DreamersGN Chapter 1126 Wugensheng's Confusion and Inquiry
Chapter 1126 Wugensheng's Confusion and Inquiry
Ah Xing walked towards Wu Gensheng.
Wugensheng had been disguised by Liu Qiao, and now he appeared as a refined middle-aged businessman with slicked-back hair and gold-rimmed glasses.
At this moment, he stared intently at the statue of the "Imperial Advisor," the divine light emanating from his eyes reflecting on his glasses like the headlights of a car.
Ah Xing followed his gaze and noticed that he was looking at the statue of the vice cult leader, and her heart sank.
Many extraordinary individuals have come to this place recently, but this is the first to notice the anomaly in the Vice-Sect Leader's statue...
He strode up to the statue of the vice-leader, blocking Wugensheng's view, and said irritably, "Four-eyes, look again and I'll smash your glasses!"
Upon hearing this, Wugensheng concealed the gleam in his eyes, looked at Axing, and smiled slightly, saying, "It seems this gentleman has a deep prejudice against people who wear glasses."
“That’s right!” Ah Xing pointed to Wu Gensheng’s glasses and made a snake-like gesture: “Especially the gold-rimmed glasses.”
"..." Wugensheng suppressed the urge to slam Axing's head against the wall and explained with a smile, "As a businessman, it is reasonable and logical for me to wear gold-rimmed glasses. Please don't target me, sir."
"I'll stop targeting you once we leave. But if you keep staring around here, I'll smash your glasses in!"
Ah Xing had no liking for these strange people who inexplicably wandered into his territory, nor was he afraid of offending anyone. With his master's lightning clone backing him up, there were very few people in the entire world who dared to act recklessly in this Tian Tong Cathedral.
Wugensheng smiled again, without refuting, but suddenly stepped forward and gently patted Axing's shoulder.
The moment they touched, a blue aura, invisible to the naked eye, burst forth from Wugensheng's palm. The divine power contained within the aura gradually permeated Axing's body, reorganizing the aura within him into its original form, rendering both his innate and acquired abilities ineffective.
A Xingna burst forth from the top of his head, the spiritual light connecting him to the power of heaven and earth disappeared, and he withdrew from the state of the Saint Thief. In its place was an unprecedented feeling of weakness, as if he had been instantly drained of energy. It was unfamiliar and terrifying.
His legs went weak, and he staggered back a few steps, staring at the person in front of him in disbelief. This was the first time he had ever encountered such a bizarre situation where his abilities were instantly stripped away!
Suddenly, a name popped into his head, and he blurted out, "The leader of the Quanxing Sect, Wugensheng?"
Wugensheng looked at Axing with some surprise: "You actually recognize me?"
Ah Xing took a deep breath and said warily, "Master once told me about your method called Divine Spirit, which can restrain the abilities of all superhumans. Only pure life can be immune to its restraint. You once arm wrestled with Master and was defeated by him, but you still spun around in the air like a windmill."
Wugensheng: "…………"
You even know about such trivial and old news? It seems you really are Zhiwei's big-mouthed apprentice...
Wugensheng smiled helplessly and said, "Look, you know me too, we're old acquaintances, there's no need for this formality. I'm here to see the Heavenly Tong Sect Leader!"
“Then you’ve come to the wrong place. The cult leader isn’t here.” As he spoke, Ah Xing adjusted the Qi within his body, trying his best to return it to its proper place.
Wugensheng wasn't annoyed. He pointed at the statue behind Axing and laughed, "Who said it's not here? Isn't the Vice Leader right here? Don't underestimate him, don't underestimate the Vice Leader. I'm here to find the Vice Leader."
"You recognized the vice leader?" Ah Xing asked in surprise.
Wugensheng nodded, then looked at the statue of the Grand Preceptor again and said in a low voice, "Although I have a different face now, the Vice Master... should still recognize me, right?"
Although he had never spoken with the "National Advisor" alone, he felt that when he was communicating with Zhang Zhiwei, the other party must have been silently watching everything from somewhere.
In a sense, the other party can be considered another side of Zhang Zhiwei, except that Zhang Zhiwei used a method that ordinary people cannot understand to separate him.
Now that he has been separated, he should be an independent individual and should no longer be regarded as another side of Zhang Zhiwei.
However, even so, he should be the one who understands Zhang Zhiwei the most in this world, which is one of the purposes of Wugensheng's trip.
Just then, a voice rang out.
