Chapter 7: Encounter
Some people may be very ordinary and live a mediocre life, while others may be extraordinary and end up with an extraordinary life. Regardless of whether these two types of people are mediocre or extraordinary, for them, life is always not too turbulent, mediocre people have long been numb to mediocrity, extraordinary people have long been accustomed to being extraordinary, and life has always moved along the same track.
If you are born mediocre, it is not a kind of happiness to live like this for the rest of your life.
But things in the world are always so complicated, many things are not in charge at all, and many "inexplicable" and "wrong" things happen to people and happen to everyone.
If God has bestowed upon a person the gift of brilliance at a young age, then the path ahead of that person seems to indicate a bright future.
But things are unpredictable, and a person's fate can often change in an instant.
When a person who is high above suddenly falls from the colorful clouds, the sense of loss in his heart can be imagined. For God, this may be just a small operational error, but for a young man who is ambitious and high-spirited, it may be the most tragic thing.
When Chen Nan was sixteen years old, his cultivation inexplicably stagnated, and then began to decline significantly, which was tantamount to a bolt from the blue for him.
If a person is mediocre at the beginning, then even if he is mediocre for the rest of his life, he will not feel anything wrong, let alone feel pain because of it. But for a man who was once praised as a genius to suddenly degenerate into mediocrity, the pain is greater than death. Genius becomes mediocre in an instant, and this huge change is unacceptable to anyone.
The extraordinary suddenly returns to the ordinary, and the genius suddenly returns to the ordinary. Chen Nan suffered a great change, almost went crazy, and desperately cultivated Xuangong, but the facts once again proved that he had really become a waste material.
Accustomed to the halo and beautiful words in front of him, the huge gap made him almost have the idea of suicide. For the next year, he was in a state of confusion all day long, and he felt that his life had suddenly lost its color.
Not willing to be mediocre, but only mediocre. The cynicism had numbed him, and the bitter, lonely torment had become a part of his life.
Chen Nan's originally colorful world has become gray, and the great changes have made his life path turn around, and he is getting farther and farther away from the original track.
When he was depressed, his father sighed softly, "Life needs to be sharpened, and suffering is also a precious asset. But by that time he had long since lost his former ambition, and his faith seemed to have been worn out as his skills had regressed.
His mother persuaded him to travel the world and slowly let go of the baggage in his heart. Chen Nan listened to his mother's persuasion, and since then he has traveled all over the famous mountains and rivers, and his footprints have spread to many places in the Immortal Fantasy Continent.
Meeting is a kind of fate, and continuous meeting after parting is a strange fate.
Yandang Mountain is known as the "famous mountain on the sea" and the reputation of "the best in the world", and is known as the first mountain in the southeast of China. Yandang Mountain is named because "there is a lake on the top of the hill, the reeds are thick, the grass is swinging, and the geese stay in autumn".
Chen Nan visited the famous mountains and historic sites, and there was no feeling for play, but it was just to relieve the depression in his heart. Half a year later, he came to Yandang Mountain, where the beautiful scenery made him feel refreshed and happy, so that he couldn't help but wander for more than ten days.
The scenery here is beautiful, the scenery is innumerable, there are many strange peaks and waterfalls, scattered in the mountains, some people have sighed: "If you want to win the victory of the poor goose, you can't fly immortals!"
During these ten days, Chen Nan wandered around various places with excellent scenery, during which he always saw a girl inadvertently, but every time he only saw the extremely beautiful back.
In this famous mountain with beautiful scenery, it is not surprising to see the people who visit, but coincidentally, the route of the girl to enjoy the scenery seems to be the same as that of Chennan, but one after the other.
There were a few times when Chen Nan couldn't help but want to go up and say hello to the girl, but he endured it a few times. When they met in Pingshui, it seemed a little abrupt to rush forward. Moreover, with his state of mind at this time, he is reluctant to talk to people more, and he is completely an ostrich mentality.
When she saw the girl's back for the seventh time, the girl in front of her stopped, and what appeared in front of Chennan was a beautiful face, not contaminated with the slightest earthly atmosphere, like a fallen fairy.
The white clothes are fluttering, the hair is lightly raised, and a pair of smart beautiful eyes are looking at him without blinking, and there is a trace of unhappiness on Wushuang's face.
"Bad guy, why do you always follow me. The girl's angry look was so cute that she pouted like a child. But this is not contrived, and it can be seen from the clear eyes that it is completely natural.
