This is the first time Bai Yan has witnessed a normal death of a living creature. After all, the fish and beasts he hunted are all beasts with undeveloped intelligence, and those who broke into the valley can be said to have been killed by this mountain forest.
It turns out that death, as it is, is not terrible.
Bai Jun crawled back to the valley and coiled himself on a willow branch, thinking about his future after death and wondering which of the six paths of reincarnation he should go to.
It is considered a blessing to live for ten more years.
Now he is considered an old snake. He has lived for nearly nine years and still has one last winter left to live through.
There was a warm touch next to him. Bai Jun lazily turned around, but a huge green python more than four meters long crawled to his side along the willow tree. It was leaning against his side with the belly of the snake. The head of the python also reached Bai Jun. Beside his head, he gently spit out a forked snake letter.
This kind of posture might make you think of something that shouldn't happen when you put it on a human being, but if you put it on a snake, it's completely normal.
Among the two potential snake kings in the valley, Bai Jun finally chose this green snake.
Because the growth direction of the green snake is very similar to his, with the snake's body resembling a dragon's head. Although the black snake is longer, its head is not as thick as its waist. It is inferior in terms of body balance, combat effectiveness, and even dominance. many.
The green snake climbed up the willow tree and spit out the snake message, as if to comfort him.
Bai Jun spit out the snake letter and responded to the green snake calmly, telling it: From now on, the valley will depend on you.
On the thousand-year-old willow tree, the green leaves are as green as the sea, and two snakes, one green and one white, intertwined.
This winter, Bai Jun hibernated early.
He began to stop caring about anything in the valley and left everything to the green snake.
Even though snakes are cold-blooded and emotionless, Bai Jun forced them to change their way of living.
Nowadays, in the lakes outside the valley, if any water birds dare to prey on snakes, they will be surrounded by snakes.
This does not mean that the snakes have developed spiritual wisdom and emotions, but that they have identified with their living habits. They still have no warmth, they are born without knowing their parents, and they may never see each other again in their lifetime, or they may use their fangs to physically kill each other's brothers and sisters when they meet, but they finally have this habit of unity.
Even after Bai Jun dies, as long as there is a maintainer of order, that is, the new Snake King, this habit will continue, and Wan Snake Mountain will always be Wan Snake Mountain.
Snakes will naturally not remember these things, what Bai Jun has done for them, but this is also the advantage of snakes, they are ruthless, indifferent and loyal to their ancestors' habits.
This year, Snake King Valley has been as peaceful as ever.
The valleys are filled with winter snow, the mountains are covered with ice flowers and snow branches, the ponds are frozen, the birds are extinct, and all animals are hidden, without distinction between east and west.
But the human world is completely different.
In the cold wind, there are monsters raging, natural disasters and heavy snows, man-made rebellions, countless people and families falling apart, and chaos in the Nineteenth and Thirteen continents of Tianyuan.
In Dajin, a human country on Linnan Continent, natural and man-made disasters of various sizes also broke out.
Unlike other countries, which are protected by Taoism or relied on by Buddhism, in the territory of Jin Dynasty, there is no Taoism and no Buddha.
It's not that the people can't believe in Buddhism and Taoism, but that neither monks nor Taoists can enter the Jin Dynasty.
As for this reason, it also falls on His Majesty the Holy Emperor, who is now in his prime. It can also be said to be the efforts of several generations of emperors in the Jin Dynasty.
This small country originally only occupied a land area of less than a thousand miles from the three states. However, after the current Holy Emperor ascended the throne thirty years ago, he worked hard to govern, promote people's livelihood and trade, raise a hundred thousand troops, and went south to destroy the small country in three expeditions. Yue occupied Yunzhou and Nanzhou. Today's Qinanzhou is the Nanzhou of Yue State.
Later, the Holy Emperor rested with the people, developed commerce, opened north-south official roads, and established prefectures, counties, towns and villages. The prefectures and counties were for the government to exercise power, and the towns and villages were for folk clan autonomy. Through a series of ten-year-long new/political/reforms, the imperial and local powers of the Jin Dynasty were unified, and they once again marched westward, conquered the Xi Zang Kingdom six times, and gained three more states.
At this point, the Jin Kingdom was changed into the Great Jin Dynasty, also known as the Great Jin Dynasty. The country was prosperous and the people were strong. The Holy Emperor still followed the decree prohibiting monks from entering, but he used the imperial edict of the Human King to enshrine the gods of thirty-eight famous mountains and the gods of forty-seven dangerous rivers in the eight states of Jin Dynasty to suppress evil spirits and ghosts. The god of the city god of the forty-nine cities in eight states, who is responsible for judging the cycle of life and death, and protecting the safety of the people within his jurisdiction.
But now, His Majesty the Holy Emperor has transcended the realm of human emperors and reached the realm of divine emperors by relying on the luck of the eight states of human race. He lives high in the temple, can turn his hands into clouds and rain, and can be granted the status of a spiritual god with a single decree. , one word can subjugate demons.
