Chapter 725: Gaze
For Shen Shuibi, these seventy years were nothing special. She just followed Li Qi as always, watched him do things, gave him some advice from time to time, and then quietly waited for him to think for himself.
When Li Qi began to fall into the state of "arrogance" from the ninth rank, Rabbit did this.
Fortunately, every time, Li Qi could quickly find the problem and think of his own answer.
Li Qi is a genius, the real deal.
He can draw nutrients from everything he has experienced, unlike many people who seem to have experienced a lot, but in fact these experiences are just passed through their minds and have not been truly absorbed.
This is probably why he has made such rapid progress.
However, Shen Shuibi's calm heart could not help but have some small ripples.
Li Qi has made such rapid progress... She has to catch up.
However, it is not without gains.
More than two hundred years ago, she was ordered to build that huge line of defense of the Yin force, and she also comprehended some power, but she did not tell others.
Take it slow. Shen Shuibi is different from Li Qi. She is not in a hurry at all.
Slowly progress, contemplate, and move forward step by step. This is the pace of Shen Shuibi's practice and the mentality of the orthodox Taoism.
Neutral and peaceful, moving forward slowly, but as if unstoppable, moving forward continuously.
While thinking about these, Rabbit was also taking Li Qi back to the side of the illusionary realm to ask Yunfang Dawu to help lift the seal.
After all, Li Qi couldn't unlock it himself, unless he killed him and then resurrected him, but Li Qi felt that it was not decent and the scene would not be good, so he went to find Yunfang Dawu.
He waved his hand and unlocked it.
So, now we are on the way to shuttle.
Shen Shuibi was driving while in a daze, and she was very familiar with doing two things at the same time.
Li Qi looked at Shen Shuibi.
Then he poked her face.
"Hmm?" Rabbit came back to his senses and looked at Li Qi in confusion.
"Nothing, just feeling... you seem a little happy." Li Qi said.
"A little bit, after all, you are fine." Rabbit continued to drive Li Qi's ghost car, quickly traveling outside the domain: "Now it's free time with nothing to do, aren't you happy?"
"Nothing to do..." Li Qi sighed.
Perhaps this kind of life is normal for Shen Shuibi.
Days like myself, who ride rockets everywhere and encounter things every day, are rare.
Cultivation, after all, is a long journey.
"Very happy." Li Qi smiled.
Then, his vacation should continue. Now Li Qi really feels that there is no problem with him.
His condition has never been so good.
Don't worry about the covetousness of the demons.
There is no pressure from the war between humans and witches.
The cultivation is perfect, and the Dao heart has not found any flaws for the time being, and all hidden dangers have been eliminated.
The mentality has reached a new stage.
The family is also safe, and nothing has happened.
The grade is stable, and the fourth grade is enough to gain a foothold in this universe.
In this world, Li Qi seems to have never encountered such a peaceful time.
Then... have a good rest...
Soon, Li Qi and Shen Shuibi returned to the side of the Great Witch Yunfang.
The Great Witch casually removed Li Qi's seal. The fourth-grade seal was nothing to him, but he was still a little confused and asked him why he sealed himself: "Self-sealing is not a good thing. The mismatch between cultivation and state of mind can easily cause many problems, especially for us witches."
Li Qi told the truth and told him what he had gained at the moment.
The Great Witch Yunfang listened carefully.
After finishing his story, Li Qi finally concluded: "This is probably the case. This time it can be regarded as a coincidence. In fact, we didn't plan to do this. We just went on vacation."
The Great Witch Yunfang seemed very happy and said: "Being able to seize the opportunity is also a skill of your kid, and you seem to be particularly good at this skill. Some opportunities pass by, and as long as you think deeply, you can understand something, but some people turn a blind eye, while some people can use this to climb."
Li Qi smiled and didn't answer.
The great witch Yun Fang seemed to be in a good mood, and gave him some pointers, citing an example: "In the past, there was an emperor in the demon clan, whose name was Jun. He had ten sons, all of whom were golden crows. When the golden crows flew across the sky, the rhyme of Tao spread, and countless people took advantage of this to comprehend and achieve immortality, but more people were just sunburned to death. The difference lies here."
