Chapter 222: Past and Present Lives
"You're looking for me?"
Still relying on the divine sense that leaned out, he heard what Zhang Yutang said to his subordinates, and Lin Mo was stunned for the first time: What does this mean? Didn't he come to find Xiaoqing?
The people of the Xu Mansion were also quite surprised that this young girl's enthusiastic suitor suddenly changed the target to Xiaoqing, and immediately asked in surprise: "What does Zhang Gongzi want to find Mr. Lin?" The villain can report on his behalf first. ”
This is the standard practice of the people, and it is the same as what the old secretaries of the earth world say, that is, to investigate the situation first, and then report it back, and then the main owner decides whether to see it or not. Although the visitor also knows this, he can only honestly report the reason, and there is no other way.
But Zhang Yutang's cousin broke this conclusion. Faced with the questioning of the people of the Xu Mansion, he replied without hesitation: "You just tell Mr. Lin that Zhang Yutang, who is a late student, can come to visit." Mr. Lin knows about it and will definitely come to see me. ”
With that, he tilted his head slightly, and slanted into the void above, revealing a faint but meaningful smile.
Lin Mo in the backyard was suddenly shocked: because in his opinion, Zhang Yutang's smile was just smiling at his wandering divine sense! It's almost like it's in person!
In an instant, his expression sank.
"What's going on? He can sense my divine sense? ”
The mortal body of the flesh that had been confirmed by Lin Mo and Bai Suzhen suddenly showed the skills of a cultivator, and easily grasped a trace of Lin Mo's external divine sense, which meant it. It's complicated and unpredictable! He immediately began to think about it.
And a moment later, when the people of the Xu Mansion came to report the matter, he also had the result: go and see!
In any case, the other party's goal now is himself, and now it seems that he is only willing to show something extraordinary in front of himself - that is to say, no matter what is strange about this jade hall, if he wants to find out, he can only rely on himself!
So Lin Mo didn't hesitate anymore. Get up directly. waved off the subordinates, and came to the front hall from the backyard wing alone to see Zhang Yutang.
"Zhang Yutang," Lin Mo knew that if he continued to pretend to be stupid, he would be stunned. This Zhang Yutang's skills are much stronger than his own. At least he was not sure that he would be able to hide Bai Suzhen, the snake demon who had returned to the void realm. So he simply opened his mouth and asked, "What is your origin?" What is looking for Xiaoqing to do? What are you going to do with me? ”
The corners of Zhang Yutang's mouth raised slightly, and he chuckled: "Mr. Sun, don't worry, this is the young girl's mansion." I don't want to disturb the young girl's life. So, why don't we go outside and talk about it? When you get outside, I can answer any questions you have. ”
The words had already been asked, so naturally there was no reason to go back, so Lin Mo immediately nodded in agreement. After all, it seems that Zhang Yutang's true situation is about to be exposed, if he stops here, wouldn't it be too much of a loss? As for what the other party's plans are...... Hehe, in the Upper Realm Heavenly Court, he is just a boy who has not become an immortal and picks up incense, and now he has been reincarnated into the mortal world, even if there are any means, what can Lin Mo be afraid of?
So in this way, in the rather strange eyes of the people under the Xu Mansion, Zhang Yutang and Lin Mo walked out side by side and left the Xu Mansion. After walking for more than half an hour, they came to the pavilion on an inexplicable hill outside the city, and the two stopped.
Thanks to the good development of Suzhou City, there are many similar pavilions on the nearby hills, which can be used by passers-by to rest, and also leave a physical basis for those literati and rioters to inscribe poems. This pavilion seems to be one of them, and when you look up, there are many poems engraved on the stone wall.
"I love this place." Stepping into the pavilion, Zhang Yutang looked around comfortably and said softly: "No, it should be said that the young girl likes this place very much. That's why I like it too. ”
Indeed, the location of this pavilion is very good, looking far away, not only can you see the small half of Suzhou City, but also can vaguely see a trace of the West Lake, which is refreshing.
But Lin Mo didn't have the slightest intention of enjoying the beautiful scenery at this time, especially after hearing what Zhang Yutang said, his brows furrowed slightly.
