Chapter 686: The Old Man in the Purple Bamboo Forest
The old man sat on the small wooden stool, scratching this and that without any image, he almost took off his shoes and picked his feet, anyway, how comfortable and how to come.
"Extraterritorial Heavenly Demons, strange creatures from another dimension, they were originally formless, and they did not do any harm. β
The old man's tone was relaxed, as if telling a story.
"You may wonder how beings from other dimensions, who have no form and no harm, can be the greatest source of evil in this world?"
"This involves all kinds of negative emotions in the world. β
The old man sighed and said, "People have seven emotions and six desires, and among these emotions, there is a positive side and a dark and depraved side. β
"And what these extraterritorial heavenly demons like most is all kinds of negative emotions in the world. β
"They weren't meant to be immortal, and they couldn't even live on this earth for long. β
"After all, the living environment is completely different, and under normal circumstances, there is no place for them to live in the world. β
But all kinds of negative emotions in the world can provide sufficient nourishment for these creatures. β
"Angry, irritable, bloodthirsty, dark...... All kinds of negative emotions are their favorite food. β
At this time, Xiao Gu said on the side: "In this way, it is not a big deal for them to exist in this world, right?"
The old man said: "Yes, at the beginning, they were very weak and did not attract people's attention. The world is so big, there are no surprises, and the appearance of a group of creatures devouring negative emotions is not a big deal, and it is even a good thing. β
Li Ying said: "Yes, if they can really eat all the negative things in the world, then the rest is not positive?"
"In the beginning, a lot of people thought that way, and no one took it too seriously. The old man smiled bitterly: "Later, I realized how naΓ―ve this idea is." Not to mention whether all kinds of negative emotions in the world will really disappear completely, even if it can be...... But will this group of extraterritorial heavenly demons who have tasted the sweetness be willing to watch the world become a pure land?"
"It's not going to disappear completely. Bai Muye said on the side: "You don't need a big group, among a hundred people, there may be dark and degenerate people." Looking at the whole world, there are countless living beings, and it is impossible to completely eliminate negative emotions. β
"Yes, it is impossible in itself, and coupled with the deliberate cultivation of extraterritorial heavenly demons, it is naturally even more impossible. The old man sighed faintly.
"They take on various forms, enter the human world, take on the form of hypocrisy, and show a gentle appearance. Through various ways, it has achieved a high status in human society. Then, through wars, plagues, and poverty...... In this way, people become more and more selfish, depraved, and irritable. β
The old man looked at Bai Muye and said, "Those degenerate will soon become demons!"
"When the Heavenly Gods and Buddhas found out that something was wrong in the human world, they tried to get rid of these extraterritorial heavenly demons. β
But it was too late, and at that time, the Extraterritorial Heavenly Demon had already taken root in the human world. β
"It's hard to get rid of them. β
"Then at this time, some powerful extraterritorial heavenly demons also began to be dissatisfied with the status quo at that time, they thought that they could already fight for more resources. β
"So, those ancient extraterritorial heavenly demons took the initiative to provoke the war. β
"Through their control of the human world and their understanding of human nature, they wantonly slander and smear those gods and Buddhas who have been trying to save the world......"
"Sadly, more than eighty percent of the living beings in the human world ...... Believed their rhetoric. β
The old man looked at Bai Muye and said with a smile: "You know when you especially want to save someone, and that person not only doesn't know any gratitude, but also carries a knife and wants to kill you...... What's it like?"
Although the old man was laughing, there was no joy in the laughter, but a sadness.
Bai Muye, Lin Zijin and Xiao Gu were all silent.
"But even so, the gods and Buddhas of the heavens still did not give up on this world. After all, almost all the heavenly gods and Buddhas are creatures that have come out of the human world. They know that their homeland is not perfect, and they know that although there are evil and bad people in the world, there are more good people. They all tried their best, trying to use the spells of Tongtian to kill those extraterritorial heavenly demons. For this reason, he even did not hesitate to die with those extraterritorial heavenly demons!"
"There are also Buddhas and Bodhisattvas who have made all kinds of grand wishes, and in order to save the world, they have gambled on ...... It's all about its own future. β
"There are Taoist ancestors who use various means just to awaken all living beings in the world. β
When the old man said this, he smiled slightly: "But it failed." β
Xiao Bai, Zijin, and Xiao Gu all became extremely silent.
