I am cultivating immortality in the chaotic world.

Chapter 286 "I'm not a rotten fruit. I'm just peeling it."

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Chen Lu narrowed his eyes slightly and remained silent, not saying a word. He was just thinking about what Gui Fo had just said. He did not have a very high degree of trust in Gui Fo, and for the time being he could not tell whether what he said was true or false.

But it doesn't sound like it's made up, but rather has some basis.

However, as far as he knew, such a path to immortality should not exist in the fifth-grade immortal world. This meant that during the heyday of this strange Buddha, he must have existed at least in the sixth-grade immortal world. However, no one knew why he had fallen to the point of looking for opportunities in the first-grade continent.

If what the strange Buddha said is true.

Is the competition in the high-quality continent a little too fierce? One rule only allows one person to reach the highest position. There are so many continents, but only so many supreme positions can be born. The fighting among them is hundreds of times more intense than when they are born.

"What are the rules?"

Fei Long, who was sitting next to him, was no longer sarcastic. He was somewhat attracted by these words. After thinking for a while, he said, "This rule is similar to selecting an entry. There is a framework, and you can choose the rules you want to follow."

"Or is this rule self-created?"

“I created it myself.”

"Isn't this a bit too confusing?" Fei Long frowned and said, "For example, if I set a rule that you must eat three bowls of shit every day, can I still rely on this rule to reach the highest position?"

"Shit Fairy?"

"No one will compete with me for this rule, right? Even if someone does, what about four bowls? Forty bowls? Forty thousand bowls?"

“Is this a loophole in the rules?”

"right."

The Patriarch of the Bai Family at the side also wondered, "Although I have never heard of this, I think there may be such a thing in the high-level fairyland. If there is no framework to determine what the rules are, and the rules are completely created by oneself, there are simply too many loopholes to exploit. It is entirely possible to imagine a rule that will have almost no competitors."

"For example, for example, you have to cut off a large piece of flesh every day. I believe that apart from the people of Qitian Continent, few others can do this. Wouldn't this greatly reduce the competition?"

"Or some more rare and difficult to complete rules?"

"not like this."

Gui Fo sighed and shook his head helplessly: "It would be great if things were that simple. First of all, this fat brother, is the rule you mentioned okay?"

"Row."

"Of course, the rules you have to follow are created by you. You can follow whatever rules you want."

"But first you have to remember that the rules must be followed at all times. Are you sure you can stay awake every day? What if you get injured and fall asleep? What if you practice in seclusion?"

"Secondly, this rule does exist, and there are indeed people who are prepared to use this rule to prove their truth, but there are many competitors."

"Of course the most important point is——"

The strange Buddha paused for a moment before continuing, "You can reach the highest point by any rule, but even if it is the same highest point, the combat power is different. The stronger the rule, the stronger the combat power."

"Those who use some unconventional rules to prove their truth will become weaker in combat."

"When you go to the high-level fairyland, there will be a ranking list. The ranking list clearly marks which rules have the strongest combat power after proving the Tao."

"My "Equivalent Exchange" ranks 78th, which is a pretty good ranking. As for the one you mentioned, I have never seen it in the first thousand."

Fei Long wanted to refute the fat brother mentioned by Gui Fo, but he forgot about it at this time and subconsciously asked: "Who is ranked first?"

People always subconsciously focus on the first one.

Our eyes always subconsciously look towards the first place, so whenever a ranking list appears, we may not remember the second place, but we will definitely remember the first place.

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The strange Buddha was silent for a long time before he said softly: "The first one is 'loyalty to love'."

"WTF?"

Fei Long was stunned for a moment, unable to react. Then he couldn't help but raise his voice: "Be loyal to love? The path to immortality has to be related to love? Do I have to love someone if I want to become the strongest?"

"Ah."

Weird Buddha nodded and said in a complicated way: "In fact, the top 30 in this ranking are all under the rule of non-active interference."

"For example, equal exchange, these are rules that we can actively intervene in."

"But being loyal to love is different. This is an act that cannot be actively interfered with. Love is love, and not love is not love. Those who can reach this stage and prepare to pursue the highest position basically have a lifespan of hundreds of thousands of years."

"Within tens of thousands of years."

