Zen Master Daming gently shook his head and said softly, "Zen Master, tell me, what is love?"

Shi Chan slowly raised his head, his face streaked with tears, his eyes filled with sorrow. He lowered his gaze, lost in thought for a long time, completely at a loss for words. After a long while, he shook his head blankly and said, "I...I don't know..."

"Namo Amitabha Buddha." Zen Master Daming chanted the Buddha's name for a long time, and said gently, "Then let me tell you, Zen Master, love is an indispensable emotion in this world. But love is divided into two kinds: great love and small love. Since you and I have entered the Buddhist path, we should abandon the small love for any one person, and instead uphold the universal love for all living beings in this world. We should treat all living beings with kindness, and even more so, treat each living being equally. Our love should not be biased in the slightest."

“Shi Chan, I know that you are destined to face this great calamity in this life, so I have specially left behind this wisp of divine consciousness to help you. But this is all I can tell you. The rest you must comprehend on your own.”

"If you understand it, you can take another step forward; if you don't understand it, you can only stop here, indulging in that little bit of obsession in your heart, and one day, you will destroy thousands of years of cultivation..."

“Shi Chan, don’t forget that everything in this world is an illusion. Your encounter and entanglement with her are just to settle one cause and effect after another. If you are still obsessed with the illusion in front of you and refuse to wake up, then your teacher has nothing to say.”

“Shi Chan, wake up! Think about the grand vows you once made. Your vision should not be limited to the small place in front of you, but should extend to a much broader future!”

“Shi Chan, you must not take your life lightly and commit suicide here to atone for your sins. If the people in the village can forgive you, you must live and use the rest of your life to atone for your sins today. Only if you do not die today can you do more for the people of the Central Plains in the future and atone for your sins.”

Having said that, the body of Zen Master Daming, which was formed from a wisp of divine consciousness, dissipated and turned into specks of golden light that scattered in all directions, quickly disappearing without a trace.