Chapter 149: Merit and the Big Bad Wolf and the Sheep and the Little White Rabbit
The picture shifted to Haotian's body, and the big face of Haotian was revealed in the mirror.
Looking at Zhou Yi, Haotian thought for a moment and said, "The path I once walked is a bit complicated.
Well... Uncle should know that there have been nine human co-masters in the human race since ancient times, right?"
Zhou Yi nodded, "It's what people often call the Nine Emperors, right?"
"Well," Haotian nodded, "Uncle may not know that the nine human race co-masters, that is, the nine great emperors in the world, are actually following the same path. ”
Zhou Yi was stunned, he really didn't know this.
"The same path, the same path can make the nine great emperors immortal?"
Haotian nodded, and then denied, "Eleven, to be exact." ”
Zhou Yi: "......"
Why are there two more of them?
"The path taken by these nine Terran co-masters is the way of all peoples, and I have walked this way before, or the way of all people is also part of my former way.
Then I once had an apprentice who also borrowed from the way of the people, and walked out of my own way with reference to my way. ”
Zhou Yi didn't interject, nodded, looked at him and waited for him to continue.
"The reason why I want to mention the nine Terran co-masters is to tell my uncle that some Taos can only give birth to one person to preach, and the predecessors have walked through it, blocking the path of the descendants.
However, there are some ways that can lead many people, and many people have the hope of preaching the Tao when they go down.
The way of the people is one of them.
In the same way, the meritorious preaching that my uncle just mentioned also belongs to one of them. ”
"Hmm. ”
Zhou Yi nodded, indicating that he could understand.
"The way I have walked is the way of all peoples, the way of edification, the way of order, the way of merit, the way of faith, the way of domination, the unity of many great ways, or the way of domination. ”
"The so-called way of domination is to set the order of human ethics, educate the heavens and the earth, gain the faith of the heavens, enjoy the merits of creation, dominate the heavens and the earth, and respect the universe.
If this path can go to the end, although it should not be as good as the Tao with strength, it will not be worse than the achievement of the three corpses proposed by the uncle, or even surpass.
Unfortunately, I failed in the end. ”
The look in his eyes darkened slightly, and Haotian quickly restrained his emotions.
"Although I failed, the experience of the path of domination that I have traveled can make some additions to the path of merit and enlightenment proposed by my uncle.
Although it is not all the same, there is also a meritorious link in the path of domination.
Merit is such a thing as a recognition of heaven and earth.
It can indeed make people closer to the Avenue of Heaven and Earth, and it is easier to grasp the context of the Avenue.
Now I will propose some of the ways that I know to obtain merit and how to use the power of merit, and the way to enlighten merit.
Uncle, you can watch and supplement your path of merit and enlightenment. ”
Zhou Yi nodded, after waiting for such a long time, this is the highlight he has been waiting for.
Haotian didn't talk nonsense either, and went straight to the point.
"Merit is the recognition of living beings by heaven and earth.
And why do heaven and earth approve of living beings? Because you have done good deeds?
No, this understanding is wrong.
Heaven and earth are unkind, all things are dogs, everything in the world is the same in the eyes of heaven and earth, and there is no difference between good and inferior, intimacy and alienation.
Then, it means that although merit is the recognition of living beings by heaven and earth, the recognition of heaven and earth is not based on whether you have done good deeds or not.
After years of research, I have found that the so-called recognition of heaven and earth is not actually the real recognition of a certain behavior by heaven and earth, but the feedback of heaven and earth being recognized, and then passively recognized and lowered merits.
In other words... Merit comes because certain actions of the person who has attained merit are recognized by one or some of the beings in heaven and earth as meritorious deeds and good times.
Then heaven and earth will feel it, and merit will be lowered. ”
After speaking, seeing that Zhou Yi was thoughtful, Haotian thought about it.
"Let's give you an example.
For example, in the eyes of many people, wolves eat sheep, and the lambs are so cute, how can they eat sheep?
But from the perspective of heaven and earth, wolves eating sheep is the nature of the race, it is the survival instinct, and the survival of the fittest is one of the laws of heaven and earth.
From the perspective of heaven and earth, wolves and raisings are the same thing, and they both belong to all things in heaven and earth.
Therefore, heaven and earth will not think that the wolf is bad because the wolf eats the sheep, nor will they think that the sheep is innocent and needs to be protected because the sheep is cute.
In other words, it is bad for a wolf to eat a sheep, because the sheep are innocent, so what about the sheep that eat grass? The grass is not innocent? Grass is not one of the things in heaven and earth?"
