Type-Moon, a human love simulator.

Chapter 171 The arena is not about fighting and killing
"Wrong, it's Lao Zhuang!"

Before entering Hangu Pass, Su Kai already knew that this journey would not be easy.

Because the second person also appeared.

The middle-aged man who called himself Zhuangzi had golden eyes and an aura that seemed to be there and not there and was always changing, like the invisible wind, the formless clouds, the Kun in the sea, and the Peng in the sky.

But none of these can describe the other person's temperament. He is himself, the one and only Zhuang Zhou.

This is like a hermit who spends more time studying than discussing the truth. A person who looks like a commoner who is proud of being a king or a noble must advocate freedom and will not be bound by any rules, but Su Kai can feel the oppression from him.

The freedom he recognizes must be beyond this era.

"Su Zi's great talent finally gets to be seen."

Zhuang Zhou sat on a stone, as if it was not a large stone that could be seen everywhere in the mountains, but a cushion. He looked at Su Kai for a long while, and said in amazement: "It's really amazing, are you from the future or this world?"

"I have never seen anyone like you. You come from an era where 'the Way is one and all things are one'. You should have rejected the so-called 'sage'. Why do you actively pursue this title?"

"...I am still me. Whether the butterfly dreams of Zhuang Zhou or Zhuang Zhou dreams of the butterfly, don't you know that clearly?"

Su Kai shook his head. After all, Zhuang Zhou could not see through the omnipotent power of the simulator. He just thought that Su Kai was a magician from later generations who used great wisdom to teleport his soul to this era.

Although this method sounds incredible, if you think about it carefully, there are many forces and individuals in the Moon World who can accomplish this.

For example, the most famous Chaldea Spirit Transfer Technology is to teleport people to different points in time, but Chaldea is responsible for correcting pan-human history.

"That's right, that's right. Whether the butterfly dreams of Zhuang Zhou or Zhuang Zhou dreams of the butterfly, it doesn't matter at all!"

Zhuang Zhou himself had no curiosity about this matter. After all, it was not an impossible feat. He changed the subject and said, "If you abandon sagehood and wisdom, the people will benefit a hundredfold. If you abandon benevolence and righteousness, the people will return to filial piety and kindness. If you abandon cleverness and profit, there will be no thieves."

"People of later generations, have you not heard what I said, 'As long as the saints live, the thieves will never cease'? Why do you still pursue the so-called saintly title? What exactly are you planning?"

This is why Zhuang Zhou responded to Guiguzi's call and came here from his own era.

Zhuangzi, who wrote "Xiao Yao You" and said that as long as sages live, thieves will never stop, and who sat cross-legged and sang while beating a basin when his wife died, would not care about any twisted thoughts or crazy words of sages.

Because Zhuangzi himself was a maverick in his own time, he was rejected by all mainstream philosophers and was a sage who was pursued but despised by many princes.

The two questions asked by Zhuangzi actually mean the same thing. The former comes from the Tao Te Ching, written by Laozi. It advises leaders to interfere less with human nature, especially not to test human nature with interests, and not to create commendatory words such as saintly, wise, benevolent and righteous to whitewash their own behavior.

Not only Lao Tzu, but Zhuangzi also hated the title of sages, and believed that it was these so-called sages with different ideas who taught the world and caused many disputes among people.

What's more, sages teach people to be kind and to be benevolent and righteous. On the other hand, this also creates convenient opportunities for those who are not educated and do not have a tendency to be kind and righteous.

If there are gentlemen all around but only one villain left, then the villain will definitely benefit. Then who will protect the interests of the gentlemen?
Therefore, human beings do not need the so-called teachings of saints from the beginning to the end. Human beings should be allowed to maintain their most simple nature, and whether they are good or evil is left to human beings to develop on their own.

There is no doubt that this is an absolutely free thought. It is an idea that only Zhuangzi, who said "Is it Zhuang Zhou dreaming of the butterfly or the butterfly dreaming of Zhuang Zhou" after dreaming of a butterfly, could have put forward, because he regarded himself and a butterfly as equal individuals.

This state of mind has transcended this era and even transcended the next few thousand years.

Because, even thousands of years later, the wise men among human beings are still keen on teaching others, still keen on spreading their own ideology, still believe that hostile ideologies are unforgivable and deserve death, but cannot accept or even respect any heretical ideas.

