Chapter 157

Li Changding said that he wanted to build a temple for the goddess of Houtu, and no one present objected, including Ling Xiao. Because Ling Xiao can also be regarded as a believer in the goddess of the earth. However, he believed in the goddess of the earth for the sake of the 600,000 soldiers under his command. May they rest in peace when they die.

It's just that Jiang Wudong, one of the four, has some opinions about the location of this temple.

"Master, this place is located in the wilderness and is sparsely populated. The temple of the goddess of Houtu is built here, and the incense is afraid that it will not be vigorous, and it will not be able to educate it. It's futile and not beneficial. Jiang Wudong was simple and straightforward.

"Eh, Wudong, you're wrong with that!" Li Changding understood that Jiang Wudong still regarded the Immortal Dao World by the standards of the martial arts world, so he stroked his long beard and pointed out with a smile: "Although this place is sparsely populated, there is no shortage of birds, animals, plants, trees, fish and insects. ”

"If it was in the original world, birds and beasts wouldn't have to care too much, but this place is very different from the original world." Li Changding patted Jiang Wudong on the shoulder, and taught step by step: "In this world, plants and trees can also have spirits, and birds and beasts can become demons. In this way, it is necessary to build a temple of the goddess of Houtu in the wild. ”

As soon as these words came out, Jiang Wudong and the others no longer had any objections, and happily agreed.

Building a Houtu Goddess Temple, it can be said that it is easy for the five fifth orders, only half an hour before and after, the temple was completed, the statue was completed, Li Changding as a sacrifice, led Ling Xiao and Jiang Wudong and others to worship and salute, chanted the "Houtu Sutra", attracted the spiritual light of Houtu, and opened the light for the god in front of him.

Finally, Li Changding lit a three-pillar incense stick, inserted it in the incense burner on the offering table, and led Jiang Wudong and others to kowtow and worship.

After the ceremony, the statue lit up with a divine light, and it flickered and disappeared, merging into this heaven and earth. Subsequently, Li Changding and the others clearly felt that the seemingly nonexistent threat and suppression in their bodies disappeared, and they were like a dark cloud being dispelled, and their hearts were suddenly relaxed.

Clearly, the world has recognized them.

After all, Li Changding and the others came from the shattered void by themselves. There is no smallpox to lead, and there is no Tianfu certificate, as if he is a person who has been smuggled over. That's why Li Changding is in a hurry to build the Houtu Goddess Temple, and use the power of the goddess to lay a foundation in the immortal world. Alleviate the rejection and hostility of the Heavenly Dao.

After doing all this, Li Chang ordered Jiang Wudong and the other three disciples to take care of the temple and cultivate the pastoral nursery around it, while he took Ling Xiao outside.

The sun was setting, the afterglow was faint, Ling Xiao stood in the wind, coldly looking at Li Changding, who had a white beard on the opposite side, silently waiting for the answer that he had already guessed.

"How did you get here, you should have the answer in your mind." Li Changding said lightly.

"I'm a part of you." Ling Xiao stated coldly.

"Yes." Li Changding made no secret of it.

Ling Xiao's sharp sword eyes closed lightly, and he asked slowly, "What am I yours?" Incarnation? Or a doppelganger? ”

"Neither." Li Changding indifferently denied, "You are my incarnation." ”

"What is a spirit?" Ling Xiao put down the Ling Xiao sword in his arms, held it in his hand, and asked lightly.

Faced with Ling Xiao's question, Li Changding did not answer and asked, "Do you know what kind of person I am?" Then, without waiting for him to answer, he said to himself: "Although I founded Jishizong, advocating and spreading Mohist thought, and preaching everywhere the purpose of helping the world and saving the people, and putting righteousness first, this is not what I really strive for. And that's just the second place. ”

"What can really make me let go of everything to pursue is the Tao, the truth, the knowledge, and everything else is not important compared to it, just like a mustard."

"When it comes to dedication to the well-being of the common people, I am far inferior to my three disciples. Do you think I'm a very contemptible hypocrite? Full of benevolence, righteousness and morality, a belly of male thieves and female prostitutes! Li Changding showed a self-deprecating smile and said to Ling Xiao.

"Everyone has their own ambitions, and they can't be forced." In this regard, Ling Xiao just said lightly.

"yes. Horses of courses. When Li Changding said this, he was silent for a moment, and then continued: "I pursue the Great Dao!" But the avenue is endless, the truth is always out of reach, you can only approach it and cannot reach it, and the accumulation of knowledge will only increase and become infinite. ”

"And I'm just a person, a finite person. In the infinite, no matter how great this finite is, he is insignificant. ”

Having said that, the pursuit of the infinite with the finite is endless, and this is also one of the joys of seeking the Tao. Fun! Speaking of this, Li Changding's face smiled even more, and it was full of joy and joy, and the joy was endless!

