"You see, reason is always the simplest thing in the world. Water flows downwards, clouds rise to the sky. Where there is light, there is darkness. When it's time to change, it's time to change."
The Abbey Dean looked at Ning Que and explained calmly.
Ning Que was silent for a while and said, "Why didn't you think so before?"
"After all, Haotian Taoism is Haotian Taoism. Just like the soul is human's soul, who would want to kill themselves to exchange for a new soul when they are living a peaceful life?"
The Abbey Dean rubbed the green leaf gently with his fingers. A fresh and sweet voice accompanied his words. It was as fragrant as the wildflowers around them.
"I can think it through, or dare to think about it, thanks to Ye Su … my great disciple. He found a new way in the shabby alley of Linkang City and founded the New Stream. He wrote those thought-provoking words and taught me to think in this way. In a sense, he is my teacher."
The Abbey Dean's eyes fell on Sangsang and he said the following important words.
"The doctrines of the New Stream and Haotian Taoism do not actually conflict with each other. They are just truths from different times. For countless years, human beings have been in a desolate period and needed your protection. However, human beings are still growing. A thousand years ago, there was the Headmaster of Academy, the Great Divine Priest of Light who founded the Enlightenment Doctrine, Ke Haoran, Lotus, and me. All these things prove that human beings have grown to a level that we could never imagine at the beginning. Human beings have grown up and no longer need your protection. They are strong enough to protect themselves. They don't need to die and come back to life like weeds. They don't need to endure the pain of endless reincarnation between the everlasting night and the daytime."
The cold pond was still cold, but the lakeside was as warm as spring. Flowers were blooming and green trees were swaying. The scene that was cut into pieces by Ning Que's blade was gradually restored by spring.
It was silent for a long time. Only the pleasant sound of the leaf flute between the Abbey Dean's fingers could be heard. It was not the signal of retreat on the battlefield, but more like the beating of war drums.
Ning Que took a long time to digest the shock in his heart. He looked at the Abbey Dean on the other side of the river and said, "The Headmaster said something similar. Human beings have indeed grown to the point where they don't need Haotian anymore. They have long stood up, and some can even fly freely. The difference is that the Academy thinks that human beings need to go to a wider world, while Haotian Taoism still thinks that they should stay where they are."
The Abbey Dean said, "As I said many years ago, this is a difference of ideas that cannot be solved. I think eternity comes from the beauty of calmness and solemnity, but the Headmaster and his disciples always think that change is eternity."
Ning Que said, "Changes are the norm. Unchanging is an anomaly that happens occasionally."
The Abbey Dean said, "Mankind is a product of abnormality. Why should we pursue normality?"
Ning Que said, "If Ye Su were still alive, or Eldest Brother were here, they could debate with you. But I can't. I'm best at fighting and killing, not theory … But even I can see the biggest problem in your theory."
The Abbey Dean said, "Please say it."
Ning Que said, "If it is still a self-enclosed system that wants to be isolated from the outside world, then even without Haotian, we still need a collective will to carry out the rules. Who will do it?"
After a moment of silence, the Abbey Dean's voice sounded calmly.
"I will do it."
The Abbey Dean said, "You see, this matter can still be solved very easily."
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I will do it? What for? Be Haotian … Look, there is a grey machine in the sky … The weather is changing, it's thundering, it's raining, put away the clothes … In an instant, these words flashed through Ning Que's mind.
He lowered his head in silence and looked at the sky reflected by the gradually melting pond water. He gradually calmed down and began to think about this matter. The more he thought about it, the more he felt it was amazing.
The Abbey Dean was really amazing.
Kill Haotian and become the new Haotian. This was not what a man should do, but someone else could replace him. This was an unimaginable ambition, and also the most valiant spiritual declaration.
Anything, as long as it was large enough, would give people a sense of greatness, such as the Snow-capped Peak or the Wilderness. As long as the ambition was big enough, it was also a kind of greatness.
In the end, the Abbey Dean still followed the Headmaster and the Youngest Uncle. But he never doubted his own past, because Taoism's countless years of accumulation and foundation gave him enough ideas to directly draw a conclusion. If Haotian couldn't do it, then he would change it. He would do it himself!
What a great ambition.
What a great courage.
Sangsang looked at the other side of the river expressionlessly.
Other than Ning Que, the Abbey Dean was the person closest to Haotian in the whole world.
Neither Wei Guangming nor the old Revelation of Heaven could be compared to him. He had comprehended the Revelation of Heaven and had waited for many years in the South Sea. He had communicated with her many times, so he naturally knew what she was trying to say.
"You are a statue erected by Taoism. It's just changing a statue. Why do you need to be brave for a while?"
The Abbey Dean looked at her and said. He was no longer as compassionate as before, but calm and natural as an elder. Then he looked at Ning Que and said, "Neither the Academy nor Taoism wants Haotian. At least before the last part of the journey, we can walk the same path. Or can you really convince yourself that the Headmaster is wrong?"
Ning Que was silent for a long time and then said, "No, the Headmaster is not wrong. In fact, you are not wrong either. Mankind does not need a Haotian anymore."
Sangsang was expressionless, as if she heard nothing. He held her hand and looked at the Abbey Dean and continued, "I don't want Haotian either. But the problem is, I want a wife."
He did not care about the survival of Haotian, but he must care about his wife. If the old Haotian died, he could replace him with a new one. But if his wife was gone, could he replace her with a new one? Even if he could …
No, there was no even if. He just could not.
I can't live without a wife.
Ning Que told the Abbey Dean and the whole world.
The Abbey Dean felt a little regretful, but he was not affected. He had been looking for Haotian for many days. His Taoist Heart was already as firm as a rock, unshakable even in the storm and raging river. It was as unstoppable as the wildflowers blooming all over the mountain.
