Chapter 214: Flip-flopping

Jiang Luo got several big red envelopes with a single screenshot.

The group laughed like crazy and spoofed this picture with different words into different emoticons. Jiang Luo laughed at them and went back to WeChat to ask Chi You: [Is it cool?

Chi You responded with several red envelopes representing silent mockery.

Jiang Luo accepted all of it, "Is this real money?

"Dear Jiang, I have lots and lots of money, except for plutonium," Chi You said slowly, "enough to take you anywhere in the world to enjoy life.

Jiang Luo understood the man's hint, "You want to travel with me?

The evil spirit said, [I just want to spend half the month with you again.]

Chi You was very dissatisfied with the weak and dragging image he had left Jiang Luo with when he fled from Dawu Mountain. He wanted to replace the previous wretchedness with a strong and perfect look.

But Chi You didn't say anything to anyone, and when he opened his eyes and realized he was alive, when he saw Jiang Luo beside him, wearily protecting him, an extremely strange emotion rose up in him as never before, a subtle and strange emotion that seemed to scream contentment as much as it seemed to be a sense of security.

Chi You never thought that he would be able to reopen his eyes after losing consciousness, or that Jiang Luo would not give up on him even if he became a drag.

It was an experience that was all but foreign to him.

Traveling?

Jiang Luo was shamefully a bit moved, he turned his head to look at Sai Liaoer who was still looking at the screen with great interest, and typed: [Sai Liaoer, is there any place in your country that is suitable for traveling?

Sai Liaoer was not sleepy when he talked about this, he introduced the famous tourist attractions of his country to Jiang Luo with great enthusiasm, and invited him warmly: "Jiang, our country is going to have a carnival soon, do you want to go and play?

Jiang Luo seriously stroked his chin and said, [I will consider it.]

Deliberately ignored by the predestined man kneeling for three days, his attitude is incredibly respectful and pious, every morning on time to come, before the temple closed to leave, the whole day did not have a break to eat, a kneeling is twelve hours. But although the predestined man lowered himself to worship Jiang Luo, he did not appear humble and pitiful, on the contrary, the predestined man's temperament was generous, not lowly and not overbearing. Who would think that a person who sincerely worships a god is flattering and pleasing? The onlooker will only see his sincerity.

At the end of the third day of worship, the Fated Man smiled and rose from the ground, "It is late today, so I will come back tomorrow to interrupt."

Just as he was about to leave, the True God, who had been watching him kneel in silence for three days, finally said, "Why have you come."

The True God's tone was light and contained a few moments of doubt. Yet the doubts were all very thin, as if they were irrelevant inquiries at the sight of an ant traveling against the grain.

With a flash in his eyes, the predestined man respectfully bowed, "The late generation would like to ask for a few words of instruction."

The True God asked, "Instruct you in what?"

The Predestined One said, "Instruct the latecomer how to become a god."

This time, the True God was silent for a long time.

Such silence was wordless, yet it seemed to reveal a mockery of the predestined man everywhere. The predestined man hung his eyes and waited silently for the words of the true God.

After a long silence, the True God directly said, "You cannot become a god."

The Fated One laughed softly, his expression not seeing decadence, "Why?"

"How can a mortal become a god?" The True God said.

The word "mortal" made the host's smile fade, the host wanted to become a god has almost become an obsession, his two hundred years of hardship is to get rid of the category of "mortal", these two words are the host's least favorite words, almost with a knife in the poke! It's almost like poking a knife into the flesh and blood of a predestined person.

He asked rhetorically, "Why can't a mortal become a god, since ancient times there have been only a few legends of people becoming gods, immortals, and Buddhas, why can't I?"

The predestined man bowed once again, "I still ask senior to guide me."

The True God asked in disbelief, "Why do you want to become a god? For the immortal officer's salary, or for immortality and the same life in heaven and earth?"

The predestined man's expression became distant as he looked at the top of the Sheshan Mountain of the Da Zhao Temple, the evening sun had already darkened and shrouded one side of the world. He seemed to see himself who had once found the way to become a god for the first time in the Da Zhao Temple's hidden scriptures, "I became a god, not for these."

