The Great Seminary

Chapter 250 Breaking the Circle
Even the most rational person will subconsciously embellish their behavior.

Therefore, Zhang Gui's belief that he felt almost no burden when killing people was not due to being inherently cruel or having a more depraved mental state.

Rather, it is a matter of ruthlessness and decisiveness, a kind of "imperial bearing".

But when Zhen Ciyun heard him say that he had a wish to hunt down powerful people, her expression suddenly became serious.

“Guigui, you must remember that no matter what the circumstances, you must never have the desire to ‘kill your own kind without any desire or wants’.”

In other words, you can harm the government and the public and injure countless people by fighting for fame and fortune.

They could also slaughter cities and destroy countries in the struggle for power.

In order to advance in cultivation, one can secretly refine mortals, destroying both their body and soul.

It can also unintentionally cause upheaval and natural disasters when the true form of the Divine Cluster is discovered, bringing calamity to the region.

But one must not kill for the sake of killing.

"So that's how it's said."

Zhang Gui pondered for a moment and said:
Ah, I understand.

Simply killing for the sake of killing is somewhat inhumane.

From this perspective, it is indeed a very taboo idea.

But you've misunderstood; I'm not that kind of pervert…

"Alright, Guigui, you don't need to explain this. Just be careful."

The reason why 'killing one's own kind without desire or ambition' is taboo is not as noble as you might think.

It's simply because, according to legend, the 'Great Qi Emperor' disliked this very much.

At your current level, or even higher, there's really no one who would bother with your trivial matters.

But since you are exceptionally talented and have lofty ambitions, you must cherish your reputation from the very beginning.

The great sage Confucius once said a profound and insightful statement:

One can live to seventy and still follow one's heart's desires without transgressing the rules.

Even the most intelligent teenagers of seventeen or eighteen years old would find it difficult to immediately grasp the hidden truth in Zhen Ciyun's words.

But Zhang Gui, who has lived two lives and is now 'seventy years old', is completely different.

It was because in his previous life he had witnessed his promising political friend, who was doing very well in everything.

However, it was just an unintentional comment on a model figure who was erected as a monument by the national leader, with four words: "His thoughts are very old".

As a result, once the news spread, its foundation immediately crumbled, and it fell into ruin.

However, if an ordinary person said the same thing, no one would hold them accountable even if it spread throughout the world.

Because nobody in the world cares whether the thoughts of a single 'ant' are noble or unconventional.

Therefore, sometimes, the desire to climb to a high position actually comes with more constraints...

This was originally Sun Wukong's personality, but because he wanted to become a Buddha and a saint, he had to wear the 'tightening headband' first.

Moreover, it is foreseeable that such constraints will likely increase in the future.

Until their power became so great that they could overturn the 'Heavenly Court'.

From then on, he became the god-king who put a tight rein on others.

Standing in the newly renovated side room of the market.

Zhang Gui, contemplating the interaction between his future life and the fate of all humanity, thought to himself...

"This is an endless 'circle'."

Therefore, if I am to become the supreme ruler of the human race in the future, I must break through it.

I will no longer impose taboos or impose any kind of 'tightening spells' on others.

And we should uphold this new idea that 'one should judge a person's character solely by their actions, not their words' as our guiding principle. The old sages couldn't conceive of this, but I will!
I will break the old ways that the former gods and emperors were unwilling to break!
This is absolutely the right thing to do!

In a supernatural world.

Zhang Gui pioneered and mastered a brand-new path to human civilization.

And those who tirelessly practice and refine this 'path' little by little in the real world are the country's advocates.

Any thought that attempts to overturn the 'ancient system,' even just a fleeting idea, will be condemned because...
This move could very well change the course of human history in the future, and naturally it will touch the mysteries and resonate with others.

This kind of 'echo' is a supernatural phenomenon at an extremely high level, and the process is fleeting.

It is generally difficult for anyone other than a 'Celestial Rank' expert with an extraordinary sensitivity to mysterious realms to detect them.

Unfortunately, Zhen Ciyun, who stayed by Zhang Gui's side, was closely related to 'knowledge' because of the secret cultivation method she practiced, the <White-Robed Guanyin Bodhisattva's Great Thousand Worlds Nirvana Sutra>.

Coincidence belongs to the 'second-rate' type of people.

The moment the mysterious echo descended,
Her senses—the senses of sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch, and mind—that normally activate when she is awake, all cease to function.

Only the most mysterious 'Manas' consciousness within a person automatically communicates with the 'Alaya' consciousness, the only external consciousness in the universe.

The person fell to the ground without any warning.

When Zhen Ciyun slowly woke up, she found herself lying on a warm kang (heated brick bed).

Zhang Gui was holding a large bowl of brown sugar water and carefully using a copper spoon to feed it to her.

The two locked eyes.

Zhang Gui asked with delight, "Ciyun, you're awake! How are you feeling?"

Zhen Ciyun did not answer directly, but instead frowned slightly, looking somewhat bewildered, as she recalled what had just happened.

After a while, as if remembering something, she unleashed the <White-Robed Guanyin Nirvana Sutra>.

The result was astonishing.

Although his primordial spirit power was almost exhausted, his 'Manas consciousness,' which had only been theoretical, seemed to have some kind of response.

It's like someone who was born with eyes but has no idea where they are or how to open them.

Even if others explain to me what kind of organ the 'eye' is and what the 'seeing' feels like, I still won't be able to see anything.

But because they have never seen anything with their own eyes, they cannot understand it at all.

As the saying goes, "Everything is difficult at the beginning," and this is exactly the point.

But now, her eyes were suddenly illuminated by an intense, unintentional beam of light.

Even with my eyes tightly closed, I could still naturally feel the presence of 'light'.

With this insight, opening one's eyes to see the 'world' through one's own efforts is no longer a completely clueless act.

He stood there, ecstatic, in a daze for quite a while.

Zhen Ciyun suddenly grabbed Zhang Gui's wrist and said seriously:

"Zhang Gui, you must be a god-king or demon-lord from beyond the universe, reincarnated and returned to the human world."

According to legend, when such a 'reversal of fate' occurs, the human race will inevitably face a cataclysmic calamity.

Think carefully now, did you have any 'foresight' in your mind just now, or did you recall any clues about which supreme being you were in your past life?

“You’re right.

Actually, I am a great sage from the 'China' that has been forgotten in the long river of time.

When Zhang Gui saw her suddenly go crazy, he was about to jokingly reveal his name from his past life when he suddenly felt a premonition.

He shut his mouth tightly.

(End of this chapter)