Chapter 2034 Ancient One, Ger, and Laozi (Please Give Me a Monthly Ticket!! Please Subscribe!!! Please Recommend)

Geer admired Gu Yi's words very much. Even though he himself has no knowledge, he can still distinguish between the words of wise men and the words of deceitful people. He knew that the immortals were indeed great and there was nothing wrong with what they did...but he still couldn't help but feel resentful.

Indeed, he knew very well that his experiences could not be attributed to those immortals who had disappeared.

After all, these people are so great. In order to allow the world to develop better, they are willing to abandon themselves, abandon their superior status and power, transfer the world to mortals, and at the same time save mortals from the shackles of fate, and no longer let this All creatures in the world are controlled by fate.

Even he, an outsider, was very moved by these sentiments.

But...why do they, the people who are ruled by the gods, suffer the suffering that the people on earth should suffer?

The immortals were afraid that the gods would abuse and oppress mortals and make the whole world silent, so they drove away the gods. But what about their world? When he was in the tribe before, Geer didn't think about what the outside world was like... At that time, he was just an ordinary tribesman. Let alone the outside world, the world thirty kilometers away from his tribe was... He doesn’t know anything! The outside world?

Before he killed the gods and escaped from his own planet, he didn't even know the concept of the universe.

In his opinion, there are only stars in the sky, and the stars are the masterpieces of gods. He never thought that those stars were actually planets. There are many beings similar to them but different from them living on those planets.

But he knew that his life was very difficult. Always hovering on the line between life and death.

And there are many people among those stars who are just like him.

And the source of all this is the gods who were driven out of the earth!

Intellectually, Geer knew that these things should not be blamed on a group of great people from ten thousand years ago, but emotionally he could not accept it.

This is called: "The road is simple, easy to know but difficult to do."

The meaning of this sentence is: The most valuable truth is actually the simplest truth. It is easier to understand the truth of something, but more difficult to do or implement it. The great simplicity means that the great principles (basic principles, methods and laws) are extremely simple, so simple that they can be explained in one or two sentences. As the saying goes, "One sentence of truth is preached, but thousands of books are falsely preached." Easier to know than to do, which means that it is easier to understand the principles of things, but more difficult to implement them. It is one thing to understand the laws and principles of things, but it is another thing to be able to do them well.

When Geer was studying theology these days, he discovered a very strange phenomenon.

That is, in a country called China, philosophy can also become religion.

Among them, Taoism, in his opinion, is simply... simply... he doesn't know how to describe it. They actually invented a set of philosophy and then extended it to a set of religion, and even gods were added later.

This is still contrary to Geer’s outlook on life. In his view, isn’t there God first and then everything else? Can it be reversed now?

Taoism and Taoism are two terms that people often regard as the same concept and are often used indiscriminately. Taoism and Taoism seem to be inseparable from the outside, but in essence, they are still different. Taoism is a philosophical school, and Taoism is a religious belief. Taoism comes first, followed by Taoism. Taoism is the culmination of Chinese culture that combines Taoism, Confucianism, Buddhism, heaven, earth, man and gods and other traditional Chinese cultures.

‘Tao’ follows all things, respects the various differences of all things in the world, and assists in the full development of various differences. Therefore, "Tao" does not have a unified form, and there is no unified way to approach "Tao". Taoism takes "Tao" as its core, believes that the Tao is inactive, advocates that Tao follows nature, and proposes political, economic, state-governing, and military strategies such as Tao producing laws, using females to protect males, and combining hardness and softness, and has simple dialectical thinking.

The origin of Taoism can be traced back to the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. The formation of Taoist thought is mainly based on summarization, development and writing of classics. Every leap of thought has experienced an extremely long period of accumulation by many people, which once again highlights the vitality of Taoism.

"The Great Way to Simplicity" comes from Taoist Laozi's "Tao Te Ching": "The beginning of all things, the Great Way to simplicity, evolution to complexity." It means that when everything begins, everything is the simplest, and after evolution, it becomes complex.

