"Don't look at those Niubi people who act aloof from the world all day long, but once you provoke them, you really have stirred up a hornet's nest. It won't be over until we chase you across mountains and rivers."
"Taoists generally don't have a good temper, and it's common for them to fight to the death."
"Once a dispute arises, everything about staying aloof from the world and being pure and inactive will become clouds in the sky. Just take a look!"
"Actually, that's not the case!"
"It can be said that the Taoist sect is the sect most similar to our Confucian sect. It truly takes the world as its own responsibility."
"It's just that our Confucian sect devotes almost all our time and energy to this matter, always guarding the order of the world, educating all people, and maintaining peace in the world."
"The Dao Sect was only born when there was no dispute in the world. Once a big disaster occurs, it will definitely join the world actively and dare to be the first!"
"So you can also see that those of us in the Confucian sect and those of the Taoist sect are much closer, because our basic concepts are similar, but there are very few areas of competition and friction between them."
"As for Buddhism, it's different! These bald donkeys, when the world is at peace, spread all kinds of Dharma, keep preaching, and plunder the people's wisdom."
“Once we encounter a major disaster, we pretend to be noble, close the mountain gates, ignore worldly affairs, and put on a stinky face that is far away from the world. It is really annoying!”
"Alas! In fact, our Confucian sect could be as tough as the Taoist sect back then!"
"Although he is not the head of the three sects, he can still interact with the other two sects on an equal footing. Everyone is polite to each other and sells each other's favor."
"Nowhere is it like now, everyone is feeling cowardly!"
After saying that, Yan Yuan let out a long sigh, put his hands behind his back and looked into the distance.
This was the longest conversation we had ever had. It was communication. I was listening to him most of the time.
Unexpectedly, the Confucian sect, which seemed to be so glamorous, was actually in a state of crisis internally, and the hidden crisis seemed likely to break out at any time.
And his comments on the three sects were even more pungent, especially towards Buddhism, without a single kind word.
It seems that our master has a bad impression of Buddhism, but I don't know if the reason why he is like this is related to the Buddhist monk Vajra who came to challenge him.
After all, this happened, and as the dean of Qitian Academy, his face was equally tarnished.
Not only that, but under the instruction of the senior officials of the Confucian sect, he still had to break his teeth and swallow them in his stomach, swallowing all the grievances by himself.
This kind of frustration can probably only be endured by those "mediocre people" described by Yan Yuan! Anyway, those people only realize after everything they encounter. They simply lack the most basic sense of smell.
As for Yan Yuan, as an unparalleled strong man, he naturally has his own personality and temper. It would be strange not to get angry when faced with this kind of thing.
And things like the Buddhist Vajra are just the tip of the iceberg among the many strengths displayed by Buddhism.
There must be many things going on that I don't know about.
And through his narration, I also understood the reason why Qitian Academy was obsessed with retaining a trace of King Kong for the academy disciples to challenge.
This is entirely through the method of knowing shame and then being brave, indirectly stimulating and motivating those disciples who are truly capable!
It is not difficult to see from this that many of the incentive policies of Confucianism may seem high-sounding, but they are probably just the product of many trade-offs under external pressure, but they are just packaged in a somewhat beautiful way.
As the saying goes, existence is reasonable. This does not mean that this is not good. On the contrary, I believe that similar situations must exist within the two sects of Taoism and Buddhism.
No matter what, at least for what Yan Yuan said today, I naturally chose to believe everything. With his identity and position, there was no need to lie to me.
"Why are you suddenly telling me this?" I asked.
Yan Yuan's behavior today makes me feel very abnormal and unbelievable. It is incomprehensible and impenetrable in every aspect, which makes me feel even more mysterious.
"I think my uncle should know these things. Your status is relatively special now, and it's easy to be involved in the mess of these old events."
"If I don't tell you in advance, if we do encounter it, it may cause some undesirable consequences due to information asymmetry." He said earnestly.
"Did the Supreme Elder ask you to tell me?" I looked past Yan Yuan's figure and landed directly on the door of the Supreme Supreme Elder's cave behind him, pointing out something.
"No, it's not..." Yan Yuan shook his head decisively and said: "Master, I don't agree with letting you know this too early, little master uncle, because your journey of cultivating immortality has just begun, and knowing too much is not necessarily a good thing.
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"He hopes that you can devote all your energy to practice. With your young master's talent, you will surely rise in a short period of time and become an indispensable backbone of our lineage."
"But I don't think so. I think it's better to tell you directly about many things behind the scenes. Only when a person personally controls more information and weighs it can he be more relaxed and practice practice."
"Otherwise, once something unexpected happens and you haven't had time to grow up, you will become very passive."
"I say this, young master uncle, do you understand?" he asked, his eyes full of expectation.
I nodded in understanding, feeling that both Yan Yuan's thoughts and the Taishang Elder's advice made sense to a certain extent.
Of course, if I were asked to choose, I would definitely choose Yan Yuan’s idea.
After all, who doesn’t wish they had more control over information?
As he said, only by controlling enough information at the overall level can you feel more secure and make better decisions about the path you are about to take.
From this point of view, there are many similarities between Yan Yuan and I.
It was also at this moment that I suddenly realized that I was actually talking to an "old monster" who had lived for who knows how many years.
If this were placed in the real world, I wouldn't even know which dynasty of ancients I was probably talking to.
This kind of conversation mixed with the sense of time travel made me feel so magical and incredible that the way I looked at Yan Yuan changed.
Obviously, he had some misunderstandings about my reaction, he chuckled and said, "Young Master, you must be tired of me, right?"
"Haha... Some things have been suppressed in my heart for too long. It's rare to find a suitable listener, so I ended up saying too much at once."
"Now, I feel comfortable!" Yan Yuan stretched and said relaxedly: "Thank you for your hard work, little uncle. You listened to me talk about so many emotional things, but none of them were good." (Unfinished)