The elders had no objections. Wang Daoyuan was only going to investigate. He did not need to spend any money, and there would not be a large number of casualties. They would just treat it as him going out to train.
Wang Daoyuan naturally would not object. This trip to the Heaven Slash Mountain Range was a good opportunity to find more level-2 spirit herbs and enrich the variety of spirit herbs in the Spirit Pearl's space.
After breaking through to the late-stage of Qi Refinement, the Spirit Pearl's space could already grow level-2 spirit herbs. It was just that he had not found a way to get them.
At the Heaven Slash Mountain Range, with the Soul-Chasing Bees, finding spirit herbs would be a piece of cake.
This mission was not a specific mission. It was a bit like the imperial envoys in ancient times in his previous life. There was no specific work, just an investigation. They said that they were very busy and had to go to many places to investigate many dangerous places.
They said that they were very free. They could wander around for a few years and casually find a small mine that was not bad. Moreover, there was no time limit.
He could also go home to take a look. Ever since he left home at the age of five, he had never returned.
Although he had memories of his previous life, he was also reincarnated into this world. His parents in this world were also his biological parents. He had not returned home for many years and missed them very much.
After the meeting, Wang Daoyuan did not immediately set off to carry out the mission. Instead, he went to the Hidden Scriptures Block.
After a life-and-death battle and the death of his seven granduncles, he was greatly moved. He discovered many of his own shortcomings and began to reflect on his cultivation path.
What he was best at was using resources to achieve the best results at the lowest cost.
This was also his biggest shortcoming. He relied too much on resources and calculations, and did not put his mind on improving his own strength.
Although he had the Spirit Pearl's space and was good at refining spirit talismans, using spirit talismans could make up for his lack of combat strength.
However, a large number of spirit talismans were piled up with a large amount of resources and time. If he kept using spirit talismans, even if he had enough resources, he would not have enough time. Most of his energy was spent on refining spirit talismans. How would he have time to cultivate?
Spirit talismans were ultimately external objects. Just like that night when he caught the Qing River Carp, if the assassin had not wanted to force the Qing River Carp's whereabouts out of him, he would have died no matter how many spirit talismans he had.
Moreover, spirit talismans themselves had their limitations.
There was still a difference in power between talismans and spells used by cultivators.
The power of the spells used by cultivators could continuously increase. The difference in power between a newly grasped spell and one that was practiced to the point of perfection was not small. The spell released by the talisman was equivalent to the level of a newly grasped spell, or even worse.
Compared to using spells, talismans had the disadvantage of being difficult to control. For example, the Golden Sword Art. When a cultivator used the Golden Sword Art, they could control it to chase and kill their opponents.
If he used the Golden Sword Talisman to release a golden sword, he would only be able to slightly change the direction of the attack with his Spiritual Sense. If he couldn't hit the enemy with the first attack, it would be very difficult for him to use it again.
Secondly, some of the spells used by cultivators could be maintained by injecting spiritual power, such as the Water Dragon Spell, the Earth Armor Spell, and so on. However, when using talismans to release spells, the spell's consumption depended entirely on the spiritual power in the talisman. Once it was exhausted, it would be gone.
With his extremely poor combat ability, if he were to fight head-on with an opponent of the same level who had experienced hundreds of battles, even if he were to throw out spirit talismans, he would probably have to use dozens or even hundreds of spirit talismans to kill his opponent.
If he were to encounter an opponent who was proficient in escape techniques, even if he used hundreds of spirit talismans, he might not be able to take him down. He might even be easily killed.
Playing tricks wouldn't work all the time. To put it bluntly, all schemes and tricks were waiting for the opponent to make a mistake.
He had killed a strong opponent twice by taking advantage of the opponent's underestimation. If the opponent remained vigilant, it would be very difficult for the spirit talismans to hit the enemy.
If the opponent didn't make a mistake, there would be no room for schemes and tricks.
A scheme that didn't require the opponent to make a mistake was called an open scheme. An open scheme was unsolvable, but there were too many conditions that needed to be met.
However, in the cultivation world, one's own strength was the biggest open scheme.
Take Zhang Dacheng for example. Not to mention how strong he was, as long as he was proficient in escape techniques and had a good brain, he would be able to constantly find opportunities to sneak attack him. He would probably have to stick the Golden Armor Talisman and the Earth Armor Talisman on his body at all times to save his life. In this way, no matter how many spirit talismans he had, it wouldn't be enough. Sooner or later, he would be played to death.
