Abstract Traits (Tested Positive)

In their conversation, they finally arrived at the topic of 'learning'.

Through these words, Li Qi gained a deeper understanding of the Reason Way and even gleaned some information about the Nexus of All Realms.

However, Li Qi also knew that all of this was an exchange.

The other party seems to be very generous in telling you these things, but it's actually an investment.

Ultimately, the goal of investing is to generate returns.

The reward was simple: Li Qi's knowledge. It was an exchange.

As someone who upholds 'righteousness', Li Qi would certainly not be cunning. He would give as much as he received, so once he learned how to use the Dao Rule Reader, he would not keep anything to himself.

Of course, there are many things that are related to one's life and fortune that cannot be discussed, but one can make up for it by investing more in other areas of knowledge.

We arrived at this academy.

Li Qi could see that the base of this academy... was actually on a ship.

It was a rather large treasure ship, with intricate carvings, a blue canopy and a crimson Douniu, its imposing presence reaching for the heavens and the earth, resembling a mountain. It had a covered walkway on top, capable of carrying six or seven thousand people and tens of thousands of bushels of goods.

There is a stone drum on the bow of the ship, with a large character "police" engraved on it.

Li Qi had heard of this kind of drum.

The Linhai Ji records. "When the stone drum sounds, there will be bandits and chaos. This drum sounded repeatedly, and indeed there were bandits. It is said that many mountain spirits and water demons haunt the place, and one should not climb it lightly." A man named Wang Zhi offered sacrifices to the mountain god and begged to go to the drum's location, which he did. He then struck the drum, and the whole village heard the sound, like the ringing of gold and jade. Upon descending the mountain, he fell ill and died. It is said that climbing the mountain brought disaster, and striking the drum led to his suicide.

This is a warning drum, made using the strange methods of Shaman. It relies on consulting the opinions of local mountain and water deities or spirits. If there is danger, an unseen spirit will beat this drum to warn people.

Of course, if you randomly beat this drum, you will disturb the mountain and water deities and may be punished.

This is no ordinary noise, because of the subtle connection between this stone drum and the gods of mountains and rivers. Striking it casually will cause them serious shock, and they will naturally retaliate.

In addition, the ship was shrouded in a precious light.

Li Qi recognized the hull; it was made from the trunk of Fusang tree.

The Fusang tree has leaves similar to those of the paulownia tree. When it first sprouts, it resembles a bamboo shoot and is edible. Its fruit is like a pear but red. Its bark can be spun into cloth, which can be used to make clothing or brocade. It takes nine thousand years for it to bear fruit. When eaten, its body turns into a golden light, and its spirit soars and flourishes.

Moreover, this thing has an ancestor, which is the Fusang Divine Tree that allows the sun to rest.

The ship in front of us is definitely not made from the branches of the Fusang Divine Tree, but it should be made from Fusang wood of a high grade. It exudes a strong Yang Energy, which is enough to suppress the yin evil in the water.

Moreover, there was a tall building on the bridge of the ship, with eight corners and eight auspicious symbols hanging in each corner, which Li Qi recognized.

One of them is called the "Xuanhuang Talisman," shaped like a scepter, over eight inches long and three inches wide, round at the top and square at the bottom, with a hole near the round shape. It is Yellow Jade, the color of steamed chestnuts, and as smooth as solidified fat. It can ward off war, plague, and evil spirits in the human world.

The second is the 'Jade Rooster,' complete with feathers and patterns, made of white jade. It will appear if one governs the world with filial piety.

The third is called "Gu Bi," which is white jade. It is five or six inches in diameter. Its pattern is made of millet grains that grow naturally, without any carving or engraving. If it is used in sacrifices, the five grains will be plentiful.

The fourth is the 'Jade Ring'. It is also made of white jade. It is six inches in diameter, and its color is better than that of flesh, with a more radiant luster, making it exceptionally unique. Holding it can make one appear imposing and powerful, and others who see it will feel a sense of dependence on it.

The fifth is the "Wish-Fulfilling Pearl," which is the same as the "Large Pearl" mentioned earlier. It is perfectly round, as large as a chicken egg, and has a clear, lustrous color. When placed in a hall, it shines as brightly as a full moon.

The sixth is the 'Red Mohe,' as large as a giant chestnut, its red color as vibrant as a cherry. It appears as if it could be crushed with a touch, yet it is so hard and unbreakable that even a fraction of its golden energy cannot harm it.

