Chapter 383 The Beginning of Change

What Chu Ge was most worried about was that just like the battle with Yan Qianlie, there would be unpredictable variables, which would cause Qiu Qiu to get injured.

It is obvious that the strength of the giant has indeed exceeded the original setting, and changes have occurred from the very beginning.

Qiuqiu was also careful this time and would not be as conceited as last time...

But Chugo is worried...

This time he was not confident in letting Qiu Wuji fight on her own, so he started writing it, just to control... her battle situation, what's wrong with that?

At least if you write it yourself, you can control the direction, and any changes that go beyond what you write can be "corrected".

In addition…while Chu Ge was writing about the battle situation, he turned his attention to the eastern continent.

The outcome of a single battle between Qiuqiu and the Giant may not necessarily determine the direction of the world. This is a big plot, and the direction still depends on the issue of "momentum". The reason why Dabei was sent to the East is to cause some changes in the East Continent and disintegrate the alliance or fighting spirit on the other side of the sea.

When the battle between Qiu Wuji and the giants was intensifying, Dabei also stepped into the giants' "Sun Chaser's Court".

The name is borrowed from World of Warcraft, and is part of the so-called "combination of Western elements", but it has nothing to do with Quel'Thalas. The Sun Chaser here refers to Kuafu. Chugo thinks that the most suitable person for this name is Kuafu.

In a world where the sky is round and the earth is square, the sun rises from the deep waters at the eastern end of the East Continent. The Sun Chaser's royal court is located on the seashore. Generations of the Kuafu clan have lived on the seashore, watching the sun rise from the abyss and go westward, chasing the sun's shadow all the way until they reach the west coast but can no longer pass it.

That is the process of their pursuit of the Way of Heaven and the truth, generation after generation, for tens of thousands of years.

So it is understandable that given the opportunity to cross the Endless Sea, their aggressiveness far exceeds that of harmonious negotiations.

Dabei stepped into the royal court and looked at the huge sun disc carved on the altar by the sea. He couldn't help but feel some respect in his heart and chanted the Buddha's name in a low voice: "Amitabha... This is the Tathagata."

"Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh!" A bunch of giants appeared around him and surrounded him. "Monk Wu, you have been spreading rumors and stirring up trouble recently. We didn't try to stop you, but you came to our door on your own accord?"

Dabei said calmly: "We are all seekers of the truth. We all discuss our own truths. The truth comes first. What is this nonsense? Sun Chaser has been seeking knowledge for thousands of years. He is not so ignorant as to be unable to even discuss the truth."

An old man sat on the altar, kneeling cross-legged with drooping eyebrows, and whispered: "We have also heard your preaching recently. The so-called enlightenment of the mind and the true self are nothing but commonplaces. Each school has its own method, but they all lead to the same goal. As for the Buddha's blessing, the Bodhisattva's salvation, and accumulating virtue in this life in order to seek the next life, these are the words of fools, and are disgusting. What else can this be but evil talk?"

Dabei laughed: "So-called foolish words are nothing more than words to give people hope and to persuade them to be good. If you don't give people hope, who will save them from the sea of suffering in this life? Telling them that you are nothing but cattle and horses is so cruel."

The old man said: "…If the sea of suffering is unfair, people should rise up and wield the axe. Should we admit that we have done wrong in our past lives and endure it silently in the hope of a future life?"

Dabei laughed and said, "So who did you teach to rise up and wield the axe? All along my journey, I have seen people who value bloodline above all else, nobles who eat people, and keep slaves like animals. This makes me think I have returned to the wildness of Shenzhou thousands of years ago. If you talk about fooling the people, you are much more foolish than I am. You say one thing and mean another, and your hypocrisy is ridiculous."

The old man was silent for a moment: "I will not argue with you about this kind of scripture. A saint appears every ten thousand years, and it is not you, nor me."

Dabei said: "So why can my evil words deceive people? Do you know?"

The old man said calmly: "This is a way to govern the people, not the Tao. Since you also know that you are deceiving people, it is meaningless to compete with who can deceive better, so what is your Tao?"

"Let the things I deceive people become my great aspirations, then it will no longer be deceiving people... For example, accumulating virtues in this life, for example, being kind to others, starting with me, this is the way. If there is no Buddha, I will protect you, if there is no Bodhisattva, I will save you. To see the nature of the mind, the true self, is nothing more than this."

