"Y-younger brother, you've finally shown up! I was practically bursting with pent-up frustration. By the way, what brings you here this time?" The Dragon Lion was delighted to see Lu Xiaotian and chattered on and on, saying a great deal.
"I wonder which path you cultivate. Do you know the true meaning of earth?" Lu Xiaotian asked bluntly. It was said that grasping the true meaning of a particular path meant one had reached the threshold of Spirit Transformation. As a Spirit Transformation-level demon, the Dragon Lion should naturally know.
"The true meaning of earth? It's profoundly mysterious and wonderfully subtle. It can only be understood, not explained. When your realm is high enough, you'll comprehend it—and then you'll have comprehended it. If your realm isn't there yet, no matter how much others say, it'll be useless." The Dragon Lion shook his head.
Lu Xiaotian furrowed his brows. "You must have reached that level of understanding. Can't you at least describe it, or tell me what it feels like?"
"That's not quite it. Cultivation—cultivation means seeing through illusion and pointing straight to the true source. You human cultivators, apart from ghost cultivators, have the five elements and three wonders. But what is metal? What is fire? What is earth? Ordinary cultivators only know these things exist, so they cultivate them, but they don't understand why they must cultivate in this way. Do you understand what I'm saying?"
Lu Xiaotian listened, stunned. The Dragon Lion spoke vaguely, but he more or less understood what it meant. Still, when he tried to explain the secret behind it, he realized that at his current level, he was truly groping in the dark.
"To tell the truth, I don't understand it very well either. The further you cultivate, the more veils of mist you