Chapter 235 asked

I asked the Endless Heaven, what is the Tao?

I asked the vast earth, what is the Tao?

I ask everything, what is the way?

I asked the learned Confucian, what is the Tao?

I asked the eminent monks, what is the Tao?

I asked the hermit master, what is the Tao?

I asked 100-year-old life, what is the Tao?

I asked the toothy child, what is the Tao?

The Tao can be the way, not the constant way, the name can be named, not the constant name.

Nameless, the beginning of heaven and earth, named, the mother of all things.

Therefore, there is always no desire, in order to observe its wonder, and there is always desire, in order to observe its subtlety.

These two have the same name and different names, and they are the same mysteries.

Mysterious and mysterious, the door of all wonders.

Everyone in the world knows that beauty is beautiful and evil, and everyone knows that what is good is good and what is not good.

Therefore, there is no symbiosis, difficulty and ease are mutually compatible, the length is dwarfed, the high and the low are inclined to each other, the sound is harmonious, and the front and back follow each other......

It is to do what the saint does not do, to teach without words, to do all things without resignation, to be born without having, to do without worrying, and to succeed without dwelling.

If the husband does not live, he will not go.

If we do not repay our resources, we will not quarrel with the people, we will not give up our precious goods, so that the people will not be robbed, and if we do not see what we want, we will not be in turmoil.

It is the rule of a saint, who is humble in his heart, in his belly, weak in his will, and strong in his bones. and often make the people ignorant and desireless. The wise man does not dare to do it. For nothing, then there is no cure

The goodness of the ancients is a scholar, subtle and mysterious, and incomprehensible.

The husband is not recognizable, so he is forced to tolerate:

Yu Xi is like a winter wading river, still afraid of the neighbors, like a guest;

If it is like ice, it will be released, if it is simple, and if it is like a valley;

It's muddy.

How can turbidity be clear and quiet;

Who can live for a long time?

Those who protect this way do not want to make a profit.

The husband is not profitable, so he can be new and new

Those who know do not speak, and those who speak do not know.

Plug it and close its door;

Frustrate its sharpness and resolve its disputes;

and its light. Same as its dust.

It is said to be the same as Xuantong.

Therefore, it is not possible to get and kiss, and it is not possible to get and be sparse;

You can't get it, you can't get it;

Unobtainable and expensive, unobtainable and cheap.

Therefore, it is expensive in the world

Faith is not beautiful, good words are not believed;

The good do not argue, and the debater is not good;

Those who know are not knowledgeable, and those who are knowledgeable do not know.

Saints do not accumulate.

Since you think that you have more, you have more with others.

The way of heaven is beneficial but not harmful, and the way of the saints is not to fight.

A Tao Te Ching. Half-life Most Holy Word.

But why do I ask you?

You think this is the way, but I think what I say, what I think, what I understand, is the way.

Heaven and earth are rivers, all beings are fish, and heaven is bait. Who is a fisherman?

Heaven and earth are rivers, heaven is water, all beings are fish, and there are no anglers?

Heaven and earth are water. All living beings are fish, if there are no living beings, what is the use of heaven and earth?

Heaven and earth are fish, and all living beings are water. Heaven is bait, entertaining yourself?

Heaven and earth are bait, and heaven is water. All beings are fish, who is the pole-bearer?

What is it?

Is it not deep enough understanding, or is it in the wrong direction?

Using a fisherman's fishing metaphor as a mistake is it a mistake, or has it not yet grasped the essence?

This is the law of heaven and earth, which is the way of heaven.

Reincarnation in this world, birth, old age, sickness and death, is the way of heaven.

This joys and sorrows, the various states of the world, is the way of heaven.

The Tao is everywhere, all the time, although it has no substance, but it is always around.

What I realize, free and easy is the way, and nature is the way. True, False?

Qin Chen's eyes were confused, and he used his soul as a channel to ask the sky, or rather, he was asking his own heart, what is the Tao? This question, countless ancestors have devoted themselves to the pursuit of Dali in this heaven and earth one after another, but no one can say it.

Walking in the dark ruins, Qin Chen dreamed back to ancient times and turned into an ancestor, as if he had realized what the Tao was.

It's just that when I wake up from the dream, it is like the moon in the water, the flowers in the dream, the dream in the dream, and the blur.

Suddenly, Qin Chen's eyes were not confused, but showed an excited look, this is not that Qin Chen clearly understood what the Tao is, this is because Qin Chen has discovered a city.

At this time, Qin Chen looked at the looming city wall in the distance, and felt that the dawn of hope was in front of him, although it was far away, Qin Chen still stubbornly thought that it was the city wall, because, if it was a natural formation of such a ruin as the city wall, Qin Chen felt that the hope was very small, especially the kind of natural phenomenon that was clearly organized and even the city gate tower was clearly visible, this was absolutely impossible.

In fact, along the way, Qin Chen was thinking about a question, that is, where is this place?

Qin Chen didn't know the name of the dark ruins, and he didn't know that behind the dark sky, there was a world of flames that was being invaded, and the invading dark forces were exactly the same as here, and he didn't know that the big hand that had turned out, and he didn't know that there were no living beings here.

