Based on his own conjecture, Ye Zan set up a magic circle for the indigenous heroes, thinking that it would help them get through the "Inner Demon Tribulation" more easily. Unexpectedly, his guess went a bit wrong. He was originally going to help the indigenous heroes, but it had the opposite effect.
Seeing that it was a waste of help, Ye Zan finally realized that according to the monastic world, those indigenous heroes were not actually trying to overcome the "inner demon tribulation", but resisting the "transformation" of Buddhism.
What is the inner demon tribulation? It means that countless demonic desires invade the sea of consciousness, distorting people's original temperament, amplifying certain extreme emotions, and finally making people become possessed. To fight against inner demons, one must stick to one's heart and cut off all other distracting thoughts so that inner demons cannot find opportunities to cause trouble.
The Buddhist method of transformation and conversion actually helps people cut off all kinds of distracting thoughts, and even obliterate human nature, and only plant the most pious thoughts of faith. Therefore, anyone who is converted, even if he was a murderous villain, will become a fanatical believer in the eyes of people. As the saying goes, "Put down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha immediately." Do you really think that all those who put down the butcher's knife have repented
As for whether a person after taking refuge is still the same person as before, that depends on how you understand it. Some extreme people believe that Buddhist conversion is nothing more than a clever puppet method. People who have a favorable impression of Buddhism believe that that is their human nature and that a little bit of Buddha nature has been brought out of human nature.
"Hurry up and change the formation. If you continue, these people will be burned to death!" Ye Zanqiang calmed down and quickly directed others to help change the formation. He also quickly changed the magic formula in his hand.
Fortunately, this change of formation is not very troublesome. After all, the original formation was designed with the purpose of "not seeking merit." If there is really a big formation, not to mention how quickly the power of the formation deteriorates, just changing the formation will take a long time.
Under the command of Ye Zan, with the help of the Lin family siblings and Qi Qianjun, the magic circle originally used to help people overcome the inner demon tribulation was quickly changed into a magic circle specifically designed to deal with the method of transformation. After all, everyone in the monastic world knows about Buddhist methods, so they will definitely study corresponding methods to deal with them, so such arrays are not uncommon.
As the magic circle changed, there was another push from Ye Zan's side, and the power of the magic circle once again overwhelmed the indigenous heroes among them. Sure enough, after the formation change, the situation of the indigenous heroes also eased immediately, and the flames gushing out of the seven orifices also gradually shrank.
Lin Mumu saw this situation and asked in confusion: "Brother Ye, it seems to be really effective! But why is this magic circle? Isn't it used to guard against those bald ladles?"
"I was mistaken before, thinking that the power of desire of the evil spirits outside that day left the negative part here, and the positive part was reincarnated as their soul. In that case, the test they faced would be just like us practicing Taoism. People have inner demons and need to stick to their hearts and get rid of distracting thoughts, but they have forgotten that the reason why people are human is because they have many desires!" Seeing that the situation of the indigenous heroes had stabilized, Ye Zan felt quite satisfied. Said with emotion.
"What are the positives and negatives?" Lin Mumu still couldn't understand what Ye Zan said.
"Let's put it this way!" Ye Zan did not hide his wrong thoughts, so while urging the magic circle to operate, he explained to Lin Mumu: "If we compare the power of desire of evil spirits outside the world to that of us cultivators, Divine thoughts, then it can be divided into two parts: God and thoughts. God is the foundation and has no thoughts and consciousness. When we use thoughts to control God and use God to carry thoughts, we have what I call negative thoughts. The part refers to the thought in the divine thought, and the natural god is the corresponding positive part.”
After listening to Ye Zan's explanation, Lin Mumu understood a little better, nodded and said: "So, Brother Ye, what you mean is that I thought that these indigenous souls were reincarnated by gods in their spiritual thoughts, but in fact they are. read?"
"Yes, I originally thought that gods are born from souls, and naturally they should be transformed from gods into souls, but I ignored that people need to have desires." Ye Zan said with a wry smile, feeling a little bit sorry for making such a mistake. Ashamed.
