Chapter 1066 The Way Out
Western religions have been very low-key recently, and it seems that they have really changed their ways and no longer harvested leeks. However, cutting leeks is their answer to solving the risk, and it is the inevitable choice of the Western religion to pass on the risk, so the current low profile is only temporary.
There is also a lot of controversy within the Western Sect, and the reason is similar to that of Heavenly Court, that is, the Western Sect has three thousand Red Dust Immortals, and they are all originally disciples of the Interception Sect. Seeing the revival of the sect and the increasing number of resources, it is obvious that they do not want to stay in the West anymore.
How good it is to intercept the teaching, there are resources but no precepts. In the West, the religion still has to abstain from this precept and that, but the sect is much more secular and has no precepts, but encourages monks to show themselves. In the past, there was no choice but to stay in the West to teach, but now that the sect has been intercepted, the Red Dust Immortal has begun to think about Fanchen again.
Although Western religion is also good, it has a lot of precepts. Even if the monks can ignore most of the precepts, the precepts are a sword of Damocles hanging over their heads, and no one knows when they will fall.
If you don't keep the precepts, it's okay if no one investigates them, but once someone investigates them, you can turn over old accounts. Therefore, those who break the vows will always have a weak heart, and they are more nervous than not having the vows.
It's one thing to keep it or not, it's another thing to have it or not.
There are no precepts for interception, so you don't have to worry about settling accounts after the fall. Besides, the Red Dust Immortals used to be disciples of the Sect of Interception, are they not familiar with the situation of the Sect of Interception? If they hadn't lost the War of the Gods, they wouldn't have come to be monks, and they wouldn't have to keep the precepts.
The situation is that the Western Sect turns a blind eye to the Red Dust Immortals, in order to appease them and acquiesce to them to break the precepts, after all, they are used to being free to intercept the precepts, and it is unrealistic to suddenly let them obey the precepts, so as long as the big precepts can be kept, some inconsequential small precepts are not kept.
The Western Sect was originally well-intentioned, but unfortunately the Red Dust Fairy obviously didn't accept it. No matter how kind they are, there are precepts, and they are also to limit them.
It's like King Wen of Zhou asked the three princes of politics back then, or the question about the remnants of Yin Shang. Jiang Taigong thought that they should all be killed, Shao Gong thought that they should kill the guilty, and Zhou Gong thought that they should all be released.
It stands to reason that ordinary people must think that Shao Gong's suggestion is good, and there are indeed bad people among the remnants of Yin Shang who should be killed.
But the question is, why didn't Merchant Yin deal with these bad guys himself? Why let the Zhou people deal with it?
However, the answer is very simple, Yin Shang does not think that these are bad people, but Zhou people think that they are. Didn't the contradiction between the Zhou people and the Yin merchants appear, the Zhou people thought that these people were guilty, but the Yin merchants would not agree.
The same is true of the situation of the Western Sect, who feel that turning a blind eye is a tolerance and understanding of the three thousand red dust immortals. But in the eyes of the Red Dust Fairy, as long as there are precepts, they are not free, and even if they can break the precepts, they are not free. Because in the past, they drank alcohol and ate meat, which was not considered a violation at all, but the same behavior was violated in the Western religion, and even if it was not punished, they would not be grateful to the Western religion.
Therefore, the contradiction between the Western Sect Monk and the Three Thousand Red Dust Immortals has always existed and has not dissolved. The Western Sect thinks that it is tolerant, but the tolerance of the Western Sect is still tight compared to the freedom of the Sect, so the Three Thousand Red Dust Immortals are not grateful. In the past, they had no choice but to stay in the West, but now that the sect is revived, their hearts are alive.
In addition, Yun Yao had been teaching in the West a lot before, showing the idea of returning them to the sect, and many people were moved.
