Ming Dynasty, New Rome, and Infinite Divine Machine

"So that's it." Shangluo thought about it seriously, "I think it's quite delicious."

"Really? I actually ate there last time, and when Zhu Ling was away, I took a piece from the panda's hand and ate it. But I always felt that the taste was average, just an ordinary steamed bun - maybe I have a heavy mouth?"

"Hey, this is an interesting question. Although Senior Fu's cultivation level is the same as mine, right, we seem to have different perceptions of the environment? Sometimes I always feel that there is something that I can't figure out - the sky is blue Yes, the grass is green. But are our perceptions of these objects really the same?"

Fu Yuanshan took a sip of soup: "You are asking what the 'thing in itself' is that is independent of the thinker."

"You actually understand Kant?"

"I was a little interested, so I borrowed it from "The Golden Chamber and the Stone Chamber". But I only have a brief understanding of it. I am not a scholar of benevolence. If you really want to ask, I will answer you from the perspective of mysticism."

[Do you even understand us? How come you know everything? 】

"I understand a little bit." After Shangluo conveyed the question, Fu Yuanshan replied, "If you live a long time, it's normal to learn a lot. If you don't learn or study, you will live as old as a dog. I think I'm here to tell you You can't quite understand it when I say "The nameless beginning of heaven and earth, the nameless mother of all things", so I guess you can understand it in Shangluo, as the Romans said it - have you heard of "Homon Kuruz"? "

"Man in a bottle?"

"To be precise, it refers to 'a prophet sleeping within each of us,' meaning that humans can achieve immortality through their own strength. However, because they are bound by the five senses, they cannot observe the true nature of the world. This passage is similar to the Diamond Sutra's verse, 'How could one expect that one's own nature is originally neither born nor destroyed; how could one expect that one's own nature is originally complete; how could one expect that one's own nature can give rise to all things?'"

"Then." Shangluo thought for a moment, "The fact that we both have different feelings about this steamed bread means..."

"It means that among the two of us, at least one of us doesn't see through enough. Either you, me, or both of us don't see through at the same time. But..." He thought about it, "Since you can experience more things , I thought, this problem probably lies with me."

"I dare not say that I have awakened some 'sleeping prophet' or something like that."

"At least you should see further than me. After all, I am cultivating the Tao of Fortune. Sometimes if I don't read more books, I don't know what my situation is now. Tsk, so it's not just because I like to eat. I just want to ask around and find out what's going on, and I also want to know what's going on now."

"I estimate that there will be a lot of people like you, Senior Fu, in the future. By then, it will be less rare to be promoted to a heavenly being, and obviously not everyone can figure it out - if you want to figure it out, think about it now Once it’s approved, you don’t have to wait at all.”

"There are indeed many people who have become heavenly beings inexplicably." Fu Yuanshan shook his head, "Otherwise, even a dog would have to be born in Ji Nei. This is a blessing. Our police dog has meat every day. If you are lucky enough to live next to a roast duck restaurant, there will be duck butts to eat, which is another blessing."

"It's really that thin dog next to our house. It's almost gaining weight on its belly."

"." Fu Yuanshan glanced at him, "Can a thin dog gain weight? The thin dogs in our guard still have the same appearance even after eating five meals a day. To put it nicely, they have the waist of a wasp, but to be honest, they have the front chest pressed against the back. He looks like he's starving to death. This dog usually doesn't get fat from eating. That one over there is so blessed."

"Luck is really important. For example, I also have luck."

"Of course, in theory, even if you don't practice the Tao of Fortune, you need to have at least some blessings as long as you get started. But if you only rely on blessings, sometimes people will be at a loss as to what to do."

After taking a bite of wontons, he looked at Shangluo: "To be honest, I have seen it this time. I don't know how to transform into 365. I think even if Sun Monkey comes, it will be nothing more than this. I don't even know how it works. Sometimes I wonder if I spend too much time fishing and put too little pressure on myself. Or, I also need to practice some practice. You can retreat there, right?"

"Senior Fu, do you want to use it too?"

