But just when the senior brother was about to ignore the voice, he heard the voice saying: "When you were transformed and ascended, the world of cultivation had changed in a blink of an eye. Hundreds of years had passed, and your most beloved junior brother was already in the battle.
He was killed, and Yun Langdao, the master you have always cared for and been proud of, was also destroyed in the battle between immortals and demons. Don't you take a look?
You are the amazing genius that Yunlang Dao has cultivated with all his efforts. You are also the best disciple in the hearts of your junior brothers, sisters, and master. You are the backbone of Yunlang Dao. Now that Yunlang Dao has suffered such a disaster, you will not
Would you like to open your eyes and take a look?
Without even looking at it, can you be worthy of the masters of heaven and earth, and can you be worthy of your own Taoist heart?"
It was just these few words that caused all the thoughts that senior brother had already made to be destroyed and wasted in one go.
He couldn't help but open his eyes, and the inner demon took advantage of the uprightness and invulnerability of his life.
In fact, senior fellow apprentices and masters are all good, Yunlang Dao must also be good, and senior fellow knows that it is very possible that he has been deceived by his inner demons.
But before he opened his eyes, he was still extremely confused.
Throughout his life, he has always been proud of Yunlang Dao, and Yunlang Dao is also proud of him, but he is really so cruel and ruthless, because of his own path to immortality, he does not see whether Yunlang Dao is really suffering.
Yet?
Such a wavering of beliefs seems to be nothing more than this to people who have no real personal experience. Most people will say, if they are determined, how can they be affected by such remarks?
——This is also what Shi Yingxue thought at that time.
She was still young at that time, and she only found things like inner demons strange. She knew clearly that they were inner demons, so how could she still be fooled? It was confusing. But after all, many years later, Shi Yingxue stood now.
From this perspective, this matter is not so simple and can be summarized in a few words.
Shi Yingxue has understood that the more important something is in the heart, the more important it is to oneself, and the more easily things one cares about can make one's mind sway.
If the mind is swaying, the mind will be moved; if the mind is moved, care will lead to chaos.
So the senior brother could not resist the temptation of the inner demon and opened his eyes.
Naturally, the moment he opened his eyes and saw the good Yun Langdao and his junior brothers, the senior brother knew that he had been tricked by his inner demon.
Once you open your eyes, your ascension will not be possible.
It’s not just that he failed to ascend, because he was seduced by the inner demon at the critical moment of ascension, so all the years of practice and cultivation of the senior brother were directly destroyed in one day, and were taken away by the inner demon. Even if he wanted to ascend again next year,
It also failed.
The brother's breath and firm belief have been lost. Not only is he unable to ascend, but his own life has also been affected.
But when the senior brother passed away and his soul dispersed, the senior brother grabbed the hand of Ye Qingqiu, who had been protecting him, and told him that there are many difficulties and dangers in cultivating in this world, and all temptations can actually be done.
Passed, but in fact, it is always easy to stumble when it comes to what you want and care about most.
Ye Qingqiu asked his senior brother, "Senior brother, you can't ascend because of such a trivial matter. Do you not regret it in your heart?"
The senior brother replied that he had no regrets, so he closed his eyes and passed away.
When Ye Qingqiu and Shi Yingxue told this story, Shi Yingxue felt that she couldn't understand it.
She only felt that if she were a senior brother and her years of practice and cultivation were destroyed because of such a simple sentence and such a slight shake of mind, she would definitely regret it extremely.
At that time, Ye Qingqiu had a faint smile on his lips and gently tapped Shi Yingxue's forehead with the whisk in his hand.
But even so, Ye Qingqiu's movements were extremely gentle. After he tapped Shi Yingxue's forehead, he put his hand on Shi Yingxue's temples again, helping Shi Yingxue to loosen her temples.
He put his hair away well, and then said softly: "If you think you will regret it, it is because you don't know how important Yun Langdao and his fellow masters are to senior brothers; if you feel regretful, it is also because you
I don’t know how powerful inner demons are at capturing the pain points in people’s hearts.”
