Chapter 295: At a loss, at a loss

Shang was saved.

And he was exempted from the punishment of murder.

But how can he deal with what happened to him? The Xia Dynasty is indeed very prosperous now, but no matter how prosperous a country is, it does not mean that there are no shameful things in the dark.

The upward trend of the general trend does not mean that personal misfortunes can be avoided.

Sadly, he was the unlucky one.

After being rescued, Shang went through untold hardships and returned to the home in his memory.

But there was no one at home, only the lonely and dusty yard.

In order to search for him, his parents sold all their property and traveled around the world hoping to find him.

So the rescued Shang joined a caravan to earn money and also searched for his biological parents.

He did find his parents' whereabouts, as long as he followed their footsteps.

But his parents are already dead, because they really found the human trafficker who killed someone. That kind of person would dare to kill someone.

Even if the human traffickers were later eliminated because of the murder case, what should be done with the dead?

Shang Ju was at a loss.

He doesn't even have his own home anymore.

After much deliberation, Shang Ben wanted to join the Mohist school.

After some inquiries, I found out that the real leader of Mohism had already left with a large number of Mohists, and now is the era of Confucianism.

Confucianism?

What is that? Compared to the Mohist school that his parents often mentioned and told him as bedtime stories when he was young, he really knew nothing about Confucianism.

Fortunately, he is very hardworking and smart.

He used the money he earned to fill his stomach and then buy books.

There would often be Confucian scholars giving lectures, and he would go over to them, and if he was lucky he would even get some porridge as alms.

The Xia Dynasty was prosperous, and as long as you were willing to work, you would never starve to death.

Also because of his frequent contacts with the grassroots, Shang has developed his own logic, and he has a particularly deep understanding of the grassroots people.

So when he heard the news that Xun Ke was going to preach, he sold everything he had and went to the imperial capital, which led to the questioning at the Tianxia Academy.

"No wonder this kid is so extreme."

After hearing about Shang's life and experience, Gu Dan seemed to be thinking deeply.

Shang's experiences in his childhood gave him the deepest understanding of human evil, and he himself was the biggest victim.

However, his experiences in the mountain village made him suffer a lot. When he calmed down and thought about it all, he naturally lost interest in all those nonsense things like benevolence, righteousness, and propriety.

Mohism is no longer the same as it used to be, and Confucianism does not suit his taste, so he comes up with a new idea of ​​his own.

He strongly agreed with what Xun Ke said about the "evil of human nature", but he also scoffed at the idea of ​​education.

Because he had become a commodity for a long period of time, how could he be considered a "human being"?

In that small mountain village, if there had not been a sudden visit from Mohists, where would benevolence, righteousness, and propriety be found? Under the circumstances at that time, how could an eleven-year-old kid save his own fate?

There is no way.

No matter how smart he is, he is destined to have no escape.

He applied his most desperate experience to the entire world, and finally determined to turn it into four words: struggle and strength.

It does not matter whether the weak are pitiful or miserable; only the strong can triumph.

Although he was rescued by the Mohist, to the people in that small mountain village, the Mohist was also a strong man. When the strong and the weak fight, the strong will naturally win. What happens next depends entirely on the strong man's decision.

Thus, he came up with his own ideas and questioned Xun Ke in all the academies in the world.

In his view, benevolence, righteousness, and propriety are nothing but fig leaves. That group of unruly people are not worthy of them at all and are completely incomprehensible. They should be severely punished by law.

It doesn’t matter if you don’t understand. You will understand after you experience the pain. If you still don’t understand, look for another opportunity in the next life.

"I have heard that oranges grown in the south of the Huai River are oranges, while oranges grown in the north of the Huai River are tangerines."

Under the night sky, Gu Dan leaned against the willow tree behind him and said slowly: "Shang knows the bitterness of the tangerine very well, so he doesn't believe in the sourness and sweetness of the orange."

"This is very true."

Xun Ke also nodded.

Shang is naturally talented, but his talent is a bit too extreme.

The misfortune that happens to an individual cannot be compensated, but if the misfortune that happens to an individual is spread to the world, wouldn’t it also be the misfortune of the world?

When the stars fell from the sky in Yuzhou at night, Xun Ke's parents, who lived in Yuzhou, were killed by bloodthirsty warriors, but he did not hate all the warriors in the world because of this!

