"But, when you first wanted to seek immortality, wasn't it just for your own sake? Did you seek immortality for your family?"
"……No."
"Then it's inevitable that they will leave." Yun Kong sighed, "But why would you bother to marry again?"
"I'm afraid of being alone!"
"But don't you want to have any more children?"
"Children are relatives of flesh and blood! The pain of losing a wife is certainly painful, but watching the birth and death of children is a bone-crushing pain!"
The two were silent for a while.
"Okay, you want to die, Wu Sheng Ke said, how can I help you die?"
"I didn't say anything." Mr. Huang Cong was a little confused. Now that he had found Yunkong, why didn't Yunkong know how to help him? The "omniscient Wusheng" should not lie to him.
Yun Kong scratched his head: "Just now you said that if Wu Sheng saw you again..."
"No, I don't want to see him again," Mr. Huang Cong looked around in a panic. More white cloth fell off his face, revealing his miserable, wrinkled and swollen face. "Isn't he here too?"
"He didn't come," Yun Kong patted the table, "I understand very well that you don't want to live anymore, but he wants you to live longer, so don't you just have to refuse?"
"Mr. Yunkong, he wants to punish me. He wants me to suffer even more pain!"
Yun Kong looked at him puzzled.
"I want to admit my mistake! I have known it for a long time! I should not have gone to Penglai. I should not have gone to the Immortal Palace with the intention of stealing the fairy medicine and the secret recipe of immortality. I admit my mistake! I just ask not to live anymore. Go down! I can't bear to live!" Mr. Huang Cong's tears burst out and turned into crying and hysterical confession, "Let me die! Don't punish me anymore!"
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The word "immortal" originally meant "immortal", which refers to a hermit who moved to live in the mountains and stayed away from the world.
I don’t know when the word "immortal" was changed to use. It obviously means people who live in the mountains. "Shiwen" explains this word: "Being old but not dying is called an immortal."
Immortality is what many people long for.
Wanting immortality is due to attachment to one's own existence.
The same is true for Mr. Huang Cong.
Mr. Huang Cong is a title. Let’s not mention his real name for now. He just said that when he was young, with the passion for immortality, he traveled far to the East China Sea to find the legendary fairy island.
The Fairy Island is a legend that has existed since the Warring States Period. It is a place where immortals gather. As long as you find the Fairy Island, there will be a lot of gods for you to ask for advice.
Fortunately, he found it, while many other failed immortal seekers could not resist the decaying power of time and turned into nothingness in time.
Hearing this, Yun Kong couldn't help but ask: "How did you find it?"
"It's Xiancha. I accidentally saw a Xiancha."
According to legend, Xiancha is the means of transportation for immortals.
"I followed Mr. Xu Fu's path, turning all the way to Qidi (today's Shandong). I heard that Xu Fu went to sea for the second time there, and it was also his hometown. I heard that when Qin Shihuang visited Qidi, Mr. Xu Fu was there This requires a second trip to sea.
"When I arrived at Qidi, I went around asking the villagers for news about the immortal. I went into the deep mountains and swamps, wandering about life and death several times, and finally accidentally saw the immortal."
Immortals ride on immortal chariots.
In a mountainous field overgrown with weeds, young Mr. Huang Cong, covered in sticky sweat, tiredly waved away the disturbing mountain mosquitoes with his tired hands.
He heard a strange sound for no reason. It was a high-frequency sound that was almost inaudible, but it had a buzzing feeling in his ears... He looked up and saw something flying leisurely, like a huge Feihe, there is a person sitting on it.
"I chased Xiancha, knowing that I couldn't miss the opportunity. Xiancha flew to a small stream. The immortal came down to drink water. I rushed up and begged him to accept me as his disciple..."
At this point, Mr. Huang Cong suddenly stopped and stared blankly into space.
The huge candlelight was rippling, illuminating a thatched cottage in this small mountain village.
"That immortal, I can't tell you... His whole body is glowing with silver, his eyes are ethereal, and his whole body is filled with immortal energy." Mr. Huang Cong was lost in thought, his eyes flashing with emotion, "This is me The first time I saw an immortal, I begged him for immortality..."
Yun Kong felt that his description of the immortal seemed familiar.
Silver light... ethereal eyes...
