Chapter 36 The Variety of Life
The bronze ship fluttered and sailed on the vast sea. The hull of a hundred zhang is already very large, but compared to the sea, it still seems a little slim.
The weather at sea can be changeable, one minute the sky is clear, the next minute is stormy.
Thanks to the "Saint's Shot, Extraordinary", how many times the monstrous waves that can make people desperate have been blocked by the runes on the ancient ship, and the group is in danger.
But Chen'er inexplicably likes the feeling of a flat boat walking alone in the storm, and he can't say the reason, but he simply likes it. In comparison, the dangerous but peaceful life on the island seems a bit boring.
However, there will also be calm seas on the sea, and at that time, Chen'er will miss the island where he has lived for ten years.
Although the calm sea has a magnificence that is different from the storm, the sea and the sky are more colorful, but it will make people a little confused.
I don't know where the sky is, I don't know where the sea is, and I can't see whether my own front is ahead.
Only the sun rising in the east and setting in the west can make the group discern the direction, and only the waves brought up by the bronze boat can tell them that they are moving forward.
It's a dead silence that is silent in the world. After a long time, it can be confusing, confusing, and even manic.
Sometimes, danger doesn't have to come from turmoil, and silence is also the enemy of humanity.
The ship has been floating for more than half a year, and the dust has long since passed its freshness, and like many people, it has fallen into boredom.
But on board, there were only four people, and they were indifferent regardless of whether there was a situation on the sea or not.
The first person is Lu Fenglin. On the eve of leaving, after chatting with Chen'er, the thin old man found him and gave him a wisp of sword intent.
It's not the last one, but a wisp that contains countless sword intents, all of which are the thin old man's perception of the way of the sword.
The chosen person who is friendly with the avenue is the thin old man's evaluation of him, and from this evaluation alone, you can see the weight he has in the thin old man's heart.
The thin old man really liked this young man, and he really wanted to accept Lu Fenglin as a disciple and inherit his mantle, but because of some things, he couldn't do it.
Because, doing so will harm Lu Fenglin.
Lu Fenglin knew that the saint liked him, and he had also moved the idea of accepting apprentices, although he didn't know why he missed this great opportunity in the end, but he didn't force it, and he didn't even have a trace of loss. He is such a person, he can look at everything indifferently.
Although there are very few opportunities that he can't get, he really didn't fight or grab, and all these opportunities took the initiative to come to him. Maybe his fate should be like this, he has been like this all his life, in Shen Shen's few words, it is this kid who believes in fate. If he arranges his life, he will do it, not like a cultivator.
Perhaps, his greatest challenge to fate is to find dangerous areas and have some exciting things to do.
But every time, the result is that those dangers are avoiding him.
Among all the people who went to Seal Demon Island, the one who probably gained the most was him, a sword intent of the saint. It's enough to make countless sword cultivators crazy, let alone a wisp.
At this time, he sat motionless in a corner of the largest cabin, surrounded by the sound of Chen'er and Xuanxuan's sisters bragging about each other.
But these voices did not affect him.
It was hard for Chen'er to believe that Lu Fenglin, who could climb the ancient tree with himself and fight the guardian beast in order to find a little excitement, actually had such a quiet side.
The sound of conversation also failed to affect Lin Cheng, who came with Lu Fenglin.
Chen'er has really seen his name as "Jue Lord", which is simply worthy of the name!
For more than half a year, Chen'er has only seen him open his eyes once.
When Lin Cheng woke up, he didn't know if it was a nightmare or why, his brows were furrowed, and he kept muttering, "It's not right, it's not right." ”
Then, after a brief meal, I went back to sleep.
Chen'er really wanted to open his belly to see what kind of structure was in his stomach, which could make him eat only one meal indiscriminately for most of the year.
Not only Chen'er, except for Lu Fenglin and Shen Shen, everyone threw themselves to the ground for the five bodies that Lin Cheng admired.
At first, everyone thought that this was a profound practice that required sleep to be practiced. Xuanxuan also told everyone that she had heard that Taoism had such an exercise, called Returning Yang Lying, and cultivating the way of extreme tranquility.