A person's eyes are the window of his soul, and the girl's eyes are as clear as a clear spring, as bright as the stars, and that pure eyes indicate that this is a very innocent girl.
Facing that beautiful and unparalleled face, Chen Nan felt a little shocked, such a national color and heavenly fragrance in this deep mountain like an elf and a fairy.
"Why don't you say it's you're always dangling in front of my eyes for no reason?"
"Bad people, don't make excuses for yourself. I don't want you to follow me, there are two paths here, leading in opposite directions, one for each of us. 」
There was a fork in the road ahead, and the girl was the first to walk towards a road. Chennan smiled and walked the other way.
The two turned their backs to each other.
Chen Nan glanced back, and then strode forward. It was definitely a girl who was not deeply involved in the world, and seemed to retain the innocence of her youth, otherwise she would not have called a person who "stalked" her for seven or eight days just a "bad person".
Such a beautiful and refined girl doesn't seem to belong to the world, pure words, innocent behavior, and doesn't seem to know anything about the world at all.
Chen Nan shook his head and continued to visit the wonders of Yandang Mountain.
He thought that he would miss the girl and that the coincidental meeting would become a pretty good memory. But sometimes people really have to believe in fate, and five days later, the two met again.
Both of them were a little surprised, and the girl asked curiously, "Why is it so coincidental, why did I meet you again?"
"yes, that's a coincidence. 」
The girl thought about it seriously and said, "Bad guy, are you deliberately following me?"
"We didn't take the same path back then, and now we're coming from the opposite direction, meeting instead of following. 」
The girl tilted her head and thought for a moment, and said, "That's true, but the master said that you can't trust anyone in this world, and who knows if you deliberately went around to the front. 」
The girl's skin is like snow, and in this beautiful place, she is really like a fairy in Yaochi. But her serious appearance at this time showed that she was a little girl who was not deeply involved in the world, and her innocent words amused Chen Nan at once.
"Hehe, your master said don't trust anyone, so do you believe your master's words?"
"Of course I believe it, I only believe the master's words, but the master is gone......" The girl's beautiful face showed a faint sadness, and her words became lower and lower.
Chen Nan had already guessed in his heart, and said softly, "Besides your master, don't you have any other relatives?"
"No...... Why should I tell you?"
"Actually, not everyone in the world is bad. 」
The girl seemed to quickly get rid of the faint sadness just now, she looked at Chen Nan seriously, and said, "I don't think you are like a bad person, but it has nothing to do with me, I'm leaving." 」
"Wait a minute, can I know your name?" In the real world of deceit, Chen Nanzhen was surprised to meet such an innocent girl who maintained a childish heart, and finally couldn't help but ask her name.
The girl blinked her big smart eyes and said seriously, "I don't want to tell strangers. 」
"Well, be careful on the road, what your master said has some truth, really don't trust anyone easily. Chennan was a little worried, such an innocent girl was easily deceived and hurt.
"Thank you, but I won't go into town, my master is right, the people there are very bad, I only go to places where there are mountains and rivers. 」
These words confirmed Chennan's conjecture, the girl lived in the mountains all the year round, and had no contact with the outside world at all, so that she could maintain that innocence.
Seeing the girl walking forward lightly, Chen Nan waved his hand and said, "Be careful on the road, I hope we can still meet." 」
The girl looked back and said, "The world is very big, and we will definitely not see each other again. Then she laughed playfully like a child and said, "If we can see each other, I'll tell you my name." 」
Looking at the indifferent back, Chen Nan smiled, the girl's unintentional words just now seemed to make his boring mood much brighter.
The next day, Chen Nan also left Yandang Mountain, he went all the way south, admired the folk customs of the prairie, saw the strange tribes in the Nanheng Mountains, and finally began to return after lingering in Kunlun like a fairyland.
In the past year, he has visited countless famous mountains and rivers, and he seems to have really gradually let go of the burden in his heart, and he is no longer as depressed as before. It had been almost a year since he was away from home, and he decided to go back and have a look.
While passing by Yandang Mountain, Chen Nan couldn't help but stop. In the past year, he has climbed many famous mountains, Yandang Mountain is undoubtedly one of the more outstanding, strange peaks and strange stones, ancient cave stone chambers, waterfalls and flowing springs, the scenery is beautiful.
Walking into Yandang Mountain for the second time, he was once again deeply attracted by the wonders here.
