Chapter 228: The Story of the Pine Tree and the Monkey
On the city wall, where the marrow of the liver was flowing and the knives were broken, the sound of fighting gradually subsided, and the defenders were collecting the corpses and knives and guns everywhere.
Today's siege battle is a bit inexplicable, the enemy army that originally attacked the city has already gained the advantage, and it is about to take the city. But the main general who led the team to the first place somehow fell off the city wall twice inexplicably, which greatly reduced the morale of the party.
Seeing the opportunity, the defenders of the city regained their morale and pushed forward with all the enemies who had ascended to the top of the city. The battle ended with the victory of the defenders.
It's just that the little soldier who unknowingly made a great contribution has already hidden under the city. Twice drove the enemy off the city, and his legs and feet were already weak from fright. He didn't dare to stay on the city wall anymore, avoiding the sight of the warlords, and quietly slipped into the city to hide.
He probably didn't expect that his accidental actions would change the course of history. The warrior who took the lead in the city originally had a smooth journey after this battle, and it became a great cause to attack the city and seize the land. But this time he was blocked under the city, and he inexplicably lost his sharp momentum, and even the luck seemed to be a little worse, and it was no longer as devastating and invincible as before.
After many years, the little soldier has also grown into a general, and he has a huge power in his hands. In the end, under the big waves, only the warrior who had been pushed off the city by himself competed with him. Of course, the two had long since remembered each other, and in the chaos of the city, one was wearing a mask and the other was still young, how could they know each other when they met again.
When two tigers fight, there will be one injury. After repeated defeats, the small soldier finally turned the tide with a big battle and forced the warrior to kill himself on the side of the river. The former little soldier incarnated as the Ninth Five-Year Honor, and eventually became the first master of the Wu Dynasty.
"Wake up." With a soft shout, Wu Yong suddenly opened his eyes, and Wu Yong stood in front of him with a smile, "How, what does it taste like to be an emperor?"
Recalling this experience, Wu Gen sighed lightly: "Sorrow and joy are the same as dreams, and a dream in ancient and modern times is absurd, but it is just a dream."
"Is it a dream?" Wu Yong asked rhetorically, stretching out his hand and pointing to his feet. With one of his fingers, the clouds and mist dispersed, Wu Gen looked down and saw the banner of Wu Guo flying, and his own temple number was proclaimed in the Taimiao, and Wu Guo had been passed down to the seventh generation.
"You see, this world has changed the course of history because of your existence. Do you still say it's a dream?" Wu Yong was full of smiles, holding his hands and looking at Wu Jian with a smile.
Wu Yan was silent for a moment, but he was a little uneasy, "Venerable, if I break the fate of my other generation, will it bring any bad consequences?"
"It's okay, the world you've changed is a big deal to do it all over again." Wu Yong pulled Wu Yan and withdrew from this world, but returned to the lake. With a slight movement of his fingers, a bubble was formed, and in this world, the warrior did not encounter anyone to stop him from going to the city, and successfully captured the city, and finally ruled the world.
"Since you're here, I might as well take you to see more of other small worlds, and when you're done, I'll talk about what you've learned." Saying that, Wu Yong took Wu Gen into bubbles one by one and traveled through strange worlds.
However, Wu Yong did not let Wu Gen re-enter the WTO, but as a bystander, quietly watched the white clouds and dogs and the vicissitudes of life.
I have walked through one world after another, seen the different life journeys of all things, and seen all kinds of love and hatred in the world. Eventually, the two entered a small world that didn't seem glamorous.
This time, what Wu Gan saw was a tree, a pine tree growing on the edge of a mountain cliff. The tree is rooted in the rocks of the mountains, impregnated by the essence of the sun and the moon, and after a long time, it actually gives birth to sanity.
Watching the ups and downs of the clouds in the mountains, watching the sun and the moon alternate reincarnation, watching the birds and beasts come and go, and watching the maple leaves turn red and green, the pine tree originally thought that this was the whole of life and the fate of life. Until one day, a monkey came to the side of the tree and looked longingly into the distance.
Pine asks the monkey what he sees and why he always likes to look into the distance. The monkey scratched his ears and cheeks, and couldn't say why, but said in a wordy way, he wanted to leave the mountain and go to the distant mountain to see, or the distant mountain to walk.
He had heard the squirrels in the forest say that there were people in the mountains in the distance who could reach the sky, and if they could learn some of them, they would no longer be afraid of the pursuit of tigers and wolves, and the attack of eagles and falcons.
The pine tree is a little puzzled, isn't this mountain the whole of the world, since
It has been here since a seed sprouted, and it stands so high that the end of the world is in my own eyes, where there are any distant mountains. If you go but don't meet anyone with great ability, don't you have to go back here in vain?
The monkey ignored the pine tree's persuasion, and was silent for a long time before turning away. For a long time, the monkeys did not return here.
Originally, I thought that the monkey had died of heart, until one day, the monkey came to say goodbye to the pine tree with his bag on his back, pointed to the skyline like a dome in the distance, looked firm, and vowed to come back with a skill, so that the pine tree could see how big the sky was and how wide the earth was.
After the monkey left, the pine tree suddenly felt a little empty. Every day, he would look into the distance, hoping that familiar figure would appear on the horizon. I don't know how many times I saw the snow, the pine tree suddenly felt a little lonely, and for the first time in his life, he wanted to leave this place, to see the distance, to the end of the sky.
So, he tried to pull his roots out of the stone, but every time he pulled them, he felt the pain of drilling his heart, and the sticky glue flowed from the roots of the tree, which caused many ants to eat them.
