Chapter 44: Sky Lantern, Cultivating the Mind
The one named Hanako just now, died?
There was a thunderbolt in He Yi's mind, and the whole person froze suddenly.
The strange man who showed him the way forward half an hour ago was actually killed by the blown up courtyard wall?
For a moment, he seemed to think of the old saying that if you leak the secret of heaven, you will be punished by heaven!
There was an uproar in the crowd, and there was a lot of discussion. Some people say that Zhao Dashan is a good person and a good person has a good reward, and the life of the crazy flower child should be like this; some people say that the crazy flower child has a bitter life and is clean when he dies; and some people say that on the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, it is a good omen to say goodbye to the old and welcome the new, and to die and leave behind the great good.
And at this time, Lori grabbed his hand tightly and whispered: "Beggar, said he would die, tonight, himself." ”
The whispers that were not light or heavy fell on his ears, and He Yi's mind once again set off a monstrous wave! He held Lori's cold little hand, his eyes widened, and he suddenly turned around in disbelief: "What did you say! That master said that he would die tonight?"
Lori tapped her chin and replied, "Yes." And he said, Dying, so see you. ”
"Dying, see me?" he muttered in distraction, his eyes rolling wildly, but he didn't see anything.
"Did he know that he would die soon, so he no longer worried about the punishment for revealing the secret of heaven and came to point out to me? Or did he know that he would die after saying those words to me, but he still insisted on telling me? Superior, superior...... , is this a master......"
Zhao Dashan did not have an accident, and only a courtyard wall could be repaired quickly. As for the dead madman, it is estimated that the great good people will also settle the aftermath for him, and there is no need for others to worry about it.
The area around the riverside flower boat is lively again, and a group of people are still vying for the last place to get on the boat to sprinkle nectar and incense powder. Among those hundreds of people, only He Yi and the others were incompatible with the crowd, just like people from two worlds.
After a long time, the last position was also taken by a young girl, and the flower boat swam to the sound of gongs, drums, and suona, and sailed along the small river.
The boat was sailing on the water, and the people on the boat waved their blessings to the two sides of the strait from time to time, and the joyful laughter was connected for a while, lingering in the ears for a long time.
A group of people chased the flower boat away, but the area around the small pier suddenly fell silent.
The two-colored moonlight poured down like a waterfall, sprinkled all over the ground and accumulated into a bottomless ocean of human world. Small people are deep in the ocean, unable to see the direction clearly, unable to find the edge.
Noisy in the distance, deserted in the distance. The empty willow on the riverbank rose with the wind, swinging on the bodies of two people, one big and one small.
After being silent for a long time, Lori touched He Yi's arm and took the lead in speaking: "You, are you okay?"
"Hmm. He subconsciously responded, but his mind was still entangled in the prophecy that he had not yet understood, and the inexplicable behavior of Hanako.
"Don't think, go with the flow, naturally. The whispers and the breeze poured into He Yi's ears, and he heard it clearly, but it was not so easy to do.
"Alas......"
He let out a long sigh, his eyes fell on the slightly rippling river, looked at Taiyue who was crushed by the water waves, and said abruptly: "When I don't know, I just want to seek knowledge, but after I know, I am even more confused." What the hell is Hun Kun Road, and where is it? Girl, can you tell me?"
Lori followed his gaze to the river, lowered her eyes and thought about it, and replied, "The beggar said that as long as you go, you will arrive." Then you, do what you have to do. Don't think, it's going to be fine. ”
"Don't think about ......," he repeated, "is it really going to be okay......?
In this starry sky, he has almost nothing but his skills. This exile was like a trip without direction, and he had no idea where he was going. There's no sense of belonging.,There's no sense of direction.,In fact, he's always been confused.,It's just that tonight I heard Hanako's words.,My mind is a little more confused.。
Hun Kun, he has to figure it out no matter what! The way to the Supreme Immortal Realm, since the master said that it was at his feet, then maybe as long as he continued to walk in the starry sky, he could get there. However, in the past, he went to the Supreme Immortal Realm to find a master, but now, he wanted to ask "Hun Kun"!
Of course, before starting a new journey, he still has to go to the ruins of the demon god to see the traces left by the monkey general and the goddess general.
Gone, only shortly after.
Feeling Lori's cold body temperature, he remembered that the little girl was a little unwell, so he asked, "Girl, are you still uncomfortable now?" Do you want to go back to the Feng Sect now?"
