[Bonus chapter for 1,100]
Master of Calculation Pang Jialai was quite handsome, but he had always neglected his appearance. Unlike the Master of Calculation, he never cared about his personal image. Thus, in the eyes of others, he truly looked more like a crazed old man.
But the Master of Calculation had never cared what others thought. The same had been true just now. If the other party had not happened to mention the subject he was contemplating, he would never have had any interest in speaking.
To him, he and ordinary cultivators were fundamentally two different species.
When people saw an adorable cat, they would coo "meow, meow" and tease it a little. But there was no need for people to care what the cat thought.
He walked toward the Myriad Immortal Illusion Realm and sighed softly. "People... whether mortals or immortals, the more they understand, the more easily they seem to fall into fallacies. It seems that the 'thoughts' and 'minds' we once took pride in are ultimately worth nothing before the true Great Dao."
"The sages of old once spoke of abandoning sainthood and discarding wisdom, because they seemed to have noticed the principle that life has limits, while knowledge has none. No matter how people pursue 'sages' or 'wisdom,' they are only endlessly seeking atop a limited foundation. This is destined to be tragic, so one might as well abandon sainthood and discard wisdom. In my view, the fact that they could comprehend this much was already remarkable. Unfortunately, they were still pitiful cowards, thinking that if they covered their heads, their minds could fade into silence alongside the universe... Pitiful. Tragic..."
"Later imitators even thought that abandoning sainthood and discarding wisdom meant abandoning wisdom itself. How laughable..."
As the Master of Calculation spoke, he seemed