Buddhist Friends, Aren't You a Bit Too Extreme? [Pili]

Xuan Ye came from Wansheng Rock. The Venerable Sage brought him into the fold, and he studied under the Great Sun Hall, also known as Mentor. A demonic body cultivating Buddhism is rare even among fellow practitioners.

After watching his pupil get tugged around like a ball of dough by his split-personality boss for the 108th time, the Benevolent Dharma Crown Prince finally snapped. He beat up his own superior, applied for an exchange visit with another Buddhist branch, and kicked his pupil out the door. He wasn't expecting Xuan Ye to gain any insights. He just wanted the kid to stop imitating the boss and splitting into evil incarnations.

[Azure Blood, Dark Yellow Arc]

Wen Puti: How can a monk justify killing someone?

Fo Jian Fenshuo: Is killing to end karma always completely right?

Jian Moyan: If someone who once harmed others sincerely turns toward good, can their sins really be erased?

Xuan Ye: ...Could it be, fellow Buddhists, that your ideas of good and evil are a little too extreme?

Inner thoughts: Mentor, help me! You never told me before I left that my fellow practitioners out here had gotten this abstract!

[Thunderbolt Heroes Peak Arc]

Feng Seng: Xuan Ye, if Mohe Nie and I fell in the water, who would you save?

Xuan Ye: Why would you two fall in the water?

Feng Seng: Just answer! Who would you save?

Xuan Ye: I'd have to find out who pushed you in before deciding whether to save you.

Feng Seng: What if I told you it was Buddha Sage Shitiancang?

Xuan Ye: Hello, Senior Brother of Lingyun Temple? Feng Seng fell in the water. Could you come save him?

Ming Jian Jueshi: Tell him to climb out himself.

Chronological order: Demon-Sealing Arc -> Heroes Peak Arc -> Azure Blood, Dark Yellow Arc. The latter two arcs are complete; the Demon-Sealing Arc has been cut.

The protagonist has a demonic body but practices Buddhism, and bears a shackle of Sanskrit text. If it breaks, he'll turn from Buddha to demon. The difference is that a polite child will start cursing. His moral yardstick is whether the common people live or die. The romance is very light because the author is terrible at writing romance.

P.S. I started writing this after reading most of Azure Blood, Dark Yellow, and then wrote as I followed the show. So the author's notes contain a ton of emotional reactions to the show and subjective plot complaints. If you don't like them, you can hide the author's notes or just click away. Guiltily wrings hands.gif

Finished fic recommendation: Thunderbolt Storm, Immortal Sect Arc, "When in Doubt, Shout for Dad"

Theme: All beings fear the consequences; bodhisattvas fear the causes.