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"Little Stone, why do you say that the star magician doesn't pay attention to physical exercise?" Xin Yu actually didn't understand why the importance of such an obvious thing as "dual cultivation of life" was self-evident, why did the star magician ignore it.
Perhaps, there will indeed be no "balance disorder" in improving physical fitness through mental power, but if the astrologist has not paid attention to the body, then in the end, he can only embark on the path of soul law. In other words, the path chosen for the sorcerer becomes very "narrow".
The pros and cons are obvious, but the world is ...... Or in the entire universe, there are so many astrologists, but there is not a single smart person who can see the disadvantages of doing so? Isn't there a genius who dares to break through the trap and step out of the way of "proving the Tao by example"?
To say that in the trillions of history of this universe, among the countless astrologists, there is no genius who seems to be able to defy the sky, Xin Yu does not believe it at all. Moreover, it is simply impossible to say that there has not been a "special case" in the river for such a long time.
But why didn't anyone notice the shortcomings of the astral arts and try to make up for it? Moreover, the importance of the body is self-evident, even if the strength of the body itself is too extreme to reach the level of a practitioner...... This involves the physical limit, after all, no matter how good a practitioner is, it is impossible to change the material composition of muscles, bones, and other body tissues.
However, even in this world, low-level cultivation such as the so-called meridian power, that is, internal force, can be born. And how long is the history of this world? There are only 10,000 years of history, and the period of ignorance is definitely not more than 100,000 years. But in such a short history of civilization, there are people who can find the cultivation of internal strength, although because of the strong suppression of the astral civilization, there is no popular trend, but this also shows that the human beings in this world have not thought of other ways to improve their physical fitness...... In other words, the study of life is not the absence of other ways than astrology.
So, in the entire history of mankind in the universe counted in billions of units, relative to the billions of years, is there really some special case that has made achievements in this regard?
"Who said that astromagicians don't pay attention to physical exercise, isn't casting an alchemy body an obvious physical exercise?" the little stone, which was rarely released, retorted eloquently.
Indeed, although the Alchemy Body is not a one-time "transformation and optimization" of the body by the Astral Sorcerer, it is definitely the evolution with the greatest degree of change. From the cellular level and even the genetic level, the quality of the body is "jumped" to achieve a leap in the level of life.
From the point of view of the effect, the life of the astral sorcerer was extended after casting the alchemy body, which in itself is a good proof. And when reaching the realm of a Great Star Sorcerer or even a Sage, there are also some improvements in the nature of "mutations", so from this point of view, Xiao Shi is not wrong. In fact, the star magician has not completely given up exercising, but compared to the qi refiner, this kind of improvement is not "focused" and "professional" enough.
Speaking of which, Xin Yu actually knew that the astrologist did not completely give up the training of the body, after all, before the law of the soul, the consciousness of human beings could not exist in the world alone and isolated from the body. In other words, at least before reaching the realm of the Sage, the astrology sorcerer's dependence on the body, or the body, is still more important to the sage.
But what Little Stone doesn't know is ...... Because he has never seen that the cultivation of the body is not an "inferior" way of cultivation. It's just that there has never been a situation in this world where just cultivating the body or body energy, that is, the energy form of internal force, can be comparable to an astrology.
So Xiaoshi's answer is actually quite "convincing", at least he thinks so. This is the communication barrier caused by information asymmetry, Xin Yu's so-called physical exercise, is not just to exercise the body to the limit allowed by the laws of matter, but through the penetration and transformation of biological energy such as internal force, after raising the body to the limit, and then realize the integration of the body and biological energy as much as possible, and finally reach the point of body energy.
Xiao Shi had never seen such a cultivator, so naturally he didn't know that there was such a practice, or that he couldn't imagine that there was still the possibility of "enlightenment" just by practicing his "body".
"Well, probably you haven't seen what it means to practice body energy, so you don't know how backward the astral magicians are in the cultivation of the body. Xin Yu shrugged, feeling that he was simply playing the piano to the cow, trying to get a hint from a "old-fashioned" and "traditional" astrologer like Xiaoshi, and also had a bit of a taste for fish. signaled that he wisely gave up the idea of communicating with this guy, and directly controlled the object in the air, and "detained" the flying locust stone that had just appeared not long ago.
