mò rú bīn huí wàng zhe gāo qiáng biān jiè , liǎn shàng fú xiàn chū xiē xǔ de bù gān 。
墨儒斌回望着高墙边界,脸上浮现出些许的不甘。
Maverick had returned to the Xuan Huang realm. Using his array formation power, he created endless darkness and sealed off many small world's skies. He felt the resistance forces transmitted from these small worlds' Dao.
bù guò bì jìng shì shàng gǔ xiū xiān jiè de jué shì tiān jiāo , mò guò yī huì , tā de xīn qíng jiù chóng xīn píng fù 。
不过毕竟是上古修仙界的绝世天骄,没过一会,他的心情就重新平复。
Although one world’s strength was negligible compared to him now, when combined, it became a heavy burden for Maverick to handle.
tǔ chū yī kǒu zhuó qì , mò rú bīn huǎn huǎn shuō dào :「 céng jīng , wǒ jù lí fēi shēng chéng xiān , yě jǐn shì yī bù zhī yáo 。」
吐出一口浊气,墨儒斌缓缓说道:「曾经,我距离飞升成仙,也仅是一步之遥。」
However...
「 shēn wèi bàn xiān de xuān yuán dà gē , zài wǒ men miàn qián yě hěn shǎo zhǎn lù zhēn zhèng shí lì , gèng duō shì tóng bàn zhī jiān de xiāng chǔ 。」
「身为半仙的轩辕大哥,在我们面前也很少展露真正实力,更多是同伴之间的相处。」
It was merely a heavy burden.
「 zhè jiù gěi le wǒ yí gè cuò jué , xiān fán zhī jiān de gōu hè , bìng bú shì nà me de shēn suì 。」
「这就给了我一个错觉,仙凡之间的沟壑,并不是那么的深邃。」
After expending some effort, Maverick suppressed them all. In his plan, these small worlds would eventually return to the Xuan Huang realm as nourishment for its ascension. The consciousness of their Dao would be absorbed by him in the end.
「 zhì shǎo duì wǒ ér yán , jué tán bù shàng shì shén me bù kě yú yuè de tiān qiàn 。 dàn xiàn zài , hē hē hē ……」
「至少对我而言,绝谈不上是什么不可逾越的天堑。但现在,呵呵呵……」
Using the array formation to connect these nourishing small worlds, Maverick observed the situation within each world.
mò rú bīn de yǔ qì zhōng , mǎn shì xī xū 。
墨儒斌的语气中,满是唏嘘。
"Based on my experience, people can only unleash their greatest potential when they face a life-threatening crisis. Without such pressure, efficiency will surely decrease."
「 bù dēng shān diān , bù zhī shān zhī gāo yě ; bù lín shuǐ yuān , bù zhī shuǐ zhī shēn yě 。 shèn zhì jí biàn jìn jù lí kào jìn guò xiān xū , qiè zhēn gǎn shòu guò zhēn xiān zhī lì 。 yòu rú hé bǐ dé shàng wǒ men xiàn zài zhēn zhèng shēn shǒu chù jí ne ? shuō jù shí huà , zhēn xiān wěi lì 、 wěi shí yǒu xiē chāo chū wǒ de xiǎng xiàng 。」 lǐ fán yě gǎn tàn dào 。
「不登山巅,不知山之高也;不临水渊,不知水之深也。甚至即便近距离靠近过仙墟,切真感受过真仙之力。又如何比得上我们现在真正伸手触及呢?说句实话,真仙伟力、委实有些超出我的想象。」李凡也感叹道。
"Now... this is good enough."
「 dào yǒu jiē xià lái , dǎ suàn zěn me bàn ? shì jì xù liú zài cǐ chù , kān yán gāo qiáng zhī mì ; hái shì zàn qiě lí kāi , jì xù xún zhǎo xuán tiān wáng ?」 gǎn kǎi zhī hòu , lǐ fán zhuǎn ér wèn dào 。
「道友接下来,打算怎么办?是继续留在此处,勘研高墙之秘;还是暂且离开,继续寻找玄天王?」感慨之后,李凡转而问道。
Feeling the countless minds of beings simultaneously participating in understanding through the lecturing platforms, Maverick nodded satisfactorily.
yóu yù le piàn kè , mò rú bīn zài dù huí shǒu kàn xiàng gāo qiáng biān jiè suǒ zài :「 jiù zhè me zhí jiē lí kāi , wǒ zǒng yǒu diǎn bù gān xīn 。 wǒ dǎ suàn …… zài kàn kàn 。」
犹豫了片刻,墨儒斌再度回首看向高墙边界所在:「就这么直接离开,我总有点不甘心。我打算……再看看。」
The gap between ordinary humans and cultivators was like the chasm between heaven and earth. Not to mention true immortals.
