Cultivating Immortality Starts with Rubbing a Computer

Chapter 165: Balance of Blessings and Disasters
"3.9, still a little short."

"4.0 is a level that completely enters the upper level of the spiritual level."

"There's a world of difference between 3.9 and 4.0."

The quality of mana shows a certain numerical pattern.

Fang Jun was actually not surprised, as many phenomena in nature follow numerical laws.

The simplest examples are the Fibonacci sequence and the golden ratio.

It is reflected in all kinds of natural things.

It seems "artificial", but it is actually formed according to the principle of optimization.

Mana quality is just a number.

1.5 arrives at 2.0.

2.9 arrives at 3.0.

3.9 arrives at 4.0.

There is always a large gap, which requires a more complex structure to fill and cross it.

Otherwise you'll be stuck forever.

This is the case with Fang Jun's many artistic conception patterns, which are stuck at the stage of 3.9 to 4.0.

Always difficult to overcome.

And because he is not in a hurry to gain combat power now.

It was not immediately promoted.

After all, optimizing the artistic conception now will not only cause turbulence in the sea of ​​consciousness, but also turbulence in the foundation of Taoism.

This goes back and forth.

It would be bad if something unexpected happened.

It’s best to get through it once and for all.

"Master, how is it? What's the result?"

Mo Yiyi asked.

Fang Jun shook his head: "After all, it's still a little short."

Mo Yiyi pondered, "But isn't the excitement enough? What else is he not angry about?"

Fang Jun said, "That's enough. People have their limits. Endless stimulation will not produce any results."

"No, that's not necessarily the case."

“The gap between people is huge.”

“Different people have different limits.”

"Of course, it's more likely that we're missing a crucial link. If we don't resolve it, no matter how much we stimulate ourselves, we won't be able to get past that level."

Mo Yiyi said: "Based on Master's knowledge, what is this level?"

Fang Jun said: "Anger hurts the liver, joy hurts the heart, thinking hurts the spleen, worry hurts the lungs, and fear hurts the kidneys."

"Conversely, physical abnormalities can also be fed back to the gods."

"For example, hyperthyroidism is an example of thyroid hormone secretion affecting the 'spiritual'."

"So the 'spiritual' and the body influence each other."

"I affected Qing Li Niu's 'spirit' and thus his body."

"But obviously, if we want to further induce changes in the 'God', we must push it forward with the body."

"However, Qingli Niu's body is no longer strong enough to support this change."

"So that's it."

Mo Yiyi said regretfully, "What if we let Qing Li Niu recover a little? Can we continue to promote the changes?"

Fang Jun said, "That's impossible. The defect in Qing Li Niu's body is also a factor that caused the transformation of the 'god'."

"An intact body may not necessarily be able to push mana quality to 3.9."

"And even if he were intact, I'm actually not optimistic about him."

"Because if it were really possible to easily break through this barrier by just finding someone."

"Then the spiritual level of the upper-grade state of mind is too cheap."

Mo Yiyi was a little dissatisfied: "Master, even with my luck, is it not possible?"

Fang Jun nodded: "From a probability perspective, it really doesn't work."

After a pause, he continued, "Master actually doesn't like to gamble on the odds. But this is the reality. Without luck, you can't go far in this world."

“This time it failed.”

"Just ask someone else to come next time."

Mo Yiyi said with a bit of regret: "I don't know how long it will take for someone to come next time."

Fang Jun glanced at the ever-changing clouds in the sky: "Seeing a leaf fall, I know the year is coming to an end; seeing ice in a bottle, I know the world is cold."

……

Although the evolution of the angry mood did not meet Fang Jun's requirements.

But the various phenomena discovered in the evolution process are very valuable.

For example, the mood of anger actually needs anger as nourishment to grow.

And what is anger?
Simply put, it is an emotion.

Further, it is a physiological change caused by adrenaline and cortisol.

This change altered the structure of matter, which in turn affected God.

There is actually nothing wrong with this.

The artistic conception itself is a change in emotion, which causes physiological changes.

This physiological change in turn affects the changes in the material structure of the sea of ​​consciousness, giving rise to artistic conception.

But artistic conception is something that is extremely stable.

After birth, it is like a scar on the human body, and it will not disappear so easily.

