745 The Riddle of Cultivation (2/2)
The doubts Yun Yang was having right now was exactly what they had encountered in the past. Meeting Yun Yang's gaze again, their own eyes could not help being tinged with the colors of envy.
Back then, the same doubt had gnawed at them for many, many years. Now, Yun Yang had just achieved his breakthrough and there were already the two of them waiting to resolve his queries.
It was like everything had been prearranged given how things had just unfolded so smoothly without any hitch.
Such destiny and chance.. the elder men would be lying to themselves if they were to say that they were not envious! Yun Yang was simply too lucky!
”Let me tell the tale then.” Ling Xiaozui spoke after Dugu Chou's signal to proceed when he looked at him.
Yun Yang was the one to shout for a pause. ”Wait a minute, there's someone else who needs to listen to this…”
He rushed out, pulling Ji Lingxi in hurriedly.
Ji Lingxi was practicing by herself outside, so she was caught unaware by Yun Yang. Being hauled into the room like she was a chick, she lashed out angrily without being mindful of the situation, ”You –”
Just as she was about to teach him a lesson, she caught a glimpse of the two personages, Ling Xiaozui and Dugu Chou, looking at her with knowing grins. She could not help being flustered, her lifted arm suddenly losing the sense of direction and aim.
”Sit down quickly. Listen to these two seniors about the cultivation levels. Haven't you been bugged by the higher cultivation level issue?” Yun Yang instructed curtly pointing to a chair.
Since he made a breakthrough, Yun Yang suddenly felt overwhelmingly confident of his capability and had since returned to his stance of ”your brother has placed you under my care”.
Hearing this tone that had been long absent, Ji Lingxi's rage bubbled and simmered. She suppressed it by rolling her eyes, but still perked up her ears to listen well. Evidently, the issue of higher level cultivation was still the plague that bothered her the most now.
Ling Xiaozui began his speech when everyone was seated.
”The so-called cultivation begins from the dantian. Driven by the Qi of heaven and earth, it courses through the nine orifices and thirteen meridians of the human body before melting into the individual to be used. I believe you all know this basic information. It's the foundation for all cultivators. I'll refrain from elaborating too much.”
”Any cultivator in Tianxuan Continent starts with mystical Qi once they begin their journey. The origin of mystical Qi was explained by a sage, 'The door to the way of life is mystical. Therefore, the Qi of this heaven and earth is called mystical Qi'.”
Ling Xiaozui's words easily resolved Yun Yang's doubt.
”All cultivators assume that they're better than others, so are their abilities that are incomparable to the common man. Based on this point, cultivators label their cultivation method and realm with exceptional exaggeration. Since unknown years ago, they've been called peak realm, heaven realm, and Dao realm. This is how the saying 'go through one peak after another, see one heaven after another; step onto the path to Dao, one sees the nine heavens again' comes by.”
Yun Yang nodded to indicate his comprehension. Ling Xiaozui's words were simple and short, but it captured the cultivation journey of Tianxuan's cultivators precisely.
Ji Lingxi began thinking, recalling her cultivation journey, and mumbled, ”So this is how it is, I see…”
”However, the journey of cultivation is vast, its length unknown. How can it stop at only these three realms? The so-called pinnacle of this world is but the pinnacle of Tianxuan Continent's cultivators. It was never the pinnacle of cultivation!”