Infinite true path

Entering the city, Huan Yin stopped to watch.

The first thing that caught Huan Yin's eyes was a deserted street. Occasionally, a few mortals walked on the street, but they were listless and looked like they were not living well.

Then, Huan Yin saw the houses scattered in the city. These houses were high and low, big and small, but most of them looked a little shabby, and they looked even more depressed when put together with the poor streets.

Finally, Huan Yin saw a small besieged city from a distance. Huan Yin knew without thinking that this besieged city must be the territory of the Shura Cult.

Huan Yin would not approach the city in the city, because he knew he did not have the strength. Once his identity was accidentally discovered because of approaching, he might not be able to go back. However, he thought in his heart: "I am afraid that there is another scene in that small city."

While thinking, Huan Yin stepped forward, and soon after, a human dragon appeared in front of him.

Among the human dragons, there were men and women, old and young, but there was no old man. These people were holding a small water bag and looking eagerly in front of them. At the front of them, there was a well, and there were several disciples of the Shura Sect guarding the well, responsible for fetching water for the people in line.

"It turns out that the water resources in the city are distributed by the Shura Sect." Huan Yin thought so.

Then, he took a few steps closer and soon found that not far from the human dragon, there were several old people being blocked outside the human dragon by the disciples of the Shura Sect. It seemed that the disciples of the Shura Sect were unwilling to let the old people enter the human dragon to queue for water.

"Why are you bullying the old people again?" Huan Yin looked at the familiar scene, and a nameless anger suddenly burned in his heart.

At the moment when his emotions fluctuated, a sigh came from his side, and then he heard a man's voice like this: "Alas, the old people are really suffering."

Huan Yin looked in the direction of the voice, and saw a mortal dressed as a craftsman on his right, holding a water bag that had just been filled with water, and looking at the blocked old people with a look of pity on his face.

"My friend, may I ask why they are bullying those old people?" Huan Yin finally couldn't help but asked the person next to him.

The man looked at Huan Yin for a few times, and then said: "This immortal master should have just come from outside, right?"

Huan Yin nodded, and the man continued: "Well, in fact, what the immortal master said is not entirely wrong. Everyone is indeed bullying the elderly."

"Everyone?" Huan Yin was stunned, and he didn't quite understand what the man meant.

The man nodded: "According to the rules set by the Shura Sect, those under the age of 40 can get a bag of water every day. Those over the age of 40 can only get a bag of water every two days. Today is a day when only people under the age of 40 can get water, so the elderly can't get water, but we can. Don't you think everyone is bullying the elderly?"

Looking at the man raising the small water bag in his hand, Huan Yin said: "Such a small bag of water is barely enough for one person to survive, and one bag every two days, how can it survive? This is the rule set by the Shura Sect, and it is naturally the Shura Sect's problem. How can you blame everyone?"

The man listened Huan Yin's words, he quickly pulled Huan Yin's sleeve and whispered: "Master, you dare not speak like this in this city, otherwise you will offend the public, even the mortals will not forgive you. It's your first time here, so it's normal to have the thoughts just now, you should put them away later." Huan Yin was puzzled and asked: "Why? Is the Shura Sect very popular among the people in Shura City? They withheld the old man's drinking water, isn't it true?" Shaking his head, the man said: "Master, you don't know, in fact, I said that everyone was bullying the old man because the rule set by the Shura Sect was also forced to do so, This is also the opinion of all mortals. "Yongzhou is seriously short of water. Although the water in Shura City is better, it still cannot meet the needs of so many citizens. Fortunately, there are the immortal masters of Shura. They set up formations at the bottom of the city and created water out of thin air, which allowed people to survive in the end." "However, the ability of the immortal masters of Shura is also limited. Especially recently, the ability of the formation to create water has dropped sharply, so Shura sought the opinions of the people and had to set rules that wronged the elderly. After all, the truly valuable people in the city are the younger generation, and when there is not enough water, they can only be satisfied first. " "In fact, the old people also agreed to this proposal. And many of them were willing to give up drinking water once every two days. However, this also led to the death of a large number of old people in the city. Alas, what can be done about it?" "Those old people you saw asking for water were not wrong. They were really thirsty. However, the disciples of the Shura Sect could not satisfy them. Because once they made an exception, there would be thousands of old people in the city. If they rushed in, everyone would probably not live long. " The more Huan Yin listened to the man next to him, the heavier his heart became. He never thought that the truth of the matter would be like this. Before, he thought that the Shura Sect deliberately oppressed the old people in the city, but now he knew that it was a last resort. The Shura Sect's approach was to take the overall situation into consideration, so it had to sacrifice a small number of people. This approach might be wrong in normal times, but under the current special circumstances, there is no problem.

