What Do You Think?

So, where exactly is the real Kunlun?

Lin Fan couldn't explain it either, so even if Kunlun was truly extraordinary, he was currently confused about the direction and didn't know where to look for Kunlun.

Tianshan?

Similarly, and relatively speaking, Tianshan has more ' Martial Arts ' legends, while legends related to immortals are far less numerous than those of Kunlun.

So, we need to go to these places?

I definitely want to go, but not now.

At the very least, we need to determine exactly where this place is, right?

Even if we can't be sure, we should at least have a few target locations, and then go to each one to confirm on-site, right?

I'm completely clueless right now, why would I go looking for Kunlun? Isn't that a waste of time and life?

"That's true..."

Old Chen said, "Although I study physics, I have also chatted with professors from other disciplines."

"I remember they did say that many ancient place names are not the same as the current place names, the most typical example being Kunlun..."

"As for where the ancient Kunlun Mountains are, there is still no definitive answer. They are really hard to find."

"Isn't that right?"

Lin Fan shrugged.

Even if you find some ancient records, they might not be accurate. They might just start by saying something like "the coast of the Bohai Sea" or "south or north of the XX River."

The problem is that the rivers and seas of ancient times are not the same as the rivers and seas of today!

Especially the Classic of Mountains and Seas, it's simply amazing...

But ironically, this seemingly 'simple' Classic of Mountains and Seas of Mountains and Seas is not entirely fabricated; some of its records have been verified...

Of course, the vast majority of them are still just 'legends' to this day.

This proves that the Classic of Mountains and Seas is not entirely a record of nothing, and may even be entirely true, but it has not been verified!

But that's where the problem lies.

This thing is really hard to study...

Lin Fan remembered watching a long video in junior high school, produced by a so-called "amateur scientist," titled "Strong Proof that All Humanity Originated in China"...

He found it fascinating at the time, but as he grew older and gained more experience, he increasingly felt that it was all nonsense.

The viewpoint is that all Hua Nation, are actually 'seeds' sown by aliens, and that Pangu, Nuwa, Nüwa others were actually the first patriarchs of the Chinese people.

At the same time, Nüwa is also some kind of Western goddess, because they appeared around the same time and both had human heads and snake bodies...

Moreover, many Hua Nation myths can be matched with Western myths.

For example, there's the Yu the Great Controlling the Waters.

In some ancient Western civilizations, records indicate that a great flood also occurred in the West during that period...

In short, it uses related records to connect all of humanity and then interprets them in a plausible way.

If you don't do any research and just look at it from the author's perspective, it's actually flawless, and you might even think it's sophisticated and impressive.

However, if you investigate it yourself, you'll find many points that can be refuted and don't stand up to close scrutiny...

Of course, Lin Fan wasn't currently pondering whether what the video said was true or false; rather, he was thinking about what was written in it about Kunlun...

All right!

Another suspected location of Kunlun has been discovered.

How can I confirm this?

Lin Fan really didn't have any ideas for the time being.

Seeing the man's worried expression, Old Chen also fell into deep thought, and then, a brilliant idea flashed in his mind~

"How about I introduce you to professors of Chinese classical studies and ancient literature, and you can discuss it together and see if you can figure out where Kunlun is?"

"Maybe when there's another opportunity..."

After pondering for a moment, Lin Fan slowly shook his head.

First, he's already used up more than half of his time here. Second... he's actually very curious about something!

That is, in places like Kunlun, countless vivid and colorful legends about immortals have been left behind.

Based on this, we can make the following inferences.

Longhu Mountain, the Taoist Ancestral Home Celestial Master Residence's Mansion, has fewer and fewer legends about immortals than Kunlun Mountain, nor are they as terrifying.

After all, the most awesome figure in the legends of Longhu Mountain is Zhang Daoling, but Kunlun... is full of big shots like the Queen Mother of the West!

For example, Wudang...

The most famous figure associated with Wudang is actually Zhang Sanfeng.

Many people believe that this great man lived to be over a hundred years old, and in many novels and unofficial histories, Zhang Sanfeng was invincible in his time, the pinnacle of martial arts.

Many people even believe that in that era, everyone else practiced martial arts, while Zhang Sanfeng cultivated immortality...

So here's the question.

After the Spiritual Qi Revival, surprising changes occurred in places like Longhu Mountain and Wudang Mountain.

As Kunlun is said to be far more powerful than the legendary Kunlun, there's no reason why it shouldn't have changed or made any moves, right?

In other words.

Lin Fan suddenly realized that he might not need to spend too much time and energy searching for and determining exactly where Kunlun was.

As more and more places experience Spiritual Qi Revival, perhaps Kunlun will emerge on its own.

