Act Nine: The World
?: "You're finally here"
Twilight: "Who are you?"
?: "I don't have many opportunities to see you, please be sure to ......"
Twilight suddenly wakes up from a dream, this is an unprecedented dream, there is no story, there is no logic, the person who suddenly appears does not know who it is, and says unfounded words, but despite this, it makes people feel real and important.
Twilight guessed that it was because she was anxious when she saw Zhang Yuan being crossed? Forget it, it doesn't matter, there is something big today.
For the first time in years, Twilight Shadow had forgotten his duties as a student, and his mind was full of fantasies about the unknown, and he never thought that he would be eager to get out of class, to get out of school, and finally to get through it when the time came, and he was the first to grab his bag and rush out.
When she arrives at the madman's door, Twilight is about to ring the doorbell, when suddenly there is a burst of aroma, and Twilight puts her head close to the door, only to see the madman eating with relish, two dishes, and a glass of chicken and wine.
"It's too luxurious to eat three dishes by one person, and I just haven't eaten either, so go help him." Twilight triumphantly presses the doorbell, and as soon as the doorbell rings, she hears the madman screaming.
"Who!"
"Me"
"Why are you here now? ”
"It's okay to be idle, I'll come after class. Open the door, I'm starving!"
"Then you go to eat first, how can you study when you are hungry. ”
Twilight thought for a moment, "This old miser, you can't finish eating so much, why don't you just share a pair of chopsticks and drive me away, I don't!"
"You open the door first, I'll go to the toilet first. ”
"It's good for you big man to go to the door to solve it, it's really troublesome, wait and wait. ”
Twilight waited for two minutes, and the madman opened the door. All the food on the table was gone, and only the smell remained.
Twilight sniffed vigorously and asked pretendedly, "Did you finish your meal so early?"
The madman replied hypocritically: "Yes, anyway, just eat it, it's easier to digest it earlier." It's unfortunate that you're here, and you ate it together a little earlier. ”
Twilight deliberately approached the nearby cupboard, expecting that the food would have to be hidden nearby for two minutes.
Sure enough, the madman got nervous and pointed to the door at the other end and said, "The toilet is over there, you go to eat first after you go to the toilet, there are few places to eat near us, you have to go to the road to find it." ”
Twilight stood still and pretended to be flat, "Then I'll eat at your place." ”
The madman faked his anger: "How can anyone ask to eat at someone else's house for the first time, there are no rules at all." Besides, I'm a bad old man, I usually don't have a fire at home, so how can I invite you to eat any food. ”
Twilight pointed to the cabinet, "I can smell the smell of food, even if it's leftovers, I don't mind." ”
The madman's face changed and he said sharply, "Xiao Duying, have you forgotten how you turned your face last time?" I warn you not to touch my things, and hurry up to eat." ”
Twilight didn't get scared and replied seriously, "I didn't know last time, but this time I know very well" After saying that, she opened the cabinet door, and sure enough, the food was there, and it was still steaming.
Twilight pouted with disdain: "You old man is too stingy, you can't eat all these dishes alone, add a pair of chopsticks!"
The madman immediately changed from a strict teacher to a scoundrel: "Do you know how long it takes me to eat like this? I can't finish eating today and can give it to tomorrow, why should I be cheap for you kid." ”
Twilight listened angrily, "Then I don't care, I'm hungry, the food is so fragrant, I want to eat it together", and after saying that, she wants to tear the roast chicken with her hands.
"Stop, if you dare to move, I'll break your hand!"
"If you dare to fight, I will demolish your house. ”
"Oh, you kid, you're really going to rebel, you come, you come!"
Twilight was really welcome, and before the meal was eaten, the two of them practiced their fists and feet. The madman's fist script should have the upper hand, but Twilight is young after all, and the madman doesn't have to go all out, and the two are inseparable for a while.
At this time, Lin Qi suddenly appeared at the door, and when she saw that Twilight and the madman were competing, she hurriedly shouted and pulled people down: "Be careful, hurry up, the madman and Twilight are fighting inside." ”
Jing Xin hurriedly took a few steps into the door to take a look, looking at the excited twilight, the anxious madman, and the intact furniture, there seemed to be some answers in his heart, and he said disdainfully, "Lin Qi, they will fight in two fights, a fool and a villain, I will worry if anyone is killed." ”
Lin Qi was still a little worried: "Be careful, don't be joking, let's go and persuade." ”
"I'm not going, maybe it's just that I want to eat and I'm too stingy, at this time, we should watch the monkey show. ”
Twilight looked at Shen Xin with wide eyes and surprise, tilted her head slightly and said to the madman, "Old man, you still teach fortune telling!"
