Chapter 321 Qi: Ao Xing, We Have No Chance in This Life
The long time spent between the two sides outside of Chaos made the gods no longer interested in watching. After all, although the two were top-notch, they had no means to seal the victory.
In other words, the two methods of winning do not apply to each other, and in the end they can only fall into the primitive struggle of competing for life and cultivation.
However, the life cultivation of both sides could not widen the gap, and there was no decisive effect, which led to the current chaos. Except for the gods who occasionally glanced at each other and explored the current situation, the ancient world returned to peace again.
As for the undercurrent surging under this calmness, it cannot be revealed to others.
After Qi Zai set the tone for handling the matter, he went to the wilderness again. He had a vague feeling in his heart that Ao Xing seemed to have reached a critical moment.
The Cangnan River in the Eastern Continent is an endless stretch of water. The river is fast but bottomless. It rises from the southeast and flows into the South China Sea.
It runs through the two continents in the east and south. It is also one of the few large river systems in the world. Although it is not comparable to Sidu, it is not inferior to Baliu.
It's just that the water is quite dangerous, and the places it passes through are mostly high mountains and cliffs, so there are relatively few creatures and not enough people, but it does not lose the name of Lingshan Blessed Land.
Prayer goes down the river until it enters a small tributary. Here there is a waterfall hanging high, like a silver chain falling, the air current is surging, and a rainbow bridge hangs in the middle.
The water mist drifts and obscures people's eyes. If you get close, you can see the deep pool under the waterfall, which is so quiet and deep that you can't see the bottom.
When I walked to this place, I saw the green mountains and green waters around me, with melons and fruits growing everywhere. White apes were walking in the forest, and they were crying on both sides of the cliff. I couldn't help but sigh:
"But it's a good place. Deep in the mountains and deep valleys, it's a place to nourish your heart."
But when Qi walked to the edge of the pool and saw the scene in front of him, his face suddenly darkened, and his heart became even more angry.
In this deep pool, two giant pythons were entangled with each other. Although they were not intertwined, they were rubbing their necks together. It was obvious that both of them were in love.
The giant python is white and red. The white one is like fine jade, and the red one is like a pearl. The two are entangled with each other, and the silk and jade are in the same hoop.
Seeing this, even a trace of murderous intention arose in Qiu's heart. Heaven and earth have a constant order. Such things are against human ethics. How can Qiu not be angry when he sees this?
The white apes on both sides of the bank cried. The same sound as before fell into Qi's ears, but it became noisy and lost its previous elegance.
While the two pythons were entangled, the red python suddenly raised its head and happened to look at the place of prayer. The entire giant python suddenly became stunned.
The white python was a little confused. Why did the red python stop suddenly? Following his gaze, he saw Qi standing on the bank of the pond.
The white python was suddenly startled and opened its huge mouth in a threatening manner, but the red python used its waist and abdomen to press the white python into the water.
Although the white python was confused, it did not resist and sank into the deep pool. The red python transformed into a man wearing a red and black robe.
The man's face was handsome, very similar to Ao Xing in Qi's memory, but there was something strange in his eyes.
Seeing that Qi didn't move, the man took a few steps forward and walked to Qi's side. With a hazy look in his eyes, he asked:
"Poverty Taoist Qionggui, this fellow Taoist, have I met you before? Why do I have such a sense of intimacy in my impression that I have never seen you before?"
Qi gritted his teeth and suppressed the anger in his heart, forcing himself to calm down and said:
"I have indeed met you, and we are even familiar with each other."
Qionggui was slightly startled and said with some confusion:
"But fellow Taoist, Qionggui has lived in the nameless tributary of the Cangnan River since its birth. Even the Cangnan River is rarely visited."
"Although Fellow Taoist looks friendly, Qiong Gui can guarantee that this is indeed the first time she has met Fellow Taoist."
"Why, I hope fellow Taoist can clarify this. Qionggui will definitely be grateful."
