Chapter 35: The Old Fox's Garden

"Yes, although your knowledge is still too little, but your understanding is okay, your future husband is very curious about your self-confidence, could it be that your self-confidence comes from this."

"Huh? Lost self-confidence? What the heck? Uh, I'm sorry, hehe..."

Luo Haifeng waved his hand to signal that Lin Hai didn't have to care about his inappropriate words, and pushed his glasses with a smile and said:

"Actually, I was quite curious at first, and you were very confident in front of me, to be honest, I have taught so many students, and you are the first young person who can really talk to me calmly."

Lin Hai smiled bitterly:

"I should be honored, right?"

"Of course, I have seen countless young heroes, some of them are talented, some are strong families, but the self-confidence of talent is like a bright crystal in front of me, it will be shattered with a blow, and the confidence of the family background comes from external objects, which is not at all insignificant, and you have neither proud talent, nor family wealth that can support your courage, but you can still show such calm confidence, isn't it the confidence of the mystery?"

Lin Hai smiled bitterly and shook his head:

"So you mean this fan of self-confidence, generally speaking, what we say about fan self-confidence is a derogatory term."

"I didn't say it was a compliment!"

"Uh..."

Luo Haifeng smiled when he saw Lin Hai's embarrassment, and then slightly restrained his smile and said:

"Your future husband thinks that your self-confidence may come from your comprehension of Taoist philosophy, as well as strong execution, a person can be a combination of words and deeds, indicating that his mind is extremely strong, has an accurate understanding of himself, and thus produces firm self-confidence."

"What did Uncle Ye tell you!?"

"Hehe, Lao Ye is a sunbathing demon, don't you know?"

Lin Hai shook his head in astonishment.

"Humph! Now I'm starting to show my son-in-law again, this old shameless one! ”

Lin Hai tugged at the corners of his mouth, although he was secretly happy in his heart, but he didn't know how to answer this question.

"I'm afraid I'll continue to put up with him in the future, it's really enough!"

Lin Hai was really speechless, this old man's groove was completely out of tune!

"But I'm also curious, how can you comprehend the true meaning of Taoist detachment at a young age?"

Lin Hai was actually quite ashamed, whether it was the evaluation of the future old man or the guess of the wise old man in front of him, Lin Hai's mysterious self-confidence actually came from the invisible spirit on Lin Hai's finger, from the contempt for the copy characters, and even from the arrogance that Lin Hai himself was not aware of.

At this moment, under the reflection of the old man's clear eyes, Lin Hai realized that his arrogance and self-confidence were really a little ridiculous, after excluding the factor of Lingjie, Lin Hai found that he was really nothing in front of this old man who knew the world, how to talk about self-confidence, as for the Taoist true meaning or something, it was even more nonsense.

But then again, the Lingjie on Lin Hai's finger is objective, Lin Hai's vision is detached from the city, and it is also a fact that he looks at the sea of stars, in other words, Lin Hai's encounter and the qualifications of talented people, like the reincarnation technology of the illustrious family, are all an unchangeable reality, and they are also an inseparable part of Lin Hai, so it is not bad for Lin Hai to be confident because of this.

Of course, arrogance is wrong, at least in front of the person in front of him, Lin Hai has no arrogance at all, even if this is just an 'NPC' in the copy, an illusory existence that disappeared after a few months, because his dazzling spark of thought and the profound inspiration he brought to Lin Hai are absolutely indelible.

"Hehe, Professor Luo, can we stop talking about me, let's talk about you and your works."

Luo Haifeng smiled and nodded, and said with interest:

"That's right, secrets always have to be discovered by yourself to be interesting, besides, don't you think you can't say enough about this work?"

Lin Hai shook his head:

"Although you said it very thoroughly, I still think that the real world is not like this, I mean not only that, but there is still a pursuit of truth, goodness and beauty in human nature, you will not deny this, right? But there is no such thing in your work, so can I think that your work is a bit one-sided? ”

Luo Haifeng subconsciously picked up the pen in his hand and shook it gently, thought for a while:

"There are probably two theories about human beings' pursuit of truth, goodness and beauty, one is that truth, goodness and beauty are actually a means to maintain the stability and development of human society, and its rational correction of human animal instincts, or in other words, truth, goodness and beauty are just a behavioral norm that appears for the survival of human beings, not our own needs, but one of the rules of survival, which is essentially the same thing as self-interest, competition, and the law of the jungle."

Another theory is that truth, goodness and beauty are the self-generated pursuit of the soul, which is preached in many religions, but this claim is completely unverifiable, while the former can find countless evidence. Modern research on the human brain has put forward a new theory, truth, goodness and beauty may be the needs of the human body, because seeing beautiful things, hearing beautiful sounds, and eating delicious food will produce a sense of pleasure in the body. It would be sad if this statement was proven, because if truth, goodness, and beauty are derived from physical feelings, all evil may instead come from reason, and in the end it will come to the sad conclusion that wisdom is actually a natural cancer! ”

Luo Haifeng's words made Lin Hai dumbfounded, if it weren't for Lin Hai knowing that the soul is the master of the world at a higher level, if it wasn't for Lin Hai who had seen the beautiful scenery of the soul garden, if Lin Hai hadn't heard the black cat say that the essence of the soul is the pursuit of truth, goodness and beauty, maybe Luo Haifeng's words would have fooled Lin Hai stupidly.