Sitting down on the wooden sofa, he said lightly: "Xiao Duying has always been thick-skinned, and madmen have always been stingy, this time is the meal, the dish is still hot but not on the table, in the cabinet, isn't it easy to see?"
The madman was in no mood to fight, and pointed to his heart and said, "You girl, it's a pity that such an innocent face grows on your head." ”
I smiled happily, still so innocent and lovely.
The madman pulls out the food, and Twilight can't get enough of it. The teeth of a madman are itching, like a child who leaves the delicious food at the end when he eats, but is taken away by someone else's chopsticks.
Twilight patted her stomach and said, "Time is precious, so let's get down to business." ”
The madman glanced at Twilight in anger and snorted his cigarette.
Twilight waited for the madman to speak, but after waiting for a long time, she didn't react at all, so she continued to ask, "May I ask you, old man, what is the principle of this spiritual power, and how does it exist?"
The madman crossed his legs and didn't care at all.
Twilight Shadow gets angry, "Didn't you promise to teach me something? ”
The madman trembled with anger and scolded loudly, "Xiao Duying, your face is made of the city wall." I teach you things can be regarded as a grace of recreation, if you are not grateful, you still eat my food, and you have to wait for me to wash the dishes and chopsticks, do I owe you in my last life!"
Twilight scratched her head, she rarely ate at other people's houses, and she had never met someone who had to wash the dishes when she ate at someone else's house, thinking that this should be, and said with half complaining and half ashamed, "You said it this morning, how did I know there was still this thing to do!"
The madman was angry: "Your politeness is taught by pigs, do you still need to be said?"
Twilight Shadow replies, as she collects the dishes and chopsticks, "I never think there's any use in being polite, didn't you teach me this, I don't even know it?"
"Politeness is the premise of socialization, it is respect for people, if you plan to teach this, it is better to stuff it back into your mother's belly and give birth again. The madman was stunned for a moment, remembering that Twilight's answer seemed to be problematic, "Wait, you didn't say I'm a pig in that sentence just now!"
Twilight smiled awkwardly and thought to herself, "What do you say, you said it was taught by pigs, I said that only you have taught, doesn't it mean that you can have anyone?" ”
Cautiously, Lin Qi and the others only snickered on the side, treating these two people as living treasures.
The madman was so angry that he leaned heavily on the chair, and said in a bad temper, "Okay, I'm uncomfortable talking to you more, if there is anything to ask, get out of the way after asking." ”
Twilight Shadow put on a pitiful and innocent look, "I just want to ask about the principle of the existence of spiritual power." ”
"I don't know!" replied the madman without hesitation
"You're not particular, I'm so low-voiced, why are you still like this?"
"What are you doing, I don't know!"
"You did it on purpose, look at how old you are, why are you so stingy. Twilight doesn't believe it, believing that it's a madman's petty revenge.
"I'm stingy, I'm stingy! If I were stingy, I'd have kicked you out a long time ago, and I'm not qualified but I'm not qualified but I'll give you a chance to learn. Where did I find such a living ancestor, I was so angry with me. "The madman is so thankless that smoke rises above his head.
Twilight is also embarrassed, a little ashamed, and a little grumpy, like a rebellious child fighting with his parents, "You think I have air for you, if you answer well, who will toss around." ”
The madman patted his chest and said confidently: "Lao Tzu has been in the rivers and lakes for so many years, eliminating countless evils, and he is proficient in fists, feet, and blades, and he can also use spells flexibly. Who cares about the principle of existence, do you have to know who the blacksmith is when you practice the sword? Can you ask something useful?"
Twilight returned without showing weakness, "You are so capable, why don't you even know the basic truth, even if you practice the sword, how long and wide the sword is, where to shake hands, where is the blade, don't explain what to do if you hurt yourself first." If a student doesn't know anything, he will only learn what you teach, and he will never grow. ”
The madman was so angry that he was about to vomit blood: "I, I, you, you ......"
"The world is divided into the material world and the spiritual world. The material world constitutes the basis of the existence of all things, influencing but not affecting the spiritual world. The spiritual world inherits the idea of reincarnation and is attached to and not dependent on the material world. When the two were arguing, they blurted out the truth.
The madman's eyes lit up when he heard this: "Yes, that's it, you see that I haven't taught me these things either, and she can summarize it by herself." Only those with mediocre qualifications are afraid that they will not grow. ”
Twilight didn't bother with the madman at this point, he pondered for a long time, and repeatedly asked the rhetorical question, "If the spiritual world is understood as thought, then I can figure out the theory of the material world, and I can figure out how it affects but does not affect the spiritual world." ”
"I don't think so, right? You're afraid of being called stupid to save face. The madman came out with a sarcastic remark.
