Leisure

What happened next is self-evident.

Although Li Lieqi very unhappy, he was still very enthusiastic about learning.

The teacher, the Ranger General, left after giving them a debriefing.

Li Qi and the others stayed behind and began to discuss, learn, and deliberate on the boundary between the collective and the individual in different grotto-heavens.

This was quite novel to them.

Because... even Li Qi had not found any record of such a thing in the classics, how could these people have seen something similar?

Therefore, Li Qi used this as bait, and they couldn't possibly refuse.

This kind of thing is actually rarer than those top-level Daoist scriptures.

Even for these students of the Imperial Academy, it would be impossible for them to come into contact with it so easily.

Li Qi knew in his heart that this thing had already deviated from those 'axioms' and entered the realm where he had to find a way to enter a private school.

He knew that to copy Cultivation Method, one either had to expend one's own power to form Divine Will Inheritance, or one had to use materials worthy of that Cultivation Method to write it down, and also incorporate various Technique Method to assist in the process. Otherwise, the recorded Cultivation Method would only contain words and lack the spirit, making it difficult to understand.

Because when writing down the Cultivation Method, the most important thing is the spirit and intent of the Cultivation Method.

It is difficult to convey the full meaning of a divine message with pale words alone, just as it is impossible to describe a painting with words alone. No matter how good the words are, they are not as good as illustrations, which can express more charm.

However, illustrations cannot fully express the meaning. It is actually very difficult to fully understand the grandeur of a magnificent painting just by looking at a photograph.

This could be fatal for anyone practicing Cultivation Method. If you can't even fully understand the divine intent, isn't it just courting death to continue practicing? What if you get a qi deviation and Qi Deviation?

Therefore, it is necessary to supplement it with various materials, plus the writer's own understanding of the Cultivation Method, and to fully infuse the divine intent into the copybook, so that a Cultivation Method booklet that can be taken out and given to others to learn can be formed.

Of course, there are indeed people who can fully express the divine meaning simply by relying on 'words' without spending any extra material costs, but such people are skilled in calligraphy, and what they practice is the way of calligraphy.

These Legalist School, with their brushstrokes that startle wind and rain, their characters that move even ghosts and gods to tears, their characters themselves can convey and carry so much charm; just because they can write like them doesn't mean that others can.

Writing ordinary Cultivation Method is already this difficult.

Leaving aside things as lofty as Heaven's Will, let's just look at the concept of 'boundaries' right in front of us. Although it is profound, it is not so profound as to be an axiom, but it is certainly simple and cannot be written down easily.

Therefore, when they cannot obtain boundary manuals written by others, relying on their own enlightenment is the best option for their students.

There's no other way.

Li Qi's master was a third-rank Great Shaman Ceremonies! If even he couldn't get his hands on the classics about the concept of boundaries, then it was even less likely that these people could. A third-rank official wasn't as common as cabbage. In the entire Imperial Academy, how many people had a third-rank background?

Therefore, everyone was very excited.

They may not have been aware of the underlying 'limitations,' but they were aware of the usefulness of this method for the subsequent practice of Military School strategy!

Therefore, they were happy to stay with Li Qi to practice more, rehearsing in their assigned caves and sharing their ideas in practice, working together to improve this method.

Everyone was very happy.

"Let's get started! Let Li Qi demonstrate how it's done first. If we only explain the principles without showing the techniques, no one will be able to learn it," someone suggested.

Li Qi laughed and said, "Alright, my cave has just been used for a battle, so let's go to your cave to demonstrate. I remember you are still on the march and haven't reached the front line yet."

"Exactly, Li Qi, you guys are much faster than us. Our march is much slower," the others laughed.

"Let's go to your own cave first. If you can't handle it, we can go to those unused desks. There's enough space there to try it out," Li Qi immediately suggested.

That was his purpose, but he said it so naturally that it didn't seem abrupt or that he had any other ulterior motives.

The others nodded in agreement.

Then, the students joined hands and entered the cave to begin their studies.

We learn by using the life forms within this grotto as props.

Just to be used as learning tools, those soldiers had to risk their lives to fight.

Unfortunately, this is not something Li Qi can interfere with. He should just do his own thing and be comfortable with it, just like seeing someone else beat their own dog.

