Shen Yuan's expression was a little complicated, as if he had vaguely discovered the truth behind why his identity as a Taoist had fallen to such a state.

But just a moment later, Shen Yuan adjusted himself and stopped worrying about these reasons.

The Dharma of the Great Dao is the foundation of Shen Yuan's future path. Using the infinite Dao rhyme of the Dao Fruit to comprehend the Dharma of the Great Dao is the best solution even at the moment.

If Shen Yuan were given another chance, he would still make the same choice.

Retaining the Daoguo throne might allow the various schools of thought to occupy a heyday, but the benefits it would bring are still unknown.

Especially since Shen Yuan was originally a fake Daluo, and the other disciples were suspected to be Daluo in the world, it was unclear whether Shen Yuan could suppress the hundreds of schools of thought in their heyday.

Being alone, I don't have many concerns.

With his mind calm, Shen Yuan looked around at the outside world through the car window.

As the capital of Qi State, Linzi was naturally extremely prosperous, especially the Jixia Academy, which was the core of Linzi City. Its influence was even greater than that of the Qi King's Palace.

Surrounding the Jixia Academy were the residences of officials and nobles, as well as lofts in the markets. The constant flow of people coming and going demonstrated a bit of the prosperity of the Luotian Realm.

However, if it was just simply prosperous, Shen Yuan would not be too surprised. No matter how prosperous the Luotian Realm was, it could not compare to the Dayin Imperial Capital which had hundreds of affiliated worlds.

What really surprised Shen Yuan was the endless stream of people on the street.

He could clearly sense that most of the pedestrians walking on the street had extraordinary cultivation.

The cultivators in the Qi Transformation Realm all dress like peddlers and walk among the crowd, and the Qi Training Realm cultivators can also be seen everywhere.

Even if a great cultivator in the Spirit Transformation Realm is powerful enough to be a master in the Xuanhuang Realm, he is just a restaurant owner or a shop owner in Linzi City.

This scene is unimaginable in any other realm except Luotian Realm.

Because practicing cultivation means competing for resources and spiritual energy, as well as the inheritance of cultivation techniques.

The resources of a world are limited. They can support several powerful sects, a strong humanitarian dynasty, and peerless masters who stand at the top, but that's all.

If a large number of lower-class people were allowed to practice cultivation, it would mean a massive consumption of resources.

Especially as the realm improves, resource consumption will increase exponentially and reach an extremely terrifying level, enough to crush a world.

For example, the imperial capital of Dayin in Xuanhuang Realm, which has a population of over 100 million, would be enough to turn the fertile land of Jiuzhou into a desert depleted of spiritual energy even if it only provided enough resources for every individual to cultivate to the Qi Transformation Realm.

It is precisely because of such considerations that even in the Dayin Dynasty of the Xuanhuang Realm, which is known as the heyday of spiritual practice, the practice of cultivation has imposed great restrictions on the lower classes.

The vast majority of the lower-class people will be trapped in the state of refining essence for their entire lives.

But in Linzi city, this common sense was broken, and Qi transformation and Qi training monks from the Yuanda Yin Dynasty could be seen everywhere.

And this is just the city of Linzi. According to the driver, Linzi is only one of the capitals of the seven countries in Luotian Realm.

The other six countries may be slightly inferior, but not too far behind. At least their size will be close to that of Linzi City.

If resources were to be used to supply such a large population of practitioners, even if the Xuanhuang Realm was drained dry it would still not be enough.

After realizing this, Shen Yuan immediately realized that these people with cultivation skills were not following the traditional cultivation system.

The fact that they can reach such an extraordinary realm seems to be closely related to the rules of Luotian Realm itself.

There were stars twinkling in Shen Yuan's eyes. The deduction of the star numbers and the blessing of the status of the various schools of thought allowed him to vaguely glimpse some of its essence.

While walking in the busy streets, Shen Yuan also heard the noisy words of the people.

After using the star numbers to deduce and eliminate a lot of messy information, combined with Shen Yuan's understanding of the Luotian Realm, he finally got the answer he wanted.

The root cause of all this is the Tao that is omnipresent between heaven and earth.

This realm opened up by the Supreme Being's teachings is based on the Supreme Dao and spreads across heaven and earth.

The creatures in Luotian Realm were originally transformed by the Great Dao, and they attained the Dao at birth.

They have been rising and falling in the great way all their lives, and their every move is in line with the great way of heaven and earth.

For the creatures in Luotian Realm, even if they farm the land for their entire lives, they may inadvertently comprehend the great Dao and understand the mysteries of heaven and earth.

