Chapter 581: The Way of Faith
Originally, the Shinto framework laid down by the gods was centered on establishing order, cultivating themselves through faith, luck, and merit, and governing the world with this, until the god-king was about to die, and the concept of creation was integrated.
However, it may be that the establishment of order is too general, and the creation of the world is too difficult, and most Shinto monks today only see that the power of faith can be transformed into divine power, helping people to cultivate quickly and increase their strength, so they practice the way of faith.
The gods and people have two moves, saving the living beings, and also pit the living beings in a sense, one is to let the divine pattern appear in the world, and the weak creatures have communicated with the divine pattern to cultivate the divine power, and become a great supernatural power, when the divine pattern is sealed and the source of power is cut off, they will become weak again.
The second is the way of faith, the believer can use the power of faith to cultivate divine power, skyrocket cultivation into power, and comprehend the law of supernatural powers, but it also has a drawback, the power of faith is not obtained by oneself, when the faith collapses, the divine power cultivated with the power of faith will also decay and disappear.
Divine power, for sentient beings who are not gods, is actually a double-edged one, a power and a bondage.
Sentient beings can rejoice at the attainment of divine power, but they do not realize that faith, luck, and merit are created because the gods want to solve the problem of the disappearance of their heavenly souls and the difficulty of enlightenment, in order to make up for the shortcomings of the heavenly souls, and to practice the Dao again.
Therefore, from the standpoint of the gods and rulers, she will gladly rule the world by means of faith, luck, merit, and so on.
From her own point of view, she will not deliberately cultivate faith, gain luck, or make merits, she always believes that cultivation is cultivation, and from the moment of cultivation, the only belief in the eyes of cultivators can only be "Tao", not anything else.
Moreover, the gods spent countless costs to get this ignorant heavenly soul for her, and they would not want her to take the shortcut of the power of faith.
The three souls of the former gods, heaven, earth, and destiny were all gathered together, and they could directly comprehend the Great Dao without the help of others.
The process of cultivating the Tao is actually the process of finding the Heavenly Soul, cultivating the Heavenly Soul, and thus understanding the Great Dao, so the Heavenly Soul is the carrier of the Dao, and it is also the "me" of the past, future, and present of the cultivator.
Since she has a heavenly soul, even if she is ignorant and unclear, she can always wipe it clean and restore it to its original appearance in the continuous understanding of the Tao.
The power you cultivate by yourself is more reassuring, isn't it?
However, she will not completely abandon faith, luck, and merit, after all, they are part of Shinto, and she will practice the way of the emperor and establish Shinto until she finds the way that truly belongs to her.
Zhan Changfeng looked at the way of faith in the inscription of the gods, and thought of a paragraph in the mirror codex, which said that whether it is the Celestial Empire or the Dynasty, there are three indispensable weapons.
The first is the instrument of luck, guarding the luck of a country and predicting the luck of the country.
The second is the instrument of merit, gathering the merits of a country and protecting the emperor's official body to resist karma.
The third is not a weapon of faith, but a tool of willingness, gathering the willpower of all living beings to protect the national strength.
Faith has a deep relationship with the power of will, merit, for example, if you wholeheartedly believe in a certain "god", the power of faith will be generated.
When you have an object of faith and encounter difficulties, do you have to "turn to" him?
At this time, the wish came to his ears, and this trace of wish power is quite a contract, and he promised to fulfill your wish, and this wish power will turn into faith and wish power to help him cultivate.
At the same time, if he doesn't fulfill his promise, this faith will be stripped away from him, or if it is not done well, causing innocent people to suffer, then he will also have to bear part of the karma for you.
There is also a kind of grand wish to heaven and earth, for example, you say that you want to govern the world to the sea and the river, and it is done, and heaven and earth send down merits, but it does not come to pass, you can only be trapped in this grand wish, the Tao is stagnant, and there is no hope of transcendence.
