Volume Two, The Lake of Winter, Chapter 77: Enchanted (2)
The old monk sighed and said: That autumn I was arguing in Washan, and the church teacher came to see me. Another autumn, I left the Central Plains and went to the wilderness to ask questions. People thought that during this period I was living in seclusion in the Lanchen Temple, but this was not the case.
.During those days, I was invited by the temple to quietly practice in the Demon Sect, which was the counter-infiltration of the Zhongyuan righteousness mentioned earlier."
Listening to these words, Ning Que felt slightly chilled, thinking to himself, could it be that this old monk really almost became the leader of the Demon Sect back then? It was a good plan for the Xiling Temple to ask him, a thirty-year-old lotus man, to sneak into the Demon Sect.
If a person can be trusted by the Demon Sect and even climb to a high position, I think he will be the first-class person in the world regardless of his realm, means, and will.
The old monk didn't know what he was thinking at this time. He looked at the dusty stone walls of the room with a gentle expression, as if he was looking at the clean and dustless main hall of the Demon Sect decades ago. He continued in a slow voice: "In the impression of the world,
The Demon Sect is all evil and deserved scum, and the truth is not far from the truth.[bsp; Those members of the Demon Sect kill innocent people indiscriminately, rob children and force them to practice demonic skills. I don’t know how many people die every year. However, does the Demon Sect
Just a piece of iron?"
"When the Demon Sect was at its peak, there were seven sects and twenty-eight sects. Each sect had a different philosophy of practice and even a different philosophy of joining the world. Some sects were like Buddhist ascetics and did not lead people to deal with the world at all. How could a sect like this do evil?
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The old monk withdrew his gaze, looked at the three people and said calmly: "The Demon Sect is like any sect, there are good people and bad people. I admit that most of the Demon Sect are bad people, but there are always good people. However, when that
When you break open a barrier and rush into the mountain gate, unleashing a bloody storm, how can you tell whether the person who dies under the sword is a good person or a bad person?"
"When Ke Haoran entered the Demon Sect's mountain gate, I was in this mountain."
The old monk slowly lowered his head, his cervical vertebrae making a dry sound, as if he might fall down at any time, and said: "I have lived in the Demon Sect for several years, and naturally I have many old acquaintances. I know that some people are greedy for drinking, some are doting on concubines, and some are fond of giving.
My own child was used as a horse to ride on, and that day... all the people I knew died."
"My purpose of lurking into the Demon Sect was to eliminate the Demon Sect... Those people died in front of me one by one. I should have been happy, but I don't know why, I just couldn't feel happy. Looking at those familiar faces being killed
Cut in half, those that used to jump in my lap
The jumping child was cut in half... Watch the blood spread out from the hall, dyeing the lower half of the wordless monument red, then flow down the stone steps, and finally drip slowly along the stone beams you should see.
Falling into the dark abyss, I suddenly found myself very sad."
Ning Que frowned slightly and said, "That's enough."
The old monk looked at him compassionately, shook his head slowly and said: "This is not your little uncle's murderous karma. I am not blaming him when I recall those scenes. I just want to understand what is a demon?"
"Is the demon sect who kills innocent people indiscriminately a demon, or is the murderous Ke Haoran a demon? Because I am worried that Ke Haoran will become a demon... and let him commit mass murder, will it turn him into a demon instead? Or is it me who is secretly behind the scenes?
The conspirator who arranged everything is the real devil? Looking at the blood on the ground, I started to ask myself some questions."
The old monk's voice gradually became doubtful... This kind of doubt is the doubt of standing on Peach Mountain and looking at the sky, the doubt of standing in the ruins and feeling the vicissitudes of history, and the doubt of oneself and the world.
"How to distinguish between the righteous path and the evil path and what is Jing..."
"If we judge by concepts and morality, the demon sect kills innocent people indiscriminately and is a demon. Then who on the long spiritual path does not kill people? The Buddha said that all living beings are equal. If we kill people, we are possessed by demons. Then what about the butchers who kill pigs? You and I were on the road when we were children.
