Lingwu: I am the only immortal

Chapter 357 Lost
The mystery is almost solved, and new problems have become apparent.

A simple summary, in one sentence: lack of vitality.

Under the big thousand, I am the best.

Under the background of heaven's favor, Zhou Yi dared to let go of this wolf talk.

But what about leaving the world?For example, going to the mysterious world or another dimension.

The reason why the incarnation of King Gui was able to stir up troubles in the mysterious world was because when he chose to drill into the black hole, he had the consciousness of sacrificing himself. It was exactly like a pawn crossing the river.

But Zhou Yi's current situation is different. He has never fallen in the projection world of the heavens, and he doesn't want to make an exception.There are many reasons, no need to go into details.

However, the dangers he faces now are different from those in the past.

The danger in the past was that the enemy was too strong, he fell into a dead end, and might be KO.

The danger now is that his dependence on the Dao is getting stronger and stronger, and the power of the Dao has eroded him to an extent that cannot be ignored.

The sequelae caused by it are not like the karma of the previous divine world, which can be offset by leading human civilization forward and achieving fruitful achievements.

How to eliminate the erosion of the avenue, he doesn't have much idea now.

Of course, there are already some ideas, but they are still at the stage of analysis and speculation.

Therefore, the biggest question for him now is not what he can do, but what he cannot do.

It's okay to pretend to be in outer space, but what next?Is it worth it?

But without the power of the Dao, if he simply relies on some Dao rhymes and simple applications such as the Dao model, he may not be the opponent of the gods.

Moreover, Dao Yun and Dao models are also influential, but one is the difference between smoking two packs of cigarettes a day, and the other is injecting two injections of poison a day.

To be honest, it's just a habit.

And it is really difficult to go from luxury to frugality.

Let him return to the ranks of ordinary cultivators who play with extraordinary powers. It would be more painful than having a big fish and meat every day, but suddenly he could only drink rice soup every day.

The heart is pampered.

Things that I didn't think of before may be hard to comprehend now that I've encountered them.

This kind of discomfort is the hardest thing to deal with.

Zhou Yi felt that he suddenly understood why ascetics since ancient times have liked to run to the mountains and forests.It's not for the sake of clean air, but because we can't afford to mess with things in the world of mortals.

If you win, you will continue to be stuck in the quagmire of right and wrong, let alone if you lose.

He laughed at himself: "I can't fly into the sky and stand shoulder to shoulder with the sun. After all, it's because I have an egg holding me back. No matter how amazing my skills are and how clever I am, if I can't pass the test of human nature, I still can't ascend!"

Obviously, the ascension mentioned by Zhouyi is not the same thing as ascension in the conventional sense.

Ascension in the conventional sense is like a god or an immortal leaving the universe to go to other dimensional worlds. It is just an improvement in status, or at best a change in form.There are no too harsh requirements on the state of thinking and consciousness.

The ascension mentioned by Zhouyi is a change in ideology and a complete advancement based on human nature.Whether this advancement is more noble or not has nothing to do with it, nor is it necessarily evolution.

Of course, this depends on how you understand the concept of 'evolution'.

In Zhou Yi's understanding, human evolution has never jumped out of the category of 'adapting to the current environment'.

The current environment includes the natural environment and the civilized environment including culture, material technology, etc.

If we extend this concept and adapt to the avenue, it may not be understood as evolution.

If this is the case, a new question will arise: Is this kind of evolution necessarily good?

Or this question can be more straightforward. Is adapting to the Dao and being in harmony with the Dao a pursuit?
Or maybe it’s just a necessary means for true pursuit.

If you are looking for longevity, joining the Tao is not the only way.

If you are pursuing strength, Hedao is also one of your choices.

If what you pursue is freedom, sorry, longevity and strength are all means to achieve freedom, and they are not necessarily necessary means.

After all, Xiaoyao is actually a state of mind. It is similar to optimism and open-mindedness, but its depth and breadth are better...

In this way, Zhou Yi fell into a state of confusion without knowing it.

