Chapter Ninety-Six: Those Who Know Are Not Confused
By the time the last sentence was spoken, the two had already circled back to the front of the mirror.
The gentleman stopped, reached out and touched on the mirror.
A glimmer of light blooms from the endless darkness, the starry sky is receding, the world is spinning, and in just a moment, the mirror reflects the world's billions of years of history.
Volcanoes, glaciers, cyanobacteria, trilobites, dinosaurs, erect apes, caves, stone tools, shells, bronze, jade, pyramids, the Great Wall, legions with spears, knights in the mountains, candlelight and axes in the palace, laughter and scolding in the streets, crisscrossing alleys, sailboats in the waves of the angry sea, twisting gears, steam overflowing, behind the electric light, traffic, rockets breaking through the atmosphere, and then a starry sky.
It's like a cycle.
It seemed like it was just a moment, and it seemed like a long, long time.
Countless ordinary but extraordinary pictures were clearly reflected in Zheng Qing's eyes, making him involuntarily hold his breath.
The gentleman's voice sounded from an extremely distant place, directly shaking his heart:
“...... All the extraordinary is bred in the ordinary. Don't be fooled by the ordinariness and chaos in front of you. ”
"It's like a foreign general being assassinated, a few elderly people are infected with a wind chill, a few locusts crawl out of the soil after a rainstorm, the stock market suddenly fuses and falls, and there is a big earthquake on the other side of the world...... Wait a minute. These extraordinary things are very far away from you, so far away that almost nothing has changed in your ordinary and ordinary life. ”
"Until the storm stirred up by the wings of the butterfly blows on your head. ”
"You sit on the shore, watching the stormy waves, holding a diary in your hand, recording the boring and dreary life of the day. Thought that this ordinariness was eternal. ”
"Until the next big wave rises and sweeps you to the bottom of the sea. ”
"You've finally crossed the ...... ordinary"
"It was just a momentary thing. ”
"Remember what happened last winter when it snowed? You're also on the shores of Linzhong Lake. ”
"It was a great event that deserves to be recorded in the history of wizards, but the whole wizarding world is as calm as ever. And for you, that day's Linzhong Lake, there was only heavy snow and a cool lip ......"
Zheng Qing frowned, pondering every word that Mr. said, and did not feel the slightest embarrassment or blush because of the example that Mr. gave at the end.
"What do you mean," he replied very cautiously, as he pondered the words, "wish I could pay attention to the small and mundane things around me?"
"No," the gentleman shook his head, "I just want to tell you, don't be fooled by what is in front of you." ”
"Those who know are not confused. Zheng Qing repeated the four words that Mr. had said before, just like all good students who perform well in class.
The gentleman smiled and repeated the same: "Those who know are not confused." ”
"Then how should I be a 'knower'?" Zheng Qing asked a specific question.
"It takes a long time to learn and a lot to do. He didn't give a specific method, but he gave two examples: "You can start from two small angles...... Like yourself, like First University. ”
"Myself?"
"What do you think of the forbidden spell seed in yourself?"
"I ......" Zheng Qing was a little stuck for a while - the trouble of the head disease, the coveting of the demons, and the covetousness of the Council under the moon, that seed brought Zheng Qing too much trouble. But at the same time, that seed gave him great courage in many things.
"It's somewhere between liking and disliking. The wizard eventually gave this answer.
"Like it or not?" Mr. shook his head: "These two words are too superficial. To be precise, you don't hate the force, on the contrary, you love it. But because you don't know enough about it, you feel fear again. ”
Fear.
Zheng Qing chewed on the last words given by his husband, and unexpectedly found that it was very suitable for his state of mind. Fear of the trouble that this force brings, fear that you can't control this power and bring trouble to others.
"I just...... It's just ......," he muttered, not knowing where to start.
"There is no shame in this," Mr. relieved, "the mastery of the unknown is the eternal pursuit of human beings." At this level, you are also just an ordinary wizard. ”
The profiling of the self is always very difficult.
"What about the First University?" Zheng Qing changed to another 'small angle' mentioned by Mr., trying to make the topic easier: "How do you think those contradictions in the school should be handled?"
"How to deal with it?" Mr. stretched out his hand and gestured, as if drawing a big circle: "What you see is the contradiction between the colleges, and what I see is everyone sitting together, drinking tea and chatting." ”
"Before the establishment of the four academies, more wizards died every year in the battle of beliefs than in the hunting grounds, or even in the war with demons. ”
"Now, the dean of the nine is sitting here, the dean of Alpha is sitting there, and the people of Atlas and the starry sky are also sitting...... Each side has taken its own actions according to its own means and needs, and the result is that it is still sitting together. ”
"Grasp the main contradiction and the main direction of the contradiction. ”
"As long as the goal is the same, the nine haves do not harm the alpha, and the alpha does not harm the nine haves. They have the same enemy, the demons, and they have the same pursuit, the New World. ”
"Occasionally, Nine You criticize Alpha, and Alpha refutes Nine You, and this kind of belief struggle is already within the controllable range. This kind of argument is permissible, but not indisputable. ”
Zheng Qing's eyes lit up.
There is a feeling of sudden enlightenment in my heart.
The problem that had plagued him for a long time found the direction of the solution in a few words. Yes, the contradiction between Nine and Alpha, in the final analysis, is only an internal matter of First University.
Thinking of this, Zheng Qing immediately remembered the rumors circulating in the school.
"Sir, which one do you think will be our new principal, Vice Principal Shi Hui or Vice Principal Ruoyu?" was discussed by many students in the school.
No one can convince dissidents.
"New ...... New Headmaster?" Mr. blinked, as if caught off guard.
"Hypothetical, just hypothetical. The boy said happily, then glanced left and right, and said in a low voice: "Everyone actually knows that the principal has been away from the school for a long time, and the dummies used in the last opening ceremony are ......"
The gentleman gave the boy a serious look.
"I felt like the class was a great failure today. He commented.
Zheng Qing felt a little inexplicable.
The gentleman sighed, did not explain his comment, but answered the boy's question seriously:
"The ability to govern a school is judged by how it deals with uncertainty, not by how it deals with certainty. From this point of view, Ms. Shi Hui and even Professor Yao are more qualified than Sir Ruoyu.
But the school is not a state, and the principal is not a politician – yes, we need to be politically savvy to some extent, but more importantly, we need a gentleman who can teach.
Therefore, next semester, Ms. Shi Hui should gradually withdraw from the daily management of First University...... She will join the Wizarding League and serve as the new Speaker of the Council of Great Wizards. Professor Yao will succeed Ms. Shi Hui as your new Vice President. ”
The message contained in these words is very rich.
The wizard's eyes lit up as he listened.
"Will Mr. Ruoyu become our new principal?" Zheng Qing asked, already wondering whether to stab the news to Fat Xin - but he doubted that Fat Man would have the courage to publish this news from unknown sources in the school newspaper.
"No, no, he's only fit to be a vice-principal. ”
The gentleman shook his head, and his tone was very kind: "There is no flexibility in handling affairs, and the treatment of the Moon Council is too gentle, and there is no way to take up the position of president of the First University." ”