Chapter 911 The Essence of Human Beings Is Hard Work

Here here does not refer to this planet, but to this world after ascension.

Ascetics have practiced in the Chaotian Continent for many years in order to ascend to the Great Dao. Naturally, they have to think about a question, that is, what is the meaning of ascending.

What Zhao Layue said to Cao Yuan also contained this meaning.

After saying this, she turned around and walked to the temple gate, sat on the high threshold, looked at the small town in front of the mountain, her figure was a bit gloomy.

Many years ago, in order to save Bai Zao, Jing Jiu was trapped deep in the snow field. She went to the small temple in Baicheng and sat on the high threshold for a long time.

Now Jing Jiu didn't know where she was, she was also trapped, and she sat in a similar place again.

Zhong Lizi and Ran Handong looked at each other—the scenes in the novel were reappeared before their eyes, how could it not be emotional?

You know this is not a movie, nor a game.

Cao Yuan took two bottles of water and handed them to them.

Zhong Lizi and Ran Handong were overwhelmed by the flattery, mustered up the courage to take a serious look at him, and found that this person's image was different from the one described in the book.

The golden skin on the surface of this Buddha is severely peeled off. The biggest change is that the body is much smaller, but it is a bit tall and fat.

"The purpose or reason for my ascension is very simple, that is the basic curiosity."

Cao Yuan walked behind Zhao Layue, followed her gaze to the believers in the small town, the resolute lines on his face became softer, and said, "I always think this is the foundation of the Dao."

Zhao Layue didn't look back, and said lightly, "You think it's quite open."

Cao Yuan said: "The real person told three stories before his ascension, and one of them was mine. The whole world knows about my family, so you have to think about it if you want it or not. Besides, Sanyue is dead after all."

His life experience is indeed bizarre, and it is difficult to describe in words what happened to him. His realm and strength have already reached the moment of ascension, but because he couldn't think about it, he was a genius, until he was broken by Jing Jiu.

Zhao Layue said, "I want to drink water too."

She has been sitting in the small temple in Baicheng for a year, and she is very familiar with Cao Yuan, and she is not polite when speaking.

Ah Da meowed, jumped into Zhong Lizi's arms, and raised her head to signal her to hello.

Cao Yuan groaned, handed her another bottle of water, and asked, "What's the situation in Chaotian Continent now? Where's Zenzi?"

Zhao Layue said: "The little monk is different from you, he is not so curious about the outside world."

It's interesting to say that back then Jing Jiu called Chanzi little monk, she was much younger than Chanzi, and now she's used to addressing her like that.

Cao Yuan said: "The time since I came out was actually very short, but thinking about how many springs and autumns have passed in Guocheng Temple, I miss it inexplicably."

Missing this kind of thing has nothing to do with the realm, the level of cultivation, and it has nothing to do with the extinction of emotion, it is just a natural cause and effect connection.

He will miss Chaotian Continent, and so will other ascenders. Otherwise, Monk Huanxi would not have built this city the same as Baicheng, built such a temple, and built another Guocheng Temple in that city.

Zhao Layue didn't want to tell him about Monk Huanxi, but instead asked, "What was the result of your battle with the stone man in Chenwu Mountain?"

Cao Yuan and Chen Ya fought hard on the planet in the Wangyou galaxy, as evidenced by the large cracks on the surface of the planet, but no one knows the final outcome. Just like her initial question, why is Cao Yuan here?

"I won, but I didn't know how to choose, so I chose to escape." Cao Yuan expressed his heart very frankly, "He told me about this place and gave me the coffin."

Zhao Layue asked in a daze, "The coffin?"

"Yes, I am now the keeper of the coffin." Cao Yuan looked towards the back of the small temple and said, "I don't know if this symbolizes something."

Zhao Layue, Ran Handong and Zhong Lizi followed his line of sight, when a cold wind came from the window and lifted the curtain behind the Buddha seat, revealing a coffin.

The coffin was very huge, made of completely transparent glass, inside there were countless bustling beauties, and there were dancing white cranes. General Li lay quietly inside with his eyes closed.

