Chapter 74: Let Him Sober Up
“How should this pattern be broken then?”
“This usually requires first borrowing a form of cognition to shatter the previous one.”
“How do you borrow it?”
“For example, by borrowing the cognition of Buddhism or Daoism.
Before borrowing cognition, I was an ordinary person. I had to make money to support my family, get married, and have children. This was my destiny, the things I was meant to do in this life.
After borrowing the thoughts of Buddhism or Daoism, in addition to living my life, my main pursuits became cultivation, liberation, cultivating immortality, cultivating Buddhism, achieving Dao, and helping others.
Borrowing Buddhist cognition means thinking and acting according to the image of the Buddha in your heart.
It’s the same when borrowing Daoist cognition.
Once you have cultivated yourself into the borrowed image.
Shatter it again and merge with your previous self.
You will obtain a third state of cognition.
That is to say, you stand between two states of cognition and can switch between them at any time.
After that, break through once more. Don’t take yourself too seriously at this point, but instead view your own thought patterns from an outsider’s perspective, similar to playing a game where your body and mind are like game characters. From another angle, actively control the changes in your thoughts and influence yourself.
This is called the celestial being perspective, or the God’s-eye view, and it has many names. Generally, it means looking at your own thoughts from an onlooker’s perspective.
This requires a cultivation process. You cannot simply become an onlooker from the start, otherwise, you risk schizophrenia and losing control.
And even if you persevere step by step according to the correct method of cultivation, there is still a risk of deviating from the correct path.
After all, cultivating immortality is an act against the heavens, and one wrong step can lead to eternal damnation.
There are many who, after the first step of borrowing forms, cannot come out of it, and there are also those who, after borrowing forms, become confused again. Whether one succeeds or not ultimately depends on fortune and comprehension.”
After listening to me say so much, I glanced at Old Dog and his head started smoking. Damn, his CPU must have burned out.
I shook my head and gave a bitter smile.
Five hours later, Old Dog’s brain finally rebooted.
“Old Ghost, where did you learn all this?”
“I comprehended it.”
“How did you comprehend it?”
“Through cultivation across lifetimes.”
Seeing that this idiot had finally woken up and was still asking endlessly, I was really afraid that he might accidentally burn out his brain, so I quickly changed the subject:
“Hey, you haven’t gone to deal with dog feces today, and you haven’t practiced the Eightfold Vajra Technique either.”
“Yes! Damn it! I almost forgot about that. Damn it! Hey Old Ghost, I’m busy now, let’s chat again later.”
…
Three months later, thanks to Xue Pan’s incredible luck, he accidentally found several antiques while collecting scrap. He immediately became a rich ghost after reselling them.
He didn’t miss out on anything that could satisfy vanity, like luxury cars and villas.
He would also invite his brothers out for drinks and massages, a full service, whenever he had the chance.
I don’t know how the news leaked, but when Huang Luoshi found out, she shamelessly came back to seek peace with Xue Pan.
Xue Pan, after drinking, secretly asked me how he should handle this. Logically speaking, based on my experience, I would absolutely not agree to this. It’s obvious she only loved you when you were rich and left you when you were poor; she doesn’t truly like you, does she?
Of course, I couldn’t say that she didn’t truly like him back then, but times have changed. After breaking up because of poverty, the situation has long since soured.
If this were in the past, I would have definitely cursed Xue Pan, calling him an idiot. Does this even need thinking about? Of course, you can’t agree!
However, adhering to the principle that personal relationships are personal matters, I didn’t say much but let Xue Pan decide for himself.
As expected, this guy still had Huang Luoshi in his heart, and the two got back together a few days later.
It’s just that every time Old Dog saw Huang Luoshi, he would blush. One night, I saw him reluctantly throw away that G-string.
It’s good that as a brother, having any special feelings for a brother’s woman would make things difficult in one’s heart. Fortunately, Old Dog was able to turn back in time.
After Xue Pan and Huang Luoshi reconciled, his spending became even more extravagant. He was constantly buying things, investing in real estate, and playing the stock market, the picture of a successful person.
But as the saying goes, being soft-hearted is a sickness that can kill you.
It wasn’t even half a year before Xue Pan went directly from a rich ghost to a ghost burdened with debt. Huang Luoshi also absconded with all his valuable possessions, giving Xue Pan another deep emotional and ideological lesson.
After being hurt again, Xue Pan decided to end it all. Standing on the rooftop, feeling the evening breeze, he wanted liberation.
Fortunately, I arrived in time.
“Get your ass down here! You get down here now!”
“Big Brother, please don’t worry about me, I really don’t want to live anymore.”
Hearing this, I became enraged!
“Get your ass down here, you big idiot! What the hell is wrong with you? Why do you want to die every time something small happens? Can you have some manliness?!”
“Brother, Luoshi left again, and I, I’m in debt again. I’ve truly lost hope in life. I’ve had enough, I’ve really had enough!”
“Damn it! Am I not being heard? I told you to come down, do you hear me? Damn it, come down and talk about whatever it is!”
“Big Brother, please don’t bother with me anymore, I really…”
Before Xue Pan could finish, Laozi directly walked over and pulled him down.
“Damn it! Am I not being heard?!”
“Old Dog, feed him some feces! Let him sober up!”
Hearing this, Xue Pan grinned.
“Third Brother, Third Brother, please no…”
Old Dog didn’t say anything, but his expression was terrifyingly grim. He grabbed Xue Pan’s hair and stuffed dog feces into his mouth.
“Cough, cough cough, Third, Third Brother, damn it, you, you, don’t stuff any more!”
Old Dog looked at me. I said angrily:
“What are you looking at me for? Doesn’t he want to die? Stuff him to death!”
About ten minutes later, Xue Pan was choked to the point of tears and snot.
“Big, Big Brother! *sob* *sob* Big Brother, I was wrong! I’m not dying anymore!”
“Third Brother, Third Brother, stop, I was wrong.”
I waved my hand, signaling Old Dog to stop, and then said impatiently:
“What’s wrong, Fourth Master Pan? Not going to die anymore?”
“No, not dying anymore, Big Brother. Big Brother, please don’t be angry, I, I was wrong, I’m not dying anymore!”
“Slap!”
I gave him a big slap!
“Damn it! You’re a grown man, damn it, and my sworn brother! Why do you have so little backbone? Huh? You stumbled twice because of a woman. If you stumbled once, fine, but is it endless? Are there no women left in the world or what?
Furthermore, you’re going to die just because you’re in debt? Huh? Are you so sure that you, Xue Pan, can never rise again? You spineless thing!”
“Big, Big Brother, please don’t be angry anymore. I, I was really wrong. Isn’t it okay if I don’t die?”
“Damn it! If you want to die, I respect your choice! But as my brother Chan Xin, you cannot die so spinelessly! Besides, if you’re not even afraid of death, why are you afraid of living?”
Speaking of which, my expression slightly improved. The main reason is that I wasn’t really angry with him. In fact, I never truly get angry. Or rather, outwardly I might seem enraged, but inwardly I am calm. This is just an outward manifestation, meant to wake up Xue Pan.
“Damn it, I’m warning you. Humans die and become ghosts, ghosts die and become specters. Your death would be in vain. If you really dare to die, I can still catch you and feed you feces, do you hear me?”
“I, I understand, Big Brother, I won’t die anymore, I was wrong,”
