There was a reason why Lou Xiaoyi stopped.
Meeting on the left of the path, literally meant meeting on the side of the road. But the profoundness of the words added another layer of meaning to the left of the path.
The left and right positions of Increasing Rhythm. Left, right opposite. The path of Dao prioritizes the right, the right is supreme.
Rites: Royalty: Men from the right, women from the left. Records of Emperor Wen: Left Virtuous, Right Qi. Wei Zhao: Right is still high, left is still low.
According to the ancient ways, the right is supreme in the imperial court, hence the demotion to the left. Assisting the vassals is the left official.
By saying all this, he was giving a definition to Zuo. By extension, it gave Zuo a lot of meanings that it didn't have on the surface. For example, it was slightly inferior, unimportant, left out, considered inferior, and so on.
In the cultivation world, there was the saying of the unorthodox path, which was also the meaning.
But the path of Dao was righteous, not abandoning the unorthodox path! The path of Dao was ninety nine, leaving a line for the heavens! In Daoism, the attitude towards cultivation was never to be one-sided. To walk the path of Dao, one would also leave a small path. This was the true essence of Daoism.
As for some specific matters, there was also the saying of leaving a line for the left. For example, the question of the qualifications to enter the Innate Dao Tablet. There were many conditions, but they were all proper questions. For example, one's own cultivation level? Connections? Resources? Background? Opportunities?
But other than these, Daoism would also leave a secret door for those cultivators who could never meet the requirements. There were no fixed conditions, and no fixed time. Maybe there would be one every few years, or maybe once every hundred years. A cultivator who did not meet the requirements would be allowed to enter the Dao Tablet!
This was a kind of propaganda. The original intention was to spread the meaning of Dao, never giving up on anyone.
It was a very advanced way of thinking. It was to tell you that there would always be a path to improvement waiting for you. You could not let the lower class of cultivators lose hope!
As for who would receive such a good thing? Would it be real or fake? Or would it become a dignified excuse for high level cultivators to do favors with each other?
These were not important! What was important was that in terms of thinking, in terms of propaganda, there must be such a gap!
It was called the fate of the left of the path!
The meaning was that one should not only look at the path of Dao, but also at the side of the path, there were also opportunities!
This old man's words had a hidden meaning!
In the world of cultivation, there was nothing that could be said clearly. They wouldn't be like him and say, "Don't miss this opportunity when you're passing by." That was too vulgar! That's not true at all! In the future, even if he wrote a biography, no one would read it. It didn't have the aura of an immortal, only the stench of money.
Even if that was the truth!
Thus, he stopped in his tracks and walked over to the old man's stall to look at both the goods and the person.
In terms of people, he was just an ordinary old Foundation Building cultivator. There was no mistake about that. In terms of goods, he was just a bunch of ordinary stones.
He was not familiar with the terrain here. When he was flying in the sky, he seemed to have seen a large river. It was in the dry season, and the riverbed was half-exposed. There was a lot of sand and stones in it, and it seemed that these stones were taken from it.
But to say that they were completely worthless didn't seem right either. Nature's Spiritual Opportunity was top-notch, and the rocks in the riverbed also contained Spiritual Opportunity. Under the changes of time, different colors had appeared, and Spiritual Opportunity was faintly flowing. They shouldn't be called useless.
But in essence, these stones were defective products that had been contaminated by Spiritual Opportunity for a long time, and still hadn't turned into spirit stones. They might have turned into jadeite or jade, but they just hadn't turned into spirit stones!
In the Cultivation World's mines, stones that hadn't turned into spirit stones were just trash. Apart from looking a little better, and mortals could put them in their homes as decorations, they didn't have many other uses!
The few Foundation Building cultivators took a look and left in disappointment. They were still too young and lacked experience. They also didn't have extravagant hopes for Dao Steles, so they couldn't understand the hidden meaning in the old man's words.
The old man quietly watched the young man pick up the most beautiful stone. The five colors were evenly distributed, and the whole body was bright without a trace of impurities. It was already a top-grade jade. In the mortal world, it could be considered a family heirloom. He admired it and fiddled with it, then put it down.
Then, he picked up a pure-colored stone, which also contained the most abundant Spiritual Opportunity. He carefully felt it, then put it down.
Finally, he picked up a pure ordinary stone. It was ugly, ordinary, and swarthy.
"You like this one? You can see the true essence in the ordinary, and you can see the greatness in nature. Just like our cultivation, we will eventually reach this step! "
The old man spoke at the right time, but the young man still put it down gently. "I don't like it! I thought there was something hidden inside. Since there isn't anything, why should I like it? Pretending to be profound? Ordinary is ordinary. If I really pursue ordinary, what is the point of cultivating? What is the point of pursuing truth? "
The old man nodded. "There will always be something you like. Pick one. I have been selling here for a few days, but I haven't sold a single one yet!"
Lou Xiaoyi didn't expose him. An expert and a swindler were only one step apart. This was a game. He could see through it, but it wasn't easy to expose it. Although his actions in Tian Country weren't ostentatious, they weren't low-key either. It was normal for people to notice him. With these people's experience, it was easy for them to arrange some stories!
As for this person's cultivation, when he really paid attention to him, he had his suspicions. Naturally, he also found something different. It was a very advanced Breath Holding Technique. It was so advanced that even if he knew there was a problem, he couldn't see through it. The world was big, and there were all kinds of strange things. A profession like a swindler also required skills. It wasn't strange to be more unique in a certain aspect.
As long as it wasn't an open robbery, he had to leave some face for those who played with skills. This was his philosophy. Everyone was in the cultivation world for a living. He wasn't willing to go too far, even if he was a Swordsman.
He had his own views on good and evil. Therefore, in the eyes of cultivators like Little Meow, who had never seen the world of mortals, he was a little strange. He shouldn't blindly strike when he should strike, and dawdle when he should strike. Actually, if one really understood him, they would know that he was a person with a lot of standards. It was just that his standards were different from others.
"Old man, you're too picky when selling these things! Not opening for a few days? I don't mind opening for you once, but you have to know the price, right?
You have to know that the reason why you can't open for business may be because of the goods. But there's also another possibility, that it's because of the price? "
The old man didn't think so. "Those who think it's expensive are because they don't know what they're buying! Those who really know the business won't think it's expensive!
This old man's things, no matter which one, will be priced at one thousand purple! Buy and use as you wish! Little friend, do you think my price is expensive or not? "
Lou Xiaoyi couldn't help but laugh. This was a little unprofessional!
The price to enter the Five Elements Monument was twenty thousand in the official store, five thousand in the unscrupulous store, but your street stall changed it to one thousand? Buy and use as you wish? If the price was too low, it meant that it wasn't trustworthy! Such a simple logic, as a professional swindler, how could he not understand it?
No matter how brainless a customer was, not only would he not be fooled because of the cheap price, he would be even more vigilant. This was human nature.
He smiled and pointed at him. "Old man, with this price, you should set up a stall in front of the Dao Monument! Since it's here, you can only pay with spirit stones, and it has to be low-grade spirit stones! "
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