But the meaning of anger is different.

If anger is lost as nourishment, it will degenerate.

The quality has degenerated to 3.5 or even below 3.0.

It's as if the scars on a person's body disappear.

And once given sufficient nutrients, it can soar as fast as a rocket.

It is very different from other artistic conceptions.

If we classify these moods by emotions, the other moods are weak emotions, and the angry mood is a strong emotion.

What is the essential difference between them?
Why can't other artistic conceptions grow rapidly through such extreme means?

Obviously, I feel sad all day long, which affects my mood, but my anger is not so extreme?
Does this mean that anger is closer to the essence of "God"?

That is the essence of self-awareness.

Can it be easily influenced by self-awareness?

After all, other artistic conceptions are separated from self-awareness by a layer, and the distance between the two is quite far.

That didn't happen.

Fang Jun was very interested.

So, he experimented on himself.

He was affected by the illusion and fell into a state of anger.

Then, use spiritual consciousness and magic power to combine into a Taoist pattern structure with an angry mood to see if the state of anger will affect it?

Of course, Fang Jun, who possesses artistic conception, will not fall into the state of Taoism due to the angry Taoist patterns.

Fill in his fifth artistic conception.

He will separate this part of spiritual consciousness and magic power, and then use his own artistic conception to defeat the influence of Taoism.

It is not difficult to separate spiritual consciousness and magic power.

The process of cultivators refining weapons, making elixirs, making talismans, and even killing enemies will separate their spiritual consciousness and magic power.

It's an instinct like breathing.

Of course, Fang Jun also wants to study this instinctive principle and is actually studying it.

But there has been no progress.

"The separated consciousness and magic power that carries the angry state of mind are fading."

"The rage I created with 3.9 mana quality is fading."

"This process subsided faster than the speed seen in the Qingli cattle."

"Is my anger too little?"

"Or was it because I had too little contact with this strand of magic power before we separated, and it didn't absorb enough nutrients?"

"But I can't put it on my body, because it will affect my own mood."

"Well... let's find a way to delay this process first."

Then Fang Jun tried various Dao patterns but none of them worked.

The only way was for Fang Jun to put himself in a state of anger and temporarily refine this magic power.

After adding Fang Jun's anger, it was derived again.

It’s really a magical phenomenon.

After several more measurements, Fang Jun discovered another phenomenon.

"If the artistic conception I created at the beginning was 3.0, then no matter how much anger was added as nourishment, it wouldn't continue to grow."

"Only when I create a higher quality and stronger artistic conception, when the angry artistic conception degenerates, will it grow if I feed it."

"And if I take the anger state I originally obtained, which is of quality 2.5, it will not degrade in any way, and of course it will not increase either."

"Other qualities of anger will also cease when they degrade to 2.5."

Simply put, it's like having a shell.

This shell limits the upper limit of the state of anger.

And inside the shell there is a skeleton.

This skeleton maintains the lower limit of artistic conception.

Make sure the anger level does not drop below 2.5.

"This is actually quite easy to understand. Artistic conception can be derived from the macro to the micro. But that doesn't mean that the microscopic state can be completely replicated."

"For example, the difference between a 3.9-quality wrath state degenerating to a 3.0 state and a 3.0 state being shaped directly from the beginning is microscopically different at the atomic scale." "My mana control level isn't deep enough to reach that level, so I can't accurately shape an identical 3.0 state."

"Of course, there's also the difference between my own anger and Qing Li Niu's. I can't let my anger level go from the initial 3.0 to 3.9."

The material structure of each individual is different.

Even though we are all human beings, there are still huge differences between us in subtle ways.

If you just look at it roughly, it may not be necessary to make a detailed distinction.

However, artistic conception involves something at the micro level.

This distinction is very important.

The difference is that since we are both angry, we should treat them as the same thing.

Just like the key that fits a door lock, some slight changes will make the door lock unable to be opened.

The same is true for micro-level research.

The deeper you go, the more precision you need to maintain.

“嗯……其实有着2.5的愤怒意境作为骨架，那说不定实质上的3.0和3.9的愤怒意境也是有达到3.0和3.9的骨架。”

"The reason only the shell remains is probably because the quickly produced 3.0 and 3.9 are actually imperfect and defective products."

