Xiu Erdai's daily essays

08692-Only true encounters can be conclusive

I continued to send text messages to Pei Wuyao based on what these idlers said: "Although 'master' also has the word 'father', the relationship between parents and children in the mortal world is really different. Ordinary children, especially in the In the early years when the overall material conditions of the society were poor, it often meant raising children for old age. Parents took care of their children when they were young, and children took care of their parents when they were old. But monks accepted apprentices because they hoped that their own cultivation insights could be passed on to them. What's more important is to further comprehend one's own way by teaching apprentices."

Me: "Masters in the cultivation world don't need apprentices to support themselves in the future, but only care about whether they can use the tool of apprentices to achieve a better self now and in the future. The master-student relationship is more utilitarian, talk more about whether there are benefits, feelings It's secondary."

Pei Wuyao: "When a monk is too old to take care of himself, don't he need his apprentice to take care of him?"

Me: "If there is no serious injury, it is difficult for a monk to grow old to that point. Pure aging will at most reduce the combat effectiveness of a monk, and will not affect the basic necessities of life of a monk. Besides, masters who are at the golden core stage and above do not need physical food , the body is not afraid of the severe cold and heat, it is really impossible to find a quiet place to nest, and quietly experience the process of one's death, although the heart will be melancholy, but it will not be too unacceptable."

Me: "If a monk can't do anything while lying on the bed, he can only watch his apprentice arrange this and that for himself. He becomes a burden to the apprentice, and he has to bear the impatience of the apprentice overtly and secretly, so he will be irritable. Many monks don't I am not afraid of death, but I cannot accept that my life is too ugly."

Pei Wuyao: "I have seen some monks who claim to be not afraid of death, but when they are really about to be eaten by monsters, they will cry bitterly and beg the monsters to spare them, even though they know that monsters will not pity their prey, even I can't understand human language at all. Only when I am very close to death can I understand whether I am really not afraid of death."

Me: "That's right. I haven't really been close to death except for the fragments of memory that have a sense of isolation. How about you?"

Pei Wuyao: "Except for the memory given by Yaoyao, I'm not sure if it really belongs to me, I have never been soberly close to death. Maybe I will kneel down and beg for mercy when I am about to die?"

Me: "Begging for a monster? Or begging for someone who no longer loves you? From an emotional point of view, this is humiliating; from a rational point of view, this pleading will not be reciprocated. Do you waste time on those useless efforts when you have to race against time to search for vitality?"

Pei Wuyao: "Maybe at that juncture, rationality disappeared and emotions became chaotic, leaving only the idea of ​​desperately trying to catch something?"

Me: "Others may not be sure, but I think the current head of Yunxiazong will never lose his rationality at a critical moment, because that is his instinct carved into his soul. If he really dies, it must be after he has calculated everything It can be the optimal solution obtained after walking the road. He will definitely use his death to calculate a large enough benefit for himself and Yunxiazong, and will never waste his only one chance of death in his life."

08693-Acceptable

I waited for a while and asked, "Why didn't you answer?"

Pei Wuyao: "Wooden stake."

Me: "You don't become a stake when I'm talking empty words, but when you don't want to talk?"

Pei Wuyao: "My behavior is of course based on my mood and my thoughts."

Me: "Very well, keep it up. I'm looking forward to your unwavering performance under the washing of my words."

Pei Wuyao: "Can I call you Pei Lin directly?"

I can."

Pei Wuyao: "Those who are following us now seem to be unable to accept disciples calling Master by their name, so can Yunxia Sect disciples accept it? It is said that Yunxia Sect's address is very confusing. Is it so high that they don't call Master? "

Me: "The outer sect and handyman are probably not acceptable, but the inner sect is not a big problem. It is not the most impolite to call the master by his name directly. There are also people who call the master an old man, old man, bastard, etc. If you are in If you have been to school in the mortal world, you will know that it is a daily task for students to nickname their teachers. Sometimes students will call those teachers by their nicknames when they express their closeness or anger to their teachers. Most of the time, the teachers who are called and others who hear Teachers can accept it."

Me: "But try not to call me that in formal occasions. Fortunately, there are very few formal occasions in the cultivation world. For example, if I hold a public apprenticeship ceremony with you, you must call me Master during the ceremony, and you can continue to call me after the ceremony is over." my name."

Pei Wuyao: "I have never lived in the mortal world, and my life in the cultivation world has just begun. When I established my worldview, I was in the monster area. I don't understand some things that others regard as common sense. Will it have a great impact? ?”

Me: "No. Especially if you are a sword cultivator. Sword cultivators have too much common sense to be stared at strangely. Oh, wait a minute, you haven't decided to become a sword cultivator. This matter can't be settled until you build your foundation. Then we need to put it another way: your master, I am a swordsman, and I am an apprentice who has been taught by a swordsman without common sense, so it is amazing to have too much common sense."

Pei Wuyao: "It is said that you know everything about the world."

