Zhutian: Everything starts from becoming a disciple of Uncle Jiu!

Chapter 395: On the absence of self, others, sentient beings, and life! (Please subscribe!)

"Maoshan..."

Ji Dian had a strange look in his eyes. He was a little confused as to what the Maoshan Sect was trying to do by accepting Zhao Zheng as a disciple.
But he didn't think much about it. He was soon attracted by the table and the food and wine that Zhao Zheng brought out. He sat down and started eating without hesitation.

"Humph……"

Looking at Ji Dian drinking and eating meat, Fahai snorted coldly, but did not leave. Instead, he sat down and picked up his chopsticks to eat the vegetarian dishes.

He may not give face to others, but he still has to give face to Zhao Zheng. The villain in Zhao Zheng's heart shook his head helplessly, thinking that Fahai was still unwilling to accept reality.

Zhao Zheng also sat down, picked up his chopsticks and started eating, but in his heart he was thinking about the cause and effect just now. The second memory that suddenly appeared in his mind and his identity as the seventeenth-generation disciple of Maoshan, as well as the founder Mao Datong who accepted him as a disciple.

"Same name? Or..."

Zhao Zheng thought about the three ancestral corpses that he and Uncle Jiu had welcomed from Mount Mao in the charity cemetery in the main world. You know, the three ancestral corpses were named Mao Datong, Mao Ertong, and Mao Santong, and the ancestor who accepted him as a disciple was also called Mao Datong...

"Similar flowers, or..."

Zhao Zheng muttered to himself, "Who cares? He won't harm him anyway." So he stopped thinking about it and asked Ji Dian for news while eating.

He didn't ask anything else, just about the matter of returning to the throne. When it came to this, Ji Dian became interested and explained to Zhao Zheng: "Speaking of returning to the throne, we have to mention Sister Guanyin!"

When mentioning Sister Guanyin, Ji Dian showed a look of a loser looking at a goddess, which made Fahai frown, and he felt that Ji Dian was definitely not the Arhat who subdues the dragon.

No no no,
It is absolutely impossible that Ji Dian is the one!!
"Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva returns to the world?"

Zhao Zheng asked the question even though he knew the answer, so Ji Dian began to explain. The so-called "returning to the world to save all living beings" means that when Guanyin Bodhisattva became a Buddha, he saw the suffering of all living beings and their damnation in the world, and he couldn't bear it, so he reincarnated and practiced again to become a Bodhisattva to save all living beings. This is also the origin of the phrase "returning to the world to save all living beings".

Zhao Zheng continued to ask, and soon, he got what he wanted. Unlike other worlds, the Bodhisattvas in this world seemed to have returned to the world to pray for mercy. Well, at least the so-called eight great Bodhisattvas had experienced this.

Zhao Zheng wanted to continue asking, but Ji Dian left after eating and didn't give him the chance to ask more.

"Because of that great demon... that's why so many Bodhisattvas in this world have returned to this world? They have all become Buddhas, but they have to reincarnate again and practice again to save all living beings..."

Zhao Zheng thought in his mind, then turned his head to look at Fahai who was staring at the direction where Ji Dian left, curled his lips and said helplessly.

"Is this the only Luohan?"

"..."

The scene was silent for a moment, just like the sincere and defense-breaking question asked by a spectator when a certain mythological player was fighting a ghost in the previous life. Fahai's eyelids twitched and he turned to look at Zhao Zheng.

"Ahem, just kidding, but I think you should stop bothering him, he's busy!" Zhao Zheng coughed and said seriously, looking at Fahai with a puzzled look, he asked back: "Do you think an Arhat would come down to earth for no reason?"

"He is not!"

"...Yes, he is not, but do you think Ji Dian would appear here for no reason?"

Looking at Fahai, who had refuted but still refused to admit Ji Dian's true identity, Zhao Zheng asked back.

"This……"

Fahai frowned and thought of the lazy and ugly beggar next to Ji Dian when he met Ji Dian today. Just as he was thinking about it, Zhao Zheng's next sentence made him stunned.

"Ji Dian came to the earth this time in order to change the fate of all people in the world..." Zhao Zheng said, and briefly introduced the bet between Ji Dian and the gods in heaven.

There are also stories about nine generations of beggars, nine generations of pheasants, and nine generations of evil people. Fahai was surprised to hear this.

"how do you know?"

Fahai was stunned after he finished speaking. He didn't mean anything else, he just felt that he had said too much. After all, Zhao Zheng knew everything about him.

"Well, I've read the script. It's a biography."

"..."

"Okay, let's go. Aren't you curious about how Ji Dian changed their fate?"

Zhao Zheng asked with a smile, but in his heart he was speechless about Fahai, or rather, he was speechless about Fahai's stubbornness.

Fahai instantly became interested. After a while, Ji Dian, who had just found Zhu Dachang in Tiantai County, looked up at the sky with a speechless face, or rather, at the two people in the clouds.

"Nothing to do, huh?"

Ji Dian cursed and then began to transform Zhu Dachang, while Fahai in the sky looked at Zhu Dachang with a frown. As he looked at him, he said to Zhao Zhengdao beside him.

