"Hmph! Morality?"
"Now that you know how to talk about morality, why didn't you talk about morality when you were killing creatures and feeding on their blood?"
Since the little fox dared to follow the cat demon Miaomiao, he naturally knew what the other party had done back then.
It's not just as simple as killing people and drinking blood. Most of these demons and ghosts sealed by Zen Master Lingyou have their hands covered with the blood of all living beings.
Whether it's ordinary humans, spirits who have just opened their acupuncture points, or even those monsters who have achieved success in spiritual practice...
In the eyes of these cruel and murderous monsters, they are just blood food, and they don't care at all how many creatures they slaughter.
"well!"
After hearing the little fox's words, the murderous intent in the old woman's eyes immediately disappeared, replaced by infinite melancholy and regret.
"What Zen Master Lingyou said is indeed true. In this world, there is retaliation after all."
During the more than thirty years that she was sealed by Zen Master Lingyou, the old woman was not blind to what was happening outside the window.
Because Zen Master Lingyou didn't kill these monsters back then, but went to great lengths to seal them.
The purpose is not simply to punish them, but more to take this opportunity to influence and persuade them to follow the right path.
After all, those who were stubborn or really sinful were killed by Zen Master Lingyou with thunderous means when they could not hold on to the seal.
Therefore, during the thirty years of being sealed, Zen Master Lingyou’s body left in the seal has been preaching to them and teaching them the true way to do good.
It wasn't until Zen Master Lingyou passed away and the body in the seal disappeared that the cat demon Miaomiao realized that it was time to escape from the trap.
"Forget it, I should have died back then."
"Now that I have survived for more than thirty years, it is worth it."
Sighing slightly with emotion, the old woman could no longer see any killing intent on her face at this moment.
"It's just a pity that Zen Master Lingyou, whose cultivation is earth-shattering, doesn't live as long as an ordinary person. He is simply jealous of the talent."
The little fox could tell that the old woman's emotion at this time came from the bottom of her heart.
After thirty years of cultivation, except for a few stubborn people.
Most of the monsters sealed by Zen Master Lingyou back then had been infected with Buddha nature, and had a very deep understanding of their past sins.
The cat demon Miaomiao is obviously one of them, and she is also one of them with a deeper Buddha nature.
——Killing is only a means to achieve a goal, but it is not the ultimate goal, nor is it the only means.
The old woman felt that if she had been guided by a great Buddhist master like Zen Master Lingyou when she entered Taoism, she might not have gone astray and committed so many sins.
"Little fox, you are considered lucky. You should cherish what you have now."
Staring at the suspicious little fox opposite, the old woman suddenly laughed.
In this group of Weishan Fox Clan, the old woman seemed to see another possibility of herself.
A possibility that does not require killing, but only needs to support each other with fellow humans and survive, or even live better.
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At the same time, there is an abandoned temple somewhere in Tanzhou.
"Do it!"
The weird man with an ugly face and a straight waist sat in front of the Buddha and calmly said to Pei Wende opposite.
"Being able to die in the hands of Zen Master Lingyou's disciples is also a relief for me."
This ugly weirdo is not a normal person, but a demon transformed from a man-eating tree.
Animals have the possibility of cannibalism, and plants naturally have the possibility of cannibalism...
The reason why the man-eating tree demon was able to develop spiritual intelligence in the first place was because someone killed people and buried their bodies under the roots of his tree, allowing him to absorb human essence and turn into a demon.
Perhaps it was because of this experience that the man-eating tree demon began to crazily prey on humans after transforming into a demon, and used this to improve his own cultivation and conduct.
It wasn't until he was sealed by Zen Master Lingyou that the man-eating tree demon realized the fallacy in his thinking.
In fact, he does not need to prey on living creatures, he can also improve his cultivation and Taoism through other methods.
Those methods are even more convenient and bring greater benefits.
Unfortunately, by the time the man-eating tree demon realized this, it was already too late.
The killings caused by the man-eating tree demon have become a reality. Countless creatures have lost their lives because of him, and countless families have suffered the pain of losing sons and wives because of him.
In the beginning, the man-eating tree demon was actually resentful of Zen Master Lingyou.
The man-eating tree demon resented Zen Master Lingyou for sealing him here, and resented him for letting him know what was right and wrong, what was good and what was evil.
If he didn't know all this, the man-eating tree demon would not feel sad or even regretful about his actions.
However, as time went by, the man-eating tree demon gradually understood Zen Master Lingyou's painstaking efforts.
With the magical power of Zen Master Lingyou, he can kill himself.
The families of those victims will only be heartened by this and will not have any objections.
But Zen Master Lingyou didn't do that. He chose to imprison himself in a seal and chant sutras and sermons for himself day and night. He was not punishing himself, but guiding himself.
Because in Zen Master Lingyou's view, death is of course the ultimate punishment.
But for a being who is completely unaware of his mistakes, simple punishment has no meaning at all.
Compared with those heinous demons, the man-eating tree demon is more like a "child" who doesn't know what evil is and just makes mistakes following his instinct.
At the very least, when Zen Master Lingyou has no intention of killing the man-eating tree demon, how to make the other party stop making mistakes and even take the initiative to do good is what he really wants to do.
Although Pei Wende does not fully agree with Zen Master Lingyou's concept, he also knows that leading people to do good is far more meaningful than simply killing an evil person.
Now that the man-eating tree demon has awakened his kind thoughts, Pei Wende wants to see how long the other party's kind thoughts can last.
"I have no enmity with you, why should I kill you?"
So when faced with the cannibal tree demon's willingness to die calmly, Pei Wende just retorted calmly.
"In this world, the only people who are truly qualified to kill you are the victims you killed in the first place."
"I am not a family member of those victims, and I have no intention of slaying demons and demons under the guise of justice for heaven, so I will not kill you."
When he said this, Pei Wende's voice paused slightly before continuing.
"Unless you fall into the devil again in front of me one day, and the old monk's hard work was in vain..."
"That's why I have to kill you myself to prevent you from committing more murders."
——Killing to stop killing is the true intention of King Ming.
——Monthly Ticket/Recommended Ticket——
(End of chapter)
