Chapter 396: The Dignity of a Monk
Since Li Shude, who is the lord of the Tang Dynasty, nodded, then the construction of rail transit will naturally start without any resistance. Perhaps, some ministers in the court, no matter out of public interest or self-interest, have some objections to Li Shude's "big gamble". However, Yu Qingzong is now in the limelight, and once he heard that this matter has something to do with Yu Qingzong, who would dare to talk too much and say different opinions!
In particular, Yu Qingzong also said that he would send monks from the sect to participate in the construction of the entire project, which has actually greatly relieved the pressure on the Tang Dynasty. Therefore, if Li Shude really lost the bet, it would only be a stain on himself, and it would not cause too much turmoil in the Tang Dynasty.
It's just that people who know this matter also feel very strange. It seems that this is the first time since ancient times that this ascetic has participated in the construction of secular mortals. Haven't ascetics always been condescending and regarded ordinary people as mere ants? Why this time, not only did he come down from the sky, but he also did hard work that ordinary people would consider to be very low-level!
But anyway, with the establishment of the new department "Datang Transportation", the construction of the rail transit in the Great Tang Kingdom started without delay.
Of course, although Ye Zan's goal is to build a rail transit network connecting all parts of the country in Datang, it is impossible to start construction on all lines at the same time. Therefore, the first thing to start construction in the plan is a main line running through the north and south of the Great Tang Kingdom, which can be regarded as a model for the rest of the Great Tang Kingdom. As long as the main line is completed and opened to traffic, anyone who has not been kicked by a donkey will be able to see the benefits of such a new type of transportation.
With the start of the construction project, Cheng Liangqi and other Yuanying ancestors who came out of the fairy palace small world are also busy under the leadership of Ye Xiao. Ye Xiao kept going back and forth to Yuqingzong, and got the manufactured one-piece rail base from Ye Zan, and then went to the construction site of the Tang Dynasty, assembled and fixed it on the ground that Cheng Liangqi and others had rammed and leveled. The work of Cheng Liangqi and others is more complicated. They really have to dig holes in mountains, build bridges in water, and all kinds of things.
When Cheng Liangqi and others made a move, there was a lot of commotion, not only the commotion during the construction, but more importantly, the shock caused in the hearts of all cultivators. A dignified ascetic actually participates in the construction of ordinary people, and what's more, he is doing this kind of low-level coolie. What is the face of the ascetic?
You must know that even if a cultivator builds his own sect, some ordinary buildings are left to ordinary people to do, and no one will do it himself regardless of dignity. Only some buildings that require additional mana power, such as the construction of Asgard, will be done by ascetics themselves. On the one hand, mortals can't do those things, and on the other hand, those that require mana are equivalent to refining tools, so that they won't lose the dignity of a practitioner.
Yep, that's the question of decency.
Ascetics in this world are like nobles of the highest rank, who need to be feared by mortals. What would happen if there was no awe? It is said that there was such a story in the earliest time: a monk who lived in the world,
The spell was revealed in front of mortals, so many mortals brought their children, hoping that the ascetic would accept their children as apprentices. Of course, accepting apprentices is not that simple. It depends on aptitude and character, etc., so the ascetic refused the request of those mortals. As a result, those mortals who were frustrated and frustrated shouted curses outside the ascetic's door, and threw all kinds of filth into the yard. In the end, the cultivator was forced to flee back to the mountain in embarrassment. After all, he couldn't kill all those mortals.
No one can prove the truth of this story now, but the description of human nature in it is not a random fabrication, but it may be a bit extreme. In fact, ascetics also have the manifestations of ordinary people, but they may manifest in other forms.
However, this story also illustrates one of the reasons why ascetics want mortals to respect themselves. Why those mortals dare to treat that cultivator like that is because they have no awe in their hearts, knowing that no matter how powerful that cultivator is, he will not do anything to himself?
In this Divine Brilliance Realm, it doesn't mean that there are no cultivators who work for ordinary people, but even cultivators who are only in the Foundation Establishment Realm often have a very high status, and they dare not bother them with ordinary things. Another thing to say is that one cannot be called a cultivator in the Qi refining state. In the eyes of ordinary people, they are just martial arts masters. After all, people in the Qi refining state cannot even cast the most basic spells.
