Chapter 598 New Enlightenment
An ordinary garrison in a seventh-grade world, because of the transportation error of the powerful, from top to bottom, relied on such a stimulation and realized what courage is.
They relied on this courage, knowing death and not avoiding it, and finally won the victory.
They were not brave after grief, but under the leadership of the seventh-grade world master, the whole army completed a sublimation, and even changed their path.
There are many people who have such experiences, but not everyone can transform, because they were just stimulated at the time and showed a fearless appearance, but that was just manipulated by emotions, not really understanding anything.
After that, Li Qi chose to withdraw this world for repairs, and at the same time began to publicize their deeds to motivate morale, and at the same time admonished the sixth-grade who transported the world.
The one in charge of transportation directly moved the surface civilization with magical powers, and even didn't bother to see if there was any below, which was a dereliction of duty.
Then, Li Qi began to ponder from time to time.
Do you know why you are fighting? Does he have enough courage?
Li Qi felt that he actually knew, and he knew very well why he was fighting.
Because, he thought he had the awareness of living for death, the behavior of devoting himself to important things, and he was stronger than these soldiers.
Then why could these soldiers understand "courage", but he could not understand it, and was even a little timid?
Li Qi didn't understand it at first, he didn't know what he was missing.
Li Qi knew very well what he wanted. For his own path, or for the things he cherished, he often experienced life-threatening dangers.
For example, going to the East China Sea, and even insisting on the heart of Tao in front of the demon, the essence is the same, even more dangerous, more terrifying, and more difficult than what these soldiers experienced.
But why were these things not enough for Li Qi to understand what courage is?
Before this, Li Qi had always been trying to understand it.
However, today, four hundred years later, Li Qi suddenly understood.
This is also the "naturalness" pursued by the "Witch Dao".
Under the guidance of the gods of the heavenly court, he understood a lot of things. With the accumulation of these things, plus the stories of this world, Li Qi's accumulation was finally enough.
He seemed to know what he was missing.
Before this, the "risks" and "sacrifices" he made were essentially calculations.
He used his superb brainpower that he had maintained since he started practicing to use calculations to approach the results he wanted, even "courage".
After calculations, he knew that it was right to do so, it was beneficial to do so, or he had to do so. If he didn't do so, he might pay a more tragic price than his life.
Weighing the pros and cons, weighing the various values between life and the path, and then he did things.
It was like he took risks for Shen Shuibi.
He still subconsciously weighed his own life and Shen Shuibi's life, and felt that the rabbit was more important, so he did it according to the results of the weighing.
From the results, this is no different from courage, it is the same, both are sacrificing life and forgetting death.
But what if, he weighed it out, his own life is more important?
The most important thing is, how is the act of ‘weighing’ itself done?
If the basis of the scale is gravity and mass, which can intuitively show the difference between the two sides, then what does Li Qi use to make this scale?
Which is more important, Shen Shuibi’s life or Li Qi’s life, or Li Qi’s Tao and Li Qi’s life? Why do you say one is more important? Who defines this ‘heaviness’?
Li Qi’s answer to himself before was: “Weigh with Tao.”
Weigh with Tao, make this scale, and see what is more important to Tao.
But now, he seems to have come up with a different answer.
The answer is that the act of weighing itself is actually deceiving yourself.
You think you are weighing, but in fact you are dominated by Tao, forcing yourself to abide by the so-called ‘Tao’.
You must know that it is people who are chasing Tao, not Tao that constrains people.
Tao will not constrain people, people just recognize and practice from the bottom of their hearts, so they will act in the way of Tao.
This is fundamentally different.
It’s like abiding by laws and regulations.
The wicked are forced to obey the law, while the good are willing to obey the law.
Although both of them obey the law, there is a world of difference between them.
Using the Tao as a scale, we can weigh the importance of things. Whatever is close to the Tao is important. This is the wicked obeying the law. They are forced to obey the law. Because the law exists, they are afraid of being punished after violating it, so the wicked have to obey the law.
They obey the law not because the law exists, but because they do it from the heart. Then they suddenly realize: Oh, it turns out that I am actually obeying the law by doing this.
