Chapter 63 The Unnamed Taoist Scripture (Additional update for leader Wushang Zhonglin)
Seeing that the sky was getting dark, Xiao Jie said goodbye to me and went offline.
After dinner, he did not go out for a run, but logged into the game again.
The scene changed and his character appeared in the ancestral hall of Ginkgo Village.
This is the only truly safe place after dark.
Of course, he didn't want to stay up all night practicing, but he planned to read all the books in his backpack while it was dark.
I was busy upgrading during the day and couldn't calm down. I couldn't go out at night, so I just calmed down and studied the game information carefully.
I glanced outside the ancestral hall. The night in Ginkgo Village was pitch black. Only the lanterns at the entrance of the ancestral hall and the dim light cast by the oil lamps in the ancestral hall seemed to be the only warmth in the cold darkness.
There seemed to be something looking at him in the darkness, and an unsettling atmosphere could be felt through the screen.
Xiao Jie sat cross-legged in the ancestral hall, reading a book by the oil lamp in the ancestral hall.
He had several books in his bag.
"The Travels of Strangers" is a novel about strange people and travels. It feels a bit like "Sou Shen Ji". It tells some strange stories from the past. It is quite interesting to read, but it is a bit difficult to read because of the classical Chinese language.
Xiao Jie guessed that these strange people might be encountered in the game.
"Baicao Jing", Xiao Jie thought it was some kind of skill book, but he didn't expect it to be a book introducing flowers and plants from all over the world. It listed some magical herbs, botanical mountain spirits and wild monsters, Ganoderma lucidum, ginseng dolls, etc. Yes, these things can be used to make elixirs, and some can even be eaten directly to increase longevity and gain immortal power.
Xiao Jie couldn't help but be fascinated by it, but the book also mentioned that the more powerful the fairy grass spirit plant is, the more often it is hidden in dangerous places where traces are hard to find, and is often accompanied by powerful monsters to protect it. So easy to find.
The content of "Kyushu Chronicles" made him particularly happy. This thing is the background introduction of the game map. It turns out that the name "Old Land" is for the returnees, but for the people of this world, they call their world ' Land of Kyushu'.
There are Kyushu in the whole world, respectively.
Fengyin State: This is the state where Xiao Jie is currently located. It is an inland area with a prosperous and densely populated state. There are villages and towns all over the state, and there are relatively few monsters and monsters, making it suitable for human habitation.
Beimingzhou: The snow-covered northern land, the ice and snow, is home to terrifying wild beasts. The northern underworld sea is even more dangerous, and even gods dare not set foot in it easily.
Longhua Prefecture: It is said that it was once the residence of the Dragon Emperor and the core area of Kyushu. The Dragon Emperor once unified Kyushu thousands of years ago. Although Kyushu has been divided in recent thousands of years, the states still regard the Dragon Emperor as the common ruler of the world. .
However, with the advent of the great catastrophe, the Dragon King's bloodline was cut off, and now Longhua Prefecture has become a place where feudal princes are constantly at war.
In the capital of Longhua Prefecture, there is a Tower of Babel, which is said to lead directly to the Divine Court above the nine heavens.
Canglin Prefecture: A land covered by green forests, Canglin Prefecture is also very suitable for human habitation, because the fairies here are gentle in character. Most of them like to cultivate immortality, do not eat blood, drink white dew but eat sunset, and be in the company of immortals. Therefore, many humans also built cities and towns here, and conducted trade and exchanges with the demon clan.
However, since the great catastrophe came, many fairies here have escaped into the devil's path, and the environment in Canglin Prefecture has also tended to deteriorate, but it is still relatively safe.
Flowing Fire State: A scorching place covered by desert. It is said that a great sun fell here in ancient times, so it was extremely hot. There are also many terrifying spirits living here, and even the remnants of the Firebird clan are entrenched here.
Mengze State: A strange place filled with mist and swamps. It is a state with the most monsters and monsters. It can be said that except for a few human towns, it is all a barbaric land.
Manyue Prefecture: A mountain with hundreds of thousands of mountains, a place full of poisonous insects and fierce beasts. There are not many monsters in this place, but there are countless wild beasts of all kinds.
Penglai Prefecture: The place where overseas immortals live. In the past, the Dragon King sent a fleet there and brought back three immortals. However, with the advent of the great catastrophe, contact has been lost.
Guyunzhou: In the sea of clouds, there is a floating continent suspended in the sky. A group of immortals once built a fairy palace there. However, Guyunzhou does not have much contact with mortals on the ground, so where is it? No one knows what happened now.
There is also a simplified map at the end of the book.
Xiao Jie read the introduction of the Jiuzhou and said to himself that it seemed that the Fengyin State he was in was just a novice map, and the Ginkgo Valley was a novice map among novice maps.
I don’t know if I will ever have the opportunity to see the wonders of other maps in this world with my own eyes...
After reading several books collected from Tian Youcai's study, he learned a lot more about this game world.
Finally, Xiao Jie read the most valuable book.
"The Unnamed Taoist Scripture: Volume 1, True Words"
The title of this book is a bit convoluted. This is the first time Xiao Jie has seen something like the Taoist Scriptures, and he doesn't know what content it will contain.
Is it the real Taoist scripture?
He couldn’t wait to open it and read. This thing can be read like other books. After using it at the same time, it will perform a reading comprehension. If it passes, it can improve one point of understanding. If it fails, it will be lost.
Fortunately, there is no limit to the number of readings. Xiao Jie plans to use reading comprehension after he has thoroughly read it.
So Xiao Jie looked at it very carefully.
[Immortals are also cultivators.
If you want to cultivate the truth, you must first observe the truth.
What is true? Truth is the source of all things.
What people know are form, sound, smell, taste, and touch.
However, what people see as false is false.
All people hear is noise.
What people hear makes everything confused.
People's taste is a mixture of five flavors.
When people touch it, they don’t know its shape.
What’s the explanation?
Birds, beasts, fish, insects and even humans all see things differently.
What is true? None of it is true.
The truth cannot be seen, heard, smelled, touched or tasted.
What’s the explanation? Only Wuer...]
Xiao Jie read silently. Although it was in classical Chinese, he could still understand it roughly because he had read the original classics such as Three Kingdoms, Sui and Tang Dynasties since he was a child.
The general meaning of this Taoist scripture is——
The so-called immortals are cultivators. If you want to become immortals, you must first understand the truest appearance of this world.
The way people understand the world is through the five senses: seeing, smelling, hearing, touching, and tasting.
But the so-called five senses do not understand the real world. All people’s daily perceptions of the world are actually false.
Because the senses of different creatures are completely different, such as birds, beasts, fish, insects... There is nothing special about human sensory abilities among many creatures.
It is neither the best nor the worst, so the scenery that humans see is actually false, just an image processed by human eyes.
Human beings hear only noisy sounds but cannot hear real sounds.
What you smell is just a chaotic smell, and what you touch is not the real material of the object.
There are only five basic flavors available.
Because of this, humans cannot truly cultivate.
Only by seeing the ‘truth’ of all things can we have the opportunity to achieve righteousness...]
He was a little surprised. Although it sounded nonsense at first, after thinking about it carefully, it actually made some sense.
But what exactly is the so-called [truth]? How can we see, hear, and touch the truest appearance of this world?
However, when he turned the page again, he found that there was nothing behind it.
Damn, you bastard, the author of this damn book is a piece of shit...
(End of chapter)