Chapter 12, The Way

At this time, in a side hall of the Jixia School Palace, Yan Lu was standing at the door and looking around vigilantly.

Two old men in the hall sat opposite each other, these two were Master Xun and the contemporary Guiguzi.

"You have accepted a good disciple, and it is in vain that you went to find Bei Yingzi to help him find the Book of Changes and help him improve himself." Guiguzi pinched his beard and said to Master Xun.

"He is a stubborn man, he still has a long way to go." Xunzi said.

"Everyone has their own path to follow, I'm curious, what path has you chosen as a disciple?" Guiguzi asked curiously.

If you want to become a grandmaster, the first step is to have your own way, this path can also be said to be the road, but the future of your choice, only by determining the path in your heart and clarifying the path under your feet, can you take the key step to enter the grandmaster, Ziyou and Gongsun Bai on the high platform are missing this step.

The two of them were not clear about the way and the road in their hearts.

"You're curious, too?" Xunzi seemed to see something strange.

"Of course, the overall situation has been fixed back then, and his variable has appeared, and the overall situation that was originally set was instantly disordered, if you hadn't taken the lead in saving him, he would have now become a puppet in the hands of the Eastern Emperor." Guiguzi said.

"Heaven is constant, not for Yao, not for destruction, the general trend of the world is changing all the time, the general trend you set is just the small trend you see, the delusion to replace the big trend with the small trend, do you think it is feasible?" Xunzi said leisurely.

After listening to Xunzi's words, Guiguzi just sighed lightly and didn't speak.

"In the first game, Confucian Ziyou won." The man in charge of the debate shouted.

Gongsun Long motioned for Gongsun Bai to continue.

"I wonder what Your Excellency wants to debate next?" Gongsun Bai looked at Ziyou and said.

Everyone's eyes were on Ziyou.

"I have already chosen one, and what is your choice for this second debate?" Ziyou said.

Gongsun Bai looked at Ziyou, his face gradually clouded and uncertain for a while, and everyone was silent waiting for Gongsun Bai, and gradually Gongsun Bai's eyes gradually became firm.

"Why don't we just debate this world?"

As soon as the word "world" came out, everyone's interest was aroused, not because of the freshness of the topic, but because the world was too grand, whether it was the sages or today's giants, what they studied was just a thing under the world.

At this time, the originally clear sky was gradually shrouded in dark clouds, the muffled thunder gradually sounded, and the light in the main hall gradually dimmed.

"Yes, I don't know how Brother Gongsun wants to debate?" Ziyou also rarely became serious, and the heat in Gongsun Bai's eyes had to make him serious.

"Being in the middle of the world, how dare you talk about the world, I have traveled abroad for five years, my footsteps are all over the seven countries, I have seen a lot along the way, learned a lot, but the confusion in my heart has not only not decreased, but increased, I want to ask Your Excellency how do you view the general trend of the world?" Gongsun Bai's eyes burst out with a fine light, staring directly at Ziyou.

In the past five years, as he gradually walked on the land of the Seven Kingdoms, the dream he had once fantasized about was gradually shattered, and he changed from an idealist to a realist.

What he saw was not a happy revenge, but a cruel reality, years of war, how many wives were separated, families were destroyed, how many people were displaced, starvation was everywhere, the land on which countless people depended for their livelihood was scorched, how many young people were forced to die on the battlefield, leaving their elderly parents to wash their faces with tears and cut off the hope of future life.

In some more serious places, he saw the people change their children and eat, only a few old people in a village were ploughing in the fields, just to be able to eat a little food a day, he saw the old people ploughing in the fields after the hoe in his hand fell, and then he never waved it again, he saw some officials living in luxury, the king indulged in vain, did not care about the life or death of the lower classes, and even used the names of the people for entertainment.

The more he came into contact with reality, the more frightened he was in his heart, he wanted to change such a world, but he was powerless, he didn't know how to change, like a baby looking at an insurmountable mountain, he had worked hard for it, but was finally defeated by reality, so he returned to Gongsun's house, wanting to borrow the hands of famous people to do something, but he found that he was still helpless against the world.

At first, he didn't want to come to Jixia, but he thought that everyone in Jixia might have the answer he wanted to find, so he came.