Even the royal family is considered the highest class in the secular world, but ascetics among them also act as worship elders. Those who enshrine the elders enjoy the offerings of the royal family, but often only the royal family will act when they are threatened by other ascetics. Even, like the change of dynasty, the current royal family will be overthrown, and those worshiping elders will not take action, but wait to enjoy the offerings of the new royal family.
This is the decency of a monk, and it is also a means to make mortals fear.
But now, Emperor Yuqing actually broke this unspoken rule and sent ascetics to participate in the construction projects of mortals. Moreover, those are the ancestors of Yuanying, even in the world of cultivation, the ancestors of Yuanying are extremely important, and one ancestor of Yuanying can support a third-rate sect. Now these Yuanying ancestors are doing low-level things among mortals, building mountains, building bridges and leveling the land like hard labor, how can they have a bit of dignity as a monk!
Finally, several sects in the territory of the Great Tang Kingdom joined forces and approached the sect, and the leader was none other than Zhenjun Ziyang of the Ziyang Sect.
"Headmaster Wu, the things that the noble sect has done recently seem to be a bit inappropriate!" After some polite words, Ziyang Zhenjun said with a serious expression.
"Oh, I don't know what the real gentleman said?" Although Wu Changsheng had already guessed it, he still asked in a pretentious manner.
"Doesn't the Wuzhang Church know? Now, the elders of the noble clan don't care about the decency of our generation of cultivators, and do such crude things for the mortals of the Tang Dynasty. Shouldn't the noble clan wait for me?" Do you want to explain it?" The person who spoke was a Yuanying elder from Yunding Sect, a second-rate sect in the far west of the Tang Dynasty, whose Taoist name is Fuyun Zhenren.
This Yunding sect is still quite far away from the Yuqing sect, strictly speaking, it is already outside the territory of the Tang Dynasty. The land in the far west is just a collective term, and there are actually several countries, among which the country bordering the Tang Dynasty is called Xiliao Kingdom. The Yunding Sect's sect is located between the West Liao Kingdom and the Great Tang Kingdom. Most of the continuous Yunding Mountain Range is in the West Liao Kingdom, and only a small part of it penetrates into the territory of the Great Tang Kingdom.
Of course, for ascetics, secular borders have nothing to do with them. Therefore, even though the matter of Yu Qingzong happened within the territory of the Great Tang Kingdom, it does not mean that those sects outside the Great Tang Kingdom have no right to speak.
This time, besides those from Ziyang Sect and Yunding Sect, those who came to Yuqing Sect were three other second-rate sects, namely: Tianhe Sect located in the southeast of the Great Tang Kingdom, Xuanfa Sect located in the northeast of the Great Tang Kingdom, and Xuanfa Sect located in the northeast of the Great Tang Kingdom. Vientiane sect in the north.
In fact, none of these five second-rate sects are within the territory of the Great Tang Kingdom, and only the Yunding Sect and the Ziyang Sect have a little bit of connection with the Great Tang Kingdom. However, these five second-rate sects are the five closest sects to Yuqing Sect besides Qingyue Sword Sect.
Therefore, this time, people from the five sects came to the door. On the surface, it was for the dignity of the ascetics, but in fact, they also saw the development of Yu Qingzong, and they couldn't sit still.
You must know that as the momentum of the Yuqing Sect grew stronger and its influence continued to expand, it was impossible to say that it had no influence on other sects. Although, cultivating sects will not occupy territory like ordinary people, nor will they carefully divide the spheres of influence of each sect. However, the territory is so large, and if your sphere of influence is large, it will inevitably lead to the reduction of the sphere of influence of others. The size of the influence also determines which sect some geniuses or talents with better qualifications will be more inclined to choose.
At the beginning, when Yuqing Sect was still a third-rate sect, it was competing for territory with Jinguang Sect, Wuzhu Sect and other third-rate sects, and the scope of influence was only a few houses. But now, the Yuqing Sect is already a second-rate sect, and with the addition of four Great Demon Kings and ten Yuanying Patriarchs joining behind, the influence is like flying swords. And the scope of influence of Yu Qingzong also gradually expanded to the entire territory of the Tang Dynasty, and then expanded to the territory of these five sects.
In this way, how could the five sects sit still? Could it be that the genius who should have joined his sect became a disciple of Yu Qingzong? However, no matter which sect they take out, they dare not confront Yu Qingzong head-on now. After all, among the five second-rate sects, only the Ziyang Sect has two primordial spirit powers, and the other four sects each have one primordial spirit power.