"The Shura Sect... is not a cult as the sect brothers said. On the contrary, the Shura Sect is supported by the people in Shura City, so it... is actually a decent sect!"

"Senior Brother Wen didn't lie to me, then I... then why did I come here from Yangzhou this time?" Gradually, Huan Yin's thoughts began to swirl. After discovering the truth through his own eyes, he suddenly felt a sense of suffocation in his chest, and he felt vaguely like he was out of breath. Especially when he thought about the purpose of his visit and some kind of speculation that had just emerged in his mind, he became even more upset.

Finally, Huan Yin suppressed the annoyance in his heart and asked what he had guessed: "Excuse me...why has Shura City's water-making ability declined recently?"

The man looked at Huan Yin and smiled: "Don't the Immortal Masters know what Wuliang Sect has come to our Yongzhou recently? They started a war with the Immortal Masters of the Shura Sect, making it impossible for the Immortal Masters of the Shura Sect to mine the spiritual stone mines. "With the lack of spiritual stones, how can we maintain the operation of the water-making formation?"

Although Huan Yin had guessed the man's answer in advance, but now that he heard it with his own ears, he still felt like a heavy punch had hit his heart, making him feel like he was about to suffocate.

The man left, but Huan Yin stopped in place blankly, not moving a step for a long time.

"I came with the so-called honor and dignity of the master, with the name of a famous and upright family, and with the slogan of slaying demons. But I...but who am I now? Fighting for water with the people of Yongzhou A drunk villain?"

"Three days later, I will have a battle with the saint of the Shura Sect. If I lose, the sect will be humiliated and the foundation of Yongzhou will not be preserved. But if I win, then who am I? I am still qualified to call myself a righteous monk. , can upholding righteous thoughts lead to the great path?"

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Countless contradictory thoughts instantly entangled in Huan Yin's heart. He felt that it was the right choice for him to come to Shura City today for a visit. However, he also regretted it. Because he no longer knows what to do, he feels that what was originally a simple battle for him has now become extremely complicated, so complicated that he doesn't even know how to fight.

At some point, Huan Yin, who had become a little haggard, finally came back to his senses. He suddenly felt a little thirsty, and when he subconsciously went to get a water bag, he realized that his water had been given to the old man at the city gate.

Seeing a tea shop not far from him, Huan Yin decided to drink a bowl of tea and then leave Shura City first.

After a while, Huan Yin took a seat in the tea shop. Then, he said to the boss: "Boss, bring a pot of tea to quench your thirst."

The boss responded, and not long after, a small pot of tea was brought to Huan Yin.

"How much?" Huan Yin asked casually while pouring tea. His mind was not on the tea at all at the moment, and he was still very upset.

"One hundred spirit stones." The boss responded in a slightly deep voice.

It is normal for mortals living with monks to use spirit stones as currency. However, this small pot of tea costs one hundred spirit stones. Isn’t that robbery?

Huan Yin was stunned for a moment, but he quickly came to his senses. It's not the tea that's expensive, it's the water. And the tea in Shura City is so expensive, it must be given by the Yongzhou branch of Wuliang Sect.

He took out a hundred spiritual stones from his arms and handed them to the tea shop owner. Huan Yin had nothing to say. He took two sips of tea and felt a lot more comfortable in his mouth. It was at this time that an old man's voice came into his ears.

"Master Immortal, please do me a favor. My old lady is dying of thirst. Can... can you reward me with a bowl of tea?"

Huan Yin turned around and saw a hunched old man standing next to him. His lips were already chapped. The old man looked at the tea on Huan Yin's table, his cloudy old eyes shining with light.

Huan Yin felt pain in his heart again.