Chapter 20: Pangea's Creation
The picture displayed by the fat monk, although it feels mysterious and mysterious, is actually very familiar to the audience. What the picture shows is a common myth in the cosmos: Pangu opened the world.
The man with the giant axe in the picture must be the legendary Pangu. It's just that the legend has been passed down for thousands of years, and naturally there will be subtle differences. The legend that circulates about "Pangu opened the world" is told like this:
"Legend has it that Pangu split the heavens and the earth with an axe, and as soon as the heavens and the earth were separated, Pangu felt much more comfortable. He took a long breath and tried to stand up, but found that although the heavens and the earth were split, there was only a narrow distance between the heavens and the earth.
The heavens weighed heavily on Pangu's head. He realized that if the heavens did not rise high into the sky, then there would never be life on the earth. So he sat down and pondered what could be done about it. In the end, he concluded that only by holding up the heavens could all beings in the world reproduce and survive. So, Pangu held the sky with his hands and kicked the ground with his feet, trying hard not to let the sky press on the ground. Day after day, year after year, 18,000 years have passed. In the middle of this, Pangu only ate the mist that drifted into his mouth, and he never slept. At first, he could only use his elbows to rest, lying on his knees, because he had to do his best to push the sky to the sky with both hands, and finally, Pangu could straighten his body and raise his hands to lift the sky up, his body grew one zhang a day, and the heavens and the earth left one zhang a day, and the higher the sky rose, the longer Pangu's body became. Heaven and earth were stretched out by him for 90,000 miles, and he also grew into a giant with a height of 90,000 miles.
The heavens were finally high above the earth, and Pangu felt exhausted. He looked up at the sky above his hands, and then at the deep earth beneath his feet. He concluded that there was already a considerable distance between heaven and earth, and that he could lie down and rest without worrying that the sky would fall and crush the earth.
So Pangu lay down and fell asleep. He died in a deep sleep. Pangu is tired to death, he has broken new ground, exhausted his hard work, and sweated all his sweat. In his sleep, he still thought: It is not enough to have a blue sky and the earth, but to create a sun, moon, mountains and rivers between heaven and earth, and all human beings. But he was too tired to make it with his own hands. Finally, he thought, "Leave my body to the world."
As a result, Pangu's body gave the universe its shape, and at the same time, it also gave the universe matter.
Pangu's head became the East Mountain, his feet became the West Mountain, his body became the Middle Mountain, his left arm became the South Mountain, and his right arm became the North Mountain. These five sacred mountains identify the four corners and centers of the square earth. They towered over the earth like huge stone pillars, each supporting a corner of the sky.
Pangu's left eye became a round, large, and bright sun, hanging high in the sky, warming the earth day and night, and his right eye became a bright moon, illuminating the earth. When he opened his eyes, the moon was round, and when he blinked, it became a crescent moon again.
His hair and eyebrows became stars in the sky, sprinkled with the blue sky, walking with the moon and following the moon.
The breath that came out of his mouth turned into a spring breeze and clouds, causing everything to grow. His voice turned to thunder and lightning. His muscles became the soil of the earth, and his veins became the path. His hands, feet and limbs have become mountains and mountains, his penis has turned into Fuxi, his double emulsion has turned into Nuwa, and his bones and teeth have become treasures of gold, silver, copper, iron, and jade buried in the ground. His blood turned into rolling rivers, and his sweat turned into rain and dew. His hair has become flowers and trees, and his spirits have become birds, beasts, fish, and insects.
Since then, there have been sun, moon and stars in the sky, mountains, rivers, trees, birds, beasts, insects and fish on the earth, and there has been a world between heaven and earth. ”
This is just a legend, a legend that has been passed down for thousands of years, and this is definitely different from the actual situation, because when Pangu "opened the world", there was no one in the world at all, and all that witnessed all this was the stars in the sky, as well as the two air currents that were clear and turbid. The fat monk said: "Thunderfall, chopping jade, I believe that the more others look at it, the more they understand, and the two of you are more confused the more you look at it." Are you all wondering who is the man with the giant axe? Who are those two currents? Why is the picture in front of you and the history you know a little bit different? The subtext of the fat monk is that those two air currents turned out to be two people. Then, the history of "Pangu opening the world" is naturally handed down by these two people.
Even if those two air currents really became people later, at the time of "opening the world", they were just air currents, and naturally they could not understand the whole picture of all the passages, and the words they handed down retained the whole picture of the "opening of the heavens and the earth", but exaggerated the contribution made by "Pangu". The sun, moon and stars, mountains and rivers mentioned in the legend are naturally Pangu, which is obviously an unrealistic exaggeration.
None of this is important, what is important is: since the heavens, earth, mountains, rivers, and stars of the universe were not transformed by Pangu, what happened to Pangu later? Who are those two air currents?
