02 | First acquaintance

What do you remember? The demon asked, confused.

"North of Beizhou, south of the South China Sea." Pu Jia held the demon's hand tighter.

"You're so weird." The demon didn't understand what Pu Jia was trying to convey by saying this, and she attributed it to the fact that she had not yet fully comprehended the profundity of human language.

"North of Beizhou, south of the South China Sea. Yunmengzeli, a silly demon. Pu Jia laughed for no reason.

"Pu Jia is stupid, from the soles of her feet to her hair." Not to be outdone, the demon responded.

But in my heart, I was thinking about what Pu Jia meant.

The demon remembers that he is a peach tree that grows in a deep valley, and it bears a peach.

She remembered the clear spring in the valley, the bubbling spring water moistened all the vegetation in the valley, there were green vines and moss-covered rock walls, there were delicate and shy red flowers coveting the freshness of the spring, and the peach tree that gave birth to itself, standing stubbornly and upright in the middle of the valley.

She remembers the countless years she spent living with the peach tree at the bottom of the valley. But I don't know when I learned to think, I have a memory, and I can feel the things around me through the information transmitted by the air.

She remembered the scene when she first met Pu Jia-

That day, she saw a strange plant come to the bottom of the valley. He climbed down the vines of the rock wall, which surprised the demon to why there were plants in the world that could move?

The demon looked at him carefully, and after touching the ground at the bottom of the valley, he slowly sat down against the wall.

"It turns out that he, like a vine, needs to cling to the wall to survive." At that time, the demon only knew plants in his consciousness, so he naturally regarded Pujia as a plant that he had never seen before, and also recognized the blood flowing from his body as a red juice similar to watermelon juice.

I don't know how long later, the strange plant began to move again, and I saw it stand upright against the wall, and then swayed in the direction of the demon, looking like a peach branch swaying in the wind on a windy day.

"He's not coming for me, is he?" At that time, the demon had such a ridiculous idea.

Although she vehemently denied the idea, it surged out like a spring beside her.

In the blink of an eye, the plant had moved under the peach tree.

He stretched out his branches in the direction of the demon and wrapped around her. The demon felt the softness and warmth, followed by the force of the pull, and he was going to tear himself off the branch!

"Stop!" Such a thought came to the demon's mind, but she didn't know how to convey it to him.

After that, it was a very painful feeling, and the demon was ripped off the branch by him. Nowadays, the demon has learned how to describe this feeling in one word, and that is pain.

The demon was tightly wrapped in his five vines, but he didn't know what to do.

He shouldn't hurt his own kind, the demon suddenly had such a thought.

If you can change to be like him, you should avoid more damage.

Unexpectedly, this idea had just taken shape, and the demon had really turned into a shape similar to him.

The palm-sized peach became the same size as Pujia, and naturally broke free from his five branches, and she fell heavily to the ground, the pain spreading rapidly from the place, and at the same time, a rampage of emotion gushed out from somewhere in her body. This is also the first time that the demon has felt angry, what kind of emotion it is.

"You're a peach demon?" At that time, the demon still could not understand human language, and she could only distinguish that it was a very strange sound, different from the spring water hitting the rock wall, different from the breeze sweeping through the valley, different from the raindrops hitting the branches and leaves, it was a sound with a unique rhythm, rhythm and mood, but it gave her a feeling of being wrapped in warm sunshine.

Although the demon couldn't understand what he meant, she felt very comfortable inexplicably, and she knew that she was safe for the time being.

As a result, the demon maintained the same form as Pu Jia, but it was always separated from him by some distance.

But the demon didn't expect that the idea of safety had just emerged, and he moved in his direction again, stretching out a branch and putting it on his body. As she was about to break free, a warm current spread along the spot where they had come into contact, and at the same time, in the demon's thoughts, a message appeared that she could almost understand.

"Hello, my name is Pu Jia. I am a disciple of the Mengze Sect of Yunmeng Mountain, and I have been offended a lot before. Don't be afraid, I won't hurt you. ”

The meaning of the "name" was incomprehensible to the demon, but she knew that it was another plant, although she had never seen it.

The demon of Yunmeng Mountain also knew that the canyon where she lived was in the depths of Yunmeng Mountain, but she couldn't understand the meaning of "Mengze Sect" and "disciple".

None of this matters, though, because the demon understands the most important phrase for her, "I won't hurt you."

"What's your name?" He tried to communicate with the demons.

"What does the name mean?"

He seemed to freeze for a moment, and then continued to communicate with the demon: "The name is a person's code name, which is convenient for others to call. ”

"What is that man?"

"You can understand it this way, man is a plant that can communicate with words, move with limbs, think with brains, and feel everything with his heart."

"The way you are now is what you look like a human being." He patiently added.

"Is that demon also a human now?" The demon asked.

"You can't speak yet, you're not a human being."

"But we're talking now?"

"Everything in the Chinese world has a spirit, I am communicating with you through spiritual sense, and people speak through their mouths."

"Can you teach me to speak, then? I want to be human. ”

"It's a difficult task, I can teach you, but when you're done, you have to promise me one condition."

Although the demon didn't understand the meaning of the condition, she wanted to be the person in Pujia's mouth too much. So she didn't hesitate and agreed.

After that, it is to learn to speak and get along with Pu Jia.

Pu Jia taught the demon to walk and talk. Whenever the demon encounters a word that he can't understand, he can always find something familiar with the demon to make analogies and help the demon understand.

"Animal, what do you mean?" The demon stumbled and asked.

"You're asking what animals mean." Pu Jia smiled slightly and continued, "Animals are plants that can move. ”

"People, can move, animals?" The demon was a little confused.

"You want to ask if people can move, are they animals?"

The demon nodded earnestly.

"Man is also an animal, but it is a higher animal. Because people can think, have feelings. Therefore, once people stop thinking and lose their feelings, they will be reduced to animals. ”

The demon has come to his senses.

"What do you mean, order?" The demon has new doubts.

"Spring flowers bloom, autumn leaves fall. The sun rises in the east and sets in the west. This is order. Pu Jia explained.

"What does that emotion mean?"

The days spent with the pampas seemed to grow the wings of birds and fly by. In a blink of an eye, three months have passed since Pujia taught the demon to speak, and now the demon can pronounce it very skillfully, organize sentences, and express emotions.

"There are many kinds of feelings, including family, friendship and love."

"Generally speaking, emotion is an emotion born in the human heart, which cannot be seen or touched, and can only be felt by oneself. Therefore, the Buddha often says that feelings are all vain, and people should be empty. ”

"Does Pu Jia think so too?" The demon asked.

"Mengze Sect does not practice Buddhism, only cultivates the way of invoking spirits." Pu Jia Road.

"What does that feel like?" The demon was unwilling and continued to ask.

"Family affection is like the sun in the sky, giving you warmth when it is cold, light when it is dark, and hope when it is desperate."

"Friendship is like the wind. It can be refreshing and warm, but it can also be violent and harsh. So you should be careful when choosing friends. ”

"What about love?" The demon continued to ask.