Lin Wenruo and Qing Yuanzi were talking on stage within a quarter of an hour.

Zhao Rong's expression changed from relaxed, to calm, to serious, and then to the last frown.

Until the burst of rainstorm-like applause exploded in his ears, Lin Wenruo stepped down gloomily.

Among the two debaters, Lin Wenruo initially had the advantage in choosing the topic, but Qing Yuanzi was not good at stubble, and his conversation skills were extremely solid, rich in evidence, and clear in structure, and he was stable at the beginning.

But if Qing Yuanzi is just like this, Lin Wenruo, who has studied his opponent thoroughly, is not afraid of him at all.

After the Qing talks began, Lin Wenruo took every step, expanding his advantages little by little, and playing steadily, Qing Yuanzi gradually became difficult to parry and began to respond passively.

In the debate, passivity is a disadvantage, and it is often a harbinger of defeat.

Just when Zhao Rong calculated that the two of them would not be able to say about ten sentences, Qing Yuanzi would be defeated, this purple-clothed Taoist priest with a long jaw and beard suddenly threw out a theory that Zhao Rong did not expect, and Lin Wenruo did not dare to think about it......

As a result, Qing Yuanzi was anti-guest-oriented, and the victory and defeat were completely subverted!

Zhao Rong exhaled, feeling that it was not a loss to lose, and the hidden back hand on the opposite side was indeed powerful.

The second debate is the "debate of existence and non-existence".

"The debate of existence and non-existence" is a classic proposition of Taoism, which originates from the "Tao Jing" in which "all things in the world are born from being, and some are born from nothing." ”

Lin Wenruo holds the "Chongyou Theory", and Qing Yuanzi passively holds "Noble Regardless".

The reason why Lin Wenruo chose it is not only because of the study of Qing Yuanzi's previous Qing Tan and his weakness here, but also because the "debate of existence and non-existence" in this world has developed to the present day, and the "nothing" that was widely admired at the beginning has been discovered by the sons of the past dynasties.

"Nothing" is "Tao" in Taoist texts, and "being born from nothing, and reality from nothing" was initially recognized by everyone, such as "Tao begets one, one begets two, two begets three, and three begets all things." ”

However, there are two fatal contradictions.

First, it is a simple but fatal speculative reasoning, if "existence is born from nothing", then what is the origin of "nothing"?

If we continue to ask questions like this, we will inevitably fall into an infinite and progressive logical dilemma and will not be able to extricate ourselves.

Second, according to the original theory, "nothingness" precedes "being" in time and "being" in space, it is "Tao", an absolutely independent entity of nothingness.

Since "nothing" precedes "being", "nothing" is the producer, and "being" is the generated, how does "being" arise from "nothing"?

How does the "nothingness" of the same origin give rise to a variety of material entities?

Although the Taoist sages in the history of the Xuanhuang realm have put forward some remedial explanations, they still have not been able to get rid of this theoretical dilemma.

The above two points are the loopholes of "no matter what is expensive" held by Qing Yuanzi, and they are also the defects of the avenue that have not been patched by Taoist powers.

Therefore, Lin Wenruo made Qing Yuanzi lose half of the topic just by choosing the topic.

Unless you, Qing Yuanzi, can supplement the Taoist ideological system and put forward new theories, you will definitely fail.

But.

This "unless" it really happens.

Qing Yuanzi threw out a theory that can be summarized as "based on nothing".

To put it simply, the so-called "based on nothing" has a double meaning.

One is that "nothing" is the generator of "being".

Second, "nothing" is the basis for the existence of "existence".

His brand-new theory, which is logically self-consistent and reasonable, can correct the loopholes of Taoism's past "debate between existence and non-existence" and further develop the "no matter what is expensive".

When Zhao Rong heard Qing Yuanzi throw out this set of theories, he was extremely surprised, not because of the theory itself—he had learned this set of theories in his previous life, and even knew its advantages and disadvantages and subsequent developments—but because of its appearance.

After Zhao Rong woke up in this world, combined with the memories of this life and the many "miscellaneous books" he had read, the development of Taoism's "debate of existence and non-existence" only stopped at a very superficial stage, and now Qing Yuanzi suddenly came up with its advanced theory for the next stage, which really surprised him.

