Mi Xin's Lesson

In the pavilions and towers behind Dapeng, Li Qi was taking care of the two great shamans.

It wasn't about serving tea or water; it was about going to Teacher Zhu Fengdan's collection to retrieve all the items that could help them heal and then handing them over.

The two great shamans seemed to lack even the strength to stand up.

Mi Xin was still trying to maintain some authority.

However, Zhu Fengdan completely gave up, lying sprawled out with black smoke constantly billowing from the wound on her chest, showing no regard for her appearance.

Li Qi busied himself, bringing over various Spirit Spring and finding a pile of pills and Spirit Fruit to prepare for them. He then waited for them to eat them one by one. After working for quite a while, Mi Xin finally sat up.

But Zhu Fengdan started snoring, seemingly having fallen asleep.

"Great Shaman." Seeing that Mi Xin had finally sat up, Li Qi quickly went over and gently helped him sit up.

The great shaman Mi Xin waved his hand, his voice weak and feeble. "Help me... find another place, somewhere far away from him."

Upon hearing this, Li Qi glanced at his teacher, Zhu Fengdan.

Is he really that annoying?

But he couldn't refuse, so he helped Mi Xin to the other side of Dapeng's back.

Dapeng didn't say a word from beginning to end, and sped away at full speed.

At this moment, she is in the outer realm, and with a flap of her wings she can travel nine thousand miles, so even if she wants to go to Wushen Mountain, she can arrive in just a few minutes.

If she were in the mortal realm, she wouldn't be able to fly this fast due to the suppression of the Heavenly Dao. However, in the outer realm, her speed can be increased, so she needs to carefully avoid the debris along the way.

There was just too much debris from outer space; there was so much that we had to take cover.

After being helped to the other side by Li Qi, Mi Xin had just sat down when he said to Li Qi, "This incident has blown up too much. Don't go around talking about what happened behind the scenes."

Li Qi immediately nodded, indicating that he understood.

Then he asked, "Kid, I know, but... what's with this scene in the heavens?"

"After your master sensed what was going on with you, he became quite anxious. But just then, the Heavenly Demon intervened, sealing off the world and warning and preventing other forces from taking action. These are the Heavenly Demon's henchmen."

"Normally, after something like this happened, I should have known that taking action would be pointless, but your master is a madman. He insisted on dragging me into the fight, wanting to break in."

"The result is the scene you see, but unfortunately... it's useless." Mi Xin sighed and looked up at the sky.

"We two tore open a gap between the heavenly demons from beyond the heavens. Your master told me to go in and find you, while he stayed behind to cover our retreat and stop the heavenly demons from pursuing us."

"Then what you saw happened. I rushed in and made a move, only to find that it wasn't the Secondary Heavenly Demon, but the Mara of Self-Transformation. I suffered a huge setback."

"As for what's outside, that's your master's masterpiece." Mi Xin said, taking a few more breaths, and then fell silent.

Li Qi looked up at the black river of corpses surrounding the sun and couldn't help but ask, "How many of these demons guarding the heavens are there?"

"Four of the third rank, and several others," Mi Xin replied casually.

Li Qi swallowed hard.

Teacher, how did you do that? The four third-rank secondary demons and other demons surrounding him... he actually killed them all?

While shocked, Li Qi was also somewhat moved.

Undoubtedly, although it was unknown whether the true form of the Heavenly Demon existed inside, the danger inside was obvious. Although Zhu Fengdan was usually unreliable, she still stepped forward without hesitation at the critical moment.

Even though Mi Xin didn't seem to have a very good impression of Li Qi, he didn't leave at that time. Instead, he went up and fought desperately with Zhu Fengdan.

Li Qi had been pondering who was trustworthy while inside, but now it seemed that, in any case, Wushen Mountain certainly had no ill intentions towards him.

As for Zhu Fengdan... although she wasn't exactly devoted to him, she was never ambiguous about important matters.

In any case, it was only at this point that Li Qi suddenly felt a sense of belonging to the sect.

