Chapter 36: Man and Goldfish
"Historical Records" contains: "On the first day of December, Shangqin Zen Gaoli, the soil behind the ancestral hall. Artemisia Mountain once built a large-scale Artemisia Mountain Shrine, also known as Senluo Temple.
Later, in the town tomb coupons unearthed in the Eastern Han Dynasty tombs, there is often a saying that "the living belong to West Chang'an, and the dead belong to Mount Tai".
The god of Mount Tai is born and dies.
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At the Taishan Railway Station, Momo, who was carrying two bags of luggage, was carefully looking at the tourist map guide he had just bought after getting off the train.
Although it is said that the monastic world has another Penglai conference every ten years, it has always been his master who participates, and now Mo Mo is just a fledgling and comes for the first time, and many things are only heard from the master's mouth, and he has not practiced it himself, so he is somewhat apprehensive in his heart.
"Hmm...... It turned out that there was a tour bus to that side, which was fine. Mo Mo checked the route at this time and said, "Zhan'er, we shouldn't have time to sit down and eat, why don't we buy some dry food and get on the bus to eat." Zhan'er ...... Zhan'er?"
The little Taoist priest who followed Mo Mo from Yang Taizi's predecessor was gone at this time!
This suddenly made the young Heavenly Master of Longhu Mountain a little anxious - mainly because if he lost someone, he didn't know how to explain it to his master's friend Yang Taizi.
Mo Mo subconsciously opened the duffel bag and took out a paper crane from it - Longhu Mountain has a lot of Qimen Dunjia techniques, and there are also ways to find people.
It's just that the train station is crowded, but Mo Mo is a little embarrassed...... In case the public sees it, it is also a very troublesome thing.
In today's era, the Dao Realm is not as good as the previous imperial period, and the people in the Dao Realm are transcendent, and the imperial court cannot control it...... The regulations are quite strict now.
First, because now that science and technology are booming, ordinary people can easily obtain the power to deal with cultivatorsβand compared to these technological products that can be mass-produced, it takes thousands of choices to find the Dao realm of the successor, which is really a bit powerless.
Besides, now that it is humane, the new country after the war has the protection of atmospheric luck, whether it is the once prosperous demon realm or the long-standing Dao realm, they have to be cautious.
When Momo was descending the mountain, he got a 'walking permit' from his master.
This license certificate comes from a department of the state that is specifically responsible for management - as for why the Dao Realm with many spells, even the people in the Demon Realm have to accept this kind of management, it is naturally because this department has the power that makes both the Dao and Demon Realms have to be feared.
Because, the true dragon of Shenzhou, the guardian of the land of Shenzhou, is the supreme advisor of this department......
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Fortunately, Momo quickly found Zhan'er.
Although he has experienced a lot of this guy's temperament along the way, when he saw Zhan'er squatting in front of a stall selling goldfish, Mo Mo still had an indescribable feeling.
How did Yang Taizi's predecessors raise him?
"Ten yuan a piece!Buy five and get a fish tank for free!" The boss in front of the goldfish stall rubbed his hands and looked at Mo Mo at this time, "The last five!"
Mo Mo shook his head, but at this time, Zhan'er, who was squatting on his knees, suddenly raised his head, blinked his eyes, and Mo Mo felt a sense of weakness when he saw it.
How could there be such a shining gaze...... It's dazzling!
"I... I see!" Mo Mo couldn't help but sigh, "I can only buy one, there is so much that there is no place to ...... I know, I know, I bought them all. β
In the end, Momo was defeated.
In fact, it was not the first time that he had succumbed to Zhan'er's gaze that seemed to be able to shine.
At this time, after selling the last goldfish, the boss began to clean up the stall, and Zhan'er was holding the goldfish bowl, quite happy.
"You're satisfied, but are you going to keep moving with this goldfish bowl like this?" Momo said angrily.
"Hee-hee, it's actually not troublesome. Zhan'er smiled.
Mo Mo was about to say something, but at this moment, he suddenly felt that someone was deliberately approaching him. And there is more than one.
"Zhan'er, come to me. Mo Mo frowned and whispered, while directly reaching out and grabbing Zhan'er's arm, and walked quickly towards the crowd.
