Liling City, somewhere.

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It was a refreshing and perfect morning.

Each leaf is covered with water droplets. The sun slowly rose, quietly shining its light on the unbridled earth, and the valley was quiet and peaceful.

The trees are full of oranges, and although they are not big, there are many of them.

Slowly, the light illuminated every tree, every orange.

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Sit somewhere, overlooking the valley, in which the long shadows of the early morning are cast, and the shadows are as beautiful as orange trees.

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Walking among the orange trees, breathing in the fresh air, smelling the fragrance of oranges and flowers, and listening to the sound of the earth.

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Soon after, someone climbed to the top of the hill and looked down over the vast valley.

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You are always a guest in this world, and you should abide by the simplicity of the guest.

——— simplicity doesn't mean having only a few things.

Sitting alone somewhere on a high mountain, the end of the world, rocks, small animals and ants.

The word "austere" is nothing.

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Looking out over the mountains in the distance, you can see wide, sparkling water.

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Sitting on a high stone, like other creatures in heaven and earth, the stone has its own voice.

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Look down at all the trees and gaze at the cloudless blue sky.

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——— divide everything that is visible and what is not visible.

After thousands of years of pain and sorrow, anxiety and joy, fear and conflict.

Will a radically different way of getting alive emerge?

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Sitting motionless, a light bobcat approached.

A breeze floats in the valley, blowing away the smell of the wind.

It meowed, rubbing against the stone.

Its little tail is held high, enjoying the magic of the earth.

Subsequently, it disappeared into the bushes below the mountain. It's protecting its lair, its cave, or its sleeping place. It's protecting its own needs, it's watching for danger.

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You can almost smell the bobcat passing by you.

You're so still, so immovable, that the bobcats don't even look at you as they pass by.

You are part of the stone, part of the heaven and earth.

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For most of the past.

This sentence has been phrased in a different way.

——— thoughtless and timeless.

That's pretty much it.

But the point is that the mind cannot comprehend, and if you can use the word "mind", you can also call it "reason".

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Tried again and again.

Thousands of attempts, but each time the result is about the same, failure is everywhere, and every time it comes as promised.

This has never been done successfully.

Countless attempts at various methods to stop the whispering in the mind and the endless entanglement of this or that.

Could it be ——— it is these lingering thoughts that have gone wrong. If only the word "thought" could be used.

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Thereupon.

The state of mind becomes completely silent.

That result is bound to come.

If you really try hundreds, thousands, and thousands of times, each time it will still end in "failure". If only the word "failed" could be used.

What seems to be behind ——— "failure"?

But that's unattainable.

A hunter is chasing a prey that can never be caught up, can such a "failure" still be called a "failure"?

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You get up from the stone, just as you have ever stood up before, and plant the seed for the next time you sit down.

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The state of mind of absolute silence has become a state. "Status" can refer to a completely new one.

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Sit back down.

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This state of affairs did not last.

Start whispering——— as long as it is, these problems can never be avoided.

Perhaps, that's how it is.

Monotonous and boring trivia and non-salty topics in conversation can never be completely eliminated. Even without that. You can also go to other places to find trouble.

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Perhaps, the mind is originally used to pretend, to think about one thing and then to another, from one knowledge to another, from one action to another, and in all of this, the "mind" is everywhere and everywhere.

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It seems that thoughts cannot be determined subjectively, that is, they cannot be stopped by the action of subjective willpower.

———— that is, something can only be something that is already something, and cannot be something that was never there.

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The stones are getting hotter and hotter.

You can feel it clearly.

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Stand up and follow in the footsteps of the long-vanished bobcat, and walk down the mountain.

Encounter other creatures: gophers, king snakes, and rattlesnakes, all of which silently go about their business.

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The morning air was gone, and the sun was slowly setting in the west.

An hour or two before the sun sets down and takes away the wonderful shadows of the stones and the blue, red and yellow colors of the evening.

Then, night falls, and the sounds of the night fill the air. It is only in the middle of the night that it becomes silent.

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Continue walking down the hill.

