I looked at the Taoist priest and said with some trepidation, "Why are you locking me up?" ”

The Taoist priest showed a sly smile and said, "Little Taoist." You don't understand. It is not easy for us to cultivate immortals, it is easy to become immortals, in case the heart of the mortal is moved, I feel that the fairy world is boring, or the world of flowers and flowers in the world has a taste, I can't bear it, I want to go to the world, and I really can't pull back ten cows. ”

After this Taoist priest locked me up, he didn't have the previous fairy wind Dao bones, and it became extremely funny, but I didn't dare to really treat him as a clown or something, I knew that this guy might not be easy to deal with.

I said, "What does that have to do with me?" Let me go. ”

The Taoist priest sighed. He said, "I have persuaded many immortals who have attained enlightenment. Let them stay in the fairy world, but they refuse to listen, they can't bear the loneliness. Hey, I don't know how many lifetimes I have cultivated, how many eons I have experienced, and it is easy to achieve a positive result, but I threw it away. ”

He sighed for a while, and then suddenly said with a smile: "But what do you think happened to them when they arrived in the world?" ”

I followed his words and asked, "How's it going?" ”

The Taoist priest said, "These people have come to the world. I suddenly found that the world is not as fun as I imagined. It's hot in the summer, and it's cold in the winter. Every now and then a serious illness comes. Pain is abnormal. Or the death of relatives and friends, the liver and intestines are broken. In addition, at the beginning of people, they were evil, bullying, flattering, oops. That filthy thing can't be told for three days and three nights. These mortal immortals all regretted it, and they wanted to return to the immortal world, so they began to practice penance for a lifetime. Ridiculous, you say? ”

I nodded and said, "It's kind of ridiculous." ”

The Taoist priest grabbed my hand through the railing as if he had met a bosom friend, and said, "I've been staying here all these years. Looking at those mortal immortals, struggling hard, tsk, it's really wonderful. ”

He circled around my cage and said, "Later, after some immortals arrived in the fairy world, they begged me, begged me, begged me, next time you must stop me, don't let me go to the mortal world, it's too painful." But I won't answer them. ”

I wondered, "Why don't you promise them?" To watch a good show? ”

The Taoist priest shook his head and smiled, "That's not true. I didn't promise them, because I knew I couldn't stop them. These people are like mad demons when their hearts are moved, and if I stop them, they can kill me. ”

Then he grinned at me and said, "Did you see that?" I'm missing a front tooth. He leaned over, mysteriously, and whispered to me, "I was beaten by those immortals who wanted to go down to earth." ”

I thought to myself, "It's just the two of us here, so why are you so mysterious?" ”

The Taoist priest touched the cage that trapped me and said proudly, "Later, I built some cages." When they get to the fairy realm, I'll stuff them in. Click, a big lock locked. In this way, they will not be able to go down to earth. So you can enjoy immortality in the fairy world with peace of mind, wouldn't it be happy? ”

When I heard what the Taoist priest said, I really didn't know what to say. I wanted to refute him, but I didn't know how to refute it, and after a while, I had to say, "Everyone has the freedom to choose." You can't do this. ”

The Taoist priest said solemnly: "What you said is not right. I didn't force them, on the contrary, many of them came into the cage of their own free will. ”

I smiled weakly, "They wanted to go in at first, and you let them in." Why don't you let them go out when they want to? ”

The Taoist priest said: "Anyway, they have to come back in when they go out, why are they so troublesome?" ”

I said, "I didn't come in of your own free will, can you let me go?" ”

The Taoist priest raised his eyebrows and said, "Don't be poor with me. Then he smiled funny: "When you first started, you were naturally a little uncomfortable, but after a long time, when you get used to it, you will find that this cage is very beneficial." When the time comes, you will be grateful to me. ”

Then, he pointed around me and said, "Take a closer look." ”

I looked back and saw that there were a lot of cages here. There are men and women, old and young, I don't know how many people are locked up inside.

