The students of Taiqing Mansion in the woods and on the open ground remained silent upon hearing this and did not respond.

However, some students shook their heads slowly, some did not comment, and some smiled.

Zhao Lingfei and Zhao Qianer were the type who remained motionless.

He stayed out of the mutual ridicule and sarcasm between the new Taoist scholar in the mansion and the headmaster of Linlu Academy.

The latter rarely shows up at the academy to teach nowadays, and only occasionally comes to the Four Prefectures of Taiqing to teach students in three prefectures except Fuyao Prefecture.

The dispute between Confucianism and Taoism over the great way is much more dangerous than the dispute over the road.

Zhao Rong knew that the Confucian scholars could give way to the porters at the foot of the mountain of books, but it was impossible for them to give in even a little bit to the Taoists on the main road.

"After 'ritual', is it 'law'?"

Tao Yuanran said with a smile, "Isn't it enough that there is a "Law of the Mysterious Emperor" in the world? Next, do we need to have another 'Jiang Taiqing' born, establish a few more human Taizongs, support a few more powerful electoral families, and set more rules?"

Jiang Taiqing, the second great emperor of the human race, greatly modified and even expanded the human race's supreme code "Xuan Di Law" after he became emperor, and established many etiquettes for the human race.

Nowadays, if the general framework of "Xuan Emperor's Law" was set by Xuan Emperor, then most of the content and rules were written and filled in by Cang Emperor Jiang Taiqing.

For ten thousand years, Jiang Taiqing's evaluation of merits and demerits in the history books of the Xuanhuang human race is comparable to that of the first Xuan Emperor.

However, his reputation among the various schools of thought, and even among the younger generation of sword practitioners, is mixed.

Because he is both a swordsman and a Confucian scholar.

How to be free?

At this moment, Tao Yuanran smiled and said:

"I think that you sword cultivators don't need to draw your swords anymore. Let the four great masters collect the soldiers of all races in the world once again, forge a few black tripods, suppress the Nine Continents, and use the black tripods and criminal law to add weight to this world. The seventh realm of sword cultivators no longer needs to be called 'Xiao Yao', and it can be called 'Fang Cun' instead."

"Xiaoyao" is the ancient word for free and easy, and it is a word that a Taoist saint loved very much and gave to the senior sword practitioners.

Later, the word "Xiaoyao" also became the name of the seventh realm of sword cultivation and the southernmost continent.

As for square inch.

No longer free, bound in a small space, like a prison drawn on the ground.

Zhao Rong remembered that he had been chatting with Gui a few months ago.

He asked curiously, "The seventh stage of sword cultivation is called Xiaoyao, what is the Xiaoyao method?"

Gui replied, "What a joke."

It added with a pout.

"What Jiang Taiqing did is to make the seventh-level sword cultivators not free at all. You want to be free? Sure, it's behind the door guarded by the head of your Zhao family. Go behind the door to find it. Or you can go through another door closed by the Elector. Behind the door is the starry sky..."

At this moment, facing Tao Yuanran's sarcasm, no one present was stupid enough to respond.

However, many sword cultivators from Xiaoyao Mansion frowned.

The old gentleman's words were indeed quite impolite.

The dispute between Confucianism and Taoism is a long-standing "Taoist dispute" on the mountain.

The three most prominent schools of thought among the Hundred Schools of Thought are Taoism, Confucianism, and Mohism.

The Mohist school is better. They say less and do more, and they are low-key.

But the first two.

Taoism is about talking more and doing less, um, inaction.

Confucianism is about talking more, doing more, and being active.

Both like to talk about reason, and about what to do and what not to do, so the two sides are incompatible.

Moreover, neither of the two schools of thought is easy to mess with.

Although Taoism advocates purity and inaction, it is closely related to the great principles of the cultivators' Golden Elixir, Nascent Soul and other realms, and has a very deep origin.

Many mountain skills in these two realms are related to Taoism.

So naturally there are a lot of "disciples", and many immortal sects are close to him.

As for Confucianism, let’s not talk about the fact that the first state after climbing the mountain is the Haoran Realm named by Confucianism.

Did it hurt to be beaten by those elegant, easy-going and gentle gentlemen? The people in the mountains all had rich experience and could communicate.

Therefore, unless you are really sure to follow the path of these two companies, it is better not to rush to take sides.

As for Zhao Rong who had been listening.

At this moment, he turned his eyes away calmly and glanced around.

Most of the students outside the pavilion not far away had their backs to him and no one looked back. It seemed that they didn't care much about the arrival of the person behind them.

