Chapter 80: The Secret Realm of the Spiritual Body
When Lin Xinning stepped into the secret realm of the spirit body again, the "King of the Realm" was already sitting in front of the desk, waiting for her. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info
"Lingshu Secret Realm" is the usual name of the Qingqiu world. It is said that only those who are gifted and have a chance can enter the secret realm of the Spiritual Body, get the task of the immortals, and go to the other world to explore, so as to greatly expand their own knowledge and increase their own realm. Although the immortals strictly ordered that they should not divulge the relevant secret realms, and violators would be severely punished - most likely by uprooting the immortal roots and demoting them to mortals - the Qingqiu world has some secret methods that can transmit information on a small scale.
Lin Xinning was born in a family of immortal cultivators, and when she was very young, she looked forward to being favored by immortals and summoning herself into the secret realm of the spiritual body. But even she didn't expect that she would get this opportunity before she was twenty years old, and she was able to travel through the other world with three companions from Tiannan and Haibei.
Their initial experience is similar to the news transmitted by their predecessors through secret methods, all of which are delivered by the "Void Master" who refuses to reveal his true identity, so as to travel to all kinds of strange other worlds, sometimes fighting demons, sometimes destroying monsters, and sometimes fighting with people. But when Lin Xinning and his companions all condensed the golden pill, suddenly one time, the "Void Master" disappeared, and was replaced by an even more magical "Realm King".
In a sense, in fact, the "King of the Realm" is far less mysterious than the "Void Master", not only does he take the initiative to expose his true appearance, but this appearance is also very different from the legendary treasure solemn immortal family. The "King of the Realm" looked like an ordinary young man, with a mediocre appearance, but extremely strange clothes, often short shirts and long trousers—in fact, to the Qingqiu world, which was generally handsome and long-sleeved by cultivators, it was more like a mortal without any immortal roots.
But since the "King of the Realm" took charge of her team's expedition, Lin Xinning found that the door to a new world had suddenly opened in front of her—although each other world could have been regarded as a new world for her. The tasks assigned by the "King of the Realm" are novel in content and bumpy in the path, and the participants must not only rely on exercises and realms to complete, but must also mobilize all their observation, insight, and intelligence. Moreover, for all kinds of strange forms of the other world, the "realm kings" often try to reveal their essence to them through tasks -- whether it is martial arts or magic, why do different cultivation systems be formed? How does the cultivation system affect mortals and cultivators, thus forming a strange social structure?
Lin Xinning felt that every time she participated in a mission now, she often thought about it more than she had three or four times in the past, and she felt that she was stepping towards the true path of the immortal family, not just the peak of her technique.
In particular, the "King of the Realm" gradually revealed to her the truth of the struggle between the immortals and the dragons, telling her that the path of cultivation and struggle is endless......
Because of this, Lin Xinning was able to raise a Yuan Infant at the age of less than forty and reach the realm of Dacheng, which is unique in the history of the Qingqiu world - the previous genius was more than 700 years ago, and he had to be over 60 years old to achieve success. Therefore, Lin Xinning really looks up to the "King of the Realm" as a mountain, respecting him as a teacher - not just as an immortal - no matter how mediocre the appearance of the "King of the Realm" is, no matter how casual his speech and demeanor are. People can't look good, and so are immortals.
When she saw this immortal again, Lin Xinning hurriedly put her hand in her chest and bowed deeply: "Meet the king of the realm." When they first saw the "King of the Realm" show their true faces, they all followed the rules of the Qingqiu World to meet the elders, and they bowed to the ground, but the "King of the Realm" said: "Immortals are made by people, there is no difference, why kneel and worship? Get up, I'm not used to seeing people kneel." After that, they all bowed their hands as if they were their brothers and sisters.
The "King of the Realm" raised his head and glanced at Lin Xinning, smiled slightly, and beckoned: "Come and sit." Lin Xinning knew his temper, and he was no longer humble, and walked directly over and sat down with the "King of the Realm".
The "King of the World" pushed a white porcelain cup at her, and the cup contained a steaming dark brown drink. Lin Xinning took a sip of her drink and frowned slightly. The "King of the Realm" asked her, "Isn't it delicious?" Lin Xinning shook her head slightly and said, "It's too sweet...... But it lacks the slight bitterness and light astringency that coffee should have......"
The "King of the World" smiled: "This is not coffee, this is a hot coincidence, I thought you would like it." ”
"Hot coincidence?" Lin Xinning was stunned for a moment, "What a strange name, the fairy drink, is really varied." ”
The "Realm King" shrugged his shoulders: "It has nothing to do with the Immortal Family. The immortals don't take pleasure in the senses, and no one studies drinks, which are just common drinks in the mortal world from which I come from. Then Zhengse said: "First of all, congratulations, you have entered the realm of Dacheng, and the period of ascending to immortality is not far away." ”
Lin Xinning hurriedly said: "It's all thanks to your guidance...... It's a pity that after entering Dacheng, I have to split the team, and I can only go to the other world to explore alone, right?"
The "Realm King" nodded, and then comforted Lin Xinning: "They're also fast...... Only Xiao Xu, his comprehension is still a little worse......"