Qi did not explain, but just asked:
"The white python in the pond, what is your relationship with her?"
Qionggui showed a look of shame and hesitation, but finally she explained:
"This is the mother of roses."
Seeing this, Qi couldn't help but feel a little angry and said:
"Since you know it, care about face, and feel ashamed, then why are you like this?!"
Qiong Gui looked even more ashamed. She didn't want to explain, but there was a thought in her heart that pushed him not to hide it.
Finally Qionggui gritted her teeth and replied:
"This is the desire in Qionggui's heart. She has no self-control and human ethics. She fell in love with her mother. After several entanglements, her mother couldn't bear to refuse, so that's why."
Qi heard this and became even more angry, and shouted:
"What you are doing is against human ethics. If you want to refer to your biological mother, can you say that you are a son of man? Can you say that you can seek enlightenment?"
Qionggui almost buried her head in her chest, not daring to speak at all and not knowing how to answer.
Qi Zheng was angry and wanted to continue speaking, but the white python in the pool was unwilling. It suddenly jumped out of the water and turned into a white-robed woman, who was Wu Shengshiye back then.
Wearing plain clothes, with a bit of anger on his face, he pulled Qiong Gui behind him fiercely, while he took two steps forward and faced Qi tit for tat.
After Wu Sheng protected Qiong Gui, when he looked at Qiong Gui, his eyes were full of love, and when he turned to look at Qi, his eyes turned full of coldness.
Looking at Qi in front of him, Wu Sheng's tone was full of coldness and he spoke:
"Fellow Taoist, we are strangers to you. Qionggui is an honest person. Why should you deceive me with your words?"
"What's more, what does our matter have to do with fellow Taoist? Moreover, Qionggui is the quietest on weekdays and never goes out. Where does the familiar words of fellow Taoist come from?"
"Now that we live in this mountain valley, there is no external cause and effect involved."
"Standing in a deep pool, white apes are walking on both sides of the bank, but they have not taken their lives and have eaten blood. They only eat some vegetarian fruits on weekdays, so as not to be stained by the karma of the prehistoric times."
"Now that I live in a small family, I neither corrupt the external atmosphere nor get involved in other people's lives. Even in heaven, I don't impose laws and regulations. How can my fellow Taoist act like a guardian of the Tao!"
"In the ancient times, those who were in high positions made trouble for us. My fellow Taoists did not pursue them, but came to seek bad luck for us. Why?"
"Could it be that we are being bullied because our cultivation is low and we don't dare to go and question the powerful?"
Qi was almost speechless by Wu Sheng. If it hadn't been for Ao Xing, how could he have been tainted by this chaos in the wild?
But now when faced with the words of inanimateness, he cannot break through the barriers, otherwise it will ruin Ao Xing's reincarnation practice. I don't know how to solve it at this time.
After all, as Wu Sheng said, today's practitioners are all transformed from beasts into immortals. They pursue freedom and are not bound by many rules.
The animal nature remains in their bodies, and given their ethos, although this matter is highly rebellious, it is not intolerable. There is no possibility for them to achieve enlightenment, so they are naturally filled with desires.
Qi simply waved his hand and imprisoned Wu Sheng in place so that he could not move. He turned around and continued to ask Qiong Gui:
"Do you feel the same way about what he said?"
Qiong Gui's face was full of tangles, and her eyes looking at Wu Sheng were also full of worry. She knew that the person in front of her was not her enemy, so she had no choice but to answer honestly:
"Reporting to your Majesty, although I know that this matter is wrong, it is indeed not a major matter that cannot be violated in the ancient times."
"As for attaining the Dao, how many of us mortal beings can really attain the Dao? At least I have never seen it."
"That goal is still too far for Qionggui after all. Qionggui has been practicing diligently, but so far she is only in the realm of the Golden Immortal."
