The Legend of Jin Yong's Legend of the Online Game

Chapter 684 Saint?

Chapter [-] Saint?

After experiencing all kinds of Laba porridge conference, everyone at the meeting admired Dragon Island Master, so seeing that the person who spoke was Dragon Island Master, Gnar and Fang Jie didn't feel that the other party was an NPC at all, and quickly clasped their fists at each other. A salute, and Dragon Island Master accepted the gift without hesitation, and said with a smile: "I just heard that young man Naer intends to establish a sect based on chivalry. I also hope that the two of you don't think the old man is abrupt."

Gnar quickly cupped his fists and said: "I'm ashamed, I'm sorry, it's because I listened to the teachings of the Dragon Island Master that I came up with this idea. It doesn't matter what the Dragon Island Master has to say, I can't ask for it."

Master Long Island nodded and smiled, turned his gaze to Fang Jie, and said: "Fang Shaoxia mentioned the way of a saint and the way of a gentleman before, and suggested that Shaoxia Nar choose the way of a saint as his principle of doing things. Regarding this, the old man I don’t quite agree. The old man wants to ask Fang Shaoxia, what is the way of a sage, and what is the way of a gentleman?”

When Dragon Island Master said this, the attention of the other players staying on the island was also attracted by these three people, and they gathered around them and sat in meditation, wanting to hear what these three people were talking about.

Where did Fang Jie think that the knowledgeable Dragon Island Master would oppose his way of sainthood? He frowned immediately, and quickly reflected on what was wrong with this way of sainthood, but after turning around in his mind, he still felt that My suggestion was correct, so I said calmly: "The world is not benevolent, and treats all things as straw dogs; the saint is not benevolent, and treats the people as straw dogs. The way of great righteousness, the way of great virtue despite small virtues, the way of great benevolence despite of small benevolence!"

Seeing Master Long nodded slowly, and seemed to have no objection, Fang Jie felt relieved, and continued: "Specifically speaking, the way of a sage is to see the situation clearly, take into account the overall situation, and distinguish between what is small and what is big. Take the big and give up the small, and you should not take the small and give up the big because of momentary compassion or moral constraints. Therefore, even if you are occasionally unkind, immoral, unfair, unrighteous, untrustworthy, or even do nothing, for the sake of future great virtue , Daren, Dagong, Dayi, Daxin, for the well-being of the people, the prosperity of the people, even if you are infamous!"

After hearing these words, Island Master Long didn't express any opinion, but asked: "What about the way of a gentleman?"

Fang Jie glanced at the audience and said: "The way of a gentleman is to restrain yourself with the principles of a gentleman. What is a gentleman? Confucianism has already said it very clearly, for example, 'A gentleman does not act rashly, he must act in a proper way; a gentleman is not a fool Words must be reasonable; a gentleman does not seek, and what he seeks must be righteous; a gentleman does not act in vain, and his actions must be righteous', and for example, 'a gentleman is a metaphor for righteousness, a villain is a metaphor for profit', 'a gentleman is virtuous, and a villain is soil; a gentleman Huai Xing, villain Huai Hui'... Wait."

Speaking of this, Fang Jie paused, then changed his tone, and said: "However, the way of a gentleman in Confucianism mainly serves the ruling class. In other words, these ways of a gentleman are for the common people to hear. , is to be respected by the common people. If Brother Null only wants to be a good citizen, this will naturally not be a problem, but if Brother Null establishes chivalry and becomes the leader of a party, he wants everyone in the world to be Good people, the so-called gentleman's way is not applicable, otherwise, not only will the great ideal of improving the atmosphere of the game not be realized, but also everything will be lost due to excessive compliance with the gentleman's way, because the gentleman's way is incompatible with the current society. The environment is running counter to that."

After hearing this passage, Gnar on the side couldn't help frowning and said: "It is precisely because the way of a gentleman runs counter to the current social environment, so I should set an example, practice the way of a gentleman, and take chivalry as the foundation! If If you walk the way of a sage, don't you join forces with those villains?"

