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Chapter 558 - Fruit Of Wisdom
Lin Mu could tell that Little Shrubby was definitely interested in the beast Qi in his hand. The way he was looking at it was of absolute attention and it would not even blink, no matter how much Lin Mu moved his hands around.
"Beast Qi really is every attractive to beasts huh..." Lin Mu muttered to himself.
He looked at little Shrubby who was still enthralled by it and coughed lightly.
~Ahem~
"So I presume you want it?" Lin Mu questioned.
"YES!!" Little Shrubby responded hurriedly.
"Okay, I’ll give it to you. But you need to tell me what effect it has on you." Lin Mu replied.
"Okay!" Little Shrubby said in an impatient tone.
Lin Mu then sent the Beast Qi flying towards Little Shrubby, who quickly sucked it in. He then closed his eyes in pleasure as if he had eaten something very delicious and his stomach was full.
"This feels good." Little Shrubby said before laying down on the ground.
"What are you doing now?" Lin Mu questioned.
"While most of what you have come up with is right, that is not all what Beast Qi does." Xukong said after thinking for a bit.
"Mm? What do you mean, senior? What did I miss?" Lin Mu questioned.
"There is one important thing you missed in this. Can you tell me what it is? It’s related to your Nine divine heart sutras too." Xukong replied.
"Related to the Nine Divine Heart Sutras?..." Lin Mu muttered before closing his eyes and thinking deeply.
About five minutes later he opened his eyes, which dawned with the light of realization.
"THE PATHS! I forgot about the Paths!" Lin Mu said.
"Indeed. And what did you exactly forget about them?" Xukong added.
"The Nurturing Heart Sutra is representative of the Beast Path and can make Beast Qi. With that relation, Beast Qi itself should also contain insights of the Beast Path." Lin Mu answered.
"That’s correct. Nearly every beast will follow the Beast Path, whether knowingly or unknowingly. Many of them will follow more than just the beast path though, they could follow some other path like the Demonic path, if they have the bloodline of demons in them.
Each path is the cumulation of the entire type of cultivation. The beast path is that of the beasts and how they cultivate. It collectively has the experience and insights of every beast that ever came into existence, whether it be a tiny worm crawling in the ground or a mighty dragon soaring through the skies.
If a beast assimilates enough beast Qi, you should know what else they would be able to do with it." Xukong explained.
Lin Mu’s eyes lit up with the spark of knowledge and he thought over senior Xukong’s words understanding that there was a lot more to Beast Qi. The only reason why he could not see it right now was his lack of experience.
He knew he could not rush it and that he would have to slowly observe the fine changes that happened in the long term.
’The fruit of wisdom is not grown in one day and a life is not lived in one day... the only way is to have a steady heart that sees all and observes all...’ Lin Mu learned.