At that time, Jianchou was a "senior sister" who had just joined the sect and was not worthy of the title. Qu Zhengfeng had not yet betrayed Yashan and was Jianchou's "second junior brother". After seeing the mayfly driving away on the Kun at the Dameng Reef in the West Sea, Jianchou returned to Yashan and received a thunder letter from Fu Chaosheng. When she read the letter, Qu Zhengfeng happened to be next to her.
The relationship between the two of them was not very harmonious at that time.
Therefore, there was the conversation that Jianchou mentioned at this moment.
At that time, Qu Zhengfeng didn't know where the letter came from, nor did he know who the big monster riding the Kun was, and he didn't know what his relationship was with Jianchou.
Now that she brought up the old matter again, I suddenly understood.
It turned out that at such an early time, this "little junior sister" of his had already made the acquaintance of the great demon who was so unpredictable that even Zhenren Lian Hengxu was somewhat afraid of him!
"You have been thinking about this problem since then." Qu Zhengfeng poured himself another glass of wine and also poured a glass of wine for Jianchou, "But why did you suddenly get trapped in it until now, and even developed a demonic barrier in your heart?"
"Back then, I was just like everyone else, just thinking and asking casually. I never thought that this matter would have a special relationship with me, not to mention that my understanding back then is not comparable to my understanding now."
Jianchou watched the wine being poured in bit by bit, and also saw Qu Zhengfeng holding the wine jug with his slender fingers with a little callouses, which must have been left by long-term sword practice.
"Besides, I never thought I would become his close friend in the past."
Qu Zhengfeng understood that the first part was the objective reason, and the second part was the subjective reason. He lowered his eyes and said calmly, "What do you think now?"
"If we think according to common sense, he and I are of different species. I am trapped by human nature, while he is born with demonic nature. You can't have your cake and eat it too. If you want something, you must give it up. But I am hesitant and can't make up my mind." Jianchou always gave people a decisive feeling in the past, but now he admits that he is hesitant and even smiles. "His Majesty the Sword Emperor just asked me if I really know myself. I dare say that I know 80% of it, but I dare not say that I understand this world at all. However, His Majesty the Sword Emperor seems to be just the opposite."
He said he didn't understand himself, but he understood this world.
To Jianchou, this was a very mysterious sentence.
Because she guessed that even Kunwu Hengxu Zhenren, who had "boundary" cultivation, would not dare to say that he understood the world
That shadow is always deep.
Qu Zhengfeng seemed to be completely covered by the shadow. Only the golden thread woven on his black robe could still reflect the dim light in the corner of the building.
There was a hint of unspeakable sarcasm between his eyebrows.
He asked Jianchou again: "Since ancient times, the word 'heaven' has different meanings in the eyes of different people. There is the natural heaven, the original heaven, and the dominant heaven. One derives the relationship between nature and man, one derives the relationship between man and rules, and one derives the relationship between man and gods. Which kind of 'heaven' do you think is the real 'heaven'?"
The question is a bit obscure, but to put it more clearly, it is nothing more than asking: Do you believe that there are gods in the world, do you believe that there are rules in the world, do you believe that heaven is just everything in the natural universe
This time, Jianchou didn't hesitate at all.
She had her own answers to these questions: "The wise use ghosts and gods, while the foolish believe in them. There is a legend in the world that Pangu created the world, and he is worshipped as 'Pangu the Great', which seems to be no different from a god, but this is only for cultivators like us. In our eyes, Pangu the Great is a god; in the eyes of mortals on an isolated island on earth, we are also gods. All gods are relative. If we talk about absolutes, there should be no gods in the world."
Qu Zhengfeng laughed: "But there are gods in the world."
God
Jianchou's heart skipped a beat. He was extremely sensitive to these two words. He almost raised his head to look at him and wanted to ask more questions.
But unexpectedly, Qu Zhengfeng had no intention of going deeper into this topic. Instead, he brushed it off and asked, "What about the other two?"
"It is natural, and there are rules. I just think that humans come from heaven and earth, and have always been a part of nature. Everything in heaven and earth is natural. The sky and earth are dark yellow, the universe is vast and wild, the sun and the moon wax and wane, and the stars are in full bloom. There may not be gods, but the universe operates according to its rules. If you follow what His Majesty the Sword Emperor said before, humans, and even all living things in this world, all love life and fear death. That's why cultivators absorb the floating power of this world and explore the laws of this world in order to get closer to the universe and gain eternity."
