"Why did you agree so quickly?" He Heng's quick answer made the Heavenly Demon a little uneasy.

He Heng glanced at him lightly and said, "Because I suddenly felt that the inheritance of your vein was related to me, so I plan to be the second generation of Heavenly Demon, don't worry, I will find the third generation for you." ”

"This, in fact, I just want you to help me find the inheritance, and I don't plan to let you also become a member of my Heavenly Demon lineage. The Heavenly Demon was a little hesitant, he could feel the unfathomable depth of the person in front of him, so he came up and asked the other party to help find a successor, but he didn't want the other party to actually want to be the second generation of the Heavenly Demon, what was his intention?

The two looked at each other and were silent for a moment.

Finally, the heavenly demon said: "I hope you keep your promise, pass it on to you, I will ascend." As he spoke, he dropped a jade slip and flew out of the sky.

As soon as he took the jade slip, He Heng looked at its flying figure, his gaze becoming deeper and deeper.

Turning around to find a place, He Heng looked at the things in it and shook his head, there were no magical powers and magic tricks worth his attention.

At this moment, he suddenly found that Dao Haoran's aura was suddenly approaching in the distance, heading straight for his location.

"It's so pure and righteous, as if there is a piece of heaven and earth in the chest, the sun, moon and stars, the yin and yang, all inclusive. In this era, I am afraid that there is only one person who can have such an aura, the holy one who illuminates the eternal night with his own light, the question is why did he come back to me?" With doubts and expectations, He Heng immediately walked out of the place where he was and greeted the place where the breath came.

Greeted by a middle-aged man, dressed as a scholar, very elegant, with a pair of dark pupils revealing the wisdom of seeing through the world, and a unique temperament that made the universe sigh in his gestures.

Seeing He Heng, he bowed down suddenly: "Disciple Kongqiu, I haven't seen Mr. for many years, some time ago, the disciple heard that Mr. went out of the West Hangu, and he came to meet him, and he was fortunate to see him, and he was fortunate to be in life!"

"You're not a teenager, Jonny, you're still so polite. Squinting, He Heng looked at the saint in front of him who had influenced thousands of years of history.

Kong Qiu smiled slightly: "This etiquette was originally taught by Mr. to his disciples. ”

"But I also said that etiquette is just a trick to control the people, and only ordinary people need to abide by it, and my generation does not need to pay attention to it at all. He Heng suddenly said in a deep voice.

Kong Qiu couldn't help frowning: "Sir's words are wrong, the etiquette is a thing that all people keep together, and those who have attained the Tao in my generation should abide by it even more." If you don't respect etiquette, if you don't respect etiquette, if you don't respect your courtesy, if you don't have a king, if you don't have a minister, if you don't have a father, if you don't have a son, if you don't have a teacher, if you don't have a disciple, how can you make all the people obey, and how can you practice benevolence and righteousness?"

"Benevolence and righteousness, this is your way, but it is just a technique to imprison people's hearts, in my opinion, 'the great road is wasted, there is benevolence and righteousness, wisdom comes out, there is great hypocrisy', your benevolence, righteousness, etiquette, wisdom and faith, but the extreme hypocrisy of the outer way, the foolish people in the troubled times and the way of the abolition!" He Heng's words were loud and sound, making Kong Qiu's complexion completely change.

"The disciple didn't expect that sir, you would despise benevolence and righteousness so much, the chaos in the world for a long time is caused by the corruption of etiquette and law, if you don't abide by the etiquette and practice benevolence and righteousness, how will this troubled world end, and how will the people be at peace?" Kong Qiu stared at He Heng, his eyes faintly cold.

Although he pays attention to etiquette and respects Lao Tzu, who is half a teacher and half friend with him, but the battle of the Great Dao is endless, and He Heng's words just now are the most derogatory to his Great Dao, how can this be endured?

Staring at him lightly, He Heng said: "Heaven and earth can't last long, and what about people, so those who are engaged in the Tao are the same as the Tao, those who are virtuous are the same as virtue, and those who lose are the same as those who are lost." Those who are the same as the Tao are also happy to gain it, those who are the same as the virtuous are also happy to gain it, and those who are the same as the one who loses are also happy to gain it. Faith is not enough, there is unbelief. That's why I said......"

"Absolute sainthood and abandonment of wisdom, the benefit of the people is a hundredfold; absolute benevolence and abandonment of righteousness, the people restore filial piety; absolute abandonment of profit, there are no thieves. Saying word by word, He Heng and Kong Qiu looked at each other coldly, and the infinite pressure solidified all the surrounding space, full of suffocation.

"It turns out that the way of the gentleman is to think that when everyone and the people have become uneducated savages, it is really ridiculous, the world is developing more and more for eternity, how can there be a style of learning from the ancients and returning to the wilderness?" Kong Qiu sneered.

He Heng said lightly: "Then why do you still respect the world of Yao Shun and the way of Zhou Gong, aren't they ancients?"

"Well, these two are not the same truth at all...... "Confucius was a little speechless.

He Heng sneered: "How is it not a truth, it is also the way of ancient times, you admire Yao Shun, Shang Tang, Wenwu, Zhou Gong, and sneer at the barbaric mercy I said, why is this?"

Kong Qiu was silent for a moment.

He Heng said again: "If you don't want to say it, let me tell you, because if you want to promote Confucianism and Taoism, you need to set a benchmark for others to believe, recognize, and accept." Yao Shun, Shang Tang, Wenwu, and Zhou Gong are all winners who meet your standards, and they will naturally be praised, and others that do not meet your way will naturally be attacked, so you are just a hypocrite who is selfish and hypocritical, a person of hypocrisy and hypocrisy, as I said before, 'the great road is wasted, there is benevolence and righteousness; wisdom comes out, there is great hypocrisy', it is precisely because the world's avenue is abandoned, a hundred schools of thought are contending, and wisdom is coming out, so you are born such a 'benevolent and righteous' generation, I am not wrong. ”

"You!" After listening to all He Heng's words, Kong Qiu trembled with anger, and he couldn't even say a word.

Looking at him lightly, He Heng said, "Let's go, I don't want to see you again." ”

Kong Qiu was extremely angry, and finally stared at He Heng coldly, and left without saying a word. After all, he has a very high quality, and he didn't turn his face on the spot, otherwise according to the temper of ordinary people, it would be strange to be ridiculed like this, and not to jump like thunder.

Watching him leave, He Heng took a deep breath, he didn't really think that Kong Qiu was a person of false benevolence and false righteousness, but he had always scoffed at the so-called Confucian doctrine of benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and faith, although these things are indispensable to mortals, but for the strong it is a kind of spiritual bondage, which strong person is not a ruthless and unrighteous person who cuts everything, if it is really as Confucianism says, how can he achieve the true way? The soul is the foundation of cultivation, if it is bound by invisible benevolence and righteousness, it will not be able to exert its true power at all.

Of course, this is not the main reason why he attacked Kongqiu.

The real reason is that Kong Qiu and the original Lao Tzu are still very familiar, if he doesn't get rid of him early, it will not be good if he shows his feet, there are a lot of strongmen these days, and it is definitely not difficult to find a group of saints to beat him as an extraterritorial demon with Kong Qiu's prestige.

Although he is not afraid, he is also troublesome.

"It seems that I still have to change my identity, and it's a bit ostentatious to go out like this. ”

PS: Lao Tzu's thought pursues a kind of society of "small countries and widows, old and dead do not get along", just like the primitive society, while Confucius pursues benevolence and etiquette to educate the people and create a civilized society, the two ideas themselves are extremely contradictory.