Shi Yingxue really didn't know, so she couldn't help but wrinkle her nose and looked up at Ye Qingqiu, her eyes full of doubts.
At that time, Ye Qingqiu said that in fact, when he was by his senior brother's side, protecting the ascended senior brother, he watched helplessly as his senior brother wasted so many years of cultivation because of such a simple word from his inner demon, and had no hope of ascending.
Even when he was about to lose his life, Ye Qingqiu felt extremely regretful.
But there is little use in regretting it. No matter how hard it is to save senior brother's life.
So for many years after his senior brother passed away, Ye Qingqiu often spent countless nights thinking about whether this matter was worth regretting or not.
Senior brother said he has no regrets. It was such a simple three words, but it took Ye Qingqiu nearly three thousand years to understand the reason behind this sentence.
Shi Yingxue didn't know why at the time. It was because Shi Yingxue was still a young girl at that time. She had not been practicing for a long time and had not encountered many things. She had only seen a few people and things.
So she will feel regretful.
But if the equivalent is substituted, and the things in the mouth of the senior brother, the things used by the inner demon to lure him to open his eyes, are replaced with the things that he cares about most and is most reluctant to part with, in fact, no matter who it is, he will eventually
When I opened my eyes, I had no regrets.
Ye Qingqiu finally understood this truth later.
At that time, Shi Yingxue looked at the gentle smile on Master's face and felt that she didn't understand.
The failure of the ascension is really a huge blow to the monks. If it fails because of the reason of concern that really makes no sense, or even has no effect at all, it will become a life of hatred for him.
How come the master’s senior brother and the master don’t regret what happened?
The senior brother is the person involved, so it’s fine if he doesn’t regret it, but how can the master feel that he doesn’t regret it?
At that time, Shi Yingxue really felt strange.
Taoist heart is the most solid thing that should be cultivated when you first start practicing. Senior brother did not cultivate his Taoist heart to perfection and was seduced by the inner demon. It was the senior brother who did something wrong. How can he not regret it?
At that time, Shi Yingxue really felt that she couldn't understand it.
But now after so many years, Shi Yingxue is no longer the little girl who didn't suffer any hardships and didn't know the sufferings of the world. Her realm has improved through various hardships and experiences, and many of them back then
There was nothing he could figure out, and Shi Yingxue had already begun to figure it out.
Just like kumquats at this time.
If she were from the past and was young, she would not be able to understand why her master and senior brother did not regret Shi Yingxue. She would not be able to understand or forgive what Jin Jue is doing now.
But Shi Yingxue is no longer the same Shi Yingxue she was before. She thinks things through much better than before, and she is much more humane.
In fact, this matter is really simple and not as difficult as Shi Yingxue had always been confused about before.
what is the reason?
Because Shi Yingxue didn't consider it emotionally.
Cultivation, Taoism, this matter is indeed very complicated from the beginning. It seems that you really have to abandon all the emotions in your heart, such as family affection, such as love, such as friendship, such as a lot of compassion, such as a lot of
Love, these seem to be things that should be thrown away. At that time, Shi Yingxue seemed to really do this, so she really couldn't understand it all.
But Shi Yingxue now is completely different from before.
The further she goes in practice, the more Shi Yingxue will realize that many of her thoughts are wrong.
It is really not a simple discourse question such as "what should be done and what should not be done" or "what is worth doing and what is not worth doing" that can summarize everything in this world.
Just like when Fu Yi persuaded Jin Jue, Fu Yi said, "It's hard to be black and white in this world." The matter of Jin Jue and the matter of his senior brother's ascension are exactly the same.
Some things, indeed, logically speaking, should not be done, and it is not worth doing, but sometimes people are sentimental, and this sentiment is innate, even if they have reached the so-called pure heart.