"One thing I've been thinking about for as long as I can remember," the predestined man simply sat down on the floor, across a doorway, and explored with the true god in the room, "I've always wondered if there is a god in this world."

"We worship God, make offerings to God, ask God for prayers, and borrow God's power to suppress evil spirits and ghosts. It is reasonable to say that if there are ghosts and spirits, there are gods, but who has ever seen a real god come down?"

"Buddhism's Sakyamuni cut his flesh and fed it to the eagle, and became a Buddha on the ground. Taoism's grandmaster Zhang Tianshi is also cultivated by the human into a god, the old master in Qingcheng Mountain Chop received six days of ghost king, began to distinguish between human ghosts, the merits and virtues of the full and ascension in the day. Buddhism and Taoism worship them, with the power of the Buddha and the Ancestor Master to subdue demons and eliminate karmic obstacles, but has anyone really seen these two? And do these two really exist?"

As if he had forgotten that there was a true god right next to him, the predestined man slowly said, "I became a god not for immortality or for heavenly spells. I'm just curious, and there are always people who want to do something for the sake of curiosity. Until they do, who can prove whether they exist or not? When I was young I didn't think anyone would land on the moon in a few hundred years either. It's like other people look at me and think that becoming a god is just a distant dream of mine, something impossible to achieve."

He suddenly smiled, his eyes showing remembrance, ''I've lived for two hundred years now, and when I went out to look for traces of gods and Buddhas, I've seen many wars and national disasters of all sizes, including the most difficult times. I have seen many people lost in exile and die. There were people whose children were starving to death and who themselves were starving to the bone, yet they still had leftovers to worship the gods and Buddhas. They put their hopes in Taoist temples, begging the gods and worshipping them, wanting them to relieve them of their suffering, but I have not seen the gods and Buddhas actually respond to their devotees."

"Those who are dying will pray to God and Buddha, and those who live a long time will also pray to God and Buddha; those who have sinned deeply want to wash away their sins of killing, and those who are righteous want God and Buddha to punish those who have a butcher's knife in their hands."

"I'm different from them, I don't seek godhood for longevity or to pray. I just want to try and see if I can respond to my followers if I become a god," the predestined man said indifferently, "I just want to see what it's like after becoming a god. As long as I can become a god, even if I die after becoming a god, I am willing."

He spoke gently, but with equanimity. A predestined person seeks the Way, not for profit, not to escape from life and death; he has no desires, so he looks down on the hundred beings who go to the gods for their own desires.

Even if the person who says he "cannot become a god" is a true god, the predestined person does not believe in the words of the true god.

Jiang Luo remained silent for a long time, and it had to be said that the Predestined Man had his own theories, and his theories were still extremely convincing. Even Sai Liaoer couldn't help but look contemplative as he listened, thinking that he had a point.

The predestined man had lived for two hundred years, he had seen everything and already had his own set of logic. Jiang Luo was not led astray by him, but only deeply felt the predestined man's paranoia about becoming a god.

The more paranoid he is, the better his plan will go.

Only after a long time did the True God indifferently say, "All appearances are illusory."

This is talking about the predestined person being caught up in a phase.

In the Heart Sutra, it is said that "all dharmas are empty" and that the essence of phases is emptiness, but one cannot cling to the essence of emptiness and be paranoid that phases are emptiness, for such an idea is in itself a form of attachment to phases.

The predestined man knew the meaning of these words, which was nothing more than saying that he was too obsessed with becoming a god, but instead could not become a god. Predestined Man humbly said, "I still ask for senior's guidance."

