Chapter 61: The Mountain Gate (2)
The owner of the mountain gate, the only master from beginning to end is the mountain ancestor, and it turned out to be Jin Shan. Jin Shan, the mountain grandfather of Longyang, the later master, and then the later father-in-law.
After entering the Netherworld, Long Yang learned through Zhou Lan's mouth that Jin Shan had entered the Netherworld earlier, and used Zhou Lan as a secret move to plan Long Yang's future actions. After entering the Demon Soul Forest, Long Yang learned through Ah Chuan's mouth that there was a mountain gate in the Demon Soul Forest, and there was a mountain ancestor in the mountain gate, but he didn't know the identity of the mountain ancestor.
In confusion, Long Yang once guessed that Jin Shan was very likely to be the mountain ancestor, but because there was no evidence, he could not confirm it. It wasn't until through the Second Elder that Long Yang really confirmed the identity of Shanzu, he was his master and his father-in-law.
The experience of Longyang's Yin Realm, as if his father-in-law Jin Shan had already expected it, had paved the way for Longyang in advance. At this time, although Long Yang relieved some of the confusion in his heart, he fell into even more incomprehension.
Moreover, what Long Yang couldn't figure out was that since his father-in-law Jin Shan had entered the netherworld, what about his mother Jin Qin? Where is she? Therefore, finding his father-in-law, Jin Shan, is Longyang's top priority.
"Old man, tell me about my father-in-law's establishment of the mountain gate!" The two of them released their previous suspicions, there was no estrangement in their hearts, and Long Yang's title was a lot more casual.
"Old man? I love it! "The Second Elder is indeed not a crazy and stupid person, he has insisted on guarding the passage for nearly a thousand years, and it is impossible to complete this task without wisdom and calmness. But he is easy-going, lives casually, laughs and scolds casually, and does not restrict the worldly title. "Okay, I'll tell you."
Through the narration of the second elder, Long Yang had a general understanding of the process of Jin Shan's establishment of the mountain gate. In fact, before Jin Shan entered the Demon Soul Forest, there was already a world in the passage. In this small world, from time to time, one or two strangers will suddenly appear, all of them are human, and they are all from the Tomb City. They know each other, they don't, and the only thing they have in common is that none of them know how they got here.
After coming to the Demon Soul Forest, they relied on each other and struggled to survive, but they have not been able to get out of this world. The change came from after Jin Shan came here.
When Jin Shan entered this place, he was covered in scars and dying, and it was the humans here who rescued him. After recovering, Jin Shan gradually revealed his ability, and he was able to enter and leave this world freely, bringing strange information from the outside world. Since then, people have known that they are in the Netherworld Demon Soul Forest, and the outside world is full of demonic plants, animals, and so on.
What makes people admire is that Jin Shan can domesticate demon plants and monsters to facilitate their lives. One day, Jin Shan walked out of this world again and brought the Demonic Spring Water, and the people here completely worshipped him, recognized him as their ancestor, and established the Mountain Gate.
The Demonic Spring can open up this world and expand the living area of human beings. In other words, this small world is expanding the realm all the time, encroaching on the territory of the Demon Soul Forest. The arrival of Long Yang destroyed the Demon Confusion Spring and stopped the expansion of the small world, no wonder several elders were distressed and beat their chests.
Could it be that this demonic spring water is also the benefit left by the mountain ancestor to Longyang? The second elder just thought about it and skipped it. In his heart, even if it is, it doesn't matter, and it is also a matter of course. Most of the Demonic Spring Water has been absorbed by Longyang, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that it was prepared for Longyang.
Long Yang listened patiently, for fear of missing a little information. "And after that?"
"For many years, I couldn't remember time, and I didn't want to remember. Ay! Speaking of this, the second elder let out a long sigh and showed a sad expression.
Could it be that something has happened here? Long Yang thought to himself. "What happened here?"
"There was no accident, just birth, old age, sickness and death, and it was difficult for everyone to escape." The second elder paused when he said this. "Don't mention it!"
"Old man, you better talk about it! I think it's not good for you to hold it in your heart for so many years, so it's better to say it! Long Yang lifted the wine jar and changed the jar of wine for the second elder.
"In the Necropolis, we don't die, but we live in darkness, and it's better to live than to die. And here, we are like normal human beings, born and old, sick and dead! "Speaking of which, the second elder is stunned again." However, even if it is death, we die happily and happily. ”
"Dead? What about you? Long Yang asked, feeling abrupt again.
"Me? I'm not because of it! After speaking, the second elder lifted the wine jar and drank it in a big gulp.
Monkey wine? Monkey wine can sustain life and keep people alive for so long?! In that case, why didn't the Father-in-law let everyone here drink it?
Ahem, ahem! The second elder was in a hurry, choking on the wine and coughing, and after frowning, he was released. "I know your doubts, and I know what you want to ask. Don't worry, come, drink with me again! ”
After the coo, an old man and a young man threw the empty jar aside, looked at each other for a moment, and smiled heartily.
"Shanzu is not the ruthless person, the ruthless is this heaven and earth. The Tomb City, as the name suggests, is a city of graves, but not all the dead people are underneath the graves. The netherworld, on the other hand, is extremely rule-free. The Demon Soul Forest is free from the edge of the netherworld, and due to the existence of the passage, a small number of humans survive. But there is an extremely strict limit to the number of human beings. ”
Human beings have restrictions on survival here, and when Long Yang first heard about it, he didn't understand it. It's not just that you don't understand, but you can't figure it out.
