Chapter Twenty-Eight: Life History (Part II)
The whole morning passed slowly in the narration of grandpa.
And I have completely indulged in my grandfather's narration, and my emotions have fluctuated with various things, after all, in my grandfather's narration, the parties are my parents and some of my relatives.
Although it has been a long time since the grievances and grievances in this, they are now turning over, as if you can still see the disturbances of the past.
I've forgotten the cold, the tears that are still cold on my face.
Immerse yourself in the past from decades ago.
"Xiaoshuang, you and I are both from the Lin family, do you know this?" From the very beginning of the story, my grandfather asked me this question.
I think it's very strange, my grandfather and I are both surnamed Lin, of course we are from the Lin family, why does my grandfather ask like this?
Seeing that I was a little puzzled, Grandpa smiled slightly, there was some meaning in his smile, and he said: "Sure enough, you have been far away from the world of cultivators and grown up in the secular world, and you don't know everything about the world of cultivators. The reason why I asked this is to tell you the weight of the word Lin family. Because our Lin family is not an ordinary Lin family, but the Lin family of the four major families in the cultivator world. ”
Grandpa said before that I didn't know about the world of cultivators, and I was still a little unconvinced, after all, I had seen some of them in the village next to the Shen family.
But as soon as the four families said this, I fell silent.
I don't have any concept of the four major families, and I haven't heard of them, but I have stayed in the village next to the Shen family before, and I have a vague concept of the family.
Seeing that I was silent, my grandfather began to explain to me: "Although the world of cultivators is a world that is not known to the world, it does not mean that the world of cultivators must be very 'lost'. In fact, the world of cultivators has a huge influence on the secular world. You must know that although the proportion of cultivators among the more than one billion people in China is not high, there are more than one million of them. And what is the concept of more than one million people? That shows that the cultivator world also has its own forces, criss-crossing relationships. And when entering the cultivator world, the first sentence to remember is one view, two temples and four families. ”
Grandpa's words aroused my curiosity at once, and under his simple explanation, I finally had a general understanding of what kind of status the Lin family was and the basic situation of the cultivator world.
The so-called one view, two temples and four families refer to the seven super forces in the cultivator realm.
The influence of these seven superpowers is not only in our country, but also in the whole world. After all, whether it is Southeast Asia, Europe or the United States, there are also mysterious forces, and in today's information explosion society, these mysterious forces will naturally have contact with each other.
One view, two temples and four families, in detail, is a Taoist temple - Yingtianguan.
Two temples – Nameless Temple, Yunyin Temple.
Four families - Lin, Shen, Helian, Wei.
The most powerful of them all is Ying Tianguan, but it is also the most mysterious force. Even with his grandfather's knowledge and experience, there are only a few people who have come into contact with Ying Tianguan in his life, and he can't talk about deep friendships. In this case, even in this world, there are very few people who understand Ying Tianguan, and they only vaguely know that there are 124 people in Ying Tianguan, all of whom are top masters.
And the 124 Taoists are just a combination of fame, just like the "Seven Sons of Wudang" and "Eighteen Bronze Men of Shaolin" that appear in the novel, the name of this collection.
How many Taoists, how many masters, and how many disciples are in Ying Tianguan, I'm afraid that no one knows if they are not Ying Tianguan.
However, such a super-large force has a super-conservative attitude toward WTO accession. They took a blind attitude towards everything in the ancient cultivation world, and in Grandpa's narration, the Taoist of Ying Tianguan was bent on seeking immortality and flying immortals, and he was not interested in anything in the mundane world at all.
Nowadays, there is a saying circulating in the ancient cultivation world that in this era of the end of the Dharma, if there can still be ascenders, it must come from Ying Tianguan.
However, if the ancient cultivation world ignores Ying Tianguan because of such an attitude towards Ying Tianguan, it is a big mistake and a special mistake. Although Ying Tianguan is low-key and mysterious, it is not completely hidden. Throughout history, Ying Tianguan has also had a record of several shots, but each time it was a thunderous crush.
And why did they make a move? The reasons are different, but there is only one saying: although they are detached, they don't know why, they have been faintly maintaining a balance and bottom line in the ancient cultivation world. On weekdays, let you toss and be arrogant, but once you cross the line, Ying Tianguan will definitely make a move.
As for what is this realm? It's hard to define.
But there is one thing that all cultivators recognize, that is, cultivators are not allowed to interfere in the lives of ordinary people, or massacre ordinary people, and after passing this realm, they will inevitably be attacked by Ying Tianguan.
Just listening to my grandfather's narration of the corresponding heavenly view, I was dumbfounded.
After all, with a modern education, how can I, with my modern education, accept this novel-like thing? And thinking of the Southeast Asian evil cultivators who chased and killed me, that bloody little black house, they slaughtered too many ordinary people, right? Why didn't Ying Tianguan make a move?
