This left Xiao Tianzuo somewhat dazed, and he involuntarily said:
“Master, you no longer seem so illusory now.”
Stephen Chow exhaled a puff of smoke and chuckled:
"Illusory? Was I really that illusory before?"
Xiao Tianzuo nodded seriously:
"Yes, I used to feel that Master was not a tangible thing. Even if you were right next to me, you were more like an illusory figure that I couldn't grasp, very far away from me, like an ethereal immortal."
As he spoke, Xiao Tianzuo put down his spoon and said with great joy:
"But now it's different. I can feel Master's emotional changes and find that you are also happy and content. When you eat something delicious, you will eat a few more bites and eat the same food as me."
Upon hearing Xiao Tianzuo's words, Luo Bailian tensed up immediately, staring at Xiao Tianzuo in surprise, and slapped him on the head in an instant.
"Don't talk nonsense. The Lord is not mortal. He is only tasting this mortal thing out of pity for the people."
For Luo Bailian and his fellow warrior slaves, Zhou Xingdou was not only the only sacred being in the world, but also someone who could not be desecrated.
Xiao Tianzuo immediately winced in pain and shut his mouth, but at that moment Zhou Xingdou crushed the cigarette between his fingers and whispered:
"No! Tensa is right."
Zhou Xingdou's words immediately made Xiao Tianzuo feel triumphant, and he shook his head and gave Luo Bailian a smug look.
Even if Xiao Tianzuo hadn't said anything, Zhou Xingdou had already realized that his past self had been too unrealistic.
It was so surreal that sometimes he couldn't even feel his own existence.
Coupled with his rapid progress in a short period of time, the surge of power made him feel as if he were dreaming.
To be honest, he wasn't actually that lecherous.
It might have been possible at the beginning, but as his cultivation level increased and he had more and more women, his desires were somewhat diminished.
Rather than saying he was lustful, it's more accurate to say he was using desire to build a buoy of humanity.
There's a well-worn topic in the cultivation world: as cultivation levels increase, power expands, years pass, and the essence of life transforms, can a cultivator still be considered human?
The path of spiritual practice is about experiencing the Tao, and also about being assimilated by the Tao.
In a sense, the further one goes on the path of righteousness, the less one remains a "human being".
Because to a certain extent, humanity has been worn away by the long years, and desires have also entered an extremely low state.
A "person" without humanity is no longer themselves, but a phantom manifestation of the Tao, becoming like a puppet of the Tao, no longer themselves.
Family ties, romantic love, and friendship will fade in one's heart, and one will only see oneself and others.
Zhou Xingdou felt that his humanity was fading. He didn't have this feeling back in the early days, but he had it during his crazy improvement in the Four Heavens Sacred Domain.
To be honest, if it were in the past, would he have made a bet with the Desolate Empress, adding conditions and arguing with her?
In the past, the body that was formed for the Desolate Heaven Empress would probably have contained the Myriad Transformation Slave Seal, waiting to enslave her directly at the crucial moment of her resurrection.
Following his attainment of the seventh level of the Dao Opening Realm and the entry of the Divine Elephant Suppressing Prison Force into the Yuanxiang Realm, his humanity seemed to become even more detached, to the point that he was no longer in such a hurry to gather 360,000 luck points to return to the initial stage.
This is also why Stephen Chow suddenly suggested going out for a walk with his apprentice. While teaching his apprentice, he was also rediscovering his own humanity.
Food and sex are both buoys that sustain the most basic human desires, allowing him to slowly rediscover himself, or even his past self.
So after comprehending the creation of the void, the first thing he did in his spare time was to create the tobacco that he was once extremely familiar with but which no longer existed.
However, Zhou Xingdou did not explain these things to Xiao Tianzuo, but simply looked at Xiao Tianzuo and smiled faintly:
"You treated your teacher to two delicious meals, so I will allow you to ask two questions."
Xiao Tianzuo immediately turned to look at Zhou Xingdou with some surprise, his eyes darting around before he asked cautiously:
"Can I ask anything?"
Stephen Chow was in a good mood, so he nodded and said:
"Yes, you can ask anything."
Xiao Tianzuo rubbed his hands together excitedly, his eyes shining.
At this point, it would be impossible to ask about cultivation-related questions, because if it were just about cultivation, Zhou Xingdou would have answered even if Xiao Tianzuo had asked at other times.
Moreover, given his comprehension and now that he has Zhang Santian's cultivation insights, what doubts about cultivation would he still need to ask?
Moreover, Xiao Tianzuo already had countless questions about his extremely mysterious master, and the questions just came out without him even having to think about them:
"Master, what kind of world do you come from?"
Zhou Xingdou chuckled to himself. He had thought Xiao Tianzuo would ask some extremely difficult question, but he hadn't expected it to be just this one.
However, this also made him glance at Luo Bailian with some surprise. The fact that Luo Bailian hadn't mentioned their close relationship to Xiao Tianzuo was quite unexpected.
There was nothing to hide about these things, so Zhou Xingdou casually said:
"I come from the Primordial World, a world where self-cultivation is extremely powerful and the waters run deep."
Xiao Tianzuo murmured a few words about the beginning of the universe, though he had some doubts:
"The water is deep, what does that mean?"
At this point, Xiao Tianzuo couldn't help but add:
“This is an extension of the problem, Master, you can’t be the second problem.”
Zhou Xingdou was naturally indifferent to these questions. The so-called two questions were just to give Xiao Tianzuo the opportunity to ask some things he had never dared to ask before. The number was just a figure of speech.
"The Celestial Venerables of your world might not even rank among the top in the Primordial Era."
"Even the Celestial Venerables aren't ranked?"
Xiao Tianzuo exclaimed in surprise. Fortunately, Luo Bailian had already used magic to cover up the three people's words, otherwise such a conversation might have attracted attention.
In Xiao Tianzuo's eyes, the most powerful being was the Heavenly Venerable who had reached the Dao End Realm and merged with the Heavenly Realm. With his limited perspective, it was hard for him to imagine a being more powerful than the Heavenly Venerable.
How could he not be surprised that such beings were not even ranked in Zhou Xingdou's world?
Zhou Xingdou did not stop because of Xiao Tianzuo's surprise, but continued:
“When I was in the Divine Palace, I thought that Saint Realm cultivators were very precious. But at that time, my master told me that the waters of the Primordial Realm were very deep and that Supreme Realm cultivators were not worth much.”
"At that time, I was somewhat skeptical, but before I reached the Saint Realm, I found that Saint Realm people were as common as grass and trees. When I broke through to the Saint Realm, Supreme Beings and Creation Venerables, who were once hard to find, appeared like carp crossing the river. Later, my subordinates were comparable to Creation Venerables, but Quasi-Emperors also emerged one after another."
I finally understood that Master was right.
Stephen Chow speaks slowly and calmly, yet his words possess an indescribable charm.
This made Xiao Tianzuo, who was unfamiliar with the Primordial System, suddenly realize that the Saint Realm his master mentioned was the Earth Refining Realm of the Four Heavenly Saint Domains, the Supreme Realm was the Heaven Refining Realm, and the Quasi-Emperor was comparable to the Beginning Realm or even the Heavenly Venerable.
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