"Opportunities are common, but not many can be discovered. That's why you are valued so much. The Tao exists among all things in nature. Wherever you look, there are truths, but whether you can see them depends on you." Yun Fang sighed.
Li Qi bowed and learned.
This is indeed the truth.
The truth is everywhere. There is nothing hidden in this universe. When dust flies and the world flickers, what is displayed is the most essential Tao, the way the world runs.
But whether you can find it depends on the practitioner himself.
How to cultivate your own mind, train your own vision, and find the flying shadow of the Tao from thousands of things depends on yourself.
"By the way, Shi Wei is practicing over there. I gave her a few questions, enough for her to practice for about twenty years. You can go and see her, but it's best not to interrupt her thinking." Yun Fang pointed in a direction and said so.
Li Qi and his wife thanked them, but they decided not to disturb the child.
There was no need.
Just study hard. Why do parents visit when there is nothing to do? It just adds pressure to the child.
The seal was lifted, and Li Qi's cultivation began to gradually match his state of mind. He made another big step forward in the fourth rank.
This made Yun Fang sigh.
How long has it been since he entered the fourth rank? He has made progress again.
Really... I don't know how to describe it.
After speaking, both parties said goodbye.
So, Li Qi and his wife began their real vacation.
There was no pressure on cultivation.
There was no trouble with the problem of Taoism.
There was no pressure on them to prepare in advance.
This was a real vacation. It was the most relaxed and enjoyable time that Li Qi had lived so far.
But he did not relax.
During this time, he still did a lot of things.
The first was to help Shen Shuibi test the medicine. One of Rabbit's hobbies was to refine medicine. Now she finally had enough time, but someone had to try the things she refined.
At this time, Li Qi next to him took on this responsibility. Anyway, he would not die from eating.
Although Shen Shuibi still has a certain estimate of the efficacy of her medicine, someone has to try it. In the past, she tried it by herself or found other scapegoats, but now there is Li Qi.
It is really useful to describe the efficacy of the medicine without dying.
In addition, the couple will go out every once in a while, mainly for travel.
The Forward Alliance is not enough, Li Qi also wants to witness the glory of more civilizations.
Fortunately, there are countless worlds next to the Fantasy Realm.
During this time, he read a lot of civilizations, some of which are normal cultivation civilizations, and some technical means. They are not extreme and belong to the most common extraterritorial civilizations.
They have started industrialization, but also pay attention to individual cultivation, and have achieved a considerable balance between the two, and have developed very well.
The development that Li Qi has seen is good, after all... the wrong ones have perished.
This is the cruel natural selection. Above every thriving civilization, there are countless corpses of civilizations buried. These corpses are nutrients, which will provide a "wrong answer" for endless civilizations.
There are always people who are right after making mistakes.
Trial and error itself is also valuable.
This is true even for the first rank, after all, this is the meaning of the existence of this universe.
Li Qi and Shen Shuibi did not have too many purposes this time, they really just went to travel.
They wandered between the worlds and witnessed all kinds of wonders. All the worlds and all the civilizations were living in their own way.
During the tour, Li Qi and his wife's perspective shifted from the grand word "civilization" to the subtle "individual", feeling the shaping of the "individual" by different scenery and different environments.
Such an experience made Li Qi's floating posture more stable, as if he had also transformed from the empty "qi" into a physical entity, from the floating wind to the land, from the ethereal gods, he once again had the ability to seriously observe the things around him.
This also made Li Qi have some enlightenment.
The fifth rank of the witch path requires "transforming the virtual into the real".
And now, what he is doing is to transform the virtual into the real.
Li Qi looked at the countless experiences of humanities, scenery, history, and stories, as if he had experienced them himself.
He met many people, talked with them, and gave them advice on their place in the world. Some people took Li Qi's words to heart and thanked him for his teachings, while others were furious because of his advice, but did not dare to attack.
