Once You Reach the Summit, All Other Mountains Look Small
On the mountain peak.
Disciples such as Long Zixuan, Qing Chen, and Dugu Yuqing have also returned.
In fact, all the ferocious beasts within hundreds of miles had completely fled.
Nan Feng is playing the piano, Ziling is painting.
Li Fan sat on a rock, feeling a sense of comfort.
Hiking and enjoying the scenery has always been one of his favorite things to do.
Listening to Nan Feng's zither music, Li Fan couldn't help but nod. Nan Feng had almost fully grasped the meaning of this Emperor's Formation Breaking Song.
"Xin Ning, let me teach you a new poem!"
At this moment, Li Fan suddenly stood up and spoke.
Xin Ning blinked her big eyes and said, "Okay!"
She sat down obediently.
The surrounding disciples also listened intently!
They had long been accustomed to the fact that their master's every word and action contained the supreme Dao!
Especially poetry.
The things contained within are extraordinary, worthy of their repeated contemplation, which can enhance their understanding of the Great Dao and improve their own State of Mind.
Li Fan looked around and saw a vast, desolate landscape stretching for thousands of miles, like a dragon or snake in a painting, its veins extending for thousands of miles. Gazing at it from this high vantage point, he felt a surge of pride and joy!
"How majestic is Mount Tai! Its verdant peaks stretch endlessly across Qi and Lu!"
"Nature bestows its most wondrous beauty, dividing day and night with yin and yang."
"My heart swells with the rising clouds, my eyes follow the returning birds."
"I will climb to the very top and look down upon all the mountains below!"
With each word he uttered, the group of disciples were deeply moved!
They clearly felt that a single poem could fully depict the wonders of nature!
"Nature's wonders are bestowed upon us... Yin and Yang divide day and night... Indeed, indeed!"
Nan Feng's chest heaved as he said, "Master... has finally revealed his grand plan! The Yin Realm and the Yang Realm... it really is his doing!"
"Involving creation itself, overlooking heaven and earth... Master's aura is unparalleled!"
Dugu Yuqing held him in the highest esteem!
"Master doesn't need to ride a dragon to travel; he is already high in the heavens... Only when the heart is in the heavens can the Dao reside there!"
Long Zixuan was deeply moved. His master's cultivation was not only extraordinary, but his State of Mind was also enough to make anyone feel ashamed!
"Only by climbing to the summit can one survey the lesser peaks below..." Only someone who has truly reached the pinnacle could utter such a timeless line...
A strange light flashed in Ziling's large eyes.
Xin Ning, on the other hand, recited along, word by word:
"... Nature's wonders are bestowed upon us, dividing day and night with yin and yang... I will climb to the summit and survey all the mountains below!"
The other disciples were also silently reciting along!
Seeing that many disciples seemed to be reciting this poem, Li Fan smiled and said:
"Indeed, the essence of the entire poem lies in the last line."
"One day I will climb to the summit and survey all the mountains below." This single line is enough to inspire one's life!
"My only hope is that you will not be blinded by the past. You must know that only by constantly climbing forward can you see the scenery from higher places!"
He casually pointed to the vast land and said:
"At every height, you can see different things. Only by looking at the world with your heart can you discover that the world and you are ultimately one!"
My life is ruined.
He only hoped that in the future, these disciples would all be successful, at least not like him, living an ordinary life in a rural village!
Therefore, he used this poem to inspire everyone!
However, at this moment, everyone couldn't help but fall into deep thought!
"Don't let the past blind you... Master, this is to help us open our eyes to see the world!"
Jiang Li pondered for a moment, and suddenly, a thought struck him!
His cultivation level was achieved naturally, as if water had flowed into a channel.
This time, he crossed that threshold with ease!
The Saint Dao Perfection!
Holy Emperor!
"To be one with the world... to understand this world... Yes, I am an outsider to the painting, yet I have never stepped into my own painting!"
Ziling murmured, and her aura suddenly changed!
He also became a Saint Emperor of Way of Painting.
"Don't let the past blind you... then forget the past, forget the swordsmanship you practiced before!"
Dugu Yuqing murmured!
He... too, has made great progress in strength and has already glimpsed the path to enlightenment!
Nan Feng, Su Baiqian, Lin Jiuzheng, Qing Chen, Long Zixuan, as well as Xin Ning and Gongya, all suddenly had a flash of inspiration and made a further step forward!
Among the many disciples, Lu Rang didn't understand poetry very well and didn't comprehend much of it. However, he felt a connection with the grass. The grass he cultivated seemed to have a higher level of understanding than him. As it swayed in the wind, it simultaneously elevated Lu Rang's State of Mind, leading to a breakthrough in his realm!
The most important aspect of spiritual practice is cultivating the mind.
They have no shortage of knowledge and experience; what they lack is a certain State of Mind.
At this moment, I feel a higher level of perspective and experience a broader path; everything is natural!
"I feel that since entering this world, the oppressive force of heaven and earth seems to have disappeared..."
At this moment, Nan Feng, sensing the universe, suddenly felt something!
She had a feeling that the potential within her was being released as she entered this world.
"It should be said that all the Sacred Substance we receive in the Yin Realm are actually reshaping our lives."
Ziling murmured softly:
"In a sense, we were born from the Yin Realm and should have been Yin Spirit, but now we are no different from people in the Yang Realm... All of this is due to Master's meticulous care and the endless treasures we have consumed."
The other disciples also suddenly realized the truth.
They have been living in the Small Mountain Village for a year or two.
Everything eaten and drunk during that time was sacred.
Those things, even in the Yang Realm, are now considered extremely rare and precious spirit medicine and treasures. If a person in the Yang Realm obtains them, they can soar to great heights on the path to godhood.
