Chapter 421: Life is like a play
Once, after Gongsun Bu and Zhan Jingtian killed a burial master who tried to kill them, they found a burial technique from him, and this burial technique was actually the rarest thunder burial technique, you must know that the thunder burial technique is the most difficult to get hold in the funeral master world, because the thunder system does not belong to the five elements, and only a few schools have this kind of burial technique.
Gongsun Bu immediately gave up the funeral technique to Zhan Jingtian, hoping that he could practice well and become a funeral master like himself.
Zhan Jingtian is definitely talented and qualified, and Gongsun Bu only has such a friend as Zhan Jingtian, so he also knows him best. As long as Zhan Jingtian wants to, he will definitely be able to become an excellent funeral master like himself.
Needless to say, how hard and boring the funeral master's cultivation path was, even Gongsun Bu couldn't stand this kind of austerity at that time, thinking that if Zhan Jingtian, a good friend, had been with him, it would be a help to both of them.
But Zhan Jingtian refused Gongsun Bu's invitation. Motioned to Gongsun Bu to take out this thunder burial technique at the family auction.
"Why? Lao Zhan, don't you want to be a funeral master? I admit that you are strong now, but there is a difference between heaven and earth between the undertaker and mortals, don't you understand? ”
"Of course I understand, looking at you, I also know how strong the undertaker is." Zhan Jingtian smiled lightly, suddenly lay on the ground and looked at the sky and said. Gongsun Bu was a little angry, he simply still thought that Zhan Jingtian still didn't recognize the difference in strength between the two, and he didn't know how rare this kind of opportunity was. This is an opportunity that some undertakers can encounter but cannot seek!
If it weren't for the fact that Gongsun Bu himself had already cultivated the family heart method, he couldn't practice this thunder burial technique anymore, otherwise he would probably be a little greedy.
"Why refuse if you know it! Lao Zhan, the limit of mortals is a very shallow thing! Only the Undertaker, our existence that pursues the power of the heavens will eventually become the strongest existence in the world, don't you desire this? ”
"Hmm...... How can I explain it to you? ”
Zhan Jingtian pillowed his arm and pondered for a while, with a wry smile, as if he was quite distressed.
Gongsun Bu didn't understand what was going on in his good brother's mind, he just felt that his brain was in water, and he didn't even know how to grasp this kind of pie-in-the-sky opportunity in front of him.
"Old step, I'm sorry, I think I'm content to be an assassin in my life, it's exciting enough. Maybe there will be more fun things waiting for me to become a mortuary, but ...... I'm tired right now just by being an assassin among mortals, and I don't think I can afford anything more. ”
Zhan Jingtian looked at Gongsun Bu sincerely and said with a smile.
"I know very well to myself that I'm a guy of this level, even if maybe I could have done more, as you said, but I don't pursue that anymore. I feel good about living like I am now. You can interpret it as a balance, or you can take me for a fool, I don't care. ”
At that time, Gongsun Bu watched Zhan Jingtian say those words of unknown meaning to himself, and he was holding back a wave of anger in his heart, only feeling that the guy who had always been a good brother was such an ambitious thing.
Perhaps this dissatisfaction also became a reason for the two to gradually lose contact after their natural separation. Although Zhan Jingtian is approachable, he is actually not the kind of person who likes to tell others what is in his heart.
So Gongsun Bu guessed that maybe Zhan Jingtian was also aware of the dissatisfaction with him in his heart, so he didn't take the initiative to contact him again.
Of course, dissatisfaction is dissatisfaction, except for this, Gongsun Bu was also for Zhan Jingtian at that time
There is no hatred in it. On the contrary, he had no contact with Zhan Jingtian, and after he gradually made a name for himself in the world of funeral masters, the heavier and heavier responsibilities on his shoulders, and the increasing number of guys who slapped himself on the back also made Gongsun Bu feel a strong fatigue in his heart.
He remembered that at that time, he missed Zhan Jingtian very much, an old friend who could talk about everything.
Usually he is an iceberg that rejects people thousands of miles away in the eyes of others, but when he is with Zhan Jingtian, he plays the role of saying something like a stunned young man.
And whenever Gongsun Bu vomited bitterness, Zhan Jingtian would always listen to his words quietly with a smile, and he would never comfort Gongsun Bu anything, but the amazing thing was that every time he finished saying this, Gongsun Bu felt that he had the motivation to move forward.
Whenever he and Zhan Jingtian just said whatever they wanted, Gongsun Bu found that he could always find what he really longed for in such a process, and found his shortcomings and deficiencies when he reflected later.
Gongsun Bu is a very strong person, and he is also a person whose self-esteem is higher than the sky.
At the same time, he also shoulders perseverance and talent, as well as the ability to continue to work hard, so today he has become one of the few ancient masters in the entire funeral world.
But even if this is the case, he now has to admit that at that time, Zhan Jingtian was far stronger than himself, and he was like a child, treating Zhan Jingtian as an existence that he could rely on, just like a senior brother, he had been imperceptibly influenced from him.