Ran Handong and Zhong Lizi were shocked and speechless. Zhao Layue was also a little surprised. She walked to the transparent giant coffin, looked at the remains of the ancestor in the glazed world, and was silent for a long time.

She knew how General Li died, and also knew what his celestial bones and the celestial silk in his body meant—many ascenders wanted to get them, so what did Chen Ya mean by handing them over to Cao Yuan?

"Chen Ya doesn't understand you. You are not a hero in the traditional sense. The dead spirits can't move you. You are willing to guard the coffin because you want to learn something from it. The problem is..." She turned to look at Cao Yuan. "Even if the old world seems to be alive, it is actually dead and will eventually decay. I don't think you can get any inspiration from it."

"I'm not guarding the remains of the old world. I just feel that the quietness of the dead is a very sacred thing and should not be disturbed anymore. I also need a quiet place that will not be disturbed. I can look at human beings and think about the future of human beings."

Cao Yuan stepped over the threshold and came to the flat ground in front of the temple, his tattered cassock trembling slightly in the cold wind.

Thinking about the future of mankind—such words would only make people laugh if they came out of other people's mouths, or the person who said such words would be considered a poet, but they are so convincing when they come out of his mouth.

Zhao Layue said, "What did you see?"

Cao Yuan said, "Follow me."

Zhao Layue walked to the huge transparent glazed coffin, knelt down and saluted as a junior disciple, and then followed him out of the small temple.

Cao Yuan took them to the highest point of the snow mountain.

The dancing wind and snow gradually calmed down, Zhao Layue's messy hair was still fluttering.

The top of the snow-capped mountain was very cold, Ran Handong's level was not low and he could endure it, but Zhong Lizi couldn't take it anymore and began to shiver.

Only then did Cao Yuan remember that there was an ordinary person in the arena, with an apologetic expression on his face, he was about to set up a formation to keep out the cold, but Zhong Lizi waved his hand to signal no, took out the warm clothes from his backpack and put them on, and hugged Ah Da even tighter in his arms.

The higher you stand, the farther you can see. Here you can see the big city outside the snow field, the straight roads and the pious believers walking forward like black spots.

The final destination of those believers is not Baicheng or the small temple, but this snow mountain.

After a short rest in Baicheng, the believers set out again.

Wearing thick and shabby clothes, they resisted the wind, snow and severe cold, and knelt down along the snow-capped mountains.

Zhao Layue knew that what Cao Yuan wanted to see by herself was definitely not these. The so-called piety and perseverance are excellent qualities and beautiful intentions of human beings, but there are still many levels of gaps with the problems he thinks about.

"Over there." Cao Yuan pointed to an ice peak in the west and said.

The ice peak was slightly shorter than the snow mountain they were standing on, and it shone brightly under the setting sun, reminding Zhao Layue of the ice peak deep in the snow field of Chaotian Continent.

Several ascetic monks climbed up between the ice peaks with difficulty. The monks' robes were thin and torn, looking like a few pieces of rags, and many wounds could be seen on their bare feet, but they did not bleed because of the ice and snow.

"Are these people at a high level? They can actually walk to such a high place without equipment." Ran Handong said in surprise.

Zhong Lizi put down the binoculars in his hand, and said in disbelief, "Isn't it cold?"

The cold wind howled, and the ice flakes passed over the faces and bodies of those ascetic monks like knives, leaving many bloodstains, which were quickly frozen by the low temperature. Just by looking at the picture, one can imagine the harsh environment, the difficulty of moving forward, and the unbearable pain those monks endured.

"These ascetic monks are ordinary people. They don't know how to practice martial arts in this world, and they refuse to accept genetic modification..."

Before Cao Yuan finished speaking, a few stones suddenly rolled down from the ice peak, bringing countless skis with it.

The ascetics were in great danger.

Zhong Lizi picked up the binoculars again and exclaimed.

Ran Handong looked at Zhao Layue, wondering if she would help her.

Zhao Layue quietly looked at the ice peak in the distance, wondering what she was thinking.

