The fairy father

Ji Kao's soul was completely stunned.

He didn't quite understand.

He can understand these people's words, but what do these words mean when combined.

Also, he is now...

Ji Kao lowered his head and looked below the clouds, overlooking the entire Chaoge City. He looked left and right, looked at the sky, and turned around twice.

"This is your soul," Li Pingan said in Ji Dan's usual tone, "it is also the foundation of life."

"this……"

"I won't tell you the specifics," Li Ping'an said. "For the sake of you and my brother, just say whatever you want. As long as it doesn't affect other mortals, I can help you as appropriate."

Li Dazhi looked at the sky calmly.

Hey guys, this is the qualification.

We are the Emperor of Heaven plus the Taoist Master, the absolute leader in the entire world, so we have to be so cautious in fulfilling a mortal's wish.

All I can say is...this kind of son makes Li Dazhi feel a little strange.

Ji Kao laughed bitterly: "W-what on earth is going on?"

"It's nothing, you have been killed by Di Xin, it's that simple."

Li Ping'an looked into Ji Kao's eyes. The latter was much calmer at the moment, looking down at his hands, slightly absent-minded.

Ji Kao kept muttering: "So, I was wrong from the beginning."

"It's not wrong," Li Ping'an said, "It's just that he is limited by what he knows, and Di Xin used some means to influence his mind. People can't understand things beyond their own knowledge, or they can't accept them directly. This It’s understandable.”

"Then why did you..." Ji Kao hesitated.

"Jikao, I have actually reminded you many times."

Li Ping'an also said helplessly:

"After you returned to Xiqi City, I did it five times just pretending to be your ancestor to entrust you with dreams, but you didn't take it to heart every time.

“For a while, I couldn’t figure out what your position was.

"You are swaying and erratic. There was a time when you hated Di Xin but you didn't dare to say it, so you could only hurt yourself to vent it. There was a time when you were afraid of Di Xin like a god, and you didn't even dare to look east. Ji Chang is also extremely disappointed in you. He is also observing you through the eyes he has planted around you.

“You can hold back, but you can’t hold back much;

"You practice martial arts secretly, but you never achieve anything.

"Until you came to Chaoge City this time, I thought you were going to Di Xin to plead for mercy openly. Given the current situation, Di Xin may not be able to agree.

"But I really didn't expect that you would still go to the merchant's side and want to use your two brothers, Ji Fa and Ji Dan, as sacrifices to the merchant."

Li Ping'an couldn't help but complain:

"Jikao, what do you want?

"Sometimes you think about the people of Zhou, sometimes you only think about yourself, sometimes you think about power, and sometimes you are too cowardly to dare to speak loudly to your servants.

“The bad ones are not pure enough, and the good ones are not thorough enough.

"I feel like you're going to split up."

Ji Kao was stunned, not knowing how to answer.

Li Dazhi said from the side: "Stop scolding, don't scold, it's not easy for this child. He should have succeeded as a young man, but he was taken to Chaoge City as a hostage. When he returned to Xiqi City, he was nearly middle-aged, and was also captured by Zhou Guo. The ministers disliked and ostracized him, and Ji Kao's own position was uncertain, because he was too stimulated, and a normal person would collapse. "

Ji Kao's Adam's apple trembled a few times, and he looked up at Li Ping'an.

"What about you?" Ji Kao said in a trembling voice, "Why, why don't you just destroy this great merchant! Aren't you the Emperor of Heaven? Isn't the Emperor of Heaven the greatest among the gods? Why don't you do anything!"

"I'm doing it," Li Ping'an shrugged, "I just threw Ji Fa back, why do you say you're not doing anything?"

Ji Kao asked: "Then why don't you punish Di Xin! He is cruel, unkind, tyrannical, and immoral! Why don't you punish him!"

"First, the laws of heaven have not yet clearly defined the common customs of Nanzhou.

"Second, what you see Emperor Xin doing is the power struggle of Emperor Xin as a mortal emperor. From the perspective of Zhou people, he is cruel and unkind, but after he came to the throne, his number was more than twenty Zhou people. The number of merchants is thriving, living and working in peace and contentment, and the population is increasing in an orderly manner.”

Li Pingan said calmly:

"As for Di Xin's guilt, he entered the underworld after his death and was judged by the judge of Yama Palace. Most of them would not end well.

"The reason why I used the identity of Ji Dan was because I wanted to solve the crisis between heaven and earth. It has been solved now.

"And now, the reason why I help Zhou Guo is just because of one thing - I hate human sacrifice."

Ji Kao was startled.

"If you look at Emperor Xin, it is not good that Emperor Xin was cruel and dissolute, but as a merchant king, he was also good in the eyes of the merchants by undermining the princes of various places and protecting the merchants and people.

"This is the polyhedron."

