Chapter 753: Dominating Legacy 4

  Upon hearing this, Wu Zhengye smiled and said, "Sister Yan, I understand." He reached out to wipe away the tears from Yan Jing's eyes and continued, "Since it was a misunderstanding, let's just forget about it. After all, getting beaten up isn't my first time; in the past, I've been beaten up several times, and the injuries were much more severe than this time. Yet, didn't I still pull through? It's nothing."

  Wu Zheng's words made Jing's heart clench tightly, and he said seriously, "Zheng, I won't let anyone harm you, and you can't let others bully you either. Promise me that if someone tries to hurt you again, you'll use your magic to fight back, just like you did with Cheng Zhong."

  "Are you using magic?" Wu Zheng was startled by the first half of Yan Jing's sentence and didn't even hear the second half. "Sister Yan, this magic can't be used casually, especially for us cultivators. Heaven is always watching, and while randomly using magic might not be a big deal, if we use it to harm ordinary people, heaven will punish us."

  "Heaven's punishment?" Yan Jing's eyes slightly furrowed, and after a moment of silence, she spoke with extreme caution, "Righteousness and evil, Heaven is watching. I believe that if you use magic for evil deeds, Heaven will surely bring down punishment. But if you use magic to protect yourself while not harming the lives of ordinary people, Heaven will definitely understand."

  "Can he understand?" Wu Zhengxie shook his head and smiled wryly, holding Yan Jing's right hand as they sat down together on the edge of Wu Zhengxie's "bed". "Sister Yan, have you read the 'Tao Te Ching'? There's a sentence in it that says, 'Heaven and earth are not benevolent, treating all things as straw dogs.' Think about it, Sister Yan, we humans are also one of those things. Heaven treats us all like dogs. Think about it, when several dogs fight, will he have nothing better to do than come and judge who started it?"

  Upon hearing this, Yan Jing couldn't help but give Wu Zhengyi a white eye. "Zhengyi, I really don't know how you cultivated your magical skills? You've actually interpreted Laozi's 'Tao Te Ching' in such a way?"

  "Huh? You've actually read the 'Tao Te Ching'?" Wu Zhengxie was suddenly surprised, in his view, this 'Tao Te Ching' is considered the ancestor of Chinese Taoist culture, but truly devoted readers are few and far between, mostly consisting of Taoist priests and monks. Even if ordinary people do read it, it's usually with a curious mindset."

  The woman actually read it? Wu Zhengyi really didn't expect that.

  Wu Zhengxie was surprised and couldn't help but want to hear Yan Jing's understanding, and Yan Jing indeed did not disappoint him.

  Actually, Yan Jing went back to study a large number of materials after meeting Wu Zhengyi for the second time, especially after seeing Wu Zhengyi's magical method of dealing with the walking corpse. Among them, the ancestor of Taoist culture, "Tao Te Ching", was definitely not spared.

  She not only read it but also found many explanations of each chapter of "Tao Te Ching" online, including the explanation of the sentence Wu Zhengyi just mentioned.

  "I've certainly read it," Yan Jing said confidently. "Heaven and earth are not benevolent, regarding all things as straw dogs; the sage is not benevolent, regarding the people as straw dogs." This sentence is from Chapter 5 of the Tao Te Ching, which reads in full: "Heaven and earth are not benevolent, regarding all things as straw dogs; the sage is not benevolent, regarding the people as straw dogs. Is there space between heaven and earth? It seems empty yet unyielding, moving yet increasing. Much hearing and seeing, it's better to guard the center."

  The true meaning of this sentence has been a subject of great controversy among the people, but after consulting nearly a hundred interpretations, I have finally summarized its meaning.

  As he spoke, Yan Jing glanced at Wu Zhengyi and found that the latter was listening intently, his heart slightly delighted. "Heaven and earth are not benevolent, they regard all things as mere objects under their control, without sympathy or concern; even sages with great intelligence are not benevolent, they only consider how to govern the people as their top priority, and do not care about the people's joys and sorrows."

  The space between heaven and earth is like a container, the more empty it is, the less likely things will come out of it. If you constantly stir it up, even if there isn't much in it, it's easy to make what's inside spill out.

  As the people become more knowledgeable and experienced, the ruler's methods of control will gradually decrease. It is better to let the people maintain their current state and the ruler also maintain his current state, so as to bring peace to the country.

  Nature has no emotions, you can follow nature, the sage is busy with great things in the world, and does not have the energy to pay attention to individual affairs of the people, what the sage pursues should be great benevolence and righteousness.

  In short, this chapter is actually telling people that the monarch's governance policy should not be bothered with trivial matters and should not be overly concerned with every detail.

  After finishing speaking, Yan Jing turned around, but saw Wu Zheng Ye with a sly smile on his face. "What's wrong? Did I say something incorrect?"

  "There's no right or wrong." Wu Zhengxie shook his head and continued, "Your understanding of that sentence is your idea, and my understanding of this sentence is also my idea. Who is right after all? You have to ask Laozi (Lao Tzu)."

  "Lao Tzu has been dead for several thousand years, how can you ask? Therefore, anyone's understanding of this sentence can be said to be correct, and also incorrect."