Therefore, the five sects communicated with each other, and it happened that Yu Qingzong had made such a big event this time, so he decided to take this opportunity to give Yu Qingzong some eye drops.
The five sects didn't expect to force Yu Qingzong to make much concessions. After all, even if the five sects joined forces, they couldn't really do anything to Yu Qingzong. What's more, everyone is from the orthodox sect. If you really tear your face, you won't get any benefits, and it won't look good to others.
Hearing Master Fuyun's words, Wu Changsheng smiled lightly, stroked his beard and said, "Fellow Daoist Fuyun, what are you talking about? My Yuqing Sect sent some elders out, so it was naturally arranged by my Yuqing Sect. The things that the Tang Dynasty did were nothing more than not being able to bear the suffering of too many civilians, this is something that people in my righteous path should do, how could it be disrespectful!"
"How can Headmaster Wu confuse right and wrong so much! We cultivators are transcending the mortal world and not falling into the world of mortals, not only to avoid the entanglement of cause and effect in the world, but also to follow the way of heaven. Now, the elders of the noble sect are blatantly interfering with mortals. Activities, this is against the heavens, how can it be something that people in my righteous way should do!" Fuyun Master said righteously.
At this time, Ye Zan was also beside him, and he was stunned when he heard the words of the real Fuyun, thinking that the words were very familiar. After thinking about it carefully, he quickly found the answer. The meaning of the other party's words turned out to be similar to some remarks in the technological world.
However, similar remarks in the technological world are often used on animals. For example, you can't save an antelope from a lion just because you see it is cute. Wouldn't the lion starve to death? Just because you saw a lion being injured by a bison, you can’t just go up and treat the lion. Not to mention whether the lion can heal itself, even if the lion dies, it follows the laws of nature and should be eliminated.
Is this statement right? In fact, no one can give an answer that can really convince everyone. There is a saying that the very existence of human beings has already had an impact on nature, and maybe saving an antelope or an injured lion is just a correction of human beings' own influence on nature. But there is another saying that the existence of human beings is the result of the normal operation of the laws of nature, so all human activities, good or bad, are just a part of the laws of nature.
However, these two statements can be summed up simply, that is, one puts human beings outside of nature, and the other puts human beings in nature.
But now, what this real Fuyun said to ordinary people is somewhat similar to the first one. He obviously regarded mortals as animals in the laws of nature, and felt that ascetics like himself were existences above the laws of nature.
"Reverend Fuyun's words are wrong." Ye Zan shook his head and laughed.
"Oh, does Elder Ye have some high opinion?" Reverend Fuyun looked at Ye Zan with a bit of disdain in his eyes. After all, the person who is speaking here at this moment is either Yuanshen Almighty or Yuanying Patriarch. If Ye Zan wasn't the elder of Yuqingzong, how could he, a little golden core master, speak here.
"I don't dare to take it for a high opinion. I just listened to the words of the real person and have a little doubt in my heart. I would like to ask the real person to explain it." Ye Zan said with a smile and cupped his hands.
"Elder Ye, please tell me." Reverend Fuyun leaned sideways, and casually raised his hand to Ye Zan, which seemed quite perfunctory.
"The real person said just now, how to follow the way of heaven, and how to act against the sky, I don't know how the real person knows, what does the way of heaven think?" Ye Zan didn't care about the other party's perfunctory, and proposed with a smile on his face. own problem.
The so-called "I don't know the true face of Lushan Mountain, only because I am in this mountain", if you want to see a mountain clearly, in fact, it is not enough to climb to the top of the mountain. You can only see it clearly by flying in the sky. If you want to know how the way of heaven is, you have to be above the way of heaven, or "jump out of the three realms, not in the five elements".
But in today's Shenhua Domain, even the Earth Immortals are gone, who can surpass the Dao of Heaven. Even if the true immortals of ancient times established the Immortal Court and claim to act on behalf of the heavens, it cannot be said that they are truly above the heavens. Daoist Fuyun is only in the Nascent Soul Realm, so why should he conclude that this is following the way of heaven, and that is going against the sky?
Hearing Ye Zan's words, Master Fuyun thought it was quite simple at first, but when he was about to open his mouth, he couldn't utter a word. The more he thought about this question, the more he felt that what he was going to respond to was wrong.