Chapter 678 Dark Tide

Li Qi got up and left.

He did not save the suffering people in Xiantian because there was no need.

Today, Li Qi is no longer the passionate young man in Guangyang.

If Li Qi at this moment returns to Guangyang, he will most likely choose to stand aside and watch, and only when Monk Chanzhi takes action at the end, he will take action.

As for the previous things, such as the struggle in Guangyang, the desire of the Devouring Heaven Demon Lord to compete, the desire of the Rat King to snatch incense, and even the various numbness of the locals, Li Qi probably won't care.

There is no reason, it is completely unnecessary.

Yes, there is no need, these are completely in a very natural state, they are like this, not very good, but not very bad, there is no need to force change.

Forced change is like a documentary photographer running to save a baby seal from the mouth of a polar bear.

Is this a good thing?

I'm afraid not.

The only thing that is not so appropriate is probably the arrival of Monk Chanzhi, so Li Qi will stop this, but will leave the others alone.

The same is true for Xiantian.

The long life and nearly ten thousand years of experience have made Li Qi out of the passionate state of the past.

He will still pursue his own way, but he will not interfere with the outside world so strongly, because he knows that the essence of those things is actually quite empty.

The more powerful you are, the more you can feel the impact of one or two things on the world.

The impact is basically equal to nothing.

The larger your perspective, the smaller the individual's suffering. Li Qi is not indifferent, nor has he lost justice and righteousness, but his vision has become more far-sighted, and he wants to solve more in-depth problems.

For example, just like in the mortal world of Xiantian before, he did not reach out to help any mortal, did not save any suffering, and seemed to just watch silently.

But a thousand years later, those mortals have changed from animals raised by practitioners to humans, and they are even qualified to "be kind".

Being kind is very expensive, and animals do not have enough ability to be kind.

Unknowingly, everything has changed.

This is what Li Qi is doing now.

Of course, this is a typical witch perspective, that is, looking at the gains and losses of individuals from the perspective of the balance of the entire world.

For humanity, what is the balance of heaven and earth? Obviously, everyone is worth saving.

They have done things that save a team with millions of times the power. If a ninth-rank person is in trouble outside the domain and sends a distress message through the terminal, it is very likely that a seventh-rank person will come to save him, regardless of the cost.

Of course, the premise is that you have to be a human.

As for the magic way or the way of heaven, don't expect anyone to save you, just let it go.

Therefore, Li Qi did not interfere with this dilemma. To solve this kind of thing, it must rely on a deeper way, enough to change the way of the existing roads in the immortal world.

And Li Qi didn't even understand the existing ways in the real world, so it was too early to talk about those.

As for making everyone happy...

Li Qi can't do it.

Because the essence of happiness is not enjoyment. No matter how much enjoyment, it will always be boring and feel mediocre.

What really makes people feel happy is the gap.

The gap between you and others, and the gap between you and your past life.

Falling from high to low, and then climbing up again, you will be very happy.

Eating bran and vegetables before, and eating white flour buns now, this gap will make people very happy, even happier than those who have been living in luxury all their lives.

The greater the gap between high and low, the stronger the sense of happiness, and after the gap, it is habit, and after habit, no matter how good the things are, you will not feel happy.

Making everyone happy is a false proposition in itself, unless everyone keeps falling up and down.

Even the process of falling up and down will get used to it, and finally you will be numb to falling and rising at will.

It's like playing a game to get a rank. The first time you get to the King's promotion game, some people will feel numb in their hands and feet, and nervous all over, and the joy after successfully getting there will fill their whole body.

But the second time, this feeling is difficult to replicate.

Come a few more times, every season is the King, even if you start from scratch with a small account, you won't feel anything.

Even if you use drugs to force chemical bliss, you must use larger and larger doses to maintain it.

So, it is impossible for everyone to be happy.

Li Qi knows this very well, so he will not pursue such empty things.

Be down-to-earth. After all, the purpose of this visit is not to save the people, but to win over the immortals. In essence, Li Qi is still doing the work of blessing people.

