014 The worldview of mortals
Hou Wen was speechless about the cultivation method of the flowing fire, and he was speechless even with the convection fire master Liu. He really couldn't figure out why Liu Lao used such a torturous way to let Flowing Fire cultivate.
Could it be that this is the ancient cultivation model in Liu Lao's mouth? Could it be that the ancients were all a bunch of perverts?
How great is the pain of the resurgence of vitality? Hou Wen knew very well and understood it very well. But he knew that the clearest and most clear thing was the unconscious flow of fire on the ground.
"You kid, it looks like you're in a coma..."
Although Hou Wen was full of complaints, he couldn't let go of the fire, so he quickly picked him up and found a comfortable room to settle down.
Seeing that there was no danger in the flowing fire, Hou Wen began to inspect the small valley to see if he could find something.
The results were disappointing. There was not even a crack in the surrounding cliffs, and the only two passages had completely collapsed. Hou Wen unfolded his divine sense and slowly explored the mountain, and found that the surrounding mountains were not only solid but also continuous.
"It seems that it is impossible to forcibly destroy it with spells, and you can't finish digging it for a lifetime..."
Later, Hou Wen had no choice but to set his eyes on the sky, hoping to break the layer of light sealed above his head.
The result was still a failure, and the light film used the power of the crystal veins inside the mountain. It's not at all that the two of them can break through this point of cultivation.
Disappointment is disappointment, but there is still a lot of gain. At least everything in this courtyard, Bluebeard didn't take it with him.
Lots of food, piles of treasure, and hills of amethysts.
Hou Wen looked at the pile of amethysts and sighed in his heart.
"I'm going crazy to accompany him to find this. I knew how good it would be to take him directly to Tiandu, and it would be better to buy some treasures than this..."
At this point, he may have forgotten his playful nature.
Amethyst is not tempting, so let's hurry up and make something to eat to fill your stomach. When Hou Wen walked into the kitchen and was about to do it himself, an accident appeared in front of him.
There was a little girl hidden in the kitchen.
It was a little girl of sixteen or seventeen, squatting in the corner and shivering. Seeing Hou Wen coming in, he was even more frightened and shrunk into a ball like a chicken.
Hou Wen was very surprised, because he thought that all the maids had already run away while they were fighting just now.
Hou Wen walked up to her, squatted down and asked softly.
"Who are you? Why didn't you run?"
The little girl looked at him in horror, and desperately shoved her body into the corner, still muttering.
"They... They don't want me... They don't like me, no one takes me away..."
Hou Wen looked at the little girl who was huddled into a ball, and suddenly his heart trembled inexplicably, and his heart palpitated.
Hou Wen turned around and went out, took a robe from the room, and threw it to the little girl.
"Put on your clothes, it's a shame to look like this..."
Looking at the light veil on the little girl's body that couldn't cover anything, Hou Wen suddenly became extremely angry with Bluebeard. The anger was even stronger than during the fight.
"That, dead pervert... The next time I meet him, I'll kill him directly..."
Hou Wen was silently ruthless in his heart, completely forgetting how lustful and obscene he was when he entered the cave mansion.
The little girl finished changing her clothes and stood timidly by the wall.
"You... You cook first... Make the amount of three people, and bring it to the main hall in a while" After speaking, Hou Wen turned around and left.
Hou Wen selected a few pieces of amethyst with good color, placed them neatly beside the flowing fire, and slowly used the Yuan Shen to stimulate the vitality inside. These slowly released vitality nourished the flowing fire little by little.
This is a healing method that Hou Wen knows, and it is very effective against the situation of Flowing Fire, which is injured by the divine consciousness.
After a short time, Liuhuo finally opened his eyes.
"How many days have I been asleep?"
"Huh... How many days do you want to sleep? You got into trouble, and you want to sleep for a few days? Let me wipe your ass?"
Although Hou Wen was disgusted in his mouth, he still picked up the flowing fire and briefly introduced the current situation.
Liuhuo was silent after hearing this, and only spoke after a while.
"I'm sorry for you..."
Hou Wen seemed to be unable to see others apologize, scratching his ears and cheeks and not knowing what to say.
Just then, the little girl brought the meal in.
Under Hou Wen's questioning, the two knew the little girl's life experience.
The little girl's name was White Bird, because on the day she was born a flock of migrating white birds flew by, and the family called her White Bird.
Shiratori was born in a very small fishing village, his father was a good fisherman, and his mother was the best at making dried cod, and the family lived a very happy life.
Unfortunately, like all fairy tales, good people will always encounter all kinds of tribulations. When Shiratori was fourteen years old, she was chosen as a sacrifice and sent to the crystal mines.
"I've been here for three years, and I've heard from girls that my father had an accident on a sea trip and didn't come back. My mother also passed away because she missed me and my father..."
After Shiratori finished speaking, he cried in a low voice.