「 sān shí tiān wéi qī 。 ruò shì zài zhè sān shí tiān nèi , shǐ zhōng méi yǒu sī háo shōu huò , wǒ jiù lì mǎ zhuǎn shēn lí kāi 、 cǐ shēng zài bù zhí miàn gāo qiáng 。」 mò rú bīn yǒu xiē jiū jié , yòu yǒu xiē mí máng 。
「三十天为期。若是在这三十天内,始终没有丝毫收获,我就立马转身离开、此生再不直面高墙。」墨儒斌有些纠结,又有些迷茫。
But because true immortals were too high above them,
lǐ fán dǎo shì hěn néng lǐ jiě mò rú bīn cǐ kè de xīn qíng 。
李凡倒是很能理解墨儒斌此刻的心情。
in their eyes, ordinary humans and common cultivators were not much different.
wén dào kě sǐ 。 zhēn xiān zhī mì jìn zài yǎn qián , zòng shǐ bù kě jiàn 、 bù kě chù mō , dàn shuí yòu néng jǐn kàn le yī yǎn jiù guǒ duàn lí kāi ne ? yóu qí shì gāo qiáng de yǐn mì , hái shè jí dào táo lí zhì àn xīng hǎi de xī wàng 。
闻道可死。真仙之秘近在眼前,纵使不可见、不可触摸,但谁又能仅看了一眼就果断离开呢?尤其是高墙的隐秘,还涉及到逃离至暗星海的希望。
Therefore, for understanding the flaw in the wall, there was no difference between cultivators and ordinary people.
lǐ fán chén shēng dào :「 jì rú cǐ , nà wǒ jiù liú xià yī dào mù jiàn xū yǐng , zhù dào yǒu yī bì zhī lì !」
李凡沉声道:「既如此,那我就留下一道木剑虚影,助道友一臂之力!」
"Advantage: There are enough ordinary people. The sample size is detailed."
shuō zhe , lǐ fán fēn chū yī dào xiǎo xíng jiàn yǐng , jiāng mò rú bīn lǒng zhào zài nèi 。
说着,李凡分出一道小型剑影,将墨儒斌笼罩在内。
"Moreover, over this period of time, under the subtle influence of these lecturing platforms, many cultivators have emerged within these small worlds."
「 nǐ jū rán xuǎn zé lí qù 、 bù zài yán jiū ?」 mò rú bīn dùn shí gǎn dào yī zhèn cuò è 。
「你居然选择离去、不再研究?」墨儒斌顿时感到一阵错愕。
Maverick analyzed the minds of beings participating in understanding and found that almost all of them were useless. However, he was not discouraged; it was just the beginning.
「 hē hē , wǒ gēn dào yǒu bù tóng 。 dào yǒu zài dāng nián , kě shì fēi shēng yǒu wàng de cún zài 。」 lǐ fán bù dòng shēng sè de xiān chuī pěng le yī bō , ér hòu yòu qīng tàn dào ,「 ér wǒ shēn zhī , yǐ wǒ zī zhì , jí biàn zài kàn shàng qiān wàn yǎn 、 yě bú huì yǒu shén me shí zhì dì biàn huà 。 gēn běn wú fǎ kān pò gāo qiáng zhī mì 。」
「呵呵,我跟道友不同。道友在当年,可是飞升有望的存在。」李凡不动声色的先吹捧了一波,而后又轻叹道,「而我深知,以我资质,即便再看上千万眼、也不会有什么实质的变化。根本无法勘破高墙之秘。」
He created a pseudo-personality array formation to categorize and process the minds of beings participating in understanding.
mò rú bīn wén yán yǎ rán 。 bù guò kàn le kàn huán rào zì jǐ zuǒ yòu de mù jiàn xū yǐng , zhèng yù zài shuō 。
墨儒斌闻言哑然。不过看了看环绕自己左右的木剑虚影,正欲再说。
Most ineffective information would be filtered out, only retaining and transmitting those worth Maverick's personal attention.
què yòu tīng lǐ fán de yǔ qì , dǒu rán biàn dé jī áng qǐ lái :「 bù guò , wǒ zàn shí de lí qù 、 què bù dài biǎo wǒ huì fàng qì !」
却又听李凡的语气,陡然变得激昂起来:「不过,我暂时的离去、却不代表我会放弃!」
"This is also a setup."
