Chapter 20: Prairie Night Talk
The group slowly walked into the grassland, and soon after, the sky also darkened.
The twilight slowly pressed down on the grassland, and the last red glow on the horizon receded, and the sky became darker. Gradually, the sky was full of stars, and Xiao Chuan felt that the stars were hanging low, big and bright, as if they were within reach.
Ogawa remembered that in his previous life, he wanted to visit the grassland during the summer vacation, but he always missed it because of experiments or other things. Therefore, in his previous life, he climbed snow-capped mountains, went out to the open sea, walked through forests, and swam across deep lakes. But only the landscape of the grassland has never been seen with my own eyes, and I didn't expect that this reincarnation as a human being would come to such a beautiful grassland without any desire to visit. It can only be said that life is like a dream, Ogawa thought to himself.
For their group, when they arrived at the grassland, the food was naturally full of game. The elder brother and Qingluan easily hunted a few pheasants and rabbits, plus pine mushrooms common on the grassland, and everyone had a delicious meal of pheasant stewed mushrooms and roast rabbit meat. After feasting, Liang Tiance and Senior Brother went into their tent to cultivate. Along the way, the two of them lived in a tent, and Xiaochuan and Qingluan lived in a tent, all of which were necessary things prepared for them by Bai Li before leaving. Although the tents are not large, they are made of animal skins from the far north, which is convenient and warm. Everyone is a cultivator, and they don't have high requirements for these things outside their bodies, but they also feel comfortable along the way.
Xiao Chuan and Qingluan sat outside the tent, and the two sat with their knees crossed in a tacit understanding, looking at the stars in the sky. Qingluan held the ferret in his arms, which had already healed his wounds, since the disaster of that night, the little thing seemed to have become much more well-behaved, and Qingluan seemed to recognize the master, very obediently curled up between Qingluan's arms, a pair of small eyes flashed smartly.
"Xiaochuan, what do you say you are living for?" Qingluan stroked the ferret, and suddenly said this without a head.
Xiao Chuan was a little caught off guard, it stands to reason that he is just a six-year-old child in Qingluan's heart, although he usually behaves calmly and maturely, but this kind of life philosophy question, it seems that no matter how you look at it, it is not his mother's turn to ask him.
Ogawa's brow furrowed, thinking about how to answer. Qingluan didn't look at him either, still looking at the sky in a daze.
"Mother, I'm still young, I don't know much about the truth, I don't know what others are like, I now feel that in life, I don't need to be rich and noble, I don't need to get ahead, I can do what I like in this life, it's enough. Ogawa felt that it seemed that it should be okay to answer like this, and he thought so now.
Qingluan was surprised by Xiao Chuan's answer and looked down at him. Ogawa's bright eyes seemed to reflect the stars in the sky, shining brightly.
"So, what is my favorite thing about Xiaochuan?" Qingluan asked with some amusement.
Zuo Xiaochuan almost blurted out, "Send articles, watch ball games, sleep lazy, and flirt with girls!" This was the ultimate dream of the two of them when he was with Lao Liu before.
"Well, I used to cultivate...... he said, a little depressed.
Qingluan knew that she had talked about his sore spots, and wanted to enlighten him, but she herself was in the midst of a great change, and she didn't think of any suitable words for a while, but Xiao Chuan spoke again.
"Mother, there are a lot of things I don't understand. Ogawa asked suddenly.
"Huh, what's that?"
"Mother, in life, I think all people will encounter adversity and difficulties. What should we do at this time, bravely head on, maybe it will be solved here, and soon the next difficulty will come. Jump out of adversity and find a seemingly easy place to hide, maybe this place is not as good as the previous place. You say, 'What should we do?'
"I was ...... before I heard Grandpa Bai Li say before," Xiao Chuan continued without waiting for Qingluan to answer.
"There is a scholar of Li Tang who has studied hard for more than ten years, but in the end he failed repeatedly, and finally had a demon in his heart and swallowed gold and died. "Mother, you said that if this kind of person can open the knot in his heart and start all over again, will he be able to have a good result in the end?"
Of course, Qingluan didn't know that Xiao Chuan had made up a story to reflect herself, she thought for a moment and said, "I haven't done anything about it. But in my opinion, the so-called study and cultivation are essentially the same. ”
"Cultivators are also like the scholars you said, no one has gone all the way down to become a top master. "You think my mother and your father are young and promising, but you don't know, I almost went crazy in order to enter the spirit realm, and in the end it was the senior brother who saved me, otherwise my life would be in danger, and there would be no you." Qingluan actually slowly told a past story of his cultivation back then, Xiao Chuan's eyes widened, he didn't expect Qingluan to use his question to persuade him to cultivate, and he didn't expect that a mother as strong as her would also experience such a thrilling thing.
