Chapter Seventy-One: Enlightenment
Xu Xian looked at the questions on the test paper and smiled knowingly, but he didn't expect it to be an exam.
"How to strengthen the country and enrich the people?"
In the whole paper, there is only this one question, but this one is not simple. If the argument is high, it will appear empty, and if the argument is low, it will appear that the pattern is insufficient.
Xiaoqing looked at the test questions, blinked his eyes, and whispered to Xu Xian.
"Xu Xian, we are cultivators, and it has nothing to do with this strong country and rich people. ”
Xiaoqing's statement is a common statement, but Xu Xian disagrees.
"Xiaoqing, how can cultivation have nothing to do with strengthening the country and enriching the people? Do you think that cultivation is superior to others and floating on the clouds? Wrong, wrong, wrong. The Tao, what is the Tao, the truth of all things. Because we want to see the truth, we have to stand tall enough, and that's where monasticism comes from. From this point of view, cultivation and the strengthening of the country and the enrichment of the people are not irrelevant, but rather closely related. ”
Xiaoqing blinked, a little puzzled.
"Xu Xian, cultivation is a personal matter, how can it be related to the people?"
In the past, Xu Xian also thought so, cultivation is a personal choice, and it has nothing to do with anything else, but now, Xu Xian doesn't think so. Monasticism is like a towering pagoda, seemingly ethereal, but its foundation is under the earth, how can this be separated from the mortal world?
"Xiaoqing, if a country is chaotic and poor, do you think there will be more cultivators? Will they be firm? Will they feel at ease? In ancient times, monks lived in the mundane, and the most thing they did was to continue the reproduction of the race. After the birth of human beings, countless great powers have led mortals to fight against heaven and earth, just to fight for a living space. At that time, monasticism was all about survival. Nowadays, it seems that the path of cultivation has become a utilitarian thing that does not care about the world's affairs and is dedicated to soaring, which has long deviated from the way. ”
Speaking of this, Xu Xian paused, feeling as if he had grasped some spiritual light.
"Pangu opened the world, this is to survive, Nuwa makes up the sky, this is also to survive, the three emperors govern the world, but also to survive. It's a pity that after Dayu ruled the water, the monks in the world have long forgotten what the Tao is? ”
"For the sake of not fighting, for the beginning, for the end of the struggle, this is the way. ”
After sorting out his thoughts this time, Xu Xian's inner thoughts began to become clear, it turned out that it was not that the cultivation was wrong, but that we were wrong, and we only remembered not to fight, but forgot to make a difference.
The Tao is like this, and with great power comes great responsibility, otherwise, this power is evil.
As soon as his thoughts were clear, Xu Xian put pen to paper.
"If you govern a big country and cook small fresh, for the sake of the superior, you should do it without fighting, what is the explanation? The superior is noble, so it is the duty to do something. Why don't you fight? Don't fight, you don't compete with the subordinates, so you can make the people rich. If the people are rich, the country will be strong, if the country is strong, if the country is strong, if the country is prosperous, the ghosts and gods will not be hurt, and if the ghosts and gods are not injured, the world will be worry-free. ”
Xu Xian did it in one go, and suddenly felt that his heart was clear, and his thoughts were clear, it turned out that this was the way.
Cultivating the Tao, cultivating the mind, cultivating the heaven and earth.
At this moment, Xu Xian finally took another step forward, this step was a step from a human to an immortal.
Immortals have Pangu to open the world, immortals have Nuwa to make up the sky, immortals have Dayu to control the water, the same immortals, but they have different powers, this is the difference in heart.
Like Pangu, how respectable it is to sacrifice one's own body and achieve heaven and earth!
This is the immortal, the omnipotent immortal, the immortal who is at ease, the immortal who leads to the sky.
At this moment, Xu Xian saw a new world after people, which made Xu Xian happy, this is cultivation, this is cultivation, this is cultivation of the mind, this is cultivation of heaven and earth.
