Time Travel: The Survival of Li Zhi

Just when the five little ghosts were about to touch Li Zhi, Master Liu said, "Disperse!"

The five little ghosts stopped moving and instantly disappeared into the air.

Seeing Li Zhi's expressionless face, Master Liu was full of admiration. He said, "This technique can be used to move things that ordinary people cannot move, and it can also drive little ghosts to attack others. If used properly, even if you encounter ordinary demons, you will have some power to protect yourself."

After Master Liu finished speaking, he taught the seal and the formula to Li Zhi.

After the teaching was completed, Master Liu told Li Zhi that magic could not be learned overnight and told Li Zhi to practice diligently.

Li Zhi bowed deeply and made a great salute to Master Liu, and thanked him solemnly. No matter what purpose Master Liu had in accepting him as a disciple and teaching him magic, the favor of teaching him was real.

Li Zhi secretly decided in his heart that if Master Liu did not do anything to endanger his life in the future, he would never let Master Liu down!

Master Liu naturally had no idea what Li Zhi was thinking. As a master, it was normal for his disciple to bow to him. He just nodded with a smile.

After paying their respects, Li Zhi asked Master Liu some questions about the Five Ghosts Moving Technique. As they talked, the two of them turned to the topic of the cultivation of the three elements, demons, ghosts, and humans.

Li Zhi asked in confusion: "Can ghosts also practice cultivation?"

Master Liu asked back, "Do you remember what I told you?"

"Everything in the world can be cultivated!" Li Zhi replied.

Immortal Master Liu nodded and said, "That's right, everything in the world can practice cultivation, ghosts are no exception."

Li Zhi recalled the ghost he encountered with Master Liu before, but that ghost was far inferior to the black bear monster he encountered later.

Li Zhi then asked, "Are ghosts and the like far inferior to monsters?"

Immortal Master Liu understood what Li Zhi meant and said, "Don't be misled by the ghost you met last time. The ghosts themselves are restricted by the tiger monster, and the ghosts you met before had their minds wiped out, so they appear to be relatively weak."

"Humans are subject to the five declines of heaven and earth, and demons are subject to the three calamities of heaven and earth. All are restricted by the rules of heaven and earth. Only ghosts are not restricted by the rules of heaven and earth. Do you know what this means?" Master Liu asked Li Zhi.

Li Zhi lowered his head and thought for a while before saying, "Without restrictions, does that mean unlimited growth?"

Immortal Master Liu nodded and said, "That's about what I mean. If they don't die young, the path of cultivation for ghosts is indeed the easiest among the three types of ghosts, humans, demons, and monsters."

"You said before that what you practice is magic and what you follow is your own way. I know the magic, but what is the way?" Li Zhi asked.

"What is Tao?"

Immortal Master Liu pointed at Li Zhi's feet and said, "The road under your feet is the Tao!"

Li Zhi looked down and was still somewhat confused.

Immortal Master Liu did not force Li Zhi, but comforted him: "You have not yet truly entered into cultivation. You will understand once you enter into cultivation."

Li Zhi nodded, and then asked curiously: "Is everyone's Tao different?"

Immortal Master Liu's face unexpectedly showed a bit of unnaturalness when he heard this, but he was very shrewd and quickly returned to normal. He said: "We cultivators naturally follow our own path, but not everyone follows their own path. There is also a kind of people who follow the path of others."

"Oh? Would it be easier to follow other people's path?" Li Zhi asked again.

Li Zhi's words startled Master Liu, who asked in return, "How do you know that it will be easier if you follow someone else's path?"

Li Zhi smiled and said, "Hey, there's a saying in my hometown that goes 'the predecessors build the road, and the later generations walk on it.' If someone has paved the way for you first, it will be more comfortable to walk on."

After hearing Li Zhi's answer, Master Liu said expressionlessly: "Then tell me, is it better to follow your own path or to follow the path of others?"

Li Zhi shook his head and said, "I can't really say. I don't even know my own path, so how can I know which one is better?"

Immortal Master Liu did not expect Li Zhi to answer like this. His sinister face could not help but reveal a smile. He said, "Remember, no matter how good or smooth other people's roads are, they are still other people's roads. It's like you want to go to Linjiang, but you take the road to Kyoto. Although the road is smooth, you have lost your original intention. That's not worth it."

Master Liu's answer was very straightforward, and Li Zhi understood it immediately. Then Li Zhi asked another question, "How do you know where the end of your path is?"

Immortal Master Liu paused and said in a low voice: "Wherever your heart desires is the destination."

"Where the heart leads is the destination..."

Li Zhi bowed his head and repeated what he said, and then asked: "Then what is your Tao, what is your heart's desire?"

"What we practitioners desire is naturally to become immortals!" A light appeared in Master Liu's eyes.

"Immortal?"