The seventh one is called the "Precious Jade Seal," which is about half the size of a hand. Its inscription resembles the seal of a deer trapped in its shell. When an object is placed inside, its form becomes visible, and it can dispel falsehoods.

The eighth item is called "Thunder God Stone," consisting of two axe-shaped stones, each about four inches long and an inch wide. They are without holes, smooth as green jade, and can suppress demons and evil spirits, resembling the thunder god striking with his hammer.

These eight treasures were hung in all directions. From Li Qi's perspective of observing the qi, he saw that the entire ship was filled with white qi and shone like the moon. The method of exorcism used was so profound that even Li Qi did not know it.

"As expected of a fifth-grade treasure ship... Is your academy located on this ship?" Li Qi looked at Wang Dun.

"Yes, we all live here now. After all, we built East Isle. We are temporarily responsible for its construction, maintenance, and upkeep. Later, someone will come to take over. The shift changes every two hundred years, so it's not too bad." Wang Dun replied with a smile, and then led Li Qi onto the ship.

Fifth Rank Treasure Ship, with countless treasures on board. The things these guys from Reason Way have are ridiculously plentiful. They say bad students have a lot of stationery, but the stationery of these good students is simply incredible...

Is this the item-based strategy?

Sure enough, if there are so many weapons that the crafting profession can sell them, it means that they must be hiding better ones. As a well-known item-crafting expert, Reason Way's skill level is truly remarkable.

From this one treasure ship, Li Qi knew that while there might be many magical Law Treasure in the Human Path, Reason Way absolutely inferior to those of the Daoist lineage in terms of quality and creativity. The Reason Way had already collected all the Technique Method of various Dao Lineage through analysis and replication, and they could be used at any time.

On just this one ship, Li Qi had already seen many traces of the Dao Path. Of course, what he was most familiar with was the Shaman Path and witchcraft mentioned earlier, but even with this, he couldn't see through its details.

The rest are even more incomprehensible.

Since Li Qi debuted, he has rarely encountered anything he couldn't understand at all. The treasure ship in front of him suddenly expanded his inventory of things he had never seen before.

However, this also raised other questions for him.

"By the way, I heard that the limit of Law Treasure production line is the sixth grade, which means mass-producing Law Treasure of around the sixth grade. If one cultivates the Reason Way to the fifth grade or above, can one still maintain such comprehensive and flawless performance?" Li Qi suddenly realized this and looked at Wang Dun.

However, Wang Dun did not answer directly, but smiled and said, "For example, in this East Sea, there are seventh-grade ships for sale in the Reason Way, and the price is very reasonable. Basically, all you need is a world of the corresponding grade."

"But ships of grade five or above are not for sale; only we have them."

Li Qi understood.

As the two spoke, they arrived at the academy.

Inside the academy, there were many people. Li Qi looked around and saw there were about a dozen. Wang Dun greeted them one by one, then said with some surprise, "Huh, where's Master Jing Mo? Did he leave?"

Li Qi also observed these people. They should all be of the Reason Way, but... to Li Qi's surprise, not all of them had used Law Treasure to modify their bodies. Many of them still had ordinary physical bodies.

It seems that not all of Reason Way rationalist schools are of the same kind; there must be many divisions within them.

At this moment, one of them nodded, then looked at Li Qi curiously. "Master said he had some things to take care of and left first. Who is this person behind you?"

"Haha, this is Brother Li Qi. He's here today to explain the Dao Rule Reader to us! We've been looking for him for days, and we finally managed to get him here!" Wang Dun said, patting his chest.

Upon hearing this, many people around immediately stood up, their eyes shining!

Is this the person who understands the Dao Rule Reader?!

Li Qi was like a roasted chicken that came into the middle of a group of hungry ghosts. The hungry ghosts immediately stood up and surrounded him.

This sentence has two meanings.

However, Li Qi coughed twice. "Then... should we wait for that master to arrive? Or should we start now?"

He wasn't surprised by this reaction, because through their previous conversation, he had already understood the importance of the Dao Rule Reader to these people who believed in the Reason Way.

Everything in the current Reason Way is based on the analysis and dissection of other Dao Path, and then applied to practice, without any conflict.

Therefore, for them, it is particularly important to reconcile the conflicts of other Dao Path, because Reason Way cannot examine other Dao Path from the perspective of the Dao Path of the person involved.

For example, he wanted to combine a Human Path Technique Method with a Shaman Path's Technique Method to create a set of array plates.

At this point, he could neither use the principles and perspectives of Human Path nor the perspectives of Shaman Path, because using these two perspectives and principles would inevitably lead to incompatibility.