Previously, he had relied too much on external objects and neglected his own strength.
This was the problem with the cultivation path before he discovered the space in the spiritual pearl. At that time, resources were scarce, so he could only use most of his energy to earn resources and improve his cultivation. He didn't care much about his actual combat strength.
Later, with the space in the spiritual pearl, he had sufficient resources and was eager to improve his cultivation. When facing enemies, he was used to smashing his opponents to death with resources, so he didn't pay attention to improving his own strength.
If he didn't have spirit talismans, any of his seven granduncles could have easily taken him down. However, they still didn't come back alive.
On the other hand, his second brother, Wang Daoxing, didn't use spirit talismans at all. He carried a mace and smashed it all the way back.
His own strength was the way to go.
When facing enemies, he also used his wits more than his strength. The fundamental reason was that he was afraid of death.
He knew that his combat strength wasn't strong and that fighting with the enemy would very likely cost him his life. Using spirit talismans in a battle of wits was both safe and effective.
All this time, he had been running away, running away from the threat of death.
Perhaps it was because he had just experienced his master's death in his previous life, and then he was struck to death by lightning.
After experiencing the death of his loved ones and personally experiencing life and death with his memories, perhaps he only knew how to cherish things after losing them. After dying once, he cherished his life even more and had a deep fear of death.
He was anxious to start cultivating when he was five because he wanted to improve his cultivation as soon as possible. The higher his realm, the longer he could live.
After discovering the space in the spiritual pearl, this fear didn't decrease. Instead, it became stronger.
With sufficient resources to cultivate, wouldn't it be a loss if he died?
His path of cultivation had gone astray, and to a large extent, it was driven by this sense of fear.
If it weren't for his seven granduncles dying in battle and sounding the alarm for him, who knew how far he would have walked on the wrong path. Perhaps he would only wake up when he was killed by relying too much on external forces.
Fortunately, he had reflected on his actions in time. If he hadn't come to his senses and recklessly entered the Heaven Slash Mountain Range, he would have been surrounded and attacked by a group of envious loose cultivators. No matter how many talismans he had, he would still die.
It was never too late to mend the pen after the sheep were lost.
He was only twenty years old now, and his cultivation had already reached the seventh level of Qi Refinement. Among his peers, he could already be considered top-notch. His cultivation realm didn't have much pressure in this aspect.
When one was young, they had enough time to try and make mistakes. It wasn't scary to walk the wrong path. There was still a chance to return to the right path.
As for death, the more afraid of death, the easier it was to die.
Cultivation was to risk one's life. If one succeeded, they would become a sect master and even live forever. If one failed, they would just lose their lives. If one couldn't live forever, wouldn't they die sooner or later? Since they had embarked on the path of no return, they should press forward.
After thinking through all this, Wang Daoyuan's heart was suddenly enlightened. His state of mind improved greatly.
He walked to the ancient pine beside the Hidden Scriptures Tower and bowed to Wang Jize. "Greetings, Great-Grandfather."
Wang Jize was a Foundation Establishment cultivator. How could he not see the change in him? He smiled. "Little guy, you're really lucky. You can see through the confusion in your heart at such a young age.
I've long seen that you're afraid of death. It's also strange that such a young child would think so much. If you're so afraid of death, you'll form an inner demon sooner or later. It'll greatly affect your future Foundation Establishment.
Originally, I wanted to enlighten you, but the improvement of your state of mind from being enlightened by others and seeing through it by yourself are completely different. I thought that if you still couldn't see through it by the age of forty, then I would enlighten you. I didn't expect that you would be able to see through it at the age of twenty.
With this experience of seeing through the obstacles in your heart, even if you open up the Purple Palace in the future, the inner demon tribulation won't cause you much trouble.
Now that you've seen through your confusion, you should've realized that you've walked the wrong path. You want to learn a few spells to increase your strength, right? "
Wang Daoyuan was a bit shocked. As expected of a wise old man, he could even see through this.
After a long while, he finally reacted. "Great-Grandfather's eyes are indeed as bright as torches. I've indeed realized that I've walked the wrong path. I've relied too much on talismans and want to learn a few spells."
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