I was pulled back to the top of the mountain by Master and sat down silently beside him.

My mind was a mess, but I was thinking about an unrelated question, if it was when I was a child, no, even ten years ago, if Master had told me that he only had one year to live, my first reaction would have been to cry uncontrollably.

And now, why is it that I am more and more silent and want to cry but I feel that I can't cry, and I only feel that a huge and cold sadness is about to overwhelm me?

Is this the price of growth? It has become a silence that wants to laugh and laugh, and wants to cry and cry, and suddenly feels that the master is in such a frank realm, what kind of state of mind is it? People always want to go back again after the experience, just like adults, and they also want to have a childlike sincere state of mind.

It seems to be doing useless work, but in fact, if you don't go through some vicissitudes, how can you understand its preciousness? The harvest is actually 'understanding'.

Master's somewhat rough hand fell on my head, still and the sound of the wind blew through as if it were his sigh.

The power of inheritance lies in the fact that some small details will also be passed down, just like Master loves to touch my head, I love to touch Huigen'er's head.

"I've been gone for many years, you know that I've been looking for your ancestor for so many years, I can say that I've met your ancestor, but I haven't seen you." Master's voice came into my ears, and at this moment, there was no much emotion, only the calm after the experience.

I listened cross-legged and quietly, and found that there are too many things worth cherishing in life, such as the quiet at the moment, when should it be the next time?

"You should know the secrets of a few remnant souls left by your ancestor, right?" Master asked abruptly.

I looked at Master, nodded quietly, and said, "Yes, it was in India, an old man named Johnny, a friend of Master Zu told me. ”

"Johnny?" Master raised his eyebrows and asked.

"Yes, I've been through a lot too, Master, do you want to listen?" Since you want to tear up the past, it's better to simply talk about it.

"Okay, listen" Master nodded, the wind on the mountain gradually faded as the sunset, and the night slowly approached, becoming a little bigger, Master took out two jugs of wine from his bosom and handed me a jug.

I unscrewed the lid, swallowed it, and then looked into the distance and said, "Where do I start?" Master, let's start with the bamboo forest building on the night you left me."

Sometimes the years of life seem like a long time, but when you talk about it, you find that one thing is amazing, that is, what you thought was such a long life course can be condensed into a few hours to explain it to a person.

The flask was small, less than half a pound of wine, but I drank it in one sip at a time, and by the time I finished what I had experienced, there was still a small half left in the jug.

Originally it was a fine weather, and the night was naturally starry, sitting on the top of the mountain and looking at the stars, it seemed to be close to the touch, and it felt more like a gem was shining, and the Milky Way in the distance was a misty silver belt, which crossed the sky at once, and stayed like this.

After listening to my experience, the master was silent for a long time, and after a long time, he said: "Over the years, you have been very bitter and have grown up very quickly, I feel distressed, but I am also very grateful. ”

After saying this, Master drank a big sip of wine, and one sentence was already a thousand words, and he and I came to this point in our lives, and basically we didn't need too many words to express anything.

"Master, the Dao boy suppressed his will for only three days, after this, everything is not under his control, and today is the third day, I don't know if it will be tonight, or tomorrow morning, my will will be gradually wiped out by the will of the Dao boy. Thankfully, though, he was able to leave me with a memory. After telling everything, I pretended to smile lightly, and then added: "Actually, my soul has also remained, but the will in it has become a Taoist boy is really worried, that guy's style of doing things is completely different from mine, will he offend my friends in the future." ”

As I spoke, I took a long sip of wine, the jug almost empty.

And the master's hand on my head couldn't help shaking, maybe afraid that I would detect his emotions, he took his hand back, just whispered: "Dog, I don't have the strength to kick you now, the core of the soul is the will, and in addition to the original essence, the will will be formed because of the different circumstances and circumstances, even if it is the past and present life, the soul is the unchanging reincarnation, but the will will always change, only those who are beyond all and jump out of the reincarnation can break through the tempering of one life and one life, and the rest is the closest, Or rather, it is the will of the heart, which smelts the will of every life! And the will can be said to be a heart, the heart is different, what else do you talk about the soul left? It's like when people are gone, what's the point of leaving the clothes behind? Are you my apprentice? I just told you to climb this peak, but you don't even want to have your heart. ”

I tilted my head slightly and said, "If I can, why wouldn't I want it?" Master, the strong will of the Dao boy is not something I can."

