Chapter 602 The Dispute over the Dao
Will there be a fight between the immortals in the cave? From the perspective of human nature, yes, when cultivating immortals, whether it is the word "cultivation" or the word "immortality", they cannot be separated from the word "human". In fact, at their level, the heavenly tribulation is often not their biggest enemy, but the human tribulation.
The heavenly tribulation can still be guessed, but sometimes the human tribulation does not know how you died, which is tragic.
A lonely and helpless Yanlong, whose wealth is several times that of his peers, how can he not attract the prying of his peers?
In other words, the reason why the old Yanlong can keep so many properties is that he relies on the Yiqimen behind him.
Existence is reasonable. If the lower-level cultivators thought of this, they would have already cursed. The resources in their own sect are so scarce, why should they divide them and give them to an outsider.
Yes! Why does the Yiqimen support a demon clan that is nominally just a vassal, or even not a vassal? Even if the other party is a demon lord, the old Yanlong seems to be the kind of existence that does not listen to the orders. If it is a worshiper of the Qimen, then it is naturally fine.
Is there a worry about wasting the Daozang in this move?
Thinking of this, Wu Yi sat there in a daze, and his heart was in a knot. A knot that is difficult to figure out with his current status.
From the perspective of human nature, if you show favor, especially something that requires you to spend a lot of resources, you must ask for rewards. If you don't ask for rewards, you will lose a lot of money and then be eliminated by society. Survival of the fittest, this gene will be lost in the long river of history.
It is undeniable that in history, there are always some good people with brilliant character that shine through the ages, but the fact that they can be recorded and passed down itself means that they are only a very small number. In biology, this is called mutation.
Those who donate money to build bridges and roads and build schools mostly think that they are accumulating good deeds and reducing some of the sins created in the process of primitive accumulation, so that they can feel better when they die and go to hell. Is this asking for rewards? At least the parties involved think so.
Therefore, we must think about why Yiqimen supported the old Yanlong as a typical example. What is the purpose?
Who is this show for?
"Water tribe." Wu Yi almost subconsciously said these two words, and then, he suddenly became clear, the road ahead was bright, and a clear halo swirled around his body. That was the light of great wisdom. Although it was not enlightenment, it still made Wu Yi happy physically and mentally.
The Taoism, headed by Yiqimen, controlled the vast continent of Cangmangjie, established the Dao, established the human dynasty, and established a stable and perfect rule.
However, this does not mean that the Taoism will eradicate all other forces and races. The existence of the Wu clan is a very clear example.
Similarly, as long as some land monsters do not come out to stir up trouble and wreak havoc on the world, and nominally obey the orders of the Taoism, the Taoism will not kill them all.
What's more, even if they know that they are really hypocritical, can the Taoism still kill them all?
Among the Taoism, most of them are human beings, and there are few alien species. The power of the Dao Sect is, to a certain extent, equivalent to the power of the human race.
The Dao nurtures all things. If only the human race is left in the world, I am afraid that the human race will not be far from extinction.
The great catastrophes of the heavens are ever-changing, and they are always inseparable from several pairs of contradictions, one is the struggle for the Dao, and the other is the struggle for races.
The more primitive the world is, the more intense the contradictions between races appear. With the enlightenment of civilization, the struggle for the Dao will gradually replace the contradictions between races. This is true for all times and places, both at home and abroad. (Please refer to the evolution of the debate between Chinese and barbarians, from the old "non-race, their hearts must be different", to the later "barbarians entering China will become Chinese", and the modern debate between capital and society is needless to say. Alas, it is too difficult for me to write a novel to allude to some things, and I am afraid that you will not understand it, so I write it for reference)
Jumping aside the small world of Cangmangjie, looking at the heavens and the world, in the ancient times, the three tribes of dragon, phoenix and unicorn fought for the world; in the ancient times, the two tribes of witch and demon divided the world and the two courts coexisted; as for the Middle Ages, it was the dispute between Taoism and Chan; even the later dispute between Buddhism and Taoism, all adhered to this principle. (Sanren should be the first one to explain the prehistoric flow from this perspective. Materialistic dialectics and the theory of contradiction are really useful)
But the contradiction between races will not disappear, but will always exist, hidden behind the Taoism. As long as the differences between races exist, this contradiction will never disappear.
The conflict between the Taoist sect and the water tribe is also common. On the surface, it is a fight between the Taoist sect led by the human race and the water tribe led by the dragon race, but in fact, it is a difference between the Taoist traditions.
Most of the water tribe cultivators are rough men who refine their qi and blood and polish their muscles and bones. In the words of the Taoist sect, they are practicing strength.
However, at the beginning, the water tribe cultivators did not have to refine pills and transform infants like the Taoist sect. They relied entirely on the power of blood to achieve Taoism. They were completely different from the Taoist sect and were the remnants of blood inheritance in ancient times.
However, relying on blood is not very safe. Even if the ancestor is really a divine beast, it is unknown how much blood remains after ten generations of inheritance. The result will only be that one generation is worse than the next.
The human race is weak and small. In the ancient times, it was insignificant among the hundreds of races. However, in the Middle Ages, the original world collapsed, the level of spiritual energy declined, and the low-level spiritual energy was not enough to support the divine beasts to practice at will.
The human race, with its strong adaptability, has successfully become the leader of the new generation of all spirits in the heavens. The continuation to this day is not only the process of history, but also the efforts of individuals.
Fundamentally speaking, the blood inheritance of the demon race lags behind the alchemy of the Taoist sect. After tens of millions of years, it is not surprising that it was defeated by the Taoist sect. Even within the dragon race, only a very small number of descendants with blood and qi comparable to their ancestors practice the ancient method.
Daoism's Danding Dao is not only the mainstream in Daoism, but also in the heavens, because this Dao is most in line with the current spiritual energy level.
Most of the time, people can and can only follow the will of heaven. Going against heaven, hum, even following heaven can't go well, you're thinking too much! The rise of the human race is the result of following heaven.
Since Yiqimen came to Cangmangjie, that is, at the beginning of the establishment of the sect, there are actually two views on how to treat the barbarians in their eyes. One is that Daoism is supreme and all races submit, and the other is to "educate" foreign races, so that Daoism is in the position of a judge, the Supreme is in charge of the Dao, and the golden mean is the key.
This can also be said to be the origin of the differentiation between the pro-war faction and the pro-peace faction of Yiqimen in the future.
(The following text is free of charge, so that readers who read pirated copies can also read it. I won’t write it in the author’s words. I remember a few days ago a reader asked me that he didn’t see the innovation of the prehistoric flow.
Let me first explain that Sanren’s novel is based on the mortal flow, and the prehistoric flow will only be involved a little bit later, and there will be less in the early stage. This is certain.
Secondly, innovation in my eyes includes breadth and depth, and depth is my focus. To explain the logical relationship between the several catastrophes of the prehistoric flow clearly requires a philosophical macro-structure. Innovation has always been there. Have you discovered it?)