Chapter 72 Discussing Taoism on the Tiantai (Part 2)
Immediately afterwards, he explained immediately:
"It is the vitality that leads to the birth of the practitioner. This is the most fundamental difference."
Everyone recognized this, but they didn’t understand Zhang Ke’s intention in saying this.
True Lord Weiyang said doubtfully:
"Fellow Taoist pointed out the word 'vitality', what does it mean?"
Zhang Ke smiled and said:
"Yuanqi is actually a kind of energy, because only a few people can absorb it, so they become practitioners.
However, there is not only such a kind of energy in the world!
For example..."
Zhang Ke looked at everyone and said softly:
"Belief!"
‘Rumble—!’
True Lord Weiyang felt as if he was struck by lightning, and his mind went blank for a brief period.
After a while, they all looked at Zhang Ke in shock, and two words flashed in their hearts.
'Shinto!'
In the blue world, ‘Shinto’ is a special existence.
‘Shinto’ was once glorious, but in the end it was easily swayed by the beliefs of all living beings and lost itself, leading to its decline.
What's more, this is contrary to the original intention of the practitioners. Therefore, the spiritual practice community has always been very resistant to "Shinto".
But now, Zhang Ke suddenly said the word "faith", and everyone couldn't help but be shocked.
Seeing that True Lord Tianya was about to speak out to dissuade him, Zhang Ke raised his voice.
"Don't misunderstand me, please listen to me slowly."
True Lord Weiyang and others looked at each other and left Zhang Ke's side intentionally or unintentionally.
Zhang Ke turned a blind eye and continued:
"Decades ago, I went to the Central Territory in order to hunt down True Lord Tushan.
I discovered that the spiritual practice world in the Central Region is changing, and another spiritual path has emerged there.
They abolished city-states and established countries.
Gathering thousands of people together and condensing their destiny with the faith of all living beings.
This kind of luck brings together countless people's yearning for a better life and is closely related to everyone. It is tied to the country and forms a special force.
This power is invisible, but it contains everyone's understanding of the axioms, so it is separated into countless powers and professions.
Such as officials, catchers, sergeants, scholars, etc.
As long as you can master the corresponding position, even ordinary people can use the power of national destiny to exert extraordinary power."
Zhenjun Weiyang asked incredulously:
"Is this true?"
Zhang Ke smiled and said:
"You can go to the Central Realm and investigate, and then you will know whether what I say is true or false."
Luan Zhixiang's mood was a little complicated. As a practitioner, he had a sense of superiority deep down.
But if ordinary people also possess extraordinary power, then this sense of superiority will be lost.
Zhang Ke looked at everyone and continued:
“The reason I mentioned ‘faith’ is just to explain one thing to you better.
‘Faith’ is the same as ‘vitality’, it’s just a kind of power.
There are more than just these two types of power in heaven and earth.
For example, the power of ‘Momen’ is also one of them.”
True Lord Lingyun was stunned and didn't understand why he was talking about his own sect.
"The practice philosophy of 'Mo Sect' is to pursue the essence of things, but in fact it does not rely heavily on vitality."
True Lord Lingyun said proudly:
"That's right!"
Zhang Ke stretched out his hand and pointed at the engineering puppets that were building high-rise buildings below and said:
"Zhenjun Lingyun, have you ever thought that if ordinary people can control the puppets below, does that mean that ordinary people have the same power as practitioners."
True Lord Lingyun was suddenly shocked.
"this..."
In fact, this statement is also controversial among the ‘Momen’.
This question has been raised by many "Momen" disciples for thousands of years, but it has never been taken seriously.
They believed that once this kind of power was mastered by ordinary people, it might not be a good thing for practitioners, so research in this area was suppressed.
At this time, this question was raised by Zhang Ke, and Zhenjun Lingyun's thoughts couldn't help but wander.
'If we can refine a puppet that ordinary people can control and popularize it, with the huge population base of the blue world, then...'
True Lord Lingyun's mouth was dry and his heart was trembling. He believed that True Lord Fenghua was the same.
It seemed that there was an extremely beautiful prospect unfolding before his eyes.
"Ahem!"
True Lord Fenghua coughed twice, pulling True Lord Lingyun back from his thoughts.
True Lord Fenghua sighed:
"Ruyi Taoist's friendly and powerful words brought our sect to the brink of extinction with just a few words."
Lingyun Zhenjun felt as if a basin of cold water had been poured on his head, and he suddenly woke up.
'Yes! If we can really make a puppet that ordinary people can control, the 'Momen' will definitely become the target of public criticism, and the annihilation of the family will be around the corner.'
Thinking of this, Zhenjun Lingyun couldn't help but glance at Zhang Ke, but he was still thinking about this matter in his heart.
Zhang Ke smiled ‘haha’, waved his hand and said:
"Fellow Taoist Fenghua has worried too much. When it comes to life and death, who will care about anything else.
Don’t you wonder why our sect wants to integrate with the people? Now let me tell you the answer.”
Since arriving on the rooftop, Zhang Ke has been controlling the rhythm.
In a short period of time, Zhang Ke has changed several topics invisibly, and everyone has been led by the nose, but they have never noticed it.
"Ahem!"