After a while, Hou Wen asked again, "Why did those girls reject you, why didn't they take you away?"
From the white bird's fragmented answer, Hou Wen and Liuhuo finally knew the answer. It turned out that the beauty of Shiratori was to blame.
In this valley, the girls who were chosen were not all as miserable as Flowing Fire thought. Many girls are very sad when they first arrive in the valley, but gradually they find that life in the valley is also very good, they have no worries about food and clothing, they don't have much work, and they spend a lot of time playing every day.
Slowly, these imprisoned girls actually began to love this kind of life.
As time went on, more and more girls came to the valley, and slowly factions appeared inside. The girls who came first gathered to exclude the newcomers, especially the beautiful girl Shiratori.
They let Shiratori do the most tiring work, and they tried their best to prevent Shiratori from getting close to their master. In this way, Shiratori was marginalized, and he did the hardest and most tiring work all day long.
Even today's escape, no one took her with them.
After listening to Bai Bird's introduction, somehow, Hou Wen actually felt a little relaxed in his heart.
"Oh, it's okay, it's okay, that disgusting bluebeard didn't bully her..."
Hou Wen felt a little relaxed in his heart, but Liuhuo was very confused.
"Why are they like this? How can an incarcerated girl be of the same mind as the abuser?"
Hearing Liuhuo's self-talk, Hou Wen was very disdainful and said next.
"Put away your overflowing compassion, what you did today is actually harm those fishermen..."
In Liuhuo's puzzled gaze, Hou Wen said his truth.
If you look at it from the perspective of human nature, Bluebeard is indeed a despicable and obscene villain. He is greedy, lustful, and even perverted. But if you don't consider his character, but just look at his deeds, he also has his value.
The living conditions of Tianshan Island are very cruel, and the fishing season of less than half a year is destined to maintain a low population and basic living conditions.
But Bluebeard's arrival changed all that. The tiger shark was destroyed, and the Awoken's mana stopped freezing the sea. Tianshan Island has entered a period of prosperity.
"Wouldn't all this be possible without Bluebeard? How does Bluebeard's claim from the fishermen compare with what he gives to the fishermen? Does the fisherman gain more? Or do he lose more?"
"You just see the pain of losing their daughters one by one, but have you stood above the entire fishermen group to think about the problem?"
"Do you think what you've done will make the fishermen grateful to Dade? Maybe the family with the mother and son will be grateful to you. Maybe the fishermen who don't have to continue to contribute will be grateful to you. But how long can this gratitude last?"
"Who can keep the sea unfrozen, and who can guarantee that there won't be another pack of tiger sharks or something to take over the bay?"
"Can you guarantee that you will be able to live here permanently? You will not look for your master, you will not explore your background?"
Hou Wen raised one question after another, and the flowing fire of the squeeze couldn't say anything, and his face was red and white. However, Hou Wen obviously didn't want to let him go, and said a lot of big truths to Liuhuo.
"Mortals... Oh sorry, I know you hate it, but that's all I can call them..."
"Mortals are short-sighted by nature, and selfish by nature. They only look at the small profits in the near future and give up the big ones in the long run..."
"When the fishermen offer Bluebeard all sorts of possessions, everyone will selectively forget what Bluebeard has done to them, and only haunt the loss of their belongings, and even curse in a low voice..."
"The family who lost their daughter is tragic and I sympathize. They can cry, get angry, and even curse, and we can all understand these emotions. It's just that you haven't thought about it..."
"If one day they don't have to give their belongings and their daughters, as they do now. Do you really think they're going to be happy?"
"If they are not happy, if they repent, if they want to give their possessions and their children. What are you going to do at this point? Get Bluebeard back?"
When Hou Wen was about to continue his speech, Shiratori interjected eagerly.
"No, we won't. We want a peaceful life, and we hate the bluebeard who bullies us..."
Hou Wen looked at the tearful white bird, swallowed the accusation behind him, turned his head to look at the flowing fire and said softly.
"Fishermen worship the god of the sea before they go out to sea. They took out a few pieces of dried cod, a few glasses of light wine, and prayed to the god of the sea..."
"They prayed that the god of the sea would bless them with a full load, they prayed for their safe return, and they prayed for their happiness..."
"Hehe... A few pieces of dried fish, a few glasses of light wine, just to get a full harvest? What a greed this is..."
"They take it for granted that God is good enough to meet their requirements..."
Is that really the case? In fact, what they hope for most is. God became a great fool, a great fool who did not know how to count..."
"They fantasize about taking a silver coin to buy something, only to find a large handful of gold coins..."
"This is the true state of mind of mortals facing God, and the true state of mind of mortals facing us awakened..."
After saying that, Hou Wen turned around and left, leaving behind the glazed eyes of the flowing fire and the white bird.
The food was already cold, but everyone forgot to eat it.