Lin Xinning smiled: "He is a man, so he will naturally be slightly inferior in understanding...... However, when we crossed the other world before, most of the cultivators were men, which made us quite confused. If you practice martial arts, men are naturally stronger and more muscular than women, but they also ...... cultivation methods."
The "King of the Realm" smiled: "Your Qingqiu World is a special case, most of the other worlds belong to the patriarchal society. ”
"Why? Not to mention the natural endowment, the closeness to magic, people take reproduction as their nature, and in the matter of reproduction, women contribute more than men, and suffer more, and cultivate offspring, and women are more patient and loving, so why is there a patriarchal society?"
The "King of the Realm" nodded: "Good question." In fact, the reason is also very simple, because men are powerful, so when the social productive forces develop to a certain extent, they will make a relatively large contribution to production, and they will naturally occupy the dominant power. Although this is only the state of mortal society, cultivators are originally from mortals, so it is natural that they are influenced by it. It's like the immortals have ascended from the mortal world, and naturally they have retained a lot of mortal habits......" Pointing to the cup in Lin Xinning's hand: "For example, even if I am not greedy for the appetite of the tongue, I don't need to replenish water and nutrition, I still like to make a cup of mortal drinks from time to time." ”
"I don't know the heavens...... Is it a patriarchal society?"
The "King of the Realm" shook his head and said, "The immortals are just continuing the appearance of the mortal gender, and it doesn't matter if it's male or female, but it's ...... Since most cultivators are still mostly male, then the heavenly immortals naturally have a majority of male-looking ones, which is also something that can be helped. Then he taught Lin Xinning: "I have said that many things must be clearly distinguished between ideals and reality. The heart can not be lost, the reality can not be turned a blind eye, bow down to the unreasonable reality and forget the original intention, that is a philistine, a lazy man, only ideals and ignore reality, that is a dreamer. As far as theory is concerned, men and women have their own strengths, and there is no distinction between superior and inferior, but this is only an ideal state, and the reality of most of the world is that men are still superior to women. ”
Lin Xinning wanted to say something, but was stopped by the "King of the Realm" waving his hand: "Off topic, let's talk about your task." ”
"Please command. ”
"Actually, it doesn't matter about the mission, since you have reached the top of the road, you will go alone from now on, and without the cooperation and assistance of your companions, this task is not easy to design...... This is to go to the Qingxuan world, with a local ten-day period, and to experience it with your heart. I have only one request, I hope you can help find a cultivator named Suifeng, mark his location, probe his status, and come back to report to me. ”
"Yes. But what kind of world is the Qingxuan World?"
"The Qing Xuan World specializes in magic, and the two cultivation factions of the Shangqing and Dongxuan are different from each other, and there are some other small sects, including those that cultivate martial arts and those that cultivate concurrently," Speaking of this, the "King of the Realm" frowned slightly, "Actually, it is a very beautiful, but very disgusting world...... When I was still in the mortal world, I was also ordered to travel once, and let me tell you a few things that happened to you. ”
So he said that he crossed into the Qingxuan world with two men and one woman on the way, and met several cultivators of the Shangqing faction to collect tribute in the mortal village, because the village could not deliver the wine and food for the guests, so the Taoist named Kong Shenzi cast a spell to kill the old village chief......
Lin Xinning's face showed disgust: "I can't say that I can't enter the immortal path, and I am an ant after all, but this just means that mortals lack a purpose in life like ants, and it doesn't mean that cultivators can mutilate and kill mortals at will...... Do they really think that mortals are ants? So if the immortals come and see them as ants, what should they think?"
The "King of the Realm" pouted and said: "What else can I think, I must think that it is logical, and I will be killed in this way-those who have never been subordinate will also be flattered." Then, I'll tell you the story of the wind......"
When it came to Suifeng's sister as a "medicine man", who was smelted into an elixir for cultivators to eat, Lin Xinning couldn't hold back any longer, slapped the table with hatred, and said: "There is still such a world, such a cultivator! If I follow the wind, maybe I will also be angry and will destroy the world! In such a world, where is the meaning of existence?" Then he looked at the "King of the Realm":" I know that immortals don't want to interfere too much in mortal affairs, and their previous tasks have often been to borrow the hands of cultivators like us to eliminate some evils in the mortal world, such as repairing the seal of Zhenlong. But with this kind of mortal world, don't the immortals have compassion? Can't they find a way to reverse it?
The "King of the Realm" had a face: "Are you questioning me?!"
Lin Xinning reacted at this time, and hurriedly lowered her head: "Don't dare, I am angry for a while, my words are offended, and I ask the king of the world for forgiveness." ”
The "King of the Realm" laughed instead: "It's okay, if it weren't for your temperament, I wouldn't have told you about those bad things in the Qingxuan World." If I had been accustomed to the power of the above, I would not have indulged you to such an extent...... If you are so fierce in your words, you may not have any good fruit to eat. ”
Lin Xinning hurriedly patted his ass: "The king of the realm is naturally different from other immortal families......
The "Realm King" raised his hand: "That's right, I am different from other immortal families, as for the specific difference, in fact, you don't know, maybe I will tell you in the future...... Let's talk about the Qingxuan world-the immortal family has also been tired of this world for a long time!"