Chapter 069: The Great Dao is Simple
The mission of Cana Blue failed, the demon soul returned to the upper realm, and was severely injured by the demon sword in the lower realm, and the deity was affected.
Considering that the soul has descended to the lower realm, the demon may have the idea of fighting the soul, so the immortal alliance focuses on the passage of the lower realm to prevent the demon from smuggling.
Unexpectedly, the ideas of the Immortal Alliance are all within the scope of the Demon Clan's planning, the Demon Clan uses the Immortal Alliance's defensive measures to look forward to the future, and the goal of the attack is indicated at the beginning, and the Nether Passage is attacked three times, but to no avail, the Demon Clan immediately turned its head and attacked the mortal city in a big way, as the saying goes, although the Immortal Alliance did not reduce the number of disciples defending the passage, they all understood that the Demon Clan would not attack the fourth time, so they were much less vigilant. It's more about worrying about whether the mortal city can be defended!
Obviously, worrying is superfluous, the demon clan has cultivated for nearly a hundred years, and the first large-scale attack ended in failure, the disciples of the Immortal Alliance couldn't help but raise their middle fingers at the other party, and directly filled the taunt, and the demon clan was defeated like a mountain, and could only flee in disgrace.
The demon invasion lasted half a month, and the Immortal League was victorious, and at the summit of the Immortal League, many people felt that the Demon Race was different from the past.
"This time, although the demon invasion seems to be a big fanfare, and it has the momentum of a hundred years of cultivation to defeat us in one fell swoop, but I always feel that something is wrong? What do the Sect Masters think? β
After the sect master of the Upper Realm Fuxian Sect finished speaking, the other members expressed their opinions one after another, without exception, they all thought that the demon clan must be planning something, so, in order to prevent it from happening, the Immortal Alliance once again strengthened the defense of the nether passage, and asked each sect to send people to the mortal city to search for the traces of the demon clan, so as to prevent it from mixing in it and taking the opportunity to cause chaos.
In line with the concept of cultivating immortals and eliminating demons in my generation, Mink Rong joined the Nether Fuxian Sect for the first time, and pursued the remnants of the Demon Sect with other brothers and sisters, after the collapse of the Beihai Xuanzong, for a while, Mink Rong lost the meaning of cultivating immortals, but fortunately, with the enlightenment of Senior Brother Ling Ling, she joined the team to hunt down the remnants of the Demon Sect, and now she has found a new direction.
The most important thing is the benefit of the spring of the year, the big truth is to tell others, Ling Ling is too lazy to take care of the remnants of the Demon Sect, so he pretends to travel around to visit the people, many times, it is not the upper level that has a problem, it is the middle level or the grassroots level that neglects their duties, therefore, the implementation of the policy is the primary problem at present.
The group set off at the time of the lantern, and arrived at the destination at midnight, except for Ling Ling, everyone else had already fallen asleep, parked the cloud sailboat by the empty river, and did not wake up the guards until dawn, and then went into the woods alone.
"What do you eat? How can you let Ye leave alone? Didn't know that it was dangerous in the woods? β
Hua Jingrong woke up to find that Ling Ling had disappeared, so she began to blame the guards, and Wu Guiren, Xi'er, and the maid Xiao Qian only dared to stay silently aside.
"Ye won't let us follow!"
The guard Yang Tao raised his head and said aggrievedly, but was scolded again by Hua Jingrong in the name of offense, and in a fit of anger, he raised his hand and wanted to hit someone, but fortunately, Ling Ling appeared in time to stop her behavior!
After understanding the situation, Ling Ling didn't mean to blame Hua Jingrong, but just casually arranged for Yang Tao and Wang Yong to clean up the pheasants they had hit, and the rest looked at him intently, Ling Ling subconsciously said to Hua Jingrong:
"See what I do? Why don't you start a fire yet? Are you going to eat it raw? β
Only then did the four of them react, looking for dry wood everywhere to prepare for a fire!
One person and one pheasant solved the breakfast, Ling Ling put away the cloud sailboat, and took them up the river, thinking about where to go, the pace of coming out to play was naturally slow, except for Ling Ling on the road, others were curious about everything they saw, and unconsciously Ling Ling became a tour guide, sometimes teaching them to identify the direction, sometimes going up to the trees to pick wild fruits, or looking for wild vegetables everywhere, without saying a word when they encountered the shoals, they took off their boots, picked up their trouser legs and went down to the river to fish, I thought that there were many people with great strength, and after an invitation, only Xi'er was willing to go down the river.
When they arrived at the shoal, it was noon, the sky was cloudless, Xi'er and Ling Ling were fishing in the river, they clearly felt that the weather was hot and playing in the river, and the flowers that they saw were itching in their hearts, but they couldn't stand the thoughts of a lady, from childhood to adulthood, I had never seen a woman, who dared to show her jade feet in front of a man other than her husband, of course she wouldn't, and Wu Guiren was unmoved, too!
And the maid Xiaoqian and the two guards, because of their duties, naturally can't be too relaxed.
When the guard Yang Tao stood by the river and asked if he wanted to continue his journey, Ling Ling said that he would camp here at night, and Yang Tao immediately told Hua Jingrong when he got the order.
At dusk, we have a fish soup stewed with wild vegetables for dinner, which is extremely delicious, and it is a pleasant thing to drink delicious fish soup in the sunset!
