Chapter 668 Observation
In the square of Zhanhumen, Li Qi said with a smile: "You seem to have gained something."
"Thank you for your advice, sir. I seem to understand a little bit what you mean."
Li Qize nodded slightly: "You should have a purpose in doing things, practice is just a means, and in order to achieve this purpose, you should have your own set of standards for judging the world, so that you know what is good and what is bad."
"I will think about it." Juye bowed to express gratitude.
He understood what Li Qi meant.
To judge good from bad, the first thing you must have is a standard. Without standards, then all things will be the same, and there will be no good or bad.
And this standard is the standard by which people view the world, which is the embodiment of Tao in people.
This standard does not necessarily conform to the external objective world, so it needs to be tempered. Either you smooth the external world and change the entire world, or the external world smoothes you and changes your standards.
But no matter what, the first thing you have to establish is your own standards. With standards, you have the qualifications to examine the world.
Yes, people without standards are not qualified to examine the world, because in your opinion, the world is all the same, good and evil, strength and weakness all exist naturally. In the end, you can only be infiltrated by the world and let the world become you. The only standard is to go with the flow.
However, if you want to establish your own set of standards, you need a lot of practical experience, thinking, and observation.
Juye is still too young and has experienced too few things. It is difficult for him to establish his own standards, that is, he does not have his own 'Tao'. His standards are all instilled by the outside world. He does not even understand where these standards come from. .
To give the simplest example——
The outside world tells you that money is important.
Everyone tells you that money is important. Your actual experience also proves that money is important. The concepts instilled by others, as well as specific events in the external society, all show that money is important.
That is, you also think money is important.
So, why do you think money is important?
Some people may say that money can buy social resources, food, housing, and even the loyalty of others, which leads to the idea that "money is everything."
So, is money really everything?
Don’t think this is a simple question, because in the primitive world, or when there was a disaster, would money still be useful when social rules collapsed?
This is not to deny the role of money, but people should think about where does the ‘use’ of money come from? Why is money useful? Why can a piece of paper do so much?
Finally, after discussion, study, and comparison of history and modern systems, we can come to a conclusion.
That is to say: money is a kind of power to allocate social resources under the current social system. Under the current social system, holding money means having the power to allocate the entire social resources. This power can be exchanged for materials. , the means of production, and labor force, and the source of this power is the 'consensus of the entire society', which is the exchange ability of 'money' jointly given by all the owners of the entire society.
Therefore, the usefulness of money is based on the current social rules. If the rules of the society are changed, it may not be useful.
So, what you just know about the nature of ‘money’ may not be correct, but at least it is a conclusion.
Therefore, only if you know the essence of money can you make better use of money or subvert money.
Instead of holding the empty and superficial view that 'money can buy things, so money is useful'.
It's like you only know how to use magic, but don't know how to get close to the 'Tao' through magic.
Yes, under this set of logic, 'money' is magic, and the logic of the entire society's operation is the 'Tao' of society and the way of civilization.
It is the 'Tao' that develops techniques. If you master the Tao, you will be able to better control money.
From this point of view, you don’t know how money works. If others use their own way to cover your money, your money will be useless. No matter how much money you accumulate, it will be useless. It’s like the way of humanity changes the time of day, and countless civilizations practice A lifetime of magic collapsed immediately.
People who just believe in phenomena, regard magic as truth, and regard "Tao" as an illusory thing lack cognitive ability, because they only rely on experience and instinct to understand the world, rashly believe in life experience, and rely on daily life. Common sense of life lacks comprehensive study and rigorous derivation.
If the world is a game, then the ignorant study the gameplay of the game, study the optimal solution of a certain style of play, and study how to improve the numerical value, but the seekers study the code of the game and even the underlying language.
Go explore the ‘Tao’ and don’t spend too much energy on the ‘technique’.
When you have a certain understanding of the Tao, you will naturally become proficient in the art, even more proficient than those who have studied art for a lifetime.
This is what Li Qi wants to tell Ju Ye.
This is what Tianxia wants to tell all civilizations in the universe.
