Chapter 825
But do good deeds
Chapter 825 But do good deeds
So simple?
Pan Yun, pushing her luck, tentatively asked, "Senior brother, could you help me extend it to nine years?"
Deng Jin lifted her eyelids and looked at her silently: "The number one genius of the 43rd generation of the academy had to take nine years to pass the ordination exam. Who are you trying to humiliate?"
“Senior brother misunderstands. I tied for first place in this year’s qualification exam. It’s just that I’ve had some bad luck…” Pan Yun immediately added, “However, nine is the ultimate number. I think that even if I’m unlucky, I shouldn’t have been unlucky for nine years in a row.”
Deng Jin raised an eyebrow: "Oh, I almost forgot, you are the disciple of the God of Sanqing Mountain. Alright, I'll extend your term to nine years."
Pan Yun saw him quickly jot down the notes in his notebook, then throw down his pen and wave her away.
Pan Jun blinked, then asked hesitantly, "Is that all?"
Deng Jin: "You still have a gift to give?"
Pan Yun paused for a moment, then said carefully, "Such a major matter..."
"What's the big deal?" Deng Jin said nonchalantly. "There are so many temples and monasteries in the world. They are inspected every five years. There are so many things to do every day. It's just the ordination certificate of a temple keeper of a mountain god temple. What's the big deal?"
What they considered a huge deal was nothing to these adults.
Pan Yun realized belatedly that it was no wonder her senior brother had never mentioned this matter.
Pan Yun went up the mountain in a daze.
Miaozhen and the others waited by the corner of the wall. Seeing their junior uncle's solemn expression, they assumed that things had not gone well and quickly ran up to comfort him: "It's alright, junior uncle, I will definitely pass the ordination exam next year."
Miaohe: "My third senior brother and I are lucky. We worked hard to memorize the books and learn magic this year. If we can answer all the questions next year, we will definitely be selected by lot. Then we can go to the capital to take the exam with Miaozhen. Junior Uncle, we can take turns being your temple keeper."
Pan Yun: "My senior brother helped me extend the expiration date to nine years."
Everyone looked at her in silence: "You look like you have something on your mind?"
Pan Yun: "I just suddenly realized that what we consider big things are nothing to adults. So when we grow up and look back, won't the setbacks and difficulties we experience seem insignificant too?"
Xiao Hong: "I think so. For example, I've learned a lot from being around you. Now I dare to stand in front of the Celestial Master's Mansion with an umbrella. A year ago, I wouldn't have dared to even think about it."
At that time, she would hide whenever she saw a Taoist priest from afar, let alone pass by the gate of the Celestial Master's Mansion, fearing that there might be someone among them as powerful as Pan Yun, but without Pan Yun's kindness.
"Uh, we have to go to school now. Xiao Hong, are you and Hong Yan going out to play, or are you going to cultivate in seclusion?" Pan Jun then remembered that it wasn't good for Xiao Hong to be at the academy for too long.
Xiao Hong perked up and asked, "If I fall asleep, will you be able to take me into the academy?"
Pan Yun nodded.
Xiao Hong: "Just like when you buried my remains, you used the spiritual energy of Longhu Mountain to nourish me?"
Pan Yun nodded.
Xiao Hong immediately said, "I want to sleep! No, I want to cultivate! What about you, Hongyan?"
Hongyan also felt that she should go into seclusion for a while, but... "Unlike Xiaohong, I don't have a box to lie in, how can I get in?"
Pan Yun: "Walk in openly and honestly."
Longhu Mountain forbids raising ghosts, but it does not forbid raising demons.
Furthermore, Taoists are not like those depicted in folk tales, who actually shout and kill whenever they see ghosts or demons, determined to annihilate them.
Of course, there are a very few more extreme Taoist priests like this.
Most Taoist priests only deal with vengeful ghosts and evil monsters. For other ghosts lingering in the human world, they mostly perform rituals to send them to the underworld.
As for demons that have never done evil, Taoist priests generally coexist peacefully, or at most turn a blind eye.
Pan Yun grabbed Pan Xiaohei by the scruff of its neck, lifted it up, and shook it in front of Hongyan: "Hasn't it always been going in and out of the academy openly and honestly?"
Hongyan stared at it for a while, then nodded: "Okay!"
The beauty then returned to her original form, was held in Pan Yun's arms, and walked openly into the academy.
The senior student guarding the gate stared at her intently.
Pan Yun also looked at him.
The gatekeeper glanced at the black cat on her shoulder, his gaze lingering on Hongyan before silently stepping aside to let them in.
Xue Shao said he had come to visit his elder, Xue Taixu, and Xue Hua came directly to the palace gate to meet him and take him to stay in Xue Taixu's courtyard.
Upon entering the academy, everyone split into two groups. Pan Yun and the others, who had successfully entered, happily returned to Fengqi Courtyard.
Miaozhen and Miaohe shared a room, and Pan Jun felt that it would be too crowded if Hongyan or Xiaohong were moved there as well, so she put them in her own room.
Since it was discovered last time, it's not advisable to dig up the yard again this time.
Upon entering the room, Pan Yun rearranged the furnishings and set aside one-third of the space to create a Yin-Nourishing Array.
Once the formation was set up, she put Little Red's box inside, clapped her hands, and said, "I'll buy a screen down the mountain later. Once this is in place, it'll be like having two rooms. Perfect!"
