Lou Xiaoyi was not idling around. He did not only spend his energy on trash talking. Such trash talk had long become second nature to him and he did not need to think. Once he opened his mouth, it would come out without stopping. It was actually just a cover, a cover to cover his search for the secrets of the Eternal River!
He dressed himself up as a rogue cultivator who didn't know how to choose his words. What he wanted to hide was the truth of his technique!
His understanding of the river was far above most people! It could be that his knowledge came from a certain time and space in his previous life, hence there were similarities!
It was not entirely true to say that the river was unbearable! Any river in any human domain would have a beautiful section, but there would also be some sections that were extremely dirty. They could not be categorized as a whole because it would be unfair.
Floating corpses could be found everywhere. However, in the Eternal River, in the Heng River Boundary, it was indeed the best place for a believer to die. This was also a fact.
The rich and powerful could of course do it more gloriously and magnificently. However, for the commoners at the bottom, if they were still devout believers, they would really be waiting for their deaths by the river. Their wishes had been fulfilled!
As for what would happen to the Mother River after their deaths, who would care about that?
In the Eternal River Scroll, there were three types of souls!
The weakest kind were the believers. Their hearts were in the Holy River, but due to various reasons, they were unable to offer their bodies to the Mother River. Their souls would eventually drift into the Eternal River, becoming the weakest, but also the largest group of people.
There was another type of believers. After they died and cremated, their ashes would be thrown into the Eternal River. Hence, their souls were slightly stronger. There were many souls in this group.
The most powerful souls were the Zealots who threw themselves into the Eternal River before their deaths. Their bodies were either devoured by the aquatic creatures in the Eternal River before or after their deaths, so they became the most powerful souls. This was especially true for those who threw themselves into the river before their deaths. After experiencing great pain and suffering, their souls returned to the Western Paradise, leaving behind the most powerful souls.
Pain could stimulate the soul! It was said that this kind of self-burial was the closest to the teachings. It was the easiest way to rise to a higher level in the next life.
Lou Xiaoyi's Yin Spirit could feel countless souls pouncing on his body! However, he couldn't reject them. No matter what kind of spiritual power he used, he couldn't completely reject the approach of these human souls who were also spiritual entities!
This allowed him to quickly understand Heng River cultivator's intentions. This was why he and this guy were inseparable, and why they had to stick together!
Since he couldn't use force, he needed to use smarter methods. Since the orthodoxy of the Henghe Realm was also a part of Buddhism, no matter if it was a branch or the source, there would always be similarities. And he was a rare Daoist who was proficient in Buddhist techniques. This was where his advantage lay!
He was trying to use all sorts of Dao Realm powers to control these densely packed souls. Even if they were mortal souls, under the nourishment of the Mother River, they were indestructible existences.
Just as he expected, all of the Dao Realms were useless except for Merit and Impermanence!
Lou Xiaoyi knew that he would never be able to compare to this cultivator in terms of knowledge of the Heng River System. Therefore, he shouldn't compete with him in terms of knowledge. He needed a smarter method.
There was a time limit, before he completely slowed down.
He also knew that when using these souls, he couldn't rely on common sense and encourage the souls who were at the bottom of society! People like Chen Sheng and Wu Guang couldn't exist in such a religious system!
The more the soul suffered in the previous life, the more fanatical they were and the more they supported this system. This was because they had finished their suffering and were going to have a better life in the next life!
It was a very strange way of thinking, but it was deeply ingrained. The reason why the two Peacock Yang Gods became slower and slower in the Eternal River was that they didn't quite understand this basic principle that completely went against the trend of normal human thinking. Therefore, the more they struggled, the more souls surrounded them, and the slower they became.
Lou Xiaoyi was also struggling, but his struggle was more targeted. He understood the strange nature of this Heng River System better! Why was it strong? What was its weakness?
Because they were all spiritual entities, they still had the most basic communication with these mortal souls of the Heng River. Even if this communication was a bit messy, you couldn't imagine the pain when you faced trillions of voices.
In this chaos, he discovered a very interesting phenomenon: the Eternal River, as the sacred river of the Heng River Boundary, didn't have a single cultivator's soul?
This was somewhat inconceivable! With this kind of orthodoxy, everyone was obsessed with their own religion. The cultivators should be the ones who benefited the most. It didn't make sense that after they died, they didn't come to the sacred river to stay.
Not a single one, this wasn't normal!
How could a River Diagram without a cultivator's soul be refined into an Acquired Spiritual Treasure? Because all living beings were equal? Because they valued ordinary mortals more? What a joke, how could these orthodox Daoist thoughts exist in a orthodoxy like the Heng River Boundary? They were the most particular about social class. How could they be left out when there were benefits?
There was only one reason! That Heng River Boundary's Bohol purposely extracted the souls of the cultivators in the Eternal River. His method was very simple. People who didn't understand the Heng River Boundary might not be able to understand it even if they thought about it for a lifetime. But to him, it was just extracting the Eternal River's soul!
Yes, it must be like this! The Eternal River's soul that Bohol extracted was actually the souls of all the cultivators in the sacred river. The two were the same thing!
Then the question was, why did Bohol do this? What benefits did it have for him?
Lou Xiaoyi felt that he had already come into contact with the edge of the truth. He was just a little bit away from finding out where this Heng River Boundary cultivator's life gate was!
What could it be?
He quickly thought about all the inconceivable aspects of this orthodoxy. A thought flashed through his mind …
This was a lowly cultivator!
It couldn't be wrong! Only a lowly cultivator would be so wary of the Eternal River's soul! Wary of the Eternal River's soul's restriction on him! He had always found it strange. Even if it was to show his impartiality, very few cultivators were willing to extract the soul from their treasures. That meant that the treasures would lose all control and would only be able to operate by instinct! As time passed, who knew what kind of harm it would cause?
Due to the time limit of this battle, Bohol wasn't too worried about losing control of the Eternal River's Scroll. Thus, he borrowed the authority of his sect to extract the Eternal River's soul so that he could move freely in the Eternal River!
Such a strange action would be inconceivable in other realms, but in a place like the Heng River Boundary, it was completely possible!
Cultivators with high surnames and low realms had a higher status than those with low surnames and high realms!
With this judgment, he had a direction to take. Lou Xiaoyi revealed a mischievous smile. Hehe, in the Eternal River, it wasn't only the souls of cultivators that were divided into different levels. Even the souls of ordinary people were divided into different levels!
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