The Quasi-Ti Daoist was not as casual as he was in front of the Yellow River Array and the Tongtian Sect Master at that time, perhaps he had learned the lesson of the last failure, and he was extremely cautious at this time, and as soon as he came up, a golden body icon appeared. 【】I saw that the icon had eighteen hands, twenty-four songs, holding the Yingluo umbrella cover, the flower pot and fish intestines, and blessings the pestle, the treasure file, the golden bell, the golden bow, the silver halberd, the banner and other pieces.

Lao Tzu appeared on the head of a delicate pagoda, with a calm expression, and a lonely crutch in his hand greeted him at will. Although the two showed great magical powers and fought very fiercely, Zhang Zixing, who was not far away, did not feel the slightest fluctuation in strength, as if two ordinary people were fighting, which reflected the extremely subtle control of the power of the two saints.

The Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree of the Quasi-Tidao people is indeed wonderful, and Lao Tzu's flat crutches are brushed away every time he is not close. But the magic weapons in the hands of the Zhun Ti Golden Body Icon could not shake the Linglong Pagoda on Lao Tzu's head, and Lao Tzu's strongest magic weapon, Tai Chi Tu, had not yet been shot.

Lao Tzu saw that he couldn't get up for a while, so he took the green ox, jumped out of the circle, and pushed the fishtail crown, only to see three qi on the top and turn into three clears. I only heard a bell ringing in the east, and a sword Taoist came, wearing a nine-cloud crown, wearing a big red and white crane silk robe, and attacking Zhun Ti; due south bell rang, and another Taoist wearing a Ruyi crown, wearing a light yellow gossip robe, and holding Lingzhi Ruyi, without saying a word, took Ruyi to Zhun Ti and hit it; due north, there was another jade chime sound, and a Taoist came, wearing a Jiuxiao crown, wearing eight treasures and longevity purple xia clothes; holding a dragon beard fan in one hand and three treasure jade ruyi in the other, he also went straight to Zhun Ti to put it right. The three bodies are full of light, thousands of colors, brilliant, and eye-catching.

The Zhun Ti Daoist originally had exhausted his best to resist Lao Tzu, but now he found that the Taoists from these three parties all possessed the first-class supernatural powers of saints, if they were one against four, they would have no chance of winning, and they were uneasy in their hearts, and they jumped out of the circle and asked: "Who are the three Taoist friends? Why did you come to embarrass the poor Dao?" One of them laughed and said: "You don't even know me, and you are still called the master of the Western Sect? The three of us are Shangqing, Yuqing, and Taiqing, and I am here to help Brother Li Dao come to fight you!"

Zhun Ti wondered in his heart, these three Qingdao people seem to have the momentum of saints, but they are unknown, they have never heard of their names, and they don't know where they come from?

Lao Tzu smiled slightly, walked up with a lonely crutch, and shouted: "Fellow Daoists, you can help me subdue this person!"

The four Taoists surrounded Zhun Ti, up or down, left or right, attacking together, although the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree of Zhun Ti was wonderful, but it couldn't resist the four saints joining forces, and even ate Lao Tzu's four or five crutches, one of them was unstable, staggered and almost fell to the ground.

Zhun Ti doesn't know the wonderful use of Lao Tzu's gasification clone, this gasification of the three clears, is just the vitality, although there is a shape and color, but if the power is dispersed, so he can't hurt him, but the deity that retains most of the power really has the power to break the enemy. Zhun Ti knew that he was invincible and the four saints joined forces, and the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree turned into a round rainbow, barely withstanding the attack of the four people, and he walked away. Lao Tzu was about to disappear in a fit of rage, and the clone was about to disappear, so he didn't chase after him, and let Zhun Ti escape.

Zhang Zixing exclaimed: "The saint of the Eight Views Palace really lives up to his reputation!

Lao Tzu unexpectedly thought that Xiaoyaozi was a golden immortal cultivator, and his "eyesight" was still above Zhun Ti, and he actually recognized the magic of his own clone. At the moment, he couldn't help but show surprise, put away his doppelganger, dropped the green cow, and praised: "Dao friendly insight!"

Zhang Zixing hurriedly stepped forward and saluted: "I said that I didn't know the sage of Bajing Palace in Kunshan Mountain, and it was rude, so I ask the sage to forgive me." ”

Lao Tzu asked, "If you know, what should you do?"

Zhang Zixing thought for a while: "If a person like me who is a shallow cultivator, if he meets a saint, he should try his best to please him in order to seek favor or protection. ”

Lao Tzu smiled and said: "Daoist friends are honest in what they say, but they are not true! That being the case, why shouldn't you allow you to go to the West just now that the Western Sect sage Zhun Ti is so entrenched in you?"

