Although Wu Xian had entered that underground space before, he had not figured out that the reason why the giant snake fell into weakness and needed to eat a lot of meat to replenish it was because it laid eggs.
Since Wu Xian called the giant snake a young dragon, it is conceivable that when he first entered the underground space, which is what Wu Xian called the dragon's lair, after seeing the giant snake, how could he dare to get as close as Zhao Han did?
Explore.
Wu Xian speculated that the period of weakness every ten years is because according to the legend: the young dragon sheds its armor, once every ten years, and after a hundred rounds of perfection, it turns into a real dragon.
I don't know where this statement comes from.
However, this ten-year period coincides with the fact that these two giant snakes give birth to offspring every ten years.
Therefore, in this matter, Wu Xian should be regarded as getting things right.
There are only so many records on the stone tablet.
What happened after his return does not seem to have been passed down.
However, the ancient town of Zhenxian has been preserved to this day, which shows that there has not been much turmoil here due to changes in times and changes in world affairs.
However, time is ruthless, and after all, nothing can exist forever.
After all, the stone tablet that recorded events was gradually obliterated by the rain, wind, and people's activities.
Simply, before it disappeared, there was such a traveling bachelor named Zhu Xianting, who came here for special reasons.
Before leaving, Zhu Xianting left this manuscript behind on a whim.
Perhaps Zhu Xianting did not expect that the manuscript he left behind would be regarded as a family heirloom by Zhong Qingtong, and it was passed down from generation to generation and has been preserved to this day.
Perhaps, this is God’s will!
After reading this manuscript, Zhong Yunqi felt heavy.
Just as his grandfather Zhong Yuanshan said to him before.
Regardless of whether the so-called gods really exist, in fact, it is not that important!
In such an ancient town in the mountains, there is too little cultural inheritance, or spiritual sustenance.
Even in today's era, this place is still inaccessible, with few outsiders coming!
One can imagine how difficult it was for this place to communicate with the outside world in the past, let alone cultural exchanges.
Why have the changes of the times not caused this ancient town in the mountains to disappear in the turmoil?
Isn't it precisely because it is in such an inaccessible place?
And the people here, from generation to generation, are so honest and simple.
How many years have passed, and the people in the ancient town have passed from generation to generation.
Due to geographical restrictions, it is difficult for them to receive cultural input.
However, they guarded everything they had in the past, offering sacrifices every ten years and never stopped.
Isn't this a kind of spiritual belief and a kind of cultural inheritance in the simple life of the people in the ancient town?
Is Zhong Yunqi's idea wrong?
not at all!
He walked out of this place and received education from outside.
Therefore, he knew that his hometown needed more cultural input and the popularization of more science and technology and modern knowledge.
Therefore, Zhong Yunqi decided to return to his hometown.
Moreover, it also brought several like-minded people who were willing to contribute to the cultural improvement of remote places to teach.
From this point of view, Zhong Yunqi is an outstanding young man.
However, he was a little younger after all and had not found a suitable method.
What has been passed down from generation to generation is the spiritual belief of generations here. He wants to overthrow it at once. This is too radical.
Objectively speaking, Zhong Yunqi not only acted a little too excited, but his ideas were not mature and comprehensive enough.
In other words, it’s too rigid and textbook-like!
Is there any conflict between preserving some unique local spiritual culture and disseminating knowledge and introducing science and technology to them?
Actually not, not at all!
Regardless of whether such activities are held once every ten years in the ancient town, in essence, they are not what Zhong Yunqi and others call superstitious.
However, this does not affect their teaching work.
Changes in all things are not achieved overnight. You need to start at the moment and make changes little by little.
It can only be said that Zhong Yunqi and the others are too "ambitious" and want to change the entire town and everyone's thinking at once.
After the failure, they didn't understand why, even though they were obviously doing it for everyone's benefit, everyone didn't support them.
In fact, the root cause of all this is that they have not been fully integrated into this ancient town.
Zhong Yunqi is from the ancient town. He is the grandson of the old mayor. This is true, but that was when he was a child!
From the time he walked out of the ancient town, walked out of the mountains, and accepted the cultural education from the outside, everything changed!
His identity has not changed, but mentally, he has integrated into the outside world. Even as he accepts more and more cultural knowledge in his mind, everything outside affects him far more than the ancient town does.
Be big.
This is understandable. After all, the ancient town does not have much so-called inheritance of cultural knowledge.
The so-called change refers to this kind of ideological level.
Zhong Yunqi is like this, not to mention the young people who came with him, not to mention!
They did not really integrate themselves into this ancient town, so when they thought about many things, they did not think about it from the perspective of the people living in the ancient town, and then find a way to take both things into consideration.
This resulted in an invisible conflict between their work and the people in the ancient town, which caused their work to hit obstacles at every turn.
At this moment, the yellowed manuscript that the old mayor handed to Zhong Yunqi, which had always been regarded as a family heirloom, seemed to arouse fluctuations in Zhong Yunqi's thoughts.
This made him realize that this is the culture of this ancient town and their history!
No matter if it is true or false, right or wrong!
However, this culture has existed since the establishment of this ancient town!
From generation to generation, this culture has been deeply rooted, and this history has been preserved through hardships.
From the perspective of an ancient town, it only lasts a few hundred years, almost two to three hundred years.
However, this kind of culture and history has persisted from the beginning to this day.
So, for this ancient town, it is the inheritance of spirit, whether it is true or false, right or wrong.
"Am I too extreme..." Zhong Yunqi asked himself in a low voice, holding the yellowed manuscript.
At this moment, he probably already understood why, even though what he had done before was obviously for everyone's benefit, everyone still resisted it so strongly.
Just imagine, he, a person from an ancient town, has approved the ten-year sacrifice, but if someone wants to stop him or make lies about it, will he resist?