Chapter 237: What is a saint?
Zhang Zixing thought of Fu Xi's description of Nuwa before and after her sanctification, and said slowly: "I foolishly think that once I comprehend the Mixed Yuan Dao Fruit and become the so-called Great Dao, the original attachment will gradually die out, and it will become more and more non-self-conscious. The saint, in the final analysis, is just a slave who submits to the 'way of heaven'. If I am asked to give up my attachment to myself and comprehend the 'Great Dao', then I would rather not realize it. ”
The last sentence is also his sincere words.
Lao Tzu didn't expect Xiaoyaozi to say this, and he couldn't help but show a different color, but Xiaoyaozi's next words were even more amazing: "Even if I am fair-minded, I am not afraid of offending Taoist friends." In addition to respecting the teacher Hongjun, the three senior brothers of the Taoist Sect, the two saints of the Western Sect, and the saints of the Wa Imperial Palace, there are a total of six saints, but I think. You are called a saint, but you are a false saint! You only have the great power of destroying the stars and reopening the earth, water, fire, and wind, but you can't call it a 'saint'!"
Lao Tzu never thought that someone would make such bold remarks, and even say it in front of him, a saint! After all, Lao Tzu has cultivated to the deepest level, so he suppressed his anger in a blink of an eye and asked, "Then according to the Taoist friends, how can one be called a saint?"
Zhang Zixing quietly looked directly at Lao Tzu's slightly sharp eyes, and replied: "The poor Taoist thinks that those who are saints are based on people, and those who are 'holy' to others should be holy. If people are forced to respect him with great supernatural powers, and he has the power of a 'saint' but does not have the virtue of a saint, how can he be a saint? If his virtue is noble and his intelligence is extraordinary, and everyone is convinced and respects him sincerely, he will consciously discipline his own deeds with his words and reflect on his own faults with his virtue. Quell the calamities of evil deeds and stop the scourge of war and chaos, so that the four seas will be peaceful, and all the people will be happy...... Or from the perspective of Daoyou Dao, this is just a 'saint' in the narrow sense, but it is a real 'saint' in my heart. ”
After Lao Tzu listened to his "Treatise of the Sage", he couldn't help but show a look of contemplation, and his expression gradually softened, and he spoke for a long time: "The argument of the Friends of the Wandering Dao and the Sage is based on humanity, not the way of heaven. Whether it is the way of heaven or humanity, they are all the way, and the annoyance of the poor way has fallen behind. ”
Zhang Zixing admired Lao Tzu as a saint and was still able to admit his shortcomings in person, and said: "Poor Dao also knows that this statement is extremely bold, but from the point of view of 'Qi Wu I, Qi right and wrong, Qi life and death, Qi noble and cheap', there is no difference between saints, immortals and mortals, so there is this statement, and if you are offended, please forgive Xuandu Daoyou." ”
In this strange world of gods, what is a saint? What is the Emperor of Heaven? What is a Xuan Immortal? In Zhang Zixing's eyes, he is just a person whose "evolution" level has reached the tip of the pyramid, but his moral character and behavior cannot conform to the word "saint", some people may be very close, or have been so persistent, and some are far from reliable. If Zhang Zixing wants to judge, the status of the three saints of Huoyun Cave is higher in his heart, and he may be more worthy of the word "saint".
Maybe he can gather the power of the four spirits and get lucky enough to realize the realm of Xuan Immortals, but he will never be high up as a so-called "immortal", ignoring the survival and extinction of the people, no matter how fast the power enters the realm, from beginning to end, he will position himself in the position of a "human". Perhaps it is precisely because of this, even if he can have supreme power, the realm of that saint will never be reached, just like what the Three Emperors said back then, "It is that there is no regret, so there is no enlightenment".
After Zhang Zixing said this very bold statement to Lao Tzu, a sage who taught the people, a trace of mysteries in his mood seemed to be clearer, as if the things that had been tightly bound were gradually loosened, and he no longer stayed, and bowed to Lao Tzu and floated away.
Lao Tzu watched his red light disappear into the night sky, silent, and seemed to fall into deep thought.
In the night sky, a few points of starlight are studded with the ground. The light of the stars, though faint, was never swallowed up by the vast darkness, and even in the endless darkness of the night, it could not be ignored.
Zhang Zixing returned to Chaoge and saw Kong Xuan and others who had been waiting for him for a long time, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Zhang Zixing Zhang Zixing remembered Lao Tzu's words and asked Kong Xuan if there was a great supernatural person to intercept him when he returned, and as Lao Tzu said, Kong Xuan felt an extremely terrifying force not long after escaping the sea, making him feel as if he had fallen into the abyss and could not extricate himself, and then an equally powerful force came, but for some reason, the two forces did not make a move in the end, but suddenly disappeared. So Kong Xuan flew all the way and returned to Chaoge City safely.
