Chapter 1622: Chapter 1642: Give Him 1 Chance
To be precise, what Yusuf Zuck was reciting wasn’t a story, but the Three Character Classic, which he could recite verbatim from start to finish. So first he recited it once, and then explained the aning of each phrase.
“The aning of the first sentence is that when a person is just born and hasn’t been influenced by the world, their heart is inherently good, without distinctions of good and evil!”
“Yes, yes, exactly like that. I was inherently good, but was deceived by others and only later turned bad!”
“Now listen to , don’t interrupt!” Yusuf Zuck explained the Three Character Classic word by word, and upon finishing, he required the Heavenly Demon not only to morize it but also to understand its aning.
The Heavenly Demon wasn’t exactly foolish; after all, he was the supre Heavenly Demon, but he always struggled to rember what he learned.
And when he couldn’t rember, Yusuf Zuck just looked at him with a smile, neither angry nor upset.
After about a month, the Heavenly Demon could recite the Three Character Classic backward effortlessly and understood its aning.
“Now we’ll learn the Disciples’ Rules!”
“More to learn?” The Heavenly Demon felt his head spinning upon hearing it!
“Learn if you’re told to learn, why so many questions?” The Mouse King, from who knows where found a stone and hurled it fiercely at the Heavenly Demon’s head. This guy didn’t dare to co close, so he could only attack from a distance with stones!
The Heavenly Demon, chained by five chains, had no strength left. Other than being able to speak, he couldn’t move a muscle, so he could only take the hits passively.
Yusuf Zuck continued teaching the Disciples’ Rules, to be morized entirely and to be able to state their aning!
This ti it took a month and a half. Actually, for soone of the Heavenly Demon’s level, usually, he could rember everything imdiately, but subconsciously he resisted, so he learned a bit slowly.
Yusuf Zuck still wasn’t in the least bit angry or anxious!
“Teacher!” This was the title the Heavenly Demon gave Yusuf Zuck, and after learning two books on benevolence and righteousness, the demon seed to suppress his evil nature!
Of course, Yusuf Zuck was well aware that this was just the beginning. If the Heavenly Demon were to be released now, he would still consu Yusuf and the Mouse King the first chance he got.
So the third story wasn’t from a classic text, but from Yusuf Zuck’s deep mories about stories of loyalty and filial piety, told in plain language.
For example, Magnus fiercely defending the nation, the tale of the orphan of the Yue family, the story of Bi Gan’s heart being carved out, and so on, all narrated by Yusuf Zuck to the Heavenly Demon and the Mouse King following his own understanding!
After about six months, there was a slight effect. The Heavenly Demon knew in his heart that Yusuf Zuck was teaching him about benevolence, righteousness, propriety, respect, and humility, so so seeds of evil were curbed quite a bit.
And after six months, Yusuf Zuck had a brief conversation with the Heavenly Demon, asking him: “Do you know why I tell you so many stories, asking you to learn?”
“Yes, you want to turn towards goodness and be a good person!”
“A promising student!” Yusuf Zuck nodded with a smile, then continued with stories of the Liangshan heroes and their thrilling tales of vengeance!
“This isn’t right; this story is teaching rebellion, teaching to kill when laws fail, it’s leading astray!” The Heavenly Demon actually understood Yusuf Zuck’s intentions!
“Exactly so!” Yusuf Zuck laughed and said: “Being blindly good only results in foolishness and rottenness. As we traverse the world, we must act upon our sense of justice, drawing the sword to assist when seeing injustice!”
“You are a good teacher!” The Heavenly Demon rarelt offered a complint.
“But do not harm the righteous and weak!”
“I’ll rember, Teacher!”
“Let tell you the story of Journey to the West, it’s better than being idle!” Yusuf Zuck began narrating Journey to the West, telling of Kade Dyer, and both the Mouse King and the Heavenly Demon were engrossed in the story. Kade Dyer’s mastery of the Eight or Nine Profound Skills, his Seventy Two Transformations, leaping 108,000 miles per bound, disrupting the Heavenly Palace, causing chaos at the Peach Banquet, brought great delight to the listeners, and Yusuf Zuck narrated vivaciously!
At last, Kade Dyer was trapped under the Five Elents Great Mountain, enduring five hundred years of wind and rain, even growing grass upon his head!
Then Kade Dyer’s master appeared, with Monk Fuentes’ arrival, freeing him. Kade Dyer, out of gratitude, protected Monk Fuentes throughout the eighty-one trials, finally attaining enlightennt and becoming the Victorious Fighting Buddha!
“You are my teacher, you’re my Monk Fuentes, Master, this disciple wishes to protect you on the journey to the West!” The Heavenly Demon felt touched after hearing the story, finding himself so similar to Kade Dyer!
“Teacher, I am also like Monk Fuentes’ flesh; if I save you, will you devour afterward?” Yusuf Zuck laughed.
“No, I won’t. Just put a band on , then recite the scriptures and I’ll do whatever you say!” The Heavenly Demon chuckled heartily, revealing a mont of innocence!
“Where in the world could there be a band for your head?” Yusuf Zuck shook his head and said.
“Then I swear to the heavens, I won’t eat you, nor the big rat; I swear upon my soul!”
“But in your heart, oaths an nothing!” Yusuf Zuck laughed again.
“Then what must I do for you to rescue ?” The Heavenly Demon, anxious enough to scratch his head, said: “I know a few places with Supre Treasures, and I have many Divine Skills, which I can teach you right away, is that acceptable?”
“Did I make any demands before rescuing you?” Yusuf Zuck shook his head and said, “I rescue you because I want to, not to get sothing from you!”
“I think you’re suffering here, and the punishnt you’ve endured suffices to offset your sins. Furthermore, Heaven shows compassion to all living beings, and crossing paths with is destiny’s arrangent, so if I can save you, of course, I will save you.”
“Well, you should save then!” The Heavenly Demon, feeling both amused and bewildered, couldn’t help but find himself slightly confused by Yusuf Zuck’s words.
“If I save you, you’ll devour !”
“I swore I wouldn’t eat you!”
“Oaths an nothing in your heart!”
“Teacher, you’ve repeated that line once already; can’t we move on from this? If you won’t save , at least tell another story like Water Margin or Journey to the West!”
“No more stories; in truth, even if I tell more, you understand the principles. Eventually, if you want to eat , you’ll still do it because you’re the Heavenly Demon, and your nature is innate and unchangeable!”
“Then you…”
“I’ll save you right now!”
“Master, absolutely not!” The Mouse King was flabbergasted; although the Heavenly Demon had been behaving well these past few months, if there were no ans to restrain him, he would indeed beco a danger!
Yusuf Zuck turned and looked at the Heavenly Demon: “Will you eat ?”
“No!” The Heavenly Demon nodded repeatedly.
“He said he won’t!” Yusuf Zuck responded with a smile.
“Do you actually believe him?”
“Believe him this once, give him a chance.”
“Yes, yes, give a chance, just trust this once, I won’t harm you!”
“Master, it’s unacceptable!” The Mouse King was sweating in anxiety; the master had gone crazy!
“Hehe.” Yusuf Zuck let out a small laugh, striding to the edge of the Heavenly Demon’s enormous mouth, then lightly jumped onto his neck, using the Epoch Etching Blade to fiercely slice the chain binding his neck!
With a “crack,” the chain broke instantaneously!
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