Turn your head and turn it back again.

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Is it looking back at something?

Go under that orange tree.

Looking at the oranges, they all changed.

Looking up left and right, I took a closer look at the bushes on the left.

It was green, and of course, the tips of a few branches and leaves were rotten and grayish.

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Sit on a rock.

What will be on the left?

Haven't you ever looked to the right?

Lower your head slightly and look straight at the ground.

———It's a wooden branch.

It seems to be very common, and it can be seen everywhere else, but there seems to be something extraordinary.

With that in mind, you want to pick up this branch.

But I don't know why, when you were about to pick up the branch in front of you, you suddenly found ————

Your hand doesn't seem to move.

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Looking to the left, there were two red flowers.

After looking at it for a long time, I suddenly found ———

These two red flowers look very similar.

It's not that two red flowers are the same, but they are similar.

The meaning of the word "likeness" is probably not clear, but what if it were to be used instead.........

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sighed.

A sense of familiarity came naturally, as if I had seen these two flowers before.

I couldn't help but sneer, but it was also silent and dangerous.

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Turning his head sideways, it seems that he has inadvertently skimmed something.

I didn't pay much attention to it, and turned my head again.

His eyes were fixed on the two red flowers in front of him, which had never been seen before, and it was the first time he had seen them.

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There are many stones on both sides of the river, and every time a crab climbs over it, it will probably leave a trail of traces.

Soon, all traces will disappear, as if the "crab" had never been there.

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When he came back to his senses, he continued to look at the two red flowers in front of him.

Likeness or dislikeness becomes less important.

Suddenly, you feel the urge to cry.

From the heart to the well-up, again and again.

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Teeth clenched.

Thinking about the future, if the word "future" can mean ——— present.

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The side turned to the right.

It seems like there's nothing there.

——— to be exact, there is nothing more than what is usual.

That is, there is nothing more and nothing less there.

Neither more nor less, that's all-in.

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Smacked the tongue.

Begin to figure out your state of mind.

It seems to be trying to break something.

After watching it, the state of mind that wanted to break something seemed to suddenly disappear.

Nothing.

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Every time.

That "ring" was set a long, long time ago.

As soon as ——— is seen, mutations occur.

As for what it will become, I don't know.

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Every calendar is a "brand new".

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Sometimes, I want a thought to go further and deeper.

It's like a pebble sinking to the bottom of the water.

——— the stone must be very small, and the Tan Shui must be very large, so big that you can see that the stone is small.

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What will the sound be when the pebble falls into the big water?

Listen carefully.

There was a half-silence.

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It was as if the ears heard the sound.

At this point, the wish was granted, and the breathing began to become confused, and that was the beginning of the end.

Gulping out of breath.

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The breathing became more and more chaotic, as if I had seen something "rejuvenated".

His gaze swept around.

Finally, it stopped on the branch.

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I looked over and saw two red flowers, which were about the same as two red flowers.

Perhaps they were born to resemble each other, and for them, resemblance is commonplace, uncommon.

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Why does it have to break something?

If you know this state of mind, will you want to break something?

You begin to ponder.

Suddenly, you sense that danger is approaching.

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Suddenly turned around.

————It was a small snake, and it was black.

You quickly got up and stood on top of the rock, your head darting to the left and right.

Eyes scanning, searching.........

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Suddenly, I saw.

He glanced at the little black snake again, and then walked straight to the other side a few steps.

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His eyes stared straight at the little black snake, and his breathing became more and more confused.

The fear was so real that it stood with its legs and feet open, and when the little black snake moved, it would react immediately.

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After a long time, the little black snake crept away, never looking at you from beginning to end, as if you had never been here.

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A deep sigh.

The ecstasy of the rest of his life after the catastrophe overflowed all over his body.

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Look up at the sky, night is about to fall.

Walk back?

Walk.

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Kyoto, Horse Market.

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After about a stick of incense, only the sound of horses' hooves was heard, and a moon-white horse appeared in front of Yi Xian.