"Because I still have to watch the scene here, and I can't leave for too long. Even if I want to practice in seclusion, I have to find a quick way." He looked at Shangluo, "How about helping me?"

"Ah please say."

"Through my lute bone."

"Huh?" Shangluo was startled, "Senior Fu, what are you doing?"

"I want to go to the lower realm to practice, but I don't want to use my skills to interfere with the results of my practice. So, I want you to wear my lute bone and let me wear shackles to go to the lower realm to practice from scratch. If I can't practice, I won't come back. ”

"Wait a minute! Senior Fu, the lower world is not fun at all! It's really not fun. There is no TV, no Fetion, no forum, and no takeout."

"Then forget it." Fu Yuanshan finished the last bite of wontons, "These MSG wontons are actually not bad. Sure enough, I still can't get over it. Just let nature take its course, take your time, don't rush."

"Bang." Suddenly, a blast came from behind, and Fu Yuanshan, who was unprepared, was knocked straight:

"Hey!" Sa Shou stood behind with his hands behind his back. He just stood there. No one saw when he started standing there. "The national guardian asked you to become a savage? You give me Stay here to guard the door. You are not allowed to go anywhere until the great cause is accomplished."

Chapter 682 Destined Person

"Master, why are you behind me?"

"How can you talk nonsense here if I'm not behind you? Go to the side, this seat is mine."

"." Fu Yuanshan stepped aside, "Master, please sit down."

Sa Shoujian didn't say anything, just sat between the two of them. A gust of breeze passed by, and there was a bowl of steaming wontons on the table. Sa Shojian took out five Yongle Tongbao and placed them on the table. Qingfeng took the money with him when he left.

Shangluo, Sa Shoujian, and Fu Yuanshan were sitting next to each other. These three people can level a medium-sized country with a wave of their hands, burn the sky and set the sea on fire, but now they are just sitting here eating wontons.

"Speaking of which." Sa Shoujian suddenly paused, "I heard that Huiming asked him to go shopping for two days? This boy was the one who received him."

"Ah, yes, it seems that it was indeed Senior Fu who took over at that time. I was sleeping and didn't feel anything at all. Is this dangerous?"

"Hands."

Shangluo stretched out his hand and asked Sa Shoujian to take it.

"It's okay." He continued to eat a mouthful of wontons and told Shangluo, "Although it's okay, just have fun in the capital. Don't act like this when you go out."

Next to him, Fu Yuanshan muttered: "Master, you haven't talked to me so much in a year."

"Speak as if I didn't take care of you back then. Look at yourself. Has your cultivation changed a bit since you were promoted?"

"Master, didn't you say that it depends on the fate of immortality?"

"I told you that you want to beg for immortality, but I didn't let you open your mouth all day long to ask for luck. If you really want to learn to beg for luck, why are you worshiping me? You take the bowl and go to Xiaoling to worship Zhu Hongwu."

"Am I not already a royal guard?"

"So, when you can earn a living without being a Jinyiwei, I will start teaching you again. Now, just stay here and watch the gates of the capital."

"Hey." Fu Yuanshan responded without saying a word, and then asked, "By the way, why is Master free today?"

"I heard that Shangluo is taking exams today?"

"Huh?" Shangluo was startled - could this exam alarm the Heavenly Master?

"I'm not asking you about the exam." Seeing his strange expression, Sa Shoujian explained, "I watched the sky at night and saw a big star shining brightly between the bullfights, and someone wanted to enlighten me. I counted with my fingers. It's actually related to you, Shangluo. Do you have any clues?"

"Huh???" Shangluo was still in the dark, "A capable person wants to enlighten you? What do you mean?"

"It means that he is destined to be a star and will have a good future in the future, so I am here to pick him up."

"Do I know this person?"

"According to the results of the divination, the closest route I can take to contact that person is from you."

"Is there such a thing?" Shangluo recalled, "I don't seem to have seen many signs of breakthroughs recently - Master Sa, do you have any tips? I have met a lot of people, and it suddenly reminded me It’s not that easy to find someone.”

