When Mu Jingrou was the only one left, seeing her hesitation, Ling Qing spoke directly to the others.

"Everyone go about your business. This talisman will be ready in a few days."

"Thank you, Master!"

Xiaoqian and others heard this, thanked them obediently and left.

At this time, only Ling Qing, Yan Chixia and Mu Jingrou were left in the main hall.

"How do you feel, fellow Taoist, during this time?"

"Life is worse than death..."

A trace of fear flashed in Mu Jingrou's eyes, and then she hesitated and said.

"But it's better than dying."

It is instinct to fear death and survive. After enduring so many days of torture, she has changed a lot.

No different than when he was trapped in the Netherworld Passage before, even if he had evil thoughts in his heart.

He kept cursing Lingqing, thinking about how to skin him with cramps and burn his soul with fire.

As long as you don't want to escape and attack the formation, you will basically not be tortured by the demon...

But now that he is under the ban, as long as he has evil thoughts in his heart, his soul will be eaten by the evil spirits.

This was a hundred times more painful for her than being in the tunnel.

At first, after hearing Lingqing do his homework, he had evil thoughts. Sometimes when he saw that Xiaoqian and others were not as respectful to him as before, he felt angry in his heart.

Then the chains will be triggered to ban the cultivation, and the soul will suffer from the evil spirit.

After doing this three times, I have tempered my mind and become a little more peaceful.

Gradually, I was able to tolerate the gap and learned how to calm my thoughts.

Even if you cannot turn evil thoughts into good thoughts, you must at least prevent evil thoughts from arising in order to avoid torture.

Later Lingqing saw that her character had indeed changed, instead of becoming more obsessed with demons.

Then he allowed her to choose a lotus platform from the lotus pond and teach her the nectar purification method.

Begin to cleanse your own sins and transfer them to the lotus platform.

It's just that her sins are very serious. When she cleans her karma, her sins are often steaming up, and her heart is filled with evil thoughts.

However, once this happens, he will be chained and banned from cultivation.

However, with the change of mind and the transfer of bad karma, the situation has greatly improved.

Now I can recite sutras and do exercises with everyone.

He is even more different from the fierce and arrogant tree demon grandma before.

"It should be noted that since eliminating evil is a good thing, now the good seeds are growing in the hearts of fellow Taoists."

Lingqing was naturally aware of her changes during this period, so he nodded and continued.

"Although I have endured a lot of hard work, my fellow Taoist has indeed achieved extraordinary results, which is admired by this poor Taoist.

After some training, fellow Taoists will understand the value of life, and will no longer wantonly look down on sentient beings in the future.

This is also the merit of your mind."

"I understand." Mu Jingrou nodded in agreement upon hearing this.

"Stubborn iron needs to be tempered by real fire, so I will not deceive you."

Yan Chixia looked at Mu Jingrou and nodded in approval.

"Previously, a certain family thought that Taoist brother was so laborious and laborious in trying to achieve enlightenment.

If you rely on a certain family, you can kill it with one sword, and it will be over.

But it can indeed be said that the tree demon of the past has been killed by the Taoist brother.

However, unlike a certain family, Brother Dao can still create a thousand-year-old demon spirit with a good heart."

Then he praised Lingqing: "Fellow Taoist is really compassionate and compassionate."

"Haha, Taoist brother, what you said is wrong."

Ling Qing heard his praise, but shook his head and laughed out loud.

"Pindao is just a self-trained Taoist. He may have some small kindness in his heart, but he doesn't really have any great compassion."

"Brother Taoist is too modest."

Yan Chixia couldn't help shaking her head and laughing after hearing this.

"This poor Taoist is really not self-effacing, because this is the way that a poor Taoist practices, and he cannot achieve the great mercy that will save the world."

Ling Qing looked at him and said seriously.

"Even if he saves the common people, it is probably because it is beneficial to the poor Taoist's own practice, rather than because he is truly benevolent and compassionate and has the common people in his heart."

Yan Chixia was stunned when she heard this. In fact, Lingqing had said it more than once before.

I am just a Taoist who cultivates his own way and saves himself. He really has no intention of caring about the world and saving all sentient beings.

He originally thought that Ling Qing was just being self-effacing because of his lack of strength, but he never thought that he would be so solemn today, which shows that he is really not self-effacing.

"May I ask the master of the temple, what is good and evil?"

After many days of being tempered by the devil, she had to figure out what she should do naturally so as not to trigger the restriction of the chain.

But I don’t understand why they are divided in this way, why this is good and that is evil?

"That's a good question."

Ling Qing flicked the fly whisk, praised her, looked at Yan Chixia and said.

"Brother Taoist, what do you think is good and evil?"

"A certain family studied poetry and books since childhood, and rarely admired the spirit of chivalry. They believed that they had a noble and heroic spirit.

During the Zhengde period of Wuzong, there was a Confucian saint named Yang Yangming, who was highly respected by a certain school.

He once said this:

There is no good or disgusting body, there are good and evil actions, knowing good and evil is liangzhi, doing good and eliminating evil is qingwu."

Yan Chixia thought for a moment and said.

He has only been a Taoist priest for a few months now, but he studied Confucian classics for decades before, so he has already decided what is good and what is evil in his mind.

Then he saw that Mu Jingrou was a little confused, so she patiently explained.

"What this says is that there is no good or evil in the heart, and it is determined by the actions of the mind.

It is self-attachment and accumulated habits that lead to the distinction between good and evil.

Since the mind comes from the heart, if you want to know good and evil, you should not be attached to yourself, return to your original mind, and understand.

It should be understood that following the laws of heaven is good, and being moved by Qi is evil. In this way, good and evil come from your own mind.

Then you should do good and avoid evil, purify your mind, and develop a conscience to understand morality.

Then you will clearly understand that the Tao is manifested by virtue, and virtue can transform into the principle of growing and nourishing all things.”

Having said this, he spoke with a certain tone, looked at Mu Jingrou and concluded.

“So Yang Mingxin’s theory: following the laws of nature is good, and being moved by Qi is evil.

Good and evil are in one's own mind, and everyone's understanding of heavenly principles is different.

When everyone reaches a consensus on good and evil, it can be called a moral standard.

If this goes against morality, it is evil; if it follows morality, it is good.”

"Then what I did in the past, was it good or evil?

Those girls in Xiaoqian were not killed by me, except for a few people who were forcibly killed by me.

The rest are due to their inability to withstand temptation and the desire for lust in their hearts.

Those who are greedy for money and lust are said to be against morality and do evil things.

The essence and blood of people like this can also help me refine the essence and blood of Yaksha.

It can be seen that even Yaksha, who is a ghost and god in the underworld, does not object to me killing them.

Then if I kill them, am I eliminating evil?"

After listening to his remarks, Mu Jingrou felt that she had just understood the difference between good and evil, but she was a little confused again.

"So is what I did good or evil? If it is evil, how much evil is it?"

"This... a certain family can be said to have killed countless people in the past, even the bags used to hold the heads.

It’s all because there are too many people pretending to be, and the climate has been cultivated.

It is said that those people you killed did have a right to die, but you did have evil obstacles in your body.
To be continued...