The reason why old monk Wu Nian trusted me when he first met me and was willing to tell me so many things was entirely because he could feel that I was also someone who had taken the blood eggs of the phoenix. There is no doubt that Wu Nian Lao
From the monk's narration, it can already be analyzed that he is a giant in the concept of immortality, and the person he has traveled tirelessly for so many years, looking for, is also a person who has taken blood eggs.
That person, will it be me? Although he has not said more specific requirements, I have already felt a kind of pressure. I can probably guess what the old monk Wu Nian will say later. I am thinking, if he is really that
If so, how should I respond?
But after the old monk Wu Nian said this, he paused and did not go deeper into the topic, which made me secretly relieved.
I continue to live here, and the old monk Wu Nian still maintains the daily homework he had when he first entered Buddhism. Whenever he meditates alone in the hut, I feel a little bored. For today's city people,
Life in the mountains can make them feel fresh and novel, but after all, they have adapted to modern life. They can live there for three to five days, but they will feel a lot of discomfort if they live for a long time.
Naturally, my attention was focused on the two children. The old monk Wu Nian lived in the back mountain, and the villagers rarely set foot here. Unless there were special circumstances, there were basically no outsiders.
That thick and strong naughty kid is very annoying. At such an old age, he is already very proficient in causing trouble. He gets into trouble every day, and he is very familiar with it. He often pranks me, several times.
I almost had a bad time. I was thinking, what will this guy be like when he grows up? But how can I put it, his pranks have the unique innocence of young people. When I look at him, I will
It's good to think of myself as a child.
In fact, what concerned me the most was the skinny child.
He rarely plays pranks with the naughty children. He is very diligent and practices some of the things that the old monk taught him every day. When I just got up in the morning, I could see him by the woods not far away.
, late at night when I was going to sleep, I could still see him. He was very hardworking. Besides practicing, his favorite thing to do was to sit alone by the cliff and look into the sky, as if thinking about something.
It's like being in a daze.
"What are you thinking about?" I walked behind him gently and sat down next to him.
He didn't reply and shook his head. It can be seen from this that when he grows up, he will definitely be a taciturn person. Many of a person's characters are formed at this time. If there are no major changes, maybe he will not be able to speak for the rest of his life.
May change.
I really wanted to talk to him, I wanted to understand his heart, and I wanted to know why a child of this age had such a calm mind. But it was difficult to get in touch with him. After several trials, I gave up, because in his heart
Maybe there is a closed door that no one can get through.
Every time old monk Wu Nian comes home, he has to stay for a while, at least half a year or a year. He often goes out, but he is very responsible for his two children. But this time, maybe because of me, he stayed in the back mountain for about
About twenty days later, the old monk Wu Nian told me that he was going on a long journey and asked me if I would like to go along with him.
I nodded in agreement. If I wanted to know more, I had to stay very close to the old monk Wu Nian.
He didn't say where he was going, he just took me with him. Most of the time, we walked, took cars and walked. We left Nanjing and moved to Anhui. Old monk Wu Nian rarely stayed in towns.
This is his habit, and this time is no exception. We are going to a place called Langshan.
It is a place that has not been developed for many years. There are only a few mountain residents around the mountainous area. As soon as we get closer to the mountainous area, the human habitation is almost extinct. We settled down for the last time about ten kilometers away from the mountainous area.
I don’t know why, but in the past two days, I always felt that there was an indescribable touch of sadness in the words and deeds of the old monk Wu Nian. Where this sadness came from, I don’t know.
"Drink a little wine." Old monk Wu Nian suddenly said to me: "It has been more than ten years since I tasted wine."
I was stunned. I knew that the old monk Wu Nian did not abstain from eating meat, but during the time we got together, I did not find that he had the habit of drinking. But since he said that, I didn’t ask much. Zheng Tong gave me the money.
There were still quite a few. I went to the mountain people and exchanged them for some rice wine brewed last year. A whole jar weighed about twenty kilograms.
Old monk Wu Nian and I were sitting on the outskirts of the mountainous area. He didn't say much and drank sip after sip. My drinking capacity was not small, but compared to him, it was completely out of reach. I stared at the wine in the jar with my mouth open.
It was reduced bit by bit, and finally, the old monk Wu Nian drank 17 or 18 jins by himself.
"It's almost time." He stood up and walked slowly towards the mountainous area. As he walked, he muttered as if to himself: "It's almost time again."
I didn't understand what he wanted to express, and it was hard to ask, but I could see that something was wrong with his mood.
