Under One Person: Lifting the Ball to Soar

“You have to be aware before you can respond. Whether the response is appropriate is another matter. …

As practitioners of our generation, we hold ourselves to the standards of saints, and you have done quite well.

Have you understood others from an ordinary perspective? Do you have others in your eyes?

Faced with a monster like you, it's inevitable that your fellow disciples might compete with you or get jealous and resentful, but we are all like brothers and sisters and have no ill will towards you.

What about the others? Do you think everyone is Zuo Rutong? Everyone is a member of the Lu family? You used that method to fight with others. If it was a disciple from another school, it would not be excessive for us to make enemies with them! "

The Heavenly Master's earnest teachings finally convinced Zhang Zhiwei. He realized how dangerous his state of mind was and how close he was to falling into the devil's way. He lowered his proud head in a cold sweat and sincerely regretted:

"Disciple realizes his mistake!"

When the Heavenly Master saw that his disciple had listened to him, he must have felt happy in his heart, but his face was full of anger, and he scolded the traitor in front of him who had given in:

"You are always like a stupid lion, looking down on everyone. I wanted to wait until you suffered a loss before I told you these words!

OK, you are awesome! Even the secret weapon I prepared can’t deal with you. I can’t control you anymore!

Get out! Get down the mountain! "

The Taoist priest’s acting skills were so good that Zhang Zhiwei was frightened and thought he was going to be expelled from the sect, so he quickly begged for mercy!

But how could the Heavenly Master be reluctant to drive him away? Not to mention Zhang Zhiwei, even Zhang Huaiyi, who was so blood pressure-soothing, was something he was reluctant to let go.

The Taoist priest then added: You must take off your Taoist attire and go down the mountain to gain experience for a year. During this year you are not allowed to use any means or accept alms, and you are not allowed to make a living by relying on your physical strength. You must go to the city market and be a vendor, selling whatever you want to survive for a year and then come back!

When Zhang Zhiwei saw that his master was not going to expel him, he breathed a sigh of relief. His reckless spirit came back and he said that he was willing to go down the mountain but had no capital to do business. His implication was that he needed some support from his master.

When the big-eared man at the side heard about money, he felt that the opportunity to make up for his debt had come, and excitedly pointed at himself: "I have it! Brother! I have it! It's a small matter!"

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Chapter 11 Great Educator Zhang Jingqing

As soon as Big Ear showed up, the Heavenly Master, who had just taught Zhang Zhiwei a lesson, turned his firepower on Big Ear:

"If Zhiwei is like a stupid lion, you are like a mouse living in a ditch. Mice love to hoard things. They can use them but cannot live without them. Without them, they will not feel at ease.

The rats are afraid of the light and only like to stare at others in secret, but they are afraid of being stared at by others. How should I deal with you?"

Big Ears was very nervous. He had bigger problems and his master's scolding was even harsher. He knelt there in cold sweat waiting for the verdict.

The Taoist priest spoke out the decision he had made long ago: "You really don't like others noticing you? How about this, from today on, you will take my last name!"

Big Ears was stunned when he heard this, and didn't react for a moment, thinking he had heard it wrong.

The Heavenly Master said: "From today on, you will be called Zhang Huaiyi."

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Yes, the man with big ears is called Zhang Huaiyi, which must be an extremely unfamiliar name to most extraordinary people of this era. Even the disciples of the Tianshi Mansion in Longhu Mountain, except for the two most senior ones who are still alive, probably no one has heard of this person.

Because they were the Thirty-Six Thieves, most of them were expelled from their own sects, as if they were some dirty things whose entire existence had to be wiped out, and even these people could not be found in the family tree.

Sadly, the thirty-five people that Wu Gensheng liked were all outstanding people with outstanding abilities and virtues in the world of extraordinary people at that time.

All sects and schools erased these people from their own genealogical lists, as if they wanted to forever label the Thirty-Six Thieves of the Jiashen Rebellion as an extremely evil and treasonous group. It is just unknown whether those who did this nailed these Thirty-Six Thieves to the pillar of shame forever, or instead left a permanent chapter of cruelty and immorality for their own sect.

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After the OP finished blasting people in a sarcastic tone, he returned to the main story...

There is one last small sequel to this section of Tianshi training his apprentices:

When Zhang Zhiwei entered the secular world, he not only took off his Taoist robes but also shaved his hair.

Mimiyan's talent is indeed extraordinary. Even after knowing his shortcomings, he remains unshaken and his free and easy nature remains the same. He has completely given up his identity as a high-ranking official in the Tianshi Mansion and an outsider, and wants to live in the world as an ordinary person.

At that time, Zhang Huaiyi came alone to see him off and talked about his plans after entering the world.

Zhang Zhiwei said that doing business is just a form, and it is mainly about training people in interpersonal relationships. I think it is more appropriate to tell fortunes for people by hitting the board.

