Wild boar

Chapter 357 The Way of People

Seeing Li Yunzhen's firm answer and her heartfelt dependence on Zhu Zishan.

The two female ghosts guarding the gate looked at each other and immediately smiled.

One of the female ghosts in palace attire asked Li Yunzhen kindly: "Miss Li, you have two choices now. One is to find a fellow practitioner in life and death to join the path together; the other is to become a disciple of a businesswoman." A ghost cultivator who practices alone."

Li Yunzhen's smart eyes moved, and she immediately asked: "Sister, is there any difference between the two?"

"If you choose the former, you can practice together with the relatives you knew during your lifetime, and support you hand in hand to tide over adversities. But if you choose the latter, you can only practice alone as a ghost."

Li Yunzhen thought for a moment, bowed to the woman in palace clothes and said: "Sister, my name is Li Yunzhen, my sister's name is Li Yunyan, my mother's name is Mo Yanzhen, we are originally a family. A few days ago, My mother and my sister were brought to the Merchants Hall by Gao Dajie. Now I just want to be reunited with them. I wonder which choice I can make to be with them?"

"Sister Li, no matter which choice you make, you can quickly meet your mother and sister as long as you enter the Shang Nu Palace. However, as your seniors, I still advise you to choose to practice with living people."

"Why?"

"The Tao method created by Shang Nu is called the Tao of Human Heart. If you practice both life and death with a living person, you can better understand the essence of this Tao method."

"The way of the human heart." Li Yunzhen murmured to himself.

"That's right... Practicing together with living people in life and death not only allows living people to cultivate the ghost path, but also allows ghost cultivators like us to have a deeper understanding of the human mind. However, living people's life is not long and is far inferior to that of ghost cultivators. We and our two cultivators will always be separated from each other, and the pain of separation is really unbearable for ghosts." One of the female ghosts said with a long sigh.

"Sister, I...can I practice dual cultivation with my sister Yunyan?" Li Yunzhen said after thinking for a moment.

"No! A living person can only be matched with one ghost cultivator."

After Li Yunzhen frowned and thought for a moment, she grabbed Zhu Zishan's sleeve, raised her head and said expectantly: "Brother Zhu, you have taken care of me a lot these days. I am very grateful. If Brother Zhu doesn’t mind it, and the little girl is willing...willing to form a Taoist couple with Brother Zhu, to practice life and death together, and to join the Taoist path together.”

"No!" the voices of the two female ghosts came out again.

"Fellow Daoist Zhu has reached the rank of high priest, but you are just a first-level ghost who has just been reincarnated. His yang energy is too great for you to bear." A female ghost explained.

Zhu Zishan looked down at himself.

Hmm... Yang Qi is too big, which makes sense.

"What...then what should I do?" Li Yunzhen was almost crying.

"Two Taoist friends, Sister Li has just been reincarnated. She even knows that she is a ghost. She is still so young, why do you bother her? I think it is better to let her try first. I will try my best to control it and treat it gently... …I believe she will be able to withstand Zhu’s gentle yang energy.” Zhu Zishan patted Li Yunzhen on the shoulder and said.

The two female ghosts guarding the door looked at each other and began to communicate.

After a moment.

"Fellow Daoist Zhu, Sister Li, how about I take you in." A female ghost in palace clothes suddenly said with a smile on her face.

If a ghost leads the way, Zhu Zishan naturally agrees.

After being led into the gate by the female ghost, Zhu Zishan finally understood why the Shang Nu Palace was called the Shang Nu Palace instead of the Shang Nu Cave or the Shang Nu Kiln.

In a large cave comparable to Shangnu City, there is a wooden palace made entirely of sunken wood. The palace covers an extremely large area, almost covering the entire large cave.

Looking around, you can see the magnificent buildings, pavilions, carved beams and painted buildings.

There were faint will-o'-the-wisps all over the attic, and the green will-o'-the-wisps not only illuminated the hall, but also illuminated the entire large cave.

The yin energy in this large cave is extremely strong, no plants grow on the ground, and there are no flying insects in the sky. The people who come and go are either ghosts or monks in black clothes and armor.There are few monks among them, but there are many ghosts. Rather than saying that this is a city of monks, it is better to say that this is a city of ghost cultivators.

