Chapter 25: Conscience
"Ask your heart?" The scene in front of him changed, and Ye Zhou didn't expect such a change.
Before he could ask more, the shopkeeper was silent, as if it had never existed.
Ye Zhou had no choice but to observe the movement in front of him and think of a way to break the situation.
The fog rolled and became gray, and the shape changed, forming many illusions, as if they were about to jump out of it in the next moment.
Suddenly, the gray mist pulled from it, and his eyes flickered, and the surroundings changed greatly, and a scene that had been forgotten in his memory for a long time and seemed quite strange appeared in front of him.
Ye Zhou looked around and found himself sitting in a classroom, surrounded by student-like people discussing something nervously and excitedly.
These people's faces looked unfamiliar but a little familiar, and his heart moved, weren't these his high school classmates?
It's just that their faces are too young, immature, and they still look like students who are studying.
"Ye Zhou, the college entrance examination results are coming down soon, why aren't you nervous at all?" Suddenly, a girl with bright eyes in front of her turned around and asked curiously.
It's like a dream, I don't know where and when.
Ye Zhou instinctively blurted out: "The college entrance examination has been completed, in fact, the results have already come out, but they have not been announced, how much should it be, what's the use of being nervous?"
The girl gave him a blank look, "You know!"
She covered her hands in her heart and prayed silently, "I hope I can get a good score in the exam this time, enter the university of my dreams, and get out of the sea of suffering!"
Seeing her serious and sincere appearance, Ye Zhou smiled faintly, and at this time, the high school classmates around her also looked nervous.
He didn't know where he was back when he was back at the end of the college entrance examination and filled in the volunteers.
But the dead are gone!
This may have been an obsession in the past, but now it has long been a breeze for him, leaving no trace.
Ye Zhou's heart did not make the slightest wave, and the illusion in front of him had not yet been fully formed and was rapidly shattered, restoring the previous gray condition.
After experiencing this experience, Ye Zhou already has an understanding of this question.
It seems that there is some kind of strange power here, which can torture people's hearts, find flaws in their hearts and confuse them with illusions, and only by keeping their own hearts can they get through it safely, and any other spells and means are useless.
......
Then, as he expected, the illusion changed again.
Ye Zhou appeared in a square, crowded with people, and the black head of the people pressed like a tide.
He stood in the middle of it, scrambled to pieces.
"Dude, what position are you going to apply for?"
"I'm going to make securities!"
"What about you!"
"It's not easy to find a job in the securities industry, I'd better do IT! Although this is a little tired, and there is a risk of middle-aged baldness, the market demand for this market is large, and the salary is also good!"
......
There was a commotion in the crowd.
Ye Zhou was like a small splash, submerged into the vast sea of applicants, and could not splash the slightest wave.
Soon he was in a daze, and entered the job fair with the crowd.
The crowd was crowded, and there were many people waiting in a long line in front of every position waiting for an interview.
The interviewers looked at everyone with scrutinizing eyes one by one, commenting on their heads, as if they were looking at the goods waiting to be sold.
Some people with high self-esteem and fragile psychology are already full of humiliation.
The ghost sent the gods, Ye Zhou came to a post, and the recruits here are also IT personnel.
He suddenly woke up, isn't this the scene he remembers applying at a large job fair after graduation?
"What degree do you have, what work experience do you have, what have you done, what are the requirements for the position?...... the interviewer asked in a hurry, and looked at Ye Zhou carefully.
But Ye Zhou bowed his head and was silent.
The interviewer waited for a while and became impatient, "If you don't interview in person, you will leave quickly if you don't interview!"
Ye Zhou was unmoved.
Once upon a time, he also had a mind to chase fame and fortune and mix in society, but after embarking on the road of cultivation, all this became a thing of the past.
Now he has a higher pursuit, seeking the avenue of immortality, although ordinary people don't understand it, but cultivating the truth is self-cultivation, what does it have to do with others?
Why does he need others to understand?
Facing the angry gazes cast around him, Ye Zhou smiled in a low voice, "Look up to the sky and laugh and go out, how can I be a Penghao person!"
He stood up abruptly, and without saying a word, strode out amid the interviewer's angry gaze.
As soon as I walked out of the door of the job fair, the illusion around me was shattered.
"These illusions can point to the flaws in my heart!" Ye Zhou thought for a moment, with a faint smile on his face.
Now it seems that although this question is troublesome, it is not necessarily without benefits?
In it, he can dissolve the obsession in his heart and find the purest heart of seeking the Tao, which will also be of great benefit to his future cultivation.
Thinking of this, he was not in a hurry, and his mood was slightly curious and excited, waiting for the next change in his heart.
......
Towering pagodas, ancient temples, and stone-paved roads are filled with colorful Tibetans walking back and forth, and some tourists are shuttling in and out from time to time.
