Chapter 39 The Beheading Tragedy of the Dragon Elephant King Family
I shook my head again and rejected Thomas' proposal.
Whether or not there is a shadow in my heart is my private matter and not for others to judge.
Thomas can demonstrate his mastery of painting, but I don't need him to describe my past and present lives.
"Mr. Thomas, I want to know, what is the purpose of your coming here? In the past, you were friends with Mr. Qin Chengpei, and you jointly discovered the Yin-Yang Doll. If what you said is true, there is no need to contact me.
There doesn’t seem to be anything worth crossing between them, right?”
I was not eager to clear up the relationship with Thomas, but I was thinking about the battle between Kasha and the Yin-Yang dolls.
If these two treasures escape, the Giant Wood Museum will truly be a complete failure.
"Mr. Ye, I have definite clues to prove that the death of the Dragon Elephant King is a tragedy that spans a hundred years and is absolutely related to the battle in the Werewolf Valley between the north and south of the Snow Mountain in historical records. His death is a loss for Uttar Pradesh.
If Mr. Ye can cooperate with me now, I will show you the real Dragon Elephant King. He is the master, both mentally and physically!"
I always feel that the death of the Dragon Elephant King was very hasty, no matter how others tried to cover it up?
If the Dragon Elephant King had no ulterior secrets, he would not be beheaded to death by a sharp weapon.
I can't even imagine what kind of persecution the Dragon Elephant King's family suffered, so that the past and present lives were entangled together, and there was no way to escape. They were beheaded in nightmares, and Jian Jian was also involved, causing inevitable consequences.
Mental harm.
"Mr. Ye, if you want to listen, just sit quietly and let me tell you a long story. After listening to the story, you will have a complete understanding of the battle in the Werewolf Valley between the north and south of the snow mountain."
It was obvious that Thomas had a high level of confidence in his story and that I would be interested enough to hear it out.
I nodded. Many things must be judged right or wrong by hearing the logical relationship behind them. Only those stupid people think they understand the world and don't listen to others at all.
Thomas clapped his hands, and someone brought coffee in and placed it on the table.
He took off his glasses again, slowly wiped the corners of his eyes, and began to tell in a low voice.
It turns out that the Dragon Elephant King's family is brave and good at fighting, and has always been the most powerful force among the tribes in the Snowy Mountains. This has always been the case from ancient times to the present. However, their family has suffered a terrible curse, and every adult man will be involved in it.
Nightmare, no matter how brave he is, will eventually die from the beheading in his dream.
The family of the Dragon Elephant King sent a distress letter to the whole world, asking those masters of metaphysics to help, but unfortunately, no one has successfully broken their curse in at least the past hundred years. As a result, the Dragon Elephant King family has withered away and several branches have been destroyed.
, only the last one is left.
"Mr. Ye, this is a tragedy. There is a way to break any curse, but the Longxiang King family watched their own family being destroyed, but they still couldn't find a way. It can only prove that the metaphysics masters around the world know that someone wants to destroy it.
No one dares to interfere easily in this family. I can even think of which family it is, but I don’t want to get into trouble, so I just watch silently.”
I understand what Thomas said, and I also understand why so many people sit on the mountain and watch the fight between tigers and tigers, but refuse to take action to resolve it. It is because, in the process of rising, any family will inevitably have friction with other forces in the world and make countless enemies, so
Not everyone has a good life and is willing to help the Dragon Elephant King family get rid of their bad luck.
Most people hope that this family will fall and their own family will rise.
It is precisely because of the interests between the two parties that most people have adopted the attitude of letting the Dragon Elephant King family fend for themselves, leading to today's tragic situation.
"I don't understand at all, Mr. Thomas. When you tell me this, do you want to overturn the verdict of the Longxiang Wang family? Or is his family not completely destroyed and we need to do something?"
Thomas shook his head, denied my question, and told me another thing: "Mr. Ye, the reason why I repeatedly mentioned the Longxiang King's family is because they guard a big secret in the world and protect this forest. , until the secret of eternal life is discovered.”
The forest Thomas is talking about refers to all the forests south of the Snowy Mountains, spanning several small countries. More than half of them are primitive forests that are inaccessible to people. In the past hundreds of years, no one has ever walked in or walked out alive.
Even the most experienced wilderness experts in the world find this area intimidating.
In the process of telling the story, Thomas became extremely emotionally unstable. Sometimes he was excited and high, and sometimes he was low and sad. I even suspected that he had some kind of relationship with the Dragon Elephant King's family, otherwise he wouldn't be able to express his feelings.
At the end, Thomas told me: "The Dragon Elephant King is dead, and the secret of this family ends here. You and Miss Jian are the last people to accompany the Dragon Elephant King, so it is very likely that his secret will be told to you two." .Nowadays, many evil forces in the world are targeting you. I rushed here to meet you in a hurry just to remind you in time to either leave Uttar Pradesh quickly or get ready to fight. Don't be careless. That will You will regret it for the rest of your life."
At this moment, I no longer care about my own life or death. Instead, I am very interested in the secrets owned by the Dragon Elephant King family. If the secret of eternal life lies in this primeval forest, I can find it as long as I am determined to level the forest.