How about picking up stones and killing wild dogs? We chewed pig trotters until our hands were full of oil and pulled those tough tendons with relish. Have we ever thought that this is the body of a pig? Have we already done this while doing these things?
Possessed?"
"If we can tell by birth, the Demon Sect originated from the Great Priest of Guangming thousands of years ago. According to historical records, the Great Priest of Guangming had noble morals, a compassionate temperament, and a bright and enlightened state. Where is the innate evil? The Demon Sect originated from the seven-volume heavenly book of Haotian Taoist Sect.
Ming Zi Juan is from the Taoist lineage, so why did he become a demon?"
The old monk looked at the three young people in front of him quietly and said softly: "The gate of Demon Sect Mountain was broken, and the river of blood could flow. After that day, I have been trapped here to atone for my sins for decades, and I have thought about this problem for many times."
ten years."
Ning Que and Mo Shanshan were silently thinking about the words of the Tao Dai monk, each with their own thoughts.
However, Ye Hongyu suddenly raised his head and said without hesitation: "The words of the Lotus God are wrong. The reason why the Demon Sect is a demon has nothing to do with ideals and morals, nor does it have anything to do with one's origins, but the practice itself is evil."
One genus."
"Haotian descends the divine radiance into the world, imparting warmth and light. Only in this way can all things in the world grow, and only then can the breath flow between heaven and earth. However, the evildoers of the Demon Sect have practiced the techniques to rob the natural teeth and energy, and they want to destroy the heaven and earth.
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, if the orifice steals the radiance spread by heaven's kindness, if these monsters are allowed to become strong, the breath of heaven and earth will gradually dry up, and the world will be destroyed, what can we say? Such exercises blaspheme Haotian and turn heaven and earth upside down, which is disrespectful, so it is
magic."
The girl's voice seemed particularly firm and sober at this time, and it was about the difference between Tao and demons. Even when facing the Lotus Goddess she respected and admired, she acted so calm and tough, and said in a deep voice: "The difference between Tao and demons does not lie in ideas.
The pulse flow is only the difference between survival and destruction of the world. It is like black and white. How can light and darkness be compatible? The God's throne has different thoughts."
Ye Hongyu's voice, as clear as a kite, helped Mo Shanshan dispel the doubts in her mind. She nodded slightly, thinking that this was true. The so-called Taoist demons were divided by whether they had good intentions or evil thoughts in the world.
Ning Que had never understood before that why no matter whether it was the Xiling Temple, the Buddhist sect or the practitioners of the Tang Dynasty, the mention of the Demon sect was treated as if they were enemies and sworn enemies. It was so heart-pounding that Ye Hongbai's behavior today
These words finally made him understand the reason.
The Demonic Sect's skills absorb the vitality of heaven and earth for one's own use. The higher the realm, the more the vitality of heaven and earth will be absorbed. If the Demonic Sect is allowed to develop in the world until everyone cultivates demons, then the whole world's teeth and qi will be destroyed.
If it is sucked clean, the world will probably be destroyed by then. Just like a flock of sheep grazing on the grassland, if all the grass, leaves and roots on this grassland are eaten up, then the grassland will turn into a desert.
The sheep will naturally die too.
He finally discovered that the reason why the Demon Sect was hostile to the world was due to an environmental problem.
The three idiots in the world, the Taoist idiot, the bookworm, and the nymphomaniac, were put in another environment that Ning Que was very familiar with. They were probably those beautiful girls who were extremely smart and good at arts and sciences, but were shameless enough to study books until three o'clock every night. This
This kind of girl often has a certain kind of obsession and madness, and she likes to say things like "I love my teacher, I love the truth even more".
The Taoist madman Ye Hongyu, like all practitioners in the world such as Ning Que, has had doubts about the difference between Tao and demons in the world during the long journey of cultivation. She has thought and even reflected. But unlike other practitioners, she is not influenced by the world.
Due to the limitations of inherent views, I gradually no longer think about these issues, making my hatred of demons a part of my instinct. Instead, I continue to increase my understanding of the world, learn from it, analyze it, and finally come up with my own opinions.
