Chapter 843 Materialism and Idealism

(Serious warning, this chapter is purely made up, any similarities are purely coincidental!!!)

In the world of Tianji disk, Bai Kongze split into hundreds of bodies, silently paying attention to mortals.

Over the past thousand years, the changes in the realm of sentient beings have become smaller and smaller. Whether it is life technology, communication technology or space technology, each direction has been taken to the extreme.

Of course, this is the extreme of mortals.

If you want to go further, you have to step out and enter the immortal gate.

"Technology...is a purely material route, and the Five Elements Taoism may be helpful to them."

Bai Kongze whispered to himself.

This time when he went to the Golden Dragon Palace, he did not go to read Lianshan, nor did he read other Taoist books of sentient beings. He was focused on deducing the Five Elements Taoism, just to find the direction of the technological road.

It is obvious that the mortals in the realm of sentient beings cannot make it alone!

"You can't use spiritual power, nor can you teach the way of incense and fire. Technology...should be a brand new system. What is missing to embark on the path of cultivation?"

Gu Xiuyun was puzzled.

Thousands of years have passed, and the realm of sentient beings has already developed technology to the extreme. With hundreds of millions of mortals participating in research, the speed of technological progress can be imagined, but even so, the way to immortality has not been found.

Of course, there are still ways to prolong life, such as... cloning, brain replacement, changing gene sequences and other means, but none of them can get rid of the ranks of mortals. It can be seen that these directions are wrong.

The correct path of cultivation can continuously break through, advance to a very high level, and eventually live forever. More importantly, the strong who step into the path of cultivation have escaped the fate of ordinary mortals.

…

In the valley, Gu Xiuyun stared at the Five Elements Dao Book and tried his best to deduce, but still got nothing.

"No matter which way of evolution, it needs to rely on spiritual power. Is it really impossible to get rid of the limitation of spiritual power?" Gu Xiuyun thought in his heart.

This must be a problem.

Spiritual power is essentially a kind of energy, although it is much higher than ordinary energy and comes from the power of heaven and earth.

Filling the body with spiritual power can transform the physical body and strengthen the mind.

But warriors are the exception. Warriors who have entered a high level can devour any energy and accept all. It can be seen that all energy can enter the path of cultivation, but people have not found the right direction.

"Boy, why are you staring at the Five Elements Dao Book?" The illusory dragon soul flew to Gu Xiuyun's side, "If you don't even master the origin, no matter how much you comprehend, you can't deduce the Yuanxian Dao."

"What's more, the Yuanxian Dao is not just as simple as the Five Elements Origin, but also requires the venerable's own perception, just like the mysterious, the foundation of Dao rhyme is one aspect, and the perception of artistic conception is also very important."

"Artistic concept?"

Gu Xiuyun's eyes lit up, and he suddenly understood where he was wrong!

The technological path of mortals is a pure material road. Whether it is life technology, communication technology, space technology... every technology is based on matter.

So no matter how they study, they can only extend the life of the body, and the consciousness can only last for two hundred years.

Because the body is material, but the mind... is not!

Technology belongs to materialism and is based on matter; while mind and will belong to another kind of existence. Only when the mind and body develop at the same time can one truly enter the path of immortality.

(Purely made up, don't think too much.)

Materialism and idealism are two opposing existences, but they are inseparable from each other. The mortals in the realm of sentient beings have made deep enough progress in technology, but their improvement in mind and will is still in the most primitive period.

In this regard, martial arts is far ahead.

From acquired to innate, the spirit, energy and spirit must be integrated, the body must be strong enough, and the mind must be tough enough to enter the path of cultivation.

…

As his mind flashed, Bai Kongze once again performed the six deductions. This time, he saw a vague future, different from the immortal way, martial arts, and Shinto -

It was a cultivation system unique to technology, formed with worldly energy as the foundation.

"So that's it."

Gu Xiuyun took a deep breath, separated a body, and fell into the mortal world.

…

Dingyang City.

The city of that time has now been completely renovated. The Tiansong Kingdom still exists in the world, but Dingyang City has become the symbol of this magnificent country.