"The words of the sage really make the poor people ashamed......"

Lao Tzu's smile remained unchanged and said: "Taoist friends used to talk about the Tao with me, swaying freely, meaning wonderful, and its 'Tao' said that there are similarities and differences with me, and they are very compatible, and they are also people in the same way, and they are commensurate with Taoist friends in the past." ”

Zhang Zixing saw that Lao Tzu had no malicious intentions, so he also opened his mind and said with a smile: "If this is the case, why did Xuandu Daoist Friend stop that Zhun Ti? Xuandu Daoist Friend is not me, do you know that I don't want to go with Zhun Ti?"

When Lao Tzu heard this, he recalled that when Kunshan talked about his last sophistry, he couldn't help laughing: "Daoyou Xiu wants to come again with that witty words, when you and I have a fate to talk about the Tao, and now I see that Zhun Ti intends to invite you to go west, so he shows up and helps." Even if you are a saint, you may not be truly in awe, but what is the origin of your heavenly book?

Zhang Zixing knew that Lao Tzu had been observing him for some time before, and he did not hide it, and replied: "I don't want to go to the west, so I exchange that thing for freedom, no matter how wonderful the book of heaven is, it is a foreign object after all, how can it be worthy of a free body?" Lao Tzu praised: "Taoist friends are free, even if they are poor, they are also envious." ”

"Besides, those who are not destined to read the book that day can't read it, and with the ability to mention it, they can only know the two words, even if they are handed over to him for a hundred years, it doesn't hurt. Zhang Zixing secretly thought: If it is given to Zhun Ti for thousands of years, and history basically develops according to the trajectory, he should still be able to decipher the "embarrassing" word plate book in the sky, and even understand what "embarrassing culture" is. If there is such a day, Zhun Ti's expression will be very exciting, will it be like the "title" of the Book of Heaven?

After Zhang Zixing finished speaking, he asked Lao Tzu Zhengse: "Xuandu Daoist friends are here today, is it for the Chaos Bell?"

Lao Tzu looked indifferent and replied: "The Chaos Bell is an innate treasure, and only those who are destined can get it." But at this time, it is not the same as before, the number of days in the killing is confused and unpredictable, even if it is a saint, it is inevitable that he will be coveted like Zhun Ti. ”

Zhang Zixing was taken aback: "In this way, my brother should be in danger on the road? Could it be that there are other saints to intercept him?"

Lao Tzu nodded and shook his head again: "Don't worry, everything has a certainty." Although there were twists and turns along the way, the brother had now passed it safely. ”

Zhang Zixing was shocked in his heart, but he was still quite convinced of Lao Tzu's ability, so he couldn't help but put his mind at ease, and asked again: "Fang Cai Daoist and Quasi-Daoist said that I am a person outside my life, I don't know what to understand?"

"A person outside of fate is a person outside of fate, who should not exist in this number of days, but appears by chance. ”

Lao Tzu's answer made Zhang Zixing's heart beat wildly: Counting it, he, the "King of Xuan", who is completely different from the original trajectory, does not belong to this "number of days", so does Lao Tzu know that he is from another time and space, or even knows his various plans?

Lao Tzu's next explanation made him feel a little relieved: although the operation of the Heavenly Dao is called impermanent, there is also a slight trajectory to follow, so many people with supernatural powers and inspiration can calculate and sense the general trend and even details that may appear in the future according to that trajectory. The way of heaven is called impermanence, there is something invisible and traceless in it, it is elusive, it is called a variable, and there are also great supernatural people who can occasionally calculate one or two. The two can be compared to constants and variables. Generally speaking, the constant is a relatively stable whole, and the variable is a small local piece, but the number of days in the year is abnormal, and the "variable" is inflated, so it is difficult to calculate, especially in this killing, it is even more unpredictable. And the person outside the fate is equivalent to a big variable, completely out of the conventional track, and his important surname is even more than Jiang Ziya, a person who is a god outside the world. Because Jiang Ziya can only be regarded as the announcer of the final result, and someone outside the fate may change the entire result.

Therefore, the quasi-Daoist will attach so much importance to Zhang Zixing, and is even willing to let Kong Xuan go if he wants to capture the old man, which may also be the main reason why Lao Tzu came to help, perhaps, this person taught the saint to be originally interested in the Chaos Bell.

Lao Tzu was very interested in the "Dao" plagiarized by Zhang Zixing, and discussed it with him, Zhang Zixing learned that Kong Xuan had returned safely, and he was also relieved to start a fool**. When it comes to statecraft, the differences between the two finally become apparent.

