Chapter 236: Hua Sanqing Lao Tzu withdraws and asks for permission
Chapter 236: Hua Sanqing, I Retreat from Zhunti
Taoist Zhunti was not as casual as he was with Tongtian Cult Master in front of the Yellow River Formation. Perhaps he had learned the lesson from the previous failure. Now he was extremely cautious. As soon as he came up, a golden statue appeared. There were ten statues in it.
Eight hands, twenty-four poems, holding an umbrella cover with a necklace, a fish intestine in a flower pot, a blessed pestle, a precious file, a golden bell, a golden bow, a silver halberd, flags and other items.
An exquisite pagoda appeared on my head, with a calm look on my face, and a solitary crutch in my hand to meet each other casually. Although the two of them showed great supernatural powers and fought fiercely, Zhang Zixing, who was not far away, did not feel the slightest fluctuation in power, just like two ordinary people.
It's like people are fighting, which reflects the extremely subtle control of power by the two saints.
Taoist Zhunti's Seven Treasures Tree is indeed miraculous, and I'm always brushed away before I even get close to him. But the magic weapons in the hands of the golden statue of Zhunti can't shake the exquisite tower on my head at all, and I
The most powerful magic weapon, Tai Chi Tu, has not yet been used.
Seeing that Zhunti was unable to fight for the moment, I picked up the green ox, jumped out of the circle, pushed the fish tail crown, and saw three qi streams coming out from the top, turning into three pure things. I only heard a bell ringing due east.
A sword-wielding Taoist, wearing a nine-cloud crown and a red and white crane crimson gauze robe, came to attack Zhunti. The Zhengnan bell rang, and there was another Taoist wearing a Ruyi crown, a light yellow bagua robe, and holding a Ganoderma lucidum Ruyi.
Said, take the Ruyi Chaozhenti and hit it; due north, there is another jade chime sound, and a Taoist comes, wearing a Jiuxiao crown, wearing eight treasures and long life purple haze clothes; holding a dragon beard fan in one hand, and holding the three treasures and jade Ruyi in the other hand.
They were also pointed straight towards Zhunti and placed in the right place. The three bodies were covered with thousands of rays of rays of light and thousands of auspicious colors, which were brilliant and dazzling.
Taoist Zhunti had tried his best to defeat Lao Tzu, but now he found that the Taoists from the three directions all possess the first-class magical powers of saints. If one fights four, there is no chance of winning. He felt uneasy, feinted, jumped out of the circle, and asked:
"Who are these three Taoist friends? Why do you come to make trouble for Pindao?"
One of the people laughed and said: "You don't even recognize us, and you still call us the Lord of the Western Sect? The three of us are Shangqing, Yuqing, and Taiqing. We are here to help Brother Li Dao come to fight you!"
Zhunti was puzzled. These Sanqing Taoists seemed to have the aura of saints, but they were unknown. They had never heard of their names, and they didn't know where they came from.
I smiled slightly, walked up with a crutch, and shouted: "Fellow Taoists, please help me subdue this person!"
Four Taoists surrounded Zhunti, from above or below, from left or right, and attacked together. Although Zhunti's seven-treasure tree was miraculous, it could not withstand the four saints joining forces, and they ate four and five of them in succession.
He turned, his footing was unstable, he staggered and almost fell to the ground.
Zhunti didn't realize the wonderful use of Laozi's Qi-transformed clones. The three pure Qings in this Qi-transformed body are just vitality. Although they have a tangible form, their power is dispersed, so they can't hurt him. Only the original deity who has retained most of his power can truly possess it.
The power of destroying the enemy. Zhunti knew that it was difficult for him to defeat the four saints. He circled the Seven Treasures Tree and formed a round rainbow. He barely withstood the attacks of the four people and walked away. I was about to lose my breath and the clone was about to disappear, so
He didn't pursue him either, and allowed Zhunti to escape.
Zhang Zixing praised: "The Saint of Bajing Palace is indeed well-deserved! This one Qi and three pure states are really wonderful and extraordinary!"
Unexpectedly, with Xiaoyaozi's mere Golden Immortal cultivation, and his "eyesight" still above that of Zhunti, I actually recognized the wonderful use of his clone. At that moment, I couldn't help but show surprise, put away the clone, dropped the green ox, and praised: "The Tao is friendly."
experience!"
Zhang Zixing hurriedly stepped forward and saluted: "I didn't know the Dharma of the Bajing Palace Saint in Xiaoshan the day before yesterday. I was very rude. Please forgive me for that."
Lao Tzu asked: "If you know it, what should you do?"
Zhang Zixing thought for a while: "For people with shallow cultivation like me, if they meet a saint, they should try their best to please him in order to seek favor or protection."
Lao Tzu smiled and said: "My Taoist friend's words are honest, but not entirely true! In this case, the Western Sect Saint Zhunti just tried to win over you, why didn't you agree to go to the West?"
"The words of the saint really make the poor man feel ashamed..."