"Don't talk about these useless things." He said in a deep voice: "There are only you and me here, there is no need to drag it out any longer, answer my question, who are you?" What is the purpose of coming to Xufu? ”
"Okay, okay, I didn't expect Mr. Lin to be so breathless." Zhang Yutang was still quite leisurely, and said in a very relaxed tone: "My situation, you should all have deduced it, it's just a boy who picks up incense and breaks into the mortal dust because of Sifan's heart." ”
Is this calculation correct?
In fact, Bai Suzhen has always had a doubt about the very simple calculation: Is this an illusion created by the heavenly court? In fact, Zhang Yutang's true identity is someone else, this incense boy is just a disguise?
Regarding this suspicion, Lin Mo has a negative attitude. This is not only because Lin Mo knew that there was this story in the original legend of the White Snake, but also because such a forgery was completely unnecessary: if you really want to hide your identity, you can directly cover it up in a normal way, so that no one can calculate it, so why bother doing it?
Now that Zhang Yutang has admitted it himself, it has undoubtedly confirmed the correctness of Lin Mo's thoughts. Although he may also be telling lies, Lin Mo instinctively felt that what he said was true.
So Lin Mo asked a more important question again: "Why did you come to the Xu Mansion?" ”
Zhang Yutang took two steps in the pavilion, like a literati who had stepped on, and sat down on the horizontal chair of the pavilion easily, and said, "Isn't this a very simple question. Because I admire the young girl! ”
He said it so bluntly and simply, it immediately made Lin Mo choke, and he didn't know what to say for a while. After all, compared to the speculation that many people think about, this answer really makes people feel absurd.
"How. You don't believe it? ”
Lin Mo nodded immediately. If it was usual, there were mortals who admired Xiaoqing, Lin Mo felt that this was a normal thing, after all, Xiaoqing's appearance was there, and ordinary people fell in love at first sight, which was a normal thing. But at this moment, a heavenly court was born. The incense-picking boy who was beaten into the mortal dust because of Xiaoqing admired Xiaoqing, so he kept coming to Xu's mansion...... How could Lin Mo believe it?!
"Hehe, I know that you guys will only think about trouble, and will not see the simplest answer." For the first time, Zhang Yutang restrained the gentle expression on his face, and looked at Lin Mo coldly: "Stupid mortal! ”
This change in expression was already a little unacceptably fast, and this familiar word was smashed on him, Lin Mo was stunned for a while, and he didn't know what to say.
Fortunately, I didn't wait for him to speak. Zhang Yutang has continued to tell.
"I am in heaven. It belongs to the lowly boy Tianguan. Although there are also immortal books, they are not gods, but the lowest level, and even some heavenly soldiers can't compare. After all, the Heavenly Soldiers are weak. But as long as merit is constantly accumulated. You can receive the blessing of the power of the heavenly court. The more strength you gather, the faster your cultivation will improve. Until he finally broke through the immortal level, it was not vain to become an official heavenly general. ”
"In contrast. I, the boy who picks up incense, is much more despicable. No matter what hard work you do, it is just your own hard work, and it can only be called the completion of the task. As for more benefits, don't think about it, you can only rely on your own diligence and continue to immerse yourself in penance, hoping to quickly survive the three calamities, officially rank in the immortal class, and become a heavenly official god in charge. ”
"It's a pity, this is just my good wish, and soon I found out that my own qualifications are really unattainable, not to mention those immortals who have already cultivated and become an immortal class, even those heavenly soldiers whose cultivation is lower than me, I can't compare!"
Don't think this is nonsense, although the cultivation of the heavenly soldiers is low and uneven, but they are all creatures born under the fortune of the heavenly court, in terms of cultivation qualifications, although I dare not say that they can be compared with Sun Wukong, but it is really not that bad. No, in fact, there are some quite extraordinary heavenly soldiers, when they are conceived, they have the power that can be compared with some weak immortals, and they directly become the officially registered heavenly generals with the status of gods!
