When Elijah woke up, it was already early in the morning, and she herself fell into a state of epiphany, and she didn't know the passage of time, so when her confused eyes gradually returned to clarity, she couldn't figure out the situation for a while, turned her head to look around, and saw the happy Claire and Xia Yuyao, but the strange thing was that they actually moved a stool and sat not far away, still holding snacks and teacups in their hands.

Ilya was confused, did the time stop just now, Ilya wanted to turn around and stride, who would have thought that the legs that had stood for most of the night had already been numb, so the center of gravity of the body was crooked.

Ilya screamed, but a figure flickered to hold her up.

Xia Yuyao said with a smile: "My legs are numb, let's slow down first." ”

Ilya completely pressed her weight on Xia Yuyao's body, and it took a while to regain sensation in her numb and painful legs, but she still felt sour and soft, unable to stand.

"What time is it?"

The clever Ilya soon discovered the crux of the problem, and Claire helped Ilya on the other side, and together with Xia Yuyao, slowly helped her to the chair and sat down.

"It's half past one in the morning, and you've been standing there for more than seven hours, not moving, that's amazing!"

Claire wasn't exactly joking, she was really surprised, Elijah really didn't move, she didn't even blink her eyelids, so now Elijah's eyes were dry and painful, and she couldn't open them at all, so she could only close her eyes and endure it, and tears flowed uncontrollably.

Ilya can swear by her faith that she really doesn't cry out of pain, it's just a spontaneous reaction of her body.

"Huh. It's over. ”

A familiar voice came to my ears. Ilya desperately wanted to find a crack to get into. This is really embarrassing, since she was a child, she has never felt so ashamed, her ugliness has been completely seen by Fang Shi!

Fang Shi found that Ilya buried his head when he heard his voice, and almost hid his head in his chest, Xia Yuxin on the side smiled strangely, and then gently dragged the ignorant Fang Shi and motioned him to enter the house.

Ashlar is unknown though. However, he was still obediently dragged away, but he turned around as he walked and said, "Yu Yao, are you hungry, Yu Xin made a supper!" ”

"Okay, we'll be in there in a minute."

Xia Yuyao responded with a smile, and at the same time patted Ilya's shoulder with some sympathy, and then squatted down and began to help Ilya live and bloody, but Claire rolled her eyes dissatisfied, as long as the Xia sisters were there, she would be as transparent. Fang Shi only asked Xia Yuyao, why don't you add the word 'we' at the end. I wouldn't have helped him if I had known.

Xia Yuxin's supper is actually mash rice balls, quick-frozen small rice balls and bottled mash grains, plus a little sugar to cook, simple and delicious.

The room was large, and Ilya looked at it curiously, and there was a circle of sofas and a large conference table, and the walls were full of monitors showing many line charts and data tables, but I didn't know what these were.

There were only Fang Shi and Xia Yuxin in the room, there was an induction cooker on the conference table, and a transparent pot on it, the water in it was still bubbling slightly, some round white rice balls were mixed in the milky white soup, and the steam coming out of the open pot slowly spread, making the whole room full of faint wine and sweet fragrance.

Ilya was already able to leave on her own, but Claire and Xia Yuyao still held her arm one by one, Xia Yuxin saw them come in, and greeted with a smile: "Sit down, I'll serve you rice balls." ”

Ilya was really hungry, and she liked to eat this sweet tooth, and after eating two bowls in a row, Ilya regained her spirits.

"Thank you, thank you."

Ilya thanked everyone very solemnly.

Claire waved her hand: "This is what Yuxin did, why are you thanking me?" ”

Ilya pursed her lips and smiled: "You understand, thank you anyway, and it's useless to just say thank you, just to express my feelings." ”

Claire smiled with satisfaction, "Hey, Elijah, what happened to you just now?" ”

"Just now? I'm just thinking about some questions, the one you are talking about. ”

Claire raised her eyebrows, and a little smug flashed in her eyes: "Then what did you come up with?" ”

"Guess what?"

Ilya made a joke, and Claire frowned dissatisfiedly: "How can you guess this, I'm not a roundworm in your stomach." ”

"I don't have that in my stomach."

Ilya said with a smile, but her eyes looked at Fang Shi, thinking of the embarrassed appearance just now, Ilya was a little embarrassed, but she still wanted to know if Fang Shi could guess the answer to this question.

With Ilya's gaze, everyone looked at Fangshi, it turned out that Ilya wanted Fangshi to guess, what is the situation?

