Weird Cultivation, I have a five-organ temple

Chapter 156: Killing oneself for the sake of righteousness? Killing oneself for the sake of righteousness

"Stay alert! Lao Feng, release the wooden kite and scout the surrounding situation!"

Shang Lu made arrangements quickly.

Everyone started moving immediately.

Feng Nan released several wooden kites at the same time, while Tu Bin held a shield and looked around fiercely.

Liu Zhi, Du Feng and others, either holding crossbows or drawing swords, stared at the surroundings vigilantly.

Shang Lu was not idle either. He randomly pulled one out from the dozen or so children he had captured.

He also asked Du Feng and others to plug the ears of the other children.

Shang Lu took the chosen child and walked a distance away. He then pulled out the cloth ball stuffed in the child's mouth and asked in a low voice, "Where are the people in the town? Where did they go?"

The child was a little uncomfortable for a while because the cloth in his mouth was suddenly pulled out, and he made "Aba Aba" and couldn't explain it clearly.

The cloth ball was stuffed by Du Feng and his team, all of them experts at this job, so it was naturally not stuffed like in the TV dramas Shang Lu had watched in his previous life, where the cloth ball was stuffed loosely, making people feel their IQ was being compromised.

When Du Feng and his friends stuff a cloth ball into a person's mouth, they will first press the tongue down, and then forcefully stuff the cloth ball into the mouth to press down on the tongue, making it unable to exert force and naturally unable to push open the cloth ball.

The child spoke clearly after his tongue recovered: "At this time, everyone in the town must be listening to the teacher's lecture."

Shang Lu originally thought that it would take some effort to get any words out of this child, but he didn't expect the child to be so cooperative and answer whatever he asked.

However, after hearing this, Du Feng frowned and complained: "Who is a good person who would give a lecture in the middle of the night?"

The child rolled his eyes at Du Feng and said coldly, "I say you are ignorant, but you still refuse to admit it. Let me ask you, are you more calm at night? Is it easier to concentrate than during the day?"

When Du Feng heard the first half of the sentence, he was already prepared for a quarrel.

But after hearing what the child said, he was stunned: "It seems to be the case... Sir, it seems that this teacher is quite capable."

"Your perception has been influenced by others."

Shang Lu sneered and said, “It’s quieter at night than during the day. As long as you’re not on duty and don’t have official duties or trivial matters to deal with, it’s certainly easier to calm down and concentrate than during the day.

That master is a famous sophist, good at combining fallacies with the truth. Nine out of ten of his statements are true and one is false, which can easily deceive people. "

Du Feng's heart trembled, and he hurriedly saluted: "Thank you for your reminder, sir. I almost got into trouble with them!"

Shang Lu continued to question: "Where do you give lectures, Master?"

"It's in the witch temple in town."

The child was still very cooperative, but his answer surprised everyone.

"In the witch temple? Has the temple priest of Yunxi Town also been bewitched by him?"

Tu Bin said in surprise, with a hint of solemnity on his face.

Du Feng explained in a low voice: "Old Tu, you have been in the border army for a long time and you don't know the situation in the interior.

In the witch temples in the mainland, only at the county and prefecture levels do old and retired witch officials serve as temple priests.

For example, in the witch temples in towns and villages, local people of high moral character serve as temple priests, responsible for maintaining the incense and ensuring that the gods are not cut off from offerings. "

"So that's it."

Tu Bin breathed a sigh of relief. The situation in the interior was indeed different from that in the border areas.

In border areas, even the witch temples at the township level are guarded by witch officials.

Because in border areas, witch temples are not only places of faith, but can also play a huge role in fighting against the enemy.

While they were talking in low voices, Shang Lu had already found out the location of the witch temple from the child.

He also questioned the Master and his group of "followers" about their cultivation.

Unfortunately, the child only told the direction of the witch temple. He had no idea about the cultivation status of the Master and others.

However, he had strong confidence in the Master and others.

"The Master's cultivation must be extremely high. He is a saint on earth! As long as you go to the Wu Temple and listen to the Master's lessons, you will realize your mistakes and then bow down at the Master's feet, praying to listen to his teachings day and night..."

"Du Feng, keep blocking his mouth."

Shang Lu was in no mood to listen to this kid's weird teachings, so he handed the cloth ball to Du Feng and asked him to seal the kid's mouth again.

Then they used the same method to drag out several children for interrogation.

After making sure that the children were not lying, Feng Nan controlled the wooden kite and headed towards the witch temple to investigate.

At the same time, they took advantage of the cover of night and sneaked towards the witch temple.

But there is no rush.

Shang Lu planned to ambush and monitor the surroundings first, and then arrest people after the arrival of the reinforcements of the witch officers.

Soon, a group of people arrived near the witch temple.

The witch temple in Yunxi Town is not big, it only has a small courtyard.