Along the way, the old monk Wu Nian rarely spoke and just walked on in silence. The two of us walked for about a day and a half, and the old monk Wu Nian's mood seemed to have recovered again, and he talked to me about some old memories.
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As I was walking, the old monk Wu Nian suddenly stopped. At the same time, a sudden feeling of uneasiness emerged in my heart. That premonition was like an electric current, rising instantly. When I turned around subconsciously, I was right there.
Not far away on the left, I saw something.
The place where we are now is surrounded by mountains, with abundant rainfall, a warm and humid climate, and the vegetation is far more lush than outside the mountains. In a clump of grass about seven or eight meters away, patches of colorful fur were vaguely exposed. My heart immediately jumped.
Well, if I saw it correctly, it should be an adult leopard.
The tolerance of animals far exceeds that of humans. I don’t know how long this leopard has been lurking here quietly. Even the old monk Wu Nian only discovered it after getting close. The moment I saw the leopard, I seemed to be able to smell the breath of it.
There was a faint smell of blood.
There was no reaction or buffering time. When I saw it, the leopard suddenly flew out of the grass. It was not as big as the tiger, but its movements were extremely agile. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I would hardly have imagined it.
This pounce was like gliding against the grass, leaping seven or eight meters.
I was stunned all of a sudden, and I didn't even have time to realize the consciousness of resistance and avoidance. All I could see was the flying figure of the leopard, and its fangs shining in the sun. I staggered like a conditioned reflex
It retreated, but its speed was far less than that of a leopard. In a daze, I could see its sharp claws extending forward, and it was very close to me.
At this time, the body of the old monk Wu Nian shook. I had never thought that the speed of the human body could reach such a level. It was almost a miracle.
Old monk Wu Nian was as fast as a ray of light, and his hands were like iron pincers. He grabbed one of the leopard's hind legs. The leopard was not very big, but it weighed at least one or two hundred kilograms. Old monk Wu Nian grabbed the leopard's hind legs.
The hind legs were like lifting a light sack, swinging the leopard around in a circle. Then, he stretched out his other hand, grabbed the leopard's other hind leg, and suddenly stopped the rotating body.
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At that moment, my vision became blurry again. Looking at the old Wu Nian, I felt like I was seeing an angry god, extremely powerful.
Stab...
The old monk Wu Nian, who had a gray beard, suddenly raised his hands. The leopard struggled in his hands, but his hands were like an inescapable shackles. I saw him swing the leopard high up and over his head,
After that, the whole leopard was like a piece of mottled cloth, which was almost torn in half by the old monk Wu Nian.
It's hard for me to describe the scene at that time. No matter how many years have passed, that scene is like a brand that remains in my heart.
The leopard's blood dripped from the air bit by bit, and the old monk Wu Nian's eyes immediately calmed down, and he discarded the two leopard body parts as if nothing had happened. The two of us looked at each other from a distance of several meters, and the premonition in my heart came again.
Once it got intense, I had a premonition that it was time to say something.
"The world is changing, and I just want some things to remain." Old monk Wu Nian said: "I have been running around for a lifetime without stopping. I am very tired."
His eyes were indifferent and soft, and his words seemed to be filled with emotion, but I knew that he had been searching for the right person for so many years, and it was not until he met me that he felt that his search had finally come to fruition.
"Entering the gate of immortality will teach you the way to immortality." Old monk Wu Nian looked at me quietly and said, "Immortal and immortal."
Some things don’t need to be explained too much by him. I think I already understand it. I don’t doubt that the old monk Wu Nian is a person who has lived for a long, long time. He is a giant in the concept of immortality, perhaps the last giant. He lives in endless time.
He struggled and suffered all the time, just to pass on the Taoism of Changshengguan. Just as I thought, his friends and relatives all died in the passage of time, and he was the only one left.
The two children in the back mountain may be the closest people to old monk Wu Nian now, but those two children will die sooner or later. By then, Wu Nian's life will be lonely, painful and lonely.
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This is his mission and his choice. I know he is very tired. He is looking for the next giant in the concept of immortality in order to pass on the Taoism. In fact, he is also looking for his own liberation.
But what about me? Do I have the ability to bear the pain that even the old monk Wu Nian can't bear? I don't have the confidence. If I watch with my own eyes every familiar and close person die in front of my eyes due to aging, in the end everyone will
When I'm the only one left in the world, it's better to just die.
The old monk Wu Nian looked at me, and at this moment, I saw a faint desire in his calm eyes.