Fang Jie smiled slightly and said: "Since ancient times, no one who has been a gentleman, a hero, or a hero has a good end. Why? Because the way of a gentleman is to practice small benevolence and small righteousness. Although he has a heart for the world, I think that I can change the status quo with my own power, but I don’t know that personal power is limited after all. Forcibly going against the trend will inevitably end badly. To put it bluntly, this is actually a matter of method and method. A truly smart gentleman who really wants to realize his ideals A gentleman will never be so short-sighted, and will never be so stubborn against the general trend. The so-called green hills will not worry about firewood. Resources will gradually realize their ideals and be good for the world!"

Seeing that Gnar nodded, and Dragon Island Master smiled and said nothing, Fang Jie finally laughed and said: "It is said that if I don't go to hell, whoever goes to hell, if you want to save everyone from hell, you have to go to hell first." Hell, for example, if you want to be a good official to benefit the people, you must first adapt to the atmosphere in the officialdom, and make false claims with those officials who hide their filth. After you are promoted or keep your official position, you can do what you want What you do, if you don't understand these customs and follow the way of a gentleman, you will not only lose yourself in the end, but also fail to benefit the people."

When listening to the last words, not only Gnar, but also other people present also nodded in agreement with Fang Jie's point of view. It can be said that most of the 12 people left behind are of fairly good character People usually restrain themselves in the way of a gentleman, so now after hearing Fang Jie's words, many people's ideas have gradually changed.

"Hmm... I understand what Fang Shaoxia means." Long Island Master lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then suddenly raised his eyes and said: "However, the old man still has some doubts and wants to ask Fang Shaoxia for advice."

“It’s okay to just say it!”

Seeing Fang Jie nodded, Dragon Island Master smiled and said: "If Gnar follows the way of a saint according to your will, although in the end it is for the benefit of the world, but in the whole process, for the sake of your so-called great benevolence and righteousness, he keeps giving up the small benevolence and the small benevolence." Righteousness, doing some shameful things by any means, do you think this is good for the atmosphere of the game?"

After hesitating for a moment, Fang Jie replied, "Of course there won't be any benefits, but as long as we can benefit the world in the end, it's a great righteousness."

"In the end?" Dragon Island Master said with a chuckle, "When will it end? Is it when the game is closed, or when Gnar unifies the martial arts world?"

"This……"

When Fang Jie was speechless, the Dragon Island Master asked again: "You won't say that Enar's ability can really unify the world, can you? Well, even if the young hero Enar has the strength and strength to unify the martial arts Political talent, but he is dishonorable in this process, what kind of example do you think he and his chivalry can set? Is it a good example or a bad example? If it is a bad example, do you think the example at that time Is the ethos of games good or bad? Is it good for the world at the same time?"

Fang Jie had to admit that Long Dao's main sentence was all on point, so he didn't know how to refute it after thinking about it for a long time, so he had to argue from the opposite side: "But if you practice the way of a gentleman and take chivalry as the foundation, he will be even more It is impossible to be good at the same time, after all, it is impossible to make a long-term contribution blindly in spiritual and material aspects."

Island Master Long said with a smile: "Hehe, although it can't last long, it can affect other people, and then there will be others who will continue to use chivalry as the foundation to affect more people!"

After half-denying and half-affirming Fang Jie's words with a smile, Dragon Island Master suddenly looked serious and said, "That's right, the way of a saint lies in the way of a great man. Therefore, one should govern the world with great virtues, not small favors, and govern with virtues." , then benevolence is to cultivate all things, the original righteousness is to uphold all people, and the original harmony is to deal with all things. But Fang Shaoxia seems to have misunderstood a concept, you are not a saint, Gnar is not a saint, and all players are not saints, down to the common people in reality , up to the president, are not saints!"

Fang Jie shook his head, disapproving and said: "In my opinion, those who are officials and leaders are saints, or in other words, although they are not saints, they should practice the way of a saint. If they practice the way of a gentleman, in today's society , I am afraid that without self-protection ability, it will be difficult to survive.”

"Since you are not a saint, how can you have the ability and qualifications to practice the way of a saint?" Island Master Long waved his hand, stopped Fang Jie who wanted to continue to refute, and said: "The world is not benevolent, and all things are treated as dogs; saints are not benevolent, Treat the people as humble dogs. This sentence is said by Lao Tzu. In a sense, the sage does refer to the king, or what you call "the one who is the official and the leader", but Lao Tzu said this sentence At that time, the original intention was to hope that 'sages are not benevolent' so that they can rule by doing nothing, not that this is what real kings do."