Therefore, at this point, a fair third-party perspective is needed to ensure that these methods can be used simultaneously. Thus, they need to master as many compatible third-party perspectives as possible.

This third-party perspective is not so easy to obtain; it is a means of understanding the world through the Dao Path, and most of them are very complex and sophisticated.

The Dao Rule Reader is clearly the method by which spiritual beings perceive the world. For these Reason Way, the Dao Rule Reader spiritual beings, especially the improved version by Shaman, is a completely new perspective and a very useful tool. Through this perspective, they can integrate more Technique Method.

Therefore, it's no wonder that Wang Dun was in such a hurry, even sacrificing a great deal of other knowledge and the ticket to this ship to exchange for the Dao Rule Reader for Li Qi.

Moreover, this exchange of knowledge is far from over.

Li Qi came here to listen to lectures, not just to give lectures to others. He will learn a great deal here before he leaves.

Having finally made contact with Reason Way, how could I just leave so easily?

Meanwhile, Wang Dun urged, "Let's not delay, let's begin now!"

"Good!"

"Let's begin! Sir, please take a seat!"

"Tea is ready here. Let's begin. The teaching aids are all prepared. What kind of illusions will you use for the explanation? Two-dimensional or three-dimensional?"

A group of people who Reason Way had already turned on the projector. This kind of thing could display different scenes through illusions, depending on the operation, and it was very convenient to use it for teaching and giving examples.

Li Qi then stepped in front of everyone, coughed twice, and said, "Ahem, then I'll just use a flat design. Please excuse my poor presentation. If there's anything I said incorrectly, please correct me. Let's learn from each other and improve together!"

After speaking, he began to demonstrate and explain his Dao Rule Reader.

The Dao Rule Reader is the sense of a person in the spiritual path.

As pure spirits, they didn't even have a soul.

Because the soul is also matter, it can be perceived, touched, and even destroyed by powerful forces. It is just a mysterious substance that can exist as a thinking organ.

Pure spirit is something more mysterious and profound. It does not depend on any matter and cannot be perceived in the material world, just as you cannot perceive the number 'one' in the material world.

You can perceive things that are very similar to 'one', such as a glass of water, a bowl of rice, a tree, a horse, a building, or a boat.

But the character 'one' itself is missing.

'One' is an extremely abstract, extremely symbolic thing that exists only in pure logic. It has no corresponding counterpart in the real world, and this applies to all numbers as well.

However, in the Dao Rule Reader, you can clearly feel 'One', and you can directly read the abstract logic in this concrete world.

The spiritual path refers to these information flows and abstract logic as 'Tao', and believes that this is the foundation of all things. Therefore, they call the ability to observe these abstract logics 'Dao Rule Reader'.

The foundation of all this lies in abandoning the five aggregates and allowing one's senses to directly receive the cleansing of external things.

Because external things are material, and concrete matter must have an abstract side, just as light has shadow, abstraction is the inevitability of concreteness.

For example, it's like painting and writing.

Painting doesn't depict the material itself, but you can still see the painting and understand what it represents. The painting may look completely different from the original material, but you can still understand it.

You can also see the words, which have absolutely nothing to do with matter, but you can still understand what matter the words represent.

Because what you understand is not matter itself, but the abstract properties of matter.

This is the 'abstract quality' of matter. Humans can extract this abstract quality and then reproduce it, thus reproducing the matter itself in the minds of other people.

This is why the Dao Rule Reader can recognize tangible matter; tangible matter must possess abstract qualities that can be understood by the mind.

By describing and characterizing abstract qualities, a language similar to 'Tao' was created.

This is also a method used by spiritualists to confirm the existence of others' inner world.

By understanding the abstract qualities of matter, the 'Tao' can be transformed into a language. Since there are no private languages in the world, all languages must have a public nature. Through this public nature, we can confirm the existence of other people's minds, obtain the abstract nature of other people's minds, and then realize and communicate them.

This is the fundamental principle of the Dao Rule Reader.

"Therefore, if you want to understand and use the Dao Rule Reader, you need to first abandon your preconceived understanding of the material world. A stone is not just a stone. There is something completely different behind it. This thing is another layer of the stone's essence. It is a more peculiar essence beyond its mass, material composition, and spectrum."

Following Li Qi's words, the people of Reason Way began to try to access the Dao Rule Reader.

The classes are still ongoing.

Furthermore, since Li Qi will be traveling with them to the deep ocean, this lecture will not be a matter of just one or two days.

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