"As unstable, high-entropy entities, they must continuously provide additional entropy, such as anger, in order to exist stably."

"Just like fine crops cultivated artificially, they must grow in an artificially created environment."

"If they are returned to their natural wild environment, even if they can reproduce, they will gradually be eliminated."

"Because they are too fragile, unstable, and consume a lot of energy. The law of increasing entropy will take effect on them."

"If you can find the perfect product, perhaps you won't decline even without anger as a nourishment."

"But that's not necessarily the case. Maybe there are no perfect products, only defective ones."

Fang Jun experimented gradually, evolving the mood of anger and collecting data.

Of course, so far, he has not been able to accurately observe the scale below the atom.

But it doesn't matter.

What he is doing now is reverse deduction.

Use the results to infer the principles and deduce a model of anger at the atomic scale.

This is a means of studying physical phenomena.

Of course, this process takes an indefinite amount of time.

If you are lucky, you can get results in a short time.

If you are unlucky, nothing will come of it in your lifetime.

Fang Jun believed that with Mo Yiyi by his side, he would not be so unlucky.

……

The Cangshan Mountain is as black as ink, with snow-capped peaks and swirling clouds like a veil.

A ray of light came from the sky and sank into the inky black mountains.

"Fourth Brother, you're back?"

"Welcome Fourth Brother back to Qixia Sect."

"Hello, Fourth Brother."

The escaping light revealed a young figure. He said to the fellow apprentices around him, "Is Master here? I have something important to report."

A fellow apprentice reported, "Master is not in retreat yet, please do as you please."

The fourth senior brother nodded, walked up ninety-nine steps, and stepped into a towering palace.

At the top was a Taoist nun who looked to be in her thirties, sitting cross-legged.

The fourth senior brother took out a jade pendant and said respectfully, "Master, this disciple accidentally obtained a Mysterious Nether Jade and is giving it to you as a gift."

The Taoist nun opened her eyes, took a quick look with her spiritual sense, and said with a slight surprise: "It is indeed the Mysterious Jade. Where did you find it?"

The fourth senior brother said, "I got it from a cultivator at the ninth level of Qi Refining. He took the initiative to sell it to me."

The Taoist nun asked, "What is its name? What is its origin?"

The fourth senior brother said, "His name is Fengtian Monkey. He is from a group called the Five Heroes Force, founded by a ninth-level Qi Refining cultivator named Shi Bing."

Upon hearing this, the Taoist nun stretched out her left hand and began to calculate carefully. After a moment, she said, "The Fengtian Monkey is dead, and the Five Heroes are dead. It seems that the Mysterious Nether Jade has caused this disaster again."

Fourth Senior Brother asked in surprise, "Master, what does this mean? Isn't the Mysterious Nether Jade the certificate for entering the Mysterious Nether Palace?"

"And the Xuanming Palace has all sorts of treasures that enhance foundation-building cultivation? How could there possibly be a disaster?"

The Taoist nun smiled and said, "My disciple, think carefully. Every time the Xuanming Palace opens, has no one died?"

"This is an ominous thing, so it's not surprising that it brings disaster."

Fourth Senior Brother asked doubtfully, "But that was after the opening, and the fight for the jade pendant. To suffer disaster simply for handling it is too outrageous."

The Taoist nun said: "Good fortune lies where misfortune lurks, and misfortune lies where good fortune lies."

“Misfortune and blessing are one and the same.”

“Where there is blessing, there is disaster; where there is disaster, there is blessing.”

"But aren't you curious? Why is it that some people in this world enjoy endless blessings but never encounter disasters, while others are plagued by disasters and have no blessings to enjoy?"

The fourth brother hesitated for a moment and said, "Is it because of reincarnation?"

"Enjoy happiness in this life, and suffer in the next."

"Suffer in this life, and enjoy happiness in the Hereafter."

The Taoist nun said, "That's not true. Even if reincarnation really exists, it shouldn't involve the distribution of blessings and misfortunes."

"True blessings and misfortunes are not equal, and they are the ones who suffer for others."

"Your blessings are shared by others, and you bear the consequences of others' misfortunes."

"This is the principle of the imbalance between blessings and disasters!"

