Chapter Ninety-Six: Wen Dou
Wendou is naturally a concept relative to martial arts. At first, the words were not created, and everyone practiced martial arts, and the so-called Wendou refers to a competition that has made certain rules and restrictions and does not seem so bloody. This kind of competition is mostly used for the guidance between the elders and the juniors, and the competition between the peers who are good with each other, in short, it is covered with a veil of warmth and affection in addition to the blood boiling, but it is not so crisp.
Later, the word sage created the text, the word sage grouped the language, and the Confucian sage studied the classics, but while inheriting and sorting out the experience of martial arts, it greatly expanded the level of human civilization and created another way of practice that was different from martial arts and Taoism. This is the practice of Wendao that later generations can understand in the traditional sense.
The fundamental concept of Wendao practice is different from that of martial arts. If the true meaning of martial arts is to break and fight, then the true meaning of Wendao is to be shun and to elaborate. Wendao is to study the mysteries of the whole heaven and earth and explain them to everyone in a certain way, so that sentient beings can understand his intentions and then make sentient beings follow the heavens.
To put it simply, if martial arts are the breakthrough of heaven and earth, then Wen Dao is the expounder and repairer of heaven and earth.
Tinkers? Yes, tinkers!
After all, man is not the sky, and he can't be ruthless. In terms of the interpretation of the Heavenly Dao, a thousand people will have a thousand opinions, and these views are mixed with their own thoughts, and even fantasies, some of which are useful for the development of the Heavenly Dao, and some are useless. Under the pure mind of the Heavenly Dao, all the ideas that were useful to him were naturally derived and preserved, and those that were harmful to him were eliminated by him. The way of heaven is ruthless, so the supreme justice, under the removal of benefits and harms, those who make beneficial fantasies and contribute to the enrichment of the rules of the heavenly way will naturally have a great growth, and those who make useless fantasies and ruin people's hearts naturally have no chance of progress, they can only rely on the practice of the practice of the Fa to endure step by step.
Let's put it bluntly. It is precisely because of the emergence of Wendao that the human race and some other races with poor innate quality above the martial arts have the opportunity to walk another path and then ascend to the sky one step at a time. According to legend, at a certain stage in ancient times, the doctrine of literature and Taoism was implemented in heaven and earth, and the human race was in the most glorious stage, and there was no one in the world who could compete with it.
Later, the sages of the human race discovered the immortal path through the synthesis of martial arts and cultural Taoism, and further expounded the method of cultivating immortals, thus securing the position of the protagonist of the human race.
However, all prosperity has its time. With the flourishing of the Immortal Dao, the Bun Dao, the Martial Dao, and some other cultivation methods, there were more and more saint-level great monks, and the conflicts between the monks became more and more intense. Eventually, it evolved into a war between saints. The heavens and the earth fell apart in this battle, and the saint with great power found that his strength was enough to threaten the survival of the world.
As a result, the saints determined the rules, forbidding the battle between the saints, and replacing the hands of the saints with a more civilized discourse, and then pushed Tianxuan directly into the era of the sages' discourse.
The arguments of the saints lasted for thousands of years, and because of the arguments, discussions, and truths between each other, the clearer and clearer the reasoning became, and all kinds of miraculous and strange methods naturally emerged one after another. Naturally, the ranks of monks grew larger. It can be said that that era was the heyday of spiritual practice.
The boom lasted for about a million years, and then an unexpected conflict led to a big problem. The natural disaster came, the pillars of heaven collapsed, the earth was divided, and there was not a single life left on the continent. It was an apocalyptic picture, and it was. If it weren't for the power saint Sima Yun in front of the sky, the Qi Saint Luan Zongyu in the recultivation of the law behind, and then the Taoist saint Li Chonger's regulations, the whole world would have to re-experience the earth, water, wind and fire, and change the sky and the earth at that time.
