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Chapter 459 - 414: Overlooking all the small mountains_1
Chapter 459 - 414: Overlooking all the small mountains_1
Chapter 459: Chapter 414: Overlooking all the small mountains_1
Atop the mountain peak.
Long Zixuan, Qing Chen, Dugu Yuqing, and other disciples had all returned.
In fact, the fierce beasts within hundreds of miles had completely fled.
Nan Feng was playing the music, while Zi Ling was painting.
Li Fan sat on a rock, feeling quite content.
Climbing mountains, viewing landscapes, these had always been some of his favorite activities.
Listerning to the music played by Nan Feng, Li Fan couldn’t help but nod. Nan Feng had almost fully grasped the “Emperor’s Breakthrough Melody”.
“Xinning, I will teach you a new poem,” he said.
At this moment, Li Fan suddenly stood up and spoke.
Xinning’s eyes sparkled with excitement as she said, “Sure!”
She sat down obediently.
The surrounding disciples also listened attentively!
They had long since become used to the fact that every word and action of their master contained the highest Truth of the Dao!
Especially poetry.
The content embedded within was exceptional, worth their repeated chanting to enhance their understanding of the Dao and improve their own states of mind.
Li Fan looked around, seeing the vast Great Wilderness stretching far and wide, like brush strokes of dragons and snakes, with energy meridians spanning thousands of miles. From his high vantage point, his spirit soared with enthusiasm!
“How grand is Dai Zong? The green hills of Qi Lu extend endlessly!”
“Nature’s Elegant Evolution, Yin and Yang separate day from night.”
“My bosom frees the coiling clouds, my eyes follow the returning birds.”
“I shall stand atop the pinnacle, from where all other mountains appear small!”
As he uttered each word, the group of disciples was profoundly moved!
They clearly felt that the poem depicted the whole of creation!
“Nature’s Elegant Evolution… Yin and Yang separate day from night… Indeed, indeed!”
Nan Feng’s chest heaved as he said, “Master… finally reveals his grand plan, the Yin Realm and the Yang Realm… Indeed, it’s his venerable handiwork!”
“It involves creation itself, looking down upon the world… Master’s aura is unparalleled!”
Dugu Yuqing admired him immensely!
“Master does not need to ride a dragon to be above the Ninth Heaven… With his heart in the heavens, so is the Dao truly in the heavens!”
Long Zixuan was deeply touched. The master’s cultivation was not only reaching the heavens but such a state of mind also left anyone feeling humbled!
“I shall stand atop the pinnacle, from where all other mountains appear small… Only someone who has once stood at the summit could utter such timeless, world-spanning lines…”
A brilliant light flashed in Zi Ling’s big eyes.
And Xinning, word for word, chanted along:
“…Nature’s Elegant Evolution, Yin and Yang separate day from night… I shall stand atop the pinnacle, from where all other mountains appear small!”
The other disciples quietly recited it as well!
Seeing that many disciples seemed to be chanting the poem, Li Fan smiled and said:
“Exactly, the essence of the entire poem lies in the last line.”
“I shall stand atop the pinnacle, from where all other mountains appear small. This line alone is enough to inspire one’s life!”
“All I wish for you is not to be blinded by the past. You must know, only by continuously climbing can you see the landscape from a greater height!”
He pointed casually at the vast land and said:
“From every elevation, one can see different things. Look at the world with your heart, and you will discover that you and the world are ultimately one!”
This life of his, he thought, was wasted.
He only hoped that one day, these disciples would be somewhat successful, at least not like himself, confined to a rural village, leading an ordinary life!
Therefore, he used this poem to inspire everyone!
But at this moment, everyone couldn’t help but fall into deep thought!
“Don’t let the past blind your eyes… Master, you want us to open our eyes to the world!”
Jiang Li pondered, and suddenly, he felt as if fortune had come to his heart!
His cultivation level flowed as naturally as water flowing into a channel.
