Chapter 80: Crushing the Tribulation with Kill

Not long after the old man left, Xu Changqing got up and walked out of the bedroom, asked Mingzheng where Guanzheng was, and walked slowly over. When he reached the door of Guanzheng's bedroom, he stopped and hesitated a little more on his face. He didn't know if he should open the door and tell him his identity.

"Master, are you looking for me?" Just as Xu Changqing was hesitating, Guan Zheng suddenly walked in from another carriage and asked with a little surprise: "Have you finished talking to that old man?"

"The talk is over! Let's talk about it later!" Xu Changqing nodded slightly, opened the car door, walked in, sat on the western sofa at the table. After Guan Zheng came in and put on the salute, he said slowly: "I guess Brother Guan should also guess that my identity as a monk is fake, right?"

"Actually, after Master Potaku used Taoist true energy to hit me with his Taoist true energy, I became suspicious." Guan Zheng nodded slightly and smiled faintly: "But I have never been sure that the Buddhist teachings performed by the master are so authentic no matter how you look at it. It was not until the master restored all the power of the Tao in the talisman sword for me that I was sure that the master must be a Taoist master."

"Oh! It's ridiculous that I thought my true identity was hidden very deeply, but I didn't expect it to be seen at a glance. I was really a little self-righteous and a little underestimated by the people of the world." Xu Changqing smiled mockingly, and then said, "Does Brother Guan want to know my true identity?"

"I don't want to!" Guan Zheng smiled and shook his head, saying, "You and I have the most important thing to do with each other. I just need to know that you are the virtuous monk Master Shenmu whom I respect. As for what other identities have nothing to do with me, Guan Zheng. Didn't the master also say that there is no difference between Buddhism and Taoism?"

"Haha! It's me who was attached to the face!" Xu Changqing raised his head and smiled deeply. He felt that he had not intertwined this friend Guan Zheng. He also let go of the worries in his heart. He looked at Guan Zheng up and down and said, "It seems that Brother Guan's cultivation of Taoist heart has grown a little bit. In a few days, I believe that Haoran's righteousness will increase accordingly. It's really gratifying!"

"It's thanks to the master who helped me overcome the demon tribulation, which allowed me to break through the barrier of the heart of the Tao." Guan Zhengzhen thanked Xu Changqing, then sat down, and asked with a slightly sad expression: "I would also like to ask if the master's method of using life to resist the disaster is true, or..."

"But it's true!" Xu Changqing said bluntly: "Warlords rose up in the late Tang Dynasty, and the Chinese fortune was exhausted. The entire world of cultivation was involved in disasters. Many big families in the world of cultivation had used this method to survive this disaster. However, most of the cultivation families without luck and without mountain spiritual treasures could not escape this disaster in the end. Just check the inheritance book of the Immortal Buddha at that time to get a glimpse of this. Your Guan family is a thousand-year-old master, with long fortunes, but it is not authentic after all. Even if the long luck is now in the face of the great catastrophe in heaven and earth, it will be broken. Although your Guan family must have ancient mountain spiritual treasures, the spiritual treasure alone cannot stop the disaster. The only way is to use the life of the blood relatives to deal with the disaster to block most of the disasters. The remaining disasters can only be overcome by the Fengshan Spirit Treasure."

Guan Zheng was silent for a moment and said with a firm look: "I will go back when the matter comes to Peking."

"Brother Guan, have you decided to deal with the family?" Xu Changqing looked at Guan Zheng's appearance, knew what he thought, sighed and said.

Guan Zheng nodded vigorously and said, "Although I have practiced Taoism since I was a child and have never read any books, I also know that the principle of family and country is the most important thing. If I can give up my life and get the family to continue, I will die without regrets!"

"What a death is gone!" Xu Changqing looked at Guan Zheng with a bold face and nodded in appreciation. He couldn't bear to have such a straightforward person buried in his heart. He couldn't help but point out: "But in my opinion, if Brother Guan really wants to help your Guan family through this disaster, it's better not to go back."

"What does Master say?" Guan Zheng looked at Xu Changqing in confusion and asked.

"When you go back to the Guan family, all you have to do is to wait for death to respond to the disaster. Instead of doing this, it is better to compete for a glimmer of vitality in the world in the secular world." Xu Changqing also had his own plans in his heart. Although Guan Zheng's cultivation is not particularly strong, his mind is very upright and his foundation is solid. His appearance is even more of a long source of blessings. It is very suitable to be Xu Changqing's helper and overcome the disaster together.