Li Pingan said calmly:

“Everyone is a polyhedron, with human nature, animal nature, and divinity mixed with each other to create an extremely complex world.

"Before I became the Emperor of Heaven, I was just a Qi refiner of the human race. I followed Emperor Xuanyuan Huang to fight in the Western Continent. I also fought against evil demons in heaven and earth, and tried and worked hard for the rise of the human race.

“But as I continued to understand the Great Dao, understood the nature of this world, and saw the path I wanted to take in the future, I turned to the road of emptiness and solitude.

“I will only do what I think is right.

“The elimination of human sacrifice and the establishment of etiquette are what I think is right.

“I am against destiny and destiny, but I will also intervene directly... This is also a contradiction.

"When my understanding of Tao reaches a deeper level, I will also deny my previous naive ideas, and I will be able to understand the difficulty of Xuanyuan Huangdi. This is to continue to grow in contradictions."

Jikao's Adam's apple trembled up and down, and he frowned and asked, "Can you just say it briefly? Why don't you punish Di Xin?"

"There is no need for me to punish him. After his death, he will be judged by his karma," Li Ping'an said calmly, "I am just ensuring the birth of Zhou Li and the advancement of civilization, that's all."

"What is etiquette?"

"Ritual is the frame of the word order. It is a principle recognized by most people, established by convention, and a model of rules. It is also the core of culture, education, inheritance, and civilization."

Ji Kao asked in confusion: "What is Zhou Li?"

"It is the development of etiquette that Zhou Kingdom will promote in the future, so it is called Zhou Rites."

Ji Kao's eyes were full of light: "We, the Zhou State, will take over the Shang State and replace it?"

"Not necessarily," Li Ping'an pondered for a few times, "Zhou Li is just what I said. In fact, it doesn't have to be the Zhou Kingdom. It can be the rise of any country, or it can be the Shang Kingdom's own self-innovation and entering a new era. Times, these are all fine.”

Li Ping'an's mouth showed a bit of a smile.

Under the gaze of Li Dazhi and Ji Kao, a faint golden light floated around him, which was a kind of divine brilliance.

"It wasn't until a few years ago that I realized in the small courtyard of Xiqi City that what I have been looking for is not Zhou Li, but innovation and progress."

Li Ping'an's eyes glowed and he continued:

"The key point that I have never figured out before is that order is not just rules.

"It should be composed of three aspects, the main body of life, rules and systems, and evolution and innovation... No matter how many patches are applied, there is no perfect order. It is necessary to establish a mechanism for the order to self-evolve and progress, so that after the order collapses, it will repair."

Li Dazhi chuckled and murmured: "No, son, have you ever been trapped by such a simple question before? Criticism and self-criticism are not enough."

"Dad, you can't say that."

Li Pingan corrected:

"Now I tend to over-complicate things when I think about them. Once they are sufficiently complicated, I analyze them from different angles. In this way, I can get closer to the true meaning of the avenue.

“This is the so-called mutual transformation from complexity to simplicity.

"Moreover, even if you know these principles, it still takes a lot of trouble to apply them to specific problems."

He looked at Ji Kao's soul and said slowly:

"I won't chat with you anymore and prepare to be reincarnated. For the sake of you and my brother, I will spare you the punishment of the eighteenth hell. However, due to your own karma, it may take several lives for you to become a human being. "

"Fourth, Fourth, can I ask you one last question?" Ji Kao shouted tremblingly.

Li Ping'an said seriously: "Just ask."

"If I left with you back then... No, that's not the problem."

Ji Kao's eyes were a little more peaceful.

He smiled bitterly: "Is it okay if I play the piano?"

"Very talented," Li Ping'an replied calmly.

Ji Kao lowered his head and sighed, without saying anything more, he bowed to Li Ping'an and Li Dazhi, turned into a beam of light, and entered the underworld.

With the permission of the Emperor of Heaven, one is exempted from punishment;

Hell can be avoided, Meng Tang remains the same.

On the cloud, Li Dazhi sighed a little: "This is the Boyi test in this world, eh? Why don't you give him a small official position?"

"He's not qualified."

"Why?"

"One has no hard work, the other has no virtue, and the third has no achievements at the human level. How can he be an official of the heaven just by being good at forbearance? How can the immortals of the three religions be willing, and how can the heroes of the human race be convinced? Who are the old ministers who are opening up territories for the heaven? A few words?"

Li Pingan said calmly:

"Ji Kao has killed dozens of people in his life."

"Son," Li Dazhi frowned and muttered, "You make me feel a little... strange?"

"Ah?" Li Ping'an was puzzled, "Why is it strange?"

"It's just that now, you feel that the human part has weakened a little, and the emotional aspect is much less," Li Dazhi muttered. "In the past, you still occasionally double-standardized, and your personal tendencies were quite obvious. Now you feel that , a little cold.”

"This is close to the Tao."

