Chapter 519: Chapter 79 She Didn’t Die
As expected, it still had to be Gu Wen who stepped in.
The Fox Fairy’s eyes couldn’t stop the sourness, she slightly clawed at Li Yunshang’s clothes, making a faint sound.
This man who favors disciples over foxes, back when we had a falling out over the Human Race, why didn’t you give a chance to explain?
Damn it! Damn it!
Li Yunshang held down the fox’s head with one hand, and said coldly: “This old coward took risks for my resurrection, the sa as he did for . So I didn’t kill him, just let it wander outside, and every year the Daoist Sect gives it sufficient stipend.”
Ao Tang’s mistakes were significant or minor; at the ti of granting the title of Venerable, it was major, almost shaking the Daoist Sect’s prestige.
What he thought was a eunuch seeking rewards was actually seeking death.
The Daoist Sect is not a dynasty, and Li Yunshang never wanted to be that Immortal Cultivation Emperor. What she wanted to establish was a society of Universal Unity, an era where everyone is like a dragon.
If Gu Wen had been present at the ti, he wouldn’t have spared Ao Tang either, at most, he wouldn’t let him die.
But now, after centuries have passed, the world situation has stabilized, it’s ti to let it go lightly.
Gu Wen said: “I think Ao Tang had no achievents, but he did suffer. His many previous actions did severely violate rules, but by now they are achievents.”
“Achievents? He defied the world’s greatest taboo, and that counts as achievents?”
“To kill one to warn others can also be considered an achievent. And Ao Tang, being one of the Three Pure Ones Divine Beasts, his deterrent effect is even stronger. Moreover, his centuries of crying out warned others ti and ti again, this is his suffering labor.”
Gu Wen’s cunning argunts left Li Yunshang sowhat stunned.
Upon careful thought, these words are not without reason.
It was initially Ao Tang who made the mistake, so he was expelled from the Daoist Sect. Over hundreds of years, he consistently ca to Three Pure Mountain to cry out and apologize; just in terms of its warning effect, it does count as suffering labor.
After all, Li Yunshang couldn’t really find another ‘chicken’ as weighty as Ao Tang, and could continuously exist for hundreds of years.
This seems not entirely unreasonable…
Li Yunshang showed a contemplative look, and asked: “The words make sense, but how to convince the people? You have said that governing the world relies on justice and authority as the foundation, not to be easily shaken. If I am lenient today, what will the world think?”
Gu Wen replied: “The world will only think that you, Master, are benevolent and kind, and see the Daoist Sect’s laws as strict and clear.”
Li Yunshang slightly frowned, her gaze fixed on Gu Wen, signaling him to continue.
“There are two reasons, the first is that back then Ao Tang did not cause actual harm; an attempted cri cannot be treated as a serious cri. The second is that the world has feared you for a long ti.”
Upon hearing this, Li Yunshang had no reaction yet, but the White Fox and Chi Yu Zi had already widened their eyes.
You really dare to say that?
“The world fears ?”
Li Yunshang had a slight smile on her face, “If they have a clear conscience, why should they fear ? Simply because human hearts are insatiable.”
“What Master said is very true, but human nature is such. If you act too impartial, everyone will fear you. On the contrary, if you show kindness, everyone will admire you.”
Gu Wen nodded in affirmation, but also carefully explained as if teaching, when it ca to matters of the human heart, he was more like Li Yunshang’s teacher.
Because the invincible have an invincible heart.
They would not bend their thoughts because of difficulty, instead, they would use might to straighten what is bent.
Gu Wen was not born sacred, but he could understand his master’s thoughts. Even in his past life, if he had his current cultivation, he would slap at any evil he saw.
If any laws held him liable, he would shatter those laws to pieces.
They are not philosophers; rather than weighing the justice of violence versus the order of justice, they lean toward their own sense.
Cultivation is an extrely wondrous thing, it can help one avoid helplessness, just like power.
“You want everyone to abide by the law, but the law is often contrary to human nature, thus law enforcent needs warmth.”
“If I were a commoner, I would prefer a kind person over a stern god.”
After speaking, Gu Wen said no more, while Li Yunshang pondered for a long ti, sowhat uncertain:
“Is it truly so?”
“That is how I see it, Master.”
Gu Wen raised a finger, giving an example: “If you show leniency now, at least it would make feel a sense of warmth.”
“So you’re just spouting nonsense here? Don’t play tricks on your master, quickly tell how to make the people stop fearing ?”
Li Yunshang heard the implication, and lightly tapped his head with a hand chop.
She wasn’t blindly obstinate; every challenge and failure had been carefully summarized.
The first ti, reckoning with the major sects of the Human Race was the simplest, as it really only required killing.
The second ti, reclaiming the Spirit Fields was the hardest; the most people died because she wanted to accomplish too many things, moving too quickly.
The commoners were unwise; even if given mountains of gold and silver, they would squander it.
When given the Spirit Fields, could they manage it? Could they cultivate it?
Thus ca the third ti when she aid to enlighten the people, and the fourth ti, to let the people engage in cultivation. She also consciously reford the cultivator community.
People are born different, disparities are bound to exist; now she only hoped that whether cultivator or mortal, they would empathize and sympathize as fellow beings.
All her current reforms were based on endless conversations with Gu Wen atop the ridges in the Immortal Land over countless days and nights.
Perhaps to her disciple, these were just a few words, but Li Yunshang would use decades, even hundreds of years to realize them.
“Am I not also a commoner? I am a commoner too, your leniency now would at least give a sense of warmth.”
Gu Wen started to play dumb, because he really couldn’t explain clearly.
What he said to Qingcang was just based on what he had seen and heard, like many elents of a democratic society, which were unheard of in the Cultivation World.
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