Fish swimming around the world

Jiang Fan was stunned. He really hadn't thought about this. All along, the demon he thought was based on his knowledge of demons in his previous life, but he forgot to ask what the people in this world thought of demons.

"Ask Dao Lao for advice?" he said sincerely.

Goudao looked at him with confusion: "Your Majesty, you have never read the Chronicles of Mountains and Seas and Strange Beasts and the Great Wilderness Sutra seriously?"

Jiang Fan laughed dryly, it was true. When I first came to this world, I read many books diligently in order to understand many things, but I didn't pay attention to this so-called strange power and chaos. Even though I had seen the Cangshan Wolf Demon King, I still didn't mention it. enough attention.

After entering the Qin Dynasty, I was very busy and chatty all the time. Once I was free, I couldn't help but enjoy life. Not to mention reading, even my cultivation consisted of three days of fishing and two days of drying the net. After reading the Dayan Sutra and the Celestial Master's Dao Rune Zhen, I was very impressed. The rest has to be mentioned some useful records, such as the Privy Records of Tianji, the History of the Great Zhou Dynasty and the Holy Land.

At first Xiaocui asked him to take a good look at the strange beasts of the mountains and seas, but he never took it seriously. It was not until he saw Long Ao, Suzaku, Pu Long, Candle Python, White Wolf God, etc. that he realized that in this world In a world that cannot be explained by science, these things may be more worthy of attention. Unfortunately, I always feel uneasy. I have only briefly browsed through "Mountains, Seas and Strange Beasts" a few times, but I really can't bear to read every word carefully. As for the Great Wilderness Sutra, I feel even more ashamed that I haven’t read even half of the first time.

Seeing his stern expression, Gou Dao still didn't understand what was going on.

"My lord, although the Great Wilderness Scripture and the Chronicles of Mountains and Seas and Strange Beasts may seem like anecdotes, they are closely related to this world. You should pay more attention to them in the future."

"Okay, I got it, but now you should tell me first, what does a demon mean?"

Gou Dao pondered for a moment: "There is a saying in the scriptures that monsters are also spirits. The heaven and earth give birth to all things, and use Qi to transform into spirits. Spirits accumulate to become consciousness. After gaining spirit and consciousness, they can transform into monsters. This means that everything in the heaven and earth has aura. , with abundant spiritual energy, it can eventually form a thinking body. No matter whether it is a tree, a snake, or a rat, once it obtains spiritual consciousness, it can be called a demon. Therefore, according to ancient legends, humans are by no means the only ones who can cultivate. , but it cannot be said that the only spirit of all things is human beings.”

Jiang Fan generally understood it, but he still found it incredible. To say that people can practice martial arts, it has happened in previous lives, and this is still within the scope of what he can accept. Strange beasts from the mountains and seas, although it is beyond comprehension, but he is used to watching movies like Godzilla, so he can more or less tolerate it. But can flowers, trees, birds and animals also practice cultivation? Doesn’t that mean that demons and monsters exist?

Um?

Thinking of this, he suddenly froze. Although I have never seen a real demon, if this refers to a monster, I am not unfamiliar with it. And the ghost... He glanced at Xixi and murmured in his heart, isn't this a ghost?

There are ghosts and ghosts, why can’t there be monsters?

Is it the deep-rooted thinking that makes your mind rigid? Having seen so many incredible things in this world, this seems... not surprising.

But if Nine-Tails is a demon, it cannot be classified as a strange beast from the mountains and seas. Is the explanation of demons in this world the same as in the previous life, just a derivative to describe some kind of confusing situation, or is it clearly pointing to something?

Just as his mind was in a mess, Gou Dao continued: "However, it has been believed since ancient times that all things have animism, and the spirit is different, so it can be called a strange beast, but it is difficult for those who have knowledge to understand it. . Those who know can think and distinguish. Although strange beasts are different, they still cannot escape the drive of instinct and have no ability to reason. "

Jiang Fan agreed: "Yes, once birds and animals have the ability to think and distinguish, they will be almost the same as humans except for their physical form."

Gou Dao nodded: "Of course, all things in the world should be the same as the spiritual elder. If there are other things, wouldn't it mess up the position of the spiritual elder? Who should control all the things in the world?"

Jiang Fan understood. This is the standard theory spread in the world. Man should be the primate of all things, and should stand at the top of the pyramid and dominate everything.

"But it has always been recorded in the classics that demons are the pinnacle of spirituality and are close to consciousness. They are different from humans. There are laws in heaven and earth, and all things have their limits, which cannot be exceeded. This means that demons have reached the peak of spirituality and are close to producing consciousness. , but it cannot be regarded as a true identification, because the laws of heaven and earth have no dual masters, and the laws of heaven and earth do not allow them to truly have consciousness."

"So, demons really exist, but they don't really have the ability to think and discern?"

Gou Dao nodded: "Even so, it has been regarded as the only existence that threatens human beings in terms of spiritual consciousness since ancient times. It has been taboo for thousands of years and should be suppressed. However, it is said in the Great Wilderness Sutra that it is difficult for monsters not to resent their position. Seeking to be above him, he was punished by heaven, and had no choice but to take the form of a human being, enter the secular world, choose people and confuse them, live in the shadows and follow people's ways, seeking to subvert, which is often said to confuse sentient beings. "

Jiang Fan seemed to understand. It seemed that the existence of so-called demons could not be accepted in this world. He believed that this was something that threatened humanity's status as the primate of all things and must be suppressed. But the demon is unwilling to do so, but cannot break the monopoly of humans, so it has no choice but to seduce people to help it accomplish what it wants to do.

Therefore, in the final analysis, the meaning of demon in this world is actually not much different from that in our own world.

The problem is that this world has a detailed discussion, but this discussion makes people unable to avoid doubting the physical existence of demons.

Facing his question, Gou Dao nodded: "Yes, Jingzhi believes that demons exist, because logically speaking, they can exist. But no one seems to have seen it, and then people think that the ancestors started to associate, and then they As for the word "demon", beauty has been the most charming since ancient times, so this word was coined to express it.

"So, the various big monsters that the public thinks of have always been just imaginary things that people have come up with in the long history. I don't know when?"

Gou Dao smiled bitterly: "Yes, for thousands of years, people have inferred this based on classics and rumors, but unexpectedly today... it has subverted my knowledge..."

His expression was really indescribable: "My lord, you know that when I really saw the nine-tailed fox, I almost lost my mind."

Jiang Fan thought for a moment: "So, you now have huge doubts about the demon in the scriptures and the demon that the world thinks?"

Gou Dao sighed: "Yes, although I don't know if the nine tails really have consciousness, but when I saw his eyes, I felt that it was extraordinary. Those blue eyes... are as vivid as human eyes."

Jiang Fan let out a long sigh: "No wonder, Ling Yun said that about me. It seems that she most likely thinks that I am either a big demon incarnate or possessed by a big demon, but I don't know if she thinks that I will be a member of the demon fox clan. ,hehe."