Perhaps, Zhuang Zhou is also right. It is precisely because there are saints who shine in human history and put forward different, conflicting and irreconcilable ideologies and ideas that human beings can never love each other and will always sink into the abyss of mutual killing and destruction.

"Each generation has its own way of doing things. Although the older the way, the more powerful it is, I still hope that future generations can surpass the ancients by summarizing what we have learned."

Zhuang Zhou seemed to have seen through Su Kai's thoughts, or maybe not, but he was naturally perceptive. He smiled and said, "Su Zi or Su Kai, I came here today just to see you."

"Because people like you will never be shaken by the words of others, so everything Mr. Guigu does is meaningless before he has the power to kill you."

Zhuangzi looked Su Kai up and down, shook his head and sighed, "I can't beat you. Lao Dan is no match for you either. Although he is the founder of Taoism, you are the founder of magic. There is still controversy over which is better, but in terms of combat power, the one who is proficient in magic is definitely better."

"So, you are not here to kill me?" Su Kai shook his hands, and the soft halo disappeared. He also sighed, "Zhuangzi's insight is profound. People in the world are really foolish and ignorant... But I love the world, and I can never be as ruthless as Zhuangzi."

"but--"

"Those who know their own foolishness are not really foolish; those who know their own confusion are not really confused." Su Kai looked at Zhuangzi and asked with a smile: "Zhuangzi, who can say such a thing, are you really a heartless person?"

Those who are greatly confused will never understand the answer!

A great fool will never be wise in his life!

Zhuangzi was disappointed and angry at the stupidity of the people in the world. He felt sad and worried that everyone just followed what others said and only knew how to follow the thoughts of the so-called "sages" without the ability to think for themselves.

So he wrote with the sharpest pen that people who know they are stupid are not really stupid. Only those who are stupid and don't know it are real fools. He hopes to wake up the world by using this.

But the irony is that people in the world, holding Zhuangzi's famous warning words, instead label themselves as fools who know the reasons, and believe that they have reached the realm of the wise man as Zhuangzi said, who is foolish but knows that he is not stupid.

On the surface, Zhuangzi's thought is to stand idly by and let human beings develop good and evil on their own without any guidance or interference. If they want to do good, they can do good; if they want to do evil, they can do evil. However, whether doing good or evil, they need to bear the consequences themselves.

That is, those who do good may encounter ungrateful people, and those who do evil may eventually die at the hands of even more evil people. These are all human choices, and others should not interfere.

However, this state of supreme oblivion is absolutely beyond the reach of human beings. As creatures with the most intense desires and emotions, humans cannot give up their own nature.

"I heard that you sat cross-legged and sang when your wife died. Huizi wondered if you had any human emotions. He thought you were just a human being with a human skin, but without the inner desires."

Su Kai raised the corner of his mouth, looked at Zhuangzi who closed his eyes and said with a smile: "But I think your lust not only exists, but is even more intense than that of ordinary people. It's just that you have seen too much, so that reason is enough to suppress emotion." "If you are really ruthless, you should treat your wife like a machine like Qianlong, with fixed rewards, fixed praises, fixed etiquette, fixed everything..."

"So, when your wife died, if you were truly heartless, you should have done what everyone else did, held a funeral, had a banquet, and cried over the coffin, instead of sitting cross-legged and singing while beating drums and basins to express your lack of sadness."

If we talk about a truly heartless machine, then Qianlong must be the only flesh-and-blood robot in the history of Chinese feudalism. All his emotions are performed, and he does not feel anything inside.

"Alas, I can't argue with you, I can't argue with you!" Zhuangzi did not deny it, but spread his hands and said in a very honest way: "You are from the future. You know everything I said and did, but I don't know you very well..."

"However, now that I have come here, I still have to say a word for humanity."

Zhuangzi looked at Su Kai and asked, "Can we really not give humans another chance?"

"……I don't know either."

Su Kai shook his head and looked towards Hangu Pass. "Perhaps, I, the ancestor of magic, should really go meet the ancestor of Tao."

“The most perfect man has no self, the divine man has no merit, and the sage has no name.” Zhuangzi finally said, “You have already reached the state of being a sage without a name, and I have also shown you the state of being a divine man without merit.”

"Next, you should also look into what is meant by 'the most perfect person has no self', the state of forgetting both self and others, so that you don't think too much and love too much."
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"What on earth are you talking about?"