"You two, please come with me." The female ghost in red led the way.

Zhu Zishan and Li Yunzhen followed hand in hand.

"Do you still know the name of this girl?" Zhu Zishan asked.

The female ghost in red who was called a girl by Zhu Zishan, the living person, who led the way smiled brightly, and immediately said to Zhu Zishan Fuli: "You're welcome, Fellow Daoist Zhu, my name is Fang Yi."

"It turns out that Fellow Daoist Fang is here to ask, what kind of way is the human mind created by Senior Shang Nu? What's so special about it?" Zhu Zishan asked curiously.

"I send people's way of thinking to sum it up in six words: preserve the human heart and eliminate ghost desires."

"Preserve the human heart and eliminate ghost desires." Zhu Zishan and Li Yunzhen chewed on these six words at the same time, both looking thoughtful.

"Ghost desires have three poisons: one is soul-eating, the other is soul-stealing, and the third is obsession. If these three poisons are not eliminated, the desire will inevitably be unsatisfied. We ghosts will be driven by desire and will never be able to obtain true freedom..."

"Fellow Daoist Fang, I know about soul-eating, but soul-stealing, what is obsession?" Zhu Zishan asked without understanding, showing his utmost humility.

"Haha... Fellow Daoist Zhu's natal spiritual creature is definitely not a ghost like us." Ghost Cultivator Fang Yi said with a smile.

"To be honest, the natal spiritual object that Zhu destroyed in the battle was a refined corpse."

"No wonder Fellow Daoist Zhu doesn't know much about ghosts."

"We ghosts all have the desire to seize living beings and return to the world of the world. This desire is the desire to seize souls... In this world, we ghosts are just strands of lonely souls floating around. Who doesn't want to get a soul?" Have a physical body that can be driven?" Ghost Cultivator Fang Yi suddenly said with emotion.

"However, there is no body in this world that truly belongs to ghosts. Pursuing things that do not belong to you will inevitably lead to greed. Seeking but not getting it is delusion. Being delusional and not giving up is anger. The ferocity of ghosts is all anger. Performance, in the final analysis, is greed, ignorance, and reluctance..." Fang Yi said with faint eyes.

Zhu Zishan opened his mouth.

Damn...this theory is a bit advanced. After a little speculation, Zhu Zishan also said with emotion: "Ghosts desire this, so why don't humans desire it the same way."

"The human heart is controlled, but the desires of ghosts are endless!" Fang Yi replied.

"There are times when people's hearts are uncontrolled." Zhu Zishan said with a solemn expression.

"That person is no different from a ghost." Fang Yi said with a smile.

"Fellow Daoist Fang, what is that obsession?"

"We ghosts all have obsessions that we wanted to realize but were unable to achieve during our lifetime. This desire is called obsessive desire."

"Fellow Daoist Fang, forgive Zhu for bluntly saying that it is understandable that ghosts can cut off their desire to steal souls, but obsession is the basis for the existence of ghosts. Without obsession, ghosts will cease to exist... In Zhu's opinion, if ghosts have no desire, without obsession, Thinking about it, what's the difference between that and a ball of jelly?" Zhu Zishan thought of those jelly-like ghosts in the ancient tombs that existed for thousands of years. They were imprisoned in the ancient tombs. From beginning to end, they had never seen life, desire, or obsession. Really Like jelly pieces floating around.

"Fellow Daoist Zhu, your understanding of human nature is still very superficial. Getting rid of ghost desires does not mean destroying ghost desires. The purpose of our cultivation is to control ghost desires and prevent ghosts like us from becoming slaves of desires..."

"Although I sent ghost cultivators to eliminate ghost desires, they still have the ability to eat souls and seize bodies. In terms of ability alone, they are even worse than those ghost cultivators in the wilderness." Fang Yi said in a confident tone.

"I understand this, I understand this..." Zhu Zishan deeply agreed with what Fang Yi said. As the saying goes, no matter how depressed you are at ordinary times, you will be crazy when you release it. Those who have been saved for three days and those who have been saved for 30 years will be the same in one day. It's definitely different to release that.

(End of this chapter)