"Please give me a blunt advice." Guan Zheng couldn't help asking urgently when he heard that there were other ways to overcome tribulation.

"At the moment when the great disaster of heaven and earth is approaching, the fortunes of people, families, countries and heaven and earth have begun to be disordered. According to my estimate, when the period of the great disaster begins, the fortunes of all people and things will become chaotic. Even if you use the technique of heavenly secrets to promote life to observe qi, you may only be able to see their minor fortunes, but not their great fortunes." Xu Changqing did not hide any of his feelings over the years and said: "Now, borrowing spiritual treasures and terrain to increase fortunes is completely unworkable for us practitioners who are not authentic. Perhaps the only way is to cut off our luck and seize the chance to survive the great disasters of heaven and earth."

Guan Zheng is not a dull person. On the contrary, he has a high level of understanding. When he heard Xu Changqing's words, he immediately realized it and said, "Master's meaning is to use killing to overcome the tribulation."

"Yes! Brother Guan's understanding is extraordinary, and it can be understood at one point." Xu Changqing nodded in approval, and then his face became cold, saying: "There are two benefits of killing to overcome the tribulation. First, killing one enemy can be missing one person who disrupts the fortune of the great catastrophe. If you destroy one enemy, it will make the fortune of the heaven and earth less chaotic when the period of the great catastrophe arrives, making it easier for the disaster to be born. Secondly, the chance of survival that can survive the great catastrophe must be as narrow as Shu Road. There are more monks and less porridge, and the porridge cannot be increased. The only way is to reduce the monks who drink porridge."

When Guan Zheng heard this, he couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart and said, "Can we have to live like a tiger or wolf in the face of the great disaster of heaven and earth?"

"Oh!" Xu Changqing sighed, with a slightly tired expression, leaning limply on the Western sofa, and said, "Sometimes, the more you know about the way of heaven, the more you are afraid. The so-called heaven and earth are unkind, and treating all things as straw dogs. In the face of the absolutely just way of heaven and earth, not only those people in the secular world, but even those who have not achieved the way of heaven and earth are just a group of pigs and dogs that can be slaughtered by others." As he said, his eyes burst out with a gleam, and the breath on his body became cold and ruthless, and he said, "The only chance that we can survive the great catastrophe is to become a wolf, a tiger, and escape from the pigs and dogs that can be slaughtered by others, otherwise there will be only a dead end. Brother Guan must know that the way is ruthless!"

"Please allow me to think about it again." Hearing Xu Changqing speak out his feelings in one breath, although Guan Zheng could not accept it for the time being, he had already heard his point of advice from Xu Changqing's words. He was extremely grateful and did not want to see Xu Changqing feel regretful because he failed to make up his mind. He immediately changed the topic and said: "I wonder what the relationship between the master and that elder Sheng Xuanhuai? From the outsider Guan, your relationship must be quite good!"

Xu Changqing knew that Guan Zheng was also a little struggling in his heart and was not ready to force him, so he followed his words: "Old Sheng can be regarded as my teacher. He taught me the worldly way of knowing people. Although I had a little misunderstanding with him because of the incident back then, the misunderstanding has basically been resolved now. However, the unfamiliar relationship cannot be brought closer by just one or two sentences. Even so, Mr. Sheng is one of the few people I respect in my life."

"I have also heard from the elders of the family that when our Guan family moved from the north to the south, this old man had helped us many times. He said that I should have thanked him, but this was a bit convincing." Guan Zheng smiled awkwardly, then stared at Xu Changqing and asked with a strange look: "Listen to the words of the master just now, it seems that the master also knew the Master Liao Tianyi Pavilion Master back then, and he was very familiar with him. When he died, those bold words were really admirable."

"Yes, he was invited by Chen Baozhen, the governor of Hunan, to return to Hunan to run a school. Before he started the new policy, he lived in my thatched hut for several months. At that time, I was a young and crazy man. He used his metaphysical luck to argue with him to refute the general trend of the world. How happy it was then!" Xu Changqing closed his eyes and recalled some past events back then. He couldn't help but smile full of nostalgia on his face. But not long after, he sighed and said, "Although I won every debate, I actually lost. Just like he could not convince me, I could not convince him. Even if I knew that he would die due to reform, he could not change his destiny. It was not until then that I realized that the Dharma could not compete with the Tao. In the end, the only thing that exists in the world is Tao, and the Dharma will surely perish under the Tao."