"...But they learned some magical skills." Cao Yuan continued.

The situation on that ice peak was getting more and more dangerous. The ascetic monk was a little flustered. Just when he was about to fall off the cliff, he didn't know how they did it, but they flew up holding hands!

Those ascetic monks flew not high from the ground, their bare feet were only a few feet away from the snow surface, they were precarious, their faces were pale, and soon fell back to the ground again, but they managed to avoid being rushed down the peak.

Only then did Zhong Lizi and Ran Handong heave a sigh of relief, and they felt very puzzled, since those ascetic monks don't know how to practice, why are they able to fly?

"There is no heaven and earth vitality here, and you can't practice Zen techniques, and the immortal energy is very weak." Zhao Layue looked away, looked at Cao Yuan and asked, "What do you want to explain?"

"I don't know much about this power, it may be related to belief."

Cao Yuan looked at the big city in the distance, the believers on the road, the laymen in Baicheng, and the ascetic monks on the ice peak, and said, "I'm not saying that the future of human beings needs this kind of power, but I want to tell you that human beings have been looking for various methods in order to survive and improve themselves."

Zhong Lizi suddenly felt that it wasn't so cold anymore. He stroked Ah Da's hair, looked at the ice peak under the sun, and said with emotion: "Human beings... are really amazing."

Zhao Layue was silent for a while, then said, "Yes, so human beings should live on."

Cao Yuan withdrew his gaze, looked into her eyes and said, "If human beings need Jing Jiu to die, what should we choose?"

Zhao Layue said: "You know my answer, why do you still ask me?"

Cao Yuan said with a serious expression: "You came to me, of course you want to persuade me, don't be as lazy as a real person."

Zhao Layue said: "Do you know why Lian Sanyue bothered you back then? It was because you monks at Guocheng Temple talked too much."

The monks of Guocheng Temple do talk a lot.

Whether it's Zenzi, Liu Shisui, or the middle-aged monk who has already passed away.

Cao Yuan is a very remarkable image in the history of Chaotian Continent's practice circle, but he still talks a lot.

It is probably for this reason that the closed-mouth meditation of Guocheng Temple is the best.

But what Cao Yuan said was not wrong. If Zhao Layue wanted to find him as a helper, she always needed to persuade him, so those discussions that she was tired of hearing had to be staged again.

"He is also a part of mankind. Human beings have reasons to live, and he has reason to live." She said: "If you think that he is not a part of mankind, like Patriarch Qingshan and that old woman, then why should he die for you? Do your own thing by yourself. This is the truth that young children should understand. Have you cultivated for hundreds or even thousands of years, and you have cultivated on dogs?"

A Da meowed in Zhong Lizi's arms, expressing his great agreement, especially the last sentence.

Many people will say that Jing Jiu is a product created by human beings, or a product created by that god, and should be sacrificed for human beings. The problem is that parents gave birth to children and did a lot of things for their children, should children die for their parents? In fact, everyone understands the truth, and they all know that it is meaningless. After all, it is the difference in positions and ways of doing things. There is no right or wrong, good or evil, black or white.

Cao Yuan had the same opinion as Zhao Layue, and he didn't think that Jing Jiu should be sacrificed, but he couldn't completely stand on Jing Jiu's side like Zhao Layue, or even fight against the world for him. There are many people in this world, whether they are good or bad, they are all working hard to live like those ascetic monks on the ice peak, and they are entitled to live at all costs.

"Fortunately, he will die in a few dozen days. After that, the entire human race will no longer need to think about this issue."

When he said this, he and Zhao Layue were standing on the shore of a large lake surrounded by snow-capped mountains.

The water of the lake is very clear, and the white clouds in the sky are reflected in it, vaguely forming a certain number.

That's the number of days.

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(I almost forgot to recommend Lin Haida’s new book, which is called "The Fox in the Restricted Area". You can tell it's a tribute to the old Philip...I guess, the advertisement is a bit similar to the introduction of the road: he is a natural shooter, and he never remembers the wrong direction of the goal!)