On both sides of the avenue, many Tibetans set up small stalls on the ground, selling some small objects and works of art that are unique to Tibet.
Ye Zhou walked among them, wearing a set of jackets, and he looked dusty.
A memory that I haven't remembered for a long time came to my mind, wasn't this his graduation trip to Tibet?
Before he had time to think about it, he inexplicably stopped and stood in front of an old Tibetan stall.
He has deep wrinkles, and he doesn't solicit business, but just smokes dry tobacco with a pipe in his mouth, and occasionally spews out smoke rings.
There were bits and pieces in the stall, and one of them was a dilapidated wooden box that instantly caught his attention, as if there was something hidden in it, and he was very reluctant to get it at any cost.
"Old man, how do you sell this wooden box?" Ye Zhou walked over and asked.
The old Tibetan glanced at him and said lightly, "Not for sale?"
"How can you not sell it?" Ye Zhou's heart suddenly became anxious, if he didn't sell this wooden box, how could he get the mysterious orb?
"Old man, how much do you want for this wooden box? Is a thousand yuan enough?" Ye Zhou was in an anxious mood.
The old Tibetans did not speak.
"Two thousand!" Ye Zhou increased his chips, and he was so anxious that he lost his square inch.
In the end, he took out all the money he had with him, and he couldn't even afford a train ticket back, but the old Tibetan never agreed, "Young man, tell you the truth! There is a stone bead in this wooden box that is my family heirloom, and I can't sell it to you!"
Ye Zhou was terrified in his heart, "Why didn't this old man sell me a wooden box, and if I didn't have a treasure orb, how could I embark on the path of cultivation?......
Just when he was panicking, he suddenly felt that something was wrong, "Hmm, I am already a cultivator, and the orb is one with me, and I am afraid that the orb will be lost!"
Ye Zhou woke up in an instant, laughed loudly, ignored the old Tibetan's surprise, grabbed the dilapidated wooden box and turned around and left, without dragging his feet.
He turned and took a step, and the scene around him quickly turned into nothingness, and there was no trace of it.
Ye Zhou's heart rose to enlightenment, "This question is about the flaws in my heart, the first illusion is the confusion about the future, the second is the helplessness of fate, and the third is the obsession with the jewel and the fear of losing, so what will happen next?"
He was curious.
To be able to embark on the path of cultivation, the jewel is his biggest reliance and the biggest obsession, what flaws in his soul can overpower this obsession?
......
It was dark, and the next moment he was walking down a country road, and a familiar but long-lost house appeared in front of him.
The light was faint, and two gray-haired old men sat at the table looking at each other, eating dinner, deserted.
Ye Zhou glanced at it, his face became extremely complicated, happy, cowardly, and guilty......
The degree of aging of his parents far exceeded Ye Zhou's expectations.
My mother's jet-black hair had turned gray unconsciously, and my father's straight waist had bent up.
All this was seen by him, and his mood was complicated and indescribable.
"Hey!" the mother sighed abruptly while holding the bowl, "I don't know how my son is doing outside?
The father said, "Didn't my son say that he was doing well outside, and that he was not getting a low salary every year! The city is stressed, don't always call to nag your son. ”
"What's the use of making more money?" said the mother, "I still want the family to be reunited for the rest of my life!"
......
The words of concern of his parents echoed in his ears, and Ye Zhou was speechless for a long time.
Since obtaining the Orb and the Nine-Character True Formula, he will embark on a completely different path from ordinary people.
Walking alone, he will be accompanied by endless loneliness.
All the past can be discarded, but the kindness of parents is the most difficult to give up.
Now it is clear to him that this illusion is torturing his reluctance to give up his parents' affection.
Only this gratitude for the children can overpower the obsession with the jewel.
"Since I think my heart is in the form of servitude, I am sad and sad!" Ye Zhou sighed faintly, as if he had realized something.
All the illusions in front of him were shattered, the gray fog dissipated, and the conscience was broken.
But Ye Zhou closed his eyes and stood still for a long time, aware of all this.
A feeling of loneliness of emptiness came to my heart, and it was deserted.
He was still deeply immersed in the reluctance to be separated from his parents.
Once you embark on the path of cultivation, you have to give up all the worldly worlds, even the affection of your parents.
Ye Zhou actually knew that one day he would face this difficult choice, so he had palpitations.
In fact, he did not get through this last illusion, but only saw through it temporarily, but his heart has not yet let go.
One day, he will inevitably face this choice, and how will he make that choice?
Maybe it will be......
Ye Zhou's eyes suddenly opened, and he unconsciously became firm.
By this time he had returned to the lobby of the bar, and the owner was standing in front of him, his eyes shining.
"Congratulations to Daoyou for passing the Question Heart Pass, you have obtained the qualification of the Great Dao Invitation Code!"