Lori shook her head slightly, "I'm fine, don't worry." ”
"Okay. He Yi nodded, and suddenly remembered the scene of her falling soft, so he blurted out and asked: "By the way, girl, why did you suddenly fall down just now?
"It's fine. It's a beggar, he stinks! It's smelling so long, it's uncomfortable. Lori pouted and lowered her eyes, and with her other hand folded a willow branch sent by the breeze.
He Yi couldn't help but smile when he heard this: "Silly girl, I was just afraid that he would run away, so I motioned for you to help me watch him, and I didn't ask you to stand so close to him." The master has always behaved strangely, and this crazy flower master can even see through his own life and death, and he thinks that he is also a saint-like existence in the world. It's just that I don't know what he's doing tonight......"
"I don't know, I don't want to. The little girl answered casually, then took his little hand and shook it, and said, "I think, put the sky lantern." ”
After chatting with Lori for a few words, He Yi's heart was temporarily suppressed. He sighed and said curiously, "Does the girl also have a wish to make?"
"Yes. ”
"Tell my uncle, maybe I can do it without God's help. ”
"Don't say, you, you can't do it. ”
"Alright then, let's go, buy a sky lantern!"
Two strangely dressed people, one older and one younger, found a lantern shop along the riverbank, bought two large and beautiful phoenix sky lanterns, and returned to the quieter riverside.
Lighting the kerosene, the two of them held the sky lantern with a phoenix-shaped tissue paper, and waited for the hot gas to pour it and hold it up.
After a while, the phoenix sky lantern had enough heat and slowly floated.
The two let go at the same time, Lori clasped her fingers together, closed her eyes and silently recited her wish three times, and then opened her eyes that were still a little dull, and watched the sky lantern go away.
"It's your turn. ”
The little girl smiled lightly, took the fire fold from his hand, and lit the kerosene in the small box under the second sky lantern.
Under the faint firelight, Lori's delicate little face was slightly red, which was even more endearing. The slender bamboo traces in the lantern were faintly visible, and the phoenix became like a real bird in the firelight, ready to fly.
He Yi held the lamp with both hands, and felt more and more heat lifting the sky lantern, bringing a weak thrust reversing force.
He let go of his hand, let the phoenix sky lantern fly slowly, followed the example of Lori, clasped his hands together, and silently made his most sincere wish in his heart.
When he opened his eyes, the sky lantern was like a phoenix, flying higher and farther with his wish, until it became a small dot in the sky, mixed with countless starlight.
He Yi sighed softly, his gaze far away.
I hope it can send its wish to God.
The night is getting deeper, and the night breeze on the last day of summer has cooled down. The bustle taken away by the flower boat in the distance is gradually returning, and the blessings sprinkled all over the small half of Fu'an Town are going back.
He Yi suddenly became interested, picked up Lori and took off into the air, flying up to the tallest temple tower in Fu'an Town.
Standing on the top tile of the tower, looking down, the night of the entire Fu'an Town is in full view.
There are two bright moons and countless stars in the sky, and there are two lively gatherings on the earth, the flower boat and the lantern tower, and the lights of ten thousand homes.
In the sky, in the ground, the light and shadow are equally beautiful and moving. The difference is that the silence in the heavens is distant and elusive, while the earthly silence is close and within reach.
His keen and powerful hearing allowed He Yi to hear the hustle and bustle of the flower boats and the lantern tower, and even the voices of people in the courtyards of the mansions could be heard clearly.
The temple tower at the foot is much more deserted than the surrounding people, and there are only three cultivators standing by the window looking at the prosperous scene in the distance.
He Yi heard a boy's voice asking, "Master, the senior brothers have all gone home for the New Year, why don't we celebrate the New Year?"
The old man's voice replied: "Silly boy, who said that we didn't celebrate the New Year?" You see, others are noisy for the New Year, and we are quiet, aren't we also celebrating Chinese New Year's Eve to welcome the new year?"
"But we didn't set off firecrackers, we didn't eat sugar. The other boy's voice was a little aggrieved.
"Little junior brother, because we are cultivators, we don't set off firecrackers and don't eat sugar. Said the boy who had spoken earlier.
"But the Twelfth Senior Brother, the other Senior Brothers are also cultivators, and they have all gone home, what if they secretly set off firecrackers and secretly eat candy? ”
The old man smiled kindly and said, "Silly boy, what's the difference between where you are? Where people are, there is cultivation." If you want to put firecrackers in your heart, then whether you put it or not, it is actually already released. If you don't want to, then even if you eat sugar, you don't actually eat it. ”
"Master, the apprentice doesn't understand. ”
"Master, the apprentice will not think about it again in the future. ”
"What's the matter, just think about it. Practicing the precepts is just external, and what we really cultivate should be a heart. ”
"Master, the apprentice doesn't understand. ”
"I know Master, and I will follow the teachings. ”
"Senior Brother Twelve, what do you know?