However, before he could take a few steps, the road in front of him was directly blocked by a man in a black suit. Momo stopped, and at this time, not only in front, but also in the back, and to the left and right, men in the same attire rushed up.
But in the blink of an eye, he and Zhan'er were already surrounded by these four men.
"Friend, I don't seem to know you, do I?" Momo swept over the men and sneered.
I saw that one of the men in front of me suddenly touched his hand into his clothes at this time-this action made Mo Mo suddenly vigilant.
However, to Momo's surprise, the man did not take out any weapon from his clothes, but a mobile phone. The man glanced at his phone, and then said, "You are Mr. Momo, right? β
"You're ......," Momo looked surprised.
The other party said indifferently at this time: "My name is Ling Feng, you can also call me Captain Ling." This is our credentials, we are the people of the 'Special State Land Administration'. β
Mo Mo opened his mouth, he already knew the origin of these people...... The so-called 'Special State Land Management Bureau' is the special Russian department that oversees the Dao Realm and the Demon Realm across the country.
"Oh...... Is it. Mo Mo nodded, and then said: "But even if you are from this department, but I haven't done anything bad, and second, I haven't caused panic among the masses, even if you... There's no reason to block me here, right?"
Ling Feng smiled slightly at this time, and said neither humbly nor arrogantly: "Mr. Momo, we didn't mean to intercept you. We are only appearing in front of you to better manage the Penglai Bring back this time, and as a meeting during this conference, to maintain order during this conference. β
β...... Scare. Momo opened his mouth to say something.
Ling Feng said directly at this time: "Actually, we have already prepared a place for you to live, so this time I came here to invite Mr. Momo to you." β
"Is anyone already occupied?" Momo said after a moment's thought.
Ling Feng said politely at this time, "Actually, Mr. Momo should be the last group of participants to arrive. Gates such as Wudang, Qingcheng Mountain, Quanzhen Dao, Zhengyi Sect and so on have also moved in one after another. β
Mo Mo carefully compared the documents that Ling Feng took out with the steel seal on his pass at this time before he nodded and said, "Okay, just bother a few people to lead the way." β
"Here's please, we're ready to go. β
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Mo Mo and Zhan'er soon followed Ling Feng and the others to get on a domestic red flag, set off from the train station, and arrived at a mountain villa in a short time.
Mo Mo inquired a lot about things along the way.
For example, in this Mount Tai, in fact, a mountain villa was built early for people in the Taoist realm to participate in the Penglai Conference - this was built after the founding of the People's Republic of China, but the Penglai Conference is held once every ten years, and this mountain villa is already the eighth time to be opened.
Wolong Villa - the destination led by Ling Feng to the two of them.
And not far away, about four or five kilometers away, there is another mountain villa, called Kunpeng, which is specially for the guests of the demon world to gather and live.
"Warm congratulations on the success of the XX Penglai Tea Party and Health Forum!"
When he saw such a banner hanging in front of Wolong Villa, Mo Mo finally spit out a sentence that had been held in his heart for a long time.
This is not the same style of painting at all as the grand event of the two worlds of Dao and Demon that he imagined once every ten years, okay!
For example, when Ling Feng led the two of them to a conference room that they had prepared, Mo Mo saw such a scene.
On the stage, a gray-robed man was holding a microphone, pressing the electronic whip in his hand, pointing to a sentence from the "True Quotations" projected on the screen, "Ten thousand forms will die in a hundred years, and their sex will not die", while the audience is a group of guys in colorful clothes who are burying their heads in note-taking.
This style of painting made Mo Mo stand in front of the door of the conference room stupidly for more than ten seconds.
"This fellow Daoist, if you are interested, please come in from behind. There's still a seat in the back row, don't disturb everyone, okay?" said the gray robe on the podium with a slight smile at this time.
"Sorry to interrupt!" Momo instantly closed the door to the conference room.
If it was somewhere else, Momo might have thought it was a trick to trick the devil out of money. But he could clearly feel that the mana in this conference room was surging, and there were at least three guys whose mana was not weak with him......