The temple obviously could not accommodate all the people, so many people stood on the road outside the temple wall to listen to the Master's lecture.

The expressions of these people were very strange. They all looked in a trance, as if they were listening to the words of God.

Not only the people, but also the dogs squatting on the ground and the cats climbing on the wall all had such an intoxicated expression. It seemed that they could also understand what people said and wanted to open their minds and practice.

The sound of lectures coming from the witch temple has a special magic that makes people feel close to it and can't help but believe it.

After Shang Lu heard this voice, the liver statue in the temple of the five internal organs began to work, constantly purifying the "toxins".

He hurriedly warned in a low voice: "Everyone be careful, there is magic hidden in this sound, activate your blood and energy to protect your ears and brain, and avoid being influenced and deceived by it."

Everyone was shocked when they heard the words, and they all followed the order and mobilized their blood and energy.

Under the influence of blood, the "sense of intimacy" and "sense of trust" that this voice brought to them was instantly reduced a lot.

In the lobby of the witch temple, the Master sat in front of a statue.

The shadow cast by the statue engulfed him, making it impossible to see his appearance clearly.

He talked to people inside and outside the temple:

"You are not even human now, you are just a bunch of corpse-guarding ghosts. If you want to become an immortal or a god, you must first become a human!"

People inside and outside the temple asked in unison: "Master, how can we become adults?"

The Master said slowly: "Have you ever heard of killing a living being?"

A middle-aged man dressed as a Confucian scholar in the temple bowed and said, "Master, I have heard of what you said. The so-called sacrificing one's life for the sake of benevolence is a saying said by a Confucian saint. It means that in order to achieve benevolence, one can disregard one's own life..."

"wrong!"

Before the scholar could finish his words, the Master in the shadow of the statue shook his head repeatedly.

"It's killing for a living being, not killing yourself for a righteous person!
The latter is a distortion of the saints’ sayings by the worldly people. They are afraid that if you know the truth, you will compete with them for the chance to become an adult, and then compete with them for the chance to become an immortal or a god! "

The Master said: "This sentence is true of the Confucian saints, but it is not to help you achieve benevolence, but to teach you how to change from a ghost to a human being!
If you want to become an adult, you have to kill!
I have said before that all living beings suffer, because from the moment they are born, they are trapped in the cage of the flesh and suffer from all kinds of poisonous harm in the world.

When you kill lives, you are helping them escape from the sea of ​​suffering, and you are doing good deeds and accumulating virtue.

When goodness accumulates to a certain level, the toxins in your body will dissipate on their own, and your body will no longer be a cage that imprisons you. Instead, it will become a boat that carries you through this world and across the ocean of spiritual practice..."

"Killing a living being? It turns out that everything I understood before was wrong?"

The scholar was breathing heavily, with two thoughts colliding violently in his head.

In the end, he was persuaded by the teacher's eloquence and fell to the ground in submission.

"Thank you for imparting the truth, Master. Today I realize that everything I learned in the past was false!"

After he stood up, there was a hint of excitement in his eyes when he looked at the people around him.

He wanted to kill these people to help them escape from the sea of ​​suffering, so that he could be reborn as a human being and embark on spiritual practice!

Not just Confucian scholars.

At this moment, all the people inside and outside the temple, even cats and dogs, were looking at their companions and even relatives with murderous eyes.

It was at this moment that the Master, who was hiding in the shadow of the statue, suddenly widened his eyes.

He actually discovered the wooden kite hidden in the night and saw through its disguise at a glance.

But he did not panic. He just said to the people inside and outside the temple: "Your chance to become an adult has come! Kill the uninvited guests who sneaked into the town and save their souls. Then you can accumulate merits, shed your ghost body, and become a human!"

"uninvited guest?"

When everyone heard this, they turned around and looked.

Shang Lu and others who were lying in ambush nearby were all shocked.

The teacher raised his hand and said loudly: "Believe in your eyes! Even in the dark night, you can clearly see those uninvited guests!"

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone's eyes became bloodshot and bulged out, looking very strange, as if they had turned into monsters.

But these people didn't feel any pain, and instead burst into excited exclamations.

"I can see clearly now! I can even see clearly in the dark!"

"Master is right, we must believe our own eyes!"

"I saw someone over there!"

A woman suddenly raised her hand and pointed towards a street corner not far away.

Liu Zhi and several scouts were lying in ambush there.

"No, it's exposed!"

Before Liu Zhi and the others could react, the people inside and outside the temple rushed towards them like crazy.

"Kill them!"

"Don't run, let us kill you!"

"Don't be afraid. We do this for your own good. When you die, you will be free from the cage and return to paradise."

"Relax, take a deep breath, and it won't hurt soon."

"Don't fight with me, let me kill them, I want to kill people! I don't want to be a ghost!"

(End of this chapter)