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Chapter 41 Dragon and Tiger

Taoist Lan didn't look at the pipe man. He just told the pipe man not to follow him.

The plumber followed.

Not only did he come, he also eavesdropped.

It would have been fine if he had just eavesdropped, but he even came over and bowed deeply to beg him.

He was a little unhappy about being asked to take more little by little and testing his bottom line.

"Master, what kind of realm is the Dragon-Tiger Realm?" Xu Shun asked Lan Dao Ren when he saw a person who was stuck at the threshold of knowledge.

Taoist Lan said nothing.

"If it's some secret realm, let's talk about it in private." Xu Shun said with a smile.

"It's not a secret." Lan Daoist paused and said, "My disciple, if you are willing to listen, I will tell you."

"Master, please speak!" Xu Shun said respectfully.

Taoist Lan looked at the City God in the City God Hall and said slowly: "The cultivators in the Divine Realm will become stronger as their cultivation grows."

"The 'spirit' in the sea of ​​consciousness merges with the mana in the dantian."

"It forms a golden elixir seed, which can also be called a true spirit."

"But we usually call it 'I-tiger', or 'tiger in the heart'."

"I'm a tiger?" Xu Shun asked doubtfully.

In some places, "tiger" is used to insult people, to describe them as stupid, reckless, and straightforward. It has a similar meaning to "tide" in some places.

I am a tiger, I am a tiger...

Why does it feel weird!

I'm not a tiger!

"The tiger is the king of all beasts and the most powerful one in the mountains!" Lan Dao Ren said, "When the spirit and the law of the cultivator integrate all the power in the body, this can be used as a basis."

"Use the true Dharma as a stepping stone to leap to the sky."

"Or you can use the Dao-protecting method as a weapon to kill the enemy outside."

Xu Shun thought about it and felt that comparing his own strength to a "tiger" was quite appropriate, except that the word "tiger" sounded ambiguous.

"But tigers not only help monks ascend and protect the way, but they can also hurt people."

"That person is the monk himself!"

"Hurt yourself?" Zi Su was puzzled. Could a cultivator's power really hurt himself?
"Tigers can eat people." Lan Daoren said, "The power of a tiger is too great for ordinary people."

"If you can't control it well, it will inevitably backfire on you."

Xu Shun was also confused: "It sounds stupid to hurt yourself with the power you practiced!"

"Ha~" Lan Dao Ren smiled and said with a hint of reminiscence: "Master also thought so back then."

"But...it's not what you think."

"How should I put it..." Lan Dao thought for a moment and gave an example: "Have you ever seen someone become rich overnight?"

Zi Su shook her head and Xu Shun nodded.

Lan Daoren continued, “People who become rich overnight are different from before they became rich, not only in behavior, but more in psychology.”

"They make money too easily, so it's easy for them to lose their concept of money and do things that seem unreasonable to ordinary people."

“In the end, they ended up being poor and destitute.”

"Or maybe people who suddenly gain power don't know how to use and maintain it, and just squander it. Eventually, the building collapses and the people disperse."

"What about monks? Monks have been able to control their magic power and cast spells since they became gods. In the eyes of ordinary people, they are masters, mages, and immortals."

"A cultivator can even feel his mana increasing every day, and his mana doubles in just three to five years. At this time, the cultivator's 'heart tiger' becomes stronger, and he always wants to test his own strength."

"This time, something went wrong."

Taoist Lan explained it clearly and Xu Shun understood it.

To put it simply, the power causes the monk's mentality to "float".

Xu Shun had seen too many things like this in his previous life.

Some people used to be farmers and workers, but suddenly lost tens of millions due to house demolition.

From then on, this person's mentality changed. He spent his money on wine, women, food, gambling and whoring. Within a few years, he had lost all his tens of millions.

After the experience of getting rich, the man had no intention to farm and work, and could only be a lazy drunkard, muddle-headed for the rest of his life, or die suddenly from drinking. Although he said that he had experienced everything in his life, from Xu Shun's perspective.

People can't live like this. They can't waste their whole life just for a few short years of enjoyment.

There are not just one or two such people. They could have chosen a better life, but they couldn't control themselves and squandered all their money.

After becoming rich, their world view and values ​​changed.

It is commonly said that people are becoming arrogant and inflated.

Xu Shun has also seen many bosses who turned 100,000 yuan into 1 million, 1 million into 10 million, and 10 million into 100 million.

In the process of trying to make 1 billion with 100 million, I failed.

In the end, he was swamped with debt, his family was broken up, and he was put in jail.

I made money easily and I felt proud.

As for the officials, let’s not talk about them.

When people suddenly obtain huge resources, they will "float".

They will become stubborn and conceited, not listening to advice, thinking that they are right and superior to others!
So of course when a monk gains magical power, can cast spells, and becomes more and more powerful, will his mentality change?

Of course it will.

Those who looked down on me in the past are now nothing but ants in my eyes.

Those things that were out of my reach before, such as wealth and power, are now not worth mentioning in my eyes.

It seems that there is nothing in the world that can stump me anymore.

This is "I am the tiger".

There is no better metaphor for this mentality than "tiger".

Powerful and dangerous.

You can make yourself stronger, or you can make yourself more dangerous.

The greater the power, the more unstable the mind becomes and the more dangerous the tiger in your heart becomes.

"Master. If the power is smaller, will the 'tiger' be weaker?" Xu Shun thought of this question.

"That won't work either." Lan Daoren said, "Because after reaching the Dragon-Tiger Realm, the cultivator will feel the 'dragon'."

"The Dragon of the Great Dao!"

Xu Shun said in a daze: "The dragon of the Great Dao? The Great Dao is like a dragon?"

The dragon transformed by the Great Dao?
"No." Lan Daoren shook his head and said, "The dragon is a metaphor."

"A dragon can be big or small, can rise or fly, and is unpredictable. You can only see the head but not the tail. It's just like a cultivator observing the Great Dao, but only observing a corner of the Great Dao from his own perspective."

"Who can fully observe and understand the Great Dao? Can you?" Taoist Lan asked back.

Xu Shun and Zi Su shook their heads.

Who can arrogantly say that he has glimpsed the true nature of the Way of Heaven?
Taoist Lan nodded and said, "My master can't do that either! Therefore, when a cultivator observes the Great Dao, it's like a blind man touching an elephant, or like looking at a leopard through a tube. He can only observe a little bit."

"So as the monk's magic power grows and 'I Tiger' becomes stronger, he slowly becomes aware of the external heavenly way."

"That is 'Dao Long'."

"One tiger and one dragon, that's the Dragon-Tiger Realm." Taoist Lan said about the Dragon-Tiger Realm.

"Tiger" is the expression of one's own worldview and power, while "Dragon" is the external real world.

One inside and one outside.

Xu Shun asked: "Why can't the power of the 'tiger' be too weak?"

"Because the dragon and the tiger are in conflict." said Taoist Lan.

"Will cultivators who absorb spiritual energy from heaven and earth conflict with the laws of nature?" Xu Shun was puzzled.

Zi Su nodded, he was also confused.

"Of course!"

"The spiritual energy of heaven and earth has passed through the skills in your body and turned into magic power, and became 'I-Tiger'. Is that still the spiritual energy of heaven and earth?" Lan Daoist asked back.

"This..." Xu Shun couldn't answer.

　How can you not be proud of having tens of millions more at home? (There are a lot of things going on recently, try to keep updating!)

　　
　
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