Chapter 407: The Mind of a God, All Forms Are Empty
Chapter 407: The Mind of a God, All Forms Are Empty
“I don’t think we should do this either!”
Before Wen Rui responded to Princess Longji's question, Nezha put down the Ruyi Immortal Soldier Jade Plate and stood up to speak.
"Sister Longji is right. How can we use the souls of mortals as shields to hide our identities? In order to fulfill the will of the Jade Emperor, we don't care about the lives of innocent mortals?"
The handsome young man had a righteous look on his face, and he stood with his hands on his waist and said righteously: "Back then, I was young and ignorant, causing the people of Chentang Pass to be displaced. Now I don't want to repeat the same mistake and watch innocent people die in vain in front of me."
Wen Rui still had an indifferent expression on his face. He shrugged and said, "Then according to you, should we just go and beat Peng Demon King in a simple and rough way? Or do you think that you two are so good that you can persuade Peng Demon King to give up his evil ways just by talking?"
"Too naive, totally ignorant of the immensity of heaven and earth!"
Wen Rui said mercilessly: "I am such an arrogant person that when I formed the Monster Alliance, I didn't dare to face the monster kings of Xiniu Hezhou directly. Many of those monsters were once disciples of Jiejiao, and they were also very powerful people in Jiejiao. They were even more afraid of the powerful people of the Western Sect standing behind them."
"You two alone are no match for the Demon King Peng, and he can always summon powerful helpers like the Demon King Lion and the Demon King Elephant. It's impossible for a scene like that where a passionate and passionate person turns the tables at the last minute to happen."
Longji and Nezha looked at each other and said, "No matter what, as gods worshipped by all the people, there are things we should do and things we shouldn't do. If we don't give it a try, how can we know it won't work?"
Nezha also said: "I didn't take it seriously before. I didn't want to be driven by you. I just wanted to get by. This time I will show my real ability. Even if it is to save the lives of those people, I will fight hard. Why can't I win?"
Wen Rui tried hard to suppress the slightly raised corners of his mouth, still with a stern face, and said: "Very spirited, very righteous. But it's a pity that kindness can't be eaten. In reality, justice may not defeat evil. If you want to defeat the evil, you have to be more evil than the evil."
He said meaningfully: "Besides, in the eyes of gods, Buddhas, and saints, there is no distinction between good and evil, and human life is just a number. You are still too naive and your cultivation is too shallow."
"I don't understand what you are saying, but no means no!" Long Ji stood in front of Wen Rui with a firm expression: "If you go and kill people indiscriminately, I will do my best to stop you!"
Nezha actually stood beside her, also in a tense posture, as if he was ready to fight if they disagreed.
"Humph, this isn't my own business, it's as if I'm the only bad guy!"
Wen Rui curled his lips and said, "Don't forget that we are working for the Jade Emperor. You want to rescue your sisters, and you are trying to stop me?"
"Your Majesty and the Queen Mother will not allow you to do this!" Princess Longji frowned and said, "My seven sisters are pure and kind. If they knew that thousands of lives would be sacrificed in vain to save them, I'm afraid they would rather suffer."
"Really? I don't believe it!"
Wen Rui said sarcastically, "Taibai Jinxing, the team is currently at a stalemate with disagreements. What do you think?"
Taibai Jinxing looked embarrassed: "Emperor Wen, is there really no other way?"
"What do you think?" Wen Rui's sarcasm became stronger. "You know more about the inside story than them. You know the details of those demon kings in Xiniu Hezhou. You don't think that we are on the side of justice, with our blood boiling and shouting a few slogans, and all the difficult problems will be solved, right?"
Taibai Jinxing tried to persuade him: "Your Highness, Third Prince, we should make decisions in an emergency. Appropriate sacrifices are also for the greater good..."
"Then why don't you sacrifice yourself?" Princess Longji was stubborn and immediately scolded, "Wouldn't it be better to use your soul as a token of your loyalty?"
"Your Highness, the Yu Monkey King we are pretending to be is the Great Saint who drives away gods, not the Great Saint who kills gods. That demon monkey does not have the ability and courage to kill gods, and taking the soul of an old minister would be too much." Taibai Jinxing patiently explained the reasoning: "Emperor Wen's plan is the most reasonable. As a notorious demon saint, if he is not haunted by the wronged souls of the human race, he will be seen as a fake at a glance. Taking the souls of the people is the best way to disguise himself."
"I have finally seen clearly that you two are birds of a feather. You have used the blood of the common people to stain your path to becoming an immortal official, and you have stepped on the bones of all living beings to ascend to the divine rank!"
Princess Longji was furious. She took out the Yao Chi Baiguang Sword with a shake of her hand, raised the sword with one hand, and pointed the tip of the sword at Wen Rui and Taibai Jinxing.
"This is difficult. The team is already in internal strife before we even set out on the expedition."
Wen Rui pretended to be helpless, spread his hands and said, "Li Xianguan, you are the advisor sent by the Jade Emperor. It is your duty to mediate and report in time. In this stalemate, I'd better trouble you to go to the Lingxiao Palace and report the current difficulties to the Jade Emperor truthfully, and ask him to make an order to make a judgment. Otherwise, this investigation will have to be shelved indefinitely. I will wait for your news at the Chamber of Commerce branch in the city ahead, and take action when there is a result."
After saying that, Wen Rui used his magical power to shrink the earth, left the three immortals behind, and disappeared in front of them.
Taibai Jinxing pushed his hand away and comforted Princess Longji: "Don't be upset, Your Highness. I will rush back to the Heavenly Palace and ask the Jade Emperor to make a ruling. If Your Majesty rejects Emperor Wen's plan, we will not sacrifice mortals."
Princess Longji then slowly put down her sword, but her face was still filled with worry.
She had a strange premonition. She firmly believed that sacrificing innocent people was wrong, but those real big shots might not think so. Right and wrong, good and evil, were far more complicated than she had imagined.
Although Nezha was young, he was not stupid. Seeing Princess Longji worried, he could not help but say, "Sister, His Majesty the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother will not sit idly by and watch Wen Rui take human lives like this, right?"
"It's hard to say..."
Long Ji sighed, and his thoughts couldn't help but drift back to five hundred years ago.
Wen Rui was right. She was not liked by her parents. She was always criticized for her shallow knowledge and blunt character. She was banished to the mortal world just because she lost etiquette at the Peach Banquet.
In order to return to heaven and win her parents' love again, she got involved in the Conferred God Tribulation, and married her defeated general Hong Jin in accordance with her parents' orders and the matchmaker's words.
result……
Although she returned to heaven, nothing seemed to have changed, and she became less and less able to understand her parents' thoughts.
Her father and mother didn't even want her to stay by their side to fulfill their filial piety, and arranged her in the Dou Mansion of the Golden Spirit Holy Mother instead of recalling her back to the Yaochi Rui Palace.
Watching Taibai Jinxing flying on the clouds towards the holy land of heaven, Princess Longji became more and more worried and felt panicked.
Faintly, Long Ji seemed to have an epiphany, and a thought that she didn't want to believe arose in her heart - perhaps the real reason why she was not loved by her parents was the extra compassion she had for mortals.
Does God really love the world?
Or is it that Wen Rui, who uses the lives of tens of thousands of people as tools, is the ideal deity in the eyes of gods, Buddhas and saints?
(End of this chapter)