Chapter 68: What Is The Path Of All Living Beings
Seeing Fei Changxiu and others approaching, Ming Zhaoshuang and the others immediately burned a communication talisman to report their day’s actions to Qin Du.
The more Ming Zhaoshuang spoke, the more guilty she felt. After all, the few of them had used their cultivation to slaughter those mortals wantonly. They were especially cruel to adult men, almost always sealing their throats with a sword after disabling their limbs and genitals.
Unexpectedly, after Qin Du heard this, he nodded and said, “Punishing evil and promoting good, you did well.”
“And what about Zhang Yaozong and his son?”
Qin Du continued to ask.
Ming Zhaoshuang said, “Zhang Yaozong is already over seventy, so we didn’t touch him at first when we burned the village. As per your instructions, he is now hanging from a tree. However, Zhang Yaozu is in his prime, so we cut off both his hands at the time. He is still alive and also hanging from a tree.”
Qin Du frowned, “Why did you cut off Zhang Yaozu’s hands?”
Ming Zhaoshuang was about to say that since he wasn’t human, what did it matter if his hands were cut off.
Then she heard Qin Du say regretfully, “If you cut off his hands, what will I cut off?”
Ming Zhaoshuang: “…”
You truly are a good uncle.
He Jiusi obediently admitted his mistake, “It was the disciple’s recklessness.”
Ming Zhaoshuang continued, “We just wanted to ask if Uncle-Master Xiu has arrived. After all, with so many young women, if we escort them one by one, it might delay the opening of the Talisman Saint’s Secret Realm.”
Qin Du said, “He has been waiting at the foot of Shuangyu Mountain since early this morning. Most of them are female disciples, so you can rest assured.”
Ming Zhaoshuang nodded with satisfaction.
“Where is Fei Changxiu? Why isn’t he in the communication talisman? His master asked me to pass on a few words to him.”
Suddenly mentioned, Fei Changxiu trembled all over, appeared from the corner, his gaze evasive, “What did his master say?”
“Then I’ll begin,” Qin Du stroked his nonexistent beard.
“Fei Changxiu, you scoundrel, how dare you discard the emergency talisman I gave you! You’re the only one out of seven children who didn’t have one. Have your wings grown tough! Sect Master Qin asked you to lead the team, do you even understand how to lead! If it weren’t for Junior Sister Ming accompanying you, who knows how many times you would have died! Are you trying to anger me to death!”
Qin Du stood with his hands on his hips, roaring at Fei Changxiu, perfectly embodying the fiery temper of Peak Master Xiu Tian.
“Forget it, I’m not talking to you anymore. When we return to the sect, it’s the arena, two hundred matches!”
Fei Changxiu’s heart sank as he closed his eyes in despair.
Miserable, he was too miserable.
After speaking, Qin Du stood with his hands behind his back, returning to his gentle and refined demeanor as Sect Master Qin, and said to the young men, “Alright, since that’s the case, you should all get some rest early. I won’t disturb you any longer.”
The night was silent.
Ming Zhaoshuang and the others, exhausted from a day of toiling and after sharing roasted meat with the young women, felt extremely tired.
None of them cultivated as they usually did. Instead, they chose to have Fei Changxiu and Ming Chenxing take turns guarding the night, one for the first half and the other for the second half. The rest of them rested early with the young women.
The bonfire flickered. Fei Changxiu, who had been excessively energetic, suddenly felt drowsy.
He tried hard to open his eyes, but ultimately succumbed to the heavy fatigue.
The moment his eyes closed, a white light flashed before Ming Zhaoshuang, and Bai Bai quietly leaped out, appearing before all the young women.
Bai Bai used his spiritual consciousness to invade the young women’s dreams, devouring all their nightmares and weaving them beautiful dreams.
What these young women worried about most was whether their families would accept them upon their return, and whether the world would accept them.
Indeed, even for those young women who believed their parents cherished them dearly, there was no guarantee of their parents’ acceptance.
They loved the flawless her, and the world also loved the flawless her.
Even if it was not her wish, once the flawless jade was stained, it was stained. A flaw was a flaw. No one would consider these young women as victims; they would only think of her as promiscuous and impure.
It was even possible that after these young women returned, their parents and relatives, though initially accepting them, might gradually turn against them due to societal pressure, treating them worse and worse. And any slight hardship at that time could become the fuse that destroys these young women.
Bai Bai was not a warm-hearted person. In fact, compared to his older sister, he could be considered indifferent.
When A Wei was brought over by Hong Hong, his first reaction was disgust, and he was the only spiritual beast in the Hundred Beasts Cave to oppose raising A Wei.
A child raised by a she-wolf, full of bestial nature, even if cultivated according to human standards, would be difficult to change.
But A Wei was changed by Hong Hong.
Although in Bai Bai’s opinion, such an A Wei could even be considered mentally deficient.
The night A Wei’s Innate Spiritual Sacred Body was detected, Bai Bai did not sleep.
He had lived for tens of thousands of years, and he had slept for more than half of that time. Going one night without sleep was a rare occurrence.
He recalled his previous master, a person who was quite unrestrained and arrogant.
He would break branches to make flutes, add white jade to wine, and point his sword at the Great Void.
He possessed the power to move mountains and shake the earth, and the ability to create and fill seas.
Yet, he inexplicably liked to meddle in unjust matters, often getting into trouble because of it, even risking his life multiple times.
In the end, he even died as a martyr for the sake of the so-called all living beings.
At that time, Bai Bai did not understand why she insisted on meddling in these trivial matters, why she insisted on inviting trouble. Such a powerful person, if she hadn’t meddled in those affairs, would surely have achieved the Great Dao much sooner.
Just as he did not understand why Hong Hong insisted on caring for A Wei. She had lived for tens of thousands of years, had seen many people and many things, and knew more than anyone else.
There were many unfortunate people in this world like A Wei.
Bai Bai remembered that night tens of thousands of years ago, he had asked his former master this question.
At that time, she was drinking and pointing at his head, saying, “You’re wrong, Bai Bai. Do you know, I cultivate the Path of All Living Beings.”
“If I don’t intervene, no one will. If I don’t act, no one can.”
“If that’s the case, then how indifferent will the world be, how cold will the human relationships be, how unfortunate will all living beings be, and how can the Great Dao I cultivate be achieved?”
What is the Path of All Living Beings?
At that time, Bai Bai did not understand. To the extent that he felt it was not worth it when he saw his former master die for all living beings.
If cultivating the Path of All Living Beings meant dying for all living beings, what was the point!
Therefore, every time Hong Hong reached out to help others, he would stop her. But Hong Hong never learned from her mistakes, even being trapped in this small place for three thousand years because of it.
Finally, on that night, Bai Bai understood what the Path of All Living Beings was.
Having understood the immensity of the universe, yet still cherishing the green plants.
Even after experiencing the ups and downs of life and witnessing the vicissitudes of the mortal world, when one bent down to see the plants sprout and the spring breeze renew the green, one could still feel joy.
This is the Path of All Living Beings.
