Chapter 73 , Life is like a mustard(2/2)
It can even be said that this magical power can only be practiced with the assistance of those materials.
Otherwise, even if you understand the knowledge in it thoroughly, you will not be able to make progress.
There is only one kind of secondary material, or the necessary resources for practice, which is "mustard grass".
The so-called "mustard grass" is not an extraordinary material. It is just an ordinary weed. The only requirement is that this grass must be as heavy as its life.
What kind of grass can be as heavy as life?
The answer is no.
But he has the life as light as grass.
So Zhang Baoren came here.
Originally, according to his idea, he would take some money to buy a few "life" in this place where life is as good as grass, and then take "grass" to practice.
As for those who were bought by him, they were still free.
After all, he is an extraordinary Taoist priest and has a soul that transcends this era. He is not allowed to be a slave owner in any aspect.
He also did not have the intention to take those similar "destinies" for himself.
As he imagined, it was actually a good thing for you, me, everyone.
The victims lost nothing and got money for nothing. Zhang Baoren spent some money on his own and could cultivate a magical power, which also relieved the pressure on the government.
This can even be called a great deed of goodness.
The original idea was indeed "perfect", but when Zhang Baoren came here, he looked at it carefully and felt it.
What he thought in his mind suddenly changed, but he couldn't even say the word "buy".
"This life is not tied to the grass, but in my heart."
"How much is the weight of life? I don't know."
"But you must not be despised!"
I made up my mind secretly, and then said to the yamen runner: "Thank you for your help and care, but... I suddenly felt that I would like to think about it again and think about it again."
The yamen runner frowned slightly when he heard this, glanced at Zhao Tuo, and then immediately let go, "Okay, you and Brother Zhao discuss again, just say hello if you need me."
His tone was still kind, but he had a little less closeness.
After saying that, he turned around and left.
After the yamen runner walked away, Zhao Tuo pulled Zhang Baoren to a place no one beside the house and shouted in a low voice.
"What's going on with you?"
"What you want to buy is you, and what you don't want to buy is also you. What do you think?"
"Do you know that this will make others think you are playing?"
Looking at Zhao Tuo with a serious and angry face, Zhang Baoren said apologetically: "It's true that I want to say it, I'm really sorry."
Zhao Tuo sighed after hearing this, "Okay, just say, what do you think."
Zhang Baoren reached out and rubbed his face, "I just don't want to play like this...
I don’t want to just buy and sell people like animals.”
Zhao Tuo looked at Zhang Baoren speechlessly, "Are you crazy?"
"I'm not crazy, you're crazy, you're crazy!" Zhang Baoren hugged Zhao Tuo's shoulder and pointed to the circle of people in front and those victims outside the fence who didn't know whether they were death or life.
He gritted his teeth and asked, "What do you tell me about those are... they are all people, they are exactly the same people as us."
"You are going to sell them like animals now, and you still say I'm crazy."
"Stop talking about helpless actions with me. I will ask you one thing, are those people? Do you treat them as humans in your heart?"
In Zhang Baoren's angry words, Zhao Tuo froze, his face kept changing, and finally sighed weakly.
"I thought about what you said, too."
"But...but they need to survive!"
"You said you can't trade people at will."
"But do you know that it is a real good deed to buy someone at this time."
"Everyone here is looking forward to a little more buyers."
"Do you know why you use the wall to divide it into the inside and outside? Because there are too many people who want to sell themselves."
"For these people, if they can be sold, if they can meet a good master, and they will have no worries about food and clothing from now on, that would be a great blessing."
"If you meet a good person like you," Zhao Tuo looked at Zhang Baoren and smiled seriously and sarcastically, "I have to give you money."
“That’s the biggest problem.”
Zhang Baoren sighed heavily, "If you sell yourself, you will pay for it? What a twisted world this is what happens."
"Zhao Tuo, such a thing is me... our greatest shame."
"This shouldn't be like this in this world."
Zhao Tuo sighed: "This is how this world is."
Zhang Baoren said firmly: "It shouldn't have been."
“It’s not right that it has never been.”
Zhao Tuo looked at Zhang Baoren carefully as if he had met him again, and smiled sincerely and kindly: "You are a good person, but you cannot change such things. A person is too weak to face the rules."
Zhang Baoren shook his head and said, "I'm not a good person, I'm just not that bad."
Looking at the miserable and confused crowd around me, my tone became firm and serious: "I don't have the ability to change this pathological world now, but it's okay to make the best efforts in front of me."
Zhao Tuo said: "In front of you... are you referring to these victims who are destroyed and are about to starve to death?"
"How do you change them? Do you know how much these people eat in a day?"
"I know your feelings, but to put it in a bad way, kindness cannot be eaten as a meal."
"How much money do you have?"
Zhang Baoren turned his head and looked like Zhao Tuo: "There is not much money, but I think I can play..."
As he said that, he put his hand in his hand and gestured gently.
Zhao Tuo's pupils suddenly contracted, and his voice became cautious and low, "Where did you come from, a Taoist priest... Forget it."
"Are you planning to play really?"
Zhang Baoren smiled and said, "Some money is nothing but something outside of your body, and it is not worth mentioning compared to these living people.
If you can save your life with those common things, that would be a great thing.”
Zhao Tuo asked: "Mencius is really compassionate. What are you going to do?"
Chapter completed!