After listening to the old man's words, Li Chen left in despair, with inexplicable shame.

His mind kept recalling the strange ballad of the first man, and the last words of the old man.

The old man actually saw some of Li Chen's states at that time, but he felt that this young man was really innocent and moaning, he didn't know what happened to Li Chen, but he felt that some of this young man's ideas were ridiculous, such as thinking that having children would make life happy.

Li Chen continued to walk aimlessly, and would often ask for directions.

His way of asking for directions was rare, even in the entire Upper Realm, among the countless people throughout the ages and the encounters of countless people.

"Do you know who of you has the happiest and most carefree life here?"

"Do you have a problem with your braincase?" It's a polite response.

"Are you sick?" This is the response of many more.

"Get out." There are also many such reactions.

But there are always those who are idle and have nothing to do, or who like to meddle in things, tell him, "If it was before, I don't know about this problem, but now I know for sure that the king in the east of the city used to be the richest man in this city, and it is said that he has a lot of properties related to the first door, but you know, the first gate has fallen, and he is now poor and white, not as good as me." ”

Li Chen looked at the appearance of the person who spoke, and saw that he was in rags, "Then why do you say that he is the happiest person now?" ”

He smiled and said, "Of course I can't stand the blow and go crazy." ”

Li Chen thought about it for a long time and decided to take a look, because he was thinking that he was in a similar situation to this king, and he could be regarded as having sympathy for the same disease.

In a ruined temple, Li Chen saw the king in the mouth, unexpectedly, he originally thought that he would see a decadent, negative, crazy, and similar to himself.

But as far as his eyes could see, the temple was very dilapidated and the environment was extremely poor, but the people were very decent.

Yes, decent.

The first time Li Chen saw Wang Yuanwai, he was washing his clothes, pale, tattered clothes, but he washed very seriously, and his eyes were very bright when he did this, not like others said he was crazy, but seemed to be full of expectations for life, more than anyone else. m.

Li Chen walked over.

Wang Yuanwai found the shadow cast under his feet, so he looked up, and after seeing Li Chen, he reached out and wiped it on the dry cloth on the side, and then stood up and saluted Li Chen: "Childe." ”

There was doubt in his voice, during this period, Li Chen just looked at him quietly, watching him salute meticulously, without any downfall, as if his clothes were down, but on his body, it seemed to be the most gorgeous costume in the world.

"You're a very decent person." Li Chen couldn't help but admire, in fact, he rarely used the word decent to describe others.

Wang Yuanwai said: "Compared with Gongzi, where can I be considered a decent person? When people in the world meet each other for the first time, they always have to look at each other's attitude to have their own attitude, and I dare not slack off because of the decency of Childe. ”

Li Chen said: "But you are also very decent for your clothes. ”

Wang Yuanwai was slightly surprised, he felt that the good-looking young man in front of him was talking a little strangely, and he didn't know how to respond for a while.

Li Chen said: "I have never seen anyone treat clothes as seriously as you. ”

Wang Yuanwai suddenly said with a smile: "Gongzi knows my downfall when he looks at me, and now he can shelter from the wind and rain and the cold and warmth, only this broken temple and three or two clothes, outsiders may be broken when they are warped, but I understand that if I leave it, when I wait for the wind, frost, rain and snow, I will suffer, after all, my cultivation is not as good as those big people." ”

Li Chen continued: "This temple has also been cleaned by you. ”

"The reason is the same."

Li Chen found that Wang Yuanwai was indeed a very serious person, and he was very serious in whatever he did, including answering his questions at this moment.

"Some people say you're crazy." Li Chen said with a smile: "But when I look at you now, I am deaf and clear-sighted, and what is even more rare is that you have a rare focus on life." ”

Wang Yuanwai often heard others say that he was crazy, but most of the time he was laughing, and few of them sounded more like Li Chen, and since he came here, he had praised him many times.

Wang Yuanwai felt that he could not withstand such admiration, especially the admiration of such a decent young man in front of him, so he said with some shame: "I may have been richer than I am now, but suddenly I have nothing, and many people have come to comfort me, because I used to do a little good deed, but then I told them that I am very happy now, and I am unprecedentedly happy, so they should think so." ”

Li Chen asked: 'You mean, you used to feel unhappy?' ’

Wang Yuanwai thought for a while and said: "People are always in the midst of blessings and do not know blessings, at that time there was obviously endless money, but the most I said was that I never seemed to be happy in my life. ”

Li Chen became interested, "Then why do you feel happy now?" ”

Wang Yuanwai said with a smile: "I was born extremely poor, so I have always told myself that I must become a rich man, and since I was sensible, I have been forcing myself to make money, from morning to night, and then I was a little clever, and I began to do some small business, plus I had good luck, and finally I had some industry in this city."