I hope that all that Li Qi has done can make the immortals choose to join the "Wu Dao" camp and help Wu Dao fight against humanity.

So, on the other side——

With the help of Ling Xiao, the invitation letter written by Li Qi himself was passed to every prominent person in the city.

Everyone knows that a Tongtian Realm wants to hold a banquet and invites many people to the scene.

In addition to the upper-level banquet, he even arranged a buffet outside the venue. Anyone can come to eat, no limit on the number, but they are not allowed to take it away.

No one knows what this Tongtian Realm wants to do.

But no matter what, he must come.

Li Qi went to prepare the banquet itself.

After sending all the invitations, Ling Xiao was surrounded by a crowd.

But I saw a sixth-grade person asking hurriedly: "Miss Ling, you are the niece of the city lord. I think you are on our side. You have been in front of the Tongtian Realm senior for so long, have you ever seen his purpose?"

Others also echoed: "Yes, what does that senior want to do?"

"Xiaoxiao, what kind of person is he?"

"How is your cultivation? How is your combat power? How does it compare with the sect master?"

"The sect leader is also in the realm of Heaven. I guess he won't be too far behind. But how can this person walk alone? Doesn't he have any disciples or grandchildren of his own? Or is he a loner?"

A bunch of people were asking questions. They were obviously a group of sixth-grade people who had achieved immortality and enjoyed eternal blessings. At this moment, they looked like a bunch of ducks.

Lingxiao was also quite dissatisfied with this scene, so she withdrew and flew away, saying: "Everyone, please stay away and show some dignity. Ask them one by one. Of course I will tell you everything. Don't make it like this."

"It would be rude of me to just stand here and ask. Why don't you just stand there, Lingxiao, while the others write down the questions in notes and give them to the city lord, who will ask them one by one." At this time, someone suggested.

After all, he was still at the sixth level, and he still had basic organizational skills. After the proposal was unanimously approved, the city lord walked out and sat next to Lingxiao. The others quickly wrote out their own questions and handed them to the city lord.

Everyone wants to know specific information.

Lingxiao knew what they were thinking. These people were very concerned about the Tongtian Realm, but they were also very afraid of the people around them. They were afraid that someone could use that Tongtian Realm to break some deadlocks, so they gathered here and said It's an inquiry, in fact it's a forced inquiry. I can't get out of this place.

You have to dig out all the answers before you can get out.

Even his uncle, the Lord of the City, was sitting in front of him at this moment. Although there was a smile in his eyes, he was also wary of other people.

Obviously... everyone actually has no conflicts, it can even be said that they get along well, and there is no point of competition between everyone, because for the sixth grade, all mines are determined and cannot be taken away casually. The risk is too great.

But they are still wary of each other.

This reminded Lingxiao of what the senior in the Tongtian realm said about the struggle for self-subjectivity.

In the fight for fame and fortune, what is actually being fought for is the ‘qualification to discipline’ others.

Because in the real world of Xiantian, there is no resource dilemma. Xiantian is a first-class world and it is very easy to feed everyone, so infighting is completely self-inflicted.

The total amount of resources occupied is not important, what is important is the percentage of resources occupied.

49% just can’t compare with 51%. Even if 49% resources are enough to enjoy for a thousand lifetimes, but in terms of status, you are the part that is disciplined by 51% and will be defined by the other party. Your subjectivity occupied by the other party.

It does not matter whether it is combat power, resources, or reputation.

What they do is not their own survival needs, but to overwhelm the other party, otherwise they can only live in the shadow of the other party.

Even though the Tongtian Realm senior was just passing by, they were unwilling to let go of this opportunity easily, and they were even less likely to accept even 'possible' threats from others.

In the past, Lingxiao thought that this situation was natural.

But after spending more than ten days with Li Qi, she suddenly realized...it didn't necessarily have to be this way.

In addition to competition for survival, other competitions...are they really necessary?

What if we cooperate?

Of course, she just thought about it this way, because she knew that it was almost impossible to eliminate this kind of competition.

