Chapter 595 - 185: The Three Poisons
Chapter 185 [Three Poisons]
There are three poisons in human nature, and they are the root of evil deeds.
Greed, anger, delusion.
In general, it’s about the pursuit without achievement, things you want but can’t obtain, lack of fulfillment, which gives rise to these three emotions.
Greed, anger, and obsession.
The inked manuscript that Lin Qingquan sent over roughly explained these principles.
When tempering the Primordial Spirit, if one can penetrate these three poisons, it can lead to a certain enhancement in the quality of the cultivator’s Primordial Spirit.
Moreover, Lin Qingquan’s manuscript was very clear:
Penetration doesn’t mean cutting off, breaking, or completely erasing these three emotions from humans.
In essence, even though "Greed, Anger, Delusion" belong to the root of evil, they are also normal human emotions—everyone has them, even saints!
Being human means having both positive and negative emotions.
Erasing them is unrealistic.
Penetration is not about erasing humanity but...
"Reconciling with these emotions?" Chen Yan held the manuscript.
Penetration means accepting, positively confronting these emotions, treating them correctly without letting them control you or steer you.
You must master emotions, not be mastered by them.
It sounds easy, but doing it is perhaps harder than ascending to heaven—Chen Yan had already realized this.
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Holding the manuscript and looking at it for a long time, Chen Yan pondered for a long time.
Lin Qingquan guided Chen Yan to penetrate the emotions of Greed, Anger, Delusion, offering a clear approach that Chen Yan summed up as: desensitization.
Try to experience these emotions as much as possible. The more you experience them, the more your capacity to endure strengthens.
But, of course... if you accidentally get tortured by emotions to the point where you burst a blood vessel and pop off.
Then you simply lack the talent for cultivation~
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"Sisi..." After sitting on the sofa for two hours, Chen Yan stood up and went to the bedroom to tell Lu Sisi, "I’m going out tonight, won’t be having dinner with you."
"Okay, will you be back at night?" Lu Sisi was folding paper, with a pile of folded paper cranes next to her, and a whole box of special puppet folding paper from the Yin-Yang Puppet Technique that Chen Yan asked Chu Keqing to buy from Japan.
"Hmm, probably won’t be back tonight," Chen Yan replied.
"Alright, you go ahead. I’ll make preserved egg and lean meat congee tomorrow morning, so if you return just in time for breakfast, don’t just buy something to eat out. Remember there’s breakfast at home."
Lu Sisi looked at Chen Yan with a gentle smile.
She didn’t even ask what he was doing out at night or express any doubts about his staying out.
Chen Yan smiled, walked over, and gave his girlfriend a peck, "Don’t neglect your evening exercise."
"Okay." Lu Sisi’s eyes were very soft.
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Chen Yan drove out and went straight to the University City, parking his car at a roadside space in front of the "Extreme Internet Cafe".
When he opened the car door and strode inside, the landlady at the counter was holding a bowl of spicy hot pot and staring at Chen Yan with wide eyes, "Xiaoyan? Why are you here?"
"Itchy hands, coming for an overnight game session." Chen Yan smiled, walked over, grabbed a can of Coke from the freezer beside the counter, and glanced at the landlady’s bowl of spicy hot pot, "Eat less of this stuff; it’s all the product of technology and tough living."
The landlady chuckled and said, "Can’t help it, just love this bite."
Chen Yan knew the spicy hot pot she was eating came from a street shop called "Big Bowl Fragrance".
As for the kitchen of that place... oh dear.
President Zhao had previously arranged for students to work part-time at that shop and had seen the kitchen’s hygiene conditions.
No need to elaborate; suffice it to say that afterward, President Zhao and those students never visited that shop again.
Chen Yan glanced at the landlady’s bowl.
The food inside was red and green, and he couldn’t help but sigh.
Can’t comprehend why so many girls love eating this kind of spicy hot pot stuff.
Chen Yan shook his head, "Eat a bit less, previously Xiaozhao went to work there and said the mice in the kitchen can queue up and jump section three—they’re not even afraid of humans."
The landlady’s face instantly turned pale upon hearing this, her expression stiff as she set the bowl and chopsticks down, quickly throwing the contents into the trash under the counter.
"Start a machine, overnight session." Chen Yan grinned at the landlady.
The landlady reported a machine number with a resentful look.
Chen Yan turned to leave, but sighed inwardly.
The landlady today was wearing a black tight-fitting T-shirt, hmm, slender branches and fruitful yields, very appealing.
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Of course, Chen Yan wasn’t just here to indulge in gaming.
To penetrate Greed, Anger, Delusion, one must experience more of Greed, Anger, Delusion.
After thinking for two hours, Chen Yan came up with the shortest path to experience the emotions of Three Poisons!
Gaming!
Are you greedy when playing games? Greedy!!
Are you angry when playing games? Do you feel like crawling along the internet cable and beating up that obviously trashy and annoyingly mouthy jerk?
Are you obsessed when playing games? Are you exhausted but still refuse to rest, wanting to play one more round?
Just win one game! Just one more win and I’ll log off! — How many haven’t said this sentence?
Chen Yan walked over to his designated machine, sat down, and powered it on!
Logged on to the platform, registered a new account, a low-ranked area.
Headphones on, let’s go!
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The new account, low-ranked area, was intentional by Chen Yan.
The low-ranked area has one type of creature in abundance: trash players with nasty mouths!
An hour later, Chen Yan’s face was red, his fingers trembling slightly as they gripped the mouse.
Two hours later, Chen Yan was flushed, hearing teammates’ curses through the headphones.