At this time, Ling Feng said, "Mr. Momo can also listen to the lecture, anyway, your check-in has already been completed...... This is your room key. β
"No, no, I'd better go to my room first......" Momo shook his head, "I want to be quiet." β
"Hey, where's your companion?" Ling Feng looked around in surprise at this moment, and found that the young man who was following Mo Mo and holding a goldfish bowl had disappeared for some time.
Momo looked strange at this time.
He didn't know why, Zhan'er's cultivation was obviously very low, but he was always able to leave quietly from under the lock of his qi.
"I'm sorry, this companion of mine is a bit playful, I can't stand it. Mo Mo smiled bitterly at this time: "But he usually doesn't go far, so he should still be in the villa." β
"It's not good. Ling Feng was a little worried at this time: "Mr. Momo, you also know, the guests this time are not ordinary people, some have strange tempers, and some have many rules, even we have to be careful." β
"Look for it, he should be nearby. Mo Mo said helplessly.
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In fact, Momo found Zhan'er very quickly again, and the location was in the ornamental garden of the villa.
When Mo Mo and Ling Feng found Zhan'er, they found him squatting in front of a small lotus pond in the garden, pouring the goldfish in the goldfish bowl into the lotus pond.
"Why did you run away without saying a word?" Momo tapped on Zhan'er's head.
But in exchange for this guy's smirk...... It's really infuriating.
"What are you doing here?" Mo Mo sighed at this time, and when he saw Zhan'er's actions, he was puzzled: "Didn't you just buy it back, don't you want it?"
If you don't want it, don't buy it...... Big brother who works hard to make money!
Zhan'er said, "I don't want it, let them stay here." β
"Why?" Momo was stunned.
Zhan'er blinked, and said as a matter of course: "Because this place is much, much bigger than a fish tank." β
"You ......" Momo frowned, "You probably didn't plan to let them go in the first place, did you?"
Zhan'er nodded, then looked at the few small goldfish that were gradually swimming away, and said with his hands on his cheeks: "I always feel that they are a little happier now." β
"They're happy......" Momo said with some pain.
Zhan'er suddenly said, "Brother Momo, why did that boss arrest them and sell them?"
"Do business and make money. Mo Mo subconsciously said: "If someone has this need, someone will naturally do it." Isn't it normal for someone to like to raise goldfish, and someone else will sell goldfish and take what they need?"
Zhan'er asked puzzledly: "But in this case, do goldfish also have needs, so who will give them needs?"
"Goldfish or something...... Mo Mo frowned, "how can they compare to people." They have no intelligence, only simple instincts to act, they only follow their instincts, they don't ask for them at all, and they don't need anyone to meet their needs. Besides, even if they had thoughts, no one cared about them. Well...... Don't you like to catch crickets and play with them? Have you ever thought about whether the crickets you caught themselves are willing?"
"Ahh Zhan'er tilted her head and said, "And I asked them, they were willing to play with me, so I caught them." β
"You asked...... Have you asked?" Momo was stunned, and if this sentence was to be studied, it seemed that there was something very important that could be excavated.
"yes, what's the problem?"
There seems to be something unusual about this exhibition. It stands to reason that his intelligence is normal, and at this age, he looks like a child who doesn't understand anything...... I don't know what method Yang Taizi's predecessors used to teach.
However, Ling Feng of the Administration Bureau was behind him, and Mo Mo didn't intend to ask further about this matter, "There's no problem, let's go in, we've already arranged a room for us." β
"Well, okay. Zhan'er nodded, stood up, and suddenly asked, "Brother Momo, if one day we become goldfish and let people catch and buy them, don't you have to care about our feelings?"
"Stupid? Who would arrest someone and sell them if they have nothing to do? It's not a slave society now. Besides, it is even more impossible for us to become goldfish, and it is impossible for goldfish to become us. β
Zhan'er said: "But don't you say that as long as there is a need, someone will do it? If someone likes to raise goldfish, why won't anyone like to raise people? If someone likes to raise people, will we be caught and thrown into the goldfish bowl? And then no one will care about us?"
Mo Mo opened his mouth, but suddenly saw that he couldn't organize the words to come out. He subconsciously glanced at Ling Feng who came forward, and found that he was also frowning slightly at this time.