"If it were you, what would you do?"

"Reshape...his worldview!"

Zhao Zheng gave the answer and looked at Fahai with a puzzled look in his eyes. He thought for a moment, stretched out his hand and flicked it, and the optical refraction regained its power.

Two pictures appeared in front of him. The people in the pictures were not Ji Dian, nor the three ninth generations, but two ordinary teenagers.

The two boys were almost the same age, the only difference was that one was dressed gorgeously while the other was dressed cleanly but with patches on his clothes.

"What do you think is the difference between these two people?"

Zhao Zheng asked Fahai. Fahai looked at him and frowned, "One is well-dressed and well-fed, the other is from a poor family..."

"What about personality?"

"One... is cheerful, the other is reserved!"

Fahai watched for a while and commented, thinking about the three views mentioned by Zhao Zheng, he seemed to understand something, but also didn't understand anything.

"Cheerful? That's naughty. Introverted, it's more like fear..." Zhao Zheng looked at the child from the poor family in the picture.

After a pause, he continued, "Of course, it's not right to say I'm afraid. To be more precise, it's because this child is too sensible..."

Yes, he is too sensible. Although background does not determine the upper limit, it does determine the lower limit. Just like the child he randomly picked, his family is not so poor that they cannot afford to eat, but it is still very poor.

There are not many things that come from a poor family. One of the things is that children from poor families have to grow up early. The other thing is that...

timid!
Or,

Think too much!

They cannot be said to be hesitant when doing things, but they dare not make rash decisions. The reason is that they are poor and cannot afford to waste.

Coupled with the ideas instilled by their families, their mental age is much older than their actual age.

In some ways this is a good thing.
But most of the time this is a bad thing.

For example, the father of this poor child always instilled in him the importance of being humble, which means being patient and not spending money recklessly.

"Isn't it good to be sensible?"

Hearing the strange tone in Zhao Zheng's words, Fahai looked puzzled. Zhao Zheng shook his head: "This is good, but it is not good for him, because he should not be sensible at this age..."

"???"

Fahai was confused by what he heard. Looking at Zhao Zheng who was talking, he inexplicably thought of his deceased master.

"Look at his father."

"Ok?"

Fahai looked at the scene on the screen where the gaze shifted to the father of the poor child, and after looking carefully for a while he commented.

"An honest man."

"Do you think they look alike?"

"Father and son, definitely..." Fahai paused, looking at the honest man in the picture, and then comparing him with his child.

His brows knitted up unconsciously. He probably understood what Zhao Zheng meant by "bad".
but,

He didn't quite understand.

I don't understand when "honesty and duty" became a derogatory word, even though it is clearly a compliment to someone.

"It's not good to be too sensible..."

Zhao Zheng spoke quietly, paused, looked at Fahai and continued: "What do you think is the difference between these two children?"

"...Background?" Fahai thought for a moment and said.

"Not entirely true. Background is only part of the reason. The main reason is the three outlooks, which are the world outlook, values, and life outlook... These are the three outlooks I'm talking about... The three outlooks that influence their personality and how they conduct themselves..."

Looking at Fahai who was lost in thought, Zhao Zheng waved his hand to clear the scene in front of him and pointed at Zhu Dachang who was being taken away by Ji Dian.

"If it were you, how would you change him?"

"I……"

Fahai opened his mouth. He felt that he had many ideas in his mind, but he didn't know how to implement them.

"Think about it carefully. When he is no longer able to bear the consequences, you go and help him!" Zhao Zheng added fuel to the fire, and Fahai nodded heavily.

"Thank you fellow Taoist for your advice!"

"You're welcome. Please continue watching. I have something else to do!"

Zhao Zheng waved goodbye and left the sky. He didn't go anywhere but came to the sky above the poor family.

Looking at the little guy in the yard who was helping his family chop firewood, Zhao Zheng thought for a moment and stretched out his hand.

A ray of golden magic flew out from his fingertips and sank into the little guy's forehead, helping him to refresh his mind... um? No, it should be said that it helped him to open his wisdom.

This was not to improve the opponent's IQ, which he was not yet able to do. He just used his magic power to plant a long-lasting magic power in the opponent's brain that would calm the mind and concentrate the spirit.
The general effect,

Well, mental strength recovery +1.

In addition to making this little guy's brain extra clear, it will also improve his memory...

"strangeness……"

Zhao Zheng murmured in his heart that he was puzzled. He was not puzzled about anything else, but why he did not have the sense of satisfaction of doing good deeds.

thinking,

He thought of a sentence.

If you want to do it, just do it. Why make so many excuses?
"Yes, if you want to do it, just do it. Why so many excuses?" Zhao Zheng understood. In a trance, he felt that he understood something, but he couldn't explain what he understood.
He couldn't tell it again!

"What's missing?"

Zhao Zheng's eyes showed thoughtfulness, and then he thought of Ji Dian's calmness, or indifference, when facing the death of his original parents.

