The long street on the west side of the dilapidated Chaoge City is still a dilapidated scene. On both sides of the dark street, broken walls can be seen everywhere, rats crawling on the ground, dripping eaves, and living dead-like people walking around.
Pedestrians make the scene here full of weirdness.
But Xing Shuangshuang, who was walking among them, seemed to have no awareness of such a terrifying scene. Her expression was calm, and she was not as cautious as when she was following Li Danqing before. Instead, she was strolling around, wandering around from time to time.
Waiting and watching, seems to be very interested in everything here.
Suddenly, a strange wave of energy suddenly struck, centering on a certain boundary in the distance and radiating out in all directions.
Where the power surged, everyone stopped, especially the living dead pedestrians around them. They all looked excitedly towards the direction where the energy wave came from: "It's Taoist Cheng!"
"The Taoist is here!"
I don’t know who said this, and everyone agreed. Whether it was the vendors selling food on the street corner or the drinkers drinking in the wine shop, they all put down what they were doing at this time, and then quickly walked towards the energy.
Go in the direction of the wave.
Xing Shuangshuang also stopped and looked there with a frown on her face, her face gloomy.
And at this moment, several figures suddenly emerged from the shadows of the dilapidated street, arrived in front of Xing Shuangshuang at an alarming speed, and knelt down on one knee.
This group of people were all wearing black robes and hoods, their bodies and appearances were hidden under them, and their appearance could not be seen clearly.
The leader whispered: "I have met the palace master."
Xing Shuangshuang did not show the slightest surprise at the sudden appearance of this group of people. He just looked at the leader calmly and asked, "What's going on? Is that Ye Pang here?"
"It's not Ye Pang, it's Luo An'an." The leader whispered.
"Luo An'an?" A strange color appeared on Xing Shuangshuang's face after hearing this name.
"Are they still involved?" she muttered.
"Then what should we do now? That Luo An'an is entering a state of trance at the moment. It seems that she has just awakened the literary spirit in her body. If we take action now, we may be able to snatch the literary spirit from her..." Hei
The leader in the robe said this.
Snapped!
Just as he said these words, a loud slap fell on his face.
Xing Shuangshuang's face was gloomy: "When will it be your turn to teach me how to do things?"
The black robe was slapped, and his body tilted and almost fell to the ground. However, after he stabilized his body, he did not dare to show the slightest hint of anger. He just responded quickly: "Palace Master, forgive me! I only feel that Luo An'an
The identity of this Taoist is not yet known to the imperial court. If we take it now, we can avoid the imperial court’s eyes and ears, and it will also be easier to control..."
"Luo An'an belongs to Li Danqing, and Li Danqing is the successor of the Underworld Palace chosen by me and the other palace masters! Even if you really want to take action against him, it is not something you can decide. Do your duty well.
, I hope you can understand the consequences of overstepping your bounds in the Palace of Eternal Life!" Xing Shuangshuang looked down at the black robe and whispered in a cold voice.
The black-robed man's face turned cold, and he immediately fell silent, lowering his head and not daring to say another word.
When Xing Shuangshuang saw this, he did not make any further embarrassment, and his tone softened a lot, saying: "The fog started yesterday, and today the court asked Ye Pang to wake up the world here. There must be some plan, maybe it is to target Li Danqing and Li Danqing.
Luo An'an
Yes. Let’s wait and see what happens. If we get the chance, we can seize Ye Pang’s literary and spiritual essence..."
"yes!"
Hearing this, those in black robes naturally did not dare to refute Xing Shuangshuang's order, and all bowed their heads in response. After saying this, the dozens of figures in front of Xing Shuangshuang immediately turned into afterimages and disappeared again.
Under the various shadows of this ruined city.
At this moment, Xing Shuangshuang turned her head to look in the direction of the energy wave. The corners of her mouth raised, a smile appeared, and she whispered softly: "The trouble is big, my Mr. Li, please don't break it."
Here, otherwise the slave family will have to be talked about by those old guys again. I have always had good vision, and I hope this time will be no exception."
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"mother!"
"I don't want to study."
"These books look so boring!"
In the small courtyard of Wuyang City, young Luo Anan frowned and stared straight at his mother.
The gentle woman sat aside and embroidered mandarin ducks on a handkerchief. After hearing this, she looked up at her daughter. She did not blame her, but just smiled and asked, "What do you want to do?"
After hearing this, the girl stood up from the small wooden stool and said with excitement: "I want to go to practice! Practice martial arts!"
"Then I can go into battle and kill enemies like my father! I met Ling'er yesterday. Her father was teaching her swordsmanship. She was wearing a little armor and looked very impressive! I want that too!"
"Didn't Mom invite you to take lessons? Your father's sword manual is also placed in the house. If you want to learn it, just go and learn it after reading the book." The woman said with a smile, looking at the girl with eyes full of doting.
.
