Prehistoric: Twin lotuses with parallel stems

Chapter 305 Planting the Seed

Zhunti revealed the matter of the List of Gods to the Taoist Master Ran Deng, causing the Taoist Master Ran Deng to fall silent again.

Few people knew the details of the Zixiao Palace's meetings, even someone as innately divine as him.

Several saints did not explain the details to their disciples or followers, for fear that it would affect their spiritual faith.

Moreover, knowing this, the disciples themselves can do nothing about it. Instead, it may deepen the cause and effect and make them deeply trapped in it.

Consciously trying to change will not necessarily lead to change; it is more likely to backfire.

Qingxuan was not worried at all that his disciple Long Ji would be affected, so he told her without hesitation.

Therefore, although Ran Deng was the deputy leader of the Chan sect, he knew very little about this.

After all, as a congenital saint, he might be less affected. Although Yuanshi would not deliberately deceive him, he would not greet him specially or show him preferential treatment, which was against the rules.

He was nominally the deputy leader, but that was because Yuanshi gave him face because they were both innate sacred beings. The Taoist Master Ran Deng was not so far away from seeing this and being confused about his own identity.

In essence, he is also a person who seeks the truth from Yuanshi, and is closer to the status of a disciple.

The Taoist Master Ran Deng himself was helpless about this situation. Who made him be born too late and miss the first and second sermons of the Taoist Patriarch Hongjun?

I only listened to the third sermon, and because I missed the first two opportunities, I was confused and didn't understand it. As a result, I fell behind the group of innate saints by one version and couldn't keep up with their pace.

As time went by, the gap between them became bigger and bigger. It was impossible for him to run to Zixiao Palace to ask Daoist Patriarch Hongjun to preach to him alone. He did not have the face to do that.

Out of desperation, when the Three Pure Ones founded their religion and preached to all living beings, he thought again and again and decided to put aside his pride, volunteer to be a disciple, and join the saint's great religion.

Because of this incident, many innate saints looked at him strangely.

Knowing his own position clearly, the Taoist Master Ran Deng had no complaints about Yuanshi not specifically telling him about this matter.

Yuanshi had the grace of preaching to him and had indeed saved his face.

Of course, the embarrassment lies here. His status in the Chan teaching is high or low. Facing Guangchengzi and other disciples directly taught by Yuanshi, he is like an elder and actually like a peer.

Moreover, since he and Yuanshi did not have a master-disciple relationship, it was natural that he was not a direct descendant of the orthodox teaching of the Chan school.

"Although fellow Daoist has an innate sacred body, he is also a member of the Chan sect. No saint or major sect can avoid this incident. Fellow Daoist is deeply involved in the cause and effect of the Chan sect, so it is difficult for him to stay out of it." Zhunti said calmly.

What he said was true, not false.

When it comes to deifying the gods, the saints and their religions are the first to be affected, but the saints themselves are the only ones who are not affected by the cause and effect.

Even though Dipankara was born sacred, he was no exception.

After a moment of silence, Ran Deng nodded: "Since I am a member of the Chan sect, I enjoy the fortune of the Chan sect, so I should do this."

"You are right, fellow Daoist. With your divine innate background and good fortune, it would be a pity if you only end up being listed on the Conferred Gods List." Zhunti said with a smile.

Ran Deng frowned, staring at the two people opposite him: "So what? As the deputy leader of the Chan Sect, I should have survived this disaster together with all the disciples of the Chan Sect."

Zhunti smiled and shook his head: "No, your situation is not the same as that of ordinary disciples of the Chan Sect."

"What do you two saints mean by this?" Ran Deng asked in a cold voice, "Even if you two saints are talking, you can't speak lightly."

In this case, the provocation is too obvious, and Master Ran Deng is not stupid, so how could he not see it?

"You may as well speak frankly to me, Taoist friend. In this calamity, the saint is destined to be unable to protect all of his disciples and followers. This is the case for the two of us, and it is also the case for Taoist friend Yuanshi. There is no way to avoid it."

Zhunti was indifferent to the anger of the Taoist Master Ran Deng and continued to speak.

"The number of disciples of the Chan Sect is small, which has both advantages and disadvantages. Daoist friend, you know the mystery. When that day comes, will Yuanshi protect his own disciple, or Daoist friend?"

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If Yuanshi cannot protect everyone, what will Yuanshi do if such a situation arises?