In Qin Chen's thoughts, there are these two possibilities.

First, this is the place where the Suzaku King is holding himself.

In Qin Chen's thoughts, the Vermilion Bird King should have captured himself after he survived the Blue Dream Tribulation, as for why he didn't kill himself directly, Qin Chen thought that he was attracted by his masculine charm.

Although Qin Chen didn't know the specific identity of that girl, and he didn't think about the Vermilion Bird King, even with that palm, it was definitely not an existence that he could contend with, and it was extremely possible to capture the weakened self of the Tribulation, seal his spiritual power, and imprison him in this strange world.

However, to prove this inference, it is easy to say, but it is difficult to say.

In fact, as long as other prisoners were found here, his inference could be proved correct, but this dark ruin was vast and boundless, and Qin Chen was not sure if he could really find it.

Maybe the Vermilion Bird King's plan is to let himself keep walking in this dark ruin, not stopping for a moment, maybe in the end, he will either be tired to death or driven crazy by no hurry. Ordinary people can easily go crazy when they stay alone in one place, no one to talk to him, loneliness, fear, and the biggest enemy.

Especially in such a place, a place shrouded in darkness. It's no wonder if you're not driven crazy.

Of course, Qin Chen still had a guess, but Qin Chen felt that it was too unbelievable, so Qin Chen's current plan was to go to that city first and investigate the situation.

Now that he had chosen the target, Qin Chen would not hesitate in the slightest, and strode forward, the hard stones being trampled into pieces under Qin Chen's feet. Nothing could stop Qin Chen's pace, the current Qin Chen was extremely eager for that city, Qin Chen wanted to know what kind of place this was.

Because, Qin Chen felt that he was about to go crazy, alone, especially in this environment, and in the air, it seemed to be filled with a lot of negative emotions. is bewitching Qin Chen, and he wants to pull Qin Chen towards the dark abyss, if it weren't for Qin Chen's dream of returning to ancient times, his heart would be clear. It has long been sunk.

The darkness was constantly bewitching Qin Chen, wanting to make Qin Chen lose himself in it, but now Qin Chen had the goal of a city. Never get lost easily.

This city is not close, and it is not far away, in short. Under Qin Chen's stride, he soon came to the bottom of the city, but Qin Chen hadn't found a problem yet, that is, he was naked now, and he might be beaten alive by others as a hooligan.

Standing under the city wall, Qin Chen gasped slightly, looking at this tall city wall that seemed to extend all the way to the edge of the sky, he suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart, because this city wall really looked like a ruin, although it was well preserved, but the sense of history was clear and audible, and Qin Chen, who had been an archaeologist, was particularly familiar with this feeling.

Perhaps, this is a distant ancient city, as soon as this idea came out, it was suppressed by Qin Chen, because Qin Chen really didn't want to admit this fact.

On the tall city wall, although it is relatively intact, there are still signs of corrosion, and the black city wall is full of potholes, Qin Chen speculated that in ancient times, there should have been a great war, which turned this ancient city into ruins.

Qin Chen didn't know how high the city wall was, because the highest part was already hidden in the black clouds.

Qin Chen walked several miles to the left, and then several miles to the right, but he never found the location of the city gate, and Qin Chen didn't plan to look for it, this city wall is so wide, if you want to find it, I don't know if you have to wait until the Year of the Monkey or climb up from the city wall.

Now Qin Chen's spiritual power is completely lost, he is a mortal, if it was in the past, Qin Chen would never be able to climb such a city wall, but now Qin Chen's physical fitness is excellent, and on this city wall, there are potholes and potholes, providing Qin Chen with countless footholds, making this a little possible.

As soon as he said and did it, Qin Chen grabbed a protruding stone and climbed upward.

Although the speed was not fast, it was a firm climb, although the city wall was extremely high, but it could not stop Qin Chen's progress, and soon, Qin Chen disappeared into the depths of the black clouds.

Unlike the darkness of the earth, different from the darkness of the air, although it is dark, you can still see the things around you, and your vision is bright. But in this black cloud, Qin Chen really became blind.

On the ground, Qin Chen didn't feel it yet, but when he really entered this black cloud, he really understood the terrifying thing about this black cloud.

Unlike ordinary black clouds, there was nothing like lightning in them, which split Qin Chen into a piece of coke. There was nothing in it, it was pure darkness, there seemed to be everything in it, countless beings were scrambling to pull Qin Chen, such a contradictory thing actually existed in one.

In the past, Qin Chen thought that when it was dark, it was darkness. Later, Qin Chen thought that there was something bad in people's hearts, which could also be called darkness.

But compared to this black cloud, none of them are darkness. Pure darkness, impure black clouds, countless negative emotions were like little demons, bewitching Qin Chen, drilling into Qin Chen's seven orifices, drilling into the pores of Qin Chen's body, dragging Qin Chen's body, wanting to make Qin Chen fall into the darkness.

It's a terrible sound, or not a sound at all, it's a hidden darkness in the heart that has been stirred up.

Qin Chen felt that he had become the embodiment of darkness, his whole body was full of darkness, his internal organs, and even his soul had become a dark existence, and those little demons dragged his body, making him feel as heavy as a thousand catties, and even taking a step forward felt extremely painful.