"At first, the sect leader said that the sect will always open its arms, and I didn't think there was anything. But I didn't expect the Interception Sect to develop so much during this time, and Zhu Nu was directly promoted to a saint, and now there are two saints in the Interception Sect, and they can already compete with the Western Sect. I don't know if the sect leader's words can still be counted. This Mei Xian's heart was moved, and he wanted to go back. So he found Zhu Xian, Ju Xian, and Lan Xian to discuss.
"A few years ago, when the sect leader was teaching in the West, he did express his intention to welcome us back. It's just that time has passed, and today's interception of religion is very different from what it used to be. In the past, the interception of teaching was more casual, but now the interception of teaching has a strong academic atmosphere. Besides, now that the number of sectarian disciples has exceeded 100 million, will we still have a place to go back? "Zhu Xian is a little worried, they can be regarded as the representatives of the three thousand red dust immortals, although they are not as good as the descendants and inner disciples when they intercept the sect, but they can be regarded as regular sect interception disciples.
"Yes, the situation is different, now that there are many sect disciples, will we be laughed at when we go back?" Ju Xian was also worried, although he was also envious of the Interception Sect, but if he went back like this, he was worried that he would not be accepted by the Interception Sect.
Lan Xian said: "I don't think there is any need to worry, there is no class in the sect, I never ask about the identity of the disciple, and it is not a problem to go back." I think the biggest question is whether we can keep up with the pace of teaching now. You have also watched the Ten Thousand Clans Doubao Conference, those strange magic weapons can't be understood at all, and when the time comes, we will have to learn from scratch, and the status will definitely not be too high. Not to mention the backbone identity of the three thousand red dust immortals when the sect was restored, and even the identity of the Western Sect Bodhisattva may not be there. ”
It's also a problem, it's easy to go back, but if you start over, you'll be tired.
"Now I have to accept the precepts, but my status is stable. And back to the sect, I can't figure out what the future holds. Lan Xian pinched his fingers and calculated, but found that returning to the sect was unknown, and it might as well be a bodhisattva.
"However, Western religion will go downhill in the future, but the interception of religion is on the rise, and the interception of religion is more free. And although we, the Red Dust Immortals, stayed in the Western Sect, we didn't know when we would be liquidated. Even if you start all over again, it is better to return to the Sect than to stay in the West. Mei Xian thought that she should go back, even if it was to start all over again.
There are pros and cons to whatever you choose, and there are risks in leaving and staying. Therefore, the four Red Dust Immortals also have different ideas, some are willing to leave, and some want to stay.
The advantage of leaving behind is naturally to keep the identity of the Bodhisattva, and the disadvantage is that it may be ruthlessly eliminated by Western religions. The advantage of leaving is that there are a lot of resources now, and they may be able to go further, but the disadvantage is that if they do not adapt to the learning atmosphere of the interception, they will end up with an inferior status to the Bodhisattva.
"The lesser of two powers, I think it's better to intercept the religion, at least without worrying about being purged. The Tongtian Sect Master established the Interception Sect, and he was very clear about his person, and he would put down the Zhu Immortal Array in order to protect his disciples. And Zhu Nu is the first fairy of the Three Realms to teach righteousness, and she will definitely not abandon the sect disciples. Mei Xian thinks it's better to leave.
Everyone was silent, and it was clear that the choice was difficult. When they lost, they were directly taken away by the Western Sect, but they were not so entangled.
But this time they took the initiative to choose, and it was useless to pinch their fingers, and they fell into a difficult choice.
Rulai naturally knew that the monks had the idea of leaving, and he would not make a move, because he couldn't stop it. There are many people in the Three Thousand Red Dust Immortals whose hearts have never been with the Western Sect, and there is no point in forcing them to stay. Moreover, the revival of the sect is inevitable, and the saints can only go with the flow.
Fortunately, not every one of the three thousand red dust immortals wants to leave, for some people, stability is the most important, and there is nothing wrong with being a bodhisattva. As for whether it will be purged in the future, let's talk about it in the future, anyway, they don't want to change it now.
Although it is said that there must be near-term worries without long-term concerns, at the moment they do not feel near-term worries.