The dog had no choice, and the person was happy to oblige.

Li Qi was unhappy. Who did Li Qi think he was? He could just keep his discomfort to himself.

Learning through mutual exchange begins.

While studying, Li Qi began to survey the specific information of these grottoes and then silently memorized it.

And so, they surveyed all the caves little by little.

While doing his work, he chatted and laughed freely with the other students. Then, under the pretext of observing the terrain and deciding to arrange military formations, he openly went to survey the cave. The other students even asked if he needed help.

Of course we need it! How slow would it be for one person to do the survey? Why not use free labor?

Li Qi thus tricked everyone into working for him.

But at the same time, Li Qi felt a pang of sadness.

The concept of boundaries, even with just a spark of inspiration, can fool the students into contributing their labor.

One of its applications in Military School can serve as a prerequisite skill for 'using troops like a god'.

So...

How exactly did those most profound scriptures spread throughout the world?

Li Qi dared not even imagine what kind of immense power was behind this.

Look at those seemingly ordinary scriptures, they're everywhere, you can even learn them in a place like the Great Deer Kingdom.

It's an ordinary thing; any ordinary person can memorize it and then rewrite it on a wooden board, on the sand, or even on any piece of paper.

It is so sublime, yet even if it is written on sand, its essence will not be lost in the slightest.

Everything can fully embody the meaning of these scriptures.

It clearly records the essence of the Great Dao, explaining the ultimate understanding and goals of each person's Dao Path to the universe. Logically, such a thing should require an extremely large number of treasures to contain it.

However, in reality, these scriptures do not require any cost. Anyone can learn and record them. Even if you don't understand them, you can memorize them and ponder them at home.

Sometimes, understanding just one or two sentences can benefit you for a lifetime.

It's hard to imagine how those extraordinary individuals accomplished this, or what kind of person could write such a monumental work.

Perhaps only such a person can achieve the goal of 'spreading the Way throughout the world'.

The truly powerful beings simplify the Great Dao to a level that ordinary people can understand, and then write it down as a product for the general public to read.

This is an enormous undertaking! And what terrifying things does it represent...?

"Never mind, "Li Qi shook his head.

As always, don't overthink things. Focus on your work, conduct your research diligently, improve your skills, and lay the foundation for exploring the infinite Dao Path of this world in the future.

After that, Li Qi's life stabilized again.

He attended classes as usual every day, and even resumed other courses. He diligently studied each of his major and elective courses and kept up with the pace, which surprised the teachers.

This student missed the foundational classes, but now that he's here, he's caught up with all the others? Did he learn these things before?

However, they didn't investigate further and didn't care.

The students of the Imperial Academy have their own arrangements. If they don't graduate, it has nothing to do with the teachers. Whether they come to class or not is up to fate. It doesn't matter if they come or not, or whether they can keep up or not, since they are not the direct disciples anyway.

The relationship between the teachers and students of the Imperial Academy was not that of master and disciple; if one had to describe it, one could only say it was 'just work'.

Everyone is here to work. Just do your best in teaching. As for being truly dedicated... unless the students are so outstanding that the teachers feel sorry for them, don't expect teachers to be completely devoted to you.

This kind of teacher dedicates their whole heart to teaching, and probably only focuses on one student at a time.

That's how large classrooms are; you can't expect a teacher to take on a dozen students at once and devote all their energy to each of them. How much salary would the school have to pay for that?

Therefore, no one bothered to investigate Li Qi's strange behavior.

After class each day, there is naturally extra practice.

Everyone wants to develop their skills in Military School, so naturally they dedicate themselves to it wholeheartedly.

The extra practice after class quickly enabled Li Qi to record the data of these caves within half a month.

The direction of the earth's veins, the feng shui conditions, the characteristics of the grottoes, the local customs and traditions, and so on.

Piecing together these ley lines is like taking pieces of a jigsaw puzzle.

But Li Qi can't see what the puzzle pieces look like right now, so he can only feel the shapes of the pieces one by one before slowly putting them together.

It's difficult, but you can gradually build up familiarity over time. You can also do simulated jigsaw puzzles, designing a few similar models and slowly assembling them. Once you fully understand them, you can then actually try it.

