Chapter Eighty-Four: Interesting "Ordinary People" and the World Map
On the earth that covers the world, although on the surface it is already the absolute mainstream of technological civilization, the cultivation civilization is completely declining - it is not even up to the level of the "dark world" that exists in some novels, and it is directly in complete decline. But it is not possible to say that there are no monks!
Most...... There is no saint-level existence. In this way, how many other beings on the earth can reach the level of alternative enlightenment? can become enlightened in another way, even if there is no Yang Yi in the original work, he definitely has to be a quasi-emperor or something, right? The identity of this old man is also obvious - the corpse spirit of the Moral Heavenly Venerable in the mythological era, the founder of the Earth Taoism, Lao Tzu.
And in the piece of jade that Yang Yi gave him, what was recorded was the specific information of the large group of Terran Tianjiao who came to the earth from Beidou this time, including all the information of all Tianjiao talents, from age and origin, to cultivation talents, to hobbies, etc., which can be described as extremely detailed! These materials were not collected by Yang Yi himself, but by the subordinate departments of the alliance - it didn't take much effort, after all, with the current posture of the alliance to unify the Beidou Terrans, it was too simple to get some of these materials, and it was justified, and an excuse for "archiving" could make the action fair......
"Oh? Is it already here? Okay, I'll take a look when I have time, and I'll consider taking in an apprentice if I agree. "Old manβit's time to call Lao Tzu now," Lao Tzu groaned slightly, nodded, and then smiled bitterly.
"I owe everyone a favor and I feel like a egg, I can't do anything casually, I thought that after passing down the Taoism, I wouldn't accept any more disciples."
Yang Yi also smiled: "I didn't force you to return my favor, everything is because you think too much about yourself...... Besides. Life is so long, how can you live without having some fun for yourself? Look at you now. Don't you feel much better than you did in previous years? β
"It's the same thing, I once thought I had reached the end of the road. The road ahead is bleak, but now I realize that it is actually just the beginning...... Fate makes people, and the immortal life that was once desperately sought but could not be obtained is now jumped into his hands...... I'm still not used to it. Lao Tzu smiled again, but this time there was a hint of free taste in his smile than before. According to what you said, my life will be almost endless in the future, so it is indeed time to prepare for some fun for myself. Maybe it's a good idea to take on an apprentice? β
"Actually, if I had to talk about it, you've been subconsciously aware of this for years. Otherwise, look at the things you do on a daily basis, is that what you would have done in the past? Yang Yi took another sentence. He threw a few sticks of incense in his hand when he passed by the incense case in the front hall of the Taoist temple along the window, which attracted a helpless expression from Lao Tzu.
"I said, don't spoil me, okay? I won't say anything if you order it, and I'll be a luxury if you order a few more, but what do you mean by doing this to me every time you come? He laughed and scolded, but it could be seen that Lao Tzu didn't really care - although the "Qingshen incense" seemed to be really precious.
"Blessed are those little things in the mountains...... But that's true when you say that, although I would have played the game from time to time in the past, but it's unimaginable to play the game of the Hermit Master like now. By the way, speaking of which, I recently met a pretty interesting little guy. Would you like to meet? If you count the time, it's time again, and it's time for him to wait. β
"Little one? Interesting? Can you say that this kind of goods are interesting...... Not ordinary people, right? Minor friars on Earth? After chatting for a while, Yang Yi completely let go, and it was really boring recently. was aroused by Lao Tzu's words: "It's not bad to see it." β
"No, not a monk, just an ordinary person." Lao Tzu shook his head. said casually, and then changed to a mysterious expression that seemed very contrived: "I can be sure." He is an ordinary person who has never been exposed to cultivation. But there are often interesting little changes in the little guy. The most interesting thing is...... Do you know how I met him? β
"Ordinary people?" Yang Yi became more interested: "An ordinary person interests you...... You're not me. It seems that I should really meet this person, and I don't know what is interesting...... How did you meet? Tell me? β
"I've put a little trick around this mountain, you know. Although the effect is not very strong, except for people like us, there is no possibility of accidents on this earth - except for the half day I set aside on the fifteenth of every month, no one should disturb me. When he said this, Lao Tzu's expression was very flat, and there was no pride or anything like that - in fact, there was really no need to be proud, because there was no difficulty for him to say these things, and it was as easy as ordinary people eating and drinking! If all of this requires pride, he is not Lao Tzu......