In the end, the world was saved, but the world weakened a lot, and it seems to be showing signs of continuing to weaken. The saints then took their disciples to the outer heavens, saying that they were looking for a way to repair the world, but they never returned. In the 100,000 years after the saint's departure, the saint's inheritance was almost cut off, and the method of cultivating immortals and asking questions was at its peak. The art of martial cultivation has not become the method of fighting in the rivers and lakes, and although the way of cultural cultivation still has its inheritance and is integrated with some other methods, it seems to have deviated from the original intention of explaining the law of repairing heaven and earth, and has become a policy of governing the country.
This can be said to be a kind of sadness.
However, as a means of gaining strength, the Dao of Wen Xiu is still quite powerful, and the more important thing is that the human beings who major in Wen Dao have another means to fight against the demon barbarians.
In the whole world, human literature is famous.
The human race is good at literature and Taoism, and it is so famous, so the giant whale gang will actually ask for a literary fight with humans, isn't this ...... Guan Gong played a big knife in front of the door, and it was not interesting to talk about himself.
"Could there be some conspiracy here?" Li Jingxuan was suspicious.
"Probably not! Although Wendou was originally proposed, many of the rules they still argued with us. They take this competition very seriously. In my opinion, maybe they have found some kind of backer. Maybe it's a literati of the demon clan, or maybe it's a traitor on our side!" Xia Di frowned and pondered for a while, and finally shook his head and denied the existence of the conspiracy: "Wendao has spread nearly 10 million. It has also taken nearly 100,000 years for the world to develop again. Although we human beings are civilized by Wendao, other races, except for the demon barbarians who are full of muscles, it is still possible to come up with one or two geniuses of Wendao. So, in my opinion, they would make such a request, probably because they have strong foreign support. ”
"Foreign aid? It seems that they are still very confident in their foreign aid!" Li Jingxuan muttered softly.
"Faith, if they don't have this today. I might recognize their faith. But they did it today, and I don't think they have much confidence about it. Otherwise, they wouldn't have made a move on you. Xia Di said and laughed confidently: "They actually want to hold you just in case." If they were really confident in their side, they wouldn't. ”
"That's right!" Li Jingxuan thought that this was really the case, and immediately laughed. He smiled and smiled, and his heart was much more settled. He opened his mouth and asked Xia Di: "How did you arrange the matter of Wen Dou?"
"Wen Dou, that was three days later. Xia Di was slightly stunned, but the smile on his face was even bigger. He looked Li Jingxuan up and down for a while, but nodded lightly: "Judging from your performance today, after three days, your body should recover well." You studied with me, although you are only a beginner, but you are a fast learner, and you already know the basic classics about the same. I think you should go with me. Well, you and Chaozhi were by my side that day, and the three of us were the main force of Wendou. As for the others as guards, they were led by Tang He...... By the way, bring the third princess with you, I don't want to encounter today's things. ”
"What about here?" Li Jingxuan compared to the courtyard where everyone else was.
According to Xia Di's arrangement, Wen Dou was the main force that day, and he seemed to be worried that someone would do it again like today, so he brought the third princess with him - this is really not a force at all.
Now that the main forces have gone out, there is no protective force here, at most there are only some elite soldiers of the Body Forging Realm left. This kind of extremely empty defense made Li Jingxuan a little worried. He asked Xia Di to know what the final arrangement was. After all, this courtyard is everyone's nest, Li Jingxuan didn't want to go out by himself and come back only to find that the nest was taken away. That's too shameful, isn't it?
"It's going to be guarded by soldiers! With our main forces coming out in a big way, they won't be interested here. Since those people are planning to be vassal, they will still abide by the corresponding rules. At the very least, they are unlikely to make a move against someone who is much weaker than them. As long as we are not defeated, then they are still safe. Xia Di said with certainty.
"Is that the only way? In this case, the people who stay behind are afraid. Li Jingxuan whispered his opinion.
"There's no way around it! You know, the enemy is too strong!" Xia Di also explained in a low voice: "If you guard at both ends like today, won't it give the other party a gap to break through." Moreover, on the day of Wendou, the major forces on the island will be invited, and they may let us bring too many people there. ”
"Alas......" For this, Li Jingxuan could only sigh helplessly. He knew that Xia Di was telling the truth.
"It seems that this is the only way to arrange it. Li Jingxuan had no better way, so he had to agree to Xia Di's arrangement.
