Volume Four, The Year of the Curtain, Chapter 72: The Master's Story (Part 2)
The Master said to his eldest disciple, and to many people, he said that he is not omnipotent. In the eyes of many people, this is normal. In the eyes of senior brothers and other academy disciples who trust teachers without condition and without reason.
The Master's evaluation of himself was obviously too modest and almost proud.
In fact, the Master's understanding is very clear. For example, at this moment, he cannot understand the funny points in Ning Que's words, nor can he feel the strong praise in this sentence. He thought about it, but did not understand it.
So I decided not to spend time thinking and began to continue telling my own story.
"From then on, I began to be a scholar in the Xiling Temple. I went to the library to read books. Naturally, I would not miss such a great opportunity, so I began to read books constantly. As I read too many books, I
Inexplicably, I opened my mind, broke the state of forbiddenness and entered the cave mysterious, and then continued to move upward, and my realm became good. It was at this time that I found that when I was reading books every day, there was a Taoist in the library.
Reading books, you should know that the temple at that time was different from the temples now. Taoists like to go to the world to eat, drink, and be virtuous. No one dared to care about them. Therefore, the Taoists at that time did not like reading books, so the Taoists seemed to be
Very special.”
Because the age is too long, Master's memories are also a little blurred. He thought for a moment, confirmed that he remembered the time sequence correctly, and continued: "I and that Taoist and I have been reading in the library for many years, and then we have been doing everything in the library.
After reading the teachings and books, the two of them began to feel bored."
"At that time, the world was chaotic. Although the families in various places were also easy to collect books, there was really nothing good. I discussed with the Taoist, thinking that there were still seven volumes of heavenly books in Zhishouguan, so we..."
“Slow down.”
Ning Que asked in surprise: "Did you mean that you and the Taoist were so bored that they wanted to find a book, so they went to Zhishou to read the heavenly books?"
The Master said, "I was still not very interested in practicing at that time. If I hadn't thought that the seven volumes of heavenly books were absolutely lonely, how could I think of finding Zhishouguan in the deep mountains and forests?"
Ning Que was speechless and found that it was indeed difficult for him to understand the way people thought thousands of years ago.
"Then what?"
"Everyone in the Xiling Temple knows Zhishouguan, but they don't know where Zhishouguan is. The Taoist and I thought it was difficult to find it, but we didn't think it was easy to find it."
"That's because you and that Taoist... are not ordinary people, what about that?"
"And then? Of course, it's just reading books in Zhishouguan. The Taoist in Guan will definitely not let us read, so we have to watch secretly, as long as they don't find out."
"You read all seven volumes of heavenly books?"
“If there were more volumes, I would naturally be able to see more.”
"You'd better keep telling the story."
"The seven volumes of heavenly books are very interesting, but the more I read them, the deeper the doubts in my hearts with the Taoist, especially after reading the Ming Dynasty scroll, we all had some questions about the world."
The Master said, "But these were not the main issues I considered at that time, so after the Taoist read the seven volumes of the heavenly books, I returned to the Xiling Temple together."
"Who is that Taoist?"
"A few years later, the Taoist entered the Temple of Light and became the Great Master of Light."
The eldest son glanced at Sangsang and said, "Just like her teacher, they are all guys who are worthy of admiration and are very unwilling to admire and make people laugh and cry."
Ning Que thought of some possibility, calculated the time with his fingers and asked, "Is it the God of Light?"
"Who else can it be if it's not that?"
The Master shook his head and said, "The Temple asked him to go to the wasteland to preach, then go. If you want to abdicate yourself, then rebel, but he ran to Zhishouguan and stole the Ming script. It was really fascinating.
Annoyed.”
Ning Que said, "I remember it was the Taoist sect who asked the God of Light to take the Ming word scroll to the wasteland."
The Master said sarcastically: "The best thing in Taoism is to say it without embarrassment. In fact, Zhishouguan found that theft of the Heavenly Book was very big, and even found out that I went to read books with that guy many years ago.
I had no choice but to leave Taoshan. Fortunately, the temple really didn't notice me, a little person."
"After leaving Taoshan, I went to the world to tour. I said before that the world was chaotic, wars continued, and dark, which was much worse than the current world. The Taoist sect was unified and the temple was the only one, but the world was ignored. The practitioners followed the humiliation.
Ordinary people, the secular imperial power is extremely low, and the world is like a pile of sand."
"The only exception is the Wilderness Empire on the Wasteland. Because the Wilderness is innately strong, the practitioners dare not act too recklessly. That guy steals the word "Shishu Ming" because he has doubts about Haotian, so he
Choosing the wasteland is not an unexpected choice.”
"You should know what happened to that guy later. He betrayed the Xiling Temple and created the Mingzong, which was later the Demon Sect, with a volume of heavenly books."
Ning Que was shocked to listen to these stories from thousands of years ago. It was not until this time that he fully understood why there was never any distinction between good and evil in the academy. Whether it was the junior uncle or himself, the master didn't care, and even asked the third senior sister to accept it.
After Tang Xiaotang became a disciple, it turned out that the ancestor of the Demon Sect was his old acquaintance.
There is a relationship here.