"You said that there are many legends of people becoming gods, immortals and Buddhas, and there are indeed many. As small as Chang'e running to the moon, as big as Sakyamuni becoming a Buddha on the ground," the True God's voice was distant, as if it came from far away, wrapped in a cloud-like haze, "Most of the three hundred and sixty-five 'positive gods' sealed when the Western Zhou destroyed the Shang were sealed as gods after their deaths. Confucius was honored as a sage and became a god after his death, and Qu Yuan Wu Zixu was no different. Since ancient times, the three emperors and five kings could also become gods after death, and even Master Guan Er, whom the Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism religions exceptionally believe in, was also ordained as a god after death, becoming the 'Three Realms of the Voodoo Emperor', and Master Guan Er is also the most successful in changing from a human to a god."

"Precisely," the predestined man smiled and picked up, "The mythological saying is that 'the wise and upright are gods', and most of the minor gods on earth, such as the City God Temple and the Land Master, are also ordained by local officials after the death of those who have left a virtuous name. Elder look at me, isn't it enough to become a god?"

Ever since the predestined man determined to become a god, he had not killed a single person. He had a virtuous name and enlightenment, and when he was brought into the Da Zhao Temple by the old abbot of the temple, the old abbot said that the predestined man had a Buddha's heart.

The heart is like a rock, and like a bright platform, and does not take things for granted, nor does it grieve for itself.

Any way you look at it, it's a good material to become a god.

But Jiang Luo really doesn't believe he can become a god. For a person like Predestined Man, who has been secretly harming people, he has been on the stage of pseudo-god for so many years, and he still predicts that he will be killed by Chi You. If he can become a god, Jiang Luo will take his name.

Jiang Luo confidently intends to start making things up, although he has not read many Buddhist scriptures and Taoist scriptures, but on the piece of nonsense, no one can beat Jiang Luo.

He said, "You were once a Buddhist disciple and should know what the word 'Buddha' is. 'Buddha' means 'human Buddha', i.e., people don't want, i.e., they transcend the world and leave their ego behind."

The Predator froze and frowned slightly.

"The Sakyamuni you speak of became a Buddha after death. The old ancestor you mentioned also ascended after feathering, not to mention the other gods and goddesses I mentioned to you, which of them did not become gods after death?" Jiang Luo said, "These gods and buddhas have transcended the self, detached themselves from worldly concepts, and have the great righteousness of having a heart for the world and willingly sacrificing for the sake of others. I say how can a mortal become a god because you still have a mortal heart. Sakyamuni practiced for twelve years from cultivation to enlightenment, and you haven't become a god or an immortal or a Buddha in two hundred years, do you really not know where you are wrong? "

The predestined man's face changed slightly.

"Eliminate the delusion of greed and anger, and pay back the karma of those you owe and hurt; you are obsessed with false fame, but you have violated the original meaning of becoming a god. Use your false name to atone for your faults and come back to pursue your Dao."

The Fated One was silent for a long time, "You are asking me to admit my faults to everyone?"

The true God of the temple did not answer him.

The Predestined Man continued, "Are you asking me to admit, the truth of my prophecy back then?"

The True God still does not answer.

In the incense burner in front of the host's person, the gas incense suddenly "snapped" and broke, as if telling the host's answer.

The Fated Man looked at Nagisa, a rare look of hesitation on his face.

"Elder, this ......"

The Fates had never heard of anyone with a tainted reputation being able to become a god.

The True God interrupted, as if angered by the predestined man's questioning, his voice turned cold, "Whether you become a god or not is your business, whether you believe or not is also your business. You go, I'm going to rest."

The Fates came to an abrupt end and silently exited the temple.

Jiang Luo waited for him to leave, then stretched and started packing.

Sai Liaoer said curiously, "Jiang, what are you doing?"

"Traveling," Jiang Luo shrugged, "going out for half a month, that's called retreating to advance, and when I'm gone, it's the predestined who are anxious."

Sai Liaoer nodded in understanding and wondered, "So where are you going to play?"

"Your country," Jiang Luo stuffed a pair of panties into his backpack, the corners of his mouth raised, "I still want to go to the beach to surf and play on a yacht, I still want to see gypsy girls belly dancing, whatever, I've wanted to go out a long time ago, I've got the money and the time to go wherever I want to go, and after I finish my half a month of surfing. Come back and bring you souvenirs."