When Kui Mulang left, he rarely said goodbye to Qi Zhen and Zhang Qi. Considering his character, it was quite difficult.
This seemed to prove from another angle that Qi Zhen's wine and Zhang Qi's flattery had an effect and finally melted the heart of this lone wolf.
In fact, there are only a few people in the Twenty-Eight Constellations who can treat two people like this, and those few people are undoubtedly Kui Mulang's best friends.
The kind that can cut both sides of the coin.
Qi Zhen and Zhang Qi naturally didn't know this, but they had established a relatively good relationship with Kuimulang. Qi Zhen did not forget to give him a few bottles of Maotai when saying goodbye, so that when the other party wanted to drink, they would not catch him. The liver scratches the heart.
After the two sides said goodbye, Kui Mulang turned and left, leaving only Laojun and Qi Zhen in the palace.
Qi Zhen and Zhang Qi bowed to Lao Jun as if they had agreed upon it.
The old gentleman smoothed his long beard and accepted the gift from the two of them generously.
He treated him leniently, and the palace men and Taoist boys under him were not very respectful to him. At this time, such an old god was here, maybe because he knew the reason why the two of them were saluting, or because he just enjoyed the feeling of being respected. Some.
"Thank you for your help, Laojun." Qi Zhen stood up and said with a smile, "I originally thought that you were using the two of us as coolies, but I never thought that your good intentions were to help the two of us improve our strength."
"Don't lie, when did I help you two improve their strength?" Laojun said.
"It doesn't matter whether you admit it or not, I'm just curious, why did you do this?" Qi Zhen asked the question that she had been thinking about for a long time, "Logically speaking, the reason why we came to you is because of what happened between us and Heaven. In order to resolve the dispute, even if you helped us out of kindness, you would not have gone so far."
Lao Jun pondered for a moment, walked to the door of the palace, and then sat down on the steps.
He patted the stone steps beside him and motioned for Qi Zhen and Zhang Qi to sit next to him.
The two of them sat down, one on the left and the other on the right, and saw Laojun pointing at the square sky surrounded by the walls of Tushita Palace.
The blue sky is cloudless, like an eternal picture.
"The Heavenly Court does not represent the Taoist Sect, and the Taoist Sect is not limited to the Heavenly Court." Laojun said, "How do you interpret this?"
"Heaven is a Taoist sect. To be precise, it was founded by your teacher. It is more like a three-realm management organization established by Taoist sect. However, there are still many people, such as your teacher, such as the leader of Tongtian, who do not participate in the management of Tianting. , or study the way of heaven intensively, or understand the principles of heaven and earth. This means that heaven does not represent Taoism. I understand that heaven should be a part of Taoism." Qi Zhen thought for a while and said.
"Yes, to be precise, the Three Pure Ones have nothing to do with the Heavenly Court. The three of me, Yuan Yuan, and Lingbao Tianzun are not so much in charge of the Heavenly Court. It is better to say that the two parties are in a relatively equal relationship." Laojun nodded. , "What is that door?"
"It's true, it's very true." Zhang Qi answered smoothly and said.
"It's incredible, this is what I wrote." Taishang Laojun said with a smile, "But what I'm talking about is the Tao sect, not the Tao itself."
"My understanding of the Taoist sect is that it is an organization composed of a group of people who have the same understanding of Tao. They share their knowledge and promote each other, and then spread out and eventually become a religion." Qi Zhen frowned. said with an eyebrow.
"To be precise, the existence of Taoist sect is almost the same lineage of Master." Laojun chuckled.
Indeed, if Sanqing and Tongtian are the spokespersons of Taoism itself, then Taoist Hongjun is undoubtedly the leader of Taoism in the world.
"But obviously, Master has no way to deduce the end of the Dao of Heaven, so there are inevitably big differences in the understanding of Dao within the Taoist sect." Laojun said.
"You are talking about the Tongtian Cult Master." Zhang Qi said.
"Yes, but it's not just him. It's just that he happens to be Master's direct disciple and has gone far enough." Laojun continued, "Among the three generations of disciples, Lingbao Tianzun and I are often too lazy to accept disciples. Many, among the original twelve immortals under Yuxu, each has a different emphasis on understanding the way of heaven, but they are always inseparable from the main lineage of the Chanjiao branch, except for three people."
"Taoist Cihang, Manjusri Guangfa Tianzun, and Samantabhadra." He said, "Although the understanding of the three people's Tao is not the best among the twelve immortals of Yuxu, they have chosen a completely different path from the others. Based on cause and effect, devote yourself to Buddhism and melt into one furnace."