The desire Ye Zan talks about does not refer to the negative things that people often talk about. In fact, desire also has a so-called positive side. Being greedy for money and lust is desire, striving for fame and profit is desire, and being kind to others is also a desire. Killing is desire, saving people is also desire. As long as people have some kind of pursuit, it is desire.
Like the Sun King, he originally pursued the human race to become the master of the country and lead the human race to overthrow the rule of the beast race. This was actually a desire. However, people will use another term to describe this type of so-called positive desires and call them ideals.
"So that's it!" Lin Mumu finally understood. He turned back to look at the people in the formation, and said with a bit of joy: "Fortunately, everyone else has been sent out. Brother Ye, you don't have to worry. What a shame, we won’t laugh at you.”
"Haha, indeed, fortunately there is no one else here, otherwise it would be really troublesome." Ye Zan smiled awkwardly.
If these indigenous heroes were still in danger, Ye Zan would definitely not be able to laugh at all. After all, these are eight Dharma-level powerhouses, and they are very powerful outside. They are one of the important gains of Ye Zan's trip. If something really went wrong and such an important harvest was lost here, Ye Zan would probably cry.
"But, Brother Ye, since their souls are reincarnated from thoughts, will there be any problem with the gods staying here? I mean, since gods are born from souls, doesn't it mean that this place should Is it a soul? Is it the remnant soul of the evil spirit outside that day?" Lin Mumu suddenly thought of this question and asked Ye Zan nervously and worriedly.
After hearing Lin Mumu's words, Ye Zan couldn't help but frowned, touched his chin, looked at the space, and said: "Your worries are not unreasonable. Although, we can already confirm that the evil spirit outside was already gone that day. It’s gone, but the current situation is indeed a bit strange.”
Ye Zan didn't think about this problem before because he believed that the "god" had been transformed into a soul, and only the "mind" part was left here. However, it turns out that his conjecture is contrary to reality. It is "mind" that becomes the soul of the indigenous people, and what remains in this netherworld is actually "god".
When "thoughts" become souls, "gods" will be born from the souls. After the souls return to the underworld, they will all be merged into "gods". Isn't this equivalent to constantly nourishing the original "gods". From this point of view, although this cycle is in line with "natural laws", "human factors" cannot be completely ruled out. After all, there are real "people" who can benefit from it.
"That evil spirit from outside the world is definitely dead. It is impossible for any remnant soul to exist anymore. However, this remnant has been left here for hundreds of thousands of years and has been continuously nourished in this cycle. It is difficult to say that it will not give birth to anything. Come with something else." Ye Zan said to the people around him after thinking carefully.
"How about my sister and I bring those people in again? Or should we try to invite Senior Daoyuan?" Lin Mumu suggested after hearing Ye Zan's words.
However, Ye Zan shook his head and did not agree with Lin Mumu's suggestion, but said: "No matter what kind of existence is hidden here, since it has not emerged yet, there should be some opportunity missing. It is very likely that this opportunity Whether they can successfully pass this test in the end, even if that existence appears, we will not lack help. "
Ye Zan didn't agree with Lin Mumu's suggestion, not because he didn't want the siblings to suffer anymore, but because he didn't think it was necessary. When the eight people here pass the test, although their strength may not be much enhanced, at least they will no longer be bound by this world. And for those who have not been tested, if they really encounter any problems, who knows whether they can be a help.
As for the Supreme Daoyuan, on the one hand, given the strength of the Lin family siblings, they may not really be able to bring people in. On the other hand, Daoyuan Supreme is a puppet of a flesh and blood mechanism. Even if he is distracted and has the realm of heaven, he may not be able to exert his full strength here.
"Relying on the eight of them?" Lin Mumu looked at the people in the circle, with a little worry still showing on his face.
