Tang Thirty Six saw his eyes and knew he misunderstood. He stood up and walked to the window and glanced at the countless stars in the night sky. Tang Thirty Six was silent for a moment and said, “Xiuxing is like rowing a boat in an opposite stream. It will get harder and harder as you progress. Although I have already entered the peak of Meditation stage and my achievement may seem outstanding ……that barrier is hard to cross.”
Chen Chang Sheng was silent.
When he was in the old temple of Xi Ning Village, he knew nothing about xiuxing. Now that he had already studied for half a year in Tradition Academy, he knew what Tang Thirty Six wanted to say. But since he was yet to enter Purification, his distance to that barrier was still vast. Therefore, he never really thought about it.
It will be harder and harder to progress in the path of xiuxing, and it will get even more dangerous. From the inner sense of Meditation to the Heartseek stage was the first mountain that xiuxingists needed to climb. From that point onwards, xiuxingists climb an ever sloping mountain. However, most people fail at the first mountain because the xiuxingists at that time are inexperienced.
Countless years ago, the Scroll of the Way appeared in the world and people’s wisdom expanded. Humans began to xiuxing, and in countless years, countless geniuses appeared. Some of them were able to reach Purification and Meditation stage when they were youngsters, but they failed in front of the Heartseek barrier. They paid with their lives.
Those geniuses were just like Tang Thirty Six, their names were on the Honor Roll of Green Cloud and they were recognized by the world. But if they didn’t cross that barrier and died, within a short time, their names would be forgotten by the people in this continent and their spot would be filled by new youngsters.
Why are Qiu Shan Jun, Xu You Rong, Gou Han Shi and even earlier, Mo Yu, Tian Hai Sheng Xue treated as true geniuses and are treated specially by the elder generation? Because they were able to cross the barrier of Heartseek when they were very young.
These people were able to cross the most difficult stage. Although they could still fall during the path of xiuxing and their souls could vanish, the possibility of them becoming truly powerful xiuxingists was more probable than anyone else’s.
Tang Thirty Six didn’t want to die, neither did he want to be forgotten. In order to enter meditation stage and claim victory at next year’s Great Trial, in order to rank up in the Honor Roll of Green Cloud, he left his hometown to go to the capital and study at the Heavenly Academy.
Only truly prestigious factions and academies like the Heavenly Academy and Mountain Li’s Sword Sect could provide their students with the best resources to increase their chance of breaking the barrier.