The Gate of All Living Things was an immortal treasure, so the flow of time inside and outside the gate was not the same. Previously, when Zhan Ziye finished his experiential learning, it seemed that it took him several months, but on the outside, it was only a short two hours.
Of course, after Yuan Chaonian extracted the illusion image, the image was almost a thousand times faster. Only a powerful enough primordial spirit could read the effective information from it. Fortunately, this was not difficult for the several elders present.
However, this time, Wang Lu's experiential learning time was exceptionally long. He deliberately kept the insect poison and indefinitely delayed the time of the illusion. As the Regent, he laid a time-consuming trap in the Black Country.
Within the Black Country, a group of strange people suddenly appeared who claimed to be transmigrators.
They wore strange clothes, spoke different languages, and each had different magical abilities. However, they all had one thing in common.
They claimed that this was a dream world, and they were experiencers from the outside.
As transmigrators, they didn't seem to regard the people of this world as human beings. They often shouted to kill decisively and turned into bandits, killing people and robbing their treasures. Their behavior was even more vicious than the Devil Cult in the past. Almost without exception, they opened a harem, and pushed the women they saw.
The appearance of these people, at first, was only regarded as a carnival of mental patients, but soon they began to cause all kinds of trouble. No matter how abnormal their thinking was, their strength was not ambiguous. Moreover, each of them had a jaw-dropping luck. They could jump off a cliff and obtain divine power. They could eat sweet potatoes to increase their power. Even when they went to the river to take a bath, they could meet a noble daughter and then compose a love song!
For such people, the Regent was not lenient. He directly mobilized the country's elite forces. If one came, he killed one. If two came, he killed two. No matter how strong the transmigrators' luck was, in the end, they were no match for the Regent who single-handedly resolved the disaster of the country. One by one, they were eliminated. However, these transmigrators didn't seem to care about life and death. When they were in a desperate situation, they at most showed a look of regret. "Alas, it's a pity that this experiential learning is not enough."
To make matters worse, the Prince Regent's thunderous methods did not effectively eradicate the transmigrators. Those strange people emerged one after another, and soon, they could no longer be explained as mental illness. People began to feel extremely puzzled about their origins, and soon, the theory of dreams and reality that they preached began to gradually gain influence, especially since this theory seemed absurd and bizarre, but it was self-consistent!
In the eyes of the self-proclaimed transmigrator, the Black Country was just a kingdom in a dream. The real world was thousands of times vaster than this. That was an incomparably magical and powerful place. The Devil Cult's Hierarch, who had once made the entire Black Country tremble in fear, was just an unremarkable pawn in the real world. And these time travelers came here just to have some fun. As for the various tragedies and absurd acts they had caused? Ha, who would care about the world being turned upside down in their dreams? As for their own deaths? He had only woken up from his sleep, that was all!
The spread of this theory quickly caused great panic. In this regard, it was useless to rely on the power of the imperial court to suppress it. Therefore, the Prince Regent immediately organized a group of well-known scholars in the country to demonstrate a serious problem: How to prove that the world in which you live is real?
This kind of metaphysical philosophical problem naturally did not really have any way to prove it. Although some people put forward the idea of "I think, therefore I am", trying to strengthen people's confidence in reality, but … the Prince Regent only used one sentence to make this idea untenable.
"Who stipulated that the action of thinking must have a carrier?"
"There is thinking, but not necessarily a carrier. If we are in a dream, each of our thoughts may just be the thoughts of the dreamer."
Since there was no overwhelming argument, they could only let the scholars continue to study and discuss until a conclusion appeared. And in this big discussion that affected the whole country, more and more people fell into uneasiness.
In theory, the reality of the world should be self-evident, but the way to falsify it was very simple: as long as there were phenomena or things that were not in harmony with the laws of the world, it would be enough.
Then, the way to prove the self-evident theory had not yet been found, but inharmonious things continued to appear one after another. The appearance of each time a traveler appeared, it was like a heavy hammer hitting the hearts of the people, making people even more doubtful about whether this world was real or not.
Of course, the people who participated in this big discussion naturally did not know that the so-called traveler was just a good show that Wang Lu instructed the Devil Cult followers to perform. But in the end, even the Devil Cult began to doubt the reality of this world.
During this period, there were countless cults springing up like bamboo shoots after a rain. They colluded with the traveler and constantly sketched out a beautiful picture of the real world for the world.
"In the real world, the leader of the country is elected by the people. Even the king has to be humble and cautious in front of the people, and the bureaucrats have to curry favor with the people because the people can make them go away at any time."
"In the real world, people don't have to spend money to see a doctor or go to school. Everything is paid by the imperial court. And every adult can get free housing provided by the imperial court. "
"In the real world … …"
Naturally, these people also encountered powerful opponents.
"If you want to go to the real world, why don't you commit suicide? If you commit suicide, you will wake up from your dream!"
"A group of lowly people who take the opportunity to create hype!"
"Please don't let this world down!"
This farce, under the influence of a pair of powerful manipulators behind the scenes, began to get more and more out of hand. Whether you want to or not, you can no longer avoid a question.
Is this world real?
This question was no longer limited to the debate of high-level scholars. From the high officials to the low peddlers and commoners, in their daily life, this question was inevitably discussed. Of course, no one could get a concrete answer, but a certain manipulator behind the scenes wanted this kind of thinking.
As long as everyone began to think, began to ponder, that would be enough, because … … this world itself could not stand up to pondering.
At this time, outside the Gate of All Living Things, Yuan Chaonian's face was already gloomy and dark. He had never encountered such a situation!
The Gate of All Living Things produced the appearance of all living things, and the millions of people in the illusion each had their own thoughts. This was even more mysterious than the Primordial Spirit division ability of a Deity Stage Daoist master. This was the terrifying power of an immortal treasure.
