Chapter Eighty-Eight: About Merit

Pei Sheng didn't ask anything along the way, and only after the waiter walked out of the private room with the menu did he ask curiously:

"What the hell are you looking for me? You even invited me to dinner so formally, and when you came to me in the afternoon, I saw that you looked preoccupied! It can't be about Dream Hunters, right? ”

Cheng Shansheng's skin was as thick as a city wall, and Pei Sheng saw through his thoughts, he didn't feel uncomfortable at all, and even felt a little happy.

He originally had something to ask Pei Sheng for help, but he thought it was very hypocritical to cover it up, and he didn't say it because it was not convenient in a crowded place, and he hadn't figured out how to speak.

At this moment, Pei Sheng took the initiative to mention it, and there was no outsider there, Cheng Shansheng immediately nodded, and said, "You guessed right, it's about the dream hunter." ”

Next, he briefly recounted how he met Tanaka and them, what happened to Tanaka and them, where they are temporarily settled, why he saved them, and why it was inconvenient for him to go out in person.

After Pei Sheng listened, he looked at Cheng Shansheng thoughtfully, and his already deep eyes became deeper and deeper, like a bottomless cold pool.

Cheng Shansheng looked at Pei Sheng calmly, he didn't know how many times he had done this kind of thing, he had already formed an instinct, and he would not leak a single flaw, Pei Sheng was not Shen Qianying, he didn't have the slightest pressure.

"Are you doing this to accumulate merit to fight against demons, or are you just trying to save them?" Pei Sheng still maintained his gaze at Cheng Shansheng, and asked seriously, his eyes seemed to be able to penetrate the depths of people's hearts.

A hint of surprise flashed in Cheng Shansheng's eyes, Pei Sheng was silent for a while, and actually asked such a question, as if he was playing a meditation machine, he couldn't understand what Pei Sheng was thinking.

He had to pretend to be thinking, and after a long while, he said in disbelief: "I should have thought about saving them first, if I let them go, then they are likely to harm innocent people." ”

"And I also helped them contact Professor Xu Xuefeng, wouldn't it be dangerous if he came and ran into the crazy Tanaka and them? In this way, I have also become an indirect accomplice? ”

"I remember there was a very early superhero movie in which there was a classic line that said that the greater the power, the greater the responsibility, and I think this sentence will also work for us dream hunters."

"Or to be selfish, because my inaction has put more people in danger, and my demons will probably become stronger, right? I should help them, both publicly and privately. ”

Listening to Cheng Shansheng's words, Pei Sheng's sharp eyes softened a lot, and he also showed a hint of a smile, and said, "Congratulations!" ”

Congratulations? Say yes, promise me! It's not a test, congratulations on what I'm doing? Why is this guy babbling?

Cheng Shansheng was a little confused, pointed to himself, and asked inexplicably, "Congratulations to me?" Can you make that clearer? ”

Pei Sheng shook his head and said, "I congratulate you on doing a good deed, since you chose to use the method taught to you by Xuanzhen, thinking of accumulating merit to suppress the demons in your heart, then you can't deliberately accumulate merit, and deliberately accumulating merit won't produce much merit." ”

Cheng Shansheng let out a thoughtful "oh", is it so troublesome to accumulate merit? It's no wonder that the other five sects didn't choose this way to restrain their demons.

"The first thing that comes to your mind is that they will harm others, and you have to stop it, this is the goodness of your human nature that has taken over, and the demons in your heart have weakened!"

"If the first thing you think about is to restrain your demons, so you have to help them, then this is when fear and utilitarianism take over, and the demons increase!"

Pei Sheng saw that Cheng Shansheng seemed to understand or not, and explained in detail.

Fortunately, I didn't agree to go to Buddhism to practice, and there are so many things to do a good deed, so isn't it difficult to cultivate Buddha nature?

Cheng Shansheng secretly slandered two sentences in his heart, and his face was a little disapproving, and he said with a big grin:

"The rules of Buddhism are inevitably too complicated, right? It seems to me that there is no difference between the two, so isn't it good for me to be the latter? Is it that if the purpose is not pure, it cannot save people? What is the rationale for this? ”

Talking about this, Pei Sheng seemed to be interested, and his expression immediately became much more serious, "It's not wrong for you to say this, but there is still a big difference between the two, and the difference lies in the merits generated by the benefactor and the beneficiacto." ”

"In the eyes of the benefactor, no matter what your purpose is, as long as he does not find out your intentions, then he thinks that you are doing a good deed, and he will be grateful to you, we call this external merit, also known as faith blessing."

"The reason why it is called so is because it is someone else's, once he finds out your true intentions and feels that he is being used, then his gratitude to you will disappear, and the external merit or faith blessings will be gone, and the real Buddhist disciples will not practice this."

"The merits of the masters of the empty news are called internal merits, human nature is inherently evil, so to cultivate, from evil to good is the transformation of human nature to complete the transformation of Buddha nature, as a benefactor, only by doing good without any purpose is true good, in order to complete the sublimation of the soul."

"When you save people with a purpose, it's not that you're doing good, it's that the benefactor is perfecting you, the benefactor, and in the process your mind doesn't get any sublimation, so there's no merit."

This is the reason why Cheng Shansheng doesn't like monks, simple things are so complicated, if you have to play something true, good and beautiful, make it like a tongue twister, achieve your goal, and the rescued person is saved, isn't it good that everyone is happy?

The essence of sales is to do business, Cheng Shansheng has been doing sales for so many years, his thinking mode is a standard businessman, where will he recognize the set of Buddhism, if he approves, the business will not be done.