They knew that the old man was telling the truth.
Because even today, the situation that the old man said still exists.
But it was better than the era when the gods and Buddhas were disappointed.
The old man looked at Bai Muye and said in a deep voice, "Don't you think it's ironic?"
Xiaobai didn't speak.
Lin Zijin said: "In today's world, although there are all kinds of negative things, but in general, I think it's still very good. β
"The bright world, the world of flowers, of course. The old man nodded, glancing at the water tank over there: "Otherwise, why would those fish desperately want to go to the world? But why would it be better, you know?"
Lin Zijin thought for a while: "Is it because of the heavy losses of the extraterritorial heavenly demons in that battle?"
The old man nodded: "Even if the world became like that back then, the saints still never really gave up, and still tried to save it." For this reason, the Ancient Heavenly Court was shattered, and countless people died in battle! And you ...... Isn't that one of them?"
"At that time, the extraterritorial heavenly demons in the human world were indeed almost cleaned up......," the old man said lightly: "For this reason, the gods and Buddhas used too many means and spent too much effort! Almost nine times out of ten of the myths and stories you have heard are real things that happened in that era. The purpose is to get rid of those pervasive and ghostly extraterritorial heavenly demons. β
"It wasn't until later that there was a bigger problem on the other side of the heavens, and the gods and Buddhas had no choice but to leave the world and plug the bigger hole. β
"It's funny," the old man shook his head slightly, "When the gods and Buddhas blessed me before, the beings in the world didn't buy it, and even many kind beings felt that everything was taken for granted. β
They enjoyed the protection of the gods and Buddhas with peace of mind, and watched indifferently as the gods and Buddhas continued to fall...... Including your fall, how many people weep for you?"
The old man said lightly: "I don't know what your mood was when you died in battle, it seems that you haven't awakened the memories of the past. The old man casually guessed that when you died in the war in the past, you should have thought that the world was not worth it, and you didn't want to wake up. β
Lin Zijin shook his head, leaned on Bai Muye's shoulder, and said softly: "It doesn't matter if the world is worth it or not, it's enough for me to have him." β
Xiao Gu was caught off guard and was forcibly stuffed with a mouthful of dog food, so he could only pretend that he hadn't heard anything and counted the ants on the ground on the side.
There are still ants in hell?
He stared at the ant.
The ant raised his head: "What are you looking at?"
Xiao Gu: "......"
Isn't it true that ants are creatures that live in a two-dimensional world?
Why does it see me?
After the ant finished speaking, he no longer bothered Xiao Gu and crawled away by himself.
Leaving Xiao Gu messy in the wind.
The old man laughed: "I forgot that Bai Shuai and Fairy Lin are a pair of fairy couples." β
Bai Muye looked at the old man and said, "In other words, before the Heavenly Gods and Buddhas left, they were actually about to completely clean up the extraterritorial Heavenly Demons in the human world, but because something bigger happened in the Outer Heavens, they had to leave?"
The old man said, "It's also possible that I'm disappointed in the world." β
"Are you too?" Lin Zijin asked as he looked at the old man.
The old man was slightly stunned, thought about it, did not deny it, nodded and said: "This hell is actually quite good, the name sounds quite scary, but after being separated from the six realms of reincarnation, it has its own world. β
"Over the years, there has been a separate set of rules here. And because the creatures in hell have almost all the evil in this world in one. β
"Therefore, if those extraterritorial heavenly demons want to come here to do something, it is impossible for them to succeed. β
"So they're not going to come here either. β
"It also fell quietly. Since it's pure, it's good to be like that. β
"Then I don't understand a little, since the hellish creatures have gathered the evil in the world, those extraterritorial heavenly demons are here, won't it be over if they directly absorb the negative emotions?
The old man smiled faintly and said, "Do you really think that anyone can come to this hell? They like this, and they have come to the old man to cooperate, but even if the old man doesn't want to ask about the world, it is impossible for him to mix with those things." Otherwise, how can they be worthy of those primeval heroic spirits who fell for this in the past?"
Bai Muye looked at the old man at this time and asked, "According to what you said, those dark and negative things in the world have not completely disappeared for a day, and the extraterritorial heavenly demons ...... You won't die for a day, right?"
The old man looked at Bai Muye: "If that's the case, will you still insist?"
"Yes. Bai Muye replied very simply.
