134.Chapter 134: The Instinct of Creatures and the Human Heart
Lin Qinglan's heart warmed a little, but she lowered her head again: "Senior brother, we ...... We're like this, aren't we...... Isn't it ......"
"Do you know that there is a sentence in the sage's quotations, which is called 'gentleman is far away from cooking'?"
"I know, my husband told me before, this is not to say that a gentleman can't learn to cook, but that a gentleman should stay away from the place where he kills...... But I don't think it's a bit hypocritical? If you can't hear or see it, is it kindness?"
"Hehe, in fact, not only Confucianism, but also Buddhism also has a saying that they don't eat the 'three pure meats'. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biqugeγ infoβ
"Three clean meats?"
"The so-called three pure meats of Buddhism are 'meat that is not killed by oneself, meat that is not killed for oneself, and meat that is not killed by others'. So in fact, Buddhism does not eat meat, but does not kill. β
"But there will always be people who kill......"
"yes, there will always be killings...... Even if it's a sheep eating grass, isn't it a kind of killing?" Yun Xiao sighed softly: "But do you know that the gentleman's cooking is not hypocrisy, nor is it hypocrisy. β
"Huh?
"Hmm...... Let me tell you a story, the story of my hometown, the story of the war. β
"Hmm. β
"Actually, I've always believed that there is no such thing as good or evil in inter-ethnic wars. It's normal for life or race to be divided. It is normal for the aggressor and the invaded to be nothing more than the survival of the fittest, the survival of the strong and the death of the weak, no matter how many people die on the battlefield, in fact, objectively speaking, it is also a kind of genetic optimization between races. β
"But...... In my hometown, there is a people called Wa, but they are different. Yun Xiao looked up at the starry sky and said as if in a dream: "The Japanese and the Chinese have been adjacent for generations, and for a period of time, the Chinese have been down. As a result, the Wa invaded the Chinese. As I said earlier, war and killing are both instincts of biological competition, and there is no such thing as absolute good or evil, but ...... The Wa are different, because they don't just kill on the battlefield. β
"After attacking a city called Nanjing, they waved their butcher's knives at the innocent people. In fact, at this time, the city has been occupied by them, and no one is still resisting, it stands to reason that this city has belonged to their property. However, these Japanese tribes were purely for fun, and carried out a massacre against civilians who had no combat effectiveness. β
"Massacre civilians?this, are they crazy?" Lin Qinglan was a little surprised: "Since it has already been occupied, why do you still want to massacre?"
Yun Xiao didn't answer, but said to himself: "And they are not ordinary slaughter. The Chinese themselves have slaughtered cities in their previous wars, but those slaughters are all for the victory of the war, such as breaking the enemy's will to resist, etc., even if a person named Cao Cao uses human flesh as military food, it is also for the survival of their own soldiers, although it is cruel, but it is more helpless. But the Wa people are different, they are not there to break the enemy's will to resist, nor to reduce the enemy's troops, but really for fun. β
"Take, take fun??" Lin Qinglan only felt that she couldn't understand at all, why would killing be fun?
"They will happily cut open the belly of the underage girl, take out the uterus and cook it and eat it, and discuss whether the womb of a thirteen-year-old girl is more delicious or the twelve-year-old is more tender; they will laugh and gouge open the belly of the pregnant woman, take out the fetus and break it into a pulp in front of the pregnant woman, and take pleasure in the wailing of the pregnant woman; they will use the civilians as a target to practice wielding knives, and they will happily use the civilians who have already surrendered to behead the competition to see who can cut off the most heads and the fastest in a certain time......"
Lin Qinglan was terrified and speechless.
"Yes, they kill people not for their own survival, not for the victory or defeat of the war, but purely for fun. Yun Xiao smiled bitterly: "They really think that it is a very happy thing to torture and kill the same human beings, and slaughter the same kind that has no ability to resist. β
"How...... How could there be, how could there be such a person......" Lin Qinglan trembled, the cultivator of the Ning Yuan Rank was actually terrified by the actions of a group of mortals, of course...... It's more anger.
"yes...... How could there be such a person......" Yun Xiao sighed: "This nation seems to be born different from other human races, and there is an unspeakable cruelty in their bone marrow. A few decades later, they have become a very wealthy country, but they still like to hunt a game that does not make much money. The prey is called the dolphin, which is a very cute animal that is considered by other humans to be protected, and is completely unthreatening, and almost everyone is against the slaughter of this life, which is not a threat to the human race. The Wa people prefer to kill this kind of animal that has no resistance and even often saves people, in fact, they are not for food at all, but to satisfy the desire to kill. Already weak, they were unable to torture other humans, so they replaced them with the kindest dolphins. β
"Actually...... It is not hypocrisy that the gentleman cooks far away, but the sage believes that if he can maintain mercy for even food, then at least he will not become a pervert like a Japanese man. It's like your mercy on those claw dragons just now, which actually makes me very happy, because a person who will also have mercy on demon beasts, then he will definitely not become a perverted madman who takes killing as pleasure. Killing doesn't mean evil, but killing itself is fun...... Hehe......"
