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Hua Tuo wasn't joking when he said that Buddha was a cultivation monster. The ideas Buddha kept suggesting were things the physician had never heard of before. He followed very strictly to the books he read and marital manuals. Cultivation was something that progressed by stages through hard work and talent.
The Enlightened One didn't follow the strict conventional rules that Hua Tuo learnt. In fact, the Sage God of Medicine was wondering if he was severely outdated. He never really kept up with the times but this was just too much. It was as if Buddha told him the world was a pyramid and not a sphere as he always knew it to be.
Simply put it, Hua Tuo was overwhelmed. Buddha just came crashing into his world and pointed out everything was wrong. Now Hua Tuo didn't know what to do with the few centuries worth of cultivation he did. After toiling away for so long, Buddha came in to tell him none of those was really required. The doctor felt depression coming for him.
"The basis of cultivation is a journey about finding yourself and going further spiritually. The moment you attained immortality as a Sage God, the rules of cultivation for mortals no longer applies to you. You've never been restricted to cultivate the ways they did. Seven hundred years to develop the full network for chakra and meridians are for humans. Most of them won't live past two hundred so the method is absurd and completely ineffective."
Hua Tuo felt numb on the inside. His world turned to ice at those words. As if to rub salt into the fresh wound, Buddha added that it simply wasn't possible to begin with because he attained enlightenment without following the manual at the age of thirty-five while he was still human and did it after only forty-nine days of meditation.
The physician didn't dare to meet Buddha's eyes. He didn't know what to say. Buddha's stories were widely known to all but Hua Tuo simply never paid any heed to them. Right now, he was paying the price for his stubborn pride. If only he'd lowered his head to ask the conman for guidance, he wouldn't have wasted almost a millennium trying to get to the enlightened state.
The Enlightened One didn't comment about Hua Tuo's silence. His method of cultivation greatly differed from the Chinese philosophers. There were pros and cons about cultivating it the way Hua Tuo did but a stable foundation was not one of them.
"Don't be sad, old friend. Your time was not wasted. While the basis of enlightenment is the same, the different methods will yield different fruits. Cultivating it my way will only make you become like me. Take a look at my followers in Nirvana and you will understand."
Those gentle words were like salve to Hua Tuo's burns and the physician felt slightly better. Zero was still out and the two Sage Gods discussed details on how to break the limits for Zero who wasn't even human enough to practise cultivation in the first place.
"Well, he's already made it this far. What's a little more cheating going to do? He's not going to get hurt even if he finds out."
Hua Tuo stilled. "You mean..."
Buddha smiled. "If the eight extraordinary meridian points don't exist, we can just create them for Zero. To be more precise, we can guide him into creating them on his own."
Hua Tuo didn't know how they were going to do it but that sounded like a better idea than what he had in mind. "How are we going to pull this off?"
The Enlightened One grinned. "Remember that Zero is now the system administrator? Also, the child knows how to use chaos energy to cushion the friction between qi and mana. Not to mention, he has an affinity with all elements."
Hua Tuo nodded slowly. He still didn't know what Buddha was getting at. Being a system administrator didn't automatically mean that Zero had creation powers. As Zero's teacher, he was very aware of that fact.
The Enlightened One smiled. "Do you know what the eight extraordinary meridians are called in my method of cultivation?"
Hua Tuo shook his head. Sure, there should be similarities but what would that change at this point? Zero's body wasn't human and the boy didn't even have a soul. Cultivation was only qi manipulation for Zero at this point. He wouldn't be able to produce qi of his own just like how he wouldn't be able to produce mana of his own.
Buddha picked up a dried twig meant to build a campfire and dipped it into the water before he started to draw out something on the stone floor of the cave. Hua Tuo recognised it.
"Isn't that the Dharma Wheel?"
Buddha smiled. "Also known as the Eightfold Path. Doesn't this seem familiar with the eight extraordinary meridians? Philosophy isn't all that different. Each extraordinary meridian could be linked to one of these practices. Zero might not have a soul nor a human body to develop the physical cultivation aspects but he has emotions and intelligence, doesn't he?"