However, even after one or two years of accumulation, Nan Feng and the others have only reached the Saint Dao Perfection.
Why?
Firstly, the Yin Realm is, after all, an illusion and a broken place; the rules and laws there are insufficient to support their Great Dao.
Secondly, when they are in Small Mountain Village, they will be inexplicably suppressed, and their progress will be extremely slow.
More importantly, those Sacred Substance, including divine spring water and peaches of immortality, are actually reshaping their lives when consumed day and night!
They were transformed from Yin Spirit... into real people.
This process was secretive and natural, like a gentle rain nourishing the earth, and they only came to understand it now that they have entered the Yang Realm.
The Yin Spirit... have long since vanished in the real world.
But now they have successfully reversed the yin and yang, becoming living, breathing people, no longer the ghosts or spirits of the past.
In a sense, the greatest fortuitous opportunity they have gained in this Small Mountain Village is the constant reshaping of their lives over the past year or two.
Most of the divine matter they absorbed day and night was consumed in the process of reshaping their lives and transforming them from Yin Spirit into humans.
Their current cultivation level... seems almost incidental!
Now, they have become real living beings.
Therefore, the divine medicines and other substances that I take in the future should all demonstrate their due power, and my potential will also be unleashed in this world!
Thinking of this, every disciple's face was filled with anticipation!
At that moment, Wu Dade dragged a tiger up the mountain peak.
A large black dog was with him, along with a young girl.
Wu Dade was panting heavily when he arrived, but he paused for a moment.
Because he discovered... how come all his Senior Brother and sisters have broken through to the next level?
His eyes widened in disbelief. What had he missed?!
"Master... what did you do to my Senior Brother and sisters?"
He sounded a little aggrieved and said, "I want to learn too!"
Li Fan turned around and saw Wu Dade, and was startled.
Where did this disciple get such a huge tiger?
That's too brutal!
"You killed this tiger?"
Li Fan couldn't help but ask.
Wu Dade shook his head. It was a dog that killed him; he didn't have that kind of ability!
Upon seeing this, Li Fan nodded. It wasn't Wu Dade who killed him; it seemed he was lucky to have found a tiger corpse in the wilderness!
Hmm, it looks surprisingly fresh; it should still be edible!
This disciple really knows how to manage his finances.
"Excellent, excellent! Take it back to the village, and your master will stew it for you tonight!"
Li Fan spoke!
Such a large prey is definitely enough for a big meal.
The disciples were overjoyed.
Mu Wanqing, who came with Wu Dade, had an even more complicated expression.
This is a tyrant-level creature... Stew it and eat it??
"By the way, Dade, who is this gentleman?"
Then, Li Fan looked at Mu Wanqing!
Mu Wanqing's heart tightened immediately.
She looked at Li Fan nervously... but found that she couldn't sense any Spiritual Qi fluctuations from Li Fan!
Like an ordinary person?
No!
Impossible! Such beings, with a group of disciples, each at the Peeking Path Realm, how could they be mere mortals?
She instantly realized that she was too weak to perceive the senior's strength at all!
"Junior Mu Wanqing comes from Wood Spirit Village, which is not far away. I pay my respects to Senior!"
She hurriedly bowed!
Li Fan was taken aback.
Wood Spirit Village?
Are there other villages hidden in these mountains?
He immediately smiled and said, "No need for such formalities!"
What brings you here?
Mu Wanqing said:
"Reporting to the senior, an Old Vine in our village is dying. I've come to find a way to save it!"
She gritted her teeth, determined to go all out, and said, "Please, senior, lend a hand! Our Wood Spirit Village is willing to give anything!"
An Old Vine is almost dead?
Li Fan hesitated for a moment, then said:
"What vine?"
Mu Wanqing paused for a moment, but immediately said:
"Reporting to you, senior, that... that is a grapevine."
Grapes? Li Fan immediately understood; there was a problem with the village's crops.
As someone who has been through it all, Li Fan deeply understands how important crops are to the village!
When he first arrived, the village's agricultural level was very low, pests and diseases were serious, and the villagers were having a hard time because of it.
Later, under the system's brutality, he improved all the crops in the village and also improved the soil, which enabled everyone to escape poverty and live a life of plenty!
Thinking back to the past, Li Fan couldn't help but feel some sympathy for the situation in Wood Spirit Village.
This girl has found the right person by meeting him.
"Since we are from neighboring villages, I won't stand by and watch someone die. So, come back to my village with me!"
Li Fan immediately spoke up!
Upon hearing this, Mu Wanqing was overjoyed and extremely grateful!
"Thank you, senior!"
The group immediately packed their things and prepared to leave.
Wu Dade, however, continued to lean closer and asked, "Master, you... you still haven't told me what you Senior Brother and sisters?"
He stared longingly at Li Fan.
He's all alone now, and he's Quasi-Emperor.
How embarrassing!
Li Fan smiled and said:
"Just a poem."
He immediately repeated it.
However, after listening, Wu Dade felt completely confused.
I don't understand at all!
At that moment, he deeply felt that he... had suffered because of his lack of education!
Huge loss!
He gritted his teeth, turned to look at Jiang Li, and said:
"Senior Brother, I want to learn to read and write in the future!"
For the sake of cultivation... I must study hard, even if it costs me my life!
But Jiang Li was taken aback for a moment, and said:
"Junior Brother Dade, it's good that you want to learn, but... I think that reading will be less useful for your breakthrough than letting Big Black take a few more bites."
After all, Wu Dade was different from them; he didn't follow the usual path.
Wu Dade needs to be beaten and bitten to become stronger...
Upon hearing this, Wu Dade glanced at the big black dog with a longing look.
The big black dog paused for a moment, seemingly a little nervous under Wu Dade's gaze!