Chapter 3432 Four Difficult Questions, Shattering One's Courage

Of course, if the target of the Shujian Lake inquiry set by Cui Luo was changed to a pure sword cultivator or a warrior, it would be meaningless. Sword cultivators are the most decisive in killing. They only look at the sword in their hands and will not hesitate to kill. Warriors are even more simple and brutal. Fighting violence with violence is a routine operation. There will be no obstacles in their hearts.

The banquet ended early. Chen Pingan moved into a magnificent house arranged by Gu Can. It was not a private house, but it was quite close to Gu Can's own room.

After Gu Can left, Chen Pingan began to reflect on himself and tried to really put himself in Gu Can's shoes and look at this Shujian Lake from Gu Can's position and perspective.

Chen Pingan tried to go back to the very beginning and start from telling a small truth. This is the first step of the sequential theory, which is divided into order. He also understood that it was not feasible to talk to himself, and he could not make Gu Can agree with the truth in his heart, because the two had different positions, different experiences, and different insights. Naturally, the most fundamental context of looking at the world was different, and the truth was not interlinked. Even if he wore out his lips, he could not convince Gu Can to agree.

After a night of thinking, Chen Pingan also vaguely understood Gu Can's thoughts. If Gu Can wanted to survive in a place like Shujian Lake, he had to behave worse, smarter, and more fierce than the enemy, so that he could deter the enemy in the dark and reduce the trouble of assassination calculations. This is the way to survive in Shujian Lake and an effective truth.

Although this truth does not work here with Chen Pingan, not all the truths in the world are occupied by Chen Pingan. And the truth that Chen Pingan agrees with may not be suitable for all people and all places.

Gu Can did not think that he really did something wrong, but because he had a deep affection for Chen Pingan, cared about Chen Pingan's thoughts, and was worried that he would be angry because of this, he had to pretend that he was wrong. In fact, he didn't think that there was anything wrong with him killing innocent people in order to survive and protect his mother. Because Shujian Lake is a chaotic place without the order and rules of the outside world. If he didn't show his cruelty, he wouldn't be able to deter those monsters.

The most correct way to do it in Shujian Lake is to kill people, and to kill the enemy until there is no grass left, and even an island is flattened, otherwise there will be endless troubles.

There were many fish that slipped through the net in Shujian Lake at that time, and suddenly emerged decades or hundreds of years later, and in turn killed the whole family of that person, leaving no chickens or dogs alive, which was not uncommon.

Gu Can had already prepared for an unexpected death one day. When that time came, Gu Can would accept his fate, and would not kneel down and beg for mercy like the woman in the Jindan realm, nor would he ask the identity of the enemy and why he was killed.

Moreover, Gu Can had prepared for a rainy day and had made preparations for how to arrange for his mother's retreat, although because of his age, wisdom and experience, he had not yet come up with any perfect plan.

Chen Pingan and Gu Can are two completely different independent individuals. Take the matter of reasoning as an example. Gu Can thinks that reasoning is quarreling, which is to make the other party right and not give up an inch, and to kill the other party with words. This is just like fighting, to kill the other party in one breath.

Chen Pingan believes that reasoning is to make the other party agree. In the process of reasoning with others, he will reflect on himself and deny himself. He will not think that his reason is the standard for judging right and wrong. He needs to put himself in the shoes of others and adapt to local conditions. Reasoning requires distinguishing right and wrong, judging the size, and determining good and evil. No step can be skipped casually to tell others about your own reason.

If Chen Pingan himself has not thought it through, and has not thought it through thoroughly, whatever he says is wrong. Even if it is right, the right reason is a castle in the air.

At the same time, Xiao Niu handed the jade tablet of the accompanying saint handed to him by Chen Pingan to Liu Zhimao, the real master of Jiejiang. This great cultivator of the Nascent Soul Realm was different from Gu Can. Xiao Niu, who had great experience, naturally recognized the meaning of the jade tablet engraved with "I am good at nurturing the great spirit". He was dumbfounded on the spot and did not dare to interfere with the affairs of Chen Pingan and Gu Can. He even had the idea of ​​retreating.

In the small world, the four seasons rotated, the strong wind was blowing, and the three great cultivators of the upper five realms sat cross-legged on the top of the mountain, watching Chen Ping and Gu Can's respective choices and insistence. Different expressions appeared in their eyes, and each had his own ideas.

"Yesterday's death, today's life, are all empty talk. It is easy for Chen Pingan to defeat the thief in the mountain, but it is difficult to defeat the thief in his heart. The thief in his heart is on Gu Can's side. As long as he is unwilling to abandon Gu Can, he will never be able to get over his own hurdle."

