After Li Qiye and the others entered Heimu Cliff, they stayed at an inn near the Kuroshio Sea for a temporary stay.
After settling in, Yang Ling and Fan Bai were busy setting up business, and only the old slave stayed with them.
Li Qiye sat in front of the window, looking at the black tide sea in the distance without saying anything, while the old slave also stayed by his side quietly.
After a while, Li Qiye looked away and said calmly: "You seem to have something to say."
The old slave opened his mouth, but he didn't know how to word it. After a moment, he said: "Young master came for the Black Tide Sea."
What Lao Nu said does not refer to the present, but refers to the very beginning. From the beginning of Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain, or even from the time he appeared in Nanxi Emperor, Li Qiye’s purpose was very clear. He did not come for the Holy Land of Buddha, nor did he come here. He came for the Holy Mountain, not even for minor characters like the Golden Pestle Dynasty. He came for the Black Tide Sea.
At the beginning, Li Qiye’s goal was the Black Tide Sea, but others didn’t know it. Therefore, among all the people here, Li Qiye was just passing by.
"That's right." Li Qiye smiled faintly, looking at the Kuroshio Sea with a deep and incomparable light, but he didn't say much, let alone talk about the Kuroshio Sea.
How many people came straight to the Kuroshio Sea from the beginning? What kind of existence is this? This is of course something that the world cannot measure, and of course it is difficult for an old slave to measure it.
"The young master is also about to leave the Holy Land of Buddha." The old slave said softly. At this point, he looked at the ring on Li Qiye's hand.
No matter what Li Qiye's identity is, no matter what Li Qiye has done in this Buddha's Holy Land, he is still a passer-by. The Buddha's Holy Land cannot keep him. Perhaps, there is no place or anyone in this wasteland. , Anything can keep him.
Of course, this is just Lao Nu's guess, but Lao Nu believes in his intuition, and it will definitely not be wrong.
Li Qiye smiled faintly and said, "Since when did you start caring about the Holy Land of Buddha? Maybe you are also concerned about this world."
The old slave couldn't help but smile and said: "Being born here and growing up here, it can be regarded as a kind of concern. I can also be regarded as a person from the Buddha's Holy Land. Is there anyone in the world that makes the young master worried?" As he said this, he couldn't help but think about it. Looking at Li Qiye.
Li Qiye couldn't help but look at the Black Tide Sea, his eyes suddenly became extremely deep, as if he had swallowed up everything, or maybe he was looking back on the ancient times.
After a while, Li Qiye murmured: "I'm worried about you, I don't remember it either." At this point, he couldn't help but sigh softly.
This is an understatement, a very common sentence, but when it comes from Li Qiye's mouth, it has an unparalleled charm.
The old slave has experienced countless storms. When he heard these words, he couldn't help but gasp in his heart. Li Qiye's words contained so much information.
It seemed that in the moment he said these words, eternity had passed. It seemed that everything had passed by like time.
It seems that too many things have happened between this breath and one breath, which makes people unable to breathe.
In fact, at this moment, Li Qiye's eyes had already cast his gaze to a more distant place, perhaps millions of years in the past, or perhaps millions of years in the future.
There, there were people and things that Li Qiye was thinking about, but with the passage of time, everything became blurry.
"Time can change too many things." Finally, Li Qiye said lightly.
The old slave was silent for a moment, and finally he said seriously: "However, it cannot change the young master's thoughts, otherwise, the young master would not be here."
"This is the heart of the Tao." Li Qiye said calmly.
The old slave couldn't help but nod. He didn't need to say anything, he could understand that all of this stemmed from Li Qiye's Taoist heart, which was as solid as a rock.
"You should tell me something." Li Qiye said calmly.
The old slave took a deep breath, and finally plucked up the courage and said, "I am willing to follow the young master on a long journey." After saying this, he couldn't help but feel nervous.
Who is he? He once traveled across nine heavens and ten earths. He was proud of an era. He didn't take the four great masters or peerless geniuses seriously. He was once powerful and invincible, but I don't know how many people turned their backs on him.
However, he has experienced countless storms and countless lives and deaths. At this moment, when he said such words, he couldn't help but feel a little nervous and a little expectant. It was like a junior asking for advice from his elders.
"The road is long, I can understand your thoughts." Li Qiye smiled and looked further away.
The old slave couldn't help but nodded and said seriously: "The world is wider than I imagined, so I want to follow the young master and gain more knowledge."