The wicked are full of thoughts of killing people, but after thinking about it, they think that killing people will be punished, so they don't kill people.
The good people have never had any concept of killing people from beginning to end. He doesn't kill people because of the good thoughts in his heart and because he doesn't want to kill people, not because there is a "law".
This law can actually be regarded as "Tao".
Li Qi presupposed a "Tao" that he should obey, and set a set of laws for himself to regulate his behavior.
Under this regulation, Li Qi did very well and he was very self-disciplined.
But this is "evil people abiding by the law". He does not do it from the bottom of his heart, but takes a look at the norms and feels that this is more in line with the norms, so he does things according to the norms.
It seems that he perfectly "obeys the Tao and obeys the Tao", but in fact, he and the "Tao" have drifted apart. He just created a cage called "Tao" for himself.
He was dancing with shackles in the cage, and he was still complacent, thinking that he already knew that his behavior should be in line with the "Tao", and if he exceeded it, he might go astray.
But he never thought that the moment this thought appeared, he had already gone astray.
Thinking of this, Li Qi broke into a cold sweat.
No wonder Zhu Fengdan said that he was ‘smart, but it’s a pity that he is too smart’.
This is really a pity for Li Qi.
Because Li Qi's intelligence and his situation allowed him to know the importance of "Tao" in advance, so he wanted to follow "Tao" so much that he completely went astray.
Like the seventh-level world that defeated the human army. They didn't understand what 'Tao' was at all, and thought it was just different cultivation techniques. But precisely because they didn't understand, they didn't deliberately follow it, and in the end they failed. Unknowingly, he found what he wanted, the goal he wanted to pursue, and invisibly matched the true meaning of 'Tao', mastered 'courage', and finally defeated the army of humanity.
No wonder someone would arrange for him to go to the fire to experience 'chaos'. That's because the natural evolution of chaos might give Li Qi some inspiration.
Li Qi was very smart. He really understood "nature" and finally discovered the shackles he had put on himself under the guidance of "nature".
The true "Tao" is to follow one's original intention, not to use Tao as a scale to weigh all things in the world, but to do things out of Tao's heart without considering gains and losses. In this case, the things done are still good. This is right if it is in line with the pursuit of 'Tao', and this is 'keeping the Tao'.
Instead of setting a bunch of rules for yourself, and then saying: "As long as I don't violate these, then I will abide by the law."
This is not keeping the Tao, this is just shackles.
So is courage.
Through 'weighing', Li Qi can indeed make a choice similar to 'courage'.
But does he really have the so-called courage?
He made a seemingly courageous decision, but his 'heart' was still afraid, still afraid.
He is just forced to do courageous things by the shackles he created for himself, just like a soldier who is forced to go to the battlefield by military law, and a warrior who takes the initiative to join the battle.
Both of them joined the battlefield and fought in the choice. It is even possible that the soldier can make great achievements and receive more praise than the warrior.
But no matter what, the two of them are worlds apart in terms of courage.
Then, Li Qifan suddenly woke up.
It turns out that what matters is not courage.
Courage or not is not what Zhu Fengdan wanted to tell him at all.
What he really wanted Li Qi to know was the method of observing the Tao.
In this way, Li Qi had a decision in his heart.
He no longer thinks about those things. It doesn't matter whether he is brave or not. Even if he is a coward, he is just a coward. Everything... is just idealism.
So, what to do now? What's important?
The answer is, take responsibility.
Take responsibility for your own responsibilities. You can't just walk away after doing something and leave it to your parents, teachers, or your wife, children, etc. to take care of it for you. This kind of thing is not acceptable.
In order to save Luofu Mountain and awaken the Luofu Empress and the Sun and Moon True Lead Cauldron, Li Qi chose to join the radical faction, and then used his actions to make the moderate factions of Wushen Mountain accept the consequences of the war.
This is something he did, his choice, and he must be responsible for it.
Even a prodigal like Zhu Fengdan chose to take responsibility and come to join the war. Can Li Qi really choose to throw everything out and let others take the responsibility for the sake of Shen Shuibi's safety?
