it is in front of you, you still can't see it.

Moreover, even if you tell him the answer, he may not be able to see it.

This is the difficulty.

Doesn't the great wizard Yun Fang know the answer? Of course he knows it, but even if he knows the answer, he can't tell his disciples, and it's useless even if he says it.

If it is really possible to make it clear once it is explained, and to ‘understand it at once’, then all teachers in the world will not have to worry about students not being able to learn well.

However, Li Qi now has his own way.

He entered Yun Fang’s inner world, and then ate the young man.

He, like all the fragments of Li Qi, belonged to Li Qi’s inner world, but at the same time maintained his own self.

In a sense, there are only six people in this world who can do this.

Taiyi, Sixiang, and Li Qi.

This is the method of a second-grade star official, completely independent of the difference between the self and the outside world, and facing this complex and chaotic universe in a complete form.

The universe is never simple, it is chaotic and disordered, self-contradictory, and constantly conflicting, so... there is no need to find ‘one’ and a simple way of describing it.

Soon, the matter was resolved. The second-grade Li Qi’s action naturally looked ‘simple’, but only Yun Fang Da Wu himself knew how long he had waited for this day.

So he quickly said goodbye and left the banquet. Li Qi watched the other party leave and then went to entertain other guests.

He went to see Zhu Fengdan again and talked with his teacher.

He noticed that Zhu Fengdan was indeed a second-grade master, but... it was hard to say what the second-grade master Zhu was like.

Zhu had reached an agreement with the four phases at the same time and took a path that connected everything, but this path seemed a little wrong, because everything seemed to be integrated. What was he communicating about?

Should he treat everything separately or as one? I'm afraid only Zhu Fengdan could answer this question.

So Li Qi didn't discuss cultivation with him, but was just grateful for his teacher's care for him, especially this time when he was promoted to the second-grade. In fact, Zhu Fengdan went there for Li Qi.

Zhu Fengdan laughed and didn't take it to heart at all. He even said directly: "It can be broken once or twice. If you find it unsatisfactory in the future, just do it again."

This kind of free and easy attitude can only be said to be embarrassing for Li Qi.

This kind of natural free and easy attitude is really something Li Qi can't learn. It can be seen that his words are not a joke at all.

Li Qi could only smile bitterly, but now he has also explored the way for Teacher Zhu.

Li Qi's Taoism is directly inherited from Zhu Fengdan, and now Li Qi's answer is that all things can be communicated separately, there is no "overall" existence, and the world itself cannot be contained in a unified "only", so all things cannot be connected in an individual way.

This is a complement to Zhu Fengdan's Taoism, and it is also a step ahead, giving Zhu Fengdan trial and error.

In this regard, Zhu Fengdan is paying close attention to Li Qi's status.

This may allow him to further understand the world.

But these are things for the future. Now in the banquet, Zhu Fengdan is just joking with Li Qi, telling some jokes between family members.

And Li Qi didn't say softly. When Zhu Fengdan teased his relationship with Shen Shuibi, he brought up the evil spirit.

Now that Zhu Fengdan has recovered the second rank, the evil spirit naturally follows him all the way, making Zhu Fengdan very irritable. He is not ready to get married!

But if he really wants to drive away the evil spirit, he can't do it, so he is very distressed now.

As for Huodou himself, she just wanted to stay by his side, so she didn't ask for too much. The relationship between the two was so delicate.

After Li Qi brought up this, Zhu Fengdan ran away decisively.

It would be impolite to talk any more.

Just after Zhu teacher fled, Li Qi met his old friend again. Although they hadn't seen each other for a long time, he was still such a gentle and heavy practitioner, the current fifth-grade mountain god, Niuhuang.

In the past, Niuhuang recommended himself to Li Qi and became the mountain god of Xuanjing Mountain. Now this is probably the most important and correct thing Niuhuang has done in his life.

Although Niuhuang himself may not have thought so, because Li Qi knew that he was indeed a loyal and honest mountain god, Niuhuang was not stupid. He actually knew a lot of means, but he was unwilling to do it, and he would not pray for more things. Just step by step, like an old cow, he slowly and steadily stepped forward.

Li Qi was promoted to the second grade, and Niuhuang also slowly came to the fifth grade.

"The good weather and good harvests in Xuanjing Mountain these years are all thanks to you. You really worked hard when I was away." Li Qi said to Niu Huang.

Niu Huang hurriedly bowed his head and said, "Thank you for your praise. I am the mountain god here, and these are what I should do."

"You should do the things, so the reward should also belong to you. It's natural, isn't it?" Li Qi said.

Niu Huang thanked him immediately.

Niu Huang is not a person who seeks fame and reputation. He was unwilling to ask for rewards before, because he really felt that these were his own duties and there was nothing to brag about.

And what Li Qi said was also reasonable.

Since things should be done, the rewards should naturally be taken, otherwise wouldn't the people who do things become fools?

"Niu Huang, what do you want?" Li Qi asked.

Niu Huang said, "Zhu Ren, I am already very satisfied with my current life. I only hope that Zhu Ren can solve my puzzle."

Li Qi nodded: "As long as I can answer, I will tell you the answer, but you have to think clearly about the problem... Because not all answers to questions are acceptable to you. Many times, when you hear the answer, it means that you have lost the process of finding the answer forever, and this process is the most important."

Li Qi's words are his experience, and it is indeed true.

For those who pursue the Tao, many times, the answer is as important as the process. If there is only the answer but no process, it is likely to lead to bad results.

The process is necessary, just like the answer is also necessary.

Therefore, the questioner must ask questions carefully and cautiously. He must make sure that his "process" has been written down, but the answer has not been calculated.

This is "self-knowledge".

Trying to explore the answer that you should not know for the time being is the beginning of the practitioner's fall into the abyss.

So, Niu Huang asked Li Qi his question: "Zhu Ren, how can you be "unwavering"? "

Li Qi looked at Niu Huang in surprise.

This question obviously touched the fourth rank. The so-called unwavering must be because Niu Huang felt something unstable.

Just like what Li Qi felt.

In that empty sea, he was terrified and worried.

Looking at Niu Huang now, Li Qi smiled and said, "This is a good question. Call Laqi over and I will tell you about it together."

The banquet at Xuanjing Mountain is still going on, and it is scheduled for seven days.

All people in the world can come to participate in the buffet. This is a banquet for a second rank.