Fantasy: I Am the Villain.

Chapter Seventy-Two: The Matter Is Over (Part 8)

At this moment, the sweeping monk seemed more like a diligent researcher, able to roughly deduce the nature of spiritual energy based on only some superficial understanding of it.

Surprisingly, his deduction was quite accurate in some respects, only too narrow.

This is actually a matter of perspective. A frog that stays at the bottom of a well for a long time will never know how vast the sky is or how boundless the earth is.

Farmers who toil in the fields all their lives, in their spare time, can only speculate whether the emperor and empress used golden hoes and golden baskets.

For those living in the world of martial arts, there are so many incredible things about this world, so many things you can't understand.

As for the pinnacle of martial arts, it is limited to things passed down orally, such as breaking through the void with martial arts, or traveling the world with a sword by oneself.

They have no understanding of the higher world; they believe that what they live in is everything.

Ignorance may be bliss, but Bai Ke feels sorry for them. How many brilliant people have had their achievements and futures restricted by this world?

Just like when Bai Ke first arrived in this world of Tian Long Ba Bu, he originally only had sightseeing and tourism in mind.

But as he gained more exposure and deeper understanding, he gradually discovered the wealth of this world beyond its resource production.

In the realm of mountains and seas, people dared not imagine that someone with cultivation below the Innate level could comprehend the laws of heaven and earth.

Moreover, the ancestors in the world of Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils were actually able to summarize their insights into the Dao into martial arts techniques.

It may sound simple, but how many things in the world are easier said than done? As Bai Ke knows, all the seniors in the cultivation world say that the Tao is unfathomable and ineffable.

It seems that laws are something that can only be comprehended and not explained, but what Bai Ke saw and heard in Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils completely refreshed his worldview.

Although it's not the broad road that leads directly to the Great Way, techniques like the Lingbo Weibu and the Dog-Beating Stick Technique that Bai Ke learned contain some underlying principles.

As long as the cultivator continues to cultivate step by step, they can directly comprehend the Dao that the great master who created this martial art comprehended back then.

It can be said that the martial arts here are a shortcut and key to help younger generations in the cultivation world comprehend the laws of cultivation.

As we all know, the beginning is always the hardest. No matter what you do, the first step is always the most important.

The cultivators of the Mountain and Sea Realm are indeed like this. In the Heavenly Strategy Palace, the Golden Core Realm is already the general upper limit of the disciples' cultivation.

Perhaps some exceptionally talented individuals, like those who have always wanted to compete with Bai Ke for the title of Heavenly Strategy Saint, have mostly broken through to the Golden Core Perfection stage.

However, advancing to the next level is extremely difficult, because one must already be preparing to comprehend the laws of the universe in the primordial spirit realm.

According to the rules of Tian Ce Palace, once a disciple's cultivation breaks through to the Yuan Shen realm, he/she can serve as a city guard or guest minister in any of the countries under Tian Ce Palace's jurisdiction.

Because these countries are all supported by people sent by the Tian Ce Palace, those at the Yuan Shen realm are also known as regional governors among the ordinary disciples of the Tian Ce Palace.

Because within their jurisdiction, they were practically like powerful regional officials, wielding both military and political power.

Of course, aside from some disciples who are essentially practicing cultivation, most others will choose to continue their cultivation.

Once they break through to the Nascent Soul Realm, they automatically rise from disciples to elders, thus formally joining the decision-making body of the Heavenly Strategy Palace.

As for returning to the Void Realm later, it would be like Bai Ke's father, Bai Yan, automatically handing over all duties, being promoted to Supreme Elder, and becoming a pillar of the sect.

All this talk about eating is to illustrate the importance of the Golden Core and Primordial Spirit realms. At this stage, whether one can comprehend, and what laws one can understand, will determine their future achievements.

The world of Tian Long Ba Bu can greatly increase the possibility of ordinary first-generation disciples of Tian Ce Palace comprehending the laws, which shows its high value.

If the world of Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils were given enough time, and had more characters like the Sweeper Monk, they might have created a similarly magnificent world.

However, with Bai Ke's arrival, it may eventually lead to the merging of the world of Tian Long Ba Bu and the world of Shan Hai.

It's hard to say whether it's good or bad. Although it cuts off the possibility of independent development, it can at least avoid many detours. Whether it's good or bad depends on how you evaluate it.

The sweeping monk believed that the spiritual power implied by Bai Ke might be able to heal Xuan Cheng's meridian damage, but he was not sure, so he did not say anything more.

Seeing that even a master like the Sweeper Monk was helpless, Master Xuanmie couldn't help but sigh softly, "Perhaps Junior Brother Xuancheng's opportunities are not enough. This humble monk was too attached to appearances! Please don't blame me, Master."

The sweeping monk shook his head. "It's alright. Master and junior brother have a deep bond, so this humble monk will naturally not hold it against you."

The remaining Shaolin monks clasped their hands together and said, "Amitabha!" The sweeping monk slowly left, leaving them to mourn Xuancheng's fate.

Bai Ke watched with boredom as a group of bald men, young and old, solemnly chanted scriptures, which made him feel heavy-hearted as well.

After thinking it over, he still felt that watching Xiao Yuanshan and his son fight against Murong Bo and his son would be more enjoyable, but he was also curious.

Just now, the monks were talking to each other. The two pairs of enemies had met, and with no one stopping them, they might have already been fighting to the death.

Bai Ke flashed out of the Sutra Pavilion, only to find that Xiao Yuanshan and Murong Bo were still standing separately, as if they had simply run from inside the house to outside.

Previously, Murong Fu had been clamoring to take Murong Bo back to Yanziwu in Gusu, but Qiao Feng and his son Xiao Yuanshan had no intention of letting them leave.

So they quickly followed. Both Xiao Yuanshan and Murong Bo were in a bad mood because of what the Sweeper Monk had said, and they had no desire to fight.

On the contrary, the two younger generation members are at odds with each other because of the hatred between their fathers and the previous dispute between the two at the foot of Shaoshi Mountain.

Qiao Feng was known for his fiery temper, and seeing this situation, he could no longer hold back. He unleashed a Flying Dragon in the Sky attack on Murong Fu.

His martial arts skills were already superior to Murong Fu's, and this move also took full advantage of the terrain, coming down from above, giving Murong Fu the feeling that he had no way to avoid it.

Just as Murong Fu was hurriedly dodging, a light palm wind came from behind the two of them. It was the Sweeping Monk who had bid farewell to Xuan Sheng and Master Xuan Mie and arrived in time to separate the two.

With the Sweeping Monk present, Qiao Feng and Murong Fu naturally couldn't fight in front of him, so the scene returned to what it was before, the scene that Bai Ke saw when he arrived.