Even in the realm of desire, there is no way to throw away these innate feelings.
But with feelings, these things that were originally rigid and impersonal become completely different from before.
Looking at these things from another perspective, it is easy to understand that Senior Brother has no regrets.
Because Yun Langdao really worked hard and used all the resources of the entire sect to raise him, just as the inner demon said.
Of course, the truth is that as long as you can successfully ascend, you will be worthy of Yun Langdao's love, protection and teachings to you over the years. Knowing that these words are likely to be spoken by inner demons to disrupt your ascension,
It’s simply not worth opening your eyes to see, nor should you look;
But think about it, if you include your gratitude and love for Yun Langdao, even when you heard the inner demon say that your master was afraid of being destroyed at the critical moment of your ascension,
, how could you be so cruel that you can give up the feelings that you can't let go of, and not open your eyes and take a look?
Even if you know that it is probably false, in that case, can you tell the difference between what is completely true and what is completely false?
If we really wanted to describe this matter in detail, it would be nothing more than this.
But things in the world are like this. It cannot be said that from my perspective now, I feel that the senior brother thought and did the wrong thing at the beginning, but I really put myself into the senior brother's situation.
, think about it, take a look, and you will find that what the senior brother did is reasonable.
How could I know that what that voice said was 100% incorrect?
Even if it is true that there is a ninety-nine percent chance that what he said is wrong, there is also a one percent chance that he is right.
Then if you look at the one percent and see that everything is fine in your own school and the people you care about are fine, then you won't regret it.
"At least I can be sure that everyone is good." - This is why senior brother has no regrets, and it is also a truth that it took Ye Qingqiu three thousand years to understand.
Admittedly, in hindsight this was indeed wrong, but when doing it, who can think about whether it was correct or not afterwards?
Asking myself, I have a clear conscience.
The truth that Ye Qingqiu was able to comprehend, Shi Yingxue was also able to comprehend one day.
Just like what's happening with kumquats right now.
Everything Jin Jue did was simply under the coercion and bewitchment of the ghost cultivator. He was a human being, so naturally he cherished his own life from the bottom of his heart.
Since he is not willing to let himself die so easily, of course he must protect himself;
And Jin Jue is a mortal who has been tortured, so how can he demand the willpower and spiritual firmness of a serious monk?
Under the control of Jin Jue, what he did was indeed wrong. He made a mistake by killing people. This is reasonable. He should realize his mistakes, feel guilty, and can atone for his sins. However, there is no need to think that he is an eternal sinner, so he should
Go to hell.
Looking at his current struggling situation, it is nothing more than that the inner demon is bewitching him again, making him feel that what he did is not wrong on the one hand, and whitewashing the things he once did to those innocent people;
But the inner demon made him feel that he was unforgivable on the other hand. He had killed so many people and made so many mistakes. If he wanted to get rid of the evil ghost-like self in the past, he couldn't, so he had to do it completely.
Fallen, no longer clear.
The fierce conflicts in the heart will eventually completely destroy Jin Jue, and the inner demons can take advantage of it and completely occupy this body.
"I just spoke to him, which probably broke through some of his deepest obsessions, and upon seeing this, the inner demon came out to cause trouble again, making Jin Jue feel desperate - and when I looked at the inner demon, I probably thought
I want to drive him to kill both of us and take our power for himself."
Fuyi said coolly.
Shi Yingxue nodded and said, "You deliberately nudge him because you think this person is useful?"
Fu Yi smiled and said: "It's not that I have such utilitarian thoughts, it's just that I think he is extremely pitiful. If he doesn't understand anything and gets nothing, he will be controlled by an inner demon and a ghost cultivator all his life.
It's too pitiful to be pinched and twisted. It's better to ask him to think more clearly and decide his own destination instead of being controlled by his inner demons."
"For me, it's just a matter of effort."
"And what I want to do more is to use this incident to warn you that everything is very difficult to go your way. All you have to do is figure it out."