Chapter 657 Undefeatable by Thousands of Trials (2/2)
Shen Lian said softly, ”Thank you so much, Qingyi.”
Upon finished talking about this, Shen Lian told them about his perceptions about things lately. The path of cultivation was filled with challenges and danger and thus, nobody knew what hardship they would face at the next moment. Therefore, it was always a gain to constantly exchange experience with people who share the same views. At the same time, one could also leave traces of his or her knowledge so that if anyone faced any misfortune in the future, there would at least be some traces of his or her left in this world.
This was also one of the reasons why the Qi cultivators extremely prioritized the passing on of the sect. After all, although the land immortals were addressed as immortal Zhenren, there were only so few land immortals who could live above thousands of years since a long time ago. Even if one were to be a coward, he could also be struck with sudden disasters.
Not just the land immortals, even the mortals who did not reach the age of one hundred, there were only so few of them who could die at old age.
Shen Lian took the rarest and fastest speed to attest and construct the State of Taiyi. The more it was like this, the more aware he was that everything came too fast and in actual fact, his foundation was not solid. Under his Dao of Yi, he was getting clearer at the fact that he would face a lot of catastrophes in the future and he might not be able to turn peril into safety.
Those who were born with great dharma would have conflicts with those of equally great dharma. Shen Lian was not perfect. One day, someone who was in conflict with him in every aspect would appear and that person would be the biggest trial of his life.
These trials could be overcome but only by overcoming all these trials, one could be resistant to all the future trials and continue to move on. Otherwise, there was never any chance to reach the supremely detached State of Daoist Master.
He must work hard for Chen Jianmei, Gu Caiwei, and even the genie-liked Zhao Xiaoyu. All these had become part of his life. Even if he had to give up the better, he would never choose such a way. It was not that he did not have feelings, but he placed it in such a way that he seemed to have forgotten because those who prioritized feelings always ended up in bad circumstances. But Shen Lian chose to accept the beauty and restraints of life.
Upon finishing exchanging experience with the two of them, Fang Yanying and Song Qingyi left in mutual understanding because they spotted the changes in Shen Lian's emotions. Though he was not distracted, he was clearly not focusing. As for people like Shen Lian, this kind of situation is very rare. They were aware that Shen Lian needed some time alone at this moment.
After the two of them had left, Shen Lian was aware of their thoughts but with his present cultivation level, it was unnecessary for him to keep his mind. All the chaos in the secular mortal world, life and death were no harm to him. Any knowledge and experience could be part of his cultivation. Only by this, he could get closer to 'Dao'.
Because 'Dao' was inclusive of everything; gold and jade, chicken and cow feces all had 'Dao' and it was not restricted to any form.
Hence, the Book of Dao said 'nature is not benevolent and partial, it treats all things on the earth the same and fairly', Buddha said, 'Equality in all sentient beings'. These two sentences all had one common meaning which was 'At their stage, everything they thought and saw was about the intrinsic quality of the matters and they saw through the physical appearance.
It was not difficult to understand this principle. After all, Daoism and Buddhist scriptures stated this principle but being able to understand and do it were two different things.
Days had passed and Shen Lian had gradually completed his tactical formation of training one hundred thousands of cultivators.
The thunder and lightning struck and in the end, there were countless bolts of lightning attacking Shen Lian's palace.