Having said that, her brows suddenly frowned.
What rose from the bottom of my heart at this moment was an almost endless confusion, and even the rest of the words were dissipated in this confusion.
Seeing her like this, Qu Zhengfeng knew that she had already figured out where the contradiction lay.
The saints on the isolated island and the mighty men on the 19 continents are all seeking the ultimate truth between heaven and earth. However, from the moment they were born, or even when they were still in their mother's womb, they have been branded with the deep imprint of being human and influenced by the rules of the human race, just like a person who is born with only one eye and sees the world in this one eye.
However, is the world really what it appears to one eye
not necessarily.
This is an extremely contradictory cognition, even creepy to think about, so that ordinary people dare not think about it too deeply, because it is almost rebellious, pessimistic, fruitless and meaningless.
But Qu Zhengfeng dared.
He had already put down the wine pot and picked up the wine cup but didn't drink. He just looked at the swaying reflection of the light in the wine cup and said calmly: "The rules of the universe recognized by humans are nothing more than the influence of the universe on humans. In the eyes of humans, the passage of time is a rule, the change of space is a rule, the growth and death of all things are rules. To humans, these rules seem to have extraordinary meanings, but to the universe itself, meaning itself is meaningless."
Therefore, gods do not exist, rules do not exist, and what remains is only nature, which can encompass humans but has no deeper meaning.
This is a terrifying thing for humans.
People always try to give "meaning" to everything they do, but in this vast universe, there is no such thing as "meaning". Life and death, mediocrity or transcendence, make no difference in the operation of the universe.
There is no meaning in life.
There is no meaning in death.
There is no meaning to human existence itself.
How many people in the world have thought of this, but how many dare to speak it out? It's like a piece of window paper. If you poke it, some terrible monster will come out. Once someone says "meaning has no meaning", some so-called knowledgeable people will stand up and criticize, scolding the person who said this as negative and nihilistic.
Because when people live, they must always give themselves meaning.
The fear of death is the most primitive instinct of all living things. Once the idea of "life has no meaning" pops up in people's minds, the instinctive consciousness deep inside will begin to reject such an idea, making people take it lightly and subconsciously criticize others who say such things. m.166xs.cc
Jianchou raised his head and looked at Qu Zhengfeng.
Qu Zhengfeng did not shy away from letting her look at him, and even continued to stare at her: "For the sky, there are no rules. If you must give it a rule, and there can only be one, it might be 'destruction'. But this 'destruction' is only 'destruction' in our eyes. For the sky, it may mean life, but it may also mean nothing at all."
In some ways, humans are powerful, but in other ways, they are too small. It is so difficult to even know oneself, let alone know the world
The meaning is mutual.
But when magnified to a complete whole, the meaning is indeed meaningless.
When Jianchou stopped just now, she had already figured out this truth, but she did not feel suicidal or world-weary, because she was just like countless other mediocre people in this world. In the deepest part of her consciousness, she was afraid of death. So she acknowledged her mediocrity and limitations, and lived with peace of mind.
Also, tell yourself that there is nothing wrong with this.
By now she had understood a lot, but her most pressing doubts had not been resolved: "Meaning itself has no meaning. According to what you said, it seems that we should just stand aside and ignore the current distinction between good and evil."
"It's nothing more than good and evil." Qu Zhengfeng suddenly didn't want to continue talking, and his voice became more nonchalant. "It doesn't matter whether it exists or not."
See sorrow and silence.
Qu Zhengfeng asked, "If one day, a great demon like you, a close friend, slaughters monks, or even slaughters fellow disciples of Yashan, can you just stand by and watch?"
Jianchou shook his head: "No."
Qu Zhengfeng asked again: "If one day, all the cultivators in the world, even your fellow disciples in Yashan, draw their swords against your close friend, can you pretend you didn't see anything?"
Jianchou still shook his head: "No."
Qu Zhengfeng then laughed: "What about the Heavenly Dao?"
Jianchou was stunned, as if he had been given a wake-up call. He suddenly came to his senses and immediately cleared away all the confusion.