"so,"

Speaking of this, Long Island Master said every word: "There are no saints in this world, and the 'sage' mentioned by Lao Tzu actually refers to the 'heaven and earth' that was used as an analogy earlier, and what is this 'heaven and earth'? It is the way of heaven and earth! In layman's terms, it is all the laws, or the god who masters all the laws. This god is called the Jade Emperor in China and God in the West. In short, he is a non-existent person."

After hearing this, everyone in the audience smiled knowingly, while Fang Jie touched his nose thoughtfully, thinking that although the conclusion of Dragon Island Master is correct, what does it have to do with the issues discussed earlier?

While thinking about it, I heard that the Dragon Island Master gave another shocking conclusion: "In the game world, this god is the omnipotent game system, and the game system is the Jade Emperor in the game, and the god in the game God!"

Hearing this, everyone in the audience couldn't help being stunned, but Fang Jie's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help saying: "You mean, the game system should be the one who practices the way of a saint?"

"Haha, that's right! Children can be taught!" Island Master Long laughed and said, "If you regard the game system as a saint, then what I said makes sense. The game system is not benevolent and treats players as dogs! As you said, it should be done by the game system, you players, if you don’t have this Qualifications, if you don’t have that ability, you can’t be a complete Grand Duke!”

The person who knows him best is of course himself, so Fang Jie said without hesitation: "I am not talented, but with my character, I can barely be a grand duke."

"I'm afraid not!" Dragon Island Master smiled slightly, and said, "Do you dare to say that you can be absolutely impartial? You can't! Because you are a human being, not a cold-blooded animal. As a human being, you have feelings, no matter how objective and rational you are." , when dealing with things, there will always be some emotional things, if you are not convinced, let me give you an example... I wonder if Fang Shaoxia's current relationship problems have been sorted out?"

"Huh?" Fang Jie couldn't help being stunned, subconsciously glanced at Wang Qing beside him, then shook his head with a wry smile.

Seeing Fang Jie's wilting, Dragon Island Master didn't have to be reasonable, but said: "Only the game system can be truly fair and objective, impartial! The so-called rich rewards for no merit, high honor for no effort, then Those who keep their duties are slack in officials, while those who live here are eager to enter; those who are innocent will die, and those who behave upright will be punished. Those who cultivate their morality will not encourage goodness, but those who are evil will lightly commit crimes. In reality, there are no sages to restrain them. That's why the benefactors are corrupt, the violent are chaotic, the customs of adultery, and the wind of subjugation. But if there are such saints in the game, it is the game system!"

After listening to the conversation between Fang Jie and Dragon Island Master, Gnar, who was persuaded by Fang Jie before, has gradually changed his mind, but he still has some doubts: "Since the game system is a saint, and there are saints in the game, why? Is the current atmosphere in the game the same as in reality, or is it a situation of moral depravity?"

"Because the players have brought bad habits from reality into the game world, and because doing anything in the game is not illegal, this habit has been magnified several times." Dragon Island Master glanced at Gnar and said again : "But time can change everything, because there is a game system, a 'sage' who controls the overall situation and will never engage in favoritism, guides players to be good, and will give certain preferential policies to players who practice the way of a gentleman. Taixuan Magic Art is one of them , Therefore, the remaining thing is to need some insightful people to practice the way of a gentleman to further strengthen this guidance."

Speaking of this, Dragon Island Master looked around, and after scanning everyone's faces one by one, he continued: "Everyone present is the best player among the players. , Courage is commendable, what I want to tell you is that the way of a saint can be left to the game system, you just follow the way of a gentleman, and the game system will definitely not treat you badly!"

Upon hearing this, most of the people present, including Gnar, immediately became excited, and some people even started to ask Gnar to sign up to join the Chivalrous Way in advance, because at this moment, everyone knows that Dragon Island Master The words basically represent the "will" of the game system. Dragon Island Master said that the game system will definitely not treat everyone badly, so there must be no falsehood. As for the specific tilting policy...

While everyone was speculating, they only heard Island Master Long speak in a leisurely manner: "You must all think that this old man is writing a bad check, right? Haha, this old man will announce one thing right now—from this month onwards, on the first day of every month from now on, Everyone can ask the old man to receive a bowl of Laba porridge!"

Upon hearing this, the audience was in an uproar, and some people yelled in surprise: "Isn't it? One bowl a month? Wouldn't it be possible to increase the upper limit internal strength by 12 points in ten years? It's worth it!"