The Tao taught by Li Qiyao in Immortal Heaven is this ‘Tao’. This is not a specific thinking idea, but a whole set of cognition and thinking methods.
Through this method, the conclusions drawn are likely to be completely opposite, but it does not prevent this set of cognitive thinking methods from continuing to be effective.
Li Qi came to the conclusion through this method that the world exists objectively, just like money exists objectively, but there may be some differences in expression between the world in my eyes and the world in your eyes.
This is what Li Qi thinks is the answer. Li Qi thinks so, but he may not be right.
For the spiritual path, they believe that the world is the world, and human definition will not change the world itself. What they want to find is the "world's essence", that is, the foundation of everything, and then interpret all the possibilities of the whole world through this foundation.
For the magic path, their cognition is the real world, and the world itself is shaped by their subjective will. When the eyes are open, the flowers are bright, and when the eyes are closed, the flowers are silent.
For the rational path, the foundation of the world cannot be traced. The limited phenomenal world is only interpreted subjectively, and the true essence is unknowable to us and cannot be described by logic. Therefore, we only need to pay attention to the phenomenon, summarize the phenomenon, and find out a little bit of "Tao" from the phenomenon.
For the Taoist sect, they recognize the existence of the ultimate Tao and believe that the ultimate Tao is universally present in all things. Matter itself carries Tao, and Tao is the embodiment of material laws. As long as it is matched with "virtue", you can enter and exit Tao and get real freedom.
This is also the so-called "the one who walks in all things is Tao; the one who communicates with heaven and earth is virtue." ’
These are the answers they got after thinking and practicing. So, when you explore why the world exists, want to understand what the essence of the world is, and understand what is the "Tao", you must first understand that for the external world, human practice is the essence.
Therefore, there is the saying that "Tao is inside", and we have come to the conclusion that "Tao is outside" through "Tao is inside".
Although the various Taoist traditions contradict each other, they give people the direction and path to think, which is fundamentally different from blindly guessing or simply going with the flow.
Perhaps the views and conclusions of the various Taoist traditions may be wrong, but thinking itself is not wrong.
Looking at Juye who fell into contemplation again, Li Qi felt that he had said enough.
So he waved his hand and left a book aura. This is an entry-level practice method of Taoism, which systematically explains how to condense the inner elixir, how to recognize the existence of "Tao", etc.
In this way, Juye will have his own support after those powers are exhausted.
As for the so-called "bad guys" in front of him...
Juye can handle it herself. Li Qi is very curious. When Juye's external cultivation is exhausted, how will he deal with so many existences?
I'm afraid he can only practice the Taoist skills he left behind?
This is cognition and practice.
Of course, it doesn't matter if the other party doesn't practice. Li Qi just does it casually.
After doing this, Li Qi left here and directly removed the formation.
The mountain god outside looked at Li Qi who came out and bowed his head hurriedly.
Li Qi returned a salute and said, "Sorry to bother the mountain god. Now that the matter is over, please go back."
After speaking, Li Qi disappeared.
After that, Li Qi began to walk in the mortal world.
This walk lasted for more than 500 years.
He encountered many cities like Bailu City, which seemed to be an example of this city. Later, he faced one of the city lords and found that the other party had mastered a practice method similar to the evil method of human nature, that is, gathering the power of the people for his own use.
But this is just similar, not a human method, and there is a very clear development context of the Xiantian method, so it is obvious that it was developed by Xiantian himself.
It is quite advanced. Xiantian actually relies on himself to master this method. Although it is very crude, it is normal for things in the mortal world to be crude. It should be very different after ascending.
Every place he goes to, he will find someone like Juye, who is smart, has a good heart, can think, and is in a bad situation, with enough pressure and motivation to do things.
Find such a person, then guide the other party, preach, solve doubts, and then leave.
So cycle.
Occasionally, Li Qi will stop and feel the customs and customs of Xiantian, just like a fairy coming to the mortal world to experience life, taste the food from all over the world, and see the scenery from all over the world.
