Hundreds of years later, Great Dao Library.
Benjamin is sitting cross-legged in the void of the sea of consciousness, with a jade slip suspended in front of him.
He has been here for a long time, and he has a large number of read classics piled up in his hand, and what he is reading at the moment is the famous sword cultivation inheritance in Immortal Cultivation System.
The reason why he studied these things was not that Benjamin suddenly became interested in kendo, but that he gradually became curious about a problem while studying sex cultivation.
What kind of monk would regard the cultivation of sex as more important than the cultivation of life?
According to the information he had collected previously, most monks emphasized the importance of cultivating both life and life.
Of course, due to differences in understanding, most monks actually focus on life cultivation.
There are not many schools that truly put the cultivation of one's nature first and even despise the cultivation of one's destiny to a certain extent.
After some screening, Benjamin discovered that the most famous among "sex cultivators" is actually sword cultivator.
If you think about it carefully, this doesn't seem surprising.
Sword cultivation has always paid attention to the state of mind and will. Many inheritances even believe that the key to sword cultivation is not how strong the sword wielder's physical body is, nor how many Spiritual Power he has accumulated, but whether he can develop his own sword intention.
Powerful sword cultivators are often able to kill enemies across levels. For them, the gap in realm is important, but it may not determine the final outcome.
Sometimes, as long as a sword cultivator with low cultivation level truly understands the meaning of the sword at a certain moment, he can strike with a sword that exceeds his own limit. This phenomenon is obviously related to the sexual cultivation that Benjamin previously understood.
Since sex cultivation can improve a practitioner's control over his or her own power, then sword cultivation, a genre that particularly emphasizes mind and will, may be able to help him understand the essence of sex cultivation.
With this idea in mind, Benjamin specially collected a large number of sword cultivation classics and prepared to find answers from them.
Then, he realized that he seemed to have made a wrong decision.
"What is meant by where the heart goes, where the body goes, and where it ends up." Benjamin looked at the words in the jade slip and frowned gradually.
"What do you mean by thinking about the world as your heart desires?"
He opened the next book.
"Once the intention of the sword is realized, everything can be turned into a sword; wherever the mind goes, the world will follow its wishes... Is this right?!"
Benjamin was silent for a moment, and finally couldn't help complaining. "No, brothers, are you so idealistic?"
He held the jade slip in front of his eyes, as if he wanted to confirm whether he had missed any key comments.
It's a pity that the whole book repeatedly emphasizes mind, will, sword heart and sword intention, but rarely explains how these things affect the outside world. The occasional mention of specific cultivation methods mostly allows practitioners to continuously hone their mind and strengthen their beliefs until one day they suddenly understand the true meaning of the sword. As for why after understanding, it is possible to cut a sword that far exceeds one's own strength... From the perspective of sword cultivators, it is completely natural. Once I understand, I understand, and I can do it as long as I want!
Benjamin slowly put down the jade slip. "Tsk! I hate these idealistic guys the most, they don't make sense at all!"
He was unwilling to give in and looked through several different inheritances.
The results were not much better.
Some sword cultivation classics emphasize cutting off distracting thoughts, believing that as long as the mind is pure, the sword will be sharper.
Some people believe that a swordsman must firmly believe that the sword in his hand can cut everything, and even if he faces an enemy far superior to himself, he must never have the slightest doubt. The more Benjamin looked at it, the weirder his expression became.
He acknowledged that these theories may indeed be valid.
After all, the fact that sword cultivators can kill enemies beyond levels is not a legend fabricated by some classics to attract disciples, but is supported by a large number of examples. But because of this, it is even more difficult for him to understand.
If the sword cultivator's power can indeed be improved through his mind and will, then there must be some mechanism of action.
What changed in their sword intent competition?
Is it the structure of its own runes, the manipulation of external laws, or some kind of power that has not yet been understood by ordinary monks?
You can't really just believe that you can cut through the heaven and the earth with one sword, and the world will obediently get out of the way, right? If this is the case, then when he studied Ascension Force for more than a thousand years, wouldn't the problems he encountered can be solved by firm belief? Benjamin shook his head and put away all the remaining classics.
He decided to temporarily give up directly looking for answers to sex cultivation from traditional sword cultivation theories.
These sword cultivators are really too idealistic.
It's not that there is anything wrong with idealism itself, but that their theories often jump directly from results to conclusions, lacking the explanation process that Benjamin values most.
He is a staunch materialist.
Even though he has come into contact with extraordinary beings like wizards, Cultivator and even Level 9 Life, he still believes that these things are just realities that he has not yet fully understood.
