"All Yingdong?"
Lin Fan saw that the person opposite him suddenly fell silent and looked at him with a puzzled expression, not knowing what had happened.
I looked back and saw nothing...
Quan Yingdong came to his senses and smiled even more. "Sorry, I was a little distracted just now."
He filled a new kettle with water and boiled it, then continued.
"But what I just said was about the three of them being at the same realm. If their realms are different, then naturally there's a different realm for each level."
"So the final result of your discussion is only the age ranking?" Lin Fan was a little disappointed. This was not the result she wanted.
"Look, you're getting anxious, aren't you?" Quan Yingdong said with a smile, "You know that Mr. Qian is facing the Five Decline of the Celestial Realm, right?"
Seeing Lin Fan nod, he continued, "The Five Decays of Celestial Beings usually occur when one's realm is difficult to advance, but their lifespan is nearing its end."
"Let's use progress as an example. Mr. Qian is stuck at 99%, almost reaching the next level. But if the remaining time is up, he still can't accumulate enough progress to move to the next level..."
"In this Dharma-Ending Age, spiritual energy is scarce, and there are no heavenly treasures or earthly wars that would allow him to improve through fighting." Quan Yingdong sighed, "So, to buy time, Elder Qian can only use tortoise breathing, which is equivalent to hibernation, to delay this process."
To cultivate immortality, one needs either resources or spiritual energy.
Unfortunately, there is not enough on Lanxing.
It's okay for these entry-level players, but for people like Mr. Qian, it's not good enough at all.
"Speaking of wars, I have another question," Lin Fan followed up on his words. "Old Qian and his men are so powerful, why didn't they intervene during previous battles?"
Every success is achieved at the cost of countless lives, and every change of dynasty is accompanied by staggering casualties. If the leaders had intervened, wouldn't so many lives have been spared?
"How did he interfere?" Quan Yingdong picked up the kettle and continued to make tea. The curls of white smoke rose up, blocking his face.
"The change of dynasties is the inevitable result of history and the progress of society. Although it may sound a bit cruel, if there were no such struggles, today's society might still be a slave society. Is this what you want to see?"
Wherever there are people, there are struggles for interests, and social systems and technological development are gradually improving in these struggles.
The wheel of history has always been like this, and no one can stop it.
"Moreover, most wars are fought by the lower classes overthrowing the upper classes. If the ruling regime is in trouble and the people are suffering, who should Mr. Qian help in this situation?"
Helping the imperial power is too inhumane. Helping the people, aren't the lives of the other party human lives?
"But, but..." Lin Fan said unconvincedly, "Forget about our own people. Decades ago, when we were bullied by those devils..."
"In fact, for those who have cultivated to their level, they have long since detached themselves from the mundane world. Just like you said, immortals, they view ordinary people's wars as you would ants moving or lions fighting for territory. Would you want to intervene?"
Lin Fan slowly shook his head. "Nature has its own rules. I can help you temporarily, but not forever..."
As she spoke, she understood it herself.
Quan Yingdong saw that Lin Fan was looking wilted, so he poured her some new tea.
"Old Qian is quite friendly and has done a lot for the institute. But their status is really far from ours. Look at my ancestor, he just helps us sort out some materials and answer some questions, and he always appears and disappears suddenly. The eldest brother is the same, he has hardly come out lately."
He did! He did it this morning! And he beat me up! Lin Fan silently retorted in his heart.
"So," Que Yingdong smiled, "don't judge them by our standards just because they look like humans. It won't work. We are from different worlds."
After Quan Yingdong finished speaking, he drank a sip of hot tea and had something in his mind that he didn't say out loud.
It's like you and we are from different worlds...
"Okay, let's get back to the previous topic," Quan Yingdong brought the topic back to where it had strayed. "Now, it's known that Elder Qian is older than our ancestor, and is currently experiencing the Five Decays of Heaven and Man, and is in the Turtle Breathing Retreat. Meanwhile, our ancestor isn't troubled by this and is still wandering around..."
"So, assuming that Elder Qian and Lord Qiansui are at the same realm, then Elder Qian's strength should be higher than Lord Qiansui's?" Lin Fan understood the meaning of the music and figured out the result himself.