"I knew at that time that unless I was reincarnated, otherwise, even if I relied on time to become an immortal in the Heavenly Court, this life would be nothing more than that."
As a super cave heaven united by thirty-six cave heaven blessed lands, the environment of the heavenly court really has too many bonuses in cultivation. Even if a cultivator with ordinary qualifications is placed in this environment, it doesn't take long for him to achieve something, and even soar to become an immortal.
But this unpaid benefit is not without a price, in fact, the price is very severe: this cultivator's cultivation path is likely to stop at the beginning of the immortal realm. No matter how hard he cultivates, it is unlikely that he will be one step closer.
This may seem difficult to explain, but there is no shortage of such examples. In the final analysis, it is also the expression of the truth of heaven and earth that there are gains and losses.
Of course, this is not absolute, if you are really qualified to defy the sky like Sun Wukong, or if the fortune is so great that anyone who sees it will give benefits, and the Sanqing Daozun also has to personally induce the body and pass on the gong, then it is naturally impossible for you to enter the immortal god for the first time is your final apex...... It's just that there are only a few examples of the qualifications that have been against the sky for tens of millions of years, and the Sanqing Daozun personally passed on the gong, uh, let's wash and sleep.
So if the truth is really as Zhang Yutang said, then the end of his cultivation is indeed like that, and his first entry into the realm of immortals is his limit.
Undoubtedly, this is not good news. Especially in the heavenly court, in the environment of watching all kinds of gods and Buddhas coming and going, it is even more unacceptable. It's like in the earth world, if you are a multimillionaire in a fourth-tier city in the mainland, you will be content, and you will feel a little interesting, but if you go to coastal cities such as Shanghai and Shenzhen, tens of millions of assets are not worth a house, how can this be satisfying? What's more, where the heavenly court can be compared with Shanghai and Shenzhen, even if you add Beijing, New York, Paris or something together, it can't be compared with it!
So it is not surprising that in this situation of no bright future, Zhang Yutang was disheartened at that time. Not to mention cultivation, even the existing cultivation and foundation began to collapse little by little.
This is not an exaggeration, but a fact. And in fact, fortunately, he was in the Heavenly Court, and he was also registered as an immortal of the Tongzi Heavenly Official, and was slightly supported by the power of the Heavenly Court, otherwise, the moment the Dao heart was scattered, he should have collapsed the Dao Foundation, his cultivation was scattered, and he died directly.
"I don't know exactly how I lived my life back then. That kind of muddy state is not someone who has experienced it firsthand. None of them will understand. Zhang Yutang's voice was low at this time, as if coming from the abyss underground, making people shudder: "At that time, I only knew one thing, as long as it took a while, I would completely collapse and dissipate between heaven and earth!" ”
But that's when things took a turn for the worse. The last time I was in my duties, I glanced into the Nether, and with that glance, I saw the young girl! ”
"At that time, the young girl was just a green snake that had not yet opened her mind. Swimming instinctively in the West Lake. But I can see it. She was happy, instinctively happy, more than many of the gods who had been disturbed by the past! ”
"I was stunned, and my mind was full of thoughts. I don't know exactly what you're thinking. It was only in the end that I confirmed the idea: if I could live happily and happily like this green snake. Even in the mortal world, how good it should be! ”
When Lin Mo heard this, his face moved slightly: What happened next. He already knew.
Sure enough, I listened to Zhang Yutang continue: "After I went back that day, there was an edict from the heavens, saying that I had a mortal heart and violated the rules of heaven, and I should be expelled from the immortal book and driven down the heavenly court, just like reincarnation in the mortal world." ”
When Lin Mo heard this, his heart moved, and he asked, "Whose edict is this?" ”
Zhang Yutang raised his head slightly, did not hide it, and replied softly: "It's the Antarctic Immortal Emperor." ”
When Lin Mo heard this, his brows first relaxed, and his expression was happy, but he immediately frowned again, and his expression sank.
