When I went up to the mountain, I couldn't feel where the height was, only this time.

That day, Ning Xiao told his son to take him to the mountain, saying that it was a very high mountain, and it was a place he liked to go to very much. This made the villain king feel very strange, so he agreed to go.

So, Ning Xiao picked a weather that was rainy last night and sunny today, just said hello to Cheng Ziyang, and took his son on the road.

When he came to the bottom of the mountain, the villain king found that the mountain was very strange, and all the divine power and mana disappeared when he approached the mountain. So, I had to walk. Everywhere there were tree-covered slopes, and there were no mountains, only dark clouds that seemed to be in the sky.

He and his mother had walked a long way, and finally saw a strange-looking guy catch up. He claimed to be the mountain god of this mountain, and said that this mountain was not high, not really not high, but because the slope of the mountain was very wide, there was no feeling of climbing up the stairs; But the road was very long, and after walking for a long time, it would make the feet tired without the fatigue of climbing, so he sent a four-legged beast cart to take them to a place where there was no road.

The car was almost crawling in the shade of the trees, and the feeling of being completely in the greenery of the forest was very comfortable. The honeysuckle hanging on the citrus tree dragged its long fragrance into the car window like its vines, allowing the little man to breathe deeply. Everywhere is the arm of the citrus tree that he loves to see, the kind of chic and always polite branches and leaves, and the layers of jade that will nod like a nod, which is the most beautiful tree in the mountain.

This kind of citrus tree is rarely seen in other places. For this reason, Ning Xiao also introduced to his son: "Citrus aurantium is strong, grows very slowly, is naturally crooked, very graceful, is a tough guy among trees, not wood that can be used as furniture, therefore, in ancient times, it was only used as firewood." The wood is strong, burn-resistant and vigorous, and the guys in the mountains are especially happy to cut it. Cut too much, all the way to see the big citrus tree, but the citrus tree is hard, not afraid of cutting, cut and long, therefore, cut a lot, the huge roots are scarred. There is no stem cut down, but it still insists on new from the roots, and it is still full of white flowers every spring, which is particularly beautiful, and it is a good material for bonsai. Mountain farmers call citrus aurantium the 'king of firewood'. ”

In the past, when Cheng Ziyang was free, he would also take his son to enjoy the mountains and rivers. Therefore, the villain king has been to many mountains, but he can't see so many beautiful citrus trees in front of him, it is because it is resistant to burning and is destined to be burned. Nature is so strange that if you burn it, you can't burn it out; When it is cut, it grows hard and stiff, and it makes people cut and grow, which is much tougher than the kind of precious tree that is well cared for, but the leaves are sick for a while.

The mountain god also told the villain king: "There are few creatures and many trees here, and occasionally I cut down a large citrus tree and carry it back to my cave, but I am too tired to do it (because the wood is extremely strong and very heavy), and it is difficult to split, and compared with cutting a smaller orange tree, the labor cost is too great." In addition, the mountain is not high, and the guys who are idle on weekdays to climb the mountain are unwilling to climb the mountain that is not high, otherwise they will be ridiculed as cowards if they take photos to show other guys. ”

In fact, there are many stories in this mountain, and the villain king is an endless "thousand branches" all the way, and he can't listen to the thousands of emotions of the mountain god.

Before he knew it, there was no way out of the four-legged beast cart in front of the mountain, so the mountain god stopped and said that he would wait here.

"Mom," the villain king took Ning Xiao's hand and asked with his divine sense. "Are we no longer in the human realm?"

"Well, that's hard to say!" Ning Xiao responded. "Because this mountain is located at the intersection of the human world and the Yin Division, it belongs to the two areas."

"Oh!" The villain king understood.

This mountain is really strange, the high mountain is hidden in the clouds and the forest sea does not let the climber know the true face, no wonder what you see is only green waves. In the distance, I saw a dark cloud ring at the end of the green wave, and it turned out to be not a cloud, but a mountain hidden in the clouds.

Coming down from the four-legged beast cart, there was a roar in my ears, this was a place where several mountain springs gathered, and the stormy waves were jets of water that fell to the ground and crashed into the boulders of the valley. Over the years, the impact of turbulence and boulders must not be ordinary forces, but how they complement each other is really the greatness of nature.