Of course, Geer's level cannot understand the Tao Te Ching, let alone Geer. Even if you pick up a random college student at a Chinese university, you may not be able to recite the Tao Te Ching, let alone understand it. The Tao Te Ching is difficult, as it is the highest mountain in China. Lao Tzu is perhaps the oldest among all philosophers, and his thoughts are also the most thorough, solitary and profound. When reading the "Tao Te Ching", many people feel mysterious and ethereal when the word "Tao" is mentioned. They can only understand it but cannot express it in words, making "Tao" very mysterious. In fact, Lao Tzu did not make the "Tao" so mysterious. In the "Tao Te Ching", Lao Tzu only talked about two "Tao", one is "the way of heaven" and the other is "the way of saints". In the Tao Te Ching, Lao Tzu will talk about the "Way of Heaven" every other paragraph, and the "Way of Heaven" every other paragraph. His distribution and layout are reasonable, and remind us to constantly think of the "Way of Heaven". Then, following the "Way of Heaven" and doing the "Way of Saints" is what the Tao Te Ching does, so the "Way of Heaven" is very critical. It is because many people do not understand these two "Tao" that they find the Tao Te Ching to be profound and difficult to understand.

Not to mention Geer, a guy who didn't even graduate from elementary school.

But if you don't understand it, you can't understand it. Some things make sense at first glance.

But it’s still the same sentence. Everyone understands the truth, but who can guarantee that they can still look at it objectively when the truth falls on them?

At least Gel doesn’t have this level of cultivation.

So it’s still the blame!

Gu Yi saw it, but he didn’t think it was strange. It’s still the same sentence. The truth is simple, but it’s easy to know and hard to do. She knows this sentence much better than Gel, an outsider. How could Gu Yi not have read the top philosophy book such as Tao Te Ching?

But... To be honest, every time Gu Yi sees the Tao Te Ching, he thinks... It would be great if Lao Tzu was the Supreme Mage, because he would never be as troubled as himself.

She wants to retire, but she can’t give up her duties before the next Supreme Mage appears.

When she was young, she always thought that her teacher was too hypocritical.

Supreme Mage, that is the most glorious title in the world, with power and strength, why would he feel tired and want to unload the burden quickly?

He even thinks that death is a good thing.

This makes Gu Yi completely confused.

But after living for hundreds of years... he discovered it. This job is really not for humans. No wonder my teacher was so happy when he found me. Then he quickly taught me and then died quickly...

Now she wants to do the same, but the problem is that before the next Supreme Sorcerer is determined, she, like all the previous Supreme Sorcerers, can't give up her responsibilities.

As the guardian of the earth, the Ancient One has repelled countless threats from the other dimension. You know, as early as 1666, the Ancient One had already started fighting with Dormammu, and in addition to Dormammu, many people from other worlds have invaded the earth, all of which were repelled by the Ancient One. Every battle, the Ancient One bears a huge responsibility. After living for so many years and seeing so many things, the Ancient One is tired, so she wants to end it all with the death of the flesh. In addition to protecting the peace of the earth, the Ancient One also has an important mission to protect the safety of the Time Stone. He recruited many disciples just to find an heir. He can continue to protect the Time Stone on his behalf, and he can leave at ease at this time.

There is a saying that when you stare into the abyss, the abyss is also staring at you.

Every time he confronts Dormammu, Ancient One will be exposed to the power of the dark dimension. This contact will inevitably lead to Ancient One being corrupted by the power of the dark dimension. However, in the field of dark taste, Dormammu is God. This is something Ancient One does not want to do but has to do. Absorbing the energy of the dark space can certainly make Ancient One live longer and more powerful, but if it continues for a long time, it may make Ancient One lose his mind. He does not know when he will lose his mind. Before losing his mind, he chooses death to free himself.

The Great Guardian, maintaining the safety of the earth, and fighting against the invasion of the earth by multiple dimensions, all of this makes Ancient One anxious.

In fact, Ancient One is not on Earth most of the time.

To be precise, her body is on Earth, while her soul is fighting in a higher dimension.

This kind of life is not something that everyone can endure.

It is difficult for the Supreme Sorcerer to really go crazy... While the Great Guardian protects the earth, he also protects the Supreme Sorcerer himself, which makes her constantly swing between madness and sobriety.