Lao Tzu's smile did not change and he said: "My Taoist friend used to discuss the Tao with me in the past. He spoke freely and had wonderful meanings. His theory of 'Tao' was both similar and different to mine. We really got along with each other. We are also members of the same Taoist philosophy. I should treat my Taoist friend as a former Taoist friend."
Proportional.”
Seeing that I had no ill intentions, Zhang Zixing relaxed his mind and said with a smile: "If that's the case, why did fellow Taoist Xuandu want to stop Zhunti just now? Fellow Taoist Xuandu is not me, so how do you know that I don't want to leave with Zhunti?"
Hearing this, Lao Tzu recalled his last sophistry when discussing Taoism in Xiaoshan, and couldn't help but laugh: "Friend Taoist, please don't come up with those witty words again. You and I were destined to discuss Taoism back then, but now I see that Zhunti wants to force you to the West."
Go, so I show up to help. I believe that Taoist friends are carefree and unruly people with extremely strong roots. Even if they are saints, they may not be truly respected by you. But where did your book come from? It seems to be a thing with great supernatural powers.
Why were you willing to pay Zhunti just now?"
Zhang Zixing knew that Lao Tzu had been observing him for some time, so he did not hide it and replied: "I don't want to go to the West, so I exchanged that thing for freedom. No matter how wonderful the Book of Heaven is, it is still a foreign object, so how can it be worth it?"
A free body?"
Lao Tzu praised: "A Taoist friend is free and happy, even if he is a poor Taoist, he is still envied."
"Besides, people who are not destined to read the book cannot read it. With Zhunti's ability, he can only recognize two characters. It's okay to leave it to him for a hundred years." Zhang Zixing thought to himself: If Zhunti is given thousands of years, history will basically be as it should be.
If the trajectory develops, he should still be able to decipher the "囧" sign in the Heavenly Book, and even understand what "囧 culture" is. If such a day comes, Zhunti's expression will be very exciting, will it be just like the one in the Heavenly Book?
"Title" average?
After Zhang Zixing finished speaking, he asked me seriously: "Fellow Taoist Xuandu came here especially for the Chaos Clock?"
Lao Tzu looked indifferent and replied: "The Chaos Bell is an innate treasure, and only those who are destined can get it. But this time is different from the past. The numbers of the gods are mixed up during the killing catastrophe, and it is unpredictable. Even a saint will inevitably covet it like Zhunti.
Heart."
Zhang Zixing was surprised: "So, my brother must be in danger on the road? Could there be other saints to intercept him?"
I nodded, then shook my head: "Don't worry, everything will eventually work out. Although that brother had some twists and turns along the way, he has now passed through it safely."
Zhang Zixing was surprised and doubtful, but he was quite convinced of Lao Tzu's abilities. He couldn't help but feel relieved, and asked: "Just now, my Taoist friend and Taoist Master Zhunti said that I am an unexpected person. How do you explain it?"
"People outside the destiny are people outside the destiny. They should not exist in this destiny, but they appear by chance."
Laozi's answer made Zhang Zixing's heart beat wildly: After all, he, the "King Zhou" whose trajectory is completely different from his original trajectory, does not belong to this "number of days". So, does Laozi know that he comes from another time and space, or even knows that he is from another time and space?
All kinds of plans?
Lao Tzu's next explanation made him feel a little relieved: Although the movement of the way of heaven is said to be impermanent, it still has a slight trajectory to follow. Therefore, many people with supernatural powers and inspiration can calculate and sense what may happen in the future according to that trajectory.
The general trend is even detailed. The way of heaven is called impermanent, and there are invisible and elusive things in it, which are called variables. There are also people with great supernatural powers who can occasionally calculate one or two. The two can be compared to constants and variables. Generally speaking
, constants can be regarded as a relatively stable whole, and variables are local small pieces. However, the number of days has changed and the "variables" have exploded, so it is difficult to calculate it accurately, especially in this massacre, it is even more strange and unpredictable.
The person outside the destiny is equivalent to a big variable, completely out of the conventional track, and its importance is even more important than that of Jiang Ziya, a person who has become a god outside the destiny. Because Jiang Ziya can only be regarded as the announcer of the final result, and the fate
Outsiders may change the entire outcome.
Therefore, the Zhunti Taoist attaches great importance to Zhang Zixing, and is even willing to fight hard to let Kong Xuan go. This may be the main reason why I came to help. Maybe, this human sage is also interested in the Chaos Clock.
I was very interested in the "Tao" plagiarized by Zhang Zixing, and started discussing with him. Zhang Zixing learned that Kong Xuan returned safely, and he began to deceive Dafa with peace of mind. When they talked about the way to govern the country, the differences between the two finally became apparent.