“......”
“......”
The conversation below fell in his ears, and He Yi couldn't help but smile.
That old cultivator's state of mind was already higher than that of many cultivators who had transformed into gods. Although he didn't have any mana, he understood more things.
If you are not immortal, the end of your life will always come to Huangquan. And on the way of cultivation, the most fundamental thing is to be attentive. If you don't use your heart, maybe the old monster who has lived for tens of thousands of years can't see it through as well as this old man who is less than 100 years old.
Clear-sightedness. Cut and dried. But how many people can really do it?
He Yi asked himself that he had already achieved some success in the cultivation of the physical body, but in terms of state of mind, even if he had been sitting in Cangming Xing for more than sixty years, he had only just gotten a glimpse of the way.
"Cultivating the mind. Where people are, there is cultivation. That's a good point. He exclaimed, and sat down at the top of the tower.
Lori sat next to him, looked at the two moons in the sky, and said, "Immediately, it's midnight." ”
"Well, yes, it's the New Year soon. He nodded, reached out and touched Lori's little head, and asked, "Are you sleepy?"
"Nope. She shook her head and whispered, "It's been a long time, keep the year." Immediately, it was a year older. ”
"Hehe, yes, the girl is going to grow up. He chuckled and then asked, "By the way, I haven't asked you how old you are." After staying in Xie Feng Sect for half a year, you haven't grown tall at all, and so many delicious foods have been wasted. ”
"I'm ......" Lori hesitated suddenly, biting her lower lip and lowering her eyes.
"What, you're still separated from your uncle?"
"No, it's just ......" she paused again, biting her lip, and then turned her face to look at him, Sakura's lips lightly opened: "I'm ...... today"
Rumble~
There was a bang, and a brilliant firework suddenly exploded not far away. Immediately after, a continuous roar sounded one after another, and the sky of the entire Fu'an Town was suddenly filled with bright flowers, and the light and sound of the moment almost occupied the sensory world of all the people.
The New Year has arrived.
The joyful shouts below were drowned in the fireworks, and He Yi just heard a voice: "He Yi, Happy New Year." And then, "Sleepy, sleep." ”
The little girl fell down and lay directly on his right shoulder in a sleeping position. He shook his head and smiled, and said secretly: This girl, she didn't even tell me her age, is she worried that I calculated accurately and left when she was eighteen years old?
It's a little funny in my heart.
But after thinking about it, it doesn't seem that it is so simple for Lori to stop talking, and her performance tonight is also a little abnormal.
Looking back on the six months of getting along, there are really a lot of unusual things about her. But on more than one occasion, he had quietly probed her body with the power of his sense, but found nothing out of the ordinary. With his mind of knowing the subtle realm, even an immortal at the peak of Vientiane could not perfectly hide his traces under close and repeated investigation. It's not like this, this little girl is a fairy, right?
The little Star Alliance, so far, there has never been a single immortal, that is, the only trace of the immortal ancestral immortal cave mansion, and it is already the site of I don't know how many years ago.
How difficult is it to cultivate into a Heavenly Immortal? With the vastness of the Mountain and Sea Realm, there are only a few dozen or so in the world! Without all kinds of causes and effects in the Mountain and Sea Realm, the difficulty of meeting a Heavenly Immortal at random is no lower than his own cultivation breakthrough.
Lori must have her own secrets, and since she refuses to say it, he won't force it. The two get along well, even if they don't say that they are father and daughter, a pair of good friends can afford it. With this relationship, it doesn't matter what her identity is. Even if she is a fairy, it won't hurt him, right?
The fireworks bloomed one by one, reflecting on He Yi's not handsome face. Suddenly, he slapped his forehead and said secretly in his heart: You stupid fork! The little girl is so cute, how can you think of her so deeply! Alas, after all, after living for more than a hundred years, she should be really old, otherwise she wouldn't be so careful......
The New Year has arrived, the whole world celebrates, and the people rejoice.
On the top of the tower, the little girl fell asleep soundly in the arms of a young man dressed in shabby gray cloth, and her steady breathing sank into the night that gradually quieted down.
He Yi lay down gently, intending to relive his long-lost sleep. Before closing his eyes, he swept his mind and looked at the name of the temple beneath him.
- Ruyi Temple.