But when Lin Cheng snored once, Chen'er realized that it seemed that the awakening of the Lord was really just the sleep of sleeping, and it had nothing to do with cultivation at all.
Then Xuanxuan argued with reason, and used the legend of three thousand big dreams and one dream to insist that her statement was correct.
There is another person who does not accept external influences, and that is Zhu Yu. Since the last battle, Zhu Yu's puppeting technique was lifted, she is like a different person, quiet and a little scary.
For this change in Zhu Yu, everyone understands what the reason is.
A girl with no background and low talent can't get ahead in the sect, and for the sake of her heart's desire, she can even be the first to sign up for the forbidden area, which in itself is moving enough.
But in the end, she found that all her efforts could only make her a pawn for others.
If she dares to fight hard, others will dare to take her life and plant such a vicious puppet trick on her.
She can work hard for the desire in her heart, but it doesn't mean that she is willing to be used, manipulated, or secretly manipulated.
So she has to practice harder than before, she wants to prove herself to everyone, she wants to prove to the person who planted the spell for herself, she is not a dispensable chess piece that can be given up at any time, she wants everyone to see, even if she is not favored by everyone, she can bloom like the rising sun!
At the beginning, Chen'er had a very bad impression of Zhu Yu, thinking that she was very stubborn and unreasonable. But after getting along slowly, Chen'er found that Zhu Yu's stubbornness was just a kind of insistence on herself. So now Chen'er, in addition to some pity for this girl who is missing an arm, there is still a little admiration!
Chen'er's view is also the opinion of most people.
This change in perception also means that if you want to be respected by others, you don't necessarily have to be strong and lofty.
Attitude and your level of effort are also crucial!
At least, no one has a reason to look down on a person who works hard, and there should be no reason to look down on someone who works harder than themselves, even if his current strength and status are not as good as yours. But maybe one day, the person you look down on will be exchanged for higher strength and status than you by paying more than you.
The last one is the white-haired old man who was caught by the old ape as a pet as soon as he arrived on Hinda Island.
In a later conversation, Chen'er learned that the old man's name was Dongfang Ming, and he was the former patriarch of the Dongfang family in the Eastern Wilderness.
The strength of the Eastern Family is not weak, but in the Eastern Wilderness Realm where the strong gather, it can only be regarded as a second-rate force.
The Dongfang family was also brilliant, and even had the tendency to win among the first-class sects in its heyday, but later due to some changes, it can only struggle in the second rate now.
The Budongfang family has also been on the mission of restoring its previous status over the years, and with the unremitting efforts of several generations, everything has also developed in a good direction, but there is still a long way to go to restore its prosperity.
Dongfang Ming's strength is not weak, and he can be called a character in the Divine Power Realm, but compared to the old ape, it is a little inadequate, so when he meets the old ape, he is doomed to tragedy.
After getting along for so long, several young people have a good impression of Dongfang Ming. Not only because of his age, but because everyone encountered some problems in cultivation, and when there was a bottleneck, Dongfang Ming would do his best to help. And usually I amuse and chat with a group of children, and there is no trace of the posture of the predecessors.
But because he is older and has seen a lot, Dongfang Ming has a very light view of the outside world.
When the wind is calm, he has no waves, and in the huge waves, he is also calm and composed. This attitude gave Sister Xuanxuan, who had experienced endless hardships and dangers in the sea when she came, leaving layers of shadows, with great confidence.
In adversity, the most feared thing is to lose faith, if a person doesn't even have the most basic beliefs, then his life is not far from the end of the play.
And Dongfang Ming just provided them with this belief and supported their way home.
Although Dongfang Ming looks down on life and death, and looks down on all the prosperity in the world, Chen'er does not worship and rely on him like others.
On the ancient tree, Chen'er has seen the appearance of the East when it was down. At that time, Dongfang Ming did not have the slightest look of now.
"It can really be pretended!" this is Chen'er's evaluation, but Chen'er ignores one point, just being able to calmly deal with boredom is not so simple.
Even though Dongfang Ming is suspected of pretending, he does have some calm mind like water.
However, if you see through it or not, Chen'er will not say it to others about the "pretending" of the East.
The first is that it is not necessary, and the second is that these people need a backbone and a reassurance. Undoubtedly, Dongfang Ming's performance was just satisfied.