"Love someone."

"No matter if the other person betrays you or not, no matter if the other person is alive or dead, no matter what happens in the world, you have to love this person and follow your heart to love this person. This is a rule that is almost impossible to achieve."

“It’s too difficult.”

"And the strength of one's combat power after reaching the highest position is also determined by the difficulty of the rules. This rule is naturally the most difficult."

“The second one is ‘fairness’.”

"Observe absolute fairness. Not only do you have to be fair yourself, but when you see something unfair, you have to step forward to make it fair. This is a rule that will kill you."

"Because in many cases, if you obey fairness, you will die, and if you don't obey fairness, your path to immortality will be cut off."

"Whether it's 'fairness' or 'equivalent exchange', it's all based on your own perception. In other words, there is no perfect standard for judgment. If you think it's fair, then it's really fair."

"You can't hypnotize your heart. Everything must be done according to your most primitive instinct."

"certainly--"

Perhaps sensing the heavy atmosphere, the strange Buddha said awkwardly, "This is a bit too far away. This is something that will only exist after the sixth-grade immortal realm. And if you follow the rules, you will get a corresponding related entry every 1 year, 10 years, 100 years, 1000 years, 10000 years, etc. The entry level also starts with blue, and then purple, red, gold, and colorful."

"The effect of the entry is also linked to the selected rules."

"After all, not everyone follows the rules in order to reach the highest position."

"Most people have never thought about this. It's too far away."

"Almost all people follow certain rules simply to obtain an exclusive seven-color entry ten thousand years later, so the rules they choose are often the ones that suit them best. For example, many physical cultivators will choose rules that help them temper their bodies, while some alchemy cultivators will choose rules related to alchemy tasks, and so on."

"therefore."

"If your goal is not very clear, and you are aiming for the highest position with the lowest combat power, if you really determine the entry, congratulations, ten thousand years later you will obtain a colorful entry that is strongly related to this rule."

“I don’t know what the effect will be, but I think it might improve your taste, or make every bite you eat more valuable or something like that.

"What about 10 years?" The scholar at the side asked curiously, "What entry will be obtained after years? A seven-color entry of the highest quality?"

"Pfft."

The strange Buddha couldn't help laughing out loud, and rolled his eyes at the scholar: "You are really daring to think of a perfect seven-color entry. Do you know what a perfect seven-color entry is? It is something that is beyond your reach."

"It's something I dare not even think about when I sleep."

"But if you want to know whether one hundred thousand years can be exchanged for a rare and colorful entry, I'm not sure. But so far, I haven't seen anyone live for more than a hundred thousand years. Maybe it's because my vision is too low."

"Hey." Fei Long interrupted, "Wait, you just said that after reaching that position, the average lifespan is hundreds of thousands of years."

"The average lifespan is hundreds of thousands, but that doesn't mean you can really live that long. For example, 30,000 years ago, a disaster struck the entire world. That disaster happened a long time ago, and there is no record of it in history, but a little bit of it remains."

The strange Buddha said seriously, "That is, no one has ever seen anyone from 30,000 years ago alive today."

"Logically speaking, with the cultivation level of these strong men, their lifespans are hundreds of thousands of years, so it's easy for them to live to this day. But since the end of the disaster, the longest-lived person has lived for nearly 30,000 years."

“That disaster was like”

"It's just like"

Weird Buddha didn't know how to describe it for a moment, but suddenly noticed Xiong Gao who was peeling fruit nearby. His eyes suddenly lit up: "Yes, it's just like that. The disaster was like forcibly peeling off the rotten part of the fruit."

"that."

Noticing that everyone's eyes were focused on him, Xiong Gao's voice trembled for a moment, and he raised the apple in his hand: "This is not a rotten fruit, I'm just peeling it."

“It’s just an example.”

The strange Buddha's voice called everyone's attention back: "So if you say that following a certain rule for 100,000 years will result in a rare seven-color entry, it's hard to say. In theory, there is a high possibility, but the prerequisite is that you have to live that long."

"And since I've lived for a hundred thousand years, I don't think I'd need a rare seven-color entry like this."

"still have a question."