  "This" Yan Jing was convinced by Wu Zhengyi's crooked reasoning and her eyes widened in surprise.

  But Wu Zhengxie didn't notice Yan Jing's expression, and continued to say, "In my opinion, the heavens don't have any human nature to speak of. Why? Because it is simply a law, a rule."

  It is not life, and nature does not have what we humans call 'emotions', nor the distinction of 'right, wrong, good, evil'.

  We are now living in this ordinary society, and we can't feel the law of nature, but we can compare it from another aspect, society also has its own rules.

  It is just like our China, where various laws come together to form order; this is the same as heaven and earth. A country without laws will be in chaos, and heaven and earth without rules will perish.

  In society, those who violate the law will be punished by the law, and heaven is no exception. If someone touches its rules, it will also bring down punishment.

  In addition, we cultivators are originally going against heaven. What is going against heaven? Going against heaven means violating the laws of nature.

  We don't want to be controlled by the laws of nature, we want to get rid of it, we want to transcend it, so our cultivation is called "reversal".

  If this law of heaven and earth is divided into many equal parts, like the laws of the world, it will judge the severity of the punishment according to the severity of your disobedience.

  As soon as the words came out, Yan Jing, who was still unhappy at first, suddenly fell silent. In her silence, Yan Jing's beautiful eyebrows slightly furrowed, as if she was deep in thought.

  Wu Zhengye smiled slightly but didn't disturb Yan Jing, however, after a dozen or so breaths, Wu Zhengye suddenly let out a loud shout, startling Yan Jing greatly.

  Before Yan Jing could speak up and blame, Wu Zheng Ye hastily spoke out, "Sister Yan, is the matter of H City's First People's Hospital tonight?"

  "What's wrong?" Yan Jing asked in puzzlement.

  "Ah!" Wu Zhengxie let out a long sigh, "Yan Jie, Yan Jie, why didn't you say so earlier?" He stood up, his face filled with distress, "Three million! My three million."

  As soon as she heard this, Yan Jing suddenly understood and for a moment, she looked at Wu Zhengxie with a mixture of tears and laughter. "Zhengxie, I've been waiting here for you since 5:40 this afternoon. Look, what time did you come back?"

  "I" Wu Zhengxie was taken aback, then shook his head and sighed with a bitter smile, "I didn't forget, did I?"

  Bai Lede gave Wu Zhengxia a sideways glance, and continued calmly, "Don't worry, Xiaolan just called me earlier. The founders of the Qian, Dui, and Zhen families on Fengshui Street have joined forces to set up an altar for a ritual, but it didn't seem to be very effective. According to Xiaolan, it seems that after they set up the altar, some unexpected changes occurred, and now H City's First People's Hospital has been isolated."

  "After opening the altar, did something unexpected happen?" Wu Zhengxie's eyebrows furrowed instantly, "It shouldn't be that their magical powers were not strong enough to forcibly open the altar, causing the yin qi aperture to enlarge, should it? If so..."

  Wu Zhengxie's face suddenly turned serious, and Yan Jing, who saw this scene, also felt a tightness in her chest, and hurriedly asked, "Zhengxie, if you are right, what will be the consequences?"

  "What consequences?" Wu Zhengxie looked at Yan Jing with a serious expression and said in a deep voice, "The consequences are hard to imagine!"

  "Yan Jie, you must have heard rumors about the Dragon Vein," seeing Yan Jing nod, Wu Zhengxie continued, "The Dragon Vein is actually a kind of Feng Shui, commonly known as 'Earth Energy'."

  We Feng Shui masters search for dragon and point at the cave, what we are searching for is this 'earth energy' path, and what we are pointing at is this earth energy cave.

  In short, it is opening a passage without harming the earth's energy to guide the earth's energy to achieve our goal, and this process is called 'dragon spot'.

  And our H city has a wonderful geographical environment, with three main dragon veins surrounding H city. Among them, the Fujiang River is the orthodox dragon, and its water surrounds nearly half of H city, dividing the south and north of the city. The dragon's tail starts from an unknown place, but the dragon's head passes through the southern part of H city, then to Xianglong Town, Xinghua Village, and Taitou Town.

  Yan sister, you can check it out, there are more high-ranking officials and wealthy people in the south of H city than in the north.

  And this is the function of the main dragon vein. After the main dragon vein, many branch veins extend to the bottom of the earth. Many important buildings in H City are also built on these branch veins, with the nourishment of the earth's energy, their aura and meridians are completely different, which is what people often call "building feng shui".

  However, the dragon veins' earth energy is not always constant. Some dragon veins have very small energy, while some are very fragile. Under H City's rapid development speed, it's hard to preserve many originally good dragon veins from being unintentionally destroyed."

  "Are you saying that the First People's Hospital of H City is in this kind of situation?" After listening to Wu Zhengye's explanation for half a day, Yan Jing had basically understood some superficial things, but her logical analysis ability was very strong. As soon as Wu Zhengye finished speaking, she immediately grasped the key point.

  Wu Zheng nodded, "There is such a possibility. When I left the hospital at that time, I roughly observed it. The cause of the disease comes from underground, which is on the dragon vein."