Chapter 413: Dao Xinming, why do you want to be a bird?
If the price of using the Book of Life and Death is to make him lose the luck of the Golden Scale List, Xu Taiping will agree without hesitation.
In the face of the life and death of the people of a world, let alone the luck given to him by the Golden Scale List, even if it were added to his own luck, he would agree without hesitation.
If the price of using the Book of Life and Death was to die on the spot, Xu Taiping would refuse without hesitation.
He is willing to live in the abyss of evil and do good, but only if he can "do".
If you can't even protect your own life, how can you "do good"?
But the reason why he hesitates and is stuck in a decision now is because the price required by Emperor Xuanhuang to use the Book of Life and Death happens to be between the two.
If he agreed, although he would not die on the spot, the pain he would face next and Jiuyuan's revenge on him would be an exaggeration to say that life would be worse than death.
But if he refused, he would feel a little regretful.
"Although the price is huge, it is not completely unbearable. Compared with the fate of the entire world of Xuanhuangtian, the pain endured by just one person is nothing."
Xu Taiping tried this kind of persuasion in his heart.
But immediately, he shook his head again and said:
"But I am afraid that my path of cultivation will stop here. Even because I am hated by Jiuyuan, I will not be able to return to Qingxuan Sect from now on."
"Not to mention fulfilling grandpa's last wish and seeing the scenery through the eyes of those immortals who ascended to heaven."
The more Xu Taiping thought about it, the more confused he became.
He didn't want to give up his righteousness, but he also didn't want to give up his selfishness, so he stopped his spiritual practice.
"Grandpa, am I being selfish? But it took a lot of effort for my grandson to get to this point. If I just give up like this, I won't be willing..."
Xu Taiping squatted on the ground with his head lowered, looking more confused than ever before.
Back when he was at Tianhai Pass, even when faced with the monsters pouring out of the sea like a tide, he never showed such a fragile expression at this moment.
Although Xu Taiping had made many life-and-death decisions before, for some reason, this time it became so difficult.
"Grandpa, if only you were still here, you would definitely be able to help my grandson solve his doubts."
Xu Taiping crossed his fingers with his hands and knocked his forehead on his fingertips again and again with an expressionless expression.
Thinking like this, Xu Taiping instinctively thought of memory fragments related to his grandfather, trying to find the answer from them.
But these fragments were so messy that he couldn't even recall a complete conversation with his grandfather.
"Don't be anxious, think about it slowly."
At this time, Emperor Xuanhuang suddenly stretched out his hand and gently patted Xu Taiping on the head.
And at this moment, the warm touch from Emperor Xuanhuang's palm gave Xu Taiping a flash of inspiration, and he clearly recalled a past he had with his grandfather when he was young.
It was a cool autumn afternoon.
The sun, which had already set in the west, lingered on the edge of the horizon, illuminating the clouds in the sky blood red.
Xu Taiping, who was only five years old at this time,
Carrying a filled small bamboo basket, the grandfather on the side was carrying a large bundle of dry firewood.
The grandfather and grandson held hands like this, walking leisurely on a path in the fields, exchanging one or two insignificant words from time to time.
"Taiping, what do you want to do when you grow up?"
When they were about to get home, Xu Taiping's grandfather suddenly asked a question that many people had heard when they were children.
"Rich man!"
Little Taiping tightened his backpack and blurted out.
Grandpa Xu Taiping first smiled heartily when he heard this, then shook his head and said:
"There are many rich people. Doctor Liu in the village is a rich man, Carpenter Wang is a rich man, and Xiucai Sun is also a rich man. What kind of rich man do you want to be?"
Xiao Taiping thought about it seriously, and then muttered in a low voice:
"Although Dr. Liu is rich, he is afraid of his wife, which I don't like. Carpenter Wang is also rich, but he is too timid to walk at night, which I don't like. Although Sun Xiucai's family is also rich, he is sick every day.
Damn it, I can’t understand a word he said, and I don’t like it either.”
"You don't like this, you don't like that either. Tell grandpa, what kind of person do you want to be when you grow up?"
Grandpa Xu Taiping suddenly stopped and looked down seriously at little Taiping who was holding his hand.
"Well... well..."
Xiao Taiping thought about it for a long time but couldn't think of a reason. Finally, he remembered scratching his head and looking around.
"Grandpa, grandpa!"
Little Taiping suddenly raised his head, pointed his little finger at a bird flying in the sky and said loudly: "When I grow up, I don't want to be a human, I want to be a bird!"
Hearing this, Grandpa Xu Taiping was startled for a moment, then shook his head in confusion and asked:
"If you don't do anything, why should you be a bird?"
After hearing this, Xiao Taiping took his eyes away from the bird's hand, then looked up at the grandfather beside him with a serious face and said:
"Doctor Liu, Carpenter Wang and Xiucai Sun, although they are all rich, they are not comfortable at all!"
As he spoke, Xiao Taiping pointed hard at the soaring bird in the sky, and then said excitedly in his very childish voice:
"They don't live as comfortably as that bird!"
"I, I want to live as freely as that bird when I grow up, and I can fly wherever I want!"
"No one can stop me!"
After hearing this, Grandpa Xu Taiping opened his mouth slightly. After a while, he squatted down with a look of surprise on his face, gently rubbed little Taiping's head with his hands and asked:
"Little Taiping, although their life is uncomfortable, it is far more stable than the birds. They don't have to worry about not finding food and starving to death, they don't have to worry about being shot to death by hunters' bows and arrows, and they don't have to worry about things that may appear in the sky at any time.
The falcon.”
"Safe?"
