kingnovel Chapter 904: Is Fuyao Safe?
Chapter 904: Is Fuyao Safe?
As it was getting late, Li Changxiao looked for an inn and stayed there for the night. The next morning, after paying the room fee, he went straight to the Wanxian Peak. This steep mountain stood proudly in the city, and was very popular. At the foot of the mountain was a beautiful grassland.
Many wanderers come here to recite poems, paint and express their feelings. There are three academies in Wanxian City, namely Zhulu Academy, Yueli Academy and Qiuquan Academy. The common people in the city, the wealthy families, will send their children to the academy to study when they reach a certain age. Cultivate your sentiments and make friends.
Li Changxiao saw many young people walking arm in arm, enjoying the mountains and rivers, and occasionally talking about the quotations of saints. They were really carefree. Living in an ivory tower, how could they know the chaos of the world. The undercurrent was turbulent and full of crises. Perhaps only Li Changxiao had a glimpse of it.
Many young men saw his handsome appearance and invited him to visit Wanxian Peak. Li Changxiao said nothing, walked through the crowd and went straight up the mountain path paved with bluestone slabs.
After walking for half a day, they reached the middle of the mountain. Looking down from here, Wanxian City seemed to be right at their feet. The streets were crowded with cars and pedestrians. Li Changxiao thought that if he could run a city to such a scale, he would be very happy even if he just looked at it every day.
The small temple where Nan Lao Buddha temporarily resides, there is no Buddha in the temple, but the incense smoke drifts out from it occasionally, and Nan Lao Buddha holds a broom, sweeping the fallen leaves over and over again. Thousands and tens of thousands of times, the same thing.
The old Buddhist monk Nan said, "Donor, you are here again." Li Changxiao said, "Old sir, I would like to ask for some water to drink again. I wonder if you will give it to me." The old Buddhist monk Nan said, "Of course I will." Li Changxiao entered the small temple and found a small wooden stool to sit down.
Looking at the falling leaves in front of the door, he kept asking, "Old sir, we haven't finished sweeping the leaves yet?" Nan Lao Fo said, "We can't finish sweeping them, we can't finish sweeping them, can you help me?" Li Chang smiled and said, "I still have some things to do, I will help you after I finish."
Nan Laofo fetched a bowl of cool spring water from a large water tank. Li Changxiao drank it in one gulp, feeling indescribably refreshed. After drinking too much wine, he found the water sweet and thirst-quenching, and drank it very comfortably. Nan Laofo said, "It's good that you came. I can't persuade him. You go and persuade him, maybe it will help."
Li Changxiao asked, "What do you want to persuade?" Nan Laofo said, "You will know when you go up there. I cannot say much. I never say much about his affairs, and I don't interfere. I can't control him." Li Changxiao frowned and asked, "Old sir, do you know that many people in Fuyao Tianxia are sick? They are very sick, and I am afraid they cannot be cured."
Buddha Nan smiled and said, "I am an old man who was buried with you, how could I know these things? But you are too pessimistic. There is no disease in the world that cannot be cured. It just depends on whether you are willing to look for it and whether you are willing to treat it." Li Chang smiled and said, "If that's the case, then no one in the world will die from disease." Buddha Nan said, "There is a cure for every disease. But even if you know the cure, you may not be able to cure the person. The patient's physique and situation are different. Maybe he can't resist your treatment and has died. Before I practiced cultivation, I traveled around the world as a doctor. I think my medical skills are ordinary, but I have a cure for every disease I encounter. But sometimes I can't cure people. It's not that my treatment method is wrong, but the patient is too weak to support me to cure him."
Li Changxiao seemed to understand something: "Old Master, what you mean is that there are only incurable people, not incurable diseases." Nan Laofo said: "I dare not speak out, but it is true in theory." Li Changxiao thought to himself: "This makes sense. If I focus on one person and want to cure everyone, it will be difficult to start. There are too many variables. But if I only focus on one disease...spending hundreds or thousands of years to explore its pathology, can it still be incurable? Bian Huo and Nan Laofo both said so, so this disease must be incurable."
Nan Laofo asked, "Why did the young donor come?" Li Chang smiled and said, "It's not a big deal. How is Li Xundao recently?" Nan Laofo said, "Li Xundao has overturned the world at a great cost, and he has not been in good condition. Recently, he is preparing for another big move. From the perspective of an old man like me, I think it is inappropriate. But I am old, and I can't help but be conservative and pedantic when looking at things. For example, I was really against the idea of exchanging half of Fuyao for Honghuang. But the facts proved that I was wrong, and Li Xundao was not wrong. Half of Fuyao can indeed be exchanged for a Lingtian. Now... now... Well, never mind, never mind, since you want to visit him, you can go and ask him yourself. I haven't seen him for a long time. I just guard this halfway point of the mountain, sweep the floor every day, and enjoy watching the visitors coming and going. It's enough for me to spend the rest of my life in peace like this. Let you shoulder the heavy burden of the world."
After that, he shook his hands, picked up the broom, and swept the fallen leaves again and again. It was boring, but for Nan Lao Fo, it was fun.
For a martial artist, being able to lift heavy objects as if they were light and light objects as if they were heavy is a state of mind. For a Buddhist, seeing interesting things as boring and making boring things interesting is also a high state of mind.
Li Chang laughed and said, "Old sir, I see that you have a long life span, why are you saying such depressing words?" The old Buddhist Nan said, "What do you mean by long life? At most, you can live another ten or twenty years. The sooner you die, the sooner you will be reborn." Li Chang laughed and said, "When I was traveling around the world, I encountered a method called 'Forget the Tao and Live Long'. If you practice it, you can live for a hundred or a thousand years, not to mention a dozen or twenty years." The old Buddhist Nan said, "Which method are you talking about? I know that it was written by Li Xundao. He couldn't bear to see the extinction of cultivators, so he studied and comprehended this method from the Heavenly Dao. Forget the Tao to spread the Tao. As long as one person lives to see the revival of spiritual energy, the Tao... will be passed on. But I always feel that there is a bit of evil in it, and I don't want to practice it. It's better to die here. It's not bad to use the Tao as a burial companion."
Li Changxiao bowed and left the small temple halfway up the mountain.
Once you pass the halfway point of Wanxian Peak, there are fewer people walking. You can walk a few miles without seeing anyone. Li Changxiao has been here once before, and when he goes up the mountain again, he is familiar with the road. On some remote mountain roads, there are even traces of his footprints.
Li Changxiao took a short path nearby. Suddenly he stopped and heard a commotion ahead. Tang Shen from the Extremely Evil Sect was secretly gathering his followers, seemingly planning something.
Tang Shen said: "Be smart, Fuyao's safety depends on you and me."