After talking with the former leader of the Moi Cult, Ye Zan learned that the "big devil" in the Moi Cult's mouth actually still had a heart to "save the world."
Although, no matter what the purpose of this former leader is, what he wants to do is always the same crazy thing. However, from Ye Zan's side, this completely different starting point at least means that the other party still has a reason to say. To put it simply, this is the difference between a complete bad guy and a good person who does bad things with good intentions.
Of course, Ye Zan has only spoken to the other party for a few words now, so he doesn't really believe what the other party said. After all, the other party may also be deliberately pretending to be a good person to gain his trust and sympathy.
Therefore, Ye Zan secretly emboldened himself and asked carefully and tentatively: "Senior! Forgive me for speaking frankly. Senior wants to sacrifice blood to all living beings in the domain. Although it is not for his own benefit, it is too harmful to the peace of heaven, right?"
Although Ye Zan didn't quite agree with the former leader's approach, he could actually understand it in his heart. However, his understanding is not the understanding of empathy, but only a theoretical understanding.
The reason why Ye Zan asked like this was not to get an answer, but to learn more about the other party and see if he could see any flaws.
After hearing Ye Zan's questioning inquiry, the former leader did not show any anger, and said with a rather calm expression: "What is Tianhe? It's just some people who, in order to protect their own interests, pretend to be God's will." It’s just a made-up thing. Just like those secular monarchs who claim to be the emperor, but in fact they are just lucky.”
"But, senior, have you ever thought that if this thing is really done, this realm will complete the way of heaven, but it will also become a dead place. It doesn't seem to be much better, right?" Ye Zan Seeing that the other party was not angry, he suddenly became more courageous, and then expressed his opinion.
"Haha, I see that your age is not even what the world calls the age of forty. It is reasonable to say such a thing!" The former leader did not respond immediately, but instead talked about it. Ye Zan’s age.
"Could it be that the senior thinks what the junior said is wrong?" Ye Zan asked with curiosity.
In fact, as mentioned before, Ye Zan understood the actions of the former leader. Therefore, by pretending to be curious now, he was actually trying to trick the other party. What he said was that he just wanted to understand what kind of "three views" the other party had through the other party's words.
"You are still young and have seen very few things, so your vision will naturally be limited." The former leader didn't know that Ye Zan was pretending to be stupid, so he explained his philosophy very seriously and said, "I want a blood sacrifice." Although the demand for living beings in the realm is quite large, it is not really difficult for all living beings to become extinct. What's more, even if all living beings become extinct, our teaching has a teleportation array to connect to the outer realm and move some people and other living beings over, so it is not difficult. "
From a human perspective, the former leader's remarks were truly cold-blooded and ruthless to the extreme. In his eyes, not to mention other creatures, even "people" who are the spirits of all things, seem to have become things that can be played with at will. He said it was "relocation", but in fact it was like buying livestock, buying a group of people from outside the domain to replenish the domain.
"This..." Even though Ye Zan understood the other party's reasoning, he still felt a little uncomfortable when he heard such words. Perhaps, as the other party said, his time to become a monk was too short, and the traces of the technological world have not been completely erased.
Seeing Ye Zan's reaction, the former leader smiled nonchalantly, and then said: "I know, you may say that even the people and other living beings who migrated from the outside world cannot match the original scene of this world. Comparatively. However, this is the limitation brought by your age. You have not yet had the opportunity to truly see the horror of the reproductive capabilities of humans and other creatures. "
"Senior..." Ye Zan was also impressed by the other party's ability to talk to himself. It can be seen that the other party has been really suppressed in this land of nothingness for these years. Of course, this is also a good thing for him. The more the other party talks, the more his true nature is revealed.
"You probably don't know that at the beginning of the collapse of heaven and earth, the way of heaven in the realm had not yet taken shape, and disasters continued in the realm. Compared with before the collapse of heaven and earth, the creatures in the realm, including the human race, were completely gone. It’s not an exaggeration. However, after the formation of Heavenly Dao, the rhythm of day and night and the changing of seasons were restored, but in just a few thousand years, everything returned to the original scene. "Can you imagine that? The former leader really got into a conversation, and his eyes seemed to be shining when he spoke. It was not because of what he said, but more because someone was listening.
Although the former leader said before that he relied on the art of suspended animation to survive for so long, tens of thousands of years are just hundreds of years to him. But the problem is that his physical body can fake death and his brain can stop and think about nothing, but the Dharma Soul cannot fake death. Therefore, the physical body is really equivalent to the past hundreds of years, but the Dharma soul or self-consciousness has truly experienced tens of thousands of years of loneliness.
Among the many cultivators Ye Zan has met so far, the only one who can compare with this former leader is Gouchen Supreme. However, Gouchen Zhizun was luckier than the former leader. Not long after he was trapped in the Arctic Palace, his disciple Ling Han Daojun came to find him. As a result, although Gouchen Zhizun was trapped for thousands of years, there was still someone around him who he could talk to.
Moreover, Gouchen Supreme was trapped in the North Pole Immortal Palace. He just couldn't leave the prison, but he could still understand the Tao and deduce the Tao. As for the former leader of the Moyi Religion, he was in this place of nothingness, and he really couldn't do anything but just stay there in a daze. At most, he could deduce something in his mind, but he could only think about it, and there was no condition for experimentation at all.
In other words, the former leader was trapped in the land of nothingness, and the loneliness and coldness he had to endure could not be discounted at all.