The girl stamped her feet angrily: "I didn't mean that! I don't want to read anymore! These books are boring! Why should I spend time on these things! I don't want to be a scholar in the future!"
"Reading is not to teach you what to do in the future. It is to teach An An to understand the principles in the book." The woman put down the needle and thread in her hand and said with a smile.
"What's the point?" The girl blinked and looked at her mother in confusion.
"The principles of life."
“Be able to distinguish between right and wrong, and know what to do and what not to do.”
"An'an is a smart child and has made rapid progress in martial arts. But if you don't understand these principles and have no ability, how can you do evil things?" The woman walked up to the girl, reached out and touched the girl's head.
Drunken words.
"Mom! I won't do bad things! Ask Ling'er and the others, I'm the best behaved." The girl pouted and said with some dissatisfaction.
"Sometimes, for some things, you don't know good and evil, or good and evil will be hidden in deep places. It's not as simple as it is now." The woman said patiently.
"It's not that complicated. My father hasn't read many books. My mother often says that my father is a great hero!" the girl retorted.
The woman smiled and said, "Your father hasn't read many books, but that's because someone who has read is teaching him."
"Huh? Who?" The girl was a little curious, but she had never heard that her father had a scholar master.
But at this moment, the woman pointed at the book in the girl's hand and said, "The people in the book."
"In the book?" The girl picked up the book and looked over it for a long time, but she didn't find any figure in it. She immediately stared at her mother with some annoyance, pouted and said: "Where is there someone!?"
"Books are written by people."
"It seems like this thin piece of paper will be destroyed as soon as it is torn, but every handwriting on it contains the wisdom and hard work of the predecessors."
"The sages clearly understood the great ways of the world and taught people how to drill wood to make fire. This allowed the ancestors to bid farewell to the age of drinking blood. They also laid down the etiquette, so that the elders and the younger were respected, and the family, country, and world were divided. This
Only then did the dynasty stand high, the soldiers fight outside, and the people live and work in peace and contentment. These are all written in the book, but not all of them are in the book."
"But if one day, no one is studying anymore, then these etiquette, justice and shame will gradually be forgotten. At that time, everyone will have great cultivation, and the world will be just a hell. You fight for it, burn and kill.
Taken captive, if you look at it, even though it is in human form, there is only animal nature left inside."
The woman's words were too profound and mysterious. The girl seemed to understand but she didn't understand. She asked with some annoyance: "So mom let me study because she wants me to be a teacher when I grow up and teach them these principles?"
"That's not true, I just want An An to know this."
"Also...remember them..."
…
Luo An'an seemed to be back when he was a child, sitting in front of the house reading obscure words in the book, while his mother embroidered women's red and hummed an unknown song softly. That time was as quiet as flowing water, although there were no waves.
Ups and downs, yet reassuring.
Something hidden deep inside the body seemed to be inspired by something, sprouted, unearthed, and grew wantonly at that time...
She seemed to see people outside Hongmeng slashing and drawing scrawled but vivid pictures on the stone wall, recording the life of a certain person or tribe. Countless people in furs gathered around, quietly
Looking at the paintings on the stone wall, his face showed fascination.
Another person sat quietly in front of a candlestick during the violent storm, writing strange handwritings on the bamboo slips with a gentle stroke of his pen. With each word he wrote, the sound of thunder between heaven and earth became a little louder, and the rainstorm became a little faster.
But the man remained unmoved and wrote every word. After several bamboo slips were used up, the man stood up from writing, spitting blood from his mouth, but with a smile on his face: Cangjie created the characters, and there are books on the great road!
Another person climbed to the top of the mountain, shining with the stars, and surrounded by divine birds. He wrote out of thin air that the sky is above and the earth is below. The father is respected and the son is filial. The king is diligent and the minister is loyal! So the heaven and the earth were restored.
Tao, order of superiority and inferiority, and the ignorant people will eventually be enlightened.
Then more and more figures walked out, and they gathered around Luo Anan. Under the golden light, Luo Anan couldn't see their faces clearly, but he could feel the smiles on their faces.
Then they opened their mouths and began to spit out the seemingly simple maxims one by one, but in fact they were integrated into the wisdom of generations of them.
"Heaven moves vigorously, and a gentleman strives to constantly strive for self-improvement."
"The people are the most valuable, the country is the second most important, and the king is the least important."
"If a person can do it with one thing, he can do it with a hundred things. If a person can do it with ten things, he can do it with a thousand things."
…
Countless maxims came to him, and Luo Anan could not hear them all clearly, but he could feel the strange feeling of having a conversation with the sages through time and space through thousands of years.
Her mind was surprisingly peaceful at that moment. She stood up and bowed to everyone one by one, saying solemnly: "Thank you, sir, An An has learned a lesson."
The voice in the halo stroked his beard and nodded, with a smile on his face.
Then he stretched out his hand and pointed towards Luo Anan's eyebrows, and said softly.