If Pei Sheng's words are said to people who believe in Buddhism, they will definitely be regarded as the truth, but for Cheng Shansheng, there is still some heat left, and his life realm cannot be comprehended at this level.

"I have been exposed to the inherent goodness of human nature as mentioned by the two sages of Confucianism since I was a child, and I remember that Buddhism is also preaching the inherent goodness of human nature, right? Otherwise, where did you put down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha on the spot? I don't agree with what you said about the evil nature of human nature! ”

Cheng Shansheng not only refuted, but also quoted scriptures.

"The debate between good and evil has been going on for a long time, and the saying that human nature is inherently evil also comes from another Confucian sage, one is metaphysical, and the other is metaphysical."

"As soon as people are born, they begin to plunder all kinds of energy to survive, and the saying of intrinsic evil is not wrong, we don't need to argue about this, I just want to tell you what merits can effectively restrain the demons in the heart."

Pei Sheng saw that the momentum was not right, and hurriedly terminated the topic, he just knew the cultivation concept of Buddhism, and he was not a disciple of Buddhism, he cultivated swords, and the main killing was different, which was different from the concept of Buddhism, and the debate should be handed over to Xuan Zhen.

"To borrow your sentence that a gentleman has the beauty of an adult, I will respond to the things you ask me to do, anyway, it is a matter of effort to let Jiujiu come over, it is the duty of a doctor to cure diseases and save people!"

Pei Sheng is a person who says the same, he made the decision to take the initiative to end this topic, so he would not give Cheng Shansheng a chance to break the thread, and took advantage of the situation to change the topic.

This trick was indeed effective, and none of the words that Cheng Shansheng had prepared in his mind came in handy, so he had to say "thank you" with a strange expression.

Pei Sheng waved his hand and said, "Don't be so polite, you have helped me a lot in my work during this time, thanks to your generous advice, I can get started so quickly, just a small favor for you, just as I repay you!" ”

Speaking of this, he suddenly frowned, and his words changed, "By the way, you haven't told me exactly when you need it!" How long does Shen Qianying's effect last? Are those people in Tanaka in a hurry? ”

Syllable!

Speaking of business, Cheng Shansheng's eyes froze, he stretched out his hand and patted it lightly on the table, and said with a somewhat annoyed expression:

"How did I forget such an important thing, naturally the sooner the better, I've been entrusted for a long time, and the time when I met Tanaka was the day you came to our company for an interview."

Pei Sheng was shocked and looked at Cheng Shansheng in disbelief.

"Why didn't you tell me earlier? How many days have I been here? Did you know that a person who is in a coma for more than three days can easily cause brain damage? ”

There was a hint of reproach in his tone, where is this saving people, it is clearly harming people! Don't go crazy when the side effects are not cured, and the person will be the first to become demented.

When Cheng Shansheng heard this, his expression was a little unnatural, and he said in a snort: "I don't have no choice!" Professor Xu Xuefeng also asked me this question, and Yingying said that there was no problem, and she was sure that Tanaka would not be harmed. ”

Hearing such an affectionate title of "Yingying", a trace of unhappiness flashed in Pei Sheng's eyes, but he immediately covered it up, "I will let Jiu Jiu come over as soon as possible, if there is no delay, it should be able to arrive tomorrow." ”

"You are worthy of being the heir of the Sword Sect, and sure enough, your face is much better than mine! If she can come in person, I will burn high incense, if I can come tomorrow, this boulder in my heart can be put down now, thank you very much! ”

Cheng Shansheng stood up and bowed to Pei Sheng, not long ago, he humiliated him so much with Shen Qianying, he thought that Pei Sheng would embarrass him, but he didn't expect Pei Sheng to be so refreshing, and let Xi Jiuyan come tomorrow, quite generous.

The smile in his eyebrows and eyes couldn't be hidden, he had been busy for a day today, and he had a bad day everywhere, and he finally got something right.

"Of course, saving people is as fast as possible, you are now full of demons, if the rescue is not timely, resulting in irreparable damage to their brains, your merit will be in vain, Xi Jiuyan can save it, but the price you spend is several times greater."

Pei Sheng was on the side, avoided this salute, and said a few words to signal Cheng Shansheng not to care too much, thinking that he had targeted him several times before because of Shen Qianying, Pei Sheng was still a little embarrassed in his heart.

"Thank you or thank you, you are much more thoughtful than me, if there is a need to use me in the future, you will let me know, I will never pick a child!"

Cheng Shansheng's words are sincere thanks, without adding any oil and vinegar, Pei Sheng agreed to help without hesitation, and also introduced the precautions for accumulating merit by the way, he is not a person without conscience, he knows how to be grateful.

Of course, he disagrees with the idea of how to generate internal merits, but in practice, he still has to do it, and suppressing the inner demons is a big deal.

"Didn't I just say that? You don't have to be so polite to me, you've helped me a lot these days, I'm just helping you send a message, with your current influence, even without me, you can invite the people of Baicaoan. ”

Pei Sheng couldn't help but be a little speechless when he saw Cheng Shansheng so solemn, helping to call Xi Jiuyan over was really not even a gesture for him.

He doesn't like to owe favors to others, Cheng Shansheng has taught him so much generously these days, and he also thought about when he would pay it back, but Cheng Shansheng took the initiative to come to the door and ask him for something, and he could just pay it back.

Seeing that Cheng Shansheng still looked like he wanted to speak and stopped, he hurriedly said: "After all, we are also partners who have fought together, and we have resisted the dreamers together, don't see me like that..."