"Yes, that's assuming they're at the same realm." Quan Yingdong nodded. "But given the ancestor's arrogant nature, if Mr. Qian were only at the same realm as him, he wouldn't call him 'old man'. It's too respectful a title."
Lin Fan was full of questions.
How is the term "old guy" respectful?
"For our ancestor, this is already considered respect." Quan Yingdong laughed heartily. "You have no idea how arrogant he is... Anyway, considering this, we can infer that Elder Qian should be at a higher level than our ancestor."
"Then by the same logic, we can infer that the eldest senior brother's realm is lower than that of the Thousand Year Old Lord?" Lin Fan reacted quickly.
"Yes, that's basically the result." Quan Yingdong nodded. "Actually, we can guess from their age. The older they are, the more years they have practiced, so this result is logical."
In fact, in Zhu Cunjun's personnel file, there are detailed information about the three big bosses. However, because their ranks are too high, ordinary people do not have the authority to access them.
Just like Lin Fan’s information, if Quan Yingdong was not a relevant person, he would never have known that the stars were electrified.
Most people only know basic information about her, such as her ability to transform into a mecha, her high physical defense, and her ability to fly.
The people in the institute were simply curious. Even though they didn't have the chance to get the specific information, they could guess it almost right based on their own speculation.
"Has the Thousand-Year-Old Master always been in cat form? Can't he transform into a human?" Lin Fan asked again, "Don't they say that monsters that have lived for hundreds of years can transform?"
"He can, but he just doesn't want to," Quan Yingdong said with a helpless smile. "We're human, so we think human form is better. He's a cat, so naturally he thinks cat form is better."
"He once said that we humans are too ugly and are all bipedal. We can't compare to him in terms of his lightness, stability on all fours, and smooth fur..."
According to this standard, people are indeed ugly.
Lin Fan seemed to be lost in thought.
"In fact, we are influenced by our own consciousness. We always think that demons and monsters must transform into humans. But from their point of view, what's so good about humans?" Quan Yingdong said with a smile.
"Take the eagle, for example. It transforms into a human form, but its beautiful feathers disappear, and so do the wings that could soar thousands of miles. What's its purpose? Humans are just one of the creatures in the world, but we think we are the most intelligent creatures. I haven't seen that..."
Yes. Humans also evolved from apes, so strictly speaking, they are just another type of animal.
Look at the gorillas and monkeys in the zoo who are crawling on all fours. Roughly speaking, they are of the same family as them.
While those people were standing outside the cages and laughing at their ugliness, perhaps the gorillas and monkeys also felt sorry for these "monkeys" outside, as they were even bald...
Lin Fan felt that he understood again.
Don't measure and judge things that are different from you based on your own feelings and standpoints. This is like a frog sitting in a well. All your cognition will be limited by your own knowledge.
Sure enough, chatting with different people really helps you grow.
Lin Fan smiled happily, but a question came to his mind again.
"By the way, is Master Chitose a man or a woman?"
Actually, the name has already foreshadowed this, hehe. There is a lot of foreshadowing in this chapter, which will be used later.
Now I have a problem. I'm missing a supporting role.
Later, when we go to space, I wanted to write a space Journey to the West kind of story. Can you guys make it? A planet-by-planet story. This suddenly came to me when I was writing the name of the eldest brother.
However, there should be one more person among the protagonists who boarded the spaceship, and he is currently absent...
It's like Sha Wujing in Tang Sanzang's group. No matter how little he helps, something is missing without him. But even without him, it's not impossible...
My mind is really blank and I can't think of anything.
Ask the kids for help.
What kind of character do you think should be added? It doesn't have to be super-stellar, but it should definitely have some significance or characteristics.
Leave me a message. The character... doesn't have to be a person, just character traits, personality, something simple will do.
If it's suitable, I'll use it. If it's not suitable... I'll arrange for you to be a supporting role in the unit story in the later planet adventure, how about that?
Haha, you must have seen an author like me who is recruiting characters, haha.
If you have any ideas, please leave me a message within three days. If you leave more than three days, you can only use it on the planets behind. I'm going to start pushing the plot and prepare to fight.
Except for this supporting role, almost all other characters who will go to space have been revealed. You can guess who will be in our space group this time.
Except for Lin Fan, all of them have appeared, but their roles are not very large.
Come on, interact with me and give me some popularity, hehe
