"What is Tao?"

“Broad or narrow?”

"Just say it."

"The so-called Tao is the orbit or track of all things, or the place where things change and move. Tao is nature, and nature is Tao. It is for itself, so it is this way, this way, that way. In other words, all things are not things themselves, such as the sun and the moon are bright without anyone lighting them, the stars are arranged by themselves, the animals are born without anyone making them, the wind moves without anyone fanning it, the water flows without anyone pushing it, the plants grow without anyone planting them, they breathe without breathing, and they beat their hearts without heartbeats. This is the natural trajectory, which is Tao."

"In addition to specific things, Tao is also divine thought, the source of change, immortal and indestructible, formless and imageless, without beginning or end, all-encompassing, so big that it has no outside, so small that it has no inside, it changes as it passes, and remains unchanged from eternity. For example, the energy of living things is exactly related to Tao. Tao gave birth to one, one gave birth to two, two gave birth to three, and three gave birth to all things. Tao also gave birth to the heavens and the earth, to all things, to immortals and Buddhas, to saints and sages, all born from the 'Tao', yin embraces yang, life changes, it is infinite and wonderful."

"Few things have no vitality, but they must have the breath of life. Life is the Tao, and so is obsession. Being upright and upright is the Tao, being treacherous and cunning is the Tao, being moderate and obedient is also the Tao. In short, everything is the Tao, it all depends on how you understand it. The Tao is different for each person, but they are similar. The road under our feet is the Tao we follow, and our principles of doing things are also our own Tao. This journey of mine is to seek the strength of the Tao and get rid of Shantian, and this is the truth."

The wind and snow howled all around, surrounding Xia Xiao, making him feel as if he were a god. However, Dahuang did not give a precise response, neither confirming nor rejecting, but just asking about the profound morality:

“Life is hard, why bother asking for salvation?”

After that, the world changed, and Xia Xiao was surrounded by darkness and chaos, as if it was the beginning of everything. Xia Xiao lowered his head, as if he was in the abyss, and also seemed to be falling. He was relatively calm, just steadied his body, watching the abyss getting closer and closer to him, preparing for everything. In the blink of an eye, he was in the abyss, and everything was outside of it.

The cry of a baby broke the chaos, and a smile appeared on Xia Xiao's face, who thought he had failed to advance. As long as he hadn't failed, he could enter any difficult and dangerous situation. Xia Xiao's perseverance has always been outstanding. At this time, he silently waited for the scene that the Great Wilderness Consciousness wanted him to see.

Sure enough, in just a moment, the chaos in front of Xia Xiao broke, and a baby was carried out amid the prayers of the whole family.

"Congratulations, it's a boy."

"Hello boy!"

The old man was beaming with joy, and the old woman came over quickly. Although the young husband did not want to get married so early, he had not played enough with the girl in the courtyard. Seeing the crying child at this time, he was even more upset. In the blink of an eye, in the quarrel, the child grew up and took different paths, some studied, some practiced martial arts, and some practiced cultivation. Then one person turned into three shadows, and from then on, they took different paths.

Readers spend the whole day with ancient texts, speaking ancient words and sacred sayings, and their every move is full of elegance. Martial artists join the army and go to the battlefield, fighting bloody battles early in the morning, and practitioners practice hard all day and get up at the sound of cock-crows. But when they reach middle age, they each get married and have children. They have their own choices, and this repeats.

The speed that was originally normal suddenly made Xia Xiao dazzled by fireworks. He didn't know what this was for, so he asked:

"The beginning of life is life, and the end of life is death. This is the law of nature. And the choices among them are endless. I wonder why the senior showed me these?"

"The beginning of life is the death of others' freedom. The end of death is the beginning of destiny. So what's the point of repeating this over and over again?"

"It is about loving and being loved, about retreating and improving, about experiencing a myriad of things and achieving your own goals, about creating your own value, being remembered, and pioneering."

If Xia Xiao had thought about the answer above for a long time, then he spoke it out now. He knew exactly what he was saying, but the meaning of life, the meaning of human reproduction, isn't it to do what you can and then your own value? Xia Xiao never thought about when he would die. He only knew that if something happened tomorrow, he had to prepare today.

"What is life?"

"Complex existences that possess characteristics such as self-growth, reproduction, feeling, consciousness, will, evolution, and interaction. Of course, there are also some special lives that have special powers and intelligence, and they take on human form, are no different from humans, can laugh and cry, can think, and can satisfy all the characteristics of life. Similarly, some existences are indeed life, but they cannot reproduce, interact, or evolve, but we cannot deny them."

Xia Xiao didn't know how others entered the Dao, but he seemed to be facing an exam. The questions on the test paper were not difficult, but he didn't know the correct answers, so he told everything he knew.

After asking each irrelevant question, Xia Xiao did not get any evaluation, but just continued to the next question. He could not change, so he could only obey, concentrate, and even forget his own changes.

"What is living?"

Is this a philosophical argument with me? Xia Xiao actually doesn't like those fancy things. There are many things that can't be explained in words, but he still prevaricated:

"In my opinion, there are two kinds of life. One is that the body is still carrying out life activities and can cooperate with consciousness, with all the reactions that a living being should have, such as breathing, heartbeat, and clear brain function. In terms of the subject, it means that the body has all the characteristics of life."

"The second is that the consciousness remains in the world. Even if the body is gone and cannot think independently, the power left behind can urge others to move forward. This is more mysterious. But in the Great Wilderness, many people have died. They can leave their consciousness to be inherited by others, or leave their own theories and discoveries to benefit the world. This is also living. I wonder if the senior agrees?"

The previous answer had exhausted Xia Xiao's thoughts and the little knowledge in his mind, so this sentence seemed very ordinary and had no highlights. Xia Xiao also realized this, so he was a little nervous, wondering what strange questions this voice would ask that had no standard answers.

It still did not answer Xia Xiao's question, but remained silent for a long time. Feeling guilty, Xia Xiao sighed secretly. His answers were becoming less and less impressive. He must not be able to advance to the realm of asking for the Tao. But asking for the Tao means knowing your own Tao and then continuing to walk forward, but at this moment, he seemed to be unable to ask.

If it doesn't work this time, I'll try again next time. Xia Xiao was ready to fail. But the scene changed, snowflakes floated in the chaos, and the space flowed like flowing cherry blossoms. Xia Xiao looked at it and reached out to touch it, thinking that he had already lost and felt a little sorry for Ah Zhu. But that voice still came out.

"What is your way? What are you going to do?"

Maybe the Great Wilderness would think he was childish because of his answer, and maybe he would disdain his words, but since there was hope now, Xia Xiao would naturally say it. This was his attitude! It was also the secret of his success. Before the result was unknown, he could create the result and change everything!