Chapter Twenty-Three: The Story

"Ah Zhan, have you carefully looked at the evil spirit on your father's body?" Uncle Bao asked.

Ruan Zhan thought for a moment, "He went to Tietou Mountain to vent the evil qi through that natural place where the spirit does not gather, but it should have no effect, I feel that the evil qi on his body is even more powerful than the last time we met." At that time, he could still suppress the evil qi and not manifest it outside his body, so I didn't see it at all, it was sensed by the Bloodwood Sword. And this time - it was already obvious. He thought of the black clouds around his father, and his heart ached.

"Didn't you find anything else?" Uncle Bao asked again.

Ruan Zhan shook his head, a little puzzled for a while, he didn't understand what Uncle Bao meant? Could it be that there are other secrets in my father?

"It's a pity that you are born with good ability, but you refuse to take a serious look at your father. Didn't you notice that the evil qi in his body was not one, and it was pulled by him so that it would not dissipate too quickly? He said it so deeply that several juniors were taken aback.

"Isn't it -- to dissipate the evil spirit? Why are you holding on? Natsu asked everyone's questions.

Uncle Bao didn't answer, but looked at Ruan Zhan. Ruan Zhan lowered his head, trying to recall the scene of meeting his father that day, that he had always been unwilling, and he didn't dare to reminisce about it, today under the reminder of Uncle Bao, he thought about it seriously, and suddenly his heart beat wildly, and he couldn't say what the specific thing was, but he felt that something was wrong!

He glanced at Uncle Bao, and Uncle Bao nodded, "That's right, there is more than one evil spirit in your father's body, and now I'll tell you why." You must think that if he has the aura of great evil, he must have done some great evil, why does no one think that he is like this because he has done great good deeds? ”

"Good deeds?" Bao Datong hurriedly said: "Could it be that my uncle was injured by some evil thing when he did good?" Or do you go crazy when you fight? ”

"I'll tell you a legend first!" Uncle Bao said suddenly.

Bao Datong and Xiao Xia are both impatient temperaments, so they are impatient to listen to any stories at this time, but Uncle Bao didn't give them a chance to oppose at all, and they have already spoken slowly.

"In Buddhism there is a Buddha of suffering, I don't know if you have heard of it. His Dharma image is very unsightly, and he has always been sad, and few people are willing to worship him, but in order to save the world, he has carried all the suffering of the whole world on himself. Even if you haven't heard of this Buddha, then the Jizo King Bodhisattva has always heard of it, right? The jade talisman around Xiao Xia's neck is his magic image. He once said that as long as there is a resentful soul in hell, he will never come out of hell and never become a Buddha. These are very great spiritual sentiments, very compassionate hearts, which is also great love, and it is the love of the world. But there is another legend that I think is even greater. He glanced at the four juniors and continued: "Legend has it that all the evil in the world will be collected by the righteous qi, locked in a place like a huge container, waiting for the two qi of heaven and earth to correct or refine the evil qi. But because the "evil" is so destructive, the container breaks down every few hundred years. At this time, it is necessary for many cultivators to work together to trap the evil qi for a while, and then put them in after the containers are naturally repaired.

In this kind of samsara, which is unknown to the world, the struggle is very fierce, not as easy as I said, and it is always accompanied by heavy casualties of the practitioner, and sometimes the power of the cultivator is too great, and the strength of the practitioner is too weak, which leads to the failure of the evil spirit. At this time, this invisible evil spirit will flow into the world, invade people's souls, make people cruel and fierce, tempt people to do evil, or cause wars, until the lives of the people are miserable. I don't know what year it was, this container was going to break again, but at that time, because of the failure of the last evil action, not only let the evil qi invade the world, but also sacrificed most of the people who had cultivation, and it did not recover after so many years, so it seems that this operation still cannot be successful. And if it fails twice in a row, it will definitely make the world unable to withstand the repeated attacks of evil spirits, and the fragile things of goodness and beauty will be wiped out!

