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Isn't Chapter 74, the secrets of cultivation, written on the first line?
Zhou Zheng stopped and looked at Liu Zhen: "What's wrong?"
Everyone stared at Zhou Zheng, their eyes fixed on him as if he were a saint.
Liu Zhen was silent for a moment: "I understand more and more why Lei Zu sent me here, and I also understand why the monk wanted to recruit you as soon as he saw you."
From an emotional standpoint, this young man is ambitious, which is good.
Rationally speaking, this young man has gone crazy and lost.
He wanted to do what even Buddha couldn't do.
Xu Fan leaned back tactically: "Bro, you're practically a saint. Seriously, what are you after?"
Zhou Zheng rolled his eyes: "I'm just trying to fulfill my own desires."
After saying that, he didn't bother to care what they were thinking and just strode away.
The world is doomed. If I don't step in to save it, am I just waiting to die?
As everyone watched Zhou Zheng's retreating figure, they even imagined endless golden light emanating from him.
Liu Zhen scratched his head: "What's the point of him living?"
I am the Thunder God, and I don't quite understand.
Xu Fan: "I don't know, it's too profound. I, a mere mortal, can't fathom it."
Tang Ying: "I've met good people, but I've rarely met a good person like him."
Xiaoxue looked at Zhou Zheng with admiration, crossing her arms: "That's why I like Brother Zhou so much. It's really comfortable to be with him."
They got into the car and headed back, with Tang Ying driving.
Zhou Zheng sat in the back, muttering "yielding posture" to himself, recalling the Tai Chi he had learned before, and making gestures with his hands.
In no time, he grasped the essence of Tai Chi.
【Name: Tai Chi Unloading Posture】
[Rank: Tier 1, Low Grade]
[Skill Effect: Used to deflect or reflect enemy attacks]
[Introduction: This is a half-form Tai Chi technique for deflecting force that you figured out on your own. It is derived from Tai Chi but differs from standard Tai Chi, and its effects are not as good as the ultimate Tai Chi skill... However, since you figured it out on your own, it is the most suitable skill for you to use right now.]
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【Yunxiang Taiji: Using softness to overcome hardness, it is very suitable for neutralizing force】
[Tai Chi Wuji: Reflects 20% of attacks. Each attack can stack one layer of Tai Chi Wuji, up to a maximum of 100%.]
[Black and White, Yin and Yang: The world is not simply black and white. You gradually come to understand the common principles between divine and demonic arts, and your talent for demonic arts is enhanced.]
Zhou Zheng directly chose Cloud Form Tai Chi, intending to master the technique of deflecting attacks before exploring counterattacks and demonic talents. "I can't even keep up with the righteous martial arts right now, so demonic talents would be useless to me."
With his hands gesturing, a light blue-white Tai Chi symbol slowly rotates between his hands.
Xiaoxue clapped excitedly, "Brother Zhou, you're amazing! You've improved again! Sigh... I feel like even if I tried ten thousand times harder, I still couldn't catch up to you. Brother Zhou, why is your talent for cultivation so strong?"
Liu Zhen: "I'm also very curious, but it's probably just pure talent."
Xu Fan watched eagerly, curious about Zhou Ge's answer.
Tang Ying glanced at the rearview mirror and saw that the vehicle's dashcam was on, so she also put an ear there to listen in.
Zhou Zheng stopped fiddling with Yun Xiang Wuji: "Why is he so strong?"
Zhou Zheng thought for a moment and asked in return, "Why do you think it's difficult? I don't see you putting in much effort."
Xiaoxue, furious, rolled up Zhou Zheng's sleeve and bit his arm. But before she could bite, she hesitated and gently licked it like a kitten, then reluctantly let go. "You didn't care what I was doing while you were engrossed in cultivation, did you? I've been trying too, but the results are far less than yours. For example, the Rejuvenation Technique—it took me ages to even get the basics right, and I still have so much to learn."
Zhou Zheng pondered for a moment, then said earnestly, "Man follows the Earth, the Earth follows Heaven, Heaven follows the Tao, and the Tao follows Nature."
Everyone stared intently at Zhou Zheng, eagerly awaiting the next installment.
A question mark appeared above Zhou Zheng's head: "What else do you want to hear? The answer was written on the first line from the beginning."
Xu Fan was stunned: "Brother Zhou, I know that line, I've heard it too, so how come I'm not as good as you?"
