Chapter Twenty-Nine: Two Sides of the Coin
The current situation has reached an existential critical juncture, and Shadow Moon is gradually expanding its influence reaction, approaching the outside world from the Luling Mountains little by little, once it hits the nearby county seats. The frenzied populace will cause bloodshed with incalculable casualties.
Since the King of Wisdom was able to be sealed hundreds of years ago, he must have his own weaknesses, as long as he has weaknesses, he can be defeated, Shen Qingming firmly believes this. The duty of the Heavenly Master is to slay demons and eliminate demons, protect sentient beings, and rule the way of heaven, Zhang Ge's words still echoed in his ears. Here, you can only rely on yourself to stop this catastrophe, gamble everything you have, and also solve the Shadow Moon Crisis.
The starting point of speech is to provoke a topic, and it is necessary to find a problem and lure the other party to reveal a logical flaw. So, where are the flaws of the gods?
There is no chance of NG in this conversation, unlike the previous one that can be walked away in a surrogacy center.
Found it, balance!
Shen Qingming said, "Why are you pursuing balance?"
The King of Wisdom was manipulating the two qi of the turbidity and did not answer his question: "God, there is no need for a reason. ”
"Reason and action are indispensable. Actions without reason are just as much an imbalance in the scales as there are no reasons to act. Shen Qingming made up a truth on the spot.
The King of Wisdom hated the word imbalance, frowned, and said, "The origin of all suffering comes from imbalance, and pain and joy are always unequally distributed to everyone. What I can still remember now is that a group of barbarians came to the northern grasslands that year, attacking the city all the way, and demanding that every family that broke through the city should hand over a man to accompany the army. That year it was our turn in the house, and my father hid my eldest brother and handed me over, and I was only twelve years old!
"This ....." Shen Qingming didn't know how to answer.
The Wise King closed his eyes and began to recall: "I grew up in the army of the barbarians, and I secretly stabbed my countrymen to death for a piece of steamed buns, and I cut off people's fingers alive in order to grab a wrench. Do you know what my brother was doing at this time? He was marrying a woman from outside the staff at that time, and he was going to Beijing to take the exam! I led the siege of the city that year, and guess who I saw? Hahaha! You know what he said to me? He said that my commitment to the barbarians was unforgivable, and that having my brother was his greatest pain, and that his soldiers shot me to death from afar! He knew what pain was?! How could I know what happiness was? In the end, I fought him on the city wall, and where was his nerd opponent? When I cut off his head, my pain and his happiness reached a perfect balance, and from then on I realized that imbalance is the source of all suffering, and balance is the most perfect. At the end of the battle, the commander appreciated my bravery and transferred me to Kyoto. I met my mentor there, Changchun Zhenren Qiu Daochang, he saw that I was born with Taoist bones, so he accepted me as a disciple, often praised me for my deep understanding of the Tao, and then a series of coincidences, I went to YN to become a true immortal body, but was sealed by a group of Taoist priests at the intersection of Huangquan Road. Isn't it also a balance to gain from the Tao and lose from the Tao?"
Shen Qingming didn't refute him, because the key to victory was not here. When a person begins to recall the past, it is when emotion is higher than reason, even if it is a god. The more emotional, the more holes in the logic.
After Shen Qingming heard the Wisdom King's past, his heart was shocked, he didn't expect his past to be so complicated. Shen Qingming said: "Just because you don't have the right to choose doesn't mean that others don't have the right to choose." Your pain does not mean that others suffer. Since you used to be a Taoist priest, you should understand that the Tao is pure and inactive, and the ability that comes with it is used to regulate the Heavenly Dao, not to change the Heavenly Dao and distort the trajectory of other people's lives. ”
The King of Wisdom smiled coldly: "I believe in the power that the Tao gives me, not the Tao itself. Where was the way of heaven when I was almost buried alive? Was the way of heaven still quiet and inactive at that time? Only by my own strength can I control my destiny, and my life is up to me! I want to bring everything between heaven and earth into a perfect balance today, so that there will be no more suffering or pain. ”
Shen Qingming's previous inducing questions were just to let him step on his trap, and the reason why he didn't defend himself before was to wait for his sentence, my life is up to me.
"You're wrong, you can't fight against the Heavenly Dao. Shen Qingming said. There are two skins in the human mouth, and whether you can fight it or not depends on how to say it.
A huge impact hit Shen Qingming's chest, Shen Qingming only felt a sweetness in his throat, and a mouthful of blood spurted out like an arrow. The Tianguan talisman that Xiling begged for before in his pocket burned rapidly, resisting the subsequent momentum.