"Well, they should play a big role. However, we also need to make some preparations here. After all, we are prepared." Ye Zan let the magic circle operate on its own, while talking to Lin Mumu, while sacrificing the jade ball got up. Following the beam of light emitted from the jade ball, a large number of Zerg Dao soldiers flew out and quickly formed large formations around them.
Due to the strength of the Lin family siblings, Ye Zan's merit monument was left outside, and there was basically no need to count on this strongest trump card. And this Zerg Taoist formation is the strongest method he can come up with now to deal with unknown dangers.
Although, when he was exploring the Netherworld before, the Zerg Taoist soldiers sent by Ye Zan couldn't even deal with a sky-level ghost. However, those are only a small part of the Zerg Dao soldiers in his hands, otherwise they would not be used as cannon fodder. And what he is sending out now is the real main force of the Zerg Taoist soldiers, and it may not be able to become a trump card.
The Zerg Dao soldiers quickly formed a large formation over there, and the indigenous heroes in the formation here finally changed again. Moreover, because Ye Zan was "prescribing the right medicine" this time, the changes in the indigenous heroes were basically for the better. The flames gushing out of their seven orifices have completely disappeared, the energy fluctuations on their bodies have stabilized, and there are more subtle human expressions on their faces.
After a while, the Sun King in the circle opened his eyes first, raised his head and exhaled a long breath towards the sky. In fact, from Ye Zan and others, we can still guess that the Sun King might have originally wanted to roar, but he suppressed his desire because he was concerned about the people around him.
After the Sun King, Ignatz, the Death Scythe, also opened his eyes, opened his arms with a contented expression, and raised his head to the sky and let out a long roar. He didn't have any scruples like the Sun King. He just felt that his whole body was extremely relaxed at this moment. The feeling of relief could not be expressed without a loud roar.
Originally, the Sun King was a little dissatisfied when he heard Ignatz's roar, but then the roar started one after another. The indigenous heroes who had undergone the test "awoke" one after another soon after the two, and each one of them let out a roar like Ignatz.
"Okay, okay, please silence yourself first!" Ye Zan saw this scene and stepped forward helplessly and said to everyone.
Those indigenous heroes only then remembered that there were other people around them. They stopped and looked around, and finally all focused their attention on Ye Zan.
"Ye, if we are like this, can we successfully pass the test?" The Sun King took the lead in asking Ye Zan. Perhaps the test was too simple, so that it felt unreal.
"Why, does the Sun King still feel too relaxed? You know, if we hadn't helped outside, you would have been burning with desire." After hearing the Sun King's question, before Ye Zan could answer, Lin Mu The wood has already shown its merit.
As for the indigenous British friends, after mentioning Lin Mumu's reminder, they discovered that a strange and mysterious pattern was laid out on the ground around themselves and others.
"What is this?" Ignatz asked curiously.
"This is the magic circle in our world. The function of this magic circle is to help you strengthen your true intentions and make it easier for you to pass the test." Lin Mumu said proudly. He didn't mention it at all. This magic circle actually almost killed those people. Anyway, no one else saw it at the time, so why bother to say it to make people uncomfortable.
Of course, Lin Mumu expressed his merits like this not for himself or to show off, but to tell the story of his achievements for Ye Zan. After all, after Ye Zan did such a thing, it was hard for him to say anything to the indigenous heroes, as it would make people feel like they were trying to repay a favor.
"This thing actually has such an effect? Could it be that I clearly felt a little unable to hold on before, but then I felt much weaker on the other side." The Sun King was quite sincere, and did not doubt Lin Mumu's words at all. My own experience has proven it.
However, the Sun King may not have imagined that they would be unable to hold on before, and it was also because of Ye Zan's help. Although, it cannot be said that without Ye Zan, they would all pass the test smoothly. But without Ye Zan's help, at least some people might have it easier.
When Ye Zan heard what the Sun King said, of course he understood everything in his heart, but he had no intention of admitting his mistake. He just said with a humble face: "I just made a small effort, it's nothing. You guys can pass it." The test mainly depends on your own ability.”