Chapter 186: Bian Ji
The Guide Taoist, also known as Amitabha Buddha, did not get angry when hearing Li Qing's sarcastic words. Instead, he smiled and said, "I wonder what your Majesty means? Why should I blush for it?"
"Pretending to be with me?"
When Li Qing heard this, he was stunned for a moment, then he shook his head and smiled, as if talking to himself, or to Amitabha Buddha: "That's right, Western religion is best at this."
Amitabha Buddha remained unmoved, but smiled and said, "I am not pretending. Your Majesty, please tell me why I am blushing."
"snort!"
Seeing that he was still so shameless and smiling, Li Qing immediately became furious. He pointed at him and shouted, "Don't you know that Taoist Huanxi? He practiced evil methods, taking Yin to replenish Yang, and killed countless women!? You accepted such a sinful person into your sect!? You even taught him teachings and helped him practice!? Isn't this just helping the evil?! Now that I've pointed it out, you're still pretending? Isn't that ridiculous!?"
"I see."
Amitabha nodded slightly, then said softly, "If that's the case, then hasn't he already met his doom? He's already turned to ashes. This is karma, what does it have to do with me?"
"you!"
Li Qing was immediately choked by these words. He gritted his teeth and shouted, "What do you mean by 'what does it have to do with you?' You knew he was an evil man! A bad man! Why did you accept him into the sect? Why did you teach him the teachings? If he really breaks through and reaches the Primordial Realm, who knows how many women will die. Isn't this all your fault?!"
"Your Majesty, how could you know that after entering the Primordial Realm, he would continue to commit evil? If he repented one day and instead began to benefit the human world, disseminating the path to happiness and joy he had learned, so that all beings on earth could escape the entanglement of carnal desires and transcend them, wouldn't that be a great act of kindness?"
Amitabha just shook his head slightly and spoke calmly.
"Fuck you!"
Li Qing was truly furious. He pointed at Amitabha and yelled, "I originally thought you were a saint who knew good and evil, but I didn't expect you to be such a beast! How dare you say such things!? What repentance?! He repented, but what about those women he killed before? Who will make them repent? Who will give them a chance to repent?! You bastard!"
Amitabha Buddha heard this, but he still did not get angry. He just sighed calmly and said: "Xi Niu Hezhou and I have been meditating on the origins for several years, and finally we have achieved the Dao Fruit and achieved the state of Daluo Hunyuan. During this meditation, I also realized a doctrine. This doctrine, I call it, Buddha."
"The teachings of my Buddha are not Taoism, not human, not demons, not devils, and not ghosts."
Amitabha Buddha looked at Li Qing calmly and said, "The teachings of Taoism are to follow nature's course. The teachings of humans are to make up for the deficiencies and take away the surpluses. The teachings of demons are that the strong prey on the weak. The teachings of devils are that they are the only ones who are supreme. But the teachings of Buddha are cause and effect."
"What's the cause and effect? Don't try to play tricks on me! I only know that good deeds will be rewarded with good, and evil deeds will be punished with evil!"
Li Qing snorted coldly and said with disdain.
"What is cause and effect? Just like that Happy Taoist, who sought to comprehend the great principle of the union of heaven and earth, he fell into a demonic barrier and used his cultivation to forcibly seize the woman's cauldron. This is cause."
"Then he deserves to be beaten to death by me and Jiufeng!"
Li Qing's eyes flashed with disgust, and he shouted loudly without waiting for Amitabha to finish speaking.
"Yes, this is the result."
Unexpectedly, when Li Qing shouted out a word, Amitabha smiled and nodded.
"So, after going around in circles, I've come back to you again?"
Li Qing was stunned for a moment, but then he rubbed his brows with his hand and pointed at Amitabha Buddha, saying, "I'm asking you! Are you ashamed to accept such a wicked person into your religion? Are you ashamed? Who is talking about cause and effect with you? What cause and effect? You're just using this to cover up your lies!"
"My Buddhist teachings are, first, cause and effect, and second, the pursuit of goodness."
Amitabha Buddha simply smiled and said, "Your Majesty clearly understands the concept of cause and effect, but you still need to comprehend the path to goodness."
"I understand your uncle."
Li Qing's temples were throbbing and he couldn't help but curse.
Amitabha Buddha remained calm and simply said, "Those who are inclined to be kind have a kind heart towards all living things. Just like a wolf eats a deer to survive, but I cannot kill the wolf out of pity for the deer. I can only use my own kindness to persuade the wolf to be kind. If the wolf does not change, what can I do?"
"Why can't you kill the wolf!?"
Li Qing took a deep breath and yelled, "It's just for the sake of your so-called face! But because of your teachings, you indulged the evil wolf! It later harmed more people! If you treat the evil wolf well, you are doing evil to all living beings!"
"The evil wolf killed the deer. I advised him to do good. If the evil wolf does not change, then he will suffer the consequences, just as Your Majesty has killed him."
Amitabha shook his head and continued, "Therefore, I have not done evil to sentient beings."
"Damn it!"
Li Qing felt a slight headache. He felt the same way. Why should he talk to the Westerners about good and evil? How could he possibly win over them?
"My Buddhism encourages good people to be even better, good people to be even better, evil people to lay down their butcher knives, and evil people to put down their evil spirits. Only in this way can one achieve great freedom, great perfection, great peace, and great harmony. This is the true doctrine of cause and effect in my Buddha."
Amitabha just smiled indifferently and spoke calmly.
"Okay, okay! I can't argue with you! And I don't want to say any more to you!"
Li Qing took a deep breath and waved his hand. He stopped debating with Amitabha and said calmly, "Now, are you here to avenge your villain?"
"I had no such intention. I simply rejoiced at this man, but he had no chance to repent. It's a pity that the people he killed died in vain, and his path to the great Dao was wasted. I had hoped to free him from his inner demons, and one day teach him to transform into the Joyful Buddha, giving alms to the world and enabling countless lives to transcend carnal desires. Unfortunately, such a great grace and source of blessings are so difficult for ordinary people to comprehend."
Amitabha shook his head and sighed.
"That's bullshit again! Died in vain? What do you think of those women's lives? Stones to build a house with? If the beam breaks, the whole house will be built in vain!? Damn!"
A trace of disgust suddenly flashed in Li Qing's eyes. He thought so in his heart. Since he had no intention of debating with Amitabha Buddha, he did not say it out loud.
After Amitabha finished speaking, he seemed to have seen through Li Qing's thoughts and smiled, saying, "The word kindness should also be used on bad people. To beat a sinner to death is ultimately the way of humanity and the way of the devil, not the teachings of my Buddha."
"Go away."
Li Qing cursed again in his heart and looked at Amitabha without saying a word.
Amitabha shook his head, chanted the Buddha's name, and then said calmly, "Your Majesty, do you know that your great calamity is approaching?"
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