Chapter 38: A profound statement, repaying kindness with kindness "Ugh!" A sigh suddenly sounded faintly. A woman wearing the uniform of a county literature instructor suddenly appeared. "You've ruined my plans!" The female teacher glanced coldly at Tao Tie, who had just returned to his body and was feeling a little uncomfortable. Her tone was full of dissatisfaction, but she did not do anything to vent her dissatisfaction towards Tao Tie. Instead, he stretched out his slender, white fingers that looked like peeled onion roots, pointed at the mural of the goddess scattering flowers, and said softly, "Do not look at what is inappropriate, do not listen to what is inappropriate, do not say what is inappropriate, and do not do what is inappropriate." Follow your words. A hazy and clear light gushed out from the fingertips of the female teacher along with her words, and in an instant, it covered the "Illusionary Realm of Great Void", which was shattered. The monk Liansheng, the seventh-rank lust demon, immediately wanted to escape from the mural of the goddess scattering flowers and escape from Wushan Temple. As one of Padmasambhava's incarnations, the seventh-grade lust demon's previous words, deeds, and actions were not in line with what the female teacher called "etiquette".
Under the dim and clear light, one is instantly shackled and punished by "etiquette", becoming blind, deaf, speechless and unable to move. To put it simply, with just one encounter, the Seventh Rank Lust Demon became a prisoner of the county's female literature instructor without any chance of fighting back. The dim and clear light, like the scorching sun melting ice chips, easily destroyed the black smoke that was formed by the soul of the human puppet monk Liansheng. These two actions were completed one after another in less than a breath of time. What is a breath? It's just one breath in and one breath out. Tao Tie adjusted his state through breathing to overcome the discomfort. At the same time, he took in the whole process of the female instructor's attack, the capture of the seventh-grade lust demon, and the dissolution of the ninth-grade human puppet. He immediately understood in his heart that what he had thought before was correct. Tan Jinxuan was just a pathfinder thrown out by the county literature department. After discovering that Baimeitu was absorbing the literary energy of Tongsheng, everything about Wushan Temple, the source of the matter, was under the control of the county literature. The reason why the net has not been closed yet is that the target of the county literature's layout, the so-called "Padmasambhava", has not taken the bait yet. Therefore, in order to wait for Lotus Life to bite the bait, the female teacher sent by the county literature could sit back and watch Tan Jinxuan being taken over by the puppet Lotus Life and the lust demon Lotus Life; You can just sit there and watch the soul of Tao Tie, a ninth-rank monk from the Missionary Academy, take too long to leave his body, which will leave hidden dangers for his future practice. It's just a chess piece. If it's lost, it's lost. As long as you can kill the opponent's dragon, it's fine. Or perhaps, letting Tan Jinxuan be possessed by the lust demon monk Liansheng and the human puppet monk Liansheng was exactly the plan of the female teacher! Tao Tie's face showed no strange expression, but his mind was filled with sorrow. The black smoke transformed from the soul of the human puppet monk Liansheng was destroyed, and the attempt to take over Tan Jinxuan's body was naturally completely interrupted. After a moment, Tan Jinxuan's soul flew out of the mural of Heavenly Girl Scattering Flowers and returned to his body. The bulging lower abdomen quickly deflated during this extremely short process. It was like an inflated balloon was punctured by a needle, with a big hole in it, and the air was deflated with a squeaking sound. The bleeding orifices and the painful face quickly healed, leaving only a few blood stains, reminding Tao Tie that the damage Tan Jinxuan's body had suffered before was not false.
"Student Tan Jinxuan has met the instructor." After regaining consciousness from his confusion, Tan Jinxuan didn't care about his injuries and immediately greeted the female teacher. "Ah." The female teacher responded calmly and retracted her outstretched right index finger. The hazy light immediately disappeared without a trace. One of the captured incarnations of Padmasambhava, the seventh-level lust demon monk Padmasambhava, disappeared as well, and no one knew where the female instructor had taken him. The female teacher turned slightly to the empty space beside Tao Tie and spoke in a cold and indifferent voice: "You are a good student, but my careful preparations have failed. I don't know when I will catch Padmasambhava again." Huang Junshi, the instructor, appeared and replied calmly, "My students have protected themselves very well, which shows that I am indeed a good teacher. Thank you for the compliment." "Hmph! What a shame!" Upon hearing this, the female teacher didn't want to talk to Huang Junshi anymore, nor did she want to look at Tao Tie even once. She just waved her sleeves. A breeze blew from the female teacher's sleeves and brushed towards Tan Jinxuan and Tao Tie. Along with it came a cold but solemn voice. "Knowing that there is stillness can lead to concentration, concentration can lead to tranquility, tranquility can lead to tranquility, tranquility can lead to worry, and worry can lead to gain." The breeze blows on my face, feeling relaxed and happy. The cold words not only rang in my ears, but also seeped into my heart like the spring rain that moistens everything silently. Under the influence of the gentle breeze and soothing words, Tao Tie suddenly understood some profound meanings. Confucian practice emphasizes the Three Bonds and Eight Virtues. The Three Cardinal Guides are to manifest the bright virtues, to love the people, and to pursue the highest good. The eight goals are to investigate things, to acquire knowledge, to be sincere, to rectify the mind, to cultivate oneself, to regulate the family, to govern the country, and to bring peace to the world. The Three Principles are the goals of establishing religion for the rest of the world. The Eight Items are a set of items of practice designed to achieve the Three Cardinal Guides, and are also the progressive steps in Confucian practice, divided into two aspects: "inner practice" and "outer verification". Investigate things, acquire knowledge, be sincere, and have a correct mind, which are the ways to cultivate oneself. Managing the family, governing the country, and pacifying the world are external evidence. "Self-cultivation" is the connecting link between inner cultivation and outer realization. Since it is the hub, the importance of "self-cultivation" can be imagined. It is true that “From the Emperor to the common people, all must take self-cultivation as the foundation.” Since "self-cultivation" is so important, how do we know what stage and extent our self-cultivation has reached? This gave rise to the Confucian practice of "Six Evidences". That is: stop, settle, calm, peace, think, and obtain.