「 jì rán wǒ zhè bǐ lòu zhī rén , wú fǎ zuò dào 。 nà jiù bù fáng , ràng tiān xià rén , dōu lái shì yī shì !」
「既然我这鄙陋之人,无法做到。那就不妨,让天下人,都来试一试!」
"I am not really expecting that countless ordinary people can uncover the secret behind the wall."
「 ń ?」 mò rú bīn měng dì dèng dà yǎn jīng , hái yǐ wéi zì jǐ tīng cuò le 。
「嗯?」墨儒斌猛地瞪大眼睛,还以为自己听错了。
"Perhaps it will still rely on me in the end."
「 nǐ yào jiāng tiān xià rén dōu yùn dào zhè lǐ lái , zài gāo qiáng jiǎo xià wù dào ?」 tā gǎn dào yī sī huāng miù 。
「你要将天下人都运到这里来,在高墙脚下悟道?」他感到一丝荒谬。
Maverick sensed the synchronized feelings from the lecturing platform at the edge of the star sea.
「 yǐ wǒ men de shí lì , zài gāo qiáng xià dōu shēng cún de rú cǐ jiān nán 、 huàn zuò nà xiē xiū wèi gèng dī de , bì dìng zhí jiē huì bèi gāo qiáng zhī wēi niǎn suì , yòu tán hé lǐng wù ne ?」
「以我们的实力,在高墙下都生存的如此艰难、换做那些修为更低的,必定直接会被高墙之威碾碎,又谈何领悟呢?」
"The wall, a creation by true immortals. It is indeed difficult for just one person to study it."
lǐ fán sǎ tuō yī xiào :「 wǒ zhī yǎn , rú tiān xià rén zhī yǎn ; wǒ zhī shǒu , rú tiān xià rén zhī shǒu 。 wǒ zhī zhì , rú tiān xià rén qīn lín ……」
李凡洒脱一笑:「我之眼,如天下人之眼;我之手,如天下人之手。我之至,如天下人亲临……」
"Besides ordinary people, I can also let those divine artifacts help out."
「 jiè wǒ shēn qū , qǐng tiān xià zhòng shēng , gòng wù gāo qiáng zhī lǐ 。」
「借我身躯,请天下众生,共悟高墙之理。」
"Unfortunately, I already fed the Infinite Mirror to the Xuan Huang realm. If there are no results this time, perhaps we can try in the next life."
wǎn rú sòng jīng míng chàng de huà yǔ shēng zhōng , zì lǐ fán shēn shàng yòu fēi chū yī dào xū yǐng 。
宛如诵经鸣唱的话语声中,自李凡身上又飞出一道虚影。
In fact, discovering the flaw in the wall through Maverick was a pleasant surprise.
gēn mù jiàn xū yǐng de qì xī yǒu jiǔ fēn xiāng sì , bù guò què yǐn yǐn shì lǐ fán de mú yàng 。
跟木剑虚影的气息有九分相似,不过却隐隐是李凡的模样。
His current focus was still on merging with the Primordial Dao of Heaven and Earth.
zhèng shì lǐ fán fēn chū zì shēn yī lǚ shén hún , gēn dùn shù xū yǐng xiāng róng 。 ér hòu yòu yǐ zhèn fǎ xiàng zuǒ , jiāng shén hún gǎn shòu fàng dà chéng bǎi shàng qiān bèi 。
正是李凡分出自身一缕神魂,跟遁术虚影相融。而后又以阵法相佐,将神魂感受放大成百上千倍。
Crossing the wall was not urgent for now.
「 jiù ràng wǒ zhè dào xū yǐng liú zài cǐ chù , péi dào yǒu yì qǐ wù dào 。 ér wǒ , jiāng fǎn huí xuán huáng jiè zhōng , jiāng xū yǐng de gǎn shòu , yǔ tiān xià rén fēn xiǎng 。」 lǐ fán xiào le xiào 。
「就让我这道虚影留在此处,陪道友一起悟道。而我,将返回玄黄界中,将虚影的感受,与天下人分享。」李凡笑了笑。
"Even if I truly uncover the secret behind the wall, I will never risk my life!"
mò rú bīn yù yán yòu zhǐ 。
墨儒斌欲言又止。
"The outside of the wall is too dangerous!"
lǐ fán yòu shuō dào :「 fàng xīn , wǒ bú huì jiù zhè me zhí jiē xiàng shì rén gōng bù gāo qiáng de cún zài , yě bú huì xiàng tā men jiě shì 、 tā men suǒ gǎn shòu dào de jiù shì gāo qiáng de pò zhàn 。」
李凡又说道:「放心,我不会就这么直接向世人公布高墙的存在,也不会向他们解释、他们所感受到的就是高墙的破绽。」
The scene of Cat Treasure devouring immortals and the collapse of the wall appeared in his mind again.