Zhou Yi listened, feeling that he seemed to understand a little, but also a little didn't understand.
Haotian didn't care, and then put his own.
"Then if one day, you see a big bad wolf chasing a little white rabbit, and the little white rabbit is about to die in the wolf's mouth, you save the little white rabbit.
From your point of view, the little white rabbit is so cute, the big bad wolf wants to eat it, it's bad, you save the little white rabbit, you think you have done a good deed, you should increase your merits.
And actually... You have done something bad to that wolf, and your actions may cause him to starve to death.
And for heaven and earth, whether you save the little white rabbit or help the big bad wolf, you will not be recognized by heaven and earth and then send down merits.
Because in the eyes of heaven and earth, whether you are a big bad wolf, or a little white rabbit, you are one of all things in heaven and earth, and everything between you is a part of the operation of heaven and earth, and there is no right or wrong. ”
Zhou Yi listened to it and felt that something was wrong.
"You wait. ”
Haotian stopped and looked at him puzzled.
"Isn't it a wolf eating a sheep? Why are there big bad wolves and little white rabbits all of a sudden?"
Haotian pondered for two seconds, "I think... The white rabbit is cuter than the sheep, and it can better reflect the tendency of emotions and likes and dislikes. ”
Zhou Yi: "....."
After thinking about it, I felt that what he said seemed to really make sense.
It's as if you see a wolf chasing a big sheep (not the one on the green grassland), and you probably don't feel anything.
After all, big sheep are not smaller than wolves, and in fact, the sheep that have grown up are not so cute.
But if you see a wolf chasing a little white rabbit, the rabbit is so cute, and the grown rabbit is just as cute.
You may feel cruel, then sympathize with Bunny, and then go to save Bunny.
If you're a girl, this sentiment may be even stronger.
Of course... There is a premise here that this kind of thing has to happen in the other world, and girls are monks with force.
If you are an ordinary delicate girl on the earth who will be slipped by Erha, then when you encounter a wolf chasing a white rabbit, don't think that the rabbit is cute and rush up with a hot brain.
Wolves don't think you're cute!
Come to think of it, this guy Haotian seems to have a deep grasp of human nature.
Nodding, "Then you go ahead." ”
"Hmm,"
Haotian nodded, "Whether a wolf eats a sheep, a white rabbit, or even a tiger or a lion, it belongs to the natural rules of the operation of heaven and earth, and there is no right or wrong in itself."
Whether you save the little white rabbit and sheep that are eaten by wolves, or you save the wolves that are eaten by tigers and lions, they are all your spontaneous behaviors, and they have nothing to do with heaven and earth, and heaven and earth will not think that you have done a good or bad job.
But my research turned out that this was not the case.
A person who saves the big bad wolf who was eaten by a tiger and a lion is really a white rescue, and heaven and earth will not make merit because of this.
But if a person saves the little white rabbit and sheep that are eaten by wolves, he will really have a trace of merit.
Moreover, the merit of saving the little white rabbit that was eaten by the wolf will be more than the merit of saving the sheep that was eaten by the wolf. ”
Hearing this, Zhou Yi became interested, "Then have you done any research on why this is happening?"
Haotian nodded, "I've done a lot of experiments for this.
There will be no merit in saving an ordinary wolf that is eaten by an ordinary tiger or an ordinary wolf being eaten by an ordinary lion.
But saving an ordinary wolf that was eaten by a tiger that became a demon beast will have a trace of merit to descend.
In the same way, saving the white rabbit that was eaten by the wolf and the little white rabbit will have merit, but saving the little white rabbit that has been caught by someone and the sheep that are about to be slaughtered will have no merit. ”
"I have conducted countless experiments like this, and finally I have come up with a rule: whenever I save a weak being from a person who is defined as a powerful being by the majority of all things in the world, when the difference between the two is greater, the more chance of merit.
In the same way, when one saves a species that is disliked by the majority of all things in the world from the hands of a species that is disliked by the majority of all things in the world, there is a higher chance of gaining merit.
Eventually, I came to the conclusion that merit does not come because you do what you think is good simply from the goodness of your heart.
Merit comes because what you do is in line with the perceived goodness of most of the things in the world.
That is to say, if you want to gain merit, you don't just want to do good deeds according to your own good intentions.
Rather, it is to do those good deeds that are universally recognized according to the cognition of all things in the world.
The more species collectively recognize an action as good, the easier it is to gain more merit.
It is precisely because of this that I discovered that the way of merit is not simply to obtain merit from heaven and earth.