Looking back over the past few years, Wushen Mountain has never done anything to wrong him. On the contrary, he has fulfilled all his responsibilities, yet he has not made any significant contributions to Wushen Mountain.

This is really... a little embarrassing.

Li Qi lowered his head and said nothing more.

Mi Xin, however, seemed to sense Li Qi's remorse. He leaned back against the chair in the pavilion and said with a sneer, "Don't make that face. If it were a woman, it would be pleasing to the eye, but a man is disgusting."

Li Qi composed himself and replied, "Yes."

It's best not to argue with him.

But at this moment, Mi Xin said, "Don't think about whether you are worth the sect's efforts. You must remember that if a child in a family is targeted by thieves, as long as it is a normal family, no one will scold the child or say that he has caused trouble. They will just be on guard against the thieves."

"If you didn't cause this trouble, then you don't need to apologize."

"However, when the children grow up, they must remember to protect the next generation of children. Only in this way can the legacy be considered passed down," Mi Xin instructed Li Qi.

Li Qi nodded, indicating that he understood, but a new question arose, "I understand, but... if you great shamans are already immortal, then... what is the meaning of your inheritance?"

Only after truly witnessing that level of existence did Li Qi gain a profound understanding of his own insignificance. He had never been so clearly aware of the extent of his own power.

Fireflies are no match for the bright moon; he is like a speck of Weichen in the vast universe. Compared to the Heavenly Demon, the Witch God, the Saint... not to mention those, even compared to the Great Witch before him, he is far too weak and not even worth a glance.

But the stark contrast is so striking that one can hardly imagine such a difference without witnessing it firsthand.

If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he would never have imagined that a person could be that powerful!

Does such a powerful life form really need to be 'inherited'?

Upon hearing this, Mi Xin revealed a serious expression for the first time.

He even forced himself to sit up straight and shouted sternly, "Although I am not your master, Zhu Fengdan is lazy, so I will teach you. Stand up straight and listen carefully!"

Li Qi immediately straightened his back and waited for the other party to begin the lesson.

Mi Xin said solemnly, "You and I are both Human Race. Although you are Outer Dao, structurally speaking, you are a true Human Race. Do you know what the Human Race was like in the ancient times?"

Li Qi understood this, and he replied, "In the primordial chaos, when the world was first created, the innate gods and spirits roamed freely. Before the birth of demons and monsters, the hundred races were formed. The world was ruled by the first batch of innate gods and spirits."

"After the hundred races gradually multiplied, the Human Race gave birth to the two paths of martial arts and witchcraft. Martial arts were used for self-defense, and witchcraft was used to communicate with gods and spirits. Later, a unique Human Path was formed, which eventually pushed the innate gods and innate spirits out of the world and exiled them to the outer realms. The world was officially divided from race to Dao Path. This is the experience of the Human Race in the ancient times."

Having received Li Qi's answer, Mi Xin nodded and then began to explain, "In this world, the earliest Human Race, no matter how hard they tried, could never compare to those Innate Spirits."

"Innate Spirits, with their endless lifespan and the accumulation of power they are born with, can easily reach a level that Human Race could never attain."

"But that's only temporary."

"The earliest Human Race, with all their might, only managed to solve simple little things like how to make traps and how to forge primitive weapons, or put forward some incredible conjectures."

"That's how the Human Race is."

"Even those ancient sages, who were the most outstanding humans and the most outstanding sages at the time, whose talents would be considered top-notch even by today's Human Race, were at most only at the ninth rank in terms of the human race at that time."

"Why? Why can today's geniuses break through to the ninth rank in just a few years, while those ancient geniuses who were also talented, intelligent, and insightful could only reach the ninth rank in their entire lives?"

Upon hearing the Great Shaman's question, Li Qi pondered for a moment before replying, "Without cultivation methods, there is no path forward. Every step forward requires finding a way to forge one's own path. Under such conditions, even the greatest genius will have limited progress."

The great shaman Mi Xin nodded. "Yes, in the short lives of those sages, this was all they could do. They were so weak, without any Cultivation Method or ready-made Dao Path to follow."

Li Qi could understand this.