In fact, the basic principle of the Gate of All Living Things was to refine a substitute primordial spirit that surpassed the Deity Stage Daoist master, allowing it to divide into millions of thoughts, becoming millions of people in the illusion, and then evolve into all living things in the world, producing an unpredictable illusory world. Finally, disciples would be thrown into it to receive experience.
However, this kind of evolution couldn't replace the real world. The millions of thoughts split from the Gate of All Living Things couldn't be compared to the real human beings. After all, even if it was an immortal treasure, it was impossible to open up a perfect Spirit Dimension. In fact, only the world around the experiencer would be fully deduced by the Gate of All Living Things. The rest of the world would be like a walking corpse, letting nature take its course.
But now, Wang Lu had awakened everyone in the illusion to think about a fatal problem for the Gate of All Living Things!
In just a few breaths of time, as the manipulator of the immortal treasure, Yuan Chaonian clearly felt that the Gate of All Living Things was beginning to be overwhelmed and was on the verge of collapse.
"Enough, let's stop here."
After a moment of hesitation, the elder made a decision. He directly opened the Gate of All Living Things, forcibly interrupting the illusion!
Suddenly, in the illusion, the people of the Black Nation finally got the answer they had been waiting for a long time. That's right, this world was fake.
Then, when they woke up from the dream, they were crushed into powder by the cruel laws of the world.
The Gate of All Living Things issued a muffled groan. Since its birth, it had never been treated so rudely. When the gate slowly opened, the door frame had already faintly revealed cracks. Seeing this, Yuan Chaonian gnashed his teeth. This immortal treasure, which he regarded as a supreme glory, had been damaged because of this interruption. Although it was not serious, it really made people feel distressed.
After the Gate of All Living Things opened, Wang Lu casually walked out, his face showing that he still wanted to continue: "Not enough!"
"Enough your mother!" Elder Yuan inwardly roared; he simply wanted to slap this little bastard to death!
Because of his "whether the world is real", the damage to the immortal treasure was not a big problem. The real serious problem was that, after this incident, the Ten Thousand Arts Sect would no longer place high hopes on this Gate of All Living Things as their experiential learning treasure.
However, when he thought about it, Yuan Chaonian's anger dissipated and was replaced by gloomy depression.
As Wang Lu said, the Gate of All Living Things … was indeed just a high-end toy, and Wang Lu, as an insignificant Qi Cultivating Stage cultivator, had the ability to break the toy. How could such a thing take up the heavy responsibility of cultivating talents for the sect? Previously, after dozens of tests in the sect, he thought that it was perfect, but he didn't expect … that it was just that he didn't encounter a sufficiently evil experiential learning person. If he really used the Gate of All Living Things to train his disciples and then thought that he had taken advantage of it, when the disciple went down the mountain and entered the secular world, he was afraid that he would suffer a big loss.
Seeing Yuan Chaonian's gloomy face, Wang Lu chuckled and said, "Oh, Elder, you don't need to be too depressed. Although it's just a toy, if used properly, it can still play its role. For example, I can think of several …"
This comforting words were even more grating to Yuan Chaonian. This Deity Stage Elder coldly humphed and interrupted Wang Lu's performance. "Enough, I admit that you do have some skill. This time, we're just displaying our slight skill in front of an expert. Later on, if there's an opportunity, we'll ask again."
With that, he waved his hand and retrieved the Gate of All Living Things, and then returned to the cabin of the Cloud Wave Boat, leaving the Elders of the Lingjian School in the same place.
However, the people of the Lingjian School didn't care about it. While laughing, they disembarked from the Cloud Wave Boat.
Along the way, the several Elders talked and laughed, discussing what just happened.
Liu Xian said, "Oh, this time, the people of the Ten Thousand Arts Sect are really suffering in silence."
Hua Yun very directly gloated. "They only have themselves to blame! Of all the things to show off, they have to show off this kind of thing in front of little Lu'Er. I still vividly remember what happened in the Peach Blossom Village five years ago! "
Lu Li promptly echoed, "That's right. Although Fifth Senior Sister's arrangement at that time can't be compared with the Gate of All Living Things, the principle is still the same. Putting Wang Lu in this kind of trial … fortunately, Yuan Chaonian's reaction was fast enough, otherwise, I'm afraid he wouldn't be able to keep the Gate of All Living Things."
Fang He said with a sinking voice, "However, purely in terms of technology, it's really amazing that the Ten Thousand Arts Sect can create such an immortal treasure. In this aspect, we can only stare blankly at them. "
Lu Li bitterly said, "Senior Brother is right, I will continue to work hard."
Fang He shook his head. "Sixth Junior Brother, I don't want to blame you, but this is the specialty of the Ten Thousand Arts Sect. We can't compare, and there's no need to compare."
Liu Xian agreed, "Yes, I remember the ancestor once said that the difference between humans and apes is that they are good at using tools, and the difference between cultivators and mortals … is that they are good at using themselves. The power of mortals has its limit, so they have to resort to external help. But cultivators are different. Focusing on strange skills is, after all, not the right way of cultivation. "
Lu Li asked, "Speaking of the right way, in a few days, the competition between the two sects will begin. How are the rules of the competition?"
Liu Xian said, "What else can it be? It's all given to Fifth Junior Sister. However, this kind of work doesn't require much skill, so there aren't many tricks to play. She has already given me the rules. It's very simple, it's just a martial arts competition. "
Lu Li laughed. "Oh, that's not like her."
"Humph, what she probably means is, even if it's played in this kind of unskilled way, someone can still play tricks."
With that, Liu Xian looked back at Wang Lu, who was chatting with Yue Yun, Yue Xinyao, and the other disciples.
There was praise and helplessness in his eyes, but in the end, there was more praise.
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