"At the beginning, several of our elders didn't understand, and even took drastic measures, until the mountain ancestor explained everything, we endured the pain, let them follow the laws of nature, birth, old age, sickness and death, resigned to fate."
No wonder the second elder was so sad, it turned out that he had seen life and death, but he was not dead, especially heartbreaking. No wonder he behaved like this, maybe only such madness and loneliness could cover his heart and remove the pain in his heart.
"Father-in-law and you haven't thought of any other way?" Long Yang put himself in the shoes of the second elder and understood the mood of the second elder. But he still has to poke at the pain point, what he wants to ask is the attitude of his father-in-law Jin Shan, what he did at that time, and what effective measures he took.
"The reason why the Mountain Ancestor found the Demonic Spring Water was to expand the small world in order to break the limit of the number of human beings. Thankfully, it worked. Otherwise, we'll only have a few old guys left here! ”
"Didn't you have monkey wine then?" Long Yang asked puzzled. Since monkey wine can keep people alive and live, why not let everyone drink it?
"Yes, but who is allowed to drink, who is to live, and who is to die?" The second elder was sad again.
Oh, yes? Who to drink? Who to live? Let Who's Dead? They are all alive, and new people are coming, and who is dead? Who wants to die? Long Yang fell into grief. If it were him, how would he choose?
"And your standards?" Long Yang asked lightly. In a word, it didn't seem to have any weight, but Long Yang tried hard a few times before he asked with difficulty.
"Standards? Standard! The second elder repeated it twice, then turned his head and looked at the woods in the distance. Under the trees, they are all them, especially the trees with the most cicadas, and that is where they live. ”
Tree? Cicadas?
Yes! Long Yang suddenly felt that his head was blank.
It turns out that the trees with many cicadas and the trees with monkey wine are all burial places for humans in this world after death! No wonder the Second Elder didn't find the Monkey Wine, because it was a place he had been unwilling to find, a place he hadn't dared to set foot in, and he didn't want to go!
Besides, what's the use of him finding it?
There are only so many humans living in this world, even if there is a Demonic Spring, how many humans can be increased? Monkey wine, maybe it doesn't have any meaning until Longyang destroys the Demonic Spring!
No wonder the Second Elder couldn't find the monkey wine! No wonder, even if the second elder didn't answer the question, he had to desperately mark the trees! No wonder he is so sad and indisputable!
"I 、、、" Long Yang spoke, he wanted to say that I was wrong to blame you, but as soon as he spoke, he was interrupted by the second elder.
"You're not wrong about me. When Shanzu left, he did leave a few jars of monkey wine, and I gave them to the surviving elders to drink. Later, there was some leftover, and I drank it myself, and there was not a drop left! The second elder suddenly changed his tone and said resolutely.
"You drank?" Long Yang didn't expect the second elder to say this, and he was stunned on the spot. Why is this old man not a great traitor, but a close confidant chosen by his father-in-law?
"Why?"
"I don't want them to live?"
"Why!"
"Because they don't want to live!"
"Why?"
"Because they don't want to live alone!"
Don't want to live?! Don't want to live alone?! "That's your standard?" Long Yang understood, and asked, which was both a question and an answer, and answered his own question for the second elder.
I am alive, but my parents, wife and children are gone; I am alive, my husband and children are gone; I am alive, my relatives are not there; What's the point of my life?
This is the Netherworld, this is the Demon Soul Forest, this is the mysterious world in the Demon Soul Forest, and this is the people in this world. Whether it is the Second Elder, or Elder Chuan, or those people who live here, they all know it, and they all accept it gladly, they are the people with true temperament!
Long Yang was silent for a long time before he spoke. "Then how do you decide that I am the destined person you are waiting for?"
"Shanzu explained when he left, the person who called himself Longyang is the person I am waiting for. The premise is that you endure trials, including the Demonic Spring. "The Second Elder has been answering questions, and this is his task.
"What else did my father-in-law say when he left?" Jin Shan has done so much, just for this person who stays here, Long Yang needs to know his father-in-law's intentions.
"He said, you can go on your own in the future, he doesn't care."
Doesn't matter? What do you mean? Could it be that there is danger after the father-in-law leaves? "What else?"
"Also, it is your mission to let you protect this Pure Land and guard the people here! Of course, they're all at your disposal! And me! After the second elder finished speaking, he straightened his chest and looked directly at Long Yang.
My father-in-law let me choose for myself, but the path I took was the road he had not finished. He went to the Tombs, and of course I went to the Tombs! Needless to say, Long Yang was firm in his thoughts.
"I'm going to the Necropolis! Of course, this place needs to be guarded by people too! "The cemetery has its own promises and its own benefactors, Longyang doesn't need to think about it.
"I'll stay!" Before Long Yang could speak, the second elder had already agreed. He knew the importance of this place, it was an important passage between the tomb city and the netherworld, and he had to guard this place. "Who do you want to bring?" The second elder asked.
"No, I'll do it alone. After I'm gone, you will give the monkey wine to the people, because there is no longer a limit to the number of humans here, and we can all survive! Long Yang clenched his fists and solemnly promised.
"Hmm!" The second elder nodded solemnly. Because he saw hope, just as he saw Shanzu at the beginning, it was exactly the same at this time! 2k reading web