This time, he easily crossed that threshold!
Saintly Path Completion!
Saint Emperor!
“To become one with the world… To perceive this world… Yes, I have been an outsider to my paintings, yet I have never stepped into them!”
Zi Ling murmured, and her aura suddenly changed!
She, too, became a Painting Path Saint Emperor.
“Not to be blinded by the past… Then forget the past, forget the Sword Dao I cultivated before!”
Dugu Yuqing murmured!
He… his strength also greatly improved, already at the Peeping Path!
Nan Feng, Su Baiqian, Lin Jiu Zheng, Qing Chen, Long Zixuan, as well as Xinning, Gong Ya, at this moment, all experienced a moment of enlightenment, advancing further instantly!
Among the many disciples, Lu Rang was not particularly good at understanding poetry and didn’t quite understand it, but he found unity with the grass he cultivated, which seemed to have a higher understanding than him. As it swayed with the wind, Lu Rang’s state of mind was elevated, and he broke through to the next realm!
Cultivation, the most important thing is to cultivate the heart.
They had no lack of foundation and accumulation; they were just short of that state of mind.
At this moment, experiencing a higher level perspective, understanding a broader Dao, everything came naturally!
“I feel that, ever since we entered this world, the repression between heaven and earth seems to have vanished…”
At this moment, Nan Feng had a revelation about heaven and earth!
She had a feeling that the potential within her body seemed to be released ever since they entered this world.
“One ought to say, during our time in the Yin Realm, what we received, all those divine substances, were actually reshaping our lives.”
Zi Ling whispered to herself:
“In a sense, since we were born in the Yin Realm, we should have been Yin Spirits, but now, we can be no different from the People of the Yang World… All of this, stems from Master’s meticulous care as well as the endless treasures we’ve consumed before.”
The other disciples also had a sudden realization.
They had been in the little mountain village for a year or two now.
Everything they ate and drank was of divine nature.
Those things, now it seems, even in the Yang Realm, are extremely rare Spiritual Medicines and treasures that would propel the People of the Yang World to great heights on their divine paths.
Yet, Nan Feng and the others, after a year or two of accumulation, had only attained Saintly Path Completion.
Why?
Firstly, the Yin Realm is, after all, illusory and incomplete, its rules and the world insufficient to support their Dao.
Secondly, during their time in the little mountain village, they were subjected to an inexplicable repression, with very slow progress.
More importantly, those divine substances, including the Divine Spring, Pan Peaches, etc., they consumed day and night, were actually remolding their lives!
Turning them from Yin Spirits… into real people.
This process was secretive and natural, like moisture nurturing silently, until now, as they stepped into the Yang Realm, they finally understood.
Yin Spirits… had long passed away in the real passage of time.
But today, they have successfully reversed Yin and Yang, becoming living beings, not the ghosts of the past, not the spirits of old days.
In some sense, the continuous remolding of their lives over these one or two years was the greatest opportunity they gained in the little mountain village.
Most of the divine substances they absorbed day and night went into remolding their lives, being consumed during the process of their transformation from Yin Spirits to people.
Their cultivation level now…seems almost incidental!
And yet, they have become real beings.
Therefore, the Divine Medicine they consume in the future should all exhibit the power they ought to, and the potential within them will also erupt in this world!
Thinking of this, each disciple’s face was filled with anticipation!
At this moment, Wu Dade, dragging a fierce tiger, climbed up the mountain.
The Big Black Dog followed beside him, along with a young girl.
Wu Dade, gasping for breath, had just arrived when he paused, surprised.
Because he discovered… his senior brothers and sisters… had all broken through?
His eyes widened. What had he missed?!
“Master… what, what did you teach the senior brothers and sisters?”
Feeling somewhat aggrieved, he said, “I want to learn, too!”
Li Fan turned around and saw Wu Dade, and was taken aback.
Where did this disciple find such a huge tiger?
It’s too ferocious, isn’t it?
