161: Chapter 161 Effort is Multifaceted

A man dressed in retro white clothes walked through the air.

A gentle breeze brushed against the face; his aura was vast yet mild.

The man was extremely handsome, with a long saber in a pitch-black scabbard hanging from his waist.

He looked straight at the mountaintop, completely ignoring the Martial Artists below, walking forward with slow and gentle steps.

All the Martial Artists present stared blankly at the sky.

That figure walking in the air was the dream of every one of them.

At this moment, even the Xiantian Martial Artists on the ground fell silent.

Although a Xiantian could hold sway over a region and was a remarkable figure...

...before the Life and Death Realm, a Xiantian really wasn't much to look at.

In today's Blue Star, while Xiantian weren't exactly everywhere, their numbers were certainly not small.

However, there were only a hundred in the Life and Death Realm.

Furthermore, these hundred were all left over from the era of the Great Interstellar Migration.

Currently, among the new generation, not a single person had promoted to the Life and Death Realm.

Absolute Wind Blade God, Li Tangmu!!!

The idol and goal in the eyes of countless people walked step by step from the distant sky like this.

He walked past the foot of the mountain, past the mountainside, and past the summit.

Under everyone's gaze, he leisurely descended from the peak.

Boom!

The entire crowd erupted.

"Ah, Fengshen is so handsome!"

"Li Fengshen is my idol; I actually saw my idol!!!"

"Ahhh, I'm so happy! Fengshen just walked over my head; I saw the soles of Fengshen's shoes!!!"

Regardless of gender, everyone present went completely wild.

Their bodies shook uncontrollably, and some even hugged their companions and jumped frantically in excitement.

As for the Martial Artists with slightly higher cultivation or those with steady temperaments, it was also hard for them to avoid emotional fluctuations; their expressions were full of excitement.

"The steps Li Fengshen just took were very profound. Each step felt like a gentle breeze brushing the face, ethereal and uncertain. I feel like I've gained something!"

A bearded First-Class Martial Artist sighed with emotion.

"Fengshen is truly worthy of being Fengshen; his grace is by no means something we can compare to!"

"Indeed, every movement harmonizes with the will of heaven. This old man's Internal Energy was actually as calm as well water just now, unable to move at all!"

"Sigh, I truly envy such a person. I wonder if we have any hope of glimpsing such a Realm in this life!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the Advanced Martial Artists present fell silent.

They understood the difficulty of the Martial Dao even more deeply.

On the current planet, according to the Seniors from before the migration, things had become simpler.

Energy is active, and Lifespan has doubled.

Compared to when they were on the Solar System's Blue Star, it was much, much better.

Because of this, it is now relatively simple to practice to the First-class Realm.

After all, growing up in an environment with active energy, one is physically strong and mentally robust.

Furthermore, the current environment is influenced by the Laws, making it easier to comprehend Concepts.

The Xiantian Realm grants a Lifespan of five hundred years, and even regular Martial Artists can live for two hundred years.

It can be said that the changes brought about were massive.

Therefore, on the current New Blue Star, the number of people in the Xiantian Realm has accumulated to a significant number.

Only the Life and Death Realm is extremely difficult.

Wanting to reach the Life and Death Realm and have a thousand-year Lifespan is the dream of every Martial Artist.

For a moment, the Advanced Martial Artists present all sighed silently.

Especially the older Martial Artists, their hearts were increasingly restless.

Qian Mohan withdrew his envious gaze, picked up his wine cup, and drained it in one gulp.

"Brother, tell me, if someone with our Aptitude could also become a Life and Death Realm expert, what an honor that would be!"

Qian Mohan licked the corner of his mouth and whispered.

Ji Yebai looked at him and smiled faintly: "The Martial Dao is fair. As long as you put in the effort, anyone can reach the Life and Death Realm! Reaching the Life and Death Realm has nothing to do with Aptitude!"

Aptitude, in the end, only affects those below the Innate level.

After becoming an Innate, Aptitude becomes dispensable.

The reason is that the Innate level and above involve the mysterious rules.

Or rather, the Laws.

In this, what matters is comprehension, thinking, and the effort accumulated over days and months.

Although there are differences in the speed of absorbing Spiritual Qi...