Of course, Ran Deng knew that Yuanshi would do this, and Yuanshi would definitely choose to protect his own Taoist inheritance.

In other words, when he and the direct descendant of the Chan sect were in disaster, Yuanshi could only protect one of them, and that one must be his own disciple, not himself as the deputy leader.

This is reasonable. There is nothing wrong with distinguishing between close and distant relatives.

Moreover, even if it is based on the Taoist lineage of the Chan sect, the direct disciples are more important than himself, the nominal deputy leader.

"I am not saying that there is anything wrong with what you did. If we were in your shoes, we would make the same choice." Zhunti said frankly, "But what about you? Have you ever thought about fighting for yourself?"

Zhunti just looked at Master Ran Deng. As an innate deity, he understood the innate deities best and knew what the innate deities wanted.

"What's more, fellow Taoist's path is not so compatible with the path of Chanjiao. Although Chanjiao's method is wonderful, it can't help fellow Taoist to achieve the great way after all."

"If the path of the orthodox teaching is not possible, can it be possible that the path of the Western teaching can enable me to attain enlightenment?" There was a hint of indifference in Ran Deng's words.

Unexpectedly, Zhunti nodded and said, "I dare not say for sure, but it is not impossible. Daoyou and my Western Religion have a destiny."

The hand in the sleeve of Master Ran Deng tightened subconsciously, then loosened again, but his face remained expressionless.

To attain the fruit of the Tao is to pursue the innate sacredness instinctively regardless of the consequences.

"Oh? Are you two saints teasing me? Between heaven and earth, the position of saints is fixed, but you two are telling me that you, the Western religion, have another way to attain enlightenment?"

"It's not a different way to attain enlightenment. In fact, it's just a path that we two found by referring to the alternative method of becoming a saint in the creation of the world. Are you interested, fellow Taoist?"

The method of becoming a saint by creating the world and uniting the Tao is open to the public in the ancient times and can be practiced by all living beings.

But that was just another door opened by Qingxuan and the others on the side of the saint's path. The threshold was still there, and it was not easy to achieve enlightenment.

Zhunti and Dipankara talked about the Pure Land evolution of their Western religion, and the moment of enlightenment he talked about was to be in harmony with the Tao through the evolution of the Pure Land. In essence, it is still the path of creating the world and being in harmony with the Tao, but it borrows a lot of power and saves a lot of effort.

Ran Deng silently deduced and he found that if what Zhunti said was true, then this was indeed a great opportunity.

Of course, Zhunti told him all this so bluntly, without hiding her purpose at all, which was to tempt him nakedly, and to tempt him with the path of the great way that the innate sacredness could not refuse.

At the same time, Randeng was secretly sighing in his heart that these two people had such great ambitions that they actually wanted to use the Evolution of the Pure Land to make further progress in their own paths and create several alternative saints in one fell swoop.

He didn't dare to imagine how powerful the Western Church would be if they really succeeded. With two saints and several alternative saints who had achieved the Tao, this church would probably be able to stand shoulder to shoulder with the three religions of Human, Chan and Jie, at the level of the top great masters.

As the deputy leader of the Chan sect, Master Ran Deng knew very well that neither the Chan sect nor the human sect or the Jie sect had such ambitions.

How many of the disciples who practiced according to the rules could reach that stage? And how many Yuanhui did they need to accumulate?

But soon, the Taoist Master Ran Deng calmed down: "Let's not talk about whether the Pure Land you two are talking about is true or false. Let's talk about the matter of conferring gods. It may not go to that step."

That step meant that the disciples of the Chan sect were trapped in disaster, and Yuanshi could not save everyone.

That is to say, in the game between the saints and the great sects, they were defeated and their disciples filled the list of gods.

"If you two have nothing else to do, please leave now."

Seeing that Randang had asked them to leave, Zhunti and Jie Yin looked at each other and left without staying.

Inside the cave, he sat quietly with a lamp on.

Although Jie Yin and Zhunti were rejected by Randeng in person, they looked calm.

They had no intention of directly winning over Ran Deng; they came here only to plant a seed.

Without innate holiness, one can refuse the opportunity to attain enlightenment.

Moreover, if the Chan sect is in an unfavorable situation one day, will Ran Deng sense the crisis and save himself?

A desperate situation with no chance of survival often makes people ready to die and remain steadfast in their faith, because they have no choice.

But when there is a choice, people are more likely to be swayed in the same situation.