"This can't change anything." Li Qiye said softly: "It is indeed beneficial for you to follow me, but you no longer have what you wanted in the first place."
"What I asked for at the beginning." The old slave couldn't help but say softly. When he said this, he couldn't help but froze.
Li Qiye looked at the distant place and said slowly: "The road is long. When you step into it, your blood boils with excitement. However, the road is too long, so everything we have is polished away."
Having said this, Li Qiye paused, glanced at the old slave, and said slowly: "What did you ask for at the beginning?"
It took the old slave a while before he recovered from his daze. He took a deep breath, and finally said with a solemn expression: "What the knife points to is where my heart is. With the knife in my hand, I will cut open the enemy in front of me." the way!"
"Yes, this is your original intention." Li Qiye said lightly and slowly: "If you lose your original intention, will you still be you? Indeed, if you follow me, you will definitely gain something, but what about yourself?"
Having said this, Li Qiye paused, and after a moment, he said slowly: "Ask yourself deeply, whether it is possible to sleep in the dead of night."
Such calm words stirred up a thousand waves in the old slave's heart. He couldn't help being shocked. He was no longer a teenager, but at this moment, he couldn't help but feel a surge of hot blood in his heart. I recall how high-spirited he was when he was still young.
At that time, he was so confident. With a long sword in his hand, he had everything in the world. Just like what he said just now, where the sword points is where my heart goes, I use the sword in my hand to cut the road ahead.
This is who he is, and it is precisely because of this sentence that he has been studying diligently and moving forward bravely, never flinching or hesitating.
At that time, he was still young, and he swept through ten days, his blood was boiling, and everything was done in one blow. Even if the future is unknown, he still moves forward with his head held high, without shrinking or fearing.
At that time, he was his generation, the peerless swordsman of his generation.
However, today, as time flies, he has experienced countless storms, countless lives and deaths, and it seems that everything has been forgotten. It also seems that after all the hard work, his heart has been ground into calluses, and all the things that have passed have passed away. It is no longer fresh, and that passionate heart has long been deeply wrapped in calluses.
For a moment, the old slave couldn't help but stay still. Time passed too long and he forgot too many things.
At this time, Li Qiye's understatement seemed to break the calluses in his heart, and the blood couldn't help but spurt out, making him boil with excitement. It seemed that he suddenly became young again, and returned to the age of eighteen. generally.
"What the knife points to is where my heart is." After saying this sentence again, the old slave couldn't help but feel excited. At this time, his eyes suddenly became bright and his expression was flying. At this time, he didn't look like a The old man is dying, but he is as radiant as an eighteen-year-old boy.
After a while, the old slave took a deep breath, bowed deeply to Li Qiye, and said, "Thank you, Master, for your guidance!"
If it was said that Li Qiye's guidance in Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain made him reach a higher level, then now Li Qiye's guidance has made him regain his original intention. He is still the same person as before and has not been lost in time. middle.
He was still him. At this moment, the old slave regained himself. It could even be said that Li Qiye changed his future destiny.
"After all, we are living beings with seven emotions and six desires." Li Qiye lamented and sighed softly: "Experiencing too much will make us numb and forget ourselves. Perhaps, one day, we will live a life that we hate."
Having said this, he paused, glanced at the old slave, and said lightly: "Throughout the ages, there have been so many amazing and talented people, so many invincible people, but how many people have lost themselves unconsciously? .When we slowly become numb, then the things we have pursued and the dreams we have persisted in will slowly fade away and eventually be lost in time.”
Such words made the old slave very touched, and he murmured: "It is precisely because of this that some people give up on themselves, some hesitate to move forward, and some indulge themselves..." At this point, he couldn't help but pause, and finally said softly. He said softly: "There are also people who throw themselves into the darkness."
"Yes, when you are lost, one day you will live like what you once hated." Li Qiye said lightly.
The old slave couldn't help but take a deep breath. He understood what Li Qiye said because he had experienced too much. Perhaps, without the guidance of Li Qiye's words, perhaps, he would have been lost in the long road, and in the end he would be beyond recognition, and he would not remember what he once looked like.
"The Taoist heart is not strong." The old slave couldn't help but said softly, and his heart couldn't help but tremble.
Li Qiye said calmly: "It's not anyone's fault. There's not much to blame. I can only say that the road is too long and not everyone can make it to the end."
Li Qiye's simple words made the old slave feel a million emotions.
