"The situation has changed unprecedentedly in millions of years..."
The cold wind was blowing, blowing the corner of the python robe. On the top of the tall building, Xue Dilong stood with his hands behind his back, looking into the snowy night.
Strong winds blew heavy snow, and the stars in the night sky were dim and almost invisible.
But in his eyes, the stars in the night sky twinkled, intertwined with brilliance, as if they were calculating something.
"This winter, chaos broke out in Ding'an. The Liansheng Cult elected Li Chuang, a native of Qingzhou, as king, gathered rebels, and occupied all the state capitals..."
"Song Tiandao came out of Lingnan alone, and traveled around the mountains and rivers in a light boat. Various sects sent their followers, and Lingnan An sent a letter asking for help..."
"Guan Qi of the Mitian Sect is suspected of breaking through the Martial Saint, leading the left and right guardians in the sect, and conquering the city..."
"The Qiankun Cave is extremely active, with many messengers wandering among various forces. The master of the Qiankun Cave has also appeared, but his identity is still unknown..."
"Your Majesty, after the late emperor was robbed, Xu Wenji took charge of the Shence Army and fought many fierce battles with the Sirius army in Yunzhou..."
"Yang Yu left the northwest alone and returned to Black Mountain. All the forces sent people to contact him. However, the goshawk under him escaped too fast, and no one can catch up at the moment..."
"Customs……"
…
A group of scribes bowed down to report on the trends of the major forces in the world.
"Song Tiandao, Guan Qi, Qiankun Cave, Yang Prison..."
After chewing on many names, Xue Dilong seemed to be aware of it, and waved his hand, asking many scribes to retreat.
"Ahem~"
At this time, a weak coughing sound came from the 9,900-step staircase, and several strong men slowly walked up carrying bamboo chariots.
"Master Xue, what did you see?"
On the bamboo chariot was the old and shabby Yu Changsheng, this strange man from the divine capital and the richest man in the Ming Dynasty. He opened his muddy old eyes and looked at the chief minister of the dynasty in the cold wind.
"On the vast land, dragons and snakes rise from the land. Under the void, the tide gradually appears. In the mountains, spiritual energy gathers. A change in the sky is coming..."
Shaking his sleeves and robes slightly, Xue Dilong turned around, his deep eyes reflected the old man on the bamboo chariot who seemed to be dead soon:
"Whether it's right or not, please let me criticize you."
Ever since he came out of the endless illusion in Liuji Mountain, there were very few things he could not see through in this world, and among them, this old guy who was about to die was included.
It looked like he was in his final years and his life was not long, but he didn't believe it.
Because, seventy or eighty years ago, this person already looked like this...
"It's almost the same."
The bamboo chariot fell, and several strong men bowed and retreated, leaving the tall building behind them.
"It's almost the same, that is to say, there are still some differences..."
Half leaning on the railing, Xue Dilong said with great interest:
"Mr. Yu, why don't you tell me what's the difference?"
"Everyone in the world is looking forward to a change in the sky, but as everyone knows, the change has already arrived..."
On the bamboo chariot, Yu Changsheng looked up at the night sky, his eyes dim:
"It's a pity that all the analogies between heaven and earth are just a tiny speck of dust. A hundred years of human life, half a lifetime, only a tiny speck in heaven and earth..."
Three thousand years, long but short.
It is long enough for dynasties to change dozens of times, but short enough for the colors of heaven and earth to change.
"Right……"
Hearing the sadness in his voice, Xue Dilong nodded slightly and sighed:
"Three thousand years ago, at the end of the Qin Dynasty, Lu Chen traveled to overseas fairy islands to find Taoist fruits and immortal traces. He once said that the great age was coming, but three thousand years passed, and it seemed that not much had changed..."
"No, no."
Yu Changsheng shook his head:
"It's just that it's hard to see the real face in this mountain. Mr. Xue has long been accustomed to living in this world, but for the ancients three thousand years ago, this world is already a big world..."
"Lao Yu seems to have seen more than Xue..."
After taking a deep look at Yu Changsheng, Xue Dilong paced in the cold wind, holding his hands behind his back:
"But I don't know that Yu Lao can see himself clearly?"
"The dying old guy, what if he can see clearly? What can he do if he can't see clearly?"
Yu Changchang sighed:
"Mr.
"Old Yu is too worried."
Xue Dilong smiled:
"I invite Mr. Yu to come here tonight, just for a casual chat..."
The conversation between the two was neither salty nor cool, each had its own temptations and both had restraints.
Another sound of footsteps was heard at the bottom of the steps. Mo Xingkong came up with the chessboard, put it down respectfully, and stepped aside.
"Empty talk would be boring. Will Mr. Yu be willing to play a game of chess with Xue?"
While talking, the chessboard was already placed neatly.
"So I wish you..."
After coughing several times, Yu Changsheng had no choice but to stand up. Such a small movement made him sweat profusely in the cold wind.
