Liaozhai Great Sage

"Some gods start to ignore the living beings after a long time, and start to play with theocracy. They only know how to enjoy the incense and worship without doing anything. This is just like the fatuous kings and corrupt courts in the world. How can they not be replaced?"

"Dare to ask, do princes and generals care about each other?"

As soon as these words came out, all ghosts and gods became excited: "The sage said well."

"This statement is very reasonable. Princes and generals have a kindness. Are the gods in the sky also born noble? Why can't they be replaced?"

"Inaction and stupid gods can be replaced, just like dynasties in the world."

Not only the ghosts and gods under his command were excited, but even the faces of the opposite gods changed slightly.

These words seemed to tear away their superior identities, exposing cruel things that they hadn't thought about for a long time.

Yes.

Who must think that God should always be on top, should always rule over everything?

Isn't it the law of heaven and earth that good things replace rotten things? It is the most true truth.

Dongyue Shenjun was silent at the moment.

Such words can only be said by people who have no fear of ghosts and gods in their hearts.

"Decided dead trees standing on the ground should be cut down and burned. The wood dust and carbon ash left behind will become fertilizer to nourish the earth, and new shoots will grow again, becoming a lush and towering tree again for a moment, attracting a hundred birds. A nest, wild animals eat fruit, pedestrians enjoy the shade, and all things are blessed, although the moment a dead tree falls will hurt the living beings nearby, how can the temporary pain be compared with the long-term blessing?"

Li Xiuyuan spoke again, and then looked at Dongyue Shenjun.

4Chapter 17 Mount Tai

Li Xiuyuan and Dongyue Shenjun were debating in the Dongyue Hall in the Heavenly Palace.

What Li Xiuyuan upholds is humanity, what he insists on is orderly reincarnation, good and evil are rewarded, and cannot be avoided just because he is a ghost. The reason why there are many ghosts and gods in his humanity is because his philosophy is fair and just. .

People who commit evil will be punished, and ghosts and gods will also be punished for committing evil.

Therefore, kind people and ghosts and gods naturally hope that the world will become like this, otherwise kind people will be oppressed by evil people, and ghosts and gods with righteous thoughts will be oppressed by evil gods with profound morality. This is what they don't want to see.

But Dongyue Shenjun is the opposite.

He is the god of Taishan Mountain, who has attained the Tao. He has been a god for a long time.

Use the divine way to control all ways, as one from ancient times.

The idea of ​​Shinto is also supported by many gods, because they have been gods for a long time, so they naturally hope to be superior, enjoy the incense and offerings of mortals, live at ease forever, and live forever. Why are they willing to give up Shinto and support humanity?

Therefore, this is not a simple battle, but a collision between the divine way and the human way.

Although Taishan God and Li Xiuyuan are enemies, they can sit together peacefully at this moment, arguing with each other within a few feet of each other.

Maybe some ghosts and gods think that this is superfluous. Since they are already enemies, they should fight and the winner will win.

In fact, this is the wrong approach.

How can the battle between Shinto and humanity be so casual, the first thing to do is to spread your own ideas.

Li Xiuyuan took this opportunity to spread his philosophy of humanity, and God of Mount Tai was also spreading his philosophy of Shinto.

When the concept spreads, all ghosts and gods in the world will have their own choices.

At that time, the winner in the battle can truly implement his own ideas, otherwise he will win by fighting now.Because ideas cannot be spread, there will still be many ghosts and gods who support Shinto or humanity.

Such a battle would be meaningless.

Kill one Li Xiuyuan, and there will be saints born in the future. As long as people don't die, saints will always appear. It is impossible for God to kill all people.

In the same way, there are countless ghosts and gods in the world after killing a Taishan god. The ghosts and gods are endless, and the gods who uphold the divine way will still appear.

Only when ideas are spread smoothly and victories are achieved, can they be guaranteed forever.

Just like the hundreds of schools of thought in the Spring and Autumn Period, they have different ideas, but only the ideas of Confucianism have spread, and they have been passed down from generation to generation, endlessly.

"This is indeed the exquisite heart with seven apertures. Your mind is smarter than ghosts and gods. I can neither win nor lose the argument between this god and you."

After a long time, Dongyue Shenjun suddenly and slowly spoke, with a bit of exclamation in his tone.