He pointed to the cages and said, "This one is the god of wealth, and everyone loves him as if it were their own life." This one is the god of Lu, and everyone doesn't want his life anymore. This one is the plague god, he blows downward, and the world can't ask for life even if they want to. ”

These immortals all sat in the cage, not moving, as if they were in a fixed position.

I listened to his introduction with a hippie smile, and I couldn't help but feel a little strange, and asked, "Why is there no legendary Taishang Laojun, Tai Bai Xing and the like?" Don't these legendary immortals exist? ”

The Taoist priest scratched his head and said, "Cun zài is Cun zài." It's just that these old guys can't bear the mortal heart and go to the world. I don't know how many lifetimes I have practiced, and I haven't become an immortal yet. Hey, if they go down a few years and are put in a cage by me, won't they have nothing? ”

I looked at the Taoist priest with a distressed face, and felt a little crying and laughing, am I going to be locked up here for the rest of my life? No, looking at what he means, it seems that it is not a lifetime, but a lifetime.

I said, "You've locked us all up, what about yourself?" Why don't you go into the cage? ”

The Taoist priest said: "I have to receive all the immortals, the new immortals don't understand the rules here, I have to explain to them, if I am also in the cage, it will be very inconvenient." ”

I said, "Then don't you worry, one day you will also yearn for the mortal world and go down to the mortal world?" ”

The Taoist priest smiled at me and said, "Actually, I'm also worried, but it doesn't matter, I have a way." ”

Then he lifted his feet up. I saw him with a chain in his lap, and I didn't know where it went.

I smiled wryly and said, "You really don't treat everyone equally." ”

The Taoist priest smiled and said, "That's nature, you can stay here with peace of mind." ”

He was talking to me when suddenly the God of Wealth next to him opened his eyes and shouted loudly: "I want to go out, I don't want to stay here, how long are you going to lock me up?" ”

The Taoist priest walked over with a compassionate face and said comfortingly: "Brother, you have to overcome your own demons, those flowers and willows in the mortal world are all deceitful, you have to be pure and have few desires in order to be an immortal." Come, take out the Tao Te Ching and read a paragraph. ”

He calmed down the financial nerves, and sure enough, he quieted down.

I waved at the Taoist priest and asked cautiously, "Does he really believe that he is in the immortal realm?" ”

The Taoist priest nodded: "Believe, why don't you believe it?" ”

He pointed to the surrounding immortals: "Not only the God of Wealth believes, but the rest of the immortals also believe." Then he frowned, looked at me and said, "Since you have reached the fairy realm, I should give you a position." Well...... Otherwise, how about you temporarily take the position of Marshal Tianpeng? ”.！

I know that the Taoist priest speaks funny, and this so-called position is a joke on me. I pulled him over and whispered, "I don't know how you brainwashed them, but they believed it, but I didn't." ”

The Taoist priest restrained the abuse and sneered: "You don't believe it? After you stay here for a few years, you will naturally believe it. For you have no other way but faith. ”

I chewed on his words over and over again: There is no other way but faith.

I shuddered, and a great fear welled up in my heart. I was inexplicably locked up in this place, and I couldn't get out. It was really painful to die. I'm afraid the best thing to do is to hypnotize yourself and convince yourself that this is the fairy world.

I suddenly lost confidence in myself, and I knew that in a few years, I would definitely prefer to lie to myself, as the Taoist priest said.

The Taoist priest saw that my face was cloudy, he smiled, turned around and was about to leave, while I grabbed his arm tightly and said, "This is an illusion, and when I die physically, you won't be able to trap me." ”

The corner of the Taoist priest's mouth hooked, revealing a contemptuous smile: "I might as well give you an explanation." Your soul has been detained here by me, and you will not be able to escape for thousands of years. You'd better hurry up and meditate cross-legged, just like them, and believe that you have become an immortal. Otherwise, it's you who suffers. ”