"Happy?" The little girl's big, round eyes widened.
"Think about the things that make you happy," the gap said gently.
The little girl thought about it seriously for a while, and said, "There are still many happy things."
"Oh?" Kongxi seemed to be waiting for her to continue.
The little girl tilted her head; after half a year, her childlike face had become even more delicate.
Her pink lips pouted slightly. "Yes, it's quite nice to be by my master's side. I water the flowers every day, drink the tea brewed by my master, listen to my master talk about some great principles, and learn some powerful spells to pass the time."
As she spoke, she seemed to remember something and, as if presenting a treasure, took out some delicacies she had bought from the mortal realm from her personal space. "Grandmaster, the elderly in the mortal realm all like to eat these, so I thought I'd buy them to show my respect to you. Would you like to try them?"
Hearing her call me "old lady," I felt a mix of emotions welling up inside me.
"Did you gain anything from this experience?" I asked her in a moment.
The little girl thought about it seriously for a while, and said, "The weak are pitiful."
"Yes, in the outside world, it's always been a dog-eat-dog world, where the weak are eliminated and the winner takes all," Kongxi said calmly.
"Besides cultivators, humans also experience exploitation and oppression. Ordinary people are oppressed by the rich, and so are those in power..." The little girl was only ten years old, yet she became compassionate and empathetic.
“It’s a good thing that you have a compassionate heart,” Kongxi said with satisfaction.
"But when I was out there training, I saw many people abandon their kindness and suddenly turn from good people into bad people, starting to kill, just to achieve their own goals. It seems that their stance can change at any time, and good people can turn into bad people at any time. I don't know what the rules are, and I really can't understand it." The little girl looked earnest, looking for an opening to explain herself.
He patiently explained, “No reason is a reason for a good person to turn into a bad person. Good and evil are only a thought away. It is easy to become bad, but it is not easy to maintain your original intention and be a good person. If you have not yet found a goal to become stronger, you might as well take upholding justice and good intentions as your goal.”
"Grandmaster, this is a bit profound, I don't quite understand..."
"Tomorrow, I'll take you somewhere."
The next day, during a break, he took the little girl to the most impoverished and chaotic plague village in the world.
Many people were buried alive in the pits, or burned to death, regardless of age. Those who were sick were sent to this village. People were dying in this village every day, and there was not a glimmer of hope in sight.
The little girl felt terrible seeing those people struggling in pain. "Grandmaster, I want to help them..."
"Why do you want to help them?" I asked her in the gap.
The little girl shook her head. "I don't know either. It's just that seeing them being tortured to the point of wishing they were dead, I felt like something was torturing me too. I couldn't bear to see such a painful scene, and I didn't want anyone to die..."
"Then let's find a way to help them get treatment." He stroked his white beard in the gap.
The little girl's eyes lit up. "Grandmaster, are you going to help them?"
Kongxi shook his head. "I have long since withdrawn from worldly affairs. If you want to help, you can decide for yourself. I will not interfere."
"But I don't know medicine..." the little girl said, distressed.
"Can I ask my senior classmates for help?" she asked in the gap.
He said through the gap, "It's your skill to make friends who share your ideals, let alone save lives. You can decide for yourself."
The young girl quickly rallied everyone in her sect to help, but very few people were actually willing to get involved in these irrelevant matters.
After several busy days, very few people agreed.
The little girl was very frustrated.
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