"It is also something that Master has comprehended from the secrets of heaven."

The fourth brother was shocked: "So according to what Master said, I can become your disciple. But if I enjoy all the blessings, then who will suffer for me?"

The Taoist nun said, "Of course it's your parents. You are able to cultivate and have transcended the life and death of the mortal world. Naturally, your parents suffered for you."

The fourth brother said, "My parents have become rich and powerful because of me. Who is suffering for them?"

The Taoist nun said, "Of course it's other mortals."

The fourth brother asked, "Who will bear the suffering of other mortals?"

The Taoist nun asked, "Of course it's everything else in the world?"

The fourth brother continued, "Then how do we define suffering? What may be honey to others may be poison to me. How do we define suffering?"

The Taoist nun laughed and said, "Naturally, I'm the one who defines it."

The fourth brother was stunned for a moment, and after a moment he said, "Isn't this too subjective?"

"How can I use my own suffering and difficulties to extend the suffering and difficulties of all living beings?"

The Taoist nun said, "Disciple, why can't I ask you this?"

Confusion appeared on the Fourth Brother's face: "This...this just doesn't make sense."

"A pig is happy when it rolls in the mud."

"How can anyone endure this filthy environment?"

"If it is suffering, a pig in the mire will certainly not be happy. If it is happiness, a person in the mire will certainly be happy."

"But in fact, unless the person is mentally ill, this phenomenon will not occur."

“How can we distinguish between suffering and blessing?”

The Taoist nun said, "So there's no need to distinguish. I can use my own difficulties to understand the suffering of the world and maintain a balance between the blessings and disasters of all things."

“If you differentiate carefully, you have your suffering, I have my happiness, and if you push it back and forth, it will be endless.”

"It is not the way of heaven, and no one can fully count it."

"So, I push my suffering, he pushes his suffering. You and I are different. I enjoy my happiness, you enjoy your happiness. I suffer my suffering, you suffer your difficulties."

"However, isn't the push and shove of everything in the world a kind of balance?"

“Suffering and blessings are mixed together.”

“It is said that fortune lies where misfortune lurks, and misfortune lies where fortune rests.”

The fourth brother suddenly understood: "Master, I understand."

“There is no permanent suffering in the world.”

"It's just my suffering."

"As long as you avoid my pain, you can enjoy my joy."

The Taoist nun nodded in satisfaction and said, "Then tell me about the balance between blessing and disaster of the Xuanming Jade."

The fourth senior brother looked at the Xuanming Jade in his hand and said, "The Xuanming Jade is a treasure that brings good fortune to people."

"However, the greater the blessings, the more disasters are needed to balance them."

"Therefore, this object is ominous. Before it falls into the hands of its true owner, it will inevitably bring all kinds of disasters."

At this point, the fourth senior brother hesitated a little: "Master, I have now come into contact with the Mysterious Nether Jade. Doesn't that mean I am the one who is in charge?"

Seeing Fourth Senior Brother shrinking back, the Taoist nun said, "Disciple, don't worry. Since I already know that the Mysterious Nether Jade is an ominous object, how could I not have a way to ward off disaster?"

"And not only that, I will not only eliminate your disaster, I will also eliminate all the disasters on the Xuanming Jade."

"Let me become the true owner of this Xuanming Jade."

Upon hearing this, the fourth brother hurriedly said, "Master, please give me a way to eliminate the disaster."

The Taoist nun said, "This is easy."

"Go to the place where the Mysterious Jade was discovered, bring your Junior Sister with you, and have her kill everyone and everything in that place."

"Then you used the Mysterious Nether Jade to lure those who coveted it."

"Then let your junior sister kill them one by one."

When the fourth brother heard this, he couldn't help but shudder: "Do you really need the little junior sister?"

The Taoist nun said calmly, "If you can balance blessings and disasters, I don't mind you doing it yourself."

The fourth brother suddenly understood: "So this is what my little sister was born for."

He bowed to the Taoist nun and said, "Master, I understand."

The Taoist nun nodded: "I understand. Remember to be careful."

"Every time the Mysterious Nether Jade is revealed, no one will be left alive."

The fourth brother said, "Yes, Master!"

(End of this chapter)