Both were saved by Mohists and both had their parents killed, but Xun Ke still had a kind heart and great love, while Shang had become cold and cruel and no longer trusted anyone.

The law is just a tool, but he wants to put the tool firmly on everyone's head and make everything operate according to the tool.

This is the root cause of his extreme nature.

"Then I'll leave it to you."

Gu Dan picked up the teacup, blew it gently, and drank it all in one gulp.

Gu Dan naturally recognized Xun Ke's abilities.

Under his leadership, the business world can be reshaped and may have a bright future.

Although today's businessmen have experienced many things in the world, they are like a sword that has just been unsheathed, still very sharp and without any sign of being restrained, and still need to be polished and baptized again.

But Gu Dan paid little attention to the affairs of the Xia Dynasty.

The Xia Dynasty is still growing stronger. In the foreseeable future, Xun Ke will serve as the new guardian of the Xia Dynasty and lead it to continue to become stronger.

He has fulfilled his original promise.

Now, there are only a few people around me to keep me company.

There isn't much time left.

As night fell, the yard gradually became quiet.

Gu Dan did not pick up the book to read again, because he had already read all the books on spiritual practice in the Xia Dynasty.

The White Lotus visualization diagram is still being practiced daily, but there has been no movement from the fifth petal of the lotus.

Even his physical body seemed to have reached a bottleneck after years of baptism. Gu Dan had not felt any progress in recent years.

He seemed to have truly reached the pinnacle of the mortal world. His physical body, his true energy, and even his soul had all reached their limits in the mortal world. The path of martial arts seemed to have ended here, and he could no longer move forward.

The night is deep, but my spirits are still high and I can't fall asleep.

After thinking about it for a long time, Gu Dan called out the panel with an idea.

【Lifespan: 106/299 (+237586)】

[Qingmu Huasheng Jue: 50067/1000000 (+237586) So-so]

The familiar panel appeared before his eyes. Apart from the changes in the numbers themselves, there was no other change.

It is worth mentioning that his life span has exceeded 100 years. According to the calculation method of this era, he can be called a centenarian.

But because of the upper limit of his lifespan, he has actually only lived to one-third of his life. Even if he continues to live normally and his age is reduced proportionally, he can still be called "young".

It is particularly noteworthy that the upper limit of his lifespan has been stuck at a full thirty-seven years.

When he was first promoted to Grandmaster, his life expectancy was only ninety-five years, far from the grandmaster's limit of one hundred and twenty years. However, as his strength steadily increased, his upper limit of life expectancy also continued to rise.

From this we can see that lifespan does not reach its limit the moment of breakthrough, but increases slowly with the influence of strength until it reaches that limit.

Although the upper limit of lifespan is just a number to Gu Dan, it is enough to roughly assess his own strength.

But now, this trick seems to have failed.

The upper limit of his lifespan was firmly stuck at 299, and he could not make any progress, reaching the limit before his strength did.

Even though in the past thirty-seven years, there have been breakthroughs in the White Lotus Visualization Diagram, the soul has been enhanced, and the physical body has achieved some results, the upper limit of lifespan has not changed at all.

Everything has its limits.

Gu Dan guessed that he must have reached the limit of the Grand Master, a limit that could not be surpassed.

As for the life span for the next breakthrough in Qingmu Huasheng Jue, a glance at the number will tell you that it is unrealistic to rely solely on one's own medical treatment and saving lives to accumulate it.

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It must be a true act of saving the world that could bring him huge progress in one go.

The problem is, according to Qingpingzi, the immortal will return sooner or later.

The immortal stones have been dropped for so long, why is there still no news about the real immortals until now, except for the Buzhou Mountains?

Gu Dan couldn't figure it out.

Porcelain will not collide with tiles, and he couldn't take that risk.

As a person who has already reached the ultimate desired state of immortality by being alive, Gu Dan does not need to be a gambler.

Life time is accumulated slowly, the slower it is, the more important it is to be alive.

Moreover, nowadays, the medical clinics across the Xia Dynasty have achieved some results, which can bring him a lot of longevity every year. After all, as the person who compiled "Shennong's Herbal Classic" and directly initiated this matter, Gu Dan's contribution is undoubtedly not small.

With this income, the accumulation of longevity cannot be said to be slow, it is just a matter of waiting a few more years.

What really makes Gu Dan uncomfortable is that his strength has not improved at all.

If I continue to stay as a grandmaster, there will be no room for further growth.