Zhang Zixing secretly guessed what those two terrible forces were, Kong Xuan also asked him about the situation of the quasi-Daoist, Zhang Zixing said about the book of heaven, Kong Xuan couldn't help but pause when he heard that the imperial brother had lost such a precious book of heaven, Ying Long and Nulu also showed regret, but Zhang Zixing couldn't help laughing. It's just a gadget he prepared in Xiqi before he went to Biyou Palace last time, originally for the purpose of fooling the Tongtian Sect Master, but later he didn't take it out due to the inopportune time. Now I have met a quasi-Daoist, and it is just a waste utilization.
Only the title and general outline of the embarrassment were temporarily added for Zhun Ti, just to confuse Zhun Ti, and the nine characters on the Shentie were creative ideas, which had an unexpected effect, not only made Zhun Ti convinced of the mystery and true surname of the Book of Heaven, but also solved the mystery of the ancient chaotic text in the Shentie.
Zhang Zixing didn't have time to think about it at the time, but when he thought about it carefully, he couldn't help but think of the innate treasure Qiankun Ding that Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor said when he was in Huoyun Cave. The Yellow Emperor once said that the Qiankun Ding was obtained by Lao Tzu as the incarnation of Guangchengzi, but unfortunately the Yellow Emperor's fate was thin, and after it was used up, the Qiankun Ding disappeared. Jiuding is a tripod, and Qiankun Ding is also a tripod, so there is nothing to do with it. (Relatives, lovers, enemies, YY...... Kong Xuan couldn't help laughing when he learned that the book of heaven was just a bluffing thing, and that Mixed Yuan Sage Zhun Ti was also fooled, and he couldn't help laughing, and he also admired Zhang Zixing's quick wit.
In the battle of Daiyu Immortal Mountain, although Kong Xuan and Zhang Zixing were not lightly injured, they were the biggest successes among the immortals, and the Chaos Bell finally fell into the hands of Kong Xuan. The reason why the Chaos Bell was so powerful and injured a thousand Xuan Immortals was because it contained the remnants of the divine thoughts of one of the two emperors of the demon clan back then, the Eastern Emperor Taiyi.
In the great battle between the demon clan and the demon god clan, although Taiyi had a treasure like the Chaos Bell in his hands, none of the ten demon gods was under him, and although he had the help of Emperor Jun, he was also invincible. After Emperor Jun was besieged and fell, Taiyi gritted his teeth and blew himself up, casting a secret technique to make his cultivation skyrocket in an instant, and launched the strongest bell with the central component of the Chaos Clock, the bell key. The Ten Demon Gods were seriously injured immediately, and they all tried their best to wrap and seal the bell key layer by layer with the power of their own demon gods, weakening the power, but they were still wiped out Eight people, if it wasn't for the time limit of Taiyi's secret technique, they blew themselves up and died, I am afraid that even the remaining Zhu Rong and Gonggong would not be able to escape death.
Before the Chaos Bell fell into the hands of the Demon God Clan, Taiyi divided his divine thoughts into two wisps before he died, one attached to the Chaos Bell and the other to the bell key, and with the last strength, separated the two.
Since Taiyi has been wiped out, the remaining divine thoughts do not have the wisdom of reading, but only maintain an instinctive sense of defense against all outsiders who come to seize the Chaos Bell, and due to the strange power of the Chaos Clock, Daiyu Immortal Mountain has also undergone a mutation and has become the current mobile island.
Although the bell key was far away, it was wrapped by the power of the demon god layer by layer, gradually materialized, and buried in the depths of Meishan, called the "Chaos Stone", but I don't know how Lu Jian knew, and went to Meishan to look for it, and happened to be hit by Zhang Zixing, thus leading to this cause and effect.
When the Chaos Stone met the Chaos Bell, the two echoed each other, and the power of the demon god wrapped outside gradually disintegrated due to the power of the bell, and was absorbed by Zhang Zixing, revealing the original form of the bell key, and Kong Xuan was able to collect the Chaos Bell smoothly. The power of the demon god is the strongest origin power of the ten demon gods, although most of it has been lost due to the sealing of the bell key, but the rest is still extremely powerful, even if Zhang Zixing has a special physique, it cannot be absorbed. Fortunately, the Hetu given by Fu Xi appeared in time, and with the help of Hetu, he actually absorbed all the power of such a strong demon god, but if you want to "digest" it, I am afraid that it will not be overnight. Relying on the power of this demon god, Zhang Zixing's originally damaged immortal consciousness did not decrease but increased, compared with those Xuan Immortals who went to Daiyu Immortal Mountain with a loss of vitality, he was the most "healthy" person.