"Is what Ji Dian did not mean as described in the Diamond Sutra, that there is no self, no person, no living being, no life..."

Zhao Zheng muttered to himself, looking at the little guy who was still chopping wood in the yard. He stretched out his big hand and flicked it lightly, and a ray of golden light shot out.

Bang!
The little guy fell to the ground and lost his voice. He was found by his parents and his crying voices were heard in the yard.

Zhao Zheng in the sky still had that expressionless look on his face, without even a frown. He just muttered in his heart with a thoughtful look in his eyes, "There is no self, no others, no sentient beings, no life." Thinking of him, he muttered, "All beings are equal..."

"No, no, no..."

Not all beings are equal. Zhao Zheng's eyes showed contemplation. The contemplation turned into confusion, and the confusion turned into understanding. Then he raised his hands high to block the sunlight, feeling the warmth of the sun.
Oh.
understood!

"What this sentence means is the mentality of players when facing NPCs, right? The differences in life levels and realm levels lead to the so-called non-being and non-life..."

Thinking about what Ji Dian had done, Zhao Zheng recalled the feeling he had when facing those NPCs in his previous life while playing games. He retracted his big hand that was blocking the sunlight and looked up at the big sun in the sky.

The enlightenment in his eyes became more and more obvious!

The so-called no self, to put it simply, means to see the mind and nature, to understand one's true self, that is, one's original nature, original mind, and original self.

And the non-human aspect is to despise others. Well, that's not right. It should be ignored. Yes, ignoring does not mean despising or looking down on others, but fundamentally ignoring the interference that the other party has caused to you.
Only in this way can one be considered as a person without a human being!!
As for the following "no living beings" and "no life" meaning is... ignoring each other. Actually, it is not accurate to say "ignoring", because you can understand this as similar to the feeling when a player faces an NPC in the game.

But it makes sense if you think about it. Those immortals and gods are high up, with almost endless lifespans, and who knows how many reincarnations they have experienced. As for the human world and the so-called love affairs, they have seen a lot, and have become indifferent and thorough about them. In some ways, isn't that just indifference and not caring at all?

This is the same as when a player faces an NPC in a game. I am happy to give you a lot of things to help you practice.
If you are unhappy, I will catch you and chop you for days and nights, making you die and live again and again. Even if I can't chop you to death, it doesn't matter.
Digging the earth to enclose you! !
"I see……"

Zhao Zheng felt a sudden enlightenment in his heart, and his eyes lit up with a golden light. In the golden Buddha light, the shadow of a Buddha with three faces and thirty-six arms and a face showing great compassion became more and more solid.

Equally solid was the shadow of the great demon behind the Buddha, which exuded great destruction, great annihilation...

Or in other words,
The Dharma image condensed from the breakthrough of the martial arts.

"Forget it, don't make things difficult for the poor..."

Zhao Zheng, who wanted to leave, listened to the crying sound below that made him feel upset. He raised his hand and pointed at the little guy who he had beaten to death, and then left. After he left, the little guy suddenly opened his eyes and gasped.

"Su'er is awake, Su'er is awake..."

"I think you have lost your mind. Su'er is not even angry..." the man said crying, but when he saw Su'er sitting up, he was stunned for a moment, and then burst into tears.

"My son, I'm glad you're okay..."

…………

Three days later,

The time came to August 23rd.
early morning.

In a five-story mansion in the east of the city that Zhao Zheng had bought two days ago, in the ritual hall, under a group of statues of gods that were so shrouded in incense smoke that they could not be seen clearly, Zhao Zheng was sitting on a cushion and doing his morning prayers.

When it was six o'clock and the morning class was over, Zhao Zheng got up and began to burn incense. Not much happened in those three days.

Ji Dian was still completing his mission, but Fa Hai didn't know what he was thinking. He actually found a beggar who was almost as lazy as Zhu Dachang, and taught him like Ji Dian. As for how he knew that Fa Hai was with him,

This is because Fahai and Ji Dian are now living in the house he just bought. One was invited by him, and the other lives there without his permission. Zhao Zheng really has nothing to say about this.

"Forget it, I'll just beat them up later!"

Zhao Zheng muttered to himself as he offered incense to the gods and immortals. Then he stared at the altar where there should be eight of them.

But there are only two statues!
The two statues of immortals have surnames of Lu and Lan, which is not much to say. What is worth mentioning is that he happened to find an inn in the next county last night.

The innkeeper's wife is called He Xiangu! He Xiangu also has a cousin named Zhang Guolao, um, the movie: Laughing Eight Immortals!

"Jie Jie Jie..."

Zhao Zheng suddenly laughed out loud, and Ji Dian, who was passing by, looked at Zhao Zheng in surprise: "Who do you want to knock out?"

"I'm not, I didn't, don't talk nonsense!"

"Oh... I don't believe it!"

"..."

"I believe it, remember to call me when you hit me with a club. I'm actually quite annoyed with this guy. He's too slutty, he doesn't even wear underwear!" Ji Dian said as he looked at the statue of Lu Dongbin on the altar with disdain...

(End of this chapter)