Chapter 1186: Chapter 353: [Used It Himself First?]
Started reading again!
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As dawn approached, Chen Yan had already read Journey to the West from the beginning to the part where the monkey was pressed under the Five Elements Mountain by Buddha three times repeatedly!
The female ghost didn’t appear again.
At daybreak, Chen Yan finally turned off the TV, then slowly walked out of the room and went to the courtyard outside.
As soon as he entered the courtyard, he saw the female ghost standing under a fruit tree, quietly looking up at the sky.
"What kind of weird hobby is this?"
Chen Yan sighed.
This is similar to Gu Qingyi’s hobby, both like watching the sky in the yard.
But at least Gu Qingyi does it in broad daylight, lying in the yard basking in the sun.
This female ghost, standing in the yard looking at the stars at midnight?
Chen Yan slowly walked over, standing behind the female ghost.
"Is the monkey a part of Heavenly Dao?"
No response.
"Can the Celestial Court represent Heavenly Dao?"
No response.
"Does Buddha represent Heavenly Dao?"
No response.
Chen Yan thought for a moment, then suddenly took a deep breath and started reciting loudly: "The way of heaven, reduces excess and replenishes deficiency..."
The female ghost slowly turned around to look at Chen Yan, but her reaction was very strange.
She first nodded, then shook her head.
Chen Yan asked, "What do you mean?"
This time, without waiting for the female ghost to indicate, he quickly took out a basin from the Storage Jade Pendant and poured half a basin of water into it.
The female ghost sighed softly and silently again, finally raising her finger.
Words began to appear on the surface of the water.
"The meaning of heaven is called Heavenly Dao, also called rules."
Chen Yan nodded: "I can understand that."
The water surface rippled: "You don’t understand."
After a pause, new words appeared on the water’s surface: Heavenly Dao lets them fight.
Chen Yan was stunned for a moment but then immediately understood that what the female ghost wrote, "Heavenly Dao lets them fight," was referring to the story of Journey to the West.
The monkey was born, learned skills, caused havoc in the Celestial Court, and was suppressed by Buddha...
No one is Heavenly Dao, and everyone is executing the will of Heavenly Dao.
Heavenly Dao, lets them fight!
Does the monkey really want to become an Immortal? Does the monkey really want to cause havoc in the Celestial Court?
Even, does Buddha really want to suppress the monkey?
If, just if.
If they actually don’t want to?
If they actually don’t want to, but Heavenly Dao makes them do it, they have to do it!
Next, the female ghost’s finger continued to move, and a string of words appeared on the water surface, causing Chen Yan to change color abruptly as he read!!
"The meaning of Heavenly Dao can change."
Chen Yan’s face turned pale with fear: "Change? How does it change? Who can change it? Who can make the meaning of Heavenly Dao change?"
The answer was only four words:
Heavenly Dao itself.
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Bang!
The basin overturned, or rather, it suddenly shattered into pieces, and water splashed everywhere!
The female ghost’s figure disappeared in a flash!
Yet Chen Yan stood there, completely ignoring the water splashing on his sleeves, his eyes were blankly staring at the shattered basin on the ground.
He fell into a strange contemplation!
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The so-called "The way of heaven, reduces excess and replenishes deficiency..."
This sentence is akin to "By the command of Heaven, the Emperor decrees..."
What it decrees isn’t important.
What’s important is, the Emperor, whatever he says, is the decree. He is the greatest, so whatever he says, is the rule!
The problem is...
The Emperor can say this today!
Tomorrow, he can say something else!
He can say today that Zhang the Third is a loyal minister and bestow him the Crimson Book Iron Scroll as a death-exemption medallion!
Tomorrow, he can also say, Zhang the Third is rebellious, implicate his nine clans!
But...
The Emperor can be overthrown.
If his decrees are too ridiculous, causing chaos, as long as there are enough people opposing, with enough power, the Emperor can be overthrown.
But Heavenly Dao cannot be overthrown!
Heavenly Dao is everything!
And everything can be Heavenly Dao.
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All morning, the female ghost didn’t appear again. Who knows why, she seemed to have hidden herself, unwilling to communicate further with Chen Yan.
Upon consideration, Chen Yan simply took Big White and headed to the back mountain.
Entering the cave abode, he placed Big White on the ground.
Suddenly in a strange environment, Big White first raised its head and looked around a bit, then sniffed about here and there, with curiosity and interest growing in its eyes.
"This place is much more spacious than home, you don’t need to keep being a little cat, you can transform back into your original form, and have some freedom."
Sure enough, just as Chen Yan finished saying this, Big White immediately shook its body a few times, as if stretching, its form suddenly expanded, and it transformed into the White Beast resembling a fierce tiger!!
Chen Yan went over and hugged Big White’s neck, ruffling it fiercely for a while until Big White became somewhat impatient, twisting its body as if wanting to break free from Chen Yan, before he let go.
"From now on you can live here, this place is spacious, so you have room to move around."
Chen Yan casually summoned two Paperman Puppets and gave them instructions.
They were tasked with feeding Big White daily and brushing its fur.
Then, he led Big White to the backyard.
The lotus pond in the backyard had already been almost fully dug.
The original area had been greatly expanded, now spanning an area as large as two or three basketball courts — Chen Yan felt satisfied.
The pond’s bed was made of mud and silt, while river stones were laid around its banks as the riverbed.
The several puppets in charge of digging looked filthy, but after a rough check by Chen Yan, they seemed fine, not too damaged.
The Heaven-Swallowing Treasure Beast lazily lay beside a heap of excavated soil, with a bulging belly, yawning with a wide open mouth.
