Discussing the Dao.
It was something that could be called serious, yet not serious at all.
At its core, Discussing the Dao meant that both sides took turns explaining their views on the Dao, then listened to the other's ideas to gain new perspectives or inspiration, giving rise to new trains of thought. They could then share those new ideas or tentatively put them into practice.
And ideas—
Or rather, inspiration—
Were inherently uncontrollable.
One moment, a person might be thinking about grand ambitions and unifying the world; the next, they might think of the beautiful women and the land awaiting them after unifying the world. Then, a moment later, the word "beauty" might remind them of the white moonlight from their youth, giving rise to other thoughts, perhaps even negative emotions.
For Lu Yuan—
For the Heavenly Emperor—
For most Earth Supremes and cultivators above the Earth Supreme realm—
Controlling one's thoughts was very simple.
It could be called a basic operation.
Yet controlling one's thoughts was inherently opposed to the essence of Discussing the Dao.
After all, the purpose of Discussing the Dao was to produce inspiration.
And inspiration was necessarily accidental.
Controlling one's thoughts was like erecting a high wall within one's mind. Fleeting, drifting sparks of inspiration would be completely shut out, and when the discussion ended, there would be no gains at all.
Under such circumstances—
Wouldn't the time spent Discussing the Dao be wasted?
Therefore, to Discuss the Dao—
More precisely—
To conduct a proper discussion of the Dao—
Three objective conditions had to be met.
The first condition was one's store of knowledge. The amount of knowledge one possessed determined how much of the other party's ideas one could understand during the discussion, and likewise determined how much of one's own ideas the