Chapter 9: Past Lives (1)
In the deep mountains and old forests, the narrow forest path is winding and winding and cannot see the end, and the ancient trees on both sides of the path are towering to the sky, covering the sky and the sun. Without the baptism of sunlight, the dark forest becomes eerie and mysterious. Few people dared to go into this forest, and even if they did, they never came out. It was an isolated land, with the wind-blown trees swaying slightly and the leaves rustling slowly.
In the depths of this forest, there is a swampy place, and once outsiders set foot here, they completely lose the opportunity to get out of this land. However, in the cave next to the swamp, there is a giant python that accompanies it all year round.
The python is about fifteen meters long and one meter wide, with dark red markings inlaid in its black scales, it is the most ferocious and dangerous animal in the forest, its huge body curled up into a large disc, and its eyes are closed. This is a python spirit that has been cultivated for more than a thousand years, and it is about to become enlightened...
Outside the cave where the python lived, there was a sound from far and near, the sound of cutting trees. The python was alarmed, raised its head, and the thick python whiskers on both sides naturally hung on the ground, and a pair of big bright eyes glowed green, searching for the source of the sound like a finder.
As if it had determined its position, it got up and crawled slowly in the direction of the sound, and everywhere it went, the trees staggered and broken, and the sound of brushing startled the birds in the trees, and suddenly, the air seemed to be heavy, and there was silence all around, and even the sound of felling stopped...
Hearing the sound and stopping the cutting action, the person who came looked around, in this no-man's land, there was such a sound, and many years of experience told him that this was not a good thing, and he immediately became alert, and held the machete in both hands and placed it on his chest for self-defense.
But after waiting for a long time, nothing appeared, there was no abnormality around, just when he gradually lowered his vigilance and was about to continue cutting down trees, the bushes behind him rustled, and he quickly turned to the bushes and shouted, "What is it?" Come out! A huge python slowly stretched out of the bushes to meet its eyes.
It was a middle-aged farmer who cut down trees, his dark complexion and strong arms showed that he had worked hard to cut down trees all year round, and the python that appeared in front of him at this time really frightened him, he had never seen such a big python, and suddenly his legs were weak and he knelt on his knees, and the hand holding the machete kept shaking.
"The trees here are hundreds of thousands of years old, all of them are born by absorbing the essence of heaven and earth, with spirituality, don't hurt their bodies, leave here quickly" The deep and calm slightly hoarse voice floated into the farmer's ears.
When the frightened farmer heard the python's suggestion to him, he knew that it was a full-fledged python, and the python said this to prove that it would not hurt him, but he put his mind down and stood up boldly.
"I went through a lot of hardships to enter this place of death, in order to cut down this ancient wood and go back to make money, how can the great immortal stop me from making money?"
"Don't be stubborn, this wood is not cut down by mortals such as you, read your first offense, I won't do anything to you, you better leave quickly"
The farmer stared at the python, and suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, "How can this ancient tree be as valuable as the python essence in front of me, hack it to death and strip the python skin, and dig out the python gall bladder, won't you get rich" In just a few minutes, the farmer changed from fear to calculation, thinking in his heart how to kill this python.
It is not wrong to say that people die for money and birds die for food, under the lure of money, human nature has long been vulnerable, and greedy desires urge people to do things that benefit themselves and harm others, and do not hesitate to harm innocent lives for their own selfish interests.
After making up his mind, the farmer said loudly to the python, "Daxian, I can not hurt these trees, but when I came, my leg was scratched by the sharp branches in the forest, I'm afraid it will be difficult to get out, Daxian can you send me out, the little farmer must be grateful."
His leg was indeed scratched, but it was not impossible to walk and not be able to go back, this was only the first step in his plan, to murder the python. The huge python was simply no match for him, and he had to use tactics to achieve his goals.
How could a farmer be so stupid as to go into the mountains alone to cut wood, they are all in groups, just spread out when they are felling, so as to cut more ancient trees, they are all prepared to go into the mountains. When the python heard him say this, and saw that his outer pants were indeed covered with blood, he leaned forward and lowered his head, motioning for him to climb on its head and send him out.
The farmer excitedly climbed onto the python's head, sat down firmly and put his thumb and forefinger together in his mouth, and whistled loudly, three long and two short. It's a code between them, meaning they need support.
The python crawled slowly forward with the farmer, and suddenly four iron chains full of sharp blades flew from its side, instantly entangled the python, and the blades pierced the hard python. Due to the suddenness of the incident, the python didn't have time to react at all, and the farmer took the opportunity to grab the python with one hand, and with the machete in the other hand, he slashed down according to its seven inches, and blood gushed out in an instant. The python shook its body in pain, making a gesture to throw him down, but because its body was restrained by iron chains, it couldn't break free, and its mouth let out bursts of angry roars, and the surrounding branches, leaves, sand, and gravel were swept away to the surroundings because of the python's movements. Suddenly it was dark, and I couldn't see the farmer and the python clearly. The farmer was already red-eyed, and kept swinging his machete and slashing downward. It wasn't until the python's head fell to the ground with a bang that he fell off the python's head and lay on the ground panting heavily.
