Wait a minute, the leader of Xizhou...the two leaders of Western Sect?

Good guy, Dongzhou is the place where the Taoist ancestors of the Sanqing Dynasty inherited their teachings. There are actually Western religious scriptures that are widely circulated and can be understood by a large number of disciples at will.

Won’t the disciples of Sanqing Taoist Patriarch come out to take care of it?

There were bursts of noise all around, but many casual cultivators were making noises nearby, telling Li Ping'an not to humiliate himself, so he just surrendered and retreated, lest his Taoist mind be blocked and the gain outweighed the loss.

Gu Qingcheng and Yu Yingshu looked at each other, and they both saw the shock in each other's eyes.

Gu Qingcheng's eyes were probably sighing: 'Is it necessary to discuss Tao to this extent?'

Yu Yingshu's physical practice is relatively simple. What he is thinking at the moment is: 'What this person says makes sense.'

In the private room, Elder Xu Sheng and Elder Yan Sheng shook their heads and sighed at the same time.

This disciple of the Guanhai Sect has explained this principle very thoroughly with the help of a scripture about "emptiness".

This does not mean that Dugu Mei already has such a Taoist practice. Dugu Mei has only cultivated to the second level of "emptiness".

But when discussing Tao, what we discuss is our own understanding of Tao.

Once Dugu Mei's fourth realm of space came out, it was really difficult to argue with it.

"It's no wonder that Ping An is safe," Immortal Xu said in a low voice.

All the immortals in the private room nodded.

Mu Ningning has begun to worry about whether his senior brother will be damaged in his Taoism and affect his future cultivation path.

In the corner downstairs, the thin old Taoist had his eyes fixed on Li Pingan. He also wanted to see what this young man who had the upper hand before had an understanding of the Tao of the Sky.

This "Four Realms of Emptiness" originates from Western teachings. If the True Way wins, the old Taoist will always be a little unhappy.

suddenly.

"How ridiculous!"

Li Pingan said with a sneer, and the casual cultivators who were watching immediately fell silent, each frowning and looking at Li Pingan.

Many people have already made up their mind that as long as this Wan Yun Sect disciple shows any signs of being messy, they will immediately scold them to avoid dirtying their ears.

"oh?"

Dugumei sat down calmly and said with a smile: "Many fellow Taoists are watching here. If you have any high opinions, feel free to talk."

"Takami doesn't count, I just feel that fellow Taoist has gone astray."

Li Ping'an shook his head gently and said calmly:

“The empty arguments made by fellow Taoists are not worth arguing with, but there are many fellow Taoists here, so don’t let them be misinformed.

"The word 'empty' mentioned by Taoist friends is probably due to some misunderstanding of Western religious scriptures. This 'empty' is not 'empty', but actually 'empty silence'.

"You say [emptiness is existence].

"At first it sounds like the theory that yin and yang exist and destroy each other, but when you think about it carefully, it doesn't make sense.

"The tea cup can only be filled with new tea when it is empty. Doesn't the tea cup itself exist? Doesn't the person who drinks the tea and pours the tea exist? The tea just goes from the cup to your mouth, from the pot to the cup

You don't know people, pots, and cups, but you just stare at the cup and say - look, is there water in the cup or not? Is it either empty or exists, or is it empty?

"What a fallacy!

"In the example you gave, there is no transition between existence and emptiness, emptiness and reality, truth and falsehood. The tea is always there, but in a different position.

"Measuring the heavens and the earth with the contents of a cup, don't you think it's too wrong, fellow Taoist?"

Dugu Mei frowned slightly, while the cultivators around her were silent.

The old man downstairs nodded slowly, with a slight smile on his lips.

Listen again.

"Second!"

Li Ping'an turned around, walked about seven feet, and said quickly again:

"You say [empty view], that only by letting go of the desires of the mortal world can you accommodate the way of heaven and earth, it is even more ridiculous!

"Is it possible that there are no heavenly immortals who have become Taoist couples in the Guanhai Sect? Is it possible that there are no true immortals who have become Taoist couples? Is it possible that there are no disciples who have given up everything and concentrated on practicing, but in the end they died in depression before becoming immortals?

"If you say that the path of empty view is helpful for the cultivation of mind and nature, and that forgetting the complicated desires of the human world can make you and me peaceful and more accessible to the great path, then I will not argue with you.