I secretly slandered in my heart, corresponding to the ethereal and ethereal legend of Tianguan, I couldn't believe it, but seeing the seriousness of what my grandfather said, I couldn't say anything, but I silently hid this idea in my heart.
Under the view of the sky, it is naturally the second temple.
Compared with the ethereal Yingtian Temple, the existence of the two temples is much more realistic.
However, the people in the two temples seem to have their own responsibilities and missions, and they are also people in the Buddhist sect, and their power game in the ancient cultivation world is surging, and they have always adhered to the attitude of spectators.
Even so, the people of the ancient cultivation realm would never dare to have any ideas or disrespect for the Second Temple, even if they also occupied a lot of cultivation resources.
Because any monk who has walked out of the secular experience in the second temple can be compared to the elite children of the four major families, and such a monk is really just an ordinary monk in the second temple.
In addition, the people of the two temples also have a close connection with the country, and it is said that their mission is to protect them.
But it's too specific, and grandpa doesn't know much.
Although compared to Yingtianguan, the two temples have a very strong sense of existence, but that is only relative. After all, Buddhism is pure, that is, it does not participate in the power game of the ancient cultivation world, and it will not easily let disciples go out, and others are not allowed to enter the temple, so it is naturally shrouded in a veil of mystery.
Under the two temples, there are four major families.
Under the mystery of Ying Tianguan, the detachment of the Nameless Temple and the Yunyin Temple, as long as the cultivator knows, the real leaders of the ancient cultivation world today are these four families.
These four ancient families have been inherited for a long time, and each generation has its own super masters, and there have been many geniuses, so they have been prosperous endlessly, so they have today's status.
And measuring the strength of the four major families, it is quite interesting to say, no matter which family takes it out alone, it is crushed by the two temples, but the four major families are united, and their strength will be faintly equivalent to the two temples, even if it is slightly inferior, it is also a mutual check and balance, regardless of the situation of winning or losing.
Of course, the monks of the second temple don't care about this, they care about the people of the four major families, after all, the cultivation resources occupied by the four families are more than the monks of the second temple, I don't know how much! The pressure they face is also much greater than that of the second temple, and in this context, only by using the means of thunder can they maintain such a position.
The four major families often use the method of marriage to maintain their relationship with each other. Where interests can be pursued, there will be disputes, just like in the ancient Warring States period, although various countries also married each other, they also fought with each other.
Moreover, under the four top families, there are ten first-class families, and the rest of the second-rate, third-rate, and ordinary families, I don't know how many.
Not to mention, there are some other sect forces that are very scattered.
The world of cultivators is such a complex existence, and due to the limited resources, the struggle in it is even more cruel than the economic war of the secular world.
I was born in such a background, such a Lin family.
After my grandfather told me, I understood how important the identity of the Lin family was. Because, the people of the Lin family who can be called on the outside must and only the people of the main family, and the side lineage, the outside line, will definitely not dare to bear the name of the family.
"So, do you understand why I emphasized in the first sentence that you and I are both members of the Lin family?" After saying this, my grandfather asked me this.
I nodded, I was actually a little shocked in my heart, originally I thought that the identity of an ancient cultivation family, the identity of the main family was scary enough, but I didn't expect that it was still the four major families, what status should it be?
Listening to this, I couldn't help but speak: "Grandpa, then you said that the four major families, the Helian family is one, in addition to the Helian family of the four major families, is there any other family?" ”
Grandpa glanced at me and said, "You also know the Helian family?" Well, I won't ask you how you know first, but I'll tell you a rule of the ancient cultivation world! In the ancient cultivation world, no family dared to share the same name as the four major families, which was a kind of respect for strength. It's like we are the Lin family, so what if there is another cultivator family who is also surnamed Lin? Even if you can't change your surname to bear the ancestor, you must also avoid the names of the four major families, so that family may be called 'Lin Deng Family' and 'Lin Li Family'. Why is it called that? That was without changing his surname, and the maiden name of the first generation grandmother was also added to it to show the difference from our Lin family. ”
When I heard this, I couldn't help but stick out my tongue: "The Lin family is so domineering." ”
Grandpa was angry and funny: "Why are you so disrespectful to the family? ”
"Grandpa, in fact, I don't care about the identity of any family at all. You see that we have been living abroad for more than 20 years, how can the Lin family ever appear to pull us along? Moreover, as long as people live happily and peacefully in the world, what kind of noble status, the resources of cultivators, or fighting with each other, what do they do to participate in it? Actually, I don't have a good impression of the world of cultivators at all, I think it's too impersonal and too cruel. "I just told my grandpa what I really thought.
But he didn't want to, but grandpa frowned, looked at me and said solemnly word by word: "Xiaoshuang, anyone can not care about the status in the Lin family, and they don't care about the Lin family." But you can't, and you have to go back to the Lin family. ”