coobybook Chapter 123 Choice
Chapter 123 Choice
In the terrifying world, somewhere in the mountains.
"Who are you? Are you... that immortal?"
Jiang Xinxue just felt a headache.
Just now she felt dizzy. Although she was in the realm of heaven and man (as she named it herself), she felt as if her mind was out of control.
"Yeah. We already greeted each other just now, do you remember?"
Claire said indifferently.
Have you said hello?
The girl's face changed.
She then remembered that she had rashly challenged the other party without knowing his strength.
How could I become so demented?
Just when she was suspicious and nervous.
Claire said, "Don't overthink it. Someone couldn't bear to see you die, so they asked me to protect you. Now that person is desperately trying to erase any trace of you."
"The immortal wants to protect me?" Jiang Xinxue was very confused.
"I'm not an immortal. I don't deserve that title. You can call me Star God. My real name is Claire."
What is a Star God? This was her second question.
"I'll give you two options now. One is that I'll be your teacher and teach you the cultivation methods of various worlds that will allow you to reach my level. The price is that you will be unable to advance at a certain supreme stage."
"The first one sounds good, what about the second one?"
"Secondly, I'm only responsible for providing you with advice, and you have to cultivate your own path. The price is that I don't know how far you can go, and it's very likely that your progress will be even slower. It's very likely that you'll be hunted down by others before you even reach the level of a Star God."
Jiang Xinxue was stunned, "Who wants to kill me?"
Claire sighed and said, "Many people. You just need to know that a genius like you is a delicious fruit that many powerful people want to taste."
Just as she finished speaking, Claire suddenly realized that her statement was a bit ambiguous, and then she coughed, "Uh, it's not about the body..."
Seeing Jiang Xinxue looking silly.
"Okay, pretend I didn't say that."
"I'll give you three days to think about it."
After Claire left.
Jiang Xinxue considered her words carefully.
I had some guesses in my mind, "Perhaps a genius like me, my soul is very popular with those demons?"
"So she really was trying to protect me?"
"Or is this all a conspiracy? However, from the fight just now, I can see that I have no power to resist in her hands."
Jiang Xinxue flew unsteadily in the air with a lot of doubts in her mind.
Then she froze.
What are those monsters down there?
Is it a demon?
In the city below, a group of monsters lived. They were tall and strong, with high noses, tightly closed lips, slightly protruding jaws and sharp teeth, and their heads resembled those of crocodiles.
He looked scary, but I couldn't sense any true energy coming from him.
Jiang Xinxue rushed high into the sky, looked down from a great height, and murmured, "This is not Kyushu..."
It’s not Jiuzhou. Is what she said true?
After a while, Claire saw the distraught Jiang Xinxue.
As soon as he saw Claire, he immediately asked, "Is this another world?"
"You've finally calmed down. Can you make a choice now? Let me be clear, I can't tell you too much because it will affect your future."
"Don't think I'm being mysterious. If every path has been arranged for you, then there must be a purpose behind it. Therefore, your choice is crucial."
Jiang Xinxue said miserably, "Neither path is easy. You're forcing me to make a choice."
“There are no shortcuts in life.”
"I choose 2. I want to practice on my own."
"Can you tell me the reason for this?"
Jiang Xinxue said, "Because I can decide my own path. Secondly, you look too young, and it would feel weird to have you as my master."
"...I pretended not to hear what you said next. But congratulations, no matter what the future holds, your destiny is always free, even if it means death."
"Is there anything I can offer you now? Don't worry, a little guidance isn't against the rules."
Jiang Xinxue thought for a while and asked, "If a cultivation method only exists in fantasy and cannot be applied in reality, can it be realized?"
"What I mean is that we knights train our muscles and bones every day, refining our essence into internal energy, and then guiding that energy into our meridians. But one day, I saw a coroner dissecting a corpse, and they didn't find any meridians."
"In other words, our martial arts secret manual is based on a non-existent foundation."
"I still can't figure out why. But I still worked hard to expand my 'meridians' to the point where I am now."
Claire smiled and said, "Your question is quite insightful. However, as they say, first ask if it is true, then ask why. Do you think meridians don't exist just by looking at them?"
Jiang Xinxue replied, "Does it rely on my mind? My feelings tell me that my true energy does flow along certain veins and has ingeniously formed a certain structure..."
"Very good. Now your thoughts remain at the level of the mind. Now I tell you: you cannot regard objective external things as real existence. Rather, they are just a certainty of feeling."
“Out of your awareness, those things become things-in-themselves that you cannot grasp.”
"So, it's not that you can't see the meridians, but you don't believe in their existence."
Jiang Xinxue asked in confusion, "Are my senses completely unreliable? Even though my eyes and nose might make mistakes someday,... our consistent feelings are definitely objective, right?"
"Then why do you think you can't see the meridians with your naked eyes, but you can feel them running with your mind's eye?" Claire asked.
Jiang Xinxue's tone paused.
"I don't know. I don't know if there's something wrong with my eyes or if I'm just hallucinating. I always feel like my practice is fake."
Claire smiled and said, "It's precisely because you divide the outside world and your inner self into two halves that you're confused. In fact, with your current understanding, that is, your reflection on the prerequisites of cultivation, you have already surpassed most practitioners."
"Now you must abandon such distinctions. The inner world is the outer world, and the outer world is also your inner world. When you understand this identity, you will discover that the true secret of spiritual practice lies in the spiritual... I can't go on."
"I will seal this world and prevent anyone who poses a threat to you from entering. Go and practice."
Claire closed the "Gate of the World" and imposed multiple seals.
A star god who was touring the Nine Realms happened to see this scene in the distance, and his divine thoughts were sent directly.
"Is this your little world? Why is it so precious and locked?"