Now Zhang Zixing's body should be regarded as a big untapped treasure trove, with the unknown strange disc, the eight ancient chaos texts of Yuwang Jiuding, the river map "rented" by Fuxi, and the power of this incomparably powerful demon god, plus the power of the four spirits, if you can completely absorb, mature, and integrate the power contained in your body, the level of power you have will be quite amazing. Zhang Zixing's only regret is that there is too little time left for him, although these forces are strong, the conditions and time required to "digest" are unusual, and he is afraid that it will be difficult to achieve until the end of the killing. In this case, even if he has the "potential" to become holy, it is meaningless.
The only way to do this is to try our best to obtain all of these powers, if not all of them, and to be able to truly obtain one of them.
It is also the last level below the saint Xuan Immortal Upper Peak Realm, because the accumulation time to reach this level is different from the Wu surname, the difference in cultivation is also relatively large. Take Kong Xuan's current strength as an example, compared with the Eastern Emperor Taiyi back then, there is still a big gap.
Kong Xuan has now melted the remnants of Taiyi's divine thoughts, and the next step is to refine the Chaos Bell step by step and comprehend the magic of use. Therefore, Kong Xuan did not stay in Chaoge, but immediately said goodbye to Zhang Zixing, and wanted to completely refine the Chaos Bell in a secret place.
Zhang Zixing naturally knew the important surname of this matter, and set up a banquet for Kong Xuanyang at the moment, Kong Xuan knew that the current situation was calm on the surface, but in fact it was an undersurge, and his departure would greatly reduce the strength in the hands of the imperial brother, and he was also a little relieved in his heart, and repeatedly told Ying Long and his wife and Yuan Hong to be cautious.
In the spacious and bright palace, wisps of fragrance float out from the incense burner, this incense is the tribute of the East China Sea, called the spirit shark incense, not only the fragrance is pleasant, and has the miraculous effect of awakening the mind and calming the nerves, and the incense burner is built of purple gold, exquisite and exquisite, there are seventy-two rui beasts on the small incense burner, just this one incense burner, can be described with the words "priceless". Not to mention the jade screens, red blood corals, and snow silk curtains placed in the palace...... Even a small flask on the table is a precious treasure that is hard to find.
This room full of treasures is all a gift from the Son of Heaven, and in the palaces of other concubines, even in the middle palace of the late Empress Jiang Wenqiang, there are never so many treasures to be seen. This represents the kind of favor that is almost all-in-one, and this is the Shouxian Palace of Concubine Yan Niangniang Su Daji.
However, Daji is not satisfied, what she wants is not "almost" a combination of favors, but a complete exclusive favor and exclusive favor, and then ascend to the throne of the queen and successfully complete the task of Nuwa Niangniang. She thought she had done it, but recently she realized that this was not the case. Since the death of the third concubine of the queen, it stands to reason that there are only two concubines in the palace, and it is the best time for her to become the queen, but unexpectedly, Shang Qingjun, who has always been low-key, suddenly exerted his strength and actually took the initiative to attack. Recently, the number of times the Son of Heaven has gone to that Qingyun Palace has gradually increased, and the power of Shang Qingjun's support behind him has made it the biggest obstacle for Daji to be sealed at present.
Kun donated to report: "Niangniang, on behalf of the prime minister, I asked to see him outside the palace." ”
Da Ji had listened to the idea of donation, and a few days ago, he summoned Fang Wei and Fei Zhong respectively, and made a promise to let them think of a plan to deal with Shang Qingjun to help her seek the position of queen. Now Fang Wei specially asked to see him, thinking that he had an idea, and he showed joy in front of him and summoned Fang Wei in.
Due to the strict etiquette in the palace, even if it is a family member with a male surname of a concubine, they must meet at a considerable distance, and if necessary, a curtain must be hung in the middle. It seems that foreign ministers like Fang Wei can't meet with concubines rashly. Unless the Son of Heaven will feast on the ministers, Daji will only meet Fang Wei once, and the rest will use the cang's donation to contact him outside the palace. There is also a relationship between Fang Wei and the demon clan, and Da Ji is afraid that she will be detected, so she will not meet Fang Wei in person.
Now Daji's plan is extremely secretive, so Fang Wei was specially summoned to enter, anyway, the surrounding palace maids were ordered by Kun Donation in advance, and they were forced by Daji's Yinwei not to leak it. Just in case, when I met Fang Wei, there was still a bead curtain in the middle.
After seeing the ceremony, Fang Wei said: "Qi Niangniang, the subordinates have a secret plan, and they will definitely help Niangniang succeed!"
(To be continued)