Foreign Object

Name: Foreign Object
Author: Yellow-skinned Gourd Baby

by Yellow-skinned Gourd Baby

ongoing Xuanhuan Eastern Fantasy Male Lead

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32Kwords19chapters

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Ch. 19 — The Prelude to the Turmoil in the Capital During the Rebellion in Southern Gansu (Extra Chapter)

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About This Novel

The protagonist Wang Yangming is set as a "blunt awakening type": he was originally a civil servant who was demoted to Longchang, and his conscience was covered with dust (corresponding to the "mortal" stage). Due to the "Longchang Gezhu" incident (sitting in meditation for seven days to force out the "Doubt Fog" demon in the body), he awakened his psychic powers, and his character arc changed from "seeking fame from outside" to "seeking conscience from within" (refer to Longchang's enlightenment of "the way of a saint, my nature is self-sufficient"). The core disciple Xu Ai is a "talented type": the mirror of conscience is naturally clean (reflecting that "everyone has a conscience") and can be used as a "channel to the heart", but each use consumes life (increasing the tension of the drama). His loyalty and sacrifice (in the end he becomes the gatekeeper of the conscience pavilion) highlight the practice of "unity of knowledge and action" to "grow conscience". The villain Liu Jin is set as an "alienated mind learner": a former mind learner monk who practices evil magic by "devouring other people's conscience" (corresponding to "self-desires and cutting off the body of knowledge and action"). The move "Nine Thousand Years Old Heart Demon Array" combines the resentment of the eunuch group with the evil use of mind learnt (referring to the history of eunuch monopoly in the Ming Dynasty), forming a philosophical conflict with Wang Yangming about "orthodox mind learnt" vs. "Alienated mind learnt". The secondary characters include the "Seven Disciples" (corresponding to the Seven Stars of the Big Dipper, each representing a branch of mind science: such as the "hardening in things" school and the "sitting-in enlightenment" school), local villagers (such as the Miao girl A'duo, embodying the simple power of "ordinary people's conscience"), enriching the character spectrum to show the "universality of conscience".