The so-called thief in the heart can be roughly divided into four types: "name thief", "profit thief", "power thief" and "sex thief".

The so-called "name thief" is a good name. This is most prominent in scholars. Generally, scholars can see through power and wealth, but they pursue the three immortals: establishing virtue, establishing merit, and establishing words, hoping to leave a name for future generations.

The so-called "profit thief" is greed. This is most prominent in merchants. Merchants pursue profits, which can benefit themselves and others. It is a convenient move, but if they do whatever it takes for profit and have no moral bottom line, they will become greedy.

The so-called "power thief" is greed, which is most prominent in powerful officials. They are neither lustful nor greedy, but they love power and will try every means to obtain greater power. After getting power, they will take advantage of it.

The so-called "lust thief" is lust, which can be seen in most people. Lust is inevitable. The sage said that food, sex, and love are the greatest desires of human beings. A great scholar in the Central Plains of Shenzhou once reviewed his own evil eyes in his notes and thought that he had lost all sense of shame.

Cui Luo's face was covered with wrinkles, his white hair made him look extremely old, his face was thin, his back was hunched, as if he was carrying the world on his shoulders, which crushed his body, but his eyes were shining, he was energetic, high-spirited, and full of fighting spirit.

Fighting against the sky, the fun is endless; fighting against the earth, the fun is endless; fighting against people, the fun is endless. Cui Luo is best at the theory of merit, fighting against heaven, earth and people, which makes him most excited. This time, the game of asking the heart is to fight with Qi Jingchun and Chen Pingan.

This game is related to his fundamental avenue, so even if Cui Luo is extremely afraid of Zhou Jue's existence, he still refuses to give in.

Qi Jingchun has entered the fourteenth realm, and can break all the barriers of words in the world and break the thief in his heart. Therefore, looking at Cui Luo, whose thief in his heart is difficult to break, Chen Pingan deliberately reminds himself that this senior brother who calculates everything, his voice is like a spring breeze, sneaking into people's hearts, moistening things silently.

"To defeat the thief in your heart, you need to sit quietly and clear your mind, wake up, know good and evil, and know the principles of heaven. Control your words and deeds through self-discipline, and achieve unity of knowledge and action."

Qi Jingchun has integrated the three religions into one, condensed three natal characters, and is proficient in the essence of the three religions. He has gone a long way in the fourteen realms and has the qualifications to establish a religion and be called the ancestor. His words and deeds are the embodiment of his own avenue.

Cui Luo's expression moved slightly, and he had some insights in his heart, but he was still looking at flowers in the fog and looking at the moon in the water. The fundamental avenue is just desire but unattainable. It is not so easy to defeat the thief in your heart, penetrate all the textual barriers in the world, and get great freedom and great freedom.

Zhou Jue's sleeves fluttered, his eyelids drooped slightly, and he glanced at Qi Jingchun who was trying hard to persuade him. Cui Luo, who seemed to be thinking about something, shook his head, and the sword chanting sounded like gold and iron between heaven and earth. He slowly spoke.

"The body without good or evil intentions, but with good and evil intentions. Knowing good and evil is conscience, and doing good and eliminating evil is the study of things."

The sword chant entered Cui Luo's mind and turned into millions of sword shadows, which cut off countless distracting thoughts in Cui Luo's mind, clearing his mind, and the poems and lyrics took root, sprouted and grew, turning into a towering tree, bearing abundant fruits, making him appear in his cold and narrow eagle eyes. A kind of enlightenment appeared, and he gradually closed his eyes and fell into enlightenment, without paying attention to the changes in the outside world.

Seeing this, Qi Jingchun showed a look of surprise on his face, turned his head and bowed to Zhou Jue, expressing his gratitude.

"Thank you Zhou Jue for pointing out the maze for my senior brother!"

Zhou Jue curled his lips, looking calm and said lightly.

"You don't have to thank me, I just want him to be honest, not to get involved in this game of self-examination, and not to affect Chen Ping'an's enlightenment!"

Misfortune is the source of blessing, and blessing is the source of misfortune. Good and bad are interdependent. Chen Pingan is not all bad when facing this situation of questioning his mind. Although his mind may be broken and his realm may be reversed, if he can defeat the thief in his heart and reshape the principles of his mind, he will surely ascend to heaven in one step, his realm will rise greatly, and he will have the hope of entering the fourteenth realm in the future.