Because of this, suddenly seeing Ye Zan, an outsider, and having the only opportunity for dialogue in ten thousand years, how could it be so easy for the former leader to close his chat box. If he misses this time, God knows when the next time will come before someone from the outside will come in and give him a second chance to talk.
The former leader didn't even have to think about imprisoning Ye Zan here forever. After all, this was just a distraction from Ye Zan. This ray of distraction is not easy to lose, but it is definitely not something that cannot be lost. Even Ye Zan himself can disperse the distraction and disappear completely.
Seeing that the former leader of the Moyi Religion, the "Great Demon King" in the eyes of the outside world, had now turned into a chatterbox, Ye Zan couldn't help but feel a little sympathetic. Therefore, after hearing the other party's last question, Ye Zan immediately shook his head in cooperation and said: "This junior really can't imagine it!"
"Well, if you think about it this way, if you live in a hut and raise a nest of ants, these ants are just ignorant and doing their own things day after day. Now, a person comes and tells you that as long as you destroy If you have this nest of ants, I will give you a manor. How will you choose? You know, with that manor, you can raise as many more nests of ants as you want. Now I just want you to give up this one. "The former leader, seeing that Ye Zan was so open-minded and eager to learn, gave another example to illustrate his philosophy.
Ye Zan felt it was funny in his heart, but he had to admit that the other party's example was quite appropriate, so he said politely: "According to what the senior said, the junior chose... that manor."
"Yes, this is the right choice!" The former leader seemed to have seen a comrade, with a rare expression of excitement on his face. He clapped his hands several times and said, "Now, I If I tell you, the nest of ants you originally raised is all the living things in this realm, and that hut and that manor are the avenue of heaven and earth in this realm, as long as you abandon the nest of ants, your thatched hut will become a world. Turning into a manor is a change in the realm of heaven and earth. How will you choose? "
"This..." Faced with such a metaphor, Ye Zan was a little bit dumbfounded, and for a moment he didn't know how to answer.
Seeing Ye Zan's reaction, the former leader looked a little proud and said with a smile: "Haha, you hesitated. You didn't say your choice because you were from the human race and you didn't dare to risk the world by saying so. It’s not a good choice! But in your heart, you should be able to agree with what I did back then!”
"Senior, when senior came up with this plan, he was opposed by many elders in the Moyi Religion. Didn't he convince them like he did today?" Ye Zan controlled his emotions and asked the former leader seriously.
Although the metaphor used by the former leader may seem a bit too childish, the truth behind it is also real.
However, the "you" in the metaphor and the ant have completely become two different entities. If "you" were replaced by the same ant, this metaphor might not be very convincing. However, in this world, don’t ascetics always think that they are above ordinary mortals? Don’t you always regard ordinary mortals as ants
After hearing Ye Zan's inquiry, the former leader showed some helplessness on his face, shook his head and sighed: "Oh, I haven't tried to persuade them! It's a pity that they all only care about their own interests, so naturally they won't agree with me. The truth can only be seen in the end."
Because Mayi religion is a "sect", it is not separated from the secular world like other sects. Therefore, the believers always have various connections with the secular world. Especially the elders and higher-level figures almost all have their own big families in the secular world. If you look at it purely from the perspective of family, Mayi Religion is even like a group composed of many monastic families.
As for it, it was someone who reached a high position in the religion first, and then he had the large and powerful family behind him. Or is it the other way around, first having a strong family, then one can reach a high position in the Moi religion. This is like a question of which came first, the chicken or the egg. Anyway, there is no way to verify it now.
In short, as the former leader said, behind those elders there were already families that needed to be taken care of. The former leader said that he wanted to sacrifice blood to all living beings in the realm, which naturally included the families of those elders, and how could those elders be persuaded.
"This seems to be reasonable!" Ye Zan also said helplessly. Anyway, he felt that if he were put in the position of those elders, he would not abandon the family "righteously". Regardless of the way of heaven or the realm, in his eyes, they are not as good as the people around him, even if they can be exchanged for one person, let alone everyone.
"Don't you agree with what I'm doing?" After hearing Ye Zan's words, the former leader frowned and asked.
At this time, through previous conversations, Ye Zan had already made a certain judgment about the temperament of the former leader. So, he stopped pretending and nodded directly and said: "Yes, although the junior knows that the senior's approach makes sense, and there is indeed a certain possibility of success. However, when it comes to the people around the junior, let alone The great way of heaven and earth has been restored. Even if this realm is to be destroyed, I will not abandon anyone. "
"Oh, stupidity, really stupidity! How can we, as cultivators, be tied down by these worldly things? If you are walking smoothly on the path of cultivation, but the people around you are unable to keep up with you, how can you still Should we stop and wait for them?" The former leader suddenly said heartbroken after hearing Ye Zan's statement.
Obviously, in the eyes of the former leader, a Taoist "genius" like Ye Zan should put aside all the ties of emotions and desires and keep moving forward towards the pinnacle of the avenue. If, as he assumed, Ye Zan had to stop and wait because the people around him couldn't keep up, wouldn't it be a waste of all his qualifications
However, in the face of the former leader's questioning, Ye Zan smiled and said: "It is of course unrealistic to stop and wait, and it is indeed a stupid approach. I will continue to move forward and find help in front of me. The things they move forward with may have the ability to help them, and then turn around and lead them forward. People practice Taoism for immortality and freedom, but if everyone around them is left behind, immortality is hard to come by. Be at ease."
"It seems that you are very confident in yourself, and you actually want to help others!" Faced with Ye Zan's response, the former leader sneered.