Lin Hai shook his head, as if he wanted to throw out all the dross sent in by Luo Haifeng's demon sound, and then activated Reisuke's soul vision function without hesitation, he now just wanted to see what the soul of the old man in front of him who was trying to blacken himself was like.

The soul garden in front of him made Lin Hai a little surprised, the scale of this garden is quite large, not much different from the largest soul garden that Sanqingguan saw, of course, it is countless times larger than Lin Hai's, and what is even more wonderful is that the garden is not as desolate and gloomy as Lin Hai guessed, on the contrary, Luo Haifeng's soul garden is full of life.

What's stranger are the three big trees, and the animals in them.

The tallest tree should be an apple tree, with more than a dozen red fruits on it, but next to the seemingly sweet fruit, there is a mottled poisonous snake, this scene reminds Lin Hai of the apple tree in the Garden of Eden, I don't know if there is any connection.

The other two trees were about the same size, and the difference between them and the largest one was not very big, one of them was a cypress, the cypress tree was very tall, straight like a tower, and on the spire stood a large bird with gray feathers, Lin Hai's research on birds was almost zero, but he thought it should be an eagle falcon.

This should be Luo Hai's values.

The last one is a banyan tree, the crown is wide and the height is not high, and there is a lazy earth dog lying under the tree, looking leisurely and leisurely, this leisurely and serene earth dog is diametrically opposed to the aggressive Luo Haifeng, but this is the embodiment of Luo Haifeng's outlook on life.

The three animals all seemed to sense Lin Hai's presence, a pair of cold and venomous eyes, a pair of eyes as sharp as knives, and a pair of warm and curious eyes looked at Lin Hai together, making Lin Hai both curious and a little hesitant.

One person and three animals observed each other for a while, and then Lin Hai turned his attention to the flowers and plants in the garden, the neat and beautiful flowers and plants were lush, although there were also withered and withered flowers and plants, but the mainstream of the garden was still vibrant, which was completely inconsistent with the work written by Luo Haifeng, and the words he just showed in front of Lin Hai.

The thoughtful Lin Hai didn't want to waste this soul energy, and after completing the observation of Luo Haifeng's soul, he quickly swept the soul garden that was not too far away, but he didn't find any more existences that could be compared to Luo Haifeng, but instead saw a lot of barren or inhabited gardens full of pests.

Lin Hai wandered in the soul vision for a long time, the real time was just a blink of an eye, it was precisely because he knew that there was such a huge time difference, Lin Hai dared to observe Luo Haifeng's soul garden in front of Luo Haifeng.

While pondering the meaning of the figurative representation of Luo Haifeng's soul garden, Lin Hai spoke:

"It sounds quite scary, but you seem to have subconsciously ruled out the possibility that these three may coexist! If the three coexist, then it can only show that human beings are complex animals, with both extreme self-interest for survival, compromise for survival, and soul appeals that transcend the limits of survival and pursue truth, goodness and beauty. Or are you testing me? ”

Luo Haifeng's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he nodded secretly and said:

"Well said, so, the answer to your question just now is self-explanatory, my work discusses the status quo of existence, as for the appeal of truth, goodness and beauty, it is just something that cannot be verified, I don't like to discuss things that cannot be verified, and there are already many people who discuss them."

"Got it, so the question goes back to the beginning, what is the purpose of your writing? Do you want to wake up the world with your work? Let the lowly know the hardships and cruelty of survival, and let the superior know that compromise and self-control are also necessary for survival? ”

Luo Haifeng waved his hand:

"You think too much, I just said, I don't have the qualifications and ability to cross others, I can't even cross myself and my relatives, let alone a ferryman, I'm just a confused wolf in the wilderness, because there is always something in my heart, so I will let out a few howls on a moonlit night."

"Howling? Whew... Such? ”

Lin Hai's rather god-like wolf howl made Luo Haifeng laugh a few times, and then nodded vigorously and said:

"Yes, that's it."

Lin Hai narrowed his eyes and said seriously:

"But as far as I know, the wolf howls to call out to its companions, because it feels lonely."

Luo Haifeng restrained his smile, pressed the pen in his hand on the table with a click, and then raised his hand and pushed his glasses and said:

"It's almost time, I still have something to do, you can go back, and the next work will be handed over to you for publication."

Lin Hai got up with a smile, bowed slightly, and said:

"I'm sorry to bother you, ah yes, Uncle Ye is looking forward to playing a few games of chess with you, but I heard Xue Xin say that Uncle Luo's chess skills are very stinky, and even Xue Xin can easily win you, and I want to ask you for advice when I have the chance, so I will leave."

"I'm letting Snow Heart."

Lin Hai walked out with a smile and turned back and said:

"That's right, Xue Xin was only fifteen years old at that time, hehe..."