Obviously, Xu Taiping was only five years old at the time and did not know what the word "stability" meant. If the price of using the Book of Life and Death was to lose his luck in the Golden Scale List, Xu Taiping would agree without hesitation.
In the face of the life and death of the people of a world, let alone the luck given to him by the Golden Scale List, even if it were added to his own luck, he would agree without hesitation.
If the price of using the Book of Life and Death was to die on the spot, Xu Taiping would refuse without hesitation.
He is willing to live in the abyss of evil and do good, but only if he can "do".
If you can't even protect your own life, how can you "do good"?
But the reason why he hesitates and is stuck in a decision now is because the price required by Emperor Xuanhuang to use the Book of Life and Death happens to be between the two.
If he agreed, although he would not die on the spot, the pain he would face next and Jiuyuan's revenge on him would be an exaggeration to say that life would be worse than death.
But if he refused, he would feel a little regretful.
"Although the price is huge, it is not completely unbearable. Compared with the fate of the entire world of Xuanhuangtian, the pain endured by just one person is nothing."
Xu Taiping tried this kind of persuasion in his heart.
But immediately, he shook his head again and said:
"But I am afraid that my path of cultivation will stop here. Even because I am hated by Jiuyuan, I will not be able to return to Qingxuan Sect from now on."
"Not to mention fulfilling grandpa's last wish and seeing the scenery through the eyes of those immortals who ascended to heaven."
The more Xu Taiping thought about it, the more confused he became.
He didn't want to give up his righteousness, but he also didn't want to give up his selfishness, so he stopped his spiritual practice.
"Grandpa, am I being selfish? But it took a lot of effort for my grandson to get to this point. If I just give up like this, I won't be willing..."
Xu Taiping squatted on the ground with his head lowered, looking more confused than ever before.
Back when he was at Tianhai Pass, even when faced with the monsters pouring out of the sea like a tide, he never showed such a fragile expression at this moment.
Although Xu Taiping had made many life-and-death decisions before, for some reason, this time it became so difficult.
"Grandpa, if only you were still here, you would definitely be able to help my grandson solve his doubts."
Xu Taiping crossed his fingers with his hands and knocked his forehead on his fingertips again and again with an expressionless expression.
Thinking like this, Xu Taiping instinctively thought of memory fragments related to his grandfather, trying to find the answer from them.
But these fragments were so messy that he couldn't even recall a complete conversation with his grandfather.
"Don't be anxious, think about it slowly."
At this time, Emperor Xuanhuang suddenly stretched out his hand and gently patted Xu Taiping on the head.
And at this moment, the warm touch from Emperor Xuanhuang's palm gave Xu Taiping a flash of inspiration, and he clearly recalled a past he had with his grandfather when he was young.
It was a cool autumn afternoon.
The sun, which had already set in the west, lingered on the edge of the horizon, illuminating the clouds in the sky blood red.
Xu Taiping, who was only five years old at this time,
Carrying a filled small bamboo basket, the grandfather on the side was carrying a large bundle of dry firewood.
The grandfather and grandson held hands like this, walking leisurely on a path in the fields, exchanging one or two insignificant words from time to time.
"Taiping, what do you want to do when you grow up?"
When they were about to get home, Xu Taiping's grandfather suddenly asked a question that many people had heard when they were children.
"Rich man!"
Little Taiping tightened his backpack and blurted out.
Grandpa Xu Taiping first smiled heartily when he heard this, then shook his head and said:
"There are many rich people. Doctor Liu in the village is a rich man, Carpenter Wang is a rich man, and Xiucai Sun is also a rich man. What kind of rich man do you want to be?"
Xiao Taiping thought about it seriously, and then muttered in a low voice:
"Although Dr. Liu is rich, he is afraid of his wife, which I don't like. Carpenter Wang is also rich, but he is too timid to walk at night, which I don't like. Although Sun Xiucai's family is also rich, he is sick every day.
Damn it, I can’t understand a word he said, and I don’t like it either.”
"You don't like this, you don't like that either. Tell grandpa, what kind of person do you want to be when you grow up?"
Grandpa Xu Taiping suddenly stopped and looked down seriously at little Taiping who was holding his hand.
"Well... well..."
Xiao Taiping thought about it for a long time but couldn't think of a reason. Finally, he remembered scratching his head and looking around.
"Grandpa, grandpa!"
Little Taiping suddenly raised his head, pointed his little finger at a bird flying in the sky and said loudly: "When I grow up, I don't want to be a human, I want to be a bird!"
Hearing this, Grandpa Xu Taiping was startled for a moment, then shook his head in confusion and asked:
"If you don't do anything, why should you be a bird?"
After hearing this, Xiao Taiping took his eyes away from the bird's hand, then looked up at the grandfather beside him with a serious face and said:
"Doctor Liu, Carpenter Wang and Xiucai Sun, although they are all rich, they are not comfortable at all!"
As he spoke, Xiao Taiping pointed hard at the soaring bird in the sky, and then said excitedly in his very childish voice:
"They don't live as comfortably as that bird!"
"I, I want to live as freely as that bird when I grow up, and I can fly wherever I want!"
"No one can stop me!"
After hearing this, Grandpa Xu Taiping opened his mouth slightly. After a while, he squatted down with a look of surprise on his face, gently rubbed little Taiping's head with his hands and asked:
"Little Taiping, although their life is uncomfortable, it is far more stable than the birds. They don't have to worry about not finding food and starving to death, they don't have to worry about being shot to death by hunters' bows and arrows, and they don't have to worry about things that may appear in the sky at any time.
The falcon.”
"Safe?"
Obviously, Xu Taiping was only five years old at the time and did not know what the word "stability" meant.