During the Republic of China, there was a place not far from the county seat, called Qingshui Township.

There is a hooligan in the township, who is called Ma Sanhao, what is Sanhao? One is good to brag, the second is good to extort, and the third is good to face.

Because of coincidence, he became a security captain in the Qingshui Township Management Office, but he did all the bad things, and people called him a good big brother.

Later, when he encountered the revenge of the ghost, he didn't dare to be the security captain anymore, and went to the Taoist temple to become a Taoist priest. Although this Ma Sanhao has a bad character, he is very talented in cultivating the Tao, and he deceived his superiors and subordinates, and finally became the master of the Taoist temple.

When he was in the Taoist temple, he took in an orphan, who was Ma Sanhao's first apprentice.

In the entire Taoist temple, there are only two of them, although Ma Sanhao has a bad character, but he is very good to this apprentice.

The little Taoist priest is also smart and kind, and he is also extremely filial to Ma Sanhao.

It wasn't until later, when they were hiding from the war, that they came across a cave, and it was in the cave that they found the three missing parts of the "Zhuangzi".

Hearing this, I already knew what Master Zu was going to say, because of this story, the master had told me before, so he answered: "The rest of the content, my master has already said, Ma Sanhao killed his apprentice in order to get the three ancient scrolls, but he didn't want to be cursed by his apprentice. ”

The ancestor in his mind laughed softly and said: "That is the story that has been handed down, the real truth, it is not that the master killed the apprentice, but that the apprentice killed the master!" ”

I didn't understand, Master Zu continued: "Because of me, I am that apprentice!" Later, I replaced the identity of Ma Sanhao and lived forever. ”

Stories are passed down from people, and the truth is known only to the person concerned.

Master Zu continued: "When we found the ancient scroll, the master moved to kill, he took advantage of my inattention, sneak attacked me, but I didn't expect that my life was extraordinary, he didn't kill me at all, but was seriously injured, I wanted to accept my fate, but in my mind, a sentence suddenly popped up, so I decided to live." ”

I knew which sentence it was, so I said it: "Tianxingjian, the gentleman is self-improving, the terrain is good, and the gentleman is virtuous." ”

Master Zu smiled and continued: "This is the first sentence of the explanation of the strange book "Zhou Yi", the first sentence of my transformation, and the last sentence of my kindness. Heaven and earth gave birth to me, and they determined that I am unique, just like you are now. When I killed my master, although I felt guilty, I was more self-comforting, I was persecuted, and I stood on the side of justice. At that time, just like you now, I felt that I should guard the avenue and insist on justice. But I didn't expect that since then, it has been the beginning of transformation. ”

"When you start counting one person, and in the end there are countless people, it's just a mental accumulation. I became obsessed with power, explaining to myself every time that I was still me, but no one knew that over time, I was no longer me. Today's me is no longer the me of yesterday, and tomorrow's me will not be today's me. People's thinking has been changing, but it has never changed, everyone has just given up the constraints of the past. ”

I asked, "Now that we're all going to be wiped out, what are you telling me all this for?" ”

Master Zu smiled softly and said: "Later, justice and evil are just one word, and in the same way, everyone's past is just a symbol, I replaced Ma Sanhao, no one cares." There is only one purpose for all people: to survive. I began to search for the meaning of existence, but in the end I found that there was no answer, so I made balance my morality. ”

"I've always wondered why God created me, I interpret it as balance, but not to balance heaven and earth, but to balance humanity. The Tao exists in all things in the world, and human beings always think that they can influence the Tao and even get the Tao, but in fact, they do not think that the Tao may not care about human beings at all, and human beings are the same as ants and grasshoppers. ”

"Then why did you tell me about the great principle of balance before?" I asked.

Master Zu smiled: "I just hope that you can know how to balance and be able to inherit me." What I fear is that the balance of humanity will be upset, affecting the Tao, and eventually being destroyed by the Tao. The so-called world is nothing but the world of human beings, and when human beings do not exist, everything will no longer be meaningful to human beings. ”

The more Master Zu talked, the more he talked, and I didn't want to listen to it anymore, but said: "For us, if the Yema Commander does not exist, what you tell me will no longer have any meaning." ”

Master Zu said: "No, it makes sense, because you, in my place, will continue to guard the balance." ”

Master Zu continued: "Have you ever wondered what kind of existence the immortals on Penglai Island are, and what is the relationship between the Lord and him? No one knows how long the hidden land has existed, but throughout the ages, there have been countless people who covet it. Now that the balance between the Daomen and the Gen organization has been broken again, the good and evil in the world are no longer balanced, and your next task is to straighten the world and maintain it. When I knew that the Gen organization existed, I knew that today was coming, so I began to plan, counter the power of the Gen organization, and designed everything, but I didn't expect that I met someone more suitable than me, and that was you. ”

I said that I have a long way to go, but I was afraid that I was lying to me again, so I couldn't help but ask, "Why did you choose me?" ”

"Because you are the same as you used to be."

What he meant was that I would eventually fall, but when I thought of this, Master Zu had already read what I was thinking, and then said, "No, I want you, always you, the past me, not to become the current me again." That's what seeds are all about! ”

"Tianxingjian, the gentleman is self-improving, the terrain is good, and the gentleman is virtuous. This is the one who can really guard the balance. ”

Speaking of this, Master Zu suddenly came out of my body, stood in front of me, and smiled at me: "The rest, please leave it to you." Then he put his hands on my forehead, and I felt a force from my forehead to my body, and the power in my body was merged.

Master Zu smiled and said to me: "I have put a death curse on you, but not to kill you, but to protect you and live forever." You will live alone forever! ”

I really don't know whether to thank him or curse him.

The devouring of the Excalibur in the body stopped.

And Master Zu slowly disappeared, leaving the last sentence: "Live well!" ”

I don't know if he thought of it himself, or because he read my memory and knew that my most important person, the master and Zhao Xiaoxue both said this to me.

It's all over.

At this time, the snow in the sky slowly stopped, and soon, the clouds were also blown away by the mountain wind, revealing the entire starry sky.

Countless stars twinkled in the sky, just like countless people on the ground, living happily.

Time flies, and everything continues.

My parents and I, as well as the remnants of Qingshan Town, returned home with the first rays of sunlight, and I knew that there was still darkness in the shadows of the trees, like the Tao, with yin and yang.

Because Su Xuanke was seriously injured, he didn't ask for trouble, he was taken away by the people of the Gen Organization, and Qingshan Town regained its calm, I don't know that this Daoshu world has just regained its calm, but I don't know when the next ripple will come again.

When I got home, I slept well, and I felt that everything I had experienced had been like a dream since I became a Taoist, and now it was time to wake up.

A dream is already a world.

In the afternoon, I returned to Daoist Bay, packed all my things, and I was going to live in the south with my uncle, and everything here was also left here.

When I locked the door, I went to the top of the mountain behind Daoist Bay again, in the dream, I came here more than once, but in reality, it was the first time, I looked at the foot of the mountain, the rushing river of life, looked up to the deep mountain, the peak of the mountain buried the ancestors of the Louguan School, and on the other side of the mountain, you can see Song Wan, but also can vaguely look at Zhao Xiaoxue's lonely grave.

I choked back tears and buried my head on the ground, smelling the earth deeply.

In fact, I have thought about the meaning of life more than once, but there is no answer, and I no longer want to know the answer, I just know: live well.

Let everything here drift away with the whistling mountain wind.

"Live well!" I said to myself.

(ENDS)