Yan Qing carried the fish corpse, entered the shrine, threw the fish corpse on the ground, looked at the sitting master Zixuan, and asked in a sullen voice: "Fellow Daoist, I have something I can't figure out, and I want to ask you for advice." ”

Shi Zixuan glanced at the fish corpse and said, "I know what you asked, sit down, collect the killing intent on your body, and then talk." ”

Yan Qing took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and put away the murderous aura in his body.

After calming down, Yan Qing asked, "Fellow Daoist." Is it a sin to kill, you say?"

Shi Zixuan nodded and said: "All sentient beings are equal, and it is naturally a sin to take the lives of others. ”

Yan Qing said: "When I killed this demon, I asked him why he killed people and ate people. But this demon replied to me, "People can eat fish and shrimp, why can't fish and shrimp eat people?" Fellow Daoist, I was disgusted in my heart, but reason told him that he was right. ”

"Can't you twist it around here? That's a good question. I've thought about this question before, and it's mentioned in the scriptures, but it's hard to understand. It wasn't until the primordial spirit returned to the void and wandered through the netherworld shijie that he figured out this question. ”

Shi Zixuan paused for a moment and said, "Before I say that, ask Daoyou first, have you ever read the 'Tao Te Ching'?"

Yan Qing said: "Naturally, I have seen it. This is the gate of the Great Dao, how can those who want to enter the Dao and seek the right result not look at it?"

Shi Zixuan said: "Okay." Then let me ask you, what is the first thing to say at the beginning of the Tao Te Ching?"

Yan Qing thought for a while and said, "The opening chapter is famous. But it is said that there is no name and there is a name. ”

Shi Zixuan smiled and said: "So that's the case, Daozu is also true, just say it, say it, say it namelessly, and don't be afraid of confusing people." Fellow Daoists, please tell me, what is nameless?"

Yan Qingleng paused for a moment and said, "Fellow Daoist, I asked you first, why did you ask me in turn?"

After thinking about it, he still replied: "The void changes, the sun, moon and stars are in the sky, the mountains and rivers evolve and change, the grass, trees, fish and birds, human spirits and beasts are born here, and with the changes of the years, they experience life and death, and reincarnation. This is nameless. ”

Shi Zixuan clapped his hands and said, "That's a good point." Everything in the world of desire comes from nothing. Fellow Daoists, ask again, what are sentient beings?"

Yan Qing pondered for a moment and said: "'Knowledge' has affection, and there is no name and love. It's sentient. Wet eggs are sentient beings. Civil engineering gold and stone, longevity and ruthlessness, are ruthless beings. ”

Shi Zixuan said: "Now that you know the affectionate and the ruthless, I would like to ask again, what is good and evil?"

Yan Qing was stunned, scratched his head, and said, "This question is too general to answer. How can I say that, for my own purposes, those who have helped me are all great and benevolent people. Whoever is my enemy, and who wants to harm me, is considered a wicked person. ”

"Those who do good to me are good, and those who evil me are evil?" Shi Zixuan summed up for him with what the patriarch had said to him in the Great Dharma that day.

Yan Qing smiled, nodded and said, "Fellow Daoist, it's better for you to say." That's it. ”

Shi Zixuan smiled and said, "Slow down, slow down." Since all things in heaven and earth come from nothing, how can there be such a thing as good and evil? ”

Yan Qing pondered after hearing this, and after a long time, he nodded and said, "That's right." Since it comes from nothing, how can there be good and evil? However, it is people's hearts that seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, and take this as the standard norm. It should be that 'those who benefit themselves are good, and those who harm me are evil.' ”

Shi Zixuan nodded and said, "That's right." All men in the world seek self-interest, and harm me for good and evil. There should be no talk of good and evil, and there is no good or evil. If you have to be famous, it is 'the rules of good and evil in the world'. ”

Pointing to the fish corpse, he said, "Now it's back again, you ask me if it's a sin to kill people who eat fish and shrimp." Of course it's a crime, that is, if you kill this demon, I won't stop it when I see it, and I will connive at you to kill, and I will be guilty of the same crime as you, and I won't say anything else. But sin is sin, but it has nothing to do with good or evil. Don't get confused. ”

Yan Qing's eyes were dazed, he grabbed his hair with his hands, and said with a wry smile: "Fellow Daoist, it's really confused." If there is nothing to do with good and evil, how can sin arise? Isn't sin judged by good and evil?"