“Did you… kill this tiger?”
Li Fan couldn’t help but ask.
Wu Dade shook his head; it was the dog that had killed it, he didn’t have such prowess yet!
Seeing this, Li Fan nodded. It wasn’t Wu Dade who had killed it; it seems he had good luck in the Great Wilderness and stumbled upon a tiger carcass!
Well, it looks rather fresh; it should still be edible!
This disciple really knows how to live.
“Not bad at all! Bring it back to the village, and tonight I will stew it for you all to eat!”
Li Fan spoke!
A catch this big would definitely be enough for a lavish meal.
The many disciples were also overjoyed.
And Mu Wanqing, who had followed Wu Dade here, had an even more complicated expression.
This was an Overlord-level being… stewed for eating??
“By the way, Da De, who is this?”
Then, Li Fan turned toward Mu Wanqing!
Mu Wanqing’s heart tightened immediately.
She nervously looked at Li Fan… but found that she couldn’t feel the slightest ripple of Spiritual Energy coming from him!
Just like a mortal?
No!
Impossible. Such a being, with a group of disciples, each one at the Peeping Path Realm, how could he be a mortal?
She instantly understood that she was too weak, so she couldn’t see the strength of this senior!
“Junior Mu Wanqing, from Wood Spirit Village not far from here, greets the senior!”
She hurriedly saluted!
Li Fan was taken aback.
Wood Spirit Village?
There were other villages in these mountains?
He smiled and said, “You don’t need to be so formal!”
“What brings you here?”
Mu Wanqing said:
“I report to the senior, a vine in our village is dying, and I’m looking for a way to save it!”
She clenched her teeth, throwing caution to the wind, “Please lend a hand, senior. Our Wood Spirit Village is willing to offer anything!”
A vine is dying?
Li Fan was puzzled for a moment, then said:
“What vine?”
Mu Wanqing was stunned for a moment but then quickly said:
“I report to the senior, that… that is a grapevine.”
Grapes? Li Fan immediately understood that the village’s crops had a problem.
As someone who had been through it, Li Fan deeply understood how important crops are to a village!
When he first arrived, the village’s level of planting was also very low, and there were serious pest issues; even the villagers had a hard time because of it.
Later, under the torment of the System, he improved all the crops in the village and also ameliorated the soil, only then did everyone escape poverty and start living a well-fed life!
Thinking of the past, Li Fan couldn’t help feeling some sympathy for the situation in Wood Spirit Village.
This girl had found the right person by encountering him.
“Since we’re neighboring villages, I won’t stand by and watch you suffer. Come with me back to the village!”
Li Fan immediately offered!
At those words, Mu Wanqing was overjoyed and immensely grateful!
“Thank you, senior!”
The group immediately packed up and prepared to leave.
But Wu Dade continued to come forward, saying, “Master, you, you still haven’t told me what you taught the senior brothers and sisters?”
He eagerly looked at Li Fan.
Now he was the only one still at the Quasi-Emperor stage.
It was so embarrassing!
Li Fan smiled and said:
“Just a poem.”
He repeated it right then and there.
But after listening, Wu Dade felt it was all muddled.
He completely didn’t understand!
At this moment, he deeply felt that he was suffering for being uneducated!
A huge loss!
He gritted his teeth and turned to look at Jiang Li, saying:
“Senior brother, in the future, I want to learn how to read and write!”
For the sake of cultivation… he would study hard!
But Jiang Li paused for a moment and said:
“Junior Brother Da De, it’s good to have the desire to learn, but… I think studying will be less useful for your breakthrough than letting Da Hei bite you a few more times.”
After all, Wu Dade and the others were not the same, not following the usual paths.
Wu Dade needed to be beaten and bitten to grow stronger…
Hearing this, Wu Dade looked toward the Big Black Dog with a gloomy gaze.
The Big Black Dog paused, seeming to get a bit nervous from Wu Dade’s look!
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