「 ér zhǐ shì dān chún de 、 jiāng wǒ wù dào xū yǐng de gǎn shòu tóng bù gěi tā men
「而只是单纯的、将我悟道虚影的感受同步给他们
Without fear, he coldly snorted and suppressed all these杂念.
。」
。」
Taking a step forward, Maverick arrived at the core realm of Xuan Huang.
「 qiān wàn rén , qiān wàn niàn 。 měi gè rén gěi chū de dá àn , bù jìn xiāng tóng 。 ér jiù suàn qí zhōng méi yǒu zhèng què dá àn , duō shǎo yě huì gěi wǒ men diǎn qǐ fā 。」 lǐ fán yī fù liǎo rán yú xiōng de shén qíng 。
「千万人,千万念。每个人给出的答案,不尽相同。而就算其中没有正确答案,多少也会给我们点启发。」李凡一副了然于胸的神情。
Lifting his head to gaze at the sky.
「…… què shí , shì gè bàn fǎ 。」 mò rú bīn wén yán , chén mò bàn shǎng , zhǐ dé rú cǐ huí dá dào 。
「……确实,是个办法。」墨儒斌闻言,沉默半晌,只得如此回答道。
With the promise from the star sea, Maverick easily established contact with the Dao of Xuan Huang.
「 wǒ qù yě !」 lǐ fán huà yīn wèi luò , shēn yǐng yǐ rán gēn suí chuān pò xīng hǎi de mù jiàn , xiāo shī zài le mò rú bīn de shì yě zhōng 。
「我去也!」李凡话音未落,身影已然跟随穿破星海的木剑,消失在了墨儒斌的视野中。
And the Dao was no longer as cold as before. It seemed more eager and flattering.
mò rú bīn wēi wēi yáo tóu , zàn shí jiāng lǐ fán pāo zhī nǎo hòu 。 níng shén xiū xī le piàn kè , zài dù yù shǐ mù jiàn xū yǐng , kào jìn tàn suǒ gāo qiáng pò zhàn 。
墨儒斌微微摇头,暂时将李凡抛之脑后。凝神休息了片刻,再度御使木剑虚影,靠近探索高墙破绽。
"This Dao of Xuan Huang..."
yǔ cǐ tóng shí , jí biàn lǐ fán hái wèi shēn guī xuán huáng 。
与此同时,即便李凡还未身归玄黄。
Maverick coldly snorted, feeling a mix of laughter and tears.
yì lì yú xuán huáng jiè gè gè xiǎo shì jiè de jiǎng dào tái , jù biàn yǐ rán fā shēng 。
屹立于玄黄界各个小世界的讲道台,剧变已然发生。
For now, he did not dwell on these matters. Through communication with Heaven and Earth, Maverick began to gain a deeper understanding of the various changes occurring in the Xuan Huang realm.
yuán běn rì yè jiǎng dào bù tíng de shèng shī xū yǐng , hū de tíng zhǐ le shòu kè 。
原本日夜讲道不停的圣师虚影,忽的停止了授课。
It was like a thorough check before an important surgery for a critically ill patient.
mù wàng cāng qióng , zuò ruò yǒu suǒ sī zhī sè 。
目望苍穹,作若有所思之色。
Although Maverick could examine it himself, it was still more convenient and accurate to directly ask the consciousness of the Dao of Xuan Huang.
ér hòu jù dà de hōng míng shēng zì jiǎng dào tái shàng fā chū 。
而后巨大的轰鸣声自讲道台上发出。
While communicating, Maverick continuously imparted his insights from this life's understanding of the essence of the star sea source and the wall to the Dao of Xuan Huang.
xiǎo shì jiè zhòng shēng bù míng bái fà shēng le shén me , jīng yí bù dìng 、 yì lùn fēn fēn 。
小世界众生不明白发生了什么,惊疑不定、议论纷纷。
It was a complete act of giving with no expectation of anything in return.