But during these years, the Jin Dynasty also suffered from disasters everywhere, and the people were in dire straits.
But all this has nothing to do with Bai Jun now.
If there must be one, it is that there are many people fleeing for safety in the mountains. Some brave people still want to rely on their snake-catching skills to wait until next spring when the snakes come out of their caves to make a quick buck.
Why does the name of Wanshe Mountain attract so many people? But it was the scholar who came to Zhuangjia Village who compiled what he saw about the death of the Snake King into a book and turned it into a storybook for entertainment. Unexpectedly, he was changed into a white snake by the storyteller to repay his kindness and help the village tide over difficulties many times. When a pack of wolves entered the village, the snake king fought back and protected the village with an outnumbered enemy. What is the miraculous story of a white snake entering a dry well in drought years and water immediately gushing out? The story is very fascinating and has been widely circulated. Snake Mountain is becoming more and more famous in Qinan Prefecture.
In fact, where are there so many things to repay kindness in the world? Even if beasts and the like become monsters, they are mostly ruthless and cruel monsters, so it would be nice not to devour mortals. But ordinary people always need a fantasy to comfort themselves and make themselves believe that there is always beauty in the world, good people will be rewarded with good things, and evil will be rewarded with evil. Even if they don't have them, they will make up a beautiful dream for themselves, which will become their thoughts in suffering. .
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One spring day, Bai Jun woke up.
This time, it was a long time before he woke up from hibernation.
This is a decline in physical function, causing a dulling of the senses and body, in other words, he is old.
When the fear of death came to his mind, Bai Jun recited the Buddhist sutra, "The Mahaparinirvana Sutra" in his heart.
The sound of Buddhist scriptures calmed the fear in Bai Jun's heart, and he wanted to die calmly and responsibly.
Bai Jun is entangled in the willow branches every day, waiting for summer to come day by day. His body is getting older little by little, and he has the smell of death.
High in the sky, a huge golden eagle hovers in the valley every day, refusing to leave for a long time, but not daring to land.
There was a cold look in Bai Yan's vertical pupils. Even if he died, it would not be something that a golden eagle could humiliate him lightly.
The perceptions of animals and beasts are mysterious yet extremely sensitive. As Bai Jun's body slowed down day by day, more and more eagles were circling in the sky outside the valley.
There are mountain eagles, goshawks, vultures, golden eagles, and even snake vultures. There are more than twenty of them.
They usually rush down in groups, and even if there are a large number of snakes in the group, they cannot withstand the power of more than twenty giant birds swooping down.
Bai Jun dragged his old body and fought with them again. He bit three big goshawks to death and whipped two snake vultures to death, which shocked the eagles.
If the body function had not declined a lot, more eagles would have been killed.
Although Bai Jun has no legs, he can be described in one sentence as a centipede insect, dead but not stiff.
The king of the sky will break his wings and die in front of Bai Jun.
On a summer afternoon, Bai Jun's eyelids became heavier and heavier, and he knew that his life was approaching.
This life has only lasted ten years, and Bai Jun is no longer a human being. He has been seeking enlightenment for ten years, but why has he got nothing? He obviously has a human soul and is extremely intelligent, but he can't even follow the path of a demon?
That’s all!
Bai Yan's heart was as calm as ever before. His heart was as calm as water, his goodness was like water, he was not alarmed by changes, and he became strong without fighting.
He raised his head and glanced at the bright sunshine. Oh, such good sunshine will never be seen again.
Bai Jun lost all his strength, and he was quietly waiting for death to come.
In this interaction between life and death, Bai Jun suddenly realized that the world in front of him was very different.
The pond is secluded, the ancient trees are green, the mountains are mysterious, the sun is red, the mountain roots are golden, the wind is blowing and the clouds are moving, the changes of the heaven and earth, and the spirit of the five elements are all visible at a glance.
Bai Yan saw the path to demon transformation that he had been longing for for ten years, and suddenly realized that it was precisely because of the mixture of his obsession and the human soul that he lost the innocence of beasts and the pure induction of nature. You are not allowed to enter the magic of demons.
Today, he was on the verge of death and finally saw that path. Bai Jun chuckled, he died without regrets.
If you hear the Tao in the morning, you will die in the evening.
A white snake coiled among the leaves of a thousand-year-old willow forest. The sun was shining brightly and the breeze was warm. He fell asleep, and the white snake's life ended on this bright summer day.
At the last moment when Bai Jun's consciousness dissipated, the ruby bead he had buried in his body for ten years finally saw the light, and the ruby faded into his blood.
Far away in the underworld, a judge looked at the book list in his hand and was about to cross out a living being who had reached the end of his life, but he never thought that the word "Bai Jun" on the page suddenly disappeared.