"This person should be very close to you and easy to find - because the result of the divination is that I think the fastest way to find this person is to ask you, and he should be able to find it quickly. Because I can't search it myself. Not very slow.”

"It turns out that although I do know a lot of people, I don't have many acquaintances. But if there is someone who has made a breakthrough, is it Lu Liang? She has been training very hard."

"Oh, you mean Miss Xiao Lu, right? Taoist Sanfeng mentioned it to me. But if I want her, he should be the one to pick her up this time, not me. I thought, this fate is with me, so Only then can I save him."

"That's... could it be him?" Soaring into the sky, before he finished speaking, two golden lights shot straight into the sky like searchlights - although no one else noticed, all three of them saw it.

"That's him." Shangluo brought Sa Shoujian to the side of the examination room and pointed at Han Xingzhi inside.

"Golden light is rushing straight into the Dou Mansion. This is enlightenment." Sa Shoujian stood outside and watched. Inside, Han Xingzhi was still busy writing on the paper.

Not long after, other Jin Yiwei ran over from outside.

"It's okay, it's okay, we're all gone." Fu Yuanshan turned around and greeted, letting the other Jinyi guards disperse to the side. Only Han Wu squeezed through the crowd and walked over -

"Sazu." He bowed to Sa Shojian, "What happened?"

"Good thing." Sa Shou replied firmly, "You hid the paper from him, but now he sees it."

Fu Yuanshan added: "Judging from the investigation just now, he couldn't sleep because of anxiety, so he kept looking at the paper. He kept looking, and then suddenly realized - he saw it. On that paper, it was really Are there any words?"

"There were words on that paper, and then they were erased." Han Wu replied. He just wanted to torment his nephew like this, so he arranged it like this, "I actually wanted to force him..."

"The effect is good." Sa Shoujian nodded, "It is a spiritual light that can know the past and the future. It is spiritual. Store it well and cultivate it, and you will hopefully be promoted to heaven in the future. But..."

"but?"

"But, have you seen "Journey to the West"?"

"Yeah, yeah." Han Wu nodded repeatedly. "When Sun Wukong was born, the heavenly gods came to watch, and then reported back to the Jade Emperor: There is an immortal stone on the mountain where I was ordered to watch the golden light. An egg is laid on the stone, and a stone monkey sees the weather. There, he worships in all directions, and his eyes catch the golden light. Now. "

"What now?" Sa Shoujian looked at him.

"In the original text, the god general reported: Now that he is taking food and water, the golden light will disappear - so what Sazu means is that he will not be able to take food and water in the future?"

"You can't touch even a breath of turbid air, and you have to drink rootless water. Sun Wukong is originally a spiritual creature of heaven and earth. He lost his spiritual light because he was accidentally contaminated with the air of the world. Therefore, he must not be like Sun Wukong and just pick a piece of water. Then he ate the peach. Anything without spirit or bad luck could not be eaten, not even one bite. Such as steamed lamb, steamed bear paw, steamed deer tail, roasted duck, roasted chicken, roasted goose, braised pig, etc. Braised duck, soy sauce chicken, bacon—all of them cannot be eaten.”

“Can’t all this be eaten???”

"This is his good luck. There are a lot of spiritual lights in the world. If you can accidentally absorb a ray, it will be enough to become a heavenly being. But if you want to cultivate yourself, just take bait, water and food. If you still want him to become an immortal, just stare at him. Tighten it up. Cultivate it for ten or eight years and achieve Taoism. This cultivation will be completed."

"But...but he is still a mortal body after all."

"I know. That's why I'm here to tell you that he must strictly abide by it - of course, the premise of all this is that he is willing."

"If he doesn't want to, I will help him if he does."

"I advise you not to force it. It is very painful to be unable to take food, water, and food in the mortal body. You can't eat anything delicious. You can only eat honey and dew every day. You have to eat grain every day. You can't eat the unlucky ones, and you can't eat the turbid ones. Eat. If you take a breath of bad breath, all your previous efforts will be wasted immediately. So I say, he must agree first - but as long as he agrees, you must watch him carefully. "

"Ah, but Sazu, I may not be able to stand it."

