
The Great Sage of Liaozhai
聊斋大圣人
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In the fast food era, what I like is the routine of shocking passers-by. This saint is not born every second, so he is criticized miserably. Those who are criticized are those who like to watch fights and have combat effectiveness, rather than the author's efforts to get closer to Confucius, a saint who has made great contributions to people. I'm just an ordinary old bookworm, and I don't like reading books about time travel, rebirth, waste materials, counterattack, upgrades and map changes. If you read this book as a fairy tale fantasy, you can only say that you are boiling eggs in the refrigerator. The whole text of this book revolves around the defense of black and white. When a country is about to perish, monsters will be born. The protagonist in the dark era is a ray of light. Compared with the previous light, the protagonist has fighting power. The protagonist overcomes obstacles and lets his light illuminate the darkness. The fact is that no matter immortals, gods, ghosts, monsters, or people, they are all black. The moment the protagonist gains combat power, he is fighting against immortals and gods. To ghosts and demons, he is Tang Monk's flesh. To humans, he touches high-level interests, and the results can be imagined. After the protagonist examines his situation in the early stage, he begins to form his own power team. What he wants to do is not to be the best in the world, to worship him from all over the world, and to be the emperor himself, but to kill the gods who are evil and advise you not to listen. Ghosts go to the places where ghosts belong, and come to harm people and me, kill them. Monsters and monsters fight against each other and kill them. People won't say much. The protagonist in the article is a representative of the human camp. Why does the protagonist do so much? Who gave him the halo of a saint? This halo is not for you to dominate and pretend to be B, but because the way of heaven is sick and the world is smoky. The protagonist is then asked to clean up the virus. When the sword of justice is forged and hangs high in the sky to deter all parties, the protagonist loses the halo. I really don't understand so many trolls. If you don't understand it, just spray it from the clouds.
Secondly, it is to burn the sacred tree. Although I also feel that it is wrong that the sacred tree does not save people, when I see it, I always feel that something is wrong. I feel like a white horse is not a horse. I feel that the protagonist's logic is like sophistry and stolen concepts. I'm not complaining, it's just the same feeling anyway, so my impression of the protagonist is not very good, and the conflict feels a bit stiff. I can't describe my specific feelings, but I can give an example. The protagonist said that the sacred tree enjoys the incense of the world and should not ignore death. Now that people are dying here, you should be burned. It's a bit angry. It's like a person who went to the hospital to inquire about his condition, but fell to his death while going downstairs. Then when the family came, they would beat the doctor, remove resources, and demand compensation. Although I can't explain why, this is the impression the protagonist gave me, and I stayed away from it.
It was really hard to read, the synopsis of the story was good, but it was embarrassing and frustrating to watch! It's not like I'm reading a classic, why is it written like this?
This book is the only one that has been read to the end in recent years, and it is not expensive to order it all.
Give me the face of Subduing the Dragon Arhat and don't criticize the author.
A rare and good work, worth ordering in full.
What about equality for everyone in modern times?
The status of women in ancient times was very low, and the protagonist seemed to have made no effort at all. It is better to spread communism, spread the truth about ghosts and gods, train a useless army, or gather the power of all living beings to kill all ghosts, demons, gods and Buddhas. I don't believe that the world will not turn around without them.
Full order! ! ! I didn't lie to you at first!
Let me go, the author of the novel I read back then became a great god!
Great author, I found the name of the Xiahou swordsman. It is in the movie "The Immortal", also played by Wang Zuxian, called Xiahou Jiang. In the movie, he lost the martial arts competition with Yan Chixia, threw away his son, and was adopted by Yan Chixia. That son is the protagonist. It hurts to see so many books about Liaozhai naming this Xiahou swordsman randomly. He is called Xiahou Jiang.
I write too much about women, force the plot to include women, and waste my dozens of dollars.
I like the character of the protagonist in the early stage, but in the middle and later stages, I feel that the whole person has changed and become a virgin. No matter whether the enemy harms the protagonist or the people close to the protagonist, the first thing the protagonist thinks is: I let you go, don't do this again. Then he was harmed by the enemy again, and then he said to the enemy: Don't harm me again, I really don't want to kill you. Until someone dies, and the protagonist just cuts off one of the other person's hands? ! ! ! It was really good-looking in the early stage, absolutely good-looking. In the middle and later stages, his whole personality suddenly turned 180 degrees, from an almost murderous and decisive person to a tolerable virgin.
