Behind him are ruins, surrounded by a dark forest.
The moon was sparse and there was a little light. In the dark night, a Taoist priest wearing ancient robes was already standing in front.
He has kind eyebrows and kind eyes, a head full of white hair, and a face with ridges and grooves. Perhaps due to the passage of time, the whisk in his hand has turned gray, and the Taoist robe also looks tattered.
He looked at the Taoist temple that had turned into ashes, shook his head, sighed softly, and said with emotion: "Infinite Heavenly Lord."
Gu Que couldn't help but said: "Taoist Master, please forgive me."
The Taoist priest looked at Gu Que, but he was not angry. Instead, there was a sense of relief on his face, and he said slowly: "Why should I forgive you? This Taoist temple is located on a green mountain. It has been washed by wind and rain for more than a thousand years. It overlooks the changing winds and clouds of Yindu, the world of mortals, and the four seasons.
The replacement is all in its witness. It carries a history and a belief, and finally turns to ashes."
"When the strong wind blows, it will spread to the earth and nourish every inch of soil. When the soil is fertile, new vitality will emerge. This is a cycle!"
Gu Que's body trembled and he couldn't help but look towards the Taoist priest, only to see that his gaze was profound, like the stars in the universe, constantly changing.
He had a smile on his face, as if spring had returned to the earth, and said softly: "The destruction of this life nourishes the fertile soil, and is buried deep in the soil behind it. As autumn goes and spring comes, it will sprout again, and in the years and sunshine,
It thrives under it and grows into a towering tree. A large tree can be carved and turned into a pillar of a Taoist temple."
He said softly: "The change of all things in the world comes from this. Nothing is eternal."
He looked at Gu Que, not afraid at all that he was just a skeleton, and smiled: "Tell me, is the greatest immortal in the legend eternal?"
Gu Que said in a deep voice: "Supreme immortality and endless lifespan. This is a fact."
The old Taoist priest said: "Then why have so many immortals fallen? Then why do the Human Emperor, Wind Patriarch, Tianji, Taichu Ancestor, Demon Ancestor, Tiandaozi and others all want to be completely revived?"
Gu Que was speechless.
The old Taoist priest continued: "Because they also have reincarnation! They are ruined and fall, so they will be reborn. Everything in the world is like this. You may think that some people will exist forever, but you don't know their hearts.
, how many reincarnations have you gone through?"
(Chapter 2 will be posted soon, please wait)
The old Taoist priest took a deep look at Gu Que and said, "Reincarnation is not terrible. What is terrible is being unable to recover in reincarnation."
Gu Que slowly shook his head. He understood what the old Taoist priest meant, but some things could not be explained logically.
The old Taoist priest was not in a hurry, but offered a cauldron and said slowly: "Since the Taoist temple was destroyed because of you, how about you help me refine a furnace of elixirs?"
Gu Que said: "I don't know how."
The old Taoist priest said: "You will. Although your body is gone, your heart is still there. I need your help."
Gu Que nodded hesitantly.
The old Taoist priest smiled and waved his hand, and the rare treasures from heaven and earth that Gu Que could not understand at all were already in the cauldron. Then, streaks of green light appeared, and elemental flames automatically ignited under the cauldron.
The old Taoist priest's movements were obviously very skillful and fast. He sighed: "The medicines and utensils that are being refined now are not important, not even the heat. What is important is that it requires the energy of the five elements."
"The Qi of the Five Elements?"
Gu Que wondered: "What is the function of the five elements contained in the elixir?"
The old Taoist priest said: "The Qi of the five elements can make up most of the objects in the world, and it can also derive most of the objects in the world."
Gu Que said: "You want to refine the derivative pill?"
The old Taoist priest said: "Derived elixirs are not easy to refine, so they are extremely precious to the entire continent."
Gu Que knew that he had met an expert, but he shook his head and said: "But with the energy of the five elements, I can't help."
The old Taoist priest looked at him and smiled slowly: "Why can't you help me?"
Gu Que said: "I can't summon the Five Elements."
"That's right! You can't summon the Five Elements."
The old Taoist priest sighed softly: "You only know the vitality, vitality, and the rotation of yin and yang, but you can't tell which of the vitality belongs to metal, which belongs to wood, which belongs to water, which belongs to fire, and which belongs to fire."
Tu. Do you still remember the Tao you once understood?"
Have you ever understood the Tao?
Gu Que thought for a long time, but for some reason, his mind was in chaos, as if he didn't know anything at all.
He murmured: "The parallel flow of Yin and Yang, the rotation of Yin and Yang, the way of merging Yin and Yang into chaos, and... and... the way of origin."
The old Taoist priest said: "If you don't know the five elements, can it be considered the origin?"
Gu Que fell silent.
The old Taoist priest waved his hand, and saw a sudden fluctuation of vitality between heaven and earth. Golden rays of light shot out from nowhere and suddenly poured into the black cauldron.
The black cauldron was trembling, and suddenly an invisible breath surged out of it. This breath was sharp, sharp, heavy, and cold, and it was the breath of the Five Elements of Gold.
And as soon as the old Taoist priest came out with his magic formula, he waved his big hand again, and balls of red light emerged from between heaven and earth.
He said in a deep voice: "Use the gold of the five elements to lock the loss of medicinal properties, and use the fire of the five elements to melt the invisible gold."
At this point, the surrounding white light flashed, illuminating the world, like water ripples, pouring into the black cauldron.