Yu Meiren floated to Su Kai's side in a daze, really like a wandering soul, her whole face full of confusion and entanglement, her delicate and pretty face was wrinkled. After thinking carefully for a moment, she finally gave up thinking.

"Teacher, teacher, what did you say?"

"It's okay, go play somewhere else!" Su Kai ruffled Poppy's fur, flicked her slightly pointed ears, and sent her aside.

If it comes to a fight, Zhuang Zhou is probably no match for Yu Meiren, but if it comes to a debate or speculation, then even if the CPU in Yu Meiren's little head is smoking she still can't keep up with Zhuangzi.

However, out of love for his apprentice, even though Su Kai felt that there was no need to explain in detail, he still sighed and said, "In fact, of all the nonsense Zhuangzi said throughout the book, only the last three sentences are useful."

Zhuangzi really wanted to be a rational person and persuade Su Kai to be like him, to stand idly by and watch the actions and fate of the world. No matter what the outcome was, it was all caused by human beings themselves, and he would get what he asked for.

When an avalanche occurs, no snowflake is innocent; when human history is destroyed, it is also the choice of all mankind.

But while he was speaking, Su Kai lit up the white light of the killing magic in his hand, and responded to Zhuangzi's question with a silent answer and the theory of emotion.

Su Kai pointed out that Zhuangzi was not really heartless, he just couldn't use his power to be absolutely correct, so he could only choose to stand by and watch. However, he was not sober enough and confused enough, so while he said he would stand by and watch, he wrote a book to summarize and record his thoughts in the hope of alerting the world.

How is this practice different from that of other saints?

Just because you criticize all the saints and live the most free and easy life, does it mean that your principles are superior?

Su Kai always had only one response. There is no high or low truth, but there are people who propose it. Only absolute strength can create absolute truth. The white light in his hand that can obliterate everything is his truth, the truth that can make everyone sit down and listen.

So Zhuangzi spread his hands and admitted defeat, asked Su Kai what he was thinking, and gave his real thoughts.

The person with the highest moral cultivation can adapt to the objective situation and forget himself, and is the most selfless person.

People who have achieved the deified state of mind have no intention of seeking merit, which means that there is no merit for deities.

A sage with moral integrity and knowledge has no intention of seeking fame; this is what is called a sage being nameless.

"I said a lot of nonsense, but only these few sentences were of some use."

Su Kai sighed, and did not comment on Zhuang Zhou's statement that his strength was far superior to Lao Dan's. Li Er, who was called the ancestor of Taoism, might not be good at the art of killing, but he was the alias of Taishang Laojun, the leader of a great sect who was hidden behind the scenes in the killing of immortals.

Moreover, Su Kai suspected that the drama of Laozi's journey west through Hangu Pass might not be a plot that required fighting and killing.

Alas, this is really the way of the world.

Su Kai rubbed his brows, looked at the still cheerful and lively little fox, and said, "You, go and kill Li Er and Yin Xi."

"I?"

Migu Fox pointed at herself, her expression very confused, then she shook her head and said, "Don't dare to say that. Be careful. As soon as you start, all the immortals will come and shout, 'There is no need to follow the rules when dealing with evil demons', and they will directly beat you up."

"Especially Tai Gong Wang, that guy hits people so hard, and his fighting ability is very strong. I can't beat him!"

"...Can I ask, how many immortals formed a group to fight you?" Su Kai looked at the nine-tailed fox's pretty face which still showed some fear. It was hard to imagine that someone could have beaten this fox concubine, Migu Fox, and she still remembered it vividly.

"There are less than 10,000 immortals, and the Chan sect has few people."

The nine-tailed fox shook her head. Her usually cheerful and enthusiastic face fell, and her ears drooped. She said weakly, "Why do you think Li Er is called the Taoist Patriarch? He is the source of the basic foundation of Taoist magic. All the immortals related to Taoism are his disciples."

"Li Er doesn't have much fighting power, but the same may not be true for those immortals."

The golden-faced, white-haired nine-tailed fox in its heyday was also a beast, the love of mankind, and the holder of the sun god power over the entire world.

But even so, she was killed once by the immortals in the immortal killing calamity. It was just that human love had no concept of death, so the nine-tailed fox was able to come back again.

"So, Jianghu is not about fighting and killing, but about human relationships and social etiquette, right?"

(End of this chapter)