Xu Xian was immersed in his own feelings, but he didn't notice that Princess Jinxian walked down from the stage, stood beside Xu Xian, and looked at the article that Xu Xian had made in the volume, and was surprised.
Princess Jinxian has never seen it, some people associate the power of the country and the prosperity of the people with the Tao, but if you think about it carefully, if the Tao is for the sake of not fighting, then the Daoxing is indeed related to the prosperity of the people and the strength of the country. In today's world, Taoism and Buddhism, what do monks say, don't ask about the world, this is really selfish to the extreme, and there is no heart to do anything. It's a pity that the real immortals are never high, but live in the mundane.
Princess Jin Xian looked at Xu Xian and was very satisfied, so she put down a token and walked back. This action made everyone look sideways for a while, but they didn't expect this seemingly unattractive guy to be able to get the favor of Princess Jinxian, which is really jealous.
What young man who doesn't touch fireworks like Princess Jinxian doesn't fall in love? Although he knows that this is just a delusion, he will definitely be jealous when he sees other people getting the favor of Princess Jinxian.
Xu Xian didn't know that he had become a public enemy, but Xu Xian was in a very comfortable mood at the moment, and his whole body was filled with a kind of relaxation, which was a kind of relaxation after a breakthrough.
"Xu Xian, Princess Jin Xian came over just now, and you were in a fugue, so you didn't notice it. You see, this is the token that Princess Jin Xian put down to enter the Spirit Turtle Palace, and our task is completed. ”
When Xu Xian heard Xiaoqing's words, he came back to his senses, took the token and looked at it, there was a word "turtle" engraved on it, which was not too unusual, it seemed to be just a piece of proof.
"Yes, our mission is complete, so let's go. ”
Xu Xian didn't hesitate at all, he got up directly, and took Xiaoqing out of the Golden Immortal Temple from the side of the path, which was really free and easy. This also made others breathe a sigh of relief, and it was a blessing to have such a strong competitor missing.
Princess Jin Xian looked at Xu Xian's departing figure, the corners of her mouth curled, and she said with some surprise.
"I want to slip away when I eat and wipe clean, how can there be such a good thing?"
The lark looked at the look of the Golden Fairy Princess, and was very surprised, but he didn't expect that the scholar who was not good-looking actually made the Golden Fairy Princess care so much, it seemed that he had to check the details of this scholar.
Out of the Golden Immortal Temple, Xiaoqing breathed a sigh of relief.
"Xu Xian, the Golden Immortal View is like a big cage, it's too depressing. As soon as I came out, even my breathing was much easier. ”
Xu Xian looked at Xiaoqing and smiled, Xiaoqing hadn't discovered it yet, the Golden Immortal View was a formation, a heaven and earth net array, it really deserved to be a princess, and her hand was big enough.
Entering the Heaven and Earth Net Array, a lively snake demon like Xiaoqing will of course feel uncomfortable. This Golden Fairy Princess is not an ordinary person, it seems that she has to be careful, she can't be targeted by this Golden Fairy Princess.
Xu Xian thought it was quite beautiful, but unfortunately, Princess Jinxian had already set her sights on him.
"Princess, that scholar's name is Xu Xian, from Shenzhou, and his invitation to the Lantern Festival is from Ge Yuan of Wendao Academy, and Ge Yuan has resigned and returned to Chiba Island. It is said that Ge Yuan went home this time because Xu Xian wrote a poem in Wendao Academy, so he rose to return home. ”
"Oh, a poem? It seems that this Xu Xian is quite literate. ”
Seeing the Golden Fairy Princess like this, the lark laughed.
"Princess, how about you take a look at this poem?"
Princess Jin Xian looked at the verses in front of her and was a little distracted.
"It's like a year of water, like a beautiful flower. This Xu Xian has an infatuated heart, in this world, which woman can make him like this? ”