Fei Long raised his hand again and said, "You just said that there are strong and weak people in the highest position, but we are already in the highest position, isn't that the end of the immortal road? How can there still be a distinction between the strong and the weak?"

"hehe."

The strange Buddha shook his head helplessly and smiled bitterly: "What are you talking about? Even the Thunder God and Thunder Goddess have strengths and weaknesses, not to mention the Supreme Position. The Supreme Position only meets the threshold to enter a certain plane. In the end, you still have to compete again. I don't know the specific goal of the competition."

"I am only a sixth-rank immortal, and I don't know much."

"This is something that only higher-level immortals can know."

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Chen Lu sat aside and didn't interrupt, just listened quietly, but his heart was becoming more and more eager to improve his cultivation. He was now in the middle stage of fusion, and he had always felt quite satisfied.

This level of cultivation is already very good.

Coupled with his combat power, it would be easy for him to defeat a Mahayana cultivator.

but now.
He was a little impatient to break through to the Mahayana stage, then break through to the Tribulation Crossing stage, and finally break through to ascend to the Immortal Realm and become a human immortal. The cultivation level of the Fusion stage was good, but it was still a long way from revealing the specific composition of this world.

He had a very strong premonition.

Thirty thousand years ago, this number was mentioned too many times.

In addition, he has discovered many unusual things about the Chaotian Sect over the years. It is very likely that the three words "Chaotian Sect" contain many secrets, and the Chaotian Sect is not as simple as a sect built by a time traveler in the Xuantian Continent 30,000 years ago.

Don’t say anything else.

Just say a little bit.

So far, he only knows of two places where travelers have descended.

One is Xuantian Continent, and the other is Daxia Kingdom. After Chaotian Sect left Xuantian Continent, no more time travelers came to Xuantian Continent. They all came to Daxia Kingdom. Why do time travelers only land in Daxia Kingdom?

Maybe, maybe.
He couldn't figure this out for the time being.

But he was clear about one thing, that is, the Great Xia Kingdom was not just an ordinary "Land of Prisoners of Heaven". He had never heard of any other "Land of Prisoners of Heaven" giving birth to time travelers. He would return to the Great Xia Kingdom after some time.

When his cultivation broke through to the God Transformation stage, he went to the entrance of the small world of the Great Xia Kingdom, but was unable to enter.

Now that his cultivation has reached the fusion stage, he should be able to break down the entrance this time.

As for the rules mentioned by the strange Buddha, he has not yet figured out what rules he will follow. According to his temperament, he has always liked to choose the best, and his goal is naturally the rule of "being loyal to love".

but.
This rule is a bit too much.

Loving a woman for tens of thousands of years?

He thought it was difficult for him to do this. People are not afraid of seeing their dark side, but they are afraid of not having a correct understanding of themselves. At least he was clearly sure at this moment that it was impossible for him to love a woman for tens of thousands of years.

Taking a step back, choose the second rule: “fairness”?
That sounds ridiculous too.

It also doesn't suit him very well.

None of these rules suit him. If he has to choose a rule, he prefers to use "follow your heart". However, his "follow your heart" means he can do whatever he wants. After following the rule of "follow your heart", he will not be able to do whatever he wants completely. This is also against his original intention.

If you really follow his idea, he will not abide by any rules. He doesn't want to abide by anyone's rules, which makes him feel like there is a machete hanging over his head that may fall at any time.

He doesn't like this feeling.

but.
It seems that when one's cultivation reaches a certain level, this step must be accepted.

at this time--

The Patriarch of the Bai Family, who had been thinking for a long time, asked, "If one's cultivation reaches this level, does one have to abide by certain rules?"

"Yes."

The strange Buddha nodded affirmatively: "If you want to go further, you must abide by certain rules. Otherwise, you don't even have an admission ticket. How can you continue to compete?"

"Of course, nothing is absolute."

"If you are lucky enough to meet those who broke out of the Heavenly Prisoner Land and devour their flesh and blood, you won't have to take this path."

"The Prisoner's Land is an extremely special place. It will baptize all those imprisoned there, and this baptism will make them no longer controlled by the Heavenly Dao. After you devour their flesh and blood, you will be able to obtain the same effect. You can enter the competition hall without this ticket."

"but."