Relying solely on the comprehension of the great Dao to improve one's cultivation, progress will naturally be extremely slow, and it is extremely normal to be stuck in the realm of refining essence into qi for one's entire life.

Moreover, most living beings have the realm but do not know how to utilize the power of the realm.

Under such circumstances, various schools of thought came into being.

The various schools of thought spread the ideas from the classics, actively comprehended the great Dao, and controlled the realm, allowing the creatures in the Luotian Realm, who originally had only the realm, to exert the power of the realm, while those with talent could go further to find the true meaning of the great Dao.

At this point the entire Luotian Realm entered an era of various schools of thought.

Linzi, where the Jixia Academy was located, held lectures every month, and the same was true for the capitals of other countries except Linzi.

Under such circumstances, all the living beings in Linzi City became aware of some legends and classics through what they saw and heard. As their knowledge grew, they instinctively became closer to the Tao. This led to the situation where people who were practicing Qi were as numerous as dogs and people practicing Qi were everywhere.

After figuring out the reason, Shen Yuan in the carriage couldn't help but let out a sigh, his eyes filled with shock at this magical world.

Just a preaching can create such a wonderful world. The depth of the realm of the Supreme Taoist Ancestor has exceeded Shen Yuan's cognition.

But then, an irresistible thought arose again from Shen Yuan's heart.

"Why would such a powerful Supreme Dao Ancestor become like that?"

…

Accompanied by a flurry of confused thoughts, the slowly moving carriage had left the Jixia Academy and stopped in a quiet alley.

"Mr. Daozi, we have arrived at the courtyard."

An old voice sounded outside the carriage, and many old scholars looked at the carriage with expectant eyes, waiting for Shen Yuan to show up.

Inside the carriage, Shen Yuan couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth slightly.

The reason why he refused to live in the Jixia Academy was that he was concerned about these old scholars whose realm was comparable to that of Hedao.

Shen Yuan was very clear that he was just a fake Taoist, while these old men were truly great scholars. If they pestered him with questions, he would be exposed in a few words. So Shen Yuan took the initiative to propose not to live in the Jixia Academy.

But looking at the current situation, these old scholars don't seem to care whether Shen Yuan lives in the Jixia Academy or not. Their perseverance gives Shen Yuan a headache.

Just as Shen Yuan was hesitating, the driver who had been driving the carriage these days looked at the scholars with a serious expression and said in a deep voice:

"Now that the road has been brought here, please leave now!"

The many old scholars then noticed the coachman driving Shen Yuan's carriage and could not help but frowning.

Suddenly, a scholar's eyes fixed, and then an undisguised look of disgust flashed in his eyes.

"I thought he was someone else, but it turns out he is just a demon from the Spiritual Refining Clan."

The expressions of the other scholars also changed slightly, and then their eyes intertwined, and they easily saw through the driver's true identity.

The scholars who originally had a bit of respect on their faces showed cold eyes, and the scholars with bad tempers scolded without any hesitation:

"There is no place for a demon like you to speak here!" The scholars' hostility towards the demons was almost engraved in their bones.

Shen Yuan in the carriage naturally knew clearly that the conflict between the human race and the demon race had a long history, especially after the human race's various schools of thought opened up the path of seeking the truth, the demon race was completely suppressed by the human race.

The demon race was weak and tried their best to steal the ways of the human race, using many despicable means.

They disguised themselves to enter the academy, kidnapped scholars and forced them to impart knowledge to the demons, and some demons even believed that human students who sought the truth had the great Dao and could devour its Dao by eating humans.

These evil deeds are simply outrageous.

Grand events like the Ceremony of Taoism will inevitably attract the covetousness of the demon race, which is why the identities of those entering the city are strictly checked at the gate of Linzi.

The coachman appeared in Linzi City in the form of a demon. If the person in the coach had not been a Taoist, many great scholars present would have killed him without hesitation.

Shen Yuan was somewhat surprised that the driver was actually a demon.

He was able to obtain a lot of basic information with the help of the driver. The driver was quite respectable along the way, and Shen Yuan did not show any hostility to him because of his status.

"I'm tired."

Three words slowly rang out from inside the carriage.

Outside the carriage, many great scholars with disgust in their eyes suddenly changed their expressions when they heard this.

Shen Yuan's words were undoubtedly an order to expel them.

The opportunity to ask Daozi for advice was missed so easily. Many great scholars looked regretful but did not dare to make any rebuttal.

Immediately putting away the hostility towards the driver in his eyes, the great scholars Shen Yuan bowed respectfully.

"We will obey Daozi's decree."