It's just that I came to this point and realized one thing, a person like me, even if he is extremely poor, cannot become the richest person in the world, that is a sense of powerlessness that cannot reach the end. ”

Li Chen sighed: "You really shouldn't think like that, after all, you have become the richest person in the city, enough for you to call the wind and rain in this city and buy all the things you want to buy." ”

"Yes," said Wang, "that's what I told myself at the time, so I began to splurge and start living a life of luxury that I would never have experienced before, all of which was a paradise that I would not have dared to imagine when I was poor, but when I really had it, the bigger problem came." ”

Li Chen pondered for a moment and understood, "Is it because you lost your goal?" ”

Wang Yuanwai sighed: "Not only did I lose my goal, but I was also willing to immerse myself in a life of luxury, I repeatedly told myself every day that it was wrong to do so, but the next day I woke up and immediately let myself continue to sink, because only in this way will the contradictions in my heart not repeatedly gnaw and tear my heart and soul." You know, once a creature has reason and a mind, there is no way for him to be at ease not to do anything.

I began to doubt all the meaning of life, and at the same time, I suddenly figured out one thing, even if a person like me really has the ability to achieve that goal and become the richest person in the world, there is still pain, which means that so many goals and beliefs I have insisted on in the past are actually not valid. Then, the big question becomes, what is the purpose of human life, or rather my life, and what is the meaning of it? ”

Li Chen didn't continue to ask this time, because he suddenly remembered that the moment he knew the truth, after the pain, the confusion caused by the collapse of his belief seemed to have become the trigger for the pain.

It is so similar to what Wang Yuanwai said at this time, except that his pain came more quickly and violently, but Wang Yuanwai was getting worse and worse subtly.

Wang Yuanwai said: "But later, the first door had an accident, and most of my industry at that time was linked to the first door, and the high-rise building that had been used for hundreds of years collapsed overnight, and many of my former good friends encroached on my other industries." 、’

Li Chen asked, "Then when did you suddenly start feeling happy?" ”

That's what he desperately wants to know at the moment.

Because he must admit that every time he thinks of Lu Han and others at this time, he will feel a great sense of guilt and guilt, but the pain of the truth is still pressing on his body, as if he can't look up.

Wang Yuanwai said with a smile: "Because after I became poor and white, I suddenly discovered one thing. ”

He pointed to the ruined temple and said, "In the past, I was always obsessed with making money, but now that I have nothing, I find that this world is far more meaningful than I thought before."

When I first arrived, the ruined temple was very dirty and messy, but now you can see that although it is still dilapidated, at least it is still clean. If you look at the roof over there, it would leak on a rainy day, but now there will never be such a problem, these are all broken tiles that I picked up these days, and sometimes I go up to rest and recuperate, you see, how good it is now······"

He said this for half an hour, babbling like a child showing off his own toy.

He pointed to the tattered clothes under his feet and said with a smile: "I also picked up this clothes, but the sewing and mending are also clean, and how happy it is to do these things." ”

Li Chen hesitated: "However, there is always a time when the clothes are cleaned, there is always a time when the temple is repaired, and there is always a time when the courtyard is cleaned." ”

Wang Yuanwai understood what Li Chen meant, but he smiled: "Of course I know all this, but after the temple is repaired, I can still renovate it, and there will be the next one after the clothes are washed, the yard is cleaned, and there are streets, besides, the sky and the earth are big, I walk everywhere, look everywhere." Where is not happiness under your feet? ”

He looked at Li Chen, "Belief is given by yourself after all, then, the root is in your own heart." ”

Li Chen had heard these words countless times, in the Lingkong Temple, in the Buddhism left by the World Venerable, he had always thought that he had chewed it, and today he realized that he had only heard it, but he had never really eaten and digested it.

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At the same time, on this day, the Great Elder walked down the Black Wind Mountain with an ominous premonition.

"I wanted you to leave at least peacefully, even your life was given by me, if you don't want to listen to me, I don't know what to do, then you can only use extraordinary means."

Some people died, but not completely......