Chapter 372: Chapter 92: The Change of Mindset
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“Not the first life?” Zhou Heng was montarily taken aback upon hearing this, then suddenly realized, nodding gently, “Yes, it’s extrely difficult to awaken after reincarnating from a catastrophe. That Senior He took several lifetis to awaken is quite normal.
“Miss Xiu’er, do you an that Senior He, in one of his past lives, might have been a contemporary of my senior brother, and that my senior brother knew that incarnation of Senior He?”
Reincarnating from a catastrophe is a situation in which a Celestial Man, or an even more powerful being, for various reasons, has to abandon the fruits of their current life’s cultivation and their physical and spiritual vessel, to be completely reborn in another.
It is from this that the supposed reincarnations of powerful beings co.
Those who have awakened mories of their past lives and have gained the ans prepared by their forr selves are undeniably powerful; they can accomplish many incredible feats beyond what their current realm would suggest.
Even soone like Zhou Heng, who is considered exceptional among players, would be thought of as a reincarnation of a powerful being, and the appearance of such ans would seem natural to him.
It just might be that the “past life” had a higher cultivation realm, was more cautious in character, and prepared more fallbacks.
This is because reincarnations of past powerhouses have shown all sorts of outrageous performances in history.
Moreover, the cultivation progress of these reincarnated powerhouses is exceedingly fast.
It’s not impossible for soone to beco proficient in martial arts in three years and ascend to immortality in five, and so even awaken mories of their past lives on the spot, projecting their Primordial Spirit into the void to achieve the status of a Celestial Man – an outrageous existence indeed.
In innurable texts, legends, and stories, reincarnations of powerful beings are nearly always depicted as gloriously successful, shining brightly.
However, in reality, reincarnating from a catastrophe is a choice powerful beings make out of desperation, a choice that is almost a dead end.
Who would be willing to abandon the fruits of a lifeti’s cultivation, having reached a level that could be called powerful, after enduring countless hardships, pains, years, and difficulties, unless absolutely necessary, unless there were no other choice?
And, reincarnating from a catastrophe is different from ordinary reincarnation; it is a special thod of avoiding calamities or beginning anew, and such rebirths don’t retain mories of the past life. Furthermore, they fall into a profound confusion while in the womb.
– Celestial n and other higher beings are capable of preserving mories through reincarnation, but this thod of rebirth retains extensive traces of the past life. Essentially, it is still a continuation of the past and is sufficient to escape the calamities or predicants they face.
After reincarnating from a catastrophe, the difficulty in awakening mories from the past life is the sa, whether one was of Heavenly Third Rank or Divine First Rank earlier.
The possibility is minimal.
Throughout the ages, nurous powerful beings have reincarnated from catastrophes for various reasons, but the ones who truly awaken and return are very few.
This path is extrely perilous; without leaving behind a sufficiently powerful fallback or arrangent – or if the arrangent from a past life is destroyed or becos ineffective over ti – one must rely on luck.
With good luck, one might gradually awaken mories of the past life; with bad luck, one might be dood to eternal oblivion.
Moreover, as the cycles of reincarnation increase, the brilliance and essence of the past life gets gradually worn away until the possibility of awakening and returning is completely lost.
Therefore, it was quite normal for He ngqiu to awaken to his past life’s mories after several lifetis since the Middle Ancient tis; in the anti, he had many different lives.
“It’s just that I don’t know what their relationship was at that ti,” Zhou Heng mused curiously to himself, but he didn’t say it outright. After all, He ngqiu was Yun Xiu’s ntor. It was one thing to wonder, but it would be inappropriate to speak it aloud.
“Perhaps they truly were old acquaintances in a past life,” Yun Xiu mused while arranging her cards, but her movents seed chanical, aimlessly changing the order of the cards, her mind appearing to be elsewhere.
“What’s on your mind, Miss Xiu’er?” Zhou Heng noticed Yun Xiu’s distraction.
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“…” Yun Xiu fell into a slight silence, then sighed gently, “Zhou Heng, actually I’m feeling a bit conflicted right now. It should be a good thing that our master regained her past life mories and reclaid her forr cultivation realm and Daoist achievents.
“But, but I always feel sowhat uncomfortable. I’m not sure if the one who took in as a disciple, cared for , cherished , taught … if she is still the sa person from this life or if she’s actually her from a past life?”
“Aren’t they the sa person, whether in a past life or this life?” Zhou Heng said with a smile.
“No, they’re not the sa.” Yun Xiu shook her head, “I know about master’s experiences from before. When she took in as a disciple, she was just a trainer in a martial arts hall.
“But gradually, she acquired all kinds of identities; a reincarnation of a powerful being, a disciple of the Dream Saint… Sotis I don’t even know. Is she still the sa master I knew at the beginning?”
“Does it matter whether she is that original person?” Zhou Heng’s face still wore a smile, “Miss Xiu’er, think about it carefully. The master in your mories who cares for you, cherishes you and teaches you… Is she really just the image from the beginning?”
“…” Hearing this, Yun Xiu suddenly froze and fell into silence, not saying anything for a long ti. After a while, her face blood with a smile again, “Thank you, Zhou Heng. The master I care about is actually the sa master all along.”
“That’s more like it.” Zhou Heng laughed.
“But I still have a concern,” Yun Xiu’s expression beca serious again. She stared into Zhou Heng’s eyes with utmost seriousness, “Zhou Heng, are you still the Zhou Heng from before?
“The one who, despite everything, walked out from the mountains, bravely strove upwards, practiced martial arts diligently, saved money by eating frugally, and who would co to my family’s stall to sneak a couple of buns to eat?”
“Or are you gradually becoming that powerful being from your past life, the one who arranged countless formidable backups for your current life, that unfathomable unknown existence?”
She asked very seriously and earnestly, each word forceful, as if the sound of tal and stone striking the ground, her gaze fixed intently on Zhou Heng’s eyes.
At the end of her questioning, she even stood up leaning on the table, bending forward to bring her exquisite and radiant face close to Zhou Heng’s, their noses less than an inch apart, almost touching.
“Of course not…” Zhou Heng began to answer.
After all, he had an advantage, he actually wasn’t the reincarnation of any powerful being, so there was no case of awakening past life mories that could overshadow his present life. His ntal state was certainly fine.
But as these words started to leave his mouth, Zhou Heng suddenly felt a bit dazed, as many images flashed through his mind.
These were his experiences from the three-plus years since he had crossed into this world.
Scene after scene replayed, from the mountains to Huangtong Mansion City, to Pure Yang Palace, to the Zhou Tian Boundary Officer… From the Nine Swords to the Five Thunder Orthodox Gold Book, to the Heaven Rotating Seal, to the Sword Technique of Conviction, to the Xuan Huang Baot Pagoda Secret, to the Three Treasures Wishful Fist…
It seed that ever since he had obtained this cheat, he indeed had changed compared to before.
It was not that his ntal state had changed directly, but various experiences had subtly brought about so changes in his ntality.
Upon reflection, it seed that he hadn’t spent whole nights practicing, studying techniques, or feeling elated over minor improvents in proficiency like he did at the beginning.
It appeared to be ti to adjust his ntality.
Of course, he had to keep using the advantage; Zhou Heng was very clear about this. It was only the ntality that needed so adjustnt.
“Thank you.” Zhou Heng looked at the face close at hand and smiled.
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