As soon as the words were spoken, many great scholars left.

After everyone left, Shen Yuan walked out of the car.

Shen Yuan's first glance naturally fell on the coachman who had driven the carriage for him all the way.

The driver was wearing a long green gown, and his honest and loyal face showed a bit of distress.

Seeing Shen Yuan coming out, the driver bowed and said:

"Qingniu foolishly exposed his true identity and caused trouble for Daozi."

The seemingly honest rickshaw driver in front of him was actually a green bull monster.

The cultivation level of the spirit refining realm may not be a big deal in the Luotian Realm where great roads are displayed everywhere, but in the Xuanhuang Realm, the green bull demon in front of him is enough to occupy famous mountains and rivers and become a demon king who controls one side.

"Nothing."

Shen Yuan shook his head. The identity of the Green Bull Demon Clan might be troublesome for others, but for Shen Yuan it was just a matter of words.

Even though Daozi was in poverty, it was still easy for him to protect a demon with his influence.

Compared to the impact of Qingniu's identity being exposed, Shen Yuan was more curious about Qingniu's secret method of hiding his identity from him.

However, Shen Yuan did not ask at the moment, but walked into the courtyard in front of him.

The quiet and elegant small courtyard is not very big, but every flower and tree is well arranged, giving it a pleasing feeling.

The inconspicuous little trees and the casually placed rockery stones all seem to carry the Taoist charm, which can be said to be quite extraordinary.

However, these things were meaningless to Shen Yuan. After entering the courtyard, Shen Yuan went straight to the library and began to read the classics to improve his understanding of the world.

At a glance, three days had passed.

…

During these three days, Shen Yuan read all the books in the library set up in the courtyard.

Among them are travel notes, mythological stories, historical biographies, and classics from hundreds of schools of thought.

While reading, Shen Yuan could clearly sense the wonder of this Luotian Realm.

Just flipping through a book at random, you can feel that the avenue is almost within reach.

Without any rules to cover it up, the way of all things is revealed in its most authentic form.

During this process, Shen Yuan greedily absorbed knowledge and even neglected the fact that his original purpose was just to understand the Luotian Realm in order to support his own Taoist alias.

While frantically flipping through the classics, Shen Yuan could also sense the usefulness of his own status as one of the Hundred Schools of Thought.

It was the closeness that came from the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth, coupled with the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth being within reach, that brought Shen Yuan a lot of gains.

Shen Yuan suspected that the status of the various disciples of the Hundred Schools transformed by Daoguo was far more than that, but it would be difficult for Shen Yuan to find out the truth in a short time.

As Shen Yuan closed the last volume of "Travels of Various Countries", his short retreat in the past few days came to an end.

In this world where the Great Dao is manifested at this moment, the many Earthly Evil magical powers in Shen Yuan's body seem to be showing signs of breakthroughs, and even the Heavenly Gang magical power is somewhat affected.

“Most of what is explained in the books are methods of utilizing the Dao. In this respect, the Xuanhuang Realm is superior. Although it carries the manifestation of the Dao, it still cannot bring me the value I want.

Looking through the classics, it seems to be mentioned that there are many natural treasures in the Xuanhuang Realm that were born from heaven and earth and are naturally capable of carrying the Great Dao.

If I could obtain some natural treasures that correspond to the Great Dao, it might help me to further advance my magical powers.”

Thinking of this, Shen Yuan couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"This idea is a bit greedy. Natural treasures are so precious that they are rare in Linzi City. There are not many of them in the Jixia Academy.

Although I am a Taoist, I am still just a lonely person with the title of a Taoist master. Could it be that someone will take the initiative to give me treasures? "

After making a casual complaint, Shen Yuan finally walked out of the library after three days.

When he returned to the courtyard, Shen Yuan saw the coachman Qingniu walking into the courtyard with five storage treasure boxes. His originally honest face was filled with indescribable shrewdness.

Seeing Shen Yuan coming out of retreat, Qingniu quickly threw away the treasure box in his hand and bowed respectfully:

"Meet Daozi!"

Shen Yuan glanced curiously at the storage treasure box thrown down by Qingniu.

“Where did these things come from?”

Upon hearing this topic, Qingniu's face suddenly became excited. He quickly picked up a storage treasure box and opened it towards Shen Yuan. Inside was a wonderful flower that exuded the true meaning of the Tao.

“Since Daozi started to retreat, some strange people have wanted to visit him, but I rejected them all on the grounds that Daozi was retreating.

After three days of rejection, those guys seemed to think I was deliberately making things difficult for them, so they took the initiative to offer these things to bribe me. "