"Mother, so you used to take the last step before reaching the Spirit Realm like your father?" asked Xiao Chuan.
"That's right, it's just that after that failure, although my life was worry-free, my realm was difficult to stabilize, and I fell to the early stage of the Xuan Netherworld. And over the years, if you want to hit the Spirit Realm again, you haven't been able to achieve it. Qingluan was a little lonely, with Mu Jun's company before, she almost forgot about these unpleasantness, but now it has been infinitely magnified.
"However, Ogawa, you asked a good question earlier. When your father and I first came to the Arctic Ice Field, we actually had a bit of a sense of escape. If you want to cultivate, it's better to find a place to live in seclusion. But in the end, in life, who can escape this world of the jungle. Qingluan looked at the starry sky with a somewhat complicated expression.
Xiao Chuan heard this past for the first time about his mother, and couldn't help but be a little surprised, and didn't speak for a while.
"Others think that we are geniuses among young people, and the halo is shrouded, but as everyone knows, we are also facing all kinds of difficult things and challenges, and how we yearn for the life of ordinary people. So back then, my father and I hesitated to ask you to cultivate. ”
"Sure enough, it's a besieged city everywhere. Xiao Chuan remembered his joy when he was admitted to the provincial university, which in the eyes of others was the most outstanding achievement of his studies. However, only he knows the central acid after being admitted, which seems to coincide with her mother's current thoughts.
"Siege?what does that mean?" Qingluan was attracted by the new word Xiaochuan.
"Oh, it's the people inside who want to come out, and the people who outside want to go in. Ogawa said nonchalantly.
"I see...... Qingluan thought of the scene of the siege of the city, it is indeed the besiegers who want to go in, and the defenders of the city want to come out. "You kid, where did you get so many new words. ”
"Hehe, I read a lot of books and chatted a lot. Ogawa smiled a little shamelessly.
Qingluan no longer looked at the sky, she stared at her lovely and intelligent son in front of her, and suddenly her mood was no longer as bad as before, she believed that Xiaochuan would definitely achieve higher achievements than her and Mu Jun in the future, whether it was strength or IQ, she suddenly had strong confidence for no reason.
Xiao Chuan was a little hairy by his mother, although they are mother and son in this life, but Xiao Chuan's body is an old goblin who has been a human for two lives after all, and he feels a little uncomfortable looking at each other for such a long time. Subconsciously twisted his body and wanted to stand up.
"Good boy. You have to cultivate hard, and the two of us will get your father back together. Qingluan said this very seriously, and then looked into Xiao Chuan's eyes.
"Mother, but my spiritual veins ......" Xiaochuan didn't dare to look at each other and lowered his head.
"Even if you only have one spiritual vein, no matter how slow your cultivation progresses, then you will be able to cultivate after all, and you will be able to learn after all. And now, you're the only man in the family. Qingluan rarely spoke to Xiao Chuan so seriously, and Xiao Chuan was a little sluggish for a while. He had long lost faith in his spiritual vein, but his father's disappearance and his mother's sadness had made him miserable, and he wished that he could cultivate as invincible as Liang Tiance.
"Xiaochuan, you have to believe that with such an excellent talent as me and your father, you can't be far behind, promise your mother, you will practice every day in the future, you will surpass me, surpass the senior brother or even the master, and save your father!"
Xiao Chuan suddenly felt his heart move, yes, the evasion of his previous life made him lose his loved ones forever, could it be that he would become a human being in two lives, and he would have to repeat the mistakes of the past? Xiao Chuan suddenly became firm in his heart, thinking of his father's elegant and chic appearance on weekdays, and nodded fiercely.
And on an unknown mountain thousands of miles away from the Xinghai Grassland, there are clouds and mist that are so thick that they can't be dissolved, as if they can drip out water if they are gently squeezed. However, if one is able to climb the mountain, or look down through the clouds from above, they will be surprised to find that there is a magnificent palace on the top of the mountain.
At this moment, in the most inconspicuous hut in the depths of this palace, Zuo Mujun, who had been captured, sat opposite a middle-aged man with a grim face.
"Why don't you listen to me?" The middle-aged man was at least six points in opposition to Zuo Mujun, and he was the first to break the silence.
"Because my father was wrong. Zuo Mujun said to the man.