More than just a saint, she is simply a holy mother. It is so different from the style of Mysterious Resurrection.
Book reviews seem to be messy, so don't mislead newcomers. I've been reading about this book for more than ten years, and it's considered good. To be considered a good book, it only needs to be considered good if people won't forget a certain plot in it for a long time. This book feels like it has done it in my heart.
Checked out the comments section. To be honest: shocked. Are you so angry? Are the views in the book so difficult to accept? These are all old books from a few years ago, and some people are still chasing after them and scolding them. You don't have to watch it if you don't like it, but the poison every day is really disgusting. 1. In the book, the dryad's refusal to save others is a manifestation of cause and effect. The real reason is that the dryad accepts others' tricks and never helps others. It betrayed the trust placed in it. The protagonist's behavior seems to express anger at others. Some readers feel that there are double standards, and some readers feel that the "saint" in their minds should be a perfect person. You need to know that saints are also human beings. Shouldn't the focus be on righteousness? 2. Many of the ideas are not the author's own, but were borrowed from reading Liaozhai. The intention is of a very high level. The author can fully mention this content in the work, which expresses the connotation of Liaozhai. 3. Writing ghosts for the sake of writing ghosts is a refreshing and stimulating text. Mysterious Resurrection is pretty cool to watch. The ghosts and gods in Liaozhai are all images and have their own value, not just for fun. This book is quite average overall, but it is good-looking and definitely above average. It's a first-class novel at the starting point. Watch with confidence.
The book is indeed okay. This book is not a white novel, nor is it scary. The protagonist does not come to the world to kill all the gods, gods, and ghosts. I am used to seeing gods and gods killing gods and Buddhas, so naturally I can't stand it. Besides, the author writes this from the perspective of immortals, gods, ghosts, and Buddhas from a Chinese studio. Naturally, the protagonist, a great saint, cannot be compared with Lao Tzu and the others. If the protagonist wants to kill these gods, gods, ghosts, and monsters, he will definitely not become a saint in the end. The saint of the protagonist is different from Lao Tzu and the others. The protagonist came into the world for the sake of humanity, so in the end when the protagonist was about to die, he said, "Avoid gods and ghosts, and humanity will prosper." One is why the protagonist cannot practice magic. If the protagonist is taught immortal magic by others, and the protagonist practices immortality, who will make people prosperous in the world. Besides, can you avoid the huge cause and effect? The gods, gods and monsters in the author's Liaozhai world are all afraid of cause and effect. This is not like other such terrifying worlds, and they don't care about cause and effect. The protagonist naturally practices martial arts to prevent being caught by monsters. The training method is not important. After all, the Taoist magic is not obvious when nine feet is not close to three feet, so what is there to be afraid of? (Sorry, the words may not sound nice, but I can't help it. This book is really good. Just like what is said in the book, if I don't say it out loud, my thoughts will not make sense. I am not a troll. I only read the pirated version because some people in the comment area said it was really unpleasant, so I am talking about it.)
It's mysteriously the same author. It seems that I was so busy chasing updates that I forgot about it and didn't read it 😂
I have to criticize this novel. As a time traveler, the protagonist has no choice but to take two paths to be at ease or realize his dream. It seems that Li Xiuyuan wants to realize the ideal of co-governance of humans and gods so that the people will be happy. But it's impossible. As a time traveler, you don't have to look at the main contradictions and the secondary contradictions. Low productivity is the main contradiction that makes people's lives poor. Low productivity leads to stagnation in feudal society. Corruption in the officialdom is also a secondary contradiction. Don't you see, there is still corruption today, but our living conditions are much better than in ancient times. As for the supernatural power of gods and demons, the biggest bug is that the evil people mentioned in the book pray to the gods, and the gods fulfill their wishes with just a few sticks of incense, so that the evil people have more financial, material, and manpower to pray to the gods. This is naturally a cycle full of bugs. Evil people can do this, and good people can do the same, and isn't it beautiful to do good things with excess? Although turning stone into gold cannot be achieved by those with high moral principles, those with low moral principles can also do other things to produce value. In this way, the primary productive force in the Liaozhai world is belief in incense, and people with the least qualifications can always have faith. It would be better to build a few more big factories that produce incense and banknotes in the world, and build temples all over the world, so that all human beings can live a very prosperous life without production, and pray to gods and Buddhas. After all, the price is just a few incense sticks and the invisible and intangible faith. After all, this faith can contribute when the stomach is full. Isn't it? Incense is the primary productive force in this world. The protagonist has been busy for seven or eight hundred chapters and just wants to achieve co-ruling between individuals and gods. Isn't it too stupid? It is still a feudal society, there are still class contradictions, and the productivity is still very low. If we do not rely on the power of ghosts and gods to engage in production but instead supervise it, isn't it abandoning the fundamental and chasing the inferior?
