The great wilderness.
The Bipolar Domain.
Nine Firecloud Scarlet Flame Tigers were pulling a luxurious carriage that was flying through the vast void.
The driver of the carriage was a tall and burly man.
The man was clad in black-scaled immortal armor with a scarlet cape behind him. He held a Flamecloud Whip in his hand, looking quite awe-inspiring.
Beside him was a large and comfortable chair. A young man in white was sitting on the chair. He lazily reclined on the chair as he enjoyed the beautiful scenery of the vast Wasteland while holding a jug of wine and drinking.
These two were none other than Gu Qingfeng and Lord Ma.
"Great Master, where are we going?"
After leaving the Minor Luo Secret Realm, Lord Ma had been driving the carriage around the Bipolar Domain. As for where they were going, Gu Qingfeng didn't say. He didn't know either.
"Let's take a stroll first. Wherever we go, that's all."
This question really stumped Gu Qingfeng because he didn't know where they were going either. He thought for a long time but still couldn't figure it out. Looking up at the star-like worlds in the sky, Gu Qingfeng asked, "Old Ma, tell me, what do you think people live for?"
"What do you live for?"
Gu Qingfeng's question also stumped Lord Ma. He scratched his head and thought hard for a long time before replying, "Great Master, to be honest, I've never thought about such a profound question. I don't know why you want to live for me either."
"If you don't even know why you live, then what do you live for?"
Lord Ma wanted to cry but had no tears. He said helplessly with a drooping face, "Great Master, I'm just an ordinary immortal. And I'm the most miserable kind of gambler. I don't know my next meal. If I win, I eat and drink to my heart's content. If I lose, I go out and earn some immortal stones. To put it bluntly, I run around all day for a few walnuts and two dates. Why would I think about such a profound question as why I live? As long as I'm alive, I don't care what it is."
"Don't say it."
Gu Qingfeng drank a mouthful of wine and pondered over Lord Ma's words. He nodded and said, "If you think about it carefully, what you said makes a lot of sense. In fact, you're living quite happily."
"First Master, how can this be called happiness?"
"What? Don't tell me you're not happy? "
Lord Ma shook his head fiercely and said, "To be honest, Lord Ma, I have never experienced the taste of happiness."
"Brat, you don't know how lucky you are."
Ma Wangye scratched his head in confusion.
"Let me put it this way. When you gamble, are you happy if you win?"
"Of course I am."
"What about when you lose?"
"Of course he won't be happy when he loses."
"Silly boy, this is happiness."
"You call this happiness?"
Lord Ma became even more confused.
"At least, you'll be happy if you win. If you lose, you won't be happy. If you have money, you'll eat and drink to your heart's content. If you don't have money, you'll go out and earn money. Compared to me, you can't be any happier."
Lord Ma grinned and said, "First Master, please don't tease me. I think you're the happiest person. You're also the most comfortable person I've ever seen."
"What do you mean?"
"Look, you have money and power. If you want to drink, you can drink. If you want to sunbathe, you can sunbathe. You're living a comfortable life."
"This kind of life is indeed comfortable and comfortable. But you can't live like this for the rest of your life. One year is fine. Ten years, a hundred years, a thousand years is fine. But even if it's ten thousand years, a hundred thousand years or a million years, there will always be a time when you get bored."
Gu Qingfeng sighed and said, "You know how to be happy when you win money. My current situation is that I don't feel anything when I win money, and I still don't feel anything when I lose money. Whether you've experienced happiness or not, I don't know. In any case, I haven't experienced happiness or unhappiness in a very, very long time. To be frank, my life right now is very boring, very boring, and very tasteless. Just like when you asked me where I was going, I didn't f * cking know where I was going or what I was going to do."
Lord Ma couldn't understand what Gu Qingfeng meant by living a very boring, boring, and tasteless life.
Yes.
He couldn't understand.
After cultivating for so many years, he had been running around for survival. He didn't have the chance or the mood to be bored. This was because he knew very well that if he didn't run around for survival, he wouldn't be able to survive in the vast wilderness.
This was also the reason why he couldn't understand Gu Qingfeng's current feelings.
This was the difference between him and Gu Qingfeng.
If he wanted to survive, he had to run around for survival.
But Gu Qingfeng was different.
Gu Qingfeng didn't need to run around for survival.
If Lord Ma didn't run around for survival, not only would he not be able to survive, he might even die.
Gu Qingfeng was different.
He wasn't afraid of death.
Ever since he comprehended Great Nirvana, he had been through life and death countless times. He was used to it and numb to it. Furthermore, he had already transcended life and death.
In other words, life and death were no different to him. Life was death and death was life.
Even if you asked him to die now, he wouldn't know how to kill himself. Even if he killed himself, he wouldn't know when he would be reborn.
Since he had transcended life and death, who would think about such trivial matters like survival?
Gu Qingfeng was becoming more and more confused and hesitant as he lived. Especially after he comprehended the four great states of mind. Not only had he transcended life and death, he felt like he had seen through the mortal world. The more he lived, the more meaningless it was.
"The four great states of mind are indeed from the supreme Buddhism." Gu Qingfeng raised his head and drank, saying, "It makes me feel like everything is empty. I feel like becoming a monk and entering Buddhism."
Gu Qingfeng pondered. It wasn't a solution if he continued like this. In the future, even if he didn't enter Buddhism, there would be problems with his mind.
In the past, he couldn't understand why those old fellows who had cultivated for who knows how many years all seemed a little abnormal. If they weren't crazy, they were crazy, or they were stupid.
Now, he more or less understood and experienced it.
Those old fellows must be becoming more and more confused and hesitant as they lived.
Once a person had no pursuits, they would start to let their thoughts run wild. They would think about the meaning of life, the true meaning of life and other messy questions.
Once they let their thoughts run wild, they would easily become obsessed.
Once they became obsessed, they wouldn't be far from going crazy.
Although Gu Qingfeng felt that life was meaningless, he didn't want to become crazy in the future. He said, "Looks like I have to find something to do quickly. Otherwise, there will be problems sooner or later."
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