When something is good for a person, that person avoids it like a viper; Whereas when something is bad for them, they flock to it.
Isn't it absurd? Yet the world often operates this way. The effectiveness of manipulation in controlling people lies in exploiting the weaknesses of human nature.
Zhao Ji lamented further, "Indeed, if Priest Zhang initially said his aim was to cure and save people, I believe the Imperial Physician could have accomplished it, sparing the priest the trouble of intervening. But since the priest mentioned that divine symbols in water could bless the commoners... then I thought none other than the priest could handle it."
Zhang Jixian replied with a slight resignation, "I've recently been contemplating Buddha's teachings, aiming to save lives, yet causing obsession is but the cycle of causation. I'm afraid there are still issues, no wonder I can never attain liberation."
