Ye Feng once saw a record about the Yamata-no-Orochi in the Wenlou. It said: The Yamata-no-Orochi has eight heads and eight tails. The head is like a dragon, the eyes are as bright red as red sour sauce, and the back is covered with moss. and trees, their abdomens are ulcerated and bleeding, and eight-colored clouds often float above their heads. Its body can fill eight valleys and eight hills, which is also the origin of its name.
Although Ye Feng was only focused on rescuing people at that time, he still quickly took a look at the situation at that time. Only this record description is the most consistent with the monster he saw, and he quoted from other records in the literary building. This can be proven. The probability is high. In addition, I learned from Gu Tianying that the monster that killed Gu Ying's parents was called Yamata no Orochi.
In fact, this monster has something to do with Gu Xun'er's Hunyuan Qiankun Tower.
Six years ago, because Guying Gulie's parents did not listen to the dissuasion of the elders of the clan, they secretly went to explore the legendary "Heavenly Tomb" full of opportunities. The Yamata no Orochi was released from the so-called sky tomb. What happened later was basically the same as the story told by Ye Feng. Yamata no Orochi induced Furu Ying and his parents to run back. This also led to the monster being lured to the Gu clan's clan. Many people died for this. Only then did he defeat this Yamata no Orochi. At that time, this Yamata no Orochi was only half a step into the realm of true immortality. Because it happened to be the last critical period of the ancestor's retreat, he could not come out to challenge. Fortunately, Gu Tianying seriously injured it with the Hunyuan Qiankun Tower. At the same time, with the strength of the entire clan, it was sealed in the back mountain. But the price paid was that the Hunyuan Qiankun Tower was seriously damaged at that time, and most of its power was completely lost. After all, it is impossible to seriously injure a half-step true immortal in the Mahayana realm without paying a price. Later, the Hunyuan Qiankun Tower came into the hands of Gu Xun'er, and was later repaired by Ye Feng.
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When Gu Lie heard Ye Feng say that the Yamata-no-Orochi was the monster that killed his parents, he almost felt a rush of blood to his forehead, and the desire to immediately rush to avenge his parents, like a spark starting a prairie fire, quickly spread throughout his body. That will of hatred seems to be swallowing up all his reason. Gu Lie recalled that if there was no monster, if the monster did not kill his parents, even if he would not live a wealthy life, he would still live a happy and worry-free life. But, what kind of life was he living now? Living in the open, living in a precarious situation, the most painful thing was that Gu Ying suffered along with him. Gu Lie was shaking violently, but when he slowly raised his head, he saw his teacher looking at him with a look of neither sadness nor joy.
Gu Lie was stunned for a moment.
He had heard of the legend of Yamata no Orochi. It is said that there is a half-step true immortal. You must know that the most powerful ancestor in the clan is only at the peak of transcending tribulations, which is lower than the half-step true immortal. At first, he relied on the whole clan to It was only with this strength that he suppressed Yamata no Orochi. Since I am his opponent, should I ask the teacher to take action? But what if it brings trouble and danger to the teacher? Is it okay to embarrass the teacher because of my own hatred? Now the teacher is Sakura's adoptive father. The teacher is a great person. With him as Sakura's father, Sakura will definitely have a good life in the future. Besides, Sakura's parents ran away when she was still a baby, so they probably don't have that much hatred. Now that she has a teacher, she should be able to live like a normal girl.
Gradually, the anger of hatred slowly subsided. It was not that I gave up hatred, but that I realized my own powerlessness and could not bear my own anger. It was just my cowardly retreat.
Suddenly Gu Lie felt a very familiar knock on his head, and a voice said: "I think you have considered a lot of things that you shouldn't consider."
"Teacher, I really want to take revenge, but the Yamata no Orochi is so powerful. I don't want to implicate the teacher. I don't want Sakura to have no father anymore. I don't want..."
There was a "pop" sound, this time so heavy that Gu Lie had a bump on his head, and he cried when he touched his head.
Ye Feng smiled and asked, "Does it hurt?"
"It hurts." Gu Lie said.
"But I don't feel pain." Ye Feng smiled.
"..." Gu Xun'er was speechless. What nonsense? If you hit someone with a fan and it hurts others, of course it won't hurt you.
"Despicable and shameless." Gu Ling'er commented at this moment.
Ye Feng saw Gu Lie rubbing his head in confusion,
"Each of us has only one life. No one has more or less. In the same way, everyone's life is equal. So while you consider other people's feelings, you don't consider your own feelings. Your position is better than others. If it is lower, is that equality? If it is caused by external reasons, you can resist the factors that cause inequality. But if this inequality is placed by you yourself, then it is practice, which can also be called practice. die.
“Only when a person respects himself first can he be respected by others; only when a person loves himself first can he be loved by others.
"I have taught you to learn to consider problems from other people's perspectives, but I don't remember teaching you not to consider yourself. Otherwise, this kind of performance is essentially making the other person think that you are good and kind at all costs. Being understanding, ultimately, is a way of caring about what others think of you, and then hoping to get approval from others. This is simply a sign of lack of confidence.
As long as you worry about what others will think of you, you will be enslaved by what others think of you. Only when you stop looking for validation outside of yourself can you become your own master. You have to work hard to recognize yourself. This is self-confidence. In fact, self-confidence is allowing yourself to be denied. Others can think you are bad, but it does not mean you are bad. That's someone else's judgment, and you don't need to agree with it.
But this does not mean that you can not consider other people's feelings, but the prerequisite for considering other people's feelings is that you must first include yourself.
Thinking only about yourself and ignoring the feelings of others is essentially putting others in a lower position than yourself, which is naturally a sign of selfishness and arrogance, and is also undesirable. If you live only for yourself all your life, then it only means that you have not met those people and things that are more important than yourself, those people and things that are worthy of your life to protect. That's the saddest thing.
But if it really comes to a last resort and you really have to choose only one, teacher, I hope you will choose to do it for yourself and become the selfish person who survives. After all, you are my student, and the teacher naturally hopes that his students can Stay alive. But this is the teacher's selfish idea. Only this one can be replaced by your own answer when you grow up. No matter what it is, teacher, I respect your choice."