"Shameless!"
The sound did not travel through the air, but was a fluctuation of the soul. The many believers present were completely unaware of it; only Ah Xing and Wu Gensheng heard it.
"Don't be shameless... Who is the vice leader insulting with that title?" Ah Xing wondered.
Wugensheng clasped his hands in front of the statue of the Imperial Preceptor and transmitted his voice, "How have you been?"
"I'm in good condition right now, but you seem to be in a bad state." The Imperial Advisor could tell at a glance that Wugensheng had a problem.
Wugensheng was silent for a moment, his smile fading, and said, "Vice Sect Leader, you have a sharp eye. I do have a problem; I'm not in good shape."
"So, you were looking for the antidote from Big Face Thief? But you couldn't find him, so you came here to me?" As a seasoned master of inner demons, the Imperial Advisor saw through Wugensheng's thoughts at a glance and said with a sneer.
"The Vice Leader is truly a prophet!"
Wugensheng sincerely praised him. At the same time, he keenly sensed the difference between the person in front of him and Zhang Zhiwei.
Zhang Zhiwei gave him a real sense of pressure; if you didn't get along with him, he would slap you hard across the face, and he seemed to want to smash your brains to pieces.
Moreover, it's pointless to talk to Zhang Zhiwei. He can negotiate with the Quanxing demons, and even with the Celestial Master, but he can't get anywhere with Zhang Zhiwei.
Because once Zhang Zhiwei makes a decision, anything anyone else says becomes mere wishful thinking. Zhang Zhiwei is unaffected by such wishful thinking; his life and death depend entirely on his subjective decision.
This sense of powerlessness, unable to control life and death, is the main reason why Wugensheng doesn't want to have much interaction with Zhang Zhiwei.
He is actually a very sociable person. If Zhang Zhiwei were as easy to talk to as his junior brother Zhang Huaiyi, they would definitely have had more interactions.
Compared to the oppressive feeling of Zhang Zhiwei that left him with no control over his own life and death, the Grand Preceptor only brought him mental pressure. Wugensheng was not afraid of this mental confrontation, which actually made him secretly relieved. When he came, he was thinking that if this vice leader was like Zhang Zhiwei, and started to test him to see if he was tough or not, he really wouldn't know how to deal with it.
Wu Gengsheng didn't want the Imperial Preceptor to continue digging into his affairs, so he changed the subject and said with a smile, "Big-faced thief, is that Brother Zhiwei's nickname? Why did you choose this nickname?"
"He has a big face!" the Imperial Advisor replied briefly.
“Indeed, Brother Zhiwei has quite a lot of influence.” Although Wugensheng was very clever, he did not expect the real reason why the Grand Preceptor called Zhang Zhiwei “Big-faced Thief”, after all, Zhang Zhiwei’s face really wasn’t that big.
"Hmph! Idiot!"
The Imperial Advisor sneered, but did not explain. "Big-faced Thief" was his nickname; he wouldn't go so far as to complain about Zhang Zhiwei to Wugensheng.
If a stranger calls him that, he'll slap him across the face on the spot. What kind of person is he? How dare you call me "Big-faced Thief"?
Wugensheng wasn't annoyed at being called a fool. He was the kind of person who could calmly reply, "Hey, Grandpa," even if someone called him a grandson.
“The Vice Leader is right, I am indeed a fool, so I have some questions I would like to ask you to answer. I heard that Brother Zhiwei compares the human body to a holy country, and you are the national teacher of this holy country. You must be an extremely wise person, so I have some questions I would like to ask you!”
As Wugensheng spoke, he took three incense sticks from the side, walked to the statue of the vice leader, knelt down on both knees, bowed respectfully three times, and then put the incense sticks into the incense burner.
"I implore you, Vice Leader, to grant my request."
One doesn't hit a smiling face. The other party had already lowered their stance so much, so the Imperial Advisor didn't go too far. Moreover, Wugensheng did indeed have some connection with Big Face Thief, and at that time, he and Big Face Thief were allies, so naturally, he could be considered to have some connection with him. Therefore, he didn't speak ill of Wugensheng further. He pondered for a moment and said:
What do you want to ask?
"I'd like to ask, what is a human being?"
"What is a person?" the Grand Preceptor said. "A person should stand tall and upright, cultivate their character, and achieve a state of unity between spirit and body. I have been thinking about this recently. In fact, one should be sincere in one's conduct. Before understanding what it means to be a person, one should understand what sincerity means!"
