Li Qiye smiled, looked at the runes on the stone wall, and said: "The sword is eccentric, but this is what everyone loves most. The world is full of vulgar people, how many people are willing to lay a solid foundation? How many people claim to be smart? It seems that the high road is what they pursue, and it is a fool’s idea to waste time and energy on laying a solid foundation.”
"Therefore, there are only a few people who can travel through eternity." The old man also smiled and said, "There are so many geniuses and so few enlightened ones."
"Only when the mind is immobile can we travel through eternity." Li Qiye smiled and said, "It has nothing to do with light, nothing to do with darkness, and nothing to do with majestic ways or heretical ways."
"If the foundation of Taoism is not true, how can Taoism be unmoved." The old man stared with a solemn expression.
Li Qiye couldn't help but look into the distance, nodded, acknowledged, and said: "It is indeed true. When people look at distant places, they often forget their own feet. How can you reach far without accumulating steps?"
The old man took a sip of the mountain spring, nodded, then looked at Li Qiye and said, "Why are fellow Taoists here?"? "Just to see." Li Qiye smiled and said, "Look at what the sage left behind, but... When I came here and saw you, I felt that I should feel relieved. It doesn’t matter whether I look or not.”
"Now that you're here, why not take a look. Seeing it with your own eyes will make you feel at ease." The old man spoke very politely, as if he were an elder.
"That's true. It doesn't matter if you take a look at the Saint of the Wilderness. His state of mind at that time was good." Li Qiye smiled and said.
"He came from darkness. Although he said that he ignites the light in his heart, he is darkness after all, so he still returns to darkness." The old man said seriously: "So, when I say him, he does not represent light, but... At that time, my knowledge was still shallow and my skills were not as good as others."
"Whether it is light or darkness, it is nothing more than a thought in his heart." Li Qiye couldn't help but smile, shook his head, and said: "He is different from you. You are obsessed with the light, and finally the light. What you want is just to walk. .”
"That's true." The old man rarely nodded seriously and said: "Back then, I told him that the light he sought was nothing more than comfort in his heart, and he only wanted to comfort himself. His efforts to save all living beings and shine universally were just for himself. It was just a pursuit. Deep in his heart, greed was always ready to take action. His greed always wanted to capture his light. In the end, for him, light was just a means, and he could not get rid of his greed. !”
"To be more precise, he can't get rid of the fear in his heart!" Li Qiye looked at the distance and said slowly: "When facing destruction, he can't get rid of this fear, he can't get rid of this failure, he can't be magnanimous, this No matter what happens to him, he must survive or have a chance to fight. It is precisely because of this that he always seeks to make himself stronger..."
"...When he became powerful to a certain extent, the greed in his heart broke through his bottom line and shook his Taoist heart, making him willing to do anything to achieve his strategy, even if it meant ruining his own world. Ruining his own era... In the end, when he wanted to return to the light and search for his own humanity, he would realize that it was just his own comfort, wanting to comfort the dead. He wanted to comfort the people who had been disappointed in him." At this point, he couldn't help but sigh softly.
The old man was silent for a while, and after a while, he said slowly: "All I ask for is to teach you the Tao and walk your own path." "Purely, this is a good thing." Li Qiye said with a smile.
The old man raised his head, looked at Li Qiye, and said slowly: "Where is my fellow Taoist? Are you going to comfort me for the road that my fellow Taoist has walked?"
"No, I don't need to comfort myself, nor do I need to comfort the souls of the dead." Li Qiye looked into the distance with firm eyes, and said slowly: "A good beginning will end well. It has nothing to do with darkness or light. I am walking alone. , The rise and fall of the world behind me is its business, and I don’t need to support it, nor do I need to bury it, so I don’t need to shoulder the burden of sentient beings, and sentient beings don’t need to look to me.”
"There is no savior in this world." The old man nodded.
Li Qiye smiled and said: "Yes, there is no savior in the world. If there is a savior in the world, then this savior is often the devil! Therefore, I am not a savior. What I do is just to be myself. , I am who I am!”
"My fellow Taoist has a long journey, and it is not easy to walk." The old man sighed and said, "I have spent my entire life just to teach the Tao and stand shoulder to shoulder with our ancestors. But my fellow Taoist, it is a long journey. Beyond the heavens, beyond all realms, not among my kind, I am afraid that I will not be able to see the achievements of fellow Taoists in this life."
"Perhaps, this is a good thing." Li Qiye couldn't help laughing and said: "If I succeed, the sky will change. If I fail, I'm afraid, the world will be destroyed. No matter which one it is, for the world, it will be It’s not necessarily something they’re willing to accept, and for a lot of people, they’re more willing to accept the status quo.”