This kind of torture is like throwing you into a drum washing machine, and then adding boiling water and stirring it continuously!

The key is that this time span will always accompany the Supreme Sorcerer throughout his life.

Unless the Supreme Sorcerer dies.

So immortality has never been a blessing for the Supreme Sorcerer, but the biggest curse.

At the beginning, Kaecilius, the eldest disciple of the Ancient One, was bewitched by the dark dimension and wanted to rebel.

The Ancient One was very surprised because he didn't expect someone to be so stupid.

Then she suddenly realized that she had always behaved normally, which made people misunderstand that the position of a Supreme Sorcerer could give people powerful power and long life... So the Ancient One told Kaecilius the truth about himself in the inner world of the earth.

And let him empathize.

Then Kaecilius decisively gave up the idea of ​​betrayal.

Kaecilius is also a poor man. He used to be an ordinary person. He had his own wife and son. But there are unexpected events, and Kaecilius's son died unexpectedly. Then his wife also died of excessive grief.

Later, Casillas continued to drink to drown his sorrows due to his grief, until he got into an argument with someone in a bar, was beaten and thrown out.

He met Mordo, who probably saw that Kaecilius had an extraordinary talent for magic, and then Kaecilius came to Kamar-Taj to learn magic from the Ancient One. Kaecilius learned magic very quickly, and soon his strength surpassed most of the Ancient One's apprentices, and even surpassed Mordo to become the senior brother who could teach other apprentices magic. Although learning magic made Kaecilius out of the mundane world, he still couldn't forget his wife and children. In fact, the motivation for Kaecilius to learn magic was his wife and children. Magic is magical. Kaecilius hopes to find a way to reunite him with his wife and children by learning magic. Simply put, Kaecilius hopes to resurrect his wife and children. But it is impossible to take the formal path. After all, this is against the will of heaven, so Kaecilius, who studies magic step by step, will definitely not be able to do it. When Kaecilius came to Kamar-Taj, the Ancient One said that he would help him broaden his horizons and get rid of the pain of the past, but practicing magic did not make Kaecilius forget his wife and children. Later, Kaecilius wanted to learn the magic hidden by the Ancient One, but the Ancient One rejected his request. Of course, Kaecilius did not give up, so he secretly read the locked books.

The Book of Darkness. A forbidden book!

In fact, Kaecilius was not just peeking, because he read it in front of the library manager, that is, Lao Wang's beheaded predecessor. At that time, the library was not so strict. Kaecilius found a mysterious ritual in the magic book. This ritual can communicate with the existence beyond time. Kaecilius believes that the ritual is his hope to reunite with his wife and children. Kaecilius betrayed the Ancient One not simply because he wanted to get eternal life, but because he wanted to reunite with his wife and children. In this respect, he is still quite infatuated. It's just that although Dormammu is powerful, he still can't directly resurrect the dead. Of course, Dormammu did not completely deceive Kaecilius. He is indeed an existence beyond time, and the "dark dimension" can also achieve eternal life. But the creatures who surrender to Dormammu will be changed by him to integrate into the "dark dimension" and live forever with the "dark dimension". (At the end of the movie, Kaecilius and others were taken to the "Dark Dimension" by Dormammu)

But this cannot be entirely blamed on Kaecilius. Although the Ancient One is the Supreme Sorcerer, she obviously only teaches magic and does not understand human hearts, so Kaecilius's heart disease has not been relieved and finally broke out. The Ancient One has always asked Kaecilius to abide by the laws of nature, but she chose to absorb the power of the "Dark Dimension" "in order to prolong her life". After discovering this, Kaecilius's three views must have collapsed directly.

It was not until later that he was persuaded by Kai... that the Ancient One finally told Kaecilius the truth.

In fact, the Ancient One did not intend to keep it secret, but she felt that these things did not need to be known to outsiders, as long as the successor understood it.

But I didn't expect such a misunderstanding.

"Okay, Gel, can you tell me, what do you want to find on Earth?" The Ancient One finally asked this question.

She doesn't mind an outsider living on Earth.

Even if he is an enemy of the Pantheon, after all, that thing has no meaning to the Ancient One.

But you have to know what the purpose of this powerful individual in front of you is.