"Now it seems that their choice should be correct, at least for them. Otherwise, all three of them would not have achieved the status of Bodhisattva now." When the old man said this, he couldn't help but let out a long sigh. , "But this will inevitably lead to another disagreement within the Taoist sect regarding the understanding of the way of heaven."
"This is the case in the Interpretation Sect, and everyone within the Jie Sect shows their talents. Not to mention those Da Luo True Immortals who can be named, just talk about the 330,000 stars in Dou Bu, which one is not a shining role? So for the Tao Understand, it is completely different from what it was when Master preached."
"But is the Taoism still the same Taoism as before? Doesn't the so-called dispute between the two religions look like a joke now?"
"Until another group of people appeared in this world. These people became saints in the flesh and proved the Tao with their strength. They completely broke the Taoist lineage left by the master and can hardly be regarded as a member of the Taoist sect."
"The better ones are Marshal Wen Qiong, who can't be classified at all. Naturally, they are Li Jing's family and the Monkey King."
"When the laws of the world can no longer cover people's behavior, the rationality of the existence of the law will inevitably be questioned. If you want to continue to take advantage of it, there are only two ways."
“The first is to find a reasonable integration method between existing laws and behaviors, at least with a relatively reasonable explanation, so that the laws can still have the effect they should have, and at least the vast majority of people can still follow them. , the second one..."
"That is to completely deny the law and then establish a more perfect law to restrain it."
"As the executor of the Heavenly Way, Heavenly Court seems to be conservative, but in fact it has been following the first path. The advantage of this is that even if it is fishing in a dry lake, it will not cause huge turmoil in the Three Realms in a short period of time."
"The disadvantage is also obvious, that is, the phenomena you have seen before were all caused by this internal cause."
"But in fact, in the end, whether it is Taoism, heaven, or all living beings in the three realms, this kind of deduction about Tao itself will fall into an irreconcilable logical chaos, but there is no doubt that no matter what you choose, Either path will go very far, or in other words, it cannot be deduced to the end of the way of heaven." "For example, the leader of Tongtian, can you say that he is wrong? For example, the original one, can you say that he is right? Another example is Monkey Sun, who knows how far he can go?"
"Laojun, I have a question." Zhang Qi raised his hand, like a child listening carefully.
"But it doesn't matter."
"What on earth is this thing?" Zhang Qi asked.
Taishang Laojun smiled, as if he was laughing at Zhang Qi's knowing question, "That's why I said, the Tao is Tao, very Tao."
"But whether it's a dispute in heaven or a conflict with Buddhism, these things always have to have a result." Qi Zhen said with a frown.
"What you said is right. This is why you are here." Taishang Laojun said.
"Ah?" Qi Zhen was confused for a moment. Why didn't he see the importance of everyone in the team?
"Actually, it was Buddhism that discovered you first and thought that outsiders like you had a chance to sort out the chaos in this world." Laojun said, "The Jade Emperor once thought that you were the pressure exerted by Buddhism on Taoism. , and have been troubled by this to this day, but I don’t think so. Stones from other mountains can attack jade, and I think you may be that stone.”
"This burden is too heavy, I'm afraid a few of us can't bear it." Qi Zhen said truthfully.
"It is indeed very heavy, but if you don't bear it, how do you know you can't bear it?" Laojun said in a persuasive way, "Besides, since you came to this world, many things have changed intentionally or unintentionally. At least you have now. I dropped a stone into this pool of stagnant water, and ripples started to appear, which is much better than the previous way of drinking poison to quench my thirst."
"What do you need us to do?" Qi Zhen asked directly.
"You can just think that what I just said is just nonsense, you just need to act according to your heart." Laojun said.
"What if there is a hole in the sky?" Qi Zhen asked.
"Then let's poke. There are many holes in the world like you." Laojun said with a smile.
"That's life-threatening," Qi Zhen said.
"I will protect you once at the critical moment." Laojun said, "Of course it is within the scope of my ability."
Qi Zhen seemed to think that these words were a bit familiar. It seemed that four people had said it before. However, when the team was having fun in the heaven, they did not see those four people come to help.
"You don't have to be too hesitant. In fact, you are now trapped in the whirlpool. It is already difficult to get out," Laojun said.
Qi Zhen thought for a moment and finally nodded, "I don't dare to make big promises, but I can promise you that we will follow our hearts after we leave."
"Great kindness." Laojun said with a smile.
When leaving, Qi Zhen asked Taishang Laojun a very heart-wrenching question.
"Do you have a position, or in other words, what do you think the way of heaven is like?"
Lao Jun thought for a long time, and finally said with a smile: "I don't know."
Qi Zhen rolled her eyes.
The two of them bid farewell to Laojun and then flew downwards.
Laojun looked at the direction in which the two of them were going away, sighing in his heart that it was not enough for outsiders.
