"Yes, with the strength of a mere mortal realm, it is not easy to come here on foot!"

An old voice came, awakening Mu Feng, who had been temporarily lost, was temporarily lost.

Looking up, I saw a yellowed cushion on the top of the tower, and an extremely old Taoist sitting upright.

The beard, eyebrows and hair were all pale, and the long beard was dragged to the ground, looking old and unable to sense any fluctuations of power in his body. But a man sat cross-legged on the top of the tower leisurely, turning a deaf ear to the continuous thunder falling, and his strength was unfathomable.

In addition to the old Taoist, there are several corpses on the top of the tower, only white bones are left. I don’t know how long it has been dead.

"Jianning Shizi Mufeng was out studying and came here accidentally. Thank you for your advice!"

Mu Feng took a few steps forward to the old Taoist, bent down respectfully to salute.

The unity of man and nature is the key to the soul leaping again to break through to the peak of the mortal realm. At this bottleneck, he has been staying for a long time and has not been able to break through. It is not that the spiritual power in his body is not deep enough, nor that his cultivation is shallow, but that the state of unity of man and nature is difficult to comprehend, and even cannot be forced, and it requires great opportunities.

Many practitioners stay in the late stage of the mortal realm for their whole lives, for nothing else, because they will never be able to understand the unity of man and nature for the rest of their lives. Even if they are relatives of the royal country, no matter how high the level of their practice is, in the eyes of real strong people, they will be just an ant-like mortal for the rest of their lives!

Under the pressure of the rolling thunder sound, Mu Feng had an epiphany and finally realized what the unity of man and nature is, breaking through the bottleneck that he could not break through for a long time. Speaking of which, it was thanks to the old Taoist with a gray beard in front of him!

"A scholar who went out to study?"

The old Taoist with a gray beard looked up and down at Mu Feng, pulled his beard to the ground, and nodded in admiration, "No, good, every move, indeed, with a scholarly atmosphere and a scholar's demeanor. Young man, sit down!"

"Thank you, I'm welcome that night!"

Mu Feng did not refuse, neither arrogant nor humble, sat down cross-legged in front of the old Taoist, sat on the ground, and asked, "I don't know what the eldest son calls him?"

"The name is just a title. I have been here for a long time, for a long time. Many things, including my name, have been blurred and even forgotten." The old Taoist paused and continued slowly: "Life is like a dream, like an illusion. Young man, call me Ruoxu in the future!"

Master Ruoxu?

Mu Feng frowned, as if he had heard of this name somewhere, but he couldn't remember it at once.

"Young man, you said that you are a scholar who came out to study abroad. You must have read a lot of ancient books and have traveled to many places. Can you answer a question from the old Taoist?" Taoist Ruoxu said with a gray beard and looked at Mu Feng.

A master of enlightenment asks himself a question?

Mu Feng was a little surprised, a little flattered, and said respectfully: "Master Ruoxu, please say it!"

"At the beginning of man, is it good nature or evil nature?" The old Taoist priest said as he looked at Mu Feng, as if he had been confused by this question.

Is nature good or is nature evil?

Mu Feng is silent.

The question asked by Master Ruoxu is very simple, so simple that almost a three-year-old child can blurt out and answer it immediately.

When a man is born, he is naturally good!

The three-character classic that is widely circulated among the people said this at the beginning. Not to mention a scholar who has read poetry and books since childhood, even a illiterate mountain citizen who grew up in the mountains can almost be easily caught. Who knows such a simple question?

Just because it was too simple, Mu Feng hesitated after hearing the old Taoist's question. After thinking about it carefully, he pondered without saying a word.

Human nature is complex and the most difficult to figure out. At the beginning of human beings, who can tell whether it is evil or good?

"Young man, have you figured it out?" After waiting for a while, seeing Mu Feng still pondering, the old Taoist priest asked lightly.

"good!"

Mu Feng thought about it and continued slowly, "When humans are born with good natures. Everyone has it, and the ancient books say so, so there must be a reason for it."

The old Taoist looked at Mu Feng sitting cross-legged opposite him and asked, "Oh, since nature is good, why do we still have to establish so many strict laws and regulations that cannot be done and that cannot be done? Since nature is good, why are there so many bad people and evil people in the world?"

"At the beginning, not long after one was born, or even before he grew up, all crying and asking for help came from instinctive needs without any evil thoughts. At this time, he is kind and is naturally good."

Mu Feng paused and continued: "But when a toddler begins to grow up and has an independent self-awareness. Under the influence of the environment or family, after having self-perceptions about things, selfishness, greed, domineering and other evil thoughts, it is inherently evil. At this time, various laws must be used to restrict his behavior!"

"Yes, it makes sense. But since it is understandable to say that the instinctive need is kind, then, is a wild wolf eaten by a passerby because of hunger? Is the wolf kind or evil? What if the one who did the evil is not a wolf, but a person who did this because of hunger?

The old Taoist paused, and before Mu Feng answered, he continued: "For thousands of years, those who did such things, whether a wolf or a person, were considered evil and severely punished. In order to avoid similar tragedies, strict laws were also established. However, no matter how severe the law is, can such a thing be completely eliminated?"

Here comes!

This is the question that the old Taoist really has to ask, or that he has to test himself!

Mu Feng pondered silently and did not rush to answer. For a moment, he didn't know how to answer.

The old Taoist's words sound absurd and even a bit ridiculous, but when you think about it carefully, it's really the case. The Tongtian Dynasty's laws are very strict, from national affairs to trivial matters such as grass-roots worshipping ancestors and sisters-in-law getting along, there are laws and regulations. Compared with the chaotic Warring States Period, the laws are so strict that they are countless times, but all kinds of evil deeds are still emerging one after another and are constantly banned.

Why?

This is indeed worthy of thought!

"Master Ruoxu, what do you think should be? At the beginning, is it good or evil?" Mu Feng pondered for a while, and asked the old Taoist with a gray beard.

"It's good or evil, it doesn't matter, what's important is how we do it."

The old Taoist priest laid his gray beard and slowly continued: "No matter how strict the laws and regulations are, they cannot stop the sins of human nature. On the contrary, excessively strict laws and regulations may backfire and cause greater and greater injustice and sins. The way of heaven is natural and free, and practice should be natural, govern the country, and pacify the family, and act the same in individuals. Instead of being strict with the laws and cumbersome rules, it is better to rule more sins by doing nothing and let everything go!"

Let it go naturally and do nothing?

Mu Feng raised his eyebrows.

The Buddha's path is self-compassionable. On Mount Puyang, Master Kongwu calmly attacked his heart on the grounds that his murderous aura was too heavy, trying to save himself and convert to Buddhism. The immortal path claims to be free and easy, and the old Taoist in front of him advocates governance without doing anything. Could it be that he is sure that he will come here and use this to shake his will of the great witch and join the immortal gate that pursues freedom and freedom?
Chapter completed!