In Lei Luo's mind, Feng turned around, and instantly thought of a passage in the cliff cave of Lei Huang Village: "The universe is impermanent, and it is infinite. Wuji's performance of Tai Chi is for the sake of ease, easy to divide into two instruments and turn into six and eight wilderness. The common people in the world, the ten directions and nine palaces, the eight trigrams and the seven stars, the six elements and the five elements, the four elephants and the three talents, all evolve in the two instruments. The yin is troubled, the yang is difficult, and after a few years, the yin and yang gather and disperse. When the sword and bow have no edge, yin and yang meet, heaven and earth are combined, Taiji is out, and the universe is constant. ”
Could it be that the two air currents in the sphere, one clear and one turbid, are actually the "Yin Yi" and the "Yang Yi" in this passage? Judging from the appearance, it is indeed very consistent, but when I think about it carefully, there are many things that are wrong, and Lei Luo was already seriously injured, and he actually had a headache when he thought about it.
At this time, Cho Yu actually stood up.
Chopping Yu's body has condensed into a human form, but the skin is still bloodstained and broken, especially the flesh and blood on the face, which is still blurry, and it looks a little crazy. Cho Yu barely stood up straight, and even his lips were not completely closed in his mouth, and he squeezed out a paragraph: "Old man Tianji, I can answer part of your question." The man with the giant axe is the legendary Pangu of the Universal World, although he opened the world, but this world is not created by him, but evolved by the bead in his hand. In that bead, Pangu absorbed endless power, and his axe split the chaos of the universe. The Universal Chaos I am talking about is the primordial chaos that Pangu stepped into in order to avoid the pursuit of the Fallen Sky. In this primordial chaos, there is already the power of the eight elements, which was split by Pangu's axe, and in the boiling magma, there are the rolling of mountain rocks, the thickness of the earth, and the cold of the deep water, and in the flying white smoke, there are strong winds, there are clear streams, there are lightning and thunder. With the magma and white smoke flying, space is gradually forming, and time is being born. Pangu absorbed the energy inside the beads, and already had the ability to open up the heavens and the earth, so according to these eight elements, he created the Universal World. ”
It's a little unacceptable, Cho Yu actually directly called the fat monk in front of him as the old man of Tianji.
What's even more unacceptable is that the fat monk didn't have the slightest objection to everything Cho Yu said, but nodded frequently when he heard it, as if what Cho Yu said was completely true.
The fat monk smiled and said, "Yes, not bad, the Emperor of People, where did you know all this?"
Chopping Yu's face began to gradually become clearer, and his speech became much clearer: "In the secret room of my Chopping family, some information is recorded intermittently. ”
"Oh? I really didn't expect that you could memorize the ancient history of the Tai Gu after several tribulations, which is really rare. The fat monk's expression became a little serious, "Then what happened later, you are clear?"
Chopping Yu's body is healing, the blood is flowing back, and the skin is growing at a speed that is visible to the naked eye, and soon, it will heal into a perfect "body". This body is naked, full of a sense of inner strength. Looking at such a body, instead of feeling shy, you will feel that the body should be like this.
"I know a part of what happened later, for example, I know that Pangu's body and the giant axe in his hand are not enough to withstand the huge energy inside the bead. After opening the world, the giant axe in Pangu's hand was devoured by the huge energy, fell apart, and scattered in the cosmos, becoming the 'Forgotten Crystal' that people later read in their mouths. The most important gems on the handle of the axe are the later "Four Treasures of the Zhijia". Pangu's body, when he split the heavens and the earth with an axe, was affected by the division of heaven and earth, and he eventually split into two parts. Chopping Yu's tone didn't hear the slightest emotion, and his face was also calm, "It's just that I still have doubts and don't understand, what two forces Pangu split into, the two air currents that are clear and turbid, and which two forces? What is Pangu's purpose, and where does that bead come from? Why does the sky keep chasing Pangu? I hope that the old man of Tianji will answer." ”
The fat monk who was called the old man of Tianji by Chopping Yu, the smile on his face was piled up, he looked around at everyone, and said with a smile: "The human emperor has talked about this, and those who know the history of the universe should be able to guess eight or nine." Any of you, can you go on?"
Lei Luo straightened his chest, held "Qingluan Leaves", and answered: "I'll continue to talk." ”
The fat monk was not surprised at all, and said happily: "Can you guess what happened later?"
Lei Luo silently recited the thoughts in his heart again, and said calmly: "I can't guess that my conclusion is inferred from the formation of the 'Pure Land of Original Sin'. ”
"Oh, interesting!" The fat monk's gaze revealed a hint of imperceptible gloom, "Tell me about it?"