"Will you never return to the Moyi realm?" After hearing Ye Zan's first condition, the former leader of the Moyi sect naturally knew what the condition was for, so he said nonchalantly: "You really Yes, I am very interested in the Mayi religion!"
"Haha, to be honest, the younger generation does have a lot of benefits in this Moyi Territory. Therefore, a stable and worry-free Moyi Territory is in the best interest of the younger generation. If so, after the senior leaves, But he changed his mind and insisted on fighting for something in this Moyi realm, causing chaos in the realm. Then, in addition to the misfortune of the Moyi religion, the juniors will also suffer. "Ye Zan said bluntly.
"Well, forget it! When I was forced to come here, I have nothing to do with the Moi Cult anymore, and those old accounts have been settled long ago. If I can really get out this time, I would like to see the outside world. It doesn’t matter if Moyi Territory doesn’t come back.” The former leader nodded, agreeing to Ye Zan’s condition, and then said: “Since there is one, then there are two. I don’t know what other conditions you have behind this. ?”
"This second condition may be a little bit different from the senior's wish." Ye Zan said with a bit of embarrassment.
"What do you mean?" the former leader asked with some confusion.
Ye Zan looked at the other party's expression very carefully, and said while observing: "The second condition of this junior is that after taking the senior away from here, the senior will not go to the outer world, but can sit in our Yuqing Sect for some time. time.”
Ye Zan's second condition made the former leader a little confused, and he immediately asked curiously: "Boy, your master is the Earth Immortal Taoist Ancestor, and your Yuqing Sect should not be a small sect in the Shenhua Realm." Pai, when did I need to be in charge!"
That's right, although this former leader of the Moyi Sect was once the number one person in the Moyi realm, he was unmatched in terms of strength and power. However, in the final analysis, he is just a Dharma-Xiang Taoist, that is, he can only be respected in this Moyi realm. If he were really placed in those big realms, although he wouldn't be counted as nothing, he really couldn't be called an extraordinary person.
In the previous conversation with Ye Zan, the former leader already knew that Ye Zan's master was an Earth Immortal Taoist ancestor. Even if the Xuanyuan Taoist went to the outer world, according to common sense, the Yuqing Sect should not give up the Faxiang Taoist. Therefore, the former leader really couldn't figure out why Ye Zan asked him to go to Yuqing Sect to take charge.
"Senior!" Facing the other party's question, Ye Zan could only return a wry smile and said helplessly: "Junior has also mentioned before that our Yuqing Sect has experienced great ups and downs. Therefore, regardless of the junior's teacher, He is an Earth Immortal Taoist, but there is a huge gap in the process. Now that the master has gone to the outer world, the Yuqing Sect has only the junior and the two Yuanshen Realm disciples in charge, which makes it a little unstable. "
"Is this so?" The former leader frowned and asked in confusion: "Even so, based on the name of your master, your Yuqing Sect should be in the Shenhua Realm. It’s not like anyone would provoke me.”
"If it's just the Shenhua Realm, I naturally don't have to worry." Ye Zan shook his head and said with some embarrassment: "However, the junior master and three other uncles were in other realms ten thousand years ago. I have provoked some enemies. Now, the Immortal Court has opened the passage to the outer world, and the powerful powers from all realms will gather in the Shenhua realm. Among them, there may be some enemies from the past. If those people see my Yuqing Sect like this. , I’m afraid I won’t give up this opportunity for revenge easily!”
"This... even the person who has enmity with your Yuqing Sect should put the opportunity of the outer world first. What's more, in the Immortal Court, isn't there anything to say about such a thing?" That person? Although the former leader knew that there was no need for Ye Zan to lie about this matter, he could not understand such a thing.
"To be honest, senior, before this junior came to the Moyi Territory this time, our sect had already been sought revenge by someone. That person had the cultivation level of Tongtian Realm, and he directly transformed into a great avatar to go to our sect to cause trouble. At the same time, But I have already gone to the outer world. For them, the opportunity of the outer world is certainly not to be missed, but it does not prevent them from settling their old grudges." Ye Zan complained to the other party very depressed.