The next day, the situation remained unchanged, and Ling Ling continued to stay here; And so it was on the third day; On the fourth day, Hua Jingrong finally couldn't bear it, holding an oil-paper umbrella and walking around the river, looking up at the sky from time to time, or stopping to watch Ling Ling's actions, when the eyes met with it, Hua Jingrong took the oil-paper umbrella and put it on the ground, took off her boots and socks unhurriedly, picked up the sleeves of her trouser legs, tested the water temperature with her toes, and immediately retracted it, the river water at the end of spring was still a little cool, but she couldn't bear the girl's fanatical heart, Hua Jingrong gritted her teeth and immersed her feet in the water, and joined Ling Ling and Xi'er's team.
After a while, after Wu Guiren and Xiao Qian went down the river, Yang Tao and Wang Luoyong also followed down the river, playing in the water may be the innate nature of people, no matter what age, when you meet a clear river, you always want to feel its temperature with your feet.
When everyone was getting carried away, another cloud sailboat appeared in the sky, and two people appeared by the river in an instant, and the laughter stopped abruptly, except for Ling Ling, who was a little panicked, and when he saw this, he walked in front of the two while signaling that it was okay, but did not go ashore, stood in the water and saluted:
"Sect Master! Masters! Looking for me? β
"It's okay, I just want to talk to you alone, you come up and talk first!"
After Ling Ling went ashore and put on his boots and tidied up his clothes, Shangyuan Daoist signaled that he wanted to talk to Ling Ling alone, but neither of them had the intention of moving, Zhuge Mingyue had to take off his boots and go down to the river, and integrate into the fishing team as quickly as possible.
When the two were alone, Shangyuan Daoist motioned to walk along the river bank and said, Ling Ling nodded in agreement, and then asked:
"Old Sect Master, what's the big deal with coming to find it in person?"
"I didn't have anything important to do this time, I just wanted to tell you a few words, in time, I will go to the upper realm, and at that time, I hope you can take care of Mingyue and the Immortal Alliance for me, after all, you are also a part of it!" Shangyuan Daoist replied.
Ling Ling nodded in response: "When the time comes, the disciple will definitely go back to see him off!" β
"Alas! It's okay, there's no definite number on this matter, you don't have to take it personally! β
Ling Ling nodded in response, and at the same time dispelled the idea of sending each other, but he didn't know what to say, after all, he didn't expect the Shangyuan Daoist to come this time, just to let himself pay more attention to the Immortal Alliance, and the Shangyuan Daoist also didn't expect Ling Ling to agree so readily, and the two of them had nothing to say for a while.
The two of them had their own thoughts, and they were silent for a while, and the Shangyuan Daoist pulled the topic to cultivation, although there was not much time, but it was a rare opportunity to discuss the Tao with the Divine Soul Owner, he wanted to know Ling Ling's opinion on the Dao, thinking that Ling Ling was different from other monks, and had been contaminated with too much mortal cause and effect.
In this regard, Ling Ling argued that although the purpose of cultivating immortals is to cultivate immortals, if they only focus on cultivation and ignore immortals, it will be in vain! The so-called immortals, mountain people, are hidden in the mountains and forests in the prosperous times, and the troubled times save the people in the fire and water, otherwise, if the immortals do not cultivate, they will only die in exchange for their lives.
"According to what you say, is it wrong for the Immortal Alliance to stipulate that it is not allowed to interfere with mortal cause and effect?" Shangyuan Daoist asked rhetorically.
"No, the road of the road, there is no definite theory, all its good people, can be the right result, this theory is my way, is the so-called Vientiane Zen, the road to the simple!"
After listening to Ling Ling's exposition, Shangyuan Daoist pondered for a moment, and suddenly laughed heartily and said:
"It's a great way to be simple, it's worth the trip today! It seems that the schedule to go to the Upper Realm is about to be brought forward. β
After that, Shangyuan Daoist said goodbye to Ling Ling, took Zhuge Mingyue and left, the master and apprentice were silent on the way, and when they arrived at the sect, Shangyuan Daoist retreated and practiced for the first time, Zhuge Mingyue saw that the master was eager to practice, so he put his mind at ease, and he didn't speak on the way back, thinking that Ling Ling had made him angry again, and it was the opposite to see the situation.
After Ling Ling and his entourage walked through the green mountains and green waters, they entered the village with smoke curling and followed the villagers to catch the market, which made Hua Jingrong very ashamed, she had never thought that the people at the bottom would go through such hardships, and when she thought that a cabbage could really be sold for a few taels of silver, she felt how naΓ―ve she was, so she vowed to be a qualified queen after she went back.
Early one morning, on the big stone at the head of the village, Ling Ling was standing on it, looking around, but not knowing what he was painting, Hua Jingrong found it and asked:
"Master, what are you doing up there early in the morning?"
"Got up so early? Haven't you been tired of visiting so many places yesterday? Ling Ling turned his head and said.
Yesterday I went to the market with the villagers, although Hua Jingrong felt tired, but it was really fun, and her spirit would not be bad if she was in a good mood, she climbed directly on the big stone and peeked behind Ling Ling, and found that the other party was drawing a topographic map of the village.
"What are you drawing a map for?" Hua Jingrong asked curiously.
Ling Ling replied as he painted: "To reform a country, in addition to dealing with those old stubborns at home, it is essential to understand the country's topography and climate!" β
"Is there a relationship between the two?" Hua Jing Rong was puzzled.
"I ask you, what do you think is the basis of a country?" Ling Ling asked.
"I know, I know, I said, it's the people!"
Seeing that Hua Jingrong still remembered what he had said, Ling Ling said patiently:
"That's right, so if a country takes the people as the sky and the people take food as the sky, if it can't solve the livelihood of the people and let them live and work in peace and contentment, how can it be reformed? So I need to know which places in the territory of Gi are suitable for growing food, so that I can plan for the next step. β
For Hua Jingrong, who can read and hyphenate words, these words are not difficult to understand, and after understanding the purpose of Ling Ling's drawing, he also offered to help.