My cultivation is too warm

Chapter 56: The Ruthless Way and the Compassionate Way

Xu Mo originally thought that Elder Ouyang came mainly to support him.

Of course, this does not mean that the Demon Old Man is a mascot.

In fact, Old Man Wanmo made a great contribution to this experiment.

Although Elder Ouyang is a master of spiritual plants, no one is perfect.

When designing an experiment, there may be some omissions.

These were all improved after Old Man Wanmo came and helped to improve them.

The reason why Xu Mo had doubts about the purpose of Elder Ouyang calling Elder Wanmo on this trip.

This is because the last grafted spiritual fruit tree in the experimental field has matured and been inspected today.

Elder Ouyang turned his head and stared at Elder Wanmo, signaling to him.

Of course, Xu Mo couldn't understand this gesture.

But when the old man Wanmo saw this, he became anxious and shouted, "Me again? No, no, no, no."

Xu Mo looked at Old Man Wanmo, who was shaking his head vigorously with an extremely reluctant expression, and turned to look at Elder Ouyang with some confusion.

Elder Ouyang said upon seeing this: "The experiment was successful. Next, we should submit a formal, rigorous, written report of this experiment to the Canggu Dao League."

"So?" Xu Mo asked in confusion.

Elder Ouyang coughed dryly, and a slightly awkward expression appeared on his expressionless face as he said:
"I'm not very good at this kind of thing..."

Xu Mo turned to look at Elder Wanmo again, and said thoughtfully, "So we need Senior Wanmo to come, right?"

Elder Ouyang nodded reluctantly, "Don't look at him like this, but he is actually very thoughtful.

Apart from other aspects, I am willing to admit that he is better than me in writing this kind of report."

Xu Mo listened to Elder Ouyang's hard tone and smiled knowingly. He didn't expect to hear such words from him.

The one who laughed louder than Xu Mo was naturally Old Man Wanmo.

The exaggerated expression on his face completely refreshed Xu Mo's cognition.

"What did you say just now? I didn't hear clearly. Could you please say it again?"

Elder Ouyang took a deep breath, sneered, and said sarcastically: "I said I am not as good as you in writing reports.

Did you hear that clearly? If you did, get to work.”

The old man Wanmo suddenly smiled even more happily, "Okay, okay, little Ouyang, you finally realized that you are not as good as me.

Hum, hum, hum, since that’s the case, I’ll let you witness my skills today.”

After saying that, he happily took the experimental data to write a report.

Xu Mo was completely confused by this situation.

For the first time, he realized that it was possible to have a sarcastic expression on one's face while praising someone.

What’s more important is that the person being ridiculed was able to simply ignore the sarcastic expression and only listened to the compliments.

To this he could only say, good attitude, really easy to coax.

But then again, Old Man Wanmo's behavior seemed to be becoming more and more abnormal recently, which made him feel a little uncomfortable.

If he seemed quirky when we first met, he seems to be a little "childish" recently.

He hesitated for a moment, but still couldn't help but ask Elder Ouyang his questions.

Upon hearing this, Elder Ouyang glanced at the direction where Elder Wanmo had left with a complicated expression, and said leisurely:
"His cultivation is about to break through."

Xu Mo was stunned when he heard this, and couldn't understand what this had to do with the breakthrough in cultivation.

Elder Ouyang looked at his expression and explained:

"There is an important hurdle between the fifth realm of seeking the Dao and the sixth realm of transformation. That is to resist the assimilation of the Dao's laws on the practitioner during the transformation process.

In this process, if one is not careful, the practitioner will become a puppet of the laws of the Tao.

Perhaps a breakthrough can be achieved, but from then on, there will only be the Great Dao in one's heart, without any self-feelings, until in the end, one becomes the nourishment of the Great Dao's laws."

Xu Mo's eyes widened when he heard this, with an incredible expression on his face.

Seeing this, Elder Ouyang thought for a moment and said:

"That's right, your cultivation has now broken through to the fourth step of the Dao Refining Stage, Hun Yuan Ru Yi. It's about time I talk to you about some matters related to cultivation.

So that you won’t go astray in the future.”

Upon hearing this, Xu Mo quickly restrained his expression and bowed solemnly to Elder Ouyang. Then he showed a serious expression.

Elder Ouyang nodded, thought for a moment and said:
"Those who practice Taoism, starting from the second realm of enlightenment, need to comprehend the laws of heaven and earth, grasp the traces of the laws, and then form their own unique Tao.

From this moment on, the practitioner will have a deeper connection with the laws of the Tao.

In this process, you will feel the "seduction" of the laws of the Tao.

After feeling the powerful force of the Tao, one will have the urge to become a Tao.

That is, I think I am the Tao and the Tao is me. It can also be said that I am self-inflated, just like a nouveau riche.

When one's realm is not high, this kind of 'seduction' can be resisted by relying on one's own mind and willpower.

But as one's realm becomes higher and one's connection with the Great Dao becomes deeper, this feeling will become stronger and stronger."

At this point, he suddenly raised his head, looked into the distance, sighed with a complicated expression, and continued:

"A long, long time ago, the current cultivation system of the ancient world had not yet been developed.

People still don't understand the path of monasticism.

It is believed that people practice the Tao in order to become the Tao.

They pursue the supreme state of forgetting emotions and sacrificing themselves to be in harmony with the Tao, believing that this is the highest realm of those who practice Taoism and the ultimate destination of those who practice Taoism.

But in fact, Tao is Tao, and people are people.

If you give up your life in pursuit of enlightenment.

In fact, it is an act of abandoning the original intention and pursuing the trivial matters.

Practicing Taoism is also practicing truth.

The purpose of practice should be to keep yourself true to your original intention and not get lost in this world.

Rather than becoming the Tao itself."

Hearing this, Xu Mo frowned and thought, "Is this why Senior Wanmo has become like this?"

Elder Ouyang nodded and continued to tell him:
“In fact, the ruthless path is not just about merging with the Dao. The essence of ruthlessness is also about resisting assimilation into the laws of the Dao.

Abandon all emotions, keep your mind pure, close to the state of Tao, but also like Tao but not Tao.

But this road is too dangerous.

Later people discovered that strong emotions from the heart of life are actually the best way to resist Taoization.

The most essential difference between life and non-life is that life possesses non-life emotions or feelings.

Wan Mo is now at a critical moment of transformation, so naturally he needs to stimulate his emotions to the maximum extent possible."

Xu Mo thought about it after hearing this. Is it the way of the Supreme Being who forgets emotions and has emotions?
But now the ancient world follows the path of compassion, no wonder everyone is acting weird.

Not long after, Old Man Wanmo finished writing the report on this experiment.

Xu Mo looked at Elder Wanmo's report and immediately understood why Elder Ouyang asked him to write it.

He stared at the smug face of Old Man Wanmo in disbelief.

I thought to myself that it was such a pity and waste for this person to practice the magic way.

He should study literature and become a literary saint.

Elder Ouyang and Elder Wanmo each stamped their names on the report, and then formally submitted it to the Cang Gu Taoist Alliance.

Nothing unexpected happened during this period and a month passed peacefully.

Then the master of Tianlingmiao Peak, Jiumiao Saint, came to inform Xu Mo that the report evaluation had passed.

Next, ask him to move to the huge bluestone square on Lingmiao Peak.

　Thanks to the book friend: [Magic Old Stool 678]

　　General He Jin

　　【Lonely and cold stargazing night】