Master
They didn't avoid Li Bai during their conversation, but Li Bai didn't know who they were talking about. She only understood the word "Master," so she asked curiously, "Senior Sister, is Master Ya the most powerful master in the world?"
Chang Xia thought for a moment and said, "He is a very powerful person, but not a powerful teacher."
It can even be said that he is the worst teacher in the world at teaching and educating people.
Li Bai didn't quite understand, so Chang Xia patiently explained, "Confucianism emphasizes striving for a better life. The Master is a boatman, carrying people across the sea of suffering. Master Ya is like a towering building built on flat ground. Have you ever seen a boat lift people up a mountain?"
"So Master Yai is just too powerful and others can't keep up with him?"
Chang Xia nodded: "You can say that."
Cultivation requires following a step-by-step approach, but Xun Ansheng is different. He achieves success in one step.
The lifespan of a Nascent Soul is one thousand years, but Xun Ansheng had not yet broken through to the Out-of-Body Stage when he was nine hundred and ninety years old.
Everyone thought that he would stop here and return to the quiet world.
Some of the smart ones even had already thought about how to act pitiful and take the opportunity to get close to Bie Jingchun and Zuo Qin.
In the last year of Xun Ansheng's life, it was an ordinary morning. He was sweeping the fallen leaves in Lu Lake with a broom as usual.
The sun that day was no warmer than usual, and the breeze that day was no different.
Luhu students walked into the school in groups of three or four, carrying books.
At that time, Xun Ansheng's energy and blood had become so weak that he could no longer teach. There were many such teachers in Lu Lake, but no one cared about him except for some people who wanted to please the Sword Immortal and Zuo Shanzhu.
As a result, at this seemingly unnoticed moment, Xun Ansheng leaped through the three major stages of Out-of-Body Realm, Spiritual Separation, and Integration, reaching the peak of the Tribulation Realm. It's said that his aura was still rising at that time, and if the path to heaven hadn't been cut off long ago, he might have directly achieved immortality!
Build a tall building from flat ground and reach the sky in one step.
No one knows how he did it. No one before him understood, and no one after him understands. The world only knows that Master Luhuya suddenly appeared, his great voice silent.
"Actually, Master Cliff was a name given to him by students at Luxe Lake back then. They all said his lectures were getting boring, and his teachings were confusing. While others led students to the shore, he led them to the cliff, and when they reached the end of the water, they realized there was no way out.
So some people began to mock him as Master Cliff.
Later, when the Master ascended to heaven, those people realized that the Master's realm was not low, but too high, so high that ordinary people could not understand it at all. So Master Ya became a compliment to Mr. Xun, meaning "a lofty mountain to look up to."
"For hundreds of years afterwards, people were proud to understand even a few words of the Master."
"So is it too low or too high, Master?" Li Bai asked.
"It was low before, but it's high now." Changxia's clear voice was carried in the wind, mocking him for no reason.
She touched Li Bai's head and said, "He's just an ordinary old man. Unlike Master, whose appearance is deceptive, you can call him Grandpa without worry."
Xun Ansheng rose to fame too late, and his body and blood had already declined. Although he was younger than Bie Jingchun and Zuo Qin, he could not maintain his youthful appearance like them, and always looked like a white-bearded old man.
However, this was also interpreted by others as the Master not being happy with things, nor being sad with himself.
Judging from his appearance, it is indeed appropriate for Li Bai to call him grandpa.
As for whether this would lower the generation status of her master and Zuo Qin, Changxia didn't care.
"arrive."
Xie Fengxue spoke.
Changxia and Libai raised their heads and looked into the distance on Sanli San's body. They saw an endless ocean in front of them. The sea water was connected to the sky and the earth, blurring the boundaries.
A giant tree grew on the island, thriving. Its emerald branches revealed faint traces of leaves, flowers, fruit, birds, and beasts. Mysterious runes flowed from the tree, only to dissipate into the air as they left the giant tree.
She also heard the roars of dragons and the howls of phoenixes and the tinkling of hanging bells.
"Senior Sister, this tree is so tall."
"The sacred tree of the Sky Realm was also called Jianmu in the past."
Li Bai noticed that Chang Xia was talking about the past.
"Isn't it called Jianmu now?"
"Jianmu is the ladder that connects to the fairyland. Now that no one can reach the fairyland, how can we call it Jianmu?"
"Do you want to go down and take a look?"
Li Bai nodded, and Chang Xia patted Sanli San. The silly bird whistled and dived down. Li Bai's face was pale, and he held on to Sanli San's feathers tightly, not daring to let go.
Chang Xia laughed and said, "Don't be afraid, your senior brother has set up a formation, so you won't fall."
Li Bai shook his head vigorously: "What if the wind blows me down?"
Changxia grabbed Libai's hand and said, "Feel it carefully."
The girl was frightened at first, but when she calmed down a little, the fear turned into surprise.
"There's no wind here?"
"There's nothing here. Haven't you noticed that, apart from the roars of dragons and phoenixes and the ringing of bells, you can't hear any other sounds outside of the formation?"
"Where does that bell sound come from?"
"People used to call it erotic music. It's probably a kind of magic trick that has the effect of cleansing the soul. After you get out of it, you'll know after you circulate the Qi around your body. Your cultivation will improve faster."
Sanli San stopped steadily on the sea surface. Xie Fengxue went down first. Only then did Li Bai realize that the sea surface could actually be stepped on.
Chang Xia encouraged her: "Try it?"
So Li Bai stretched out her foot carefully.
