Chapter 288: Trial
But the thing about Liuliu Plum being the only thing for me is unacceptable! Are the conditions for following me too low? Who the hell lacks this little bit of Liuliu Plum?
I remember in the lifetime when I was writing books, I was establishing my Wuji Sword Sect in my heart.
There was an intelligent little fellow who, from the start, offered me good food and drink, asking me to take him in. I didn’t.
I casually criticized him a few times. After hearing me, he felt he had indeed gone too far. Calming down and thinking about it, he realized he had nothing yet, so boasting like that was indeed too self-righteous.
He then thought about his situation at the time. The next day, he directly said to me: “I’ve awakened, Master. Have you awakened yet? Master, I’m extremely poor now. I don’t know if you’ve achieved financial freedom, Master. Please help your poor disciple. My Master, your disciple is suffering.”
He also said he had realized the methods for a long life and cultivating immortality from me, and that he had calculated for me that I would have difficulty succeeding in the south and needed to go north.
It’s all utterly speechless. I’m so powerful that even the Buddha’s personal presence couldn’t calculate my destiny, yet this little fellow was obsessively calculating it for me.
I really don’t like self-righteous people calling me Master, hehehe, because the first point for my disciples is to re-cultivate themselves into normal people, and then continue to break attachments, which is to say, appearances.
Only when one can consistently maintain respect for me will I consider whether I want to accept them.
For someone like him, it would be better to return to the mortal world and drift for another twenty or thirty years, enduring all the suffering he needs to endure, and then come back. Whether I’d even bother with him would depend on my willingness.
Because although this kind of child’s original nature is not bad, his ego is bad. His ego is quite strong; he acts on impulse, completely dominating his speech and actions, which naturally makes him seem abnormal. Objectively speaking, although he learned from my books and calls me Master, he is essentially just a stranger to me.
For a stranger to go back and forth with me like this, I can offer some guidance as an act of great compassion.
But people like this, their suffering is self-inflicted. If they want to awaken, they should also correct the position of their heart. With me, that’s definitely not acceptable, not qualified. Or rather, if they want to enter the doors of my Wuji Sword Sect, thinking about it with their backside will certainly not get them in.
Imparting Dharma is my compassion; whether or not I accept them is another matter. These are two different things.
If you have a Master in your heart, the Master is already in your heart. If you have no Master in your heart like this, even if the Master is before you, you will not recognize them. Why call me that then? Studying my books and learning my things, yet being disrespectful to me, my not arguing is benevolence.
But if you don’t turn around, there will definitely be no place for you on the Wuji Sword Sect roster. Don’t even think about it.
The way you speak to me, calling me Master, is no different from scolding me. Haven’t you read my books for nothing? It would be better not to read them at all, just go read something else.
It’s like many quarrelers are also amusing. They read my books and find things that differ from their thoughts, then they say this and that, and then they agree. I hinted from the very beginning: read for fun, don’t take it seriously. That guy, as soon as he sees something that differs from his thoughts, he yelps as if his tail has been stepped on, hahahahaha. I’m both helpless and find the ego to be quite amusing, with its endless changes, fluctuating for good and bad, which further illustrates the changeable nature of humanity.
Sometimes, many people might underestimate the words （Wuji Sword Sect）, and might also think it’s my wishful thinking. But those who have truly benefited from me are the ones who truly understand the weight of those four words.
It’s like how the identities of Spirit Medium Disciples are recognized in the mortal world. Before becoming a Spirit Medium, they were ordinary people. After becoming a Spirit Medium, they are very confident because they have a backing. The more this is so, the more confident they become, the more strength they possess.
And the four words Wuji Sword Sect, heeheehee, are so arrogant that they defy heaven, reversing one’s human nature, even to the point of controlling one’s thoughts.
Guiding one’s life direction from outside oneself, and all of this stems from the strength of the Wuji Sword Sect. The Wuji Sword Sect absorbs everything in the world for its own use, just as Buddhist Dharma encompasses all laws, and as everything is within the Dao.
Defying the Heavenly Dao to break the mortal soul, this mortal soul is the mortal body, the ego.
Then, acting in accordance with the laws of the Dao, walking with the Dao. Nourishing oneself by borrowing from all things, and after becoming strong, giving back to all things.
Don’t even mention me building the Wuji Sword Sect, even if I were to build a “Seven-Colored Sunshine Kindergarten,” the beneficiaries under that name would know its significance.
This is the difference between clear-sighted individuals and confused fools.
Clear-sighted individuals do not dwell on external appearances; they will feel the benefit if it is beneficial to them.
Confused fools, on the other hand, will not care about whether you are right or wrong, nor your intentions. They will only judge from the perspective of their inertial thinking. If they feel what you say is right, they agree. If they feel what you say differs from their thoughts, they will argue with you. But they never calm down to think if these things are actually helpful to them.
Those who can set their mindset straight, have benefited, and have obtained methods to resolve their inner problems. In essence, they are already the first batch of disciples of the Wuji Sword Sect in their hearts. They can also be considered as the elder brother’s little brothers and younger sisters.
The first test is to set one’s heart straight, to eliminate the ego’s perspective, not to always have a self-centered perspective as before, or to view all things with worldly eyes. Simply put, it is to break through external appearances to see the essence.
Although, at this moment, Nali Duo and Sasuke before me are sincere, in my heart, they have only entered the preliminary assessment. Even though they already seem to possess superhuman abilities, in my eyes, they are no different from ordinary people.
Watching the two of them kneel before me with full sincerity, I gave them an opportunity:
“How about this: Since you are so sincere, go back for now and I will test you for thirty years. If you are still like this after thirty years, I will then accept you two as miscellaneous disciples, to follow me, serve tea, pour drinks, wash feet, and wipe backs. Are you willing?”
Hearing this, the two of them nodded like chicks pecking at rice, saying in unison: “Willing, willing, Senior, we are willing.”
Holy crap…
It’s different when people are intelligent; no trial is a big deal in their eyes. Thirty years, a blink of an eye, it sounds like a very long time, but if you’re not careful, it’s gone.
Just like some people’s entire lives, it’s the same. If you’re not careful, a lifetime is gone. What is thirty years in comparison?
For cultivators of the Dao, it’s never too late to cultivate. Even if they see what their true self looks like just before leaving, they can achieve liberation. How much more so with these mere thirty years.
The ego is not me, and selflessness is not me either. Standing between existence and non-existence, there is no self, yet all is self. That which can control existence and non-existence is the true self.
What the heart desires, all comes to pass. This is the greatest divine ability cultivated through the Dao. If you think it, then do it, regardless of the time. Absorb nourishment relentlessly, and as you do it, you will become it. That’s why it’s called “may your wishes come true.”
