Chapter 21 The intersection of fire and water
"Li'er." The man in blue called me softly, and I looked up, and his thin lips were slightly plump from the wet wine.
"Next month is the festival, are you ready?"
"Huh?" All of a sudden, I was asked, and after a little recollection, I realized that I had indeed forgotten about the ghosts, and I sighed unconsciously at the thought of this. He shook his head slightly in the negative.
"Li'er asked me my opinion before, and I think that there are three kinds of purifying powers that exist primordial in the world!" The man said slowly.
"The Three Forces of Primordial Existence?"
"Hmm."
"First of all, the wind, many people will think that the wind naturally exists in the world, but in fact, the wind comes from 'fan'! Any big bird has huge wings, and the wings spread out above the clouds, and between the fanning, the sea of clouds rolls, and the rolling air flow is generated. β
"But don't birds fly by air currents?" I think it's a bit confusing to hear.
"Ordinary birds glide and fly on the primitive power of the air current, but where does that primitive power come from? Where does this wind come from? But he asked me to get up.
"Huh?" All of a sudden, I didn't seem to be able to refute it, but I remembered that the geography class said that the air flow is caused by the uneven heat and cold of the earth's surface, as well as various humidity and temperature differences, etc., which produce cold air and hot air, and then everyone has different density pressures, so it will make the air move, and the air flow and so on. I fell into a logical thought, but when I came back to my senses and saw this man in front of me, dressed as an ancient aristocratic class, drinking elegantly in front of me, and remembering everything in these days, then there was a big bird flapping its wings in the sky, like a super invincible giant fan to cool the earth, there was nothing strange! I convinced myself.
The man in blue was not in a hurry to speak, but just watched me pouting in a daze, quietly waiting for me to come back to my senses.
"So, it's because the big bird flapped its wings that the wind was generated?" I asked inductively.
"Well, legend has it that this big bird has been flapping its wings in the blue sky that people can't see, swimming freely and everywhere, and the cool and clean wind is blown to the world, purifying the world, sometimes you don't feel that you go to the mountains to play, the breeze is coming, and it feels refreshing?"
"It seems that this is indeed the case, the wind makes people feel refreshing and clean!" Although I added in my heart that it would be exempt in the winter, I would rather be a little cloudy. "What about the other two powers?" I was like a little kid begging for a bedtime story. "Well, I guess there's definitely water! Right. β
"That's right, the water moves in various postures between the heavens and the earth, the sun shines, the river water vapor rises, entangles and stretches the white clouds, the white clouds gradually become thick and gray, and can no longer bear the weight of the water, and finally the raindrops fall on the earth, wash the cliffs, go deep into the forests and caves, and drive away the hidden evil spirits."
"So, is the water the tears of a big fish?" I don't know why, I feel very comfortable around this person, and I feel like an old friend, so it's okay to be naΓ―ve. And I always feel that I remember something strange, but I can't remember it, the big bird and the big fish, I always feel very familiar.
The man in blue was stunned for a moment, "This, I don't know if the big fish will shed tears." But the big fish may shed tears in their hearts, and the evil spirits and filth are washed away, and they slide down from the mountain streams, to the streams, to the rivers, and even to the sea, and the creatures in the water go one after another, and the evil spirits and filth are guarded and escorted, and when they reach the sea, the big fish takes over the heavy responsibility, suppresses the evil spirits at the bottom of the sea, and cruises lonely every day. β
The man's eyes were lowered, and he looked thoughtfully at the half-filled liquid in the wine glass, as if the glass were the tears of a big fish. His slender fingers lightly touched the wine glass, the white fingers and the gray pottery wine glass formed a strong contrast, his color and emotion were rich, making everything around him seem to fade and stale, only he himself was like the protagonist of the painting, the brilliance was still shining.
"However, the wind spirit and the water spirit are only dispersed and suppressed, although they are temporarily clean, but the scourge is still there, because the evil spirits and filth are just driven to one place and imprisoned." The man continued slowly.
It's just that if you are imprisoned, just like a ghost, if you don't get rid of it, there is always the possibility that you will escape and do evil.
"The most fundamental purifying power is fire!"
"Fire?"
"The blazing bright flame produced when burning can break everything down and turn it into the tiniest ashes, and the smallest ashes are like inanimate dust, which are raised and returned to the world, but they can no longer do evil, but they will only make the things that have been left for a long time dust, but it will be good to wipe them away."
"There was nothing in the first place, where did it cause dust, it turned out to be these dust!" I started talking to myself again.
"What are you talking about?"
