Chapter 1 Choice
Listening to Ling Xuan and Chunting talk so much, I never expected that Guan Shan would be so close to me, and the Chun Pavilion who guided me to find this place was the contemporary leader of Guan Shan.
No wonder the first time I met him, his face was different from ordinary people, if there were five mountains on his face, the dragon in his palm absorbs water, the wheel pattern, the canopy pattern, and the imprint around him, at that time, I only thought that he was a powerful person on the rich side, and I didn't think about how this identity would come to explore with me, thinking back to his abnormal behavior along the way, it turned out that he was actually the contemporary leader of Guanshan!
I looked at Chunting, he was also looking at me with complicated eyes, there was scrutiny and care in his eyes, I don't know if it was my illusion, and even I felt a trace of hidden nostalgia and shame.
"It turns out that you are the leader of Guan Shan's generation, Lord Kui, then do you have any news of my father?"
I looked at Chunting and asked with hope, and I heard that my father was also from Guanshanzhong, and the last person I saw before his disappearance was also Chunting, and since he was the head of Guanshan, and the last person my father had communicated with before his disappearance, he must have known my father's whereabouts.
"The leader is just a code name, let's call me Chunting, Ling Xuan just said so much, aren't you curious about what this story has to do with the place we are in now?"
Chunting didn't answer, and continued to play with the ranking in his hand and asked me in a calm tone.
"What Ling Xuan said is all old things, I don't believe that I am really a person of destiny, I just want to know the news of my father, where is he?"
I spoke firmly, no matter what had happened, how could my father's whereabouts matter in my heart.
"Ignorant, the leaders of Guanshan have been inherited for thousands of years, and they have done their best only for the peace of Shenzhou, and your father also left alone for the sake of the world, so that you can grow up in peace and solve this thousand-year-old fate, but you are so disregarding the overall situation, if Han Ying knows, it is better not to have you as a child in the first place!"
Chun Ting looked at me, every word was like Huang Zhong Da Lu, and his voice was stern.
Ever since I knew that Chunting was the head of Guan Shan, for some reason, I seemed a little afraid to look at him, and I didn't even dare to refute his reprimand.
"Since you want to find Han Ying, you must unlock the secret of this thousand years, otherwise you will not know his whereabouts!"
"Why, I just want to find my father's whereabouts, what does the world have to do with me, I'm just a layman, I just want to find my father and then continue my ordinary life."
I raised my head and said loudly, what is the world and what is the peace of the state, those are all things that saints worry about, I am a layman, and I don't have such lofty ambitions.
"Because Han Ying is still on the way to find the truth, in order not to let the world be ruined by weak water, he has not stopped for more than ten years, how can you catch him if you don't explore the truth of this history."
Chunting looked at me who was silent, his expression softened slightly, and he continued.
In order to explore the truth, Emperor Jianwen visited the land of Shenzhou, and went through hardships to find the five statues inherited from ancient times, from which he received the mission of inheritance and Taoist magical powers.
He was well aware of the importance of these five statues, and in order to prevent people with ulterior motives from getting the secrets in them and causing misfortune to the common people, before he went to the weak water to find Wei Zhongxian, he had already put them back in their original places and hidden them, and at the same time left clues, waiting for the people of Guanshan in the future to open this dusty treasure and fate again.
Emperor Jianwen hid five statues in the five directions, these five statues originated from ancient times, not human can cast, all were carved into the shape of strange beasts in ancient times, respectively, Bi Fang, Jianxi, Baxia, Qi Zhi and Bai Ze.
Among them, the location of Bi Fang's hiding is the head of the Chief, the other four are unknown, only one picture is circulated in the world, and there are clues to the hiding place of the other four statues, but there is no generation of Leader for thousands of years to be able to explore the true meaning.
And under this dragon head, the place where we are now is the location implied by the statue of Bi Fang, which is inherited by the leaders of Guanshan in the past dynasties, and it is also the only place that Guanshan clearly knows at present.
"Wait, that's not right, Zhu Yunwen is from the Ming Dynasty, even if he accepts the inheritance of Taoism and can live until the end of the Ming Dynasty and disappear with Wei Zhongxian, but just now Ling Xuan didn't clearly say that this is the leader of the late Sui Dynasty and asked Yuan Tiangang to arrange it, even if Zhu Yunwen's Taoism is superb, it will not travel through time and space, right?"
While listening to Chun Ting's narration, I thought about the story that Ling Xuan had just told, and suddenly found that it seemed a little unreasonable.
"Emperor Jianwen really can't travel through time and space without predicting the prophet, and this place is indeed arranged by Yuan Tiangang, because the place where the statue is placed has never changed!"
"The five statues are cast by the ancient gods, each independent of each other but has a sense of each other, Emperor Jianwen in order to prevent accidents, after placing the four statues, he deliberately told the future generations of the location of the statue of Bi Fang, and instructed the leaders of each generation to guard it."
"In this way, even if someone gets the other four statues, as long as this one is not lost, the villains will not be able to gather all the statues, and naturally they will not be able to get the real secrets and the magical powers inherited in the statues, and Emperor Jianwen has taken great pains for the world."
Chunting didn't seem to pay attention to everything in his words, not arrogant, but he did have such capital, only when he mentioned Zhu Yunwen, his tone was unconsciously respectful, and it seemed that he admired everything he planned for the world.
"The leaders of the past dynasties will be seriously informed of the importance when they take office, so the Bi Fang statue has been inherited in an orderly manner, although no one has cracked the mystery, but it has never been lost in the hands of Guan Shan, until more than ten years ago, your father Han Ying discovered the anomaly of the celestial phenomena, and this fate began again."