Perhaps the wisest course of action is to visit Kunlun at that time!

Therefore, he temporarily declined Old Chen's suggestion, saying, "I'm currently working with the Resident Happiness Living Department on things like common knowledge about cultivators..."

"Once I'm done, I'll make you a copy too, so you don't have to guess from the novel..."

"So you finally remembered this, kid?"

Old Chen amused and exasperated. "I thought we couldn't tell you these things! It made me, an old man, read a lot of cultivation novels."

Zhou Na didn't say anything, but her little head was nodding very quickly, like she was pounding garlic.

Lin Fan: "..."

"Hey, you didn't ask me?"

"..."

Seeing the two speechless expressions, he grinned and said, "Hey, it's no big deal."

"I'll give it to you once it's finished in a few days."

Reading cultivation novels to imagine real cultivation... well, there will definitely be similarities, because there are just too many cultivation novels.

Although it's just a fantasy.

Take science fiction novels and movies as examples. Aren't some things that were considered impossible in the past slowly becoming reality?

Perhaps the cultivation realms in cultivation novels are different... but what's wrong with different realms? Just 'replace' them yourself.

Perhaps the product names are different?

As long as you know there's treasure, that's enough!

For example, Spirit Gathering Array are common in novels, but we also have them in real life!

Therefore, Old Chen and the others felt that reading more cultivation novels would be beneficial, so they kept catching up whenever they had free time...

Lin Fan didn't know why cultivation novels and real novels had so many similarities; if not seven or eight out of ten, then at least four or five out of ten.

Of course, the martial arts techniques in novels are all made up; if you try to practice them, you definitely won't succeed.

But here's the problem.

For example, the Seventh Elder Wu Lian was tricked by Lin Fan into practicing the method of fusing Strange Fire and the Buddha's Wrath Lotus. Most importantly, he actually succeeded in mastering them.

Who can I complain to about this?!

"This may be because the strong among cultivators are naturally capable of creating their own techniques."

"So for them, what's important most often is a line of thought, not a set of steps. Once they have a line of thought, they can create their own methods?"

"Perhaps it really is possible."

This guy couldn't help but mutter to himself, "If that's the case, then that's getting interesting."

"So, in other words, while Hua Nation novelists may not be involved in cultivation or anything like that, they all have incredible imaginations and are all theoretically brilliant?"

"Clothes!"

"However, on another note..."

Lin Fan narrowed his eyes slightly.

"Who created the cultivation system?"

"Or rather, who created the genre of cultivation novels?"

"I suddenly realized that this person... might be worth getting to know!"

There are too many coincidences between the novel and the real cultivation world!

Too many coincidences become a kind of inevitability.

The reason for so many coincidences nowadays is that there are countless cultivation novels, and people use all sorts of imaginative ideas. If you read enough novels, you will find that they have a lot of similarities to real cultivation novels.

But who was the first person to write a cultivation novel?

Where does his imagination come from?

As far as Lin Fan knew, almost all subsequent cultivation novels were 'derived from' and 'improved' from that person's novels.

Perhaps the cultivation novel that person wrote was incomplete, or even quite rudimentary, but it did bring out the concept of cultivation in its entirety.

How did he come up with that idea?

Relying entirely on myself?!

Or did they obtain some kind of record?

Or perhaps his ancestor was a cultivator who left behind information, allowing him to combine his own illusions to write the first truly meaningful cultivation novel?

For Lin Fan at this moment, these thoughts were just a wild idea; how likely were they? He himself couldn't say for sure.

But he just had this idea, he wanted to find out the truth, he wanted to meet the other party.

If you meet them and have a chat, you'll find out the answer.

At the same time, if the other party does indeed have information left by cultivators, it might be possible to determine in advance where Kunlun, Tianshan and other places are located.

"Let's go and meet them!"

Having made up his mind, Lin Fan said goodbye to Old Chen and Zhou Na, returned to his residence, and sent a message to the Seventh Vice Minister.

"I want to see someone."

"Who? Could it be that person?"

The Seventh Vice Minister were taken aback, their first thought being that Lin Fan wanted to see the most senior one.

"A... novelist."

"Online novel author".

"Ah?!"

The Seventh Vice Minister was bewildered. "What do you want to see a web novel author for? Do you want him to write a web novel based on your image?"

"Similar to an autobiography?"

"Then I can introduce you to some authors with good writing skills, who are definitely better than the average online novelist."

"..."

autobiography?

Lin Fan's lips twitched repeatedly, and he just wanted to say one thing: I'm really not that narcissistic...

However, he didn't say it out loud. After some explanation, the Seventh Vice Minister finally understood, and his tone became somewhat strange.

"Actually, we've thought about this problem before, so we've met and talked to him about it before."

"Guess what?"