Chapter 2977 (Two Thousand Nine Hundred and Seventy Seven) Temperance
Li Pingrun clearly remembered that he said to his master at that time: "This strange cause is too persistent, won't it dissipate early? The incense has turned to ashes, the person has turned to ashes, what is the meaning of the strange cause surrounding the practitioner?" ?”
His master said: "Some things are just so persistent. Some persistence in the world does not show meaning that is easy for people to understand."
He asked the master: "When a person turns to ashes, are those strange causes surrounding the person turning to ashes invisible to others?"
The master told him, yes.
He said: "Since they can't be seen by others, can we just pretend that they don't exist?"
The master said: "It doesn't matter if other people think they don't exist, as long as they are there until the next day."
Li Pingrun asked the master again: "If the person is alive and the strange cause does not dissipate before the next day, the practitioner must not be able to prepare another handful of incense?"
His master said: "It will definitely be useless if you do it. Since the strange cause of the last incense still surrounds the practitioner, the practitioner will not be able to use the Qiu Mang Box normally through the practice. There is no way."
"Isn't this strange reason an obstacle for the practitioner to give a handful of incense to perform the ritual for the second time?" Li Pingrun asked.
His master told him, "Do you see it as an obstacle?"
"What is it if it's not an obstacle?" Li Pingrun said, "If it weren't for the strange factors that have been surrounding the practitioner, the practitioner could have found another handful of incense to make preparations." The master told Li Pingrun: "It is a It’s a restriction, but it makes people learn to cherish it and learn moderation.”
Li Pingrun asked his master again what he should do if he missed the time when the incense was burning most suitable for practicing the method. His master told him that if he missed it, he would miss it, and then he should wait until the next day to do the method. The master also said: "Knowing that this kind of thing can only be done once a day, the practitioner will easily cherish the time when the incense is burned to the right time for the practice, and quickly use the Qiu Mang Box during this period. If you miss it, you will be burned that day." Don’t do this kind of thing again, this is considered as the practitioner controlling his own power.”
He asked the master: "If I had cherished that incense for the first time after preparing it, I did learn something by using the Qiu Mang Box. But that day, the practitioner wanted to know something else and wanted to light it again. How about a handful of incense to prepare for the incense making?”
The master replied: "You cannot use the Qiu Mang Box again. This is a restriction, and it is still related to 'temperance'. People who are alchemists are inherently subject to many restrictions. Without those restrictions, the world would be so terrifying. Have you ever thought about it? ?”
Li Pingrun thought about it and felt that what the master said at that time made sense, but he still felt a little regretful and expressed his opinion to the master.
The master said to him: "Do you also feel regretful about this kind of thing? When the next day comes, you can do the same thing again. It's just a delay of some time. As far as this is concerned, what's the regret? "
"Time is so important. I think time is something that can bring both hope and regret to people." Li Pingrun said, "If someone can do that twice in a short period of time on the same day, Something can save a person's life, but if it fails because of the existence of such restrictions, wouldn't it cause permanent regret?"
The master just told him: "Yes, there are many eternal regrets in the world..."
(End of chapter)