Chapter 136 Wisdom Also Follows PeopleHuang Goudan did not listen to Guanshan's advice. Instead, he went back to his room and carefully studied his notes. A few days ago, Shi Feizhe taught him martial arts. He chose a very cool sword energy. Shi Feizhe taught him the "True Source Sword Finger Technique", but he did not learn it. Shi Feizhe then taught him the "Supreme Wisdom Sutra", but he still didn't learn it. Huang Goudan was a little depressed. When he was training to be a killer, his grades were at the bottom. He was someone else's prop in the murder class and a drug tester in the poison class, and he managed to survive by surviving a disaster, and didn't become a member of the back mountain. After that, he was not good at anything, was the most important person when it came to eating, and was criticized every day in meetings. He had become accustomed to this kind of life. Because once I overheard the chief steward say that people like him ate too much every day, and the sunk cost of killing them with one knife would be too high. The superiors would blame them for not discovering it earlier and would deduct their bonuses.
Let’s find a way to fool them. What is a sunk cost? Why should we mess around? He doesn't quite understand. He didn't quite understand why he occasionally achieved results even though he clearly didn't do anything. Life goes on like this, after all, people have to live. His fate changed when he met Dean Shi during a meeting that day. What was even more surprising was that Dean Shi was willing to teach him martial arts. Everyone in Ghost Villa practiced the "Ghost Sword Technique", but he practiced very slowly. "Dean Shi, am I too stupid?" After Dean Shi taught him several sets of skills, he said to Shi Feizhe in despair. "You're not stupid, it could be because I didn't explain it clearly!" Shi Feizhe advised, "There are many concepts in the Supreme Wisdom Sutra, which are quite profound. It's normal that you don't understand it. I'll explain it in detail in a few days." So, today's course came into being. But Huang Goudan still didn't understand. What to do if you don't understand? Just copy down the content you don't understand. This is what Er Si Jiu told him when he was young. As for Ersijiu, it seemed that he never returned after his first mission to Qiuyang City in the north. Huang Goudan took notes seriously, trying to understand the concepts of "materialism and idealism" and "objectivity and subjectivity". He couldn't understand it, so he copied it again. I drew the Φ symbol countless times, over and over again, until I felt sleepy and it was already midnight. Then he remembered that he had something to do tomorrow! If you don’t sleep now, you will delay tomorrow’s work. Huang Goudan fell asleep very quickly and very soundly. In his dream, his mind was full of his own paintings, so he dreamed of wisdom.
Wisdom, what is it? Everyone has their own understanding. People in their twenties, thirties, and forties will have different views on the same thing. Wisdom is not static, nor is it fixed, standing there waiting to be discovered. But as people’s cognition changes, it will follow people, like a shadow! When wisdom knocks on the door of your heart, you will understand wisdom. When you accept wisdom, become confused, and start thinking, you will realize the supreme wisdom. Supreme wisdom only appears when you are thinking. Now the Supreme Wisdom tells him, is there a possibility? You are not ordinary! I just haven’t encountered anything I’m good at! Old man Fan was also thinking the same thing. For an old hand who was counting on slacking off to save enough money for retirement, this transition period was really a headache for him. Even though he looks only in his sixties, he is actually over eighty! What he practiced was the Changchun Health Preserving Exercise, which had the greatest health-preserving effect. With his cultivation of the Qi Sea, he could definitely live to be 149 years old. Sometimes, he also thought that living long was not necessarily a good thing. If he were an ordinary person, he would probably just be able to enjoy the happiness of family life at home with many children and grandchildren. He can't do that, he needs to make money. Make money for himself and his children and grandchildren. His son is already in his fifties, and his grandson already has a son! All the money he earned in his early years was spent by his sons and grandchildren. Now, a large part of the family's expenses depend on him as the "grandfather" and "great-grandfather". There's no way, his son is over sixty years old and can't do anything. What a waste! Not as good as him! When standing next to him, others would think they were brothers, and he is still the younger one! How could he have given birth to several sons? He just found a bunch of fathers for himself. If I work hard for another twenty years and wait for my great-grandson to grow up, I can probably retire! He often cheers himself up. Every time I go home and see how cute my great-grandson is, I can't help but spend a lot of money. Late at night, Fan Xiang sighed, turned over and continued thinking. Now he is caught between Dean Shi and the Jiang family. If he is not careful, Dean Shi and the Jiang family will get into a bloody fight, and he will be implicated. Oh, I've already gone shopping! In the first round, the Jiang family lost! But the Jiang family will definitely not give up. Although the Jiang family only has one master in the Realm of True Person, Old Lady Jiang, they have many Zhoutian warriors. For example, the second manager of Ghost Villa, plus Jiang Ning finding some helpers, if four or five people beat up Dean Shi together, Dean Shi would definitely be in great danger. Logically speaking, as a veteran of the Jiang family, he should stand firmly on the side of the Jiang family. But... over the years, the Jiang family has become less and less friendly to these long-time veterans, with benefits being deducted a lot and salaries not as much as before. Because the Jiang family knew that if these elderly people left the Jiang family, they would have nowhere to go. On the other hand, although Dean Shi looks very abstract, he will pay attention to everything you do. He knows you're working hard. Even if they occasionally see you slacking off, they will not blame you, let alone deduct your salary.
Everything is good, except that I am a little narrow-minded sometimes. Prime Minister Fan shamefully wavered between his new and old employers. Although he had only worked for his new employer for a dozen days, there was a stark contrast between Dean Shi's attitude of treating people equally and Jiang Ning's sarcasm-like way of speaking. Alas, it’s getting harder and harder to find a job. There wasn’t any such shitty stuff in the past! Thinking about these things, Fan Xiang gradually fell asleep. I stayed up so late today and went to bed so late, which violated the schedule of Changchun Health Preserving Exercise. In fact, when he began to waver, he had already made his choice in his heart. In his sea of consciousness, the "Supreme Wisdom Sutra" that he had listened to these days and the content of Shi Feizhe's class today were intertwined and kept churning. When he was young, he also had doubts about the world. As he grew up, he also asked questions while reading some books. He also wondered why people live and why life is so hard! But the world doesn't allow him to ask so many questions. Over the past eighty years, he has experienced countless things. He saw many things but did not say anything, and pretended not to see many things. This is also wisdom. When countless pieces of knowledge intertwined to form the symbol of Φ in his mind, and countless years of accumulated experience turned into wisdom, he came up with a bold idea. Why should I work like a slave for the Jiang family? Why can't I live for myself? Why can’t I just… be real? Listen, wisdom is coming!
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