But after looking at the temple for a long time, Bai Ye turned around and left again, and then the temple disappeared again. This time, the voice sounded again and asked, "Why don't you go in?"
"I would like to ask a question." Bai Ye answered calmly.
After a while, the voice appeared again, "What do you want to ask?"
"If one can make progress by practicing Taoism, then where is the Tao in the sea? Since there is Tao in the sea, what is the difference between practicing Taoism and not practicing Taoism?" Bai Ye asked with a faint smile, but he confirmed his guess in his mind.
This sea of clouds is an illusion. In fact, there are paths under their feet! They are all paths leading to the Shinto Temple, but she can't see them, and even everyone who has stepped into the sea of clouds can't see them, so they keep going around in circles and can't get in.
In fact, the Shinto temple is right in front of you!
“Swish!”
As soon as Bai Ye asked the question, the sea of clouds surged towards her, as if to swallow her up! But no matter how turbulent the sea of clouds was, Bai Ye just stood there with a faint smile, neither resisting nor fighting back.
"Don't you see the way in the sea? How can you see the way without practicing?" At the same time, a phantom suddenly appeared in front of Bai Ye and questioned.
"Tao is Tao, it is Tao itself, so why do we need to practice Tao?" Bai Ye answered calmly, but in his heart he felt a strong curiosity about the phantom in front of him.
"You have a good understanding." After a long time, the phantom spoke again. It did not deny Bai Ye's words because Bai Ye's understanding was correct.
This sea of clouds is all illusion, and the Shinto Temple is right in front of us, but all people are bound by the rules of the sea of clouds. Only when they find their own way of cultivation, the illusion will dissipate and the Shinto Temple will appear.
"But I don't understand, since you have made up your mind, why do you still waste your time? Why don't you just go to the Shinto temple directly? After all, entering the Shinto temple is your goal, isn't it?" the phantom asked again.
"Although the sea of clouds is nothingness, the rules of Shinto are true, and the reason I entered the Shinto Academy is to become a god. If that's the case, why would I miss out on such pure rules of Shinto?"
"It took me four years to advance my cultivation to the second level. My mind entered the divine realm, my sea of consciousness crossed over to divinity, and my divine essence was initially formed. This level of cultivation progress is not something you can necessarily encounter even if you enter the Shinto Academy. How can it be considered a waste of time?" Bai Ye asked with a smile.
"You are very smart." Shadow had to admit, "Then if the Shinto Temple appears again, will you still give up and continue to practice here?"
"No." Bai Ye denied it, because she knew that in this sea of clouds, her cultivation using divine energy had reached saturation, and further cultivation would not bring much benefit.
Moreover, after reaching the third level of demigod realm, if one wants to advance to the intermediate demigod realm - the fourth level demigod realm, one needs to continue to practice a lot of divine rules, and advancement cannot be achieved by simply practicing step by step.
"But I'm already in the Shinto temple, so it doesn't matter whether I go in or not?" Bai Ye suddenly spoke again, and as soon as she finished speaking, the phantom suddenly solidified, like a sacred giant beast!
“Swish!”
Immediately afterwards, the shadow of the giant beast suddenly dissipated, the surging sea of clouds calmed down, the boundless clouds slowly disappeared, and finally a piece of land appeared under Bai Ye's feet.
The sea of clouds is empty, but the ground is under my feet, it is indeed so...
Bai Ye took a deep breath and the smile on her face became brighter. In fact, it was not until this moment that she was truly sure that her guess was correct!
But there was no one else on this land except her, and it was very desolate! There was nothing around? This made Bai Ye frown and ask, "Where is this?" Isn't the Shinto Temple a temple? There should be many people here by now, right
"Aren't you very smart?" the voice suddenly responded, leaving Bai Ye speechless. She couldn't help but wonder if this guy was so mad at her that he wanted to play a trick on her.