"Ah, it's nothing, it's just .....", I was suddenly stunned, because I felt a vibration in my waist, there was no doubt that it was my mobile phone, could it be that the shopkeeper replied to me, I felt that the whole person was going to jump. I wanted to take out my phone and look at it immediately, but the man in blue looked at me suspiciously. I took a deep breath and suppressed my desire to spin and jump. forcibly raised the corners of his mouth and smirked awkwardly, "It's okay, it's just that maybe the alcohol is starting to flare up a bit!" I made up an excuse, "This one tastes good." I picked up my glass and drank it down, "Well, it's delicious!" β
"Senior sister, senior sister!" Huaisu's familiar call came from outside the door, I looked at the door, and Huaisu, who was wearing double braids, was walking towards me, "Senior sister, have you come to drink?" β
"Huaisu, your pigtails are so cute!" This time I really got into the brain, and the sip just now took effect, and I felt a slightly drunk feeling full of joy, ah, this is the joy of the harvest. My face is a little hot.
The man in blue watched it all playfully.
"Senior sister, are you drunk?"
"How is it possible, just a glass of wine."
Huai Su was about to talk about me, but he saw another person at the table, "Young man?" The man in blue nodded at Huaisu when he heard the voice. It turned out that his name was Shao Tilt.
Shao Tian took out a few conch shell-like things from his body and put them on the table, my eyes were attracted, the color was the color of light-colored conch shells, but it didn't seem to be the kind I had seen before, but it was oval, with an opening shellfish in the middle, the left and right petals were symmetrical, and the bite in the middle had two rows of toothed horizontal stripes. "What is this?" I reached for one, facing the sunlight spilling in from the window, squinting at my drunken eyes, and it felt quite slippery.
"Senior sister, this is a seashell that buys something! You're really drunk! β
It turns out that this is the 'currency' here, and the seashells are used as currency here! A breeze blew outside the window, cooling my flushed face and messy mind a little. I put the seashell back on the table. Raising his eyes, Shao Leaned and looked at me quietly. "Young man? Today's wine was delicious and the story was inspiring! I'll treat you to a drink next time! Shao Tilt nodded slightly in affirmation.
"Huaisu, then you go back first, I'll go to the lake, and I'll come back by myself in the evening!" As I spoke, I disappeared as soon as I smoked away. I had to find a quiet place to look at my phone.
The sun is just right, the branches and leaves of the forest are glowing with a variety of vivid greens, the water surface is sparkling, the breeze is slow, and the water waves are not exciting, which makes people feel refreshed. The warm sun shone on my body, and I couldn't help but stretch. The slight breeze passed through my fingers, cool and gentle, and I remembered the purifying energy of the wind that I said less. The big bird flapped its wings, and the giant fan brought cool activity to the earth, and I was amused by myself. I sat back on the previous rock, took out my phone, pressed the screen, and sure enough, there was a notification message. On the lock screen, next to a Christmas tree, it reads in small white letters, "You have a new message. β
"Are you okay, guest? Is it still safe? Unfortunately, I don't know your situation, and I can't know your location, but if you need me to inquire about anything for you, please feel free to ask, my network is very good! Please stay in touch! β
The owner doesn't seem to know anything about my situation, I've looked up this app before, it's just a more beautiful independent shopping software, it seems to be a physical convenience store, there are drinks and snacks and stuff, and fried chestnuts. Eh, why did I suddenly think of this, is it because the homepage of the mall has a poster display of "Sugar fried chestnuts are preparing for opening in winter"? I always feel that everything seems to be connected, but it can't be connected. I clicked on the store navigation in the APP, and the gray circle kept turning, and then, it became KURURU (Japanese anime KERORO Jun Cao, Jun Cao's friend, technical control, love to cover his mouth and make a wicked smile pronounced by KURUKU, and then his eyes were revealed), so yes, it became KURURU's signature action, and there was a line of gray small words below "Oops, the network crashed!" KUKUKUKUKU~β
"Don't worry, I'm okay for the time being," I replied as I thought about the words, and although I might be in danger of being drained of my normal blood next month, at least I have good food every day, "It's just that I don't fully understand the current situation." Can you help me look up some historical events? I thought about it for a while, and changed the 'event' to 'mythical story', "Please help me check the story about the 'resentful ghost', the period is probably the time of Xia Shang." I know my request may seem weird, but, please help me! By the way, if you can, can you try to send me a PDF file of the "Classic of Mountains and Seas"! β
I just finally remembered why I care about the connection between big birds and big fish, water and fire, and reminded me of a dream I had before, the strange bird that breathes fire in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas", and the flying fish that dives with full scores, and a horse that can fly? There seemed to be a whirring wind in my ears, interrupting my musings, and I looked around, but I didn't see anything wrong. The white clouds on the horizon seemed to change shape, like a fawn, and then like a pony with wings. I sent the message out and sat on the rock, staring at the sky in a daze.