Zhang Zixing remembered that the rulers of the early Han Dynasty greatly admired Huang Lao's skills, and most of them implemented the policy of ruling by doing nothing and resting with the people, which really effectively promoted the social and economic prosperity of the early Han Dynasty. However, any kind of thought and theory will be limited by the times. There are also many shortcomings in the rule of inaction, such as quiet and inaction, noble and soft guarding, and not burdening with things, which will lead to the weakening of the feudal hierarchical authority. The power of the princes and kings in the early Han Dynasty swelled sharply, posing a great threat to the Han regime, and many rebellions occurred one after another.

In addition, inaction has led to a laissez-faire policy in the economy, which has led to collusion between officials and businessmen, embezzled a large amount of state assets, and monopolized the lifeblood of the country's economy. In addition, they compete for luxury in life, which seriously corrupts the social atmosphere and further leads to the deterioration of the public order situation. However, under the principle of following nature and ruling by inaction, the dissident forces that eroded society and endangered the Western Han Dynasty regime also swelled up as a result, which attracted the attention of many keen thinkers and politicians such as Jia Yi and Jia Shan, and criticized and built many political realities at that time.

Although it is inconvenient for Zhang Zixing to cite the example of the "Han Dynasty", he can incisively analyze the limitations and shortcomings of the rule of inaction. Lao Tzu did not argue too much, but pointed out that Zhang Zixing's social model of "Qi Wu I, Qi Right and Wrong, Qi Life and Death, Qi Noble and Cheap" proposed by Zhang Zixing with Zhuangzi's basic ideas was too ideal to be put into practice.

However, Zhang Zixing, who experienced the Ming boiling society in the 24th century, analyzed the development and evolution of various social systems step by step in the theory of historical social development in the later generations, so as to confirm the viability of that ideal model. Of course, even in the 24th century, it failed to achieve the ideal of "no class, no rich or poor", and it may be said that it could only be a beautiful dream, but after all, it is an ideal model worth aspiring to (although the realization is far away), and it may also be the ultimate development model of human society.

Zhang Zixing understood this ideal ethereal surname, and immediately plagiarized a sentence from the original text of Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching, "My words are very easy to know, very easy to do, the world can not know, can not do" to summarize.

Lao Tzu was amazed: "I don't want to have this avenue in my chest! Although it is very different from my way, it is still admirable and respectable!"

"A little bit of a small way, how can you talk about the avenue of Taoist friends!" Zhang Zixing secretly embarrassed, and finally asked the question that had been brewing for a long time: "In the midst of the killing and robbery, it is inevitable that the lives will be ruined, and the people will suffer, and the Taoist friends are the masters of the human sect, will they take action to save the world?"

Lao Tzu shook his head: "Yin and Yang rise and fall, rise and fall, this is the way of heaven, if there is no prosperity and decline, how can it be endless? ”

This answer was also expected by Zhang Zixing, and he asked again: "If the saints fight each other because of the battle of luck, what will happen to the Xuandu Daoists?"

Lao Tzu muttered: "Although the sage understands the mixed yuan, he cannot forcibly reverse the mandate of heaven. If it is really God's will, it cannot be purified, and it will not stay out of it. ”

Zhang Zixing then asked: "The current general trend is to expound the dispute between the two religions, and the Western religion is not willing to lie dormant, if the dispute between the two religions is explained, or if one party unites with the Western religion, where will the Taoist friends be?"

Lao Tzu looked up at the endless night sky above his head, and said indifferently: "Go with the sky." ”

Seeing that he refused to express his position, Zhang Zixing asked again: "I heard that the saints of the two sects are both taught by the same teacher, and they are good at Taoist friends.

Lao Tzu shook his head and said: "Daoist friends also had the theory of 'all things and me' before, you must know that under the way of heaven, all beings are one, how can there be a distinction between the east and the west? If you can concentrate on cultivation and realize the avenue, the future will be immeasurable. ”

Conform to the way of heaven? Could this so-called way of heaven be the "trajectory" of the original week's rise and fall of business? Zhang Zixing was very disappointed in his heart, and in the face of the rare praise of the saint of the human sect, he laughed self-deprecatingly: "The Great Dao of Wonderful Enlightenment? Even if you are like a Taoist friend, become a saint and comprehend the Dao of Mixed Yuan, what should you do? It's just a ......?"

Lao Tzu saw that he was still unsatisfied, and asked: "Fellow Daoist, please say it directly, you and I talk about the Tao, there is no difference between saints and golden immortals, we are all Taoist friends, and there is no need to scruple." ”

Zhang Zixing stared at Lao Tzu's eyes, and said word by word: "Since Xuandu Daoyou has spoken first, then...... Please forgive me for offending!"

(To be continued)