"But you said that only by letting go can we see the existence of Tao. This is a fallacy.

"The path of emptiness is just one of the three thousand paths.

"Three Thousand Paths can lead to immortality. This is the message given by the leader of Yuxu Palace to the human race. Desires follow true nature, and there are also feelings without emotion. This is the warning given by the leader of Biyou Palace to me as a Qi Refiner!

"Empty means following one's heart, but there are constraints. As the saying goes, if you follow your heart and don't violate the rules, you can be free!

"Fellow Taoist, the empty view you explain is really inferior!"

Do as you please without breaking the rules?

Dugu Mei's face turned a little pale, her aura became a little confused, and she kept thinking in her heart, as if she was possessed by a demon.

At this point, Li Ping'an was actually able to win, but he had to express his inner thoughts.

Today, you don’t have to live with the light, you should express your feelings directly!

——The worst thing is, he will stay in Wanyun Sect for a hundred and eighty years and not leave the house!

Li Pingan said loudly:

"That [emptiness is all nature] is even more prejudice!

"Ordinary people have many troubles, but cultivators are always at ease. This is just that the cultivators are freed from the world of mortals. They have a long life, can live in the world, and can fly to heaven. This is the freedom and ease compared to ordinary people.

"But have human cultivators from ancient times ever let go of the nature in their hearts? Have they ever thrown away the feelings in their hearts?

"You illuminate all things with your hollow heart, and all things are in your hollow heart! If your Dao mind is only empty, your body will be nothing more than a walking corpse! How can you protect the path of our human race, and how dare you claim to be the Dao!

"What is emptiness? I see how charming the green mountains are, but I don't expect the green mountains to see me like this!

"And the fourth one."

Dugu Mei's fingers trembled, and before Li Ping'an could speak, she was about to bow her head and admit defeat.

He really couldn't listen anymore.

Just the words "you illuminate all things with your hollow heart" already made the roaring thunder sound in his Tao heart.

And the sentence "I see how charming the green mountains are" made Dugu Meidao feel a little gap in his heart.

Listen again, he is really going to be trapped in a bottleneck!

"Fellow Taoist...I admit defeat!"

"Admit defeat?"

Li Pingan smiled and said:

"Fellow Taoist, if your heart is empty, wouldn't it mean that you win or you lose, and you lose or you win?

"If we are discussing Taoism in private, it's okay for you to admit defeat, but you have already spread such a fallacious Tao. If I don't refute it clearly and thoroughly, won't it delay the cultivation of all Taoists?

"A Taoist friend is afraid of damaging his Taoist heart, so he just covers his ears and refuses to listen."

The eyes of the casual cultivators watching Li Pingan became a little more kind and nervous.

Li Ping'an sighed, and his eyes became extremely distant:

"The realm of emptiness that fellow Taoist said at the end, the origin and cessation of conditions, is nothingness, but it is just the path to one's own emptiness.

"The so-called emptiness is by no means the transcendence you and I want to pursue. It is just a false state created for yourself by stripping away your desires, emptying out everything you see and hear.

"If you don't look at the evil, will it not exist? If you don't look at the mountain, will the mountain cease to exist? It will exist where it should exist, and it will still exist when it should exist.

"Can you achieve true emptiness? You can't, never can, because unless you yourself cease to exist and disappear into thin air, if that's the case, what's the point of these things you understand and the Tao you understand?

"Don't forget! You practice Taoism to live a better life, not to die in a broken state!

"The essence of what you call emptiness is nothing more than 'starting from nothingness and ending in nothingness.' It sounds reasonable, but in fact it is far inferior to the true path of emptiness.

"But my interpretation of emptiness is completely different from that of fellow Taoists.

"Empty is the starting point of all things and the end of all things. The reason why emptiness exists is because from the starting point to the end, the traces drawn by all things between the two poles of yin and yang are what emptiness sees and what emptiness is.

What I heard: You and I see truth and know emptiness, see death and know life.

"Empty is not false, existence is not true, and the mind of Tao is disturbed, do not cross the world of mortals.

"You are empty and destroy me without me.

"My emptiness is nothing but action."

Li Ping'an slightly cupped his hands and stopped talking without saying more.

Dugu Mei closed her eyes and sighed, lowering her head without saying a word. She was at a loss in her heart:

"Fellow Taoist, good meeting."

It's quite free and easy.
To be continued...