The Buddha's Wish Power Tantra has studied this path very deeply, and it is purely practiced by the power of willingness.
However, as the origin of the power of wishes, Shinto monks avoid it and want to refuse it, even if the power of wishes can help people cultivate, the karma involved is very large, and if it is not good, it will die.
Only a strong and stable dynasty would pay attention to the role of the instrument of wishing, but not to ask the people to make a wish to the dynasty, but to use the power of all the people in the dynasty to make a wish to heaven and earth when war or disaster occurs, so that the whole country will work together to tide over the difficulties.
There are also some Shinto monks who are busy making achievements in the nine days, fighting several times at every turn, and they are too busy to take care of themselves, where can they manage the wishes of believers and bear the risks of cause and effect.
As a result, there were many princes and emperors in the opposition, who did not want faith, luck, merit, population, and a dynasty, but only developed their personal power or preaching in the middle and great realms. This is the case with the Mirage Emperor, who is currently sixth on the Qingyun List.
In the early stage, she also planned to only take the path of developing her personal power, and she would not touch such things as faith and willpower until she was fully prepared.
The content of the inscription is very difficult, and it needs to be comprehended, the Sun Son and others have been twenty-one years for the year, and they have not finished all of it, Zhan Changfeng does not seek to be profound, just look at a rough idea, and the progress will catch up with them, but unfortunately the time has come.
"Goo Li, Goo Li~"
The primeval armyworm that was turning over its abdomen suddenly made a clear sound, waking up several people who were immersed in the inscription.
Zhan Changfeng was the first to open her eyes, she saw shallowly, she didn't be unable to extricate herself like the other four, and only after she watched the primeval beast that gradually regained its breath of life for a while, did the Sun Saint Son and the others react.
"It's not dead yet!" the violent Sun Son grabbed the trident that lay across his lap and stood up to make up for it.
Zhan Changfeng said quietly, "Follow the way of faith, be virtuous in life, it itself did not take the initiative to attack us, since it has escaped death, why not let it go, besides, the divine ruins are about to close, and we are about to leave." ”
The Sun Saint Son's jaw raised slightly, and he suddenly smiled, "Let it go, how about you join my Quihan tribe?"
Has this Son taken the strategic route?
Zhan Changfeng's face did not change, "Ru Yao won't want me to do this, I'm afraid I will live up to the kindness of the Holy Son, but ....."
She glanced at the primeval armyworm, as if embarrassed, "I would like to ask the Holy Son for three tricks, if I can catch it, I hope the Holy Son will let it go." ”
The Sun Son lost his temper and smiled disdainfully, did the Sun King choose a benevolent gentleman for her?
It is better for a virtuous gentleman to teach a student than one who is ambitious and uncontrolled.
The Sun Saint Son had a plan in his heart, and put out his tentative thoughts for the time being, "Hmph, you can't catch my three moves with this bit of strength, so why bother asking for hardship." ”
He simply took the halberd and left.
"The ruins are going to be closed, let's leave as soon as possible. Dou Wuchen always felt that there was something in secret between these two people, but he didn't care about it, so he politely thanked Zhan Changfeng for his help this time and left.
Zhan Changfeng and the three kings said goodbye, first went to the previous palace to find the little fox, and then returned to the Shenwen inscription when no one was around.
The little fox nested in her arms in a small group followed her line of sight, its fur exploded, and buried itself in a smaller group, not wanting to look at the strange soft and smooth ancient creatures.
Zhan Changfeng looked at it directly, the divine light in his eyes flickered, and the perspective eye swept over its whole body and found its soul.
The ancient creatures that can survive in the ruins of the gods don't know if they can resist the power of the gods.
While there was still time, Zhan Changfeng laboriously imprisoned its consciousness with soul confinement, and used the Void God Domain Protector and Divine Power Protector to burrow into its abdominal cavity from its injured abdomen.
...... The white fox being embraced: "Woohoo!!"