If it continued like this, Qin Chen would really fall from the city wall, and there would be no return.

It's just that the corners of Qin Chen's mouth showed a hint of a smile, "You are illusory, and you will not disperse." At the moment when Qin Chen's words fell, Qin Chen found that his body had returned to its original state. The little devil was all gone, and he had escaped from the black clouds and stood on the city wall.

Qin Chen showed such an expression, to be honest, the power of the black cloud's bewitchment was really strong, I am afraid that even if it is much higher than Qin Chen's cultivation, it will sink into it, but after Qin Chen resisted the demonic voice of the Forgetful Dao Ancestor, this point of bewitchment Qin Chen is still not in his eyes.

It's just that Qin Chen found that the moment he let those little demons dissipate again. It's like a dream.

This feeling was only fleeting, but it was instantly abandoned by Qin Chen, and he could only sigh that he was too sensitive, one was a powerful supernatural power, and the other was a dark ruin, and the two were not related at all.

Now Qin Chen's top priority is to find someone else to ask.

Standing on the city wall, Qin Chen found that this city wall was unusually wide, at the top of the city wall. It has a huge width of nearly 100 meters, and above this top, there is a wide ravine and the like, which stretches all the way along the city wall. Qin Chen didn't know how long it was, but Qin Chen suspected that there was probably this ravine on the entire city wall, if that was the case. The ancestors who built this city were too powerful.

Moreover, on the side of this ravine, there are countless small ravines. These small gullies are nothing compared to large ravines, but they are extremely numerous, almost every ten meters.

These small ravines are connected to the larger ravines at one end and the inner city at the other.

Qin Chen came to the other side of the city wall, looked up and looked down, but found that these small ravines were carved out along the city wall, carving out passages, which seemed to extend to the bottom, but the inside was shrouded in black clouds, and Qin Chen couldn't see the situation inside.

Now, Qin Chen was becoming more and more suspicious of his first speculation, if this was really the place where the girl was holding him. The existence of such a city is not something that any girl can capture, unless, here is a girl who accidentally discovers and uses it, yes, it must be so.

Qin Chen laughed dryly, forcing himself to believe this.

Speculation is all subject to verification.

Qin Chen stood by the city wall, took a deep breath, and slid down the ravines that had been hewn, feeling the intimate contact between his buttocks and the rocks, Qin Chen almost jumped up.

Passing through the black clouds again, it was still the power of bewitchment, but this power of bewitchment could no longer have the slightest impact on Qin Chen.

I don't know how long I slid it, I felt that my feet seemed to touch something hard, Qin Chen jumped up, stepped on the ground with both feet, didn't care about the surrounding situation, but turned his head to look at his buttocks, Qin Chen patted his chest, sighed comfortably, there was not the slightest damage, the feeling he felt like fire might just be his own illusion.

It was only at this time that Qin Chen carefully observed the interior of this city.

Looking around, Qin Chen was stunned for a moment, then sighed, with a dejected look on his face.

Because, this place is deserted, it seems that it has not been inhabited for a long time, and the houses here seem to be fundamentally different from ordinary houses.

Here, if it is said that it is a house, it is not a swimming pool, a variety of swimming pools of different forms, although there is not a drop of water in it now, Qin Chen still made a judgment.

Qin Chen could imagine that kind of situation, in ancient times, the ancestors of this city did not know where to draw the water source, through the huge ravines above the city wall, and then through those small ravines, from all directions to the interior of the city, and then injected into the interior of these swimming pools, and then, in the hot summer, countless ancestors came here to bathe.

The corners of Qin Chen's mouth twitched, "Could it be that this is the place where those ancestors swim?" Even Qin Chen himself didn't believe his inference, such a huge city was only used for swimming, which could no longer be described as a tyrannical thing, I am afraid that only the legendary gods could be so extravagant.

Although he didn't believe his own inference, Qin Chen didn't have any good ideas, and the only thing he had to do was to look for clues.

In the following time, Qin Chen walked all over the city, but all he saw was the same swimming pool, oh no, it was a dry swimming pool.

Qin Chen even dug three feet into the ground, but still didn't find the slightest discovery.

After staying for a few days, the desperate Qin Chen left the deserted city and continued to move forward, looking for people and hope.

In this dark ruin, there is no concept of time, it seems that time has stood still here, and I don't know how long it has been, everything, it seems that nothing has changed, but, in this period of time, you can see from time to time, in the dark ruins, you can see a figure, walking lonely.

When I first saw him, I was a teenager, and when I saw him again, I was middle-aged, and after that, for a long time, the existence of this figure could be seen in countless ruined cities, and it seemed that he was looking for something.

He climbed over the mountains, crossed the Dead Sea, let the wind and rain blow, walked in the dark, naked, still alone searching.

The years have left traces on his body, his skin is no longer as white as snow, it is covered with wrinkles, it is covered with the scars of time, his backbone is no longer straight, time has let it rot, his beard, his face, his long dirty hair mixed with white hair, unkempt on his body.

He's gone, no longer young, he's dying old!(To be continued......