For example, modern middle school students can easily learn the three laws of mechanics, the Pythagorean theorem, and two-dimensional geometry with just a little effort. How simple and easy is that?

However, those few simple lines in the textbook, which may only take half an hour or at most a few hours to understand, actually require one of the world's top thinkers, even a lifetime, to explore and summarize.

It's just so ridiculous.

These things, before they are mastered, seem unattainable, unknown and mysterious, as if they were some special, ultimate, and unparalleled super mystery.

But once you've truly mastered these methods, you'll find that everything is just a matter of course, and the principles seem so simple.

Yes, it's that simple, you can understand it in a second.

However, it takes an unimaginable amount of time, resources, and energy to complete something so simple.

"This is the legacy," said the great shaman Mi Xin.

The results of the lifelong research of ancient sages and wise men can now be learned by Li Qi simply by reading books.

He saved countless hours, and his body embodied the inheritance of countless years of Shaman Path.

So many Cultivation Method, Technique Method, talismans, and various sword techniques and supernatural Divine Ability —the ancient sages solved unimaginable difficulties when developing these.

Then, they left these summaries behind, so that later generations could learn directly from them and use them without understanding the principles.

Thus, through generations of inheritance, many Dao Path have been created, making the world the 'world' that everyone knows today.

Li Qi could understand all of this, but there was still one thing he couldn't figure out, so he asked again, "Great Shaman, do you still need to pass on your traditions now? If it's a matter of research ability, even ten thousand of me can't compare to you, and I am very likely to die, while you are almost eternal."

Yes, that is the source of Li Qi's confusion.

The great shamans, and even more powerful saints, celestial demons, and shaman gods, have no need for the beings below them.

The legacy they inherited has helped them become who they are today, but do they still need to inherit it?

The great shaman Mi Xin then answered Li Qi's question:

"Of course it is necessary. Do you really think that the various Dao Path we've taken have reached their limit?"

"Far from it, young man. Even the Witch God wouldn't dare say he's explored all the truths. At least one thing is certain: if one reaches the ultimate Dao, there will be no more disputes over the Dao Path of the Dao. All the Dao Path will converge into one point, becoming the single Great Dao that unites this world."

"You young people still need to carry on our Dao Path and go further in our place."

Li Qi frowned and said, "So, how can we replace you? You are far stronger than us, in every way, and you don't age or die. How can we replace you?"

The great shamans are far smarter than Li Qi. They can conduct research much faster than Li Qi. What research do they need Li Qi to do?

Do humans need paramecia to conduct scientific research for them?

Upon hearing this, the great shaman Mi Xin solemnly retorted, "Is that really so?"

Then he closed his eyes. "The fact that you can ask this question shows that you don't understand our predicament yet, which is a good thing."

"But you'll have to face it sooner or later, so let me tell you the truth, Young Master Li Qi. Do you know about the Cognitive Obstruction?"

This term left Li Qi bewildered. He shook his head and said, "I've never heard of it."

Mi Xin then said, "The Cognitive Obstruction is the reason why we need to pass on our knowledge."

"I ask you, can you still speak without language?" the great shaman asked.

Li Qi then began to ponder.

After a while, he replied, "Speaking itself is communication through language. Without language, one cannot speak."

Mi Xin asked a second question, "Then, through language, can you truly describe anything?"

Li Qi pondered again, and then replied, "No, language is too pale. What can be described by language are extremely superficial things. Unless one has a very deep understanding of the Dao, one cannot write down such profound meanings."

Mi Xin sighed deeply, "This is the Cognitive Obstruction."

Li Qi first looked worried, then lowered his head to think.

After a while, he suddenly realized.

So that's what it meant.

That's where the conflict lies.

The wisdom of the great shamans has been saturated with a single level. When they try to break through, they are only bound by the theories they know and their existing experience. The more they know, the greater the force that binds them.

Just like language.

Language restricts people's ability to express themselves, but without language, one completely loses the ability to express oneself.

Their cultivation level bound them.

But once they lose their cultivation, they can do nothing.

That's why we need others to take over.