Although the "stories" in the "Secret Code of Peace" could enlighten people and stimulate their imaginations, there was only one key problem for all the people in this age who had already become knights and were well-deserved top forces in this age in the "Secret Code of Peace".
How could they make further progress after sage-level knights?
As for the far-ancient legends and secrets such as deities, immortals, Taoists, sages and wise men, if they couldn't solve this problem in front of all the knights, if they couldn't kill the demon army in the west bank of Weishui River, if they couldn't become more powerful, if they couldn't dominate the world by robbing money, land and women, everything would be useless. They could only be regarded as myths and dreamers' dreams. There were so many similar myths on every continent. However, what really determined this world was knights instead of those things in far-ancient legends. The power system of knights, the social relations and various superstructures based on the power system of knights, including the confrontation between humans and demons, were still indestructible.
Knights were the most realistic, powerful and rational group of people in this world. Zhang Tie was also realistic and rational. He would not be easily lost in those far-ancient legends.
After skimming over the "Secret Code of Peace", Zhang Tie withdrew his spiritual energy from that piece of crystal as he gradually recovered his composure. Closely after that, he asked Yun Zhongzi, "You're already a sage-level knight, standing on the top of all the knights. Now that you've sensed a bottleneck, do you know the method to break through this bottleneck?"
"I don't know either. After promoting to a sage-level knight, you're already standing on the top of the mountain. You couldn't see any higher mountain peak …" Yun Zhongzi let out a sigh as he continued, "Each sage-level knight knows that it's lonely at the top. As long as a sage-level knight is completely consolidated, each sage-level knight could sense the transparent ceiling above his head. You could touch the ceiling, which is firm and unsurmountable. There seems to be another world above it. You could only look around blankly. You could only see clouds and mountains; however, you couldn't find any ladder or road to climb up. You might experience that helplessness and confusion in the future …"
"There's no road above sage-level knight?"
"Yes, there's no road above sage-level knight. None of the classics could tell you what's above sage-level knight!"
After being silent for a short while, Zhang Tie suddenly burst out into laughter as if he was pretty happy. Yun Zhongzi watched him with a dumbfounded look as he didn't know why Zhang Tie would be so happy after hearing that sage-level knights couldn't cultivate at all. Even Yun Zhongzi himself had been thinking about it since he touched the ceiling. Therefore, Yun Zhongzi couldn't let go of it and couldn't forget it.
"Head, why are you so happy?"
"Hahaha, of course, I'm happy. It's a good news …" Zhang Tie burst out into laughter as he almost danced with joy, "There's no road after sage-level knight. It's a good news. It means that those old guys who have promoted to sage-level knights … ahem … ahem … sorry, not including you. After promoting to sage-level knights, their battle strength would not improve much even after 1,000 years. Sage-Level knights are the plain of their battle strength. They're waiting for me. When I promote to a sage-level knight, as long as my realm stabilizes, I could do whatever I want with the help of my means as a divine dominator. By then, no old guy would dare to criticize me anymore. Don't you think I should be happy? Previously, I was worried that some old monsters would appear in the top six sects. Now, even though they're sage-level knights, they could only wait for me in the sage-level realm. In the future, they have to follow my orders. How could I not be happy?"
"Head, aren't you worried about that?" Yun Zhongzi widely opened his eyes as he watched Zhang Tie like watching an alien, "Given your aptitude, battle strength and resources, you would promote to a sage-level knight sooner or later. By then, head, you would have no way to cultivate and could not climb to a higher realm anymore!"
"Do people live for climbing to a higher realm?" Zhang Tie hid his smile as he asked Yun Zhongzi seriously.
"Of course, it's true for knights and cultivators like us!"
"Why do we climb to a higher realm then?"
"Of course, we could become more and more powerful and be free for the universal laws one day!" Yun Zhongzi answered without demur.
"Be free for the universal laws, that's a good reason!" Zhang Tie revealed a faint sneer at his mouth corners as he said, "According to the Secret Code of Peace, if it's true, deities or those far-ancient deities are the highest realm that we could reach, do you think those deities or deities who could travel across the stars, break the void, change the sky and the earth by waving their hands and create various lives at their will are already free?"
"Of course!"
"Then why are there still wars among divine gods? Why are Gong Gong and Zhu Rong still fighting against each other? Since there are wars and battles, it means that those divine gods aren't omnipotent, and they can't do whatever they want at any time. If they truly lived in a state of complete freedom and abundance, if they truly had the freedom of the great Dao, they wouldn't be fighting against each other, wouldn't be enemies, and wouldn't need to destroy each other to make themselves more comfortable or to prove anything. Am I right?"
Yun Zhongzi became stunned as he had not imagined that Zhang Tie could look at this issue from this perspective. However, he couldn't refute Zhang Tie's words at all. If people could become deities, now that deities had to fight and kill each other, it indicated that deities didn't live a good life. What's the point of pursuing such a realm?
"That's why people don't live to climb to a higher realm, because it's a path of no return that you may never reach. If you can reach that point, others can also reach that point. Then you two will dislike each other and PK each other, killing each other all day long. What's the point of that? Is that the purpose of a person's life?"
"Head, what do you think people are living for?" Yun Zhongzi asked back unconvinced.
Zhang Tie shrugged as he replied, "It's very simple. People live for a better life. As long as they could live a better life for themselves and their loved ones. There are many states and levels of a better life. At the very least, they could not be bullied or oppressed by others; they didn't have to worry about losing their lives; they could live a dignified life with adequate clothes and food; they could stay with their loved ones and family members. As for me, this is the meaning of living. It would be better if more people could live such a good life besides themselves. Don't we cultivate for the right to live a better life by fighting demons? At least for now, as for me, as long as I promote to a sage-level knight, I would be able to achieve all this. I would not find any opponent who could match me anymore. Therefore, as for me, the road of cultivation after sage-level knight doesn't matter at all. It's good news for me. I don't care about the age of deities, immortals or immortals. After all, demons and I don't have such an age. We're even. Don't envy each other. As long as I could be the boss of this age and promote to a sage-level knight, I don't care about those things in far-ancient times. Besides deities, according to the legend, Pangu is the creator of the universe. Do I practice axes now? Even if I practice it now, I can't possibly become as big as Pan Gu in a million years. If I die, I'll probably be nothing but a pile of ashes. Maybe I still have a few roundworms in my stomach. It's impossible for me to evolve the sun, the moon, the stars, the mountains, the rivers, and the earth, don't you think so? "(To be continued)
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