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This is totally asking for trouble.
And if he wants to cure the root cause completely, he will probably have to achieve the status of Yin God.
Generally speaking, the realms of Taoist monks today are divided into foundation building, Qi training, Yin Shen, Jindan, Yuanying, and Zhenren. As for the higher level of immortals, this realm is only a legend and no one has really seen it. As for Zhenren, Luo Hao is actually counted in that realm.
Although people think that gods should be similar to the God of Disobedience, and therefore the godslayer who is at the same level as the God of Disobedience should also be a god, but in fact, the reason why Luo Hao is the co-leader of the southern mysterious side of China rather than the co-leader of the entire mysterious side of China is that there is a real person on the northern mysterious side who can compete with her. Otherwise, with Luo Hao's tyrannical habits, she will never allow anyone to share this status with her.
So she is just a real person too.
From Ling Wuji's perspective, she is indeed a very genuine person.
Of course, judging those two was too far-fetched for Ling Wuji, who was only in the Qi training stage.
Theoretically, "it only takes a hundred days to build the foundation". After the foundation is built, it is the Qi training stage, and after the Qi training stage is the Yin Shen realm. These things can't be simpler to say, but in fact, the real difficulty is not building the foundation, but sensing the "Qi" in the body. This is the most solid threshold to distinguish all the mysterious side from the secular side. Therefore, the chasm between Yin Shen and Qi training cannot be accumulated step by step, but requires breaking through the barrier of life and death.
This step is purely a test of one's character after completing Qi training. As long as one breaks through this barrier, the boundary between life and death of the cultivator will become blurred. From then on, the cultivated Yin Spirit can leave the body and wander at night like the consciousness of Wu Tiao Wuhui. At the same time, a person's "essence, Qi, and Spirit" are no longer three distinct entities, but will gradually mix, coordinate, and synchronize, laying the foundation for the subsequent formation of the Dan.
Normally speaking, this step would not be a difficult task for Ling Wuji, who had already died once.
But in the past two years, he has been unable to take a step forward.
So he has been blocked outside the door of Yin Shen realm.
Moreover, according to his master, if this step is delayed any further, it will become a demon in his heart over time, and he will not even dare to think about a breakthrough, so he will stop at the Qi training stage for the rest of his life.
But Ling Wu Ji really had no clue.
What kind of character is being tested in the so-called life and death barrier?
Are you afraid of death?
"that……"
At this moment, the girl standing behind him was hesitating and didn't know how to talk to the boy for a moment. However, Ling Wuzhi didn't want to get entangled. The conversation with Yuuki Asuna at the beginning was purely out of necessity. Now that he already understood the whole picture of the matter, he was too lazy to say anything more to these people. Anyway, in the whole incident, they were just insignificant people involved.
Ling Wuji just wanted to stop certain things from happening.
In other words, just let some things return to their original track.
As for what their original trajectory was, Ling Wu Ji was too lazy to investigate.
However, according to his observations over the past few days, the people who would be hinted by Wujo Kirie, or the people who would be seen by her, actually had a bit of "Peter Pan" personality, which allowed them to fly in their dreams, so they were noticed by Wujo Kirie.
This kind of personality is actually a bit similar to the second-year syndrome.
In other words, this type of people are the kind who are very easily trapped in their own world and don't care about what is happening in the outside world, such as the second-year syndrome, literary girls or otaku.
And Kasumigaoka Utaha is an unorthodox literary girl.
Volume 1: The Mysterious Side of the Bizarre: Chapter 5: What People Want
People in the world can be roughly divided into two types. One is introverts, who tend to get pleasure from silence and solitude; the other is extroverts, who tend to get happiness from communicating with others. They are keen to throw themselves into complex and ever-changing environments and constantly challenge themselves. The more chaotic the environment they encounter, the more challenging they find it, just like a spring. Although there is no guarantee that it will be completely deformed one day, just like introverts sometimes let their thoughts get into a dead end and then become depressed...
There is no need to emphasize that Ling Wuji is an autistic child.
