The four seasons in Tianlan City have remained unchanged for thousands of years. What has changed is only the people coming and going here.
"No wonder many people turn this world into "secularity" and "rebirth". I didn't understand it in the early years. I always felt that those people were hypocritical and took themselves seriously after learning the art of cultivation for a few days. Get out of the dust and raise your own status.
Haha, looking back now, tsk, this world is indeed not everyone's world. If you can't enter the door of practice, your talents are stretched on the path of practice. Every threshold is like a sieve, sifting through the remaining people. It is difficult not to leave this dust. "
It's still the same small courtyard, still the same pavilion, and even the same two people sitting opposite each other having a drink.
"Haha, brother, your thinking is a bit slow. The more you practice, the fewer people you will follow. The concepts of "coming out of the world" and "secular" have been passed down since ancient times. There is definitely a truth to it, but it can The inability to see through actually varies from person to person. Many people in the sect only look at the surface, and they are really just trying to improve themselves as you said."
The first person to speak was Shen Hao, and the second person to answer was Nie Yun.
The two of them got together, and this scene seemed like yesterday, but as they said, after all, they were no longer the majority of people in this world. Whether they like it or not at this time, they are the part that "came out of the dust".
"No more, let's drink tea..."
"No, you drink your tea, I'd better drink." Nie Yun still couldn't get used to the bitter tea in Shen Hao's house, which still smelled like wine.
Shen Hao smiled and waved, and a middle-aged man who was bent over trotted over and served a pot of hot tea. Then he bent over and retreated, guarding the edge of the pond without daring to go far.
"I haven't been here for a long time. Was that your new housekeeper just now? He looks familiar. But I can't remember where I've seen him before." Nie Yun was drinking, a little surprised. His memory was always very good, but he just served Shen Hao. The person who came with the teapot made him a little confused.
"Not counting the new housekeeper. You haven't been to my place for more than twenty years, so it's normal that you don't know him. But you did meet him when he was still half a boy."
"Hiss...you mean Xiaoma's grandson?! He's already so old?!"
"No, Xiao Ma suffered from lung disease a few years ago. He was bedridden at first, then his condition worsened, and he passed away within a few months. He was only less than eighty years old, and his body and bones were far worse than Hu Tian's before. Hu Tian was But he still managed to survive until he was eighty-five years old.
When Xiao Ma left, I went to see him. He handed his grandson into my hand and said he would continue to guard the door for me. No, after so many years, the pony's bones are probably all clean, and his grandchildren have begun to grow beards. Nowadays, I don’t even call me “Master Shen” anymore. I call me “Old Ancestor” every day. I can’t teach him anymore, and my brain is amazingly stupid. "Shen Hao took a sip of tea and complained to Nie Yun with a smile.
"Haha, dull? Then you still let him be the butler?"
"Knowing the roots, no matter how dull you are, you are still a hundred times better than the people outside! Hey, do you think I'm starting to miss the past when I get old?" Shen Hao asked Nie Yun seriously.
Nie Yun took one look at the other person's appearance, who was in his forties at most, took a sip, and didn't bother to respond.
However, Shen Hao continued to think about himself and said: "I am indeed old. I didn't feel it before, but it wasn't until Qiaoer died that I realized that it wasn't that they aged too fast, but that I hardly aged at all. Then This was the first time that I had a personal experience of the years between myself and the outside world.
Then Xia Nu, Hong Silk, and Jinxiu all left one after another... Now only Linxiang is still clenching her teeth to accompany me, haha, saying that she is afraid that I will be lonely alone, she is leaning on her now The elixir and that little bit of cultivation can probably stay with me for a few more years. In fact, I don't know if she should stay with me so persistently. "
After Shen Hao finished speaking, he picked up the tea cup and took another big sip.
One of the main reasons why he drinks less now is that wine can't relieve Shen Hao's worries, so why drink it? Drinking tea can also calm your mind.
Nie Yun listened on the side, but didn't say a word to persuade him. Because what Shen Hao has experienced and troubled is a hurdle that all high-level monks need to face squarely.
No matter who he is, he has a lot of relatives. But when you embark on the path of spiritual practice, it means that the distance between you and your loved ones begins to widen. The better the talent, the greater the pull. It is not just the continuous differences in cognition, but the most intuitive ones are the differences in existence.
It is said that monks who enter the Xuanhai realm may live for seven to eight hundred or even thousands of years. And ordinary people are considered long-lived if they can live over seventy.
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Otherwise, why do people with higher cultivation levels dislike wandering around? Do you think they are busy practicing? In fact, there are also reasons why I don’t want to have contact with others. Without contact and with a pure mind and few desires, the sadness and pain of life, old age and death will be lessened, and the repeated obsessions in one's heart will be avoided.
Nie Yun met Chu Linxiang briefly when he came yesterday. He clearly felt that Chu Linxiang didn't want to show up in front of others. It was a kind of discomfort that made Shen Hao's presence make him look even older. No wonder Shen Hao said that he didn't know whether it was right or wrong for Chu Linxiang to grit her teeth and accompany him like this.
"But fortunately, I, Shen Hao, don't have many enemies or friends in my life. Fortunately, now I still have Brother Nie who can come and see me from time to time, and I am satisfied." Shen Hao laughed. Although Nie Yun hasn't seen him for a long time. He came, but he was still very happy to see him. After all, Nie Yun is not as simple in cultivation as him, and there is also the threat of Xuanhai tribulation. He often retreats for a year or two at a time. Being able to see him once in more than twenty years is considered a deep friendship.