Xin Yu actually understands why the astral civilization gives up "self-cultivation", after all, from the perspective of cultivation, the foundation of any cultivation lies in the soul, and the purpose of cultivation lies in his own "creation", which is the so-called "Taoism" that Xin Yu heard the most in his previous life.
Proving the path with strength has always been the path chosen by the vast majority of practitioners because it is "simple". Compared with those so-called methods such as cutting off three corpses and preaching the Tao with merit, this method of preaching the Tao with strength is undoubtedly the most "simple".
However, on the way to preach, it is not so "simple" to determine how much "power" is needed. In any case, after all, the Tao of Enlightenment with strength is a universal cultivation method, and for astromagicians, the legalization of the soul will make them strong, which is also in line with the principle of "force".
Therefore, it comes down to one point, cultivation is actually the cultivation of the soul, and even the qi refining method that focuses the most on the body cannot deny this.
Then it is understandable that the astrologist "gave up" the cultivation of the body and concentrated on the cultivation of spiritual power to a higher realm, and then focused on cultivating the soul.
However, understanding is understanding, but Xin Yu can't imagine whether the "lame" practice of astrology can break through to the point of "enlightenment" in the end...... Although there are some worries about the ancients or the meaning of "the emperor is not in a hurry and the eunuch is in a hurry", in the history of astrological civilization, there is indeed no record of a guy who can break through to that level.
Because the most powerful astrologist is the Sage, maybe there is a difference between the Sage and the Sage, and even some Sages "break through" to the god-level existence, but they never "show their heads", so even in Xiaoshi's memory, there is no such big bull.
But even the so-called "god level" is at most equivalent to the level of the golden immortal in the cultivation of qi refiners or Taoists, right? At least there are three realms of the Da Luo Jin Immortal, the Mixed Yuan Da Luo Jin Immortal, and the real saint, and finally they can reach the level of the Mixed Yuan Saint who is immortal, immortal, destructible, and disaster-free, that is, the so-called "enlightenment" success.
At least Xin Yu had never heard of that Da Luo Jin Immortal was an existence without a physical body, and he could fuse a large number of laws just by relying on his soul...... Although the soul itself is not necessarily synonymous with vulnerability, after all, many legendary ghosts and immortals are also extremely powerful beings...... However, if there is a body, especially a strong body, there are more laws that can be fused, which is a considerable law.
Therefore, Xin Yu didn't think much about the astrology magician's lack of pursuit of physical strength, and he kept warning himself that he couldn't go down this "wrong" path.
So how can we improve the strength of our "flesh and body"? In his previous life, Xin Yu was only able to come into contact with a few Taoist classics and the "Pure Heart Decision" taught by the old Chinese medicine practitioner. Not to mention that I haven't heard of physical cultivation methods other than hard qigong, even orthodox qi refiners don't understand how to strengthen themselves. And Xin Yu in this world, except for the monks who have come into contact with the astrological sorcerer and the limited and extremely small number of meridian powers, he has not heard of any funny "self-cultivation" methods.
In this way, in the face of Jindan's inability to "grow", Xin Yu was a little blind. Although it is simple to communicate Jin Dan and Divine Consciousness, how to control the spiritual power to reverse into Jin Dan Qi, and finally achieve the goal of "breeding" Jin Dan into an "embryo", and finally "breaking out of the shell" and becoming a Yuan Baby, it is not something he will be able to figure out for a while.
In fact, Xin Yu was able to resume his qi refining cultivation this time because of his "epiphany", and he had to thank this catastrophe. Although he is very "compassionate" for ordinary people, especially for the people of the affected maritime countries, for him personally, this is actually a kind of "blessing in disguise", right?
However, because of this realization, Xin Yu was able to communicate the Qi of the Golden Pill with his spiritual power, and thus officially entered the stage of refining qi and transforming the gods. It is also a thing to be happy about, but this "happiness" is based on the "suffering" of other people.
