Chapter 6 006 The Future of Humanity × Dead Literature
Although Taiyi Zhenren's words were a bit mysterious, I did understand some of them. In summary, they can be divided into three points.
First, the koi fish in the lotus pond are the product of innate spiritual energy, nurtured by nature. My reincarnation as a koi fish was probably also a destiny. Taiyi Zhenren may have seen something, but since the secrets cannot be revealed, I don't know. Of course, it's also possible that my reincarnation as a koi fish gave rise to the saying "innate spiritual energy."
Let me make it clear again this time, I hate the Riddler!
Secondly, if I want to attain enlightenment, it's probably not in the lotus pond of Qianyuan Mountain. I have my own opportunities, and only by going to the right place can I improve my cultivation.
Third, refine more elixirs and cultivate more merits.
From all of this, I realized that this meant I should just give up. I wasn't making any progress at Qianyuan Mountain anyway, so I might as well just give up.
What belongs to me will not run away, and what does not belong to me will not be taken away no matter how hard I try.
The little lotus strongly disagreed with my conclusion. It said, "If someone looks down on you in the future, how will you deal with it?"
I accepted this well: "Then I'll just eat more and try to get fatter." That way no one would look down on me. I also forgot about my previous claims of wanting to lose weight.
Little Lotus was speechless.
Since most of the lotus flowers have bloomed, their fragrance has become increasingly distinct, a delightful delight. I often swim over to smell them, sometimes even taking a bite, only to apologize guiltily afterwards.
Little Lotus didn't care. It said that the pain of my bite was not much different from a kiss.
But I still feel guilty when I look at the lotus petals with a missing piece, so whenever a bee or butterfly lands on it, I jump up to scare them.
"Is scaring them fun?" Little Lotus didn't understand my silly behavior. If it were Nezha, it would definitely understand.
I said, "It's not a question of whether it's fun or not. They're both here to collect pollen. Do you know what pollen is? It's what plants use to make babies. Oh, and you're a bisexual flower, so you don't need them for pollination."
Little Lotus: ...
Maybe the topic of having children is a bit serious for children, so I said, "Just think of me as a boring person."
"If you're bored, go practice." Xiaolian said in a firm tone.
"But I just want to be an ordinary fish." So why do I need to practice cultivation? I'm too frivolous as a human, and I want to show off as a fish.
“…”
Little Lotus was still sighing there: "The world is in chaos now. What will happen to you if I leave?" I think this word is extremely incompatible with Nezha. Imagine Nezha sighing... it feels like he is not far from death.
Fortunately, it was Little Lotus now. Little Lotus seemed to have a sentimental temperament.
"Can we not talk about cultivation? Let's change the subject, okay?" In my mind, I kept reminding myself frantically, "Don't be so talkative, don't be so talkative, don't be so talkative."
I swam around the lotus stem a few times. I'm not sure if this behavior can be considered childish, but the flower on the other side is a small lotus, and the effect is excellent. At least it hasn't failed so far.
Little Lotus is different from Nezha. If it were Nezha, he'd be easily persuaded with a little bit of coquettishness. If it were Nezha, he'd probably be mistaken for a demon and stabbed to death. If it were even more tragic, he'd be skinned and his tendons pulled out.
Fortunately, I clung to the little lotus as soon as it regained consciousness. Even if Nezha later resurrected from the lotus body and resumed his previous temper, he would still let me go for the sake of our relationship.
Sure enough, the little lotus sighed, then took me to the center of the lotus leaf and scooped up a handful of water to pour on the fish. The temperature in summer is lower than I thought, not so unbearable. Maybe it's because of the seriousness of modern urbanization and the greenhouse effect.
"So what do you want to talk about?"
I thought about it and blew a bubble: "How many years do you think the chaos in the world will last?"
Maybe I don’t appear to be very smart on a daily basis, so Little Lotus was surprised that I would ask this question.
Life was tough for the common people during the feudal era, let alone the slave era. I haven't been to the present-day mortal realm, but I know it's the end of the Shang Dynasty. As Nezha said, the world is in turmoil. As for the end of the Shang Dynasty in official history, I'm not a good historian, so I can't explain it clearly. But what if the gods were involved? The change of dynasties is common sense, but if you're caught up in it, you can't say it with peace of mind.
When gods fight, mortals suffer.
The value of this sentence continues to rise in this era.
"It's hard to say." Little Lotus said, "Why do you care about the human world?"
"I'm just a little curious. Civilians already have a miserable life, and it gets even worse when a war breaks out. When a country prospers, the people suffer; when a country perishes, the people suffer." I sighed.
"All the people want is to have food to eat and a place to live."
The conditions were so simple, but it was not until around the millennium that the country was able to barely escape hunger.
"You're thinking too far ahead. Shang is still here." Little Lotus's tone was as cold as a frozen lake.
I lazily lay among the lotus leaves and said nonchalantly, "If the Shang Dynasty's luck has run out, then its demise is inevitable, no matter who interferes."
Little Lotus asked, "What if an immortal intervened?"
I smiled and replied, "Immortals aren't fools. Why would they do something that doesn't benefit them? They interfere because they have something to gain. But immortals are still immortals. No matter how much they interfere, they can't change a country that is on the verge of extinction. Ultimately, the majority of a country is made up of mortals."
"You don't seem to revere immortals." Little Lotus didn't understand. "Is that why you don't want to practice?"
Me: That's not the case, I'm just lazy. As for worshipping immortals?
"No, no, we should worship whichever immortal is more powerful."
Speaking of the gods not being effective, I am reminded of a famous limerick that Little Lotus must like very much.
"The Jade Emperor's surname is also Zhang, so why is he making things difficult for me, Zhang Zongchang? If it doesn't rain for three days, I'll first tear down the Dragon King Temple and then bombard your mother with cannons!" It's simple and easy to understand, no translation is needed.
