Yu Song looked at his study once again and smiled.
In fact, as a person who liked chanting, the art of calligraphy wasn't so interesting to him. He only practiced it because it was a requirement in the academy, but now it seems that his own words were enough to move the world.
He realised just now that the words he spoke didn't only change his surroundings, the words were like an imprint that flew around everywhere with the sound, and it also landed on the paper and brush, which caused it to copy it down.
Now, there was a solemn, but also somewhat holy and soft 'Namo Amituofo' written on the paper. He also knew that this was the transformation of a chant to a talisman. If he were to use this talisman, it would be like chanting it himself.
Of course this was the result of his sudden enlightenment, and if one asked him to create another such talisman, he would be totally lost. After all, the art of talisman is far beyond the superficial understanding of imprinting a spell into a temporary container.
Still, an entire role was infected during his enlightenment, and he knew that if he cut it, it would probably result in many talismans, but once again, he didn't have the art of talismans and didn't know how to cut it without damaging it.
Regardless, a talisman with the chant 'Namo Amituofo' didn't need to be cut. Rather, as long as the roll was rolled out, it would be as if the talisman is used passively the whole time. The consumption would be less and the sheer size of it would ensure that it would work for a long time.
"It seems that as I am enlightened and already plan to leave the mortal world, the world is gifting me an item that can resolve my cause and effect."
Yu Song himself hadn't taught his younger brothers long nor earned enough money all this time, so naturally he would have to repay his parents and brother. As for others, there was none. The teachers in the academy were the third closest, and their relation was one of transaction.
In fact, Yu Song himself didn't like most of them, they were all very competitive and inside the royal schemes and such, he didn't believe these people were of pure mind. They were like recruiters in the school.
Only a few teachers were close to him, but he had differences with them, so he didn't think there was a need to specifically say goodbye. Anyways, there aren't many like him that understand the three paths so well yet instead of following them deeply, he rhymes together what he likes and uses the three impartially.
If a monk, priest or scholar saw him, they would probably scold him to the moon and back. Anyways, Yu Song didn't have this worry. If he really cared about others' opinion, he wouldn't have been a person with an enthusiastic attitude towards classics in the modern world, especially at his age, where people were thinking of all kinds of vulgar things.
Yu Song smiled and came to his small table. He rolled up the paper roll and put it into a box below the table. The box was made of wood with beautiful carvings and golden corners.
"At least it looks good. It would be a shame if a broken box became a spiritual item."
The scroll would keep passively emitting the effect in the state of being rolled up, at least this was less than when opened. The box that contains this roll of paper will naturally be infected.
"Who knows, maybe in the end this paper roll will be used for a few years and from then on, this box will be passed down for generations as a family treasure. I wonder what effects it will have…"
He smiled, took a brush and dipped it in the ink. He came to the box and elegantly wrote 'Hidden Brightness; Eternal Shine'.
"Such a name will maybe influence its direction. Anyways, it's the paper's chance to be enlightened, and even if it doesn't change the box, it will be enough to repay my parents in this life."
It wasn't that Yu Song wanted to get rid of his parents. They were very kind to him and took care of him, but it was a basic difference of perspective and ideology. His elder brother would always shield him from his parents, which allowed him to do what he wants, else if he was the elder brother, who knows how restricted he was left and right.
Yu Song looked at the room once again and smiled. This room was also infected, but the range was too large to change it majorly like it did with the paper. Still, it would be a great room for practice for a few days, so he wanted to give it to his younger brother and enlighten their intelligence from an early age.
He went out the room and walked down the floor. Servants would occasionally bow to him from afar but not call out nor approach him. He didn't like this whole servitude. It was one thing to hire a cook, an assistant or even guards, they were like normally employee's. But servants were generally bought, to him, this was no different from a slave.
As a modern human, he knew best the greatness of the human will. The more restricted it is, the more it is pronounced, like a caged beast. He himself didn't like the analogy of a caged beast at all – why would you want to cage a beast? Don't they only move around their own territory anyways? The same was for humans – they were animals of habit and didn't like great change.
Leaving people be was the method he referred to the most. Anyways, if he hired people, it would be of their own will. He liked a theory from a philosopher very much, it was Immanuel Kant's "Humanity-Purpose-Formula". It clearly stated the difference of humans and objects or tools.
To use a human as a tool to fulfil your own purpose is allowed as long as you fulfil their purpose too. Like hiring someone, it is with the purpose of having a helping hand, while the hired also fulfils his own purpose of earning money.
Using a human without fulfilling their purpose too would be no different from slavery, and naturally it would go against this theory. Anyways, Yu Song didn't like these things, and just because he was in an ancient world, he didn't have to accept the current rules.
The modern world is based on the ancient world – if one strictly follows the ancient laws while ignoring the modern laws, it's like putting the card in front of the horse. Or a more modern idiom would be to buy a new phone but use an old version and not update.
Updates happen after many calculations and even though they are faulty at first, they are generally better than the past. Especially if the newest update is v20.25, it's fine if one takes the version of v20.00 and beyond, but taking the v08.00 is like deactivating every function of the phone except the notes.
Yu Song never understood why one would change their own values based on the current time they live in. 'When in Rome do as romans do' refers to behaviour, not to your own values. In the same sentiment, should he also take three wives and four concubines?
"Anyways, every human is their own, some people think one sided and others know their world has three sides." Even if Yu Song wanted to be nice and tolerant, there are certain borders and one doesn't have to accept everything beyond a scope.