"It is as difficult to break out of the Prisoner's Land as it is to become an immortal overnight. It is almost impossible, and catching such a person is even more impossible. Even if someone does occasionally escape from the Prisoner's Land, the powerful forces in the high-level immortal world will go all out to catch this person at all costs. Ordinary people like us won't even be able to get a bowl of soup."

"So this road is basically hopeless, so we can only take this popular road."

The moment the words fell.

Feilong sighed helplessly, and the scholar shook his head looking a little discouraged. Chen Lu took the peeled apple from Master Xiong without any expression on his face.

Everyone acted very calm.

But inside, the corners of his mouth had already started twitching wildly.

I heard this statement from Badan last time, and now I heard a similar statement from Guifo.

They thought they were Sun Wukong, who had gone through 81 trials and tribulations and finally achieved victory. But after a long time, they found out that they were the escaped Tang Monk, and everyone was eager to get their hands on their flesh and blood.

And he is not a Tang Monk.

But a group.

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Chen Lu silently took a bite of the apple in his hand, and began to think in his heart. He must find some means to hide the secrets in his heart. What if someone has some means to see through other people's inner thoughts, or directly extract their souls, then he will be completely exposed.

After Chaotian Zong and others went to the high-level fairyland, they tried to leave the small world as little as possible.

Keep a low profile and develop.

At least according to what Badan and Guifo said, once this matter is exposed, it will not be a small fight, but all the major forces in the high-level fairy world will be mobilized.

is equivalent to.
It is equivalent to that they have already obtained the qualification to compete for the final hall. As long as they have reached a certain level of cultivation, all of them can naturally enter the competition hall without having to compete with anyone.

It's not just him, Chen Lu, but all the people who left the Great Xia Kingdom.

However, he was the only one who broke out. Feilong and others were brought out. It is not known whether Feilong and others count as such. There is no way to conduct experiments to confirm this for the time being.

"Chen Yu."

The strange Buddha looked at Chen Lu and shook his head. When he was about to say something, he was suddenly interrupted by Chen Lu.

"Chen Yu?"

Chen Yu suddenly laughed and stared into the eyes of the strange Buddha: "I don't think I have told you that my name is Chen Yu."

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Gui Fo was slightly stunned, but he quickly reacted and pointed at Fei Long: "Did he call you Brother Swim?"

"Last name?"

The strange Buddha pointed at the head of the Bai family and said, "He called you Master Chen before, right in front of me in the ancestral hall. Doesn't this add up to Chen Lu?"

After the explanation, the strange Buddha looked at Chen Yu and his group who were looking at him calmly. After the corners of his mouth twitched slightly for a while, he sighed and said, "Okay, I admit that I lied. The first time I saw you, I knew you were Chen Yu."

"but."

"The rule I follow is equal exchange. Is it understandable to lie occasionally?"

"Although I have been staying in the Peihong continent, we, the demon race, have our own means of communication. Chen Yu, you are very famous in this continent, so I have naturally heard of you."

"I have great respect for you."

"Although I used to have a higher level of cultivation than you, your upper limit is definitely stronger than mine. As long as you give me time, your upper limit will definitely surpass my former self. This is why I don't want to fight you and want to sit down and have a serious chat with you."

"First, I don't want to offend you, and second, I want to make friends with you."

"Otherwise, I am also a member of the evil spirits. How could I be so easy to talk to? Even if I am indeed defeated by you today, I can still escape if I want to."

"Then why didn't you tell me at the beginning?" Feilong frowned.

"Silly!"

Gui Fo said seriously: "Of course I didn't know it, so I looked sincere. If I knew he was Chen Yu, and I came up to him, wouldn't it show that I was too utilitarian?"

"Then why are you saying it now?"

"It's better to be utilitarian than to have the intention to harm others. Looking at your eyes, I'm worried that you might misunderstand."

"is it?"

The Patriarch of the Bai Family said thoughtfully, "There are many strange Buddhas like you in the Qitian Continent. Are they your clones? Or your clan members?"

"Clan members."

The strange Buddha said with a serious face: "I am relatively easy to talk to, but if you meet my people, it is better to stay away from them as soon as possible. Although I have to admit that most evil demons are rather irritable and vicious."

"And my people are easy to identify, they all look like me."

