The Sage of Confucianism and Taoism

Chapter 2277 Hunting Fang Yun

While the human race was talking here, the monsters were not idle either.

The monsters discussed for a long time but could not come to a conclusion. In the end, the twelve emperors decided.

The twelve emperors intertwined their thoughts and made a decision after only a few dozen breaths.

The Rat Emperor stood proudly on the mountain island, slowly rising, and said loudly: "I apologize to the four tribes on behalf of the monster tribe. We were too rude before. From now on, except Fang Yun, everyone in the four tribes can step onto the Hanging Mountain and enter the Ancient God Tower! Of course, if anyone wants to be with Fang Yun, they will be the enemy of our three hundred monsters!"

As soon as these words came out, the four tribes were in an uproar. Those tribes that had a history with Fang Yun looked embarrassed, while those tribes that had no deep relationship with Fang Yun had bright eyes.

A Star Demon Barbarian Ape King shouted, "You Blood Demon Barbarians are talking nonsense. We will only believe you if all the kings swear in the name of the saints of the Demon Realm and the Buried Sacred Valley."

Li Zhenggang hurriedly said, "Allies, don't believe the demon barbarians. They let us in on the surface, but they will definitely attack us secretly..."

Before Li Zhenggang finished speaking, he saw that the Rat Secret King suddenly swore an oath. He not only swore to the saints of the Demon Realm and the Buried Sacred Valley, but also to the blood ancestors, and even caused a strange phenomenon. He was surrounded by blood light. This is the famous blood oath. Not to mention the king, even if the great man of the ancestor swore such an oath but violated it, he would be skinned alive.

Afterwards, the other eleven demon barbarians actually all swore a blood oath, and some of the five-level great demon kings also joined in the fun and swore.

All the demon barbarians dispersed to both sides, revealing the passage in the middle leading to the white jade steps.

The four-tribe coalition army was in a state of calm. Many people did not move, but they were watching Fang Yun who was starting to slow down with their peripheral vision.

"Let me try first!" Ape Fei Huang actually released three rare treasures, rushed forward, and looked at the blood demons with great vigilance.

Ape Wan Wang in the team sent a message urgently, saying: "Fang Yun is good friends with Lie Sheng, they are both star demons, and they are also allies of the human race. How can he abandon Fang Yun and leave?"

The Ape Fei Huang actually ignored Ape Wan Wang.

Ape Wan Wang almost cursed, but he finally held back.

Under the gaze of the people of all tribes, Ape Fei Huang successfully stepped onto the white jade steps. When it stepped onto the stone steps, the mountain island turned into a light spot and flew into its brow.

Ape Fei Huang laughed loudly, and then turned around to climb up, but the white jade steps seemed to have special power. Ape Fei Huang, like the other tribes climbing, took one deep step and one shallow step, and his speed was not fast.

An ancient demon king who had no intersection with Fang Yun also rushed forward and also stepped onto the white jade steps safely.

Afterwards, people from the four tribes' coalition army went to the white jade steps one after another.

The four tribes’ coalition army completely collapsed.

Fang Yun was heading towards them at first, but now he immediately turned around and fled into the distance.

“We can’t let Fang Yun escape!”

“Catch Fang Yun!”

Those monsters didn’t care about the four tribes’ coalition army at all. They actually drove the mountain island and rushed towards Fang Yun, shouting, like a group of bandits, with extreme desire flashing in their eyes.

Several great scholars of the human race and friends from other tribes were anxious.

Fang Yun turned around, waved to them, and said slowly: “You all go into the Ancient God Tower first, Fang will come later. If there are any good things, remember to leave some for Fang.”

The crab spider rolled his eyes and said: “You are so bold.”

Ye Hongyu frowned and hesitated.

Fang Yun smiled and said: “Then I will let those monsters and barbarians see the means of this saint.”

As he spoke, Fang Yun injected the power of decay into the mountain island.

The speed of the mountain island was only more than 300 miles per hour before, but now it has increased to nearly 500 miles per hour, far exceeding all the monsters and barbarians.

This is the ocean, and speed determines everything. Everyone was relieved.

