Yan still clearly remembers that when he became the pure Yang soul, he was lured to two places, and he almost lost his physical body because of this, and became a feathered immortal.
According to Queen Yan's conjecture, this should be the natural reaction of heaven and earth, pushing him towards the path of immortality intentionally or unintentionally.
However, according to what Yao said just now, Shinto is obviously no longer favored by the great avenue of heaven and earth, and it no longer has the prosperity and luck of ancient times.
In this case, Yan's experience obviously contradicts this statement. This also made him a little worried, fearing that he was being plotted.
After all, he was still frightened when he thought about the methods of the ancient gods that Yao had just mentioned.
After listening to Yan's words and asking about the details of the matter, Yao thought about it and guessed thoughtfully: "I think this may be due to the Taoist friend himself."
"My own reasons?" Yan interrupted, not quite understanding.
"Yes!" Yao nodded affirmatively, "I don't know what fellow Taoist has done, but I feel great merit in you. I think the shield and the divine fire you helped me should be It must have something to do with this!”
"When I was young, I used wood to make fire. I was lucky enough to gain some merit." Yan nodded and admitted Yao's guess.
Regarding the matter of drilling wood to make fire, Yan had no intention of hiding it. After all, this would be the most important event for him to increase his status among the human race.
Hearing Yan's personal admission, a trace of envy flashed in Yao's eyes. Compared with Yan, a person who lives in the immortal way, a person like him who walks on the divine way obviously desires merit more.
"That's right." Suppressing a trace of envy in his heart, Yao nodded and explained to Yan: "You should know that merit is produced by heaven and earth rewarding all living beings."
"When the actions of living beings are helpful to heaven and earth, the Great Dao will favor them, and heaven will reward them with merit and good luck. When the actions of living beings are detrimental to heaven and earth, then the Tao will be disgusted with them. If their luck is reduced and their luck is reduced, karma will be rewarded, and disasters and punishments will come. body."
Having said this, Yao took a deep look at Yan and then continued: "Since you have obtained so many merits, it means that what you do must have contributed to heaven and earth, and you are a person favored and recognized by the great road of heaven and earth."
"And you have to know that, strictly speaking, gods are the embodiment of the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth and the continuation of the authority of the Great Dao in the world. The main purpose of their existence is to perfect and maintain the operation of the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth."
"For this reason, heaven and earth naturally hope that you can be recognized by Him and be a person who has made contributions to heaven and earth to exercise divine power and control the authority of heaven and earth."
"This should be the main reason why you encountered this situation. I think if you have no merit, you should not be qualified to encounter such a thing."
After listening to Yao's analysis, Yan thought about it and basically agreed with this point of view. But it was precisely because of this that he couldn't help but shook his head with a wry smile and said: "In other words, because of the favor of heaven and earth, I suffered the disaster of confusion?"
"This is indeed a bit..." After hearing Yan's words, Yao didn't know what to say. After all, it is a good thing to be favored by the great road and have a sudden increase in luck, but to be robbed by Yan here is indeed a bit speechless.
After Yan himself smiled bitterly, he thought carefully about what the two of them had experienced. Some were plotted by others to cause disaster, or others turned their merits and luck into disaster, and all of them happened to happen before they became enlightened.
My heart couldn't help but tighten. After a moment of silence, I sighed with complicated emotions: "Hey! How difficult it is to seek the truth!"
"That's right! It's not easy to seek the truth, it's full of disasters!" Yao sighed deeply after hearing this.
After that, the two fell silent in unison, and it wasn't until a moment later that Yan spoke again to break the silence.
"My Taoist friend mentioned that Dao Dao was no longer in Favoring God's Mansion before. I wonder what's going on now?"
Hearing this, Yao closed his eyes and thought for a while, then opened his eyes after a while and said slowly and with some hesitation: "Although I major in Shinto, I have also received the memory inheritance from the ancient god's mansion."
"But in the final analysis, we have just reached the realm of gods and immortals, and our understanding of the great ways of heaven and earth is not deep, so we can't say for sure what the current divine way is like."
"However, as I just said, God was born to perfect and maintain the Dao of Heaven and Earth. It is the embodiment of the will of the Dao in the world, and it should not completely decline."
"After all, in my opinion, this world is not perfect yet, and there are many hidden dangers. Unless new rules appear in the world that can make up for and completely stabilize the world. Otherwise, the great road of heaven and earth will still need the existence of God's residence."
Having said this, Yao's eyes flashed with light, and it was obvious that these words also encouraged him. After all, what he is practicing now is Shinto. If Shinto is really disgusted by Dao, it will be difficult for him in the future.
"So, I estimate that even if the ancient gods lost their favor and fell into the long river of history, as long as the new gods obey the destiny and accumulate merit, they will be able to transcend."
Regarding Yao's words, Yan was noncommittal, but based on the situation of later generations, the Shinto should be true. After all, the famous Battle of the Gods in later generations was started to replenish the heaven and earth.
However, thinking about the famous List of Gods and the Divine Whip, as well as the laws of nature and earth in the heavens of later generations, it is not difficult for Yan to sense some malice from them.
Therefore, Yan Xin actually does not agree with the idea that Shinto can be transcended.
On the one hand, it can be seen from the decline of ancient Shinto that if you want to reach the end of the road through Shinto, there will be many obstacles, but it may be extremely small.
After all, in Yan's view, the decline of ancient Shinto and the rise of Immortal Dao are one aspect of the lost world.
But it should be more likely that the ancient God Emperors died one after another on the path, making all sentient beings unable to see the possibility of divine enlightenment. Therefore, all sentient beings had to give up the divine path and seek other paths.
On the other hand, the gods of later generations were established for the saints, and the authority of heaven and earth has actually been stolen by the saints. The authority of the gods and even their merits are determined by the saints' thoughts.
It can be said that the foundation of Shinto has been grasped by the saints, and trying to achieve enlightenment through it has obviously become empty talk.
Although he did not completely agree with Yao's words, Yan also used this to gain a better understanding of some of the current and future situations of the Shinto path, which would be of great help to his subsequent practice.
After all, although Yan rejected the practice of Shinto from the beginning because of the memories of later generations, he was very aware of the importance of the heavens in later generations and could not completely abandon the influence of Shinto.
Now that we have clarified some of the relationships between the great ways of heaven and earth and the divine ways earlier, it will obviously be more beneficial to future cultivation.
