Feng Guang asked, "What do you think Chishongzi meant by his answer?"
Fang Yue said, "Chisongzi only seeks to understand the Dao, so he abandons worldly emotions."
“You’re right, but not entirely.” Feng Guang looked at the clean, pristine sky. “Chisongzi said he was a cedar tree that hadn’t changed for a thousand years. Why was the woman happy? Because Chisongzi said he grew up in the south, a place where cedar trees shouldn’t grow. The woman understood that she wasn’t the only one suffering in this relationship, unable to control her own fate. Chisongzi suffered the same pain. The woman’s feelings were acknowledged and responded to. So why did the woman leave? Because someone had to make the decision. In different choices, the same thing is the price. This is the first level of detachment in Zen.”
"The young lady's insights are indeed more comprehensive." To him, the story of the pine tree welcoming the snow on the immortal path was just a story, a story to warn his disciples against worldly emotions.
Feng Guang frowned again, "But I've never understood. As human beings, we are naturally supposed to have seven emotions and six desires. If we abandon these emotions and desires before becoming immortals, then we cannot be called human beings. How can we then attain immortality?"
"This question has truly stumped me as well." The sound of the wind in the forest came from his side, making his voice sound even more pleasant. "The young lady is confused on her path of seeking the Tao."
"Yes, there are many things I don't understand. For example, why do you have to abandon your seven emotions and six desires to become an immortal? And after becoming an immortal, you gain endless life, sitting on the clouds day after day, watching the wind and clouds change. Is that really meaningful?"
"I don't know these things either, but I do know that my daily efforts to increase my cultivation are not for ascension, but to eliminate the demonic influence and bring peace to the world."
"World peace, your ideal is truly great."
"Judging from the girl's voice, she must be quite young."
Feng Guang chuckled and said, "I just turned fifteen this year."
In truth, she's already an old witch of unknown age deep down.
He was momentarily surprised. "The girl is only fifteen, yet she has already reached the Nascent Soul stage. It seems that she won't need to cultivate for long before she reaches the time to transcend tribulation and ascend to immortality."
"I don't want to ascend to heaven. Being an immortal is boring. It's much more interesting to find my future husband."
"In the future... my husband..."
"It's that man named Chu Yu. I've been waiting for him for fifteen years. I don't even know if he's good-looking or not. Sigh... Even if he's not good-looking, I still have to try my best to like him and make him like me back."
She spoke with a heavy heart, but he remained strangely silent for a long while.
"Fang Yue, why aren't you saying anything?"
He paused slightly, "Miss, perhaps that man named Chu Yu is indeed... not very good-looking. Maybe you don't need to waste your time looking for someone."
“If you could just give up, then there would be no need for all this trouble. But it’s not that easy,” Feng Guang said confidently as she sat up from the rattan chair. “I’ve thought it all out. Once I see him, I’m going to do everything I can to make him like me.”
"girl……"
"Don't try to persuade me anymore, you wouldn't understand." She thought of Chu Yu's final fate, which was to fulfill Li Qing and Ye Jin's wishes by saving the seriously injured Ye Jin with her own life. She clenched her fist and said with determination, "I also want to teach him to cherish his life. He has to live a good life with me, and he can't die in any accident."
A happy ending has always been her ultimate goal.
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