"Although until today, I still think that guy is making a fool of himself. The demon sect is so terrible and deformed, it is very boring, but I must admit that his behavior at that time caused a great shock in the world, and
Indirectly, it leads to some better duplication."
"What to wait for fruit?"
"The Taoist sect is wary of his missionary work in the deserted empire, so that the Central Plains must be peaceful, and the temple is a little cleared, so that the common people in the world can be much better. Of course, the so-called better life is just to live for a few more years and be stronger.
, In the future, if there is war, it is easier to fight, in fact, the lives of the people are still extremely bad, and they are not much better than dogs. There are people everywhere in the poor mountains and bad waters."
After a moment of silence, the Master said, "It is difficult for people who have not experienced the troubled times of the past to understand the beauty of the world now. Sometimes I feel very confused. How do people survive so chaotic and miserable?
, I can only say that human vitality is terrible."
"But I think humans should not live like this, they should not live like wild animals, they should not live even worse than dogs. We should eat dogs, and we should not be eaten by wild dogs."
The Master's expression became solemn, and he looked at Ning Que and said, "I want to end the chaos in the world. I think there should be some rules first, and then talk about benevolence. If you can open your intelligence and recognize your faith, it would be better.
As a result, I started to give lectures in the countryside and wanted to tell the world these principles."
Ning Que listened quietly and calmly and concentrically.
"What is annoying is that no one wants to listen to my lectures. Some places are because they are too poor. People are worried about eating and drinking every day, and they are not in the mood to listen to my lectures. Some places are because Taoist temples don't like to let me teach, and some are also some
In the local area, the people don’t like my lectures because I have to charge money for my lectures.”
“You can charge no money.
"What are you eating without charging money? I always have to eat."
"Teacher, you are such a realistic idealist."
"I like this praise very much. Back then, I kept hitting walls in reality, but I didn't give up this ideal. I just became much more awake and gradually realized that if I want to influence the whole world, no matter how powerful I am, I have no point in having one.
A powerful secular regime, or a religious help like the Taoist sect.”
"At this moment, I was giving lectures in Tuwei, Xianyang, west of the Wei River. A young man came to me in the middle of the night after listening to my lectures. I thought he was coming to become a disciple, so I asked him to go to Tuwei East Shop tomorrow morning to cut
I came back with three kilograms of meat, but I didn’t expect that he was not here to become a disciple at all, he was here to recruit his subordinates.”
"To put it simply, that night, the young man talked about his ideals. I found that his ideals were also an end to troubled times, so I liked it a little, so I continued to listen."
"You're his subordinate?"
"Can I become someone else's subordinate? I just promised to help him."
"Teacher, that young man... isn't his surname Li?"
"yes."
The black carriage left Taoshan at some point and came to the city of Chang'an.
"The deserted people are powerful, and the Xiling Temple is unable to fight by relying solely on cultivators, so they began to rectify the order of the world. The soldiers and armors of the countries gradually became more powerful, and the imperial power gradually emerged. Tang took advantage of this opportunity to accumulate strength and encountered a trend for many years.
Only when the country is stronger will the country be able to build this Chang'an City."
The Master looked at the thousand-year-old city outside the window, thinking about the scene when the city was built, and showed a look of nostalgia on his face, and said, "When I built this city back then, it should be the happiest day of my life."
Ning Que looked at the huge bricks and moss on the walls of Chang'an City, thinking about the melancholy thoughts and feelings he had expressed about this city, and thinking about the greatness of the predecessors who had shocked the construction of Chang'an City, he couldn't help but be speechless.
Since the Master began telling stories, he has been speechless.
When you discover that the most legendary and greatest years in the history of the world, the glory that cannot be washed away by the wind and rain is now by your side, you can only express your inner shock by using silence.
It took a long time before Ning Que woke up and murmured: "You built Chang'an City, and of course you built the God-Shocking Array."
The Master said, "Yan Se handed over the eye of the formation to you. Some Taoists in Nanmen Temple are not convinced... This formation is mine, so it is natural to pass it to you."
Ning Que said: "Of course, it's natural."
"What happened later?"
"Later, the Tang Kingdom began to conquer the countries and prepare to unify the world."
"Why didn't it succeed?"
"There is no match for the world, but there is also a temple of Xiling."
"Teacher, you didn't take action?"
"How can a person like my teacher take action casually? Not taking action is the biggest shock... Well, I admit that although I was already very strong back then, I was not strong enough. At least I was not sure that I would not alarm Haotian.
Under the premise, destroy the Xiling Temple and suppress all its disciples."
"Teacher, you are already strong enough to say such words."
"At that time, the real powerful people in the world were the wilderness. That guy was preaching on the wasteland for many years. The Demon Sect was great and was ready to go south. Tang State was located in the north and was the first to bear the brunt. He had no way to avoid the sharpness of the wilderness and was forced to swing.
The soldiers went deep into the wasteland, and I also went to fight with that guy."
"Who's winning?"
"I don't like fighting like your uncle. I haven't fought many times, but I haven't lost."
(Looking at the sky, I remember a movie title: I am a legend... Rub your hands, I really love writing this kind of thing. Today's three chapters end, tomorrow's three chapters will still be three chapters. Please vote for monthly votes, thank you.)