But so far, Gu Dan still does not have a deep understanding of the innate realm of martial arts, and he has not found a solution from any classics.

However, all attempts in the mortal world ended in failure, and even several masters died.

Even someone as calm as Gu Dan now felt a little irritated.

He has been a Grandmaster for sixty years and has not been able to improve any further. Why hasn't he sensed the feeling of 'water overflowing'?

He originally wanted to reach the limit of his current realm and then naturally impact the innate realm. Now that he has reached his limit, there is no sign of breaking through to the innate realm.

This is completely different from what is recorded in the immortal cultivation classics. According to the classics, when the immortal realm reaches its limit, one will produce a special sensation that urges one to quickly advance.

The methods of the immortal way are surprisingly different from those of the martial arts way.

If he continues to stay in the Xia Dynasty now, he can't even concentrate on practicing, because there is nothing more to practice.

As for how to successfully reach the next level, it is somewhat of an exaggeration to say that I have no idea. I can only say that I am at a loss as to what to do.

As the first grandmaster in this world, the one with the highest progress and the strongest martial arts, he couldn't even find anyone to refer to. He himself had become a monument for future generations. Only future generations could refer to his principles, and there was no possibility for him to refer to others.

Things have come to this point, and Gu Dan has already intended to leave.

For him, that day is probably not far away.

In the sixty-first year of the Xia Dynasty, Cang returned to the imperial capital and was promoted.

He will take over Xun Ke's former position, Minister of Rites.

So Cang returned to the Gu family courtyard and implicitly expressed that he also wanted to move in.

Gu Dan was very happy and told him to get out of here quickly.

In desperation, Cang could only rent a few houses not far from the Gu family courtyard to accommodate his hundreds of wives and concubines.

But it cannot be said that his arrival brought shame to Gu Dan. At least when Xiaoying felt bored taking care of flowers and plants in the Gu family's courtyard, she could run to Cang and his wives and concubines to chat and relieve her boredom.

With so many wives and concubines, there is no end to the topics of conversation. You can always find a few people with similar personalities, and barely manage to do a little bit of insignificant human affairs.

In the sixty-fourth year of the Xia Dynasty, Confucianism had already been adjusting and dividing the laws.

The leader of this matter was naturally Xun Ke.

The other person is Shang, who has made a name for himself in the academies of the world.

Not only was he accepted as a disciple by Xun Ke, but he was also appreciated by Emperor Chengping. It is said that Emperor Chengping once held his hand and had a candlelight talk with him at night in the palace.

But Gu Dan has paid little attention to these things and has almost faded from everyone's sight.

The grand master who once guarded the Xia Dynasty has been replaced.

Talented people emerge in every generation, and each of them leads the trend for hundreds of years.

He is over a hundred years old, and it is time for his era to pass and be handed over to the next generation.

The sixty-fifth year of the Xia Dynasty, an ordinary day.

Despite his busy schedule, Xun Ke took time out to return to the Gu family courtyard to have dinner.

Meals are now cooked by Cang's wives and concubines. Every day at mealtime, the one with the best cooking skills among them will come early and cook for everyone.

Xiaoying now only has to take care of the flowers and plants in the yard - besides that, she also found time to compile two medical books.

The medical skills in it are not some exquisite and ingenious techniques, but the most common things such as how to deliver a baby, how to raise a child, etc. There are even detailed pictures to facilitate future generations to learn and understand.

Of course, this kind of medical book is passed down to girls, not boys.

Xiaoying asked Gu Dan to review it, and Gu Dan gave it a very high evaluation.

At this time, after a simple meal in the Gu family courtyard and a casual chat, Xun Ke was about to leave.

But Gu Dan stretched out a hand and held him back.

"Mr. Gu?"

Xun Ke was puzzled.

"Stay here and don't go anywhere."

Gu Dan stared into his eyes and spoke almost word by word.

"I"

Xun Ke wanted to say that he still had a lot of things to do, and he was currently rectifying the laws of the Xia Dynasty.

But Gu Dan's gaze was already on Xiaoying, who was carrying the bowls and basins to the kitchen to wash them.

Following his gaze, Xun Ke seemed to understand something in an instant.

He was struck by lightning, and his whole body froze in place, his lips moving but he couldn't utter a word.

Thousands of words were stuck in his heart, and even the great master was at a loss as to what to do.

(End of this chapter)