The origin of science and technology began in Dingyang City.

The statue of Wang Zaifu is a hundred feet high and stands proudly in the center of the city for people to come and worship. On both sides are Gao Shilang, Li Shangshu and others. Each of them has played an immeasurable role in the course of history.

In addition, there is a statue of a hunchbacked, white-haired old man leaning against a rice field paved with stones.

The old man surnamed Yuan, the world has forgotten his name, but everyone knows that he made the world of sentient beings officially move from agricultural civilization to technological civilization.

In the crowd, a figure walked slowly and finally came to Wang Zaifu.

"Unknowingly, a thousand years have passed, and the world has long changed. The last step, please take action!"

Gu Xiuyun smiled, waved his uncertain palm, and landed on the statue.

Invisible fluctuations spread.

In an instant, the mortals in the city felt something in their hearts, and they turned their heads to look at the sculpture in the center of the city.

The statue of Wang Zaifu radiated a brilliant light.

"Am I seeing this right? The statue is glowing?"

"Yes, that is the statue of Wang Zaifu. The light is dazzling, but why doesn't it hurt my eyes at all?"

The pedestrians in the city were full of confusion.

The dazzling light will definitely hurt the eyes, this is inevitable, and the statue of Wang Zaifu in the distance completely breaks common sense.

In just a moment, hundreds of aircraft flew in from a distance. The detectors at the top of the Nine Heavens stared at the statue. Invisible waves kept passing through the inside and outside of the stone sculpture, but nothing unusual could be found.

"Could it be that the legendary gods took action?" someone speculated.

"Nonsense, there are no gods in the world. With the development of science and technology, have you ever seen any scholar find evidence of the existence of gods?" Another person said disdainfully, "Those miasmatic poisonous fogs and Shenzhu Mountain are all... What does the special substance formed by nature have to do with gods and demons? "

The existence of gods and demons has always been controversial.

As for existence, after entering the technological civilization, mortals have been searching everywhere, but have not yet found any living gods and demons;

To say that it does not exist, the remaining demon flesh and blood, as well as the traces left by the fight between gods and demons, including the various natural disasters that were wiped out by mysterious powers thousands of years ago, are all incredible.

Only gods and demons can explain it.

"The gods don't exist, but what about the warriors? What's your explanation?"

The former immediately retorted.

The other person stopped talking!

Warriors are a mystery that still cannot be solved in the entire realm of living beings. There are fewer and fewer monsters in the world, but a group of warriors have still been cultivated. Many of them have used this to enter the innate realm, and some are even powerful. Reached the third level of innate realm.

But for some unknown reason, after warriors entered the Xiantian realm, they no longer participated in worldly affairs, including researching technology and exploring the method of immortality, as if there was a force in the dark that was stopping them.

Some people have also tried to capture innate warriors and force them to do research, but in the end, not only did they find nothing, but even the innate warriors disappeared without a trace.

Up to now, the Realm of Living Beings has been divided into two factions.

One group firmly believes in the existence of gods and demons, and enshrines tablets to gods from generation to generation. The other group is scientific and technological and believes that there are no ghosts and gods in the world. The so-called gods are just the imagination of mortals!

The statue of Wang Zaifu is still radiating light.

One aircraft after another approached here, and a large number of soldiers surrounded the city. The most powerful weapons developed in the technological world were all aimed at the statue.

As for the pedestrians in the city, all of them have been sent out of the city. Except for the army, no one can be found for thousands of miles.

In a large aircraft that was a thousand feet wide, a slightly older man walked to the monitor and looked at the statue.

"Shang Shu!"

The sergeants on both sides saluted respectfully.

"Yang Shangshu, how is the situation?"

A dozen figures appeared on the other monitor, all of whom were the most powerful figures in the Tiansong Kingdom.

"It's not clear yet. The statue of Wang Zaifu is carved from marble and has an alloy bracket installed inside. It stands to reason that it won't emit light, let alone emit such a dazzling white light."

"This is really weird."

