Confucian and Taoist scholar

Chapter 547 The Laws of the Legalists

Chapter 547 The Laws of the Legalists

Seeing Yun Xiao shaking his head, Lu Zheng couldn't help but ask, "Why is it impossible?"

Yun Xiao said slowly, "Didn't I tell you a story before? No one will allow the true Legalists to rise up!"

"Leaving aside the obstacles from others, the Legalist path means that the Legalist way can lead to enlightenment. For this way to achieve enlightenment, it must be superior to other paths of cultivation; otherwise, how can it guide all sentient beings?"

Yun Xiao said quietly, "For one Great Dao to surpass and constrain other Great Daos, do you think a sage can do that? So it's impossible!"

Yun Xiao looked up at the sky and said, "In this world, there is only one person who can do this."

Lu Zheng also looked at the sky and knew that what Yun Xiao said was something that no one but God could do.

Lu Zheng thought for a moment and said, "Isn't this just your speculation?"

Yun Xiao said calmly, "Although it is a speculation, it is obvious. If the Legalist Great Dao cannot restrain other powerful people, not to mention sages, but even great Confucian scholars and true men, and cannot regulate other cultivators, what use is your law? Are you going to restrain ordinary people? If so, there is no need for the Legalist Great Dao at all."

"In that case, if the Legalist path cannot surpass other cultivation methods, can it still be considered a true path?"

Upon hearing this, Lu Zheng pondered and said, "I suddenly remembered an old saying."

"What?" Yun Xiao's eyes flickered.

Lu Zheng said quietly, "As long as sages live, great thieves will never cease to exist?"

Yun Xiao was stunned for a moment, then looked at him with disbelief and said, "From what you're saying, if you kill all the Saint Realm experts in the world, you can then use Legalist principles to control others?"

Lu Zhengdao: "Will this work?"

Yun Xiao's lips twitched. "This ancient saying shouldn't be what you mean, right? Don't misinterpret the words of our Taoist ancestor."

Lu Zheng said, "I think that's a valid interpretation. Doesn't that make things much easier?"

Yun Xiao rolled his eyes and couldn't help but ask, "Did you get affected by the power of Legalism?"

Yun Xiao thought Lu Zheng must have lost his mind to come up with such an unrealistic idea.

In the past, there were Legalists who, in order to uphold their own laws, would eliminate all obstacles, even at the cost of their own lives.

Lu Zheng has pointed his sword at the saints of the world. Does he have the power to do so?

Lu Zheng couldn't help but say, "I'm just speculating. Let's have a rational discussion..."

Yun Xiao said irritably, "Your thinking is irrational!"

Yun Xiao really didn't want to discuss such an absurd topic with Lu Zheng, so he went to the side and walked towards Qing Wan and Qing Yi.

He saw the two of them squatting together, fiddling with something.

Upon closer inspection, it was Qingwan leading Qingyi to farm there.

Yun Xiao asked, "What should we plant, beans?"

Qingwan said, "I want to see what kind of beans this dragon vein land can produce."

"Doing research again!"

Yun Xiao felt that Qing Wan was much more normal than Lu Zheng, so he couldn't help but ask again, "Qing Wan, what do you want to do most?"

Qingwan thought for a moment and said, "I don't have much strength, I just want to follow Lu Zheng so that grain seeds can be spread all over the world, and if there is a famine, the people affected by the disaster can find food in the mountains..."

Qingwan shook her head and said, "Peas are planted in the south, and they will sprout many branches in spring. I hope you will pick more, for they are the most delicious!"

Yun Xiao couldn't help but chuckle; Qing Wan's poetry skills were on par with his own.

"Good, good, that's good. Just don't let Lu Zheng have such wild thoughts all the time." Yun Xiao said kindly, feeling that it was quite rare for Qing Wan not to be led astray by Lu Zheng.

Upon hearing this, Qingwan wrinkled her nose. She didn't think Lu Zheng was having any wild thoughts; they were simply trying to find a way out for the people of the world.

Qingwan sighed, "Daoist Master, you've grown old."

Yun Xiao: ...How did he get old?

He is still a real man in his prime, at the age of striving, and has many more years to enjoy life.

Yun Xiao asked, "What do you mean, girl?"

Qingwan slowly said, "Some things are not universal truths. When you feel that it is impossible to change or achieve them, it only means that you have lost the will to do it and have become complacent. Isn't that just getting old?"

Yun Xiao's lips twitched. Okay, he took back his previous thought. Neither of these two young people were quite normal.

Yun Xiao couldn't help but say, "Fine, I really don't understand you young people. Why aren't the disciples of my Qingyang Palace like this? I think it's your problem!"

Qingwan retorted, "It's obvious that you haven't educated her properly."

“Tsk tsk…” Yun Xiao raised an eyebrow and said, “Take that to my junior brother.”

The teaching of the disciples in the sect was not his responsibility, and he didn't want to reason with Qingwan. He felt that their paths were different and it was difficult to reason with her.

Yun Xiao glanced at Lu Zheng, who was still deep in thought, and said, "Young man, your thoughts are dangerous! Don't think about such strange and bizarre things. What realm are you at? You think you can turn the world upside down? Even I, the True Immortal, don't have that ability!"

You want to kill a saint and establish your own path? There isn't a single saint in the world who's a saint, and no saint would have such a thought.

Yun Xiao then kindly said, "Would you like me to refine a few pills for you to calm down? Don't get stuck in a rut and go astray. You Confucian and Taoist scholars are particularly prone to losing your minds."

Yun Xiao had heard of Confucian and Taoist scholars who had gone mad from studying their subjects.

Some people lack a firm commitment to their studies, and their intellectual spirit even breaks down when they engage in debates and discussions with others, causing their artistic realm to plummet.

There are also Confucian scholars who have devoted their lives to studying the classics, but suddenly have an epiphany about certain principles, and their cultivation level increases dramatically. Or, their understanding may contradict what they have learned, and they may even go mad.

Such examples occur every year, all over the world.

Yun Xiao felt that Lu Zheng had learned too much and that sooner or later his mind would become confused, and now there seemed to be signs of that.

Lu Zheng turned his head and smiled, "I'm very calm, I just like to overthink things."

Yun Xiao said, "You scholars are just prone to overthinking. You might as well learn the Dao from me; there's no need for such idle thoughts..."

Yun Xiao also invited Lu Zheng to join his Taoist sect.

Although Lu Zhengxiu possessed some Taoist practices, he ultimately adhered primarily to Confucianism and Taoism, and could not be considered a Taoist cultivator.

Lu Zheng just smiled when he heard this, and did not discuss such topics with Yun Xiao again.

He knew that some of his ideas were hard for Yun Xiao to accept. In fact, he himself was just thinking about them and was still exploring the feasibility of certain methods.

The four of them stayed in the ruins for a short time before the Zhennan military camp sent more soldiers over.

Some people even made Lu Zheng and the others write testimonies so that the perpetrators could be convicted.

The Zhennan Army had long been dissatisfied with the royal family and certain powerful clans in the southern border region. After all, being stationed in such a remote place meant they had to constantly keep an eye on whether those barbarians would rebel.

Now they've finally found a handle to use against some people, allowing them to convict them of serious crimes and stabilize the local situation.

(End of this chapter)