If you don't give up, I'd like to be your adoptive father.

Chapter 48: Theory of Yin Gong (Seeking votes and follow-up reading)
"Doing good deeds all your life, just to be reborn in China in the next life and be an ordinary citizen?" Xiaoyu's mouth twitched.

Even though she knew that the "barbarians" in this world had great respect and yearning for the Chinese nation, she was still shocked by the value of "nationality of the superior country."

The desire of the people of Run for an American green card is not as great as the admiration of foreigners for the country above.

"Hey, Yu'er, don't deviate from the point. I am just using common sense as an example.

In Western countries, the main purpose of the common people doing good deeds and accumulating virtue is to be reborn in the great nation of China after death.

The people are ignorant and think that everything about China is good.

It seems that the Chinese people are happier than foreign kings.

But we the powerful know very well that there are poor people and suffering everywhere.

All we can say is that China is similar to the legendary Western Paradise, the most elite place in the world."

After a pause, Hu Chen continued, "Do you understand what your father means? When it comes to Yin Gong, your reputation may become a burden."

Xiao Yu shook his head and said honestly: "Yu'er doesn't understand, fame comes from good deeds, and since it is a good deed, it will only accumulate negative merits if it is monitored by ghosts and gods.

Even if you don't expect to be reborn in China in the future, having Yin Merit is a good thing. How can it become a burden?"

"Can you guarantee that you will do good when you encounter it?" Hu Chen asked.

Xiao Yu frowned and said, "Yu'er just did it casually. If I encountered it, I wasn't in a bad mood, and it wasn't too difficult, I would just do it. If it was too difficult, I wouldn't do it. Is it wrong not to do it?"

"Not doing it is a mistake. Not only a mistake, but also a serious crime!" Hu Chen said in a deep voice.

"What kind of logic is this? Good people deserve to be morally kidnapped?" Xiaoyu said.

Hu Chen shook his head and said, "This is not kidnapping. If a minister is known for his loyalty, but one day he encounters a major national event and the monarch sees that he has not acted in a loyal manner, will the monarch only remember his past loyalty, ignore his inaction today, and continue to treat him as a loyal minister?

The gods and ghosts in the underworld are not servants who serve the people on earth.

Their attitude towards ordinary people is even more condescending than that of a king towards his subjects."

At this point, he sighed with deep emotion, lowered his voice, and said: "You also met Master Song the night before. He is just a small messenger in the Western Shu territory, and his father is a great Shu Cavalry Commander.

When a father sees him, he always calls him "Grandpa" and his attitude is as humble as that of a filial son and grandson.

If you have the chance to meet the King of Shu in Luodu, you can see how he respects his father. "

Xiaoyu was stunned. Huchen's words were very real and true.

Earlier, she actually had the idea that the ghosts and gods in the underworld were the "executors of the laws of heaven and earth."

Heaven and earth are selfless, and the way of the world is fair.

Therefore, those who enforce the rules of heaven and earth must also abide by the rules and be absolutely fair and just.

However, "Journey to the West" directly describes the story of Emperor Taizong of Tang's journey to hell.

The underworld may not be a place where filth and dirt are hidden, but it is still far from being "impartial and selfless".

The underworld fully cooperated with Buddhism in setting up the plan and manipulated the King of Tang in various ways. Can this be called "impartial and selfless"?
Judge Cui secretly changed the life span of the King of Tang, and it was done easily.

The incident of the judge changing one’s life span happened many times afterwards.

In fact, there is no need for Xiaoyu to refer to the plot of "Journey to the West" at this time.

Because Guan Huchen's family has a City God ancestor who is very concerned about his family.

Guan Laozu is a ready-made example.

Hu Chen's narration of the secrets of the underworld must be very consistent with reality, and may even be the teachings of Guan Laozu to him.

Seeing her thoughtful look, Hu Chen nodded secretly and continued, "If we really want to talk about kidnapping, it's not morality that's kidnapping a 'good person', but reputation.

You have the reputation of being 'great good'.

In order to supervise you, the ghosts and gods spent a lot of time and effort, but in the end you don't live up to your reputation, how can the ghosts and gods not be angry? "

"What will happen if the ghosts and gods are angry?" Xiaoyu asked.