In order to solve this problem, all the cultivators of the two schools of Buddhism and Taoism, and even some spirits and monsters with a single thought, got together to find a solution. However, everyone has made all their efforts, but it still has no effect, and some people are willing to sacrifice their cultivation and life, and even willing to destroy themselves to save the world. Seeing that the vessel of evil was about to break, one of them finally came up with a way to divide and eat. He knocked out his friend who was guarding the container, and opened the container through a crack, allowing the evil qi to slowly disperse. He waited aside, and as soon as the evil breath was vented, he led it to himself, and used himself as a container to bear a part of the evil spirit. In this way, the power of evil is divided into two parts, and the power of each part is greatly weakened, and the other Daoists will definitely succeed in surviving this calamity as long as they deal with it separately.

He knew that even though his cultivation was the deepest, after suffering from these evil qi, his mind was still corroded by the evil qi, so he would lose himself in an instant, and the good sect master would become a demon. After that, he must ensure that others kill him with the most brutal means and destroy his soul, so that he can die with the evil spirit. Death is not terrible for cultivators, and for those who are bent on eliminating demons and doing the Tao, there are also some people who can do it, but what they have to endure is a greater sacrifice.

Other sacrifices will always be known, appreciated, and remembered, but no one will know about his sacrifice, and he will only be hated, ridiculed, and scorned. He did not die as a hero, but as a demon who was reviled by the world. The Bodhisattva King of Jizo is great because he is willing to bring light to the ghosts and demons: the Buddha of Suffering is great because he is willing to endure any sorrow and suffering for mankind, and although they sacrifice for the world without asking for anything in return, they are respected and admired by the world, and they are sincerely worshiped and appreciated by the world. But what about him? He died, and there was not even a trace of his soul left, but no one knew about the sacrifice he made, and he saved the world with his own strength, but he would be remembered by future generations as a villain who was eaten by evil because of evil thoughts, or simply forgotten!

And the moment he introduced the evil energy into himself, the evil energy dissolved with his soul. If after he becomes a demon, other Daoists can beat him to ashes, which is lucky for him, but if he can't completely destroy him because of the lack of strength of Daoist friends, then his soul will fall into the Infernal Hell and suffer endless suffering. And no one will know about this, even himself, he has lost his will, never known his relatives, no friends, and has completely become a demon without a heart and suffering in hell.

Before doing this, he carefully considered every detail and understood the consequences of doing so, but he had an incomparable compassion for him, so he willingly made sacrifices, without expecting anything in return, without asking for gratitude or understanding, preferring to save all people for the sake of slandering and misunderstanding the world! ”

Speaking of this, Uncle Bao's throat was choked, the four juniors were also embarrassed, and Xiao Xia's tears also fell, "What happened?" Was he wronged like that? ”

He thought so, and did so, only to be inadvertently discovered by his best friend. He drank and talked with his friend and took advantage of his friend's unpreparedness to erase his memory, and then he did his plan without hesitation. That night, just before he became a demon, he used all his strength to awaken other Taoist friends, including his friends, and performed a good show of people's hearts towards evil, and then was killed by his Taoist friends as he wished. Everyone scolded him as a hypocrite, who usually misjudged him as a person, and it was considered providential that he had led evil to the upper body and made others succeed, and no one knew what he had done for it. It's just that there are too few cultivators in this generation, and even if he used the strategy of dividing and eating, those people still failed to completely eliminate the evil qi in his body, so that he has been suffering in the Infernal Hell since then. ”

"And now? Is he still suffering? Is it just a person who is wronged? Xiao Xia asked again.

"Silly boy, if this story can be passed down, it must be his friend who later regained his memory, otherwise how would we know? Although we don't know his name, at least we know his story. As for whether he is still suffering in the Infernal Hell, I don't know. ”

"What does this have to do with my father?" Although Ruan Zhan was also immersed in the story like everyone else, appreciating the great personality of the legendary person, he was relatively sober after all, and thought of his father. Why did Uncle Bao tell this story, why did he say that his father had a hard time, and why did he say that they all misunderstood his father? Did my father do the same thing?