Shi Zixuan thought for a while and said, "Give a very simple example. Let's just say that in this river, big fish eat small fish, and small fish eat dried shrimp. When fish and shrimp do not gain spiritual intelligence, although it is true to kill, it is instinct, the evolution of the laws of heaven and earth, rather than driven by people's interests. It cannot be judged by the 'rules of good and evil in the human heart'.

And people eat fish and shrimp for the sake of hunger, which does not violate the laws of heaven and earth, and is also like birth, old age, sickness and death, love increases parting, and should not be treated as good and evil in the world. And fish and shrimp want to eat people, which is a retrograde. And since this demon has been psychic, he has a heart of selfish desires, and he should be regarded as a number of people, and he should follow the good and evil deeds of the world. ”

Yan Qing finally understood, nodded and said, "I understand." This is the heart of separation of interests and harms, which almost made a mistake and fell into delusion. Thank you for your advice. ”

Shi Zixuan smiled and said, "I once heard Master preach, and I also asked this question. But the master didn't answer, and asked me to come to the red world by myself to achieve enlightenment. At that time, I was puzzled, but now I understand that it is weishenme.

If we don't know the interests and harms of sentient beings, how can we talk about worldly cultivation? If we can't abandon our own selfish desires and look at them coldly, how can we seek the source of our own self? But if we seek to be nameless, but we indulge in fame without introspection, how can we transcend reincarnation and ascend to the void of the Dharma realm?"

Yan Qing stood up and said, "Listening to the Taoist friends, my heart is finally smooth. It was wrong for me to seek the good and evil of the Sacred Heart according to the rules of the human heart. ”

Shi Zixuan asked, "There is no need to say whether it is right or wrong. People in the world will do things in the world. Cultivators will abide by morality, but they still have to be people in the world. Fellow Daoist, if the demon in this water comes again, will you kill it or not?"

Yan Qing said with a smile: "Kill, why don't you kill? The crime of killing, I will suffer myself." Killing and protecting life is the goodness of my heart. If I do such good deeds, even if I have to suffer from sinful karma in the future, I will admit that I will suffer it. ”

Shizi Xuan praised: "Daoists are not afraid of the consequences of sin, and are willing to do good deeds in their hearts." This is a great good. But keep the good intentions of your heart, and don't do anything to kill. If there is nothing to do, what is the butcher's knife. ”

After saying this, Shi Zixuan suddenly looked out of the door and said, "They are here." ”

Yan Qing turned around and went out the door.

Sure enough, in this surging river, clouds of water and smoke rose. When I looked closely, in the river water under the moonlight, many demon soldiers emerged, each holding a water fork and a gun, dancing flags and making a formation, and the power was monstrous.

Shi Zixuan walked out of the shrine, and when he saw the demons, he couldn't help but think of the scene when he was in the mountains and played with the immortals of Xuanguang Cave.

He smiled to himself, shook his head, and said to Yan Qing: "These water demons, I'm afraid they're here to show off their might." ”

Sure enough, these water demons were stirring up the wind and shouting, but they didn't dare to go ashore.

Yan Qing also smiled and said, "What kind of drama is this? Do you think that we will be afraid of this threat and turn around and leave?"

Shi Zixuan said: "Maybe it's the salute before the soldiers." ”

Sure enough, after a while, the surface of the water was separated, and a giant turtle surfaced, crawled to the shore, and transformed into a white-haired hunchbacked old man, walking towards the two.

Yan Qing stepped forward, stood in front of Shi Zixuan, and asked, "You are the self-styled river god in this White Dragon River?"

The old man stepped forward, saluted, and said: "The little demon is just an old turtle under the White Dragon River, and he was turned into an immortal by chance, so he got the method of transformation, but he has no wish and no wish, how can he be a river god?"

Shi Zixuan sighed "Huh" and said, "Since you know the desire of the priesthood, you should be a cultivator. Why do you kill and create karma in this process, and help the abuse?"

The old turtle smiled bitterly: "Although the little demon can transform into a form, it has no supernatural powers. Not long ago, this black water river god came from nowhere, subdued some water demons, drove away the white dragon, and proclaimed himself the river god. The little demon was born here eight hundred years ago, and has lived here, and now it is under its rule, and he has received the edict of the river god, how can he not obey?"

Shi Zixuan and Yan Qing looked at each other, how could they have thought that this old turtle came not to call for war, but to complain.