The physician nodded. Buddha made sense, this could work. However, there was no guarantee that the method would work. Zero had always been a rather intuitive learner. The doctor remembered clearly when he was teaching Zero how to master healing magic. Revival magic was the toughest stage for anyone to master and even Zero struggled with it. However, after the nightmarish days of experimenting it with no success, Zero suddenly had an awakening and never made a mistake from that day onwards when he used revival magic.
It always amazed Hua Tuo that Zero could find a solution that wouldn't work for anyone else but worked perfectly for him. The teen was always overcoming obstacles and staying true to who he was. That was one thing Hua Tuo had always struggled with. Society's expectations always pressured him back when he was a human and that feeling never disappeared even after attaining immortality. On the other hand, Buddha was like Zero. He didn't allow anyone else to influence him. In fact, Buddha kept his personality intact, unlike Hua Tuo who constantly kept himself in check, afraid of offending the more powerful Gods.
"Zero will find a way," Buddha said. His tone was so serious that Hua Tuo found himself believing the Enlightened One even if he didn't believe in himself. If it was Zero, the boy just might make it.
"We will try your method. Let me know how I could assist," the physician told Buddha who then elaborated on his plans.
The more Hua Tuo listened to Buddha's plans, the more he was convinced. If there was a confidence meter attached to the plan, Hua Tuo would give it an eight out of ten. It might be unconventional and completely went against logic but everything that his student stood for never followed logic. One must fight fire with fire sometimes and this would be one of the times Hua Tuo agreed with the saying.
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Hua Tuo wasn't joking when he said that Buddha was a cultivation monster. The ideas Buddha kept suggesting were things the physician had never heard of before. He followed very strictly to the books he read and marital manuals. Cultivation was something that progressed by stages through hard work and talent.
The Enlightened One didn't follow the strict conventional rules that Hua Tuo learnt. In fact, the Sage God of Medicine was wondering if he was severely outdated. He never really kept up with the times but this was just too much. It was as if Buddha told him the world was a pyramid and not a sphere as he always knew it to be.
Simply put it, Hua Tuo was overwhelmed. Buddha just came crashing into his world and pointed out everything was wrong. Now Hua Tuo didn't know what to do with the few centuries worth of cultivation he did. After toiling away for so long, Buddha came in to tell him none of those was really required. The doctor felt depression coming for him.
"The basis of cultivation is a journey about finding yourself and going further spiritually. The moment you attained immortality as a Sage God, the rules of cultivation for mortals no longer applies to you. You've never been restricted to cultivate the ways they did. Seven hundred years to develop the full network for chakra and meridians are for humans. Most of them won't live past two hundred so the method is absurd and completely ineffective."
Hua Tuo felt numb on the inside. His world turned to ice at those words. As if to rub salt into the fresh wound, Buddha added that it simply wasn't possible to begin with because he attained enlightenment without following the manual at the age of thirty-five while he was still human and did it after only forty-nine days of meditation.
The physician didn't dare to meet Buddha's eyes. He didn't know what to say. Buddha's stories were widely known to all but Hua Tuo simply never paid any heed to them. Right now, he was paying the price for his stubborn pride. If only he'd lowered his head to ask the conman for guidance, he wouldn't have wasted almost a millennium trying to get to the enlightened state.
The Enlightened One didn't comment about Hua Tuo's silence. His method of cultivation greatly differed from the Chinese philosophers. There were pros and cons about cultivating it the way Hua Tuo did but a stable foundation was not one of them.
"Don't be sad, old friend. Your time was not wasted. While the basis of enlightenment is the same, the different methods will yield different fruits. Cultivating it my way will only make you become like me. Take a look at my followers in Nirvana and you will understand."
Those gentle words were like salve to Hua Tuo's burns and the physician felt slightly better. Zero was still out and the two Sage Gods discussed details on how to break the limits for Zero who wasn't even human enough to practise cultivation in the first place.
"Well, he's already made it this far. What's a little more cheating going to do? He's not going to get hurt even if he finds out."
Hua Tuo stilled. "You mean..."
Buddha smiled. "If the eight extraordinary meridian points don't exist, we can just create them for Zero. To be more precise, we can guide him into creating them on his own."
Hua Tuo didn't know how they were going to do it but that sounded like a better idea than what he had in mind. "How are we going to pull this off?"