Li Pingan squinted and smiled:

“Don’t worry dad, I know it well, my family is the anchor of my humanity.

"The legacies left by Wanri have actually done 95% of everything, and I only need to do the last 5%.

“I want to do my best to be the best that I can be.

“Sitting quietly in Xiqi City for so many years has made me deeply moved, and my view of the world has also changed.

"Now I know how difficult it is to do these seven words: do whatever you want without breaking the rules... Before I complete this mission, I am destined to be unable to be free and easy."

Li Dazhi hesitated to speak.

He didn't say much, just patted Li Ping'an on the shoulder and said with a smile:

"Relax, it's good to be able to extend the life of the world. It's actually nothing if it's destroyed... It's not you who broke it. If it's broken, it's mine."

Li Ping'an had several black lines hanging on his forehead.

You can't say anything nice about this!

Li Dazhi asked: "Ping'an, how do you think Chaoge City will develop?"

"I don't know," Li Ping'an shook his head, "Di Xin really showed signs of resurgence. He is a pure emperor. It's a pity that the physical foundation Donghuang Taiyi gave him was wasted on pursuing pleasure. Have fun."

"Ah, yes, Di Xin, aren't you going to give him a divine position in heaven?"

"What do you want to do for him? Let him mess around in the Heavenly Palace?"

Li Ping'an curled his lips:

"Good and evil are judged by the matter, not the person.

"Dad, aren't you busy? If you are, help me keep an eye on this place. If Ji Chang is in danger, save him.

"I learned a lot of sixty-four hexagrams from him and gained a lot of insights. This is my way of giving him back."

"What are you going to do? I still have a lot of things to do in the Heavenly Palace."

"Biyou Palace, Yuxu Palace."

Li Ping'an stretched:

"The rules I set for them last time, they don't want to follow them at all, they are all thinking of tricks.

"In that case, I will take back those incarnations of the Heavenly Dao."

"Eh?" Li Dazhi said hurriedly, "Didn't you say that we should try our best to ensure the number of masters of living beings?"

"That was the answer in the previous version. "

Li Ping'an's clone flashed and appeared directly in the courtyard of Xiqi City.

A shadow appeared beside Li Dazhi and turned into the appearance of Li Ping'an's original body.

Li Dazhi didn't realize how Li Ping'an's original body came here.

Li Ping'an explained carefully:

"My main soul is immersed in the depths of the Heavenly Dao, where there is no time and no superfluous things. The only thing I need to pay attention to is to avoid being assimilated by the Dao and becoming a part of the Dao.

"I can probably simulate the realm of Teacher Wangri, under some ideal conditions.

"Then I found that my previous actions were no different from Ji Kao. I was always bound by some things that had nothing to do with the Dao. The good ones were selfish, and the cruel ones were not thorough.

"Living beings are only a part of the world, not all of it.

"When we give up the self-touching thinking mode and examine this world again, we can find the essence of this world. The rules are cold, and most living beings are unwilling to be bound by the rules. This leads to the conflict between the rules and living beings when the order develops to a certain extent.

"When the rules are strong, the living beings are suppressed, and natural disasters are like this; when the living beings are strong, the rules are destroyed, and man-made disasters are like this.

"Without self, without selfishness, without hatred, without joy, you can enter the door of heaven!"

Li Dazhi frowned and pondered.

Li Pingan whispered: "These great principles are related to heaven, and I am still myself."

"Then let me ask you," Li Dazhi pondered for a while, "If you take back the heavenly clones that you sent out, and the Chan and Jie sects really fight each other, how will you explain to the Three Pure Ones?"

"Well... this is not certain, if you don't believe it, Dad, you can see it."

"See what?"

"See how they choose."

Li Pingan spread his hands:

"I really hope they fight now, but by the same token, as I said above, I will never provoke a war between the two sects for my own selfish desires.

"Although in this way, I can understand the truth next to me and use one second as a year..."

"In fact, I have another plan now."

"What plan? "

"Use the Donghuang Bell to see the whole process from the beginning of the world to the end of the world, watch the battles between the gods and immortals, and comprehend the great way."

Li Pingan looked at the sky calmly.

He was actually doing this, but it was his main soul that was doing it.

"Dad, you stay here. I'll go to the Biyou Palace first. Remember to keep an eye on Ji Chang."

"Okay, okay, okay, got it," Li Dazhi put his hands in his sleeves, curled his lips and frowned, "You can think of it, let the genuine father take care of the pirated father, won't I be jealous?"

Li Pingan's figure has disappeared.

In Chaoge City below, Ji Chang has learned of Ji Kao's death and is sitting in a cell in the corner of the palace, his eyes a little blank.

At the same time.

Outside the Biyou Palace.

Li Pingan's figure appeared outside the formation, admiring the blue waves of the East China Sea, waiting for them to notice him.