"The Headmaster will be very disappointed in you … Now that I think about it, he should have been disappointed in you by the Sishui River. No matter whether it is to break or change the sky, it is ultimately a matter for mankind and can only be decided by us. But you, are on her side. Do you really think of yourself as a human being? "
The Abbey Dean moved his fingers, and the green leaf floated down to the front of his shoes. It was cut into pieces by the remaining blade style.
Ning Que's expression changed slightly. He remembered clearly what the Headmaster said before he left the Sishui River. At that time, he could solve the problem of Haotian. He could still solve it now.
"It is a matter of three views."
He looked at the Abbey Dean and said, "Our views on life and the world are different. The biggest difference is our views on love. I will not let her die. Even if the Headmaster wants me to kill her, I won't, let alone you. I really care about what will happen to the world, but I care more about what will happen to her. "
The Abbey Dean said, "Your love for the world is great love, and your love for her is small love."
Ning Que was silent for a while and said, "But … it is all love, isn't it?"
He said no more, took down the iron bow, took out the iron arrows, and began to prepare in silence. The talisman by the cold pool gradually dissipated. The Abbey Dean was about to enter the painting. The conversation would end and the battle would begin.
The "Yi" Talisman that filled the world around the cold pool was gradually assimilated by Heaven and Earth. The fierce blade style was no longer there, and the broken painting was gradually repaired. The Abbey Dean walked out from the deepest part of the painting and into the real world.
Sangsang stood up slowly and looked at him expressionlessly with her hands behind her back.
The Abbey Dean sighed and said, "Look … how beautiful it would be if it could remain calm and unchanging."
Countless flowers bloomed in the mountains, countless green vines grew, and countless green trees swayed. In an instant, the atmosphere of spring was so dense that it was hard to breathe.
Ning Que felt like he was bathing in the spring breeze, but he also felt like he was drowning.
Sangsang still held her hands behind her back and looked indifferent. But her eyes were slightly narrowed.
The Infinite Sea of Flowers was boundless spring. Every flower and every wisp of spring was the most powerful killing intent.
Ning Que raised the iron bow and pointed the cold and dark arrowhead at the Abbey Dean on the other side.
The Abbey Dean looked at him calmly and held his hands behind his back just like Sangsang. He was not vigilant at all, because he was just at the threshold and could turn around and leave at any time. No matter how powerful the Primordial Thirteen Arrows were, they could not hit him.
Those doors were the gaps in the interlayer of the Qi of Heaven and Earth. They were the blooming flowers in the mountains. Every flower was a gap and a door. It was impossible to determine which door the Abbey Dean would enter from.
Ning Que looked at the other side and felt the bowstring trembling slightly at the corner of his mouth. Beads of sweat dripped down, but he did not feel it.
Sangsang's hand fell on his shoulder. A warm or even hot power entered his body and instantly replenished the Psyche Power that he had used to write talismans. He was at his peak state.
“1989，0309。”
Sangsang looked indifferent. She said two numbers, just like how she pointed the way in the wind and snow a few days ago, by the lake in winter a few years ago, and even earlier in Min Mountain.
But her voice was no longer as childish as it was when she was young. And this time, the two numbers she said were longer and more complicated. Naturally, it meant that she was more precise.
Ning Que did not hesitate. To be more precise, he did not even think. Just like before, he pointed at a place on the other side of the lake and released the bowstring, as if it was an instinct.
The iron arrow pierced through the air and flew away silently.
Strangely enough, he was aiming at a falling tree, far away from the Abbey Dean's position. But the Abbey Dean's expression became extremely solemn.
The Abbey Dean's figure disappeared between heaven and earth. He completely disappeared. This was the Distanceless State. He entered the interlayer of the Qi of Heaven and Earth. It was also quiet because he did not leave any trace, not even the wind.
It was not until then that the buzzing sound of the iron arrow spread around the lake.
A clear arrow path appeared in the sky above the cold pond. The condensed clouds slowly flowed.
The iron arrow went somewhere. The big tree was still falling slowly, unaffected. There was no trace on the cliff further away, just like the Abbey Dean.
The arrow seemed to have shot into nothingness.
The next moment.
On a Snow-capped Peak more than ten miles away, the Abbey Dean's figure appeared, floating in the air in front of the cliff.
The iron arrow, like a dragonfly resting on a dewdrop, rested softly on his left shoulder.
The sharp arrowhead slightly sank into his indigo robe. It did not penetrate deep, but a drop of dark red blood oozed out.
Blood was also dirt. Being stained with dirt, one would not be able to maintain tranquility.
The Abbey Dean frowned slightly. He did not expect the iron arrow to be so powerful.
It could shoot through the Qi of Heaven and Earth, into the interlayer of nothingness, and chase the powerhouse of the Distanceless State. Ning Que's Primordial Thirteen Arrows had exceeded his original state.
"Look, you've said a lot of things that make sense, but you've forgotten one thing. If you want your wife to treat you well, you must first have a wife. If you want to change the world, you must first surpass us."
Looking at the Snow-capped Peak, Ning Que drew his bow again and said to the Abbey Dean.
At the same time, he was talking to Sangsang.
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(Three things to report:
First, it was certainly a crazy thing to make love at that time. But considering that the young couple were not ordinary people, and they were extremely selfish to each other, I did not care. I am willing to sacrifice all reasonableness for the sake of people and God is watching!!!
Second, our good friend and old friend, Fang Xiang's "new book", the Invincible God of War, can finally be seen at the starting point! Let's go flirt with him! Although he is married and has a child, he is still a cute little boy!
Third, tomorrow at midnight.)
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