This kind of thought gained is thousands of times stronger than the ideas in the minds of some mediocre practitioners, so even though she is in great awe of the Lotus Seat, she still insists on her own point of view and refuses to bow her head, because she believes that this is the truth.
Her views are neither hypocritical nor pretentious. She does not talk about chance, cause and effect, and kills only about benefits. She talks about whether the two sects of demons will bring benefits or harm to the world. Because they are simple, they are certain and extremely difficult to refute.
However, Master Liansheng is Master Liansheng after all. He only used a very simple sentence to make Ye Hongyu's seemingly unbreakable point of view suddenly relax and shake. This is because the master has broader knowledge and has worked hard to learn and reflect on himself.
The time is longer and the tail in Ye Hongyu’s view is not tight enough.
"As I said before, I once lived in the Demon Sect for a period of time. I could not find the Mingzi Scroll of the Heavenly Book but I came into contact with many Demon Sect techniques. I think there should be no one in this world who has a deeper understanding of the Demon Sect than me.
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The old monk looked at Ye Hongyu with a gentle expression and said: "My thoughts are the same as yours. However, after I have seen people practicing in the Demon Sect, seen their birth and death, and seen their relationship with heaven and earth,
This idea gradually changed, because I, like you now, had forgotten a very important issue."
"The human body in the Demon Sect is strong and long-lived, but they will eventually die. When they die, the heaven and earth teeth and energy they have absorbed through decades or even hundreds of years of practice will stiffen and regenerate as the body dies.
Scattered back to heaven and earth."
The old monk was silent for a moment and then said with a smile: "Understanding this, you will understand that the Demon Sect does not want to build another world, but to open up a space of its own between heaven and earth. That space may be a lake, it may be a mountain, it may be a piece of land
Beautiful grassland, but no matter what kind it is, these spaces will eventually become part of the world."
"Both were born in the human world, bathed in Haotian's divine brilliance and grew up. They practiced breathing and exhaling. Eventually, their bodies turned to ashes and their breaths dispersed. They both returned to the embrace of Haotian. The paths they walked may be different, but the starting point and the end point are
But they are in the same place, so can you tell me what is the essential difference between the Demon Sect and the Taoist Buddhist Sect?"
Ye Hongyu was slightly stunned and couldn't answer. She always felt that there should be some questions in the words of the Lotus God, but in such a short period of time, she could not find the position of the question.
The old monk looked at her and said calmly: "I know what you are thinking. People in the Demon Sect will die, so they will not cause any harm to this stable and great world that is worth taking a look at. If after becoming a demon,
Only if you can live forever can Taoism or your vigilance and hostility be established, but when has there ever been an immortal in the world?"
Ye Hongyu sat slowly on her lap, her black hair falling weakly from her shoulders, and her figure looked a little lonely. These words had a great shock to her Taoist heart. Who dared to allude to this in ordinary times?
If the Taoist demons return to the same destination by different paths, she will definitely sneer and kill them. However, the person who said these words today is the Liansheng Goddess she revered. More importantly, the words of the Liansheng Goddess sound like there is no way to find anything that can be said.
Point of criticism.
The old monk seemed to be able to sense her uneasiness and faint fear at this moment. He looked at her with compassionate eyes and sighed softly. However, he raised his right hand with difficulty and stretched it into the air, with a bright light shining between his fingers.
Ye Hongyu looked in shock.
Ning Que and Mo Shanshan looked at each other in confusion.
The three of them simultaneously felt the sacred aura emitted by the old monk's skinny, branch-like fingers.
"When I was trapped in another life to atone for my sins, I set up a cage in this room. This cage is the world outside my body. The breath of heaven and earth here is thin and uncontrollable, but it can be slowly absorbed into the body over time. At this time, the vitality of heaven and earth is in
What flows in my skinny body is the world in my body. When these two worlds come into contact, a wonderful world is born. Because Fan Cong is Taoism, and the physical body's circulation of Qi is magic power. When Taoism and magic power meet,
"..."
The old monk quietly looked at the holy light lingering between his fingers, and said calmly: "It is divine magic."