Zhang Huaiyi advised as soon as he heard it, "Master does not allow one to make a living by any means, so isn't it against the rules for you to tell fortunes for others?"

Unexpectedly, Zhang Zhiwei laughed out loud. If I tell fortunes but don't tell the truth, wouldn't that count as using tricks? I'll learn how to cheat people in the future and make a living as a charlatan!

Zhang Huaiyi complained in the tone of a person who has experienced it: "Brother, your thoughts are very dangerous! Monks don't tell lies!"

Zhang Zhiwei was so angry when he heard these words coming out of this thief Sun that he wanted to slap him immediately.

Then Zhang Zhiwei said to Zhang Huaiyi with a gloating look, "You should worry about yourself. Even someone as ignorant as me can see it. All of our fellow disciples know about your actions. You, Zhang Huaiyi, are doomed!"

Zhang Huaiyi felt very remorseful and asked Zhang Zhiwei for advice on how to behave.

To be honest, Zhang Huaiyi asked Zhang Zhiwei how to mess with people, so he must have asked the right person. Asking him how to be a man is like asking a blind man for advice, or using your donkey lips to kiss Zhang Zhiwei’s horse mouth. …

But Zhang Zhiwei was just the kind of natural master who could understand things at a glance. His extraordinary talent not only made him good at dealing with people, but also gave an extraordinary insight based on his own character and habits:

"You have been thinking about how to get along with others for so many years. Haven't you figured it out yet? Do you think that Master is rewarding you or punishing you by turning you into Zhang Huaiyi? Does Master have nothing to do?"

Zhang Zhiwei told Zhang Huaiyi that the master gave him the surname Zhang only because the master felt that he was worthy of the name Zhang in terms of his means and character. What he should consider now is how to live up to the name "Zhang" Huaiyi and the status of a candidate for Heavenly Master.

Your fellow disciples have to adjust their abnormal mentality when facing you. You just need to do your best. If you feel that it was wrong for you to deceive everyone before, you should be more honest with everyone in the future. As long as you are willing to correct yourself, your fellow disciples will forgive you soon.

After being relieved, Zhang Huaiyi felt more relieved. He also found that Zhang Zhiwei was laughing and laughing, and he was very surprised:

Brother, why are you so happy? It’s as if you were not kicked off the mountain by the master but were going to get a wife. Now my surname is Zhang, and I will be your rival in inheriting the position of Heavenly Master in the future. Don’t you care at all?

It is not difficult to understand why Zhang Zhiwei was so happy. The old Taoist pointed out Zhang Zhiwei's shortcomings and showed him a clear way forward. Zhang Zhiwei saw clearly the path he would take in the future and found the direction to move forward. How could he not be happy?

As for competitors...

"Hehehe, there is no opponent. I have never had any opponent." Zhang Zhiwei was still carefree.

Zhang Huaiyi quickly asked, "Don't you want to inherit your master's mantle?"

Zhang Zhiwei replied, if you give it to me, I’ll take it. If you don’t, it doesn’t matter either.

Zhang Zhiwei acted extremely Buddhist at this moment, but how could he be the kind of person who would give up?

He is still the Zhang Zhiwei who only knows how to be himself and wants to do his best, but from now on, in addition to "holding himself to saintly standards", he will also "understand others with an ordinary perspective."

Zhang Zhiwei understood that even the position of Heavenly Master who commanded the entire Zhengyi and mastered the complete Five Thunders Orthodox Law was just an external object on the path of cultivation.

Although it is an external thing, it is also the great expectation and praise from the teachers.

Zhang Zhiwei patted Zhang Huaiyi on the shoulder, who had come this far, and encouraged him wholeheartedly:

"So! Junior brother, Master has high expectations for you!"

After that day, word spread that Zhang Zhiwei had suffered a loss in the secret martial arts performance within the sect, because no one would have thought that the winner would be punished and the loser would be rewarded.

……

A phase of the story is coming to an end, and the host is talking nonsense as usual:

I would like to call the old Taoist priest the strongest educator in the alien world in the past hundred years!

Aren’t you, Zhang Zhiwei, otherworldly and unintelligible? So I kicked you down the mountain and sent you into the world to become an ordinary person. Aren’t you, Zhang Huaiyi, guilty and afraid of the light? So I gave you the surname Zhang and put you in the most conspicuous place on the stage.

Fortunately, this pair of Crouching Dragon and Phoenix fell into the hands of the old Taoist priest. If these two funny guys had not been carefully taught by a Taoist priest like the old Taoist priest, and were allowed to rise and fall in this filthy world, Zhang Zhiwei might have adhered to the right path and become a person with mixed reputations, while Zhang Huaiyi might have turned evil and become a vicious and treacherous demon to stir up trouble. …

The two great masters of the Tianshi Temple of the previous generation are quite interesting. From a God's perspective, ordinary people like us may think that although the young Zhang Zhiwei has some minor flaws, his heroic demeanor still impresses people. In comparison, Zhang Huaiyi seems to be so timid and a bit annoying.

