Chapter 5 Beliefs and Principles
Jiang Jiu was dreaming again. She could vaguely hear a voice calling her in her ears. The voice was urgent and pleading, as if she was about to die.
"Wake up, wake up quickly."
In a trance, I heard another more familiar voice.
"Does the First Generation really want to drag Xiao Jiu'er to death with him? Can we find out where it is? We can even negotiate with it."
An old voice sounded helpless.
"We haven't even caught the little girl's inner demon, so where can we find him?"
In a daze, Jiang Jiu wanted to grab that person's hand and tell them that he was fine, but he couldn't touch anything no matter what.
It's like floating in a mist, with no way to reach the bottom.
"There's no way. Ji Chen and Fo Jiang have already gone in. They've also been assimilated. It's going to be a long time before they can wake him up."
The old voice sighed.
"I'm going too."
I don’t know how long it took, but the sounds in the dream all disappeared from my ears, and Jiang Jiu didn’t catch anything in the end.
It was dawn and Jiang Jiu suddenly woke up from his dream. Everything in the dream was blurry and he couldn't remember anything.
With a mess on his head, Jiang Jiu sat up in a daze, feeling a terrible headache.
I always feel like I've forgotten something very important.
"Get up, today's morning class is with Teacher Ji."
Roommate Shen Mianmian's face was full of excitement.
"oh."
Jiang Jiu climbed down the ladder with lifeless eyes, and the only feeling left in his mind was desolation.
She really didn't want to see Ji Chen.
"Hey, didn't Teacher Ji do anything to you? He even let you join his project team. Why don't you take this overwhelming wealth?"
Yu Lin looked at Jiang Jiu, who seemed to have lost his soul, and comforted him softly.
"No need. I know my own worth."
Jiang Jiu smiled bitterly.
The courses this semester were not too tight. Jiang Jiu strolled around on the way to class, enjoying the campus scenery. Suddenly, he heard a noise in the distance, accompanied by a few faint screams.
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Jiang Jiu looked at the crowd and a big question mark popped up in her head, but she didn't plan to get close. She just watched from a distance for a while.
Occasionally, the school invites some celebrities, and Jiang Jiu is not surprised by this situation.
Until Jiang Jiu saw Yun Shuili, who was dressed like a peacock in the middle of the crowd.
But instead of his pink and purple ear fins, he has human-like ears. It seems that he is also a human in this world.
But this made him seem more down-to-earth, not as unapproachable as the mermaids.
Jiang Jiu's expression froze on his face, and a hundred little dramas flashed through his mind.
I have to say that if a pink and purple color combination is used on other men, it may make them look feminine and weak, but on Yun Shuili, it will only make people feel extremely stunning.
The fishtail-like color scheme highlights his delicate features, making his beauty so heart-pounding that one can't take their eyes off him.
The crowd surrounded Yun Shuili, and he looked even more dazzling like the moon surrounded by stars.
Jiang Jiu turned her head silently, feeling that the light from Yun Shuili was too dazzling, and it was flashing on her peaceful body.
"Great, this world has gone completely crazy."
Jiang Jiu left the noisy crowd behind her. Her intuition told her that if it was Yun Shuili, he might do something very terrible.
She walked towards the teaching building, praying silently in her heart.
"He's a big star now, so he shouldn't have any connection with a little college student like her."
Ji Chen and Fo Jiang didn't seem to know her, so Yun Shuili must not be familiar with her either.
...
At that time, in the Fujiang family's manor.
Fo Jiang was kneeling in the ancestral hall, with his head lowered, enduring his father's scolding.
"You are the most outstanding and talented child in our Buddhist family, and the disciple that the abbot has been with since childhood. But now, due to some vague reasons, you are unable to enter Buddhism. Aren't you ashamed?!"
His father looked at Fo Jiang with a look of disappointment on his face. At that time, the whip fell on him like rain, but Fo Jiang didn't say a word.
"It was my fault."
Fojiang replied.
"Since you have found the woman, why didn't you tell the tribe and let her go?"
At this time, another elder of the clan stepped into the ancestral hall, his majestic voice full of questions.
"She is innocent."
Fo Jiang closed his eyes, as if the crisscrossing whip marks on his back did not exist at all, and his voice was extremely calm.
"Innocent? You really disappoint your father!"
Fo Jiang's father sneered, shouted harshly, and whipped the boy even harder.
"You've lived your life from childhood to become the Holy Son and bring Buddhism back to its peak. Now you're giving up halfway because of your soft heart. It's simply unreasonable!"
As Fo Jiang listened to these words, a fierce conflict arose in his mind between the teachings and values he had received since childhood and the prosperity of his family.
He clenched his fists tightly, countless thoughts flashed through his mind, and finally he chose to disobey his father's orders.
No matter what, no one should die for such a ridiculous reason.
"Since you can't bring yourself to do it, your father can only help you to completely eliminate your delusions in this world."
As soon as his father finished speaking, Fo Jiang suddenly raised his head and stared at his father's face for a long time before he responded softly.
"It's better for me to do it myself to prevent any accidents."
He said so.
"Very good, this is my Buddhist son."
Fojiang's father finally showed a satisfied smile and was very happy with his son's obedience.
"Remember, in today's China, only by mastering sufficient power can one survive in this world."
When Fo Jiang walked out of the ancestral hall, his father's instructions were still lingering in his ears, like a nightmare that could not be dispelled for a long time.
"But... Buddha clearly said not to kill, why is this happening..."
A trace of confusion flashed in Fo Jiang's eyes, as if he had lost hope in this world.
"If she dies on the other side of the red line, will my worldly desires really disappear?"
No one could answer Fojiang's question.
He was trapped in a gap between faith and principle and struggled desperately, but could not escape.
Just like before, he was trapped on the cliff of love and Buddhism. He took a step back and abandoned Buddhism, and then lost his love.
The moon hangs high in the sky, and suddenly it seems as if there is a huge eye in the sky watching over this world and this city.
Fo Jiang looked up at the moon and felt the voice in his heart growing louder and louder.
"Kill her. Kill her and you will be able to completely sever your past and become a true son of Buddhism."
"She is a stumbling block on your way forward. You must not let her go."
The next second, Fo Jiang suddenly lowered his head, shock flashing in his eyes.
This moon seemed to amplify the evil thoughts in his heart. If he continued to look at it, he might be bewitched and really kill Jiang Jiu.
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