Li Xiuyuan shook his head and said: "It's not that I'm smart, but that I uphold the right way, which is in line with the philosophy of heaven and earth. So I'm not afraid of debate."

Dongyue Shenjun said again: "This is also the reason why this god hides in the fairy palace and avoids seeing you, a saint on earth, for the past 20 years. Once a person sees a god and has confronted him, the feeling of the god in his heart This kind of awe will disappear, and you will start thinking about God, pondering God’s thoughts, and thus... understanding God, when a mortal understands God, he will feel that the so-called God is nothing more than this.”

"This god will tell you a story, do you have the patience to listen?"

Li Xiuyuan said: "The story of Shenjun is different, I wish to hear it in detail."

He has always told stories to others, and it was the first time that others told him stories.

Dongyue Shenjun said slowly: "In the past, there were two mortals, one mortal was reviled because of his bad fortune, and the other god couldn't see it anymore and decided to send down divine lightning to kill this mortal, so this mortal was struck by thunder all day and night. After he was killed, the people in the nearby villages all clapped their hands and applauded, thinking that this was a manifestation from the heavens, and thanked the heavens for killing this mortal."

"That's the so-called will of God."

"However, the second mortal also committed the same thing as the first mortal, and the other god couldn't stand it anymore, and decided to show his spirit to kill this mortal, but it happened to be seen by other common people, so the nearby common people began to criticize Seeing the cruelty and inhumanity of this god, I finally felt that this god is an evil spirit, destroyed the temple of this god, and destroyed the statue of this god.”

"That's called public opinion."

"The same thing, the same process, the same result, but the two gods got different results because of their different methods. In fact, the will of God and the people are nothing more than God's will. The human way you uphold is nothing more than a shame. It’s just a saying, if your ideas are correct, then the essence of uncovering that veil is still the divine way.”

Dongyue Shenjun finished speaking and looked at Li Xiuyuan: "The sage thinks this god's words are justified?"

"Shen Jun said well."

As soon as these words came out, the gods under his command suddenly realized that they were all overjoyed, thinking that the divine way is the inconvenient way and the root of everything.

Even the ghosts and gods under Li Xiuyuan's command began to think about the words of Dongyue Shenjun with a bit of thoughtfulness.

However, Li Xiuyuan snorted at this moment: "Absurd, although there are some truths, but they are just fallacies. There is no truth in your story, only fooling and deceit. People don't know God and kill people, so God lies about God's will and uses God's will. Convincing the common people is a way of fooling the people, just like the treacherous officials in the world who murder loyal officials, fabricate crimes, deceive the emperor and let the emperor order to kill them, but the common people don't know, and think that the people who are punished are really traitors and traitors. I don’t know that the one who was actually killed was Zhongliang.”

"If that person deserves to be killed, I have nothing to say. Death by God's will, God's will, and public opinion are all the same. However, God has been doing justice for the sky for a long time. It is inevitable that he will use his power for personal gain. And ask me, am I the one to die?"

Dongyue Shenjun said: "The sage has profound merits, he has done good deeds and accumulated virtues, and his ancestors have been good people for five generations, so he is not a person who deserves to die."

"If I don't deserve to die, why would a god come to punish me?"

As soon as these words came out, Dongyue Shenjun shut up, and all the gods in the hall fell silent, and their hearts began to waver again.

Li Xiuyuan continued: "Killing me is the most obvious way for gods to use their power for personal gain, under the guise of God's will. How can gods be unfair, good and evil are not distinguished, and dare to replace God's will and do justice for heaven? The living beings in the world? Your divine way is not based on correct ideas, but on the way you rely on, the top ten marshals under your command, and countless heavenly soldiers and generals."

"So your Shinto is not the correct Shinto, but overbearing."

"In the mortal world, there was a dynasty more than a thousand years ago, called the Qin Dynasty. Qin Shihuang unified the seven kingdoms, and his achievements surpassed the past and the present. Why did the second generation die? It is nothing more than relying on force. It was not used to govern the people, but to maintain the imperial power. Therefore The tyrannical government of the Qin Dynasty was fierce and fierce, although it was powerful for a while, it could not last long. When Chen Sheng and Wu Guang raised their arms, the Great Qin was destroyed in an instant, and even the powerful army that unified the seven kingdoms was powerless."