This competitive mentality of oppressing others has been deeply rooted in everyone's heart, including Lingxiao herself.

Lingxiao saw another possibility, but even she felt that it was unrealistic.

cooperate?

How to cooperate?

There are many twists and turns here.

So, instead of doing anything, she started answering questions.

Everyone sent the questions they wrote to the city lord.

This city lord was submissive in front of Li Qi before, but now he looked quite majestic. With his goatee and middle-aged appearance, he still looked quite oppressive.

The city lord picked up the first question: "Let's get started. What is this person's purpose?"

Lingxiao replied: "He is observing the city, from the lowest mortals to us people. This banquet was designed by him to observe us."

She didn't hide anything, because if she lied or concealed, others could easily see it, and... Li Qi also said that there was no need for her to hide anything, just tell the truth.

Li Qi was not prepared to hide his intentions at all.

"Why are you observing this?" The city lord frowned slightly.

"If I knew, I could go to the Tongtian realm." Lingxiao curled her lips.

"Well...the next five pictures all have this question, and the next one is, how does the other person treat you? Like? Dislike?" the city lord looked at Lingxiao and said.

This kind of gaze made Lingxiao feel a little uncomfortable, but she still said: "He is not interested in me and basically ignores me, but he asked me to draw his portrait. I used the portrait as an excuse to follow him anytime and anywhere and look at his face." demeanor.”

This answer made the others slightly lower their heads.

There is drama.

Lingxiao frowned.

These people seem to have misunderstood something.

"The next question is, what is the other party's cultivation level?" the city lord asked again.

"Can you throw out the person who asked such a question? Don't you have eyes? He has been in the city these days. Your spies have come to see him a lot, right? Is this person worthy of sitting in this house?" Ling Xiao swept his eyes across the others.

"My niece is right." The city lord smiled, then stretched out his hand and flicked it, but saw a fat man below with a changed face, and the whole person was flicked out.

Obviously, everyone is a sixth-grade, but with just one move, the other party was directly knocked away without any resistance.

Sure enough, the word "city lord" is not something that everyone can bear.

This also scared Ling Xiao.

The city lord is her uncle, but he was not like this before.

Wait——

This change in attitude, does it mean that the uncle wants to get from her——

"Okay, let's go to the next question, don't be nervous." The city lord smiled and patted Ling Xiao.

Ling Xiao suddenly felt a chill.

Because of Li Qi's arrival, uncle might have some bad thoughts...

No need, he is already the city lord, the most powerful person here, what is he thinking?

At this time, the city lord's voice came again: "Huh? Why don't you answer? What are you thinking?"

Ling Xiao looked up quickly: "Uncle... can you say it again? I didn't hear it just now."

The city lord was not angry, but continued: "Oh, okay, the question just now is, did you grasp the charm of this senior? Even if it's just a little bit."

Ling Xiao choked slightly.

The storm is coming, and the wind is full of the building.

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However, as the center of everything, Li Qi is still very relaxed.

He is now sitting on a stone in the wild, playing with a fairy stone in his hand.

The reason for relaxation is also very simple. He can flatten and round the city with one hand, smash it all and then rebuild it. Of course, this is relaxing, just like a vacation.

In the face of such power, it is natural for others to want to use it. This is a natural ambition and the driving force for human progress.

Mastering power beyond oneself is the original intention of many civilized practices, and Li Qi is used to it.

In fact, it is better to say that he is deliberately provoking these people.

Whether it is the city lord, other forces, including Ling Xiao, everything is under Li Qi's control.

Driven by this ambition, many things will definitely happen in the city.

Under the turmoil, Li Qi can see more clearly.

A pool of stagnant water only sees the calm appearance. When social contradictions are detonated, the deep operating logic of the fairy world can be truly seen.

The time is almost up.

Thinking about this, Li Qi stood up from the stone.

It's time to prepare the banquet. He is an expert at this.

When he was in Chang'an, Li Qi was a banquet professional. The Shangyuan Flower Gods all asked him to be the contractor for the banquet. (End of this chapter)