If your conscience is troubled, then do not ask.
If thinking about it only makes you more vexed, then do not think.
This attitude seemed to share some striking similarities with certain doctrines of the Western Religion. Thus, the little story Huanglong told was clearly mocking the Western Religion.
Some even felt that a certain senior figure in that story might have been entirely fictitious.
But in truth, the senior Huanglong spoke of was actually his master, Wu Chu.
Of course, Wu Chu had only been joking with him back then. When Huanglong first heard Wu Chu's answer, his expression had been much the same as that of the beings present when they first heard those words.
But most of the beings present now believed Huanglong was mocking them, so once they realized this, their expressions naturally changed again.
Faced with everyone's ridicule, the disciples of the Western Religion were not anxious. Only those believers of the Western Religion who had not fully grasped its doctrines were fretting.
It had to be said that the disciples of the Western Religion were quite impressive when it came to maintaining inner calm.
Still, the Western Religion cultivated Buddhist Dharma and cultivated the heart. If their state of mind were unstable, that would be rather indefensible. These were all beings who might become Buddhas and Bodhisattvas in the future, so naturally they were extraordinary.
Medicine Master pressed his palms together and said, "Brother Huanglong's words are clearly rather one-sided. If one's conscience is troubled and one simply refuses to ask, that is avoidance. We cultivate and comprehend that all things are empty; this is a manifestation of one's state of mind, and the fruit we pursue. Yet to comprehend this fruit, one must undergo the process of comprehending the Dao. During this process,