Me: "For me, events with extremely low probability, which look as familiar as everyday events that happen every day, are common sense to me. So when I say 'common sense events', many people will be at a loss "Are you crazy? Is this common sense?", After listening to it too much, they will have self-doubt, "Why can't I understand what Pei Lin said? In fact, I am the one who is crazy?" So the teaching office is determined not to let me teach Great lesson."

08694-Find a suitable relationship mode

Me: "Many people say that I am weird. As my apprentice, if you can't reach a new level of weirdness, then your demeanor will probably be covered by me. I hope you will not be too disappointed by then."

Pei Wuyao: "What will happen if you lose to the extreme?"

Me: "Maybe you will turn against me, or you may suppress yourself too much and cut off your own path. I hope that I will not be too upset because of your fragility and I have put too much pressure on you; I hope that by then I can Firmly believe with a heart of stone: Your destruction is entirely your own problem, and I don't need to be responsible."

Pei Wuyao: "For you, I can destroy you, but you can't."

Me: "correspondingly, it is also for you, I can destroy, you can't."

Pei Wuyao: "You don't treat your master like this, do you?"

Me: "For me, I can be destroyed, but my master cannot. But because I know that if I am destroyed, my master's psychological pressure will be huge, so in order to protect my master, I will do my best to protect me. myself, adjust in time all my mentality that may slide towards disaster.”

Me: "Some masters and apprentices have a good relationship and are willing to sacrifice their own interests for each other; some masters and apprentices don't talk about feelings, and everything they do for each other is for their own greater benefit. The former is certainly gentle and tender." , the latter is actually not a failure, it depends on which mode of getting along you prefer."

Pei Wuyao: "I don't know if I like neatness or not, but I'm sure I don't understand tenderness now."

Me: "The Yunxia Sect will teach you this. All the inner sect disciples of the Yunxia Sect regard the Yunxia Sect as their home, and the family always has a warm feeling. If you can enter the Yunxia Sect's inner sect, you will definitely like this feeling Let me emphasize again: You becoming my apprentice and you becoming a disciple of Yunxiazong, especially inner disciples, are two unrelated things. In some processes, they can actually be related, but in my case they are Definitely took it apart."

Pei Wuyao: "I see. Since I have chosen to be your apprentice, I will try my best to abide by your rules before we turn against each other."

While I was communicating with Pei Wuyao, we arrived at the Monster League cafeteria.

08695 - Unwelcome and welcome

The first impression this cafeteria gives to outsiders is: weird.

Weird in every sense of the word.

For example, today's menu hanging on the wall says braised rabbit meat, and not far from the menu, a Foundation Establishment disciple with rabbit ears is calmly grazing.

For another example, an owl and a mouse are eating meat on the same table in their original form.One eats rats, the other eats birds.

For another example, when a group of us stepped into the cafeteria, the disciples of the Demon League first stared at us in shock, and then screamed one after another: "It's a human!" "There are so many people!" "It's scary!" "Help! " "Master!"

Soon, some cafeteria staff came forward and invited us outsiders out of the cafeteria.

One of the outsiders explained with no confidence: "We all submitted the application to the official of the Demon League and came in after getting approval. No one reminded us not to come to the cafeteria before. We didn't encounter any problems on the way here. Any hindrance..."

The Yaomeng disciple who came to negotiate with us was Jin Danqi Di Yilian. She said, "I know. I didn't mean to blame you. It's just that young disciples are afraid of life and tend to make a fuss. Today the white tiger is coming, let alone fellow Taoists from outside sects. Even within our Monster League, we have broken many rules in order to watch the excitement. Many of those in the cafeteria have just sneaked away to watch the white tiger, and come to the cafeteria to share their viewing experience while eating—they are too low. , the elders don't agree with them looking too close."

Di Yilian: "Since you are allowed to come in today with a greatly lowered entry threshold, you can naturally walk around in various public areas. Before the relevant departments issue a clear notice to leave, you can do whatever you want. However, when you feel free At the same time, we Demon League disciples can naturally express our fright at will, including expressing our fright at will."

Although the tone is considered polite, the words used are not very polite, and the meaning of being unwelcome is expressed.

Di Yilian's words changed: "Others may receive the notice to leave soon, but Senior Pei Lin may be invited to stay. This quasi-apprentice of Senior Pei should also be invited." She said Also smiled at me.

Everyone: "..."

Me: "Not long ago, I officially accepted Pei Wuyao as an apprentice."

Di Yilian: "Congratulations. In this way, it will be more logical for you master and apprentice to stay."

Everyone:

"What do you mean by logical?"

"I don't care about the meaning of the words, I just want to know if we are of the same race as Pei Lin? Why can Pei Lin be invited when we are driven away?"

I asked Di Yilian: "Can I get rid of these redundant guys and bring my apprentice into the cafeteria again?"

Di Yilian smiled and said, "Of course. Welcome."

Everyone: "..."