Chapter 75 Learning Makes Me Progress
Sun Xianniang burst into tears, "Before the Immortal, who knew this? If it is a bad Feng Shui thing, why do the rich and powerful, and even the royal family, pursue bound feet? Only the fallen people in eastern Zhejiang are not allowed to read and women are not allowed to bind their feet."

Pan Yun was speechless. Due to her low level of historical and cultural knowledge, she had no idea what the "fallen people of eastern Zhejiang" were, and she didn't even know which idiot made such a rule. She couldn't think of any better words to refute it, so she could only use metaphysics to warn again and again, "Foot binding will ruin the feng shui of the person and the family."

Although Sun Xianniang had seen Pan Yun's miraculous powers, she was still skeptical about the conclusion about foot binding. "Maybe it just ruins my family's feng shui and is not good for my family. It's basically correct. Otherwise, why would the rich and powerful and the royal family compete to bind their feet?"

Pan Yun shouted to Pan Xiaohei in his mind: [Find me the history books collected in the spiritual realm! Especially those about foot binding, I want to learn!]

If you want to refute her, you must know more than her and understand the essence of things better.

As a knowledgeable, cultured and accomplished monk, how could he fail at the hands of an ordinary person over foot binding, something that was obviously wrong even with just the use of one's toes?
She wanted to know how foot binding came about, how these ideas were stuffed into ordinary people's minds, and she wanted to pull them out!
Miaozhen and Miaohe also calmed down and couldn't help but frown, "Foot binding is primarily harmful to one's health. Even if it doesn't harm one's feng shui, one shouldn't seek suffering, right?"

Sun Xianniang: "Only those who endure the most hardships can become the best. If you suffer a little today, you will be able to enjoy happiness tomorrow."

Miao Zhen: "The future is unpredictable. Don't enjoy happiness when you can. How can you know that you will definitely enjoy happiness in the future?"

Sun Xianniang frowned and said firmly, "That's why we have to endure more hardships now. My daughter meets all their requirements, so how can she not enjoy happiness? The immortals must have studied hard to have the abilities they have now, right? Aren't the hard work today for the sake of enjoying happiness in the future?"

"No." The three little girls said in unison.

Miao Zhen glanced at Pan Yun and said seriously, "I am here to seek what it means to be a human being."

Sun Xianniang opened her mouth wide. She had also learned to read and write with her father and knew basic characters. She had always been proud of it. At least she was better than many of the ladies she knew.

But now, she found that she couldn't understand what an eight-year-old child said.

Miao He: "I learn skills in order to survive, to repay my master, to repay our Sanqing Temple, and to repay the villagers down the mountain."

Sun Xianniang's eyes lit up and she nodded repeatedly, "Yes, yes, this is the same as my child's. Studying and foot binding are all for repaying their parents and their family, and for a better life."

Miao He looked bewildered. "Why should a child repay his parents and family by self-harming? How can a disabled person live better? My master never hurts me or disobeys my wishes. Oh, he only forces me not to eat when I am full and want to continue eating. But this is also in accordance with nature. I am the one who goes against nature."

Sun Xianniang said dryly, "I am doing this for my child to have a better marriage in the future. Taoist priests can escape from the secular world and don't have to worry about it, but we mortals can't. Especially for women, getting married is like a second reincarnation. The first time is God's will and you can't choose it, but the second time is possible, so you naturally have to work hard."

Pan Yun understood her. "In the final analysis, it's all about the future. A girl's future is only about marriage, which is too simple. She should develop more career opportunities. She can make money on her own, and she can achieve wealth and honor on her own. She can stand on the same line with men. Then she won't be constrained by men's aesthetics. She can bind her feet if she wants to, and she can choose her own lover and marriage.

This is not a problem for ordinary people, it is a problem at the national and policy level. If we want to solve the root cause of this matter..."

"Junior sister!" Xuanmiao interrupted her coldly and asked, "Miaozhen and Miaohe have all said why they learned Taoism. What about you?"

Pan Yun paused, swallowed the words that were about to come out of his mouth, thought seriously and said: "I don't have the ambition and character of my two nephews. A long time ago, I learned Taoism for the sake of mankind. Later, I learned Taoism for myself. Now, I learn Taoism for myself and my family."

Xuanmiao: ...You are learning the Dao for the sake of humanity. Isn’t that ambitious enough?

If we really compare them, Miao Zhen seeks the Tao for himself, Miao He... this kid seems to have nothing to do with the Tao, but he has incorporated everyone he knows into his own Tao, and Pan Yun is even stronger, as he directly learns the Tao for all mankind.

Seeing Xuanmiao's expression, Pan Yun thought she didn't believe him, so he emphasized, "Really, I'm not lying to you. I studied for the rise of all mankind a long time ago."

So long ago as before the previous life.

She grew up in an orphanage, raised and educated by the state. Her ambition since childhood was to study for the rise of mankind. Everyone's goal is to purify the world so that ordinary humans can live safely on Earth.

Until the explosion, her ambition remained unchanged.