Zhang Ke coughed twice, turned around to face everyone, and said seriously:
"From the day I embarked on the path of spiritual practice, the goal of my practice has never been immortality."
This is the first time Zhang Ke has publicly expressed his desire to practice.
Tianya Zhenjun's heart skipped a beat. He had a hunch that Zhang Ke's next words might subvert everyone's ideas.
"The first time I encountered danger in my life was because of one person."
A name suddenly flashed in Tianya Zhenjun's mind.
As expected, Zhang Ke said:
"Master Tushan!
In order to escape pursuit, this person released the 'Nine Nether Soul Scattering Wind' into the town below, causing the deaths of four thousand ordinary people in one fell swoop.
Among them are my brothers who grew up with me, and many innocent people.
Although I have imprisoned Tu Shan's soul in the soul refining lamp, he will suffer the pain of soul refining forever.
But those who died because of him disappeared like smoke."
Luan Zhixiang's heart trembled.
'What is a soul refining lamp?'
Just listen to Zhang Ke continue:
"Since then, I have had a wish.
I hope that ordinary people will stop dying like this for no reason and that their own destiny should be controlled by themselves."
After a brief pause, Zhang Ke continued:
"This time the sect established a branch and moved south to the sea, it was my attempt.
Whether it was the hardships along the way or the journey that day, I saw the huge potential in ordinary people.
Look at the countless tall buildings below, all built by ordinary people.
The power of practitioners is powerful, but it should not be limited to fighting. This power can be used in more places.
Only by truly integrating into ordinary people can we truly utilize the power of magic to promote the development of civilization."
Zhang Ke looked at the people beside him.
"Do you know how many patents we have applied for in the past ten years?"
Without waiting for anyone to answer, Zhang Ke raised a finger and said:
"Eleven items! And seven of them were completed by ordinary people."
"Ss—!"
Zhenjun Weiyang and others were shocked, and they understood what this number meant.
It becomes clearer what Zhang Ke specifically pointed out as the seven patents completed by ordinary people.
This is what he is elaborating on the potential and creativity of ordinary people. In the face of a huge population base, the advantage of quantity overwhelms quality.
"In just these ten years, twenty-one people in our sect have broken through the golden elixir, and the realm of thousands of innate disciples has been improved."
At this time, not only Zhenjun Weiyang and others were shocked, but Zhenjun Tianya could not sit still.
Among the disciples who moved south this time, except for a few disciples who were actively requested by Zhang Ke, the rest were all abandoned by the sect.
The fact that so many of the four hundred Xiantian disciples have achieved the Golden Elixir, even if some of them are Secret Realm disciples, is enough to overturn everyone's perceptions.
"Ruyi! Are you serious about this?"
Zhang Ke nodded and said:
"Absolutely true."
"Over the years, I have always wondered something.
Why did the original 'Taode Sect' grow from a third-rate sect to the largest sect in the blue world in just a few thousand years?
When I carefully checked countless classics, I finally got the answer."
‘Boom~~!Boom~~!’
True Lord Weiyang looked at Zhang Ke with bated breath, his heart beating uncontrollably.
True Lord Tianya secretly wondered why Zhang Ke would directly say it here if he really had a good way to quickly grow his sect.
"The power of the 'Tao De Sect' can actually be traced.
The San Yuan Dingmai prevents the loss of heaven and earth's vitality. The "treasure basin" merges with the heaven and earth and turns into talisman money, which gathers the fortune of heaven and earth. The Lord of the Nine Heavens combines with the Tao to supervise the lawlessness of the heaven and earth and rectify the source.
Relying on these meritorious measures to heaven and earth, the 'Daode Sect' was favored by heaven and earth, and in just a thousand years it became the most powerful sect in the Azure World.
So, what kind of things can win the favor of heaven and earth?
To put it bluntly, it’s just two words.
Merit!"
At this point, Zhang Ke stopped talking.
True Lord Lingyun listened with rapt attention and couldn't help but urge:
"Fellow Taoist Ruyi, please tell me."
Zhang Ke smiled and said:
"You must give me a break."
Then he stopped talking and gave the answer directly.
"Actually, the matter is already in front of you, but you just didn't pay attention.
Fellow Taoist Weiyang, you have just returned from outside the territory, don't you have any awareness?"
Zhenjun Weiyang was startled, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he felt as if an idea flashed across his mind, but he failed to catch it.
Just listen to Zhang Ke Youyou said:
"What kind of merit can be greater than promoting this world to the world?"
‘Rumble—!’
The hearts of Zhenjun Weiyang and others were boiling, and everyone screamed from the bottom of their hearts.
'Yes, how could I not have thought of it? What kind of merit can be as good as the promotion of a world!!!'
On the way back, several people were still laughing.
I think that this time, the forty-five high-level sects worked together to encourage each sect to lead the secret realm, which is not worth the gain.
Sixty years of hard work and hundreds of millions of resources were spent, only to bring back dozens of secret realms.
It would be better to directly integrate meteorites from outside the realm into the realm.
After working on it for a long time, I realized that I and others were the frog in the well.
Zhang Ke looked at the excited crowd and said with a smile:
“Sometimes, when we don’t know what to do, we might as well look at what successful people do.
Just follow their lead and follow suit.
Even if you can’t eat meat, it’s still nice to drink some soup.”