The giants around him were all somewhat moved. The old man finally took a serious look at Dabei and whispered, "Yes, if you can do it, you will be a saint. But we don't believe it."

"Why don't you believe it?"

"You came to the East this time to stir up trouble, just for the victory of the Shenzhou war, and you tried to disrupt our rear. How can this be called a universal salvation?"

"To stop the disputes between the two sides of the strait and save lives, what else can it be but universal salvation?"

"Even if the price is for us to rule you as cattle and horses?"

Dabei was stunned for a moment, then put his hands together and said, "For me, it's OK."

"So the decision-making power is not yours. What's the point of you coming here?" The old man said calmly, "To put it bluntly, none of us are inferior to others. This is the first time the two sides have interacted in thousands of years. Who will be in charge is the core of this matter. Everything else is just bullshit."

Dabei said: "However, we are all under the rule of heaven. No matter who is the emperor, he cannot escape the fate of heaven. Ants fighting for the throne are just making heaven laugh."

The old man asked hurriedly, "Who is the Way of Heaven? The Emperor of Heaven?"

"The sun rises and the moon sets, and they have their own destiny. This is the way of heaven."

"So our fate is determined by destiny and cannot be changed?"

Chu Ge looked down at this and his heart skipped a beat.

He was writing about Qiu Wuji's battle situation, and the story and dialogue here were purely self-developed. The first part was actually the dialogue he had originally planned, and if he had written it himself, it would probably have been similar, but the last few sentences took a sharp turn and began to show signs of "rebellion against heaven."

Dabei sighed deeply and said slowly, "You are against heaven, against heaven. What on earth does heaven owe you?"

Old man: “…”

Dabei said: "You are the Sun-Chasing Priest, above all others. Does Heaven owe you anything? You are simply using the name of rebelling against Heaven to fulfill your own selfish desires."

The old man finally said: "Master, you may have misunderstood. We do not want to go against the will of heaven. As you can see, we, the Sun Chasers, pursue the way of heaven."

"Oh?" Dabei raised his eyebrows and said, "Can you explain it more clearly?"

"We are tired of the threshold to ascending, which is impossible in a million years. In recent years, we know that even if we go up, there will be no Heavenly Emperor, Buddha, or Taoist Master. We will just be small minions when we go up."

Dabei said: “That is a higher-dimensional life, a longer eternity, and a pursuit of knowledge that is closer to the way of heaven.”

The old man said calmly, "That may not be the case. The sun rises and the moon sets in this world, and it is still unknown. Will it be the true nature in another world? It is nothing more than a new fog added to you."

Dabei was stunned.

The old man continued, "Perhaps you want to ascend to heaven and pursue a more eternal life, but we have no intention of doing so... Just like the master cultivates his afterlife, while we only cultivate this life. The master has the thought of going to heaven to meet the Buddha, but we don't want to bow down to the emperor of heaven after we go up. We are not against the way of heaven, can we refuse? You say this is for personal gain, yes, it is for personal gain. We don't ask about heaven, we don't seek afterlife, we just want to be the heroes of this life, can we?"

Dabei was in a daze. He had never thought of this angle.

Chu Ge hadn't thought about it either.

This mature novel really writes itself...and the group portraits it creates are more than I expected.

But this didn't seem like something to be happy about, and Chu Ge felt a little uneasy in his heart.

This is a plot run amok, and it’s hard to figure out what the outcome will be.

Dabei was absent-minded for a while, and suddenly said: "I understand... I thought that the Emperor of Heaven was in collusion with you and had the intention of opposing the Way of Heaven. Now it seems that we were wrong. The Emperor of Heaven did conspire with you, but his purpose was not to overthrow the Way of Heaven, but..."

"Divide the boundaries and rule separately!" This thought popped up in Chu Ge's mind, and he instantly broke out in a cold sweat.

I haven't written about the heaven yet. If the two realms are completely separated, will I completely lose control of the heaven? Even if I continue to write about the heaven, it will be different from the original heaven.

The Emperor of Heaven is plotting to demarcate his own territory!

As I was thinking this, a warning sign suddenly arose in my heart.

Outside the corridor at the door of the house, there was a large number of protective formations set up by Qiuqiu. Someone was breaking in with great force and had already reached the door!

(End of this chapter)