Is this the same author as Mysterious Resurrection? I'm so torn apart.
There must have been a lot of sailors at that time, but it was a pity that this book was discovered too late. It's quite satisfactory. You don't need to say it like that. The group leader was so decisive in the early stage because he didn't often see ghosts and bets with God, so he was so decisive in the early stage, you know? Why he changed later was because he made a bet with Tiangong, do you understand? That's why some ghost generals will be left behind, and the ghost king will help them manage them. There must be a layout. If you don't have a layout, how can you compare with them later? Besides, if he kills them all, there will be no point in cultivating the Immortal-Slaying Way later. He killed all the gods and ghosts before his death, but he did not complete the path of manifestation. His painstaking efforts did not turn into a sword for killing immortals. Once a hundred years have passed and he is dead, those monsters will start cultivating again, and they will probably become even more unscrupulous in the future. Is the male protagonist just going to kill ghosts? The male protagonist not only wants to kill ghosts, but also wants to make the world prosperous, do you understand? The Song Dynasty in the Liaozhai in the hands of the author is very fragile, otherwise why would the author write a book called The Great Sage of Liaozhai. (If I don't say it out loud, I don't have a clear idea. Also, I'm not a troll, so I spent money to buy a lot of them. I'll talk about it here)
This book is really good, upright, and has the power to educate people's hearts. The author has a high level of life. It is set in the world of Liaozhai. The protagonist's behavior and experiences illustrate the nature of good and evil karma in people's hearts. It is worth reading carefully and re-reading. It is a beacon in many novels. Some of the contents directly point to the essence of life!
Boss, get this book and set it up. I want to change it and write a different story. I hope I can finish writing 🪖 Well... I came here to say goodbye to the pier.
To be honest, the fate of the saint was very embarrassing at the beginning. The protagonist did not have such great ambitions and deeds. He can only be said to have a little kindness. Well, only a little. To put it bluntly, he was a common man, a normal person with both good and evil. From the time he killed the first demonic mandrill, the protagonist began Discovering the injustice in the world, the lawlessness of ghosts and gods without restraint, the sacred tree does nothing when receiving incense, the city god does not perform his duties when receiving incense, the dragon king receives incense but does not be benevolent, the heavenly palace receives incense but does not uphold justice and slay demons and eliminate demons, which inspired the protagonist's ambition. From then on, the protagonist has completely sublimated himself and established his own destiny. The ambition to reorganize the ghosts and gods in the world and establish order (and the desire to govern the country and stabilize the country was given up under Zhu Shengren's prompting). A group of slaying immortals in the capital became orderly immortals, each with their own restrictions. Absolutely can be regarded as a manifestation of boundless merit. In modern times, the dissolution of the Immortal Sword is not only the fulfillment of a promise, but also a manifestation of the great prosperity of humanity without fear of ghosts and gods. It is also the protagonist's complete abandonment of the path of sainthood. From then on, the protagonist's destiny has been fulfilled, and the remaining days are naturally completely his own.
I'm curious, why the protagonist and his master think that learning martial arts is better to deal with monsters. As mentioned before, getting close to the protagonist's Taoist method is useless, so he fights with people in hand-to-hand combat. But that's because others can't use it, and it's not that the protagonist can't use it. Wouldn't it be easier to use Taoist method to deal with such monsters who only have the ability to fight in hand-to-hand combat? Why do you have to add a magic ban effect to yourself? Isn't this unnecessary? The reason the author gives for the protagonist not to learn Taoism is so unconvincing.
I saw two of them, the main character is a saint, but I just saw a few pictures with a marriage to a rural widow, so I just lowered the main character's status, so I couldn't watch it anymore.