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Zhang Zixing remembers that later rulers in the early Han Dynasty highly respected Huang and Lao's techniques. Most of them implemented the policy of governing by doing nothing and resting with the people, which indeed effectively promoted the prosperity of the social economy in the early Han Dynasty. However, any kind of thought and theory will
Due to the limitations of the times, governing by doing nothing also has many shortcomings. For example, being quiet and inactive, valuing the soft and guarding the female, and not being burdened by things will lead to the weakening of the feudal hierarchical authority system. The most likely trend is that "the king is weak and the minister is strong". Han Dynasty
In the early days, the power of the princes and kings expanded rapidly, posing a great threat to the Han regime, and many rebellions occurred one after another.
Furthermore, governing by doing nothing leads to a laissez-faire economic policy, which leads to collusion between government and businessmen, embezzling a large amount of national assets, and monopolizing the country's economic lifeline. They also compete for luxury in life, seriously corrupting the social atmosphere, and further leading to the deterioration of social security. And in
Under the principle of following nature and governing by doing nothing, Huang-Lao's school eroded society and endangered the dissident forces of the Western Han Dynasty. As a result, the dissident forces that threatened the Western Han Dynasty grew viciously, which attracted the attention of many keen thinkers and politicians such as Jia Yi and Jia Shan.
The political reality at that time was subject to much criticism and correction.
Although Zhang Zixing was inconvenient to cite examples from the "Han Dynasty", he was able to analyze the limitations and shortcomings of the rule of inaction in detail. Laozi did not argue too much, but pointed out Zhang Zixing's "Equality of things and self" proposed by Zhang Zixing based on Zhuangzi's basic thoughts.
The social model of "equalizing right and wrong, regulating life and death, and regulating noble and humble" is too ideal and cannot be put into practice.
However, Zhang Zixing, who has experienced the democratic society of the 24th century, has analyzed the development and evolution of various social systems step by step based on the historical social development theory of later generations to confirm the feasibility of the ideal model. Of course, even in the 24th century,
A democratic society that fails to achieve the ideal of "no class, no rich or poor" may be said to be only a beautiful dream, but after all it is an ideal model worth yearning for (although its realization is far away).
It is the ultimate development model of human society.
Zhang Zixing understands the elusive nature of this ideal, so he plagiarized a sentence from the original text of Laozi's Tao Te Ching to summarize it: "My words are easy to understand and easy to do. No one in the world can understand it, and no one can do it."
Lao Tzu was full of admiration: "I don't think my Taoist friends have such a great way in their hearts! Although it is very different from my way, it is still praiseworthy and respectable!"
"How can a few minor ways be compared with the Taoist Taoist Dao!" Zhang Zixing secretly felt ashamed, and finally asked the question that had been brewing for a long time: "During the massacre, it is inevitable that life will be ruined and the people will suffer. Taoist Taoist is the master of the human religion, will he take action?
To save everyone in the world?"
Lao Tzu shook his head: "Yin and Yang rise and fall, and rise and fall in accordance with the law. This is the ultimate principle of heaven. If there is no rise and fall, how can we continue to live forever? Things that people teach only depend on luck and cannot interfere."
This answer was also expected by Zhang Zixing, and he asked: "If saints fight with each other due to a dispute over luck, what will happen to Taoist monks from Xuandu?"
Lao Tzu pondered: "Although the saint understands Hunyuan, he cannot forcibly reverse the destiny. I have always practiced the way of inaction and should not get involved in disputes. If it is really God's will and cannot be purified, I will not stay out of it."
Zhang Zixing then asked: "The current general trend is the dispute between the two religions, and the Western religion is not willing to stay dormant. If there is a dispute between the two religions, or one party joins the Western religion, which way will fellow Taoists gravitate?"
I looked up at the endless night sky above my head, and said calmly: "Let the sky do what you want."
Seeing that he refused to express his position, Zhang Zixing pressed him and asked: "I heard that both Taoist friends and Chanjie saints were taught by the same master, and Taoist friends are the leader. If one party really leads Zhunti to fight with the other,
Isn’t it the same as beating up fellow Taoists?”
Lao Tzu shook his head and said: "My Taoist friends have also said before that 'all things are equal to me'. You must know that under the way of heaven, all living beings are equal, how can there be a distinction between east and west? I should comply with the way of heaven and judge the situation and act accordingly. I see my fellow Taoists
He has extremely strong faculties and extraordinary understanding. If he can devote himself to cultivation and realize the great truth, he will have a bright future."
Complying with the way of heaven? Could this so-called way of heaven be the original "trajectory" of the rise and fall of business? Zhang Zixing was very disappointed. Facing the rare praise from the saint of the human religion, he laughed at himself: "Wonderful enlightenment? Even if it is like this
What if fellow Taoists become saints and understand the Great Way of Hunyuan? It’s just..."
Seeing that he was still unfinished, Lao Tzu asked: "Fellow Taoist, please tell me straight away. When it comes to Taoism, there is no such thing as a saint or a golden immortal. We are all Taoist friends, so there is no need to worry."
Zhang Zixing stared into Lao Tzu's eyes and said word by word: "Since Taoist Brother Xuandu has spoken first, then... please forgive me for offending me!"