...what truly acts as the deciding factor is persistent effort and struggle.

"Brother, you must be joking. If effort alone could make one a Life and Death Realm expert, the people of the world would laugh themselves crazy!"

Qian Mohan couldn't help but shake his head with a bitter smile: "There are so many hardworking people in this world, but I haven't seen anyone become a Life and Death Realm expert because of effort. Even the top group of Xiantian Experts in the world today work harder than anyone, but I haven't seen them break through!"

There are many top experts in the Xiantian Realm today.

But these top experts are all stuck, unable to break through to the Life and Death Realm.

This is why, up to now, no one from the new generation has become a Life and Death Realm expert.

Ji Yebai smiled slightly and said: "The effort I'm talking about isn't just behavioral effort, but also mental effort. One must constantly recognize their own shortcomings from a conceptual level and continuously make up for them."

"Brother, you're joking. If things were that simple, it would be great!"

Qian Mohan sneered slightly.

To his ears, Ji Yebai's words were like nonsense.

If it were that easy to reach the Life and Death Realm, could it be that the people of the world haven't worked hard!?"

Thinking of this, he suddenly lost interest in talking to Ji Yebai.

Ji Yebai smiled and didn't argue.

Martial Dao cultivation is a process of self-completion.

This self includes the integrity of the physical body as well as the continuous sublimation of the spirit.

Ultimately achieving the perfect Fusion of spirit and body.

As of now, from Ji Yebai's perspective, everyone's thinking is imprisoned.

Or rather, they haven't recognized the problem from its root.

Human genes evolved on the Solar System's Blue Star.

The Solar System is located in the Void Land, where energy Laws are not apparent.

Genes evolved in that kind of environment are definitely meant to be a 100% match for that environment.

But in the current environment, energy is prominently abundant, and the power of Laws is active.

This difference in the macro-environment fundamentally causes the expression of genes to be different.

The same goes for the spirit.

The spirit has its own frequency.

The frequency is affected by the frequency of the planet's magnetic field.

There is actually already a slight difference between the spiritual frequency of people from before and the spiritual frequency on the current planet.

This difference is very subtle.

This has led to Martial Artists not yet noticing this point.

Because of this, the current planet can give birth to Martial Dao Xiantian Experts, but it cannot give birth to Life and Death Realm experts.

What Ji Yebai calls effort actually refers to everyone's way of thinking.

There is no end to the Martial Dao.

As long as people think, or rather, as long as their way of thinking continues to innovate, then "no end to the Martial Dao" is not an empty phrase.

On this planet now, although the Martial Dao is very prosperous and there are many diverse civilizations from across the Universe...

...it could be said that a hundred flowers are blooming.

But in Ji Yebai's view, it's actually not as good as the first few years when Spiritual Qi first recovered on Blue Star.

After all, back then, a large number of people dared to dream.

They were constantly innovating from various angles.

Most of these people today have inherited the thoughts of those years; not a single true thought was born from this planet.

This is the fundamental reason.

Mental effort is actually more important and more difficult.

A person's thinking follows a pattern, which leads to many people making this or that mistake.

To change from a thinking perspective, one must constantly shatter their way of thinking over and over again, and then constantly rebuild their own thinking.

Destruction before construction.

Innovating again and again.

This process is painful!

It's relatively simpler when one is young, but as age increases, it becomes more painful and difficult.

What today's Martial Dao practitioners need is precisely this "destruction before construction" in their thinking.

Ji Yebai withdrew his gaze and reached out to pick up a piece of chicken with his chopsticks.

Delicious!!!

He smiled as he tasted the delicacy in his mouth.

The "destruction before construction" of thinking requires their own recognition and enlightenment.

It's useless for others to remind them.

This is what the ancient Chinese saying means: "It can only be understood intuitively, not conveyed in words!"

Just as so many Saint quotes remind everyone thousands of times, yet history repeats itself.

Just as he swallowed the chicken...

...two distinct, noble auras rose from the mountaintop.

In an instant, they spread out, covering everything.

They even directly enveloped Nangong City.

The aura was majestic and holy, yet without losing its gentleness.

In everyone's heart, a feeling arose as if they were bathed in a spring breeze or basking in the morning sun.