"What about the Immortal Court?" the former leader then asked.
"How can the Immortal Court care about this kind of thing? They only care that more people can go to the outer world and plunder more of the origin of the world from the outer world. And although we ascetics have always considered ourselves to be separated from the secular world, in the immortal world Ting Yan is also a mortal." Ye Zan shook his head.
Regarding the attitude of Xianting, Ye Zan is naturally resentful. After all, Xianting is not free from the problems he is facing now. However, he can only complain like this, and he can't do anything to Xianting. He still has to do what he needs to do.
"Oh, after listening to what you said, I understand a little better. It is true that as the world says, every family in this family has its own scriptures that are difficult to recite!" After hearing Ye Zan's words, the former leader also said with emotion.
"Who said it wasn't!" Ye Zan echoed, and then said: "Therefore, after meeting you, especially after having these conversations with you, I want to invite you to come to my Yuqing Sect to take charge for a while. Moreover, you have been trapped here for tens of thousands of years. Even if you have the ability to fake your death, you must have suffered a lot. After you get out, you can go to my Yuqing Sect and take good care of yourself, so as to prepare for your trip to the outer world in the future!"
"Haha, what you said makes sense!" When the former leader heard this, he nodded in agreement and said, "I am right here and promised all your conditions. How can you do that?" Are you sure I won’t turn against anyone when I go out?”
"Well..." Ye Zan hesitated for a moment, with a look of half-truth and half-fake shame on his face, and said in a stern tone: "Senior, please... forgive me! I have an immature idea, please tell me for reference." For a moment. Although this place of nothingness cannot swear an oath to heaven with one’s soul, there is another kind of oath… Seniors should know about it.”
In this land of nothingness, there is no great way of heaven and earth, and naturally there is no "will of heaven". Therefore, in such a space, it is impossible to make that kind of soul oath using the law of heaven as evidence. Even if a soul oath is made, without the "supervision" of the will of heaven, this oath has no binding force at all.
However, in addition to this soul oath, there is also a mandatory and binding oath that does not depend on the will of heaven.
"You mean, you want me to swear an oath of inner demons?" The former leader looked at Ye Zan and asked with a sneer.
"Haha, the juniors also know that this is indeed inappropriate. However, in a place like this, we have no other choice, right? Besides, compared to this oath of the inner demon, the seniors will never be willing, Give the true spirit seeds to the juniors!" Ye Zan said with a flattering smile, not affected by the cold look on the other person's face.
This inner demon's oath is evidenced by his own Taoist heart, so naturally he does not need any heavenly will. And if a person who swears an oath violates his oath, although he will not be punished by God, he will be entangled with inner demons from then on. Therefore, in an environment like the Land of Nothingness, this Oath of the Inner Demon is indeed perfect.
Of course, in addition to the oath of the inner demon, there is another option, which is to ask the former leader to hand over the true spirit seeds as Ye Zan said. However, handing over the True Spirit Seed is not an oath, but almost like selling oneself to someone else. Once you hand over the true spirit seed, no matter what you promised, no matter whether you broke the promise or not, life and death will depend on the other person's thoughts.
The former leader looked at Ye Zan silently for a while, then the cold expression on his face suddenly faded, and he said with a hint of joking, "You have some guts, you actually dare to force me to swear the oath of the inner demon."
"Senior, don't say that. Isn't this junior also forced to do so?" Seeing that the other party's expression softened, Ye Zan no longer had any scruples, and said to the other party with a smile.
"Then you know that the binding force of this inner demon's oath varies from person to person! Aren't you afraid that I am exactly that kind of person?" The former leader reminded Ye Zan instead. Of course, his reminder was not out of kindness, it was just to add trouble to Ye Zan's heart.