There could be no more delay, Shen Qingming didn't even wipe the blood and began to say: "Imbalance is also a part of the Heavenly Dao, and balance also needs its own opposites to achieve true balance. ”
The Wisdom King vaguely understood what he wanted to say, but he didn't understand the key, so he temporarily stopped suppressing Shen Qingming.
Shen Qingming stood up and said, "Balance and imbalance are two sides of the coin. Without imbalance, equilibrium ceases to exist. How could you have your understanding of balance without the imbalance between you and your brother, and how could you have great pleasure without your long-standing hatred when you were stabbing your brother?"
Shen Qingming was very smart and did not emphasize the matter of the wise king killing his brother. This is not the point, there is no need to seize on his moral flaws to anger the King of Wisdom.
"You also said that my fate is up to me, so you are on the opposite side of the Heavenly Dao - balance, and you are the embodiment of imbalance. Your existence is an interpretation of balance and imbalance. The one who maintains balance brings imbalance. The embodiment of imbalance, in maintaining balance. Shen Qingming said, "Not only are you not qualified to judge others, but now you can't even judge yourself, right?"
The King of Wisdom muttered to himself, "What...... Turns out I'm ......"
Taking advantage of the fact that the King of Wisdom was misled by himself for a while, he didn't have the kung fu to figure out what was going on. Shen Qingming added: "I'm afraid that you can only do it by gathering your own followers to plunder the souls of mortals, and those dense fogs should be the fragments of people's memories that have been extracted, I'm not mistaken, right?"
The wise king said, "Yes, it is so. ”
"You brought them death. Since what you are pursuing is balance, then the opposite of death, you should know what it is, right?"
"I see. The Wisdom King waved his hand to disperse the turbidity around him, and without the support of the Wisdom King, the brilliance of the Shadow Moon suddenly dimmed a lot, and he said, "Listening to your words is better than a hundred years of penance in the mountains, if only I could get to know you earlier." ”
Shen Qingming said: "If you are willing not to chop off my fingers, I am naturally willing to be your friend." ”
After letting go of the knot in his heart, the wisdom king's face brightened a lot, and he smiled: "Hahahaha, I was probably willing to chop off your fingers at that time." ”
Shen Qingming sighed and said: "Hey, the black-hearted boss deducts his salary, let alone a finger wrench, he can't afford a gold chain, and we are also poor brothers." ”
After hearing this, the Wise King said, "Those old Taoists left a few sword beads when they sealed me, and although they have been some years, they can still be sold for a few bucks. If you don't dislike it, little brother, take it, the Soul Detention Secret Technique is after sealing my stone gate, whether you want to take it or not depends on your choice. I haven't accomplished anything good in my life, do you think I'm a failure in life?"
Shen Qingming said: "It is indeed a failure. ”
The King of Wisdom raised his head and laughed and said, "When the sergeant hears the word, he bows down and acts, the sergeant hears the sergeant, if he survives, he dies; the corporal hears the word and laughs loudly. My whole life was just a corporal. It's a pity that he has killed countless people in this life, but he only ended up with such a result. It's ridiculous, it's ridiculous. ”
Shen Qingming complained, your damage is about to catch up with a division, how can you say that you are also a division commander, how can there be such a powerful corporal.
After the Wisdom King finished speaking, he gathered his energy, formed a magic seal in his hand, and soared into the sky, heading straight for the shadow moon. All the mist in Luming Village was summoned and followed the figure of the Wisdom King. Behind the gate, the fog rushed out, all rising into the sky through the tomb's skylight. All of a sudden, the vast white mist, under the leadership of the Wisdom King, had a scene that could confront the blood of the Shadow Moon.
The full moon waxes and wanes, the mist rises, and the mountains shake with an astonishing momentum.
At the moment when the white mist and the blood moon met, everything was plunged into darkness. In the tomb, the jade necklace around Shen Qingming's neck was shining. The light is enough to illuminate the way forward, and go to fetch the Soul Detention Secret Book behind the stone gate. He let out a sigh of relief, and said in his heart that such a thing as soul detention is not controlled by ordinary people, and what he gets is beyond his control, and it will become a scourge. This kind of thing has no fate, so let's let it disappear with the King of Wisdom. But what kind of jade necklace is this, it can only be used as a backup flashlight, Ye Jinghan is really a small pick, and he knows that he can't give himself anything good.
After a few moments, everything was calm. Looking up again, the bright moon is as clean as new, how can it have the ghostly appearance before?