"That's true. You Jin Yiwei have work to do, so you can't supervise him all day long." He suddenly looked at Shangluo, "Are you familiar with each other?"

"Yeah, very familiar."

"No wonder the result of the divination is that you might as well do this." Sa Shoujian suggested, "Let him worship you as his master, or you can go your own way. After that, you will supervise him, and he will take every bite of bait, water, and food." Don't touch it. If he is hungry, give him steamed buns without any oil or salt. If he is thirsty, feed him water from the water jar in the courtyard. When he reaches perfection, it will happen naturally."

"Isn't it too fast to jump from the birth of the Monkey King to Wuzhi Mountain?"

"Why hurry? Look at how many detours you will save. Besides, there is a flashlight that is always on next to it. Hehe, Xiao Shang Tianjun, you will know how useful it is after you use it."

Chapter 683 Discipline

"Ah? Why did I fall asleep?" Han Xingzhi opened his eyes, "Wait a minute! I'm still taking the exam! College entrance exam! I fell asleep in the college entrance examination examination room!"

Fear as if the sky was falling and the earth was falling hit him. The figure of "Teacher Invigilator" was still hanging around in front of the blackboard. He was so impatient with waiting that he even sat down.

"Calm down, calm down." The figure stood up, and Han Xingzhi saw it - that was not the invigilator, that was Shangluo.

"I was scared to death. I thought the husband was angry. Hey! Wait! Brother, why are you here? Is the exam over?"

"The exam has ended a long time ago. It has been over for two hours. It is now past six o'clock. You can look at the sun outside."

The sun was setting in the west, and it was almost dark outside, but he didn't notice it for a while because the lights were on in the room. Now he was fully awake.

"Ah ah ah! Did I sleep until the exam was over? It's over, it's over! How could I sleep at this time!"

"I told you to calm down. If you really fall asleep, a teacher will definitely remind you. I have good news and bad news to tell you. Which one do you want to hear first?"

"bad?"

"The bad news is - your path as a mysterious cultivator has come to an end. The superiors have decided that you should become a sword cultivator with light and nourishing qi, and then use flying light to control the sword."

"Eh? Is this bad news? It's not bad. Anyway, I haven't become a disciple, so it doesn't matter if I change my path now. I just don't know why I want to change. What about the good news?"

"The good news is, I brought you today's dinner, try it! It's fresh and hot."

It was indeed fresh and hot from the panda pavilion in the Royal Garden. It was exactly the same as Fufu's dinner, and it also had the scent of enrichment prepared for Fufu today - it had osmanthus petals on it. Fufu liked the fragrance of flowers that he couldn't usually smell, so he ate the petals on the spot, thinking that Han Xingzhi would also like it.

"Isn't this panda food? Oh no. Isn't this your dinner, brother? I'm not hungry yet."

"have a bite?"

"Then take a bite." Opening the oil paper bag, Han Xingzhi carefully took out a piece. His hand only touched the piece he wanted to eat and not other places, for fear of touching the part Shangluo wanted to eat.

"Is it tasty?"

"Hmm." Han Xingzhi closed his eyes and tasted it, "It's a taste that's hard to describe. It feels like eating corn-flavored cement. But it's not inedible."

"Great, you don't hate it, right? Then until you ascend to heaven, you can eat this with every meal!"

"Eh?"

"Eh????" After hearing Sa Shoujian's arrangement, Han Xingzhi was dumbfounded, "Why should I be your apprentice!"

"So this is what you care about first?"

"I want you to be my eldest brother, but I don't want you to be my father. I already have a father, and my father is very good to me."

"Say it like I'm willing to accept you - but what else?"

"I don't think it's unbearable. When it comes to cultivation, it's not that easy to have smooth sailing. You have to endure some hardships. Changing your taste in daily life can put you among the gods. Isn't that a good deal?"

"You really don't mind."

"I'm not stupid. There are obviously such great benefits, so why should I be so pretentious?"