Chapter 263: Immortality and the Heavenly Court’s Attitude
Bai Ze was speechless!
This suddenly reminded him of the Uji King. The Uji King was just an ordinary human king, and he hadn’t even cultivated any immortal arts.
However, he possessed great merit and had the ability to become a sage.
You must know, how many cultivators, how many immortals, could never even touch the edge of becoming a sage in their entire lives, yet he had the ability to become one.
At the time, Bai Ze was very puzzled, but he didn’t delve into it.
But now, looking back, it was only natural that the Uji King had the ability to become a sage.
The Uji King helped the common people every day, doing no evil, but he never felt that he was cultivating good deeds. He only regarded it as normal as eating and drinking, it was his natural instinct.
He had never thought about the rewards for doing good, and even when Manjusri Bodhisattva allowed him to become a Golden Arhat, he declined.
Even when Bai Ze asked him to give the chance to become a sage to the Green-Haired Lion, he didn’t hesitate. The rare opportunity to become a sage in the eyes of others, he discarded as if it was nothing.
Perhaps, this was the meaning of what Ying Lao said, that having good in one’s heart is also evil. The Uji King’s heart no longer had the concept of good and evil, so he had the qualifications to become a sage.
Since good and evil are two sides of the same coin, then to become a sage, one must naturally sever both good and evil.
Bai Ze said, “Teacher, you knew all along, didn’t you? You knew I would go mad, and deliberately didn’t come out to stop me?”
Ying Lao’s face showed a look of shame, “If you want to blame someone, blame your teacher. This was indeed your teacher’s intention.
To sever the Good Corpse, how is it enough to just kill your enemies?
Those were already your enemies, it was only right that you killed them, so your revenge for the sect cannot sever much of the Good Corpse.”
Bai Ze said, “So, only by attacking innocent people, only by killing a large number of innocent people, can I quickly sever the Good Corpse?”
Ying Lao said, “This is the fastest way. If you don’t do this, and only rely on righteous killing for revenge, accumulating the power to sever the Good Corpse, who knows how many years it would take to accumulate enough.
So, it’s all your teacher’s fault, if you want to blame someone, blame your teacher.”
Bai Ze shook his head, “This has nothing to do with the teacher, it’s all my own problem. If I could reach the state of the Uji King, would I still need to attack innocent people?
It is clearly because I have the distinction between good and evil in my heart, a strong obsession with good and evil, that I had to use this extreme method to sever the Good Corpse.”
Bai Ze didn’t blame Ying Lao. After all, Ying Lao was doing it for his own good. The path to becoming a sage was extremely dangerous, and Ying Lao also wanted him to become a sage as soon as possible, so that he wouldn’t be threatened.
Ying Lao said, “It’s good that you can see it clearly. As for the corpses of Old Yellow and your fellow disciples, you should collect them first.
When you rebuild Mount Putuo, try using the Lotus Transformation Technique to resurrect them.”
“Okay, Teacher!”
Bai Ze bowed to Ying Lao and left the Hong Gou World.
Li Wanqing was still sleeping. He gently stroked Li Wanqing’s cheek, and then picked her up horizontally.
Bai Ze released the Flying Ship and placed Li Wanqing inside, letting her sleep peacefully.
“I don’t want to kill people, I don’t want to kill people.”
At this time, Li Wanqing suddenly woke up, hugging Bai Ze’s neck, “Wuwu, Big Brother, I dreamed that a little girl offered me a lollipop, but I cut off her head.”
“It’s okay, it’s okay, it was just a dream. Sleep, everything will be fine when you wake up.”
Bai Ze gently stroked Li Wanqing’s back and placed her back into the Flying Ship again.
Then, he lit a calming incense for her, and Li Wanqing fell asleep peacefully.
Bai Ze guided the Flying Ship and met up with the others. There, rows of his fellow disciples’ corpses were laid out. Some had died in the revenge war, while others had died by Bai Ze’s sword.
Bai Ze said, “Collect all these corpses. When we rebuild the sect, the first task will be to resurrect them.”
The Buddhist sect has the Lotus Transformation Technique, and more than half of the dead can be resurrected.