It is precisely because of this that Zhou Jue did not stop Cui Luo from setting up the situation of questioning his mind to test Chen Pingan's principles and Dao heart, because this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that can greatly increase Chen Pingan's realm. Moreover, even if Chen Pingan did not pass the situation of questioning his mind, Zhou Jue would still be there to cover him. At most, he would teach Chen Pingan from the beginning, and his broken state of mind would recover sooner or later.

"No destruction, no construction. Didn't Qi fall into obsession at the beginning? If it weren't for your help, Zhou Jue, I'm afraid I would have fallen in Lizhu Cave Heaven today, and there would be no luck today!"

Qi Jingchun thanked sincerely. How could he not know that Chen Pingan was experiencing the most important change in his life. Cui Luo set up a conscientious game. He and Zhou Jue could have stopped it, and they would have succeeded. But why didn't he do anything and let Cui Luo set up this game? The purpose was to use this as an opportunity to make Chen Pingan transform.

Cui Luo's layout was the most exquisite, letting things take their own course, without the slightest trace, just going with the flow, without any secret guidance or design. It can be said to be a flawless shortcut, with a light aura, and the most subtle and far-reaching, without any mistakes or stupid moves, making people in the game without knowing it, struggling hard, worthy of being a great master.

Chen Pingan stretched out his hand tremblingly and took out a brocade bag from his sleeve. This was Cui Dongshan's request to Pei Qian to give it to him, saying that when his master was the most angry, he must open it and take a look.

Chen Pingan slowly opened the brocade bag and took out a piece of paper inside, with a sentence written on it.

"Chen Ping'an, please don't be disappointed in this world."

This sentence was said by Qi Jingchun to Chen Ping'an. It was the most important sentence in Chen Ping'an's life. It contained Qi Jingchun's expectations for him, and also expressed Chen Ping'an's admiration and gratitude for Qi Jingchun.

After reading it, Chen Ping'an put it into the brocade bag, put it back into his sleeves, turned his head to look at the night outside the window, and muttered to himself.

"I'm just disappointed in myself!"

Qi Jingchun also said this sentence in Lizhu Cave Heaven that year. After that, he tried his best to resist the backlash of the heavenly way and fight for a glimmer of life for the people in the town, and almost died.

Chen Ping'an took off the silver-white gourd on his waist, drank all the wine in one breath, and then took out the golden nectar robe and put it on. He slowly closed his eyes, looked inward with his consciousness, and came to the gate of the mansion where the golden literary gallbladder was.

The door of the mansion slowly opened, and the little man in the golden Confucian robe with a sword and a book on his back looked at Chen Ping'an and said a sentence in a deep voice.

"It is a great virtue to know one's mistakes and correct them."

This is a hint from Chen Pingan's heart to himself. People can make mistakes, but they cannot not admit their mistakes. If they are not close to him, Chen Pingan, he will feel that the other party is not wrong, and I will be biased, but those mistakes. , can be made up for through efforts.

But so many people have died, and Gu Can won't admit his mistakes. How should he make amends now?

Right and wrong were placed in front of Chen Pingan. He could not make an exception for Gu Can, let alone deceive himself and others.

Shujian Lake is a place without order and rules, and it is extremely chaotic. Although there are certain reasons for what Gu Can did, it does not mean that he is right to kill innocent people indiscriminately.

Chen Ping'an bowed and clasped his fists, bowed to the little man in golden scholar's shirt and said goodbye, and the door of the mansion slowly closed.

The little man in golden Confucian shirt, who had already condensed the prototype of the golden elixir and was expected to achieve morality, let out a sigh that contained a thousand words that were difficult to express, and bowed to Chen Ping'an respectfully in farewell.

"Bang!"

In the whole small world of human beings, it sounded like a death knell, resounding throughout the world. The golden gallbladder shattered, and the little man in the golden scholar's shirt melted like snow, disappearing without a trace.

The magnificent room was filled with the smell of blood. Chen Pingan staggered and sat cross-legged on the ground. A trace of blood flowed from the corner of his mouth. He wiped it away with his sleeve, pushed away all the papers in front of him, picked up the brush, and began to write. Letters, three in total.

Feijian sent letters, and three letters were sent to Wei Bo of Longquan County, Zhongkui of Tongyezhou, and Fan Junmao of Old Longcheng. Chen Pingan asked the three of them if there was any immortal magic that could quickly master the soul-gathering technique, how a person becomes a ghost after death, how to be reincarnated, and if there was any ancient secret technique that could summon the ancestors of Yin and Ming to help the human world. person to talk to.

After doing all this, Chen Pingan asked for a small room near the entrance of a mountain on Qingxia Island. There were pens, inks, paper, inkstones and an abacus on the table in the room.