Without time to catch their breath, the entire tomb began to collapse. The whole piece of rubble fell one after another, and the slightest mistake will shatter the bones. Shen Qingming dragged Qin Yeyou, Yang Xu dragged Chen Lao, and Lin Sheng could barely walk on his own. Chen Lao was awakened by the large shaking, and said angrily: "Let it go...... Put me down. ”
Yang Xu was shocked: "Old Chen, are you crazy? ”
Chen Lao said: "I'm not leaving, I already feel that I want to, no, don't waste any more energy." ”
How could Yang Xu see the respected elder dying here, and he would take Chen Lao out if he said anything. Chen Lao pushed him away with the last bit of strength and said, "I have lived long enough to die without regrets." The ancients said that living to 60 is longevity, and I am 70 years old this year, and I have lived 16 more years. Let me rest with these artifacts. ”
Lin Sheng said: "Teacher, you ......"
Old Chen coughed, his eyes were no longer strong to open again, and he tried his best to say, "Xiaolin, you..... In the future, we must listen more and think more...... More ......"
Chen Lao coughed violently again, and he couldn't say the last word.
Before Yang Xu could say anything, he saw that the knife that Chen Lao had been slashed before had penetrated deep into his internal organs, and most of the inside was bleeding profusely. I can't afford the bumps on the road. I had to endure the pain and put Chen Lao in the flattest place and say goodbye with tears.
As soon as the four of them escaped from the tomb, the entire ground was already sunken. From the tomb to the burial tunnel, all sank into the ground. At the same time, there was a rumbling sound in the mountains, and there was a large-scale landslide. Everyone did not dare to delay, and fled from the mountain to the foot of the mountain, the road was full of corpses of villagers who had died of cannibalism, Fu Yuan's body was nailed to the tree with an axe, and he still held a firearm without bullets in his hand. Shen Qingming didn't care about him, dodged and continued to flee for his life.
At the last moment, they finally rushed into the village one step ahead of the gravel. Hurriedly ran to the health center to find Xiling Heng. Xiling Heng had been waiting for them in front of the clinic for a long time, and when she saw them, she was horrified and said that the old Chinese medicine doctor had just suddenly gone crazy and attacked her, and as soon as she escaped from the health center, the old Chinese medicine doctor suddenly fell down again.
Han Chen stood aside, still crazy, and it was a blessing that he didn't faint.
Shen Qingming briefly explained the ins and outs, and Xiling seemed to understand what he heard. He was about to explain in detail when the second landslide began, and this time the scale of the chain of landslides was much larger than just now. Shen Qingming didn't even have a chance to scold his mother, so he took them to run wildly, and by the way, he also picked up the old Chinese medicine doctor.
This time, Luming Village was neither in the fog nor under the shadow moon, and the whole journey was extremely smooth, and within four or five minutes, he ran to the head of the village, and left along the wood-cutting path from which he came. Before leaving, Shen Qingming glanced at the stone tablet left by Fu Yuan and was full of emotion.
At the end of the path, the three cars were still parked there. There is less Zhang Ge Chen Lao, and there are more old Chinese medicine doctors and Han Chen, which is just one more and one less.
Yang Xu kicked the accelerator after the ignition, and the speed soared directly to one hundred and sixteen per hour. Behind them, everything in Luming Village gradually disappeared in the smoke and dust.
Yang Xu took out the lighter and lit a cigarette, took a big puff, and suddenly the entire carriage was filled with smoke. He handed the cigarette to Shen Qingming, who shook his hand and refused. Yang Xu asked: "I said Qingming, do you say that what we have experienced in the past two days is true?"
Shen Qingming suddenly laughed.
Yang Xu startled him and said, "Qingming, don't be scared out now, we don't have medical insurance to pay." ”
Shen Qingming shook his head and took out more than a dozen pieces of jewelry from his pocket, all of which were inlaid with gemstones. He said, "Of course, none of this is fake. ”
"Oh, that's good, boy, I've learned not to be a thief. Yang Xu admired.
Shen Qingming rolled his eyes and said, "What thief doesn't go empty, it was given to me by Wisdom Wang Bai." ”
Yang Xu was shocked by the power of the Wisdom King at that time, and he didn't hear the conversation between Shen Qingming and the Wisdom King, and said: "For nothing, that Wisdom King is not a good kind at first glance, but it was given to you by you because you said that you were crazy and lost your mind." ”
Shen Qingming smiled disdainfully and said, "If I had known him earlier, maybe I could really be friends." ”