"Hahahahahahahaha—" The little lotus laughed so hard that the entire lotus pond trembled. "Who did this? When I'm resurrected, I'll go to the Dragon Palace and read it to that evil dragon!"
I:……
Then there is no need.
"No, isn't he afraid?" Little Lotus stopped laughing.
I remembered that in my dream, because it hadn't rained for a long time at Chentang Pass, Li Jing offered people and livestock to the East China Sea, and even offered human sacrifices.
"There's nothing to be afraid of him. You know, the moment that cannon fired into the sky, the rain started to fall."
Little Lotus seemed a little unconvinced, thinking I was making it up. That's right, I was born in this Ninth Grade Lotus Pond, so how could I know such things?
"Then do you believe that people in the future will be able to reach the moon and catch turtles in the five oceans?"
"You're talking about humans, not immortals. If humans could ascend to heaven and descend into the earth, how could they be bullied by evil spirits?"
I didn't know how to explain to Little Lotus that people in the future could truly reach the heavens and the earth. And... in this world with immortals, could people in the future really develop such technology? It made me a little skeptical.
“What if I had experienced a world like that?”
It wouldn't really be considered a self-exposure, and even if it did, it wouldn't have had much of an impact. Perhaps the immortals here could develop a method to travel to that world, which would be of some use to me. Even if I don't miss that world, I do miss the convenience of life there.
I've been in modern society for so long, do you really think you can adapt to the ancient world? Let alone the ancient world where humans, gods, and demons coexisted. Thanks to my reincarnation as a fish, my tiny brain has been able to control my desires.
"you?"
Little Lotus' tone was a little strange, "But Master said you were not transformed by innate spiritual energy, right?"
I chuckled, "Even if it's made from innate spiritual energy, it can't create a fish out of thin air."
At this point, I suddenly had another thought. Taiyi Zhenren's reference to the spiritual energy of heaven and earth wasn't referring to the fish itself. Perhaps my soul was transformed from innate spiritual energy? After all, my soul also appeared out of thin air. This theory seems to make some sense.
Little Lotus seemed unable to imagine such a world and remained silent for a long while. After a long while, she said, "If that time really happened, then God would no longer exist, right?"
I don't know. If God doesn't want people to find out, how can people find out? But...
"Not necessarily, maybe there is still a God." After all, there are always so many things in the world that cannot be explained by science, maybe they are brought by God.
Little Lotus asked me, "Do you want to go back to that world?"
I was in disbelief, "You accepted it so easily?" You actually didn't think I was talking nonsense?
Little Lotus said, "This isn't something that's hard to accept. The world is vast and full of wonders. Besides, you were born from innate spiritual energy, so you might just have that opportunity."
I sighed and said, "If possible, I still want to go back." If I knew there was a way to go back, I would definitely try it.
Little Lotus was silent again, and after a while she spoke, "Isn't it good here?"
"I can't say it's bad...it's just that it's my home."
I still can't remember how I died.
I closed my eyes and tried to recall, but the lotus stem trapped my body. The little lotus's cold and anxious voice came out: "Calm down!"
When I came to my senses, I found myself being tied up in mid-air by the lotus stems.
"What's wrong? What's wrong?" I looked around frantically and called out to Little Lotus: "Put me down, I'm fine now!"
Seeing this, the little lotus put me in the center of the lotus leaf again.
"What happened to you just now? You rolled your eyes." Xiao Lianhua's tone was still full of fear.
Don’t I roll my eyes every day? “Maybe I’m just thinking too much. Don’t worry, I’m fine. How about we change the subject?”
I don't know what's going on with me, but I have a feeling this isn't a good sign. But I have no clue what's going on, and thinking too much won't help.
"Okay." Little Lotus was decisive.
I pondered this for a long time, realizing I had nothing to talk about with Nezha. Suddenly, I felt incredibly distressed. Why hadn't I studied harder? Now I couldn't even brag!
"Well, let me tell you a story." There is no child who doesn't like listening to stories.
Little Lotus was indeed interested and asked, "Telling stories? You can tell stories?"
What? You look down on me?
I swung my tail and patted the lotus leaf. "That's natural. Don't underestimate me!"
Little Lotus: "Then eat some more polka dots."
I:……
The ability to learn something immediately is really good.
I turned the story over and over in my little head, and finally came up with it: "How about telling a story about dead people's literature?"
"Dead people's literature?" The lotus stem slowly formed a question mark.
"Yes, yes, come and listen and see if it's interesting."
I sorted out the plot in my mind before I started.
"I am the real daughter who was taken away by mistake..."
Before I could finish, Little Lotus interrupted, "Are you the real daughter who was taken away by mistake?"
I choked and turned my face, "It's not me, this is just the perspective of my name!"
"Okay, go ahead."
"Ahem—I'm the real daughter who was taken away by mistake. After my wealthy parents took me home, the fake daughter they held dearly always framed and oppressed me in various ways. No matter how I explained, my parents, brother, and fiancé all sided with the fake daughter. No matter how well I did, I couldn't compare to the fake daughter's pampering..."
"That's bad."
I:……
"...until I got cancer and had only one month left to live. On my birthday, they accompanied their fake daughter abroad to celebrate, while I was left alone facing the candles..."
"Going abroad? Which country? And why are you lighting candles on your birthday?"
I:……
"...I didn't attend the fake daughter's wedding with her fiancé. My parents and brother were extremely disappointed in me. But they didn't know that I was already dead... Later, they finally discovered what the fake daughter had done to me and kicked her out of the house. I lived with regret for the rest of my life. That's all."
“…”
“…”
Little Lotus was silent.
"This is terrible." One sentence summed it up.
I nodded in agreement: "It's terrible."
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