The judge was shocked. He rubbed his eyes and found that it was not dazzling. He opened his mouth to scream and report to the King of Hell, but he suddenly remembered something and covered his mouth.
Who can change their fate against the odds? Unless it is a terrifying existence from the upper realm. If he stabbed him, it would be a good end if the terrifying existence of the upper world drove him to pieces.
Anyway, he was the only one who saw this. The left and right are just beasts. If he didn't say anything about it, he would just let it go. Maybe he could still have some sympathy for that terrifying existence.
The judge thought for a while, persuaded himself and suppressed his uneasiness, and continued to search for the living beings whose life span had expired. He would write down names, and there would be some unforeseen circumstances that would lock the souls away.
It was as if the scene just now had not happened.
In the Snake King Valley, the eagles flying high seemed to sense something, and they flew straight down to where the snakes gathered to hunt.
The Green Snake King has now grown to a body of five meters long. It is still possible to defeat one or two giant eagles, but even the Green Snake King is overwhelmed by more than a dozen eagles and is seriously injured.
At this moment, the already dead White Snake King opened his eyes faintly, with confusion in his eyes.
"Am I dead?" Bai Jun looked at the familiar valley in front of him in confusion. He twisted his body and found that his whole body was full of strength. He was no longer as weak as before, and his physical strength even increased.
"I am resurrected from the dead and given a new life!"
Bai Jun felt joy in his heart. His life was not over yet? Or was it that the Lord of Hell was so merciful that he added ten more years to his life? Or is it the mysterious ruby bead in the body? "
The doubts in my heart gradually subsided. Since I can't figure it out, there is no need to think about it anymore. You only need to make good use of your own strength and advantages to survive in the cruel nature or the future demon world.
Bai Jin's snake tail bent, and his body suddenly jumped out, as if flying into the sky, straight across the pool and fell into the Xianxian Canyon. Then his body muscles exerted force quickly, as fast as the wind, as fast as the shower, like an afterimage.
Climbing out of the sky, Bai Jun crawled hard, then raised half of his body to a height of more than six meters, bit the feet of the giant eagle with a wingspan of four meters wide, and then pulled it down and fell into the swamp. Crushed alive to death.
When the eagles saw this scene, they were so frightened that they flapped their wings and fled into the sky.
The Green Snake King was so surprised to see Bai Jun come back from the dead that he approached him regardless of his injuries, spitting out snake letters to express his excitement.
Bai Jun also spit out the snake letter in response, indicating that he was fine.
The communication between snakes is as simple as this. It can only convey general emotions, and it is really impossible to carry out more profound verbal communication.
Bai Jun twisted his body and climbed up the hundred-foot-high mountain at a terrifying speed. He circled on the top of the mountain and screamed suddenly at the sky and sea of clouds, "Hiss~"
The special sound wave swept across a hundred miles, and countless snakes also raised their heads and screamed.
The camera zooms from the top of the mountain to the giant python and white snake descending to the bottom of the mountain. Tens of thousands of snakes are all spitting out messages. Such a terrifying scene is enough to frighten all beasts and startle thousands of birds in Nanshan to flutter their wings and move away hastily.
On the southeast side of the mountains, in a stone cave, a white-furred fox was wagging its big fluffy tail, lying on the stone bed and smiling humanely, "That snake finally became a monster. Although it is a little late for the snake genus , but the old snake is a demon if he doesn’t die.”
On the west side of the mountains, in a huge cave, a strange tiger with the head of a human and an animal and the body of a tiger moved its ears. As if it heard something, it opened its mouth and blinked, and it turned into a tiger head with a huge mouth.
He growled lowly, and a wild wolf shivered outside the cave and entered the cave.
The tiger spoke human words: "There is a beast on the border of the human race in Shannan that has successfully transformed into a demon. It should be a demon that is not weak. Go find it and persuade it to join my king."
If ferocious beasts are not demonized, you don't need to put in extra effort to swallow ordinary rabbit monsters, rat monsters and the like to avoid future troubles. "
The gray wolf nodded hurriedly when he heard the words. When the tiger said go ahead, he immediately ran out of the cave, not daring to wait for a moment. After all, there were mountains of corpses and even many skulls of his own race in the cave.
Seeing that the gray wolf was gone, the tiger sneered and said to himself: "Hei Xiazi, your men are all fox demons and bird demons. How useful are these weak beasts even if they transform into demons? This time I will appear in disguise." Human head, next time you transform into a human and your strength is greatly increased, let’s see how you fight against this king?”
On the south side of the mountains, a huge black bear was taking out handfuls of wild honey from its nest and putting it into its mouth, letting the swarms of bees sting it all over its body.
It licked its fingers, heard some kind of fluctuation, and didn't care. It raised its hand and threw away the empty hive, and continued to move towards the next hive. And none of the swarms of bees surrounding it could penetrate this guy's fur.