Xia Yuxin frowned slightly, and immediately understood Ilya's thoughts, she wanted Fang Shi to judge her state and evaluate the benefits of the epiphany, Xia Yuxin, who wanted to understand, immediately rushed to Fang Shi before he opened his mouth and said: "What's so hard to guess about this, look at your demeanor now and your thoughts are clear, you must have figured it out, the external road is already in front of your eyes, and the rest is to go on unswervingly, in our terminology it's called 'peeping at the door', you are just getting started, junior." ”

Ilya listened carefully, and after Xia Yuxin finished speaking, she looked at Fang Shi again, Xia Yuxin pursed her lips, this is obviously not believing this girl.

Fang Shi hooked the corners of his mouth slightly, and said: "What Yu Xin said is right, I don't have anything to add, but I can expand Yu Xin's comments and talk about it, mastering the power of faith is actually not cultivation, it is just using the power of willing." The correct cultivation of faith and desire is actually to pursue and understand faith itself through understanding the power of faith, and unswervingly pursuing and sublimating one's own heart, in other words, it is to cultivate the mind, also called cultivation. Yu Xin said that you have just started and it is not wrong, although you now have a clear mind and see your own way forward, but this road is not a smooth road, but what you see is a smooth road, in the future, you will be confused and hesitate, and then you will have another epiphany and see a new path again, this is the essence of mind cultivation. ”

Ilya nodded vigorously, looked at Xia Yuxin gratefully, but didn't say any more words of gratitude, if she said thank you again, Xia Yuxin would definitely look down on her.

Claire blinked, looking at Fangshi for a while, and Ilya for a while, she actually wanted to ask Ilya, does she still believe in God now? Or not a servant of God? However, she hesitated for a long time, but still felt that it was better not to ask, this kind of question might make Ilya feel uncomfortable.

Ilya glanced at Claire, seemed to see through her thoughts, and smiled slightly, "Master Fang, are our gods the same thing as your Dao?" ”

Claire's eyes widened suddenly, and suddenly she felt that Ilya was really powerful, and she had come up with such a strange but plausible method, perhaps, this reason could really convince those people!

Fang Shi tugged at the corners of his mouth, he understood what Elijah meant, but this statement was a bit self-deceptive: "Of course it's not the same thing, but I think it's a different name for our greatest being, no, it's a different knowledge and understanding, so we have a different system of understanding and methods for a long time." ”

Ilya's eyes lit up: "Different perceptions of the same great being? What Master Fang said is really good, perhaps, our understanding is too one-sided. ”

Fang Shi smiled: "This is up to you to study for yourself, I think you also understand that the power of will, that is, the power of your faith, is not all, and even, it cannot be said to be a force that can change the future of mankind, maybe, you can see more when you open your eyes, isn't it?" ”

Ilya nodded and replied seriously: "Yes, you are right. ”

"So, what is Miss Ilya going to do next?"

Ilya smiled and said very calmly: "I think, I should go back, here I can only act for myself, there, I still have a lot to do, and there are still many people who need me." ”

Fang Shi nodded: "I think your decision is right, but you still have to pay attention to the method, when you are together, you may not all have the same idea." ”

"It's okay, I know what I have to do." Ilya said with a smile, and then her clear eyes looked at Fang Shi: "Master Fang, cultivators are often for themselves, and they will benefit the public only if they have the ability, Buddhism says that Pudu sentient beings, who will go to hell if I don't go to hell, which one do you think is better?" ”

"Hehe, some people say that they can't even save themselves, how can they save people! In fact, there is nothing better, there are thousands of avenues, and it is best to find what suits you, if you don't like us who are more selfish, you can stay away. ”

"I understand, since there is no badness, how can I not like you, it's just that the path I chose is different, not to mention, a few of them are my mentors and friends, I want to ask for more advice."

Xia Yuyao smiled: "Of course it's no problem, it's just a little reluctant for you to go." ”

Ilya smiled sincerely: "This world is very small, or maybe I can't stay there at all, and when the time comes, I will be homeless, so I will come to you." ”

"No problem, but I still hope you can stay."

Claire was also a little reluctant: "Elijah, do you really want to go back?" But, they didn't let you go back. ”

Ilya waved her hand absently: "I'm not theirs, I decide my own path." ”

Claire finally understood what Elijah had realized after standing for seven hours, that her own path might be different from the church's, so why go back?

Claire looked at your own hair and sighed silently, feeling a little panicked.

If the family didn't choose to change their position at that time, would they go back and destroy with the family, or would they go back and work hard to make the family change their ways, at least let some people change their ways? The answer is obviously the latter, and Ilya's choice now is exactly the same as herself. (To be continued......)

PS: [I'm going out tomorrow, take a day off, and try to do more if I can come back the day after tomorrow, if I can't come back]