Lu PingAn's research had once again hit a bottleneck, and he experienced the "stuck point" that most Professionals regularly faced.
But this time, it was not because he could not find a direction, but because—
"I can't do it."
The Tamer Pathways valued the body over the spirit; the flesh was everything.
The Gardener Pathway valued the spirit over the body. At the later stages, one could completely abandon the flesh and use one's own "nature" as a body.
Lu PingAn had always claimed to be on the Gardener Pathway, yet what he actually followed were ordinary paths such as Beast Tamer, fighter, soldier, and so on.
His body already bore too much. There was no way he could abandon it.
He pondered, hesitated, and gradually began testing possible solutions.
"Replication? Cloning? Spreading out my spirit?"
Clearly, current technology was not yet that convenient.
"Bring along an environment and let the spirits of magical plants merge into the world."
As he pondered and experimented, Lu PingAn tried to find a path forward.
He vaguely sensed that the answer to this problem might also be his own "principle."
"What if I develop a new species that can serve as an inlay for my spirit and merge into the world?"
He had some ideas, but most could only be helplessly abandoned after preliminary attempts.
Most Gardeners eventually discarded their bodies because the flesh truly no longer held meaning for them. High-Tier Gardeners like Big Horde, who also cultivated Beast Taming, and Old Liu could basically be considered impossible to kill.
"Should I ask Senior Xiu Yi?"
But his Spiritual Intuition rejected that option. It was not because Xiu Yi would refuse to tell him this secret, but because once he followed someone else's path on the road to pursuing "Truth," he would