"Just like when people are very hungry, they often abandon human nature and morality to ensure survival, but there are also people who will sacrifice their lives for righteousness and would rather die to save their lives. Therefore, as a material entity, changes in material conditions will affect changes in thoughts, but they will not play a decisive role. Twilight proves herself, and continues to ask about her heart, "However, since the spiritual world is an empty mind, it is impossible to explain its existence, let alone inheritance and reincarnation. ”
The madman did not answer, his eyes looked at him and he begged for help.
Caution: "The spirit is not nothing, it has an existential manifestation, but this manifestation cannot be described and contrasted with material things. The earliest assumed existence of spirit was a form of energy called 'qi', which approached but did not fully interpret spirit. ”
Twilight: "You mean, 'spirit' does exist but because it can't be explained in terms of matter, its existence cannot be proven, and objectively speaking, it is possible that it does not exist. ”
Shen Xin: "No, he can prove it!"
Twilight: "How?"
Caution: "Prove it with immaterial things!"
Twilight smiled and then nodded, "Indeed, if it is proven that there is something that does not exist in the material world, then it means that there is a spiritual world that cannot be explained. Twilight continued, "And what is there that the physical world can't explain?"
Caution: "Just like the human brain, if there is no spiritual world, the brain's thinking should be a mechanical operation, which means that as long as the conditions are the same, the same result must be obtained." ”
Twilight: "It's almost impossible to prove, human brains can't be the same." ”
Be careful: "What about single cells? Surely the stress response of their human environment will not be absolutely consistent."
Twilight: "That's true, but on the other hand, even single cells can vary due to the fact that the elemental content and environment are not absolutely consistent. None of this is convincing. ”
The madman wanted to say something when he heard these "heavenly letters", but he really couldn't interject.
Shen Xin: "Okay, then let's change things." Protons and electrons"
Twilight: "Wait, what do you mean, such material elements also have spirits?"
Caution: "The spirit is a common being, which of course is included in all things. ”
Twilight: "What do you mean...... If...... Oh, yes, no, yes!"
Maniac: "What and what, is it right?" I really don't understand you people, what's the use of saying this, going around and around, doesn't it mean that it exists? What is there to say about this, I can see it when I stimulate my spiritual power, what kind of effort does it take? ”
"You don't understand!" Twilight and Tsushin said in unison, and the two of them smiled slightly.
Twilight: "Then the second question, is all thought a spiritual world?" ”、
Caution: "Not all thoughts belong to the spiritual world. The current definition is that only thoughts that are not influenced by material things belong to the spiritual level, such as appetite, sexual desire and other thoughts that satisfy biological desires belong to the material level, and such thoughts are easily affected by the surrounding environment and hormones in the body. And compassion, self-control, a sense of justice, self-sacrifice, and other thoughts that go against biological desires and pursue feelings of the state of mind are the spiritual world. In particular, it should be said that man is a product of natural evolution, and many ideas are biological desires for the survival of the fittest. For example, vanity, class, superiority, and lust for power do not belong to the spiritual world. ”
Twilight Shadow hurriedly complimented, "Sincerely, I really didn't expect you to analyze this issue so thoroughly, it's really admirable." ”
Caution: "Brother Twilight smiled, how can I have such ability, it is the ancestors who have left a record of this, I only know a little bit about it"
Twilight: "It's a shame that your family is still a family, and I didn't even see it." ”
Caution: "Don't say that again, I'm not at ease." ”
Twilight: "Alright, let's move on." The spiritual world you mentioned before is all noble thoughts, but apart from biological desires, there are also many negative thoughts that belong to the spiritual world."
Caution: "Yes, negative emotions such as sadness, loss, and so on belong to the spiritual world. In particular, it should be said that sometimes, killing and framing are due to the satisfaction and protection of the material world, and the thoughts produced by butchers and hunters just for the sake of living a rich life are material thoughts. And bloodthirsty, abusive thoughts, the enjoyment of killing, the pleasure of seeing others in pain, this kind of negative thoughts also belong to the spiritual world. ”
Twilight pondered, "It's a little hard to understand. For example, if you just see a cockroach and feel that you should be killed, it is out of the protection of your own safety and territorial awareness, and these ideas are material. And killing the cockroach and appreciating its struggle is spiritual. ”
Shen Xin: "That's right, Brother Twilight, it's really amazing that you can understand the root of the problem so quickly. ”
Twilight: "Where, where, that's what you say." Twilight Shadow was praised and didn't admit it, but her heart was beautiful. "I also want to know, it's all spiritual thoughts, what's the point of distinguishing between positive and negative?"