Guan Zheng seemed to feel Xu Changqing's heavy mood at the moment, and lost interest in speaking. He sat quietly, looking at the rural scenery that kept flashing outside the car window. For a moment, the atmosphere in the car became dull.

The train was not too fast. When we arrived in Bazhou, it was already noon. The train needed to stop for about an hour and replenish the fuel before we could get on the road. Although Bazhou was only a small county town, because it was close to Tianjin and Beiping, most merchants from all walks of life would gather here to repair it before entering Beijing, and then continue to set off. This made Bazhou much more prosperous than small county towns in other places. Another was influenced by Cangzhou, and there were extremely many martial arts practitioners here. Compared with Cangzhou, there were many martial arts practitioners, and there were many martial arts practitioners, and the rings were almost every day. Most martial arts practitioners wanted to make a name for themselves. They were lucky to open an escort agency in Tianjin and Beiping, and built a martial arts practitioner. Those who were slightly less lucky could be a personal bodyguard around these businessmen in the north and south. In short, as long as they were not killed on the ring, they would have a meal.

Since the train had to stop for an hour, the passengers in the No. 4 car felt that sitting wither was too boring. Most of them would invite each other in groups to walk around the territory of Bazhou. Most of the wealthy businessmen had several bodyguards around them, many of whom were beaten from the ring in Bazhou, which was naturally considered to be local snakes here. The master went out as a subordinate and naturally became a guide.

For a moment, the carriage became much empty, and Xu Changqing and Guan Zheng were also preparing to go out for a walk. Because this place was too close to Peking, Xuangang Demon must have set up eyeliners here, which forced the two to change their skin before getting off the car. Guan Zheng had already changed his clothes, but left the treasure chest and talisman sword in the siege of the carriage. Xu Changqing put the Maitreya robe into the sleeves, changed into a complete set of British long windbreakers, and put on his body taller than ordinary people.

The straight tweed coat and a slightly tight vest shirt fully demonstrated his strong body, which made his temperament more elegant and more heroic. The gold-wire pocket watch hanging in the top pocket gave him a noble Western style. Before going out, the foreign supervisor in the carriage found a British wide-brimmed hat with a wig and handed it to Xu Changqing for him to wear it, so as not to get into trouble because of the braid.

After leaving the carriage, the two happened to meet Mr. Sheng who was about to board a carriage. Xu Changqing walked over and said hello, "Mr. Sheng, aren't you going to Tianjin anymore?"

Seeing Xu Changqing's decent Western outfit, the old man did not answer Xu Changqing's words, but instead teased him: "I didn't expect that Changqing, you dressed like this, would look more heroic than that blue shirt. It seems that Resurrection was right back then! You were born to be a Westernized person."

"Mr. Sheng is joking!" Xu Changqing smiled indifferently and said, "The ostentatious civilizational thoughts in the West are not suitable for me. I am more accustomed to China's introverted way of dealing with the world."

"It depends on your own opinion! You are the one who worked the most hardworking among those who studied Western knowledge with Father Matthews." The old man smiled and recalled the past, turned to look at Guan Zheng, and said with a smile: "You Guan family's disciple!"

"The Guan family's junior Guan Zheng had met Mr. Sheng. If it weren't for that time..." Hearing the old man greeted him, Guan Zheng saluted to the old man with a little restrained move, preparing to thank him for his kindness that day.

The old man immediately reached out and held him up, reminding him: "Don't be so big, this place is not far from the capital!" He said, patted Guan Zheng's shoulder and said, "Learn from Changqing more! Whether it is Taoism or the way of dealing with the world, there are not many people in the world that can compare with him, and it is much better than those in your Guan family."

"I know, junior." Guan Zheng nodded.

After the chirping, the old man said seriously to Xu Changqing: "This time I went to Tianjin mainly for the Bank of Communications. Now that you have agreed to help, the matter is naturally done. I happened to take this opportunity to go back to Beijing to handle the promised things. Time is tight, so I will go back to Beijing as soon as possible, and the more people I will help."

"That's right," Xu Changqing didn't say much, nodded, clasped his fists and said, "Changqing is here to wish Mr. Sheng a good journey."
Chapter completed!