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At this moment sat a man about the same age as the man just now, and when the man saw him, he hurried over and took the reins of the horse.

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The man on the horse jumped off his horse and turned away.

The guy led the horse to Yi Xian's side and said, "Childe, this is the dagger, the best!!"

——— the dagger seemed to hear this, and a long howl at the right time attracted many eyes.

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In addition to the superb ——— horses that are not allowed to be bought and sold, the best horses that can be seen on the market are the daggers.

Daggers are expensive, and few people will buy them, so there are few traces of daggers in this horse market.

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Some of the people around were also gradually attracted to it, and they talked about it while watching: "This is the dagger, look at the real horse, good horse!" ”

"Look at this white, there is not even a single flaw, it is natural!!"

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Yi Xian didn't pay attention to the discussion of others, and walked to the front of the dagger by himself, and looked at it carefully.

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The horse is white and tall, and you can tell that it is a good horse just by looking at it.

The more Yi Xian looked at it, the better he felt, and he turned his head and asked, "How much silver is this horse?"

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When the guy saw Yi Xian's expression, he knew that he had taken a fancy to this horse, but this guy thought that Yi Xian was also standing up for himself just now, so he didn't want to deliberately raise the price, but just said according to the set price: "The price of the red horse is two hundred taels of silver, and the harness has to be bought separately."

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"Hiss———"

Hearing this price, Yi Xian and Yue'er couldn't help frowning, the full price was two hundred and one horses, it was really scary.

You must know that when Yi Xian and Yue'er came out, Ling Wuxin only gave a few dozen taels of silver.

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And now Yi Xian has twenty taels of gold in his hand, which is equivalent to about four hundred taels of silver, although he can buy enough horses, but this time he used up half of the gold he just got, and he was always a little reluctant in his heart.

Seeing Yi Xian's appearance, the guy had some doubts in his heart, just now he clearly saw that Yi Xian made a move with two big ingots of gold, at least twenty taels, and the person who casually took twenty taels of gold out must be the children of a big family.

But as everyone knows, Yi Xian is only these twenty taels of gold.

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Yue'er persuaded at this time: "Why don't we buy something cheaper."

Hearing Yue'er's persuasion, the guy was a little panicked, and hurriedly said: "This young lady, you can't say that, look at the color of this horse, as well as the four thighs of this horse, at first glance, it is a good horse, this kind of horse is one less to buy one, you also saw it just now, in this huge Kyoto, only our family has it for sale!!"

Yi Xian was very fond of this horse and wanted to buy it, but with such a high price, it was really difficult for Yi Xian to make a decision.

At this moment, a surprised voice suddenly came from behind: "Brother Xiaoyi!" Yue'er girl!! ”

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Yi Xian and Yue'er also turned their heads at the same time when they heard this.

At this glance, both of them laughed.

It was none other than Simon Ye, who called them.

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I saw a few followers behind me.

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Ximen Ye said that he didn't expect to meet Yi Xian and Yue'er here, so he ran over in a hurry.

"Simon Brothers!! We meet again. Yi Xian was the first to say hello, and then Yue'er also nodded.

Ximen Ye said with a smile and said, "Why didn't Brother Xiao Yi say goodbye last time, but I can wait for my little brother!!"

Yi Xian knew that Ximen Ye was talking about the matter of the last time in Hexuan Tower, but it was inconvenient to explain too much, so he replied vaguely: "At that time, there was a sudden emergency, so I could only go first, knowing that my brother was talking about things, it was inconvenient to go and say hello, I think my brother is not such a stingy person."

"Hahaha, how can it be, but today Brother Yi doesn't want to hide, go back with me in a while, dinner will be at my house, and then our brothers will talk at night!!" Simon said so.

"Thank you Brother Simon for your kindness, but we can't do it, we're about to leave Kyoto."

"Huh? What the? Are you leaving? Simon Ye said that he seemed very surprised.

"yes, we still have something to do, so we can't afford to delay any longer." Yi Xian replied.

"Didn't you two live well in Master Mo's house? Why do you want to leave all of a sudden? ”

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