The people around him gathered around and tightened the chains, and a young man ran up to help the farmer, his body covered in the pungent smell of python blood, running down his face. After a short rest, he stood up and walked to the python's head, which was already dying, staring at the farmer with his eyes slightly open, his eyes full of anger and hatred. This kind of look made the farmer shake all over, his heart beat faster, and then changed to an ecstatic smirk, and said to the giant python, "Don't blame me, blame you for being nosy, send it to the door to find death, now I will be rich, hahahahaha"
"I want you to have a life to be able to bear this wealth," the farmer said in his mind, and then the python had stopped breathing and died. Hmph, who has the life to suffer if Lao Tzu has no life? You? Even if Chengjing doesn't die in my hands, I bah! The farmer took a sip and beckoned them to go down the hill with his 'booty'.
Not long after this, the farmer fell ill, and black abscesses grew on his body, densely spread all over his body, and the slightest touch would break, and a foul-smelling pus and blood flowed out, and no one dared to approach him, and he himself was tripped when he got out of bed because of his immobility, and touched the machete hanging by the wall, and it happened that the knife fell on his neck, cutting off his head and killing him. The old man of the village said that this was the retribution for killing the python spirit.
"Meng Ting, come back" Teacher Yang called Sister Meng Ting's name and woke her up from hypnosis. Sister Meng Ting slowly opened her eyes, unable to calm down for a long time.
"That python is your previous life, you have cultivated for thousands of years, and you are about to become enlightened, but you were killed by the farmer, you should be able to recognize that farmer"
"He's my father..."
That's right, that farmer is Sister Meng Ting's father in this life, who killed her in her previous life and hindered her from becoming enlightened, and became her father in this life to pay off her debts. When Sister Meng Ting was just born, the doctor told her mother that she had given birth to a strange baby. Where did Meng's mother believe this, how could her child be a strange baby, but when the doctor brought the child over, she herself was shocked, and two long stiff whiskers grew on both sides of the child's mouth. The doctor's advice is to have surgery to remove the stiff beard while the child is still young, and it will not affect the child's growth. Mother Meng agreed, and until now Sister Meng Ting still has two small holes in her mouth, which is where she grew a stiff beard at the beginning.
Only a python that has become a fine will have a stiff beard, and Sister Meng Ting was a giant python in her previous life, so she loves to eat field frogs in this life. After Teacher Yang finished telling her, she decided that she would never eat field frogs again, and that she would do more good deeds and practice hard in this life...
Hypnosis has a history of thousands of years, and traces of hypnosis can be found in ancient Chinese Zhuyoushu, channeling, and witchcraft of other ethnic groups. It was developed from ancient witchcraft, also known as Yanling, and the earliest record is that it was used by the Yellow Emperor in ancient times. The method is to use suggestion and other means to put the recipient into a hypnotic state and can produce a magical effect in order to achieve a certain purpose, such as age regression and past life regression.
When using hypnosis, Mr. Yang needs to call out the soul of the recipient and send the soul back to the previous life with the heart. After watching Teacher Yang do hypnosis for Sister Meng Ting, I also want to do it, because I really want to know what the relationship between me and Nalan is in my previous life. I asked Nalan once, but at the mention of this, he was silent, as if he remembered something painful, and his eyes were full of remorse and despair...
However, Mr. Yang needs to rest after hypnosis, and he can't do it continuously. When she was hypnotizing others, her own Yuan Shen also wanted to go in, and the recipient could see all that Teacher Yang saw, and she went in to protect the recipient from accidentally falling into the past life and not coming back, so it was very sad to be mentally and spiritual, and when she was seriously tired, she couldn't stand up at all, and it took a long time to slow down. So my hypnosis was scheduled for a week later.
A week later, I came to Ms. Yang's house, and she told me to lie down and relax and take a deep breath, ready to tune my soul, but I couldn't wait to go back to my previous life, and I was nervous and excited, so I couldn't go into hypnosis. In the end, it was Mr. Yang who asked me to recite the meditation mantra so that I was able to calm down and enter the hypnotic state smoothly.
I felt like I was instantly entering another world. There was smoke around him, and even his body was suddenly much lighter, as if he was walking among the clouds. From time to time, images pass in front of my eyes, sometimes like smoke and fog, sometimes clearly visible, making it difficult for me to distinguish between reality and fiction.
Not long after, the picture settled on a bustling and lively street market in ancient times, and the market was full of traffic and people. On both sides are shops selling various goods, as well as restaurants that are full of people, which is very lively.
A man and a woman holding hands came into my eyes, and I recognized the man at a glance, it was Nalan! Because his appearance hasn't changed at all. At this time, he was smiling and bowing his head to say something to the woman next to him, and the woman smiled like a flower after hearing this, and the man took her into his arms. When the woman looked up, I could see her face clearly, and to my surprise, the woman was actually me...