"Too strong fire energy will also damage the medicinal properties, so water is poured into it, and water can grow trees and give birth to vitality."
As he spoke with a smile, streaks of green light were born within the black cauldron. As they surged outward, waves of life rushed towards him.
The old Taoist priest said solemnly: "Gold is used to lock the properties of medicine, fire is used to suppress gold, water is used to suppress fire, and water produces wood, so life is born. Do you understand the way of the five elements, the root of all things?"
Gu Que shook his head and said, "I don't understand."
The old Taoist priest said with emotion: "You are well versed in the rotation of yin and yang, but you don't know that the five elements are changing and mutually reinforcing each other. Why can the supreme immortal exist forever? Because the five elements in his body are constantly changing and radiating vitality, just like this derivative elixir.
Generally speaking, the metal of the five elements carries a certain responsibility, the fire of the five elements carries a certain responsibility, and water, wood, and earth all have a certain responsibility. If it remains unchanged, too much metal will destroy the medicinal properties, too much fire will destroy the medicinal properties, and too much water will annihilate the medicinal properties, and so on.
What’s the use?”
"Every thing can only carry responsibility for a period of time. Your way of paralleling yin and yang has carried the previous one or two years; your way of chaos has carried the next two years; your demon sword has carried your forest of sin, the devil's realm
and Huangzhou; your way of being an emperor and the sixteen-character motto of the "Human Emperor Sutra" carry the last few years of your ups and downs. You have been defeated, your mind is broken, your martial arts have been lost, your body is old, but really this is
Bad thing?"
"Your past is like this ancient Taoist temple, which has witnessed too many vicissitudes of life. Tianji is like a fire, destroying you into ashes, but in fact? Even if there is no such fire, the rotten pillars and beams will still be alive.
How long can it persist? When the fire burns out, the ashes nourish the earth, covering every inch of the land, and every inch of the land will be reborn."
"Gu Que! This failure is a reincarnation for you. Just like this Taoist temple, you have disappeared from everyone's sight. Your original Tao is supporting you, the world is supporting you, and your new life is here again.
Where?"
Gu Que's body was shaking violently and he couldn't help but lie on the ground.
He had to admit that the old Taoist priest had good intentions, but he didn't know where his new life would be.
He is right, just like the Taoist temple, this is a cycle of reincarnation. But the ashes of the Taoist temple can nourish the land, but what can the broken self nourish?
As if he knew what Gu Que was thinking, the old Taoist priest chuckled and said: "You have been in poverty for seven years and have been a storyteller for three years. You have experienced all the sufferings in the world and are well aware of the sorrow of all living beings. But at least you have discovered that too many people have been affected by you.
You embarked on the path of cultivation without hesitation, and too many people have learned your best qualities, including bravery, strength, responsibility, and everything in between."
"This world is the land you nourish, and those young heroes are full of vitality! So they pass on the legacy, but what about you? Where is your bravery? Where is your strength? Where is your responsibility?"
Gu Que lay on the ground, feeling extremely sad. If he had skin, he might have shed tears.
The old Taoist priest said: "True bravery is not to fight for something, but to face everything bravely even if there is no hope. True strength is not to resurrect someone, but to face life head-on. The so-called
To take responsibility is to take responsibility for oneself, not for others.”
"Has Bingluo died? Is Tianji still Bingluo? Will she one day remember the past and remember you as her husband who made her willing to sacrifice everything? You have been struggling with this and thinking about this. But
But you haven't thought about it, are you still the same person you were before? If you are no longer the same person, how can you find the person you were before?"
Upon hearing these words, Gu Que suddenly raised his head, his soul fluctuating violently.
The old Taoist priest put away the black cauldron and had a white pill in his hand. He looked at Gu Que and said: "You thought your shackles were your wife, but now do you understand? Not at all, yours
The shackles are on yourself. The shackles were created the moment your wife died, and you died at that time."
"And all these years, like this piece of ashes, are actually when you nourished the earth. When your heart is broken, it means the end of nourishment. At that time, it should be the time for new life to sprout."
His eyes were extremely deep, with a kind smile on his face, and he said: "Words are always confusing, you don't have to be impatient, you are here, just feel it!"
As he spoke, the Derived Pill broke into pieces on Gu Que's forehead, and the infinite vitality came from all over the world.
Meridians and blood vessels sprouted from the pitch-black bones, flesh and blood began to grow, muscles squirmed, and everything revived like the naked eye.
A moment later, Gu Que stood up, and the old Taoist priest didn't know where he went.
He looked up at the sky and saw twinkling stars and a hazy full moon, giving the surrounding clouds a halo.
The surrounding mountains were steep and windy, withered trees swaying slightly and yellowing leaves floating down, covering the entire earth in pieces.
It's another autumn killing time, and the broken leaves will rot under the soaking of winter rain, and will be decomposed and melted, seeping into the earth. The next spring will bring warmth and flowers will bloom, and the place will be full of life again.
What are the five elements and what are the roots of all things? The five elements are the laws of change and rotation in the world. This is the root of all things.
It is precisely because of observing all things that we summarize the five elements and use them to summarize the world.
The wisdom of life! It is the great road!
Gu Que suddenly sat down cross-legged, his cloudy eyes became soft. He looked at the Taoist temple that had turned into ashes, and his whole figure seemed to become ethereal. (To be continued)