The path of merit is actually another derivative of the way of all peoples.
The path of merit requires the approval of heaven and earth, not of heaven and earth, but of all peoples and even all things. ”
Listening to Haotian's words, Zhou Yi felt that he was really up.
But it sounds plausible.
It's like if you help an old lady cross the street, you think that you are helping others for pleasure and doing good deeds.
You don't think you can do it yourself.
Even in the eyes of heaven and earth, they don't think you're doing good.
The old lady has nothing to do with heaven and earth, you help the old lady cross the road, you help up a fallen grass, and you kick a stone in the way, the meaning is the same in the eyes of heaven and earth.
And the reason why you feel like you're doing good is because in the common belief that helping the weak is doing good.
And this universal cognition represents the cognition of the majority of all things in heaven and earth.
Only the majority of the cognitions of all things in heaven and earth will be accepted or valued by heaven and earth, so that this is judged to be a matter of merit.
Then, in accordance with the thoughts of all things in heaven and earth, they will make merit for this behavior.
This seems to be the same result, but with such a clearer understanding, there will be many fewer detours on the path of merit.
You can leave out the things that you think are good but ambiguous.
If you pick up those generally recognized good things to do, you will never go wrong, and you will be able to go faster and farther on this road.
Having received tangible benefits, Zhou Yi looked at Haotian with a blank eye, "Is there anything else?"
Haotian nodded, "Yes." ”
In the following time, Haotian used his own cognition of merit and explored ways to obtain merit more easily and faster.
The use of the power of merit and so on were all taught to Zhou Yi in one go.
Several people expressed their own opinions, learned from each other's strengths, and made up for Zhou Yi's meritorious path.
It wasn't until dawn that the three paths had a clear direction and a relatively complete prototype was filled, and the meeting ended temporarily.
Everyone dispersed to rest.
"Good work!"
Glancing at the bright sky outside, Zhou Yi smiled at Miss Su on the other side.
Miss Su shook her head, "It's nothing, I have gained a lot myself." ”
Well, Zhou Yi nodded, "By the way, why haven't you seen Xiaobai these two times?"
"Her aunt came back a few days ago and took Xiao Wu to the Northern Regions, and she hasn't come back yet. ”
"Oh. ”
Zhou Yi nodded in response, but he didn't care.
The two chatted a few more times and cut off the video call.
After breakfast, Ah Li went back to continue her reconstruction, and Zhou Yi didn't go out.
Lock yourself in your room and start preparing for your teaching career.
Although the job of a teacher will not be too long, he is still more serious out of responsibility for students.
Although the three methods of preaching have been formed for the time being, Zhou Yi is not ready to teach them now.
So what about this course...
Zhou Yi spread out a blank book in front of him, holding the book in one hand and pinching his chin in the other hand and thinking.
Well... Chen Yu's talent in formation is good, and she also likes her own formations.
And among the knowledge I have mastered, the formation-related is also the most reliable, and this can be ranked first.
Let's talk about the formation first, and then the alchemy, refining, and heavenly machines are too pitiful, and put them back as much as possible.
The process is interspersed with troubleshooting in practice and analysis and teaching in magic.
Well... In this way, a lesson plan is almost complete, and the whole lesson plan is clearer!
Perfect!
Line by line, I recorded my thoughts on the lesson plan.
After writing a rough plan, go back and sort out the details.
So... The problem is that the solution to the problem of cultivation is relatively simple, and they can solve whatever problems they encounter and raise in their practice according to the actual situation.
When the time comes, you can also carry out different analysis teaching according to the direction you choose.
But the words of these sub-professions... These children are not very accomplished, and they don't know much about their favorite sub-professions.
So how to teach and how to teach, I have to perfect it myself!
Thinking of the many details he had to perfect, Zhou Yi was a little big.
Let's start with the formation, after all, we will talk about the foundation of the formation first.
The words of the formation...
Retrieving the formation-related knowledge of this world from his mind, and after a cursory look at it, Zhou Yi himself felt a little big.
This... It's cumbersome, isn't it?
There are a lot of complex and incomprehensible contents, and I can't understand them without more than ten years of basic learning.
Chen Yu said that after all, the foundation itself is not bad.
But the question is what about others?
There are also zero-based students.
So... Gotta simplify them.
So this simplifies the direction...
Huh?
Pick up the pen and write the first line of small print on the lesson plan.
"The formation of the Tao, the way of yin and yang is the base, the heaven and the earth are negative yin and yang, set 0 as yin and 1 as yang....."
Yes, he's going to make some reforms to the formation and make it a programming model.