Hu Chen said: "What else can I do? They will probably remember it and settle the score after I die. Of course, there are many ghosts in the underworld, and their habits are different. Maybe some are strict and will order ghosts to summon your soul to scold or whip it.

They may even cross out your life from the book of life and death.

But the effect of ghost monitoring
Hey, just look at how many people there are in this world who deceive the world and steal fame, and you will understand.

I tell you this just to remind you that accumulating Yin Merit is also a form of practice, which is as difficult as practicing the immortal path. It requires perseverance, great willpower, and great determination. "

Xiaoyu looked at him strangely.

With such brilliant and profound insights into the affairs of the underworld, why didn't you take this as a warning, turn over a new leaf, and become a good person?

"If Yu'er had stayed in Xishu all along, with the blessing of the ancestors, could she deceive the world a little and steal some fame?"

Hu Chen glared at him and shouted, "Are you having a brain storm again? What are you talking about!"

Xiao Yu quickly lowered her eyebrows and put on a well-behaved look, saying: "Yu'er is wrong. Yu'er just respects the ancestors and longs for their love."

Hu Chen stared at her for a while before nodding and saying, "The old ancestor is kind and amiable, and he takes the most care of obedient descendants. But you won't stay in Xishu for long.

Once we enter the south and look to China, the protection of our ancestors can no longer be of any use to us.”

Xiao Yu said: "Yu'er understands. Yu'er is just like his adoptive father. He doesn't practice Yin Gong."

Hu Chen's expression was slightly stiff.

This cheap daughter is really a brain-spinner.

"No, your father is teaching you that compassion for the bones on the roadside is your spontaneous nature, and it is better to persist in it instead of always doing what you want.

Just like a father who sees his children have talent in calligraphy, he will encourage them to take calligraphy seriously and keep going down this path, instead of wasting their talent by giving it a try for a few days and resting for a few days.

Xiao Yu frowned and said, "But Yu'er can't hold on. It's too hard to be a good person."

Hu Chen said: "Your father only wants you to persist in showing sympathy to the bones on the roadside, not to be a perfect good man.

If you can truly have great virtue in all aspects, you are not just accumulating merit, you are a saint incarnate."

Xiao Yu was surprised and said, "Godfather, you mean that according to the system of the underworld, if a person insists on burying bones on the roadside, but kills people, burns people, and disobeys his parents, he still has merit in the underworld?"

Hu Chen shook his head and said, "You still don't understand the 'reputation' that your father emphasized earlier. You buried Shan Ye Lu Gu today, and they only spread this incident, and they won't make up another one to praise you for respecting the elderly and caring for the young.

You don't have a reputation for respecting the elderly and caring for the young, so why would the gods and ghosts specifically test you on the issue of "respecting the elderly and caring for the young"?
The underworld is certain that your name of burying the remains on the roadside is true, and will record your merit.

If you lack virtue in other things, your merits will still be deducted when you enter the underworld after you die.

But if one truly sympathizes with the naked person on the street, how can one not also sympathize with and respect the living?"

Xiaoyu still felt that Huchen’s words were a bit illogical.

"Since you still have to deduct your merits for your lack of virtue in other aspects, what's the point of insisting on one thing?"

Hu Chen was a little impatient. "If you hadn't taken the initiative to bury the remains on the roadside today, why would your father let you insist on doing this for nothing?

You have this nature, and as a father I will teach you how to develop it.

The key to developing talent is persistence.

Let’s use the example of talent in calligraphy.

Someone has a talent for calligraphy, and his father helps him become a master of calligraphy.

Someone who has no other good qualities except calligraphy may be able to win the favor of a nobleman and obtain a high position and title with his calligraphy.

At worst, I can write letters for others in front of the temple and support my family."

Xiao Yu said: "Godfather, what you said makes sense, but Yu'er doesn't expect to follow the path of 'Yin Gong'."

No matter how Hu Chen reasoned, he could not avoid one premise: going to the underworld after death and waiting for the judgment of reincarnation.

Only those who hope to have a good life in the next life need to listen carefully to Hu Chen's valuable advice.

She wants to cultivate immortality, transcend the five elements, and trample the cycle of life and death under her feet!

