"Brother Fang Yuan," Lu Wei Yin said, "although I will not withhold these funds from you as they are rightfully yours, I will advise you that it is not in your best interest to take them all at once. If you intend to leave this Mushroomman Paradise, as I believe you wish to, those funds might make you a target. It might be safer to keep so of them here within this Paradise where they will be safe."
Several of the mbers of the council looked at Fang Yuan enviously.
So what if this was a Paradise? Limitations on resources always existed. So long as Paradise Earth was not here himself, how could he contain the greed of others?
The Legends of Ren Zu, Chapter Six, Section Five, stated:
After Ren Zu, Carefree Wisdom Heart, and Great Strength True Martial had visited the Mushroomman Mycelium in order to heal themselves, Ren Zu had overdosed and inadvertently created Profound Earth Origin.
Profound Earth Origin gazed at his father and siblings with respect. "Father - how are you doing?"
"I ah, feel overwheld," Ren Zu said. He had been working nonstop causing his liver to be damaged, in addition to the excess Human Qi he had taken in.
"Rest father, only ti can heal the ravages of fatigue," Profound Earth Origin said. Profound Earth Origin was both wise and adept at healing - caring for his father.
"In the anwhile, we should try and reach our other brothers and sisters," Carefree Wisdom Heart said.
"I know!" Profound Earth Origin said. "First, let's go and find Beauty Gu. Beauty Gu is said to be wondrous, none can resist it. With it, we can convince others to help us find our siblings."
"That's right! Let's go seek out Beauty Gu!" Great Strength True Martial said, Ambition Gu within him flaring in agreent. Obtaining beauty was a main focus of the ambitious!
The three children let Ren Zu sleep.
Sooner or later, children must leave the nest and their parents behind to seek their own destinies.
As they wandered along the Mushroomman Mycelium, seeing more and more groups of Mushroomn fighting amongst themselves.
"Oh, Mushroomn, why do you continue to fight amongst yourselves?" Profound Earth Origin inquired.
Many of the Mushroomn gave no answers, or began attacking them instead. There were very few who were receptive to listening to them.
The Mushroomn Mycelium spoke to them, "Oh humans, do not put your noses in the fights of others. You will only end up with footprints upon your face."
"Mushroomn Mycelium, you said that Beauty Gu landed sowhere here," Profound Earth Origin said. "And that is what is causing all of these Mushroomn to be affected by envy? If we were to retrieve it, it would stop the fighting, wouldn't it? Where can we find Beauty Gu."
"Oh humans," the Mushroomn Mycelium answered. "Beauty Gu is everywhere and can be found wherever the beholder wishes to see."
"I understand," Carefree Wisdom Heart said. "Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder!"
"The eyes of the beholder..." Profound Earth Origin said. "Our Father, Ren Zu, gave up his eyes to create Verdant Sun and Desolate Ancient Moon."
"Indeed," the Mushroomn Mycelium answered. "Parents can always find beauty in the forms of their children."
Great Strength True Martial frowned. "In that case, is Beauty Gu within us? I cannot see it."
"Oh humans," the Mushroomn Mycelium answered. "Without the aide of Self Gu, you cannot see your inner beauty."
"But father has Self Gu..." Carefree Wisdom Heart noted.
"But allow to help you," the Mushroomn Mycelium said. "It is said that Beauty Gu landed over there. I do not know what happened to it or where it went, but you can continue your search from there."
The trio moved to the location ntioned by the Mushroomn Mycelium, avoiding hordes of fighting Mushroomn.
Finally, they happened upon a gu worm.
"Is that Beauty Gu?" Profound Earth Origin asked.
"Impossible," Great Strength True Martial answered. "That thing looks hideous. How could it be Beauty Gu?"
As they ca closer, they noted this gu worm's grotesque appearance. It had bulging eyes, putrid skin, and gave off a noxious sll.
All of them were almost instinctively repelled by its re presence.
The Mushroomn, likewise, had avoided this area completely.
This gu worm said, "Oh humans, my na is Beauty Gu."
"You are Beauty Gu? Impossible, you're lying!" Carefree Wisdom Heart answered.
"Ehehe... were you too look at with kind eyes, I too could beco Beauty Gu," the gu worm in question answered. "Yes, what I told you was not a lie. At one ti, I was Beauty Gu, and at one point, I did land here. The Mushroomn, who ordinarily got along peacefully, wanted and began fighting over . They wanted to possess for themselves. And in doing so, they transford ."
"I don't understand," Profound Earth Origin said.
"Oh humans, I used to be Beauty Gu," the gu worm in question answered. "However, because of the Mushroomn, who refined Envy Gu, I beca Ugly Gu instead. Envy is an ugly emotion and brings out the ugliness even in beautiful people - and because of that, I lost my beauty and beca Ugly Gu. Do you see that now?"
"Hmm..." Carefree Wisdom Heart said. "In that case, where can we find Envy Gu? If we can get rid of it, then you can beco Beautry Gu once more."
"Humans, if you keep wandering along the Mushroomn Mycelium, to where the fighting is the hardest, you will eventually find Envy Gu. It is where it has seated itself that the fighting is most intense," Ugly Gu said. "But please humans, take with you. I do not want to be left here."
Neither Carefree Wisdom Heart nor Great Strength True Martial wished to be associated with Ugly Gu. In this world, all beings sought beauty, who would take Ugly Gu with them? Because of this, Ugly Gu was left here in Green Heaven, all alone. However, Profound Earth Origin felt sorry for Ugly Gu. "Ugly Gu, I was born from Ren Zu's liver. The liver works to detoxify poisons and other ugliness within the body, and the earth absorbs the toxins of the world upon itself. I will take you with ."
As Profound Earth Origin picked up Ugly Gu, he beca ugly himself. Pustules began erupting all over his body. He began emanating a nasty odor, his skin beca sickly, he gained a pot belly, his teeth beca yellow and crooked, and he beca wrinkly all over. "Ah, Brother, Sister, apologies for my appearance."
"No need to apologize, Brother," Carefree Wisdom Heart said. "True ugliness lies in not the ugliness of the face, but the ugliness of the mind and heart. And both your mind and heart continue to be the sa as before."
"And I do not care regardless," Great Strength True Martial said. To the strong and ambitious, what was embracing ugliness? It was aningless to them!
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