Liu Zhen: "Yeah, over 90,000 out of 100,000 cultivators have heard that line, and then what? That's it? I've heard it all, and then what?"
Tang Ying silently pulled the car over to the side of the road, looked in the rearview mirror, and waited for a response.
Seeing everyone's curious expressions, Zhou Zheng had no choice but to explain more carefully:
"Heaven protects me, earth nourishes me. All things give birth to me, and all living beings are kind to me. To live is to cultivate oneself, so why worry about not being able to move forward?"
Everyone looked even more bewildered.
Xu Fan was completely bewildered. "Brother Zhou, I understand every single word you say, so why does it sound so magical when you put them together? What does it mean to advance in cultivation just by living? I'm alive and breathing too, I can even breathe heavily, but my cultivation hasn't improved at all!"
Zhou Zheng scratched his head and had to explain further: "The sky doesn't discriminate based on whether I'm good or evil. The sunlight falls equally on me, and the rain nourishes all things equally. The earth silently bears all things, and all things spontaneously generate vitality for me to observe... As long as we are willing, the great principles of heaven and earth are right before our eyes and can be obtained at any time, as is the great love of the earth. Every breath is a way to cultivate oneself, one's mind, and one's virtue. How could one not make progress?"
The Tao follows nature, and nature follows the Tao. All things in the world inherently contain the Tao; by seeking the Tao from all things, one can find countless and inexhaustible ways to attain it. Not to mention that nowadays, one can simply pick up a book and access the wisdom of the ancients, making it even more convenient.
Didn't you see the very first sentence on your first day of practice?
Inside the car, silence reigned; silence was the Cambridge of tonight.
At this moment, everyone deeply felt the gap between ordinary people and geniuses.
Helpless, Zhou Zheng had no choice but to use his spiritual power to condense a model: "Look. For example, it's not metaphysics to know the past, present, and future by observing a person, or to know all things in the world by looking at a leaf."
Take, for example, the saying "Man follows the land." If we understand it the other way around, it's "The land follows man." This means that people who live by the sea, those who live by mountains, those who live by the desert, and those who live by the fields are different. For instance, aren't the personalities of people who live by the sea different from those who live by the fields? One needs to be adventurous and courageous, while the other needs to be calm and resilient.
Does this mean that different places nurture different people? And will different people build different cultures, and will different geographical resources lead to different economic development?
Conversely, if we look at a person's words and actions, can we see what kind of culture and economy they live in?
So, with an economy, will there be laws, and then corresponding military development? As long as you are willing to spend time and patiently deduce, you can see a place from one person, and then gradually extend it to the whole world.
However, this activity is very time-consuming and energy-intensive, and I only use it to briefly review information about one person; I don't use it much.
Inside the car, silence deepened, growing ever more profound.
At this moment, everyone felt the gap between mortals and geniuses even more, and realized even more clearly what the distance between the human and the divine really was.
By observing a person, one can know the past, present, and future; by looking at a leaf, one can know all things in the world.
If you said that, people would think you were bragging, but the underlying logic is so rigorous, and you even figured it out so cleverly.
Zhou Zheng looked expectantly into everyone's eyes, glancing at each one in turn.
Xiaoxue blinked her empty eyes.
Xu Fan's silent eyes were filled with clarity.
Tang Ying silently turned her head to look ahead, her hands gripping the steering wheel.
Liu Zhen said sincerely, "I heard you, but I can't do it."
Not everyone has such talent, nor does everyone have such a brain.
Brother, I now truly understand why your cultivation speed is so fast. If you're not fast, who is?
Who would have thought that this genius knew how to cultivate all the laws of the world just by seeing the first sentence of the general outline?
Zhou Zheng sighed and put away the model he had conjured: "Let's drive."
Tang Ying silently started the car and drove steadily, carrying a car full of silence.
A long silence followed.
Xu Fan tried to break the silence: "Thank you for your explanation, Brother Zhou. So the secret to cultivation really is written in the first line."
Zhou Zheng: "Hmm."
The car fell even more silent.
Xu Fan: "...I'll keep quiet then."
The same sentence can be the golden key to unlocking the mysteries of the universe in the eyes of a genius. With a moment of contemplation, one can comprehend the laws of nature and master supernatural powers. Heaven is teaching him, earth is nurturing him, all things are providing for his learning, and all living beings are kind to him... I don't understand, but I am deeply moved.
To everyone in the car, it was indeed a sentence, a full thirteen characters and four punctuation marks.