Although Fang Zheng had always believed that his own things were very good, not everything was the best.
For example, he had a rather average opinion of cultivation in Xianxia World.
In fact, from Fang Zheng's modern perspective, the requirements for cultivation were quite anti-human. It could even be said that it was a backward ideology born from a backward worldview.
In this world, every Fairy wanted to cultivate and attain the Dao. Bai Suzhen was no exception. After taking human form, she had gone straight to Mount Emei to seek out Guanyin, saying that she wanted to cultivate and attain the Dao but did not know what to do.
And then?
What would you do after cultivating and attaining the Dao?
What was your goal? What was your purpose?
Mortals sought success in the imperial examinations, beautiful wives and concubines, and a house full of children and grandchildren—all practical needs. The modern age was the same. People earned money to buy houses not for the houses themselves, but for the personal space and freedom to choose a spouse that came afterward. Scientists researched quantum physics to seek the truth of the world.
To put it bluntly, every desire reflected some ultimate goal.
So what was the ultimate goal of cultivation?
To become immortal, attain the Dao, join the ranks of immortals, and become a saint?
And then?
It was like joining a company and swearing that you would become its CEO. Once you actually became CEO, what would you want to do next?
Would you just do nothing and loaf around all day?
In Fang Zheng's view, cultivation was really the helpless choice of people in Xianxia World under the backward productive forces and social relations of this world. Because the political system was relatively backward, productivity was low,