But if we assume that we don’t know them at all, and have no idea of ​​who they are, and put ourselves in their shoes as strangers, facing them in reality, I’m afraid we’ll come to a completely different evaluation…

Imagine that you are a talented young man who is highly regarded by your teachers and fellow students. Then one day, a man with squinty eyes jumps out and challenges you to a fight. You are too proud to handle his move and fall to the ground. You lose so miserably and ashamed that you just want to find a place where no one is around to heal your psychological trauma. But when you look up, you suddenly realize that the man with squinty eyes doesn't take you seriously at all and looks both arrogant and rude.

Tell me, would you find Zhang Zhiwei very annoying?

Even his fellow disciples couldn't help but have a strange attitude towards Zhang Zhiwei, let alone outsiders!

I'm afraid that many people hated Zhang Zhiwei in those days, but as time went by, his cultivation level surpassed everyone else and reached a realm that was unattainable for ordinary people. So those unlucky guys who were cannon fodder under his palms no longer cared. But when Zhang Zhiwei reached the top of the world, his defeated opponents were not ashamed but proud of it.

As for Zhang Huaiyi, let's not talk about whether you can discover his true nature. Even if you do, if you are a fellow student or friend who is very sincere to him and treats him as a brother, and you see that this guy is insincere, at most you will feel that you can't stand him and distance yourself from him, but it is basically impossible for you to have too many complaints against him out of pettiness.

And if you have absolutely no friendship with him, and you find that this guy obviously has incredible abilities but acts like a silly little Taoist priest who smiles even when being bullied, would you think that this humble, kind, peaceful and non-confrontational person is particularly attractive and would you really want to make friends with him?

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Chapter 12 Four Classifications of Human Beings

There is no doubt that the old master prefers Zhang Zhiwei as his successor compared to Zhang Huaiyi. After all, he is too talented. However, in terms of the effort and emotion put in, the two disciples should be equally matched.

In order to dampen Zhang Zhiwei's arrogance, the Heavenly Master had taken Zhang Zhiwei to visit various schools to learn from others for many years. Considering how likely the young Zhang Zhiwei was to offend others, the old Heavenly Master would lose his face!

In order to cultivate Zhang Huaiyi, he spent three years of hard work and taught him carefully. Could it be that he couldn't see that Zhang Huaiyi could not pose any threat to Zhang Zhiwei? But he still arranged the secret martial arts performance, which naturally resolved the knot in the heart of this thief apprentice and pushed him to the stage.

If it's up to me, Zhang Huaiyi, you bastard, if you don't want to be the center of attention, just lie down and do nothing!

You want to be an unknown person and yet you want to be the best in the world, I'll let you down!

Why are you the only one who has so much to do? Why don't you fly up to the sky and stand shoulder to shoulder with the sun?

But the old Taoist priest looks at things from a different perspective than us ordinary people. He is not affected by personal likes and dislikes, and does not discriminate against Zhang Huaiyi's "thief". Instead, he thinks that is a characteristic of him that can be evolved into a good advantage. He only raises his hands high and puts down lightly the act of "bullying the teacher" which is almost treasonous in the traditional moral concepts of loyalty and filial piety.

Looking back to the past, if the old master had called Zhang Zhiwei and Zhang Huaiyi to his side and taught them as soon as they discovered the problem, would the disciples have not listened and corrected their mistakes?

But as a master, he is afraid!

He was afraid that words were not as good as actions, that the teaching effect would be compromised, that he was delaying his disciples, and that they would not be able to go smoothly on the path of cultivation!

The old Taoist priest took great pains to guide his disciples onto the right path. His good intentions are truly admirable and lamentable!

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Back to the topic, time came to the autumn of 43...

My friends, please pay attention to the key points, because the exciting part is coming. This involves the dramatic change of Wu Gensheng, followed by the outbreak of the Jiashen Rebellion.

In the autumn of 43, Wu Gensheng and Quan Xing's disciples were on their journey. A gust of autumn wind blew up the withered grass and fell on Wu Gensheng, who was at the end of the horse team, causing an inexplicable change. He felt as if he was standing alone in the vast world.

As expected, it was at this moment that Wu Gensheng decided to break the rules and he was going to cause trouble!

They stayed at the Taoist temple that night and Wu Gensheng left his disciples behind and went back to his room alone. The loyal little follower Jin Feng came forward to greet him, and seemed surprised that the master went to bed so early.

The little girl Jin Feng... oh, she is an old woman now. She regards Wu Gensheng as lightning, as light, as the only myth. She joins Quan Xingchun just to chase her idol, and this pursuit lasts a lifetime.

What is more amazing is that this person has been hanging around in the den of evil people for decades but still remains a little innocent and has never been involved in any bad deeds.