"Today is a world of great contention, an opportunity to reshape the world, and a world of suffering for the people."

"What's the explanation?" Gongsun Bai's eyes flashed with a gleam, and he looked at Ziyou and asked anxiously.

"The general trend of the world is divided and combined, and it must be divided for a long time, and it must be divided for a long time, and the countries have attacked for a hundred years, the world is in chaos, the etiquette collapses, the people are not happy, Zhou Tianzi divides the princes, the princes surrender if the clan is strong, and the world continues to conquer if the clan is weak." Ziyou said in a deep voice.

Everyone present was shocked by Ziyou's words, a sentence that the general trend of the world is divided and combined, and it must be divided for a long time, and it must be combined for a long time, which summarizes the trend of the development of the world since Xia Shang, and the latter words are the current reality.

"Color!!

The people present expressed their heartfelt recognition and praise for Ziyou's words.

The deafening thunder exploded in the sky, but it was overwhelmed by this sound, and the cobweb-like lightning streaked through, illuminating the main hall through the window and illuminating the resolute and handsome face of Ziyou on the high platform.

"Then, according to the gentleman, what is the future of today?" Gongsun Bai continued to ask.

"This world has been divided for too long, and it is the trend of the times, no one can stop it, the general trend is like a torrent, no one can be it, and those who try to go against the general trend are like mantis arms as a car."

Hearing Ziyou's words, the fog in Gongsun Bai's heart was gradually dispelled.

"Dare to ask sir, what should we do in the general trend again? Do you want to watch from the wall? Gongsun Bai asked the biggest question in his heart, how many times his efforts and attempts were defeated by reality, which had made him gradually numb, but Ziyou's words gave him new hope.

"As the general trend, no one can be spared, only follow the trend, firm the way in the heart, for their dreams, even the most ethereal and nihilistic way must be unswerving, rather than a hundred folds, and unswerving!" Ziyou said in a deep voice

"Do you hold fast to the way of your heart?" Gongsun Bai's eyes flashed all the experiences he had experienced in the past five years, and his eyes gradually changed from confusion to determination.

"That's right, Tianxingjian, the gentleman is constantly striving for self-improvement, "Shangshu" cloud: the heart of the Tao is only slight, the heart of the people is dangerous, but the essence is the only one, and it is allowed to be persistent." Ziyou said.

"Yui!" The disciple of Confucianism said to Ziyou.

As disciples of Confucianism, they naturally understand what the truth of these sixteen characters is, at this time Confucianism is not the sour Confucianism of later generations, but some people who really want to do something, the belief in their hearts was mobilized by Ziyou, and the whole person swept away the previous haze and became resolute.

"Any questions?" Ziyou looked at Gongsun Bai and asked.

"I see, thank you sir." Gongsun Bai saluted to Zi and said, "Then what is the way to dare to ask Mr.?" ”

He already has a goal for his future path, and the momentum around him gradually surged, Gongsun Long looked at Gongsun Bai, who was about to enter the grandmaster, dumbfounded, he also had sleepless days and nights for Gongsun Bai's heart was difficult to understand, but he didn't expect to wake up so much now, they owe Confucianism a big favor, you must know that you enter the grandmaster, you have the ability to carry the family.

Some people who saw the changes in Gongsun Bai, Six-Fingered Black Hero, Tian Guang, Fu Nian, Chi Songzi, etc., all sighed in their hearts that Gongsun Bai had a good opportunity.

As soon as Gongsun Bai's words fell, a lightning exploded in the sky, the sky thundered violently, a lightning bolt split on the roof of the main hall, the magnificent hall suddenly broke a big hole, just above the high platform, the cold rain fell on the two of them, the wind struck, the door of the main hall was blown open, the wind howled, and Ziyou's robe on the high platform was blown whirring.

"My word? None of them. Establish a heart for heaven and earth, establish a life for the people, continue to learn for the saints, and open peace for all generations! ”

Ziyou's voice was not loud, every word was like a hammer hitting everyone's hearts, and everyone suddenly felt short of breath, as if their necks were choked, and looked straight at Ziyou who was standing still in the storm on the high platform.

After Ziyou's words fell, the storm stopped instantly, the dark clouds gradually dispersed, the sun was revealed, and a ray of sunlight shone on Ziyou's body through the big hole in the roof.