If he was an extrovert, he could have found someone to draw a PPT for him when he was a child based on his speculation about the general direction of the future and gotten investment, and he would have embarked on a life that was completely different from what he is now, instead of hiding in the mountains to learn from an old Taoist priest, and in the end being chased away like a stray dog.
Although Kasumigaoka Utaha is essentially a literary girl, she is not someone who can stretch and retract her desires as freely as an octopus' tentacles like Ling Wuzhi.
Another way to put it is that she just has too much drive to act like an extrovert.
So when she saw Ling Wuji just waved his hand and tried to leave as if he was just passing by, she took the lead, grabbed the edge of the boy's clothes, and said, "My name is Kasumigaoka Shiyu, thank you very much."
Ling Wu Ji nodded, then motioned for her to let go of the corner of his clothes.
"But, I find it strange that I don't have any intention of committing suicide. What should I do if I encounter this situation again in the future?"
Then why don't you just ask someone to keep an eye on you?
"But what I find strange is that I don't even know how I got up here. And classmate, looking at your school uniform, you are not from our school, right? How did you get here?" Kasumigaoka Utaha pressed on.
This made Wu Ji feel stretched to the limit.
"Can I reasonably speculate that my condition has something to do with your arrival?" Kasumigaoka Utaha said in an imposing manner.
Order Wu Ji to fight and retreat at the same time.
"How else did you happen to be there and happened to save me?"
Suggestion is not a magic trick.
At least Ling Wuji himself had no way of using hints to make others obey him.
He can only guide, but cannot force others to think according to his ideas.
Therefore, people who are sensitive enough like Kasumigaoka Utaha can quickly get rid of the control of suggestion.
But Ling Wuji is not the kind of person who allows others to manipulate him:
"Student, do you know what is the most critical step in the evolution of ancient apes into humans?"
Kasumigaoka Utaha was stunned: "Making and using tools?"
Although Ling Wuji knew that the other party was a high school student, and his own identity was a junior high school student, theoretically, he should call the other party "senior sister", but he was not sensitive to the atmosphere of paying special attention to seniority in Japanese society, so he just called her "classmate" and nodded, saying:
"The difference between you and me is that I can make and use certain tools, but you can't."
What he meant was that without that tool, the two of them would be in two different worlds that could not understand each other, just like humans and ancient apes.
“You speak as if it were NT…”[1]
Ling Wuji frowned, apparently thinking of something from the abbreviation, but finally said: "In short, you were accidentally involved in this matter, so it's best not to delve into it, otherwise..."
"But I still have a question."
"Although I don't consider myself a 'gentleman', I do have my own principles. However, I advise you not to think that I can test my bottom line just because I have principles. In essence, the gap between us is the same as that between gorillas and humans," Ling Wuji said in a cold tone, "I don't think I will have any psychological burden if I kill a gorilla."
"If you really think I'm just a gorilla, why do you say so much?" Kasumigaoka Utaha's wine-red eyes were full of curiosity, so she moved closer to the boy and said, "After all, if you really have enough convenient tools, why do you need to threaten me with words? I think the sign of distinguishing humans from beasts is whether the two can communicate. What's more, if most people in the world are gorillas to you, but you don't seem to have reproductive isolation from them, otherwise, how can you pass on your genes? Besides, since it's just a tool, I might be able to use it, right?"
Ling Wuji still frowned and said, "If you want to evolve into NT, I suggest you pay more attention to the development of civilian manned space technology."
Although she was only a high school student, the tall and plump black girl shook her head: "No, I'm just a novelist."
novelist?
"A novelist is someone who expresses his or her own understanding of the world he or she has seen through words..."
"You're straying too far from the point..."
"I mean, the flying instinct still remains in my body, urging me, constantly stimulating me, and asking me to record it. Can you understand that feeling? It's as if that's your mission in life, a sacred light that you can't refuse no matter where you escape to, as if you're inspired," Kasumigaoka Utaha looked directly at the boy who was a little taller than her. From the appearance, the boy didn't look like her peer, but more like a junior high school student who was one or two years younger than her. However, his absent-minded eyes made it impossible to guess his actual age. "This is probably the instinct of a writer. I always want to come into contact with a strange world that is beyond common sense and rationality, and then record it and turn it into a trace of myself in this world."