Chen'er didn't know why, when she came out of the island, the advice given by the old man in the family was not to let Chen'er go with Lu Fenglin, who got along well with him, but to let him follow Dongfang to the Dongfang family.
Chen'er was very puzzled, but Chen'er wouldn't think much about this problem that couldn't be thought of even if he wanted to break his head.
The old man in the family will definitely not harm himself, and it is enough for Chen'er to know this, so Chen'er's choice is a rare obedience.
For this matter, Dongfang Ming, who was as calm as ever, was actually happy in his heart, if it weren't for the need to maintain a good image of his predecessors in front of this group of children, then he would really wake up laughing from his dreams.
What is the most needed for the re-emergence of the Oriental Family?reputation?genius?
It is true that these two are very important for the development of a sect, but what the Dongfang family lacks the most is the foundation, strength, and backing! Without enough strength, no matter how good the reputation is, no matter how many geniuses can be retained!
And the addition of Chen'er can greatly alleviate the embarrassment of the lack of hard power of the Dongfang family. Although Chen'er is only a minor monk in the foundation realm now, there are two saints standing behind him!
What is a saint? That is a strong person who does not necessarily exist in the Eastern Wilderness Realm now! If you want to become a saint, the first thing is to be strong enough! You have to stand at the peak of the Divine Power Realm!
The definition of a saint was only inquired about by Dongfang Ming from the mouths of several juniors, because in all the records of the Dongfang family, there is no word saint at all.
Probably, among all the people who went to Seal Demon Island, the Dongfang family where Dongfang Ming was located was the weakest, so from another point of view, the Dongfang family was the biggest beneficiary of this trip to Seal Demon Island.
Chen'er's joining, to a certain extent, represents the joining of the two saints, what background and strength can be stronger than the two saints?
Although these two saints are far away on the Hinda Island, as long as the dust is in trouble, can they let it go?
Dongfang Ming, who had just learned the news, was drunk for several days as if he had drunk too much wine for several days.
From having no background, no background, and no backer, he suddenly became now supported by two saints, and Dongfang Ming feels like a dream.
But it's a pity that the two saints have instructed everyone not to tell the origin of Chen'er, otherwise as long as Chen'er is put out, and then announce to the outside world that this is the descendant of the saint, how many second-rate sects and even first-class sects in the Eastern Wilderness Realm dare to go against the Dongfang family?
But even so, Dongfang Ming was very satisfied, but he didn't know whether the secret order given to him by the Awakening Tower in the clan was completed.
Because the secret order was very vague, it just said that he would go to the Seal Demon Island, and he didn't mention anything at all. But even if it doesn't finish, it doesn't matter, the trip has already been fruitful.
Compared to these four people, the rest of the people have a lot of taste.
Chen'er, who has never seen the world and is shocked when he sees anything new, Xuanxuan who wants to cultivate hard like Zhu Yu but can't do it, Shen Shen, who has a stinky face all day long and doesn't say a word, and Ethereal Palace, Xuanxuan's senior sisters who are still afraid of the way home.
The whole ship can be regarded as a microcosm of a small society, just a person has some strange feelings of life. So Chen'er began to yearn and longed for the colorful world outside.
In fact, for most of the half a year on the way back, unlike when they came to the Hindu Demon Island, they did not encounter any danger at all, and there were several encounters that were unknown, and when they encountered great horrors, the bronze ship was as if it had become transparent, calm and calm, and passed directly through it leisurely.
And every time they passed through a great terror, everyone would turn their eyes to Lu Fenglin.
Because he once said that as long as you are with him, you will not be in danger.
At the time, everyone thought he was joking, bragging, and comforting everyone. But when the bronze ship passed by the danger again and again, they already believed in Lu Fenglin's words.
Because of this, Xuanxuan always leaned towards Lu Fenglin in the gap between talking with Chen'er during the beginning of the time, and vaguely mentioned several times that although her sect only recruits female disciples, the treatment of people who enter the Ethereal Palace is still very good, especially for people like her who were born in the Ethereal Palace, her status as a Taoist companion is also very high, much higher than most disciples.