But he never takes action, and disappears directly when encountering conflicts, just like a ghost wandering in the mortal world.
More than five hundred years of time passed in a flash, and everything was so fast.
The life of mortals is like a mayfly, born in the morning and dead in the evening, mortals who go with the flow, they live a lifetime, but in fact they only live for three days.
Young, strong, old.
These three days repeat themselves, filling their pale and empty lives.
Just like the mortal world of the immortal heaven.
In the mortal world of the immortal heaven, this endless dispute, everyone is only working hard to ascend, this situation, how similar are these mortals?
According to Li Qi's speculation, the mortal world of the immortal heaven is probably no less than hundreds of billions of years of history.
As a first-class world, hundreds of billions of years of history is not uncommon.
But for hundreds of billions of years, the mortal world of the immortal heaven has been wandering in this barbaric era, and everyone will be sent to the real world immediately once they make a breakthrough...
This situation is exactly the same as that of mortals.
This is not hundreds of billions of years of history, this is the same day, the same thing repeated for hundreds of billions of years.
The history of stagnation has also led to a stagnant civilization.
Is this situation deliberately done by the high-ranking people in the immortal heaven?
Li Qi doesn't know, but he feels that with his current strength, he may be able to stir up a little wave in this stagnant water.
Of course, Li Qi is not going to do anything too big, that would bring disaster to himself.
If one has little virtue but holds a high position, has little knowledge but makes big plans, has little strength but shoulders heavy responsibilities, it will be like a tripod with its leg broken, overturning the public food. The situation is severe and disaster will surely come later.
If you are not virtuous enough but hold a high position, if you are shallow in wisdom but want to do great things, if you are weak in power but take on heavy responsibilities, then you will only bring disaster and end up hurting others and yourself.
Do as much as you can, don't force yourself.
The mortal world of the immortal heaven is very big. Li Qi has only been wandering in this area of hundreds of billions of miles. I don't know if this is one trillionth of the mortal world of the immortal heaven. After all, the area here is calculated in light years.
However, with Li Qi's behavior, in this area of the immortal heaven and mortal world... a sect, the "Zhen Dao Sect", has become famous in a few hundred years.
Li Qi learned about it and found that this was a new sect established by the group of people he preached.
The Zhen Dao Sect has extraordinary unity. Under the huge pressure from the outside world, they still develop very fast.
Nothing else, it is because of the unity brought by the characteristics of each path.
In the immortal world, the side that dislikes the development of the True Dao Sect has more people than the True Dao Sect, but the disciples of the True Dao Sect can wake up each other and coordinate tactical and strategic actions. On the other hand, although the other side has a large number of people, they are not united, so they can't stop the True Dao Sect at all.
However, in Li Qi's opinion, there are also Dao disputes within the True Dao Sect. After all, different thinking will naturally lead to different paths, and Dao disputes will naturally arise, but after all, the external pressure is too strong, and a sect has too many things to fight against, so those who drag their feet are secretly dragging their feet and dare not do it too obviously.
However, everything depends on comparison. On the immortal world side, it can't be called dragging their feet, it is directly cutting off their feet. Whoever is responsible for fighting against the True Dao Sect is equivalent to being attacked from both sides, and being besieged by their allies and the True Dao Sect at the same time. Naturally, they can't fight back and can only retreat step by step.
As the power of the True Dao Sect grows, over the past five hundred years, they have finally become a super power in the vicinity. Their reputation has surpassed cities like Bailu City, and there are signs of annexing more than a dozen such large cities.
This momentum made Li Qi very interested more than five hundred years later.
He wanted to see what the seeds he had sown had grown into.
After traveling for a few days, Li Qi went to the gate of Zhendao Sect.
The gate of Zhendao Sect is also one of the most prosperous areas in the surrounding area, mainly at the foot of the mountain, where a large city has been formed because of the gathering of admirers.
However, Li Qi found that there were unexpectedly many people coming.
This was not normal, so he scanned his shallow thinking and found one thing.
The founder of Zhendao Sect was about to ascend.