For Xin Yu, this may also be a kind of moral "flaw", right? Switching to Qi refining cultivation, the moral "flaw" is not like practicing astral arts, and there is nothing to be "afraid of". This is because when it comes to moral issues, any problem that arises, such as "guilt", "regret", and other emotional factors, may form the "inner demons" of the practitioner at some point in the future.
Unlike the schizophrenia caused by the "incompatibility" of the fundamental thoughts of the cultivation, the demon is a strange thing, and when the practitioner reaches a certain stage or realm of cultivation, he may become extremely "sensitive", and any little bit of negative and dark emotions in the depths of his heart will be infinitely magnified, resulting in the inability to improve the spiritual realm.
Speaking of which, this may also be Qi refining cultivation...... It should be said that it is a disadvantage of Taoist practice. After all, it is difficult to find morally perfect people in the world, and it is precisely because human beings have seven emotions and six desires and other miscellaneous thoughts that human beings can become intelligent creatures.
This is also the reason why most of the cultivators in Xin Yu's previous life "cut off the dust", and many of them like to hide in the deep mountains and old forests to practice, not that the deep mountains and forests are really "strong aura" and "elegant environment", or that the harsh environment can hone the will of the cultivators.
Rather, practitioners need to "purify" their distracting thoughts, and in the deep mountains and forests, because there is no social activity, it is easier for them to maintain "purity" in their thoughts, so that they can be free from the interference of "inner demons" to the greatest extent...... They all live like primitive animals, so naturally there will be no emotions, and naturally there will be no demons.
Therefore, after just realizing that he was able to refine qi and transform gods, Xin Yu "tasted" a very short retreat, and found that he could not go further in the short term, so he simply went out.
In the course of this catastrophe, the Sea Nation was not the luckiest nation on the entire continent...... Because the impact of the tsunami spread is wide, it can only affect a few hundred kilometers of the coast. But this world is too big, or the depth and area of this continent are too big. Countries deep in the interior have not been affected at all.
However, compared with the other eastern coastal areas of the continent, the "baptism" suffered by the maritime countries is the slightest. Even if we count the population and economic losses on the more than 60 islands overseas, we only lose about half of the population and wealth.
Although this statistic seems very terrifying, it is also the biggest blow that the maritime nation has suffered since its founding. But as the old saying goes, "Others at least I ride a donkey, think carefully about me as well, and when I look back, there are still people who pick their feet." ”
Comparison with neighboring countries that can communicate with maritime countries...... Because the only land border of the maritime country is the Daliang country, and the other countries that have established "diplomatic relations" are coastal countries with more convenient transportation. In addition to the maritime country, that is, the coastal islands such as the former Binhai State, there is also a small area near the sea.
These countries do not have astrologers to help them weaken the waves of the tsunami, and they do not have the wealth of the maritime countries to build such "high-quality" coastal defense levees. So the losses suffered by these countries are definitely much greater than those of the maritime countries...... Perhaps the economic loss is not as developed as the maritime countries, and the total amount of wealth that has "evaporated" is not much, but, according to the proportion, although those countries have a great depth, over the years, because of the trade with the maritime countries, the coastal areas can be described as the absolute essence of the land.
As a result, in this catastrophe that affected the entire eastern coastal region, some of those countries lost more than their own countries...... This refers to economic loss.
Although compared with other countries, the loss of the maritime country is not a big loss, but because of this, it is certain.
Being responsible for his own species is an unshirkable responsibility given to him by Xin Yu's identity. After a short retreat and pushing his realm into the initial stage of becoming a god, he immediately threw himself into the post-disaster reconstruction of the Sea Country...... It's not that he doesn't believe in the ability of Daddy Xin to strengthen the country, nor does he distrust the "business level" of the officials of the Ocean Country.
It's just that this is his responsibility and he can't shirk it. Moreover, after all, he comes from a self-seeking and extremely developed information society, and he has more experience in dealing with the aftermath of disasters than the "natives" of this world