Chapter 117: Self-Restraint, Not Being Aggrieved

"Humanity is something very difficult to explain clearly."

"I am not a high-level person with a lot of experience, nor do I have the cognition of those high-society people; I am just an ordinary person."

"My cognition of humanity is also very shallow, not that profound."

Ren Amamiya didn't consider himself a learned professor who could speak eloquently to so many people with better brains than his own.

What he could say was only shallow cognition.

"Humanity, I think, is a manifestation of desire."

"People who have no desires have already lost so-called humanity; I don't think there really exists a person in this world who has no desires."

"Perhaps, even gods cannot achieve having no desires."

"If so, then gods might not need so-called faith, and might not even need power anymore."

"But without power or faith, can gods still be respectfully called gods?"

"Therefore, gods actually also possess humanity."

"So, I also think that desire and emotion are the most intuitive manifestations of humanity."

But suddenly, Ren Amamiya's tone changed.

"Of course, I am not talking about endless desire and emotion, but emotional fluctuations that can be controlled within one's own range."

"Once desire and emotion completely lose control, they will also become beasts held hostage by desire and emotion."

"Therefore, humans are truly very complex animals."

"The final conclusion is that humans need to distinguish the difference between themselves and beasts."

"Therefore, humanity is a kind of self-limitation, and also the biggest distinction between humans and beasts."

The reason why humans understand what a limit is, is because humans possess humanity.

Just like if a beast understood what a limit was, the beast would also produce corresponding humanity.

At that time, the beast would also begin to transform toward the direction of humans bit by bit.

The path of sequences is such that even true gods need anchors to maintain humanity.

Once gods lose humanity, they easily fall into loss of control.

Therefore, the stronger the power one possesses, the more one needs to pay attention to humanity.

The more this is the case, the more one must know how to guard one's original heart.

Ren Amamiya doesn't know how those Sequence 0 gods do it; what he can do is follow his own rules.

Don't let yourself live like a beast.

After a speech, Ren Amamiya himself had many feelings.

To this, Kaguya Sigong also probably understood.

In the situation of receiving that power, her own heart also appeared to fluctuate.

When there is no choice, one can only resign oneself to fate.

But in the situation of having a choice, power is the best choice.

But when using power, one needs to exercise self-restraint, not wanton indulgence.

Once one passes that degree, one will break through one's own bottom line.

Humanity will also constantly decrease as the bottom line is broken through.

In the end, one will become exactly the same as those drug dealers.

"But Ren Amamiya, in this case, does power still have the meaning of pursuit?"

This question made Ren Amamiya understand that Kaguya had produced confusion on the path of pursuing power, and he also understood the general reason.

"You are thinking that we need to maintain humanity, so pursuing power has no meaning?"

"If you don't use that power, and you have to exercise self-restraint when facing difficulties, it loses its meaning?"

Kaguya Sigong nodded slightly.

The other girls also pricked up their ears; they wanted to hear Ren Amamiya's thoughts.

But the next second, one sentence from Ren Amamiya made them completely confused.

"Maintaining humanity is to let you exercise self-restraint, not to let you be aggrieved."

"When someone provokes you right in front of you, self-restraint doesn't mean letting you endure being bullied, but letting you, after teaching that provocateur a harsh lesson, restrain yourself from expanding the matter indefinitely because of this provocateur."

"When encountering this kind of trash, what you need to do is one thing: step on his face hard and let him understand that provoking you is the most wrong choice he ever made."

"Kaguya, you need to know that sometimes, not letting your thoughts be clear when facing aggrieved situations is very easy to cause psychological problems."

"Therefore, for your own mental health, Kaguya, you need to learn how to retaliate more reasonably and more comfortably."

"Instead of enduring it and making yourself uncomfortable."

This set of arguments directly made Kaguya Sigong confused.

She had never thought there would be such a statement.

"Buddhism emphasizes putting down the butcher's knife and becoming a Buddha on the spot."

"But Taoism emphasizes that whoever wants to become a Buddha can become a Buddha; anyway, I won't become a Buddha."

"Therefore, Kaguya, you need to change your attitude."

"In the future, when others bully you, don't be polite; you should bully them back."

"Power is for you to do this kind of thing."

Of course, when there is no power, Ren Amamiya would not maintain this mood.

When there is no power, one needs to remain Buddhist-like; otherwise, too many trivial things will give you a headache.

But after possessing power, when encountering some things, one needs to act according to one's heart.

Just like the several times Ren Amamiya meddled.

"Also, Kaguya, pursuing power is not meaningless."

"I think, for girls, this should be considered the most meaningful thing."

"How so?"

Kaguya Sigong was slightly stunned; her brain hadn't fully reacted yet.

The previous topic really made her a bit confused.

"When power is pursued to a certain degree, a very common phenomenon will appear."

"The more powerful the power, the more it will transform oneself."

"In the situation of mastering more powerful power, one's own lifespan will also be extended accordingly."

"Eternal life should be very difficult to pursue, but longevity is foreseeable."

The difficulty of eternal life is very high, but the difficulty of longevity is not as high as eternal life.

And as power increases, Ren Amamiya feels that everyone should have the qualification for longevity.

If one is luckier, eternal life is not impossible to pursue.

And then there is a problem that girls value more.

"In the situation where longevity is foreseeable, I think you should be able to experience the effect of not aging, right?"

"Not aging..."

Kaguya Sigong was stunned for a moment, then understood the meaning of these two words.

"In other words, pursuing power can also keep one young forever!?"

Before Kaguya Sigong could react, Chika Fujiwara, who had been leaning on Ren Amamiya in exhaustion, jumped up.

At this moment, her complexion was also ruddy, completely without the weakness just now.

"Yes, it is possible."

After getting Ren Amamiya's affirmative answer, the previous discussion about power became meaningless.

Because the girls already understood that this power was definitely something to be pursued.

Longevity and not aging—there is really no pursuit more intuitive than these two.

— Author's Notes —

PS: New book is out, seeking data.