"Of course the junior knows that the binding force of the inner demon oath is even stronger than the soul oath, but it is not much stronger than the black and white words on a piece of paper. However, after this conversation with the senior, although the junior does not dare to say how well he understands the senior , but it can also be seen that the senior is not that kind of... shameless person." Ye Zan said with some compliments.
This oath of inner demons is evidenced by one's own Taoist heart. Once the oath is violated, the inner demons will be provoked. In fact, if we put it in simpler terms, it means whether a person will feel uneasy about his conscience after doing something treacherous. However, this oath of inner demons amplifies this uneasy conscience, this shame and guilt into inner demons that can affect the human heart. In other words, the negative emotions generated after breaking the oath are the best nutrients for the growth of inner demons.
And this means that only those who have negative emotions after breaking the oath will be bound by the oath of the inner demon. In other words, they will be subject to greater constraints, face stronger backlash from inner demons, and pay a greater price for it. There may even be some extreme people who don't need any inner demons to backfire. Just guilt and self-blame can make them want to commit suicide.
Some people may say, since he is an "upright person", how can he break his oath, and why should he take the oath of the inner demon? You have to know that this violation of the oath is not entirely subjective, but will also be affected by some objective conditions. For example, being deceived, or threatened, or simply being negligent, etc.
And the restriction of such an oath actually draws a red line for people, and people always remember that red line that cannot be crossed. When it came time to make a choice, he would be able to weigh whether it was worth breaking his oath for something.
However, there are all kinds of people in this world, and not all of them feel guilty when they do something wrong. There are also those who think they have taken advantage and are complacent, what Ye Zan calls "shameless people."
As the saying goes, "If you don't do it for yourself, you will be punished by heaven and earth." I broke my oath, but I got the benefits. I don't think there is anything wrong with it at all. I get benefits because I am smart, but you believe me because you are stupid. I have nothing to feel guilty about.
Such "shameless people" rarely produce negative emotions after breaking their oaths, and naturally they cannot breed powerful inner demons. Even if they have to suffer backlash from their inner demons, the intensity can be imagined, and they are definitely unable to compare with those "upright people".
Don't think that bad people will repent after doing bad things. Although it is not ruled out that there are those who have no choice but to do bad things, there are also those who burst into tears only after being caught.
In the world of science and technology, there was a theory in ancient China called "human nature is inherently good", which believed that all people are inherently good. However, through genetic analysis, technology has proved that there are indeed born criminals in this world.
In fact, whether people will have emotions such as guilt and self-blame, in the final analysis, depends on whether they have "empathy."
The reason why people feel guilty and guilty after doing bad things is because some people will put themselves in the perspective of the victim. However, there is a kind of person who has no "empathy". He thinks that he is the center of the world and does not consider others at all.
Therefore, this inner demon's oath is often considered to be to guard against gentlemen but not villains.
Ye Zan said that the former leader was not a "shameless person", which was actually a compliment, but the compliment just didn't sound good. His trust in the former leader did not come from his own "judgment", but from his confidence in interests.
In other words, even if the former leader is a "shameless person", Ye Zan still believes that the benefits he provides to the other party can make the other party make a choice that is beneficial to him. Say one thousand, say ten thousand. The truly most binding oath is not the oath of the inner demon or the oath of the soul, but the oath of interests.
The benefits I have given you are so great that you are reluctant to betray me. This is a more effective constraint than any oath. Of course, interests will change, and relationships maintained by interests will also be broken by interests. However, there is nothing absolute in this world. The oath of the soul as evidenced by the way of heaven also has its loopholes to be found, such as this land of nothingness.
"Senior, you don't have to worry that you are lagging behind others when it comes to going to the Outer World. After all, the junior's master is in the Outer World. When the senior goes to the Outer World, the junior can also help the senior contact the master. Sir. Come to think of it, with the junior master there to support you, even if the senior comes later than others, he will definitely not fall behind others." Ye Zan then threw out another temptation.