It's a pity that Lu Fenglin has been busy absorbing the wisp of sword intent given to him by the thin old man, so he has turned a deaf ear to Xuanxuan's overtures and is indifferent. So on Lu Fenglin's head, he was branded by Xuanxuan with titles such as "incomprehensible style", "nerd", "wood" and so on.
Xuanxuan and Lu Fenglin said what they were talking about, what kind of Taoist couples, although Chen'er didn't understand it very well, it didn't prevent Chen'er from feeling funny in her heart after seeing Xuanxuan eat deflated again and again.
During this time, they are all familiar with each other, and some jokes can be made without scruples, for Xuanxuan's behavior of "catching up" with a hot face and sticking a cold buttocks, Chen'er and Xuanxuan played and quarreled several times, and were used by Chen'er several times to fight back against Xuanxuan, and after each counterattack, Chen'er can win completely.
After that, Xuanxuan's overtures to Lu Fenglin became more secretive.
This can't be blamed for Xuanxuan being so active, in the sect, there are a very small number of people who can't control their own marriages, and their marriages will be used as bargaining chips to reconcile with other sects.
Unfortunately, although Xuanxuan has a backer in the sect, she is also one of these small groups.
What is a Taoist couple? Those are people who need to look at each other and support each other all their lives during the endless years of cultivation. Taoist couples were supposed to love each other and could work together for a lifetime, but the marriage between sects forcibly turned this relationship into two unrelated people who forced themselves together to survive the rest of their lives.
No one likes that, but they can't help it. In the sect, they have to pay as much as they enjoy, unless the strength is strong enough or the talent is high enough that the sect has to take into account its own feelings.
Compared with a marriage that doesn't even know what the other party's temper and temperament are, and even can't say that people are ghosts, Xuanxuan is more willing to stay with the man in front of her for the rest of her life.
can't talk about any feelings, just because Lu Fenglin can really be called the handsome son of Yushu Linfeng, and he doesn't hate him. It's better to get along with someone who looks handsome than to get along with someone who may not be a normal person.
What's more, Lu Fenglin's talent in cultivation is very high, otherwise he would not be favored by the thin old man. And judging from his talent to avoid all disasters, as long as he can persuade him to return to the Ethereal Palace with him, don't say what the rest of his life will be, just if he can pull back such a talent, it will be a great achievement.
This can't be said that Xuanxuan has a lot of scheming, it's just that everyone has everyone's suffering, and if it's possible, no one wants to go through this. This is the same as the life of ordinary people. If there is a good life of delicacies from the mountains and seas, who wants to eat bran vegetables to live a hard life?
The time at sea is still long, and although it is often noisy and noisy, talking and laughing, as a cultivator, there is still a need for the cultivation that should be had.
For more than half a year, Chen'er successfully opened up the five meridians. It's fast, but it's slow compared to the rest.
That is to say, his family knows his own affairs, although Chen'er has many more acupuncture points lit up than normal people, and the speed of absorbing energy is much faster, most of the energy he absorbs is swallowed by the little confusion behind him.
After telling himself in a daze since childhood, Chen'er has not told anyone about the existence of the little daze, including the two old men of the Hind Demon Island.
When they chatted with Chen'er at night, Chen'er also thought about talking to them, but when she thought of Xiao Mi'er's advice, she couldn't get out of her mouth.
It's not that Chen'er doesn't believe the two of them, if he doesn't believe both of them, then Chen'er has no one to trust. Chen'er thinks that this matter is related to Xiao Mi, Xiao Mi doesn't want others to know about her existence, if Chen'er says it, she feels a little confused.
Later, the old men also saw that Chen'er wanted to speak and stopped, and laughed and said: "I have grown up! I have something on my mind, I have my own little secret, it's good, you can say it if you think you can say it, if you don't think you can say it, then there is no need to say it." ”
It was only after the two old men said this kind of thing separately that Chen'er decided to keep the secret.
Everyone in the cabin should cultivate, laugh and laugh, and gradually get used to this kind of life.
The bronze ship does not need to be deliberately piloted, and it can move forward according to the set goal, which makes everyone who can't drive the boat somewhat relieved.
At this moment, another round of the rising sun is rising, and the bronze ship is carrying hope, the future, and the life of life.