The female teacher, with her ability of "speaking according to the law", seemed to be speaking casually, but in fact, it was like a loud bell, solemnly emphasizing the "six proofs" of Confucian practice. What was the deep meaning of this? The most important thing it emphasizes is "tranquility" and "peace". It was seen that not only had the soul been out of the shell for too long, but it had also output too much in the "Great Illusionary Realm" and indulged in lust for too long. Many gaps had already appeared between Tan Jinxuan's soul and body. He was like a dusty and rusty steel pipe that had been polished and polished, and was completely new from the inside out. This is in line with a Buddhist verse: "I have a bright pearl, which has been locked away by dust and labor for a long time. Now the dust is gone and the light is born, shining through thousands of green mountains. " Tan Jinxuan used himself as bait and took the initiative to join the game, which enabled his bright "literary mind" that had been locked up by worldly affairs for a long time to be freed from dust and light, and he realized "tranquility" and obtained "peace"! The fire of desire is extinguished in "stillness", and joy and bliss return to nothingness in "peace". The strangeness between the soul and the body disappeared. The physical injuries were completely gone. The dust that had engulfed the soul was completely wiped out. A surge of majestic energy surged from the heart, gushed out through the Baihui point, and was known to all directions, reflecting the heaven and earth. The whole person's temperament instantly calmed down a lot, and his anger disappeared. A gentleman is like jade, modest and gentle. The ninth level has been completed. Tao Tie, who took the initiative to break the "Illusion of the Great Void", was also positively influenced by some Confucian teachings in the process, and he intuitively felt that there was no unfamiliarity between his soul and body. Hidden danger? nonexistent. It’s just that he didn’t get as great benefits as Tan Jinxuan, who instantly became a ninth-rank Confucian scholar from a student who had entered the rank but not reached the ninth rank. "Judge a noble man by your own mean character." The female teacher then said coldly, waved her sleeves, and a cloud came up, and she flew away on the cloud. Tan Jinxuan, who had just been promoted, was also taken away by the woman. Only Instructor Huang Junshi and Tao Tie were left in Wushan Temple. "You didn't do anything wrong, don't let her words affect you." Huang Jiaoshi's voice was heard immediately after the female teacher took Tan Jinxuan away, and her tone was as gentle as ever, "This matter has nothing to do with you. It was the boy who took the initiative to get involved and insisted on involving you. No one can blame you for doing anything for your own safety and interests." After a pause, Huang Junshi emphasized: "Even if someone wants to criticize, they have to get past me first." "Thank you for your instruction." Upon hearing this, Tao Tie bowed sincerely. Listen to the sound. Teacher Huang Junshi's words were indeed meant to comfort Tao Tie and make a promise. But it also points out a fact: That is, he and the female teacher of the county literature department both realized that Tao Tie did not break through the "Great Illusion" by accident, but had actually found a way to break through the "Great Illusion".