The villain king has not really climbed to the top, but he has already started to think: why is the mountain spring gathered from the surrounding mountains here like an inexhaustible river? Why do mountain springs stop flowing and plants wither in other places? There is no big river on the top of this mountain, but because there are many trees on the mountain here, these trees are rarely cut down, and they grow to the sky. Each tree is a small reservoir, and the thousands of tree roots, like a barrage, make the rainwater stagnant, slowly and evenly infiltrate and flow down the mountain, for thousands of years, the water flows for a long time.

The trickle of water seeping out of the ground on each mountain has become a long river in the mountain, making the natural ecology of the deep mountains varied, so that the villain king really lingers. I remember that Song Dai once told him that it takes about 20 years to penetrate from a high mountain at an altitude of 1,000 meters to a kilometer or less, and if there are no trees on the mountain, the rain will only pour over the surface of the mountain; If the rain is heavy, there are no trees to store, the water stirs up the mud, and the flash flood rises suddenly, which is easy to form natural disasters.

When the villain king was surprised by the roar of the mountain water, the mountain god didn't care. The little king asked him why, and he replied, "I have been on this mountain for ten thousand years, and I am used to hearing it." So, the villain king thought, it is a little regrettable that such a good place has come late, because his soul needs this kind of roar, this kind of roar that can make people always sober.

Ning Xiao and his party continued to go up the mountain, the road was over, and the stone path was twisting and turning, like a giant centipede. The path is close to the stream, and the boulders in the stream are one after the other, and the water flows over them so clearly that climbers can't help but sit on the rocks. The brook was covered with many shade-loving plants that had never been seen before, some like kelp, some like strings of pearls, and some like small trees full of pods. The most unwavering thing for the villain king is the single grass shaped like a mimosa, its leaves are covered with mist beads formed by the collision of water and stones, and in the slight mountain breeze, swaying its branches, like a viburnum out of water.

The mountain god pointed to the boulder lying in the spring and said to the villain king: "Here the big trees cover the sky, the waterfall is foggy all the year round, and the natural humidity is very high, so the stone frog is pampered here." In the middle of the night, I came to catch the lantern, and the big one weighed two or three pounds, but it was like a child, and I couldn't bear to catch it often. The sound of frogs in the mountains at night is one, and the sound of the water is one. When the wind rises, the bamboo shakes the moon, the trees add waves, and the ripples in the tranquility make you feel the existence of the outside world. ”

"Oooh!" The villain king was amazed.

"Mom," although it was very tiring to climb the mountain without relying on divine power, the villain king couldn't help but ask. "What did you bring to this?"

"I originally wanted to take you to another region, but I just had an appointment with someone, and I thought it would be a good place!" Ning Xiao didn't hide it and told the truth.

"Mom, where do you want to take me?" The villain king didn't want to let go.

"It's a place in country M, and it's also going over the mountains. However, when you go there, you will suddenly find a large depression underneath your feet. The sand dunes are covered with sparse plants such as rat hair, but they are lifeless. That area is what people commonly call Death Valley. ”

"It's a dead valley, but it's actually a long, deep fault valley. The entire valley is 85 meters below sea level. The cliffs on both sides are steep, the danger is full of dangers, the temperature is extremely high, and it is difficult for people to get out as soon as they enter. Hundreds of years ago, hundreds of gold diggers came there. Later, some people died of thirst and sun because they got lost, and most of them finally escaped from the steep bank on the west side of Death Valley. Therefore, based on this treacherous and inhospitable terrain, it was named 'Death Valley'. ”

"From the high slope to the valley bottom, the temperature rises sharply, and the heat is unbearable. When I took out the thermometer, I could see that the red line reached the high temperature of more than 40 degrees. In this hot and dry valley of death, the annual precipitation is less than 100 mm, and the evaporation far exceeds the precipitation, making it difficult for plants to grow and birds and animals to enter. ”

"That Death Valley used to be a big lake. Later, due to the perennial drought, the lake evaporated and gradually dried up, turning the bottom of the lake into a desert. The valley floor covers an area of about 1,400 square kilometers. You only have to walk a few steps and you will see a bed of white flowers in front of you. If you take a closer look, those strange transparent salt crystals form a group of small minarets a few centimeters to nearly a meter high, which sparkle in the sunlight and are particularly beautiful. ”

"Despite the harsh environment in Death Valley, the fish surprisingly survived. Of course, those fish are confined to isolated populations in a valley or individual waterhole. However, they have survived extreme temperatures ranging from more than 40 degrees to 1 to 2 degrees Celsius and vastly varying salinity. This in itself is a miracle. This excellent temperature tolerance has allowed this school of fish to survive in Death Valley for at least 30,000 years, which is really unacceptable!"