Apart from anything else, everyone in this seventh-level world, the soldiers who stood up to fight against humanity, and the civilians who saw the soldiers dying to protect themselves, mobilized to support them.
They can bear all this, how can Li Qi avoid it?
Therefore, whether he lives or dies, if he chooses a radical approach, he will have to bear the radical consequences.
Only then did Li Qi understand why Shen Shuibi faced the war calmly and even participated in the war happily, not caring that he might fall in this war.
The reason is that simple.
Luofu Mountain was rescued, and the Sun and Moon True Lead Cauldron may have awakened now. Empress Luofu should also have joined the battle, but Li Qi couldn't see them at their level.
Then, as a member of Luofu Mountain and Li Qi's wife, Shen Shuibi had no reason not to participate in the war.
If you want to join the war, then go.
Li Qi, naturally the same is true.
This has nothing to do with anything else, it is purely what he should do. He must use all the power he has at his disposal to contribute to the final victory.
As a result, Li Qi was finally able to face it all calmly and do what he should do.
The thoughts are clear, the Tao mind is free, and there are no shackles. No longer think about trivial things like courage.
Now, I just want to win.
So, Li Qi called Shen Shuibi. He made up his mind and decided to let Rabbit go to the Wugui people to seize the only chance of victory.
As long as Rabbit and Wugui people successfully forced the people to return to defend, it would be Li Qi's turn.
The two thought about different things, and then they finally met.
After so long in the war, Shen Shuibi came back from the front line for the first time.
Li Qi was near a constellation, because if the Tang people were beheaded, as long as the guards around him delayed for a while, he could escape through the constellation.
But we can't really put a few high-end combat forces there to protect him. The high-end combat forces of the witches should be placed on the front line as much as possible.
So, Li Qi put a vacant sixth-grade world here, and lived near the world heart of this world, ready to explode at any time.
This world is already a complete empty shell, all the lives have been transferred away. As long as someone comes to raid Li Qi and blows up this world directly, they can buy time for Li Qi to be sent away by the constellation.
Usually, the only living thing in this world is Li Qi, who is very lonely and desolate. Li Qi is here, bearing the pressure of the entire world group formation alone, constantly sending out incarnations, dealing with countless world group problems, and constantly fighting with humanity.
Fortunately, Shen Shuibi is back, although she is about to leave.
"Take a break?" A round of moonlight condensed around Li Qi, and the rabbit reached out and touched Li Qi's ears.
"It's enough to distract, this can't be a break. If I rest for one second, countless people will stay in desperate situations for one more second." Li Qi smiled, and separated a wisp of his mind to communicate with Shen Shuibi, and most of his energy was still in dealing with countless intelligence feedback from the 'alliance' and the world group formation.
"Well, you look... much more open-minded, and you've made great progress." Shen Shuibi sat next to Li Qi, hugged her knees with both hands, and looked into the distance.
The whole world is a dead land, without even plants. Bare rocks and a lot of dust make up this sixth-grade world. Even the sea has dried up, the five elements are unbalanced, the temperature is turbulent, and it is filled with constant storms and acid rain.
This is a dying world in itself, but the process of the world's death is too long. In the next 40,000 to 50,000 years, this world will not change much. It is just right to use it as a "flagship" for Li Qi, even if it explodes, it will not be a waste.
"Yes, my progress is so fast that I am a little surprised." Li Qi smiled and said so.
In just a few hundred years, he has successfully gotten rid of the previous troubles. Now, he is really only short of the accumulation of cultivation from the fifth grade.
His state of mind is completely sufficient, his Tao heart is unrestrained, he does what he wants, everything goes with the flow, but it is just right, just like his little world in the human body, which is already perfect and natural, turning the virtual into the real, and the only thing missing is the accumulation of time.
"Well, what is the task that specifically called me back this time?" Shen Shuibi asked.
"I have gathered some rebels on the human side and prepared to organize guerrilla warfare, waiting for an opportunity to raid the cardinals of the various worlds. However, I am not very confident about that side, so I need you to lead this operation."
"Because the operation is all on the human side, there are no supplies, and I don't know what you are doing. You are responsible for everything. After thinking about it, you are the only one who can take on this responsibility."