It was a strange feeling - she could clearly feel the ripples on the water through the soles of her shoes, but the sea water was not moving. She tried jumping, but the sea water was as solid as mud, and the tiny waves poked her feet and hurt them. It did not have the soft touch that water waves should have.
At this time Changxia also jumped down.
"Four thousand years ago, the road to heaven was cut off, and this place became like this. It's like time has frozen."
Xie Fengxue said: "It's not that time is frozen, it's that space is frozen."
He stretched out his hand and made a hand gesture, and silver spiritual power wrapped around the branch. With a "pop", a green flower was picked, and Xie Fengxue handed it to Li Bai.
"Keep it safe."
Li Bai nodded excitedly.
Chang Xia instantly understood what Xie Fengxue meant, and said maliciously, "The formation here is completely natural, and it is very difficult to get a single flower or object down. Your senior brother worked hard to break through the spatial node to pick it for you, so you must keep it well."
Li Bai didn't suspect anything and immediately used her favorite box to put the flowers in it.
Where she couldn't see, Xie Fengxue gave Changxia a thumbs up.
In the past, when this place was Jianmu, many monks came here to practice, listen to the music, and comprehend the way of heaven. Later, Jianmu became a sacred tree. Although it is still very magical, fewer people come here.
Not only the sea and wind were locked up, but the spiritual energy was also locked up. Li Bai tried to use it, but although there was plenty of spiritual energy outside, it was unable to flow into the body at all.
She wanted to share these things with Zhou Xiaosu, but she found that the kite could not send any messages here.
She asked curiously, "Such a beautiful scenery, is it just because we can't practice that no one comes to see it?"
Chang Xia knocked her head and said, "You haven't read the book carefully. The Land of Absolute Spirits has always been a place of death. Cultivators are also mortals. They can't breathe and can't use spiritual power to communicate with heaven and earth. Few people can stay in such a place for long. If the limit of their own circulation is exceeded, cultivators will suffocate and die like mortals."
As she spoke, she glanced at Xie Fengxue and said, "There are not many people in this world who can regard this place as a scenery. You are very lucky. Your senior brother is one of them."
Zuo Qin once brought her here to cheer her up, and she has been obsessed with this place ever since, clamoring to come here every day.
Of course, he was not quarreling with Zuo Qin, but with Xie Fengxue.
Xie Fengxue bought her a sword, beautiful clothes and jewelry, but it didn't work to coax her, so he had no choice but to pick up the formation book that he had thrown away long ago.
He is truly gifted. In ten years he was able to construct a formation that could allow one to live outside the Void Realm for dozens of days. Later, he made some repairs and modifications, and now he can enter and exit the Void Realm at any time.
"I'll teach you the formation later. Then you can come here by yourself or bring Zhou Xiaosu with you."
Xie Fengxue had obviously discovered her action of sending messages to Zhou Xiaosu.
Li Bai said in surprise: "Thank you, Brother."
The three of them played in the Sky Realm for a while and then prepared to leave.
Changxia called Sanli San over, and the Xuanniao lowered its head obediently and let them get on.
As soon as she left the Void Realm, Li Bai's face suddenly turned bitter. She rummaged through her storage bag and was about to cry.
"Senior Sister, flowers..."
Changxia finally couldn't help it and fell on Sanlisan's back and laughed out loud.
Xie Fengxue also suppressed a laugh and explained, "The Void Realm locks time and space, and the things inside cannot be taken out."
It will change back the moment it touches the formation.
Then, he pretended to be serious and said, "Do you have some understanding of the space-time formation now?"
Li Bai was shocked and annoyed, and turned her back on them out of spite.
Changxia didn't really want to make her angry, so after settling down in the next city, he coaxed and tricked Li Bai into taking her out for a walk.
This city is under the jurisdiction of Lu Lake, and has a strong academic atmosphere. Every few steps you can see people in dark blue student uniforms discussing and arguing.
Unlike the northern border where monks and mortals live separately, the southern border is jointly governed by two sects. Although the great monk Hui Fanxing and Xun Ansheng have a good personal relationship, Zen Buddhism and Luhu are indeed in a sense in a competitive relationship.
Both sides are trying to attract their own believers, so the monks need to really go deep into the mortals in order to teach them to believe in themselves.
Monks are very common in the cities here.
Those who practice Qigong, build foundation, and achieve Golden Elixir have long been fighting with ordinary people. Those who reach Nascent Soul stage and out-of-body state are also not uncommon. Occasionally, there will be cultivators in the Spirit Severing stage who will show off their prowess in front of others.
As for the cultivators in the fusion stage and the tribulation stage, they are all big figures in their respective areas, with complicated affairs, and they don't often mingle with mortals.
Li Bai heard a Confucian scholar say, "The Master wrote in his classics, 'Spring King in March.' Spring comes before King. This shows that the Master believed that the natural order of time is superior to King, and that no matter how great the power of the Emperor is, it cannot surpass that of Heaven and Earth."
Another said: "The Master wrote about the king without mentioning the posthumous title, but we all know that this refers to the Human Emperor Ji Sheng. This is a high praise. His achievements are in people's hearts and there is no need to refute it."
The two of them argued until their faces turned red and they almost rolled up their sleeves and started fighting.
At this time, an old man with a white beard passed by and stood between the two men to try to mediate: "What's there to argue about? Perhaps it was just something the Master wrote casually..."
The two men were already furious with each other and refused to listen to any advice, punching out with their fists.
Then it all fell on the old man.
When Changxia saw this scene, his eyelids twitched and he hurried over to support him.
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