Lord of Arcane

Chapter 1001 The most authentic self of the astral mirror

After sending Dewan away, Xia Duo started exploring alone. The scenery of the astral world was very monotonous, and as far as the eye could see, it was a silver void.

At the same time, because of its spiritual characteristics, Xia Duo's consciousness is deep in it, as if he is facing a mirror reflecting himself, and all inner fluctuations are undoubtedly revealed.

Xia Duo is an independent individual, and because of some unique personality, or personality traits, he will subconsciously choose to ignore certain thoughts during self-analysis during meditation training.

Although he can trace the memory back to the subconscious mind and analyze the specific information of the subconscious mind at a certain moment, if he does not want to trace back from the source, then these thoughts will never be seen.

But here, Silver Void will not accommodate him, even the psychology that he is least willing to face, will be truly reflected in the rise and fall of the wind of the astral world.

In repeated explorations, Xia Duo's perception and experience of the outer astral world itself did not improve much, but took another step forward in the mental journey of inward self-analysis.

In this process, he saw a more real self, with all kinds of negatives - laziness, laziness, weakness, pride, evil, and so on.

In his daily meditation training, he could indeed see some, and even analyze a little bit, but this is like when ordinary people write a diary, they always worry about being seen by others, so they subconsciously cover up their mistakes.

I think, therefore I am, but too much emphasis on the self will lead to a strong personal tendency, which is not bad, because this is part of human personality, but it will also cause blind spots in thinking.

Xia Duo once arrogantly thought that if he could trace back his memory, he would be able to eliminate all blind spots in his thinking, and eventually reach the level of omniscience.

But in fact, as long as human nature is still there, with emotions, tendencies, and repulsions, it will never be possible to reach that point.

It is true that the greatest enemy of man is himself!
Of course, knowing these things does not mean that Xia Duo will give up his human nature. He is taking another step on the road of self-knowledge, not on the road of giving up himself.

Only with a clearer self-knowledge can one better self-improvement, and this perfection does not mean eliminating negative emotions.

As the saying goes, "A solitary yin does not grow, and a solitary yang does not grow." Negative emotions and positive emotions are actually different manifestations of the same root of human nature in different things.

If there is no laziness, what is the meaning of diligence; if there is no pride, what is the meaning of humility; if there is no evil, there is no sense of goodness.

Removing negativity will only lead to worse and more dire consequences.

The so-called self-improvement is actually a clearer understanding of the self and full control of the self.

A sage in Xia Duo's hometown once proposed a state - "do not exceed the rules of one's heart", until now, he has finally reached the limit.

In Xia Duo's view, the so-called "moments" are actually personal characteristics, or in other words, human nature and personality, while "doing what one wants" represents a high degree of freedom.

This is actually another description of "unity of knowledge and action".

If you have your own norms in your heart and practice them, no matter what you do, you will feel at ease and calm.

Xia Duo was unable to look directly at his truer self during meditation training before, which was actually a manifestation of uneasiness. This not only has a hidden loss in real benefits, but also affects the healthy development of the self.

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Before the astral world perception, Xia Duo never thought that the astral world would bring him such a special opportunity. At the beginning, he even felt a little regretful, and even wanted to give up.

But in the end, the human instinct that comes from the heart and wants to be perfected drives him to continue. It is also in this process that he has a clearer understanding of himself and a more complete personality.

Of course, that is to say, Xia Duo's current personality is relatively mature and is in the stage of development and perfection. If it were him on earth, he might not dare to look at his truest self like this.

Perhaps escape was his only option.

Now, Xia Duo's exploration of the astral world is not just to find a projection plane for him to enter to study upgrades, but also a process of self-improvement.

In a sense, Xia Duo, who has a perception potential not inferior to that of a powerful clergyman, may be able to go further than a plane scholar on the path of an astral mage.

However, strictly speaking, Xia Duo is not considered a plane scholar. After all, the main purpose of his research is not to discover more sub-planes, but to clarify the nature of the planes, so as to make better use of the portable space.

It can be said that he is neither a plane scholar nor an astral mage, but he can be both.

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For the next ten days or so, Xia Duo spent almost all his time in the plane exploration layer. The long-term perception of the astral world made his spirit excited, exhausted without knowing it, just like Devine more than ten days ago.

But Devine has the glorious holy power in his body, which can restore his physical strength and spirit to the maximum extent, but Xia Duo has nothing, and can only rely on his strong body to hold on.

But if you want to find a priest to take care of yourself, then he is not that extravagant.

Without Niya's interruption, Xia Duo probably didn't know how long this state would last. On this day, he was preparing to go to the plane of exploration as usual, but found that his authority had been suspended.

No one else can do this kind of thing except Niya. Xia Duo immediately approached Niya and asked impatiently:
"Why did you suspend my authority, I have almost found the projection plane!"

This is actually not an exaggeration. In the past ten days or so, he has indeed made considerable progress. From the beginning when he was very ignorant and confused when facing the astral world, until now, he can barely be regarded as an old driver of the astral world.

No worse than Devine, who has studied for more than a year.

Anyway, he is also an arcanist, and he also has a stronger consciousness than Devine. As long as he is familiar with the perception skills, he can easily catch up.

But Niya shook her head resolutely, "I just received a summons from Ms. Greta. She is in Gilles Tower. Although there is a slight accident, it will be resolved soon. You don't have to work so hard!"

Niya knows that the perception of the astral world is actually the same as the projection plane, and it also has the effect of the passage of real time on the body of the main plane.

But compared to the projection plane, which can clearly perceive time, if it feels too long, you can get out in time, but when you perceive it in the astral world, the concept of time is relatively vague.

It's easy to forget the exact time.

Although Niya hasn't seen obvious signs of time passing on Xia Duo these days, the two are husband and wife after all, and she still knows her husband's mental state very well.

The current Xia Duo is obviously a little too fanatical.

(End of this chapter)