The precipices are stacked on top of each other, towering and sagging, the dense forests and valleys, the twists and turns, the waterfalls and flowing springs, and the clear streams of the blue pools.
He stood in front of a waterfall for a long time and then walked down the riverbank. Downstream, the turbulent river gradually calmed down, and the unknown wildflowers on both sides exuded a burst of fragrance, this natural fragrance deeply intoxicated Chennan.
Just when he was relaxed, he suddenly found a familiar figure.
A fairy-like, fairy-like girl was wading barefoot by the river, her little feet as smooth as jade glowing with a bewitching sheen. It was three months ago, the girl who was extremely innocent and met Chennan several times in Yandang Mountain.
The girl seemed to have just come out of the river water, her slightly wet hair with a little drop of water, and her beautiful face was as hot as a hibiscus.
Seeing someone approaching from upstream, the girl hurriedly escaped from the river and quickly put on her shoes. When she took a closer look and recognized Chennan, her mouth opened wide in surprise: "It's you......
"Hehe, it's me. Can you tell me your name now?"
The girl was a little embarrassed, her face was slightly red, and she said, "Why are you here again?"
"Passing by Yandang Mountain, I can't help but come in again for a visit. 」
"Ah, that's what it looks like, just like me. 」
"You haven't told me your name yet. 」
The girl smiled brightly and said, "My name is Yuxin, and I was picked up by the master among the flowers on a rainy night. 」
The girl's sweet smile and soft words made Chen Nan feel a sense of heartache.
An outcast, who grew up in the mountains with his master since he was a child, has no playmates, no friends, and only a master who depends on each other, but the master has left again......
"My name is Chennan, and I hope to be friends with you. 」
"Friend?" the girl's smile disappeared, and she said in a low voice, "I've never had a friend, the master is gone, and I'm the only one left......
"We'll be friends from now on, if you will. He had an urge to protect this girl for the rest of her life, the girl's background was so pitiful, and Chennan was full of pity for her.
"Oh, yes, I finally have a friend. Yuxin quickly got rid of her sadness.
But the more she was like this, the more Chen Nan felt a sad feeling.
He walked over, gently hugged her into his arms, patted her on the back lovingly, and said, "In the future, I will take care of you as if you were my own sister, and I will not let you be hurt in any way. 」
Yuxin was a little flustered, and with a slight struggle, a strong force immediately surged towards Chennan, pushing him out a distance of half a zhang. Chen Nan was secretly shocked that there was a super terrifying internal force hidden in this girl's body.
Yu Xin said seriously, "I'm sorry, the master said that I can't let a man touch me. 」
Chen Nan smiled, "Fool, you didn't understand your master's words, some men are indeed very bad, but not all men are like that. Come with me and leave the mountains, and I'll take you to the outside world to see how people get along with each other. 」
"I'm not going, so don't you either, okay? We just became friends, and I don't want to lose you again right away. 」
"Why? If you look at the outside world, you'll understand a lot of things. 」
"I was a little scared, the master said that the people outside were very bad, and asked me to stay in the mountains, away from the town. 」
Chen Nan understood that the girl's master knew that she was simple-hearted and was afraid that she would suffer, so he warned her like this. Although this kind of protection is very undesirable, it can still be seen that the girl's master cares for her.
"With me protecting you, no one can hurt you. 」
"But...... I'm still a little scared, the master said that people outside eat people and don't spit out bones. 」
"Although some ugly things often happen between people, they are not always as your master said, you will know when you are outside. 」
"Really? But...... I think it's good to stay in the mountains, why do you have to go out?"
"Although the scenery in the mountains is beautiful, there is less hustle and bustle of the world, but the outside world is also very exciting, and if a person is outside the whole human society, his life is imperfect and there is a lot less fun. 」
"Really, you didn't lie to me, did you?" Yu Xin was obviously moved, and everything she thought in her heart was on her face, not hidden in her heart like ordinary people.
"Really, I'll take you to get acquainted with town life, I'll make sure you'll like it, and I promise I won't let anyone hurt you. 」
"Okay, let me think about it, let's stay in Yandang Mountain for a few days. Yuxin had never been into a town, and her daily needs were exchanged for some remote mountain villages, and she was really a little panicked when she suddenly had to go into a town and live with many people.
"Don't be afraid, I said, I'll protect you. 」
A few days later, under Chennan's persuasion, Yuxin finally walked out of the mountain with him.