Modern people ridicule the state of emptiness and fatigue after physiological happiness as the state of the sage.

The nature of the Lost Way is similar, but it is aimed at the state of counterattack after the continuous and exciting enlightenment and control of the Way.

A person takes one breath of life, and a Buddha is a stick of incense.

If you can hold this breath, you are often like a superman, able to show your best, even surpass yourself and reach a super level of performance.

But all this will eventually pass.

When Zhou Yi faced a big break that he thought he could not avoid no matter what, it was like he couldn't hold it back anymore.As soon as his anger was released, the backlash suddenly overwhelmed him silently and violently.

This backlash directly caused Zhou Yi to wander almost like a sleepwalker for 129600 hours, which is about 30 years (29.5).

He wanders in the high desert.

In the first ten years, because he was favored by heaven, no power could hurt him.

In the second decade, his body was somewhere between reality and reality, a mirage that seemed both real and illusory.

In the third decade, the power of the Great Dao circulated on him, making him a small moving natural disaster.

But sometimes, this small natural disaster will also bring an oasis, a salt lake.

Thirty years later, Zhou Yi woke up, feeling as if he was recovering from a trance where he let his mind go blank.After a while, he confirmed the duration of this 'trance' through the traces left by the years on his body.

He knew that this was not the end.

On the contrary, this is just the beginning.

No confusion, no confusion, no doubt, no regrets, and no rest. He can only do the last one without rest. There are four other things he can't do. The backlash of the great road will only become more and more serious.

He finally understood that everything, including the golden finger he had always relied on, had a price.

It’s not that you don’t repay, the time hasn’t come yet, but when the time comes, everything will be repaid.

This is almost the case now, after all, he is still struggling because of taking too big steps.It's just that the point where the tall building collapsed was not at the time, place, or way he expected.

He thought that in the projected world of the heavens, trouble would be nothing.

I think this is both right and wrong.

If he was just playing with his supernatural powers, then this idea could barely be established.

But he was running wildly on the road, and this thought was wrong.

Because the Dao is too harsh, as long as the heart walks through it, it does not distinguish between reality and illusion.

Every detail in the secular world can be fuel for the state of mind, and fighting the gods alone can also be fuel for the state of mind. Since there are only differences in appearance, but the essence and character are the same, what is the reality?What about dreams?
Doesn’t the tempering and impact of dream information on the state of mind count?
If it doesn’t count, what’s the point of the projections from the heavens?

If it counts, why do only positive effects count and not negative ones?
Goldfinger helps him visualize the results of his adventure, but it does not mean that he completely eliminates the bad things at the same time.

Forgetting, squeezing... everything is just a technical process.Just like a country, as long as the economy is on the upswing, various problems can be concealed. Once the reverse is reversed, problems will erupt in various ways.

His situation is the same, although he has been vaguely aware of the bad omens again and again, and has carried out a lot of self-psychological adjustments.

But compared with the deficit, it is still far from enough.

The hidden consumption of the power of the Imperial Avenue was far beyond his imagination.

The real collapse began not when he realized that the power of the avenue was distorting his personality, but when he stopped holding on and realized clearly that he could no longer move forward at a high speed in the short term.

After analysis, he realized that he could no longer move forward, that is, when he was discouraged after a shiver. The thirty years of being in a trance was just a temporary distraction. He now looked like a patient with a mental illness. This so-called temporary distraction , will only become more frequent and severe.

"It seems that the funeral needs to be arranged..." Zhou Yi was rarely calm.

At this point, it doesn't matter whether he can see it or not, whether all the real and illusory things he has experienced are true or false, or even somewhat distracted, it doesn't matter anymore. Next, he will experience the test of time. , if you have passed, there will be a future. If you cannot pass, you will not be better than those ancient gods who sleep in the sea of ​​​​stars.

"Heaven and earth are the reverse journey of all things, time is the passerby of hundreds of generations, life is like a dream, how much joy can there be? The carefree obsession can last for several springs and autumns..."

(End of this chapter)