Chapter 48: Perception
Owen was taken aback, and when he turned around, he saw an old man with a long beard and a green robe, with spotted hair flowing in the wind, looking about fifty or sixty years old, depressed, and his face as thin as paper
He didn't even want Owen to slash down with a sword - he regarded all of them as enemies
The sword was easily clamped between the old man's two fingers, and Owen was furious, and the black gas enveloping his body became thicker and thicker, and quickly entangled with the old man along the sword body......
Why are you actually a little surprised that Owen is immune to black gas
The reason why the black qi did not turn into flames and burned my body is because you still have good thoughts in your heart and do not want to harm the innocent
Don't be smart, Owen yelled
He forcefully drew his long sword from between the old man's fingers, and slashed it horizontally at the old man's neck with both hands
The old man smiled slightly at the corner of his mouth, raised his left hand slightly, and flicked it on Owen's sword - only to hear a crisp knock sound from the long sword, which seemed to be an understatement, and a light flick produced an irresistible force from the sword body to Owen, and Owen was bounced away like an electric shock
The bastard wolf Bèi, who was unbearable, had just stood up and was about to launch his next attack on the old man, when suddenly with a bang, the long sword broke itself in the middle
With a flick of the sword, the iron sword was broken, what the hell is this old man, Owen was shocked in his heart, and said in a trembling voice
You wield this iron sword and slaughtered and destroyed it, and it was already scarred on the sword, and when you picked it up again, the sword let out a miserable wail, don't you hear?
Owen was annoyed and angry: Hmph, I have nothing to say if I lose to you, I want to kill or chop casually, but don't want to humiliate me, can an ordinary iron sword make a wail, when I am a three-year-old
Everything in the world has a spirit, not only a sword, a grass, a tree, a stone and a soil, but also a spirit, if you don't believe it, you can calm down and listen carefully to their wailing, the old man said, and with a wave of his hand, the sleeve of the gray robe floated up, and Owen only felt a gust of wind caressing his face
Woo--woo--
Woo...... Woo......
A low wail slowly sounded in Owen's mind, and Owen only felt that countless souls were surrounding him, and they were tugging at his body, telling him endless grief...... Then his thoughts extended further, and the more than 200 people in the large cavern who were burned to death by him, the dead Walker, Horner, Fleming, and other people who were originally alive all looked at him with extremely resentful eyes......
Ahh......h Owen lay on the ground and vomited
In fact, it was only a second later, but Owen felt like more than ten years had passed
What you just saw was the creature under your feet, and the old man had come to Owen at some point
I...... The creature at his feet, Owen, looked out and saw only a patch of withered flowers and plants that had lost their lives
Yes, it is the creatures you have ravaged who feel their sorrow?
I...... The ravaged creature Owen fell to his knees with his legs limp
If you insist on revenge, who should you seek revenge on these creatures, listen to me, let go of your hatred, and before you are completely lost
Put...... Let go of hatred...... Owen's hand involuntarily relaxed, and the half-truncated sword in his hand slid down, I actually ...... I have caused so much killing, so much sin...... What should I do, Owen raised his head and asked the old man for help
As you did yesterday, relax your body, forget yourself, sense the breath of heaven and earth, and merge yourself into the world
Yesterday, Owen suddenly remembered that he had really been to this garden valley: he woke up from the stream and saw a background sitting cross-legged, and he couldn't help but say that he waved his fist at it, and the demon blood in his body woke up, and finally under the guidance of the old man, he became one with all things in heaven and earth
The grass is one year old and the flowers and plants will wither, but there will always be a day of rebirth, do not indulge in the sins of the past, let go of the heavy burden, and rush to new life like withered flowers and plants......
Rushing to the freshman, Owen took a deep breath and slowly adjusted his breathing......
At this time, the black gas enveloping him was fading extremely quickly at a speed visible to the naked eye......
The next day, when Owen came to the withered grass in front of the cave again, he was surprised to find that in the middle of a large field of withered flowers and plants, some fresh shoots had just stretched out of the soil, and they were vigorously trying to grow
Strange yesterday, I obviously didn't see these sprouts, Owen squatted down and observed carefully
That's because you haven't let go of your burden until yesterday, and the old man in the green robe has come silently behind Owen again, and this meadow has been destroyed and reborn because of you, in other words, these flowers and plants are also the scene reflected in your heart
Is the scene projected in my heart Owen carefully played with the old man's words and after a while he seemed to suddenly open like a spear sudden, I understand thank you Old man Owen stood up and turned around, his tone of tone towards the old man has been a lot more respectful You said yesterday that I ruined this place half a year ago, do you mean ......
That's right, you've been in a coma for half a year
Half a year has been so long, Owen was secretly surprised in his heart, I only remember that at the last moment before my memory ended, I was implanted with a drop of demonic blood in my blood by that woman in a corner of the underworld, and then there was endless pain and darkness...... I didn't expect that I would be able to escape from such a terrible place as Hell and enter such a beautiful world
You're wrong, young man, you didn't leave Hades, and now the valley where you and I are is is another corner of Hades
What Owen looked incredulous
The old man pointed to the dark cave in front of him: From there, there is the gloomy world of the underworld of the undead wizards you know, but you don't need to panic, those necromancers can't set foot in this valley, as long as you don't leave here, no one can hurt you
Owen looked the old man up and down and said suspiciously: Can I trust you, who are you?
Hahaha...... The old man laughed and turned to leave, whether you believe me, this old body is not important, the important thing is that you have to believe in your feelings, that is, your inner feelings
In the days that followed, Owen lived in this small valley
During this period, the demonic blood on Owen's body was attacked many times, which made Owen feel miserable, and finally with the help of the old man, Owen calmed down by integrating his spirit into nature
Try to control your feelings, keep calm at all times, don't get angry, the old man put forward his persuasion in a deep voice, the demonic nature in your body will feed on your anger and resentment, and the calmer your mood, the less likely it is for the demonic nature to attack
After spending months with the old man, they fed on the fruit of the jujube tree and drank the water from the creek, and lived a life without quarrel with the world, although Owen's heart still remembered the world beyond the valley, but unconsciously, he had a thought that could not be concealed: it would be good to live in this place forever
Owen meditates cross-legged every day according to what the old man said, concentrating on his nerves, communicating with all things in heaven and earth, integrating himself into the world to achieve the realm of the unity of heaven and man, every time he experiences the unity of heaven and man, Owen has a new understanding, he examines his previous life as an outsider, like a scene of life drama that has nothing to do with him, Owen's mood is much calmer, his understanding of life and the world has reached a newer and higher level, and there is no longer the previous feeling of irritability and uneasiness
One day, the old man suddenly called Owen in front of him
Youth: What have you felt about your daily meditation and retreat in the past few months?
No Owen replied
Oh--what does 'no' mean, the old man touched his beard, and his eyes formed a line
The world we live in is the universe called 'nature', the universe is infinite time, infinite space, whether it is the sky, the earth, the sea, the stars, the sun, the moon are all in this universe in a constant law of order is circulating, human beings are a very small part of the universe, the universe constitutes human beings, other animals, plants themselves, their growth and aging, Their fickleness cannot escape the domination of the law, Owen gushed that this kind of cosmic law is actually an invisible energy that circulates endlessly between all things in the world, and can feel the flow of this energy, and feel that he is in the law, which is the 'unity of heaven and man', but because man is inherently in the law of the universe, the feeling of the law should be a natural thing, so the perception I get is actually not at all
Very good, the old man smiled and said, from now on, you are my disciple, call me 'master craftsman'.