Seeing Annan walking forward, the barber followed behind.
He didn't mean to stand outside and wait...
But he didn't dare to stand in front of Annan and Zhiji in front of the old grandmother.
In such subtle details, this old dragon can be said to be unexpectedly old-fashioned and cautious.
He just followed behind Annan and Zhi Ji, and made a gentle voice: "By the way, Your Majesty Annan...this is also where I usually live. Remember to come and play often when you have time."
"If I come here to play, won't you give me a haircut?"
Annan responded with a naughty smile.
"They are them, you are you."
The barber said seriously: "Besides, I don't know how to cut everyone's hair. If they are polite customers, I will also be willing to answer some of their questions or do some small favors that I can do.
"Whether it is dragon blood or dragon scales, I have given away a lot. Some people come with rewards, and some people come without lies. It is meaningless in front of old people like us. If I can see the sincere heart of the guests,
, even if I don’t bring any treasures, I am still willing to give some blood and scales.
"For example... dragon blood is needed to seal the holy bones. This is serious business."
As he spoke, his tone became much more serious, and the human language gradually became smoother: "But those idiots who are yelling just to see if there is really a dragon on Razor Ridge...
…I don’t have a good temper towards them anymore.
"Even in this day and age, there are fanatics like my grandmother who are trying to hunt dragons. I don't know how they dare to think about it. To say it's just fanciful is to give them face."
The barber sighed: "But unless it really angers me, I still don't want to kill anyone. It's not because of morality, or because my grandmother gave me some kind of restraint... I'm just too lazy to kill people."
"For you, killing someone doesn't seem to be a difficult task."
Annan asked curiously.
The barber nodded: "That's true.
"Rather...after arriving at the Dyeing Position, no matter what you do, it won't be too strenuous. Whether you want to kill a person or destroy a city, the energy consumed is actually different.
"After all, no matter what you do, it actually won't have any impact on you in the future. In a sense, it's 'you can do whatever you want'... and if you get used to this mentality, even getting angry will become difficult.
"
The barber said calmly: "In addition, if you want to reach the stage of dyeing, you must have pure desire... After that, there won't be so many things that can cause your emotions to fluctuate.
"At that time, you will become more tolerant.
"According to my experience, the condensation stage is the silver level, which is probably when the extraordinary person is most expanded.
"They have experienced the greatest privileges in mortal society, and they think they can change the world. But in fact, they don't even understand how powerful the extraordinary beings who are higher than them are.
"Those warriors who tried to 'slay the dragon' all came from this stage. I asked several people, and they basically believed that 'dragons, as an ancient race, cannot have a gold level per capita'."
The barber smiled: "But there is no way, it is true. The dragon is indeed a gold-level dragon per capita. Rather, a dragon that can live for such a long time, even if it is really a silver-level dragon, is not an enemy they can fight against.
"It's not so much that they didn't expect it, it's more that they don't want to admit it. Just like the Yaselans who have just become extraordinary people and those who have no chance to step onto the path of extraordinary people, if they learn that the Osers are born with pure
As for the soul... they would also be unwilling to believe it.
"I know you have good thoughts in your heart, Your Majesty. But you should also try to get used to the world view of demigods or even gods in the dyeing position. This does not mean that you are required to abandon your humanity, but I just hope that you can understand that there are some things that are different for mortals.
Talking about very important things actually doesn't matter to the gods.
"If they are Silver-level extraordinary beings, if they are insulted and despised by mortals, this will undoubtedly be a strong humiliation. They will immediately use all their abilities to demand that the other party pay the price.
"But for gold-level or even higher gods, for example, even if she is as strict as my grandmother, if someone curses her or blasphemes her, she will turn a blind eye and won't even bother to curse her.
"Because mortals will have a bad feeling towards 'questioners' and 'opponents' because they live in the same society and the same social circle. This doubt and malice may have a certain degree of disruption to their production and life.
Therefore, people will instinctively resist this concept. The root of this behavior is that they want to maintain their position in society.
"Because of this, Silver-level transcendents are like those nobles... They enjoy this lofty position and do their best to maintain this relationship and prove their status.
“But what if it’s one level higher?
"When they reach a high position where 'society' alone cannot resist them, the attitudes of mortals can no longer influence them. Let alone a righteous person like an old grandmother, even a bell-ringer, a tragedian who is relatively young and has a relatively sensitive field.
New gods, they are cursed, and they must be cursed more often.
"However, they did not impose divine punishment on those blasphemers, not because they could not hear it, but because there was no need."
"I can understand."
Annan nodded seriously: "Although I'm not used to it yet...but I will work hard."
He understood very well what the barber said.
This is indeed a well-intentioned exhortation.
"Just like the lifespan gap between the Osers and the Aserans, it will change their understanding of many things."
The barber said solemnly: "Osers live for hundreds of years, and they don't think wasting time is a shameful thing. They can very naturally remember events that span decades. For them,
Forgetting is even more important than remembering.
"The lifespan of the Yaserans is extremely short. A considerable number of them do not even live to be half of fifty years old. This means that they must complete their development and start producing their own eggs in one-third of their life span.
Descendants.
"And choosing a mate is a difficult thing. They are not like the Osers, who have hundreds of years to choose their mates at leisure; they must make judgments based on criteria that can be understood at a glance.