Unfortunately, he was not a man with great emotional intelligence, and it was many years before he woke up to this kind of thing. It was also at that time that I knew what Zhan Jingtian meant by what he said at that time.
In his life, the so-called cultivation is not everything, Zhan Jingtian longs for more than just becoming the strongest. In other words, if becoming the strongest in the world requires him to give up all other elements in life, he would rather not be the strongest in the world and find a new path.
In the spiritual realm, Zhan Jingtian has always been ahead of himself early. This is something that Gongsun Bu will be extremely frustrated every time he thinks about it. It's not because he recognized that he lost to Zhan Jingtian in the spiritual realm, but because he was annoyed that he couldn't help him as much as he brought him.
A faint sense of guilt and nostalgia for the friendships of his old youth always appeared like a ghost from time to time, haunting his mind and causing him to fall into deep thought for a long time. For Zhan Jingtian, is he also a good friend?
Now he is an ancient master admired by thousands of people in the world, but the emptiness in his heart is not something that can be simply made up by the word "power". This is man, and man himself is such a complex animal.
A silent but not embarrassing silence slowly flowed through the room with a warm air current, a comfortable moment of silence that only true friends can have.
I don't know how long it took, Zhan Jingtian had finished smoking the hookah, he smiled lightly, put down the chimney, and said: "No matter what kind of existence the funeral master is in my eyes, you are an out-and-out strong man, presumably your purpose has been achieved, right?" Lao Bu, with your protection, your family should not encounter anything you don't want to see in the future. ”
"Quite the opposite. That's why that's why I said that if I had a choice, I wouldn't want to get to where I am today, knowing too much would be a torture. ”
Gongsun Bu sighed, and then glanced at Zhan Jingtian, who was smiling and silent, looking for his crutches, and said with a smile: "Old guy, you."
Don't pretend anymore, act like you can't walk on your own, pretend to be quite similar, but do you think you can hide it from me? ”
Listening to Gongsun Bu's words, Zhan Jingtian was stunned for a moment, and then smiled silently and withdrew the hand that touched the crutches and looked completely different from when he was supported before, Zhan Jingtian actually stretched his waist in high spirits, and then sat back in the chair and cocked Erlang's legs leisurely.
"Look at what you said, what is disguise, no matter how you think about it, it is normal for an old guy who is too old to look a little unhealthy and have a little problem, right? It's not normal for you to be like this, don't you see those kids scared when they see you? ”
When Gongsun Bu heard this, he said with some disdain: "Do you blame me?" I am an ancient teacher, that is, regardless of the strength and seniority, it is only natural that those little guys are respectful to me. Lao Zhan, is there any benefit in you pretending to be sick? ”
Zhan Jingtian smiled helplessly and said: "What's the benefit, you old thing pay attention to the words, what is pretending, I'm just a way to get close to young people." Rather than being feared, I want to get closer to them and talk to them more. When people are old, they always want to talk to people, don't they? Hehe......"
Gongsun Bu looked at Zhan Jingtian with a relaxed face complicatedly, and said with some emotion: "Your old boy has passed for decades, and there is still no change. It's still the wicked person in the world back then, as long as he saw your Zhan Jingtian's hunting order, he would be scared, the most legendary assassin in the history of the Zhan family, isn't it? ”
"I can't remember, when people get old, they don't remember all those boring things in their hearts." Zhan Jingtian smiled and said.
Gongsun Bu looked at the wine bottle on the table, as if he hadn't heard Zhan Jingtian's words, and muttered to himself: "But such a legendary assassin, in nearly half of his life as an assassin, has never slaughtered any innocent people, and even as long as it is a request from a weak person, even if the reward is only half a copper plate, he will fight for his life and kill all the scum who do evil......
He looked at the misty scenery outside the window with some nostalgia, and said lightly: "Lao Zhan, now that I have become an ancient master, I thought that there would be more exciting things waiting for me."
But now that I think about it, I realize that the days when I was jealous and hateful with you, acted chivalrous and righteous, and both of them wandered the rivers and lakes, is what I miss the most...... Hmph, looking back, this road against the sky is nothing more than that! ”
Zhan Jingtian took a sip of tea, glanced at Gongsun Bu, who had a melancholy face, and laughed in a low voice: "Just say this kind of thing here, don't say it in front of juniors." ”
"Hmph, what, are you still afraid that they will look down on me? Who dares, if I find out, I won't punish him well. ”
"I mean, even if you're so deluded by your misery now that you don't know what to do, you shouldn't at least destroy those children's dreams. Being respected also means that you are being worshipped, and as an ancient teacher, this is not what you should say. ”
Gongsun Bu quietly looked at Zhan Jingtian who was smiling at him, his face was aging, full of vicissitudes and deep wrinkles, but that familiar smile made Gongsun Bu suddenly have an illusion, he and Zhan Jingtian seemed to have returned to those memories of decades ago, which made him the happiest.
"yes...... You're right. Hehe, Lao Zhan, you still haven't changed at all. ”
"It's the same with you, except for your level." Zhan Jingtian said teasingly.
Gongsun Bu laughed and said, "You say, is this a good thing or a bad thing?" ”