Uncle Bao pondered for a while, "Ah Zhan, didn't your father tell you, my relationship with him is the same as you and Wanli, they are friends from childhood to adulthood, I think he didn't say it, because he was afraid that you would come to me to ask about him, because I really know a lot." Do you know what he likes best? Favorite snow. It's not because when it snows, everything in the heavens and the earth is extraordinarily beautiful, but because snow purifies everything. The ugly becomes beautiful, the filthy becomes fresh, and finally the snow turns into black muddy water, taking away the filth of this world. He has had a snow-like character since he was a child, and he did the same when he grew up. Although he cultivated, he had the compassion of Buddhism. I think you should understand what I mean. ”

Hearing this, Ruan Zhan's shock was indescribable, and the other three were the same. But though the father did evil for the sake of doing good, and though he had great mercy, what was the cause of the incident?

"When did he start, it can't be that container leaking, right?" Ruan Zhan asked.

Uncle Bao smiled bitterly, "That's just a legend, but your father did get to this point in order to suppress evil and promote good." You know, his master Sima Nan is a Taoist idiot, if it weren't for his obsession with Taoism, he would be a pretty good person, it can be seen that if he is too attached to one thing, often people's hearts change, which is completely contrary to the concept of Taoism and nature. But that's a big stretch to talk about, I want to say it, because he's obsessed with Taoism, and he's looking around for books on Taoism that have been lost or classified as taboo, so he has a rich collection of books. One of these books is about absorbing and dissolving the breath of others or spirits and transforming it into one's own spiritual power.

However, he may know that it is harmful, Sima Nan has not practiced this kind of spell, but he is too obsessed with Taoism, and people have become more and more unreasonable, and even have shown an extremely evil side in him. Providence, like Ah Zhan, has been an orphan since he was a child, so he loves Sima Nan like a father, and when he saw his master become like this, he suddenly remembered this book. He wants to get rid of the evil in his master, and in troubled times, he hopes to collect all the evil spirits and bring purity to the world. But he didn't know that the book was incomplete, and the rest of the book was speculated by Sima Nan himself. After he practiced this technique, when Sima Nan once went crazy in practice, he sucked away the spiritual power on his body in time, saving his master's life, but at the same time, it also ruined the results of his master's cultivation for many years, so the master and apprentice turned against each other. Therefore, Sima Nan's later mana was far inferior to Providence's will, which is the reason.

Later, realizing the flaws of this spell, Heavenly Providence wanted to stop cultivating. He was also born with good abilities, so the harm of the spell did not cause him absolute harm. However, he was cold on the outside and hot on the inside, his heart was extremely soft, he had compassion for saving the world, and he was constantly encountering injustices, so he never stopped using this harmful practice at all. Later, during the Cultural Revolution, he was forced to return to the vulgar, which was an era of concentration and chaos, and how many unjust ghosts and ghosts lingered in the world. These grievances are fierce and heavy, and they can't be resolved one by one, and at this time, the providence can no longer care about their own safety, knowing that if this continues, they will be eaten by the evil anger that cannot be resolved, and end up with the same fate as the person in the legend, but he just can't bear to let it go, and keeps crossing the painful people and souls, and finally forced himself to this step. He helped too many people, but in the end no one could help him! ”

"Is that why he gave birth to me?" Ruan Zhan asked.

"No, you weren't in the story at first." Uncle Bao glanced at Ruan Zhan sympathetically, "He thought that he could dissolve the evil qi that was gathering more and more in his body, he even thought about committing suicide, and even let the sky thunder strike his soul away, he never thought of giving birth to a son to bear his own suffering!" But then he found that those evil qi could not be eliminated by itself, and because he had inhaled too much, the evil qi was already stronger than his own strength. At this time, he was in the same situation as the legendary great man, using his body as a container to trap the evil in the world, and there must be an external force of the same kind and origin to break the container and the contents of the container together, so as not to let the evil qi that he was so hard to trap return to the world. You must know that the return of evil qi will cause even greater harm. ”

"So he asked me to be the one who broke the container." Ruan Zhan gritted his teeth and said.

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