"This child is teachable!" The old blind man nodded with satisfaction. "After all, he is a descendant of the Queen of Humanity; his comprehension isn't that bad!"
"True nature, true heart, this is seeking within!"
"Those who cultivate themselves must ultimately understand one principle: it is not that you are in the world, but that the world is in your heart!"
As the old blind man unraveled the mystery, Feng Li's heart seemed to grow ever brighter.
“Senior, I understand what you mean. The one who saves this world must be someone who awakens their true nature and heart! This is the true saint!”
“Hundreds of years ago, Liu Bowen predicted that a sage would be born five hundred years later to lead the era. Presumably, the sage he spoke of is this glimmer of hope. As long as we find this sage and protect him, we will no longer have to worry about the calamity of death. I wonder if I am right or wrong?” Feng Li asked further, probing.
The old blind man nodded. "That's right, and that's wrong! It depends on your own understanding!"
"As I just said, life and death are separated by a single thought, and everything is accidental. How do you know that humans have never died?"
"What? Humans have died?" Feng Li was shocked and astonished.
The old blind man said calmly, "Among the human race, the most skilled diviners are the Maya. Their epochal divination is a branch of the I Ching. They once predicted that humanity would face a catastrophe in 2012. According to my Great Evolution I Ching, this is indeed the case. But why are the people in this world all doing well?"
Feng Li paused for a moment, puzzled, and asked, "Why?"
"Because in another time and space, humanity has already died!"
"What??"
"Have you noticed that there are subtle changes in this world? These changes happen in the subconscious. A certain word is actually written one way, but it is written another way now. A certain person seems to be dead, but he is still alive. Add to that some messy phenomena around us, and these are all illusions of time and space distortion! No, we should say that time and space itself is an illusion!"
Upon hearing these remarks, Feng Li and his son pondered simultaneously, then their eyes widened in astonishment.
Feng Xiaotian couldn't help but say, "That's right. It's as if some force is interfering with us, preventing us from discovering these subtle things. This is absolutely terrifying!"
Feng Li also fell silent.
"senior……"
After a long pause, he still wanted to ask something. The old blind man suddenly put his finger to his lips, stopping him from continuing.
"A heavenly secret! A heavenly secret!"
He glanced at the sky and said, "All you need to know is that for those in higher dimensions, the concept of space is not recognized. Their only unit of measurement is time! Therefore, to escape this calamity, you must transcend time!"
"How is this possible?" Feng Xiaotian muttered to himself.
Is there anything in this world that can transcend time?
No, there isn't any at all!
Without time, there is no past, present, or future! Without time, there is no history! And everything in the world loses its meaning.
He dared not think any further; given his level of understanding, the more he thought about it, the more terrifying it became.
However, Feng Li was different, because the old blind man had already given him the answer.
True intention!
It's all about your true self!
The ever-abiding, wondrously bright original mind is eternal and timeless, therefore free from birth and death!
"There's a saying in Zen Buddhism that I'd like to share with you two: 'Neither thinking of good nor evil, which is the true nature of the Venerable Master? Go back and contemplate it!'" The old blind man waved his hand and got up to pack up his stall.
"Neither thinking of good nor evil..."
The father and son stood there, pondering the words.
Seeing that the old blind man was about to leave, Feng Li temporarily stopped thinking and quickly called him back.
"Senior, there is one more thing..."
"I've already told you so much today, and you still haven't paid me. You're still making demands on me. When will this end?!"
"Uh, do you know what I'm going to say?" Feng Li was taken aback.
The old blind man glanced at him, as if he could see.
Feng Li's expression hardened. He suddenly realized that above the Saint Realm, besides supernatural abilities like the Boundless Distance and the Heavenly Eye, there was also the ability to know what others were thinking. The so-called "other mind" meant knowing what others were thinking.
He shook his head with a wry smile, "In front of you, I feel ashamed as if I were naked. But please understand, as an elder, I have to think about my descendants, especially my third granddaughter, who is my most beloved offspring. As her grandfather, of course I have to worry about her marriage!"
"Sigh, when you get old, you have to worry about so much. Let your children and grandchildren handle their own affairs, why bother with so much! Forced marriages are sour and astringent, do you like them?" The old blind man shook his head and complained.
Feng Li looked helpless. "You know the ancestral precepts of my Divine Bloodline. We will not interfere in the affairs of the court. But this time, my third granddaughter is willing to abandon the ancestral precepts for your disciple. I have to ask you for an explanation!"
"You're trying to scam me!" the old blind man said irritably, then suddenly remembered something and said, "Wait a minute, how do you know he's my apprentice?"
Feng Li smiled and said, "I played a game of chess with him and was immediately amazed. I have never been convinced of anyone's skill in chess, not even the one you banished from the South China Sea. I think the only person in this world who can conquer me in chess is your personal disciple!"
The old blind man clicked his tongue. "Little madman, let me tell you, you can't be like that. You can't be greedy! Besides, this game of chess in Yandu was just something I did on a whim. I just randomly made a couple of moves on the star chart. My apprentice was just a pawn, and he had nothing to do with this game of life! You can hold me accountable for that, but all the guidance I gave you just now should be enough to offset it, right? As for the rest, I can't control that!"
After the old blind man finished speaking, he patted his behind and turned to leave.
"Hey, senior..."
Before Feng Li could say anything more, the old blind man turned around and vanished on the spot.
That's right, it just disappeared!
It was as if they had never been there at all.
Even the people passing by didn't notice that a living person had simply vanished into thin air.
Only the Feng family father and son vaguely sensed that time and space seemed to have been slightly distorted for a moment.
"Father, I have a feeling this old man is a big swindler."
Feng Xiaotian couldn't help but say.
Feng Li glanced at him and said, "Don't talk nonsense. What the elder said are secrets of heaven. Your cultivation is too shallow to grasp them!"
"That's not what I meant. I just questioned what he just said about the end of the world! It sounds like a fantasy! Could time and space really change?" Feng Xiaotian still couldn't believe it.
Feng Li nodded. "That's beyond doubt! We can't know what might happen to us, so let me tell you something! Normally, a calamity is equivalent to a civilization, and the two ends of a calamity never meet. Logically, the artifacts of the previous civilization shouldn't be discovered by the next civilization in any way—that's destiny! But since 2012, this destiny has subtly changed. After that, the Sanxingdui civilization was discovered in the Sichuan-Chongqing archaeological site, which shows..."
"What? You mean Sanxingdui is a remnant of the previous civilization?" Feng Xiaotian couldn't help but widen his eyes.
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