At nightfall, Yizhou Governor's Mansion.
At the invitation of Qian Jin, Du Chengfeng stayed overnight at the Governor's Mansion. This may be to reassure him, or as Liu Bolun said, Qian Jin had other conspiracies - but for those Du Chengfeng didn't care about the potential danger at all. In other words, this is what he was waiting for.
As the saying goes, when soldiers come, they will be blocked, and when water comes, the soil will cover them. If there is no danger, what is he pointing to to improve his strength?
Does it depend on daily training? That's too slow.
"So that's why you stayed?"
After hearing what Du Chengfeng said, Liu Bolun, who came here specifically, frowned.
"In order to polish yourself and improve your strength?"
"Otherwise, you don't really think I'm out of my mind, do you?"
Du Chengfeng couldn't help but scratch his head.
But Liu Bolun was still a little worried about this explanation. After all, he already knew the other person's temperament after getting along with him during this period of time. It might be too much to say that he has no ambitions, but Du Chengfeng is indeed not the kind of person who has any ambitions. people.
Perhaps this is why, even though Du Chengfeng has become a de facto rebel, he still has not really raised the flag of rebellion.
But therein lies the problem.
If you don't even rebel, is it still necessary to provoke this master of Da Chen?
"Since you said you were doing it to increase your strength... let me tell you a story."
Liu Bolun thought for a while and decided to give a few more words of advice.
"Tell a story about a big tree."
"Oh? How to say"
Du Chengfeng became a little interested.
Liu Bolun also continued to talk.
It is said that a long time ago, there was a big tree standing on the roadside. On this day, two pedestrians passed by this big tree. One of the passers-by saw the big tree and sighed at its lush branches, while the other passer-by shook his head after hearing this statement.
"This big tree does have lush branches, but the branches are all crooked, and the trunk is twisted several times. Not to mention using such a tree as a beam, even if it is made into purlins or even split into wooden boards, it will be useless. If it can’t be used, it’s just trash.”
"You're right, this big tree is indeed trash."
Hearing what his companion said, the passerby who had just admired the big tree first acknowledged what the other party said, and then told another story.
It is said that there are a lot of spirit turtles on the coast of the East China Sea, but those spirit turtles are different from ordinary turtles. Not only do these spirit turtles grow very fast, but the lines on their backs are even neater. Compared with ordinary turtles, , the tortoise shells of these spirit tortoises are simply excellent witchcraft materials.
Then these turtles were caught by people. People would eat the meat of the turtles, and then use the turtle shells to divine good and bad luck. The remaining turtles were also raised, and they would face death at any time.
And after continuous consumption, these turtles eventually became extinct.
"The spirit turtle made itself useful, but died the fastest. The big tree on the roadside made itself useless, but it became luxuriant, and even survived to this day, being seen by you and me. "
This is what the passerby wanted to tell his companions.
This is also what Liu Bolun wanted to say to Du Chengfeng.
"Pursue the improvement of strength and find ways to make yourself useful, and you will soon face the day when you fall. You have already released your evil spirit and have all the skills, so why continue to pursue it? ?”
"Um……"
Du Chengfeng couldn't help but change his eyes when he looked at Liu Bolun.
No wonder, he had been thinking before, why did Liu Bolun drink and show off every day when he was obviously very capable? It turned out that this was what Liu Bolun had been thinking all along.
And it sounds like it does make some sense.
At least it should make sense to Liu Bolun. After all, Liu Bolun himself lives by this principle - even if this drunkard has a lot of skills, he will still choose not to use them when he can choose not to use them.
But if it were Du Chengfeng...
He had a different view on this matter.
"Let me also tell a story, also about a big tree."
Du Chengfeng roughly organized his words and then continued speaking to Liu Bolun.
A long time ago, there was also a big tree on the roadside, but it was different from the big tree in Liu Bolun's story. This big tree could bear fruit - so, just like the spirits in Liu Bolun's story, Like the turtle, this useful tree was finally discovered by people.
People took away the fruits and pruned the branches of the big tree, hoping that one day the big tree could be cut down and used as the pillars of houses.
"Then what?"
Liu Bolun was a little confused.
"Isn't this the same as what I told you?"
"Listen to me first."
Raising his hand to signal Liu Bolun to calm down, Du Chengfeng continued.
After realizing that the reason for his bad luck was because of the fruit, the big tree stopped bearing fruit. At the same time, just like the big tree in Liu Bolun's story, the big tree also grew crookedly, making it difficult for him to bear fruit. There is no way for me to be chopped down and used as the beams of that house.
But this makes no sense. People will still cut off the branches of the big tree to use as firewood, or peel off the bark to make paper. While people say that the big tree is useless waste, they are thinking about what to do. Let this waste continue to be of some use.
"this……"
Hearing this, Liu Bolun was speechless.
And Du Chengfeng's narration continues.
In order to survive, the big tree continues to change itself. It makes its branches gnarled and scarred, making people with axes frown just by looking at it. It makes its branches more moist. Water, even if used as firewood, can only be considered the lowest quality. Even the bark on its body has gradually become tattered and can no longer be used to make paper.
After everything has become like this, you can finally survive, right?
Dashu felt that he had finally accomplished everything.
However, this still doesn't make much sense.
The big tree finally became completely useless, but people looked at the useless big tree and found it more and more annoying. So after discussing it, people decided to simply uproot the big tree. The road can be resurfaced and made stronger.
"Is this...what you want to express?"
Liu Bolun was silent for a moment. He felt that he felt something in this story.
"Even the so-called uselessness has its limit. When it becomes completely useless, is it when death is approaching?"
Liu Bolun began to scratch his head.
"Isn't this a little too pessimistic?"
"No, I'm not finished yet."
Du Chengfeng continued.
"Seeing people walking over with various tools, the big tree finally realized that it had to do something after all, so the big tree uprooted its roots, took steps, and lifted its branches. Beat those people to death."
At this point, Du Chengfeng paused.
"Then it survived."
"..."
Liu Bolun was speechless for a long time.
What does it mean to pull up the roots of a tree? What does this nonsense mean?
"If it's just purely useless, you can indeed survive temporarily, but what determines whether you can survive is not whether you are useful or not, but other people's thoughts and even other people's moods."
At this point, Du Chengfeng couldn't help but sigh.
Recalling that when he first arrived, he also thought about living aloof from the world, or in other words, as a man of peace, he was not used to fighting and killing - but even if he didn't want to look for trouble, trouble would always find him. There will always be times when he needs to use his sword to fight, and there will always be times when he takes one step back and dies.
"So, you must at least have the strength to uproot the tree."
Du Chengfeng picked up the spurge beside him.
"Even if you want to live a good life, you must have the ability to protect this life."
While saying this, Du Chengfeng extended his hand to Liu Bolun.
"So, teach me."
"I've long wanted to know what your Taixue teaches."
The first update arrived, maybe because I felt relaxed after it was released. Yesterday I slept intermittently throughout the day and didn't wake up until midnight.
So I've fallen asleep, and when I wake up, I can only add more chapters. As long as I update a few more chapters, everything will be fine.
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I continued to code, and I still have it today.
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