It’s just that this kind of resurrection technique consumes a lot of energy. Maintaining one resurrected person requires a huge amount of resources.
Golden Turtle Old Mother wanted to say that it was impossible to resurrect everyone, but she didn’t say it. She just said “Yes,” and collected all the corpses.
“Kunwu Emperor!”
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At this time, Taibai Jinxing suddenly arrived. He jumped off the old crane and looked around. Seeing that the Tushita Heaven Realm was already in ruins, he was stunned for a moment.
Then, he shook his head and came to Bai Ze, saying, “Kunwu Emperor, congratulations, congratulations, you are about to become a Two Corpses Severed Sage.”
Bai Ze said, “What brings Old Star here?”
Taibai Jinxing said, “Naturally, it is to convey Your Majesty’s oral decree.
His Majesty said that Taishang Laojun was disrespectful to his elders and disrupted the order of the Three Realms. Lingbao did not properly manage his disciples, and they all deserved to die.
From now on, the Tushita Heaven Realm, Biyou Palace, and Penglai Immortal Island will all be under your management.”
Obviously, Bai Ze’s great disturbance had long been seen by the Jade Emperor, but he had been silently observing in secret.
“Thank you, Your Majesty.”
Bai Ze first expressed his thanks, and then asked calmly, “Does my maternal grandfather have any other instructions?”
Taibai Jinxing said, “His Majesty does not have any other instructions, but this old one has something to say.
Kunwu Emperor, no matter what, you are also the Jade Emperor’s grandson. You should strive to maintain the order of the Heavenly Court. As long as you strive to maintain the order of the Heavenly Court, you will have a smooth journey.
Don’t be confused for a moment, or you will be doomed.”
Bai Ze said, “This junior understands, I know my limits, and I will certainly not cause trouble for His Majesty.”
Bai Ze knew that the moment he became a Two Corpses Severed Sage, his relationship with the Jade Emperor would no longer be as simple as a good maternal grandfather and a good grandson.
Mortals, because they have life and death, and their lives are extremely short, they care very much about their blood relatives and see them as one.
After all, one’s descendants are not only the continuation of blood, but also the continuation of spirit.
But immortals are different. Immortals have extremely long lifespans, and their concept of bloodline continuation and spiritual continuation is weaker than that of ordinary humans.
As for those who reach the realm of a sage and begin to pursue immortality, to be honest, many people can abandon their blood relatives for immortality.
It’s not that the person has become evil, it’s that with the increase in lifespan, psychological changes naturally occur.
When a person has an immeasurable lifespan, will he still care so much about his children?
He will care, but the degree of caring will obviously decrease, because he himself can already live forever. The bloodline continuation and spiritual continuation represented by his children have become less important.
If Bai Ze’s realm was very low, the Jade Emperor would really treat Bai Ze as a little grandson and would definitely take care of him.
But if he reached the level of a sage or above, and was about to become a Two Corpses Severed Sage, then the Jade Emperor’s attitude towards Bai Ze would naturally change.
From the oral decree brought by Taibai Jinxing, it could be felt that the Jade Emperor now cared more about whether Bai Ze would submit to the Heavenly Court. The blood relationship was secondary.
“I understand these things.”
Bai Ze naturally couldn’t deliberately anger the Jade Emperor, so he also showed a submissive attitude to Taibai Jinxing.
“It’s good that you know, this is a letter from Yuan Shi Tianzun and Nüwa to you. You can visit them at any time,” Taibai Jinxing said.
Bai Ze took the two letters. With these two letters, he could freely enter and leave the Jade Void Palace and the Wa Huang Palace.
Yuan Shi Tianzun and Nüwa were both Innate Sages. There were only a few Innate Sages in this world.
If he could learn one or two things from them, it would definitely be a great gain.
“Thank you, Old Star,” Bai Ze thanked him again.
Taibai Jinxing was very satisfied. It seemed that the young man in front of him didn’t have a rebellious bone. He stroked his beard and laughed, “Hahaha, since that’s the case, this old one will go back and report to the Jade Emperor.”
Taibai Jinxing flew away on his old crane.
