Chapter 258: Blind Cultivation
The Old Dragon King’s face alternated between green and red, instantly enraged by Third Son’s scolding. His eyes widened, fury blazed forth, and he stared intently at the audacious brat before him, wishing he could immediately execute Third Son and uphold great righteousness by eliminating his own kin.
After I, Big Brother, used the raging fire spewing from the Old Dragon King’s eyes to roast a crab.
I kicked Third Son and, while eating the crab, cursed him: “Your crab is truly delicious, uh, no, it’s that, why are you talking to your father like that? Do you know that filial piety is the foremost virtue? Even if your father is ungrateful and can’t distinguish right from wrong, you still shouldn’t talk to him like that? How can you be a son? If he’s trash, then you’re the same!”
After saying that, I turned around and comforted the Old Dragon King, “Don’t overthink it, Old Sir Dragon. I’m not talking about you; I’m just reasoning with this kid.”
The Old Dragon King didn’t speak, but his expression clearly showed he wasn’t thinking of anything good. He definitely took my words as a veiled insult, but that didn’t matter.
Third Son was stunned by my scolding. He looked at me and then at his father, seemingly at a loss, wanting to defend me, but I was scolding him. Yet, if he truly defended his father, I would still beat him.
There’s a saying, isn’t there? A father knows his son best. Seeing Third Son kneeling on the ground, at a loss, with his mouth open as if about to speak but remaining silent.
His expression changed, and he apologized to me, “Esteemed Immortal, please do not be angry. My stupid son, although he is often ignorant and prone to nonsense, is still very filial to me. Every day, he hides far from me before defecating, fearing that I too would be affected and mutate.
Today’s matter is indeed my fault. I didn’t investigate clearly and instead blamed you. Please do not blame me, Esteemed Immortal. I apologize to you.”
After saying this, the Old Dragon King cupped his hands and bowed to me again. I quickly reached out to help him up. “Don’t take it to heart, Old Sir. If I were in your shoes, I definitely wouldn’t think blindly without distinguishing right from wrong like you. Just be more mindful next time, alright? Yes, no need for such formalities.”
Hahaha, I totally nailed that, giving myself a perfect score. Cough cough cough.
Seeing his father intercede for him, Third Son seized the opportunity and echoed his father’s words, “Yes, that’s right, Big Brother. I am usually very filial to my father. It’s just that he offended you today, and as you know, Third Son, my admiration for you is like a mighty river flowing continuously, and like a flood of the Yellow River, unstoppable. Listening to your words is better than reading ten years of books. No, it’s a hundred years, a thousand years, ten thousand years.
As the saying goes, the great river flows east, sweeping away all the heroes of the past, and it is today that we see the brilliant figures of history. Forgive my bluntness, Big Brother, you are truly a peerless and invincible figure in the martial world, with loyalty and righteousness shining like a true immortal. Unfeeling in the Dao, yet full of sentiment and righteousness, you traverse the spring and autumn with great ease, Big Brother.”
I…
Listening to Third Son’s incessant flattery, which didn’t make me feel elated at all, but rather annoyed. I mean, this brat was quite arrogant when I first met him. When did he learn to praise people like this? Everyone knows I’m awesome, why does he need to say it? Damn!
Just as he was about to say something else, I instantly interrupted him.
“Shut up! Am I not already awesome without you saying so? Don’t change the subject. I’m asking you, why were you eating that trash?”
Hearing this, Third Son said awkwardly, “That’s… Big Brother, before, you gave me that impure thing to help me supplement myself, right? My skill wasn’t enough, and my digestion was a bit poor. I heard that eating something could neutralize it.
I’ve eaten everything edible in our Dragon Palace, but my stomach still felt a bit uncomfortable. Coincidentally, someone was carelessly throwing things into the sea. Out of curiosity and gluttony, I ate a little, and then, then I became dazed and didn’t know anything.”
“Damn! Why didn’t you figure things out properly before eating? How can you not have problems if you eat blindly? Let alone the trash others discarded, even if you were eating food, you should at least understand its attributes!
Some things cause internal heat after eating, some can clear heat, and some can cause hallucinations. This also depends on your own situation because everyone’s biological operating patterns have deviations, so it cannot be generalized.
Some people eat random things and are fine, while others get diarrhea from eating anything. Don’t tell me you’re a dragon; even if you were livestock, you couldn’t just eat anything! It’s not me saying this, but you really need to be more mindful from now on. This is for when you’re an adult. If you ate like this when you were young, I would have to feed you until your head grew disproportionately large, damn it.
What others say is good for them might not be good for you. Don’t you understand this? Doesn’t your Dragon Palace have a television? Go watch those sixty-year-old human old men who claim to be health experts, telling others to eat this, not eat that, and how to eat. In the end, they themselves don’t live for many years before ascending! Whether it’s humans or dragons, the key is self-awareness. You need to understand yourself first and adjust based on your condition. How can you just eat blindly without understanding anything?
Third Son was stunned by my words and dared not interrupt, seemingly finding my words very useful.
Even the Old Dragon King nodded in agreement with some of my points.
Seeing that the father and son were so receptive and agreed with my viewpoint.
I continued, “Don’t just talk about eating. Even when cultivating immortality and seeking enlightenment, you can’t just believe anything you hear! You need to have your own clear understanding, not just blindly practice.
You believe this person when they say it’s good, and you believe that person when they say it’s good too. When you encounter another explanation, you become dazed. Dazed is even considered good.
Do you know what kind of idiots some people are? They’ve never delved deeply themselves; they just repeat what they’ve heard and treat it as truth, boasting and talking to others. They themselves know nothing, can’t even achieve the simplest task of changing their mental habits, yet they have the audacity to discuss the Dao with others. They directly fall into their own mindset and can’t get out.
We should first understand the principles, then verify their effectiveness through practice before we can discern.
If you haven’t verified anything and rely on mere thought, sometimes feeling that what others say differs from what you’ve heard and then cursing them, what kind of people are they?
They haven’t cultivated or practiced themselves; they just argue based on hearsay. Can that lead to anything good?
It’s not that I’m saying this to you, Third Son, but aren’t you the same as them?
They feel they’ve gained a little ability and become conceited, not knowing the truth.
As for you, you know nothing and just eat blindly. Can that possibly lead to anything good?”
