He didn't know why. He had already entered the mortal world to cultivate, and he had obtained all the external resources to aid his cultivation. He had also combined modern technology with their "Hundred Refinements Divine Machine," yet he still felt his state of mind hadn't kept pace.
Progress was too slow.
He had clearly seen through the common people, he had clearly come into contact with the mundane world, but it was evidently not enough.
He hadn't understood why before, but now he knew.
What he had come into contact with didn't carry much of the scent of everyday life.
It was indeed the mortal world, but not the common folk.
His experiences were not comprehensive enough.
To embody heavenly principles and govern earthly affairs – that was the best tempering for the mortal world.
Now he finally understood.
To be precise, he learned it from Lin Xiao.
Lin Xiao, this person, never seemed to care about differences in status. For him, if he wanted to do something, he did it, and that was all.
Qi Tian stared at him. A person like this shouldn't have any pressure on their state of mind, otherwise, how could he have surpassed Qi Tian in cultivation within just one month?
Without his puppet, Qi Tian was no match for Lin Xiao at all.
"You definitely haven't seen it, I haven't seen it much myself," Lin Xiao shrugged. "Five years, this is the sixth year… I only had the chance to come back for Lunar New Year this year, to see this scenery."
Lin Xiao looked at everything below, feeling the liveliness of the house and the peace within it. He savored it.
"Then what about your previous five years?"
Qi Tian was a bit puzzled. "You never came back?"
Having spent these days together, he could sense that Lin Xiao was a very home-loving person, always thinking of his home, his daughter, and his wife. He hadn't returned in the previous years?
"Of course not. I only had the chance this year to steal some leisure from my busy schedule and come back for a short vacation. In the years before that… I was in the Northern Frontier." Lin Xiao said, his eyes holding a hint of reminiscing. "I just don't know how those people in the Northern Frontier are doing now…"
"The Northern Frontier… with the disciples of the Misty Immortal Palace there, there shouldn't be any problems, right?" Qi Tian said uncertainly.
"Of course, I'm not worried about what outsiders might do to the Northern Frontier. What I care about is whether the disciples of the Misty Immortal Palace and our Northern Frontier warriors are living harmoniously within the Northern Frontier now," Lin Xiao said. "Essentially, they are two different kinds of people, aren't they? Di Qing is a prime example."
"Indeed."
With Lin Xiao's words, Qi Tian finally understood.
People from their inner realm and people from the Northern Frontier were indeed not the same kind of people.
The people of the Northern Frontier faced death daily, fighting and sacrificing themselves for survival and the safety of the Dragon Country. Meanwhile, people from their inner realm cultivated for the sake of cultivation, for enlightenment, for ethereal pursuits.
Ultimately, they were two different types of people.
The things they had seen, the experiences they had, were all different. The things they thought about were completely different.
Even now, even with them all in the Northern Frontier, their objectives were different.
The people of the Misty Immortal Palace were in the Northern Frontier to become stronger upon their return, while the people of the Northern Frontier were there because they had to guard the Northern Frontier, the northern gateway of the Dragon Country.
As Lin Xiao mused, he simply dialed Ye Chen.
He hadn't received any news of any unusual disturbances from the Northern Frontier, so he should be able to contact him and chat for a bit.
The video call connected, and Ye Chen greeted him excitedly, "Brother Xiao."