Caution: "It has a lot of significance. It's about reincarnation. ”
Twilight: "Reincarnation!" ”
Caution: "Human beings are defined as beings who can only be reincarnated in a positive spiritual world, simply put, good thoughts will continue to the next life. ”
Twilight: "Next life?"
Caution: "This is complicated, I can't tell why I can't tell you specifically, but there is a book that mentions the place of Twenty-Seven Fang." ”
Twilight: "Twenty-seven?" ”
Caution: "Yes, what's even stranger is that this twenty-seven parties are mentioned in many books, but none of them say what it is, as if it should be known to the world, but everyone is silent. ”
Twilight: "That's a pending question, so let's ask something you understand." For example, what do you often talk about spiritual power, and what does it have to do with the spiritual world? ”
Caution: "Spiritual power is a quantitative response to the spiritual world. ”
Twilight: "Wait, didn't you say that the spiritual world is nothing, how can the world of nothingness have a real 'quantity'?"
Caution: "The pure spiritual world is eternal or non-existent or just an imaginary word, and the spiritual world we come into contact with actually refers to the spiritual dimension of the material world." From a macro point of view, every matter in the material world has the existence of spirit, and since there are various movements and interactions in the material world, then there will definitely be corresponding forces in the closely connected spirits, but the laws of this force do not obey the laws of the material world. ”
Twilight: "I see. Then whether such a force is how much, size, the distinction of the kind. ”
Caution: "The strength of the spirit is strong or weak, but compared with the size of the material world, the weight, the strength and weakness have nothing to do with it, the specific strength and weakness of what is the basis has not yet been summed up, but generally speaking, the more people who can understand the noble thoughts, the stronger the spiritual world." It is worth mentioning that in the material world, all matter is not mutually exclusive. For example, if A is carbon and B is water, then A cannot be B anyway, and C carbon dioxide may be formed in some special circumstances. The composition of the spiritual world is different, assuming that 1 is carbon, 2 is water, and 3 is dimorphic carbon. Not only can you add 1 to 2 to get 3. You can also add 1 to 1 to get 2, and the expression in the spirit world becomes 1 water spirit by using 2 times the carbon spirit. The manifestation of the material world is still carbon is carb, and water is water, but the spirit contained in it has changed. ”
Twilight: "This is incredible, just imagine, the water contains the spirit of fire, so how can it coexist? If that's the case, then wouldn't our spiritual world be chaotic!"
Shen Xin: "Actually, it's not hard to believe that you just don't see it, just like if we look at the material world from a microscopic perspective. Aging, decay, oxidation, and the attraction and collision of dust are all earth-shattering changes in the microcosm, while the spiritual world is less constrained and easier to change. It's just that it is almost impossible for different spirits to coexist, there is a host and parasitism between the two, the material world is the host, and if the host can bear it, the parasitic spirit will be transformed or expelled. If the host is unable to bear it, it will 'die' and the parasitic spirit will dissipate. Coexistence requires very precise equilibrium values, which are theoretically feasible but in practice very difficult. ”
Twilight: "Oh my God, if that's the case, wouldn't it be that spiritual power can destroy everything, and if you are not careful, you can cause immeasurable damage." ”
Caution: "You underestimate the spiritual power of matter, it takes a lot of power to change the original spirit of matter, but for living organisms, the invasion of spiritual power will cause physical damage, so it is easy to be fatal." It is easy to change the mental power of a substance without a living body, but it is difficult to maintain it continuously. And to change any spiritual power, you need to have a way of guiding, similar to 'source code', only if you know how to use this kind of code can you change this spiritual power, and the 'source code' we find now is very limited, so there are not many that can be made. ”
Twilight: "Like Stoneclaw last time?"
Shen Xin: "It's like the stone claw last time! ”
Twilight: "Earth: The Five Elements of Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth!"
Caution: "Of the twenty-seven squares introduced in the book, there are seven known types of forms. Air, wood, water, fire, and earth, five elemental spiritual powers that can affect each other. and the two relatively independent high-level spiritual powers, saint and death."
Twilight: "Teach me how to use it, I can't wait to try it." ”
Shen Xin: "This kind of practical course is not my strong point, and it is time to consult the real 'teacher'." ”
The madman waited for so long, and suddenly he was lifted like this, and his sense of confidence immediately rose.
The madman slowly rolled up his sleeves, just said "...... first" and hesitated for a long time without saying a word.
"I'm sorry, I just don't teach, what can you do with me!" the madman thought for a long time and suddenly burst into anger.
Twilight provoked, "Old man, you're so awkward, shouldn't you?"