Qin Chengpei did just this with the help of the Emperor's Divine Saw, but he died before he was born and is now missing.
What I really care about is what Thomas has in his hands? Does he want to cooperate with me or get secrets from me, and finally breaks into the forest alone to find the final decisive point?
I looked at him, and he looked at me, his eyes full of cunning scrutiny.
This is Jianghu. Even if the other party is a super scholar, he will inevitably fall into the whirlpool of interests in the end and want to extract some key information from me to satisfy his own requirements.
I told him frankly: "When the Dragon Elephant King died, he left some specious words. Unfortunately, no one understood what they meant. Jian Jian and I also discussed it for a long time, but we couldn't get the point. It's not difficult to tell you these words. , but you also have to exchange of equal value, what do you think?"
Thomas looked up and laughed loudly: "Mr. Ye, you are not a pure charlatan, but a businessman. You have learned how to bargain. But I like that if you have anything to say in the open, don't cover it up." Nie Niannian. Let me tell you, the two of us can cooperate and add up all the clues to find the secrets in the primeval forest. It is said that there is an immortal body hidden in a certain tree. When our souls enter that The body, the body will be resurrected, taking us through the limit of human life span, whether it is one hundred and fifty years old or three hundred years old, it doesn't matter. If we are lucky enough, we can at least live like Peng Zu of China. Eight hundred years..."
When it comes to immortality, Thomas's eyes radiate with lust, but these are all myths. Even Peng Zu who appeared in history is just a rumor spread by rumors and is not worthy of belief.
Now scientists have calculated that the ultimate life span of human beings is 150 years old. Those who can exceed this red line are probably not normal people.
I sighed and asked the ultimate question: "Mr. Thomas, why does everyone want to live forever? If you live eight hundred years like Peng Zu, what's the point? In ancient China, people met immortals in the mountains and watched the Lanke chess game.
, when I finally returned to the place where I lived, a hundred years had passed, and the people around me had long since died, and the world had become a strange one. What’s the point of such a life?”
In ancient Chinese classics, there are many examples of people who became immortals. In the end, many people, even if they were immortal, did not want to live in the original world. Instead, they went into the mountains to isolate themselves from the world, and were never seen again.
He met an immortal and finally became an immortal, but he lost the meaning of life and could only escape into Buddhism. Even if he was alive, it would be no different from dead.
This is a very complex metaphysical question, and it is impossible for Thomas to answer it. After all, since ancient times, Chinese and foreign philosophers have long thought about the meaning of a person's life, but in the end there is no accurate answer.
Therefore, since we don’t understand the meaning of life, there is really no point in living to be eight hundred or ten thousand years old.
Thomas did not dwell on this issue for a long time, but told me straightforwardly: "Mr. Ye, we now need to find a tree in the forest. It is most likely a dragon's blood tree. There is a golden man hidden in it, which is the legendary figure."
I can promise you that if you help me find him, all my property will be given to you. At the same time, the family behind me will also make a huge donation to you, allowing you to live for three hundred years.
I can’t spend all my years…”
I laughed. What Thomas said was actually a paradox. He pursues eternal life, and wealth is naturally meaningless. But if we find a way to live forever together and both of us choose another path, who will care about wealth?
He wants to monopolize the secret of eternal life. When the time comes, the two of us cannot share it, and there will definitely be a big fight.
This is really an unsolvable paradox, so the person who becomes an immortal can only act alone. In the end, even if he succeeds, no one will know, and the news cannot be sent out.
I was wiser than Thomas and immediately saw the most critical part of this matter. If everyone went to look for the tree, I am afraid that only one person would survive, and the others would die in cannibalism.
All treasure hunters in human history have not ended well, because when they find the treasure, excessive greed will always trigger a fierce battle. Even the person who survives in the end is already dying and cannot leave alive. Therefore,
Treasures are soul seducers. Anyone who is obsessed with treasures will eventually go to the eighteenth level of hell.
"Ye Kai, what are you thinking about? Don't hesitate. Our cooperation is the best choice. Everything I promise you can be done. With all the wealth of my Thomas family, you can leave the Antique Investigation Bureau.
You can travel around the world freely without any worries."
Thomas is really stupid. He is overriding my wisdom by persuading me like this.
What he pursues is eternal life. Throwing those useless wealth to me is tantamount to using money to buy me into becoming his partner.
"Mr. Thomas, of course I can cooperate with you, but you still have to explain to me a question. Where did you get so much information? Who is the financial backer behind it? Otherwise, how could you be so powerful as a researcher?
Ability to move?"
I raised this issue to the point, just to force the other party to reveal their final trump card.
Thomas' face suddenly changed: "Ye Kai, these have nothing to do with you. You only need to know that this virgin forest south of the Snow Mountain can satisfy all our dreams. That is enough. I want to remind you that you are the one who cooperates with me.
Otherwise, you will be like a stumbling block that I have kicked away a long time ago. Now I will give you three minutes to give the final answer. Cooperation or non-cooperation is directly related to whether you can walk out of the Giant Wood Museum alive!"