The Enlightened One grinned. "Remember that Zero is now the system administrator? Also, the child knows how to use chaos energy to cushion the friction between qi and mana. Not to mention, he has an affinity with all elements."
Hua Tuo nodded slowly. He still didn't know what Buddha was getting at. Being a system administrator didn't automatically mean that Zero had creation powers. As Zero's teacher, he was very aware of that fact.
The Enlightened One smiled. "Do you know what the eight extraordinary meridians are called in my method of cultivation?"
Hua Tuo shook his head. Sure, there should be similarities but what would that change at this point? Zero's body wasn't human and the boy didn't even have a soul. Cultivation was only qi manipulation for Zero at this point. He wouldn't be able to produce qi of his own just like how he wouldn't be able to produce mana of his own.
Buddha picked up a dried twig meant to build a campfire and dipped it into the water before he started to draw out something on the stone floor of the cave. Hua Tuo recognised it.
"Isn't that the Dharma Wheel?"
Buddha smiled. "Also known as the Eightfold Path. Doesn't this seem familiar with the eight extraordinary meridians? Philosophy isn't all that different. Each extraordinary meridian could be linked to one of these practices. Zero might not have a soul nor a human body to develop the physical cultivation aspects but he has emotions and intelligence, doesn't he?"
The physician nodded. Buddha made sense, this could work. However, there was no guarantee that the method would work. Zero had always been a rather intuitive learner. The doctor remembered clearly when he was teaching Zero how to master healing magic. Revival magic was the toughest stage for anyone to master and even Zero struggled with it. However, after the nightmarish days of experimenting it with no success, Zero suddenly had an awakening and never made a mistake from that day onwards when he used revival magic.
It always amazed Hua Tuo that Zero could find a solution that wouldn't work for anyone else but worked perfectly for him. The teen was always overcoming obstacles and staying true to who he was. That was one thing Hua Tuo had always struggled with. Society's expectations always pressured him back when he was a human and that feeling never disappeared even after attaining immortality. On the other hand, Buddha was like Zero. He didn't allow anyone else to influence him. In fact, Buddha kept his personality intact, unlike Hua Tuo who constantly kept himself in check, afraid of offending the more powerful Gods.
"Zero will find a way," Buddha said. His tone was so serious that Hua Tuo found himself believing the Enlightened One even if he didn't believe in himself. If it was Zero, the boy just might make it.
"We will try your method. Let me know how I could assist," the physician told Buddha who then elaborated on his plans.
The more Hua Tuo listened to Buddha's plans, the more he was convinced. If there was a confidence meter attached to the plan, Hua Tuo would give it an eight out of ten. It might be unconventional and completely went against logic but everything that his student stood for never followed logic. One must fight fire with fire sometimes and this would be one of the times Hua Tuo agreed with the saying.
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Hua Tuo wasn't joking when he said that Buddha was a cultivation monster. The ideas Buddha kept suggesting were things the physician had never heard of before. He followed very strictly to the books he read and marital manuals. Cultivation was something that progressed by stages through hard work and talent. The Enlightened One didn't follow the strict conventional rules that Hua Tuo learnt. In fact, the Sage God of Medicine was wondering if he was severely outdated. He never really kept up with the times but this was just too much. It was as if Buddha told him the world was a pyramid and not a sphere as he always knew it to be. Simply put it, Hua Tuo was overwhelmed. Buddha just came crashing into his world and pointed out everything was wrong. Now Hua Tuo didn't know what to do with the few centuries worth of cultivation he did. After toiling away for so long, Buddha came in to tell him none of those was really required. The doctor felt depression coming for him. "The basis of cultivation is a journey about finding yourself and going further spiritually. The moment you attained immortality as a Sage God, the rules of cultivation for mortals no longer applies to you. You've never been restricted to cultivate the ways they did. Seven hundred years to develop the full network for chakra and meridians are for humans. Most of them won't live past two hundred so the method is absurd and completely ineffective." Hua Tuo felt numb on the inside. His world turned to ice at those words. As if to rub salt into the fresh wound, Buddha added that it simply wasn't possible to begin with because he attained enlightenment without following the manual at the age of thirty-five while he was still human and did it after only forty-nine days of