Chapter 73

"Adhering to the path is by no means easy, nor is it a pleasure. You tell me, where is the joy in seeking the path?"

Su Junyu's question weighed heavily on their hearts like a thousand-jun boulder.

Where is the joy in seeking the path?

Seeking the path may lead to the abandonment of one's long-held beliefs, the ruin of one's reputation, or a life of perpetual melancholy.

What joy is there in such a bitter journey?

This time, it was Wang Qi, who had been lost in thought all along, who answered.

"Every time I grasp a significant truth, the feeling of 'I have understood' is the joy of seeking the path."

Su Junyu's expression was somewhat surprised, and he then smiled and said, "I didn't expect you, Wang Qi, to be able to articulate such a profound principle."

Under normal circumstances, no matter who praised him, Wang Qi would always show off. However, this time, when Su Junyu rarely praised him, he remained silent, and even Mao Zimiao felt that this was not normal. The half-demon girl turned around, wanting to ask Wang Qi if he had any worries. But as soon as she turned her head, she was startled by the expression on Wang Qi's face.

Mao Zimiao had never seen Wang Qi with such an expression. In her memory, Wang Qi always had a playful smile, always arrogant and self-important, as if nothing difficult could faze him. But at this moment, Wang Qi was hugging his knees, staring blankly at the fire, looking as if he was about to cry.

Su Junyu also found it unbelievable: "My goodness, you actually have such deep insights? My words were so effective?"

Wang Qi shook his head and remained silent.

Su Junyu was completely at a loss about Wang Qi's reaction and took a while to react: "Well, to be honest, I didn't expect you to have such insights... Before, your mindset was the one I least believed in... But if you can have insights, well, that's... that's..."

Mao Zimiao was a bit worried: "Senior Brother Su, what exactly do you want to say, meow?"

Su Junyu took a deep breath and organized his thoughts: "Wang Qi's talent is at a level I have never heard of, but in terms of mindset, I really don't see it. He always talks about what is interesting, but I always feel that he doesn't care about anything."

"Miao?" Mao Zimiao seemed to understand but not quite, and she glanced at Wang Qi again.

Wu Fan was a bit anxious: "Senior Brother Su, Senior Brother Wang has deep roots and far surpasses us in insight. He has understood, but we are still confused. Please continue."

Su Junyu nodded and sat down again: "Actually, what I want to say is just a little. The core of the modern method's mindset is only eight characters—'True self as one, initial heart unchanged.'"

True self as one, initial heart unchanged!

These eight words made Mao Zimiao and the others feel a strange sensation. They all felt an itch in their hearts, as if they had gained some insight but were still missing something, unable to grasp it.

"Let's break this sentence into two parts. The first part, 'True self as one,' means not to be tormented by longevity or bewitched by supernatural powers. True self is the true nature of a person. True self as one means not to let cultivation distort one's true nature. In today's great cultivators, there are those who love fame and profit, like the White泽 God; there are those who love battle, like the Daoist of the Imperative Principle in the Ethereal Palace; there are those who love teaching, those who love solitude, those who love music, and those who love fine dining. These 'loves' are the true faces of the predecessors, not cut off by cultivation. Conversely, if a sword practitioner only has swords in their mind, that is a lower level. Longevity achieved by maintaining one's true self is true longevity."

"The second part, 'Initial heart unchanged.' This initial heart is the joy Wang Qi mentioned, the joy of first glimpsing the great truth. This joy must never be forgotten. The White泽 God loved fame and profit but once abandoned them for the sake of the great truth, opposing the world; the Daoist of the Imperative Principle loved battle but did not care about victory or defeat, fighting only to expound the truth in his heart. The weight of the joy of enlightenment in your heart determines how far you can go on the path of seeking the truth."

After Su Junyu finished speaking, Mao Zimiao and the others fell into deep thought.

Seeing that his juniors had gained insights, Su Junyu smiled: "True self as one, initial heart unchanged. I share this with you."

Just as Su Junyu thought he could end the conversation and continue reading, Wang Qi suddenly spoke up: "Senior Brother Su, the cases you mentioned earlier, should have follow-ups, right?"

Su Junyu asked, "What, you're interested?"

"What happened to the predecessors later? And what about the White泽 God opposing the world?"

"Po Langke founded the Ethereal Palace and struggled for several years. Later, Lu瑟福's disciple Bo Er, who admired the path of dispersion, brought his disciples to the Ethereal Palace, and it became one of the five great sects today. Po Langke once said to Bo Er, 'Fortunately, I did not abandon this path at the beginning.'"

"The fallacy of the Burning Heaven is now considered a great joke. Even the Burning Heaven himself would laugh and say, 'Fortunately, I was wrong.'"

"Although Luo Qiefu's cultivation has stagnated, he still lives a relatively free life. Another free cultivator of the Myriad Methods Gate, the Surface Demon Riemann, has already proven that Luo Qiefu's insights were correct, giving him justice. Now, Riemann always treats Luo Qiefu with the respect due to a disciple."

"The era when the White泽 God attained enlightenment was also the peak of the reputation of the Yuanli Scholar. Due to a mistake by the Yuanli Scholar, all cultivators believed that the three principles of the Yuanli Scholar were the fundamental truth of the universe, and the great power supporting these principles was the great truth. Only the White泽 God believed that the 'great truth' was a superfluous concept. The God combined mathematics with the path of the stars, wrote books, and expounded his insights. This insight was shocking at the time. It wasn't until the appearance of the Correspondence Theory by the Great Unity Venerable that the great truth was proven false. However, the universe model described by the Correspondence Theory also surpassed the God's calculations. The God was not upset that his model was surpassed; instead, he ran to the statue of the Yuanli Scholar and shouted, 'In the end, I won.' After that, the God devoted all his attention to the White泽 calculations."

Wang Qi nodded and asked, "Is there a predecessor named Poincaré in the Myriad Methods Gate?"

Su Junyu nodded: "The Calculation Lord Poincaré, along with the Calculation Master Hua Baoche, is known as the top expert of the Myriad Methods Gate."

Wang Qi asked again: "Has the Calculation Lord made contributions to the Correspondence Theory and the Ethereal Path?"

"Yes, the Calculation Lord is also one of the founders of the Ethereal Path."

After Su Junyu finished speaking, he noticed a strange smile on Wang Qi's face and asked, "What are you thinking about?"

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Just now, there was a problem with the computer QAQ I spent more than an hour uploading the chapter QAQ

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