"In order to get as close to the infinite as possible, I created a technique called the Spiritual Wisdom Sustenance Method. Through this technique, I was able to divide into spiritual consciousness, which I placed in the heavens and the earth, felt everything about them, observed the world from their perspective, and peeked into the Great Dao. ”

"This is the initial stage of the Spiritual Consciousness Sustenance Method, if everything goes well, the scattered spiritual consciousness has grown perfectly, and he can still evolve into a spirit."

Hearing this, Ling Xiao's hand grasped the hilt of the sword, not loose or tight. It was his habit, and he would do it whenever he was ready to draw his sword.

"Unlike the spiritual consciousness, which is just passively feeling everything, the incarnated spirits have their own consciousness, they have their own self, and they will have their own pursuits. I can guide it through all kinds of means, but I can't control Ruyi in the same way that I control doppelgangers and incarnations. It's up to them to decide. ”

"Go on." Ling Xiao held his sword in one hand and said lightly.

"The incarnation is grown from my spiritual sense, so it can be said that it is a part of my primordial spirit, and I can see and feel everything they think, say and do, everything they see with their eyes, everything they touch with their hands. And whether they are sad or happy, whether they are flat or angry, whether they are hurt in a fight, or comfortable when they are merry, I can feel it, no matter how big or small! ”

Ling Xiaojian frowned, staring at Li Changding coldly, with a complicated look in his eyes, including gratitude, anger, and helplessness.

"I suddenly had an idea about these incarnations. Cultivating the true arts, nursery planting, alchemy refiners, spell formations, innate easy numbers, a kind, a door, a class, each of which is broad and profound, as vast as a sea of smoke, many ordinary people may not be able to get two of them even if they are poor. ”

"In the face of so much knowledge, and I am a person with an extremely strong curiosity and a great thirst for knowledge, I don't want to give up these cultivation skills, no matter how big or small, I want to include them in my pocket. It's a pity that even if I know how to doppelgänger, or even incarnate in the future, I can't master it with limited energy after all. ”

"So I thought, just let each of the avatars study a cultivation technique, and if they are so concentrated, they will definitely be able to study to the extreme. And I empathize with them, they will, and naturally I will. ”

"I'm the spirit of the swordsman and swordsmith, right?" Ling Xiao asked lightly.

"Yes." Li Changding nodded.

Ling Xiao pulled out the Sky Interception Sword from behind him, "Qiang! The ground was inserted in front of Li Changding, and the sword light flickered, and said, "What about this sword?" Why do I feel so familiar with it? And I've seen all the memories of me since I was born, and there is no trace of it in them. And why do you say it's the beginning of it all? ”

"Because you're different from other spirits." Li Changding explained: "You are the spirit that I directly cut out, and you put it on this sword to nourish it, and at that time, there was still the last trace of wish power left by my grandfather on this sword. Finally, in my Dan furnace, I have merged you and that glimmer of will. ”

"Hahaha!" Ling Xiao laughed self-deprecatingly, with a hint of sadness, and said, "Am I from this sword?" ”

"Haha! Ha ha! Hahahaha! Ling Xiao laughed loudly, venting his emotions. And Li Changding looked at him quietly, silent, silent.

After a while, the laughter stopped, Ling Xiao looked at Li Changding with a complicated expression, and asked, "I am your incarnation, what kind of fate do you say I will have?" There was a sense of determination in the words.

"The incarnation is different from the incarnation, you are free." Li Changding gave the answer to this.

Doppelganger, incarnation, incarnation.

The doppelganger is just a special extension of the power of the body, just like the hands and feet of a person, and it still belongs to the body in essence.

The incarnation not only separates the power, but also separates part of the consciousness, but only has a certain degree of autonomy, but in fact it is also subordinate to the ontology.

Spirits are different from these. He is independent and free, but he does not have the slightest right to privacy in front of the subject, and everything he has is displayed in front of the subject. At the same time, the spirit and the subject can transmit messages regardless of distance. Other than that, there is no specificity.

"Freedom? Hahaha! Ling Xiao laughed, kicked the Sky Interception Sword that flew on the ground, like a meteor cold, leaping a hundred feet, piercing the mountain wall, and entering without a handle. He exclaimed, "Is this also freedom?" ”

"Whether you want the Heaven Interception Sword or not, it's all up to you." Li Changding replied lightly: "You can throw him away, give him away, or even throw him in the pit." It's up to you. ”

"Huh?" Ling Xiao was stunned for a moment and said, "What about your grandfather?" Who will save? ”

Speaking of his great-grandfather, Li Changding sighed, his eyes closed, and said, "Shi Ye!" Fate! ”

"Won't you take on this responsibility yourself?" Ling Xiao rebuked loudly.

Li Changding smiled, glanced at Ling Xiao, who was obviously out of shape, and said slowly: "If I am willing to take on this responsibility, then there will be no you." ”

Ling Xiao was stunned and sat down on the ground, already silent, his eyes blank.

"Whether you want the Sky Interception Sword or not, you can choose for yourself." With that, Li Changding left, leaving Ling Xiao to sit on the ground alone, his thoughts complicated and indescribable.

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