Li Zhi was a little surprised. Although he had seen demons and ghosts before, he had never thought about whether there were immortals. Suddenly, he remembered the Xiaoyao Immortal that Master Liu had mentioned before, so he asked, "Are there immortals in our Xiaoyao Mountain?"

Immortal Master Liu showed a look of sarcasm and loneliness on his face, and said: "That is just a fake immortal. There are no real immortals in this world!"

"If there aren't even any real immortals, how can you be sure that the path you're following is correct?" Li Zhi asked in confusion.

Only people like Li Zhi who were not born and raised in this world would have such an idea. As an outsider, Li Zhi maintained a certain rationality towards the gods and ghosts and the cultivation of immortals in this world.

So Li Zhi's question made Master Liu fall silent.

After a long while, Master Liu slowly said, "The path of cultivation is full of uncertainties. No one can guarantee that the path they take is the right one, so we need to explore it ourselves. Although there are no real immortals in this world, immortals do exist. It's just that the gates of heaven have been closed and the immortal world has been sealed for more than a thousand years, which has made it impossible to ascend. The saying of earthly immortals comes from this. Earthly immortals are also earthly immortals, and land immortals are also immortals!"

"The gate of heaven is closed and we cannot ascend. Does that mean the end of the immortal path is earthly immortality?" Li Zhi asked

If an ordinary disciple of a fairy sect asked his master this question, he would inevitably be scolded by his master for being too ambitious.

But at this time, Master Liu did not scold him. Instead, he said excitedly and even a little crazily: "The Heaven Gate cannot be sealed forever! Rumor has it that the Heaven Gate will open again within a hundred years! Then you can ascend to the fairyland and become an immortal!"

Li Zhi was somewhat surprised by Master Liu's excitement, but when he thought that even the Emperor Qin Shi Huang and Emperor Wu of Han were not immune to the temptation of becoming immortals and could not control themselves, he understood.

But Li Zhi was not very excited. For him, ascending to become an immortal was too far away. In this strange and dangerous world, it was hard to say whether he could spend every day safely.

After asking some other questions, Li Zhi said goodbye to Master Liu and prepared to practice the nameless sword technique and the Five Ghosts Moving Technique.

Before leaving, Master Liu called Li Zhi.

Then he picked up the black sword beside him, handed it to Li Zhi, and said, "I used a secret method to seal a monster and forged this sword. It is of no use to me now, so I give it to you as a gift for your apprenticeship today."

Li Zhi's eyes lit up and he quickly thanked him before taking the black sword.

Holding the black sword, Li Zhi asked Master Liu, "Master, what kind of monster did you seal inside? What is its origin? Why does it need blood to wake up? And where the sword injures, wounds will appear as if they were bitten by insects."

Immortal Master Liu smiled meaningfully and said, "You must have wanted to ask this question for a long time."

Li Zhi smiled innocently.

Immortal Master Liu said, "This sword was made when I was young and encountered a newly born hundred-eyed insect. I sealed it and refined it into this sword while the insect was not fully awake. But the hundred-eyed insect is a celestial demon after all. In order to prevent it from breaking free from the seal, I also spent a lot of effort on the seal. Although this seal can ensure that the hundred-eyed insect will not break free from the seal, it also restricts this sword. Only when it is fed with qi and blood will the hundred-eyed insect wake up briefly, and this sword will show its true power. As for the wounds caused by insect bites, those were caused by the hundred-eyed insect eating."

"Will the mind of the person injured by this black sword be controlled by it?" Li Zhi asked the answer he wanted to know most without changing his expression.

Immortal Master Liu shook his head and said, "Although the eyes of the hundred-eyed insect can confuse people, it can only confuse them temporarily. The reason why they gnaw at the wounds when they are injured by them is just their instinct. They cannot control other people's minds."

"So that's how it is." Li Zhi said, thinking to himself: It seems that it is not the black sword that affects his sanity, but the evil wind demon.

"What's wrong? Are you in a situation where your mind is controlled?" Master Liu glanced at Li Zhi quietly and said.

At this point, Li Zhi no longer concealed the truth and told Fang Cheng about how he almost killed him.

After listening to this, Master Liu nodded and said, "In your case, it should be that the evil spirit entered your body and affected your mind. It seems that the black bear monster you faced at that time was not an ordinary monster that had just transformed into a monster. That's why the evil wind evil spirit you unleashed was so powerful."

Li Zhi nodded. Master Liu's statement was basically consistent with his own guess.

Seeing Li Zhi's serious face, Master Liu comforted him, "Don't worry. From your complexion today, I can see that the evil spirit has been completely removed. If you deal with monsters frequently in the future, you will be somewhat immune to this kind of evil spirit."

Only then did Li Zhi feel relieved and said goodbye to Master Liu.

After Li Zhi left, Master Liu's mouth curled up.

"It seems that he hasn't noticed your presence yet. Let me see if he can still find you after learning the ghost-controlling technique!"