Chen Ping'an looked sluggish and pale, with only bright eyes. He asked Gu Can for the files of all the monks and servants on Qingxia Island. He didn't know what he was going to do.

Chen Ping'an began to look through the files one by one, including names, place of origin, date of birth, teachers, relatives and family. Many of the names had been erased with a red pen according to the old rules of Qingxia Island. This is called deletion.

Every time Chen Pingan saw a name that he was looking for, he would carefully record it in the blank book at hand.

In addition to checking the files, Chen Ping'an also spent a lot of time and energy asking about the conduct of the people whose names he wrote down and the opinions of others about their reputation.

Zhou Jue and Qi Jingchun quietly watched Chen Pingan's actions. The situation of asking questions can only be broken if they comply with their true intentions. It is best for other outsiders not to intervene, otherwise it may make things worse and collapse.

"Self-destruction is a way to get over your inner feelings. This game has reached the most critical moment!"

Zhou Jue raised the corners of his mouth slightly, and was quite satisfied with Chen Pingan's performance. Although Chen Pingan's methods were a bit cumbersome, not crisp enough, and did not conform to the sword cultivator's decisive style of killing, he could also understand that Chen Pingan was only an adult and a half. As a young man, he still lacks knowledge and knowledge, but it is already considered good to be able to reach this point.

"If you know your mistakes and can correct them, there is no greater good!"

Qi Jingchun very much agreed with Chen Pingan's approach, with a pleased expression on his face and said in a deep voice.

"It won't help to fix the situation before it's too late!"

At this time, Cui Han slowly opened his eyes, first sneered, then stood up, bowed to Zhou Jue, and expressed his gratitude.

"Those with hunched bones will die young, those with exposed bones will not be able to stand, those with horizontal bones will have a fierce spirit, and those with bones like gold and stone will have a hard life. After Gu Can left Lizhu Cave, if he never saw Chen Ping'an again, he would most likely continue his career. After Fengwei crossed over to Liu Laocheng, he became the second monk in Aquarius Continent to reach the fifth level!"

"The best place for people like Gu Can to survive is in the chaotic and disorderly place of Shujian Lake. In troubled times, they are like a fish in water!"

"Chen Ping'an has harmed others and himself this time. He has delayed Gu Can and also hurt himself!"

"I tried my best to arrange the four difficulties, but Chen Ping'an just gave up on the third difficulty. Since deep down in his heart, he insisted that Gu Can's actions were still wrong, and he couldn't kill Gu Can with one punch. I can't even leave Gu Can alone. In order to get over the hurdle of my heart first, I broke the golden gallbladder that was my destiny that I had finally refined. My vitality was severely damaged, and the foundation of the avenue was damaged."

There was a sarcastic look on Cui Chan's face, and a cold light flashed in his eagle eyes. He didn't understand Chen Pingan's actions and behavior.

Qi Jingchun frowned, looked at her elder brother with a different approach, spoke up for Chen Pingan, and retorted.

"Although my junior brother's golden gallbladder was broken and his vitality was severely damaged, he still managed to survive from death. To your surprise, it turned your first dilemma into a joke. You should be even more disappointed than him. Bar!"

"Junior brother took this opportunity to choose a narrow path with no forks. He temporarily put aside emotions and laws, and no longer cared about laws and principles. Instead, he began to trace the origins, think about the ins and outs, and began to try to get out of his own heart. The circle of unerring principles has broken through the barrier. It is not bound by principles, and it has entered the vast world. There is no place in the world that cannot go anywhere within the reach of one's mind!"

Having said this, a cheerful smile appeared on Qi Jingchun's gentle and elegant face. She looked at Cui Han with half-smiling eyes, paused for a moment, and then continued.

"Senior Brother, things have reached this point and are out of your control. Junior Brother has escaped from the certain death situation and entered a new chess game. You have lost the chess game he designed himself!"

"Nothing can be established without destruction. Only after destruction can something be established. Chen Pingan put himself in a desperate situation and then survived. He broke the situation of asking questions. Although it was an accident, it was in line with his heart and nature."

"Cui Luo, the victory or defeat of a moment depends on strength, and the victory or defeat of eternity depends on reason. You are going to lose this round!"

Zhou Jue's eyes were like torches, illuminating the entire small world, and he said with a smile.

"Mr. Zhou, don't draw conclusions too early. The outcome is still undecided!"

"This moment may be decades or a hundred years, which is equivalent to the lifetime of an ordinary scholar!"

Cui Luo was not panicked at all, still as steady as a mountain, his narrow eyes slightly narrowed, looking like an eagle and a wolf, and all kinds of calculations appeared in his eyes.