The Dryad's situation is normal. If he saves her, it will be a merit. You can obviously manifest your spirit and save her, but you will still die at your hands. If you save her, it is a merit. If you don't save you, of course you will be angered. If you save her, even if she dies later, it is none of your business.
Hey, I have read a few time-traveling novels, all of which start with talking about modern people traveling through time, and then after time-traveling, the protagonist is dressed up as the thought of that era, whether it is the style of doing things or ideas, etc., Abandoning modern people, and at most mentioning modern things and using a little bit of modern people's insights. You can ask your subordinates to do things that need to be done and are time-consuming, or protect your loved ones, etc. With the thinking of modern people, no matter how talented the person who traveled through the past is, at least he can make reasonable use of talents. Some complaints about time-traveling literature 😁[fn =4] Just like this book has gods, ghosts, demons, and troubled times, and it is also a book about saints and salvation. It especially needs talents under his subordinates. If he does not give his subordinates the skills to cultivate immortals, it will be a waste. As long as the protagonist opens his mouth, his master will give him the skills and give them to his subordinates. It should not be difficult to use them later. It also has many functions. To be honest, the descriptions of people who rob or want to kill the protagonist are quite irritating and make people want to kill him, but the protagonist is a saint, which makes people confused. There is a scene in more than 280 chapters where the protagonist goes to save his fox wife. Hunters can hunt down great demons who have the right skills and can transform into humans and have been cultivating for hundreds of years. Even those who have been cultivating for thousands of years are unable to do anything to the hunters and still ask the protagonist to save them. However, the demons cannot kill mortal hunters. I want to laugh. If this is the case, what kind of demons do people have to be afraid of? There are also a group of foxes. The fox wife clan clearly saw the protagonist killing monsters as if they were having fun. Those scholars dared to mock the protagonist. Please give him his IQ. No matter what the plot requires or something, many novels have people who clearly know the protagonist kills him. Or they may kill him privately, but they really think the protagonist is a real saint. They are still taunting the protagonist. Originally, the protagonist used force to become a saint, so he could kill them all or scare them away. They can still be ridiculed and win two out of three rounds of literary and martial arts.
It's okay. The first one wasn't so trivial. After finishing Mystery, I came back to read this one and I thought it was pretty good.
How did the blind Taoist and the wooden Taoist fall behind in the end?
Seeing that many people are discussing it, I will express my personal opinion. Purely personal opinion! One, about the plot of the fox crossing the tribulation. As far as cultivation is concerned. Their cultivation is equivalent to entering the political arena. There should also be two types of overcoming tribulations. The first is that the year mentioned in the book has arrived. It's equivalent to you. You have no merit, but you should be promoted just because of your seniority. So I need to check you out. Have you done anything bad? How about your credit? This is the disaster mentioned in the book! The second type is that you work hard and want to climb up. Okay, your hard work succeeded, and you get credit. If you want to overcome the tribulation, it means you have cultivated to this point. This time is another kind of disaster. For example, if you get divorced, your superiors will review it and get over it so that they can get promoted and make a fortune. If you can't get through, there must be something wrong. Not only will you get no credit, you may even be unlucky. Then there is what foxes call shelter. This is equivalent to you taking a side. Since you have taken a side, the person who comes to test you will definitely give you a little face. Wouldn't the difficulty of overcoming the tribulation be reduced in this way? And the punishment that this fox encountered was aggravated, which means that you have accepted the benefits of others, but in the end, you did not do anything for them. It will appear that you have received benefits without any intention of repaying them. This is a mistake! . Second, the statement about the tree demon. This green plum must be a disaster, there is no need to say this. But have you ever thought that the tree demon has been practicing for thousands of years, will this be her disaster? Like inner demons. One thought of heaven and one thought of hell. If the tree demon showed some kindness. Maybe, he has already overcome this disaster! Don't say anything, he has merit to protect people and so on (it is said in the book that he has merit). Merits and disasters are just two concepts. Even the great sage had to go through a catastrophe (the 72 changes of the great sage were to avoid the catastrophe, and it is clearly recorded in the book). According to this, Brother Monkey is also a natural spiritual creature. It seems to be the sky-repairing stone left by Empress Nuwa? Aren't they going to go through the same calamity? Well, I haven't seen the back part yet so I won't comment. Squirt lightly, everyone! Well, look at me typing so many words, why doesn't the author give me more details?