After hearing the girl's words, Ling Wuji suddenly felt that his "barrier of life and death" had loosened, but it seemed to be just an illusion, and it was locked again afterwards, so he murmured:
"'Articles are naturally formed, and they are created by a skilled hand'?"
"what?"
Of course, Kasumigaoka Utaha couldn't understand the Chinese language that the boy blurted out.
Ling Wuji shook his head: "So, what does this have to do with me?"
"It's simple. I want to get in touch with the world where you NTs live."
The girl moved closer to the boy, her breath was fragrant, and she aggressively tried to grab the boy's shoulders and force him to focus his eyes on her, but the boy grabbed her tightly with his thin pale hands like a hawk catching its prey. He still glanced at her nonchalantly and said:
"And what is the price, Gul'dan?"
"Who is Gul'dan? My name is Kasumigaoka Utaha."
Ling Wuji just shrugged his shoulders: In fact, he had already investigated it clearly.
"The so-called gate between the inner and outer worlds is actually just a piece of paper that will collapse at the touch of a button. That world is actually not that difficult to enter. If you really want to visit that world, just go to the Green Clan's jungle network and download the app. However, you may be disappointed by then."
"why?"
"If the so-called evolution only gives humans more convenient weapons, then what is the meaning of such evolution for humans today? Will we use them to kill each other?" Ling Wuji shook his head and said, "From this perspective, I even understand the direction of human evolution proposed by the bald head Tomino."
Note [1]: new type, new human.
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Volume 1: The Mysterious Side of the Bizarre: Chapter 6: The Meaning of Immortality
"But after all, you haven't proved that you have the ability to make and use certain tools." Kasumigaoka Shiina heard Ling Wuzhi's unintentional sigh, was silent for a moment, and suddenly said.
"I have no reason to prove this to you. Besides, if you don't believe it, why did you stop me and pester me for so long?"
"But if the tool you mentioned is really so magical, why didn't you use it on me and just walked away?"
"Anyway, I have nothing to do, and if a pretty girl takes the initiative to talk to me to kill time, I don't mind that much."
"But until now, you haven't told that beautiful girl your name."
Kasumigaoka Utaha glanced at him again, thinking that even if a boy like this ran to the street to talk to a pretty girl, the other party would definitely be willing to pay attention to him. Moreover, he was originally very impatient, so why was he willing to continue to entangle with her halfway through?
At least he is not as resistant now as before.
What is the opportunity for change?
Kasumigaoka Utaha couldn't help but ponder it in her mind.
But Ling Wuji took the initiative to reveal the answer and asked her: "You said you are a novelist, so is that the career you will fight for the rest of your life? Is this the meaning of your life?"
"My classmate, our relationship is not good enough for us to talk about life and ideals with each other, right?"
Ling Wuji sighed and said, "Then I must have spoken out of turn."
But when he turned to leave, the girl grabbed his sleeve again, frowned, thought carefully for a moment, and said, "I am a very greedy person."
"greedy?"
"I mean, being a novelist is indeed one of the meanings of my life, but my life can never be described by just the label of a novelist. I want to grasp more things, I want to have a perfect love, I want my life to be broad and free, happy and perfect, although perhaps such a life is obtained through the career of a novelist, but..."
“Do people yearn for immortality because immortality must include all meaningful things?”[1]
The boy spoke Chinese again.
At this moment, he finally understood why his mind was always locked.
Because he doesn't have enough desire to expand his life, and he doesn't even want to live forever.
If he was just a lone boat drifting with the current, how could he have the power to go upstream and cross the chasm?
"you……"
At this moment, Kasumigaoka Utaha also understood: this person must be a Chinese student studying abroad.
At the same time, the young man extended his slender pale hand to her, revealing a clear and cheerful look like someone standing under a phoenix tree in autumn: "May you be healthy."