And Yang Yi didn't say anything about it, the little trick that Lao Tzu said was actually the source of the effect of the "dispelling idlers" technique mentioned above, but the effect was much stronger, not only ordinary people would be dispelled by this effect, but even those who had cultivation in the body would be affected! If you want to resist this effect, and get close to this mountain while this so-called "small means" are still in effect, it is only possible if you have the strength of the holy level. And that's it, it's because Lao Tzu just threw down a little trick at random, and the effect was not strong......
"You don't mean to tell me that the ordinary person you said came up the mountain outside of your open ban, right?" Yang Yi asked with a little suspicion.
"It's not just going up the mountain...... Lao Tzu shook his head again: "But I came directly to my Taoist temple." And you know the rules I have set for myself, as long as you are lucky enough to meet me here, I will give some benefits. Didn't you notice that the incense burner I had placed outside was missing? β
"Huh?!" Yang Yi was really a little surprised this time, an ordinary person!
In fact, it is not surprising that ordinary people appear in Lao Tzu's place, because in the past few years, he has built a Taoist temple in this place and pretended to be a master, and he has not been in contact with ordinary people - just like those strange people who are transcendent and strange in some novels. Even if it wasn't deliberately operated at the beginning. But with the passage of time, this fame will be hit sooner or later, like a fortune teller or something...... You can't expect this corpse spirit of the Moral Heavenly Venerable to tell the fortunes of ordinary people and make mistakes. Even before his alternative enlightenment, this person was also a quasi-emperor at the pinnacle level! Although few people know. But it does not hinder its supernatural powers.
This back and forth has a deep relationship at a certain level...... Otherwise, what do you think this primeval mountain forest in the suburbs of a first-tier city means? Isn't anyone coveting it? No one wants to offend him. Compared with the strange people in some novels, Lao Tzu is inferior enough to just make a mountain as his own territory......
The so-called half-day time on the fifteenth day of each month is the time set aside by Lao Tzu to give people a chance to collide, as well as the time when those who have already become attached to him come to visit.
All this does not mean that a real, normal ordinary person has the ability to approach this mountain during the time period when the "small means" take effect, and even go to the mountain and enter this Taoist temple!
Also, Lao Tzu pretended to be a master here, and he set some rules for himself at the beginning...... It's nothing. It is to let the destined person who looks pleasing to the eye can ask him for one thing, or take something from here.
There are not many really good things in the Taoist temple, only a few decorations in the main hall outside are barely qualified for Yang Yi to look at. And those three incense burners were the three best things among them - they were three holy soldier-level treasures.
"Are you sure that kid didn't have a blind eye, or just took it with him?" Yang Yi asked. It is impossible for an ordinary person to be able to discern the specific differences between the treasures of monks, especially after those things have been sealed by Lao Tzu...... Then again, why does this kind of plot look so familiar? An ordinary person suddenly bumped into an adventure and ran into a strange person...... Could it be that the so-called ordinary person is actually a ring? With the protagonist's aura and the protagonist's luck? Is the urban ability flowing?
"At least I can be sure that after that kid understood my rules, he immediately set his eyes on my three Dan furnaces, and he was also struggling with which one to take...... I've always been puzzled. How do you say an ordinary person can see it? Although I advocate inaction, I don't care about anything, so I can be sure that there is no one behind him to guide me. He is indeed just an ordinary person......"