From an objective point of view, this edict of the Antarctic Immortal Emperor is not so much a punishment as a cure. At that time, Zhang Yutang's Dao heart was on the verge of collapse, even if it was another two or three days, I was afraid that I would not be able to support it, but if I entered the mortal dust in this way, it would be equivalent to the reincarnation and rebuilding of the level of mortal heart, not only to save my life, but also to break through the realm if I have a comprehension in the next life, maybe I can ascend to an immortal in a dignified manner, and there will be no longer this embarrassing situation now.
So it's not so much punishment as salvation!
It's just the same, and there is also a question: why did the Antarctic Immortal Emperor pay so much attention to Zhang Yutang?
That's right, as one of the Four Imperial Emperors, the Antarctic Immortal Emperor is the only emperor who has the power and responsibility to manage the Heavenly Heavens, Gods and Buddhas, but this grade difference is too much, right? If it is the righteous gods of the various ministries, or the true gods, or even those heavenly generals with extraordinary talents and a promising future, the attention of the Antarctic Immortal Emperor can be regarded as normal, but he can pay attention to a weak and weak Dao heart, and even the future is almost limited...... Is this what the Antarctic Immortal Emperor should do?
Lin Mo felt that there was something wrong with this.
But this was just a thought in his heart, and he was destined to get no answer from anyone. So at the moment, Lin Mo didn't say anything, just continued to listen to Zhang Yutang's narration.
"To be honest, I have been on duty in the Heavenly Court for hundreds of years, and I have seen many Heavenly Officials who have been demoted to the mortal realm, and I have thought about what it would be like to be demoted to the lower realm, but I didn't expect that I would be so happy at that time! It would be so joyful! ”
Zhang Yutang's face was no longer indifferent, and he instead said with a very lucky look: "I was eager to be sent to the Immortal Cutting Arena immediately, and directly sent me to the Six Realms of Reincarnation with one sword, allowing me to enter the mortal world!" ”
"Needless to say, the heavenly soldiers expelled me from the immortal realm according to the edict and sent me to the six realms of reincarnation, which is the beginning of my reincarnation. So there is no longer a boy picking incense in the upper heavenly court, only Zhang Yutang, a rich son in Suzhou City in the lower realm. ”
At this point, the matter has basically come to an end, but Lin Mo did not relax and asked, "Then how did you awaken the Heavenly Official's divine energy?" ”
Judging from the currently known situation, there is no problem with Zhang Yutang's reincarnation, so after reincarnation, the Tianguan Divine Qi inherited from the previous life should also be banned! In addition, when he was reincarnated, Heavenly Court had already removed his immortal book, so to be honest, Zhang Yutang at this time could only be regarded as a mortal who had an immortal fate in his previous life and was more likely to ascend to an immortal in this life than many cultivators! In any case, the aura of the heavenly official in the depths of his soul should not be revealed!
That's the crux of the matter!
"It was the Antarctic Immortal Emperor who woke me up." Zhang Yutang seemed to be going to explain everything clearly today, and he didn't hide it at all, so he said it directly at the moment: "Uh, no, it's not the Antarctic Immortal Emperor, but the Antarctic Immortal." It was two months ago that the Antarctic Immortal Weng entered my dream, woke me up from my previous life, and at the same time lifted the ban on the Heavenly Official's divine energy! ”
Lin Mo was stunned for a moment, and then his heart jumped: Antarctic Immortal? Two months ago? Isn't that the time to meet the Antarctic Immortal?
Zhang Yutang didn't know what Lin Mo was thinking, but he still said: "At that time, after awakening the past and present lives, I immediately had the idea of seeing the green snake that made me sprout my mortal heart back then!" ”
"But it's a pity that my cultivation before reincarnation was low, and reincarnation has too much influence on me. Even if the Antarctic Immortal Weng made a move, at most he could barely wake me up. During this period of time, I have never been very clear in my thinking, and I can only hear this thing every now and then. ”
"Fortunately, by chance, just a few days ago, when my mind was finally clear, I finally saw the green snake at the beginning!"
When Zhang Yutang said this, he was already excited, and his eyes flashed. And then, he also said something that Lin Mo couldn't understand.
"So, I decided at that time that I would never let go of this green snake!" (To be continued......)