"When the nest is overturned, there are no intact eggs." The old man looked at the distant place. After a while, he slowly said: "My way is limited and I cannot see all the leopards. However, I know from the words of the sage in the wilderness that when the time comes, Yes, it will come eventually, no matter which world, you can't escape in the end, it's just a matter of time."
"For ants, of course they live in the present. One spring and one summer, their lives are over. As for the floods after death, what does it have to do with them?" Li Qiye smiled and said: "Thousands of years, for As far as the world is concerned, it is too far away and is not considered by them. They live in the present and all they want is to make themselves stronger."
"Yes." The old man couldn't help but sigh and said, "How can ordinary people understand what a saint does?"
"Fortunately, I am not a saint, so I am not as lonely as a saint." Li Qiye said leisurely.
"Really?" The old man smiled and said, "Whether he is a saint or not will be known in the distant future. However, what we can know now is that one day, fellow Taoist monks may be reviled by the world and reviled by generations."
"That didn't happen in a day or two." Li Qiye couldn't help but laugh and said: "Since ancient times, there have been many people scolding me. No one knows that I am a devil, and no one knows that I am the mastermind behind the scenes. If you want to have a good reputation, then do nothing; if you want to have a good reputation, then become a saint in the wilderness."
"But fellow Taoists are not willing to be these two kinds of people." The old man smiled.
"I said it was me." Li Qiye couldn't help but smile and said: "Why do you need to be someone else? What the world thinks is none of my business."
"It's none of my business." The old man couldn't help but admired and said: "When I was young, I didn't have such a broad-minded mind as my Taoist friends. I worried about gains and losses. Only now do I realize that all of this seems so insignificant and insignificant. ridiculous."
"Be yourself, and let others decide what your name will be after your death." Li Qiye said with a casual smile, not caring at all.
"Be yourself, and let others talk about your reputation after death." The old man couldn't help but feel strange, nodded, and said: "Unfortunately, I realized it too late back then. If I had been a step earlier, maybe there would be no saint in the wilderness."
"It's not too late now." Li Qiye smiled and said leisurely: "One day, your light will shine on this world. In the future, after the distant saints, there will be you."
The old man smiled, looked into the distance, and said slowly: "That's the only way it can be."
Li Qiye smiled, looked at the old man, and said, "The big black bull once said that you had some ideas."
"This little calf is just too skinny." The old man couldn't help but smile, shook his head, and said, "He has a great fortune, a good background, and a decent bloodline. He has a bright future. It's a pity that the skin is so tight, otherwise , he will become the creator of an era."
"He is not such a person." Li Qiye said: "Even if he is allowed to sit in the supreme position, I am afraid that he will not sit comfortably. Due to his nature, he is just a wild bull running wild in the wilderness. This is what he wants. Born in heaven and earth, unrestrained! Not because of fame or power!"
"It's time to polish it." The old man smiled and said, "Without any restraint, sooner or later he will overthrow the sky."
"So, you keep the Night Emperor Ghost Phoenix Buza." Li Qiye said with a smile: "Just to suppress him."
"This little calf dares to do anything and is lawless." The old man smiled bitterly and said: "He also begged me, but he just couldn't help being greedy, so I kicked him out."
When the old man said this, Li Qiye could completely imagine what happened at that time.
Of course, this is not as lighthearted as what the big black cow said. I'm afraid it's not just as simple as stealing a few leaves.
This big black cow must have been unable to hold back for a moment and got into great trouble, so it suffered a big loss at the hands of the old man.
It's no wonder that Da Hei Niu is so afraid and doesn't dare to come here. He just doesn't dare to come here because he has done something wrong.
"Let it go." Li Qiye smiled and said, "He will eventually have such a good fortune."
The old man also smiled. Judging from his appearance, he was not a grudge-bearing person. Otherwise, how could he have allowed the big black cow to continue running wild in the Holy Mountain? At that time, he only gave the big black cow a lesson.
"It's okay, fellow Taoist, to go take a look. It's a worry that has been settled." Finally, the old man said to Li Qiye.
"Go take a look, get up." Li Qiye nodded, stood up straight, then looked ahead and walked forward.
The old man continued to sit under the tree, as if asleep.
"The sky is about to change, so be prepared." After walking a few steps, Li Qiye turned back and glanced at the old man.
"Just do your best." The old man could only sigh and said: "Throughout the ages, there have been many people stronger than me. Who can escape? I can only try my best. In the future, we still need to see how Friends."