"!" the old man stood up, patted the ashes on his body, and said lightly: "If you would insist, you would have crawled out of the grave by yourself to continue the battle, why should others wake you up?"
Bai Muye shook his head: "If we don't insist, we can't let others wake up." β
The old man was slightly stunned, looked at Bai Muye, and after a while, he nodded with a wry smile: "When others say this, the old man has to be suspicious, but what did you say...... Well, the old man admitted, you did it. β
"So the seniors don't plan to go out of the mountain?" Lin Zijin asked as he looked at the old man.
"I, why should I go out of the mountains? You want greatness, that's your business. The old man is a bad old man, and he is used to staying in this kind of cold place. It's okay to catch two treacherous fish, make some fish soup to drink, and live a very good life, so the old man won't go out!" replied the old man without hesitation.
Lin Zijin smiled, having an urge to take a knife, but held back.
Standing up, he looked at Bai Muye and said, "Brother, we also understand the origin of the Extraterritorial Heavenly Demon, this trip is not in vain, let's go." β
Bai Muye nodded lightly, then looked at the old man and said, "People have their own aspirations and different choices, you have your way, and we also have our way." β
The old man laughed and said: "Bai Shuai is really free and easy, the so-called Tao is not the same, the old man is here, I wish Bai Shuai can successfully rebuild the six reincarnations, clean up the evil in the world, and return a pure land to the world!"
Bai Muye smiled: "Well, when the time comes, I'm afraid I will have to borrow hell." β
The old man continued to pat his body a few times, his face sank, and he sneered: "Don't even think about it." β
Bai Muye said: "When the time comes, I'm afraid I can't help you." β
The old man laughed and said, "What's the matter?" Bai Shuai thinks he can beat the old man?"
Bai Muye shook his head: "It should be almost now." β
The old man sneered: "If you say that, then the old man shouldn't let you go!"
"Otherwise, you'd better stay here. It just so happens that the three high priests of hell are dead at your hands, and you have three of them today, although one of them is very poor, but it doesn't matter, what we have is time. β
"You can stay here and become the new three priests!"
Xiao Gu took out his bow on the spot, even if he couldn't beat it at all, it was impossible to admit it at such a time.
However, it was found that the hot-tempered Brother Lin did not make any moves.
The old man glanced at Xiao Gu and said with a smile: "You are the weakest, but you dare to show your weapons in front of the old man, your courage is commendable!"
Bai Muye said: "Is the senior test finished?"
The old man said, "What is the test? Are you joking with you as an old man?"
"Bai Shuai, take back what you just said, this hell, the old man can't borrow it!"
"You want to rebuild your six realms of reincarnation, and you want to become a saint in this world where the laws of heaven and earth have completely changed, and advance to the Red Dust Immortal, that is your business, and it is also your way. β
"The old man blesses you, but you can't borrow hell. In the battle between you and the Extraterritorial Heavenly Demons, the old man will not interfere at all. So, please come back. β
Bai Muye smiled, and then said to Lin Zijin: "Let's go, let's go and pick up Xiao Gu's father and return to the world." β
"Wait," the old man looked at Bai Muye, with a serious face, and twisted his body, "The old man doesn't care about you when you kill the three high priests, but you can't continue to take away the creatures in hell, no one, no one." β
Xiao Gu was anxious on the spot, for him, the ultimate purpose of coming to hell was to take his father back.
Bai Muye laughed: "Everything is easy to discuss, just a mortal, you are not the kind of person who is stingy." Do you think this is good? One day, hell will be robbed, and I can help you for free. β
"Joke! Who can penetrate hell?" the old man looked disdainful and said, "Is it just the god master who is stranded in the human world by relying on the extraterritorial heavenly demon? It can't do it, it doesn't dare to provoke me!"
"Who is the Divine Master, the biggest demon left in the world?" Bai Muye asked.
The old man no longer answered his question, but drove people out with an impatient face: "Let's go, let's go, the old man has answered a lot of questions for you, don't stay here and bother me anymore." Besides, the old man is not joking with you, you are not allowed to take any of the creatures in hell with you!"
The old man turned his face faster than he turned a book, and instantly became extremely ruthless.
Bai Muye looked at him deeply and said, "Okay, we know." β
As he spoke, he pulled up the silent Lin Zijin, and then glanced at Xiao Gu: "Let's go!"
Xiao Gu was unwilling, he thought that this time he would definitely be able to bring his father back to hell and be reborn in the world.