However, neither of them would deliberately explore how Tao Tie did it. For the female teacher, the most important thing was to make a careful plan, but she was not able to complete it, which was a great pity. For Huang Junshi, it would be enough to just deal with the instructions that were forced upon him by the court. Therefore, the two of them tacitly agreed not to explore what secrets Tao Tie had, so that he could see through the "Illusion of the Great Void" set up by one of Padmasambhava's incarnations, the seventh-grade lust demon. There are four institutions related to this matter: the County Literature Bureau, the Missionary Institute, the Demon Slaying Bureau, and the Demon Exorcism Bureau. If anyone wants to investigate, they must first compete with Huang Junshi. Huang Junshi can compromise for the overall interests of the missionary institute, but that doesn’t mean anyone can use this to control him! This is exactly what Tao Tie meant by “thank you”. "Ah." Huang Junshi calmly accepted Tao Tie's greeting and nodded slightly, then asked, "Now that the matter here is over, do you want to go back with me or by yourself?" Tao Tie thought for a moment and replied frankly, "Teacher, there is something I haven't figured out yet. I want to stay for a while longer. You can go back by yourself." Upon hearing this, Instructor Huang Junshi glanced around at the dilapidated temple which had immediately become like a ghost den after the "Taixu Illusionary Realm" was destroyed. The roof tiles were leaking, cobwebs were everywhere between the pillars, dust was everywhere, the Buddha statues were toppled over, and the whole place was in a mess. The murals on the walls are covered with thick dust, making them difficult to see clearly. The word that stands out is: decline! "Ugh!" Huang Junshi sighed, not knowing what he was thinking of. Then he said, "You can stay a little longer if you want. I'll be back first." As soon as he finished speaking, Huang Junshi's figure turned into a golden light and disappeared. Tao Tie recognized that this was the manifestation of the Tiangang method "Golden Light on the Earth". I am really envious. Taking a deep breath, Tao Tie suppressed the envy in his heart and focused on the matter at hand. He turned around and looked quietly at the mural of "Heavenly Girl Scattering Flowers" which was covered with thick dust. Looking at the goddess scattering flowers in the mural, who was originally dressed as a little girl with a smile on her face, cherry lips about to move, and eyes about to burst into tears, but is now dressed as a married woman with a bun in a bun. The female instructor of the county literature department and the teacher Huang Junshi of the missionary academy are both people whose information fragments cannot be triggered by [Knowing Everything] at the moment. Each of them has at least reached the sixth level. Can't you see that the flower-scattering goddess in the mural is actually a ghost? Tao Tie doesn't think so. On the contrary, Tao Tie was certain that both the female teacher and the instructor Huang Junshi had noticed this. The problem is coming. Why don't the female teacher and teacher Huang Junshi care about the ghost Xiaoqian? There are two possibilities.
First, the existence of the ghost Xiaoqian is related to Padmasambhava, and the female teacher should start from it and continue to investigate; Second, the ghost Xiaoqian has nothing to do with Padmasambhava and is therefore useless, so the female instructor and instructor Huang Junshi are too lazy to pay attention to her. Tao Tie thought about it for a while and felt that the probability of the first possibility being true was extremely small. The female instructor took away the seventh-grade lust demon, so how could she have missed the ghost Xiaoqian? Therefore, the existence of the ghost Xiaoqian is most likely unrelated to Padmasambhava. After realizing this, Tao Tie shifted his gaze away from the ghost Xiaoqian and looked at the mural itself. Murals that can imitate the Buddhist scriptures to explore the mind of Taoism and murals that can carry the "Illusionary Realm of the Void" are naturally not ordinary things. After the "Illusionary Realm of Grand Void" was destroyed and one of Padmasambhava's avatars living therein, the seventh-grade lust demon, was captured by the female teacher, [Knowledge of All Things] triggered the information fragments of the mural. Tao Tie naturally realized that this mural of the goddess scattering flowers was actually painted by a great monk of the Pure Land Sect of Buddhism. Its original function is simply to inquire into one's mind. Unfortunately, it fell into the hands of an evil monk, defiled its true identity, and became a carrier of obscene illusions. If Tao Tie had an idea, he could take the mural away and refine it according to the method given in the information fragments. Whether it is still used to explore the mind of the Tao, or to dig deeper into the obscene illusion and use illusion to fight the enemy, it is a great gain. Tao Tie had previously told Instructor Huang that there was one thing that had not been clarified, which was whether or not to take the mural away. A top grade yellow grade magic weapon embryo is truly rare! If you miss this village, you may not be able to find this store. "Ugh!" After standing and watching for a long time, Tao Tie sighed. Finally, he used the (yellow) level characteristic [Pure Mind] to clear his mind and desires, then turned around and left. Although this thing is good, it is too hot to handle. If you miss it, you miss it. People need to learn to make choices, not all bargains can be taken! After walking a few steps, Tao Tie suddenly stopped, put one foot outside the threshold of the side hall and the other foot inside, half turned around awkwardly, staring at the Scattering Flower Goddess with her curly bun and the ghost Xiaoqian with burning eyes. After watching for a while, the Earthly Evil Technique "Tongyou" was quietly used. A faint light surged in Tao Tie's eyes, and his sight penetrated yin and yang. His gaze seemed to be real as it fell on the ghost body of Xiaoqian, completely locking onto the other party. Once locked by "Tongyou", it would not be easy for Xiaoqian to escape Tao Tie's sight. What's more, the ghost Xiaoqian was in a deep sleep at this time and had no consciousness or ability to escape from the lock. Tao Tie grinned, spoke in a gentle tone, and kindly reminded: "The one who caused you to lose your virginity is Tan Jinxuan, a scholar of literature in Liuxian County. He lives at No. 16, Jiadi Lane, Dongcheng District." "When you wake up, go find him yourself." "A Confucian scholar knows etiquette and observes propriety, so I dare not refuse!" After saying this, Tao Tie walked away, feeling relieved. Previously, with the help of the woman's teacher, Tao Tieming understood some of the profound meanings of the Confucian sages. Said: Repay kindness with kindness.
Tao Tie will not feel at peace until he repays Brother Tan’s kindness. In that case, just report it right away, without even delaying overnight. and…… It’s great to help people get married and achieve their goals! (End of this chapter)