Chapter 547: Bu Qi

"Divine Lord Bu Qi?!"

Looking at the solemn figure sitting cross-legged in the center of the Merit Golden Lotus, shrouded in hazy divine brilliance, Hua Changxi's eyes flickered.

It was actually a deity!

When she saw the two characters "Bu Qi" on the well wall before, she just thought it was the name of the soul well, never expecting it to be the honorific of a Divine Lord.

"Is this a god?"

"Gods eat incense and fire, and incense and fire wish power is a kind of merit, so they come to listen to the Dao, so they need to pay merit for offerings?"

Just as Hua Changxi's thoughts were tangled, an old, flat, waveless Dao sound slowly rang out in the void, not shaking the eardrums, but directly resounding in the depths of the soul.

Divine Lord Bu Qi began to preach...

"What is an instrument?"

"An instrument is for use. All spirits have uses, and all spirits can become instruments."

"All beings seek learning, cultivate abilities, and refine skills, all to become instruments. Those who become instruments are useful, needed, and gain glory and high positions."

"To be used by others, one must naturally first reveal one's own usefulness."

"But if one acts like this, once one becomes an instrument, is everything really fine, without trouble?"

"At the beginning of becoming an instrument, it is gratifying. However, after a long time, a problem will arise—others and yourself will, in a subtle way, treat you as a 'usable' object."

"What is an object?"

"In the eyes of others, the you they see is not a complete life, but your use."

"Who you are is not important, because what I need is your use, not you."

"Over time, living beings become objects."

"After becoming an object, all beings see you, not seeing your original heart, not seeing your morality, not seeing your affection, only seeing your use."

"Those who can benefit are close, those without benefit are distant; those who can be used are respected, those who cannot be used are abandoned; utilitarianism is fully revealed, heartless and unrighteous."

"Everyone thinks that those who become instruments are virtuous, and those who are useful are respected. Little do they know, those who become instruments are ultimately tools—used by all beings, driven by profit, bound by power."

"Instruments value use, not life."

The divine sound echoed slowly, every word falling on the soul.

Hua Changxi was originally holding a bystander attitude of encountering a fated encounter and listening casually, but she didn't expect her heart to tremble and her soul to shake.

According to her understanding, what Divine Lord Bu Qi said about those who become instruments, isn't it talking about 'tool people'?

Not to mention, to some extent, she is also pursuing 'becoming an instrument'.

For her, becoming an instrument is to survive in the world, to not be restricted by others, and to have the right to choose.

For example, why does she practice so desperately? It is nothing more than self-protection, becoming stronger, standing in troubled times, and then being able to choose the life she wants to live at will.

The current her, in the eyes of many, is not a person of great instrument.

She is like this, and so is the world.

It seems that everything she has done in her life is to become an instrument.

Does Hua Changxi want to become an instrument?

Yes.

But does she want to be a pure object or a tool person?

Of course, she doesn't want to.

Therefore, on the one hand, she practices against time, and on the other hand, she is instinctively resisting becoming a 'tool'.

For example, she alienates the Hua family.

Outsiders think she is unsociable and indifferent to her relatives, but in reality? Perhaps her subconscious is instinctively resisting.

Resisting the Hua family who only see her 'use', instinctively resisting becoming a 'tool' to revitalize the family.

For another example, she refused to stand up and shoulder the banner of the Pill Saint Hall, and delayed announcing the identity of the Hall Master of the Lingguang Hall.

In the final analysis, she does not want to be placed on a high altar and become a so-called 'person of great instrument'.

Before this, she might not have deeply introspected and realized what was driving her to make such behavioral choices?

Now, after listening to the preaching of the Divine Lord Bu Qi, she is clear. Her behavior is that she does not want to be objectified and finally become a tool and object for power competition.

Even if the cultivation base is high and the strength is strong, what the world sees is always her use, her value, her ability, and they can't see her, Hua Changxi, at all.

Why does she always feel that there is something between her and the Hua family? It is because—the Hua family only 'uses' her.

"Swish~"

Divine Lord Bu Qi raised his hand gently, and a light cluster flew out. In an instant, a huge light curtain condensed in the high sky.

Hua Changxi suppressed the annoyance in her heart and looked up.

After the light curtain stabilized, countless vivid pictures flowed rapidly, reflecting the world's various states of one race after another.

Some people kowtowed, some offered family wealth, some flattered and humbled themselves, just to seek an opportunity to become an instrument.

All living beings are trying their best to show their use to others, and then using 'useful or useless' as the standard to choose to be close to or distant from others.

Because all living beings are weighing with 'useful or useless', so...

Those with outstanding talent are in high positions because they can be reused, and once they are useless, they are abandoned like shoes.

Those with unique skills are sought after by everyone because there is profit to be made, and no one asks when there is no profit.

The old, weak, incompetent, and disabled are alienated and neglected by the crowd and regarded as burdens.

Over time, a cruel chaotic phenomenon of 'becoming an instrument is noble, not becoming an instrument is cheap' has been formed—only seeing utility, not seeing the original heart; profit-seeking, heartless and unrighteous.

Hua Changxi stared at the light curtain, her brow couldn't help but furrow tightly.

She instinctively resisted becoming an object tool, however, asking herself, when she acted and employed people, the criteria she subconsciously followed had never deviated from the category of "whether it is useful".

Hua Changxi was a bit confused again. Could it be that it is wrong for people to pursue becoming an instrument and talent?

Could it be that the Dao of Divine Lord Bu Qi is encouraging all beings to become useless people?

"What is Bu Qi?"

"Bu Qi is not abandoning use, nor is it incompetence."

"Possessing a hundred skills without being trapped by skills, possessing great use without being driven by profit. First establish the person, then establish the matter; first keep the original heart, then talk about utility."

"Bu Qi is to let living beings see the virtue of all beings, not just see the use. All beings are real living beings, not just objects that can be used."

"Bu Qi is not to let you become useless people, but to let you not limit yourself to the framework of 'useful'."

Hua Changxi listened and suddenly realized.

She said, how could a deity encourage all beings to become useless people?

Bu Qi, in her opinion, is that your value does not lie in what you can do for others, but in what kind of person you are.

You can be useful, you can become an instrument, but your essence should not just be an instrument.

You should be a real, complete, flesh-and-blood person.

In short, the so-called Bu Qi is not to treat yourself as a tool, nor to treat others as tools.

Divine Lord Bu Qi continued.

"For things that are profitable, one should do them with all one's heart, but not be driven by profit; for things that are not profitable, if one keeps the original heart and morality, one should also persist."

"Do not act because of rewards, punishments, advantages, or disadvantages, only because of the righteousness in your heart."

"The world chases instruments, chases efficiency, chases utility, chases gains and losses."

"Those who become instruments get temporary use; those who do not become instruments keep their original heart for a lifetime and become their true self for a lifetime."

Hua Changxi exhaled lightly. She discovered that the final landing point of Divine Lord Bu Qi's Dao is still self-cultivation and heart-cultivation. ===== CHAPTER 548 =====