Then came the cultivation of Soldier's Qi, and the research with other students of the Imperial Academy, which also gave Li Qi a lot of inspiration.

Although he was smarter than these students, the others were geniuses after all, especially Li Lieqi.

With their combined help, this method of Soldier's Qi began to take shape and could even be reproduced.

Everything is moving in a positive direction.

Although this method will eventually be shared by everyone, it doesn't matter.

Besides that, there was the matter of the Witchcraft Silkworm with Liu Shenzhi.

Here, Li Qi would spend two to three days a week researching the Witchcraft Silkworm with Liu Shenzhi.

Moreover, Li Qi also discovered that the practice of 'boundaries' seemed to increase the complexity of the Witchcraft Silkworm.

The Witchcraft Silkworm is not a truly living creature; it possesses only very basic intelligence and cannot Demon Transformation, making it far inferior to a real Gu worm.

Although it is more efficient than Gu worms, its potential for development is not as great as that of Witchcraft and Poison Arts.

Li Qi then came up with a solution: treat a whole brood of Witchcraft Silkworm as 'one living creature' and don't count them separately.

The Witchcraft Silkworm itself is made up of many small parts, so why not treat the Witchcraft Silkworm as small parts and assemble it into something more complex?

Li Qi incorporated his recent research on Soldier's Qi into the creation of the Witchcraft Silkworm.

It's like individual people combining into small groups, then treating each small group as an individual, and combining with other small groups to become another large group.

This way, the way the Witchcraft Silkworm cooperate can be improved, turning many nests of Witchcraft Silkworm into one nest. This increases the complexity and also increases the variety of Law Treasure that the Witchcraft Silkworm can remember, thus accelerating efficiency.

While the efficiency of a single Witchcraft Silkworm is not improved, when several cocoons can work together, it is definitely not as fast as ten cocoons working together.

However, they have only managed to coordinate two nests simultaneously for now; any more than that would be beyond the capabilities of the Witchcraft Silkworm's intelligence.

Further research is needed.

But the prospects for this product are gradually becoming apparent.

There are just many things that need further research.

It's alright, Li Qi has plenty of time.

Liu Shenzhi was not worried about wasting time.

He was preparing to use the Witchcraft Silkworm as the foundation for his advancement to the seventh rank. The day the Witchcraft Silkworm was successfully completed would be the day he would advance to the seventh rank as a Daoist alchemist.

Everyone was very satisfied.

The days passed slowly in Li Qi's increasingly busy and fulfilling schedule.

Soon, about a month later, Li Qi finished his day's work and prepared to pack his things to go home.

A busy, fulfilling, and stable life.

That's great.

It would be even better if the rabbit were around.

This is the kind of life Li Qi hopes for.

Be a better version of yourself every day than you were yesterday.

There is no danger, no crisis; though there are some distant concerns, there is no immediate danger.

If Rabbit were by your side at this time, the two of you could plan and prepare for the future together, and then spend your free time living a carefree life. It would be an idyllic life.

Unfortunately, it doesn't work.

The resources of the Sacred Flame Realm are extremely important and cannot be abandoned.

If we could obtain this world, we could make more profits from the products produced there, contributing a little to the debt repayment efforts of Mount Luofu.

Once home, after a quick wash, Li Qi lay in bed, picked up his terminal, and dialed Shen Shuibi's number as usual.

Rabbit went missing a few days ago, which prevented him from asking about the boundary, so Li Qi calls her every day to see if she's back.

Li Qi wasn't too worried about her safety, because there was no one in the Sacred Flame Realm who could withstand even a single move from her, not even in that world group.

The only one who poses a slight threat is the Sky Swallowing Demon Lord, but according to the rabbit herself, she isn't that afraid.

After all, although she is not good at fighting, she is still a legitimate successor of Mount Luofu and has a profound foundation.

Therefore, Li Qi guessed that she must have encountered something that prevented her from accessing the terminal.

For these immortals, a month or two is basically the same as a phone call going unanswered, so there's nothing to be nervous about.

However, tonight's call was suddenly answered.

"Hmm? Yu, what happened the other day? Why didn't you pick me up..." Li Qi immediately got up from the bed.

However, he stopped midway through his sentence.

Because the rabbit was surrounded by corpses.