"Who is the demon spirit of the Black Water River God, and what did you send here to do?" asked Shi Zixuan.

"This river god is a dragon, a dragon. How the Tao works, but the little demon doesn't know. Now I was sent here to be a lobbyist. Persuade the two masters to leave this place, and don't stay here. ”

The old turtle said cautiously.

Yan Qing sneered and said, "I was really said by Daoyou." It's a salute before a soldier. If we don't leave, I'm afraid this evil will come immediately. ”

When the old turtle heard this, he hurriedly said: "Don't worry, you two don't worry, this dragon is now concentrating on refining a magic weapon in order to compete for the position of the water god, and he can't leave the water mansion, and if he wants to go ashore, it will take five days." For five days, the two of them didn't have to worry about him coming to make trouble. ”

Shi Zixuan smiled and said, "Why did you sell the bottom of this black water river god so cleanly?"

The old turtle shouted: "Dao Chief, don't misunderstand." Although the little demon can't help himself, he has been expecting the master to come and surrender this demon in his heart. And the waters are peaceful. ”

Shi Zixuan said: "Okay." Poor Dao believes you for the time being. Let me ask you, why is there a rumor of competing for the throne of the gods in these waters?

Shizi Xuan from the Taoist Palace, received the seal of the gods, is an edict, only such an edict, a great wish, the Dharma realm emptiness, by the Gongguo Danshu assessment, if you can synesthesia the three worlds of heaven, earth and man, you can ascend to the gods.

As soon as the water god of Guyangjiang died, the demon spirits of the three thousand miles of water actually wanted to compete for the god position, but they were afraid that it was a rumor deliberately released by someone, and their intentions were unknown.

The old turtle shook his head and said, "The little demon doesn't know, I also told this river god, but he didn't believe it at all, and took the little demon's words as a deaf ear." ”

Shi Zixuan pondered for a moment and said, "Okay." I know. Please go back, and say to the river god, in five days, we will be in front of this White Dragon Temple, waiting for him. ”

The old turtle looked at Shi Zixuan for a while, didn't say anything, arched his hand, and retreated into the river.

Yan Qing said to Shi Zixuan: "Fellow Daoist, you and I both know the trick of avoiding water, why don't you go into the river and kill this river god?"

Shi Zixuan shook his head and said, "This White Dragon River is the abode of this demon, and if you rush in, you are afraid that it will disturb the peace of the underwater creatures." Besides, in the near future, the catastrophe is coming, so I can't act rashly. ”

Shi Zixuan has a whim and has his own perception, so the time and place are not in his body, and he has to make a good calculation.

Yan Qing nodded, and then stopped talking.

But he said that this old turtle returned to Shuifu, met the black water river god, knelt down and said: "River god, the little demon is incompetent, and he couldn't move these two people, they said that they would wait for the river god in front of the White Dragon Temple in five days, and they had a grudge." ”

When the Heishui River God heard this, he laughed angrily and said, "Okay! What an arrogant monk, he actually wants to challenge this god!"

When the demons in the water mansion heard this, they were all furious, and the mandarin priest stood up and said: "These human monks, so bold, they also asked the river god to give me a divine light, so that I can wait to go ashore and kill those two." ”

The Black Water River God frowned and said, "I still have to refine the treasure now, how can I have the Five Elements Divine Light to give it?" ”

Captain Ba's eyes rolled, and he had a poisonous plan in his heart, and stepped forward to offer advice: "Lord River, the little ones have a plan, so they will return in embarrassment and retreat without a fight!"

Hearing this, the Blackwater River God said, "Let's hear it." ”

Captain Ba said, "There is a saying in human beings that is good. The world is unpredictable, and people's hearts are fickle. They came here to look for trouble, although the people from Xinghua Village did not show up, but they were afraid that they were secretly supportive, but they did not dare to stand up because they were afraid of the river god. In this case, why didn't the river god cast a spell and give them a dream, so that they could drive away these two people tomorrow, and give them a sweet date, and make some promises to appease these fools. At that time, I am afraid that if we don't have to do anything at all, the villagers themselves will drive people away. ”

This Captain Ba, with a big stick and sweet dates, borrowed a knife to kill people, and he used it handy.

When the Heishui River God heard this, he was overjoyed and said, "Your word is better than thousands of troops." If it is done, there will be a reward!"

"Thank you, Lord River!"

Captain Ba was overjoyed when he heard this, and he made another round of sycophants and slapped it.

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