The power can be beyond common sense, the laws can be different from the physical laws he knew in the past, and life can even affect the world through thoughts. But as long as these phenomena truly exist, there must be internal mechanisms worth studying.
For Benjamin, extraordinary power does not mean giving up understanding.
On the contrary, the more bizarre the phenomenon, the more worthy of study.
Sword cultivator obviously does not think this way.
They don't seem to care whether they can explain the whole process clearly. As long as they believe in their swordsmanship and their sword intent can be improved, then the theoretical conflicts can be put aside for the time being.
This difference made it impossible for Benjamin to really get started. However, when he closed the last book, he suddenly thought of something.
"Wait..."
Benjamin sat up straight again, his eyes falling on the sword cultivation classics that he had put aside.
If the essence of sword cultivation is indeed biased towards idealism, then the reason why sex cultivation can increase the strength is also related to idealism? As soon as this idea appeared, he became serious again.
He had previously learned from Great Dao Library's classics that sexual cultivation is not simply about improving spiritual power, but about allowing practitioners to have deeper control over their own mind, will and strength.
But the question is, is simply improving control efficiency really enough to explain the performance of those swordsmen who frequently cross levels to kill enemies?
Benjamin does not deny that character Stability can bring benefits.
But if you just make yourself calmer and more focused, at most you can only reduce mistakes and improve the efficiency of power utilization.
If you want a swordsman with a low level of cultivation to suddenly burst out with power far beyond his own realm, there seems to be a key link missing.
Unless... what sexual cultivation improves is not just the ability to control existing power, but something more special.
Benjamin's thoughts turned quickly and he thought of Level 9 Lifeform that he had seen at Central World.
Thanks to his True-Delusion Breaking Pupil inexplicably rising to the highest level, he was able to see more clearly the principle of "Wish Fulfillment". It is the power that can directly change the surrounding rune structure that represents the essence of the world with its own will, thereby affecting reality. Its thoughts are no longer just mental activities, but can directly participate in the operation of the underlying rules of the world.
It is precisely because of this that it can turn Wish Fulfillment into a true power.
Level 9 Lifeform does not simply believe that something will happen, but can use its own special abilities to make the world change according to its will.
So, is there a similar principle in sexual cultivation?
In this way, some special performances of sword cultivators seem to be able to get a new explanation.
The reason why they emphasize mind, sword intention and absolute belief may not be because these things themselves can create power out of thin air, but because a special process of sexual cultivation can form a closer connection between their will and power structure.
To put it more simply, the reason why monks who cultivate swordsmanship... or even those who cultivate both life and soul can obtain additional improvements is because they have obtained higher levels of power to a certain extent.
"In this regard, the monk and Wizard System have similar approaches." Benjamin's eyes gradually brightened.
When Benjamin was promoted to the sixth level wizard, it was already confirmed that a large part of the reason why High-Rank Wizard was able to fight across levels and had such exaggerated combat power was that High-Rank Wizard had already acquired some of Level 9 Life's characteristics in advance through Law Solidification Domain.
With this understanding, his research direction became much clearer.
After these years of research, he became even more convinced that it was impossible for him to embark on the path of sword cultivation because there was a fundamental difference between his and their way of thinking.
However, it does not mean that Benjamin cannot use the power of idealism. Firmly believing in materialism is also a way of understanding the world.
In essence, it is also a transformation of the soul and mentality, which can be called the idealism of "firmly adhering to materialism".
Conventional spiritual practice often emphasizes enlightenment, breakthroughs in belief and state of mind.
Some monks suddenly realize at a certain moment, and their power skyrockets, but more people are unable to overcome a certain mental barrier throughout their lives. The upper limit of this kind of path may be extremely high, but it is inevitably affected by personal understanding and mental state.
The method that Benjamin insists on is to find the mechanism that can explain the phenomenon as much as possible, and then master it step by step through study, analysis and practice.
This method may not allow him to suddenly burst out with far more power than usual like some swordsmen, but it has an obvious advantage. As long as the direction is correct, he can improve himself through continuous learning.
No need to wait for some unpredictable epiphany, no need to be stuck in one place because of an incomprehensible state of mind.
What he needs to do is not to deny these phenomena, but to find an explanation that suits him.
"Since Level 9 Lifeform can mobilize the power at the bottom of the world according to his will, then I can continue research in this direction." Benjamin touched his chin.
"I just need to figure out how their beliefs affect power."
Benjamin closed the book in front of him, and his consciousness exited Great Dao Library.
(Damn! I suddenly have a toothache, it hurts so much.)