meditation. The physician didn't dare to meet Buddha's eyes. He didn't know what to say. Buddha's stories were widely known to all but Hua Tuo simply never paid any heed to them. Right now, he was paying the price for his stubborn pride. If only he'd lowered his head to ask the conman for guidance, he wouldn't have wasted almost a millennium trying to get to the enlightened state. The Enlightened One didn't comment about Hua Tuo's silence. His method of cultivation greatly differed from the Chinese philosophers. There were pros and cons about cultivating it the way Hua Tuo did but a stable foundation was not one of them. "Don't be sad, old friend. Your time was not wasted. While the basis of enlightenment is the same, the different methods will yield different fruits. Cultivating it my way will only make you become like me. Take a look at my followers in Nirvana and you will understand." Those gentle words were like salve to Hua Tuo's burns and the physician felt slightly better. Zero was still out and the two Sage Gods discussed details on how to break the limits for Zero who wasn't even human enough to practise cultivation in the first place. "Well, he's already made it this far. What's a little more cheating going to do? He's not going to get hurt even if he finds out." Hua Tuo stilled. "You mean..." Buddha smiled. "If the eight extraordinary meridian points don't exist, we can just create them for Zero. To be more precise, we can guide him into creating them on his own." Hua Tuo didn't know how they were going to do it but that sounded like a better idea than what he had in mind. "How are we going to pull this off?" The Enlightened One grinned. "Remember that Zero is now the system administrator? Also, the child knows how to use chaos energy to cushion the friction between qi and mana. Not to mention, he has an affinity with all elements." Hua Tuo nodded slowly. He still didn't know what Buddha was getting at. Being a system administrator didn't automatically mean that Zero had creation powers. As Zero's teacher, he was very aware of that fact. The Enlightened One smiled. "Do you know what the eight extraordinary meridians are called in my method of cultivation?" Hua Tuo shook his head. Sure, there should be similarities but what would that change at this point? Zero's body wasn't human and the boy didn't even have a soul. Cultivation was only qi manipulation for Zero at this point. He wouldn't be able to produce qi of his own just like how he wouldn't be able to produce mana of his own. Buddha picked up a dried twig meant to build a campfire and dipped it into the water before he started to draw out something on the stone floor of the cave. Hua Tuo recognised it. "Isn't that the Dharma Wheel?" Buddha smiled. "Also known as the Eightfold Path. Doesn't this seem familiar with the eight extraordinary meridians? Philosophy isn't all that different. Each extraordinary meridian could be linked to one of these practices. Zero might not have a soul nor a human body to develop the physical cultivation aspects but he has emotions and intelligence, doesn't he?" The physician nodded. Buddha made sense, this could work. However, there was no guarantee that the method would work. Zero had always been a rather intuitive learner. The doctor remembered clearly when he was teaching Zero how to master healing magic. Revival magic was the toughest stage for anyone to master and even Zero struggled with it. However, after the nightmarish days of experimenting it with no success, Zero suddenly had an awakening and never made a mistake from that day onwards when he used revival magic. It always amazed Hua Tuo that Zero could find a solution that wouldn't work for anyone else but worked perfectly for him. The teen was always overcoming obstacles and staying true to who he was. That was one thing Hua Tuo had always struggled with. Society's expectations always pressured him back when he was a human and that feeling never disappeared even after attaining immortality. On the other hand, Buddha was like Zero. He didn't allow anyone else to influence him. In fact, Buddha kept his personality intact, unlike Hua Tuo who constantly kept himself in check, afraid of offending the more powerful Gods. "Zero will find a way," Buddha said. His tone was so serious that Hua Tuo found himself believing the Enlightened One even if he didn't believe in himself. If it was Zero, the boy just might make it. "We will try your method. Let me know how I could assist," the physician told Buddha who then elaborated on his plans. The more Hua Tuo listened to Buddha's plans, the more he was convinced. If there was a confidence meter attached to the plan, Hua Tuo would give it an eight out of ten. It might be unconventional and completely went against logic but everything that his student stood for never followed logic. One must fight fire with fire sometimes and this would be one of the times Hua Tuo agreed with the saying. This is a sponsored line break announcement. If you are not reading on Webnovel then the content is stolen. 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