The madman opens his palm and pretends to cast a spell at Twilight, who immediately closes his mouth.
The madman continued to roll up his sleeves and said seriously: "One day as a teacher, a lifetime as a father......"
Twilight replied pitifully, "Aren't you planning to take me as an apprentice?"
"It makes sense, you have eaten my food for nothing, and you will pay off my debts as a slave in the future. ”
Twilight glared at the madman angrily, and the madman clenched his fists tightly, and Twilight shrank back, "Yes, you're right about anything. Twilight thought that now she begged the madman to learn, and she couldn't beat it, and she couldn't rely on it, so she could be bullied if she was bullied.
The madman smugly gestured to Twilight to the middle of the living room while he entered the inner room.
After a while, the madman pulls out a fancy gift box and places it in front of Twilight. Before Twilight could come to the question, the madman waved his hand and opened the gift box by itself. In a short time, thousands of spiritual power poured out from it, and it spread out in all directions.
Twilight is caught off guard and is struck by the force. There was no skin trauma on his body, but it was like being stabbed by countless knives.
Twilight curled up in pain, her afterglow swept away, and both the madman and the heart exuded an aura, and the scattered force did not come closer. And Lin Qi stretched out his left arm to block his chest, and a huge spiritual shield was stretched out on his arm to protect himself.
The madman didn't do anything for two minutes, just staring at Twilight in agony before he began to speak. "If you want to use spiritual power, you must first learn to feel spiritual power. Your first lesson is to feel your spiritual power. Can you stand up now?"
Twilight didn't have the strength to answer, but gritted her teeth and stood up.
The madman used his palm to draw out a faint spiritual power, which was only enough to protect the palm-sized place.
The madman slowly moved this power back and forth on Twilight's body, making Twilight clearly feel what it was like when she was protected by spiritual powers, and what it was like when she didn't. Not only that, but the madman's spiritual power is also guiding Twilight's own power to form resistance, slowly inducing him to activate his own spiritual power.
The hour passed, and Twilight's body became more and more relaxed, and the two stopped guiding Twilight. Twilight was still struggling, but she was able to endure it.
After another hour, the madman slowly closed the box. Suddenly, the spiritual power in the sky drilled into the box as if it had received an order. When the box was closed, there was not a single trace of spiritual power left in the room.
The madman looked at Twilight and smiled with satisfaction, "You kid's spiritual power is surging and diverse. I wonder what it was like on the day you woke up. ”
Twilight wiped the sweat from her forehead and said tiredly, "That might be disappointing you, I don't know when I've woken up." ”
"If you were born here, I'd be more interested. ”
"Mouse usage fee, one big meal at a time. Twilight teased with the last of her strength, and then collapsed on the ground and fell asleep.
Seeing that today's training was over, Lin Qi wanted to go out but was stopped by a madman.
The madman said earnestly to Shen Xin, "You kid, you have always been measured, why are you so reckless this time, and use a baby ghost to try him?"
"Twilight Shadow is so curious, he has no awakening but has spiritual power, and he can attract spirits to resonate, and even the 'Blood Toad' is very different from him. He was definitely not a general, and I thought he would be my hope, so I was too reckless. ”
The madman took the handle of his cigarette and gently knocked on his head and said, "No one is born strong, even if they are talented, they need to be taught and honed. ”
He bowed his head in shame: "Yes, I know I was wrong." It's me who is in too much of a hurry. ”
The madman nodded and slept in the chair. I found a match to help light the pipe.
The madman took two puffs and chatted with Jinxin. "Actually, you're a lot like Twilight, you're both smart and sharp. The difference is that he is only like this when he is serious, and you are always maintained, you, you look fine when you are young now, but you will be unbearable in the long run. ”
Cautious: "Don't worry, I won't force myself too much." There wasn't much time before, and I was in a hurry. ”
Maniac: "Won't he come back this time?"
Caution: "The letter came saying that there are some things in the 'Twenty-Seven Parties', and it may take several months to reply. ”
Maniac: "Then we still have time, maybe by then, Twilight will be able to stand alone." ”
Caution: "I really hope so, I don't have any confidence at all." By the way, the blood toad gave him a piece of spirit, and I want to know what's inside. ”
Maniac: "The spirit of the Blood Toad is incomprehensible to no one except a specific blood giver. I can only let him grasp the spiritual power as soon as possible and unravel it himself. As for whether he will tell you or not, it's up to you. ”
Shen Xin: "Hey, I really don't like to put my hope in other people, but that's all I have to do now. ”
After some conversation, he left with Lin Chi. The madman settles Twilight and smokes a cigarette himself.