Chunting returned to that ancient expression and finally talked about what had to do with my father.
"Han Ying is also a generation of talents, when the people in the world can be said to be unsurpassed in feng shui, although he will not fight in the south and the north, but he can be regarded as a dedication to Guanshan, and he has never complained. Guan Shan Wen has Han Ying, Wu Ze has Xue Nan's father, and the two are called Guanshan Shuangbi together, and they are bright and in the limelight for a while. ”
"Han Ying was supposed to inherit the position of leader, although the matter of the statue is a secret, but since he should become the next leader, he naturally has the right to know, once after inadvertently knowing some scattered news from the mouth of the previous leader, he actually pieced together a guess close to the truth from the ancient books."
"That year was just in time for the vision from the sky, the broken army was dim and greedy wolf without light, the emperor star was alone in the north, the seven stars were dislocated and connected into a row like a sharp sword pointed directly at Ziwei, the left and right sides all appeared like the hilt of the sword, your birth combined with the prophecy of a thousand years ago made him believe that you are the prophesied person of destiny, he was pleasantly surprised, ready to cultivate you, so that when you grow up, you can truly solve the fate of these two forces entangled for thousands of years."
"I didn't expect the people in the weak water to find Han Ying's traces, for the sake of the common people in the world, but also for your safety, after luring away the people in the weak water, he resolutely gave up becoming the next leader, together with Xue Nan's father, in order to prevent Shenzhou Lu from sinking, the two of them rushed to find the rest of the Sifang statues before the weak water, and they have not returned for more than ten years."
In my memories, my father is just a scholar, and working the bookcase is his impression in my heart, no matter how I look at it, it has nothing to do with the feng shui strange man to save the common people, I didn't expect my father to be able to chase the truth for more than ten years for the sake of the world and my safety, and I found out that I knew so little about my father when I heard Chunting's words.
"You have two choices now, one is that I will send you back, treat all the stories here as if you have never heard them, and continue to live the life you want. The second is to embark on the path that Han Ying walked more than ten years ago, to find another Sifang statue, and to smash the conspiracy of weak water, not only for the peace of the world, but also for your father. ”
Chunting looked natural and said two completely different choices.
I looked at the crowd, and they all looked at me, all with different expressions. Xue Nan knew that if I chose the first path, it would be more difficult for her to find her father, and she naturally hoped that I could set foot on this road, and with her, for the sake of the world and for my father, she hoped that I would choose the second path.
Shen Lang's expression was full of indifference, even after hearing so many shocking stories, after the shock, he still looked like a child, looking at me with trust in his eyes, I knew that no matter what I chose, he would support me, maybe this is a friend, no, this is a brother.
Sun Zhen's eyes were entangled, maybe after listening to it, he wanted to uncover this thousand-year-old secret with his own hands, but he was afraid of encountering some dangerous obstacles on the way, so he didn't know how to choose, human nature, understandable.
And Ling Xuan had already walked to Chunting's side, looking at Chunting with a respectful expression, since he knew that Chunting was the leader of Guanshan, then the respect in Ling Xuan's eyes could be understood, the two of them were talking in a low voice on the side, as if they were sure of my choice and did not look at me.
And my mind was in chaos, the story told by Ling Xuan and Chun Ting pierced into my brain like a needle, this ancient secret span was too big, so big that I couldn't figure out the specific details of this before and after, I only remembered the two paths that Chun Ting said at the end.
The first road is fine, my life will not change in any way, I will live the same life as before, I will get married and have children, have my own career, there will be no waves, but maybe at every major node in my life, I will no longer have my father by my side, I dare not think about it anymore.
There is no end in sight to the second path, this road is full of darkness and challenges, along the way to crack the secret techniques left by my predecessors, but also to prevent people in weak water from chasing and blocking me, this road requires me to collect statues to save the world, and become the prophesied fateful person. To be honest, I never believed in any savior, but I didn't expect that one day I would have the opportunity to become such an being.
I like to be quiet or not to move, in fact, the first path is the right choice for me, but think about my father, think about Xue Nan's father, just from a little detail in the scattered words, he actually embarked on this thousand-year-old unfinished road, the ancients had words to sacrifice life for righteousness, probably nothing more than that.
Just let me be impulsive once, not so much for the world as for my father, the ordinary life is indeed what I like, no waves, no danger, but this kind of life, no matter what happens, no one shares what's the point?
Thinking of this, I took a deep breath and looked at Chun Ting and asked seriously and seriously.
"I've figured it out, Chunting, what should I do?"
The first way is naturally I don't need to do anything, just turn around and go home, since I ask this means that I have chosen to find the statue and chase my father's trail.
Hearing my words, everyone showed different expressions, I could see the surprise in Xue Nan's eyes, the hesitation in Sun Zhen's eyes, and the fearlessness in Shen Lang's eyes, but I couldn't see through Chun Ting and Ling Xuan, the two of them had a smile, as if they knew that I would definitely choose so.
"I knew that you would definitely choose this path, whether you were for Han Ying or for the world, since you wanted to embark on this road, start here."
Chun Ting turned around and opened Yang Guang's coffin, took out a scroll of ancient paintings from the coffin, and handed it over as he spoke.
I opened the ancient painting he handed over, and found that it was an ink painting, the painting was a mountain, but it was not a majestic mountain in the traditional sense, it seemed to be a mountain made of countless stones piled up and pieced together, and there were irregular lines on the mountain, dividing a good mountain into several parts, and there were four lines of poetry on one side of the painting, I think this is the most important part of the painting.
Thirty has not more than twenty, southbound only to see a peak, the old things of the six dynasties go with the wind, 100,000 flowing water to the west and east.