Ye Hongyu gritted his teeth and said loudly: "See you in the Ancient God Tower!" After that, he rushed to the white jade steps without looking back.

The other great scholars were not indecisive. They all knew or even saw the miracle created by Fang Yun, and they also rushed to the Hanging Mountain decisively.

The crab spider, however, had a thief's eye flashing, and shouted loudly: "Fang Xusheng, I still want to save you."

The other ancient monsters rolled their eyes at him, and this could not be false.

Fang Yun waved his hand, not letting the crab spider rescue him.

The crab spider immediately said: "Okay, let's see you in the Ancient God Tower!" After that, he also rushed to the white jade steps.

The others could only go to the white jade steps.

As Jing Lixiao went to the white jade steps, he looked back at Fang Yun, thinking about Lei Tingyu's incomplete evaluation of Fang Yun, thinking about the expressions of those great scholars just now, and the monster's desire to kill Fang Yun, and realized that Fang Yun's status was higher than he imagined.

"Could it be that Fang Yun is really the next Yi Zhishi? Isn't he just a Jinshi who wrote a war poem that has been passed down through the ages? How can he be compared with Yi Zhishi? From what Ye Hongyu said, Fang Yun is younger than I guessed?"

Jing Lixiao was full of doubts and asked He Mingyuan, who had a good relationship with him before.

"Ask him yourself." He Mingyuan was usually very magnanimous, but now he was too lazy to answer.

Jing Lixiao was one of the most powerful Confucian scholars in Haiya Ancient Land, and he was also the only genius from a semi-saint family in Haiya Ancient Land. He had never suffered such grievances. A flash of anger flashed in his eyes, but his cultivation as a great Confucian scholar allowed him to quickly suppress his anger.

Then, Jing Lixiao asked the other four great Confucian scholars, including Ye Hongyu.

The four were even more rude than He Mingyuan. They didn't even look at Jing Lixiao, let alone answer.

Jing Lixiao snorted coldly, his face was angry.

"These great Confucian scholars in Shengyuan Continent really protect each other. They don't take our Haiya Ancient Land seriously. Even great Confucian scholars should be angry when they should be angry!" Jing Lixiao was angry.

This great scholar did not restrain his desires.

Jing Lixiao thought for a moment, sneered, and thought to himself: "Lei Tingyu is in the limelight in Haiya Ancient Land, and he is obviously not compatible with Fang Yun. If I have the chance, I can do him a favor. As for the virtual saint of Shengyuan Continent, hum, what does it have to do with me!"

The Confucian classic "Book of Rites" once said, "People become things, destroy the principles of heaven and satisfy their desires."

This sentence means that people will be tempted by external things. If they are not restrained, they will eventually become like things, destroy the nature given to people by the principles of heaven, and be completely controlled by desires, and are not worthy of being called people.

Later, this sentence was extended to the saying "Preserve the principles of heaven and eliminate human desires."

The human race's writing has a long history, rich and varied meanings, especially in ancient times, when there were fewer characters than in later generations, so each character has more meanings.

For example, the word "desire" can be translated as a neutral word "desire", and the free translation should be a derogatory word "selfish desire", but in the Confucian interpretation, this word has another extended meaning, that is, "excessive self-desire".

Confucianism advocates moderation and does not go to extremes, so the correct understanding of this elimination of human desires is to eliminate inappropriate and excessive selfish desires.

Drinking water, eating, and reproducing are all normal desires. Confucianism does not prohibit them. No Confucian has ever opposed the relationship between husband and wife. Confucianism even advocates childbirth, and only opposes extravagant or promiscuous relationships between men and women.

The extreme elimination of human desires such as prohibiting eating meat and prohibiting reproducing are not Confucianism, but Buddhism or some other religious sects in later generations.

Becoming a monk is to completely sever secular relationships such as family affection, which is an extreme elimination of human desires.

Therefore, if the elimination of human desires is to completely eliminate human desires according to the public's belief in later generations, it is other religious behaviors and has nothing to do with Confucianism. It doesn't matter if ordinary people don't know this truth. People who have studied ancient literature, philosophy or history also misinterpret the elimination of human desires, which means they have ulterior motives or are not academically sophisticated.

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