The expressions of more than a dozen figures are extremely calm. From their appearance, it is impossible to tell what they are thinking. As senior officials of the Tiansong Kingdom, these big shots are all deep-minded and have the determination to remain calm despite the collapse of Mount Tai.

"Lord Shangshu, the statue has changed!"

A sergeant came hurriedly.

"Change? What change?"

Yang Shangshu glanced at the monitor in front of him. The statue was emitting bright white light like an incandescent lamp. Other than that, there was nothing unusual.

"My lord, you have to see it with your own eyes to notice the difference," the sergeant said.

"Walk!"

Yang Shangshu immediately walked towards the entrance of the aircraft.

A moment later, he arrived in the city in a small aircraft. The tall and majestic statue in front of him was as bright as the scorching sun. Yang Shangshu observed it carefully for a moment, and suddenly felt a pain in his heart. He closed his eyes suddenly, only to see into the depths of his mind.

A sea of ​​consciousness is looming.

It's like a transparent soul floating in the sea of ​​consciousness, so weak that it will dissipate if the wind blows.

"Where is this? Why am I here?"

Yang Shangshu was shocked and confused. Just when he was hesitant, his mind had returned to normal. When he opened his eyes again, he returned to Dingyang City, with sergeants standing on both sides.

"Master Shangshu, have you seen that space?" the sergeants around asked quickly.

"Did you see it too?"

Yang Shangshu's expression changed slightly, it seemed that this was not an illusion.

"Sir, if something goes wrong, there must be a monster," a high-ranking government official frowned, "Should we use particle weapons?"

As early as half an hour ago, they had tried many weapons, but they could not break through the invisible light curtain around the statue.

"No!"

Yang Shangshu shook his head slightly, "At least for now, it seems that the statue is not in any danger. We need to find out the reason first before making a decision."

In the months since, the statue of Wang Zaifu has been shining brightly.

Many sergeants were stationed around, and princes from the court often came here to investigate, but nothing unusual could be seen.

Except for that strange shadow space and the weak soul.

…

This day.

A white-haired, stooped old man came to the statue with the help of a sergeant. The sergeants on both sides saluted respectfully when they saw the old man.

The old man is one of the few great scholars in the world today. He has been studying life science and technology. The scientific and technological means in the realm of living beings have already become indescribably complex. It would take more than a hundred years to master the same type of scientific and technological knowledge. Not to mention research and innovation.

Every scholar is extremely precious.

"Old sir, the statue of Wang Zaifu is right in front." The sergeant pointed into the distance and said.

The old man looked up and saw that the Baizhang statue was shining brightly, like a scorching sun shining on the heaven and earth.

"Speaking of which, I have never been to Dingyang City since I was born, let alone worshipped Prime Minister Wang," the old man sighed, "I have been studying life science and technology all my life. Now that I am not far from death, I know how precious life is."

"The world will remember the contribution made by the sir to the realm of all living beings." The sergeant said.

The old man shook his head and smiled, his eyes focused on the depths of the statue.

Gradually, he closed his eyes, and the soldiers on both sides were not surprised at all.

All those who came to Dingyang City, as long as they stared at the statue for a long time, would fall into an inexplicable state and see a small illusory space, including their own souls.

But this time... the old man did not open his eyes for a long time.

"Old sir?"

"Old sir!"

The soldiers on both sides were a little panicked. The old man had a high status in the realm of all living beings and could be said to be a leading figure in life science and technology. If something happened to him, the soldiers present would be blamed!

Just as everyone was panicking, the old man opened his eyes and smiled with satisfaction, "So that's it... The direction I've been looking for is right beside me."

"Old sir, it's great that you're okay!" The sergeant breathed a sigh of relief.

"I'm fine, better than ever," the old man smiled, "Take me back to the institute, maybe I've found the future direction of life science and technology."

"Are you talking about immortality?" The soldiers on both sides exclaimed.

For hundreds of years, what the sentient beings have been striving for is the road to immortality.

No living being will be content with a limited life, whether it's the civilians, the officials in the court, or the great scholars.

Mundane mortals see the infinite future of science and technology, but they find that the biggest shackle of science and technology is life span.