Xue Dilong looked at him quietly. After a moment, he did not give in and raised his hand.
"Luozi Tianyuan..."
Yu Changsheng shook his head dumbly and then said:
"Taoguang has been concealed for decades, but Mr. Xue finally couldn't suppress his sharp edge..."
His voice was calm and there was no emotion in his heart.
He already knew what kind of person Xue Dilong was. In a sense, he understood what kind of person he was better than the others themselves.
"Edge."
Chewing this word, Xue Dilong casually said:
"A husband must be able to bend and stretch. He has been bending for so long that even Xue himself has forgotten what edge is..."
"Xue has been poor since he was a child. He is a mature young man. He is accustomed to observing people's words and emotions. Whenever he talks to others, he behaves in a humble and modest manner..."
He coughed several times in succession, and Yu Changsheng made one sound after another, no longer speaking, just listening.
In the cold wind, don’t stand quietly in the sky.
The two of them were playing chess, and they rarely thought about their moves. Not long after, in the middle of the game, another move was made, and Xue Dilong changed the topic:
"Old Yu, don't you know that the scenery of Longquan Realm can be so great in this world?"
"Um?!"
There was no movement in the hand holding the child, and Yu Changsheng didn't seem to understand, and raised his eyes in confusion:
"What is Longquan Realm?"
"Why should Mr. Yu pretend to be confused?"
Xue Dilong didn't press any questions and just clapped his hands gently.
Phew~
Coming with the cold wind, there is a strange yet familiar old voice:
"There are people outside the world, and there is heaven outside the world. I come from outside the world, a world called 'Longquan Realm', and by chance, I came to this mountain and sea world..."
Before he finished speaking, a young man with a straight face and dull expression appeared.
"Tao Jue, I have met Mr. Xue, I have met Mr. Yu."
He bowed slightly.
"Omniscient?"
Looking at the ears that kept making sounds, Yu Changsheng's eyes narrowed:
"Sure enough, if you don't know what to do, don't do anything except yourself..."
There was no point in asking why Shunfeng'er could break through the isolation circle outside his room.
Holding the chess piece in his hand and looking at the smiling Xue Dilong, Yu Changsheng sighed slightly:
"I underestimated the heroes of the world..."
"Actually, as Mr. Yu said for more than two hundred years, with thirteen generations living under the same roof, most of your descendants actually have nothing to say about you. Xue only paid a negligible price. The magic circle in your courtyard,
It will have no effect..."
After another move, Xue Dilong's smile faded as he looked at Yu Changsheng who was indecisive:
"Having been riddled for so long, it's time to be honest with each other. What do you think, Mr. Yu?"
"Old, old."
With a trembling Luozi, Yu Changsheng smiled a little bitterly:
"Master Xue, if you want to know anything, just ask..."
He seemed resigned to his fate.
Looking at his appearance, Xue Dilong frowned slightly and said:
"Xue wants to know, is the Longquan world really far better than this world?"
"good."
Yu Changsheng nodded bitterly:
"When the tide goes out, it dries up from the outside in, but when the tide comes in, it dries up from the outside in...
The Mountain and Sea Realm, that is, this realm, is the world closest to the legendary ‘Heaven and Sea Realm’. Naturally, it is slower than Longquan..."
Xue Dilong was noncommittal and continued to listen.
"However, it is only a temporary advantage. Spiritual energy is like water, but it is not water. The tides in the world roll into the sky and sea. The closer you get to the edge, the water will only be the shallowest in comparison..."
Yu Changsheng replied calmly.
“But I don’t know when the ‘heavenly change’ occurred in Longquan Realm. Is it early or late among all the realms outside the world?”
Xue Dilong asked.
"In the world of Hengsha and all the heavens in the world, even if I am lucky enough to be able to travel between the two worlds, how can I know anything about other worlds?"
Yu Changsheng shook his head, nodded again, and replied:
"When the old man came out of Longquan, it had been 97,000 years since the heavenly changes..."
"Ninety thousand, seven thousand years?!"
Xue Dilong's pupils couldn't help but shrink.
Three thousand years have gone by, and the world has gone through great changes. From the time when immortals and Buddhas were cut off, to the present day when ten capitals are emerging one after another, it is actually only three thousand years.
One hundred thousand years...
"Isn't that the reappearance of ancient times?"
"If that's the case, why would anyone be willing to run away from the world?"
Hearing this, Yu Changsheng felt regret rolling in his heart. It took him a long time to calm down and sighed:
"If the spirit is like water, then the heaven and earth are like the sea...and the sea has edges and limits..."
"The limit of the world?"
Xue Dilong was thoughtful.
"It is difficult to raise a true dragon in shallow water. The sky changes in Longquan Realm take nearly a hundred thousand years. Although it has not reached the limit, the change has been extremely slow. Human lifespan is limited and cannot endure it.
If you don’t leave, you won’t be able to make any progress.”
