Chapter 89: The Plains of Lushu
The laughter of Lushu unfolded with the sunrise, the air was moist and clean, and the unobstructed grassland stretched from the horizon to the bottom of the rocks where we were, as if surrounded by green.
Herds of horses and deer are randomly distributed across the grassland, as if flowing on a green blanket, and singing bubbles float and jump above the grassland, and the occasional wind sweeps across the grassland, revealing white flowers hidden under the green grass.
The vast grass in the four fields, the clear and vast blue sea and sky, this is the origin of Lushu that the tortoise said.
I was speechless in astonishment, who would have thought that the early morning would bring such a huge scene, an indescribable force rushing towards me, without a little buffer, and took me by surprise.
"It seems, it's very lively," said Lu Shu, "strong horses, gentle deer, endless heaven, vast earth." β
"But... It doesn't feel right," I said, "is this real thing in front of me, or is it an illusion caused by the chaos of time and space? "That unspeakable power lurks in this grassland.
"It's all true, everything on Newyang Mountain is real. Lu Shu stood on tiptoe and gently put his hand on my eyes, "I don't believe you." β
The faint light passed through the girl's fingers, and after the vision was blocked, the sense of hearing began to focus, and the humming of songs was in the ears, the snort of the horses was in the ears, the cries of the deer were in the ears, the friction of the grass was in the ears, and the flowers were in the ears.
"Did you hear that?" asked Lu Shu.
"Hmm... I heard it, "the dew touched my fingertips, and everything I heard came to mind as a vision," and I saw it too. β
By the time my hand was removed from my eyes, I was already standing in the middle of the prairie.
"I'm a herding monster of life, and my daily job is to take care of them, and I can't let them run too far," Lu Shu stood not far from me, touching the neck of a horse, "These horses, and these deer, are the souls of humans who are about to be reincarnated, and they rest for a while in the Lu Shu Plain, and then start the next stage of the journey again." β
β... What do you say?" a pony ran up to me, rubbing my arm in a friendly way, "they're... The soul of man?"
"Well, horses are men's souls, deer are women's, don't underestimate them, these beings can still remember the things of the previous life when they are here. Lu Shu squatted down and quietly watched a deer grazing, "When you find the key to the next life, you will forget all the things before." β
"Wait," I pressed my hand to my temple, "let me digest it, it's a bit informative." β
Lu Shu looked at me and burst out laughing, "I thought you had seen so many strange things, and you were no longer surprised by this." β
The wind stroked the grassland like a hand, and also stroked the hair of Lu Shu, and it brushed the broken hair on its forehead, and the smile was no different from that of a human.
"It's different from anything else, it's alive... Soul!" I combed through the information I had so far.
"Is there any difference?" she said, "whether it is a human being, or these souls on the grassland, it is just a form of life, I am in charge of the Lushu Plain, which is equivalent to being in charge of the reincarnation of human beings, as long as all souls come to me, they are free, free to choose to come or go, free to choose the starting point of the next journey." β
A beautiful deer walked past me, unusually determined to follow the purple bubbles floating in the air.
"With so many bubbles, why do you have to cling to that?" I asked.
"Because that's the key it has chosen," said Lushu, "and soon, the deer will leave this resting place and resume its life." β
Before I could finish speaking, the beautiful deer jumped up and bit the purple bubbles, and the whole deer disappeared before my eyes as if it had been sucked into the bubbles.
"Itβ" I stammered as I pointed to the place where the deer had disappeared, and the purple bubbles drifted towards the horizon.
"This is the same as the bubbles you encountered when you came," Lu Shu said, "When the soul is loaded, the bubbles will leave the plain of Lu Shu and line up to go to the soul exit of Niuyang Mountain, and the creatures that mix into this team will become the ore of Niuyang Mountain at the exit, and the ore will be reborn as a deer or horse after the nourishment of the mountain, starting a new reincarnation." She thought for a moment and added, "It's the kind of people under the mountain who poached it." β
"When they dig up a lot of stones, it's like digging up the reincarnated soul," I said, "and nature is putting this lost soul on their children, but they still enjoy it, not knowing that the root of the problem is themselves." β
"Well, that's it," Lu Shu said, "how uncomfortable those souls that have been poached." She pushed the grass with her hand, and the white flowers were about to open, "The flowers would open every other day, releasing new bubbles, and every horse and every deer were waiting for their bubbles, which was in line." β
"Will it not be able to wait?" I asked.
"Yes," Lu Shu said, "if there was someone who was concerned in a previous life, he would be here waiting for the reincarnation bubble to meet that person again, maybe it has been preempted by other souls." β
"What happens if I don't reincarnate all the time?"
"You'll be like me, you'll be alone, haha. She said with a smile, but it was very sad.
"If that's the case, you won't be alone waiting for me to tell you a story. I said, "If there is a lonely soul that can stay, you should be able to keep each other company." β
"I can see the stories of these souls, many interesting ones, and many boring ones, but unfortunately, I watch over so many souls year after year, and can distinguish the name of each soul, but I don't have my own story, not even someone to share," she said lightly, "After a long time, I don't want to watch it, I am actually very happy that you can come." β
"I'll come again if you want," I said, "and tell me the story you saw next time." β
"Do you know Ye Ke, what is really important is invisible with the eyes, and the invisible things can never fade in time, maintain their original posture, and be more beautiful than the stars. Lu Shu grabbed my hand and put it on top of the white flower, "Pinch the flower with your hand and try it?"
"What will happen?" I asked jokingly, "not to turn me into a bubble." β
"Each flower represents a life, recording the reincarnation of several lifetimes, and you can see the origin of this life in the past life through the flower," Lu Shu said to me, "If the soul resting here has not waited for the bubble it is looking forward to, its flower will eventually disappear." β
"What does that mean?"
"For youkai, as long as the flower does not disappear, reincarnation is the continuation of life in another sense, but when the flower disappears, this life has really come to an end. β