It's just that in Zhao Rong's view, Qing Yuanzi's theoretical version of "based on nothing" on the stage is still very rough, and it is also ambiguous about another very important "body and one source theory" involved.

Thinking about it this way, it should not be that he deduced it himself, but where he heard it.

But even if it is a very crude theory, it is also brand new, and for Lin Wenruo, who heard it for the first time, it is simply incredible, which caught him off guard, so he could only forcibly sophistry, and in the end he still lost.

Zhao Rong witnessed the whole process.

He wanted to go up to help Lin Wenruo, but this time the Qing Talk forbade talking about help, and he could only watch his friend being argued by the other party, taking care of one and losing the other, and finally stepped down in despair.

"This can't be the way he put forward himself! If he could do this, he would already be a Taiyi monk! Wherever he needed to participate in any talks, he could wipe out the Lanxi Lin clan with a direct finger. ”

Lin Wenruo's steps were unsteady, his eyes looked at Zhao Rong who was helping him blankly, and he was talking to himself.

"He, he has been to the Jixia School Palace, and only the Taoist sons of the School Palace can do this. Before I came back from the academy, I had never heard of a wise man and gentleman in the Jixia Academy who made up for the 'debate of existence and non-existence'...... This must have happened after I came back......"

"I know, I know, the news that I sent someone to inquire about this Qing Yuanzi who was practicing in seclusion somewhere in Wangque Continent is fake, he actually went to the Jixia School Palace in Tu Nanzhou!"

Zhao Rong hugged the down-and-out man, pursed his lips tightly, and was silent.

Jixia School Palace is one of the largest school palaces in the Xuanhuang Realm, a holy place for scholars in the world, the place where the hundreds of schools of thought are the most intense, and the core of the storm that swept most of the hundred schools of thought in the cultivation realm.

There was still an accident in the plan, but I didn't expect it to be a problem with this place.

It's just that I don't know if the news of Qing Yuanzi's seclusion is Lin Wenruo's mistake, or if it is deliberately done by Chong Xuguan.

At this time, the atmosphere in the platform was like a powder keg being detonated, and the overwhelming noise swept like a tsunami covering the sky and the sun.

Zhao Rong helped Lin Wenruo to look around.

The audience in the stands behind him were all admiring Qing Yuanzi's "nothing-oriented" nobility, and there were many discussions.

Many Taoist priests who rushed to the void on the opposite side rushed up and eagerly surrounded the victorious Qing Yuanzi, which was very lively.

In contrast, on the side of the Lanxi Lin clan, the silence of everyone was incompatible with the atmosphere in the scripture platform at this time.

Zhao Rong held the white jade on his waist with one hand, and put his horizontal hand in front of his abdomen.

The hustle and bustle around him faded like a tide, and he seemed to be in a grand mime.

His expression was calm, and his gaze scanned the crowd.

Lin Wenruo gasped for breath, his eyes wandered, and his eyes were not focused.

Chen Muzhi's face was ashen, and the feather fan fell to the ground.

Lin Qingxuan bowed his head and was silent.

Su Xiaoxiao clasped her hands together, clenched her fists in front of her chest, and looked at him by biting her lip.

And Liu Sanbian, Yu Linwei, and many allies of the Lanxi Lin clan all had solemn faces.

On the other side, there were contempt, ridicule, and schadenfreude.

Lan Yuqing smiled playfully, and the corners of Qing Yuanzi's mouth curled.

The old man of Nanhua was neither happy nor angry, and his eyes were indifferent.

Qingjingzi sneered, his eyes wandering over Su Xiaoxiao.

Zhao Rong's gaze was calm.

"It's over, Ziyu, it's over, you guys hurry up and leave Zhongnanguo immediately, there are arrangements under the mountain......" Lin Wenruo relieved himself from all his thoughts, took a deep breath, grabbed Zhao Rong's hand suddenly, stared at the ground, and said in a deep voice.

"It's not over. ”

"What?"

Lin Wenruo looked up in a daze.

"One win, one loss, we haven't lost yet. ”

The young Confucian said calmly.