"We live in this world, and we are compelled to kill for our own survival. Yun Xiao stretched out his hand and patted Lin Qinglan's shoulder: "Even if you are a vegetarian, aren't plants also a kind of life? It hunts after you and me to survive, and we set up ambushes, and in the same way, hunt for survival. There is no good or evil between us, only for our own survival. β
"I have met a wise man before every meal who would speak to his food before every meal. β
"Talking about food?" Although Lin Qinglan had long been accustomed to the way Yun Xiao jumped around, she still felt very strange this time.
"Yes, he will say to his food 'Thank you, my food. I am grateful that you have been a part of my life, and I will continue to experience the world with your imprint. Until one day I became food for other lives. He would kill chickens and ducks, but he would never waste it, and he would eat every piece of food that became his food. He believes that every life is equal, and everyone is working hard for each other's survival in this world. After every life is gone, what disappears is only the form of life, not the imprint of life. β
"Life form, life imprint......" Lin Qinglan was a little confused: "I, I don't understand ......"
"Hehe, it's okay if you don't understand, this is indeed a bit deep. In general, if it is for the sake of their own survival, then whether it is killing or war, there is no right or wrong, no good or evil. β
"So, what is right and wrong, good and evil?"
"Well, I don't dare to jump to conclusions, but I think ...... I guess the purpose of the killing. β
"Purpose?"
"Yes...... As I said earlier, we and the Devil's Claw Dragon, no matter who kills whom, it is for their own survival, and there is no good or evil. And like the Wa people, killing for pleasure or venting is sin and evil. Because the disappearance of those lives is not for the survival and reproduction of another life, but purely to satisfy the perverted desire to kill. Those lives are gone, and no other lives are left alive, and those lives are wasted. β
"I ...... I kind of get it. Lin Qinglan had raised her head unconsciously, and there was light in her eyes: "We hunt for our survival, every devil's claw dragon that we kill will be the nutrients for our survival, I kill them, but I will continue their lives, we will live instead of them, just like the devil's claw dragon uses the life of the tree cat as the nutrient for its survival." But we can't kill for no reason, we can't make killing fun. β
"You finally get the idea. The scene of the claw dragon at that time makes you feel that they are also beings with family affection and love, so you feel cruel. But we are not evil, we are nothing more than a competition between races. As long as it is still life, neither we nor the Devil's Claw Dragon can avoid killing and fighting. β
Lin Qinglan's eyes became brighter and brighter: "I really understand! Just like the wise man you said, senior brother, I ...... I will take those claw dragons that I have killed, and I will take them with their imprints to feel the world! They died because of me, but the imprint of their lives is still there, in my life!"
"One more point. Yun smiled lightly and said, "If we win, we will have mercy on the Demon Horned Dragon." And if the merciless Devil-Horned Dragons win, will they have mercy on us? Of course not. So ......"
"I understand what you mean, senior brother! We need to be stronger, because people like us who have mercy in our hearts win and are qualified to have mercy on others! If we lose, then even this last mercy will be gone. β
"Hehe, yes, you're in good spirits?"
"Hmm!"
"Very well, then, let's go and return the eggs. β
"Return the eggs?"
"Yes, we hunt and kill the Demon Claw Dragon to make money, but these eggs are worthless. β
"So, so we're going to put these eggs back?" Lin Qinglan's eyes lit up, but he was still a little puzzled: "But, but can't these eggs also be sold for money?" Senior brother, I'm confused again, let's ...... What are we supposed to do? To kill or not to kill?"
"Yes, it can be sold for money, but ten eggs are not as valuable as an adult Demon Horned Dragon, are they?" Yun Xiao looked at the depths of the dense forest, listened to the wails of those underage Demon Claw Dragons, and said seriously: "We need money, but ...... We need the bottom line even more. I promised them that they would eventually be willing not to hurt you for the sake of these eggs, and then I would return them to them. β
"We are all ordinary beings, and our survival is inseparable from killing. β
"But...... We are human. If you are a human being, you should have a moral bottom line. We kill to survive, and we save lives for the sake of the bottom line. β
"The gentleman's cooking is not hypocrisy, but ...... Trying to keep that part of our hearts that is beyond our biological instinctsβ"
"People's hearts. β