"Then you didn't do your research well?"
"There's no need. Besides, it's rare to have such an interesting thing, shouldn't you let yourself be more happy? It's not interesting to get to the bottom of everything. That little guy is quite pleasing to my eyes, but I might as well see what happens. β
Listen to Lao Tzu talk about this. Yang Yi was also a little relieved. It's true that it's boring to get to the bottom of everything. This is a typical high-level mentality - some people insist on calling it a pretending mentality, and Yang Yi said that he has no opinion. At first, he was surprised, and a large part of the factor was that he thought that Lao Tzu had studied the ordinary person thoroughly, and in the end he couldn't figure it out.
That's what really deserves his attention! But if Lao Tzu just glanced at it casually and didn't see it through, then it would be nothing. It's normal to say that this kind of thing is pretending to be a big deal, but it's still okay to remove the word "very" or something.
"Then we'll see." The expression on Yang Yi's face converged, and he returned to his casual demeanor and spoke.
"By the way, how about the thing I asked you about some time ago?" Waiting is boring, even if Yang Yi is still reading a novel with a mobile phone in his hand - I have a big starting point, and I also have a branch in the world of covering the sky - but in terms of his current quality in all aspects, reading a novel or something is not enough to involve one-ten-thousandth of his energy...... It has become normal to be distracted and multi-purposed.
"Oh, that's what you say...... Wait, I've got it done. As he spoke, Lao Tzu seemed to have just remembered something, got up and stood by the wall of this room, and then saw that the ordinary wall in front of him suddenly turned into a large row of bookshelves, and he himself rummaged through it, and finally pulled a scroll down and threw it to Yang Yi, and then returned to the seat opposite Yang Yi and sat down.
"Look at it, it should be pretty accurate. I've been to these places for thousands of years, but I don't remember much of them, so I took the time to revisit them before I finished them. β
Yang Yi nodded, pulled the scroll open in his hand, and saw a map drawn on it...... This map is very special, there are many places on it that will make the earthlings feel very familiar, but the marked places are unfamiliar, and no one has ever seen the various graphics on the map...... In other words, such a map has not been seen by billions of people in all countries of the entire planet!
Would anyone believe that this is a world map of the earth? If someone else comes, he will definitely use this scroll to paste Lao Tzu's face directly, but Yang Yi believes it...... Just because the earth on this map is the real earth! The whole picture of the earth! It's not like this world is now, after it was sealed......
Of course, the most important thing is that it also contains a lot of detailed annotations on the existence of secret places, caves, or ruins on the earth, such as where although it looks good, it is actually the abandoned station of an ancient sect or something. Yang Yi plans to take advantage of this time to have a good time on Earth! By the way, some of the hidden good places on the earth have been developed.,Like the various possible emperor's inheritances that have appeared in various fan fiction.γ
In this way, this map drawn by Lao Tzu himself can help Yang Yi a lot, at least let him run some unjust roads. If it weren't for that, he just wanted a map of the whole of the earth, and he just needed to sweep it.
"Okay, that's good, thanks."
"Well, it doesn't matter, it didn't take much effort anyway. But I also have to remind you that the Ninety-Nine Dragon Mountain seems to have a lot to do with the emperor back then, so you'd better be careful...... You're not afraid, but you don't want to be entangled by that guy, do you? Lao Tzu thought of something again, so he reminded like this.
"Rest assured, you know. Ninety-Nine Dragon Mountain ...... To be honest, I'm not interested in that - someone's coming, is that the little guy you were talking about? He replied casually, Yang Yi was still looking at the map, but he suddenly sensed something, and raised his head and asked Lao Tzu.
"Well, that's him." Lao Tzu nodded.
"Hmm......" Yang Yi's divine thoughts swept up in the air, and then a touch of playfulness appeared on his face: "It's really like what you said, it's quite interesting......" (to be continued......)
PS: It's so uncomfortable, 4,000 words......
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