Island Master Long ignored these ecstatic people, but Fang Jie said through voice transmission: "The old man still has something to say to Fang Shaoxia alone. If Fang Shaoxia doesn't mind wasting time, you can follow me outside the cave to talk about it!"

After saying this, Dragon Island Master blinked at Fang Jie, then turned around with a smile and left, but Fang Jie hesitated for half a second, then looked at the crowd, seeing that everyone was still in a state of excitement and hadn't woken up yet. So he sent a secret confession of Wangqing through sound transmission, and chased him out.

After chasing out of the cave, the Dragon Island Master did not stop, but led Fang Jie in a roundabout way in the dark corridor without saying a word. After about fifteen minutes, Fang Jie only felt His eyes lit up, and he suddenly became enlightened, and found that he had followed Dragon Island Master out of the entrance of the corridor, and came to a lush peach forest.

Walking to a stone table in the middle of the peach forest and sitting down, Master Long asked the accompanying envoy in yellow to bring a cup of tea, and then poured tea for himself and Fang Jie, and said: "There are rumors in the world that Fang Shaoxia is an extremely rational and realistic person. I can see it now, and it really is so... In fact, in the eyes of the old man, Fang Shaoxia's so-called way of a saint is not the real way of a saint, but the real version of the way of a gentleman. This point, the old man may be wrong ?”

"That's right!" Fang Jie nodded and smiled after thinking for a while, "In a sense, it's the real version of the way of a gentleman! In layman's terms, it is necessary to practice the way of a gentleman, but also to take advantage of the situation and follow the trend. Because, you can't be a so-called gentleman step by step. While sticking to your heart, you should be less idealistic and more realistic and rational. Although I admire what Master Long said earlier, I am afraid it will be difficult to do it. in this way……"

Halfway through the conversation, Fang Jie seemed to realize something and couldn't help being stunned. He frowned and thought hard for a long time, then suddenly pointed at Master Long with a surprised face and said, "Listen to your voice...you, you are..."

"Hey, it's me!" Island Master Long didn't call himself an "Old Man", but said bluntly: "What? Are you surprised? Haha, I just like seeing you like this!"

It turned out that when Dragon Island Master spoke, it suddenly changed into another person's voice. Fang Jie didn't pay attention at first, but later realized that something was wrong. He felt that this cynical voice seemed to have been heard somewhere before. After a long time, Fang Jie finally remembered whose voice it was. The Dragon Island Master in front of him was none other than Lonely Cloud, at least the voice was that of Lonely Cloud!
Fang Jie immediately rolled his eyes with an unreasonable expression on his face. After finally digesting the facts in front of him, he said angrily, "Lonely Xingyun, don't you violate the rules of the game by doing this?"

"Of course not." Lonely Xingyun said with a cynical smile: "First, I am the boss of the game company and have this right; second, I am the chief planner of this game and have this qualification; third, I am the The only supervisor of this game has this obligation; Fourth, the Laba porridge conference itself must be hosted by real people, intelligent NPCs can't do this, there is a need for this, so I also 'backdoor listing'."

Hearing this, Fang Jie couldn't help opening his mouth. He couldn't speak for a long time. After staying for a long time, he sighed quietly and said, "I finally understand now. You are obviously saying that the game system is a saint." You are a saint yourself!"

"You're right to say that, I accept your praise frankly." Lonely Xingyun shrugged and looked at Fang Jie with a smile on his face...
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(I found an interesting phenomenon. Although some of my complaints and miscellaneous essays at the back of the article aroused the disgust of some readers, they also aroused the resonance of some readers. I like to read such sharp words and sometimes contain a little philosophy. Cool, some readers are looking for this kind of text to read. So I was thinking, since it is difficult to agree with everyone, let’s do it rashly. Anyway, those who feel that they are scolded by me should be scolded by me. Enlightenment, there is a saying that goes, "Killing one is a crime, and killing ten thousand is a hero. If you kill 900 million, you will be a hero among heroes." It can be roughly changed to "Calling one person is a slip of the tongue, and scolding ten people is a low quality. If you call a hundred people a shrew, if you call ten thousand people you have a personality, if you call 900 million people, you will definitely become a god!" Hahaha...

(End of this chapter)