Chapter 22: The Ship of Theseus

Hao Jian saw that my face was wrong, and he caught up and asked, "What is the soul gathering lamp?" Sounds like a magic weapon, huh? ”

I nodded, stared at the oil lamp in Liu Jie's hand and explained: "My grandfather said that in the past, when a child was scared and lost his soul, he would find the old man in the family to cut a strand of the child's hair and rub it into a wick, and then take a drop of the child's mother's blood and mix it into the lamp oil. ”

Liu Jie stopped suddenly, looked back at me and said, "You are talking about folk soil methods, not real soul gathering lamps." ”。

"I know," I smiled, tilted my head and looked at Liu Jie and continued: "My grandfather also said that a kind of soul-gathering lamp is used as a guide, and the powder of rhino horn and dry bones is added to make ointment. ”

As soon as the three words "go to the yin lamp" came out, Liu Jie's eyes changed when she looked at me, and she was silent for a moment and handed the soul gathering lamp to Hao Jian, and pressed her left hand to her right hand and bowed: "I am a folk wandering immortal, pure heart and few desires to enter the Taoyuan, I don't know why the source of friends, which cave guards the immortal mountain?" ”

"Lovers are lovers, and they are still wandering immortals, and they will really put gold on their faces!" I laughed secretly in my heart, thought about it and replied: "I was a guest on Kunlun Mountain, and I was true in front of the Yuxu Palace. ”

Liu Jie stopped talking at that time, because I had already blown my Taoism to the end, she was just a folk curiosity lover, and the good thing to say was called Yousan Immortal, and I was afraid that even the gods and goddesses couldn't compare to the ugly ones, even if they knew more than ordinary people, they still only stayed at the level of fur, and I boasted that I could compare with the gods, even if there was only one truth, it was unfathomable, where would I dare to blow up with me again?

But how did Liu Jie know that I was bluffing, seeing that she looked like she had given up resistance, I smiled secretly in my heart but did not show it, brushed my non-existent beard and said slowly: "The situation here is treacherous and complicated, I still have a few things that I don't understand, I don't know if you can answer?" ”

"If the master has any questions, just say it." Liu Jie nodded, took back the Soul Gathering Lamp and pointed ahead: "But time is tight at the moment, if the master doesn't mind, let's talk while walking." ”

I nodded, and Hao Jian shouted on the side: "Two, can we speak human words?" ”

Hao Jian has been with me for so many years, and he has never seen a real Taoist person, so when Liu Jie and I reported to our home just now, he was completely ignorant.

Liu Jie glanced at him: "It is your blessing to be able to follow Master Yu, and if you don't learn and have no skills, you will be punished by God!" ”

After saying that, Liu Jie turned around and left, I patted Hao Jian's shoulder and teased, "Did you hear that?" Learn more from me in the future, don't be idle all day long, and don't do your job. ”

Without waiting for Hao Jian to speak, I also ran two steps to catch up with Liu Jie, and after a while, I heard Hao Jian shouting from behind: "Wait!" Make it clear! Who's idle? Who doesn't do business? Who is damned! ”

Ignoring Hao Jian, who was angry, I first asked what happened in Huajiao Village after catching up with Liu Jie, although I had heard from the people of the expedition team before, but since Liu Jie was my companion, I must know something that ordinary people don't know, but what I didn't expect was that Liu Jie's answer once again subverted my three views......

In the information I got before, the source of the whole thing was that Liu Yunsheng led the expedition team to Huajiao Village to cover his actions in order to find the Human Emperor Seal, but the fact is that Liu Jie had already discovered that there was something wrong with Huajiao Village, and the clue that "the Human Emperor Seal is hidden in Huajiao Village" was what she told Liu Yunsheng!

The mastermind behind the scenes became a pawn in the hands of others, and at that time I felt that my brain was a little insufficient, and after pondering for a while, I finally cleared up my mind and asked tentatively: "You mean, the human emperor seal is not here?" ”

"Of course, I don't even know what the Human Emperor's Seal is." Liu Jie nodded back without hesitation, her innocent expression finally made her look like a little girl in her early twenties.

Hao Jian smiled: "Let that grandson pretend to be forced all day long, and when he knows that he is the one who is being used, see if he can be so calm!" ”

I'm also curious about how Liu Yunsheng will react after learning the truth, but the most important thing now is not this, I raised my hand and grabbed Liu Jie and questioned: "If there is no emperor seal here, there should be no Immortal Society, so how do you explain what is happening outside now?" ”

"You also know about the Immortal Society?" Liu Jie was obviously a little surprised, I nodded and continued to stare into her eyes, with the posture of breaking the casserole to ask the end.

Liu Jie seemed to know that she couldn't hide, and finally explained with a sigh: "The Immortal Society is a very ancient organization, I also saw it by chance in an ancient book, you can see it from the name alone, the people in this organization believe in immortality, as for their methods, I believe you can guess it if I don't say it." ”

"Zombies?" I thought about it and guessed.

"That's right," Liu Jie nodded, "The members of the Immortal Society believe that human life and death mainly lie in consciousness, and as long as they can make their bodies immortal and add their own consciousness, they can achieve the goal of immortality. ”

"It sounds a bit like the ship of Theseus, I can't imagine that these people still know philosophy." I muttered thoughtfully, but I ignored that there was another Hao Jian next to me.

"Can you two speak human words? After a while, you will be aware of the ship, and after a while, will you tell me that there is a ghost ship parked here? As soon as Hao Jian opened his mouth, he directly destroyed the academic atmosphere we had built.

Liu Jie glanced at him and explained: "The ship of Theseus is a logical paradox, which says that a ship replaces all the parts and components of the ship during the voyage, and when the ship returns to the port, do you think it is still the original ship?" ”

"What is a paradox?" Hao Jian looked dazed.

"Uh......" Liu Jie was speechless for a while, and urged impatiently: "Don't worry about this for now, answer my question!" ”

"Of course it is!" Hao Jian replied directly without thinking about it.

"But all the parts on the ship have been replaced, and all the original parts have sunk into the sea." Liu Jie continued to induce, with a hint of cunning in her eyes.

I knew that she wanted Hao Jian to fall into a logical circle, but she didn't know that Hao Jian's brain didn't allow him to think so deeply, so she pouted and said without thinking about it: "Then I don't care, if you drive Lao Tzu's boat out, you have to drive it back with all the tails, and it's your business to be willing to change parts, anyway, not a single cable on Lao Tzu's boat is allowed to be missing!" ”

The atmosphere froze instantly, Liu Jie's face was blue and white for a while, and I didn't know what I was thinking about, I was suffocating a smile next to me and my face was stiff, she sighed and said helplessly: "It's my fault, I shouldn't talk about philosophy with brainless people!" ”