Saying that, Yu Changsheng paused:
"And for people with dull qualifications like Lao Chen, the wider the world, the easier it is to be promoted.
Unfortunately……"
“So, you assert that ‘big fish’ will continue to come here in the future?”
Gently stroking his long beard, Xue Dilong's mind settled slightly and asked again:
"Taking Longquan as an example, what are the signs of a natural change and where does it start?"
"There are traces of the rise and fall of the tide. Most of Sanxiao Sanren's theories on tides are correct. Why does Mr. Xue need to ask me?"
Taking out a book of Tide Theory from his sleeve robe, Yu Changsheng was filled with emotion:
"If such a strange person had not been born at the wrong time, his achievements would probably be far more than this..."
Xue Dilong was naturally not satisfied with this answer. He lowered his eyes, whispered, and tapped the chessboard:
"Old Yu, as a human being, you always have to leave some dignity for yourself, don't you think so..."
silence.
In the cold wind, on the high platform, there was a moment of deathly silence. After a long time, Yu Changsheng sighed and said:
"Mountains and seas, mountains and seas, naturally besides mountains, there is also the sea..."
"Mountains, seas..."
…
…
when!
when!
when!
Before dawn, the bells are already ringing in the Eternal Mountain where the night is thick.
As the bells rang out, temples all over the mountains and plains lit up their lights one after another, and the rich smell of incense filled the surrounding areas.
"Another place of purgatory dressed in Buddha's clothes..."
Su Ming clasped his hands together in front of a small temple on a barren mountain in the heavy snow. It is hard to describe the sadness in his heart.
From Heishan to Lanke Mountain, from Ming Dynasty to Dali, from there to here, everything he saw, heard and experienced impacted his soul.
Especially, this so-called Buddhist Kingdom of Eternal Mountain.
This was a 'pure' Buddhist kingdom that he could not see anywhere else, and it was also a purgatory that made him shudder.
He once thought that if there was a country in the world where everyone recited sutras and worshiped the Buddha, it would be a peaceful and peaceful Buddhist country where there would be no killing or violence.
However, when all this really appeared in front of him, it made his heart feel cold.
"Fake the name of the Buddha, do evil things, use yourself as a Buddha, and fool people into believing..."
Looking at the Buddhist country resurrected in the wind and snow, Su Ming sighed and remained silent.
Unexpectedly, Eternal Mountain did not welcome him as a disciple of Buddhism, but banned him from entering. It seemed that as long as he did not leave the mountain, there would be no taboos.
He did not do what he did before, because he understood that he was powerless to shake this Buddhist kingdom, and he could not change everything.
Sighing, he smashed the wooden fish, turned over his monk's robe, put it on, and headed towards the mountains.
The same outside the customs, but different from the bitter cold of Tianlang, within the territory of Dali, the climate is mild, and extremely cold and hot weather is rare.
The land is fertile, with plenty of water and few mountains. It requires little cultivation to support itself.
Eternal Mountain is an exception.
This highest mountain range in China is located on a plateau with extremely low temperatures and is covered by wind and snow all year round.
And the higher you go, the colder it becomes, and it seems that even warriors find it difficult to withstand this severe cold.
The snow-capped peaks are like forests, stretching as far as the eye can see.
Climbing a mountain, there are thousands of mountains and ridges. Suming chanted the Buddha's name softly and walked into the snow forest under the watchful eyes of many monks in the dark.
This snow forest is where the legendary Bodhisattva Temple on Eternal Mountain is located.
Of course, the legend is just a legend. Hundreds and thousands of miles away, countless people have tried to search for it, but in the end they have failed.
One mountain, another mountain, day after day.
Walking dully in the snow forest, Su Ming is just like the ascetic monks for thousands of years, enduring the pain of the body and feeling the peace of mind.
I don’t know how long it took, nor how far he walked. In the end, there was no one following him, but he was still walking.
Until one day, before the sun rose in the east, with the cold wind howling, Su Ming stopped.
He looked up and saw a bright golden stream of light coming from the east, swaying on the snow forest, and being reflected by countless ice crystals to create a sea of golden light.
In a trance, in the golden ocean, he saw the Buddha's light, a golden lotus platform, and a vague shadow of the Buddha...
"found it?"
There was no joy or excitement. Su Ming clasped her hands together and muttered to herself:
"I don't know which Bodhisattva's dojo..."
While muttering to himself, he was about to walk towards the brilliant golden light when he suddenly heard a 'click' sound, like the sound of ice crystals breaking.
boom!
It was like a mountain falling from the sky. The sound wave was huge, causing waves of snow to form like a tidal wave. There were avalanches everywhere among the mountains.
"This is?"
Su Ming's pupils shrank, and he saw before the rolling snow waves, behind the sound of breaking ice crystals, a temple, and from the tidal sea of golden light,
Fall down!
It’s hard to resist, good night everyone, I’m sorry, the dog needs to calm down for a while...