Matsumura's actions attracted a lot of disdainful eyes. The grass on the mountain, the birds in the forest, and the beasts under the trees all looked at the stupid actions of the pine trees as if they were Youling.
After many years of hard cultivation and many pains, the pine tree finally pulled its roots out of the stone. Under the surprised gaze of the flowers, birds and trees in the mountains, he staggered into the distance.
Walk, walk, no matter which direction you go, the edge of the sky will always be on the edge of the sky.
Sometimes, the pine tree is also wondering, no matter how far he goes, he can't get out of this world? What about the monkey, where has he gone, could it be that he has crossed out of this world.
I don't know how many years passed, but finally at the bottom of a mountain, the pine tree saw a monkey that had been dead for many years. The monkey still maintained an upward posture, its body pressed by a boulder, and its rickety body looked like a dead dog.
After all, he still didn't learn the ability to reach the sky, and a stubborn stone easily ruined his dream.
The pine tree was not sad, but felt a little tired. Seeing that the roots of the tree had been lost a lot because of the long journey, he silently stretched the roots into the boulder and stopped beside the monkey.
Every day, the pine tree chatters to the monkeys, telling them about what they have seen and heard over the years, and about the strange people and strange things they have encountered.
It turns out that there really is a mountain outside the mountain. It turns out that there is a world where you can't get out. It turns out that there are still excellent people in the world who are like themselves and monkeys.
I've seen this world for you. When you wake up and we're on the road together, the journey won't be so lonely.
Winter snow covered the corpses of monkeys, the stubborn rocks that had been stretched open by the roots of the trees, and the pine canopies.
A large hand reached out, and a passing monk took a fancy to the spiritual pine tree, and used his magic to capture the pine tree and take it away, and an ugly pit appeared in the snow.
Before leaving, the pine tree shook desperately, and a pine tower fell into the pit of the tree, gradually covered with snow. Maybe it won't be long before another pine tree emerges from the soil.
Exiting this world, Wu Gan's face was solemn and silent for a long time.
Wu Yong smiled and said, "How does it feel, this is a world of dryads. That monk was me, and this dryad had already decayed and his soul was about to perish, and I brought him back to the spiritual dwelling."
Wu Yan looked up in shock, "Why did you do this?"
Wu Yong looked into the distance, "Because I also want to see the end of this world, when I was born from the Spirit Residence, I also wanted to look outside, so I traveled to various continents.
Having traveled so many places, I have brought many people back to this place and their dreams to their spiritual dwellings. Only this tree's world goes the most, because I want to see if he can break through this world at the end of the day."
Suddenly, Wu Yong turned his head, "If you were that tree, what would you do?"
Wu Yan shook his head and said disdainfully: "How big the ability is to serve the big bowl, if I were that tree, I wouldn't stay by the monkey's side and bury him." I have long been hiding in a hidden realm to practice, looking for a group of brothers to help. If anyone dares to accept me, I'll beat it, and if I can't beat it, I'll run away.
When you have some skills, you will walk forward and explore little by little. If it is possible, wait until you reach the end of the world, and then dig out the bones of the dead monkey, and tell him, "Look, this is the end of heaven and earth, and Lao Tzu has brought you here." In this way, won't his wish be granted?"
"If you can't find the end of heaven and earth, how can you face it?"
"If you can't find it, you can't find it, people, it's not that if you think about it, you will definitely get it. But some people don't believe it, so they will keep looking for it, looking for it for a lifetime. That's a demonic obstacle, that's an obsession. Find a group of friends to eat and drink, live for a long time, and survive this world. Maybe one day, the sky will fall apart, and we will see the end of heaven and earth." Wu Yan said with a big grin.
"It takes perseverance to survive the world, and many people, even if they have the ability to live forever, will decay in the erosion of time. You see, that's why I want you to stay." Wu Yong put a hand on Wu Gan's body, "You are flexible, not stubborn, but persevering, it is very suitable to stay and preside over the spiritual residence."
Wu Yong was just about to speak, but Wu Yong waved his hand to stop him, "In this space, each devotee has his own world, and he can also enter the world of others. Every world is unique, and everything in every world is true."
Wu Yong took Wu Gen to walk slowly by the lake, and the bubbles on his side avoided one after another, "The so-called return to the truth means breaking through barriers and seeking truth. The converts observe the worlds and record the progress of the worlds, but rarely participate in them. Sometimes, we are called observers, and occasionally we appear in mural texts."
Wu Gan's heart moved slightly, "In addition to observing these spirit-dwelling worlds, will the Converts also walk in this world?"
Wu Yong nodded, "Yes, but all those who are converted to the truth outside the Spirit Dwelling will travel all over the world, and when they return to the Floating Jade Mountain, they will print what they have seen and heard in the Spirit Dwelling to create a new world."
Wu Gan asked again, "What is the purpose of the Converts observing the changes in these small worlds?"
"First, this is a way of cultivation for converts, traveling thousands of miles, reading all kinds of things, and the more you see and hear, the faster your cultivation will improve. The second is to attract suitable devotees into the spiritual dwelling, and these devotees will also contribute their own experience and soul power. There's another layer of secrecy, you guess." Wu Yong looked at Wu Yan with a smile.
Looking at the bubbles one by one, Wu Yan was thoughtful, and suddenly, a spirit, looked up at the sky, thought of a ridiculous idea, and couldn't help but turn his head to look at Wu Yong.
Wu Yong nodded lightly, "Yes, maybe this heaven and earth is just like this spirit world, and there can't be a higher-level life being watching us. What the converts really want is the way to break this world, don't you want to join us?"