"Hmm!" The villain king nodded. But at the same time, he expressed his incomprehension: "Mom, what do you mean by saying so much?" ”

"Death is the end of life, and life is the form of life. Birth, old age, sickness and death are the laws of nature, and no one can resist them. However, what I would like to say is that 'death' and 'living' are the phenomena of another life. Ning Xiao thought about it and responded to his son like this.

"Mom," at this time, the villain king was even more incomprehensible. "You are a god, and I am the king of villains. Is it appropriate for you to talk to me about life and death at this time? ”

"Alas!" Ning Xiao let out a long sigh. She reached out and stroked the head of the villain king, and whispered, "Child, what's wrong with this? After speaking, she said no more, and continued to walk up the mountain.

Walking on this mountain, as in a painting. Because of the large slope, I was not tired until I was halfway up the mountain, and I was full of energy. The road narrowed and narrowed, and the stone paved road came to an end, and the path was barely visible with grass and yellow bamboo leaves, like stepping on a sponge. When he saw two families in front of him, the mountain god said that this was the top of the mountain, and the little king looked at it and did not feel that he was on the top of the mountain, because there were many trees and forests and he could not see the top and bottom of the mountain.

The fresh air on the mountain makes the villain Wang comfortable and indisputable. If it is a certain guy, I am afraid that when he is older, he will become an old monk in one step. As long as you have the heart, it is better to move over and let there be one more family on the top of this mountain!

The mountain god led them into the house, and saw that the old couple of this family had white hair, but they poured tea and moved the stool and walked like the wind. The male Lao Suo said to the visitor: "When I was young, I was accustomed to mountain roads, the mountains were miserable, the fresh bamboos and wild vegetables were less oil and water on weekdays, and there was no burden on thin people, the air in the mountains was pleasant, blessed by heaven and earth, and I rarely had a fever and stomach pain, I was eighty-seven years old, and my wife was eighty-six years old. My children and grandchildren have all come down to the mountain to develop their careers, and I tell them to rest assured. There is no time on the mountain, every day passes, and the seasons change. raised a few hens to lay eggs to make up for people, reluctant to kill, and a few were given by others when their grandsons went to the ground. Now the grandson is nine years old, and the chicken is nine years old. ”

It's a pleasure to talk to the elderly. It's really precious to see the satisfaction of their hearts. He said that when his children and grandchildren descended the mountain, the villain king thought that there would be a shortage of people on the top of the mountain in the future, and he hoped that these old men would be strong and strong, standing like green pines, and staying for a longer time. He thought it was one

In a world like poetry, there will always be people running in the future. The old man wanted to keep them for dinner, saying that it was difficult for visitors to come to the mountain.

Looking at the old man's busy appearance, the villain king seemed to understand something. So, he said to Ning Xiao: "Mom, I now feel that life and death should not be a difficult question to answer. ”

"Yes, kid!" When Ning Xiao heard this, he felt very relieved. She stretched out her hand and grabbed the villain king, and after looking at him at eye level, she continued: "Mom just told you the story of 'death', and now she is telling you 'living'. ”

"There is a story about the fact that one day, workers in a factory discovered that the roof of a factory suddenly cracked for some reason. After a period of time, the crack became wider and deeper, and even appeared in the strange phenomenon of the factory building on the west side of the crack moving to the southeast. The owner of this factory was taken aback. ”

"The news reached the ears of a geologist. He became interested in it and went on a field trip. As a result, he understood at a glance. It turns out that this torn factory building is not biased or oblique, and it is built right on the line of the large fault. This large fault is right on the dividing line between the flat ocean plate and the North American plate. ”

"These two plates are passing each other at a rate of five or six centimeters a year. In this way, this cracked plant had to go north partly by the Pacific plate, and partly by the North American plate. ”

Hearing this, the villain Wang showed a lot of interest.

"Alas," Ning Xiao still sighed and continued. "Mom is telling you this to tell you that life and death are only relative. The earth appears to be dead, but it is actually alive. The frozen snake seems to be motionless, but in fact its life is there. The same is true of life, as a famous poem says: Some people die, but they live; Some people live, but he dies......"