", the will is not strong or not strong, in my eyes there is only right and wrong, what you realize in this life is right, you must be able to cover the mistakes committed in the previous life, the right path is always the mainstream, no matter what becomes in the world, what people can still stay sober is that the mainstream still preaches righteousness, preaching goodness because people are not only living for themselves, not a simple individual, lonely existence, only warm everything, is the power to continue to move forward, is the ultimate maintenance of the cycle of life." Master said this to me.

And inexplicably, my heart seemed to be suddenly touched, and the emotions that had been immersed in sadness for three days seemed to have been released.

Yes, everything that is beautiful is the ultimate maintenance, even animals have the nature to protect their children, this is the warm motherhood given by heaven, if I am right, I clench my fists tightly in front of the Tao boy, am I right?

My fists were a little white, but Master said, "I believe in you, even after so many years of searching for your master, I have always believed in you. ”

I didn't say anything, but said to Master, "Why did I see Master and I didn't?" ”

"See, I think you should understand that in the beads I gave you, it is the remnant soul of your ancestor after smelting, that is, all the remnant souls left by your ancestor in this world. And I didn't see it, because for me, your ancestor is a living person, a person who has brought me a lot of warm memories, not a remnant soul that has been stripped away for protection, do you understand? Master said lightly.

I can understand Master's feelings, but what I can't understand is that Uncle Johnny once told me personally that only he knows the secret of this ancestor's remnant soul, why did my master find the remnant soul of my ancestor?

Master seemed to see my doubts, turned his head and said to me with a smile: "Actually, this secret is just like you told me just now, only Uncle Johnny knows it, but since I saw Penglai, I know everything. ”

My heart can't help but beat faster, although all these years, the puzzle of Penglai Kunlun has been bothering me, and it is also the path I have been pursuing, but, in my heart, I still feel that I may not be able to trace, that is because of the awe of the legend in my heart.

So, I couldn't help but use the last wine to calm the emotions in my heart, but my voice couldn't help but tremble and asked, "Master, did you really go to Penglai?" ”

"Penglai?" There was a confused glint in Master's eyes, as if he was remembering something, and then he wiped his face and said, "I saw it, but it doesn't mean that I went, because at that moment, I suddenly had a deep understanding, that is, people should be in the right place, no, everything should be in the right place, do you know? ”

I shook my head, I said I don't understand why the master would say such inexplicable words because Penglai is close in front of me, if it is me, I will find the strong curiosity of the legendary place, and I will be desperate to climb Penglai, and want to see one of the sources of my Great Chinese legend.

"Just like ants want to live in ant nests, and male lions want to live in the grassland, I live in this place, and I am not qualified to enter Penglai. So, you get it? Master said this to me, and then continued, "Many things can be truly touched without saying that they are close in front of you, just like things placed in water will be refracted and your eyes will deceive people. ”

"Then Master, do you mean that even if Penglai is close in front of our eyes, it is far, far away from us?" I'm also confused.

Master shook his head and said, "That's not what I can explain to you now, you know, I'm your master, if I could explain it to you, I would have made it clear to you a long time ago." ”

"Then Master, why do you say that when you see Penglai, you understand everything?" I asked seriously, and I remembered the information Jiang Yi gave me, and I found that I had a lot of questions to ask Master.

"That's because your ancestor's biggest remnant soul is guarding the entrance of Penglai, and at that moment I thought I had finally met your ancestor! And I, in fact, at that time, also understood why I wanted to go to Kunlun and find Penglai first. Master whispered to me.

And all this made my whole body tremble with excitement.

Because no matter how much magic I see, what could be more exciting than the place where these myths and legends are located? Actually, I really approached it, in Heiyan Miao Village, just when the demon insect turned into a mist-shrouded place, in retrospect, I became more and more suspicious that it was Kunlun!

Now, I can't help but ask Master, "Why?" ”