For the next two days, Li Jingxuan meditated to recover from his injuries as quickly as possible, while asking Tang He to inquire about the relevant news on Leiyin Island. Some of the news is about the history of Leiyin Island, while others are about some recent and surprising changes - that is, major events that have taken place on the island.
At the request of Li Jingxuan. Tang He walked on the streets during the day to listen, and at night told Li Jingxuan what he had heard.
Through Tang River, Li Jingxuan learned a lot.
First of all, it's about Thunder Island.
It's a rather bizarre island, at least that's what Li Jingxuan thinks. Leiyin Island was developed 7,000 years ago, and it was originally opened by a sect called the Extreme Sword Sect of the Terran race in Beppu overseas. At that time, the Extreme Sword Sect was a very powerful sect in the East China Sea, and they firmly grasped this important place on the sea with their strong strength, and for this reason, they lived in the main communication route with the Qing Netherworld Continent.
However, the scenery of the Extreme Sword Sect did not last long. About 6,500 years ago, there was a civil strife in the Extreme Sword Sect, the sect was torn apart, and the remaining one fled here and established itself as the Moon Sea Sect. The Moon Sea Sect is only one or two hundred people, it is a small sect, although the inheritance in it is not bad, but without the support of a strong force, it is impossible to gain a foothold on this sea with its own strength.
Five hundred years ago, the Moon Sea was destroyed by the Whale Gang - which became one of the excuses for the Whale Gang to fight the humans. The sect of the human monks was destroyed, how could this not make the human monks die and the foxes sad? In the end, they fought a big battle with the Giant Whale Gang, and the Giant Whale Gang was finally forced to retreat to the sea under the condition that both sides dispatched immortal-level ancestors.
After that, there was another round of fighting, negotiation, and compromise - the island of peace and neutrality of the island of Thunder was finally determined. The Sea Tribes need human merchants to supply them with certain materials, and humans do have certain requirements for minerals and materials produced in the deep sea. In addition, Leiyin Island is located between the Aurora Continent and the Qingying Continent, and is an extremely important supply point between the two continents, so the two sides have made a treaty here.
Under the treaty, the island of Leiyin became an island under the joint control of humans and the Kraken. It became an open island, a great trade bazaar, and a place of countless evils. Many people who had committed crimes on the mainland came here and fled to the Whale Gang. Many of the defeated Krakens were sold as materials to human merchants. All kinds of legal and illegal trade are carried out on the island, which further complicates the entanglement of power on the island.
Now, Leiyin Island seems to have so-called "own interests".
According to the rules of jumping, there can be no battle on Leiyin Island. If the people on the island have a conflict, one is to go out of the island to solve the problem by themselves, the other is to accept the mediation of the island's arbitration department, and the other is to use various methods of undead duels - including civil fighting.
Wendou is a battle, but also a bet. The winning side can get the pledge of the losing side with a corresponding move. The pledges here are strange, they can be items, they can be exercises, they can be information, and they can be human lives. In short, once you've decided the right win or defeat on the island, you'll have to make the same bet. Of course, you can also choose to break the contract, but the result of breaking the contract is that you must try to defeat the siege of the law enforcement team composed of the masters of the Baoyuan Realm on the island. This is already a difficult problem for most people.
That is to say...... The Wendou request made by the Giant Whale Gang is also in line with the treaty?" Li Jingxuan lay on the bed, listening to the news that Tang He reported to him, and frowned slightly: "Is there really no conspiracy...... Or ......" He muttered quietly, then asked another question: "By the way, these days...... Is there any special person on Leiyin Island?"
"Special person?" Tang He thought about it distressedly, and his eyes suddenly lit up: "Speaking of special people, I think of a piece of news from ten days ago. Ten days ago, an envoy from the Ancestral Spirit Hall came here, saying that he wanted to discuss something with the elders here, that is, the elders of the Giant Whale Gang. Although all of them are demon barbarians, according to the person who told me the news, many of the demon barbarians' envoys are powerful demon clans!"
"Demon Clan, on land?" Li Jingxuan was slightly stunned, but laughed: "Perhaps, I have already guessed what their hole cards are." (To be continued.) )