However, no matter what, very few dared to take action. Li Qi did not hide his identity this time. He showed his extraordinaryness and his magical powers with great fanfare. Although they did not know Li Qi's grade, most people knew that he was not simple.
But occasionally, the couple would hide their identities, mainly in some relatively low-quality worlds. Even because of a sudden impulse, Shen Shuibi took the initiative to be employed by a merchant ship as a sailor and began to sail in the world. She claimed that she had the ability of "good talismans" as a selling point and became a talisman master on the ship.
Li Qi just played with her, but it was not without gain. Li Qi also joined the caravan as an accountant, and was actually taught by the accountant general manager how to settle accounts.
This impressed Li Qi greatly. Sure enough, everyone has their own skills. A sixth-rank accountant was much better than Li Qi in accounting. He really learned from him how to quickly organize tables. This little trick even helped Li Qi improve his efficiency by about half a percent when organizing the huge amount of information brought by Zhen Zhidao Yun.
If your rank is not high enough, it does not mean that there is nothing better than you.
The saints of humanity once said that there must be a teacher among three people. Li Qi now has a deep understanding of this.
Later, the caravan went bankrupt, and Li Qi and Shen Shuibi did not get the overdue wages, so they had to run away.
In such a journey, Li Qi spent a full life - or many lives.
Yes, he spent a life that ordinary people could not imagine, wandering in different worlds, facing different civilizations with different identities and different experiences.
Whether noble or despicable, kind or cruel, civilizations struggle to survive in this universe in their own way. No matter what their means are, at least they are still alive now, which means that their current methods are all right.
Li Qi witnessed many opposing paths, and they also had their own Tao disputes. Li Qi looked at them, and he thought about the possibility of coexistence among these "seemingly completely opposing Tao disputes".
Just like, some people think that light is a wave, and some people think that light is a particle.
But in fact, Li Qi knows that light has the dual nature of wave and particle. The two sides are fighting fiercely, but Li Qi can see the possibility of their mutual fusion.
The more he understands this, the more he feels why those powerful people who are stronger and wiser than him firmly believe that the "ultimate of Tao" exists.
Such a journey is still going on. Li Qi is witnessing those wonderful, touching, shocking, unforgettable things, or ordinary, ordinary, boring, and indifferent things.
Shen Shuibi sometimes hears him muttering about the wisdom of the years in a low voice.
At this time, Rabbit will join the topic. She is not young anymore, enough to discuss these things with Li Qi.
They would talk about the night scene of the metropolis in those advanced civilizations. After all, there is a fourth-grade civilization near the fantasy realm, which means that there are other fourth-grade civilizations, so Li Qi will still be shocked by the miracles created by these fourth-grade civilizations, including some powerful people whose cultivation and wisdom are higher than his.
In addition, the couple would discuss the history behind the prosperity. Sometimes the topic would turn to the shabby creations parked in the flowers, and sometimes they would discuss an ordinary breakfast, because although the breakfast is ordinary, the connotation of the entire civilization behind it is extraordinary.
These are all "flashes of civilization" and the beauty of this universe.
These beauties come from the scenery of countless worlds, but more from pairs of awakened eyes.
Yes, pairs of countless eyes, these are "countless subjective perspectives", and at the same time, they are the "objective world" in Li Qi's eyes, which together constitute this brilliant starry sky.
Li Qi can experience these objective perspectives, and try to experience these subjective perspectives, use different eyes to examine the world, and draw different conclusions.
And this time, the couple was packing things in a beautiful primeval forest.
The day shines in the forest, and the clear spring flows on the stone.
Purple vines crawled all around. There was something wrong with the sun in this world, so the plants were all a weird purple color. To be honest, it wasn't that pleasing to the eye, but the local residents liked it very much.
Li Qi's journey here was over, and... he had been traveling for more than three hundred years.
He was ready to end all his travels.
Li Shiwei's studies were over, and he was going to take his children back to the world.