ér yī dào dào qī hēi guāng shù , què shì hū de zì tiān qióng zhī wài ér jiàng 。 shùn zhe tiān mù , qīn shí 、 zhān rǎn 。 bù guò yī zhǎn chá de gōng fu , jiù jiāng yuán běn bì lán de cāng qióng , chè dǐ rǎn chéng mò sè 。
而一道道漆黑光束,却是忽的自天穹之外而降。顺着天幕,侵蚀、沾染。不过一盏茶的功夫,就将原本碧蓝的苍穹,彻底染成墨色。
This step was to increase his intimacy and bond with the Xuan Huang realm.
shì jiè yīn cǐ xiàn rù le yī piàn qī hēi zhī zhōng 。 rèn píng gāo tiān zhī shàng de dà rì , rú hé zhàn fàng zì shēn de guāng máng , yě zhōng jiū zhào bù liàng zhè zhuó zhuó hún shì 。
世界因此陷入了一片漆黑之中。任凭高天之上的大日,如何绽放自身的光芒,也终究照不亮这濯濯浑世。
Just like how it is easiest to cultivate goodwill during childhood, Maverick wanted to strengthen their connection before completing his ascension in the Xuan Huang realm. This would make swallowing the Heaven and Earth Primordial Dao easier in the future.
Maverick had returned to the Xuan Huang realm. Using his array formation power, he created endless darkness and sealed off many small world's skies. He felt the resistance forces transmitted from these small worlds' Dao.
Although one world’s strength was negligible compared to him now, when combined, it became a heavy burden for Maverick to handle.
However...
It was merely a heavy burden.
After expending some effort, Maverick suppressed them all. In his plan, these small worlds would eventually return to the Xuan Huang realm as nourishment for its ascension. The consciousness of their Dao would be absorbed by him in the end.
Using the array formation to connect these nourishing small worlds, Maverick observed the situation within each world.
"Based on my experience, people can only unleash their greatest potential when they face a life-threatening crisis. Without such pressure, efficiency will surely decrease."
"Now... this is good enough."
Feeling the countless minds of beings simultaneously participating in understanding through the lecturing platforms, Maverick nodded satisfactorily.
The gap between ordinary humans and cultivators was like the chasm between heaven and earth. Not to mention true immortals.
But because true immortals were too high above them,
in their eyes, ordinary humans and common cultivators were not much different.
Therefore, for understanding the flaw in the wall, there was no difference between cultivators and ordinary people.
"Advantage: There are enough ordinary people. The sample size is detailed."
"Moreover, over this period of time, under the subtle influence of these lecturing platforms, many cultivators have emerged within these small worlds."
Maverick analyzed the minds of beings participating in understanding and found that almost all of them were useless. However, he was not discouraged; it was just the beginning.
He created a pseudo-personality array formation to categorize and process the minds of beings participating in understanding.
Most ineffective information would be filtered out, only retaining and transmitting those worth Maverick's personal attention.
"This is also a setup."
"I am not really expecting that countless ordinary people can uncover the secret behind the wall."
"Perhaps it will still rely on me in the end."
Maverick sensed the synchronized feelings from the lecturing platform at the edge of the star sea.
"The wall, a creation by true immortals. It is indeed difficult for just one person to study it."
"Besides ordinary people, I can also let those divine artifacts help out."
"Unfortunately, I already fed the Infinite Mirror to the Xuan Huang realm. If there are no results this time, perhaps we can try in the next life."
In fact, discovering the flaw in the wall through Maverick was a pleasant surprise.
His current focus was still on merging with the Primordial Dao of Heaven and Earth.
Crossing the wall was not urgent for now.
"Even if I truly uncover the secret behind the wall, I will never risk my life!"
"The outside of the wall is too dangerous!"
The scene of Cat Treasure devouring immortals and the collapse of the wall appeared in his mind again.
Without fear, he coldly snorted and suppressed all these杂念.
Taking a step forward, Maverick arrived at the core realm of Xuan Huang.
Lifting his head to gaze at the sky.
With the promise from the star sea, Maverick easily established contact with the Dao of Xuan Huang.
And the Dao was no longer as cold as before. It seemed more eager and flattering.
"This Dao of Xuan Huang..."
Maverick coldly snorted, feeling a mix of laughter and tears.
For now, he did not dwell on these matters. Through communication with Heaven and Earth, Maverick began to gain a deeper understanding of the various changes occurring in the Xuan Huang realm.
It was like a thorough check before an important surgery for a critically ill patient.
Although Maverick could examine it himself, it was still more convenient and accurate to directly ask the consciousness of the Dao of Xuan Huang.
While communicating, Maverick continuously imparted his insights from this life's understanding of the essence of the star sea source and the wall to the Dao of Xuan Huang.
It was a complete act of giving with no expectation of anything in return.
This step was to increase his intimacy and bond with the Xuan Huang realm.
Just like how it is easiest to cultivate goodwill during childhood, Maverick wanted to strengthen their connection before completing his ascension in the Xuan Huang realm. This would make swallowing the Heaven and Earth Primordial Dao easier in the future.