Hongyan jumped onto the table and squatted down with Pan Xiaohei, speaking in human language: "Where do I sleep?"
Pan Yun subconsciously looked towards Pan Xiaohei's den.
Pan Xiaohei's back straightened instantly: "Impossible!" Pan Yun turned her gaze away and waved her hand generously: "You can choose any of the remaining spaces. Just tell me which nest you want, and I'll make it for you!"
Hongyan: "When are we going to Japan?"
Pan Yun: "Do you want to go too?"
Hongyan: "I think Japan is very interesting. The yin energy there is very strong, which is very suitable for me and Xiaohong to cultivate."
Upon hearing this, Pan Yun immediately said, "I plan to go once every month during my long weekend."
The demon's beauty was puzzled: "A long day of rest?"
"For example, during the Qingming Festival in April, our academy has a three-day holiday; during the Dragon Boat Festival in May, the academy has a three-day holiday; and during the Sutra Turning Festival in June, our academy has to air out the books for five consecutive days."
Hongyan: "...Three days. Even with your Three Treasures Cauldron, it would take three days to travel back and forth, wouldn't it?"
Pan Yun smiled: "Now that my cultivation has improved and my dantian energy has increased, I only need to stop three times to fly across the sea to Japan. Each stop will last for one hour. I have calculated that the total time will be eight hours and four quarters of an hour, which is nine hours in total. If I choose to take off when school ends at 5 pm, I can arrive before noon the next day, which will be the first day of my holiday."
Pan Yun held up one finger, then another, and pointed to the third finger, saying, "I will stay in Japan for two days and two nights. I will depart at 1-3 PM on the third day, and I will arrive at 5-7 AM on the morning of the day I return to school, just in time for my early morning class."
Beauty: ...
Pan Yun said happily, "If I perform well in the academy and the teachers are in a good mood that month, then I can ask for two days off, leave a day early and return a day late, and then I can stay in Japan for four days."
Four days is enough time for me to observe the situation in Japan and handle matters.
Hongyan: "Then we..."
“Simple! I’ll take you there whenever you decide to go to Japan for training. I have plenty of manpower there who can take care of you. When you want to come back, just send me a message and I’ll come and pick you up.”
Hongyan's eyes flickered slightly: "Where are your third senior brother and fourth senior sister?"
Pan Yun shrugged: "You asked me a question that even my senior brother doesn't know the answer to."
Who can know their whereabouts?
Pan Yun: "Are you afraid of running into them?"
Hongyan: "Your fourth senior sister has a very strong aura of evil. Xiaohong and I are always trembling with fear whenever we see her."
"Don't worry, she's a good person. As long as you don't do anything bad, she definitely won't take you in," Pan Jun comforted her.
"So they might be in Japan right now?"
Pan Yun frowned and stared at her: "Why are you so concerned about the whereabouts of my third senior brother and fourth senior sister?"
Hongyan rolled her eyes in annoyance and said, "Can't I just not want to meet them? I went to Japan to have fun, not to see a bunch of stinky Taoist priests."
“You’re right here in that stinking Taoist’s den,” Pan Yun warned her. “Even if you go to Japan, you can’t do evil. Beauty, Heaven doesn’t divide life into different classes, nor does it discriminate based on nationality.”
Hongyan was taken aback, and said indignantly, "When you were causing trouble in Japan, why didn't you say that the way of heaven doesn't discriminate based on nationality?"
"Heaven's way is indiscriminate, but I do."
The woman retorted, "You're applying double standards!"
“If I were going there for training, I would naturally respect their own development and just watch without interfering. But I am going there for revenge, and there are interests involved from the beginning. Since I am going there for profit, there will naturally be differences based on nationality,” Pan Jun said. “But you are different. You are going there for training and cultivation. In that case, you should only focus on your own cultivation, follow the laws of heaven, respect life, and not do evil.”
Pan Yun counted on his fingers and chanted "May the Heavenly Venerable grant me boundless blessings," then said, "Do you know the merit points I lost in Japan, which were only barely made up after the news of the lifting of the sea ban came out?"
But even now, lives are still being harmed because of me, and I receive a large amount of merit points deducted from Japan every day.
Hongyan was slightly taken aback: "Did you ever regret it, even for a moment?"
Pan Yun shook her head: "Never."
The beautiful woman raised an eyebrow: "Even if you know that doing so will harm many living beings?"
Pan Yun nodded firmly: "Because I save more lives, I also receive countless merit points from the people of my Great Ming Dynasty every day."
Although she collected them little by little, including not only people but also other living beings, this shows that her actions also helped many living beings.
Many people say that merits and demerits cannot be offset against each other, and that merits are merits and demerits are demerits.
That's true, but in the calculation rules of the Merit Stone, there is a total value. She thought that since the Merit Stone is a stone that Heaven and Earth specially created for gods, it represents a will of Heaven.
As long as she has a clear conscience, and as long as the total value of her good deeds is positive at the end of her life, she will have no regrets.
However, she was on the verge of death at that time, and only when she had to take stock of her life could she reflect on it, and it would be too late for regrets.
There's no need to tell these minor issues to a naive young woman who has only recently come of age.
In short, children should do good deeds when they are out and about.
Avoid doing bad things if you can.
Hongyan seemed lost in thought, unsure whether she had figured it out, but she was certainly less afraid of encountering the mysterious.
(End of this chapter)