The Imperial Preceptor looked at Wugensheng with great interest: "I heard that you are converting Quanxing. Do you know that I will be born into the world in the near future, so you have come to teach me how to be a person?"
If that's the case, he really wants to have a serious talk with Bilian.
Unexpectedly, Wugensheng shook his head and said, "Today, I am not here to discuss with the Vice Leader what sincerity is or what it means to be human. I am simply troubled by a question that has been bothering me for a long time, and I would like to ask you for advice... Where do humans come from?"
"Where do humans come from?" The Grand Preceptor paused for a moment, then suddenly realized, "So, you know that I will have a physical body and become an independent individual, and you've come to discuss this matter with me?"
“Yes.” Wugensheng nodded.
Why do you want to know?
Wugensheng thought for a moment and said, "I encountered some things, and my curiosity got the better of me..."
Or perhaps it was just an unrealistic wishful thinking, he added to himself.
"Do you think I can give you the answer?" the Imperial Advisor asked in return.
“Brother Zhiwei is the pinnacle of the martial arts world, and you are second only to him. I believe you can give me the answer,” Wugensheng said.
The Imperial Preceptor thought for a moment and said, "Since you insist on asking, then I will give you a few pointers. I will not talk to you about the soul, but at your level, you should know about the concept of subjectivity."
"The Taoist concept of tranquility and non-action, and the Buddhist concept of emptiness of the four elements and the five aggregates, are actually states of being reached through the tempering and shaping of one's subjective mind."
"How to describe this state? If we were to use a metaphor, it would be like sailing at sea. Before reaching this state, everything in the objective world is like an ordinary person facing the ocean, only able to sigh in despair. After they die, their subjective consciousness can only struggle in the sea, swimming a short distance before being swallowed up."
"When a person's cultivation reaches a certain level, it is equivalent to him having the ability to build ships on this ocean and sail them against raging storms and waves. He can sail freely without being swallowed by the sea."
"But even so, we are still very fragile in the face of everything in the objective world. Only by making our own subjective mind, and our own ship, strong enough, can we sail on the sea."
Even if one day your body is gone, your soul is gone, but the ship you built will still be at sea, never silent. You can choose to continue at sea, or you can choose to return to shore...
There are certain levels of understanding that even the Imperial Preceptor hasn't reached, but Zhang Zhiwei has. Through his exposure and learning, he has acquired a considerable amount of knowledge.
Upon hearing this, Wugensheng pondered for a moment and then asked, "Besides seawater, what else is in this ocean?"
"What else?" The Grand Preceptor did not answer directly, but instead asked, "Your eyes were so bright before, so what did you see in me?"
Looking at the statue of the National Preceptor, Wugensheng said in a deep voice, "I see an extremely strong power of faith here. The power of the belief of millions of people is gathered here, but you have not done much to deal with it. This power is quietly undergoing some kind of transformation in the direction that the millions of believers are praying and believing in."
The Imperial Advisor said, "You have good eyesight. If this continues, these powers will develop their own consciousness and become gods who look down upon all living beings. Most of the gods played by actors are like this."
"The superhumans... Don't be fooled by their immense power among ordinary people. When faced with a behemoth formed by the power believed by dozens or even hundreds of people, they are nothing more than slightly larger ants. They are easily influenced, assimilated, controlled, or even destroyed."
"Therefore, there was a lineage of faith, a lineage of faith that could properly use the power of faith, and the appearance of their respective gods. When the extraordinary people who joined the lineage were protected by the gods, it was as if they had joined a huge fleet."
"Even if your ship is damaged, you can be protected by the fleet. You can continue to exist with the help of the fleet, or you can go ashore again under the protection of the fleet."
Upon hearing this, Wugensheng pondered for a long time before asking, "Then... what about ordinary people who don't have the protection of this fleet of ships with the Dharma lineage?"
The Imperial Advisor laughed and said, "For ordinary people... they would have to struggle in this ocean and die. Their bodies would be washed away by the sea until only bones remained, and eventually, even the bones would be gone."
Wugensheng's eye twitched: "Then what can be left behind?"
The Imperial Advisor said, "The objective ocean will wash away the subjective part that belongs to the objective world. What remains after stripping away these is what will remain. Even a wrecked ship can have three thousand nails for a cultivator; for an ordinary person, it should become their original, pure subjectivity." (End of Chapter)