Hu Chen glared again, "Do you know which type of people in the world have the worst reputation and are the most unacquaintable?
People who don’t care about retribution after death!
If a person does not fear ghosts and gods, and does not care about merits in the underworld, will he fear the laws made by living people, and will he care about the authority of his parents and kings? "

Xiao Yu said with a bitter face: "Yu'er doesn't mean that. Of course Yu'er fears ghosts and gods, and also wants great merit.

When he was still a barbarian in Shaqiu, Yu'er worshipped heaven and earth and offered sacrifices to the Three Pure Ones, the Jade Emperor and the Buddha.

But Yu'er feels that he is too humble to be included in the "merit list."

"Of course I know that you are a good child, Yu'er. I hope you can show your goodness to others. Do you understand?" Hu Chen said.

"clear."

——No matter what your true nature is, you should always behave well so that neither people nor ghosts can find fault with you.

Xiaoyu felt some genuine gratitude towards Huchen.

If he hadn't patiently pointed out the problem today, she might have made many unnecessary mistakes in the future and wasted her "talent".

Well, her gratitude towards Hu Chen was still too weak.

She should be grateful.

After truly integrating into this world where humans, gods, ghosts, and immortals coexist, and after witnessing many real-life cases related to Yin Gong, she only wished she could travel through time, return from the future to today, and kowtow to Hu Chen.

Everything Hu Chen said was valuable advice, and was knowledge points that ordinary people would find difficult to access in their lifetime.

Well, Hu Chen passed on all that Grandmaster Guan had taught him to Xiao Yu.

Guan Laozu is the city god of the city.

Matters related to the reputation and merits of the human world and the underworld are his main duties.

Xiaoyu did not sleep well that night.

Perhaps she was too tired during the day, and there was no way to make warm soup while camping in the wild, so her soul was unstable.

But this time the soul did not leave the body.

Xiaoyu knew that she had soul-leaving syndrome, and her mind was able to remain somewhat lucid, so she would not run around like she did the first time.

She was surrounded by a gray darkness, and a voice was faintly heard in the distance.

"I am Duan Yuhan from Guangning Prefecture, and I am here with my son Duan Guisheng to thank Miss Yu for saving me!"

"Miss Yu made my body whole again, and saved me and my old father from suffering from the wind, sun, rain, snow and cold. Guisheng will remember this in his heart and will never forget it."

The sound was far away, vague and intermittent, but it kept repeating and could still be heard clearly.

Xiaoyu understood something, but didn't respond.

I don’t know how much time passed after the two voices disappeared, and I don’t know how much time passed again, but Xiaoyu vaguely had a strange feeling again - a bit like the feeling when he picked up the big bone stick yesterday evening.

"Hey, Uncle Duan, Brother Guisheng, you are out for the fast again."

The voice seemed to be speaking to her.

Then she heard herself say, "Second Brother Wang, my father and I also heard the shouting. The family of Mr. Li in Gedatun is celebrating the fast tonight, so we came here to ask for a hot meal."

It’s Guisheng who is speaking!
Brother Wang Er said, "Someone was offering sacrifices to the gods a few days ago, why didn't Brother Guisheng come?

And Uncle Duan, didn't you say he had a headache and couldn't walk well?"

Gui Sheng said happily: "We met Miss Guan Jiayu again today!"

Wang Erge's voice was filled with fear, and he shouted, "Oh my God, how come we met that evil star again? What sin did you and your son commit in your previous life?"

"Miss Yu is a good person! She helped me find my right leg. You see, I can run and jump now. Also, she cured my father's headache. Before she left, the kind-hearted Yu also helped my father and me build a stone house.

The stone house is a bit cold, but it can keep out the wind and rain, and it’s pretty solid!”

After Guisheng finished speaking, Old Man Duan also echoed him, saying: "Miss Yu is a great benefactor to my father and me. She is really a good person!"

These were not all Xiaoyu heard. Later, when the Duan family father and son and Wang Erge were having a vegetarian feast, some sporadic words reached her ears. Strictly speaking, she heard part of what Guisheng heard.

Could it be because the "sword energy" of the "Tiger Roaring Sword" still remained on Guisheng's body?
Xiaoyu stayed in a daze until the fifth watch.

At five o'clock in the morning, the sound of swords and armor clashing against each other could be heard outside the tent.

(End of this chapter)