When he met this old man, they had a good conversation at first, and it seemed to him that the whole thing was very clear.
Whoever wants to turn around the peak, all of a sudden it will be cloudy.
Far away from the purple bamboo forest, when the three of them turned back again, there was already chaos behind them.
Obviously, even if I go back at this moment, I am afraid that I will not be able to see the old man.
Xiao Gu looked at Bai Muye and had a lot to say, but before he could say it, Bai Muye smiled and said, "Let's go, go pick up your father." β
"Ah, this ......" Xiao Gu is no longer the boy he was back then.
He almost became the emperor of the world for a hundred years!
If he hadn't been by Bai Muye's side, he would never have acted like a young man.
Ask those childish questions, say those childish words.
It's not that he doesn't understand, it's that he enjoys it!
Back then, there were not enough days when there was a sky above your head and you didn't have to care about anything.
Now that he's finally finding a chance again, he's just reliving the feeling he had back then.
Lin Zijin glanced at him and said with a smile: "After being an emperor for so many years, didn't the city have any of this?
"Why is this happening?" Xiao Gu didn't suspect that there was something wrong with the old man's sudden transformation, but he couldn't figure out why.
Lin Zijin smiled: "I can't say anything about this." β
Xiao Gu looked at Bai Muye with a puzzled expression.
Bai Muye also said with a serious face: "It's really unspeakable. β
"You two ......" Xiao Gu's nose almost crooked.
However, looking at the determined faces of the two of them, the heart that was hanging just now couldn't help but relax a little.
......
In that purple bamboo forest.
Not long after the three of them left, a pitch-black figure seemed to be born out of thin air and appeared in front of the old man.
At this moment, the old man was cleaning up the big golden carp.
Scratch the scales there.
Several large carp were complaining frantically.
"It's too much, old man, we didn't come up to give you food. β
"It's just that you don't pay attention to what you do, and after you eat it, we have to be reborn in that lake. You can't be free at all, you say, how many times have you eaten us all these years?"
"108,000 times, there's always ......"
"We are here for Bai Shuai this time, he eats us, so he can naturally take us out, why should you obstruct it?"
The old man drooped his eyelids and sneered: "Just a few of you fish, you will scare people as soon as you open your mouth, who will eat you?"
"Nonsense, Bai Shuai is the kind of person who is timid and afraid?"
"It's clear that you're getting in the way!"
"Old and immortal!"
"Old thing!"
"Ahh
With four screams, the four fat big carps were directly knocked to death by the old man.
"Noise. β
After the old man knocked the fish to death, he muttered, and then said to the dark figure behind him without looking back: "How is it, are you satisfied?"
"I'm not satisfied!" the dark figure roared in a low voice, "He borrowed hell from you, why don't you borrow it?"
"Hey, what you're saying is really funny, my hell, I can borrow if I want to, and if I don't want to borrow, I won't borrow, when will it be your turn to make decisions for me?"
Light the fire, add oil, adjust the material......
The old man turned into a chef, and a series of movements were crisp and neat.
Put a few big fish into the pot, and take out the top-grade spring water from the body, exuding an endless cold atmosphere, and add it to the pot.
"Hey, those little guys are also unlucky, I don't know the beauty of this fish, it is a must in the world!"
He muttered to himself, ignoring the pitch-black figure behind him.
"Do this, and one day our Lord will come ......"
"Okay, are you bothered? The old man is enough to give your god face if he doesn't help him, what are you doing here? You want the old man to stew with you? If it's okay, get out quickly!" the old man said irritably.
"Very good......
"Get out!"
"Okay. β
The pitch-black figure swooped and disappeared here.
The old man took out a large cauldron lid, buckled it on top of the iron pot, looked up at the chaotic void above his head, and muttered: "The odds are not great, you still need to survive in death, I hope this catastrophe ...... You can get through it safely!"
As he spoke, an aura of endless terror suddenly erupted from the old man's body.
Whoa!
With the explosion of this aura, countless chains of order gods appeared on him!
These divine chains all passed through his body and nailed him here!
"Damn!" the old man took a deep breath, the terrifying aura on his body disappeared, and those chains of order disappeared without a trace.
The next moment, the old man's steps became a little staggering, and he walked towards the big iron pot, took two steps, and a large mouthful of blood spurted out of his mouth.
Spray a pot lid.