"Although there are no worries about life span or the obstacles of the five declines of gods and humans, I still can't see the way forward. The road to seek the truth is long. The roses are not born with evil, and are not affected by external causes and effects. Now I am just pursuing a life of freedom. I think it is not a big mistake. ”
Qi stood on the spot, with all five senses in his heart. He wanted to yell, but he didn't know how to respond. After a long time, Qionggui timidly asked:
"If your Majesty cannot tolerate it, then this matter is all the fault of Qionggui alone. Qionggui can bear this matter alone, but her mother is an extremely innocent person. Can your Majesty let her go?"
Hearing the words, Wu Sheng couldn't move or make a sound, but he couldn't hide the excitement and concern in his eyes.
When Qi saw this, he knew in his heart that the two of them had long been deeply entrenched in evil and it would be difficult to recover. After sighing for a lifetime, he said:
"That's it, that's all. In that case, just do as you wish. There is no fate in this life, so it will be left to the next life."
Qi moved his clothes and turned into a wisp of breeze and dispersed between heaven and earth. Qionggui looked around and couldn't see Qi's figure, so she immediately surrounded Wu Sheng. Just when she was anxious, she saw Wu Sheng breaking free from the restraints.
Seeing this, Qionggui asked quickly:
"Mother, what's wrong with you? Are you feeling unwell?"
Wu Sheng had a complicated look on his face and said with a hint of guilt:
"Qionggui, I'm sorry, I never thought it was me who delayed you."
Qionggui looked confused, Wu Sheng had no intention of explaining, and turned around and dived into the pool.
Wu Sheng has been wandering in the wilderness for a long time and has a lot of knowledge. He is not as simple as Qionggui. Just by praying for separation, Wu Sheng has already made a rough guess in his heart.
Her child is probably gone long ago, and Qionggui was probably a disciple of some great god in her previous life, and was just conceived in her womb.
Therefore, it is precisely because of this that Wu Sheng does not know how to face Qionggui at this time, as a child or a lover? But the other party is just the reincarnation of the true spirit of the disciple of the great god, who is just using his womb to give birth to a child.
Even his real child may have been replaced before he was born.
Treat an enemy like a murderer? Undoubtedly, I couldn't bear to be so cruel. After being together for such a long time, I watched Qionggui grow up little by little.
From childhood to maturity, from practice to becoming an immortal, how should Rang Wusheng deal with every little bit of it? !
Is it possible that he really regards Qiong Gei, who has spent countless time with him, as his enemy for the sake of a child who does not exist?
(Wusheng didn't know whether the essence he was pregnant with was the result of Qionggui's arrival, or whether he was conceived by himself and the black snake.)
But thinking that he had ruined the plans of those great gods, making Qionggui unable to gain enlightenment, she felt happy and guilty at the same time, which made Wusheng not know how to deal with herself.
But Qionggui looked at a loss and could only follow the sound and shadow of Wu Sheng and dive into the pool together.
PS: The inspiration came from the story of Li Jing and Nezha. We had already planned it, but the relationship was a little more messy. As for Ao Xing's lack of integrity in this life, it was already decided.
Cultivation is not easy. In the entire worldview of Journey to the West, among the three realms, the only person who has become a great Luo Immortal through casual practice is the Barefoot Great Immortal.
This shows that cultivation is difficult and attaining enlightenment is not easy. It is normal for Ao Xing to fail in his lifetime. I hope everyone can understand.
Based on the deeds of Jie Jiao Immortal in The Romance of the Gods, we can roughly deduce the overall appearance of the immortals at that time, and the setting of the more ancient prehistoric times will naturally be more primitive.
Moreover, because of this matter, Heaven will also begin to pay attention to these human relations and establish a positive atmosphere. These are the reasons for the subsequent plots, which may challenge the three views. King Feng apologizes here, I'm sorry!
Then the cannibalism phenomena that appear in the book are all well-researched. I hope everyone can understand Feng Wang. (End of this chapter)