"Haha, how many enemies are there? You can also say this."
"Why can't you say it? Looking around, I can't find an enemy. Everyone is very nice. Hahaha."
"Tsk tsk. From the Tianchan Sect back then to the Wanjuan Shushan and Mingshan Sect behind them, whoever blocks your way is your enemy, so you kill them all one by one.
Later, the city of Fu Si died and wanted to embarrass you, but what was the result? The city has been in vain under your management. Now you have to look at the face of your Xuanqing Guard if you want to eat a piece of rice. The three leaders who used to be famous are now in name only. How many times have you hacked them, overtly or covertly? With such a hassle, your Xuanqing Guard will be distributing the Death City Order every year. "Although Nie Yun was joking with Shen Hao, there was still emotion hidden in his words.
A single person, who started from a humble beginning, is now able to suppress the world. All of this happened before Nie Yun's eyes, and it was more legendary than legend.
"Haha, you can't blame me for what happened to the City of Wasted Death. It's just because they were so unlucky. Before Yang Shu died, he took my hand and asked me to help the Jingjiu Dynasty disintegrate the power of the City of Wasted Death. In this way, the Jingjiu Dynasty would be surrounded by There will be no worries at all. When the time comes, even the descendants of the royal family will be defeated for several more generations.
Yang Shu and I have some personal relationships. When he was still a prince...forget it, let's not talk about the past. So the subsequent targeting of Fusicheng City was just to fulfill my promise to Yang Shu.
You see, now in the south, people who have migrated to the former barbarian land have spread their cultivated land to Wuhu Lake. There will be a new granary for the Jingjiu Dynasty and a place for the newly added population, at least enough land for the Jingjiu Dynasty for another five hundred years.
To the east, although the City of Fusi was not brought under the jurisdiction of the Jingjiu Dynasty, its relationship was not at all shallower than the relationship between the various sects and the Jingjiu Dynasty today. In this way, there will be a starting point for overseas exploration, and it will definitely become the most eye-catching move of the Jing Dynasty within a hundred years. Everyone knows about the Sea of Treasures and the Sea of Evil, but what exactly does the other side of the sea look like? Are there other weird ethnic groups? "
Nie Yun curled his lips and said nonchalantly: "The other side of the sea? You are just free!"
Before other monks entered the Xuanhai Realm, they were thinking about how to increase their cultivation level and how to acquire more resources. After entering the Xuankai realm, I just want to consolidate my cultivation and test my limits at the same time. If I really have no hope, I will stop practicing and concentrate on passing on my skills or running a force, always leaving some traces for myself.
Who doesn’t have time to explore the other side of the sea? It's probably Shen Hao, the guy with an unusual brain.
"Free?" Shen Hao shook his head when he heard this. He smiled and said: "Exploring the unknown is the most instinctive desire of human beings. Isn't it true that spiritual practice is exploring the unknown again and again? When you look around with clarity, you will naturally continue to look for new directions. This is to maintain the leadership of a tribe. Undying raw power.”
"Tell me, are you helping Jing Jiu Dynasty think about the future? You said you haven't accepted any disciples yet, so why are you just guarding Jing Jiu Dynasty's world?" This is a point that Nie Yun has never quite understood. . In his opinion, what could he do if he had Shen Hao's level of cultivation? Is it so comfortable to be a prince with a foreign surname in the old Jing Dynasty?
Shen Hao leaned back in his chair with a smile and said with a smile: "You're used to it. Every year the little emperor comes to kowtow to me and calls me "Ancestor Li Wang". I can't just do nothing, right? I'm surrounded by The eyesores have almost been cleared away, so it’s not a problem to keep staring at the three-thirds of an acre of land under your feet. Find a new target for them, so that they won’t have trouble fighting among themselves when the time comes. "
"Haha, what kind of trouble can it cause with you watching? Let me tell you, whether the emperor is trustworthy or not is not a matter of what you, Prince Shen, say?"
"I can't always keep an eye on him." Shen Hao did not shy away from the fact that he was now the most powerful official in the old Jing Dynasty. But he also knows that the current Jingjiu Dynasty is no longer the Jingjiu Dynasty that was watched by Qingchi in the past. The price of the emperor's freedom is that once there is no external pressure and stimulation, it is easy to develop a fatuous temper. In addition, Yang Shu's cruel method of abolishing the "Imperial Examination" back then may lead to all kinds of princes appearing in the future. What's so strange about a foolish king?
"You are now at the ninth level of the Xuanhai Realm and are about to reach perfection. With your methods, it will not be difficult to live for another thousand years. Are you still worried that you will not be able to control the old Jing Dynasty?" Nie Yun didn't think much about Shen Hao's words.
Shen Hao shook his head gently and said nothing more.
As people around him left one by one or became estranged from generation to generation, Shen Hao's sense of belonging to this world began to become less and less. If it weren't for Chu Linxiang's pull, he would be almost back to the way he was when he first arrived. It's reached a point.
Both familiar and strange.
Maybe Bai Wu felt the way I do now? Shen Hao looked at the sky and thought slightly in trance.