After she was reborn as a human, she came to the relatively safe Ming Dynasty, where demons and monsters disappeared without a trace. She then turned to learning Taoism for herself.

Xuanmiao: "Your ambition is good, you can continue now."

She turned to Sun Xianniang and said, "Foot binding actually came from the royal family of the Southern Song Dynasty. It was first popular in the palace and became a palace style, and then spread to the people. Later, officials encouraged this practice, and it became more and more popular among the people.

At first, foot binding was limited to using cloth strips to bind the feet and restrict their growth. Later, the feet were compressed so that they could fit into small shoes. Later, even the three-inch golden lotus was used, and bones and flesh were broken to make the feet small. It can be seen that foot binding is intentional, and since it is intentional, it can be changed. It depends on whether Sun Shanren and other parents think that their daughters’ lives are more important or the illusory marriage prospects are more important.

Xuanmiao didn't have Pan Yun's tactfulness. She directly tore off their fig leaf and said, "Mr. Sun, your daughter is only six years old now. She doesn't understand the future of marriage. It is you who have this desire. She is paying the price of her life because of your desire."

Sun Xianniang's face turned pale instantly.

Xuan Miao ignored her and ordered Pan Yun and the other two, "Go to bed quickly. We have to get up early tomorrow to escort the spirit away."

The three of them immediately climbed onto the mat and lay down. Pan Jun still had a lot to say, but for some reason she didn't dare to provoke Xuan Miao at this moment.

Xuanmiao lay down with them, giving the bed to Sun Xianniang, her daughter and the wet nurse.

Pan Yun closed her eyes, but her mind was very active. Jing Ling had followed her instructions and searched the records for all the history about foot binding.

Pan Yun quietly read in her Niwan Palace. After reading the history of foot binding, she couldn't help but go back to read all the historical records from the beginning to the time when it became popular.

[I'm sorry. I was too busy practicing Taoism before and only studied human history and Chinese history roughly. Now the times have changed and the previous knowledge reserves are no longer applicable. It seems that we still have to study. Starting from tomorrow, no, starting from today, we will add a history class, two hours every night. Remember to remind me to study. Let's start with the history of the Ming Dynasty.]

Pan Xiaohei: [It’s just a parallel world, not really on the same historical line. It’s just similar people and events. If you treat it as the real history of this world, wouldn’t you be self-defeating?

Since this world is a parallel world, there must be some discrepancies. 】

Pan Yun: [What are you thinking? You don’t think that what is recorded in history books is the completely true history of the previous life, do you? In a suspense case, at the moment, the witnesses may not know the whole truth. It takes time to settle, and when you look back, you will make new discoveries.

History is like this suspense case, which is always new. It may need new things to be added or real things to be discovered over a long period of time in the future. Then, at a certain period of time, the evidence discovered will be enough to break the fog that covers it. Only then can the veil be peeled off, the truth be seen, and the final conclusion be made.

Before there is sufficient empirical evidence, the so-called history is only the history recognized by the vast majority of people. 】

Pan Xiaohei: [Do you think someone like Sun Xianniang would have this understanding? Can she understand your historical view and world view? She will only identify the historical facts that the world tells her to identify. And people like her are the majority in this world.]

Pan Yun said, "Others can stuff things into their heads, why can't I? How am I worse than them?"

Pan Jun said this calmly, and Pan Xiaohei immediately understood what she meant. Since history is a suspense case, people in this world can put one truth into ordinary people's minds, so why can't she put another truth into their minds?

Without sufficient evidence to make a final conclusion, each party has its own reasons. It all depends on who has better eloquence and can find more evidence to convince them with reason.

Of course, Pan Yun is not only good at reasoning, but also good at playing tricks.

Before dawn, she opened her eyes, stood up, walked to the bed, and reached out to touch Zhou Meiniang.

Sure enough, the child's forehead was slightly hot. It was not known whether it was because of the bent bones in her feet, or if the Sun family's vigil in the past few days had frightened her and caused her to have a fever and fear.

The wet nurse was a light sleeper. She woke up suddenly, without opening her eyes. She reached out to the side and when she touched Zhou Meiniang, she started to touch her hand and face. When she touched her neck under the quilt, she opened her eyes immediately.

She suddenly saw Pan Yun standing in front of the bed and screamed in fright. When she saw that it was Pan Yun, she turned around without saying a word to hold the child, touched the forehead, and then touched the neck, and said anxiously, "Madam, Madam, the child seems to have a fever."

Only then did Sun Xianniang open her eyes in confusion.

Pan Yun then said, "My master came to me in a dream and told me that the little good man's calamity had begun."

When Sun Xianniang heard this, she was horrified and said, "Little Immortal, please save my daughter."

Pan Jun turned around and looked at Xuan Miao who had already sat up.

Xuanmiao: ...Didn’t you tell me in a dream? Tell me now, how are you going to save me?
She stood up resignedly and felt the child's pulse and gave him an acupuncture injection...

　Today's lucky number is the number ending in 3, as shown in the screenshot
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