"Most of the time, he is in a semi-comatose sleep in the form of a statue."

"If it is a strange Buddha who stays in the first-grade continent or the second-grade continent, of course we have nothing to fear. It may be okay for those in the third-grade continent or the fourth-grade continent, but the strange Buddhas above that are all extremely terrifying."

"The reason I'm telling you all this is because I hope you won't be harmed by the strange Buddha in the future, so as not to destroy the relationship between us and make me bear the hatred."

"Eh."

The Patriarch of the Bai Family rolled up his sleeves and asked curiously, "It has always been known to everyone that people who possess strange Buddhas do not have a good ending in the end, but no one knows what happened in detail. Tell me about it."

"What is that string of thirty-one beads in the right hand of your Weird Buddha?"

"Can it help the host realize thirty-one wishes?"

"Since you want flesh and blood, why do you require it to be only the host's own flesh and blood? Can't someone else's flesh and blood be used?"

"Let's do this"

The strange Buddha hesitated for a moment, and after a long time he spoke: "Although I have admired Chen Yu for a long time and really want to build a good relationship with Chen Yu, this matter concerns the secrets of the "evil demon" clan, which cannot be disclosed."

"Once revealed, it will be a fatal blow to the entire "evil" clan."

"This is a matter of race fate. Although the demons were completely defeated last time and lost the qualification to compete in the "race battlefield", and even lost their own continent, they still have the qualification to linger on."

“I can only reveal a little bit.”

"That is, before the twentieth bead is lit up, the host still has a chance of survival. If there is a strong person willing to help, the host can be saved. But if the twentieth bead is lit up, even if the Immortal Emperor comes, he will be helpless."

"usually."

"Most strange Buddhas will abide by the rule of "equivalent exchange", and can only satisfy wishes within their own capabilities. Strange Buddhas have the ability to transmit information and items across different continents, and it is through this ability that most wishes can be satisfied."

“Although these weird Buddhas don’t have very good tempers, they at least abide by the rules.”

"As for the remaining strange Buddhas, they have completely entered the devil's way and strengthened their own strength by absorbing the host's will power and flesh and blood."

"Isn't it right?"

Fei Long asked in confusion: "Didn't you say that those who abide by the same rules are mortal enemies? If you all follow the "equal exchange" principle, won't you exterminate your own race in the future?"

"hehe."

The strange Buddha laughed dryly and said, "You're overthinking. You have to reach a high enough position before you will regard players of the same level who abide by the same rules as your mortal enemy. If there is a strange Buddha in the "evil" race who can really reach such a position, all the strange Buddhas will willingly make way for him."

"This will be the glory of the race, and it will also allow the "evil" race to shine again."

“How can there be competition?”

"understood."

Chen Yu nodded slightly, then narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at the strange Buddha in front of him and said with a smile: "Can all strange Buddhas ignore the mainland and transmit information and items to each other?"

to be honest.

He was somewhat tempted. He did not know the strength of this race, otherwise he really wanted to bring this race under his command.

This ability, when taken alone, does not actually provide much advantage to a race.

But if paired with him, it would be a sure win!

The strange Buddha also reacted instantly and laughed dryly a few times: "In fact, it is not too accurate. For example, we now have a strange Buddha who has been unable to contact. We can't transmit information or items. We don't even know which continent the other party is on. There are still some loopholes."

No matter how weak the "evil demons" are, they are still a race. How can they be subordinate to others?

Besides, this matter was not something he could decide alone.

these years.

There were many people who wanted their "evil demon" clan to become their subordinates, and there were even many high-level immortal forces among them, who were more suitable than Chen Lu, but they did not agree. If they wanted to revive their race, they had to first ensure the independence of their race.

If you become a dependency of others, you will never be able to revive in your lifetime.

"last question."

Fei Long raised his finger and said, "How do you pass on your skills among the evil demons? It doesn't look like you can have children."

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The corner of Gui Fo's mouth twitched slightly: "This is also a racial secret, and I can't tell you."

"What can you say?"

"Haven't I said enough? I've said everything I could say."

"Besides Weird Buddha, do you have your own name?"

"Have."

"what is it call?"

"Grinding stone."

(End of this chapter)