Yes.
How does the Way of Heaven deal with the disputes in the world caused by good and evil
Heaven never cares.
And she just can't do it.
She cultivated the "human way" and "my way" of being friends with heaven, and was always carried away by the torrent of the world. People can use a scale to measure everything, but everything does not measure itself with the same scale, and the cognition of people in the world can never transcend the whole world.
The more you practice, the more you realize how insignificant you are.
Jianchou and Qu Zhengfeng are not the same kind of people. She pays more attention to examining her own heart, knowing herself first and then the world; he seems to have known the world first and then seen himself clearly. But in this world, different paths always lead to the same destination, and there is no contradiction between the two, and they even promote each other.
It’s just that some people see the big picture when they are small, while others see the small when they are big.
She does not practice the Way of Heaven, nor should she seek to act in the same way as the Way of Heaven. The Way of Heaven does not care about anything, but she wants to care about everything.
At this moment, countless thoughts came out of his mind, intertwined together, and finally converged into a loud sound like a bell -
There is no god above your head, and there is no ultimate truth between heaven and earth!
Then all the obstacles disappeared, and the truth that had vaguely appeared in my mind after I examined my heart began to become clear.
Jianchou sat quietly for a long time, until all his thoughts faded away, and then he stood up and bowed to Qu Zhengfeng: "I have finally found my way out of this maze, and I am grateful for your guidance."
Be taught
Qu Zhengfeng raised his eyebrows slightly: "Interesting, I wonder what kind of education you received?"
"There is no right or wrong in the world, it is divided by people; there is no good or evil in the world, it is formed by people; there is no ultimate truth in the world, it is better to seek it in your own heart than to seek the ultimate truth." Jianchou smiled, "I am a mortal. When I first entered this path, I did not come to seek immortals or ask for the Tao, nor do I need to use this to enslave myself. All things in the world have their own categories. In the endless universe, in the eyes of people, it seems unfair, but in fact they are equal. I do not admire the past, nor do I stay in the present. I change with the times and with the vulgarity. I am the measure of change, used to measure all things."
"equality?"
When Qu Zhengfeng heard these two words, he couldn't help but laugh. His eyes were unpredictable and there was a strange sharpness in his words, but his voice was a little soft.
"Then do you think that the six realms of reincarnation are also equal?"
Six realms of reincarnation
His voice was too soft, like an ambiguous sigh. Jianchou almost thought he had misheard. He was stunned for a moment, frowned, and wanted to ask for clarification.
"Your Majesty the Sword Emperor is referring to—"
His Majesty the Sword Emperor...
He had felt unhappy when he heard these four words before, and now that he saw that he had nothing to say, he found it even more irritating.
At this moment, he was too lazy to listen to what she said next. He just threw the wine cup in his hand onto the long table between them. It made a loud "bang" sound in the silent night, which was very abrupt and smashed back all the words that Jianchou had not yet said.
Tick-tick.
The unfinished wine flowed down the edge of the long table onto the ground.
Jianchou was a little overwhelmed and looked up at him.
Qu Zhengfeng's face was expressionless, as if he had not done anything just now. He just lowered his eyes and said in a bored and calm tone: "Go away."
"… "
Saying "get out" is very rude at any time, but at this moment, Jianchou looked at him and suddenly knew that he had said something wrong.
but…
Everything in the world is so vast and powerful, like a torrent, and no one can change it.
She looked at Qu Zhengfeng for a long while, and finally withdrew her gaze. She neither got angry nor said much. She just bowed, said "goodbye", turned around and left, going downstairs.
I just stood on the street again and couldn't help but look back and stop.
The rooftop with a few lights on was still a little dim. At this hour, the sea of stars was already a little foggy, and it was getting darker and darker. Naturally, Qu Zhengfeng's figure could not be seen.
Jianchou felt that Qu Zhengfeng must have had a lot to say that night, but in the end he didn't say it.
He is no longer a disciple of Yashan, but the new Sword Emperor of Tomorrow Star Sea.
After looking for a long while, she felt that the words related to "Six Paths of Reincarnation" were full of deep meaning, but she could not ask anymore. She withdrew her gaze and walked back along the old way she came.