"So for them, tall, short, fat, thin, black, white, wise and stupid all have their own explanations. In general, it is their instinct as animals to choose a mate with higher value... And this kind of hasty, even careless choice often leads to
It will make them ignore the inner self and ignore love.
"But can you blame them? Fifty years is too short, and more than half of it has passed in the blink of an eye... I also once knew a Yasselan. He came to visit me when he was a boy, and I just called
After a nap, he became an old man who had difficulty walking.
"Under such circumstances, how can one enjoy life with peace of mind? So, if a Yaseran gets the lifespan of an Oseran but does not change his values and lifestyle, then this longevity is nothing for him.
Torture; in the same way, if an Oser only has the lifespan of a Yaseran, and if he does not cherish it, he will find that he will be too old to stand up at some point."
The barber said solemnly: "I am called a barber by them precisely because I usually don't kill them, but shave their hair.
"But why should I do this? For me, killing them is much easier than shaving my hair. Even if I kill all the disrespectful people who come to harass me, it will not affect anyone or anything. They
Revenge is too weak for me.
"However, I spent a lot of time killing them and shaving each of them bald. I just hope they can be curious about it and inspire their thinking.
"Let them clearly realize...these extraordinary beings who are as high as gods in front of mortals. For beings with a higher status than them, killing them is even easier than shaving their heads."
"I understand," Annan nodded, "they won't understand or want to listen to others if you reason with them. But if you make weird actions and make them think of such truth, they will remember it.
Heart."
"There will also be some scammers who will use this technique to deceive people."
The barber reminded: "You have to be careful. You are the sky carriage, and your status is very important... You are the leader of this world. Every scam that succeeds on you may lead the future to a completely different direction."
"
"Of course I know."
Annan smiled: "Because I am just such a liar myself."
A big liar who deceives himself.
Almost everything "Bai Annan" discovers and every truth he understands comes from the guidance of "Black Annan". Annan completely understands himself; but whether he is calculating mentally or not, he cannot escape from this calculation at all.
.
In the end, the personality he developed was exactly the personality "Black Annan" wanted him to have.
It's like the note in the bag
Even Black Annan returned to Annan again without any resistance...
...Because this is also one of Black Annan's plans.
As the strongest ritual master in this world, Black Annan has long known about the existence of worms.
Based on the connection between worms and cranes, worms will definitely use various means to find their way to the door.
If he doesn't leave any backup, he won't have any room to make a comeback when the worm finds him. This is because the scale of the worm is equal to that of the chariot driver, while the chariot is slightly smaller.
The worm hopes to obtain an entity, and hopes that it can come into the world in a material form. Then the crane is the most suitable carrier.
Because the worm burst out of the corpse of the chariot driver, it can be conceptually regarded as the child of the chariot driver. And the chariot is the real "successor of the chariot driver", Annan's body is the most suitable
of worms.
When Annan collects all the books of the Heavenly Chariot, he will be directly exposed to the worm.
Black Annan separated part of himself just to guard against this "possibility"!
Inheriting the heart of justice is only the most conspicuous part of the plan. It is also the part used to confuse others.
The real purpose of Black Annan is to create a "differentiated self-backup".
So no matter what the worm plans to do...
It is an attempt to pollute Annan's mind, or to seize Annan's body, or to copy Annan's existence. Any plan that may allow the worm to obtain "material existence" can achieve "self-repair" through this "differential backup".
If the worm contaminates Annan's mind, Black Annan will return and kill the polluted Annan; if the worm tries to take away Annan's body, Black Annan will help Annan fight the worm; if the worm wants to copy Annan's existence, then Black Annan will
Annan will use himself as an increment, doubling Annan's existence.
From the very beginning, Annan knew that his future self would definitely try to retrieve this memory. Because he was more inclined to trust others than to be suspicious.
The Black Annan Project took advantage of this trust.
When he cut out his personality and memories and sacrificed them to the mysterious lady, he was particularly careful not to destroy them. Because of this, when Annan regained his previous memories, he was able to digest them in an instant.
If it were the other way around, such a plan would definitely fail. The suspicious Black Annan would not hold such a ceremony... Even if he misses his lost self, he will only move forward firmly and never look back.
In this case, they will never be able to become one. Instead, they may be taken over by worms.
"It's a destiny."
The voice of the old grandmother came from the depths of the cave: "I know what you are thinking, Annan."
With that said, she walked out in human form.
For the first time, Annan saw his nominal elder and actual protector.
Her appearance looks very similar to Zhi Ji, so she is also somewhat similar to Annan.
However, the old grandmother's body is three meters tall. Compared with Paper Princess, who is thin and has a girlish figure, the old grandmother is much plumper in both chest and thighs.
Her face looks very young, but inexplicably gives people a mature and reliable feeling... In other words, she is the kind of "elder who looks very young", rather than a girl with mature temperament.
Her hair is not spread behind her like Annan and Zhiji, but is tied into three ponytails of different lengths and thicknesses behind her. The tallest one sticks out from the crown on her head. There is also a bunch of silver hair blocking her face.
Half a face.
On both sides of the crown, she has a pair of pure white, curved dragon horns carved from ice. There are also complex dark golden patterns on the dragon horns.
She was wearing a solemn, traditional, complex and gorgeous silver, white, purple, blue and gray robe that was too solemn even by formal standards. If it were an ordinary person, it would probably cost several days just to put on this dress.
Hours.
After she saw Annan, the corners of her mouth rose slightly.
Then she bent down... and held Annan in her arms like a baby.