"He gave you immortality?"
"No, he didn't talk to me. He just kept muttering something. He was about to board Xiancha. I held him tight and he probably panicked and wanted to wave me away... …”
Mr. Huang Cong was tired and hungry. He didn't want his years of hard work to be in vain, and he didn't want the immortal he rarely met to run away like this.
He did something that he immediately regretted.
He knocked down the immortal and snatched the immortal tree.
He didn't know how to control Xiancha, but Xiancha automatically lifted into the sky and took him to the East China Sea, where he stopped on a mountain on the island.
There, he met Wu Sheng who changed his life.
"Wu Sheng is beautiful."
pretty? "Is he a woman?"
Mr. Huang Cong looked into the air dreamily: "I can't tell whether he is a boy or a girl. He is very beautiful, and his whole body is glowing. He is smiling at me..." After saying this, he tilted his head and thought. He thought, as if he was wondering whether Wu Sheng had laughed after all.
"He seemed to see through my heart and everything about me. He told me..." Mr. Huang Cong shook his head hurriedly, "No, he didn't tell me, he didn't say it with his mouth, but what I heard in my head. …”
Yun Kong patted Mr. Huang Cong's hand and called him back to reality. He was at a loss and felt confused because his speech was interrupted.
Yun Kong pointed to the maid beside him.
The maid asked timidly: "Master, Madam asked you if you want to go to bed?"
"Going to bed?" Mr. Huang Cong asked in disbelief, "Didn't you see me receiving guests?"
"It's already very late, Mr. Huang Cong." Yun Kong reminded him.
Mr. Huang Cong kicked the maid out, turned around and asked Yunkong nervously: "Mr. Yunkong, where did I just say?" as if he was eager to finish all his words at once.
"You said Wu Sheng was speaking to you."
Yun Kong was about to hear the important point.
How did Mr. Huang Cong, who did not practice Taoism and was not an immortal, achieve immortality?
"Wusheng said..."
Wu Sheng asked: "What are you here for?"
He didn't ask him where the original owner of Xiancha was or how he found it. He asked him his purpose right away.
"I want to live forever." Mr. Huang Cong has forgotten how he said it, but it is roughly true.
"Okay," Wu Sheng agreed readily, "I'll give you immortality."
Mr. Huang Cong was ecstatic, kowtowed desperately, and thanked him desperately.
"You have to remember, what is immortality?" Wu Sheng said, "It means never getting old or dying, not getting hurt, not decaying, not disappearing. You will exist until the end of time, no matter how the mountains, rivers, vegetation change, and the sea changes. You are still you."
I don’t know if it’s an illusion.
Just when Wu Sheng finished "speaking", he seemed to hear Wu Sheng laughing again.
Moreover, the laughter was malicious and made him shudder.
"I have no idea what happened next, I already passed out."
Not hearing about the process of becoming immortal, Yun Kong was very disappointed and couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart.
"Wusheng told me after I woke up that I was already an immortal. He cut me with a sharp weapon and the wound healed quickly. I was very happy at the time..."
Suddenly, he slammed the table hard and his face turned red: "Asshole! Why am I so happy!" All the white cloth on Mr. Huang Cong's face fell off, revealing a young and handsome face, with a smooth face and a healthy red glow. color.
Yun Kong was surprised by his slap on the table.
Yun Kong was surprised again when he saw his face.
Although Mr. Huang Cong looked sad and angry, he still couldn't hide his boyish handsome face, which had nothing to do with someone who had lived for thousands of years.
Yun Kong calmed down and urged him to continue: "What happened next?"
"I took a ride on the Xiancha and traveled around. I was really at home at that time, so happy... My wife gave birth to children, and then watched them age, die, and go to the grave. I couldn't bear the sorrow of my children and grandchildren. I didn't want them to grow old one by one. My great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren looked at me sadly, so I had no choice but to leave and go to another place to have a wife and have children, and then generations of children died in front of me..." He fell on the table and cried, his whole body shaking with sobs.
Yun Kong let him cry and let him cry happily.
Maybe he hasn't cried in a long time? Yun Kong sighed softly, imagining the feeling of not having shed tears for thousands of years.
When he stopped sobbing and only let out a slight whimper, Yun Kong asked him: "I want to know something."