But this did not surprise Zhao Rong.

Because as far as he knew, although the competitive atmosphere in Taiqing Mansion was loose on the outside but tight on the inside, this 'loose on the outside' atmosphere was even looser than that in Linlu Academy.

For example, Zhao Rong is currently walking around the outer palace of Xiaoyao Mansion freely as a student of Mo Chi.

However, when masters like Tao Yuanran taught and preached, they did not restrict other students from joining in midway.

Well, apart from imparting the secrets of cultivation like the Great Dao of the Golden Elixir, these are probably conducted privately to specific talented students in the mansion.

The current situation clearly does not belong to these categories, but is more like a spontaneous discussion.

At this moment, except for the students who were sitting in the empty space of the pavilion and listening to the class.

In the distant bamboo forest, there were also sparse students, some holding swords and listening quietly, some leaning against bamboo with eyes closed, and some squinting their eyes to look into the distance.

The list goes on.

Zhao Rong was among them, but he didn't attract much attention.

He is not as popular as my wife and Qian'er.

Thinking of this, Zhao Rong smiled and turned to look at the pleasing scenery not far away that added color to the bamboo forest.

Hey, from this angle, Qingjun's waist seems to be really thin.

At this moment, Tao Yuanran is still expounding the Taoist concept of inaction.

While Zhao Rong was being "scolded", the beautiful figures of Zhao Lingfei and Zhao Qian'er were reflected in his eyes.

Be quiet.

He came to ask his wife for permission to go down the mountain, not to quarrel with anyone.

Besides, Zhao Rong listened to some of Tao Yuanran's remarks criticizing Confucianism without making any comment, and even... listened with great interest.

By the way, do Qingjun and Xiaoqianer understand what this Taoist gentleman is saying?

Are you not in a daze again, or flying around on your sword?

He looked like he was listening to the lecture in a serious manner, except that he was just about to hold his two little hands together and put them behind his back.

But fortunately, Zhao Rong understands them.

It is known that these two childhood sweethearts who grew up together have put all their skill points into cultivation talent, charm and jealousy. By the way, Qingjun is obviously a girl of destiny whose luck attribute is almost maxed out.

Because, there is actually a son-in-law like him...

Zhao Rong thought without blushing as he raised his foot and took a few steps closer.

I plan to get closer, find a place to sit in the back row, and wait for Qingjun to finish school.

But in the next second, he suddenly stopped, and without thinking, he retracted his steps and turned around to leave.

Because, in the last row, he saw the back of a familiar-looking woman, wearing the attire of a student from Taiyi Mansion.

It was the fairy from Taiyi Mansion named Liu Kongyi from last time!

It seemed that she had always wanted to serve a cup of tea to Zhao Rong, her "teacher of one word". Zhao Rong had been avoiding her during the time he was in Taiqing Mansion.

At this moment, Zhao Rong turned around and walked back with a strong desire to survive.

By the way, doesn’t this Fairy Liu always have an auspicious dragon carp that likes to float and spin in the air with her?

Why is it gone this time?

He was just busy looking at Qingjun and didn't notice Liu Kongyi for a moment. He was careless and decided to leave and wait for Qingjun outside.

At this moment.

Tao Yuanran suddenly spoke again, and for some reason, there was a hint of smile in his tone.

"If we establish another set of rituals and laws and enforce them, then what is the difference between these Confucian scholars who all talk about morality and goodness and the Legalist officials who openly declare that human nature is evil?"

The field became even quieter, and still no one answered for a while.

Zhao Rong didn't care at all and just walked away.

But the next moment, an extremely familiar female voice came from behind him, cold and crisp.

"Mr. Tao, I beg your pardon. Although Ling Fei is ignorant, she also knows some simple truths. Like Confucianism, try your best to do something. Even if it is wrong, it is better than doing nothing."

Zhao Rong paused and heard her voice in his ear, which was firm and decisive.

He turned around immediately and raised his eyebrows.

He saw Qingjun and Qian'er, who had been sitting still with their backs to Zhao Rong, making him think they were in a daze, now stood up as a pair.

After Qingjun raised his question seriously, Qian'er was standing there with a stern face, nodding her head vigorously.

The two girls stood there, receiving countless surprised glances.

Their gazes remained unchanged, looking directly at the Taoist gentleman in the solitary pavilion.

The whole audience was silent.

Not far away, Zhao Rong opened his eyes slightly and took a breath.

Hiss, my lady is so brave!